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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

KIBER uses pure fruit juices for
his Soda syrup.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

ONE can almost see the crops
growing at present.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The Brennan pulp factory, the
only one in the state, is proving a
big success.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Get your Horses and Mules in
good shape by using Jensen's Con-
dition Powders.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

LUNCH of.:auEkind at the Santa Fe
Saloon.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Try Fairbanks Whlue Glover leaf
lard, for sale by II. FIsBER.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
A CARD,

We have this day associated our
selves for the purpose of doing a
general banking business in the City
of Brennan under the firm name and
style of Heber Stone, banker. Mr..
&. K. Harrison will be cashier.
With ample capital we can promise
our friends all reasonable accommo-
dations.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

For Mocha and Java, Washed Rio
and Peaberry Coffee, Parched Oh
Green. Go to SLOAN & HoDDE.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Full line fancy candies, oranges
lemons, cocoanuts.
Jacob & Eldridge.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

County, Judge Kirk tied the nup-
tial knot for John Bradshaw and
Selma Brightwell, a colored couple,
in the county clerks Office early in
the afternoon Thursday.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

"Manitou" ginger champagne, made from
the famous natural "Manitou" water. H.
Fisher, Agent, BRENNAN. Texas, Sample free.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The Spider Web sticky fly paper.
Is not poisonous, but sure to kill
flies. For sale by H. Fischer, local
agent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Save your Anlmal-Glva Jen.
sens Bots and Collie Specific
Never fails.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

FIVE German immigrants from
the old country arrived in the city
on Friday and will locate at Long
Point and Burton.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
Two Doctors Failed.

Mr.. R. K. Greenless, Randall,
Ark, writes: No prescription
ever effected more than a tenn
porary suppression of the chiIls on
myself. L was told to try your
Hughes tonic ; concluded to give
1t trial. One bottle made COM
plete cure"
Prepared by Z. 4. Robinson & Co.,
Wholesale Druggists, Louisville,
KY. Sold by Druggists.
The German Methodist Sunday
school out on Rocky, north of Bren-
ham, will have a big picnic on the
26th, and there will be a tournament
in connection with it.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
Farmers and MiIIers, Attention.

I have Just received 1909 Bushels
white corn, in sacks.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

j. B. KEMP,
Brennan, Texas.
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Other makes OF Ladies Shoes and Ties from 5Uo to The
Our Extra Stock OF Mems Suits from $40 to $13 per
suit Suits which are worth from $50 to $22.5O
Pants from IS cents to S. 80. The best
Your choice in figured striped and plain Ginghams for
s cents per yard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
WORDS OF WISDOM.

TIE world is his who can see through
its pretension.
MUCH time IS necessary to know peo-
pie thoroughly.
ANGER makes dull men witty but
keeps them poor.
MAN is cold as ice to truth; but hot as
fire to falsehood-
COOP fortune seldom comes pure and
single, unattended by some troublesome
or unexpected circumstance.
In art, oratory, music, mere loudness
or demonstration is not sign of
strength; it is rather proof of weakness.
A POAlPoUs man, when he smiles at a
jest, takes more credit to himself for
his appreciation of the joke than he al
lows to the wit for uttering it.
The living get credit for what they
might be quite as much as for what
they are. Posterity judges a man by
the best rather than the average of his
attainment.
WHEN we have reached middle life we
say of ourselves, if only we had our
lives to live over again The wish is an
idle one, but it is left us to make q good
use of the years that remain to us
Whether many or few. they may be hon.
orable.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19

FIG. 1. COW SUFFERING FROM HovEN.
pulled out on the left side and flank,
stands immovably with head extended
and bloodshot eyes, breathing heavily,
moaning and frequently stroking the
belly with the hind feet.
If not Immediately relieved, all the
symptoms become aggravated, and the
Moor brute falls and dies from suffoca-
tion owing to the diaphragm being
forced against the lungs. 1t is because
Of this imminent danger OF delay re-
oulting in great suffering and sudden
death that prompt relief must be given
Without waiting. Medication is too
Glow and uncertain. 1t is in such cases
chat safe. certain, and reliable opera
3ioAs and esen in the hands Of = COM
sou Farmland, or herdsman, will prove
Che value Of domestic surgery. Fig. 1
Shows = COW suffering from Aoven, with
Che indication OF the place where the
knife or srOcar should puncture the ru-
man OF paunch, should be . hand
eyesdth forward Of the point of the hip,
and the same distance below the back
b0pe and back OF the last rib. thus: four
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
AN IDEAL COW.
A Western Farmers Ideas-Room for Inn
proYement.

