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The Apples of Sodom.
1t seems that the moro testimo ny
ndduced as to what the "Apples of
Sodom" are, or were, theless we know
specifically about them. One who ex-
amined them "found them to be the
fruit of a thorny nightshade." Now,
niglltshade is a very popular name,
and is usually applied. botanically,
to solanaceous plant (Atropa
belladonna), in Guiding among its
common allies the "bittersweet, "com-
mon night shade. "horsenettle," po-
tato, egg plant, tomato, and their
varietics-allo of which bear q smooth,
solid fruit and numerous small seeds,
but none of which are explosive to
hetouch. An allied genus Physalis)
commonly called the ground cherry
the calyx Of which. after towering,
closes over tho fruit and becomes
enlarged and muchinfated, by pres
sure will then explode. The apples
ofSodom, therefore, do not seem to
be allied to these herbaceous plants.
Then, 1.-THE fruit of the "osher,'' "os-
sier" osher" (peradventure osier)-
which seems to suggest akind of willow
(Salix of which there are said to be
40 pieces and varieties, varying in
height from three inches to great
towering trees-is said to be the fa-
nous apples Of Sodoln. If willows
IRE meant they IRE not remarka BILE
MS fruit bearing trees, either normal
or abnormal, although some of them
sometimes produce very singular
sorts of gall.
Asclepias gigantin is suggested as
among the probabilities. Asclepidia-
cn includes the milkweed family
the "wild cotton" al the species nre
usually called in some localities.
From what We know of our local
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UWH IrUilI Clle IUES, SeIZtu CIle SltttR
" the tnil. md f1unrr II; into the fiji

nace.
Paying the Debt of Nature.
"ltappearst to me-" said Serena to
Sylvester, "thatyou kiss me entirely
too often. Isuppose when we are mar
ried people"-and she slightly blusllel
-"you will not think of kissing me
more than nineteen or twenty times
aday, whereasnow," and she blushed
again.
Every true" replied Sylvester.
sTwenty kisses n day is, l believe,
the normal standard. But consider.
! am % years old-consequently
have spent 10000 unkissel days.
Ten thousand multiplied by 2Oeguals
100000. That is to shy, this alarm.
tag deficit will not be made up until
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ont delude yourself into the bell

puoo you eAC ehh GASCPtIO cO. ldf ub
sleep is concerned; the nominal aver
age of sleep is eight hours. Don't
endcavor to rest the mind by abso-
lutte inactivity; let it rest in work in
other channels, and thus rest the
tired part of the brain.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Some Census Probabilities.
1t is estimated, on the basis ofelec-
ton returns. that the census this
year will show that the population
of Indiana has increased from ], $751;
3O1 in 1880 to 100000, and like
estimates in other states give the
country n total population of g.
7G1, 800, against 5o.155, 7s3 ten
years ago. In the southern states
the increase is figured at about s..
100000. Under the now apportion-
ment tho presidential electors in
1892 will probably number $50,
against 4O1 ut thelust two elections.
The gain of electors in the different
states will probably he: Alabama .,
Arkansas ., California l, Colorado 1,
Georgia 2, Indiana 1, Iowa I. Kan
sns 2, Kentucky 1, Louisiana 1,
Maryland /, Minnesota3, Mississippi
1. Missouri 4, Nebraska 3. New jer-
sey I, New York I. North Carolina
2, Ohio 2, Pennsylvania I, Texas 3,
and Wisconsin 1. The four new
states will probably have IA clector-
al votes, distributed as follows:
South Dakota 4, Washington 4,
Montana 3, md North Dakota 3.
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eyes, madam"
gsvkot sor <hinL nj arct

