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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15
COLLEGIATE INFLUENCE.

SULLES1A1E Int
The following article, taken
from the st. Louis Republic, is
worthy Of more than a passing
thought. Read it and study
it:
civilian Lloyd Garrison, Jr.,
the secretary of the graduating
class of Harvard University, has
supplied the country with in
teresting statistics with regard to
the choice of occupations by the
members of the class.
From the replies sent to the
class secretary we find that the
profession of the law leads all the
rest of the occupations in the
favor Of the young men who are
starting upon their LIES work.
1t is the choice of III of the
classmen. Mercantile pursuits
of various kinds are next in
favor, with 70. Medicine is third
on the list, with 40 followers.
But the most significant infor-
nation in the statistics is that in
all this great army of young men
there will be only five mechanical
engineers, five civil engineers,
one electrical engineer and two
plain engineers.
These facts are not COM
mandatory of influence Of col
legiate training. They indicate
that the spirit with which college
imbues the young men is not in
harmony with the spirit of the
times. The students are not put
in close touch with the attitude,
the needs, the aspirations and
the dominant impulses of the
practical world of today an6
especially with those of the
society in which they are placed
The controlling movement in this
country is production and in
dustrial and commercial develop
ment and improvement. The
real leaders of today are the mel
who organize industry and fine
new and improved modes for the
application of human energy ant
natural forces to the development
| of resources.
Law and medicine are valuable
and honorable professions. Thu
study of the law opens severa
branches of usefulness. Societ!
is profoundly concerned in tn,
improvement of medical science
But both the occupations ar,
nonpr&ductive and live upon thu
results of others energies. Boil
are overcrowded, whereas in thi
country there are boundless OPP
portunities for the engineer, tn,
scientist, the inventor, tn
mechanical expert, the chemist
the mining expert, the educated
farmer and business man, tn,
financier and for a host of ex
perts in every line of practica
industry.
College education should turf
out an abundance of trained mel
for the professions and for purel.
intellectual pursuits, but in tn,
present conditions of society
when the mastery of the cart
for the benefit of mankind is tn
dominant impulse, it would seen
that in order to be of the highes
value it should arouse in tn
young men the spirit of this con
quest and should equip the mas
of them for leadership in tn
struggle. 1t appears to be ia
out of touch with the times whel
the mass of graduates turn to tn,
old overcrowded professions ant
let the opportunities for praetica
leadership pass unheeded."
| TuE New Work .TOI1pnal call
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

Bryan is the legitimate and 10,
gical candidate of all the silver
forces for president in 1900. This
is the emphatic and unqualified
opinion of Senator Teller. GAS
time rolls on, continued Mr. Teller,
BRYAN will be more and more the
legitimate and logical candidate. L
believe he will be the nominee of
the silver forces in the next National
campaign and that there will be no
difficulty in combining on him."
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

THE Beeville Pic syune says:
%FThe trouble with tn 9 negro bish-
ops and preachers Of the couH-
try, who Indignantly protest
against the lynchinfy of people oil
their own race IN he South, il
the fact that they never depre-
cate the crime fol which the
1ynching is commit ed"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

THE Tyler Courie says I'm
Smith county it cos IS nothing to
commit perjury. 1t is as com
mon for men to tai Re the stand
and swear lie as it is for the
courts to meet. P,srjuries, as
-sassins and mupdere rs are safe in
this county unless they happen
to fall into the hands: of 8 mob" "
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15
THE TRUST is DOOMED.


The San Antonio Light, a re-
publican Journal, has discovered
that there is a growing opinion IN
this country that the trusts should
not be tolerated. AS this opinion
grows more settled and convic- |
ton crystalizes legislative action
viii be more pronounced and the
doom Of the trust will be sealed.
There is no doubt that the true
principle of action here as in all
else is that which will favor thei
masses at the expense of the
classes. rather than favor 'EheI
classes at the expense Of the
masses, Governments derive
their power from the consent Of
the governed, that is a majority
of them, and whatever is to the
disadvantage OF the many and
for the benefit of the few is not
to be tolerated in a popular form
of government. There is no.
question of the right of the peo-
pie to suppress that Which in its
oppression is to their disadyan-
tage, even though it may be to
the personal advantage of few
others. Equal advantages for all
and special privileges for none is
the demand of the government of
the people for the people and by
the people. The ore enquiry is
and must be as to the facts, the
the principle has b cen conceded
since the foundation Of the gov
eminent. That combinations of
a few to corner the markets,
corral production, dictate prices
and shut out competition by
crushing out all opposition, by
the force of supe rior capital, that
these are foreign to our institu-
tons, contrary to the declara-
tons of equal rights, enunciated
by the fathers and subversiye of
the rights of others, can be sue
cessfully maintained. The in
} terposition of greed backed by
large money has interfered to
prevent the courts and legisla-
!. lures of the country attacking
the evil and suppressing it. The
later years have only seen the
evil approaching dangerous pro-
portions, and it is only the later
years that have witnessed the
fight against the trusts in every
; quarter. There will be but one
end to that fight. The trusts
must &c to the wall. Legislation
ANNOUNCES itself more openly
| from year to year as the enemy
; of all speculative movements.
! More and more these are being
, handicapped by the disabilities
imposed upon them and they will
in time be forced to the wall. The
voice Of the dominant part in this
country, the Republican party, is
not uncertain in its declarations
against trusts. Its platform and
the administration in Washing
:. ton are alike committed to fight
the trusts, and the expectation is
that before the century closes all
that restrictive and prohibdive
Legislation can do TO kill the
trusts VIII be accomplished. The
krest will be a matter of detail and
a contest in the courts that must
= end in favor of the law. 1t will
require practical wisdom to de-
termine what is a trust, within
the meaning of the law for its
suppression, and what is legiti-
innate business combination.
THERE are oDIv four TerritOrieS
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

