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The Weekly Banner.
J. G.KAKKIN. Proprietor.
Thursday Hay 21 1891.
Gladstone is improving in health.
Secretary Blaise who has had a
severe attack of the gout is said to
be convalescing.
-
Cleveland's stock for first place
in the great presidential handicap in
of 1892 is at par.
The date of the state prohibition
conference has been postponeu aim
will be held in Corsicana May 19.
The strike of the nine hour men
on the cable-road of Dallas is a fail
ure. A full force of men have been
mifr in n-nrk and officers are on sruard
to keep the agitators and strikers
from molesting the men nt won...
President of the National Alli
ance Polk in a recent interview
.says that if the Democratic or Re-
publican party does not grant them
-what they want that there is no
question but that the third party
will be the result.
The forest fires of Michigan and
Pennslyvania last week caused wide
spread destructiqn'throughout those
' regions destroying many lives and
devasting homes. Unless help is
tendered those flame stricken regions
great suffering must follow.
The time has expired in the Chic-
ana w Nation for delinauents to pay
their permit tax and the work of
ejecting them will be commenced at
once. All of those who do not hold
receipts will be placed under arrest
and immediately hustled out of the
country.
n
The Ft. Worth Gazette accounts
for the agreement of the Western
laborites with Senator Blair who in
their recently expressed admiration
want him appointed immigration
commissioner on the grounds of
their "harmony of hate" towards the
Chinese.
"The familiar face of Bankin. of
the Beenhait Basnek did not mate
rialize at the press convention. Is
he determined to work 3G5 days in a
year and 3G6 in a leap year?" State
Press of Galveston News.
No my friend we put in one day
with the Firemen at Houston all
that we could spare.
The postoffice department says
that the reports sent out from El
Paso about the whole mail edition
of the Times being refused trans
mission through the mails has not
been fairly presented and that the
postmaster only held it until he
could wire for instructions.
The President and party have re-
turned to Washington arriving there
Friday on schedule time. Just be-
fore his arrival he gathered the' train
officials and made the 140th speech
of the tour of 10000 miles and
presentedthen all with a substan-
tail token of his appreciation of their
ornces.
The Kansas City Sun has been
giving some Dallas young men a
deal and it is allodged wrote up the
wrong men. An injunction was
sued out restraining the Sun from
circulating and a wagon load of
-Sun's went away from the depot
there Saturday under the charge of
deputy Sheriffs. s
The state shoot at San Antonio
last week was well attended and the
San Antonio gun club are getting
ronndly abused by the visiting par-
ticipants for the penurions disposi-
tion shown in the management. The
Express says that visitors were not-
treated with that consideration to
which they were entitled.
The New York weekly bank state-
ment last week was a genuine sur-
prise not only to Wall street but
the bankers themselves. All the
financiers seemed to think there
would be a great falling off in the
gold receipts on account of the
6teady drain for Europe but the sur-
prise came in the fact that the re-
serve showed a handsome increase.
The United States war ship Char-
leston who was sent out to capture
the Etala has been heard from at
Acapulco harbor. The Esmeralda
is also at the same port and it is
said that if there is any attempt to
capture the Etata a fight will be the
result. It all probability the Etata
will go her way while the Charles-
ton will be watched by the Esme-
ralda. Nothing has been heard of the in-
surgent vessel Itata or the Charles-
ton which is in pursuit. The Esine-
jalda is said to have left the port of
Acanulco in Mexico to meet the
Itata. It is said that tho reports of'
tho battles in Chili have all been
doctored by tho insurgents and that
they have not gained a single battle
of any consequence since the re-
bellion begun and that it is not be-
lieved that the rebellion will last GO
days longer.
"THE BP.ESHAM CHIEF."