eyes, madam"
"what do you think ofher?"
The young man paused befOrche answered.
Then slowly he said
"She 10 the most beautiful, the most grace
full, and the most charming maiden ever
saw. She is fair, sweet ana bright ~ n poets
vision OF IN angel: and yet that does not do
her full justice. She 10 more than all have
described. want one comprehensive word
While the young man spoke, though 1t
was with the air of q connoisseur rather than
thnt Ofa lover, the lady looked ut him with
u Frightening face.
We'll, that describes Adelaide-what is it,"
she asked.
lovely
"ies, TINT is 1t. Other girls may be beauti.
fnl. graceful, and fascinating. Adelaide is oil
that, and in additiun to that she is lovely
"Ay; for loveintss in women includes all
cellentes-tenuty. wisdom. goodness, !"
said Orville, but still with the elaboration Of
a thinker, ruther than with the ardor of q
lover.
"Ah. you don't know how good she 10, my
denr; how tender, how patient, how coura-
geons. how devoted. You will only find that
out In the close intimacy of your married life. >
Orvills wineed. Fortunately for him, Lady
Elizabeth did not see it, and she continued
her Gesuitory talk.
Now, Orville, considcr-that charming
creature is your own wife,"
Orvillelsit his seat. walked up and down ths
floor uneasily, and finally, pausing before
Ills mothers chair, said
"Madnm there is one thing you have lost
sight Of"
"And what IL that?''
Adelaide Lorne and myself were but
children at tho time Of our l,etrothai."
"Betrothal! 1t was mnrriage!"
hat 1,y, D,o
had chosen to uso another word.
well, madam. marriage, then. Adelaide
Lorne-"
"You forget-Adelaile Dcville," amended
his mother, whose feminine instincts had de-
tectcd some design in the persistence with
which he gave his bride her maiden name.
self were children AT the time fhnt marriaaa
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vacancies In towns and cities Is. +. JOHNSON & co
1909 Main ST.. Richmond. Va.
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left side. Don't direct special mental
or physical energies to more than
eight hours work each day. Don't
keep the parlor dark if you value
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ner I0llns strength 10
sing o!villss N %o 9s,t,er TINT
Lady Elizabeth received letter from Oryille
himself who bade his mother not Ike anxious
upon his account, as though he had been
wounded. he was now recovered, safe and
gent. gentlemanly and hospitable settler in
the ba ckwootls.
lie said never word ri Lionne.
And he sent no message to Lady Adelaide.
Lady Elixabeth, still nervous impatient
and hypochondriacal, hade her physirinn
answer the letter ind tell her son to hasten
home, for that rhe was i'll, sinking, aud dying,
to ses him.
Meanwhile orville Deville, with his back
turned ;inon the wilderness and his facs ret
lOmewarls, fell into deep md troubled
Thought
Once out OF tho fascinating sphere Of the
lsautiiul cncllantress-who had charmed his
reason and memory to sleep while she intoxi.
Gated his passions and imagination-Orville
Ucviile hogan to come to lis senses. 1t was
pai.,h.l process. Indeed. all his emotions
from the moment of setting forth upon his
Journey homeward had been unmitigated
pain.
For, first, there was the impatient grief oil
the youthful lover parting from his love.
Then there WIS anxiety for the sick mother
to whom he was eping-that mother who
through her single md devoted affection had
attained 80 great an influence over her spoil.
Ell and Maynard son.
Lastly, from these two troubles arose a
third, more terrible than either. What hud
n. one: While memory and reason slept,
Dl1ii passion ind imagination walked and raw.
eli, what had he done!
He dared not answer his own questions.
He shrank siuddering from the thought Of
the name the Inv would hive given his act.
When they reached the house they found
that the family had retired to rest With
some difficulty the servants were aroused,
Int utinned moi 10 nxuIan tleir involii
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feeds, we can hardly reallz
r a.