IT is now considered a hazard
Gus piece of business to UNDER
take to read the Declaration of
American Independence in Mr..
Bayard's hearing.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

How any one that lives by
honest toll or legitimate trade can
fail to see that the deznonetiza-
ton of silver and the consequent
contraction of legal tender money
was a crime against honest in
dustry can only be accounted for
by blind partisan prejudice.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

THE New York Journal claims
that John Sherman's- change of
mind on the annexation question
was no more radical or violent
than Billy McKinley's change of
mind on the financial question.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

THE Houston Press suggests
that a general inspection of milk,
meat, food products, weights and
measures in Houston would
furnish most interesting and
Readable report to the people in
terested.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

Tom PLATT is said to have had
considerable experience in sitting
up with bitter disappointments,
hence it has little effect uponShis
physical endurance.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

EVERY man in the werld who is
not engaSaAs;a the business of in
creasing the value of money and
reducing'the value of all other
property is directly interested in
the restoration of silver as money
equally with gold.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

THE Hondo Herald says that a
wave of prosperity has struck
Medina county, but it has not the
Mckinley trade mark blown in
the bottle. 1t is caused by hon.
est toll, coupled with good soil
and fine seasons.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

WHEN men like John Wanna
maker declare that there is re-
Yolution in the air it is evident
that the political heavens are
growing dark.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

THE practice ef rigid economy
on the farm is just as essential as
in any other line of business.
Waste and extravaganza is the
enemy eff all alike.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

Married men who pay assiduous
attentions to particular young
ladies and continually send them
fruit and flowers and candy may
have the best of intentions, but
there will always be persons in the
community gratuitious enough to
recall the tradition that bades is
paved with something of that sort.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

TIE Detroit News thinks those
Cuban hllibusters might at least
give oar Navy a tip when they're
going to sail, so the latter could
arrange to make it look like an
accident.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

How to farm successfully
should be the proper study of the
farmer. Hurried and ineffective
work does not produce favorable
results.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

ARUMoR has gained currency
at Washington to the effect that
a mammoth corruption fund is to
be expended by several European
governments and our own sugar
TRUST in an effort to defeat the
Hawaiian treaty, but the rumor
lacks confirmation.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

JAPAE has been given to dis
tirctly understand that Uncle
Sam is in no humor to put up
with bluffling ultimatumS.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

Within two months American
cigarette makers have exported
100, 100000 cigaretts to India,
China and Japan.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

Tom WATSON is a Veteran pie
hunter, but we fear he is likely
to be again disappointed in his
aspirations if he pins his hope OF
saiccess to the 'middle-ot-the-
re- populIsts.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15
srenaau., Thursday. July Is, 1897,

UTAH will hold her jubilee
celebration at Salt Lake City on
the 20th inst.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15
THE Pniladelphia Record says:

THE Philadelphia Record says;
"On the spot where Benjamin
Franklin stood when he sent up
lis kite to ''wrest the lightning
from the Skies; and where he
later laid the cornerstone of the
old. University Of Pennsylvania,
Will be shortly erected hand
some bronze statue of the
philosopher as gift to the city
from Justus C. Strawbridge. 1t
will be in bronze ofheroic proper
tons, representing Franklin seat
ed on colonial chair, attired in
the loose robe which is given to
him in one Of his most famous
portraits. From the pedestal on
which the statue will rest the lat
ter will rise to a height of nine
feet, and the proportions will be
about once and a half life size. y
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

DR.. Johnson once said:
Money and time are the
heaviest burden of life and the
unhappiest of all mortals are
those who have more of either
than they know how to use."
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

