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BY RANKIN & LEVIN.
Tlmrsday September 30 188G.
It is now generally boliovod that
crotary Manning will soon retire
rom tho treasury dopartmont.
The Banner acknowledges tho
rocoiptofa complimentary ticket
lo tho Toxas Stato Fair to bo hold
at Pallas Octohor 25 to 30 inclus
ive
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The Ilnntsvillo Item makes
plea for tho nso of largor typo by
tho great dailies as typo in no caso
should bo so small as to injnro tho
eyes.
W. G. Allen of gouth Carolina
has been appointed by tho presi-
dent to tho United States consul at
Fcidras .Ncgras Mexico vico E. D
Limo rosigncd.
The Taylor family is numerous;
besides tho brothers rival candi-
dates for governor of Tennessee
there aro two moro brothers do-
Parlmont clerks at Washington.
According to tbo San Angolo
Entorpriso Jffiin Hancock is not a
hog ho knows whon ho has got
enough. Hancock has ovidently
rotirod from tho senatorial race.
It is staled that Bishop Iroland
of tho Catholic church has pledged
tbo church to support tho Republi-
can platforms and candidates in
Minnesota Wisconsin and Da
koto.
The Now York World of tbo 27th
inst.publishos a long article on the
prospects ot trade. As a result of
its investigations it says tbo long
period of depression in business
seems now to bo giving away to one
ofprosperity.
The Bakneb is in rscctpt of a
catalogue of tbo Toxas Stato Fair
to bo hold at Dallas October 25 to
30. Tho premiums offered amount
to $30000 and includo a wido
rango of subjects. No chargo is
rnndo for entries or spaco at tho
grounds.
The Herald says tho laboring
men of Houston aro largoly in ex
cess of all othor classes of votors
and they will bo hoard from later.
What is tho matter with tho labor.
ing men aro thoy against every
body clso? It takes all classw of
pooplo to raako up a community.
The Huntsvillo Item bcliovos
Judgo Terrell to bo tho choico ofj
tho majority of tho pcoploof Wall-
er county for United States senator
but in that prcfcrcnco tho Item docs
not agree. It would prefer cithor
Iroland or Maxoy. Tcrroll blows
his own horn too much.
Sixty dologatcs of District As-
sembly No. 49 Knight of Labor of
Now York will attond tho general
assembly at Eicbmond Va. Somo
of tho dologatcs doclaroin favor of
tho fullost social equality with tbo
colored mombors oi tho ordor. Thoy
proposo to know no croed or color.
The workingmon of Now York
bavo decided to concontrato on
Henry Gcorgo as their candidate
for mayor. Tho one thing now
most needful to conduct tho cam-
paign is money. It now romains
to bo seon wbethor a distinctive
labor candidato can bo elected in
tho face of tho two great parties.
THE LABOR VOTE.
Tho Houston Herald rcforring
to a recent articlo in llio Banner
in roforence to tho labor organiza-
tions going into politics and in
which it was stated thoy tbo labor
organizations had but one-tenth
of tho total voto of tho country
says: "Tho Banner should re
membor that tho men in sympathy
with tho organized laborers will
numbor at loast one-third oi tho
tho country." It might bo pcrti-
nont to inquire how docs tho Her
ald Knowf Tlio IJanner lias no
war to mako on laborers or labor
organizations on tho contrary it
thinks that tho laboring men or
any othor men have a porfect right
to organizo for mutual protection
self improvement or any other
lcgitimato purpose His also true
that thcro is no law to prevont
mon from organizing thcmsolvcs
Into socrot political societies and
voting as such. But tho history
of tho pastbas provon conclusively
that socret political organizations
have resulted in a failure and tho
failuro was duo to tho lact that
class distinctions woro aimed at.
Tho Know Nothing parly bad for
its I watchword "Put nono but
Americans on guard" its aim was
to provent tho election of foreign-
ers and Eoman Catholics to office.
In its day and limo it was much
slrongor than tho labor organiza
tions of tho proscnt day. As a
party it wont to pieces of its own
woight. Tho constitution of tho
United States and of tho several
states rocognizo bat ono class that
is citizens and as such thcro is no
distinction oilbcr at tbo polls or
beforo tho law consequently thoro
aro no classes in this country. Tho
demagogues who aro at tho head
of tbo labor organizations arous
ing their utmost endeavors to
crcato a class distinction and hopo
by that moans to bo clovalod to
office and onco in office thoy would
at onco commonco class legisla
tion. In the naturo of things it is
an impossibility to mako laws to
protect ono class of people without
injuring another. Would thoro bo
any justico in framing a law giv
ing farmers an advantago over
merchants or vico versa; a law cal
culated to favor ono would cortain-
ly be inimcal to tho other. Class
legislation would load to intermi
nable difficulties and is contrary
to tho spirit and intent of our
government. The ballot box is
froo and open to all and if tho laws
aro wrong or opprossivo tbo way
to amend thorn is through tho bal
lot box but to do this there is no
occasion lor tbo lormation ol a
secret political organization.
Whenovcr tho masses or moro
proporly speaking a majority of
tho people demand acbango oven
a radical ono in our existing laws
it will bomado.
Eichaud Nelson a negro onco a
prominent Republican politician
and tho editor of a colored peoples
papor in Galveston writes n letter
to the Fort Worth Gazette in which
bo takos tho position that it is high
timotbo negro was dccidingfor him
soil bow ho shall voto. Ho is now
satisfied that twenty years time has
mado a decided chango in tho po-
litical affairs of this country.
The Dallas Morning Nows uses
parallel.columns to show tho simi
larity of ideas and tho modo of ex-
pressing them. Ono column con
tains paragraphs from tho News of
Septomber 24 and tho other para
graphs from tho Sherman Bogistor
of September 25. Tho Banner has
frequently noticed in tho Register
paragraphs that read exactly liko
those that appeared in tho Banner
several days previously. Can tho
Register account for tho similarity
of ideas and expression.
Tub project of colonization is
being pushed vigorously in Ger-
many. A colonial congress has
recently been held in Berlin. Tho
plan includes government aid to
German steamship linos to Africa
and tho oroction of German colon-
ial banks. Tbo congress also re-
commends Gorman emigration to
Brazil and South America. The
German public docs not favor the
African schemo but ratber likes
tbo Brazilian movement.
