Brenham Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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Brenliam WbbKIu Banner.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE
" job it a.
■atuw. PtMlltaf »»4 Pio»rt«*"-
Brenbam, Thursday March 3, 1910,
Last Friday two negro men were
legally banged at Wharton for the
murder of their wives.
Accordisg to tbe ^report of J. A.
Herring, Superintendeni-tJf peniten-
tiaries. there were 3,537 inmates in
the State'* various prisons up to the
let of February 1910
It ia the opinion of tbe editor of
the Yoakum Times that no farmer
should pay the prevailing high prices
for meat wben be can furnish his
borne supply all the year by raising
his own hogs and beeves.
The Texas Department of educa
tion has appropriated $'2 per captia
of the available School fund, being-
the largest apportionment ever made
in the history of tbe State, the
amount aggregating for tbe month
of March SI,898,012.
Bos. J T. Six'pkr. assistant attor
ney general under R- ^ • Davidson
in charge of the bond department,
and wbose resignation took effect
March 1, claims that hebrs approved
$27,000,000 in bonds Bince he be
came an assistant in 1907.
Be slow to judge others, says the
Beeville Picayune. Oftentimes cir-
cumstances indicate conditions that
are entirely foreign to the true situa-
tion. Be charitable and you will
get a broader view of humanity and
more pleasure out of life.
The Bellville Times insists that the
preachers and politicians are very
much like their brethren of "the
common herd. When they fancy
that they are a little above the level,
their heads and their chests both
swell and tbey refuse to recognize
the justice of the position occupied
by their equals and those who are
their real betters.
The editor of the Yoakum Times
is a pushing, progressive journalist,
one who believes that towns should
aid tbe efforts of the editor by adver
tising its advantages and resources
There is as much need for it as for
tbe business man to advertise his
business in his trade territiry. It
is the only way that people who are
interested can be put in possession
of the information which will attract
their attention. •
The Rusk County News says:
' Man may purchase a seat in tbe
legislature, buy a degree from a
university, build a castle and invite
in the elect to eat at his table, but
be cannot get character out of a
showcase; he carnot by the use of
money, evade or escape the great
laws in this respect any more than
he can ward off tbe final dissolution
of the body with a check book and
a fountain pen."
The Lufkin News sarcastically re-
marks: "Ain't it just about tbe
limit wben a candidate writes a
newspaper a letter telling all about
his political history, and how he was
born on a farm, etc., and then casu-
ally suggests that the editor publish
the letter, and also give him the
paper's valuable support, and don't
inclose "no check, no money, no
stamps, no shoes, no taters, no cord-
wood, no nothin'
The people of Texas should care
little whether a caudidate for gover-
nor is for or against Bailey, so long
as be is the beBt man for cbeif exe-
cutive of the State. There are good
men and bud men on each side of
the Bailey controversy. — Bonham
News.
A sensible suggestion, Brother
E ans. "Is he worthy, is he honest*
is he competent," ahould be the true
teat.
The editor of the Dallas Times
Herald is a progressive, patriotic
citizen who favors the lifting of
Texas out of the quagmire of politi-
ck filth ttrd slime, far from tbe con-
taminating and blighting touch of
tbe "would.be«," believes that the
people of Texas should name a chief
executive who will be of and for
Texas regardless of tbe wishes of
•elfish men, selfish interests and
ee'f-seeking bosses or dictators.
THE PEOPLE MUST BE ON THEIR GUARD-1
The Ward and Pot House Politi-
cians are abroad in the land having
themselves interviewed in order to
try and influence public opinion on
the candidates for Governor. These
seeming offuand interviews are care
fully prepared by some boss and
hen given out to the Press from
different places, to try and influence
public opinion. This has sometimes
worked successfully in the past, but
will not work now. The common
people of the country—those that
bear the burdens of governmont,
and when their country is in danger,
offer their lives in its defense—are
onto the racket of the politician, and
are not going to be misled or fooled
this time.
