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Hag,s Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all Kidney and
Bladder Troubles, removes gravel,
cures Diabetes, Seminal Emmissions,
Weak and Lame Backs, and all ir-
Irregularities of the Kidneys and
Bladder in both men and women.
Regulates Bladder Troubles in
children. If not sold by your
druggist. will be sent by mail on
receipt of 81 One small bottle is
two months treatment and will
cure any case above mentioned.
E. w. HALL, Sole Manufacturer.
Sold by R. E. Luhn,
Brennan, Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

There is no medicine in the world
equal to Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy for the cure of throat and lung
diseases. This is a fact that has
been proven in numberless cases.
Here is a sample of thousands of
letters received: II have tried
Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy while
suffering from a severe throat
trouble, and found Immediate and
effective relief. I can unhesitat-
ingly recommend it."-Edger w.
Whittemore, Editor Grand Rivers
(Ky.) Herald. For sale at Il. E.
Luhn's drug store.
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". WILKINS.

DAN STUART has sold his inter-
ests in Dallas, folded his tents
and silently departed for New
York, where his verascope bust
ness demands his attention. He
has 80 machines on the road and
has no need to look to other
sources for revenue, as these
have proven such a success.
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The Fight for Existence.

The struggle for existence be-
comes. more intense every day.
You or the other fellow must go
under, and if you have your way
it's the other fellow that cues.
It is too bad that man has so dis
arranged Gods plan that he who
was made in the divine image
must descend to the level of
struggling cattle. There is
fundamental wrong somewhere.
The single takers say it is the re-
suit of our land system, and other
theorists say a thousand ether
things. But the wrong exists.
and unless some power can rec
tify it soon, brute force, which
seldom accomplishes anything
good, will be resorted to. The.
race is being run and every in
telligence, earthly or celestial,
can afford to watch it. The cloud
of discomfort will burst some day,
and after that a new era if not a.
better one.-Detroit Tribune.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE postoffice department has
issued an order forbidding the
renting of postoffice lock boxes
and ball boxes to minors. The
order was issued because the
postal authorities found that
many boys and girls carried on
correspondence without the con-
sent of their parents, receiving
the mail in the boxes which they
had rented. The authorities
learned of several cases in which
harm had been done to young
people by acquaintance formed
as the result Of such correspond
ence.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

AN Oklahoma girl advertised
for husband. She found him,
and the advertisement and we'd
ding outfit cost S11O. Within II
months her husband died leaving
her 5000 insurance on his life.
Who says advertising does not
pay?
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THE ROAD TO K1oNDlkE.
A Statement from the Secretary of State
of Washington.

| VA W
500 you want to go to Klon-
dike?' said Mayor Wilkins to a
reporter Friday morning just af-
ter howlin' norther had chased
the timid mercury down to freez-
| ing and caused the gentleman adj
dressed to swath himself in his
cinchilla and muffle his ears in a
last years Christmas present
''No, thank you, not today; pre-
fer to go in the other direction a
day like this; too cold to take the
gold fever says the quiz
pusher.
"Well, in case anybody from
Brennan has an idea of going
after any golden nuggets, the
suggestions contained in this let
ter may be valuable" Where
upon the mayor handed over the
following:
OLYMPIA, WASH, Nov. 8, 1897.
There are two established
routes to the Klondike country
from Puget Sound. One is via
the ocean to St. Michaels, thence
via river steamer up the Yukon.
This journey is made in the sum-
mer months only. The other is
also by steamer to Dyea, skaguay
or Pyramid Harbor and thence
over the Chilcoot, White Pass,
and the Daulton Trail respect
lively to the headwaters of the
Yukon and then down by boat.
The distance over the various
trails to boat navigation on lakes
Lindeman and Bennett and the
Pelly River is as follows:
Dyea to Lake Lindeman, %
miles; Skaguay to Lake BEN
nett, 81 miles; from Pyramid
Harbor to Polly River over the
Daultan Trail, Ais miles. Each
of these trails has been success
fully used by parties going into
the Yukon, the first two being
most generally used. Distance
from Seattle to Skaguay, $50
miles; to Pyramid Harbor, 965
miles, Seattle to mouth of Yukon
River, $500; from mouth of
Yukon to Dawson City, LIPS
miles. Dyea or skaguay to
Dawson City, 450 miles. The
time of travel from Seattle by
either way is about the same
thirty or forty days.
No person should start for the
gold fields with less than $500,
excluding his transportation to
Puget Sound. This sum will be
barely sufficient for one man for
one year with the scant necessi-
ties. of life and travelling under
the most favorable circumstances.
Persons inexperienced in
mountain travel are cautioned
that utmost care should be taken
to preserve secure footing in
climbing steep ascents and in
fording streams. No one should
attempt to shoot rapids unless
thoroughly conversant with the
method. OF the many thousands
who have gone in this year not
more than half a dozen have lost
their lives and these have been
from carelessness in ford;ng.
The summers on the Yukon are
short, the winters are long, and
the weather is severe. Extreme
heat and cold exists, making the
climate difficult to endure. On
account of the isolation of the
mining regions all persons are
cautioned to take ample supplies
of provisions and of warm cloth
ing. WILL D. JENKINS,
Secretary State.
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EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by H. j.. Neinast,
Long Point, Texas, one brown
stag, IL or Is years old, brand
blotched, marked crop off left
ear, and overbit in right ear, ap-
praised at $40. Estrayed before
W. R. Ewing, justice of the
peace, precinct No. 3, Washing
ton county.
o. A. SEWARD,
County Clerk.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

