Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-06-25
NEWS ITEMS.

VIZ, Us cA%-.
Edward Bellamy made $4,000 on
his Looking Backward"
If you want to know a mans
character follow him home.
Mrs. Besant says that Russia is
the thunder clond of Europe"
If nobody had a hobby, this world
would soon become a dull place.
When you turn over new leaf. be
particular to paste the old one down.
The force IN the census office must
be cut down on account of lack of
funds.
He is the happiest, be he king or
peasant, who finds sunlight in his
home.
If Justice had at least one eye
open her balances would not be so
one sided.
Tue Indian Territory imposes an
occupation tax upon lawyers in the
Indian Territory.
Sherman is being relegated to the
rear in Ohio, and Foraker is forcing
himself to the front.
Sleep eight hours of twenty-four
at three meals a day, and walk on
the sunny side of the way.
Don't rob your wife all her lifetime
in order to make some provisions for
her in case you should be first taken
away.
A tablespoonful of powdered alum
sprinkled in a barrel of water will
drecipitate all impure matter to the
bottom.
Turpentine is said to be the most
effective of all things for the Danish
ment of carpet worms, buffalo moths
and insects.
The bullet which killed Lord Nell
son at Trafalgar is one of the treas
ured exhibits of the London Naval
exhibition.
Mrs. Anna Mayhoff, aged II,
hanged herself during a thunder
storm IN Cincinnati. She was ter
rorized by lightning.
Elmer Foster and Ida Townsend
poisoned themselves near Galena,
Ill, because the girls parents OBJ
iected to their marriage.
Nine hundred and fifty submarine
telegraph cables are in operation,
most of them in Europe; their total
length is over $4,000 miles.
New black lace dresses are made
of material similar to that used for
wells, and while Enthusiastically novel,
cannot be recommended as durable.
The public is warned by the post
master general, through the several
postmasters, that all persons mailing
lottery matter are liable to prosecu-
ton.
A number of rural laborers at
Oravlcza, Austria, who are on strike
against Sunday work, had fight
with the police. Fortysix arrests
were made.
A founding asylum on Lexing.
ton avenue, New York, recently re-
ceived two Chinese babies, who
were subsequently adopted by re,
spectacle families.
The Vienna Political Correspon.
dence says that after the celebration
OF their silver wedding in Denmark
the czar and czarina will visit En-.
peror William of Germany.
OF the 100000 square miles Of
Africa, only about 100000 remain
which has not been claimed by some
European power, and more than hall
of this area lies within the Desert Of
Sahara.
A number of workmen recently
dismissed from the Krupp gun
works, while on strike, and who re
fused to vacate the houses owned BY
the Krupp concern are being evicted
by force.
Attention has recently been called
to the singular fact that until half 6
century ago the inhabitants of the
Philippine island were day behind
those of neighboring countries il
their reckoning.
The circuit court of appeals or
ganized at Cincinnati Tuesday with
Circuit Judges Brown of Michigan
Jackson of Tennessee, and Distric
Judge Sage of Cincinnati. Tht
regular session begins in October
next.
J. P. Baker and Ollie Boylel
fought Sunday at Como Park, Fl
Worth, Boyles was knocked dow
with a six-shooter but arose anc
shot at Baker twice, one shot taking
effect in the foot. Both parties were
arrested.