Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1892 Page: 4 of 4
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BOLD BY ALT. DRUGGIST^
A Queer fair of Eyaa.
I labor under the peculiar inconven-
ien-e of haTing a right eye of normal
pov.er and a shortsighted left eye. The
niu: erala on the face of a clock five-
eighths of an inch high are visible
to the right eye twelve feet distant,
but in order to decern them as clear-
ly with my left eye I require to bring
that organ of vision as near to the
figures as eight inches. On looking at
my guld chain hanging on my breast
in daylight and with both eyes, the
chain colored yellow and toward the
left is perceived by the right eye, while
a steely blue- chain, another, yet the
same, is perceived about one inch to the
right and a little higher up. By artificial
light the same phenomenon presents it-
self, but the difference of color is not so
apparent; the yellow to the right is only
dimmer.
Again, when a page is being read with
the shortsighted eye there appear*
about an inch to the left, part of the
same colnmn, small, and the blac k
tinder artificial light, like weak purple
The right hand side of this ghostlike
column is lost to the right eye, being
commingled with the larger, darker let-
ters seen by the shortsighted left, which
cover it like the more recent writing on
a palimpsest Middle life was reached
before the discovery was made. These
experiences must be gone through with
intent, for objects generally being per
ceived altogether with the right eye, all
that the left seems good for is to supply
a littlo more light. The perception of
the difference of color is as good with
the one eye as the other, and the short-
sighted eye can read smaller type.—
Nature.
Eating Manners in 1330.
In a description of a dinner in 1350
there is no mention of the fork, and it is
not certain that there was a knife for
each person. The guests were placed
in couples as far as possible, on tho
ground of their being mutually agree-
able, which was the more necessary, as
in certain cases the porringer—a bowl
with ears for the soup—had to serve two
persons.
If a person preferred not to use his
spoon, or if one had not been suppled
him, he drank his soup from the por-
ringer held by one of the ears. Those
present at tho table put their hands into
the common dish to take such pieces of
meat as they preferred, though it was
not expected they would explore the
mass too thoroughly. This will pass for
a description of the way a meal was
eaten in an aristocratic family in Europe
160 years before America was discov-.
ered by Columbus.
This elegance of appointment and
manners was not found lower down in
the social scale. In fru&ilies of less
wealth hands were not always washed
before eating, napkins were not supplied,
and not only were meats taken with the
fingers from the common dish, but the
eoup was placed upon the table in a
large vessel into which every one dipped
his spoon and conveyed the liquid to his
mouth.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Venom of the Cobra.
A vivid notion of the intensity of a co-
bra's venom is given by the experience
of Dr. Francis T. Buckland. He put
rat into a cage with a snake of that ape
cies, and it was killed after a plucky
fight. Upon examining the skin of the
dead rat immediately afterward
found two very minute punctures, like
small needle holes, where the fangs of the
cobra had entered. The flesh seemed al
ready to have actually mortified in the
neighborhood of the wound. Anxious
to find out if the skin was affected, Dr.
Buckland scraped away the hair from
it with his finger naiL
Then he threw the rat away and start-
ed homeward. He had not walked 100
yards before, all of a sadden, he felt as
if somebody had come behind him and
struck him a severe blow on the head
and neck. At the same time he experi
enced a most acute pain and sense of op
pression about the chest He knew in
stantly that he was poisoned, and so
lost no time in seeking an apothecary
shop, where he was dosed with brandy
and ammonia. He came very near
dying. Undoubtedly a small quantity
of venom had made its way into his sys-
tem through a little cut beneath his
nail, where it had been separated slight
ly from the flesh in the process of clean-
ing the nail with a penknife a little time
before.—Washington Post.
PRESENCE OF Ml NIX
Bow a Man Who Had It Profited by the
Scheme of One Who Hadn't It.
Presence of mind and bravery in the
face of peril was being discussed in the
office of W. R. Busenbark, general man-
ager of the Maple Leaf route. The cap-
sizing of a yacht off the lako front the
day before suggested the theme. After
listening to the thrilling experiences
which each of the group present related
—and somehow on the occasion of an
exceptional accident people are prone to
talk thrillingly of what they have passed
through themselves—Mr. Busenbark told
a story.
He did not need to call our fancy to
his aid to give interest to his tale. He
had been the central figure in the well
remembered burning of the Newhall
hotel, in Milwaukee, being the only per-
son above the second floor who did not
perish in the terrible fire.
Referring to the manner in which he
escaped, he said he owed his life to the
fact that a man who was burned to ashes
in the flames the 6ame night told him
how ho would try to save his life in case
of fire.
"This is how it was, boys," said Mr.
Busenbark. "I got orders from my road
to meet one of our agents named Ware,
who was to be transferred from Detroit
to Milwaukee, and introduce him to onr
patrons in the Cream City. I joined
him here in Chicago, and we went to
Milwaukee together. It was the day of
the Newhall hotel fire. On the trip, by
a strange coincidence, we began talking
about fires. Ware, I think, brought up
the topic. Yes, it was Ware; and what
started him on the subject was the fact
that he had witnessed a big fire in the
Western Union building at Detroit, at
which five lives were lost. 'Isn't it curi-
ous, Busenbark,' said Ware to me, 'how
common sense will desert a man in the
hour of danger? I saw the big fire in
Detroit.
" 'A number of operators could be
seen standing helplessly and in wild de-
spair at the windows of the Western
Union building. There was a perfect
network of telegraph wires within
twenty feet of them, by jumping on
which they might have saved their
lives. But they didn't jump and they
perished. What is puzzling is that the
telegraph wires as a means of escape for
the poor fellows did not occur to me
until after all was over.'