This people are today confronted
with the most serious question that
a free people were ever faee to faee
with—and that is, "shall the people
or the corporations ruleIf the
corporations—they are without soul
or conscieuoe, and will forge the
chainB of slavery so tight that in
order to free ourselves from tnem,
blood will have to flow and the torch
be applied in such a manner that
will make tbe French Revolution ap-
pear small indeed.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty.'' Is it worth the candle?
Will those of the present day sit
supinely idle and indifferent and
permit the liberty that we enjoy,
that was purchased by the blood of
heroic ancestors, to be usurped and
taken from them by tbe Cormorant
Corporation? California is today so
tightly in their grasp that tbe peo-
ple only get what the grace of the
Corporation will permit to be doled
out to them. Inch by inch the Coi-
poration has insidiously been gain-
ing ground, and it is only a question
of time, unless the people arise in
their might, call a halt and reserse
tbe present order of things,
the Corporations will have all they
want, and when this time comes.
LIGHT ANDJHE EYES
We Do Not Always See Things
as They Really Are.
COLORS WE CANNOT DISCERN
Normal Vision I* Not Able to Pene-
trate to the Regions Beyond the Vio-
let—Some Result* That Have Been
Attained With the Camera.
Those of us who are fortunate
enough to possess normal eyes are apt
to feel instinctively that we see things
as they are. This Is n mistake. The
appearance of the world at large Is
merely the result of the circumstance
that the human eye perceives only a
comparatively small part of the total
radiation which comes from the sun
or Is given out by a lamp.
To make this a little clearer we may
consider one of the oldest experiments
in optics, the passage of a rsy of light
throtigh a prism.
When a beam of sunlight passes
through a prism of glass such as is
often found on old fashioned chande-
liers the rays are spread out, forming
a spectrum, which we see as a rain-
bow colored baud upon the wall. Tho
colors of the spectrum merge into one
another by insensible gradations,
though the older physicists wore in
the habit of recognizing seven—red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, Indigo and
violet
These colors which the eye perceives
are by no means the only ones present
in the spectrum. If we perform the
experiment In a dark room and place
a photographic plate in such a position
as to receive the image of the spec-
trum we find that it extends to a con-
siderable distance beyond the violet.
In other words, there is a region be-
yond the violet which the eye cannot
see. but which the sensitive plate is
able to photograph. This region is
termed the ultra violet, and the light
from virtually all sources contains a
greater or less amount of this ultra
violet light
The only difference between this ul-
tra violet light and ordinary visible
light Is in the length of the wave,
which is, in fact the only difference
between the different colors of the
visible spectrum. If. Instead of using
a glass prism for forming our spec-
trum, we use one cut from a quartz
Crystal we find that the ultra violet
spectrum Is very much longer, which
where will tbe common people be'? j shows us that the shortest waves of
, light are not transmitted even by tho
Remember what Mr. \ anderoilt Baid)
clearest glass
If your eyes were sensitive to this
region of the spectrum instead of to
the other the appearance of things
would appear black, our windows
would be as opaque as sheets of Iron,
and polished silver would resemble
anthracite coal. In other words, things
f-—— r-o— appear as they do merely from the cir-
American Commonwealths are in on; cunjStauce that in the process of evo-
account of being dominated by Cor-. lutiou our eyes have developed a sensl-
oorate Influence. Let not the peo- 10 3 oer,aln «*6,on ot the tolal
porate innuence. uev y 8ppcfrun) of the llght w hich comes to
pie of lexaB, who boast of the Alamo us from the sun.
and San Jacinto, be bo careless j if we have used an ordinary photo-
Of their liberties, or the future of I P"Phlc plate in our experiment we
The people be damned, and this
ib the way that they feel about the
common man, and what will be his
fate wben the Corporations are fully
in the saddle! We daily read of the
pitiable plight tbat some of the
shall find that it has received no Im-
pression from the red and yellow parts
of the spectrum and very little from
the green. The plate therefore suffers
from the same defect as our eye. It
« - c■ j - is sensitive only to a limited region.