The Navasota Tablot thinks tho
legislature should submit a probi
tion amendment to a voto of tho
people. The Banner differs with
tho Tablet. Thcro is no occasion
for tbo submission ot sucb an
amendment and thoro is really no
call for it. It is truo tnat petitions
bavo been prcsonted to tho legisla-
ture asking tho submission of such
an amendment but tho potitions
woro not signed by any considor-
able number of the people Texas
has a local option law and when
over local option is voted for by a
majority of tho votors of Toxas by
countios then it will bo timo to
talk about submitting a prohibi-
tion amondment. Prohibition is a
sumptuary moasuro and sumptuary
measurers aro contrary to tho
spirit of the law of this country.
Potitions amount to nothing; a po
tition can bo got up for any imagin-
pblo purpose.
The Waco Examiner thinks
thcro is but ono way to meet tbo
railway problem and that is by
legislation against pooling. Tho
question of pooling is an open one;
somo contend that it is a good
thing and prevents discriminations
against individuals and towns
others hold that it does not. The
Examiner also says that when rail
road legislation is reached tbo
difficulty will bo in stopping short
of injustice It is possiblo for tho
legislature to put a complclo slop
to railway building but it is to bo
hoped that a wise and conserva
tive course will bo pursued.
TEXAS.
This stato is occupying a promi
nent placo in tho attention of the
railway world just now. Kansas
is ahead in tho matter of projcclod
roads but Toxas is closo behind
her. Texas is a largo stato ; tho
distances from Texarkana to Chi-
cago to Cincinnati and to El Paso
are practically tho same; a trip
Irom tbo Panhandle to tho mouth
of tho Rio Grande would involvo
moro miles ot travol than a similar
jouruoy from tho Panhandle to the
Northorn Pacific railway in Dako-
ta. Speaking of Toxas tho Kail way
Register says: The state has al-
ready accomplished much in every
lino of progress but tho surface of
its wealth has as yet only been
touched. Thcro is to-day no lino
of businoss howovcr largo or liow-
ovor humble that is not affected
moro or less directly by tho rail-
ways all business lilo is sustained
by theso needful agencies. It might
bo added thatrailways aro tbo only
moans ol transportation and with-
out them trade and commerce
would bo complotoly blocked. The
torritory of Texas is equal in area
to thai of Illinois Indiana Ohio
Pennsylvania Now Jorscy New
York and all of Now England
Maino oxcoptod. Thcro is land
onough in Toxas to givo to each
ono of tho 00000000 people of tho
United States 2. 9 acres of land.
how lotus see how Toxas is off
lor railways. In tbo states abovo
mentioned thoro woro at tho open
ing of tho present year -15080 miles
of railroads whilo in Toxas thcro
was only C6S7 miles. With one-
fifth the territorial oxtont of Texas.
Illinois has 33 per cent moro rail-
ways. With ono-soventh tho area
of Toxas Ohio has nearly 10 por
cent moro railroads. In propor
tion Pennsylvania has ovor 10 per
cent moro railways and .Nov York
has 10 per cont moro. It is evident
by theso figures that Toxas needs
and must havo many moro rail-
roads to dovclop tho country and
its resources. Lands can not bo
oponcd and put into cultivation
with railway facilities for market-
ing tho products thoroloro tho rail
roads must bo built first and tho
lands opened up for cultivation at.
torward. Ono of tho greatest draw
backs that Texas has bad to con-
tond against is adverso railroad
legislation and strango as it may
seem tho opposition to railroads
has in a great measure camo from
thoso who would bo most benefitted
by thom; tho farmors and land
owners. Tho more railways wo
havo tho greater the facilities for
reaching tho markotand tho groat-
or competition among the rail ways.
Thoy also bring land into market
and crcato a domand for it that
would bo impossible without them.
Tho resources oi this state need
tho aid which railway facilities
alono can afford for their develop
ment. It takos a great deal
of monoy to build railways and
oulsido capital can not bo expected
to como to Texas unloss it is in
vited. Let a liberal courso bo
pursued by tbo legislature and tho
dcvolopmont of tho stato will bo
rapid in tho future
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Prof. Proctor tho lcarnod Eng-
lish astronomer has contributed
an article to tho St. Louis Globe-
Democrat in which ho says that
lalso-prophet Wiggins is a half-edu
cated wholly unscientific employe
of a meteorological ofDco in Otta
wa who has long ondcavorcd to
acquire a cheap reputation by
wcathor predictions of that kind
and which of itself assures a stu-
dent of science that tho weather
prophet is cithor utterly ignorant
or exceedingly knavish. Wiggins
is a fraud of tho first-water who
simply wants notoriety.
Tbe chestnut gong is tho latest
absurdity; it is a dimintivo gong
attachod to tho waistcoat of dimin
tivo dudes and is rung by the dude
whon ho imagines that somo fellow-
dudo is tolling and improbablo
story a chostnut. This chestnut
business is destined to bo short
duration. It is simply a frcsl:
crazo for which Amorica has be
como famous. Without a fresh
crazo ovory month or two peoplo
become unhappy especially dudes
Persons and politicians who arc
so free to heap anathemas on rail
roads and railroad companies
would do well to bear in mind tjial
tho much despised railways have
dono their full part to help the
sufferers in tho drouth stricken re
gions of Toxas by carrying num
bers of cars of supplies absolutely
frco of chargo. Tho merchants of
St. Louis fiavp also been very
liberal.
H. C. Hamilton tho alleged
Democrat mado an attempt to de-
liver a speech in tho courthouse at
Uaincsvillo in which ho told the
peoplo how thoy Wcro boing impos-
ed upon by corporations. Ho also
wont for tho railroads in tho most
approved fashion; somo ono turnod
off tho gas and Hamilton was loft
in total darkness. Tho people in
Ganlcsvillo do not appear to havo
any uso for a professional friend of
tho peoplo liko Hamilton who has
seemingly taken bis cuo from Tor-
rcll who can seo tbo water in rail-
road stocks.
The Houston Post says Hal
Grcor is not a crank ; ho is a mug-
wump. Jav Gould has to be protected
by n body guard ; the evil ho has
to contend against is tho crank.