On tlio.occasion of tbet.proprietors
visit to the Stale Firemen's Associa
tion at Houston the Texas World
of which Uncle Daniel McGary is
the editor contained the following
reminiscences of the early history of
the Banner and the pleasant associa-
tion of the editor and proprietor
during its early struggle when the
county jail was used for an editoral
room and the copy handed out
through the diamond's of the bars:
"Mr. John G. Bankin chief of the
Brenham fire department is attend-
ing the State Firemen's association
mid his nresence is verr sujrsestive
J to the writer. Twenty-six years ago
Hr. Rankin ana tne nuniDie lnaivi-
dual who now edits The Texas
World the best weekly by the
way in the Western Hemisphere
pooled their means aggiegating
S250 borrowed money and started
the Brenham Banner Rankin busi-
ness manager and McGary editor
and they succeeded in making it so in-
fooafiiifr fliof. if. snnn trnf. its editor
in the Brenham jail with a yankee
unitary guard at tne cioor wnere ne
indignantly rejected the hard-tack
niclcled hork offered him bv his
jailors and received an ovation from
citizens and had every day a least
of luxuries he has never enjoyed
sinne. Mr. Rankin subseauentlv
retired from the paper but twenty
years ago oecame sole proprietor
and has lield that relationship to it
ever since.
That the Banner was started on
a capital of 250 borrowed money
is literally true for its proprietors
were but recently from a four years
service in the Confederate army
and if they got money they had to
borrow it. When cotton was 30
cents a pcund in gold at the gin
and the price of everything was
inflated the sort of a newspaper
equipment that could be got for
5250 may be imagined; but noooay
but Captain Faulker can describo it.
It was a paper of rather diminutive
proportions at first and its revenues
were proportionally small. But it
is larger now. Instead of being
issued only once a week it makes
its bow to the public every morn
ing now and its columns are alive
with well written editorials iresn
news good locals and paying ad-
vertisements. And furthermore
the little 8250 equipment like good
seed in good ground has grown
and spread into an equipment pat-
rouage.good will and good name that
could not be bought for less then
S15.000 or 820000. The friendship
begun between its original pro-
prietors more than a quarter of a
century ago has continued ever
since and with the exception of Mr.
Rankin himself no man is prouder
of the prosperity of the Brenham
Banner than the editor of The Texas
World.''
The Fort Worth World's Fair
Convention wants S300000i raised
for a Texas exhibit The demand
is modest enough for a great state
like Texas but a means of raising it
maybe harder to devise than simply
stating the amount needed. If there
is an extra session of the Legisla
ture another effort might be made
to get the State to appropriate a
portion of it.
The governments of the United
States and Switzerland have con
cluded 'a treaty binding themselves
to submit all disputes that may
arise to arbitration. This is a step
in the right direction. Let the agi
tation for universal peace and inter
national arbitration continue. War
is at the best the trade of barbarians.
The standing armies of Europe im
poverish the nations and educate
the ferocious side pi lite. .Let
peace be the watchword of the
future.
In a recent speech at Buffalo N.
Y. on the Evils and Dangers of
Public Extravagance Grover Cleve-
land among other good things said:
"'I believe the most threatening fig-
uro which to-day stands m the way
of the safety of our government and
the happiness of our people is leck-
less and wicked extravagance in our
public expenditures. It is the most
fatal of all the deadly brood born of
governmental perversion. It hides
beneath its wings the betrayed of
the people's trust and holds power-
less in its fascinating glance the
people's will and conscience."
The ladies of Helena Ark. have
erected a handsome monument to
the memory of Gen. Patrick Cleburne
who was buried there. Gen.
Cleburne says the Fort Worth Ga
zette was one of the bravest of the
brave who followed the bonnie blue
flag and tBis laggard testimonial to
his valor and memorial of his heroic
death can add nothing to the esteem
in which the Southern people hold
him. Gen. Cleburne was a citizen
of Texas though a native of Ireland
and it is discieditable to the state
of his adoption that alien hands
should bo the first to erect a shaft
to his memory.
THE "WESTERN CONGKESS.
