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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07
Another Narrow Escape.

The BANNER contained an account
on Tuesday morning of the narrow
escape from death by the little B.
year-old daughter of Mr. Otto Her
ring near Jacksonville in falling from
the second-story window at his resi-
dence. There was another mar
row escape by falling made in this
city on Monday afternoon about five
o'clock. Mr.. T. j. Pampell sent his
9-year-old son Robert to bis home
on West Sandy street to feed some
stock. While the boy was up in the
stable loft with pitchfork reaching
for hay he lost his balance and fell
to the ground distance of twelve
feet. He fell square on his head
and his father says that it was the
greatest accident in the world that
his neck was not broken. The little
fellow escaped with only slight
bruises.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07
KANSAS METHODS.

That is an ugly middle the people
of Navasota and Anderson have al
lowed themselves to get into over
the county-seat contest. Last month
an election took place to determine
the question of removing the county
seat from the latter place to the for
mer. Although it required two
thirds of all votes cast to move the
courthouse, Navasota claims to have
won the victory. The Anderson
people, however, claim that the bal
lot box at Navasota was stuffed with
fraudulent votes cast by negroes i'm
ported from the Washington pre-
cinct of this county and from other
localities and voted like sheep at so
much head for Navasota. On mo-
ton of the Anderson people the
county Judge threw out the returns
from the Navasota precinct and re-
iected them entirely in counting the
vote. This action has resulted in the
bitterest recriminations on both
sides, and, Judging from the Nava-
sofa Tablet, bloodshed may be look
ed for, unless something is done to
allay the present excitement. The
feeling must be very bitter in order
to bring about such a situation of
affairs as is intimated by the Tablet
in the following:
What means it, that Anderson has
become like an entrenched camp in
stead of quiet country village, and
many of the houses arsenals? Why
have men, armed to the teeth, been
pouring in from North Grimes? Why
have weapons been brought there
by the hundreds? We can partially
understand the madness that in
flames the people of Anderson,
though not condone it-for their in
terests are at stake-but what do
these men from North Grimes want?
Who do they wish to harm; who
kiIl?' 1t cannot be the people of
Navasota, for they have never intend
ed to cram a free court house forci-
bly, down the Threats of the voters
of Grimes county. Navasota will
leave no legal stone unturned to get
fair hearing, and her citizens are
not to be terrorized. This display
OF force and weapons is puerile and
laughable: would be supremely ridi-
culous were it not that so many hon
est men have been misguided and
led into violence for which they will
hereafter be ashamed.
The Tablet is a conservative paper,
and while its editor has been threat
ened with personal violence for the
part that paper has taken in behalf
of the town in which it is published
in the contest, it is not believed that
the Tablet would misrepresent or
exaggerate the situation. If such a
warlike state of affairs as is repre-
scented actually exists prompt meas
ures by the proper authorities should
be taken to suppress the trouble in
its incipiency before the entire state
shall have been disgraced by riot
and bloodshed. Nobody wants
Kansas methods introduced into
Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07
THE Pure FOOD QUESTION.

az GAC DCS AAHS VI INV PiSSOAo
prolonged session of the United
States congress, the question of food
adulteration promised to be lead
ing subject of legislative discussion
and of Legislative enactment, but on
account of the demands made on the
senate by the Mckinley crazy-quilt
bill and the Lodge election bill it is
not now at all probable that the pure
food bill will be passed by that body
at this season. And, yet, says,
Bradstreets, public opinion is be-
coming apparently more pronounced
in favor of action by congress, and
the subject is one the Importance of
which is becoming greater and mere
urgent all the time. The report of
the senate committee on agriculture
says that the proportion of articles
of food subjected to adulteration is
nothing if not startling. DR.. Latti-
more, analyst Of the New York state
board of health, found that of 376
articles of diet in daily use in every
household 255 were adulterated.
From the work of the chemist of the
American Society for the Prevention
of the Adulteration of Food, in COM
parison with that of other examining
analysts, the per cent&ge ofadultera-
ton in some of the more common
articles of food and drugs has been
reported as follows: Olive oil, 60
per cent; spice and condiments, &C !;
cream of tartar, 40; baking powder,
A; tea, 40 ground coffee, 40 !; cider
vinegar, so; chocolate, IS; spiritu-
Gus liquors, 35. According to the
report of the agricultural committee
of the house, Bradstreet's further
says, out of every 100000 pounds of
lard of all kinds 100000 pounds is
lard compound. The character of
these adulteratiens usually are as
bad as possible. The chances are
said to be two to one that pepper
contains terra alba, gypsum, sand,
cocoanut shells, buckwheat hulls,
charcoal or some other foreign in
gredient. The ginger is doctored
with meal, rice -four starch, cayenne
pepper, or manila rope, and some
times its color may be due to chrome
yellow. The authorizations of olive
oil are cotton seed oil, oil OF sesame,
walnut, sunfower and poppy seed,
peanut or even lard oil. The tea
may be part tea and part black cur
rant, willow, beech, ash, raspberry,
or some other sort of leaves. If the
genuine tea comes from Japan its
color is probably given by indigo or
gypsum. While some of the ingre-
dents used in the aduiteration are
harmless, others contain the most
virulent poisops. The above are
mentioned as samples of food adul-
iteration. The list of articles adul-
terated is practically endless. There
is a great CRYING need for the pas
sage of strict laws providing for the
severe punishment of persons guilty
of food adulteration. But the
American people need not expect
any wise, salutary, wholesome laws
in the interest of the public as long
as the present gang of political con-
spirators are plotting togetherat the
national capital to overthrow our
popular institutions for their own
partisan ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