Brown county herolotoro con-
sidered doubtful is now strong for
the straight Democratic state tick-
et. Tue negroes at Atlanta Ga. and
vicinity arc now ready for tho
world to como to an ond on the
29th inst.
Tnu San Antonio editors are
novor at a loss for something to
writo about ; tbny writo about the
other papor.
The Slovan a Bohemian paper
printed at Bryan baa changed
hands and is now cditod and pub
lished by Ed. A. Krall.
Judoe Gary of Chicago has
refused to hear tho argumonts for
a now trial in the cases of tho con
demned anarchists noxt Friday
The Paris North Toxan publish
ed at tho homo ol Senator Maxoj-
says that he is not at all uneasy;
ho knows that it is tho wish of tho
peoplo that ho should succeed him-
soli. The San Antonio Times is suro
that victory will perch upon tho
banners of tho Democracy of Bxar
county if a clean straight ticket is
nominatod.
JosErn Baker a New Orleans
ward politician attempted to
thrash a reporter for saying some-
thing uncomplimentary about him
Tho reportor shot Bakor inflicting
a mortal wound.
A colont of about 2000 peoplo
has been formed near Laneastor
Wis. On tho 1st of October they
will cmigrato to Topolobampo
Moxico whoro they have been
granted 15000 ncrosof land.
The Houston Post has a lengthy
Icador on tho reorganization of
tbo Knights of Labor. It thinks
that a reorganization is much need
ed becauso as at present managed
it has proved of but Iittlo boncfit
to tho laboring man.
It is supposed that prohibition-
ists of this congressional district
will indorso Rankin tho greenback
anti-monopolist candidato for con-
gress. Thoy cannot conscientious-
ly voto for Col. Mills who is
STATE NEWS.
The seventh annual session of
tho Liquor Dealers association ol
Illinois is now in session al Spring-
field. Ono hundred and fifty dele-
gates aro present. Tho object of
tho association is to combat the
prohibition sentiment and secure
as many members of tho logisla-
turo as possiblo who can bo depen
ded upon for legislation favorable
to tho liquor interests.
If Terrell should bo elected to
tho United Slates sonato it will bo
J grand victory for tho princo of
dcnwgegujs- Ho tells farmers
that thoy aro crushod to tho earth
by tho remorseless railways whon
if it woro not for tho railroads tho
products of thousands of farmers
would bo worthless.
Jroiiiiution has been in lorco in
Atlanta Ga. lor some months and
it is said by conservative and re
liable citizens that it has been in
incubus on that city. In short
business has been damaged and
drunkenness with all its attendant
evils has not boon suppressed.
Prohibitionists of courso deny
that business has bocn injured or
that whiskey-drinking has not
been suppressed. Another voto
on prohibition will bo taken noxt
yoar and then it will bo finally de-
termined whether tho law has
has proved a failure or a success.
The Fort Wcrth Gazette says
when tho prohibitionists declare
for high license instoad of local
option as a means of regulating
and dealing with tho liquor traffic
they will becomo a formidablo or
ganization but not until then. H
makes a frco gift of tho suggestion
to Brothor Cranfill tho pulverizer
of the rum power.
The signal oflico af. Charleston
applied to tho weather bureau at
Washington for indications cover-
ing Wiggins' earthquake. Gen.
Uazcn sent tho following: "There
arc at present no indications of any
sovcro atmospheric disturbance be-
tween now and tho 30th. Timely
notice will bo giyeq you should
any change appear.
Geronimo is described by a Gal-
veston News correspondent as be-
ing 5 iectl) inches high weighs 11)0
pounds and is as straight as a gun
barrel. He is C2 years of age in
stead of 08 as formerly slatod. Ho
and his lollowers will Iikoly bo
sent to Florida instoad of bcinir
hanged.
Tub Paris News doca not like
tho way in which its namesakos at
Dallas and Galveston liandlo
Messrs. ilaxoy and Grain. The
lattor has a suro thing of being
re-olccted to congress and llicrc is
hardly a doubt that Maxcy will be
htihown successor in llio Up. tod
SlaUs senate.
strongly opposed to prohibition
The Fort Worth Gazotlo obser-
ves for tho boncfit of blatant local
domagogucs that ovils of national
and stato legislation cannot bo
remedied by county officers. This
makes no difforenco to Iho local
demagoguo who wants office
The Froihert an anarchist paper
of Now York edited by Herr
Most until he was sent to tho peni-
tentiary is now nbout to fail lor
want of support Its circulation
has fallen off from 5000 to about
300 and noxt thing it will suspend.
The Palcstino Advocato says
tho Honston Ago is very tender
towards tho Prohibition ticket-
Tho Houston Ago says somebody
has boon imposing upon tho Advo
cato with a bogus Ago. It is a
strongor boliovor in a certain St.
Louis boor than it is in prohibi-
tion. Mrs. Anarchist Parsons now
claims that sho was married to her
mprisonod husband in Austin
Toxas by a notary public. As
notaries public havo no authority
to perform tbo marriago ceromony
in Toxas her marriage is ono oi
"doubtful validity."
Rough on rats was put in a well
atAoh Flat Sharp county Ark.
and ton or twolvo porsons residing
in the neighborhood wero poisoned
somo of whom will die Jesse
Phillips tho wealthiest man in tbe
county and his Bon Comb Phil-
lips have boon arrested.
Ex-Senator Simon Cameron in
a letter containing $1000 for the
Charleston relief fund says: "I al-
ways associate your city and Stale
with my recollections of your great
statesman who opcupiod so com
manding a position in tho Scnato
and bctoro tho country at my first
ontranco upon public lilo moro
than forty years ago. Ho received
me in the Sonalo with the greatest
oi Kindness anuauring tho remain
dor of his lifo I was pormiltod not
only to show with others admira
tion of his singular simplicity olc-
vation anil dignity ol character
but also lp oxperienco almost daily
somo proof of bis porsopal consid-
eration and regard. I naturally
gives mo pleasure thorefore to as-
sociate my recollections of him
with this contribution toward tbo
relief of tho citizens oftlio Stato
ho loved so woll."
