Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 23, 1892 Page: 2 of 4
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THE BRIDHAM DAILY BAIINER,
J. O. KANKIN. Proprietor.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 18»2.
Hox. R. Q. Mills Las resigned
from the chairmanship committee.
An orange and lemon trust has
been formed at llivei-side, California.
Ex-Phehideht Cleveland is over
ia Louisiana on a quiet hunting ex-
pedition.
A New Yokk syndicate has a new
line of ships plying between New
Orleans and Honduras weeklj.
It is said tlat the preparations
around the capital indi. ate that ar-
rangements are being made for the
calling of an extra session.
It is the opinion of the Corpus
Christi Caller that "honesty in poli-
tics is something that is seen best
when viewed through a magnifying
glass."
One of the attractions of the Chi-
cago exhibition is to be a pyramid of
t'our hundred pianos connected by
electricity and manipulated by one
woiuilii.
It in now report'd that the Garza
evolution will rein .in in statue quo
or the next six w« iks, when it will
break out simultaneously all over
Jaxico and be pushed on until
J haz is dethroned.
The chamber of depi ties in Paris
j"rance Tuesday was t e cene of
i nusual excitement and several en-
counters took place in the arrange-
ment for future duels. They had a
Tegular monkey and parrott time.
A i>ELi.<iATiox of colored men wait-
ad on president Harrison and asked
the appointment of John I. L:.ngs-
oon on the federal judiciary, but the
president coolly informed them that
i.ie would not appoint a negro to a
position on the bench.
I'ndeu the McKinley bill the sugar
refining companies are doing a profi-
table business. The largest ono in
seTv York city, with a capital of
>03,000,000, has just paid the stock-
holders a dividend of 8 per cent, and
{■as a supplus of a million and a half.
Tiie Rusk County News admits
: sat there is no argument that can
i ) offered against the democracy of
< ither of Mills opponents, they are
rue to the core: but when it comes
i > comparing them on the tariff, and
mis question alone must take the
•ad. neither Culberson nor Chilton
re ?n it at all.
—.— ■ -
Tut: Corpus Christi Caller tiuth-
illy remarks that "Texas has no
bier champion of her cause, nor
i abler defender of her rights, than
• iohn Ireland, an 1 in case Mills is
i ot elected there is no one who will
.riLtr more credit to his state as her
epreseutative in the senate of the
United States than the Sage of
Seguin.
Cjx'»kessmax Mills has returned
to Washington. He oaid ii was
strange that the Farmers Alliance
t-hoiJd be against him, as his whole
political life had been spent in bat-
tling with all his strength for the re-
lief of the masses and his sympa-
thies with the oppressed, and the
h.id had no better friend than his
whole life proved him to be.
KDUCATF1J MEN AM) "SMAKT ALKX."
A correspondent of the Joarnalof
Agriculture very teresely describes
the difference between an educated
gentleman and a mere college grad-
uate of the "Smart Alex" type.
Attendance at a college, says the
correspondent, is no proof of an edu-
cation. It only shows that one has
been in attendance at a place where
he has had an opportunity to learn
something, providing he has brains
to rotain and energy to apply him-
self assiduously to the acquisition of
knowledge. But, I contend, when
he graduates that he has, compara-
tively speaking, no education; he
has merely laid the foundation upon
which to build an education.
An educated man makes a better
citizen, a better anything, than an
uneducated one. The man is such
because his chinking faculties are
trained to act with precision and
quickness, and he does not have to
stand and ponder half a day about
the manner in which he has to go to
work to do anything connected with
his business or avocation of life.
The man who is truly educated is
not a shirk. Ho has sense enough
to know that he must adapt himslf
to his jurroundings, and perform
well his pari in whatever capacity
fortune compels him to eke out a
living. The shirk and trickster are
MOSBY'S "CLOSE CALL"
How the Guerrilla Chieftain Was Onee
Captured, Shot and Left for Dead.
"It was one of the closest calls I ever
had, and I was pronounced as good as a
dead man by the Federal surgeon who
made a hasty examination of nie after
the shooting."