A GANG of about sixteen men are
engaged in building a new bridge on
the Santa Fe road in the northern
portion of the city over Higgins
branch, known as the long bridge"
They are taking out the old decayed
timbers by bents and sections and
they calculate that it will require
about two months to replace entire,
ly the old material with new.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

QUITE an exciting scene occurred
on the courthouse square on Tues
day. A young lady approached
young gentleman who recently be
came a benedict and denounced him
as being no gentleman and de-
manded her picture back that she
had given him. He told her he
didn't have it and that he had torn
it up. This enraged her and she
persisted for some time in demand
ing the truant photograph. The
impression made on the minds of
bYstanders was that she had been
Tilted by him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07
A COUNTRY couple giving then

A COUNTRY couple giving their
names as Willie Schoenberg and
Miss Minnie Matthews came in yes
terday morning. secured a marriage
license and sat around the court
house for a long time waiting for
Judge Kirk or Justice Curry to put
in an appearance so they could get
spliced. They said they were not
acquainted with any minister in
town and finally decided to go back
to the country and stop at Green
fine ON the road to get Squire
Camp bell to unite them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

ANOTHER murder wave seems to
be sweeping over the state. A hang
ing or two Just now might have a
quieting effect.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

Nh. HEBER STONE reports that
work out at the gas well has been
suspended on account Of quicksand,
but that the prospects are incourag-
ing. The stratum Of quicksand is
about twenty feet, and it has not
been determined yet Just how the in
convenience Of the quicksand Is to be
obvlated.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07
The WEEKLY BANNER.
j. G, RANKIN, Proprietor.
O. II. P. GARRETT. Editor.
Thursday, August Z, 1890.

The influence of Mr.. Blaine's open
letters on the tariff will be felt in the
coming elections.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

IT is to be regretted that Hon.
John Young Gooch, of Palestine,
declines to enter the race for state
senator from his district.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

THE Alvarado Bulletin has entered
upon It's eleventh volume. AS 1t
grows older may its shadow never
grow shorter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

TIE revolution in the Argentine
Republic was a fasco. Its magnl-
tude was enormously exaggerated
at the beginning.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

JUsTIcE CURRY and Constable
Boyd who went to Bellyille on
Tuesday afternoon as witnesses in
court, returned yesterday.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

MISS MAMIE JOHNSON, of Perryville,
Ind, won the prize for oratory before
the Indiana Normal school against
several young men contestants.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

Mr.. ]. B. KEMP, the contractor. has
just completed the work of raising
the bridge over the Big Sandy on
the Brennan and lndependenceroad
1t is built entirely on piling, is above.
high water mark and is one hun
dred and five feet long. This is the
celebrated bridge which was subject
to overfows every time the creek
got up and was the cause of at least
one damage suit by causing thewater-
to overflow colored mans farm.
Mr.. Kemp says the bridge is built to
stay this time and is warranted
against being submerged.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

CONGRESSMAN GRAIN and Rory
Moore both pronounce the reports
of their recent misunderstanding as
being highly exaggerated.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

The republicans Of Denton county
held a convention on last Saturday
and denounced the Lodge election
bill. Those Denton republicans
must be a decent lot of fellows.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

While Harrison all at once has
exhibited such NirtUous determine
ton to suppress the Louisiana lot
terry, his son Russell runs a big adj
vertisement of the Juarez lottery in
his Helena, Mont, paper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

The pIizeshoot at Burton under
the auspices Of the gun club at that
place will take place one week from
tomorrow.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