GENERAL ANGUS, proprietor of
the Baltimore American, has
been sued for libel by U. S. SEN
ator Wellington. Mr.. Angus
says he has fought sixty three
libel suits without losing but
three, and will continue to print
the news, Senator Wellington to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE people of the United States
are among the leading consum-
ers of sugar in the world. The
amount used in this country
every year is over 1926, 600 tons,
more than five billion pounds, or
about 10 pounds for e7Aasry man,
woman and child in the country.
It would require 216, 750 freight
cars of ordinary capacity to
transport this immense amount
of sugar, and if made up in one
train would extend form Los An
gelos, California to Portland,
Oregon-1202 miles.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

A FARMER from near Grand
Chenier says the mosquitoes
down there are very ferocious
this year. He says that few
days ago he came upon a gang
of them that had just devoured a
COW. and four or five of those
that were still hungry had taken
the bell off the COW and were
ringing it for the calf.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE British admiralty has al
ready three dove-cotes at Sheer
ness, Portsmouth and Daven-
port, where carrier pigeons are
trained for use in the navy. 1t
is intended to increase the num-
Der of birds as the experiments
with the birds have been very
satisfactory.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

Ex-Gov. NoRTHEN, of Georgia,
says that he is in favor of four
reforms in the state-first, textile
training schools; second, any
policy which will teach scientific
farming; third, good roads, and
fourth, reformatory prison for
the detention of youthful Grim
nails.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE more accessible the Klon-
dixie regions are made, the more
failures there will be among
those who 60 there next year.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

WHEN Senator Cockrell, of
Missouri, receives from one of
his constituents a request for
public documents on a subject he
most invariably sends all the
matter available, even as far
back as the war.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

IT hardly needed the decision
of a United States Court to con-
vince sensible persons that boy
cotting is illegal.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE Monroe doctrine once
more bobs up serenely. This
time the jingos are endeavoring
to invoke the measure against
the German Empire because that
Government has demanded of
Hayti an indemnity of 100000
marks for an indignity offered a
citizen Of Germany. Its all right
as long as the doctrine of Mon
roe can be maintained by diplo-
macy, but eventually your Uncle
Sam will bite off more than he
can chew, and become involved
in war.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

Rev. J. A. THOMPSON has
preached for congregation in
Thomasville, Ca, for thirty
three years, and has just had his
first vacation in all that time.
He took ten days for it.
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BRENNAN, Texas, Sept. Z. 49,
After suffering several years with
kidney trouble and pain in the back,
and trying other remedies, Halls
Great Discovery was the first and
only medicine that gave me relief.
Yours &c,
". WILKINS.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE congress that is to ''re-
store confidence and prosperity"
has convened.
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o. A. SEWARD,
County Clerk.