The Western Congress which met
in Denver to day (Tuesday) will dis-
cuss a wide range of subjects but
has announced as it3 purpose as fol-
lows: To unite the people of the States
and Territories west of the Missis-
sippi river for the promotion of
their common interests.
Among the questions to be con-
sidered will be :
Legislation affecting commerce
transportation and finance.
Improvement of waterways lake
Gulf and Pacific ports.
Markets for Western products.
Promotion of manufacturing and
agricultural interests.
Irrigation and reclamation of arid
lands.
Western mineral lands and their
development.
Cause and effects of business
combination and trusts.
Reciprocity and international
trade extension.
The Indian question and opening
of Indian lands und such other sub-
jects as may be worthy of considera-
tion. All of these questions are of vital
importance to Texas and there is no
doubt that if the convention agrees
on a policy to be pursued in i egard
to these questions it will have a
marked effect upon congress.
IUIENHAM'S LOSS.
A recent issue of the Fort Worth
Gazette has tho following notice of
Mrs. England who for some time
was a sojourner in this city and
made many friends during their stay.
"Traveling Auditor England of the
Sania Fe has decided to made Fort
Worth his home and with his wife
is now snugly settled as a full
fledged citizen of this city. Mrs.
England is a very charming lady a
thorough musician and will be a
great acqusition to Fort Worth's
society circles. She has takeu the
position of soprano in St. Andrew's
Episcopal church choir and will
sing in solo for the first time next
Sunday. Her clear bell-like voice
exquistely modulated 'and evincing
careful training was heard for the
first time yesterday and gave promise
of the treat in 'store for the music
loving people of that congregation
in the future. Many friends extend
the right hand of fellowship to iVIr.
and Mrs. England and trust they
may long continue residents of the
magic city."'
STATE. IIOKTICULTUKAX SOCIETY.
This society will meet at Lampa-
sas Texas July 1 1891 and con-
tinue in Session three days.
The prospect for fruit vegetables
and other farm crops in Texas is
very flattering-
Hundreds of intelligent farmers
and fruit-growers from all parts of
this country are expected to attend.
The finest most varied and edu-
cative .display of fruit and other
products will be on exhibition.
About 81000 will be paid in pre
miums for the best displays from
counties or individuals.
The proceedings will include dis-
cussions by the most skillful pro-
ducers and papers on questions in
volving their greatest interests.
The local attractions at Lampasas
are equalled by few places on the
continent.
Reduced railroad and hotel rates
are expected.
A grand excursion through West
and Southern Texas is anticipated.
A valuable report will be written
and published by the Secretary and
a wide circulation of published pro
ceedings and displays will be given
by the many members of the press
who will be present.
Those sections of the State that
capture the piemiums at this meet-
ing will receive a grand influx of
the best class of immigration.
Each member is entitled to a copy
of published reports and other valu-
able papers.
Every person interested in the
welfare of the people of Texas is in
vited to membership.
For program and premium list
tddress D. H. Watson Secretary
Brenham Texas: E. W. Kirkpatrick
President Aliivinney Texas. .
The State Press Association after
electing San Antonio as their next
place of meeting had occasion to
pass that city en route to AranEns
Pass and were shown io courtesy
whatever by city officials. The
local Bohemians however treated
them royally. Sau Antonio's lepu-
tation for hogpilalit- is not an en-
viable one by any means and w'e
therefore predict a slim attendance
at the next meeting of the Press
Association.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
mediterranean water.
An ocean-exploring expedition of
of the "Vienna Academy of Sciences
has found that the water of the cen-
tral basin of the Mediterranean is
warmer denser and richer in dis-
solved salts than that of the western
basin. In efforts to determine the
penertration of light into the sea a
white disk was visible only as far
down as 43 metres but photographic
plates were affected at a depth of
500 metres. In going downward
the quantity of'dissolved oxygen at
first increased then decreased be-
coming the same at a depth of 3000
metres as at tho surface. No free
carbonic acid was found. The pro-
portion of nitrogenous substances in
solution varied in inverse propor-
tion to the depth; that of ammonia
varied but slightly being greatest at
the lowest depths.
