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Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17
Daily gayle
A Dude and His rrorsers.

HAgging at the knees is matter, I
0onfoos. which has caused me more un-
oasineas than can tell you It has do,se
moro % turn my hair gray than anything
else But l do not have so much trouble
now IS used to have. You know they
arc wearing trousers larger now than q
couple OF years ago In fact today well
made pair has hardly legitimate excuse
Tor bagging unless they are worn con-
stantly- myself never wear pair two
Gays In succession A little while ago,
when we wore trousers almost skin tight,
thought should have to go into an
asylum A pair worn half day showed
decided inclination to expansion at that
most critical point. l found myself at
tempting to ward off the evil. | tried
every method | could hear of and every
one 1 could invent, but they did little
good Finally [ invented one Of my own.
1 used TO hang the trousers up by the bot
toms. being particular to have them hang
straight, and then | dampened the incipi-
ent bags. After that | attached weight
OF some sort to the waist band. so as to
bring the strain over the knees. The
cloth in drying came back into shape and
remained so.
Your tailor or your furnisher has no
doubt tried to sell you the device known
as pants stretcher.' Don't waste your
money. have tried every kind known,
and they don't give satisfaction They
don't stretch the cloth evenly enough, nor
is the cure permanent. That little scheme
of my own is the best | ever found Oh,
yes, yen may try it. | haven't patented
it. But if you really want 10 know the
best and most satisfactory way Of remov-
ing bags from the face of your trousers
let me whisper it to you. Go to your
tailor. For 10 cents or quarter he will
press them, and nothing works so well
But when you are on the top of Mount
Washington the tailor is not there. Al
ways hang yoGr pantaloons up carefully.
! have known fellows who would go home
take off their coat and waIstcoat, throw
them into chair, remove their trousers,
du4np them in a heap on top of the coat
and vest, and then pile the shirt and
undertaking on top of the trousers. This
is all wrong. A mans Undertaking is
always little damp, even in winter. The
coat and waistcoast at the bottom, the
trousers between them and the under
clothing, the pantaloons are certainly in
regular sweat box There they are, all
crumpled, creased and in heap, and, of
course, when the wearer comes to put
them on III the morning he wonders what
the deuce makes his trousers look so out
OF shape. boston Cor. New York World.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17
AN AFRICAN TELEPHONE.

Ingenious Method Employed by the Came
room Natives to Transmit News.
A part of Reclus map showing the tribes
who live in the CAMERON district, West AZ
RIGA, is shaded to show exactly what por-
ton of the country is the home of the four or
five little tribes who have perfected an in
genious and practical telephone system that
distinguishes them from all the other natives
of Africa. Everywhere among the blacks Of
Africa the big drum or tamtam is used in
war and on festive occasions, but it is only
these CAMERON natives who have discov-
cred how useful the tamtam may be made
as rapid promulgator of news over noun
tain and plain.
OF course, the news is telephoned by drum
ming on the tamtanl, but the sounds pro-
duced are not signals They represent syl-
tables and words, and SO grow into sentences
like the ticks Of a telegraph instrument. 1t
is very ingenious invention, and deserves
to rank with any of our own devices for the
rapid transmission of news that were in vogue
before the electric telegraph superseded
them. The force and rapidity with which
the instrument is beaten are elements
in the Interpretation of the idea to be
expressed, and syllables and words are
also formed by combinations Of strokes,
something like the Morse alphabet. 1t
is a complicated system, and speaks highly
for the intelligence of the people who de-
vised it.
The system is a secret that is confded to
only about 200 Of the natives Though FIVE
or six of the white residents aud explorers in
that region have told all they know about
the tamtam telephone, its language is as yet
wholly unintelhgible to them, as the secret is
carefully guarded. Only few women have
been instructed in the art, and no slave is
permitted to acquire it.
1t is the duty Of every operator to be ready,
If need be, when he hears the tantam to re-
peat the message, which is taken up in turn
by operators further inland. In this way any
news may be communicated for distance of
forty or fifty miles in few hours. Thus the
chiefs correspond with one another, and no
important news happens that is not promptly
tslephoned all over the district. When q
ship arrives at the mouth of the CAMERON
river, the tamtam may be heard beating far
up the side of the neighboring mountains,
and the news is repeated from drummer to
drummer until it reaches the furthest con-
fines Of the district II white party pro-
poses to visit some chief in the interior, the
tamtam carries the news to him that white
visitors are coming almost before they have
started on their Journey. Thus our benighted
African brother has taught himself way to
annihilate space and to transmit his thoughts
on the wings Of the wind York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17
SCOTTISH SPORTS.
How Caledonian Games Were
Originated.
ALL AROUND ATHLETICS.