A western Farmers ldeaS-ROOm 1Or LII
provement.
There is still room for improvement
in our dairy stock. and the breeder who
can fill the bill has fortune right
ahead of him. The cow I am looking
for, says correspondent OF the Nor
West Farmer, would sell by the thou
sand all the way from Manitoba 70
the State of Missouri. A sort Of cow
that can feast cheerfully on dried corn
stalks, except when she has the good
luck to find barn door open, and eat
good feed of cobs without getting sick
on the unaccustomed dainty. She must
not object to an occasional soaking Of
snow, sleet or rain on a cold winters
day, when out rustling for living, and
she must not mind if the shed provided
for her at nights has wide open seams
in the boarding, or the logs unchlnked-
She must take it easy when chased by
boy on horseback or yellow dog, ana
not feel distressed if hit in the ribs with
a milking stool to soothe her nerves,
and make her milk easily, or treated to
a slap with dung fork with view to
improve her stable manners. A COW OF
that sort that can average, say seven
pounds of butter a week, is very badly
wanted by most farmers. who somehow
don't get on very we'll with any of the
established varieties.
When l find cow that comes any
way close to that style of beast, with
prepotency enough to transmit those
valuable properties to her offspring, I
shall be only too glad to make my
farming friends aware of the discovery.
l propose that when we do get her she
should be called the irOn-clad breed. l
should have mentioned that horns are
indispensable, in my ideal iron-clad.
She will want them to twist the staples
out of barb-wire fences when out rustling
in summer nights, so as to reach with
comfort the crops those fences are
meant to protect, and also to toss the
dogs when too numerous and too pro-
nounced in their attentions to her.
Unless some genius hits on combina-
ton that shall produce genuine iron
clad, great number of my farming
friends will have co give up keeping
COWS. Perhaps their present stock, if
there are enough cows on their places
to be called stock, would not feel aw-
fully bad if they did go out of the bust
ness, and leave them free to take their
chances in a cold world. Cows owned
by this class of farmers are, as rule,
we'll able to take care of themselves.
Starvation and ill-treatment seem to
brighten their wits very much. But
prefer a cow with more udder and less
brains. No more brains in fact than
are necessary to keep their stomachs
we'll filled and their digestion and milk
flow good. 1 prefer, in short, to find the
brains in the head of the farmer rather
than in the COW. But if he has few
brains, Or is too indo1ent to use them, we
must introduce the iron-clads.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
PHYSIOLOGY OF ECSTASY.

Important Respects in Which 1t Differs
from Catalepsy.
Though closely allied to catalepsy,
ecstasy differs from it in several i'm.
portant respects. One of the main
points of difference is that in ecstasy
the vision or train of thought that has
been going on during the seizure is re-
membered, whilst in catalepsy there is
complete oblivion. 1t often happens
that the two diseases alternate or CO.
exist. In ecstasy the limbs are motion
less, but not rigid. The eyes are open,
the pupils fixed. the hvid lips parted in
smiles, and the arms extended to en-
brace the beloved vision. The body is
erect and raised to its utmost height, or
else is extended at full length in re-
cumbent posture. A peculiar, radiant
smile Eliminates the countenance, and
the whole aspect and attitude is that Of
intense mental exaltation. Some times
the patient is silent. the mind being APP
parently absorbed in meditation, or in
the contemplation of some beatitic
vision. Sometimes there is mystical
speaking, prophesying or singing; or
the lips may be moved without any
sound escaping. Various attitudes are
assumed in consonance with the ideas
passing through the estates mind.
Spots Of blood sometimes appear on the
hands and other parts of the body, and
are said to represent the wounds of the
nails in the hands and feet of Jesus, or
the thrust of the spear in His side.
Usually there is complete inSensibility
to external impressions.-The Family
Physician
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19

yfe. s.-YRocAR AND CANULA.

