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Formation of Chalk.

A French scientist, NJ. Walther, has
made some observations in the Mediter-
ranean sea of the manner in which
chalk is formed by sea weeds. He par
ticulariy studied the lithotamnia of
the Bay of Naples, which grow at
depths of from 100 to 300 feet, class
OF alga remarkably poor in organic
matter, but rich in mineral constitu-
ents, among which carbonate Of lime is
prependerant. They grow to be about
as large as the hand, and then die
without suffering chanpa1uua,fa.uuI
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Modern Cnnreniences.

Hotel Guest Sunday morning)-Pd :
ike Sunday paper. but I'm a stranger -
here and don't know which paper isthe--
best
Newsstand Man-Had your breakfast :.
yeti
NO"
Ordered itf''
No"
well, you'd better take this papers,
three supplements, twenty-four pages,
If the waiter is spry he'll get your order
filled before you're through reading -
Good News.
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She Was Taking a Bath.

In pretty house up town newly ar
rived Hibernian was installed as parlor
maid. us Mrs. s. at homer asked
a gentleman whose ring at the door she
had answered. "Shure, an it's out
the mistress is" said Biddy. "And
Miss s., is she out alsop asked the
visitor. mo, sor; but she's in the tub
claiming herself" was the unexpected
and ready response. York Trib-
me
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APHORTSMS.

Nothing comes out of the mind as
it goes in.
Most of the things longed for by
men have no existence.
1t is unfortunate that mortals
were ever given the power to whis-
per.
Men pray for more things that
they do not need than for things
they do need.
People who are on their way to
heaven never stop to try prove that
there is no hell.
As long as men are pulled up
with self-conceit it is hard for God
to do much for them.
In trouble we often come off bet
ter than we expect, and always bet
ter than we deserve.
When a man has the nature of a
sheep he has an easy time of it curb
ing his impetuosity.
A little man never looks so big to
the world as he does when he stands
on bag of money.
The longer a man has been dead
the less positive his friends are that
he is with the angels.
No man or woman ever had a
friend that they could depend on un-
der all circumstances.
The people in this world are so
much alike that if You aim at one
man you hit a hundred.
The more sensible a man is when
he is sober, the bigger fool he ap-
pears when he is drunk.
How much the men admire a
woman who does not expect a man
to be better than men can be.
There is no greater misfortune
that can befall woman than to let
a man marry her believing she is an
angel.
When YOU hear q great deal of one
side of a story, the other side re-
ceives from you great deal of
sympathy. "a vzs7s1zl,.-.---k
1t is hard for some folks to see
the difference between going to a
theatre for the benefit of church.
and going for the benefit OF those
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The Red Seed of the Abrus PrecatOrius-
The small shining red seeds of AbFus
precatorius are largely used by the In
dian goldsmiths as weights, each weigh
ing about LIS grains. 1t is stated THAI
the famous Koh-i-nur diamond was
first weighed by the rati, a word which
by some authors is supposed to have
given origin to the jewelers. carat,
from the Arabic kirat. The carat IS
the twenty-fourth part Of an ounce, OF
8 10 troy grains; this approximately
would be equal to two of these seeds.
They are sometimes called crabs
eyes. from a fancied resemblance to
those objects; and in the West Indies
are known as jequirity seeds, being ex-
tensively used for necklaces, ornaments
for the ears, and to decorate small
boxes, baskets, etc. Strung as neck
laces, they are considered teethiDg
remedies for young children. The fact
of these being used as rosaries doubt
less suggested the specific name OF
'precatorius. chambers Journal.
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main of its neignbor. it is profoundly m
different to the strangers wanderings-
Nor is it safe for the farmer to pre-
sumo upon his former acquaintance
with any bird. for the ostrich has not
wits enough to distinguish an old friend
from new intruder, nor sufficient re-
spect for his owner to except him from
his suspicious hostilities, though it
would appear that, as a rule, he wiz
manifest a stronger aversion to the
Kaffir OF Hottentot than to a white
man.-Great Divide.
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OF One Mind.

Sell Made Mani can't see any sense
in wasting so much valuable time on
dead languages.
College Student - Neither can I.
Since Wilkins started in to win the
Latin prize he hasn't been worth a cent
in the boat crew-Good News.
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Cotton Report.