SOUTHERN industries are forg-
inc to the front. New plants, OF
various kinds, are being put lE
all over the South.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

IT seems passing strange that
Weyler sheuld require an army
$4,000 men to combat a rebellion
which he claims to have already
crushed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

A boat 81 feet long, 5 ID feet
draft is being built that is to- go
40 miles an hour. The saloon is
10 feet long, 4 1-2 wide; fuel,
gasoline.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

Choosing wife is very much
like ordering meal in a Paris
restaurant when you don't under
stand French. You may not get
what you want, but you get
something.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

The New York legislature ap-
propriated for educational our
poses for the ensuing year the
sum Of So, 1884. 704.11.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

TRs s'middle-of-th e-ro ad
OOPS appear to be small potatoes,
and deyilish few in a hill.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

NORTH CAROLINA is now work.
ing her convicts on the public
roads with splendid success.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

ACCORDING to the St. Louis
Republic no more dangerous man
than Hanna has ever come to the
surface in American politics. His
methods corrupt the manhood
of the nation and debase politics
to the level of dishonest gamb-
ling. The dominance in the coun-
try of the spirit typified by Hanna
which is already in control of the
greater part Of the Republican
organization, would be fatal to
free government, Speaker Reed,
playing the party boss within the
confines of the House, is a pigmy
beside this colossus Of Mammor
who is trying to bestride the con-
! tinent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

AN Indiana court granted thir-
ty divorces in one day at its last
session.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

GRECIAN creditors have con-
scented to advance the $4,000, 900
blood money demanded by Tur-
key. Q
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

Iowa democrats are still in
favor of ''unpacking" the
supreme court.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

LET congress now adjourn and
give the people a much needed
rest.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-07-15

SUCCESS is a modest maiden
that rushes into no mans arms.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-05

with natural appetites usually love
sweet things. When their tongues are
tanned by tea, tobacco and similar
man who said, I'D rather have one
chaw of terbacker than all the apples
that ever grew" they lose the taste for
sweet things.
1t has been often said that sugar rots
the teeth; but the Daily Lancet says
concerning this notion:
''The belief that sugar ruins the teeth
Of children is utterly sroundless. IT.
deed, how the idea ever came into eX-
istence is a mystery. seeing that the
finest. whitest and strongest teeth are
found IN mouths Of negroes brought up
on sugar plantations, who. from their
earliest years upward, consume more
sugar than any other class Of people
whatever. Those at all skeptical of the
value of this fact have only to look
round among their personal friends and
see whether the sugar-eaters or the
sugar-shunners have the finest teeth,
and they will find-other things being
| q
have the best teeth. The only possible
way for accounting for this libel
against sugar seems to be by suppos-
ing that it originated in the brain of one
of our economicallyinclined great
grandmOthers, at a time when sugar
was two shillings pound, in order to
prevent her children gratifying their
cravings for sweets az the expense Of
the contents Of the sugar-basin.'
Doubtless the sweet in sugar may be
too much concentrated for health. 1T
would probably be better to get the
sweet from dates. figs. and the like, il
it We're obtainable. But sugar dis
solved in water and eaten with bread
or drank as a beverage. is no doubt a
very good substitute for the sweet trop-
ical fruits. OF course persons may eat
too much of sugar or anything else, and
an overload of any food will sour and
decay in the stomach and the acid may
cause decay of the teeth, and the
stomach may become so diseased that
sugar or anything else will not digest
properly: but in moderate quantities
good pure sugar-not painted candies
is probably healthy food for healthy
persons; and at present prices most
people can afford to use it freely. 1t
is of vegetable origin and is digestble
and will satisfy hunger and afford
warmth; and it is certainly far more
healthful than salt. which is a mineral,
will dissolve but will not digest, will
cause thirst but will not satisfy hun.
GER and irritates the taste and Injuries
the system wherever 1t goes.-The
Christian.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-05
IMPURITIES IN FOOD,
Extent of AdulteratiOn Beyond All
Ordinary Conception.