The speaker was the noted southern
raider, Colonel John 8. Mosby, who now
resides in San Francisco, but was spend-
ing a few days in the city. He and 1 sat
together on a settee in the corridor of a
Broadway hotel and talked about war
times. The colonel—lie was never a
general—pushed back his slouch liat and
his gray eyes gazed at the ceiling as if it
were a map of the war. He forgot that
he had ever been a politician and spent
seven years of his life as consul to Hong-
Kong. His memory went back twenty-
seven years, to a period when ho was
known to the north as a guerrilla raider.
I had been talking to him about narrow
escapes, and the conversation led to the
following narrative by the colonel:
"It was in Decemlier. IW-l, in Vir-
ginia, that I thought I had received a
fatal wound. I was captured, but not
recognized, and left for dead by the Fed-
erals. I have seen an account some-
where of this adventure of mine, but it
had no resemblance to tho truth. That
verisimilitude of detail was lacking to
rescue the story from pure fiction.
"On that evening in December I was
eating supper at a farmhouse and not
suspecting the approach of Federal cav-
alry. Tho farmer, his wife and daughter
were friends of mine, and a son of the
family was under my command. I was
ravenously hungry, and by the aid of
a tallow candle —gas and oil were not
used in Virginia then—I was eating
sausages and pone bread. Such luxuries
as sugar and coffee were not in the
menu. Suddenly tho door was opened
and several Federal officers entered,
generally of that type of educated, rj'he house was entirely surrounded by a
people who are denominated "Smart regiment of cavalry. I had on a long
., gray overcoat, and on the collar was the
_ insignia of my rank as colonel. Jump-
The man who is educated in the jng Uj, j raised both hands and rare-
true sense of the word knows that lessly grasped my collar, hiding the in-
labor of any kind and every kind, so j signia, of my rank. They did not know
, , ,, who I was, except that I was a Con-
thai it be descent, is honorable. fe,lerate
The pseudo aiistocrat thinks it dis- "I looked down the barrels of several
reputable. The difference is, one is revolvers and surrendered. Of course 1
, . , • i v • i racked my brain to find out some avenue
educated, the other thinks he is. and of camw in a dangorous way
is not. The soldiers on the outside fired through
It is an axiom that an enlightened an open window at me and a ball struck
and educated people can never be en- me in the left side. The firing created
slaved. History shows that a people confusion, and tho officers rushed out to
who are properly educated will not avoi<1 bein»shot b-v thcir 0W11 lnen- hi
submit to encroachment of therights tbo hast° of their departure the table
, . , Al , i i . a was overturned and the candle went out,
which they know belong to them, icaving the room in (larkneS8. This was
but may, and often do, when ^ey my chance. I ran into an adjoining
are improper educated in other room, pulled off my coat and tucked it
words, when the "Smart Alex class under a bureau. By that time I was
predominates. growing weak from loss of blood, and I
—— . Ml.
The Galveston News lias inter- "The Federals came in and the surgeon
viewed Farmer Bill Shaw, and he'examined me hastily. I distinctly re-
takes occasion to give the ±"ort! tliat ho naid i shot ii\ tlit-
.. , I heart, though how he managed to locatr
W ortli Gazette a lasping after which | wound there is a mystery to me. 1
he pays his respect to Hen. Ii. Q.! was stripped"of what clothing I had and
M lis, but denied that it was be-
Gov. How has said that he would
'•all an extra session of the Legisla-
ture, and to lefuse to uo so now
would cause his best firiends to
doubt any further utterauce he
might make. He car't afford not to
oall the extra session. The fiat has
^one forcli. and from his own lips:
he has always kept his faith with the
people and he can't offord at this late
■ lay to commence crawfishing with
theiu. The extra session will be
<^illed.
Hill's tribute to President Cleve-
land's administration is worthy of
ihoughtful consideration. Among
other things he said: "No scan-
»• ials marked its election. Its suc-
cess was not bought by the purses
.of the rich candidates nor corrup*
; ion fund hat holders rewarded with
tabinet offices No scandals stained
its history. Its partisan affairs were
uot conduted by men of spotted
fame and ill repute. Its public
oonncils were led by men of long ex-
perience. of unsullied fame, of un-
questioned integrity.
cn.ise of Mills position in the
last prohibition campaign whc.i he
was conducting a prohibition organ.
He favors Dave Culberson for Sena-
tor.