Friday the telegraph company
which has been furnishing the Bren-
ham cotton reports refused to let
the newspaper correspondents here
or the BAENER either, have the fig
ures, and they combined to gather
the figures on their own account.
The depots and cotton platforms
were sill visited and from the best in
formation obtainable, they sent in
the following report for the week
ending, Thursday evening the %:
Receipts. ..........1 1911.
Shipments 1925.
Just after this report was made
the BANNER reporter was informed
that the McF'edden agency alone
shipped 2200 bales, and local ship
per says he had shipped 500 bales,
making the shipments aggregate
200 bales, only difference in the
aggregate of the two summaries of
1915 bales,
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The streets of Brennan presented
an interesting scene on circus day
a moving mass of humanity, + Of
which were Tegros who numbered
no less 10000, but strange to say
300 covered their representation in
side the circus tent.-Austin County
Times.
This is the lowest estimate we
have seen of their representation,
but it has been a subject of general
remark on the small number that at
tend. The fact is they would have
gone, but they didn't have the money
and Just came to town to see the
parade.
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Visitor-l have often wanted to visit
lunatic asylum, but suppose there
is none in the city.
Residential, but we've got board
Of trade proudly. Come along, It's
in session. 1t will do Just as WE'LL
Chicago Tribune.
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CLIMATE AND LIFE OF A RIVER.

The Grand Canon through which
the Colorado River runs for about
200 miles, or tenth of its course,
Is described by DR.. D. Hart Merri-
am as being, at the point visited by
him, about Is miles wide at the top
and 5000 feet deep. It is interested
by gigantic gulches and side-canons.
1t has lodges, terraces, and mesas,
barran crags and grassy slopes, lof-
ty mountains and deep valleys, cool
hillsldes clad in forests of balsam
frs, and lot bottoms filed with sub
tropical thickets. It has arid stretch
es of sand bearing a scattered
growth of cactus and yucca, and
marshes and springs that never be-
came dry and are hidden by, a multi
tude of plants requiring moisture
laden atmosphere. Its animal life
is as sharply varied and as strongly
contrasted. In descending from
the plateau level to the bottom of
the canon a succession of tempera-
ture zones is encountered equivalent
to those stretching from the conf.
ferrous forests of Canada to the cac-
tus plains of Mexico. These zones
result from the combined effects of
altitude and slope exposure. A re-
markable diversity of climatic condi-
tons is produced by the complex
aud interacting influences of radia
ton aud refraetion, of aridity and
humidity, of marked temperature
differences at opposite places of
equal height, of every possible angle
of slope exposure, and of exposure
to and protection from wind and
storms. The effect on animal and
vegetable life has been to bring into
close proximity the species of widely
separated regions, and to crowd the
several life zones into narrow paral-
lei bands along the sides of the
canon.
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The Universal Help.

Employer-Jerry, you ought to know
better than to put that box on that
shelf, where no one can reach it.
lerEy &c you wish to get it down2
E;nployer-Yes.
Jerry (who is slightly impertinent)--
kGvart:sa. Jewellers Circular,
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My mammals got winter teeth than
your mamma, said Allie.
Shed oughter have. She changes
'em oftener," retorted Maudie.-New
York Epoch,
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A NEW ACCUMULATOR.

A new type of accumulation, the
result of many experiments by NJ.
Bandsept, is being introduced in
Belgium, where 1t is to be tried for
electric lighting on railways. 1t
differs from others both in structure
and in method of manufacture. The
electrodes are formed of a COM
pressed powder, which is saturated
during the process of compression
by substances reduced to a gaseous
state. The current obtained Is said
to be almost constant, and the bat
terry can be used either as primary
or a secondary one.
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The Brennan base ball zine de-
feated Friday at Gay Hill by a
score of three behind their adversa-
ries, gives an excuse that they
played with only seven men.
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PERRY JONES, the notorious house
burglar, has 'squealed" on a number
OF accomplices, and a number of az
rests will follow. Perry wants COM
pany in the penitentiary.
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LOCAL NEWS.

TIE awning in front of Messrs
A. & II. Harrisons store is receiv-
ing coat of paint.
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SEE change in the lad" of Mr..
W. II. Eldridge. Fresh groceries
in great quantities are enumerated,
and the trade is specially invit ed to
call and see his goods.
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MEssRs. JSo. FIELDER and Jesse
Crockett sailed down the Brazos
from Chappell Hill few days ago,
made the trip all right, and Jessie
returned Friday. He says he left
John negotiating for a $1100 lot in
Velssco, and that to his knowledge
he had 10 cents of the money with
him.
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ELECTRICAL IDEAS.