Keep constantly before your minds Recently, however, means have been
" ' " found of rendering plates sensitive to
the entire visible spectrum and to :■
certain extent to tbe infra red or tbe
extension beyond the red analogous to
the one beyond the violet.
our beloved State, as to be lulled to
aleep while the Corporations gradu*
ally get their coils around them,
and stranglb liberty to death.
the burning issue now before the
American Republic, "Shall the Peo-
ple or the Corporations rule ?"
Choose this day which you shall
serve—the People or the Cjrpora-
tionB ? You cannot Berve both—
which shall it be''
Plan to Pay Cash.
In planning the work of tbe farm
this year, special attention should be
given to crops that bring cash when
expenses are bo n^sded. Study the
market and find out how to make
the farm pay as you go. Select a
leading crop and supplement this
with otherB that do not interfere
with the main crop and yet furnish
you cash to maintain tbe farm.
Debt, when contracted for food
products and general expenses of
the farm, is unfortunate. The hon-
est debtor usually pays the price and
suBtaina the Iobb of tbe dishonest
debtor. This ia natural in business.
Tbe merchant must estimate his
probable losses at the beginning of
the year and add this to the price of
hia goods. No one can blame bim
for tbia.
The cash buyer always has the re-
fusal of tbe best articles at the
best prices. Caeb enables the far*
mer to greatly reduce his expenses.
Many articles that are bought on
oredit will be dispensed with when
the cash must be paid.
Cash business dispenses with com-
plicated accounts and teaches econ-
omy. To be independent, a cash
basis is necessary. — Big Springs
Herald.
Repobtid tbat the city of Fort
Worth ia considering tbe advisabili*
ty of employing a special detec-
tive to run down tax dodgers.
ON THE WITNESS STAND. 11 FOOLED HIS SUPERIOR.
With a photographic plate rendered
sensitive to the entire spectrum we
could obtain an Idea of how things
would appear if our eyes were sens!
tive to regions other than the one
adopted by nature by excluding from
the lens of tbe camera all rays other
than the ones with which we wish to
operate. This Is done to a limited ex-
tent every day by all photographers
who employ color screens in their
work, and it is well known that in-
creased contrast can often be obtained
in this way.
If. for example, we attempt to pho-
tograph white clouds against a blue
sky without the use of such a screen
we get scarcely any trace of the
clouds at all. whereas if we place a
yellow glass in front of the lens the
clouds come out snow white on a very
dark background.
We can see this same effect by view-
ing the clouds first through a piece of
deep blue glass, which is what the
photographic plate "sees," and theu
through the yellow plate.
At my laboratory at East Hampton.
N. Y.. I have pushed this principle to
the extreme and have obtained photo-
graphs both by the infra red and the
ultra violet invisible rays.—Robert Wil-
liam Wood in Century.
A Mechanical Answer.
The well to do patron of the place
had been attentive to the cashier for
some time, and now. business being
slack for a few moments, be deemed
the time propitious to speak.
"If you will be mine," be urged as he
leaned over the desk, "every comfort
that you may desire will be yours.
True, I am no longer young, but I have
money, and I can provide for you as
few young men could, aud surely the
material side of the marriage question
is worthy of some consideration."'
She said nothing, but gently touched
tbe cash register, and the words "No
Sale" sprang Into view.
With a sigh he left—Chicago Post.
The Right of • Witness to Qualify Hia
Answers.
Like Stevenson's child, as a rule, the
witness should speak only when he is
spoken to. He should not volunteer
anything except that when he is asked
a question which with apparent inno-
cence could really be answered "l'es"
or "No" he has a right to qualify a
plain "Yes" or "No." This of course
happens most often in the case of ex-
perts. The "Yes, but I will explain,"
and "No, but I will explain," of one of
the distinguished expert witnesses for
the commonwealth in the case of com-
monwealth versus Quay, which was
tried before Judge Blddle In the court
of quarter sessions of Philadelphia
county several years ago still linger in
the writer's memory.