THE Indianapolis Sentinel tells a
pretty story of noble: self-sacirifcen
which Miss Fannie Gary, the anna
BILE daughter of the wealthy iurist,
Judge Gary, of Chicago, figures as
the heroine. There was poor girl,
Mary Anderson, employed to do
coarse sewing in a Chicago tailor
shop. Miss Gary observed that she
wasrapidly going into decline By
reason of hard work and long hours
in the shop, and proposed to pay
her expenses for a two weeks trip
of recreation. The boss tailor re-
fused to let her go unless she could
get substitute, as he was pressed
with orders Oh hand. The girl
failed to find substitute and was
about to give up in despair, when
Miss Gary promptly met the case by
insisting on taking her place at the
shop. For two weeks Miss Gary
left her pleasant home every morn
ing at G o'clock and went to the
tailor shop, returning at 7 in the
evening; and fashionable society
never dreamed of how she was en-
ploying her time.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

A brand of sausage has been named
after Explorer Stanley. This is a
dog-gone good compliment. Green
vile Herald. ....--.
The would-be wit who indited the
above should be unceremoniously
shot, or, more properly, murdered
with fence-ra1.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

Mr.. John 7. Dickinson seems to
be running the Chicago Worlds
fair successfully; but he made an ut
ter failure when he attempted to
run a Houston newspaper. That
shows that it takes more brains to
run a Houston newspaper than it
does to run Worlds fair.-Hous-
ton Age.
And yet there are dozens of half
witted fellows in every town and
community who think they could
beat the editor running paper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

HUBBARD admits that he is already
defeated for the congressional nom
ination by Kilgore, and says he will
retire to the shades of private life
and employ his time writing book
relating his experience while minis
ter to Japan.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

The New York Commercial-Adver-
tiser observes: ''The tale about the
purchase of the Cape May Cottage
at $4,000 is'a pure afterthought,
concocted because the president
was finally made aware of the ride
ulous and odious position which he
was holding. 1t is mere subter-
fuge and the virtual confession of an
irritated conscience. Benjamin
Harrison is not rhinoceros, thank
Heaven"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07
The investigation of the charges

The investigation of the charges
against Commissioner Raum will
prove a farce. The investigating
committee is recognized by its per
sonnet as embarrassing committee
and Reed is the recipient of great
deal of censure for the rank parti-
sanship displayed in the appoint
ment.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

The Cleburne Chronicle utters a
popular sentiment in the following
1.-The republicans of Kansas are hot
and getting hotter over the decision
of the supreme court in the original
package decision. If Kansas would
secede from the union and make a
land slide aud not stop this side OF
the British possessions there will
be no tears shed in Texas"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-07

TWENTY-FIVE bales of new cotton
have been received iuthe city up to
date.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-12

not cause us TO uouDU the effectiveness or
the new treatment, for the following ex-
ample will demonstrate that it is still con-
tirmed by another ease:
six children were stricken almost stimuli
taneously with diDhtheria in one family.
Five of them were inoculated with the cry
slpelas bacillari8, and they recovered in A
wonderfully short time The sixth child
had been at once removed to a remote part
of the city and died of the dread epidemic.
Strange as this method is in itself it is no
less singular than the progress of the cry
sipelas is painless and quiet one, not ac-
companied by unfavorable results upon
the general condition of the patient while
the cure of the diphtheria is being effected.
neither the theory that the ervsipelas
mFcrobe destroys the diphtheria poison is
founded upon fact, or is simply delusion.
leaving the cause of those wonderful recov-
cries TO be sought for in other quarters, we
care less at the present moment for the So
luton Of this purely scientific question. as
our interest centers primarily in the re-
suit, which alone is satisfactory to the Law
man. The close and controlling observa-
tons to which physicians will subject the
new method viii soon demonstrate wheth-
er DIR. Babtchinsky has found the real en-
envy of the diphtheria microbe. and that
we are rid of a foe which demands annual
~ the lives of thousands of our little ones. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-12

TIE SMOKE OF Ill SWELLING CTGARETTEs.
arm 70 divide the seat into two parts
Her husband covered her al over with
heavy r1zs and shawl Then be snug
Kled into the opposste corner with an
other lot Of rugs about his legs, and II
another moment began 20 snore.
AL might have bsen well, and this
narrative might have been lost IN tire
dreamy oblivion that began % shroud
ny SENSES. II Il had not been for that
young w0rnAn's feet Understand re.
they were iaviEbls. bit were neveTtho-
bess disractingly prsosnt % Eay ssz-ses.
for l happened 10 ecoupy The place tuEt
the ether side Of the sra against which
leaned my head initiating the eIaupls
CT TIE other passelg-rs- had list -
gun 20 dOze away wnrn The train started
with a jolt. The young WOMAN lurchsd
slightly. and IN bracing with her fsst
70 securs he-self she press~d TIA upper
lobe Of my ear hrEaly against ny skulL
started UP with an apology IN bad
French On nv lips. bat nooody hard L.
So l settled back. and prssenily ny
head fell hack against the arm Then,
b reason q the m0agl q ths train. heE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-12
WIZ Animal Dealer.

