Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 222, Ed. 1 Friday, September 10, 1897 Page: 4 of 4
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THE MAD KILLER.
Malay Method* of Sui* ide Are Pirtart«qae.
If Sonrwhat Trooblewnve.
It was n thick air that huns about j
the splice stalls. The smell of cloves
and sandalwood breathed over Ba-
tavia like n sweetened cloud, and !
the searching, pungent reek i it bruis-
ed pepper that hung round the inner
shops was almost painful. More-
over, the Javanese i« the craftiest
fisher round tbe rim of the seas, and
glorious are the hauls he brings
ashore from the lmys and rivers
that slice Java to north and south.
But he does not approve of fresh
fish, preferring to smoke his prey in
green wood smoke. His crowning
delight is the fermenting of a seeth-
ing mass of tish fry and prawns in
the sun, stewed by natural heat ton
noisome mess that gladdens the
heart of Malays.
Away beyond the low houses 1
could see the long ridge of moun-
tains that is the ragged backbone >f
Java. Borne of them are volcanoes,
extinct long eons since. Here and
therein the swarming crowds of the
town I found a man from the hills—
stark, wiry and of more muscular
limbs than the dreamy loiters that
love tbe plain. There was the gleam
of the higher air on his skin and his
hair was short and crisp. On his
iboulders he carried salable leopard
ekins and in his eye tin open scorn
for the feebler men around. This
is the way of all mountain men, even
nearer home than Java.
By and by, 111 the bush of tho
glaring noon, there sounded an an-
gry scream up the street, three seo-
onds later a yell of pain and the j
sobbing cry of a man cut deep
through the lnngs. It touched off
the whole teeming populace like a ;
match in a powder barrel; there
was a frenzied rush of swarthy loaf,
era for safety,and a shrieking chorus
of "Amok, amok!" the street cry
of the far east which means many
deaths in a short period. Out of n
byway a lithe Malay tore blindly
down tho road, driving his knife
into the stomach of a water carrier
as he passed. The carrier fell on
liis face with a thick cough, and tho
frantic man spun forward, with
starting, bloodshot eyeballs, foam-
ing at the mouth like a rabid dog, a
narrow, dripping kris in bis right
hand. He dashed furiously among
the deserted stalls, and on through
the town, till a big Lnsear, fresh
from his ship and hungry fur a
fight, sank his knife under tho mad-
man's ribs with tbe slipping up
Btroke which is tho legacy of all
Lascars throughout tho earth.
These ten minute dramas occur 20
or 30 times a year in Batavia and in
most cities of the remoter east. The
pleasant Malay prefers this method
of suicide to any other, and after
losing bis wealth at a gambling den
in the east city slums, or his be-
trothed through fever, he decides
on an amok. It is far less cold blood-
ed than common self murder, ar.;l
the rod, rabid frenzy appeal* to the
fcot blood of the ruined Malay. He
buries his kris in the body of tho
nearest man and keeps tho line of
a maddened jackal through the
town, killing to right and loft,
till n readier knife onds him. I
have known 11 victims to site
cumb to one amok, and at times
a powerful hillinan will cut down a
score of bystanders before I10 meets
the point. In all countries of tho
farthest east you will find that ruin
„ breeds this fever for tho running
kill.—London Answers.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WF. ARK ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR Rir.irr TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE <>F THE WORD "CASTORIA." AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA,'' AS Oik trade ma? K.
J DR SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannic, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "PITCHERS CASTORIA." the same
that has borne and does now m cvenJ
hear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
Tim is the original" PITCHER'S CASTORIA,' which ha.s been
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for oner thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought jT on the
and has the signature of wrap-
per. No one ftas authority from me to ma my name ex-
cept The Centaur Company of which Cm. //. Flctchcr 13
President. n
March 8, 1807. ^
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life -of )'*'>"r ch:!«l.l>y ••• " I'1"■
a cheap substitute which so:no <»•
(because lie makes a few more v nnies on it;, tho in-
gredients of which even he doe* not know.
"The Kind You Have Always Bought"
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
?xt lldltfi
A PRETTY BAD MIX UP.