King Hcmlert of Italy is said to
be the only European monarch who
does not play on some musical in-
stisimant. The czar plays a big sil-
ver cornet, tho Prince of "A'ales
plays the banjo, the Duke of Edin-
burg plays the fiddle, Victoria is a
vio'in^ello virtuoso. President Diaz
of Mexico, plays the Monarch, and
Garza is trying to play the devil.
The talk of sending ten thousand
men to whip Chili is absurd. It
would only be a sacrifice of so much
material for they would last no time
against the Chilians and accomplish
nothing. Uncle Sam would then
have to send a force down there
large enough to whip her easy.
Thh cruiser Baltimore at Mare
island navy yard left Wednesday for
the South. She will go to Apulco
or Caleo and will probably be joined
by the Charleston or San Francisco
now at San Diego. It may be that
Uncle Sam will yet have a little
brush with Chili.
How Good Luck Is Won.
Walking up Main street the otuer day
a good looking, well dressed and intelli-
gent appealing young man was observed
to stoop down and pick up a pin.
"What did you do that for?" inquired
an aqcuaintance, suspecting some miser-
ly trait.
"That," replied the young man, "was
done to insure good luck for the rest of
the day. If you find a pin with the head
toward you, be sure and pick it up and
carry it about your clothes, and you will
then be assured of good luck during the
rest of that day. The day, of course,
ends at midnight. But in order to have
the charm work you must be sure and
wear the pin somewhere about your
clothes."—Buffalo Express.
.Meaning of Aniuial Engravings.
The turtle and the snail meant domes-
tic inclination. A serpent indicated
wisdom, and with its tail in its mouth it
symbolized eternity. The owl was re-
flexion—not wisdom, as is commonly
thought. Bacchus engraved on a gem
was often accompanied by a parrot, rep-
resenting the loquacious disposition of
the inebriate. Women commonly wore
stones engraved with scorpions, spiders
or other poisonous things as a protec-
tion against like objectionable creatures.
—Jewelers' Weekly.
left in almost a nude condition. They
asked memynanio and I gave a fictitious
one. The farmer was interrogated, but
he did not tell them my name. As tliev
did not suspect that i was Mosby they
soon departed.
"Although it rained in torrents and
the lightning was iifcessant I was car-
ried away in an ox wagon. All the
mules and horses in the place had disap-
peared weeks before and only a yoke ot
oxen remained. Two negro boys, the
farmer and his daughter drove the
wagon and acted as my escort. Before
they started I was rolled in several
bankets and made as comfortable a;!
possible under the circumstances. The\
conveyed me three miles to my men
and when they unrolled me and ex
amined my wound I said I was shot in
the identical spot that General Jel
Stuart was, and I thought 1 would die.
The ball went straight through Jel)
Stuart, but fortunately in my case it de-
flected and went upward. In six weeks
I was strong enough to be in the saddle
again. I have been wounded six times."
—New York Herald.
At the Dinner Hour.
The national congress comprises with-
in its bounds and metes a number ol
great American citizens who are not
what might be called "de rigger" in so-
ciety or quite comme il faut as to all the
proprieties, and their families are as yet
somewhat similar to them. One of these
new statesmen arrived with his wife and
four children one afternoon two or three
days before congress opened, and took
up his quarters in a swell hotel. The
youngsters, and in fact all of the family,
had concluded that coming to Washing
ton was a fine thing and they enjoyed
the concltision thoroughly.
At half past 0 they went into the din-
ing room to dinner, but "supixfr'' as they
seemed to think, and the boy among
the children had both his eyes wide open.
When he had been seated he spotted a
gentleman across tire table receiving his
dessert. Then he reached for his motliei
with a grab.
"Gee whiz, maw," he whispered, so
everybody near could hear him, "ain't
it great in Washington? They've got
puddin and pie for supper. "—Detroit
Free Press.
A Oofer Marriage Custom.
In the LooChoo islands there are some
strange social fashions. A Japanese gen-
tleman who has recently returned to the
capital from a tour in these islands states
that what mostly attracted his attention
was some curious marriage customs.
One consists in the bridegroom going
round to all his friends' houses and per-
mitting them to dress him up in any
ridiculous style that they fancy. Some-
times the happy man is arrayed in a gay-
ly painted kimono, the sleeves of which
are tied up with a string laden with
bells, toys and trumpets. A mask is
then put on and a red hat, the "rig out"
being completed by an empty kerosene
tin which rattles noisily along as he
walks, accompanied generally by a
crowd of children.—London News.
