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VOLUME XII.
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BRENHAM, TEXA8< WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 2, 1887.
NUMBER 52
t- W. HUNT
W. V. HUNT
HUNT & CO.,
(Successors to T. A. Wilkins),
Planters' Fireproof Warehouse.
General Commission nits,
—Dealers in—
GRAIN, BRAN, HAY
and Farm Seeds,
COAL, LIME, CEMENT, FIREBRICK.
FLUES and TILES.
Cotton and other consignments solicited. Cash
paid for corn, hides and all coun-
try produce.
Free city delivery. Telephone con-
nection '
March 13, 1881;.
LUMBER!
On hand a full stock of Rough und Dressed.
DOORS, SASH, ETC.
Caldwell lapis, All Sizes.
Cypress Cisterns.
Improved Bicieye Hovers.
Harbed Wire, Houston Brick,
Lime, Cement and
Fire Brick.
FV W. WOOD.
Near Compress.
Carleton & Nash
—-UKALEKJ IN—
PURE DRUGS
—AND—
MEDICINES,
A complete stock of Patent Medicines,
Fire Perfumeries and Toilet Articles con-
stantly on hand.
The compounding of PHYSICIAN'S
PRESCRIPTIONS a specialty.
Comer North and Main St.
Brenham - - Texas.
J. L. AMNIONS,
v ■ i. j.v'il't •$ 4i
Merchant Tailor,
Northeast Corner Public Square,
BRENHAM, TEXAS.
Suits and garments made to order and a
!l t guaranteed.
A. GILBERT,
Ognolsterer ani Mattress Mater,
Cornkr North and Vulcan Striktb,
Rear of Simon's Store.
Brenham. - • - Texas.
We are prepared to make from the com-
monest Shuck to the Finest Hair and Spring
Mattress. Competition defied. We chal-
lenge comparison ia workmanship and price.
Old mattresses renovated at $ 1 each.
Parlor suits renovated for $10—half the
usual prfoe.
Ant
slm-
Thompson's Patent Ant Traps ia the 1
plest, surest an<] cheapen ovor Invented,
*. 'a-A "'a 'Jti •
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
A sure method of exterminating these pes-
tiferous insects. For further particulars
OT'F!°LANOE. "
W. H.VINSON,
WDER
Absolutely Pure.
This nowder never varies. A;marvel of purity,
s reuKtli and wholenoineness. More economical
thHu the ordinary kinds, end cannot lie Hold In
competition with the multitude of low test, short
welirht, altim orphosphnte powders Sold only
In cans. Itoyal Halting Powder Co., I0€ Wall
St.. New York.
HUMPHREYS'
HOMEOPATHIC VETEBINABY SPECIFICS
For Horses, Cattle, Sheep,
Dogs, Hogs, Poultry.
V1SO BY V. 8. GOVN'T.
Chfcrt Hotter., Il4 Book S»nt !>»».
crnxs—Fever., Congestions, Inflammation.
* ' Spinal Mentncttl.. M11k Fever,
train., Lutennt, Bliettnint
meamf, Ka.nl liUcharge*
I.-Boti or Grub., Worm*.
Conch., Heave., Pneumonia.
F. F.—Colic or Gripe., bellyache.
Mlscarrlaae, llemorr.ce..
H.H.—Urinary and Kidney Disease*.
I. I.—Eruptive Dlaeaaen, Mange.
J. K.—Dl.oa.ea of Dlge.tSon.
Price, Bottle (over BO do««), . . .79
Stable Ca.e, with Mnnunl, (500 pnm. with
chart.) Ill bottles Specifics, botti«uf Witch
Hazel Oil and Medic.tor, $8.00
Sent Free on Receipt of Price.
Humphreys' Med. Co., 109 Fulton St., H. Y.
HUMPHREYS'
HOMEOPATHIC f|
SPECIFIC No.uO
la uae 30 year*.' The only iraoeessfnl remedy lor
Nervous Debility, Vital Weakness,
and Prostration, from over-work or other cause*.
$1 per vial, or 5 vials and large vial powder, for ffi.
Sold by DRCOOifrrs, or sent postpaid on receipt of
price.— Itwpfcreys' I«4Mm Co,, 100 rait ex HL, N. X.
For Sale by N. A. Williams A Co,, Brenham
sue®
IKA8K
Crooer for them.