lproximating the apple Of Sodom.
The burden OF testimony seen.s to
be that the apples Of Sodom are NOT
merely figure of speech, but q real
OF apparent fruit: but there has been
some looseness or superficiality in
their description OF scientific classiti-
cation. Ii the technical name of the
tree, shrub or plnnt-ns recognized
by botanists-had been given. the
problem would have been solved long
ago.-American Notes and Queries.
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CIV CHreuuOure
M ooo;r1ookn11-
tut, leaving about one

out, leaving about one foot of the
lining exposed to view. This in itself
would have made the boys smile, hut
they laughed till the tears came when
they observed the following words
standing out boldly upon the lining
doors open at 7:so. Performance
begins at s."
1t is needless to state that tho
was sent home to his mothes1
The Oldest justice on
point OF service, and o.
wrists in pubic life, is J 0st9lll
lie is six feet tall, weighs atleast 200
pounds, and every molecule of his
anatomy is packed with good sense
good nature and judicial ability. B
u L.,
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forest love. Lionne And with cry he aw oLe,
and came to himself
But sO ran1 Ind aaomod &hok fanoon, .o

strong remained it's impression, that groan
inter groan burst from the sin-burdened
bosom Of the young man, md they were only
suppressed at last in fear of disturbing Lady
Adelaide.
1t was late before Orville laid his head up.
on his pillow, now sown thick with tho thorns
of an uneRsy conscience.
And thus ended his first day ut home.
(To BE coNTIxuED IN OUR NEXT
A Novel Way of Easing Rheu-
matism.
"Wehave some queer breaks to 10.
cate" sold Tom Whelan, q repairing
lincman for the American District
telegraph company, yesterday, "but
the queerest leak I've run across
during my experience I found yester-
day. The wires on certain circuit
had been acting strangely for two
days-it wasn't a break, but the linz
had kind of razzle.dazzle action that
didn't wholly come from the wet
weather, though this kind of weather
is responsible for an awful lot of
funny business in wires, rs every line
man knows. Well, l tested all along
that circuit, and sometimes the con-
nection was o. K. and sometimes
it wasn't. At the end OF seven hours
work Twas mad and about worn out
with the aggravating search.
"Finally l struck the roof of a
clearinghouse on Montgomery street
and there got the first inkling of
what was the matter. Some one had
made a connection with wires leading
from aroom in just about two jumps.
And what dye think saw? Why, a
blamed fat little man with his breech.
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the 1sthmus of Tehuantepec. This
floral chameleon has q faculty of
changing its color during the day.
In the morning it is white, when the
sun il ut its zenith it is red, and ut
night it is blue.
"Aid pleasures md palaces. tho We may
Ionm,
Be it ever 30 humble, there's no place like
hnmen
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ll.risss s.A sssAs.s.. 81. FACE, Nh.
0@1@0
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mate demonstrn (
3 was not fright
ice accepted the chal.

nee 1tccepteu tne cnai'
advanced upon US. We
The driver sprango out on one side
pf the engine, holding on BY the
land-rnil which rms along the boil
er; the fireman wentup the pile of
logs behind him like u mountain cat;
y vanished from the scene on the
of the engine opposite. to that
driver had taken, and called up
he to follow him.
e other men were as much ut
skipping round on the engine
dark rs squirrels are in the top
lches of a beech. tree; but my feet
Ere rooted to the iron.
The cobra raised itself to strike.
tried to jump but could not move.
Another instant and should receive
the deadly wound. But just in the
nick of time the fircman-brave fell
1otvi I QUO mn, lifn IN h;p,-o1sry,oI
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ing Montana. the democraticel ector-
al vote would be increased from 1853

s1fF>aF eng. -s1E'ubliean ndding
the Dakotas and Washington, from
219 to 24G, giving the latter a net
gain Oft. Mnine is the only state il,
the union which is likely to los. In
1870 it had z electoral votes. III
1880 it had 6, and after thiE year it
will probably have only 81 Accord
ing to sectional divisions the south
will gain II electors, the west %.
the middle states 3, and New Eng
land will lose 1.-Indanapolis News.
Sleeping With the Head to the
North.
The superstitious belief that hu-
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is considerably over 20. He likeshID
work, however and does not intend
to become q nonentity. Judge Mil
Ter was appointed by Lincoln in 1862.
and when Salmon +. Chase died II
was thought that lie would be made
chief Justice. Grant. however nm.
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1h5 special tfdih conveying the Able,
Grand Italian Opera company nom Mexico
TO Denver wus snow bound for several hours
and % Q result Patti IL suffering with sever
coid aud Las high fever.