Th« Boy Critic.
And of all critics a boy is the cruel
est. Ho is no respecter of vanitie
or shams. His cool questions ana
downright remarks make you writhe
while you laugh, and laugh while
you burn.
"One of this sort, aged fifteen,
asked lately. "Have you got a sinewy
neck, mamma?"
"Gracious!"—with a start. 'TVhat
do you mean?"
"Why"—an inquiring and observ-
ing expression in his eyes—"I read
the other day that all literary women
have got sinewy necks. It said ono
could always tell 'em that way. It
was a never failing test. Did you
ever notice it?"
"Never!" hastily. "You will have
to judge for yourself. I'm sure I
don't know."
"Well," meditatively, "I think
perhaps it is true."
What answer can bo given to such
refreshing candor.—Harper's Bazar.
Quick Wit from ■ Rough People.
During a discussion on tho Isle of
Man a clergyman taking, in fun, tho
opposite view, asked, "Then what do
you say to Satan ?" Quick as light-
ning tho old fellow tapped him on
the shoulder and replied: "Hush,
hush, pass'n; it isn't for you to speak
agen him at all. Doesn't ho give
you tho very coat on your back?"
Equally smart was the retort of a
Mr. Teare to Bishop Hill, who had
told him there were no tears in
heaven. "The plains of heaven 1
know, my lord," said he, alluding.to
Martin's famous picture so called,
and painted from Manx scenery,
"but I have never heard of a hill
there." This readiness of tongue is
found at the most unexpected times
and in the most unexpected places.—
London Saturday Review.
How the Virtue of Tea Was Discovered.
One ancient legend says that tho
virtues of tea were learned by acci-
dent by a Chinese monarch, King
Shen Nung, "The Divine Husband-
man," who flourished forty centuries
ago, and who, in boiling water over
a fire made from tho tea branches on
which the latter still hung, allowed
some of the latter to fall into the pot.
—Philadelphia Times.
A Turtle'* I^ong Fast.
In June last, a tree on tlio farm of
Mortimer Hamilton, in Jackson county,
Ind., was blown down and pressed into
the earth a large snapping turtle. Somo
days ago the limb which imprisoned the
turtle was removed, and the animal
crawled off, apparently unhurt. During
all that time it had existed without food
or water.—Yankee Blade.
Vk'O.vi FX.
The hand that roots the cradle is
hand that rules the world.
tk*
The influence of a mother, the influence
of a sister, the inf.u nee of a wife. Th«
world feels this in:iuer.<-<-. It shapes the
destiny of men. i'or a mother's sake, for
a sister's sake, for a wife's sake a man will
■triva to be honorable. He becomes am-
bitious. He becomes successful. Happy
the household where the women folks *re
cheerful, contented, and happy. How
pitable the home where mother, sister, or
wife lies ill. How grand the remedy that
is suited to the ills of womanhood and that
will restore nervous, sickly, aching, de-
spondent women to health and strength.
WEAK WOMEN
Such a remedy is J>r. John Bull's Sarsa-
parilla. It is eminently the best remedy
for the weaknesses and distress incident to
and following a condition of disordered
female functions. It revive?, strengthens,
and regulates the feminine constitution.
Mrs. Mary F. Wilkinson, Jackson, Tenn.,
writes:
"I was a very health, woman before my
marriage. but dating iroin a miscarriage,
my health got to Oe very bad. My complex-
ion became sallow. I became nervous and
sleepless; I grew thin an I despondent. My
appetite was tickle, and what I at" laid like
lead upon my sUnnacii. .My habits were ir-
regular, and 1 su lie red iiiutii pain. I used
prescriptions of several good doctors, but
my ailments increased A bearing down
pain about mv back and loins seemed as if
it would kill inc. 1 \va» subject to frequent
headaches and biliou.-, attacks. In this con-
dition I besan a use of Dr. Hull's Sarsapa-
rllla. It seemed precisely suited to my
condition. Every spu-mf, i seemed to go
to the right spot 1 soon showed great im-
provement, aud my friends rejoiced at my
returning health. I used it during the
months of March and April, and give it all
the credit for my present enjoyment of life
and good health. It U a boon to weak and
aufletiuj; women."