YfG S-TROCAB AND CANULA.
3Aches below the backbone and midway
between che last rib and point of the
left hip The instrument should be
1smiy, deliberately. and forcibly pushed
downward. inward and forward, to the
depth OF at least three or four inches,
when the accumulated gas will escape.
The csnu1a or sheath OF the trocar
Ah01l6 be left in the puncture to permit
She gas 20 escape for q time. and for the
Introduction through il OF half an ounce
g IN ounce Of aromatic spirits Of am
snOnia In half q teacupful Of warm
water once an hour till the animal re-
covers Half the quantity for sheep
Then give a pound of inse ed oil by the
mouth Fig. 2 shows trocar and canula.
Fig. 2 shows the trocar and canula ready
Cor use. The trOcsr only is withdrawn.
This trouble Is OF 50 short duration and
the emerge ncy 50 great that no time
can be wasted TO summon q veterinar-
tan In all similar emergencies the
owner. or employee. or farmer must
pfNtice one OF many artS-Amefican
AgTic0ltuSiSt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
sRoOn sows.
3heSs Cers and Treatment White Rearing
Their Young.

S8eSg Cofo and Treat ment Whl10 Rearing
Their Young.
The SOW should have immediate at
3entiOn and at frequent intervals have
an easily -digested feed. The best
thing that have ever tried is new milk
from fresh COW. and given in the fol-
lowing quantities and times one quart
every hour, and little or no solid food,
Three times each day give in the milk
q half teaspoonful Of turpentine, and if
SheFe can be added between times half
feacupfuI OF strong. sweetened catnip
4es, % much the better. The udder
shou6 be bathed and gently though
bsisEfy rubbed with . stimulating lini-
0aent that has sufficient oil in it's com.
position 60 prevent blistering or irrita-
ton OF the skin Lard two parts and
t0spentine one, il carefully applied SO
- not 70 get ON the teatS, is good. The
principai help must, however, come
1roua stimulating food which is OF easy
digestion. and for such purposes there is
N0tAing that approaches new milk sup
Piled often.
Too much attention can not be given
% spount, kind Of feed and time Of Civ
ahS the same 20 all nursing sows They
should be fed not less than three times
q day, and fous or FIVE is still better,
Snd never allowed 20 fill themselves SO
1kil rs 20 make digestion difficult. One
6slf the trouble with the pigs arises
aron the injudicious feeding of the
eows that are nursing. When the diges-
9iou 10 impaired in the slightest degree
Ahe quantity and quality is in like man.
ger affected, and in turn the digestion
sad health OF the pigs suffer in an in
eRased proportion, because they are
CON psratisely weak and feeble. and not
% we'll able to resist the effects of such
disturbances. The important thing for
ShO hefdsman is to keep the SOW healthy,
vigorous and undisturbed, and but little
4reuble will be experienced with the
eigA When the pigs are under four
oeeks old the SOW should not be allowed
% run out in the grass until the dew is
Of, and in wet weather keep the pigs
cut of wet grass and mud. There is
enuch that might be written on the sub
49, of diseases of pigs, but as I have
~fthin the last year written an article
u the Gazette upon that subject L will
Got now enter further into that field
breeders Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
AcuYE 7YMPANIT,s


Tho AIsfcle Tells You What to Do and
How e DO II When . Gov or Horse
Goto Soc Much Glover.
Hoven blows. dew-blown, fog-sick-
Asss. Rrass-sickness. blasted. puffed-up
Grom tho sudden. and too often fatal.
ottack the proper method of prompt and
perfect relief should be in the hands of
all cattle and sheep owners. The cause
of hoven is the rapid fermentation of
young and juicy grasses, greedily bo1ted
With excessive swallowing of air, with
cut proper and thorough mastication.
Trrni0g cattle and sheep into young
end thrifty fields of clover, lucern or
ether juicy young grasses when the
1aimA Ais arc hungry, or half starved on
peof pasture, is the most frequent
cause OF this affection. Where the
change from poor to rich growth of
Soung grasses is necessary, half al hour
or Whereabouts is long enough at time.
til1 the stock becomes less greedy and
more thoroughly masticates, and feeds
9th more leisure. This condition will
4t once be apparent to any casual OBJ
0eBvex, as the animal is enormously
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
MUUCHiNG.

