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The Weekly Banner.
J. O. RANKIN, Proprietor.
Thursday, April 30, 1891.
A second "Jack the Ripper" has
made his appearance in New lork.
Toe farmers '"allowance" in Uie
railway commissionship ia quite
slim.
The business failures of the past
week were a considerable decrease
from the number the week before.
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Congressman Spbikger says that
the Farmers' Alliance is an unknown
quantity. That is just what makes
the average politician so much afraid
of it
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President Harbison is receiving
the same cordial greeting in Califor
nia that characterized his visit in
Texas and everywhere else in the
South where he stopped.
The -vacancy in the senate caused
bv the appointment of Senator Rea
gan as one of the Railway commis
sioners was filled by the appoint
ment of Hon. Horace Chilton, of
Tyler.
The Alliance want S. D. A. Dun
can, of Dallas, as one of the railway
commissioners but now that two of
them are appointed have little hope,
believing that Judge Stayton will be
tho third man.
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John smith, a veteran ol tne war
of 1812, died in Culpeper county,
"Vay last week, aged J.00 years and
nine months. He is survived by
seven children, thirty-eight grand
children and eighty-two great-grand
children.
Senatoe Jno. H. Reagan and Hon,
L. L- Foster, have been appointed
railway commissioners. senator
Reagan gives up a seat in the United
states senate and dates his accept
ance of the railway commission to
go into effect June the 10th.
The State Convention of Ohio has
been called to meet June 16 and 17,
and it seems to be a foregone con
elusion that Maj. McKinley will be
nominated for Governor, and the
impression, prevails that his name
will be presented by Gov. Foraker.
At Palestine President Harrison
.
received a telegram asking per
mission for the Mexican soldiers to
cross the Rio Grande in uniform to
participate in the parade in El Paso.
Gov. Hogg, ever watchful, denied
that the President had the right to,
grant this permission and answered
the telegram himself granting the
request, and scoring a point in favor
of state ngnts.
The report of the experiments
with Koch's lymph, at San Antonio,
within the-past 60 days shows 150
cases of tuberculosis have been
treated, though none of them were
in the last stages, and none of them
Tiave died, and all have derived
some benefit Three thousand in
jections have been given. One case
of lupus in the hand has been com
pletely cured. The others have
gamed in weight and strength.
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Mb. Mulhattan, the great roman
cer, has been discharged from the
Detention Hospital in Chicago. In
an interview he said that he did not
object to being known a3 the cham
pion liar of the United States, but
he desired particularly that no one
should harbor the thought that
there were "wheels in his head.'
As has been- given out I was in
jured in New Orleans last January
by falling from a street Car. My
head struck the pavement, and as a
result I was laid up ten weeks with
concussion of the brain.
No one can doubt that the reci
procity treaty just arranged between
the United States and Spain will be
highly beneficial to this country,
stimulating and developing our
trade with the Spanish West Indies,
and particularly with Cuba. Spain
itfielf will probably suffer from this
reciprocity, and indeed it protested
strongly against it: and but for the
decided attitude assumed by Cuba,
,tho talk of annexation to the United
States, and the belief that to refuse
reciprocity would bo to encourage
revolution and threaten the loss of
its' colonies, that country would
never have consented to this ar
rangement
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The citizens of St. Landry Parish,
La., are considerably exercised
-about the appointment of a colored
postmaster at Oplousas, and held a
mass meeting to take such steps as
the exigencies of the case require.
TLo sympathy of the South is with
these people. This thing of inflict
ing a southern community with a
negro postmaster where they have
to come in contact with tho women
and children is becoming tiresome,
.and are in violation of the most
deeply cherished sentiments of our
people. If the President and Mr.
Wannamaker want negro postmas
ters, let them appoint them in their
own districts and not where it will
not subject our wifes and daughters
ann sisters to the official familiarity
ofaegroes.
"HARD AND GOOD TIMES."