It is a mistaken notion that a wit-
ness is bound to answer "Yes" or "No."
it is surprising that such should have
ever been the received theory, but then
the hunting down of witches and the
expounding of the doctrine of witch-
craft were regarded as proper Judicial
functions only a century or two ago.
The theory as to categorical reply was
completely exploded by the gentleman
who propounded the question, "When
are you going to stop bentlng your
wife?" and demanded a categorical an-
swer. If the lawyer attempts to tell
yon that you must answer "Yes" or
"No" you have the right to say that
the question is one which Is not sus-
ceptible of a categorical answer. This
should floor counsel for the moment.
Mannerly behavior on the part of
witnesses Includes keeping one's tem-
per under nlmost all provocations.
Cross examination for the purpose of
testing your memory is not intended
to be and should not be regarded as
insulting. It should therefore not be
resented. If the cross examination
transcends all bounds and your pa-
tience is exhausted a sharp retort will
not necessarily Injure your testimony
with the Jury. The jury sympathizes
with the witness more than with the
lawyer, and, while mere smartness for
the sake of being smart or because of
a too expansive personality is to be de-
plored, you will be sure of a sympa-
thetic audience If you are In the right
and counsel in the wrong.—Ira Jewell
Williams in Green Bag.
UNDER AN UMBRELLA.
An Astonished Pasha and, a Lieuten-
ant Who Won Promotion.
Kasslm Pasha when minister of war
for Egypt was very particular in re-
gard to the personal appearance of his
officers and Issued stringent orders
that they should never appear un-
shaven in public. One day he met
upon the street a lieutenant who had
bearded the pasha and disregarded his
orders. "To what regiment do you be-
long?" demanded the indignant minis-
ter. "To the regiment, at Abas-
seuh," replied the frightened lieuten-
ant. "Get into my carriage at once so
that I can carry you to the encamp
meut and have you publicly punish-
ed," was the stern command which
followed.
Tbe young man obeyed, and the
twain rode along gloomily enough for
vome time, when the pasha stopped
his carriage and entered an office
where he would be detained for some
time on business. Seizing the oppor-
tunity, the culprit sprang from the
vehicle, darted into a neighboring
barber's stall and regained his post
before the return of his jailer minus
his beard. For the remainder of the
route the officer buried bis face in his
hands and seemed the picture cf ap-
prehension.
Abasseuh-was reached at last, and
all tbe officers wore assembled to wit-
ness the degradation of their comrade,
who all the while kept well in the
rear of his chief. "Come forward, you
son of a dog!" cried the Irate pasha,
when there stepped before him an offi-
cer with a face as clean as a baby's
and a look of the most supreme Inno-
cence. Ilis excellency gave one look
of blank astonishment and then, with
an appreciative smile breaking over
his war worn features, turned to the
assembled officers and said, "Here,
gentlemen, your old minister is a fool,
and your young lieutenant is a cap-
tain."
THE H0MEMAKER.
An Expensive Adventure of a Famous
Parisian Wit.
Romieu, the famous Parisian wit.
was one day caught in a shower and
forced to seek refuge In a doorway of
the opera house. It was (J o'clock al-
ready, and he had an engagement In
the Cafe de Paris for that very hour.
The rain fell In torrents. There was
no carriage to be had. He had no um-
brella. What was to be done? While
he was lamenting his bad luck a gen-
tleman with a large*umbrella passed
by. Romieu was seized with a sudden
inspiration. He rushed out and grasp-
ed the stranger by the arm and grave-
ly installed himself under the protect-
ing umbrella.
"I am overjoyed to see you." he im-
mediately began. "I have been look-
ing for you for two weeks. 1 wanted
to tell you about Clemeutlne."
Without giving the stranger time to
express his surprise Romieu rattled
away with gossip and anecdote until
he had led the unknown companion to
the door of the Cafe de Paris. Then
he glanced at him with a face of well
feigned astonishment.
"Pardon, monsieur I" he cried. "It
seems I am mistaken."