The laughing plant of Arabia
produces black bean-like small doses
of whicli when dried and powdered
intoxicate like laughing gas. The
victim dances shouts and laughs
like a madman for about an hour
when he becomes exhausted and falls
asleep to awake after several hours
with no recollection of his w ild an-
tics. Dr. Dowd of New York has found
that each cubic inch of soil contains.
from 60000 to 2250000 minute or
ganisms.
Ch'oride of efhyl has been found
by French dentists to be very use-
ful as a local anaesthetic. It can be
employed without apparatus being
put up in hermetically sealed bottles
drawn out out to a point at one end.
On breaking off the end of this
capillary tube the heat of the hand
causes the chloride to be expelled in
a fine jet which quickly vaporizes
and freezes the substance on which
it is directed.
COLOR GERMS.
A pigment bacterium producing
the dreaded "blue illness" of Dutch
cheese and the equally undesirable
'black glue" of gelatine factories
formed the subject of a paper re-
cently read to the Amsterdam Royal
Academy of Sciences. The organ-
ism called the bacillus cyaneofucus
has its natural habitat in ditch-wa-water
and ground-water. It be
longs to the class feeding on album
inous matter alone and a small pro
portion of peptone gelatine egg al-
bumen fibrin or casein in a solu-
tion gives it sufficient nutriment.
The bacterium produces two pig-
ments one a deep blue 'and the
other a dark brown.
ONE OF THE UNSOLVED PROBLEMS.
In a late Royal institution lecture
Frcf. Dewar stated that in Prof-
Lanriev's researches the SDectro-
scope has been made to discrimi
nate between luminous and non-iu-minous
radiant heat with important
practical results. For example cau-
dle. oil-IamD and eas iet crave 98 per
cent of heat to only 2 of Tight. The
numbers for arc light were au and
10. for mao-nesium 85 and 15. sun-
I D 1
light 70 and 30 and the Cuban fire-
fly 1 and 99. A ereat nroblem is to
alter the proportions 98 and 2 and
90 and 10 and get as near the fire-
fly's as possible more light with
fess heat.
Miscellaneous Items.
Many consider as truth what is
merely sanctified by age.
There is a constantly growing de-
mand that other people be good.
We never see a poor man without
wondering why he never got rich.
He is the happiest be he kink or
peasant who finds peace in his home.
If fathers could be sons to them-
selves what good sons they would
be.
In one respect all men are like
the Lord all believe it was Eve's
fault.
The meaner seme men are the
more angelic they want their wives
to be.
It takes a bravo man to tell the
truth when a lie would save him
money.
A lie will go a long ways but the
sender usually has to pay the
freight.
Do not imagine that every man
who says nothing approves of your
conduct.
Perhaps no greater wrong can
be done to any man than to mis-
judge him.
A woman often thinks she is re-
gretting the lover when she is onlj
regretting the love.
There isn't much charitable work
done in this world by people who
do not believe in another.
Advice is like snow: tho softer it'
falls thft longer it dwells upon and
tne deeper it sinks into the mind.
More is accomplished by doing
each day's work faithfully than by
crowding two day's work into one.
E W. Nye otherwise "Bill Nye" :
the.famous humorist was inLexing-'
ton recently and purchased a team!
of fine horses. . I
EARLY ENGLISH DOCTORS.
They Had to Attend Three Dissections
I at Which a Body Was Opened.
The earliest record of a school of
physics at Cambridge university is in
1421 but the first definite provision for
anatomical teaching was made by John
Carps somewhat later in the same cent-
ury He was followed by "Vv". Hardy in
theSixtcenth and by a brilliant galaxy
of anatomists in the Seventeenth cent-
ury of whom one instructed Newton
and another tried his hand at writing
plays.