Putting the Shot, Hitch and Kick, Pole
Vaultins, the Sword Dance, Running
and Jumping Are Among the Favorite
Pastimes of the Scotch.
No men in the world, says well known
writer On sports, are more addicted or better
adapted to athletic sports than Scotchmen.
They are hardy, big boned, muscular race,
and the conditions Of life in Scotland, par
ticularly in the highlands, have been always
conducive to the development of love for
bodily exercise. In the days Of border war
fare the Highlanders devoted all the time
they could spare from fighting each other to
stealing the cattle from the lowlands, and
the Lowlanders, when not fighting their
neighbors on the south, had to sit up nights,
claymore in hand, to drive off the Highland
raiders. Every Scotchman was warrior,
and before guns came into general use physi-
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17

IN order to hold Leading place among Gale
domains man must be an all around athlete.
La amateur athletics man usually paws par
ticulsr attention to one or two exercises and
becomes specialist If he IS very good he
may be able to defeat Caledonian athletes
in his speciality. In 1874, at Auburn,
Professor Goldie, who for many years was
Princeton's athletic director, won thirteen
games or events in the Caledonian series, and
won the first prizes. To win the Caledonian
championship he had to run, jump vault,
throw, put and toss equally well That is
why the Caledonians produce. the majority
Of good ali around athletes and comparatively
few specialists The Scotch have always
taken great pride in their strength Of body
and limb, and encouraged outdoor sports.
Every village in Scotland has its annual
games, and in this country every town Of any
size has its Caledonian club. Every club has
its own games, and once year there is
general meeting under the auspices of the
North American United Caledonians, either
in the United States or Canada, where the
competitions are virtually championship
games. The place Of meeting is announced a
year in advance, and the local club manages
the affair and takes the receipts.
The sword dance and the Highland fling are
wholly Scotch, Of course, and are interesting
features Of the games In the first, the High
lander, in full costume, dances over and
around two crossed broadswords laid upon
the ground. Certain steps are prescribed,
and he must execute these between the
crossed blades and opposite the points, get
ting as close as he can to the swords without
touching them. If his foot touches sword
that ends his dance The man who pnea
through the dance most gracefully and per-
fectly and keeps the best time IS the winner.
No doubt the wild Highlander danced in his
bare feet over blades turned edge upward
and ran moro or less risk of cutting himself
if he proved awkward. Now the blades are
placed fat on the ground In the Highland
fling grace Of movement, accuracy Of time
and correctness Of step arc the essentials
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17
An Artfnl Little nodccr.

A lady came out on the steps of house
On Duffeld street and called aloud in
sweet, persuasive tones:
+'Georgie, dear?'
There was no answer, and she looked
anxiously up and down the street and
again called, but in a firmer voice:
George
Not word Taking in the entire hori.
zon with one sweeping, comprehensive
glance, she made trumpet of her hand
and called shrill and sharp:
''Georgiel"
Then little psir of scurrying feet
came around the corner of the house, ac-
conpanied by O round. innocent face,
H,uch stained with watermelon Juice, and
3 sweet voice inquired:
did you call me, mamma?"-Detroit
Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17

The Jealousy between Scotch pipers is
proverbial and phenomenal. All the hostility
between the clans used to be concentrated
and intensified inithe players of the bagpipes.
A very amusing description of this sort Of
thing is given by Stephenson in david Bal
four" in the scene between Alan Brock Stew
art and the MacGregor. Much the same feel
ing exists today between rival pipers. In the
competitions the pipers play on one side of a
partition and the judges listen on the other.
The judges do not know the order in which
the pipers compete, but make their awards
by numbers
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17
A SURE CURE FOR PILES