Rich, fragrant. fine, "Tansill's Punch
Its the intention Of the city authorities of
Toronto. Ont. to prosecute the News. World
and Mail for printing advertisements Of tho
Louisiana Lottery company.
A>A
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sSsSt Gu 'soO,VOO hIssCo' IOu
understand now what is meant by
paying the debt of naturc?"
dear me, yes," replied Serena;
put never knew it meant that
London Tid-Bi
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When baby was slck, We gave her castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, shs chung to castoris.
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refused to deed him the farm mon nj

sHe FeIHbeu 70 Ueeu HIm tH1 iHrm upon WHICH
they both lived.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To THE EDlToR:-Pleaee inform your read.
ers that have positive remedy for the
above nnmed disensc. ny its timely use
thousands of hopeless cnses have been Der.
manently cured. Ishall he glad to send two
h0tt1on of mi roynnfv ou,, -
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Henry Llewellyn, living near Columbus,
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The Mariposa stage, near MERGED, Cal, was
held mp BY two hishwaymen. Tho mails and
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are not spent in misery caused BY those drug
ging down pnins arising from weaknesses pc.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-23

Following is the list of real estate
transfers for the week ending, We'd
nesday, Oct. %, 1890:
Henry Fischer and wife, to John
Selig, 164 acres, I. Jameson League.
$3.50.
Henry Fisher, to John Selig, 81
acres Jameson League, $500.
John and Joe Ralston, to Ed
Walker 45s acres J. L. Walker League
S114.50.
F. Wolfe and wife to VIM Bode
6 As acres, W. E. Alcorn League
1924.
]. T. Lott to Joe Boxley, 100
acres W. S. Brown League, $500.
G. L. Spencer to n. J. Thompson,
300 acres A. Miller League, S3O45.
o. NJ. Cornitius to l.. G. Gee,
10 acres E. Alcorn ! League SIPS.
j. J. Hoffman, and wife to Adolf
Boortz 4 40 acres E. Gardner
League, S1O3.4O.
b. KNITTED to J. L. and Mollie
Iroin, Lots l, 2 and 3 Back rs Bur
ton, $3.50.
n. j. Thompson to J. B. Lott,
$50! acres A. Miller League, S157S.
Matilda Damon to L. Kirk, Co.
Judge, 2 acres for school purposes,
$50.
J. H. Weelman. to Carl Engeling,
327 acres, S. Woodward League,
S654O.
DIR. G. Ge7ers, to H. Gevers Lot
on Germania and Ant Street, Bren-
ham, $500.
The last Will and Testament of
VIM. Deginer, deceased, was filed for
probate in the County Clerks Office.
J. R. Robertson was appointed
Temporary Administrator of the
Estate of Horace Franklin deceased.
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Orange blossoms.

At the residence of the brides
parents in Bellville at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning the 22nd inst,
DR.. J. G. Morriss, of Plantersville,
and Miss Louise Holland was
united in the holy bonds of matri-
mony. Rev. Sebright Lee officia-
ting.
DR.. Morriss is an old Washington
county boy and has many friends
here who will join the BANNER in ex-
tending congratulations and wishing
for the happy couple long life of
ecstatic married bliss.
Mr.. S. B. Rucker, of Navasota,
came through the country Tuesday
stopping here with DR.. Morriss, en-
route to the home of his intended,
in perhaps one of the finest turnouts
in the State, the span over which
they were pulling the lines having a
record Of S2:40. They were joined
here by quite number of friends
who went down to attend the Doctors
marriage, among whom were Judge
L. Kirk, Messrs. P. H. Swearingen,
E. P. Curry and Jas. W. Gee.
The bride and groom accompanied
by a number of friends will take the
train for the Dallas fair Immediately
after the ceremony.
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The Boy Gets Even.