J. L. AMMONS
Merchant Tailor
lortbeall (Jornar Fab'.lc tloiara,
jKKnnAU, TKXAH
De>p*r»t» (liniblfM.
Aproj)OH of gambling at Cairo,
Tftt Slieedy, tbe famous gambler,
declares that "the Russians are the
moat desperate gamblers that come
to Cairo, the Greeks the shrewdest.
The Russians liet tbe biggest money,
.although some of the wealthy Turks
are as daring. The A mcrican is a
good gambler, but his game is like
marbles against billiards as com-
pared with the gambling of Euro-
peans. I saw old Caste)lane, tho fa-
ther of Count Castellane, who mar-
ried Anna Gould, play baccarat un-
til be had a roll of money amount-
ing to $49,000. This money he put
in his trousers pocket and started to
go out
"He bad just reached tho door
when three men who knew him
came in. They were broke, but anx-
ious to play. I saw Castellane hand
them $2,500 apiece, and then start
to deal the cards for them himself.
The old gentleman actually put the
balance of bis money against that
Which ho had loaned bis fiiends.
They were three to one. Castellane
broke one of the three, but the oth-
er two broke him, and after passing
back $5,000 to him, they went out
richer together by some $41,000.
Where in all of this country would
yoa find a man in whose veins the
gambling blood flowed as swiftly us
that!"
Toothache Id H«itr.crliii(l<
Toothache will no longer I*) ac.
cepted hy the Geneva jxistofficn as
• ..n excuse for absence of employees.
The canton superintendent has is-
sued a circular directing them to
have their teeth extracted rather
than have the service suffer.
It W orke.i.
A southern congressman relates a
novel approach an old opium eater
had made to him for money. "Hhe
was an elderly wom. n, with good
manners and a pleasant face, and,
baiting me on the street and point-
ing to a small sign on an ofBce door
near, said, 'Tell me, sir, what is a
notary public.' I raised my hat and
explained as well as I could. 'Thank
you, sir,' she replied. 'And now
will you please give me u quarteri
I am without money, as I am with-
out information.' I saw in a mo-
ment that 1 bad been taken in, but
the trick was no clever I raised my
bat again and h»rided over a quar-
ter. Tbe old woman dropped mo a
sort of courtesy and moved on."—
Washington letter New York 'i'rib
one
Tfcrffiy
Pbtw manager t«* tuuLv 150,CM
francs a year from pertr.fl* to iu
chairs in the ggtiarcs ut<l gar den*
far the «.uon.tt( dr.ik i; ij, btpta-
«udm.
LADIES' l'ALACE
lestauran
| Main Street, Next Door to D.xic Saloon.
: TilK NKW FAD of the CITY.
MFALN AT ALL HOURS.
fUfcJ r<\«h Oy.sters Daily.
II. It. WII.I.IAMn, Proprietor.
WATSON'S
It YV*a Thrlllinglr »<«nll*»lr, hut It Heemi
It Wann't Art.
Tb0 pM i»i man seated liiin* i
oelf «n a moss .overed "prac-tical" | BaiU ao<l ftarment. mad* to order aad we
stump whilr wnitiDK for tFin play to j *
begin, and, in response to my ques-1
tion, said:
"Mistake- will occur and things
will get mixed up in the .theatrical
liusineHs as w< II as in any other. I
remember one season when I was j
with 'The Country Knim;' every '
thing real, you know- leal cows,
horses, chickens and all that sort of j
stuff. One act was in the city, ntui I
there were real fire engines, cable j
cars, ferryboats, policemen, and] Wo employ nothing bat the vuy best
such like; good play end took in! cooks, i'oltte attention to all. (live us a
money by the barrelfnl, but lniril| call.
work for loo; had to 1 uy fresh j
vegetables for the cows to eat in ~rr.—
full view of the audience and look ?'
after a laf-t of other things.