DR.. Kinks German lie Ointment has cured
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. when all othe-
Ofntments have failed. IL absorbs the tumors al
lays the itching at orce acts as a poultce. gives
instant rele~. Dr. Kinks German Pile Ointment
is prepared only FOR Piles and tic ing of the private
parts, and nothing else. Every box is warranted.
Sold by druggists by mail receipt of price
SOC and 300 per box. Sold by Hettinger Bros. and
Aldrich & Brown Wichita Kan as.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17

The las. clause Of paragraph 8, Article VI,
ofthe constitution Of the United States reads:
"But no religious test shall ever be required
IS qualification to any Office or pubic trust
under the United States According to this,
a Jew IS not insiigiblc to the Office Of prex-
dent
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-17
Cor. I'd and 9Th ayes, Wichita
4. FLAGG, Proprieto~.

Manufacturer OF Steamengiues.
Boilers, Pumps and al kinds Of
mill gearing. Architectural iron
a specially. Iron ana brass cast
ingS made TO order. EaStilat eS
made on al class OF WORK and
orders promptly attended 70.
GO W. 4. FONDA. Supt
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
Llano Locals.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
LLANo, October 4.-The corps of rail-
road surveyors that have been for some
time past engaged in running line from
Comfort to this place, arrived yesterday
evening, having completed preliminary
line. Captain House, the chief engineer,
states that very good route can be OBJ
tanned. Our people are enthusiastic over
the prospects. Captain House will at
once make an estimate on the cost of
grading, ard we have no doubt about
Llan0, Fredericksburg and San Antonio
accepting President Lofts proposition.
Col. w. A. II. Miller is absent this week
attending court at Mason. Mr.. Vernon Il.
to the Capital City. Mr.. W. T. Swanson,
who has been very sick with typhoid fever,
is improving slowly.
We notice several strangers in town't the
past few days, looking over the town and
county. Llano can boast of more prop
erty holders than any town of its pOpula-
tion in the state. A glance at our deed
records show that from Maine TO Mexico
men can boast that they own one or more
town lots in the "future great" or land in
some portion of the county.
Crops are proving better than expected.
The cotton gins are all busy. Corn is
selling at from 30 to 40 cents per bushel.
The political excitement is abatiDg as
the election approaches-the reverse OF
former elections.e
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11

tages in res pect to wages which they have
over the workingmen of England, Ger
many and France. The promotion OF all
industries of wool and woolens has not,
however, been beneficial to persons en-
ployel in wooden mills. 1t has at the
same time helped to increase the wages
and rewards of the farm hands. 1t
has enabled us to raise and sell
60,000000 pounds were raised, and to
employ operatives in working up 100000
600 pounds where but 86,000,000 pounds
were raised and manufactured. Coinci-
dent with this constant advance in wages
and enlarged employment there has been
a great reduction in the cost of woolen
goods to American consumers. Free
trade in wool and bare revenue duty for
woolens would compel manufacturers to
raise other crops of which the supply
is already greater than the demand, and it
would close factories in which many mil
lions of capital are invested, rob an army
of operatives of employment and force
down the wages of all other labor. All
this sacrifice and suffering, this arrest of
harmonius progress and this disorganiza
tion of labor, we are asked to face in the
hope that with one-sixth of the worlds
supply of wool cut off we may thereby get
cheaper wool and woolens. If this hope were
rational the loss would far outweigh the
gain. 1t is better to maintain the wages
of our workers and to develope our own
resources than to abandon our fields, stop
our mills, and to look to Europe for a
supply of our manufactured products.
The majority tarms the MiIIa hill
"THE SECTIONAL BILL"
and says its provisions "point to an at
tempt to discriminate in favor of
the planters of the cotton growing
states-an attempt made with the
vain hope that it may be found possible to
ashieve the permanent prosperity of one
section at the expense of another" The
majority in their report deny the charge
that war tariff is being maintained in
time of peace. In conclusion, the report
says: "Your committee have considered
the numerous suggestions for repeal of
all internal revenue taxes and the
abolition of the entire internal revenue
system, but they deem the adoption
of this course at present both impractical
BILE and unwise, not only because the re-
peal of these taxes would create large
annual deficit, but for the further reason
that taxes levied on distilled spirits used
as beverage, and on beer, should be re-
tanned, and legislation to protect American
dairy products from fraudulent imposi-
tlons should be enforced,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
ENTHUSIASM AT COMANCHE.