Some time since the BANNER pub
lished joke on a young man out at
Rosedale about a possum hunt, and
since that time the boy has been
awaiting an opportunity to get even
with lis brother who gave him
away and as all things come to
those who wait, so came his oppor-
tunity short time since.
Not long ago the wife of this old
Ell brother complained that his
breath smelled bad and as he was
continually smelling something IN
pleasant himself he reached the con-
clusion that he had catarrh. He
consulted DR.. Tristram and the DR..
without making any examination ad-
vised him to try Halls catarrh rene
dy. He purchased six dollar sized
bottles and took them, and i'm
imagined that they helped him some
but as the smell still existed he de-
cided to spend while at Wooten
Wells. He stayed up there some
time and came back fully restored,
with his breath, his wife said, as
sweet and nice as in days of yore.
but for the purpose of seeing if
there were any holes in his pockets
that needed mending-we believe
that is what wives usually go
through their husbands pockets for
she was examining his, and in his
upper breast coat pocket found the
secret of his bad breath, the cause
of his catarrh, when she drew forth
the skeleton and fur of q decom-
posed rat.
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KOLLAIEY-KOCH.

For some time society has been in
a futter over the approaching nup-
tials of the happy event; about fifty
invitations had been sent out, and
Wednesday evening at an early hour
about hundred guests, relatives
and friends gathered at the resi-
dence of the brides mother to wit
ness the consummation of a court
ship loving tender and true, when
Mr.. Jules Kollmy led to the altar
Miss Lizzie Koch, and they were
united by hymen's golden letters,
Rev. Oscar Samuels performing the
ceremony. The marriage took place
about s o'clock, Immediately after
which an elegant wedding banquet
was served, and around the festive
board wine flowed freely and the
guests drank to the health of the
happy couple.
The wedding presents were
numerous and costly, list of which
would occupy too much space for
publication this morning.
The groom is a Brennan raised
boy, young man of steady habits,
a fine business man as evidenced by
the large furniture business at which
he is the head, and is in every way
worthy of the bride he has woed and
won.
The bride is the beautiful and &C
complished daughter of Mrs. Eliza
beth Fucker, and sister to Mr..
Koch, of the hardware firm
of L1ndemann & Koch, young lady
whose accomplishments of head and
heart has made her asociety favorite,
universally loved by all who have the
pleasure of her acquaintance. Both
parties were raised here, and have
known each other from childhood,
so their union is not the result of any
hasty infatuation, but the result of
long research of each others hearts.
They start out upon their 'Enew
life under the most suspicious cir
cumstances and the BANNER joins
their host of friends in hoping that
as they stray hand and hand through
life that their path will always be
strewn with roses.
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AM o1d victorian Gives up the Fight.

Mr.. Geo. W. Harbor, Familiarity
known as uncle George" at all re-
unions of veterans, and one of the
301 who under command of Milan
johnson stormed San Antonio in
December 1885, and achieved IA
nous victory to which Texas is
largely indebted for its independ-
ence, has at last succumbed to the
inevitable-the grim monster that
steals upon us unaware-laid down
life's armor, yielded up the unequal
contest after siege of 76 years, and
joined the marshalled host march
ing before the Great White Throne.
He quietly passed away Sunday
night, Oct, 10Th, 1890, at his home
nine miles east of Brennan. He
was twice married, his second wife
surviving him, and leaves a host of
friends and relatives to mourn his
death.
He is brother of Mr.. Jas. Har-
Dor of Bell county, one of the few
remaining San Jacinto veterans,
there being only forty-fve survivors;
three of whom, viz: Messrs. Louis
G. Clemmons, Geo. W. Petty and
Major Moses Austin Bryan are the
only ones in Washington county.
"Uncle George" has been quite
feeble for some time, the last gath
ering of old veterans that he has
been able to attend here, being the
birthday dinner of Major Moses
Austin Bryan the 5th of Sept. was
year ago, and then he was too feeble
to dismount from the horse he rode
to town.
One by one the veterans, who in |
the darkest days before the dawn of
Texas Independence, fought the
battles which have been the theme
of historians, the song of the poets
and achieved victories unparalleled in
history, are passing-surely passing
away. At their reunions now, only
a few feeble veterans, bent with the
weight of years, their locks whitened
with the snow of many winters, can
be gathered together to discuss
of their historic past,
which brings pleasure to their wan
dering memories.