" 'No accounting for these things,
Ware,' said I to the Detroit man, and
then we talkod about utlier matters.
"That evening, after arriving at Mil-
waukee, we went to the theater. I re-
member it as if it was but yesterday.
About 11 o'clock we reached the New-
hall and were given a double bedded
room. When I was awakened by the
heat and stifling smoke I pulled Ware
out of bed, and the poor fellow dashed
from the room and toward the staircase.
I never saw him again, alive or dead,
for he was burned to ashes. I rushed to
one of the windows of my room and
stood for fully half a minute, dazed and
bewildered. Right under the window
was a network of telegraph wires. Poor
Ware's story of the Detroit incident
flashed across my mind.
"I jumped toward the wires, and all
that I remember is that I grabbed them.
They told me afterward that I hong on
for about a minute and then fell to the
pavement below. I was pat among the
dead in the old bank across from the
hotel, bat I revived, and two months
later I was able to walk.
Ware inspired me with the idea that
saved my life, and while he had the
same opportunity as I had he did not
avail himself of it.
It is idle, boys, to talk of what one
would be sure to do under given circum-
stances. There is no accounting for
what a man will do when he is looking
into the jaws of death."
All the boys looked thoughtful and
agreed that it was so.—Chicago Herald.
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Subscribers!
Doing a cash business and selling goods with the return privileges
has made
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
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How m Morocco Town Received Its Name.
One of the best known towns in Mo-
rocco derives its name from a curious
circumstance. The place is Tetuan,
which has about 20,000 inhabitants, and
is noted for its manufacture of a large
variety of Moroccan wares. Centuries
ago the inhabitants were in deadly fear
of the wild Berber tribes, who inhabited
the Er Bif mountains. They kept a
watchman upon a lofty minaret, and
whenever he saw indications of ap-
proaching danger he cried at the top of
his voice, to arouse all the inhabitants,
"Tet-Taguen! Tet-Taguen!" (Open your
eyest Open your eyes!) In course of
tame the settlement was renamed, and
ttteftrtfJJiBiMr appellation from this
warmfagerf.—Goldttawaite'i Geographi-
cal Magazine.
Effective Use of English.
No accomplishment excels a thorough
mastery of English. Those who have
acquired it are the most cultivated and
scholarly men and women of our age.
This superiority frequently passes un-
noticed, for it has a certain subtle qual-
ity like the delicate odor of roses. On
reading or listening to the best English
we never think of the form of expression,
and not till afterward, when the clear-
ness of our conception reveals itself, do
we notice the beauty and the appropri-
ateness of the language. To use English
appropriately, elegantly and forcibly im
pBes not only a thorough knowledge of
the language itself, but also a broad cul
ture. It implies both connected, logical
thought and the ability to clothe the
thought grammatically, rhetorically and
connectedly in fit language. A style as
massive and majestic as that of Burke or
Macaulay renders any man immortal.
The grace of Irving and the copious flu-
ency of Scott fascinate the reader; and
the power to write with the eloquence of
Mr. George William Curtis, President
Eliot or Colonel Higginson would recon
cile almost anybody to being a Mug-
wump. —Education.
The Face of • Clock.
An excellent way to test a man's pow
ers of observation is to ask him to draw
the dial of a clock. Most persons set
down IV for four, instead of the four
straight lines usual on dials, and few
remember that all the letters of the dial
stand with their bases toward the cen
ter. It has been demonstrated that all
persons ordinarily read a clock dial by
the position of the figures and disregard
the figures themselves.
One of the best known public dials in
a provincial town has no mark save a
straight line at each of the places usually
occupied by the Roman numerals, and
the maker of the great clock of the
houses of parliament made another great
dial, upon which he indicated each hour
by a single straight line. It has been
found, however, that while most persons
have no accurate knowledge of dials,
any marked departure from the usual
rule in the marking of watch faces or
house clocks is easily detected. A dial
bearing IV instead of foar straight lines
at once attracts attention. —Lond6n Tit-
Bits.
The BANNER has made
arrangements whereby for
$2.50
It can furnish the
WEEKLY
BANNER
And the Houston
SEMI - WEEKLY
POST
Or for the sum of
$2.00
It will send the Weekly Ban-
ner and the
TEXAS FARM ASD RANCH
ONE YEAR.
Trade for us. It is a known fact that in buying goods on a credit
you must pay very dear for the accommodation ; and is it an accom-
modation to the buyer? NO! For credit prices are put on the
goods, and when you attempt to buy that way you will find that you
have accumulated very little alter years of hard labor.
Make up your mind to be independent for the year 1892.
Make up your mind that you will not go into debt, and when the
year has rolled around, instead of owing your crop to some one who
Has Made You Pay Three Prices for Goods
*You will have a little cash on hand.
The Houston Semi-Weekly Post is'a large
8-page Nrwspaper, and coming twice a
week makes sixteen pages of reading matter
alone. Texas Farm and Ranch is a 16-page
Semi-Monthly Agriccltural journal, and
as such is admitted to be the best in the
South. Its corps of writers and correspond-
ents are Practic?l Farmers and Stockmen,
College Professers, etc.
This offer which the BANNER now makes
to all new subscribers, or all old ones who
pay up a> rears and one year in ad vane*, is
undoubtedly the best that has ever been
offered the people of Texas.
NO Matter How Rich Yon Are
If you buy on a credit you must pay very dear for it. Have
you ev er heard of any one getting rich who bought his goods that way
and paid for them ?
ON ACCOUNT OF THE VAST IMPROVEMENTS
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For the next thirty days, as stated in this notice,
tage of an opportunity that has presented itself to you.
So call at o.ice and take advan-
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