A Leeds inventor claims to have
constructed several clocks which are
driven by the electricity of the earth
itself-An electrician states the cleo
trical apparatus will return 10 per
cent of the heat energy expended at
the central station. and in using a
stove we get 25 per cent; but as the
central station can and does use
coal costing one-fourth or one. third
of what we must pay for coal to
burn in stove, electric heat can be
obtained as cheap as heat from a
coal stove.-In a new fire engine;
both the forcing of the water and
the propelling of the machine are
effected by the current from
storage battery.-A cambria needle
has been magnetlzed by polarized
light.
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THERE was big dance at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Jno. Hale, five miles
east of here Friday night. There
were a number in attendance from
here and their report is to the effect
that they had an excellent time.
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CONSIDERABLE preliminary work is
is being done at the site of the Bap-
list church, lumber is being placed
on the ground and work will be COM
menced on its erection in q few DAYS.
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FIFTEEN car loads of rock was
quarried Friday in this county
for the Galveston jetties and the
contractors believe that arrange
ments will be perfected by the mid
die of next week to quarry 100 cars
per day. The Ledbetter quarry has
been abandoned for the quarry in
this county and if the contract is
filled from these quarries it will
greatly benefit Washington county,
and materially increase the trade
here.
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BURGLARS entered the residence of
County Attorney B. s, Rogers FRI.
day night, and breaking open a
wardrobe found a ladies purse con-
tanning So, which they, he or she,
appropriated. Nothing else was
missed.
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ATTENTION is directed to the
change in the advertisement of Mr..
j. H. Quebe, dealer in staple and
fancy family groceries.
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NorE the change in the advertise
ment of Mr.. E. Hoffman,, and an
nouncement of great reduction in
price OF clothing.
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THIRTEEN immigrants from Ger
many arrived here q day or two ago
through the emigration agency of
Mr.. Winkelman. They were all set
tied in the vicinity of BRENNAN.
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MEssRs. 4. & Il. HARRISON had a
good crowd out Friday night to
witness their sterioptican exhibition
of comic pictures, advertisements,
ETC., on canvass in front of their
store. They give free show every
Friday night so that the school
children can attend, and from the
amount of yelling they do it is self
evident that they enjoy it.
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MEssRs. NJ. J. JACOB & Co., haze a
new announcement in their space in
another column, in reference to
groceries. Read it.
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SATURDAY was not as good a day
for trade as the previous Saturdays.
The merchants could perceptibly
feel the effects of the circus.
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A GEOLOGICAL NOVELTY.

One of the most extra ordinary of
recent geological discoveries is that
of new marsupial mole, MOTORCYCLES
TYpHLops, which appears to exist in
small numbers only in a limited dis
trlct of the interior of Australia. In
! this region, it passes most of its
! time in the red sandhills and among
the tussocks of porcupine grass.
The first specimen of the animal was
received at Melbourne about two
years ago, and since then a very
few others have been secured, but
none have been found at any time
except during the short period of
semi-tropical rains. Perpetual bor-
ing seems to be the characteristic
feature of the creatures life. It
enters the ground obliquely, and
burrows either for a few feet or
many yards, not apparently reaching
a depth of more than two or three
inches. It's conical snout and scoop
like claws enable it to bore with
wonderful rapidity. 1t fills the tun-
mel as it progresses, and is not
known to make permanent burrows.
After emerging, the mole travels a
few feet on the surface, when it
again enters the ground.
TESTING THE ETHER.
The ether, which is supposed to
pervade all space and matter and to |
bring to US the light and heat of the
sun, has been a favorite study with
many physicists, who have tried, as
one device for making it give tangi-
BILE evidence, of Its existence, to
determine whether it is disturbed in
the neighborhood of moving bodies.
Such disturbances would take place
if the ether he viscous. Prof.
Lodge has attacked this problem by
splitting ray of light into two
equal portions, half of it with and
half of it against the motion of a
pair of three foot steel discs making
1900 revolutions per minute, the
beams being then brought together
again and allowed to interfere. The
bands should shift on
being started, if the ether
really retards one beam and acceler-
ates the other in consequence of the
action of the rotating matter. No
effect, however, has as yet been OBJ
served.
THOUGHT TRANSFERRING.
That science still has much to
learn was recognized by Prof. Lodge
President of the section of Mathe-
MATES and Physics at the late meet
ing of the British Association, in
these words: MAY there not also
be an immaterial perhaps an etheri-
~ medium of communication ? Is
t possible that an idea can be trans
'erred from one person to another
oy process such as we have not
yet grown accustomed to, and know
nothing about? In this
'ase I have evidence. l assert that
have seen it done and am perfectly
convinced of the fact"
The owners of Axtell, the trotting
tallion, have been cited to appear
,efore the Indiana tax eenlr, Z
nd show why he should no5%se ~
essed for his real value, SJ05,000, T;
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DISAPPEARANCE OF BIRDS.
Attention has been called to til

Attention has been called to the
serious diminution OF birds in France
through destruction of the nests.
Some insectivorous species are be-
coming very rare, while plant para
sites are increasing. Cats and boys
are the chief destroyers, and it is
suggested that the boys be punished
by law, that the keeping of cats be
made illegal, and that prizes be Of
fered for killing animals that prey
on eggs.
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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

