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Twenty days ago we began
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determination to reduce a
35000 stock of Footwear
down fully onehalf By of-
fering inducements never be-
fore placed before the people
of Texas our shoe sales djitinj
that time have JttiEi urmous
as couldSbe seen by the great
crowds of
APPRECIATIVE
CUSTOMERS
to be found in this department
irom 7 in the morning to 9
p in
There remains yet 25000
worth of
with the assortment of
Sizes Styles
and Grades
unbroten which must be cut
jdgwft to 12000 by July 1st
Come quick and get your
share of the good things
405 407 Houston St
404 Main Street
A NOISE IN THE WORLD
The Traps of the Elgin Band is Bound
to Make It
A Description of Some of the Peculiar Articles
lie Uses for the Production o His Share
of the Grand Harmony
There is no class of musio with whloh
Conductor Hecker and the ereat Elgin
band create such a furore among the vis-
itors to the Texas Spring Palace as with
their descriptive numbers These pieces
are put on so naturally and with such
acourate delineation of the scenes and
occurrences which they are supposed to
portray that all classes ot listeners are
charmed as they follow the strains and
imbibe the incidents depioted The dif-
ferent sounds which are interpolated
and which strike with startling
effect upon eager ears seem to
come naturally into harmony
and the reoipient mind is not inollnod to
inquire into the methods q f their produc-
tion But the sounds are produced and
somebody produces them
At the rear of the band stand and be-
hind all the other musicians is seated one
young man surrounded by all imaginable
sorts of utensils which would appear to
have no connection with the production
of sweet sounds by a great band and
every day while the musical programmes
are being rendered whole orowds lean
over the railing of the baloony to see the
manipulation of these different
articles br their talented master
If this man were arrested he
could produce evidence that he is
a master ol every trade In the pro-
duction of his share of the sound which
comprises the grand harmony of the
ereat Elgin band he uses every imagin-
able instrument
In tho ordinary band of musloians
with which Texas people are mostly
familiar the talents of the snare drum-
mer are not given a wide range of use-
fulness To produce the ratytattat
for march time is his most conspicuous
duty In the great musical combinations
of the world however the snare drum-
mer is one of tbe most if not
the most Important oharacter
He is usually known as Traps be-
cause of tbe numerous apparently useless
niuknacks he carries with him
The gentleman who presides over this
department in the Elgin band is properly
named E F Segerson He is said to
carry more different artioles for the exe-
cution of tho parts assignod him than any
traps in the world To successfully
attend to his business he must bo a thor-
ough musician have a fine ear for har-
mony and read notes like a cat for
sometimes his parts are qued in most
horribly
Traps is seated in the rear of the
Elgin band at tbe Spring Palace as
aforesaid and there a Gazette man
found him yesterday in the midst of his
JWpl i < ijpj s of trade like a blacksmith
jpSSmnoonday siesta x On all bands
re evidences of a hard struggle and
Mr Segerson obligingly explained the
use of each Prominent in the collection
is a row of five large silver bells hanging
from a high frame Those he ex-
plained are to imitate a chime of
church bells or the tolling in a funeral
soene You hear them In the ohimes of
Normandy or in the Monastery bells
They also imitate a fire alarm in some of
our descriptive muiio I also can
produce an imitation of a chime
with these These are what you call a
cymbalpbone They are the same as a
xylophone only they are hollow They
are made of Turkish bell metal I some-
times play a solo on them the same as a
xylophone You observe those big an-
vils They are tbe ordinary article I
got these in a Fort Worth hardware
store I use themin suoh Dioces as the
anvil chorous the Jolly Blacksmith and
other heavy choruses
That a xylophone No that is what
are called piano bells They Round like
a piano only you tap them with a ham-
mer Then these steel bells are the
same again The piano bells steel
bells xylophone and cymbalphone are
all pretty muoh alike in appearance to
the uninitiated but they eaoh produce a
different character of sound
Those are castanets the regular
Spanish article You see I have several
kinds of them I use them in Spanish
and Mexican musio particularly ic the