IF a man loses on a horse race
he calls it bad luck. If he wins
he says it was good judgment.
1t is the same way in the cotton
market.
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WHO SHOULD ISSUE THE CREDIT
MONEY.

a paper currency is a necessity,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer
The most interesting and most
important question connected
with a system of finance is, who
shall supply the paper or credit
money?
There are two modes proposed,
each of which has its advocates.
The regular Democracy claim
that the creation of credit
money is incidental Ito the power
to coin money, and that it is a
power which cannot be trans
ferred or farmed out to indi-
viduals or associations. Con-
gress must provide for the coin
age of gold and silver and sup
plement the coin with whatever
must take its place in the circula-
ton. The opposition to the Dem
ocracy, by whatever name known
since formation of the Govern
ment until now, claim that cor
porations composed of capitalists
should be authorized to issue
notes to circulate as money, for
the use of which they should be
allowed to exact an interest.
They claim that the issue of Gov
eminent curreecy is committing
the Government to the transac-
ton Of a banking business.
The answer to this argument
is that it is not legitimate func-
ton of banking to supply a cir
culation, and that the issue of
credity money can only be prop
erly performed by the power that
coins gold and silver.
1t cannot be disputed that the
effort to demonetize silver and
cancel the greenbacks and Treas
ury notes was inspired and has
been prosecuted by the banks.
The banks want to supply the
currency, as they would enjoy
the profits and would control the
profits as large as possible.
The profits realized from sup
plying the circulating medium
are enormous, and would be in
definitely increased if everything
but gold was eliminated from the
circulation and the banks were
allowed to fill the vacuum. To
subsidize associations of rich men
who are not engaged in any pro-
ductive industry to supply their
debts as money and grow richer.
by appropriating to their own use
the fruits of others toll is an out
rage which can be redressed only
by the Governments retaining
to itself the function of issuing
whatever circulates as money.
The profits resulting from the
issue of currency by the sover-
eign power are enjoyed by the
whole people. If the banks are
subsidized to do this work they
put in their own pockets the en-
tire benefits.
We heartily indorse the opin-
ion of that illustrious financier
Ricardo when he said: ''The
commerce of a country would not
be in the least impeded by de-
prlVlng the bank OF the power OF
issuing paper money, provided
an amount of such money equal
to the bank circulation was issued
by the Government, and that the
sole effect of depriving the bank of
this privilege would be to trans
fer the profits which accrue from
the interest of the money so is
sued from the bank to the Gov
eminent. or, more properly
speaking in the United States,
from the banks to the people.
The great and fearless states
man Gladstone, the only surviv-
ing member of the Cabinet with
Sir Robert Peel in 1874, says:
(
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE two leading bullfghters of
Madrid, Villita and Mazzautini,
have signed a contract for a
series of ten performances in
Mexico. For this engagement
each "torero' is to receive 1885,
600 pesetas, or nearly S25, 900.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

A RAPID fire gun, that will do
effective work at a distance of
sixteen thousand yards, is re-
cent invention.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

Comfy one," he pleaded. She
looked at him in surprise. zone
little kiss" he persisted. sob,
ali right" she replied carelessly,
eff you're fool enough to start
the press for a single impression
90 ahead, but it doesn't seem to
me it pays"
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OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY.
RAPE EIEND ASSAULTS AN AGED
WOMAN NEAR STONE.
His Victim Nearly Seventy Years Old,
Beaten Almost Into InsensibiIity
and Robbed.