Utopian dreamers, who believe
that human nature and things in
ceneral can bet quickly legislated
into perfection, will do well to pon
der on some oi tne common sense
statements culled from a lecture by
Dr. W. W. Folwell, recently deliv
ered before Dudley P. Chase Post,
G. A R : "Hard times and good
alternate with surprising regularity,
and one apparently hinges upon the
other. For fifty years booms and
slumps have followed each other in
regular succession, and they win
continue to do so just so long as the
spirit of speculation remains, or the
desire to get something for nothing.
The suggested remedies end in the
election of some one to Congress;
but they invariably prove ineffectual..
The only promising remedies foj
hard times will be found in abolish
ing vicious legislation, applying cor
rect principles to new needs, pro, rid
ing sound money, fostering sch .ools,
a pure ballot, and honest adminis
tration. Temperance, co-opijrative
industries, economical habttis and
less worship of the almighty dollar,
will also contribute greatly to
ward removing the hard, times,
which ordinary panaceas cannot af
fect in tho slightest degree."
Brenham ought to be represented
at the World's Fair meeting in Fort
Worth, May 12th.
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Since Blaine has spoken King
Humbolt and his Macaroni govern
ment are in the soup. Now let him
swell.
The figures of the cotton crop of
last year keep rolling up, and finan
ciers stand appalled at the size of
them.
Upon the representation agreed
upon by Congress Texas will be en
titled to thirteen congressmen,
instead of eleven.
While Henry Wattersou, the
gifted Kentuckian, is lecturing
throughout the state, why can't he
be induced to come to Brenham.
Gen. Jno. B. Gobdon, of Georgia,
has accepted an invitation to be
present at the unveiling of the Con
federate monument in Jackson Miss.,
June 2nd.
American machinery is in great
demand in Australia, and other for
eign countries. New South Wales
wants 175,000 tons of steel rails,
but they must be made there.
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The case against the New Or
leans States and the Mobile Regis
ter for violating the lottery law, in
the United States court at Washing
ton has been postponed until Octo
ber.
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A verdict in the Julia Martin trial
for the murder of Ed Martin, her
brother-in-law at Birmingham, is
expected to-day. The case has at
tracted considerable attention
throughout the South.
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The liberality of the last Legisla
ture is being pretty generally com
mented upon by the press, not only
for the appropriations it made, but
for the very liberal increase in the
political family, some 200 new addi
tions being added.
Mbs. Bet-tie Eaton, sister of
President Harrison, was thrown
from a runaway vehicle in Cincin
nati, O., Sunday and it is believed
fatally injured. Thiswill perhaps
bring to a sudden terminus the
President's tour who has been tele
graphed the Bad news.
A Chinese laundryman in New
York has married an American girl.
The Gulf News commenting on the
fact says: "And thus we see that by
chasing the elongated hose of our
city belles up and down a washboard,
the Oriental brother is rapidly be
coming convinced that "reciprocity"
between nations makes strange bed
fellows."
Secbetaby Noble has issued a
premptory order for the squatters
to get out of the Indian Nation. The
Chickasa ws have always regarded the
settlers as intruders and have pro
tested against them, but being out
numbered were powerless. A de
tachment of cavalry is to be sent
there to help the Indians put them
out, and trouble is expected.
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The contribution of C. Wood Da
vis on "The Wheat Supply of Eu
rope and America in tne Arena is
one of .the most notable articles of
the month. In it Mr. Davis ably ar
gues that by 1895 the United States
will be in the column of wheat-importing
nations. His paper con
tains many valuable tables made up
from data secured for this contribu
tion from all the great wheat-producing
and consuming nations of
the world. There are many master
ly papers in this issue of the Arena,
which thoughtful magazine readers
cannot afford to overlook, among
which we mention Prof. Emil Blum's
paper on "Jiussia of Today, the
debate by Juliau Hawthorne and
Rev. Minot J. Savage on Spiritual
ism, E. P. Powell's critical study of
the political principles of the na
tion, and many other articles of interest
A GKOffjxo MAN.