From the time of Cains we were in-
timately connected with the corpora-
tion 'of snrgeons in London who sent
us a fecholar receiving 40 a year for his
maintenance and 3 a year to provide
himself with books. In order to qualify
as a I practitioner in those days it was
necessary to have attended three dissec-
tions' at which a body was opened and
"the ( physicians present discoursed at
random concerning the interior."
The first separate professorship of an-
atomyi was founded at Cambridge in
the year 1707 but the immediate effect
of the endowment appeals to have
been a cessation of all interest in the
subject It was the time of the Resur-
rectionists however and we read of
the watchmen being allowed to search
in Emmanuel for a missing body. This
was illegal be it remarked and really
au act Of coercion as may be seen from
the following tale. A giant once died
in Dublin thereby eiciting the desires
of an anatomical professor and his stu
dents to whom he said:
"Gentlemen. I understand tliat your
feelings are excited toward the seizure
of this bpdy against wliich I must cer-
tainly counsel yon. But in case your
zeal should overcome your discretion I
will tell you the exact case of the law
which is that you may take the
body but that for the removal of the
least rag or shred of covering there-
on you may be hanged. Therefore if
you should remove the body be careful
that it is utterly unclothed." Needless
to say that professor was given the op-
portunity pf experimenting upon that
giant.
A more melancholy anecdote is asso-
ciated witp tho memory of our Pro-
fessor Collignon who once invited two
friends to the dissection of a bodv in
which one of them recognized the feat-
nres of an i acquaintance. It was the
body of Lawrence Sterne "whose final
return to Ins university formed a tragic
ending to the sentimental journey of
his life." v
Professor ' Haviland made the first
collection of anatomical specimens
while the first museum was founded by
his successor. Professor Clark who
raised it to be the first in the world.
We have entered upon a goodly her-
itage and in -the stimulating presence of
of Sir George Paget and Sir George
Humphrey may we not learn to pene-
trate yet farther into those regions of
knowledge) where the unknown still far
exceeds the known? Knowledge.
A( Four Footed Hint.
There i a four footed bird the
OpisthocouVis cristntus. which has such
anomalies of structure that it is impos-
sible to class it along with any other
family. It is one of those survivors
which tell us of extinct groups of whose
past existence we would otherwise have
remained forever ignorant. These
the only species of four footed birds
inhabit the Island of ITarajo in the
Lower Amazons. . It is only during in-
fancy that this remarkable feature of
these birds is seen the two fore feet ap-
pearing early in the development of
the embryo and continuing perfectly
formed for several days after hatching
when they are gradually shed. It is
also known as the hoactzin or evil
smelling bird the flesh having an un-
pleasant odor making it unpalatable
to both man and carnivorous animals
which is probably one cause of its sur-
vival. London Tit-Bits.
Something About Sirords.
Major Pettiboue. of Cincinnati says
that notwitlistanding the profound
peace which tlnsfcountry enjoys that
city alone turns cut on an average 10-
000 regulararmy swords every year. All
swords made in t Sis country are dull ex-
cept at the point barbarous nations only
making sharp edged swords. The idea of
refined and beautiful warfare is to kill
without mutilation and a blow from a
sharp sword might make a horrible
wound without cr -ing death. The !
finest swords tumid out in Cincinnati
were a complete outfit for the late
King Kalakaua and liis retinue.
Swords range in pnee from S to $o00.
Charleston Ncw3.
What SufSWuntert
Some weeks act at one
of our
libraries a youn
woman walked
up to the desk
d said "Give
me a good shaking.1'
The young man
who was m attem
iinco blusned to
the roots of lib hair1
d after a mo
ment's hesitation palled himself to
gether sufficiently to itammer "Er er
who who is it byt' "George Mac-
donald I think" etine tho answer.
Then he hustled around for a time and
at last found out that'Vhat she wanted
was a book called ''A lough Shaking."
The young man's nerves were unstrung
for the rest of the diy. Cincinnati
Times-Star.
She Had Amved.