Tho Bellvilla Times wants the
Sunday law enforced in its town
S. Conradi jeweller ol Hous
ton has made an assignment. Hi.'
liabilities are about S1000.
Tho campaign liar is ubiqui
lous; the Houston Herald says he
is in the turf in its town.
Safo breaker; got into a safe
in a saloon at Cleburne tho other
day and stole S2.'!0 in monoy.
Cotton has been successfully
cultivated in the vicinitv of Wichi
ta Falls this season dry as it was
Tho postoflicos at Henderson
and LaG range havo lieen raised
from fourth-class to presidential
class.
Lwcnty-tour stono masons
from Chicago arrived at Austin
Monday and went to work on the
now cap no I.
According to the Waco Ex
aminer tho new-fangled soda flavor-
ing called moxie is nothing more
than sarsapanlla.
Davo Moore who was shot by
Potrio at Paris last Saturday died
at 11:54 on Tnssday. Jackpot was
tho cause ol tho light.
A Waco boy Isaac Sanger
aged 15 years has invented and
patented an automatic weighing
mechanism for clovalors.
Temple is soon to have a daily
paper to bo called the The Bee. It
will bo under the management of
tho Brownwood Bco men.
Tho Sunday law is now a dead
letter in Dallas and a largo num-
ber of drunken men woro to be seen
on the streets last Sunday.
Tho St. Louis Arkansas and
Texas railway between Sulphur
Springs and Mount Pleasant is be
ing widened to standard guagc.
Austin's new hotel the Dris-
kill house has boon rented by
San Antouio man for S20.000
year. It will open Doccmberlst.
Tho total cotton shipments of
JNavasota irom August 1 to Sept
ember 18 inclusive wore 2050
hales. During tho samo timo Brcn-
ham shipped 6021 bales.
Philip Mengic aged GO years.
was arrested in coder brake near
Austin on Monday with a full set
of tools for making counterfeit dol
lars and half dollars.
Tho Houston papers all knew
that tho Franklin street bridge
whero the fatal accident occurred
on fcmnday was in a dangerous
condition. Tho citv authorities
nro to blame
Tho Paris North Texan says
larmcrs aro gathering considerable
moro cotton to tho acre than thoy
anticipated several weeks
Tho crop will average at least half I
a halo to Iho acre.
Tho city of Victoria owns its
water works and is now preparing
to extend them over a considera-
ble torritory. Pconlo onco accus
tomed to water works do not care
to bo bothered with wells.
Last Sunday will bo known in
Corsieaua as tho dry Sunday. Ev-
ery bar beer saloon and cigar
stand was closed as tight as wax.
Men who went dry last Sunday will
provido for futuro contingencies.
-Tho canvass for eountyofficcrs
in Lialvcston has so tar been a
"dry" ono. Thcro has been a
marked absonco of frco drinks. It
is a very bad style of citizen who
can be bought fora free drink.
Thoro was a strike al the coal
mines on tho liio Urandc above
Laredo tho other day. The miners
wanted higher wages which were
refused. Work resumed and two
ot tho leaders in the strike were
ordered off the grounds and warn
cd not to return.
Tho Hays County Times has
mado tho thai astonish
ing discovery that moro accidents
tako placo during biimlay huiitin
than any other da- ol tho wccli
but it fails to nolo the fact that
more people go ahtuilitig on Sun
day than any othor day oi the
week.
John Cairns county commis-
sioner of Burleson county resid-
ing at Yellow Prairie on Monday
morning shot and killed bis stop-
son Jack Campbell a young farm-
er It seems that Hie parlies had-
.1 difficulty on Saturday and Camp
bell renewed it Monday. Cairns
bond was fixed at $300.
Peter McClelland one of the
wealthiest men at Waco died a short
timo asro leaving an cstato valued
at 8100000. Ho leaves but' two
biers his widow and his son Peter.
They talk of contesting tho will
as by its terms it would bo twenty-
five years beforo Peter who is now
.'12 years old. can como into full pos
session ol his share ot the cstato.
W. Bungc a successful farmer
of the Millhcim neighborhood in-
forms the Bollville Times that he
has mado and gathered ten bales
oi cotton offofthirtocn acres of
land this season and that his corn
will average 30 bushels to the acre.
His theory is to plant a limited
number oi acres and work it thor
oughly. A great many farmers
overcrop themselves they plant a
greater area than thoy can proper
ly cultivate rive acres ol corn or
cotton thoroughly worked will
produce moro than ten acres half
worked and with less expenditure
of labor.
CHURCH OF DEVINE FRAGMENTS.
N. Y. Tribune.
Among the novcllios in tho ec
clesiastical lino is tho Church ol
Divino Fragments presided over
by tho Rev. Jacob H. Hurler who
makes his headquarters in Auburn.
Ho camo to Now York to look af-
ter some of his parishioners tho
other day and stopped long enough
to give me a fow extracts from his
creed. "My church" ho said '-is
not a fashionable affair and is lo-
cated whorovcr a fragment of hu
manity can bo ionnd. .Ministers
of other churches usually mako ef
forts to incrcaso thoir membership
whilo 1 am working to diminish
mine My membors aro found
among tho bad vicious and crimi
nal classes and the only way thoy
can get out of my church is by bo-
coming good. In other words
whilo most ministers are endeavor
ing to kocp tho peoplo out ol hell
I am trying to keep hell out oi tho
people As llio sick bolong to tho
doctor until restored to health as
tho ignorant pupils bolong to tho
tcachor until educated so tho way-
ward wicked sinful or inlempcr-
ato bolong to Iho Church of Divine
fragments till they aro made bet
ter when they graduato into olhor
churches. Mr. Jlarter is a ccaso-
less worker. Ho was rogularly or
dained as a minister in tho l'rcsby-
Icrian Church but for years has
not occupied a pulpit. IIo dopends
ior a living exclusively upon tho
gilts ot tho charitably inclined and
has lately gathered S1200 towards
building a homo tor lumsclt and
wife in Ihcir declining days.
A man and woman who arriv
ed al Houston onTuesda- morning
irom JNow Orleans wero arrested
and locked up. Tho woman was
dressed in mens clothes but when
locked up acknowledged her sox.