M AM THR ORIGINAL
Ejpd ONLY OIHUINI!
"Take no ethonfiano.
oo., at. 10m *0.
Marvellous Memory
DISCOVERY
Wholly unlike Artificial Systems—Cure of
Mind Wandering—Any book learned in one
reading. Prospectus, with opinions of Mr.
Proctor, the Astronomer, Hons. W. W.
Astor, Judah P. Benjamin, Drs. Minor, Wood
and others, sent, post fruk, by
PROF. LOISKTTK,
837 Fifth Avenm, Mew York.
F. A. ENGELKE,
FIBS OUNCE AGENT,
BRENHAM, TEXAS.
Represents leading foreign and home com-
mies; also agent for leading steamship
lines. Tickets to and from Europe at lowest
rntau Collections rondo on nil points in
lufdp<
WILLIAM ZEISS,
AND CONFECTIONER,
I have valuab
ble residenow in the city
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BRENHAM, TEXAS.
MT Office over Stem 4 Kolwea' Mora.
lEAIiiiliV IKIill,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GRABER BUILDING,
Brenham, Texas.
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or C. P. HRRB8T,
Brenham, Texas.
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Unlucky Number Fours.
Hero is a story ot Roddy's cav-
alry. One dt»y the troopers were
about to go into battle, dismounted,
leaving every fourth man to hold
the horses. Tho men were drawn
up to count from right to left. Of
course every fourth man felt jolly,
and this is the way the count went:
" One," '' two," •' tliref," " bully."
" Ono," *• two," •'three," "bully,"
etc. Gen. Roddy heard each fourth
man ory out "bully." His face
flushed. When all had called off
ho said: "Numbers ono, two and
bully will yo into the fight. Num-
ber three will hold the horses."
There were a good many sick "bul-
lies" thut day.—Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. D. Stilt, Druggist, Bippus, ltid., testi-
fies: "1 can recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best remedy. Every bottle sold
has given relief in every case. One man took
fix bottles and was cured of rheumatism of
ten years' standing." Abraham Hare, drug-
gist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: "The best
selling medicine i have ever handled in mv
20 years' experience is Eleciric Bitters."
Thousands of others have added their testi-
mony. so that tho verdict is unanimous that
Electric Bitters cure all diseases of the liver,
kidneys or blood. Only a half a dollar a
bottle at R. E. Lubn's Drug Store.
The woman who neglects her
husband's shirt front is no longer
tho wife of his bosom.
Those who are trying to break up the
baneful habit of intemperance will experi-
ence great benefit, from the use of Prieklv
Ash Bitters. Liqu r deranges the system.
Prickly Ash Bitters will remedy the evil re-
sults and restore the brain, stomach and liv-
er to healthy action, thereby strengthening
the will power, thoroughly cleansing and
toning the svstem and removing every taint
of disease. It is purely a medicine, and
while pleasant to the taste, it cannot be used
as 'a beverag i by reason of its cathartic prop-
erties.
The book that makes the great-
est stir in society is the plethoric
pocketbook.
fttvvvo th® Children. Tkey are e«-
JjWv^ pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Croup, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's jCwffffah
Remedy s positive cure. It saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
R. E. Luhn.
It is reported that the President
will spend the summer in the iar
West.
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complaint of
thousands suffering from Asthma, Con-
sumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try
Acker's English Remedy? It Is the beet
preparation Rnown for all Lung Troubles,
sold on a positive guarantee at 10c., 00c.
R. E. Luhn.
Persistont industry is the best
antidote for temptatiou.
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 85 and 60 cents, by
R. E. Luhn.
Thero are a hundred kinds of re-
ligion, but only one kind of piety.
3^ n\ro vO a Blood Elixir is the only
* Blood Remedy guaran-
teed. It is a positive cure for Ulcere, Erup-
tions or Syphilitic Poisoning. It purifies the
whole system, and banishes all Rheumatio
and Neuralgic pains. , We guarantee it.
B- E. Luhn.
— Pill T lien. II ■■
A good way to make children
t«H ths troth is to tell it yourself.
Buoklea's Arnica Salve
The beet salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, oms and
all skin eruptions, and positively .cures piles,
or no pay required. It is guarantee ! to give
perfect SstiAotion, or money refunded.