! and Robbed
| The Texas rape fiend continues
to do business at the old stand,
regardless of Judge Lynch, and
Jack, the ripper, bound in black,
insists on counting tortuous death
at every available opportunity.
The quiet neighborhood of
Stone, in almost a stones throw
Of BRENNAN, now comes to the
front with a candidate for hemp,
who will doubtless be hung as
soon as caught, which fate it is
needless to say he richly deserves.
On Thursday afternoon, Mrs.
Mary Meleske, an aged Polish
grandmother, who has passed
the three score and ten mile post,
started from the residence of Joe
Bilski, in the Wallis neighbour
hood, to the residence of Mike
Jazwak, about one mile away, on
the main road from BRENNAN to
Chapple Hill.
After traversing about one
half the distance, and at point
between the Central railroad and
Hardin's grove, she met young
negro on horseback and passed
him. In a short time the negro
changed his course to the oppo-
site direction and again riding
past his intended victim a short
distance he deliberately dis
mounted, hitched his horse to a
convenient post, and quietly
waited for the old lady, who was
on foot, to overtake him. Lying
in wait, like tiger in pursuit of
prey, he bided his time until the
opportunity should be most favor
able for his hellish design. The
battle that followed, judged
by results, must have been ter
rible one, and the scene of an
aged woman struggling to thwart
the damnable purpose Of a black
|skinned, black-hearted brute
must have been the strangest and
most unsightly spectacle ever
witnessed. Bereft of most of her
clothing, stunned, bruised and
bleeding, the old lady retained
sufficient strength to prevent the
qualification of her assailant's
demoniacal lust, and finding it
impossible to overpower his vic
tim the assaulter robbed her of a
dollar, which she was carrying
tied up in a handkerchief, and
decamped.
During the struggle the negro's
horse broke loose and started to-
wards the city. The negro fol-
lowed on foot, and, overtaking
the animal at Ziess' gin, re-
mounted and left the vicinity of
his crime with all possible speed,
going in the direction of Waller
county.
Meanwhile the victim. slowly
regained sufficient strength to
pursue her journey, and it was
not until nearly night fall that
she reached her destination and
told what had occurred.
BY some misunderstanding
among the parties detailed to
notify the officers, news of the
occurrence did not reach Bren-
ham until Friday morning and
then came by telephone from Mr..
A. W. Watson.
Constable Burch went out at
once to investigate. Owing to
the rain and freeze Thursday
night, it was impossible to en-
ploy the services of the dogs in
tracking the negro. The last
heard of him he was headed to-
ward Waller county, as above
stated.
The negro is a stranger and no
very accurate description of him
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE Colorado Citizen, pub
lished at Columbus, contains an
item that will prove of interest to
the Brennan friends of the gen.
tleman mentioned: "The Gen
uine Lady Minstrels will appear
at the opera house in this city,
under the direction of Mr.. Geo.
Wilson, in their original, laugha-
bic and entertaining program, in
a few days, for the benefit of the
Columbus Cemetery Association.
Mr.. Wilson comes highly recon-
mended and has a high reputa-
ton as an organizer and instruc-
tor in minstrelsy, and has al
ready many of our local talent
on his list, and rehearsals will
probably begin tomorrow. The
entertainment will be first class,
and all should attend"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

A Tennessee ledy, Mrs. j. W.
Towle, of Philadelphia, Tenn, bas
been using Chamberlsin's Cough
Remedy for her baby, vino is suit
iect to Group, and says of IL: Since
I've had your Cough Remedy, baby
has been threatened with Group
ever so many times, but I would
give him q dose of the Remedy
and it prevented his having it every
time" Hundreds of mothers say
the same. Sold by R. E. Luhn.
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strongest language the same
sentiment. 1t may be asked when
England's greateststatemen were
so pronounced why they did not
take the necessary steps to re-
store to the state the right to is
sue the currency.
A very proper question, and in
searching for the reason we are
at once forced to the conclusion
that the Bank of England by
vested rights, and notably the
private banks of Scotland, which
have for centuries issued circu-
lating notes and derived enor-
nous profits therefrom, and
claiming the right by prescrip-
ton to continue to do so, have
been stronger than the civil
State. The Scotch banks have
no charter, but have been so
long issuing circulating notes
that they claim a right by pre-
scription which claim has been
recognized. When approached
to ascertain the terms upon
which they would surrend there
franchise to the State their price
was 80 large that the Government
was compelled to abandon the
idea of rac1aimino the function,
Sir Robert Peel, who framed
the act of 1874, said: ''The
State was entitled to resume ul-
timately the entire business of
issue and that that course should
be taken up the first favorable
opportunity The experiences
of the English statesmen ought
to be an admonition to American
statesmen that should not per-
nit the money power in this
country to take the people by the
throat and compel them to sub
NIT to a system fraught with in
finite mischief.
The sovereigns of the United
States should be warned in time
to defeat the schemes of the enc
mics of our institutions. Those
who are clamoring for sound
money are industriously working
to surrender to banks the right
to issue the currency.
The opposition to silver coinage
and the settled and deliberate
purpose to disfranchise Treasury
notes and greenbacks and all
forms of Government paper, and
enlarge the power of banks and
give them absolute control of the
finances, is the contention.
While many are fighting for
bank supremacy there are but
few who have the courage and
frankness of Chauncy Depew.
When asked what was meant by
the phrase "sound money" he
promptly replied: "Gold and
the English system of bank
notes." All who believe in gold
and silver and a Government
currency should without hesita-
ton vote the Democratic ticket
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THE editor of the Victoria Ad-
vocate is responsible for the
following paragraph: ''The sad
dest spectacle that the human
eye can gaze upon is a fop in
Mother Hubbard pantaloons, with
his empty pate in the Clouds
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South Pomfret.