Sho said sho had no femalo ap
parel.
Paris bothered with that firsl-
class nuisanco known in all the
smaller cities as Iho town cow.
Tho town marhal refuses to im-
pound cows because he is unablo
to distinguish thoso that habitual-
ly run on tho public squaro from
mo occasional visitors.
Albert Robinson a negro was
found guilty of tho murder of his
wifo at Tyler on Saturday last
thejury assessing the death penal
ty. This is the first death sentence
in Smith county in twenty j-ears
though thcro has doubtless been
many murders committed during
that limo
A deposit of precious stones of
tho raro kind known as "golden
beryl" has recontly boon found in
tho Bcrkshiro Hills Mass. Speci-
mens of this gem aro occasionally
met with in tho hands of collectors
but it has ncyerbofprp been found
in sufficient quantity lp bpcqinp an
articlo of trade. When cut tho
stonps aro of a beautiful golden
color exceedingly hard and of
great brilliancy. Mr. Kunz min
eralogist of flow lork City pro-
nounces them unsurpassed in puri
ty and boauty. Prof. Dana of
Yiilo collego who recontly visited
tho mine deplaros it to bo a won-
derful formation and Iho crystals
tho finest over SCCn by him.
The Queen Regent of Spain has
iven her baby boy and "Kins'"
his first pair of leather boots. They
aro whito gold cmbroidorod. Be-
fore his young loot wcro encased in
thom tho Archbishop of Madrid
blessed them. According to usairo
300 pairs of boots forpoorchildrcn
rnailo at tho Queen Regent's ox.
penso wore doled out at the parish
churches of Madrid.
Tho San Francisco mint employ
at prcsont 300 hands. It is the
largest in thu world having a coin-
ago capacity twice that oi Phila-
Ulplua and tl'r"o that of the Eng-
!..li I I.-
Tho Republicans of tho Eighth
congressional districl held a con-
voutionat Columbus last week and
nominated Hon W. O. Hutchinson
oi nays o proceed nigs woro
furnished tho Citizen and it did not
know any convention had been
held until it was over. Tho Repub-
licans liko owls prefer darkness
to daylight.
Thoy havo a pleasant way of
doing things in Mexican society at
Laredo. Tho other night whilo a
fandango was in progros3 at tho
houso of a Moxicau named Ayola
fivo men camo to tho house broke
up tho festivotios and carried away
tho wifo of tho host. It is said tho
Icador of tho band was one of El-
Coyoto's right bowers.
On Sunday morning I. Wagner
was driving a spring wagon over
tho Irauklin street biidgo in Hous-
ton. Ho was accompanied by his
two little boys. Tho liorso fright-
ened at tho approach ol a street
car and slued to oio sida running
against the railing wnicu gavo
way. Wagon contents and horse
went to tho bottom a distance of
twonty f:et. Duo boy was instant
ly killed Jlr. Wagner had his arm
dislocated and the other boy was
orutscd.
A beautiful shooting scrapo
took place at Paris last Saturday
afternoon. A game or games oi
jackpot had been played in which
L. B. Pctric a lightning-rod man
and a saloon man named nave
Moore were engaged. Moore re
fused says Petrie to make a fair
and tquitablo division oi tho spoils.
Tho quarrel had lieen in progress
during tho day. Putrio went and
bought a 15-calibro Colt repeating
pistol and going to Mooro's saloon
proceeded to settle differences.
Tho oiitcomo was that Davo Mooro
and his brother Dick wcro both
mortally wounded and Petrio had
a ballet put in his leg by a police-
man who was trying lo stop the
fun. Pistols and jackpots do not
seem tr "nnlin ive to peace and
quiet.
"Tho queen should by and by
havo an exceptionally fino assort-
ment of arrows says tho St. James
Gazette "Sho got another three
at Edinburgh on Thursday tho
tho third set from tho Scottish cap-
ital In accordanco with the an.
ciont charter of tho royal company
of archers throo arrows had to bo
presented to her by that body. A
similar ceromony took placo
injz tho occasion ot tho queen s
hrst visit to Scotland. Again
18GG when sho unveiled the Albert
memorial sho had a gift of arrows;
tho presentation taking placo on
Thursday at Holyrood. They aro
no common arrows. Thrco kinds
of wood aro used in their construc
tion Iancowood snakowood and
bulletwood; tho lops aro of ivory
tho barbs silver and tho feathers
white red and blue They are
presented on a cushion of green
vulvct fringed with gold. Tho
first presentation of tho arrows to
an English monarch was in 1822
tho occasion ot Ueorgo XI. s land-
ing in Scotland."
Cinninnali Enquirer: Our cor
respondent at Columbus docs not
hclipvo that tho poQr'"fiockmas-
lors- oi tins country "arc losiu
S167000000 a year on'aceount of.
tho non-restoration of tho tariff of
67 for tho reason that tho wool
crop isn t big enough to sell for
hall that amount. This shows that
a tolerably well-informed man may
ho deplorably ignorant in somo
things. Over in Kentucky somo
years sinco quo man who didn't
own a single bog lost S275.000 on
pork merely becauso thcro was a
big crop of acorns and ho hadn't a
hundred thousand shouts lo fatten
on them. ''Klockmastcr" Harp-
stor Is losing 8500000 a year regu-
larly on wool and all becauso ho
can't mow il liko grass and sell it
at SI a pound. All thai is necessa-
ry to make wool grow over the
fields like timothy and clover is to
put on the tariff.
Tho Romans knew the syphon
and its use but in tiioir ignorance
of metallurgy thoy wcro unablo to
nso it as an economical means of
crossing valleys when tho volumo
of water was considerable They
did not mako uso of cast iron but
employed lead pines oi a crude
character as also clay pipes : and
thoy know how to prcparo solder.
Tho builders of their aqueducts
had some acquaintance with the
modo ot leveling tho instrument
they used being a sort of fore-
shadowing of tho modern level.
Still thoy kimw tbat tho means
thoy adopted might lead them into
error and they preferred lo err on
Ihc safe side giving their aque-
ducts a great fall from ono in 500
to one in 750.
MUNICIPAL COKEUFTlOS.