ITS Value in Retaining Moisture in the
Soil.
The principal Object in mulching dur
ing the summer is to aid in retain
ing moisture in the soil. Any material
will answer that secures this. One or
two inches of finely pulverized soil will
do it il care is taken to work in good
season. This can be readily tested by
keeping the surface around the plants
in the best possible filth and then ex-
aiming underneath this mulch and the
soil will be found to be moist.
In addition to aiding to retain moist
ure in the soil a mulch will be of con-
siderable benefit in many cases in keep
ing down the weeds. A mulch of coal
ashes applied around peach trees, cur
rant or gooseberry bushes will in addi-
ton to retaining moisture in the soil
almost effectually keep down the weeds,
and when it is desirable not to culti-
vate, this will be quite a benefit.
Wheat straw is used more than any
other one material and generally it will
be better if it is old.
When they can be secured without
too much inconvenience forest leaves
make good mulch. The same
may be said of bagasse from the
sorghum mill. If partially withered
it is one of the very best materials that
can be used, especially during the sum-
mer. 1t is best not to apply too early,
and yet the work should not be delayed
until the weather gets too warm and the
soil dry. Give sufficient cultivation to
keep the soil in good filth and the
weeds down, before applying the mulch
in order to get the largest amount of
benefit.
Newly set trees, shrubs or fruit plants
can nearly always be benefited by
mulching at least the first summer, I'M
til they get reasonably we'll established.
Tomato plants, melon and cucumber
vines will make a better growth and
yield larger crop if care is taken to
mulch before the soil becomes too dry.
In adry season good crops can often be
secured by mulching when otherwisethey
would prove failure, while with crops
that need little or no cultivation during
the summer outside of what is neces-
sary to keep them down the weeds can
be largely reduced by applying mulch
that Will keep the weeds from grow
ing. At least the mulch will keep clear
the weeds at much less cost than by cul-
tivating. Farm, Field and Stockman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
DRIFT OF OPINION.

The Mckinley bill ought to be
entitled bill for perpetual pension to
the order of manufacturers Indian-
apolis News.
Quay will order the Administers.
ton to diSband before he will consenS
to sue the New York World for libel
Atlanta Constitution.
1t is wonderful how quiet Mr.. Har-
rison keeps about the Quay matter.
Perhaps, however, he is preparing o
card for Observation-Disclosures Constitue
ton.
The report that Blaine will noe
again try for the Presidency. but will
be satisfied to close his career as Sem
ator from Maine, indicates that the
Maine mans weather eye is as good a.
ever The chance for Republican sue
cessor to Harrison is exceedingly slim.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
On the whole, we think we en-
terrain more respect for Congressman
who sincerely believes in high pro-
tective duties, and votes every time to
sustain them, than we have for the
Congressman who makes fine speeches
in favor of tariff reform and then votes
the other way, under the lash of tina
party whip.-Boston Herald.
Some of the Republican papers
are trying 70 resist the impression pry-
duced by Carkson's speeches regarding
the remarkable decline of the Reun6-
hcan press by declaring that his State
ments are much exaggerated. But
Clarkson told nothing but the truth.
and that he believes what he saws q
seen in the fact that he has disposed az
his own newspaper propsrty.-Chica 70
Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19

" answer to inquiries as to the
erebable cause of SO many sows farrow-
ing weak pigs this spring, ''Shep," OF
Nllinois, says that it must be the result
, 81 unhealthy condition of one or both
the parents at the time of population,
or the result of slight attack OF
cholera upon the sows during the carry
ing period. The same difficulty may
arise from premature birth. brought on
by little ergot in the feed during the
peSiod before narrowing, or it might
possibly result from the sow's udder be-
coming caked and thus interfering with
the milk supply. He gives as the best
remedy copperas, fed to the sows every
day in milk or slop. in the proportion
of one tablespoonful of powdered cop
peras TO each SOW.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
POOR OLD MORTON.
The Eice-President Is Very DignifieG euS
Doesn't Know the Rules.