Price 85 cents per box. ~
Luhn.
i viuii \a\#vae
tits per box. For sale by R. E.
km* tl
room in this country.
stomach ologged? Tlrt bloe* becomes iit
pure because the liver does not act proper!
and work off the poison Worn the system, an
the certain results are blotches, pimples an
Purify the blood with SUninoi
become clear.
.... ■ »■ H,.i„ up I, I
The love of all things springs
from the love of ono.
. PKTROLINK POROI SKO PLASTA'KS
Are the best external remedy ever devised.
They afford instant relief, and are not exhlbi-
ed at County Fairs like "prise turnips," but
are recommended by physicians and sold by
first-class druggists and J. Tristram, Bren-
ham.
WOMEN AND WINE.
There is nothing so exacting, so
tyranical as the decrees of fashion.
Fashion controls society and socie-
ty generally moulds the habits and
tastes of those who move in its
circles. Society can ruin or re
form; build up or destroy. There
are a thousand and one vices that
it may lead to or that it may cor-
rect. Ono of the whims > f society
in tho great cities now is wine in
the ball room, and too much can-
not be said in condemnation of the
fashion. The men can generally
take caro of themselves, but the
women, when their native modes-
ty has been broken down b}' the
decroe of fashion which requires
them to display their charms in a
manner which ought to be regard-
ed as top lavish even before their
own mirrors, need some safeguard,
a deliver}' from temptation. A
fearful story of the extent to which
the pu-nch bowl has degraded soci-
ety during the past winter comes
from Baltimore. A late dispaich
from that city says:
Drunkenness played a disgusting
part in many ot tho tashionahle
balls and parties here this winter.
Women drank to excess as well as
tho men. Some of the fairest of
Baltimore's fair ladies went home
half intoxicated from balls and re-
ceptions. Club men who have
been used to wild orgies for years
declared they never saw so much
wine drinkirg at respectable enter-
tainments before. Even some of
the debutantes, bright, innocent
young girls of 17 and 18, became
temporary victims of the passion.
The sparkle of the champagne, its
delicious first effects and the bra-
vado ot tossing off the iced liquid
completely charmed thom. Du-
ring this season it was the " prop-
er caper." Last season it was just
the reverse. Several of the best
society families have become so
disgusted that they have vowed
never to givo any me re entertain-
ments with wine at their houses.
Forty Year's Experience of an Old Name.
Mrs Winslow'i Soothing Syrup is the
prescription of one of the best Female Phy-
sician and Nurses in the United States, and
has been used for forty years with nover
failing safety and success by millions of
mothers and children, from the feeble infant
of one week old to the adult. It corrects
acidity of the stomach, relieves wiud colic,
regulates tne bowels, and gives rest, health
and comfort to mother and child. Wo be-
lieve it tho Best and Surest Remedy in the
vorld in all cases of Dysentery and Diab-
bhoka in children, whether arising from
teething or from any other cause. Full di-
rections for using will accompany each bot-
tle. None genuine unless tho fac-simile of
Curtis and Perkins is on the outside wrap-
per. Sold by all Medicine Dealers. 25
cents a bottle.
In 1676 a Frenchman named
Thery deposited $2,000,000 in the
Bank of Venice and then died.
More than a century passed, when
Bonaparte was ordered by the di-
rectory to demand principal and
interest for the benefit of a French
subject. Tbey were paid to him,
and bo appropriated them to mili-
tary uses. The States, therefore,
became the debtor of the Tbery
family. Authentic heirs of the de-
positor ot the $2,000,000 exist
That sum with legal interest, now
comes to $125,000,000.
Ucefol and Hurtful Medicine.
There is a certain class of remedies for
constipation absolutely useless. There arc
boluses and potions made in great part of
podophyllin, aloes' rheubarb, gamboge, and
other worthless ingredients. The damage
they do to the stomachs of those who use
them is incalculable. They evacuate the
bowels, it is true, but always do so violently
an! profUsely, and besides, gripe tin newels.