The San Francisco board of health
has now entered actively upon the in
vest:.ation of food adulteratio tons. and,
though the Investigations have not, as
yet. been carried far. the results OBJ
tanned are certainly startling. OF
thirty three samples Of currant jelly
offered for sale, for instance. the an
alyZ.nS chemist has discovered only
nine that were pure, Samples of cat
sup and other articles Of common use
have been found to be adulterated
with substances injurious to health.
a large percentage is found among ar
ticles thus taken at haphaZard, an i'm
mense field for the activity of the
board Of health will be discovered as
the investigation proceeds. The adult
eratioEs are found. not in the stores Of
the smaller and more obscure grocers
alone. but also in those of the most
prominent and leading firms in the
city.
In these imitation jellies the most
prominent substance used for purposes
of adulseration Is glucose, which, be-
ing far less expensive than sugar. re-
duces the cost of production and in
creases the profit. While the selling
price is cheapened. Glucose, though
popularity supposed to be harmless. is
one of the most injurious articles Of
adultcration. 1t is formed by boi,i-l:
corn starch with sulphuric acid and
mixing the product with lime 1t
would be difficult to imagine n more
pernicioas compound. even when taken
in .n.icites9mal doses. The importa-
tons OF glucose increased tenfold dur
ing the two years from 1915 to 1877,
and the rate Of increase has been
discontinued merely because the pro.
cess Of production is Il simple one and
extensive establishments for it's man
ufacture have been started in the
Western States.
There is. hardly an article Of general
consumption that may not be adulter.
ated to Il greater or less extent, ant!
the profits of adulteration are sufficient
to attract the cupidity of large
numbers Of manufacturers who look
only to the profits they may make in
their business. In the manufacture Of
baking powders, alum. costing three
cents a pound, may be substituted for
cream OF tartar, costing thirty or more
cents. and. without chemical analysis.
the substitution can not be discovered
save by the dyspepsia. collie. and
heartburn with which the victims are
afflicted. Teas are artiicially colored
with poisonous substances, and cof-
fees are adultcrated with chicory,
which in turn is adulterated with
Injurious materials.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-05
Largest OF All Reservoirs.

Lieutenant Crittenden, the govern.
ment engineer detailed to choose sites
for the proposed government reservoirs
in Colorado and Wyoming, has inspect
ed and selected the great natural basin
lying near Laramie, Wyo., as the Wyo-
ming site. This great basin lies in the
heart of the Rocky Mountains and is
ten miles long by two miles wide. Its
maximum depth Is $50 feet. and the
government engineers estimate that it
will hold 2O,OOo,O0OOOO cubic feet Of
water. The walls Of the basin are per-
feet without break. The bottom is of
rock, and is impervious to water. The
Big and Little Laramie rivers will be
tapped, and it will take between five
and six years to I'LL the basin.
Enough water can be stored to keep
the entire eastern part of Wyoming
and Western Nebraska supplied with
water during dry seasons. The water
will be collected in winter and used tc
food the Laramie and Platte rivers in
summer. Government engineers have
been ordered to survey the basin anl
draw up plans for the feeding ditches.-
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-05
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Something that Will Interest the Ju-
venile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children.
The Snrite of the Hilton.

Inc Spflte Oh the dlkItOps
When moons are hot and very still,
It's no for the sprite that lives on the hill
Stealing along from nook to nook,
Over the stones in the mountain brook,
Along the path where the cattle so,
On shvest ways that the hill-folk know;
Through sunny open and lcafy alley
Down he HES him into the valley.
Then the thistle wheel round and round
Goes rolling and rolling without sound,
And silver simmer runs over the pond,
And he rams after and on beyond,
Swings the wild cherries asleep by the
wall,
Rufus the tur Of a squirrel, and that is all.
"A Whit OF sweet from the wood or the
meadow!
He is here again, on the back Of shadow.
And it's crinkle on crinke along the track
Ills quick feet make on the shadow 5
back.
OFF he jumps. and, whisking up,
Spills sunshine out of buttercup,
And yellow bugs, all shiny and lazy,
lnmbles headlong off the daisy.
lie tickics the rib of a fat old toad:
He smothers the mul,eins with smoke of
the road
The funs just beginning-stili! all still!
The spite has gone home to the top of
the hill.
st. Nicholas.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-05
GREECE.
Some Facts About the Brave Little
Nation.

Some Facts About the Brave Little
Nation.
The kingdom has population of
2,1S7.2GS.
The flag of Greece is a white cross on
Ia blue ground,
Abou. one half Of the people are farm
ers and shepherds.
The area OF the country is about "a
911 square miles, or half the size Of
Pennsylvania.
No par1 OF Greece is forty miles from
tho sea or ten miles from the hills.
About 10000 Of the inhabitants speak
the Greek language only. and all but
10000 profess the Christian religion.
The chief characteristics Of the aver
age Greek are his inquisitiveness. fond
ness for excitement. love of discussion,
desire for knowledge. an aptitude fol-
learning ana aggressive patriotism.
There are three distinct races within
its confines. Spea king different lam
qua 2es. wearing different costumes and
holding little social intercourse with
| each other--the Greek, the Alban Il
! and the Wallachian or Roumanian.
The present King George |. came to
the throne In 1863, in his eighteenth
year. He draws an income Of $500. OUI
annually. including $4,000 from Grea!
Britain. France and Russia. He is tho
son of the present King Of Denmark
Charles IN, and brother of tn,
Princess Of Wales and the Dowagrl