Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Lent is longest for the man who
has no bills to pay at Easter.
A man will never get lower than
when he sets upon a supposition.
s'That was a crack shot" said the
boy as he disfgured the show win
dow with pebble.
There are about ten years in the
best mans life in which he loves
women more than he loves woman.
Reminds one of bird" said Fogg
in regard to the irate father who
was beIaboring his offspring. "Afoul
of the heir you know.
Somebody says that nobody can
tell what they don't know, but the
world is full of people who do a
great deal of trying in that direc-
ton.
Cold water may be drank freely
in all fevers, except when the fever
is connected with lung troubles, and
in such cases it might chill the pa
tient.
Daughter-"Why is it, ma. that
honeymoon is supposed to last only
three months?" Ma-"At the end of
three months the quarterly bills
comes in"
It is wonderful how often a case
of stomache trouble will yield when
the feet are covered with wool hose
and a wooden bandage worn over
the abdomen.
More than 5000 native born citi-
zens have emigrated from Bucks
county, Pa, during the last two
years, owing to the difinlty of max
ing a living there.
Parsee girls are crowding in as
candidates for entrance examina-
tions at Bombay university. When
a woman determines to go ahead it
is no trying to stop her.
To strengthen the HAIR, dissolve
aa ounce of borax and one ounce of
camphor in two quarts of water.
Wash the hair with this twice
week, clipping the ends occasionally
Without virtue and without in
tegrity the finest talents and most
brilliant accomplishments can never
gain the respect and conciliate the
esteem OF the truly valuable part of
mankind. .-...
Around Plattville, Col, just now
there is a very lively demand for
cattle. Most of the buyers are for
the Omaha market. In small lots
there were a dozen cars shipped
within the past few days.
Keep the back, especially be-
tween the shoulder blades, well Gov
cred; also the chest well protected
In sleeping in a cold room estab-
lish the habit OF breathing through
the nose, and never with the mouth
open. 0# ~ NJ
Banker Sewell, of Arkansas
Valley, was robbed on the train at
Texarkana of S1042 by two men who
rushed on the train and pretended
to be getting a seat. Mr.. Sewell
was on his way to Arkansas Pass with
his wife.
New York is ahead of all the other
cities of individual riches running
up into seven or more figures are
meant. It is said that New York
has over 1000 millionaires, while
London has 600, Paris 500, Berlin
200 and Viena 100.
A rumor is floating about Brigh-
ton, Col, to the effect that solt is
being put along the railroad to en-
tice cattle, and that number have
been killed by the locomotives. AS
for the salt this bit of enterprise is
denied by all accused of it.
| Only three persons were killed by
electricity plants in Massachusetts
last year. Eleven persons lost their
Lives by not turning of the gas.
Now if we knew how many persons
were killed by kerosene explosions
and how many died from sunstroke
we could readily judge what kind of
light is the most hazardous.
Mr.. Window, like Gen. Grant and
Secretary Manning, was great
smoker of cigars, and his excessive
use of tobacco is supposed to have
aggravated his heart trouble. He
was disinclined to take physical ex
ercise and disliked walking. Even
in going the short distance from the
treasury building to the White
House he was accustomed to take a
carriage.