waltzes and dance musio generally
They are Tery effective These tambo
rines are used a good deal in the same
kinds of musio
Yes that Is an ordinary sorub brush
It dont look much like a musical Instru-
ment thats so but It is an important
article Just rub your hand over It
hard Dont it sound like water Thats
what we use It for When we want the
effect of a purling rill we use the scrub
brushNow
Now keep your hands out of that
cigar box Theres nothing in It It
was empty when I got It Of course I
have a use for it When we play a born
pipe or a reel somebody has to dance I
am a good dancer on a oigar box I
drum with these sticks on the box and
the effect is so natural that tbe audience
peeps around to see the dancer
That cowbell is used in one of Pro-
fessor Heckers comical compositions
Tbe strings of sleigbbells are jingled in
pieoes descriptive of sleigh rides and
winter festivities generally Down South
they would not be so much appreciated
as up North where they are a familiar
sound to the ear
Watoh out there or youll scratch
tbe skin off your hand with that sand-
paper I cant get along without the
sand paper I dance jigs with that
Listen and Ill dance and as the ac-
complished young man rnbbed two pieces
ot the paper together in his deft hands
visions of tbe pigeon wing and double
shuffle would arise with amazing distinct-
ness
See that little tin bird It looks nat-
ural dont It Wait till I put In the
mouth piece and you can hear a mock-
ing bird See bim wiggle bis tall and
head I have another bird that produces
tbe same effect only I OH this one with
water so as to give the sound a rippling
tone You see this little sprinkling pot
1 never did any gardening in my life
but I know bow to use this pot You All
It withwater and blow through the spout
and the imitation of a cricket or mock-
ing bird is produced so naturally that
you look around for tbe songster
Handle that piece of wood carefully
That is a frog whistle Listen to thu
bull frog and the mornta That
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PORT WORTH TEXAS FRIDAY MAT 30 1890 TWELYE PAGES
whistle is to call the polico in our de-
scriptive musio The big brass whistle
is another imitation of tho morum
I would offer you one of these olgars
only 1 guess theyre too strong for you
You wouldnt know how to use them
They are made of wood and have a reed
inside them and when you blow on them
you find you havo a perfeot imitation of
a brood of poultry This one imitates a
shanghai this one a bantum and the
one you have in your band is for a dung-
hill crow That one down in the box is
to imitate a baby cry or a young duck
squawk You probably never observed
that those sounds are the same I got
that baby cry in Fort Worth It is an
ordinary whistle and anybody can got
one that wants it
Those hammers are for use on tbe
anvils up there The big threetuba tin
whistle is for imitation of a steamboat
That bellows you see there I got from
the bottom of a childs toy It is to in-
timate a hootowl and it does the work
in fine shape The big wooden whistle
imitates a locomotive the square one
is a ouckoo That whip you see
over there I use in driving de-
scriptive musio though these slap sticks
make a very good imitation ot the snap
of a whip
I am not considered a bad man up
In Illinois but when I came to Texas T
prepared for trouble by bringing a gun
It is only a popgun though and never
was loaded When we want to imitate a
scene of great hilarity champagne must
be drunk and somebody has to pull the
corks I do that Have a drink
These mallets are to imitate a olog
dance I drum them on this wooden
platform and nobody kuows but that I
make the noise with my heels
These hammers with jingles
set in them are to produce
the same clog dance effeot
Now you can go up and shove your
head in the mouth of that gattling gun
for it has never been loaded with any-
thing but powder since I have had it
I use it in what are called the English
quadrilles descriptive of army life in the
old country The military sound is very
effective and never falls to bring down
the house
Now quit playing with that toy It
is only a box with a crank attached
I imitate a galloping horse with that It
dont amount to anything but 1 have a
few more little artioles in that big chest
that I might show you if you care to see
them
But the reporter didn t want any more
THE BLUE AND GRAY
Old Soldiers Swarm the Hillsides at VIcksbnrg
and View the Scenes of Former Deadly
Conflicts SpeechMaking
Yicksburg Miss May 28 Tho sol
dlors swarmed tbe bills this morning in
search of the scenes of their former glory
and there being nothing on the pro