N. (). Tiuus-lA-iiiocraL
Thoro has been a good deal of
rottenness lit American municipal
politics of late; but il begins to
look as though the law could not
bo violated with impunity without
the offender being punished.
The conviction of alderman
Jachno in New York shows that
there is somo punishment ior dis
honest officials; and the impeach-
ment of Mayor Smith ol Philadel-
phia is still more encouraging.
Fortunately the matter has boon
taken wholly out of politics and
parly questions have not been al
lowed to intcrioro with prosecu
tion. Mayor bmilh for instance
is a strict Republican yel tho city
council which contains a largo Re
publican majority did not hesitate
to impeach mm on chargos made
and substantiated by a Democratic
paper tho limes
lie is accused ofrctaining money
paid ior license lees and appro
priating it to his own purpose
common liictt lor lailure lo en
force a city ordinance and for gen
oral negligence in administering
the executive office
Public officials have been im
peached beforo for theft but it is
seldom that they havo been called
to account lor a failuro to carry
out a law or for gcnoral negligence.
It is encouraging to see that thcy
arc oxpeclod to do their duly ; it
is encouraging also lo nolo that
tho Republican papers cordially
approvo tho impeachment of the
chcif Republican official in Phila-
delphia and do not allow party
feelings to interfere with sonti-
mentsof justice. It tho samo feel-
ings prevails everywhere wo may
salch- hopo for an improvement in
municipal government throughout
this country.
A physicians endorsement.
I know a caso of eruption from
from poison oak which continuod
to appear oven- spring for several
years hich was cured by tho uso
of two hollies of Swill's Specific.
James A. Cofielii M. D.
Newberry S. C Juno28 1SSG.
THE ERRORS OF YOUTH.
I was aflliclcd with a terrible
caso of blood poison for about thir-
teen mouths. I wastrcalod by tho
best physicians and used various
kinds of remedies but roccived no
substantial relief. I finally tried the
SwI It Specific and about four bot-
tles cured mo sound and woll.
D. B. Apams.
Union S. C Juno 21 1SSG.
ULCERATED FOOT.
For nearly live years 1 suffered
with :i running gangrenous sore
on my foot. 1 spent all my wages
for medicino hoping to bo cured.
I never found any permanent re-
lief until Mossrs. I. II. & J. T.
Pittard ot Winlervillc Ga. pro-
cured for mo six bottles of S. S. S.
which if it has not entirely cured
mo has certainly hcald the sore
All swelling and soreness is gone
Beforo I took Swift's Specific at
times I could uot walk at all. Only
in bad weather do I now foci the
slightest acho in my foot and go
and como at will. 'I am truly
thankful lor what it has dono for
me. A number ot witnesses arc
ready to corroborate my state
ment. Caroline Johnson (col.)
Oglethorpe Co. Ga. July 10 1SSG
Trcatiso on Blood and Skin Dis-
eases mailed free.
Tho Swift Specific Co.. Drawer
a Atlanta Oa.
LINDEMANN & KOCH
DEALERS IN HARDWARE;
s iiiid Sportiy gOo oils
BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIAL
PAINTS. VARNISHES BRUSHES
BELTINGS STEAM FITTINGS
and LTJ13I?IOA.TIlSrC3- OILS
Corner Sandy and St. Charles Streets BRENHAM TEXAS
y Sir lIoaUilfor 52Vi?
8s3 rcfttorinsbj vi$A
f3M RtCHEYfi VjgA
111 METHOD ?
pjrg3 SomoHoQtli pro
Spfcjygp' R" ratoiins by t W
ggoTRICHE'tte MS
&' NPTfLATE JKJ
METHOD ff
NO-PLATC
METHOD
DR. RICHEY
THE POPULAR CHICAGO DENTIST
Will lie al lie Exclave Hotel Sejteiler 25 to October 2.
Tooth extracted without pain and new ones inserted immediately that arc worn for years
with tpVmlid satisfaction. Tcctli fitted and raved even after they havo ached. Badly de-
cayed tci'th and even roots restorAJith cold crowns to former usefulness and beauty.
Tarticular attention is called to ihoiKgUnALOUM CO LOKEt) CELLULOID PLATES
which arc three times stronger thanBpocr plates consequently arc much lighter and thinner
Kides tirodudn:?lcs irritation to the mucous membrane than the ruhber. which causes such
bad breath and taste and in many cases a very sore throat.
ojiccnit iilhicc is cuiicu 10 inc new process oi inoLMitiu ixvuiii mhhui
riJVTESwhishdoes away with the extracting of teeth and restores all lost teeth without
covering the roof of the mouth a very unpleasant necessity with all other methods.
T. B. JL.
Organized July 12 1S8L
A Mutual association Belying Upon
Membership to Contribute Accord-
ing to Age and Benefits on
Actual Death Bates.
Has Paid 0Tcr.?3O000 lo the Widows
ami Orjiliaus of Ilcucllclaries.
tUVT (It FCLl. JtKJIBEHSMP SINCE DATE
Of OKUAXIZATIOX AVEIUUE AGE
OXLT SJ13.
EXHAUSTED VITALITY.
ILLCSTHATIVE SAHFLE FREE.
Jo&mk
KNOW THYSELF.
LIST OF CLAIMS PAID AT BKENIIAM
Am't raid
B- &. IL Fund. Ain't Kcc'd.
15. I. Rasliiol 527 SO $40.15 80
(Ico. W.lloore 10 00 6000 00
II. Wrrncr 3000 00
II. Kracmcr. 21 00 SOOO 00
J. 1 1. G raliow 12 00 SOOO 00
Dr. J. T. Norrls 80 75 30(10 00
C. F. AVouhler 118 00 4000 00
Jefferson liassctt .... 130 60 2000 00
SI1S 75 S27033 80
F.very citizen of "Wa-Oiimrtoa ciinnlv can
carry membership in T. II A. tLereliy cre-
ating an ins.antaneous capital for their
lnvcdonrsin casoof death 2foncbutood
ni-ks wanted both physically and morally.
For full information write to
K. B. PAIU'.OTT. Manner
"Waco Texas.
A REMARKABLE WELL.