The Memphis Commercial, one of
the ablest new papers in the coun
try, has this to say with reference to
tue canaiaar jy 0f Hon. Roger Q
Mills for th- j speakership. "For the
same reasr & that Mr. Cleveland is
the select ad candidate of the Demo
crats of Jie United States for presi
dent, JU x. Mills of Texas, is gradual
ly com tag to be considered the lead
mg candidate for speaker of the
housf i of representatives. Mr. Cleve
land'. tariff reform message in 1887
ma- Jo him the candidate of his party
ioi; re-election, and so it is coming
ip4 be conceded that the Mills bill,
hich he so bravely and intelligent
Iv fous?ht for in the house of the
(fiftieth congress, makes the sie
Texan the candidate for the third
office under the government. He is
a sound, healthy Jeffersonian Demo
crat, without equivocation or reser
vation. He believes that the tariff
should be reduced to the point of
revenue only, and that thus the peo
ple should have the necessaries of
life cheapened to them, and the man
ufacturers have free raw material,
He is for the masses and opposed
to the classes, and is strongiv con
vinced that the administration of
the government through and by
Jetlersonian doctrines and principles
will assure the greatest good of the
greatest numbers. Mr. Mills is
growing man. His earnestness, his
honesty, his frankness and the quality
of blutt heartiness in which soe
pretend to have found an objectional
quality, all commend him and to the
trust and confidence of the people
whom he serves with unswerving
fidelity."
ENGLAND'S TROUBLE.
The Indian possessions of Eng
land just now are giving her
trouble. She has now no less than
three affairs on her hands, one with
the Mauipuris in Burmat, several
tribes in the Punjaub, and one with
the Hindoos of the ancient city of
Benaires, whose grievance is the re
moval of an old and sacred Temple
tor waterworks. In a country like
India there is most always more or
less trouble, especially with Russia
always trying to stir up strife
among the natives to weaken Eng
land s power in India, and though
no serious danger is apprehended it
will cost England a good round sum
before peace is restored.
The Times-Democrat says Eng
land, warned by the awful experi
ence of the great Indian mutiny of
1S56, has taken steps that
will prevent its recurrence under
any circumstances, and its govern
ment of India is carried on shrewdly
to prevent another mutiny, but its
precautions are so concealed as
scarcely to be observed. At the
time of the mutiny, the English
army in India consisted of 40,000
European and 215,000 native sol
diers, or more than five natives to
each European a proportion which
England has discovered to be dan
gerous, and which has not been al
lowed since, the present army con
sisting of 73,370 Europeans and
152,000 natives, or a little more than
double the force of the English sol
diers. WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
W. F. Foster, of St Joseph, Mo.,
says: My last letter gave forecasts
of the storm wave due to cross the
continent from April 28 to May 2.
The next storm wave will be due to
leave the Pacific coast May 3, pass
the Rocky-Allegheny valley from
4th to 6th and reach the Atlantic
coast about the 7th. This storm
will begin to increase its force about
the time it is descending the eastern
slope of the Rocky mountains and
will soon thereafter become a storm
of very considerable force. It will
probably be the greatest storm of
the month and its influence will be
felt in all the states. I would not
be surprised to hear of tornadoes
being developed by this storm wave
and severe gales may be expected
on the lakes. The great storms,
however, will occur in June. Only
an average amount ot rainiaii may
be expected from this disturbance
and it very unevenly distributed.
Frost will occur following tho storm
a little further south than usual. In
two weeks from date of this letter
I will give very important forecasts
of the great storms of this year and
the kind of weather we will have
next winter.
Reciprocity with Brazil and other
South American republics will open
markets, it is said for the sale of
bread stuffs to 45,000,000 people
who now regard ordinary bread as a
luxury. Brazil itself will lose S5,
000,000 yearly by the removal of
duties on imports from the United
States, and other South American
countries will lose proportionately,
but they are willing to make the
sacrifice for the sake of finding here
an open market for their coffee,
sugar, rubber, chocolate, cochineal,
etc. In exchange they will take our
wheat, corn, agricultural machinery,
glassware, cutlery, leather goods,
cotton goods, etc. Brazil now buys
over 20,000,00 worth of cotton
goods annually from Europe, and
only S500.000 from this country,
though American cotton goods are
much superior in quality. With re
ciprocity, the situation may soon bo
reversed.