gramme to require their presence in the
oity the streets were comparatively
quiet until 3 p in At that hour a large
audience assembled at the pavilion to
hear Hon C E Hooker and Gen
Kountz the orators of the day C E
Hookers address was one of his most
finished orations and won the hearty ap-
plause of the entire assembly While in
no respect apologotio it was a manly as-
sertion of the sincere faith of the South
in the justice of its cause at the same
time according honesty of purposes to tho
other Gen Kountz m replying
complimented Col Hooker and said he
wished bis remarks could be beard in
every city in the North He then ad-
dressed the audience as follows Com-
rades who wore the blue and comrades
who wore tbe gray I thank you more
than I have words to express for this re-
ception I did not come to make a
speech but to visit old scenes once more
to set foot on ground so familiar to us
all during those days of 18G2 and which
had been consecrated by blood ot many
brave men How hard to realize the
swiftness of flying years Moro than a
quarter of a century has passed since the
blue and the gray met in deadly con-
flict on these fields I am glad to do
here and thank God there are no seri-
ous differences to divide us thai
the terrible struggle in which
we were participants ended in blessings
for all victors and vanquished and I re
joioe in the good feeling here today
that the love ot country has grown so
strong and friendship been so firmly con
neoted We who twentyseven years
ago opposed eaoh other upon fields met
today with no feeling other than good
fellowship save patriotic in the love of
common country the noblest and freest
under the sun
Gen Kountz related at considerable
length the thrilling incidents of the cam-
paign on the Federal side in tho
vicinity of Yicksburg Ho said I
need not tell what pleasing sights
were signals and what proud spectators
we were as we sat on our works July 4
1863 witnessing regiment after regiment
and battalions of Confederates marching
out to stack their arms in front of our
line that was the proudest day of our
lives as it marked the decisive point in
the great struggle for preservation of lhe
Union To the boys in gray who now
stand before me let me say while not
accepting the principles and purposes for
which you fought 1 have ever bad the
most profonnd respect for the valor and
fighting qualities ot the Confederates
who on many a hard fought field dis-
played so much endurance and courage
and in conclusion I desire to say from
the standpoint of soldiers that too much
credit cannot be given to the gallant de-
fenders ot Yicksburg I thank God that
he permitted me to be here today and
all meetings of this kind must intensify
our love for and devotion to onr country
President Harrison in Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio May 29 President
Harrison and party arrived here at 145
oclock and were received by a salnte of
twentyone guns The city is hand-
somely decorated and thousands of peo-
ple were on the streets to see the dis-
tinguished party The first oity troop of
horse escorted the president to the resi
dence ot Dan H Eels the vloeprej i <
and cabinet ministers
houses
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BOUNDUPS
An AllBound Talk by a Sommervell
County Cattleman to a Gazette
Reporter
More About American Meat Abroad The Best
Kind ol Cattle to HaveCattle In West
Texas General Stock Items
Mr W F Gardner of Glen Rose
Sommervell county was in the city yes-
terday and was met by a Gazette re-
porter who engaged him In a short con-
versation on livestock matters Mr
Gardner is n well known stockman of
his section and is deeply interested In
the subject of improving the grade of
Texas cattle
The herds in my county he said
are in as good fix as I ever saw them
at this season of the year and are im-
proving daily There will not be many
beef cattle shipped from our section this
spring for the reason that they are not
there to ship The stockmen did not
feed last winter on aocount of tbe uncer-
tainty of prices
Whatdo you think of tbe market
now
Well I have more confidence in it
than I have had for some time and I do
not think we will ever strike another
suoh one ns we went through last spring
1 believe there will be a steady Improve-
ment from now on until prices are on n
healthy basis
It will not be long until we have as
good cattle lu Sommervell county as
can be found in Texas We are grading
up our stook rapidly by crossing and re
crossing with short horns and tbe results
aro plainly to be seen now Good cattle
will always bring the best money and tbe