Their effect is to whaken both them an.l the
stomach. Better far to lit the agreeable
and salutary aperienL Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, the laxative effect of which is nover
preceded bv pain, ot accompanied by a con-
vulsive, viole taction of the bowels. On the
contrary, it invigorates those organs, the
stomach and the entire system. As a moans
of curing snd preventing malarial fevers, no
medicine can compere with it, and it reme
dies nervous debility, rheumatism, kidney
and bladder inactivity, and other inorganic
ailments. '
'•Yon have heard all the evi-
dence," said the judge in summing
np, "you have also beard Wbftt the
learned oonnsel hare said. If yon
b«lim What the oonnsel for the
plaintiff hit told yon, yonr verdict
will be for tbe plaintiff; bat if, on
the other hand, yon believe what
the defendant's oonnsel has told
yon, then yon will give a vordiet
for the defendant But if yon are
like me, and don't believe what
either oi them have said, then I'll
be hanged tf I know what yon will
do."-—Bxohango.
J ■ ... la THEM.
Great excitement has been caused in the
vicinity of Park, Texas, by the remarkable
recovery of Mr. J. E. Coriey, who was so
helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise
his heed; everybody said be was dying of
consumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King's
New Discovery was sent him. Finding re-
lief, he bought a large bottle and a box of
Dr. King'sNew Life Pills: by the time he
had taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles
of the Discovery, he was well and gained in
flesh thirty-six pounds. Trial bottlee of this
Great Discovery for Consumption free at
R E. Luhn's.
LEGISLATORS.
Rural Journal.
It is strange that men will aspire
to positions that thoy are not
qualified to fill, and it is more so,
that people will elect men to repre-
sent them in as important a capa-
city as that ot a representative of
the State legislature, where laws
are to be made to govern the peo-
ple, and other important interest
to be looked attor that requires in-
telligence, wisdom and energy to
act. VYe want men who knows tho
need ot the country and have the
qualification to formulate their
ideas in an intelligent manner; a
more figure head, to draw their
pro rata of tho public funds, will
never benefit a state or county.
It would be far better to have no
representative.
It is a lamentable fact, that a
majority of people while support-
ing men for office will allow friend-
ship and politics to govern their
acts without considering the more
important feature, qualification,
and hence a large majority ot our
state representatives are totally
unqualified to perform tho duties
expected of them, and the result is
about one-forth, or a less number,
govern and control our state leg-
islature.
It is required ot teachers of public
schools that they stand an examina-
tion of qualification before the}'
are entrusted with the authority to
teach, so it should be with men
who are sent to mako laws to gov-
ern an enlightened people.
A man who cannot draw up a
legal document, or present his
opinion in public in a decent man-
ner, has no business in tho legisla-
ture. He can be of more seruice
to the people by staying at home
and following a plow, slinging a
sledge hammer, or selling bull
yearlings, for if ho makes a failure
in this, nobody is hurt but him-
self, but when he is sent to act as a
mouth piece for his people, it is ex-
pected that he will do more than a
mere looker-on who only votes
when his name is called.
A legislator should not only boa
man of thought and learning, but
it is necessary that he be able to
display more or loss oratory, in or-
der to have weight before so large
and intelligent a body as the legis-
lature is expected to be, short of
this ho is a failure as representative
of his people.
An important Rutins.
Rural Journal.
The Attorney-General has made
a ruling that will be ot
great value to county attor-
neys tborughout the state, set-
tling a question relative to their
tees that has been an open question
for a number of years. Tho ruling
grows out of an application to the
office by a county attorney to
be informed whether a justice of
tbe peace on the plea of guilty
could pay over the fee of $5 grant-
ed to county attorneys under tho
Erovision ot the law regulating
is tee of office to a county attor-
ney pro tem. Altorney-General
Hogg, answering this query, holds
that the law regulating the appoint-
ment of county attorneys pro tem.
relates to the law requiring the
county attorneys to attend the /og-
ular terms of the county and jus-
tices' courts, and prosecute all cases
in behalf of the state, and provides
in case of his absenco for the ap-
pointment of a oounty attorney pro
tern., to receive the same fees while
acting as each that are granted the
oounty attorney elected to the of-
fice, but the right of justices of the
peace to appoint county attorneys
pro tem. does not oxtend to th<
right of appointing pro tem. coun-
ty attorneys out of term time,
When a defendant desires to plead
guilty in such cases it is the duty
of tbe justice of the peace to re-
oeive the plea'of guilty, and, in the
absence of the duly elected county
attorney, to oolleot the $5 and turn
it over to tho treasurer of tbe
CODQty as a part of the county
revenue.