SCIE5TIEIC MISCELLANY.
THE EARTH S UNSTEADINESS.
It has been pointed out that tho
shifting of masses of air and 'water
may explain the recently observed
changes in the earth's axis of rota
tion. A German physicist, Herr
Damp, notes the displacement north
ward of the maxima of air-pressure
in the trade-wind region, and of
ocean currents,' as 'the sunrises in
summer; and that the water passes
back to the southern hemisphere as
our winter approaches. It is calcu
lated that the change observed m
the latitude of Berlin (about 5
seconds) would be brought about
by the movement of 2500 cubic
metres- of "water from 30 south
latitude to ab u north latitude, pro
ducing a rise in sea-level of only 4
inches. The reality of the oscillation
of the axis is to be tested in differ
ent parts of the world including
the South Pacific by further ob
servations, and the results will be
awaited everywhere with great in
terest. ZOOLGIGAL BOUNDAEIES.
Naturalists recognize a certain
number of what we might call
zoological centres of population, says
Dr. F. S. Oswald, and it seems
strange how completely a narrow
marine channel has after prevented
the four-footed native of such regions
from colonizing a neighboring con
tinent. Asia, for instance, at one
point almost touches the archipelago
of the Sunda Islands, which seem to
form a series of stepping-stones to
the Australian mainland, yet the
zoological contract between Lab
rador and Brazil is not greater than
that between Hindostan and Aus
tralia. From such centres of distri
bution as Burmah and Bengal a
hundred different mammals have
spread north and west, but only
three of them, a wild dog and two
species of rodents, succeeded in
making their way to the land of the
kangaroo.
GAS-COOKING.
lias is Decommg very popular in
Brussels for cooking purposes. The
price has been greatly reduced eince
the introduction of electric lighting,
and the gas companies supply special
stoves at an annual rental of about
ten per "cent of their total value.
Many different kinds of gas stoves
have been invented. Monthly lec
tures on the use of gas as fuel are
given, with weekly lessons in cook
ing by means of gas stoves. Cook
ing by gas has important advantages
for hot weather.
The world's telegraphic fleet
that is, the array of vessels engaged
in laying and repairing submarine
cables is now composed of 38 steam
ships, ranging in size from 300 to
5000 tons. Two of these vessels be
long to the French government
one each to the British, Indo-British,
Italian and Chinese governments,
and the others to private companies
mostly British.
Boots with stone soles, which are
said to be very flexible and almost
indestructible, are the idea of a
German inventor. A thin leather
sole is used, a paste of quartz sand
and water-proof glue being spread
on it.
Natural gas has been discovered
in the Argentine Republic, and
proves to be equal to that of the
United States. .
ONE OF IBELANd's WOES.
Ether-drinking in Ireland, accord
ing to Dr. Ernest Hart, seems to
date from 1342. The greatest con
sumption of ether was in 1876, after
which there was a diminution, re
cently followed by an increase until
at the present time the amount used
nearly equals that of 1876. The
supply comes mostly from large En
glish establishments. From two
drams to half an ounce is the quan
tity usually taken, and this is re
peated from two to six times a day.
Intoxication is quickly produced.
and quickly passes awav. Some
what less bodily derangement seems
toresult from ether than from alco
hol, the effects of an extended use
of the former being usually a train
of nervous and ciiculatory distur
bances, while moderate drinkers
suffer from stomach troubles. Moral
deterioration is a marked effect of
ether-drinking.
TRAVEL OF THHNDEB3TORMS.
The rate of travel of thunder
storms has been studied by Herr
Schonrock from the records of 197
such storms in Russia in 1888. The
velocity is found to have varied from
13 to 50 miles an hour, with a mean
of 28.5 miles, diminishing to 28
miles in the hot season and increas
ing to 32 miles in the cold season.