NEW YORE, Aug. 2s.-If you want 20
buy a brand new anaconda or a second
hand tiger do you know whore 70 go for
il: In New York there ars two esfab-
lishments devoted exclusively % this odd
industry. One is in North William
street. near Park row, and the other Ia
Roosevelt street. not far from the New
BOwery They aro both pleasant and
unpleasant places % visit. On the ons
hand are the rare animals which 20 20
the different museums aud geological
collections Of the country. but which a.
an entirety ars never seen together ia
any one. On one occasion one 81 these
animal depots had two fyinz foxes. =
wombat, three binds a arnadillos ara
ant bear. an iguana, sloth, a kangaroo.
a jerboa and a musk doe So the other
depot had one time forty different kinds
OF monkeys and Fifty Of s1lskes
The disagreeable element arises from
the csrelessDess Of the worknsn that
comes from long familiarity with dan
Rerous animals One day when party
Of ladies were asking ths pTios o. a bird
in the window from the ca hisr who sits
behind high desk. they were more than
startled when he replied, Il beg your
pardon. Jacob, That black snake -
ont again and crawling up my lex.
Come here AID take NM back % his
cage. TIE Ladies did not wait Tor fur
ther reply.
Not long ago = boa-conEtrictOr "a ms
same place escaped from his boz. glided
through the open dooT, and for half
hour held PARK Row and Cf;y Hall park
al 70 himself Incidents Euch a. thess
are apt, az Marx Twain zays. % dis
courage visitors q bsrygus tsBpsfa-
ment. These plsoss supply B~ruzrns
and Forep&ugh's. - vel ~ the Eas1As-
eTles and F-EssnuIs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-12
Marshal Clibborn's Heroism.

The beach of Wimereax, near Boulogne.
has been the scene of a daring rescue. One
Of the bathers, merchant Of Boulogne.
lost footing, and being unable to swim
was carried away by the ride. He disap-
peared for time, but was afterward seen
on the surface of the water, back upper
most and his face under water. An alarm
was raised, but before the bathing master
could respond to it stranger. who had
witnessed the scene, had thrown himself
into the water and was making for the IN
fortunate bather. He reached him not
without difficulty. turned him on his back
and drew him ashore. The rescued man
was 70 all appearance dead. but the strsn-
ger laid him on the sand and rubbed his
chest and arms so vigorously that breath
ing was restored. The patient at length
recovered consciousness, and the naxt dsv
was pronounced out Of danger. His res-
cuer turned out 10 be Mr.. SYDNEY Booth.
Clibborn, otherwise Marshal Clibborn. who
was on holiday with his wife and child
London News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-12
FIGHTING MICROBES.
1hey Are Pitsed Against Each Other
with Wonderful IlcsuIts

They Are Pitsed Against Each Other
with Wonderful Results.
'The newest thing in the medical world. g"
said leading Physician who keeps abreast
with the science, lis the cure for diphtheria.
il Is nothing less than curing that danger
Gus disease by lnoculating the patient with
efysipelas. DIR. Babtchinsky, of St Peters
burg, recently accidentally discovered the
antaconism which exists between The diph-
liberia microbe and that of erysipclas by
observing how the sudden appearance Of
erysipelas in patient suffering with diph-
liberia caused a speedy cure of the latter.
The doctors own son was stricken with
severe attack Of diphtheria. and as all
the remedies which had been applied
proved fruitless death seemed inevitable.
Suddenly the symptoms Of ervsipelas set
In, when the lad seemed nearly half dead.
Ind not the slightest cause could be as
Signed for this new complication. and its
Attendant dangers seemed only to hasten
the approach OF the almost certain demise
Of the victim
During the next few hours his condition
grew visihly worse. and every moment the
lying out Of the scarcely Pickering spark
bf life was apprehended. But on the fol-
loving morning the exhaustion had dim:n-
lshed considerably, the patient improved
RAPIDLY aud in comparatively short time
was completely restored 20 health. This
accidental combination Of the two mi
Probes called TO Bn0tchiusky's mind the
noctrlne 10 which Csntani had held
Soon after the recovery Of his child the
doctor was called 10 the bedside of a diph-
liberia patient who was dangerously
affected. BE was treating an ervsipelas
case at the same time, and. encouraged bv
the experience which he had made with his
son. he decided to inoculate the poison Of
the erysipelas microbe into the lower law
OF his diphtheria patient The latter re
covered without the application of any
other remedy. From this time forth DIR
babtchinsky hesitated no longer to extend
ms practice in this direction. As he did
not always have erysipelas patients on hand
WAen he needed the poison. he established
an artificial breeder of erysipelas bscil
iarle He succeeded in twelve more cases
IN saving his diphtheria patients by apply
Ing the erysipelas microbe. Oalv two ma
uents died, because the inoculatory mi
erode was efete. perhaps. But this need