The revised version: "What wax
de tex dis mornin' Mr. Johnson^
I wus too late." "It wns about de
meraoies, Bro. Snow. Whar de
Lor' fed several people on 5000
baskets of 8sb.M I don't see any
meracle about dat." "Ob, de raer-
aole am dey all didn't bnst."
Tried and trne. Red Star Cough
Cure. No poisons. No narcotics.
No constipation.
The North Carolina legislature
proposes to limit the extravagance
of its Governor. It bas passed a
law prohibiting the Governor from
offering more than tour hundred
dollars reward for the arrost and
conviction ot a murderer.
Old Dave's Sensible Talk.
D. B. Culberson is making an
effort in congress in behalf of the
department of agriculture and la-
bor, and takes the following stand:
Agriculture and labor ask no
bounty from the goverment They
do not ask that other industries
may be taxed; directlv or indirect-
ly, to swell their profits. They ask
no class legislation in their behalf.
They seek no advantages over
other industries to be enjoyed un-
der color of law. They do not de-
sire to escape taxation, direct or
indirect. They submit with cheer-
fulness to all legitimate burdens ot
Government. But thoy demand
oqual and exact justice, and above
all they demand that Congress
shall exorcise its legislative pow-
ers without casting upon them un-
fair and unequal burdens, andvest-
ing in private or public corpora-
tions power to strip them of their
hard earnings and the legitimate
profits of their toil.
Fix the Law Accordingly.
Gov. Ireland in his last message
is evidently correct in his views on
abusive language. He said: "I
have never been able to appreciate
that clause in our penal code which
declares that insulting language
used toward another should not
justify an a^ult. That the cow-
ard shall be his neighbor, and feel
that his government shields bim
in so doing, is a species of legal
and political ethics which I do not
understand. That it is the rule for
a state to make cowards of her
people, and justify a system that
tends to humiliate her citizens is
neithersanctioned by the history of
our own race nor in keeping with
the intelligence of our time. In-
sulting language should be treated
as an assault, and the man who re-
sents it with a blow should bo held
as merely acting in self-defence,
provided he does not inflict great
bodily harm or endanger lite.
A woman writes me—and one of
the noblest and most intelligent
women in America, sho is, too:
"To be poor is nothing. To have
a home if all things. 1 wish women
knew that."
There is philosophy in these
three lines, and, to those who have
sense enough to appreciate the fact,
a solution of the large part of the
ills that afflict society to day. Alas!
How few women, comparatively,
know the meaning of the word
"homo" in its truest, fullest and
most inclusive sense; and still less
of them know bow to make a real
home for their husband and chil-
dren.
Greenville Herald: if you are
satisfied to play the part of a bump
on a log, and don't want the in-
creased prosperity which follows
in the wake of enterprise, get your
log and fasten on to it, but don't
undertake to pile tbe tbe log up in
front of tbe procession in an effort
of block tho progress of your neigh-
bors. If you don't want to march,
drop out ot tbe lino and look on,
but don't throw stones.
A boon to the afflicted _ is St.
Jaoobs Oil the conqueror of pain.
There are no means so effective
in advertising one's county as a
liberal distribution of your home
paper among friends in the east
It is a weekly letter, giving an in-
sight into the character of the soil,
tbe kinds of crops raised, progress
of improvements and general
development. It undoubtedly has
no peer as a method for spreading
the knowledge of our country's
wonderful resources.—Sioux City
Herald.
Scene in court—"What a mur-
derous lookin' vill'in the prisoner
is!" whispered an old lady, in a
court room, to her husband. "I'd
be afraid to git near him."
"Sh!" warned her husband, "that
ain't the prisoner; he ain't been
brought in yet"
"It ain't! who is it then V
"It's the judge,"
I have been more and more' con-
vinced, tbe more I think ot it, that,
in general, pride is at the bottom
ef all great mistakes. All tba oth-
er passions do occasional good;
bnt, Whenever pride pats in its
word, everything goes wrong; and
what it sight really be desirable
to do, anietly and innooently, it is
mortally dangerons to do proudly.
—Ruskin.
Windy Colic, Teething
Stomach Disorders, eaa he relieved
at oaee by Ming Acker* Baby Soother.
It- contains no Opium or Mcrphiae,
hence is safe. Price *5 cents. SoM by
R. R. Luhn.
Crown Prinoe Rudolph and
Archduke John, of the Austrian
imperial family, have been sppomt-
ed army corps.
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