It was least in the early morning,
increasing to a maximum between 9
and 10 p. m. The thunderstorms
traveled most quickly from south
west, west, and northwest
The new commercial museum at
Rome will include a permanent ex
hibition of national products and of
such foreign products as may be
used in Italy. Its purpose is also
to make foreign products known
throughout Italy, and Italiau pro
ducts in all other countries.
ISTATE NEWS,
Waco has eleven artesian wells.
Belton, too, has artesian wells.
Measles are prevalent at Bas
trop. Hillsboro is clammoring for an
oil Mill.
Houston beats Galveston play
ing ball.
Kaufman has quarantined against
Rockwall.
Bastrop has contracted for an
artesian well.
Fruitwill be plentiful inBastrop
county tms year.
The Alliance will meet again in
tne tail at .Dallas.
There are two cases of spotted
fever at Mesquite.
Hon. Roger Q. Mills is at his
home in Corsicana.
Milam county is building an
5u,uuu court house.
Two cases of smallpox are re
ported from Luling.
Hillsboro is soon to have her
waterworks in operation.
A company of Infantry is being
organized at Marble Falls.
People of Forney are scared
about smallpox at Rockwall.
The oat crop in Ellis county, is
reported as very promising.
The master plumbers of Texas
meet in San Antonio May 13.
The belled buzzard has put in
an appearance at Waxahachie.
At San Angelo wool commands
from 18 to 20J cent per pound.
A fifteen foot rise is reported
in the Colorado river at Bastrop.
A W. MoFarlane, a retail gr ocer
at Baird, has made an assignment.
--JohnMcDaniel, an alleged horse
thief, was captured at Decatur re
cently.
It is said that the Waco Alliance
will run Moss against Mills for the
Senate.
The 14thannual State shoot
will take place at San Antonio, May
11th to 16th.
At Corsicanav Saturday morning
the grocery store of C. Byrd was de
stroyed by fire.
Waterworks and electric lights
have been ordered by the city coun
cil of La Grange.
Peaster, Parker county, has a
flourishing literary society and li
brary association.
A fire in Waco Sunday morning
destroyed the elegant residence of
Dr. It. Hempstead.
The Texas state Treasury con
tains 24,000,000 in cash and about
S5,000,000 in bonds.
The erection of a fine opera
house is now agitating the minds of
the people of Enms.
The recent rains all over the
State says numerous exchanges
greatly uenentted crop3.
The Texas state Sunday school
association will meet at Pans, Tex.,
May 12, 13 and 14, 1891.
The Texas lumbermen are soon
to erect an exchange building in
Houston to cost $200,000.
Bosque county's fruit crop is
all right, and her wheat and oat
crops are very promising.
Hood's Brigade will hold then
next annual re-union at Livingston,
Polk county, on June 27th.
Jo Cooper has been arrested
and lodged in jail at Cor&fcana,
charged with embezzlement
Ellis county now claims that
she can show as fine horse flesh as
can be found in the southwest.
The Fort Worth and Denver
train ran into a drove of horses re
cently near Henrietta, killing seven.
There was a serious shooting
affray reported from Farmersville
between Messrs. Action and Smith.
Cleburne continues to improve.
New houses are going up, yet there
is not enough to supply tJe de
mand.
Lots of new dwellings are go
ing up in Weatherford: but her me
chanics are complaining of dull
times.
County Attorney Maxwell, of
Hill county ha3 been actively en
gaged in
rounding up the "crap
shooters.
Bellville will hold a maifest and
stock show on the 14th of May.
About $200 in prizes will be dis
tributed.
The commissioners' court of
Mason county has ordered a $5,325
vault put in the S4000 courthouse of
that county.
McGinta Oarcia, a horse thief,
who made a break for liberty at San
Angelo was killed by officers Satur
day morning.