Tho wife of a Boston broker sailed
for Peru to visit her aster and when
she arrived there she seit him a cable-
gram which cost him 7 to announce
the fact The most of the message
however told how haBdog fell over-
board and could not iMred.- -or-"
STATE NEWS
Ttev. Sam Jones is in Houston- -
There are about twenty cases of
smallpox m Wharton county.
Rev. J. Jones is running a sue-5
cessful protracted meeting at Ter-
rell. The grand jury recently in ses-
sion at Mt. Vernon returned 25 in-
dictments. The Texas Press Association
resolved to make an exhibit at the
World's fa"r.
The first schooner of lumber
has been landed at Yelasco for the
"Hotel Yelasco."'
A proposition has been made
by out-of-town parties to erect a
woolen mill at Sherman.
' An excursion train for Firemen
was to leave Houston Saturday
morning to go to Galveston.
District court convenes at
Claude Monday with hi civil and 12
criminal cases on the docket.
Thieves broke into the store of
S. D. Hughes at Prairie Grove Wed
nesday night and robbed it of $40.
Dick Wash has been iailecLafc
Woodville for the murder of awB
man in Cass county fifteen years
ago.
John Seigler was found dead aU
his brother's residence in Palestine-
Tuesday morning. He died of hem-
orrhage. The officers of the Aransns Pnsi
railroad were in session at San An
tonio recently for tne purpose of re-
organization. N. L. Jones who fell under the-
train at Quannah has had one. of his
legs amputated and the doctors say
he will recover.
At the park in Houston Wed-
nesday night Dave McNally was
dangerously cut in the abdomto by
Reginald Ollse.
A water-spout near Evant Wed
nesday destroyed valley farms and
ruined the crops though it only
lasted about 20 minutes.
It is said the Maverick bank in
San Antonio which recently failed
for S850.000 will soon be able to
pay up its creditors in full.
The farmers of East Texas are-
turning their attention to rice cul-
ture and Jefferson county has start-
ed out by planting 1800 acres.
The state convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance Un
ion began in Tyler Wednesday
There were about 50 delegates pres-
ent. The Travis county grand jury
has begun the investigation of the
text book bill which had its enact-
ing clause left out and was thereby-
killed. A negro convict escaped from
the chain gang near Whitesboro
Tuesday. Six shots were fired at
him and dogs put on the trail but
he was jiot captured.
Dr. J. C. Colley was cut by Bill
Cecil at Italy Texas recently and
is in a precarious condition. The-
negro was taken to Waxahachie to-
prevent a lynching.
State Chemist Heradon who-
brought unsustained charges against
State Geologist Dumble has re-
signed his resignation to go into ef-
fect on the 15th inst
A Mexican named Ortiz was
given 99 years in tho penitentiary
on a charge of criminal assault at
San Antonio. He outraged the 15-
year-old daughter of Juan. Flores.
The forthcoming "North Ameri-
can Silva" of Prof. Sargent will com-
prise over 400 species of trees. In
Europe according to Prof. G. S.
Boulger there are probably not
more than half that number.
The entire mail edition of the
El Paso Times was confiscated and
refused transmission through the
mails Thursday on account of its
containing a synopsis of the Louis-
iana supreme court decision to com
pel the' Secretary to submit to the
people at the next election the
amendments extending the nex
20 years.
At Paris Monday night Jack
Smith colored forced his daughter
to many a negro school teacherv
named Halbert She protested
kicked and screamed but the knot
was tied. Tom Hillens her real
lover with whom she had on several
occasions tried to run. away heard
of the forced marriage and with
friends tried to force an entrance
to the wedding but barred doors
proved the stoutest until the police
arrived to stop the racket.
A Columbia special to the Gal-
veston News says: The threatened
flood of the Brazos river has sub-
sided doing but little damage to the
farming interests butlmproving the
depth of the channel at the mouth
of the river very materially. Positive
and reliable information has been
received to the effect that there is
now at low water a channel seven
teen feet deep through to dect
water. Some sanguine travelers re
port this depth at twenty feet.
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