stockmen are beginning to realize it
You feed a good many cattle in your
county do you not
Yes sir we all feed our cattle but as
I said there was not much of it done last
winter on account of the uncertainty
about prices
What do you use principally corn
Some corn of course but I have
found it was best to use cotton seed and
hay during the winter up to grass timo
and then turn the cattle on pastures
Cattlo fed in this way will take on flesh
from the timo they get to grass while
if they have been wintered on corn they
will lose flesh for a while after being
turned on the grass I tried the experi-
ment with 200 head of steer cattle 100
having been wintered on corn and the
others on cotton seed and hay and
found that the latter outstripped tho
former In a short time This is much
cheaper too as I can get all the cotton
seed I want at eight cents per bushel
Beet as a Luxury
A very sanguine Western contempo-
rary states without hesitation that
within two years beef will have advanced
to such a point that it will be a positive
luxury We are not prepared to accept
this claim as reasonable nor do we want
to see suoh a state of things brought
about as would establish its correctness
Nothing would be more injurious to tho
beetgrowing interest than to have beef
advance to such an unreasonable point
within two years or even ten years It
is best for all oonoerned to hare a pro-
duct of this kind afford a reasonable
profit but when prices advanoe to such
a point that tbe produot becomes a
luxury only within the reaoh of the
welltodothe grounds for reaotion have
already been established Beef would
not have been such a drag in the
market within the last few years had
it not advanced soma years ago to a
point beyond all reason When any-
thing ot this kind becomes abmormally
profitable everybodv who can do so
rushes into it and the result is just suoh
times as those through which this coun-
try has boen passing We are among
those who have confidence in the future
of beef and we hope to see it paying
well within a reasonable period bnt we
have no desire to see beef a luxury
National Stockman
AMERICAN MIAT ABROAD
A Measnre that Would be Beneficial to the
Livestock Industry of the Country
It was announced recently from Wash-
ington that the house committee on ag-
riculture bed agreed to report favorably
the bill now pending before tbe senate
for the Inspection of cured meats for ex-
port with tbe modifications asked for by
the paokers of Chicago Tbe question
has been already discussed but without
any result on account of a disagreement
in regard to the place of inspection
some wanting the meats examined in the
states where they are packed and others
olaiming that they should be examined
at the port of shipment If a system
could be adopted which European gov-
ernments would accept as satisfactory
they would repeal the restriotmg and al-
most prohibitive decrees aotnally in force
against tbe Importation ot Amer-
ican meats In most European
countries The popular classes there
need American pork mutton and beef to
make up for the deflcienoy in their meat
production They clamor for it still
now since the experiments for the im-
portation of frozen meats from South
America have proved a failure as shown
by tbe financially unsuccesssul trips
made between Havre and Buenos Ayres
by tbe vessels especially equipped for
this trade Similar experiments made
for the transportlon of mutton from
Australia and New Zealand to Great
Britain have had better success bjit
those concern only the latter country a d
only relate to mutton while continental
Europe want3 American pork and beefc
It is more than likely that if a good in
spection law was adopted by congress it
would prove the best practical step ti
convince the French government of thj
soundness ot American meats and
the necessity ot readmitting them in the
terest of the French laboring classes
Sheep and Wool
Increase In volume over thatof a
year ago notwithstanding the Increased
number of sheep reported It Is esUd j
mated la many quarters though tha a 1 wj
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year later a good deal moro of boms
grown wool will be plaoedon the market
Nobody seomslo want to sell sheep and
there is an unquestionable tendency to
enlarge crop possessions As to what
prices tho new clip will command there is
muoh room for conjeoture but not muoh
ot positive fact on which to base calcu-
lations The tone of trade end outlook
for tho season though are rather mora
cheerful than two weeks ago Facts as
far as obtainable show but little wool