Mrs. Mary A. Gould and friend
from Ludlow have been visiting
here part of the week, coming now
especially to be present at Mr.. and
Mrs. Wiliamson's 62nd wedding
anniversary.
Among those attending the Will
liamsons' anniversary from out of
own were noticed Mr. and Mrs
Frank Williamson of West Leban-
on, N H; Hartwell Angel, Asa
Perry, Jr, Mrs Eastman and Allen
of Barnard, DR. Boynton and w E
Johnson and many others from
Woodstock.
Mrs II N Bruce's sister, Mrs Julia
A Kendall of South Woodstock, ac-
companled by Mrs Hattie johnson
and son Rhoderic of New York city,
have been visiting her the past week.
Miss Julia Jackman has friend
from Essex Junction visiting her.
HO Maxham's family was away
Monday attending the funeral
their daughter, Mrs Hart, of White
River Junction.
EN- Barney will preach at South
Pomfret hall Sunday, August IS, at
sip. m.
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WINDSOR COUNTY COURT.

The jury in the case of the Ticon'
deroga postoffice robbers returned q
verdict a few minutes before t., Sat
urday night, finding O'Donald guilty
of assault with intent to kill, and
Taylor guilty of assault. The pris-
oners were sentenced on Monday,
O'Donald getting ten years in states
prison at hard labor and Taylor one
year in the house of correction.
William E. Johnson and +. w.
Moloney defended the men, and both
made eloquent pleas. O'Donald and
Taylor both took the stand, testifying
that Tinkham did not give his au-
thority in arresting them, Tinkham
and his men testifying that he did;
nor did Slavery, who drove them
from Forestdale, hear Tinkham say
that he arrested them in the name
of the state. The arrest and shoot
ing took place on Thanksgiving day,
1894, and at the former trial both
prisoners were found guilty of assault
with intent to kill and murder, each
being sentenced to IS years in the
states prison.
The court took recess Monday
till next Tuesday, when court cases
will be heard.
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$50 - - - -
The Woodstock Schools.

The school board announces the
following disposition of teachers of
the town for the coming year:
High Schhol-Principal, E. II.
Whitehill, assistants, Miss Bartlett,
Miss Darling and l.. IL. Blanchard
of Pcacham.
Stanton street schools-Miss Rog-
els and Miss Gorham.
River street-Miss Fuller will
again have the high grade and Miss
Alice l.. Eaton will have charge of
the lower room.
West Northumberland Alb
bolt.
Prosper-NIiss Clapp.
Taftsvllle-Miss Julia Simmons,
Lincoln district-Miss Minnie
Merrill.
Brandon school-Miss Grace
Kingsley.
South Woodstock-Miss Lena
Hudson.
Walker district-Mrs. Jaquith.
Fletcher district Mrs. Janet D.
Eaton.
Pelton distlict-Mrs. Abbott.