"I believe so," said the stranger.
"Good gracious!" added Rouileu.
"Be discreet Don't rei>eat what I
have told you."
"I promise you."
"A thousand pardons!"
Romieu hasteued within the cafe
and amid great laughter told the ad-
venture to his friends. Suddenly one
of them said:
"Your cravat Is rumpled."
Romieu put his hand to his neck and
turned pale. His pin, a valuable sap-
phire, was gone. On further examine
tion his purse and watch were found
to be gone. The man with the um-
brella was a pickpocket.—I^ondon Tit-
Bits.
An Italian Superstition.
There is an Italian superstition that
whenever a king belonging to the
house of Savoy dies a huge eagle is to
be seen crossing the Alps over the val-
ley of Aosta in the direction of Savoy,
and the conviction prevails among the
inhabitants of Aosta that this eagle
guides the soul of the dead sovereign
to jolu those of his ancestors in Savoy.
When King Charles Albert died at
Lisbon, King Victor Emmanuel died
at Rome and King Humbert was as-
sasinated at Monza in 1900 the eagle
was seen winging its way across the
Alps. All other eagles crossing the
Alps don't seem to count for much.
Self laudation abounds among the
unpolished, bnt nothing can stamp a
man more sharply as ill bred.—Bux-
ton.
We're All Alike.
' The Chinese worship ancestors."
"How queer! By the way, have you
heard the latest? Marjorle is engaged
to a real live duke."—Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal
Ancient Ropes.
Ropes made of various kinds of fiber
aud leather are of very ancient date.
Ropes of palm have been found in
Egypt in the tombs of Benl-Hassan
(about 3000 B. C.), aud on the walls of
these tombs Is also shown the process
of preparing bemp. In a tomb at
Thebes of the time of Thothmes III.
(about 1000 B. C.) is a group repre-
senting the process of twisting thongs
of leather and the method of cutting
leather into thongs.
Tbe rarest of flowers is candor.-
Racine. .
Man's Chivalry to the Fried Goddess
of the Fireside.
As we men frequently admit, it is
our chivalrous regard for woman
which leads us to desire that she shall
confine her wholly admirable energies
to the niakiug of our home and the
keeping of our bouses. She is tender
and frail, and so we urge that she
shall not for a moment drop her role
as the goddess of the household There
Is nothing that so rouses our almost
sacred admiration as to see our own
particular goddess with a dlshrag in
one hand and a frying pan in the oth-
er. Let us never desert this high ideal
of womanhood aud its lofty purpose Iu
life.
Particularly let us not do so because
If a woman does not keep the house
it will not be kept Would we men
engineer and prepare 1.095 meals iu
one year? Would we wash dishes
1,093 times, wipe them 1,095 times,
sew, darn, mend, devote our lives to
a gray monotony of treadmill effort?
Not on your life! Our chivalrous re-
gard for adored woman would not per-
mit It. And we would go crazy within
six months if we tried. I know of
nothing that we should cling to more
closely than this chivalrous regard
for our womankind. It saves the cost
of many and many a hired girl.
I have |>enned this little tribute to
man's chivalrous regard for woman
because anybody can see that It de-
serves it. Woman, the housekeeper
(and nothing else), tbe fried goddess
of the fireside, the queen of her domes-
tic domain, with a stew pan for a tiara
and a stove hook for a scepter, let us
together pledge her, while we register
our chivalrous vow that we will keep
her where she is unless we men need
her as a stenographer or something
else, in which eveut our chivalrous re-
gard may stretch a few points.—Cali-
fornia Monthly.
VALE, OSCAR!
Vale, Colquitt! Good bye, old
man! Jones has Bpoken, and it's 23
for you. Yes, Jones has spoken
(not Junes of "be pays the freight"
fame, but Jones of Tyler—Long
Tom JoneB— Jones the wily politi-
cian—Jones with Ihe catlike tread—
Jones, Joe Bailey's attorney and
Joe Bailey's friend ) And Jones sa*&
he "speaks advisedly."