"One night out i.t y.i'.'jisvtlle, (>.,
just as the curtain went up, the bay
mule, who appeared in the first tab-
leau, kicked the brass cannon used
iu the Fourth of July scene. lie
was a powerful kicker, having been
practicing Oil mo for about threw
months, and tho heat generated by
the striking of his shoe against tbe
cannon set off the charge, and it
blazed away right among tho real
cows and other animals. Tbe whole
caboodle of 'em stampeded straight
on to the stage. The real chickens
also flew on, and tho fire engine
horses likewise naturally charged
in, the racket being right in their!
line. The stage hands and most ot
tbe actors rushed on to try to
straighten out the tangle.
"About this time a watoi pipe
burst, and something set off thejH
thunder machine, and it began tu M
&
OURFALLSTOCK ARRIVING
O/i. JD,
Look for September Pi ice list which will appear in a few days.
1
J0? NATATORIUM.
>'y
'l MIN MonthrMdt
of llrrnham,
Now open to tho public. Finest
bathing pool in the county. Hath
house* ami every convenience
provided for bather*. Tickets, 20 for
$>00; tingle bath 25 cents. For
father particulars, apply to
A. W. VVATBON,
I'loprietor.
W. T. Carrington,
DFAI.KR IN-
I
piAQ & Family
I IvJ u Supplies,
Sandy Street, Next Door to G.
Hermann."
IIH KN HAM, TKXAH.
U
A full supply of Kreth and season-
able -goods kept in Stock. Will meet
nil legitimate competition. Patron-
age solicited and satisfaction guaran-
teed, Free city Delivery. Give ine
a trial,
On the
Santa le Limited
Santa Fe
Route
thunder worse than I hail over beard
it before in a long and eventful life.
This jarred tho snow department,
and the paper flakes began to tluttei
down pretty lively, while a box of
red lire in tbe wings caught from
the smoldering cannon wadding and
east a lurid and fitful glare o'er the
geneial cataclysm, as I may call it.
Tho real Durham bull tossed the
heavy villain on his horns, and the
roal old Southdown ram butted the
comic man across the footlights and
back into the neighborhood of the
fifth row, landing him iu the lap of
his honor tho mayor. It was u
scene long to be remembered, with
the chickens flying up into tho pro-
scenium boxes and cackling like
mad, and the orchestra trying to
play tho whole thing down with u
redhot selection from Wagner. But
we got it all straightened out at
last."
"Hut what about Iho audience?"
inquired an innocent listener.
"Wasn't there a panic?"
"Not a bit of it. That's tho funny
part of the whole thing. They were
a very intelligent audience, right
up to date on tho realistic drama,
and they thought it was tho first
act. Never heard such applause in s»m» r« spcriai*
my life. The manager wanted tol On September 6-7 tickets limited to ilic!7th
repeat the thing every night in I f°r '"turn will be »olil to Indianapolis at one
place of tho opening scene, but the |rj,t U" ",ft rou"{l ,r'l'-
author wouldn't listen to it. HeJ" ^f'T 'tion TT1 tr|V
. .. l4 . i tickets at one ami ono-third fare will be sold
said it wasn t art. —Harper s Mag- on Sept. 7, 9,11, if., 21,23,28, 80, and on
uzina I October 7, li, I4, 11», 2I, limit for leturn ten
from (late 0f sa(c<
! On account of the Imposition at Naehville
rl be Composition of a number of I Tenn.. the Santa Kc will sell round trip tick '
Japanese alloys hitherto kept a
close secret is said to bo, as now re
Leave
Arrive
Arriv
. at 7:U0 a. m,
IWSSKOUKKS (AN DAILY
Jlrenlinm at luiflp. m.
!,t 7:40 a, 111.
tort Worth at r:ii6 a. m.
Arrive St. Louis ,,t :(H, n- m
Arrive Kau^HM Citv
Solid Ve»iKliule Trail)
Tlip Brut i.»HI Oim k.-Kt Koilte.
Chicago Kipress leaves Bronham I i:j] a.
1)1., and arrives at Itrenham 4:60 p. in.
Santa Fe Limited arrives at lirenham 4:48
a. ID.
VV. a KKKNAN.
(ien. Pass, Agent.