A comparison has been made by
Carl and Rosa Eigenmann of the Ia
test lists of European and North
American fresh-water fishes with a
list of the South American species.
They find 126 European, 5S7 North
American, and 1147 South American
species.
A Scandinavian physician reports
the apparent rupture of the stomach
of a would-be suicide by the use of
the stomach-pump. Like injury
was produced in dead bodies by the
injection of two or three quarts of
water into the stomach under the
usual pressure.
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How Vessels Go Through the suez Canal
The average time of transit of the
Suez canal by day / twenty-four hours;
by night with elect ic lights it is nine
teen hours, and has been done in if
teen hours. In order to navigate by
night vessel must light the way by
carrying an electric protector at her
bow as close to the water as possible,
and pay the closest attention to the
orders from the passing stations OF
cares. Three white lights shown YER
tically indicate slow down." then thG
display of two white lights is the order
to stop and haul into the care. The
steamer presently hauls in, makes fast,
puts out all lights and lies snug in her
berth alongside the desert, while the
oncoming vessel, looking like a loco
motive at night, passes by. One white
light from the care and lines are let go,
and the journey continued until Suez
is reaehed.-Lieutenant Ridgely Hunt
in Scribner's.
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~ -1Illlas'l s-4ssl
very little clothing is worn fadh doe
not make much difference, but the sun
is power Why shouldn't the palm
leaf be the first sunshade, with its ribs
and handles to order1 It hints at the
umbrella as we'll as the fan.
Travellers among the Amos Of Japan
often make temporary sunshades oil
gigantic dock leaves, which are some
times six feet high, large enough for an
account Of Gulliver. The umbrella
has very great antiquity. The word
itself means little shadow" showing
that it was named for its protection
from the sun in this case. Horace says.
Among the military standards the sun
beholds an Egyptian canopy. Irish
Times.
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Poets BIRTHDAYS,

An insurance actuary in former days
would hardly have considered a poet'f
good" life. Tie average was ser
iously pulled down by those favorites
of the MUSES. who thought that decent
living and regular habits were inconsis
tent with their vocation. Byron,
Heine, Musset. Poe and others died
young, not because they were poets,
but because they did not keep their
passions and their appetites in good
order. But in these later days we know
that the greatest poet may be the
'sanest, " and pass into old age, hale
and green, as peacefully as if he had
never wandered over the slopes OF
Helicon.
The great Goethe grew old as com,
fortably as any well-to-do bourgeois,
and was full Of life and vigor at four
score. So was Victor Hugo. Brown
ing at seventy was constant diner-out
and the soul of every party in which
he found himself.-St. James Gazette.
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A SPIDER MIMIC.

An interesting instance of mimicry
in spider, THoM1sUs oNUsTus, has
been observed in the south of France.
To snare its prey, the spider hides
in convolvulus flowers, which are
plents in this region and are of
threA principal colors- green
variety of the spider visits the
flowers having a greenish hue, a
variety mostly white lives in the
white flowers, and a party pink
variety frequents the flowers. If
the animal is found in q red dahlia
it is red instead of pink, and is yell
low flower. The three varieties of
THoMIsUs were at first supposed to
be permanent, but it has been &C
cidentally discovered that the color
of any one of these spiders changes
in a few days when the spider is
placed in differently colored flower;
and in box together thepink, white,
green and yellow varieties soon be-
come nearly white.
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careous substance. Beds d cnaIk t.sc,

formed may. under some conditions,
attain great thickness. Journal OF
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1t is hard for some folks to see
the difference between going to a
theatre for the benefit of church.
and going for the benefit Of those
who run it for a business.
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Antiquity of the Umbrella.

No one knows whether the umbrella
sasR nriginallS uSasir 80 .defen fhaeca;s 4,
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TO THE NEW MEMBERS.

Those who initiated in the Chautauaua
circle at the last meeting requested to study
carefully the constitution and bylaws which they
will find the inside cover of their text
books Their attention is drawn particularly to
articles 2. and which involve upon the men,
bers. in their regular order, the duty of reading
before the circle. a 6ve.minute paper upon their
current studies. and of responding to the rollcal
at each meeting by giving short quotation from
the text books some standard author. They are
also requested to bring to each meet
ing question for the question.box. Those ques.
tons may be on any subject. literary scientific,
but it is suggested this is the American year.
that they tend as far possible toward American
history so that when the year is brought to close
it may be found that none Of us lack the
historical knowledge of that land we all love
so well.
Great things expected of us this year. May
they all be more than fully realized. But to reach
that end we should ever keep in view that it is
only by perseverance success can ever be achev-
ed. Had Washington, after the capture of New York
got discouraged, and failed to cross the Delaware
and seize upon Trenton on that memorable Christ
mas in 1776, it is doubtful if CORVALLIS would
have ever left the sword of England at his feet
VICTORY or DEATH was Washington's countersign
then let it be ours now.