There is at Uobcrts Hunt coun
ty Texas a wonderful woll. lis
waters have it is said rover failed
to euro tho worst eases of dyspep-
sia diarrhea sick headache cramp
colic otc. Tho water is now bcini;
condensed so that ono gallon con
tains oight and it is being shipped
by tho firm who owns tho well
to a number of places in tho Stato.
Joseph Tristram has mado arrango-
menis to nanuio tnis water in
iJrcnham and will sell it under
strict guarantoo lor dyspepsia etc.
ur. i risiram is tuo solo agent lor
McDridc's mineral water at Brcn-
hnm. Yon would do well to seo
him if effected as this is nature's
own romedy and will permanently
euro you.
A .Boston papor comments on the
fact that people halo thcirDrotcircs
when thoso thoy havo holpod grow
boyond tho noed of thoir aid. A
much moro common fault of tho
avorago weak human naturo is to
storo up a grudgo against the one
who has conferred an important
favor. Few peoplo like to acknowl
edge mat some ono elso has confer-
red prosperity upon them An
obligation of this kind generally
weighs heavily and an independent
spirit will constantly scok oppor
tunity to repay it balance the ac
count or deny it outright. XJcal
gratitude is noblo lint not common.
The best and sarcst Remedy for Care of
all diseases caosed by any derangement of
the Liver Kidneys Stomach and Eowcls.
Dyspepsia Sick Headache Constipation
Eilioos Complain ta and Halarlaof all kinds
yield readily to the beneficent loflaence of
Ml
Mm
i
A. Great ATedlcal Work on Manhood Nerrous and
Physical Debility Premature Decline In Man Ex-
uau&tcu iiauij & KC.t iou uia unioiu raiflcne
tlndUicreti'
nso tins from u
retions or exceseea; 300 pacw.
substantially bound in gilt muslin. Contain mora
than 12S inTOlaable reserlptions embracing erery
Tccetable remedy In tbe phann&eoptcia for all acute
ana chronic diseases. It Is emphatically a book for
crery man. Prico only $1. by mail postpaid con-
cealed Id plain wrapper.
ILLUSTRATIVE SA3IPIX FREE TO ALL
roans and middio-nced men for tbe next VO days.
Send now oi cot this out as yoamaytxmrrseelt
again. Address DB. W.U.PAKKEU
4 Bnlflnch street Boston Mass.
I'KICE OP
UUHIVHAM'S
IMPOVED
STAtfDAUD
TURBINE
Is cost or mannftctarinsamt
adTcrtislnr. Pamphlet t lUi
new nrire lUt sent irre Iir
YOKK BROS. BOSTON MASS
g2&$gj
HINDERCORNS.
Tbe safest unrest and best cure for earn?
tunions.etc. Slope Ml pain. Ensurv comfort
lo in fret Nerrr talld to care 15 cents at
druggist. IlucoxotCO. N. Y.
HP
PARKER'S
I HAIR .BALSAM
9 tbep
It Is pleasant to the taste tones np the
system restores and preserves health.
It is pnrcly YeEttaWe'aad cannot ftil to
proTO beneficial both to old and young.
As a Blood Purifier it Is superior to all
others. Sold everywhere at $1.00 a bottle.
i
B17. ST. CHARLES STHEETv
ST-hO VI 5. MO-
A. Jteffnlar Grad irate el three medical col-
Ije hys been longer cag-aged In the treatment
o( trironlr Scrams skin md mood
msenfte thin any other pbjsicUn In America-
Consultation at ollica or by mail frerind
Medicines tent by mail or express everywhere.
ecrtrely packed free from obsei-iaUon.
Karroos Prostration. Debility. Mental
ana" Ptsical Wtainess. arising from
IndlicreUon Exceas. Exposure or In-
dulgence prodacimr some of the iollowisc;
effects: Nervousness Debility Dimness of
Sijtht Defective Memory Pimples on the Face.
At ersion to Society of Females Want ot Pleas
ore in Life Unfitness to Marry Melancholy
The Lancet. iiKikcs a distinction
buUvocn what it calls the use and
abiibc of tobacco. Tho man who
can say "I always know when I
have .moked enough if I go bo-
3'ond the just limit loso my pow-
er ofiromnt decision" is one il
suggests who had better not smoke
at all: but "a moderate uso of
tobacco soothes the senses and
leaves tho mental faculties frco
from irritation and read3' lor tilm-ly-c!ear
intellectual processes.
When this is not tho effect produc
ed by smoking tho 'weed' had bet-
ter bo eschewed."
It is a mistako that there is a ro-
vival in whito hoso. Tho crron-
ojus impression arises from the
fact thai many women buy as many
white or ccruc-lislo thread stock-
ings as black or dark-colored ones
when laying in a supply of hosiery
for Iho season. Thoy do this bo-
canso white and ccrustock.iiij:8 of
the s.hpcrest kind are always worn
under black or dark-colored stock.
ings by prudent or caroiul women.
who do not wish to run tho risk of
blood-poisoninir from badlv-dvcd
encap nosiory. ijiack stoclcm
aro always on tho incrcaso but
ladies aro beginning to rcalizo the
nocessity of wearing them over
whito ones.
For tho next thirty davs ono of the above
clocks mil be Riven lo every purchaser of
20 MOKllI OF GOODS
at my bture Cll And take a look at the
cloct.
JAMES H. SIMON
Ckjlhicrand Gents Fujtilshcr
lrcnlaiu Texas.
Queen Victoria was presented a
few days ago with a spocially mado
umbrella from Glasgow. The han-
dle was a round globo of fino gold
representing tho world studded
ovor with precious stones to repre-
sent her JlajcstV- -loni'mops.
Apache Ulncf (Jlievcs was not
impressed favorably with tho coun
try around bt. Jjouis. 41 o says: "I
am afraid we will soon all dio in
thu country that wc aro going lo
if it is as bad as this. When" we
left our homes tho soldiers gavo us
fresh meat and wo hung it up in
tho ears to dry. Whon wo had
como ono day it began to rot and
wouldn't dry. If fresh meat would
do this then we will rot also and
liy-anil-by our arms and legs will
Irop like a white lanms with the
whilo man's sickness (IcnrostO
The air is heavy and Iho sun dim
hero it is a stinking country."