The Eice-Pres1dent Is Very Dignifie6 Bug
Doesn't Know the Rules.
Vice-President Morton is a very an0
old gentleman and gifted in many 10
specSs. He is a diplomat of rare auals
tiles and never saw another who coulS
wear wig with better grace. Bus
there is one thing he can not do. He
can not learn the rules of the Senate
He presides with dignity, in fact lends
as much dignity to the position as any
man who has ever occupied the chair.
but he has to be prompted at nearly
every stage of the proceedings Ed
munds is chief prompter, Ingalls, ase
sistant prompter and Fry sometimes
acts as sub-assistant- Edmunds occus
pies the front seat almost under the
eyebrows of the presiding officer, and
constantly keeps on the watch to SEQ
that Mr.. Morton makes no blunders.
When some motion is made or pre-
liminary question asked, the Vice.
President in hesitating sort OF way.
begins to state the case as nearly as he
can get at it, all the time watching the
face of the distinguished Senator from
Vermont for signs of approval or core
rection. If the Vermont sage mods hie
head the Vice-President, with a frmef
confidence, proceeds to state the
question. A look of disapproval will ae
once bring the Vice-President Ito
standstill, and then Mr.. Edmunds with
the least suspicion of a twinkle under
his eyebrows, will rise and state, as IL
in argument or suggestion to the chairs
what will be the proper state mens
of the case. The Vlce-Presis
dent Immediately reproduces this
language with graphophonic accuracy
Sometimes Mr.. Morton gets the impress
sion that he knows enough about tho
rules to take care of this business foe
himself Then he almost invariably
falls into error. When he puts himself
to this position, Mr.. Edmunds and Mr..
Ingalls, appear in a quiet sort of way to-
enjoy the situation. Sometimes the ono
and sometimes the other will get up.
and in parliamentary language, and
manner of extreme suavity, give the
presiding officer a lecture on parliamens-
airy usage. Some of these discoursee
are extremely amusing from their Csc
sumption of dignity and seriousness
while dealing with the most trivial
ponit of parliamentary order, which to
the Vice-President is as perplexing &c
the old Is puzzle. 1t is understood TO
be very sore point with Mr.. MortoG
that he has constantly to be coached By
these two gentlemen; but he can not
help himself, for every time he makes
a declaration of independence he gets
into trouble, and has to stand the deli
cate irony of the Senator from Vermont
IN. Y. CONNIE vertiser.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-19
WRATH.
The Iowa Spokesman Talks Too Much too
His Own Good.

The Iowa Spoilsman Talks Too Much foT
His Own Good.
Mr. J. S.kClarkson, the First Assistant
Postmaster-General, is wonderfuI
man. He has been cutting oil the heads
OF Democratic postmasters until he Is
tired Of the work, and now he Is dellv-
ering political lectures at the North BY
way OF variety. He is not only wonder.
full. but great A few years ago, while
he was editor of the Iowa State Regis
ter, he printed in his editorial columns
statement to the effect that when the
great ''star-shower" occurred in 1883
the falling stars could be heard rafting
on the leaves of the trees.
This sort of thing is characteristic OF
Clarkson. He has now quit telling
wonderful stories about the South. The
star-story was merely an innocent lie.
but the lies about the South are told in
order to help the Republican party.
These political lies are patent enough
to every body except the deluded people
who sit and listen to him. and good
many of those must recognize the most
of Clarkson's statements to be lies it
they read the newspapers His COM
plant is that Republicans arc not al
lowed to hold Office in the South, and
yet there is hardly county in any part
of the South where Republicans are not
holding Office.
As for the negroes, it is natural that
their appointment as postmasters in
communities where there are plenty OF
white Republicans should cause irritae
ton; but do the Southern people pre-
vent the negro from holding Office at tho
North? Has the Southern bulldozer ter
rorized the President and Mr.. Garrison
to such an extent that they are afraid
to appoint negroes to Office in tho
North? If not, why have no negroee
been appoin ted to office in the Norths
These are very interesting questione.
The President and Mr.. Clarkson have
not hesitated to appoint negro postmase
tiers in the South. where they knew thas
| such appointments are likely to cause
irritation; but why have they hesitate6
to appoint negro postmasters at che
North? Are the Northern negroes unfit
to hold office? Would the white people
protest against such appointments
| There are great many negroes in lowe
MIR. Clarkson's State-and many es
| them are said to be we'll educated; sus
how many negro officials are there iR
Iowa? In the whole State has slr. Clarks
son appointed one negro postmaster?
1t would seem from this that the gag
bulldozer has entrusted his bulldozinS
| operations to the present Administers
| tiOn.-Atlanta Constitution.