They Want Railroad and Offer Induce.
ments for One TO Come.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
CoMANCHE, October A large and en-
thusiastic meeting of the citizens of Co.
manche met in the mayors office this
morning at 10 O'Clock, to take steps to
secure the Arkansas and Texas railroad,
from Hillsboro to San Angelo. 1t was
unanimously resolved that Hon. N. r..
Lindsay be authorized, in replying to a
communication from the mayor of Hills
boro, to state that the people of Comanche
will heartily cooperate with the citizens
along the proposed route in securing the
construction of said line of road; that we
are willing to offer said railroad company
right-ofWay through the county, depot
grounds in the towns, and whatever assist
ance in the way of bonus that is reason
able and Lecessary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
INDIGESTION
A dose of Simmons Liver Regulator
VIII give prompt relief and in
sure Refreshing Sleep.

"Ey wife having suffered a long time
with Eest ysness and Sleeplessness, and
haging I'd everything recommended
without baneftting her, was finally sd--
yised to Try Simmons Liver Regulator, and
It has gated like q charm. After taking
one bottle she improved 80 much that
ssnt and blIght a half dozen. Ny wife is
now in TIE enjoyment of excellent health.
We keep the Regulator in the house as
family medicine, and recommend It ss the
best In the world. IT. c. HERRING,
TWiggs county. Ga.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT.

Democrats in the House Deliperating ON
Introducing the Resolution.
WASHINGTON. October Awhile there
has been no formal conference among
democratic members of the house touch
ing the advisability of adopting an ad-
journment resolution, there has been an
exchange of private opinions upon the
subject, the majority of members hold
ing the view that the tariff bill, having
been reported to the senate, there is no
longer any reason why the house should
not adopt the resolution and allow the
senate to act upon it, one way or another.
During the COURSE of to-day or to morrow
it is probable that conference
will be called in order that those
private opinions may be orystaligsd in
formal action, The obstacle in the way
of an adjournment resolution in the house
is the suspicion that such reqolution, II
passed, might be rejected by the senate
and used as an argument to chow that the
democrats fear TO await action of the
senate on the Substitute tariff bill. If
some positive assurance can Ge obtained
that the resolution, if passed by the house,
will be adopted by the senate, there
is little doubt that such action
will be taken, The deficiency appropria-
tion bill, nov before the house Ia the
shape OF conference report, is an ele-
ment that must be included in any calcu-
lation touching adjournment. Several
members dissatisfied with the conference
report have threatened to raise the point
ne n ~ n hul ~ 10
be paci6ed.
Representative Rorney, who il acting
chairman of the appropriation committee,
freely expressas the opinion that congress
will adjourn Tuesday, October 10, which
date will allow Of disposition Of the def
ciepoy bill and fair opening of debate on
the tariff bill ia the senate.
Soon after the assembling OF the senate
Speaker Carlisle and Representative = ur-
ner (the only member OF The ways and
means committee now In Washington
came over from the house and entered
into an earnest consultation with several
democratic senators, presumably on the
subject of adjournment.
The movement for an ad Iournment met
with an unex pected check in the after
noon when Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas,
reached the capitol He is, now ranking
member of the ways and means commit
tee, and at once set himself TO work to Op-
pose adjournment He believes that by
argument and persuasion he has succeeded
in checking 90 iournment, 80 that while IL
was probable before his return that the
resolution providing for an carly adjourn
ment would be introduced to-day in
the house, the prospects arc now that 10
will be indefinitely delayed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11