either in the country or in the seaboard
markets while imports have lately
fallen off all of whioh is good as far as
it goes
The Kind of Cattle to Hare
The price of good cattle is steadily
augumenting and so are poor cattle
too for that matter but In nowhere
near so great a ratio Cattle improve-
ment an improvement that improves
is imperatively demanded by the times
the markets and the appetites of the
people Types of cattle that will sup-
ply the lorgest per centage of tho most
desirable cuts and that will develop
those outs in the shortest possible time
are tho objeotive points Tieef growers
must strive for and attain with all pos-
sible celority
Cattle in the West
Mr George B Loving who has been
residing In El Paso for about four years
has returned to Fort Worth where he
will permanently reside having accepted
the state agenoy forToxas of one o the
leading livestock concerns of the coun-
try Mr Loving was seen by a Gazette
reporter yesterday and in a briet con-
versation that ensued be gave anything
but a good report of cattle conditions in
that portion of Texas west of Midland on
the plains
There has boon no rains therefor
months bo said grass has dried up
and cattlo aro absolutely dying from a
want of something to eat
The statement of Mr Lovincis baoked
by that of others who have been in the
same section and unless rain visits that
country soon the loss among tbe cattle
will be heavy They aro too poor and
weak to drive would not sell if shipped
and tis tempting fate to keep them oa
the bare plains
A Fair Demand
Tom Andrews stated to a Gazette re-
porter yestorday that there was a pretty
good demand for good steer cattle and
that there were several trades ou foot
that he thought would pan out pretty
soon Prices are not high for any kind
of cattle but they are held steady by all
men who have good stock as they be-
lieve no money will bo lost in holding
them The demand is principally for
steer cattlo by men who have good pas-
tures either in Texas or in the Territory
From tho country farthor North the de-
mand is muoh lighter than it has been
atl plzojftci
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WACO
Decoration Day to be Appropriately Observed
Beady to Fat Money Into the Brazos
Special to the Gazette
Waco Tex May 29 Decoration
day will be observed tomorrow and
services appropriate to the occasion will
be held at the cemetery
Mr A Syms is expected to leave for
the East today to secure help to operate
the cotton mills at this place whloh will
open for business in a short time
Waco policemen will soon don new
uniforms of metropolitan pattern and it
Is expected that a red hoodlum wagon
will be the next thing to follow Verily
Waco Is moving along at very a satisfac-
tory gait
Waco has conoluded to become a port
of entry and as a means ot bringing
about this result quite a number of prom-
inent men have signified their willingnes
to put up cash to improve the Brazos
and do not hesitate in saying that such
result might be brought about easily
The Waco baseball team has returned
from Austin and will play with Galves-
ton here tomorrow
The strike is a thing ot the past and
work in all branches is moving along at
a very satisfactory rate
The Leslie party are expeoted In Waco
June 34
J G Conway of Fort Worth is in the
city stopping at the New MoLelland
hotel
Benjamin Andrews of San Antonio la
registered at the Facino
W C MoFarland of Cleburne Is In the
oityOtis
Otis Lane has gone to Fort Worth to
view the Spring Palace
B E Harrissof the Mallory steam-
ship line is at the Royal
Howard W Peak a prominent gentle-
man from Fort Worth is in the oity
S T Bibb of Fort Worth is auto-
graphed at the Royal
Harry Skipping has gone to Hot
Springs Ark where he will visit for
several days
H B Mizall General agent of the
Cotton Belt has returned from a
trip East
Died at Bartlett
Special to the Gazette
Bautlett Tex May 29 Mr John
McKnlght aged eightyfour years died
at the residence of his son Arthur in
Bartlett at 6 oclock yesterday evening
and was buried in the Bartlett cemetery
this evening with Masonic honors of
whioh order he had been an active mem-
ber for fifty years Mr McKnlght was
one of the founders of Baylor university
at Independence and was for sixty years
a member ot the Baptist churoh His
funeral obsequies were witnessed by the
largest concourse Of people ever seen in
Bartlett on a similar occasion Rev R
TOtfThompson of this oity delivered the
funal oration
Oii annual Fourth of July celebration
promises to be a grand affair Several
prominent speakers have promised to be
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