I. ti. SLOAN,
1'ass. Ajjcnt, Itrenbam.
veil led by workmen making them,
as follows: The "shadko" is an al-
loy ol copper and from J to 10 per i
eent of gold, the objects being 1
els conditioned as follows: Tickets limited
to return within ten days of date of sale will
tie on sale Tuesdavs and Thursdays at
$15 5(; tickets limited to twenty davs for re-
turn, $21.36; tickets good to return until
Nov. 7. $^9 1^- All tickets except other-
wise specified are on sale every day.
Effective after June 1st till further orders
placed in a mordant of sulphur of j summer excursion tickets will he on sale to
eopi)cr, alum and verdigris, until I t'alVCit(,B' hmited for return to 80 davs from
♦ 11 , .x 1 ('a'c of sale, at $4.9o for the round tno.
they have assumed the copjiered or j 0n account of Labor Day a rate of one
blue hlark hut) of swottl fehcutliH | fare for the round trip will be made to Hous-
and decorative articles. Another of Ilon "n September 5, return limit Sept. 7.
these is"gni shi-bu-icl.i," a copper L 1nd 4 „a,mi "«»'? on 'he„ ll(h
..11 .... ♦!•//, f V and 18th tickets will ho un sale to Dallas at
Uiloy with «>0 or .<(' j;eT of silver i one tare for the round trip, return limit Sep-
of tlie well known gray color. What1 tember 2O.
is called "mokume" is it compound ! r ' ntl! a,u<l 'If',1"1"11? 'Scl,V 4 riHJ,u' '"P °ne
, . •! fare ticket* will lie gold to Washington. Nor-
ofstteral alloys. About 40 plates l f„)k and Richmond, limited for
of foils of gold, shadko, copper, sjI I days from date of sale,
ver and tho last mentioned ulloy are j
soldered together, holes are V ;
and the plate hammered out and put
School Baskets of oil Kinds ASSORTED.
Just Received at
MISTROT BROS & CO.
ONE PRICE TO ALL. . .
QUS D1ERKE.
fOf. WILUAMT
DIERkE & WILLIAMS,
Proprietors
Brenham. Toxai.
Prompt snd courteous atiention.
Fresh, Cold Beer always on tap.
A share of your patronage solicited,
ruurn to 30
'roiimtrt • ItiKimnt growth.
Never Fell* to Bratore Or»r
"•ir to ite Youthful Color.
in tho mordant. The finest Japanese j
brass "sincbu" consists of ten imrts
copper and five ot zinc, and of Ml j
metals "karakano" is made of ten
parts of copper, four of tin, one; hull
iron and 1>4 zinc, the Copjier being 1 sngan . «___
melted first and tbe other metal* j " MEAT, 1-3 and BBER
added in the above order. E* DAILY AT
change. 1
PARKER'S
„ HAIR-BALSAM
CIhidhi and befttitiHea the heir.
rPDBotC'
.1 aralp d
»V,>od^lilO«t
a bair tailisf.
J>twgkjjrT
Comer Weet and Fantly Street,
llrrnhein, Tex»%,
B. WIEOAND, Mftnn*«-r.
I
FISCHER BKOS.
FINE LIQUORS, WINES and CIGARS.
Ice Colli Beer always on lap. Lunch
•tand in Connection. PatroiMtge solicited.
WOOD
Sawed tnd Split for StoVe» and fire plac*.
Delivered to any part of the City at $4 So
per cord, ea»h on delivery. Yard near Cen-
tral freight depot. O A. LINDEMANN.
5 Xl
All styles and grades, Finest andj
most Complete line ever brought I
to Brenham," which will be closed j
out at Low Rates. Call and see|
them, They are beauties. {
The Old Reliable Fu rniture Dealer.
SANDY STRET, B'rei *«■> Texaa.
t
%
■i
THE PUREST AND BEST.
H. I. SCHCLTZ, Agent Brenhan, Teias,
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Rankin, John G. Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 222, Ed. 1 Friday, September 10, 1897, newspaper, September 10, 1897; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth483804/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.