without commercial Importance, and
twenty are articles which now pay
small revenue duty, but which are of such
character that the removal of duties is
unobi iectionable.
OF FREE WOOL
the majority says: eve have been re-
Gently advised by the president of the
United States that, in any tariff revision,
such a reliance upon the present revenue
arrangements as have been invited and
encouraged, should be fairly and Justly re-
ga :ded, and he has assured us that in the
reforms inaugurated by his party friends,
abrupt and radical changes which
might endanger industry and enterprise
and iniuriously affect the interests of
labor dependent upon their success and
continuance are not contemplated or in
tended. There can be no better test of
the sincerity of these high-sounding dec
Iarstions than the proposition to put
wool on the free list. Wool has been
dutiable since 1916, and through all the
tariff mutations which have taken place
since, no suggestion has been made by
any political party up to the Inauguration
of the present administration for
removal of duties. The wool
growers of the country produce
annually 3OO,O0O,O00 pounds of wool, val
ued at $1OO,O00,000. They supply nine
tenths of the clothing wool used by
American manufacturers, and they have
raised the United States to the first rank
among the wool producing countries of
the world. Those who have, through pa
tient labor and intelligent efforts, built
up this great industry, relying for secur-
ity upon the protection of "present revenue
arrangements"a are certainly entitled to fair
treatment and reasonable consideration
They areall refused either by this proposal.
in selecting these branches of industry
for radical changes which
FREE TRADE THEORIES
enforce; the president and his party
have made it perfectly understood in this
country and abroad, that their acceptance
of these theories is complete, and that
they intend to put the ak to the root of
the protective system. 1t will be noticed
that in 1860, after fourteen years of
revenve tariff the total production of do
mestic wool was 6O,264,913, pounds, or II
pounds per capita; while in 1884, after
twenty-four years of protection, the
total production had increased to 30S,-
100000 pounds, or "a pounds per capita.
This increase justified the policy of af-
fording this important agricultural pro-
duct adequate protection. The develop
ment of
wooLEN MANUFACTURES
in the United States have been
arrested by inadequate duties
that were imposed upon msnufac-
lures of wool by act of March 3, 1883,
which taken together with the erroneous
classification of manufacturers of worsted
have led to greatly increased imports
tions from England, Germany, France and
Belgium. 1t lis only by the maintenance
of the American system that
operatives in American wool
can hope to retain the immense advan-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
Goods Seized.

MILWAUKEE, October 4.-Eighteen
trunks filled with $4,000 worth of fine
silks, etc, which recently arrived from
Chicago were seized by the police at the
Anne rican Express Office, to day, and the
alleged owners, Samuel Winsburg and
Adolph Barling, both of Chicago placed uu-
der arrest. AT the station they admitted
that Winsburg obtained goods on credit
from j. V. Farwell g. Co., and afterwards
turned them over to Barling as security
for three notes aggregating $400, on
which no money was ever paid. The men
Will be turned over to the Chicago police.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11

cigars. The general appearance of the
counterfeit is excellent. The difference
is that on the original are the words,
Manufactured out of imported tobacco"
and on the counterfeit are the words,
Manufactured of imported tobacco"
The bogus stamps are made by Scenucher
d Ettlinger, of New York, and are not
used to evade payment of duty, but are
pasted upon the boxes containing inferior
domestic. goods, in order to delude the
purchaser into the belief that he is buy
ing the genuine Havana weed. The firm
will be prosecuted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
An Arehitect's Suit.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Ell PAso, October 4.-Before the com =
missioners' court to-day, in the case of
Alfred Giles, noted architect of San An
tonic, vs.. the County of Ell Paso, for
$500 commission of per cent on
$4,000, the cost of the county Jail, and
5 per cent on $4,000 the cost of the
court house, the proposition of Giles to
com mpromise the suit for $1,000 was con-
sidered, and it was taken off the docket.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
Alliance Matters.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

DALLAS, October 4.-The executive
board of the Farmers State Alliance met
in this city to-day, and accepted the
resignation of j. r. Bennett as editor of
the Southern Mercury, to take effect at
once. The paper was turned over to the
executive board of the Alliance. An edi-
tor has been engaged. This ends a fight
that at one time threatened the existence
OF the State Alliance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11
SLEEPLBSSNESS

Is generally caused by arrangement of Il Q
stomach and bowels. To enjoy refreshing sleep
it is necessary that the larger organs of the body
should properly perform their functions. Adults
as well as children sometimes eat too much supper
or something that does not agree with them
producing