What does Jones say? Jones
says to Colquitt, "Back to tbe wood-,
shed for you." Jones says Poindex-
ter is the only blown-in~the-bottle
prohibitionists, aod tbe only man a
faithful Bailey prohibitionist cau
support for governor.
Wow ! This leaves Colquitt out
of it, with bis only supporters tbrv
wbite-aproned antis. Anu it a word
they will desert bim for a man they
think will defeat tbe prohibition
candidate. Of course, it is knowo
Poindexter is not a pro in tbe true
sense of the word, fie does not be*
lieve in Statewide prohibition, for
he says it will not stick. The Joe
Baileyites will go to Poindexter—
most of them—at lerst that element
of the Joe Bailey following that
moves at every beck and call of
Bailey. It has left the Southwest
anti-prohibition Baileyites guessing,
too, and they will not know whom
to support until they get word from
headquarters. And this word will
not come from Joe, for Joe, you
know, \tas pro in North Teias and
aoti in Southwest Texas—when be
needed the votes to carry him to
Denver. The word the antis wil}
listen to will come from the head-
quarters of the anties, and this bead-
quarters voice will wnoop it up for
the man who developes strength
enough in their estimation to beat
the pro candidate—by name John«
son. Tbat man will likely be David-
son. Colquitt's strength is wan-
ing.
And how about those loyal Bailey
men who have been whooping it up
for Colquitt, under the impression
that Colquitt was catching the drip-
pings from the Joe Bailey sanctu-
ary f Why they will have to switch,
or with Colquitt they will be left
bitched at the post.
But things are certainly getting
mixed. Vale, Colquitt! Farewell,
old man.—Palestine Herald.
Gem Lee Chkistmas is reported en
route to Nicaragua in charge of a
filibustering expedition.
Drink and Diplomacy.
Prince Bismarck once boasted that
in his youth he drank a bottle of cham-
pagne at one draft from a "puzzle
goblet so constructed tbat one could
not bring It close to one's lips, yet one
was not allowed to spill a drop. Not
a single drop fell on my waistcoat.
Every one was immensely surprised,
but 1 said. 'Give me another.' Such
tricks were formerly an indispensable
part of the diplomats' trade. They
drank tbe weaker vessels under tbe
table, wormed all they wanted to know
out of tbem and made them agree to
things contrary to their Instructions.
When they got sober they could not
Imagine why they had acted so."
What They Were Hawking.
At an exhibition of paintings In Lon-
don in one of the galleries hung the
uotable picture "Hawking Iu the Old-
en Times." An elderly farmer and his
wife paused before this picture, view-
ing it with evident satisfaction.
"John," said the old lady, "what's
that?"
John then turned over the leaves of
the catalogue he carried.
"They ca' It "Hawking F th' Owden
Time,' " said be.
"Hawking! Why, what are they
hawking?" she inquired.
"I dui o," be replied, "but I spect
they're trying to sell them birds."
Later Returns.
Mildred—So you are engaged to
young Willson. eh? I thought you said
your love for him was purely platonlc?
Helen—And It was before he Inherited
half a million and asked me to marry
him.—Chicago News, j;
Keeping It Dark.
Miss Kidder— S'sh! Carrie has dyed
her hair black. Don't tell anybody.
Miss Askltt—Is It a secret? Miss KM-
ler—Yes. She wants to keep It dark.—
Boston Globe.
Call at Breuta
February 24th to 27th.
CONSULT
If you want to be cured of
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat
Troubles, or
Cancer of the Face.
He haa treated hundreds of
your neighbors who testify to bis
skill. Call and investigate bis
proposition to all who suffer with
eye, ear, nose or throat diseases,
deformities or cancers of the face.
He has spent his life time in the
study and practice of this one
line. Has practiced in Texas 15
years and is prepared to give
those who suffer all that soience
offers to date for their relief.
At Brenham,
February 24th to 27th.
Ofce over Spreen's Dm Store.
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