HARRIS & SEiDEUAN
Succci.trs to IlARitis & Vresler
BECEIV1IW FORWARDING
AND
COMMISSION XEKUIIAXTS.
SAMPLING OF COTTON A SPECIALTY
Fret? wairoa "utl convenient to wiire-
house.
A full supply ol TenDcssce "Wagons al-
ways un liana.
Agents lor llio Ulmmpion slower Uin ana
.vim jfiaciunery ami .a.ncuminu lnipn
meats.
pjspepsii Stunted Der elopmeoO-os of Power!
rains in tbe Back etc are treated with unnar-
aueiea success. Safely privately.
BEAURKCAItD MYAff
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GKAUKK BUILDING
Brcnh&ui Tcaus.
are treated with unpar-
. nriwaflT-
A Positive Written Guaranten
piren la every CVKAblx case where DOUBT ex-
ists tt is fraaUy stated. CompIetesvmptoiQ blank
enabling yon to properly state your case sent
free. 36 page booV; either sex ooe stamp..
Blood Impurities and Blood Poisoning
Mercurial and otter Affections of Tnroat
Skin aid Bones. Blotches. Eruptions Old
Sores and Ulcers. Painful Swellings.
from v hatever canse pcittivelT and forever
driven mm the systcra by means of savx. timx-
TXBTXTJ RKHXaitS. StITF and SWOLLXN lOIKTS
and KHXUMATlpi. the result of blood poison.
POillteJy cured. No poisonous drufrs usedl
Catarrh. Throat. Nose. Lung Diseases.
ConstltiitlonM i Acquired Weak-
nesses of both sexes treated snccessfuUv.
Abb and expcrlenco are Important; tie
prorsrf roorf mruxIlM of aU ayes and countries
are used and knowing what to give no txperU
menu are made. On account of the great num-
ber at cases applvlntr the charges are kept low!
ofteuIowerthanlademandedbjoUiers.
MARRfAGE GUIDE
peolcca . . . Flnel'lnien.
Elegant cloth anil gilt binding. Sealed for 50o
in money or postage stamps. Over fifty wonder-
ful pen pictures showingwho may many who
5?ikiS Vr'SP"'sif"SJ- Whomany first.
Manhood. Womanhood. Fhyaical decav. Who
should marry. How life and'happiness may te
Increased those married or about to mLiJ
should read it: of Interest and vsluetoevei?
thinking man and woman. Popular editUxC
?apcr cover 33c. AddressHH.WmTTTElI.
Tho larccst liensi.ln ever nairl
in tho United States was paid at
il.- TT. .- in.. X ...
inu uiiiicu amies pension oillco in
liouisville Ivy. on Thursday by
Pension Ac-ont Jiiioll to JCarcns
ii. Jiichardson an a'ed soldier
living al .Hilton Ky. The cause
ior granting the pension is total
blindness brought on by an injury
to the oyes received in tho war in
1S03. The pension il.ilr.il lnii In
that year and amounted to Sll500.
Farmers in tho vicimt- of Klk-
srt Indiana have cut down their
corn the drouth having destroyed
all prospects of a crop.
HARRISON
Auctioneer 1 General Commission
MERCHANT.
Eait Side of TuMic Square BRENILUL
Consignments Solicited.
Tlie II UY KU.V GUXDK I
Issnrtl StrpU and Ula relit
.cacliyenr. s-313 puce.
! 8'xIl'lncl.swlthoTcr
' 3aUU uin.MM.uona
whole Picture Gallery
GIVES Wholesale Prices
etircct ta c$u ttmcrs on all goods for
MThOunl or family nic. Tells how to
on.rr. and gives exact cost of CTcry-
.Iiln yon ncf eat drink vcar or
liare fim with. These I1WALITA15IJQ
HOOKS contain Information gleaned
from the markets of the world. IVe
UI mall a copy FREE to any ad-
drcM npon receipt of lOcts. to defray
expense of mailing. Ltt us hear from
yon. llespcctfully
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
227 Jt 22J Wabash Avenue CMtago IU.
POR SALE.
Marsh homestead near Independence con-
taining (CO) acres land. House has sorcn
oronis newly covered fine spring and well
and other iniprovcnien'j.
Apply to UaKsrrr. Siarct & BrtJ
Ercnham Tons.
HllISBMSTUGKERT
Thcix fall stock is complete and cheap
consisting of
Dry Goods Dress Goods Notions
TRIMMHTGS
MS AAD BOY'S CLOTUIXU
Ladies' and Misses' Wraps.
They claim lo handle the best shoes mado
for Men livs Ladies and Misses. Gents'
furnishing ouods low down. Ladies will find
many useful articles on their ten cent coun-
ter. Grocciydcpartmcntofbcst brands and
sold close. Try them and be"convinceL
CORN WANTED
-EY-
1 BERWICK BAY OYSTERS f
I'l'l I ls-IIIST'9 all Status. 14l' r La. AJaaill m
Is f.ir ttiperlur to sll others. Tliej .lie I
ajviiiiiy M-iecifu upciitii uj fifrj-
eitriHl worcmrn ami imcKm in clean I
ai.-isunouiKfeil ltli ice
itrivi
irmsrr & co.
COTTON! COTTON! COTTON!
Wo arc weighing cotton at our platform
and desiro to thank our friends for past pat-
ronaC and solicit a continuance. Good ac-
commodation feed and ratcr for teams.
HUNT & CO.
The OvKltr 9 I
rv Is a marvel or neaiiieiw. in----
r.nl'niii always asfc for th . & I. Eraml
Vi.lcs.iIl b COGLENHKM ..t LEHMAN the
tfiiJveiiiaauc&.erja morgan uny ia.
REMOVAL.
2folico is hereby riven to our friends And
patrons that we havo removed our storo to
the north side of the Dublic square neit door
to Brockschnildt A: Holt!!. wTk ?
better prepared to fill orders for all goods in
our line. Yuu are cordially invited to call
and seo us in our new store. A lull and
complete stock of goods in our lino.
o. jl coEsmys.
E. COUNIT1US.
WFaivf. nunc
1 UimoDodralaniedandrtnhmr!. Fatltwrtic
jniwrniBwuwiir.KKiKfiiKi)Tr-yAIO.N.g
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