Fifty chattel mortgages werei
presented to the county clerk of
Navarro county for record on the
25th instant
The Belton fire department on
account of inclement weather last
week postponed their celebration
until May 1st
Safe blowers done a neat job in
Dallas Sunday night opening the
safe in Leachman's laundry and
securing $150.
The farmers near Greenvine
will have to plant their cotton over
on account of the recent heavy and
washing rain.
A committee has been appointed
by the citizens ,of Ladonia to re
ceive bids and estimates for sinking
an artesian well.
Valley Mills will soon have
another artesian well, which will
make six of these artificial spouta
within her limits.
The Orange Tribune reports
the lumber men of its section in good
spirits with the prospects for a big
business flattering.
The governor will be asked to
commute the sentence of Henry
Johnson of Raines county to im
prisonment for life.
The artesian well at Bonham
has reached a depth of about nine
hundred feet and the work is being;
pushed day and night.
Jno. Jones and J. B. White were
arrested at Meridian, the former on
suspicion and the latter on a charge
of cattle- stealing, Sunday.
A broken switch rod on the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe caused
the wreck of a caboose and two cars
of coal at Garland recently.
The alumni of the Terrell high
school will give a magnificent ban
quet at the public school building
on Tuesday evening, May 5.
A boy by the name of Rodriguez:
narrowly escaped being killed at San
Antonio Sunday while trying to
board an Aransas Pass train.
The contract for building the
Sutton county courthouse at Sonora.
has been let for S27.706 to a San
Angelo architect and builder. '
Twenty German families, direct
from the old country, have settled
near Ennis, being the advance of a.
large colony to Arrive by the 1st of
August
Judge Brown, of the district
court at Vernon, has been ill for the
past week. Lawyer Snodgrass has
been attending to the duties of the'
court. '
The courthouse at La Grange
is being built of the beautiful Mul
doon stone and is now eoine ud
handsomely, having reached the sec
ond story.
The third annual Mai-fest Stock
exhibit and Racing of the BastroD'
fire department will tako place on
Wednesday and Thursday, Mav 13thi
and 14th.
Dr. J. W. Neil, a prominent
Presbyterian minister of San An
tonio and pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, died at Victoria
Saturday.
Work has been resumed on the
Abilene artesian welL It is now
down to a depth of about 1200 feet.
and water rises up to within fifty
feet of the top.
The Belton Reporter estimates
that it will require 5,000 to repair
the damages done to bridges in. the-"
eastern portion of Bell county, by
the storm last week.
Two barbers by the names ofT
Doline and Cook, of Trinity had a
shooting scrape Tuesday, Cook get
ting a pistol ball in the arm that
ranged behind'his shoulder.
George Reager, a belligerent ne
gro created some excitement on Maim
street, Waxahachie, by beating hia
wife unmercifully with a slat which,
he pulled from a picket fence..
"Texas has 542 newspapers and
periodicals forty-one dailies, one-tri-weekly,
seven semi-weeklies, 454.
weeklies, seven semi-monthlies, thirty
monthly and two quarterlies."
Postmaster Smith, at El Paso,
is being severely criticised for allow
ing letters to be indiscriminately
opened at the post-office there,,
searching for Juarez lottery tickets.
In cleaning windows, use a pain
ter's duster first, then wash with a
sponge and water containing a little
ammonia, dry with a soft old linen
cloth, and polish with a dry clean
chamois leather.
Miss Ellen Bayard, who has just
become the Countess Lowenhaupt
is a great lover of sport and an ex
cellent horsewoman. She 13 also
fond of dogs and possesses a fine
kennel of her own.
It takes Zola nine months to
write a novel. He handles the pen
as a laborer might a spade, and is a.
slow and painful toiler. The ex
pression on his face when he is do
ing literary work is one of torment
A correspondent writing to the-
Dallas News under the date of April.
18th, Bays : "During the past two
weeks J. C. Kimmel, a large stock
owner, has dehomed over 800 cattle
and other stock men are anxiously
waicmng tne result or nis exnsi.
ment The stock so far are doing;
well.
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