STRONG.
Nelly Davis, llelenw. Ark., writes: "Dr.
Bull's Sarsaparilla lias improved my health
wonderfully, a'so greatly improved mjr
looks. I had eruptions on my skin but they
have disappeared, and 1 was very weak,
with no appetite, and at timessutiered great
pain, but now i feel quite, well again."
*6*Many a yale and sickly looking little
ch'M has'been si-.e-l by its good mother
giving ii li:-. John Itull'.-. Worm Destroyers.
Ttaoy taste good, l'ricc -■"> cents.
Nothing male s n person feel so bad
as a touch of dulls an.l fever Smith's Tonte
Syrup is pleasant to take, and cures this
ailment quickly.
John I>. Pauk & Sons, Ayents,
1T5,177 and 17U Ssyem uirc ^t., fincianati, O,
16]
J ji, Tristram, aaen', for abo/j n. 1 ue.-
GREEN'S BRIGADE RE-UNION.
The seventh annual re-union of
the members of Green's Brigade
will be held at Corpus Christi on
Monday, February 22d, 1892. Ev-
ery member of tho Brigade should
attend. Rates of 4 cents a mile for
the round trip have been secured
by the transportation committee
over the following railways, to wit:
San Antonio and'Aransas Pass, In-
ternational and Great Northern,
Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe, Hous-
ton, East and West Texas, and
Shreveport and Houston, and tho
Houston and Texas Central.
Several roads yet to hear from,
H. G. CAETER, President.
J. G. Ranki*, Secretary.
Wm. LUSK
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE,
-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-
-HKADQUARTERS FOR-
A full supply of Ladies and Gentlemen burial robes.
Sandy Street, Brenham, Texas.
CH ARLES HALENZA,
AGENT.FOR THE CELEBRATED
Lone Star Keg and Bottled Beer.
DEALER IN
AY, 11 FEED,
SEED OATS, ETC.
Country Produce bought at Highest Cash Prices. -]•- All orders civen prompt atte
ORDERS FOR
KEG o* BOTTLE BEER
PROMPTLY FILLED.
HtKK DKLIVEItV IN CITV.
8CHMID BUOB.
DZ!AIjZm.B I3XT
16ENERAL MERCHANDISE
COR. FIRST AND WEST STREETS, BRENHAM TEXAS
A full stock of Dry Goods. Groceries, Hats, Caps, Boots and
Shoes. Highest price paid for Country Produce.
SERE I AM AGAIN!
WITH
CORN. OATS, BRAN, HAY AND FEED
Oi all kinds. Cheap as any and good as the best
Ajt J. B. K-F-MP'S.
Merc-hants'
Exchange Saloon,
Having purchased the above named Saloon of Mr. YY. H.
Murphy, I respectfully solicit a continuation of tho liberal
patronage heretofore extended, promising to keep up its wel1
earned reputation of being headquarters for slraight liquors
fine wines and cigars.
F. HEINECKE
ProDiietor.
F. KRENTZLIN.
AGENT FOE W. J. LEMP'S
Keg and Bottled Beer!
—DEALER IN—
Choice Family Groceries.
Wines, Liquors, Tobacco; Oigars, Crockery and Glassware
grabek building, brenham, texas.
I^-Orders for Keg or Bottled Boer promptly filled. Goods delivered
in all parts of the city free of charge.
s. #
M. -A.. HEALY,
— DEALER IN -
General Hardware,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, FENCE WIRjs,
PilKTS OILS, TARNISH, WINDOW GLASS, IRON PIPE'
Pomps, Steam Fittings, Robber Belting, Ac.,
West Sandy Street, brenham. texa&
HERMANN FISCHER.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
STAF1B AHD FAHCY GB0CE8IES
Western and Texas Produce,
Imported and Domestic
WINE9, LIQUORS, OIGARS, TOBACCO,
Delicacies, Candies. Preserved Vegetables, Fruits, Meal,
Fish. Pickles, Canned Frni*, Nots, etc.
BRENHAM TEXAS.
Sole Agent of AnhsMw'i Celebrated St. Louis Boer
iflt ics in quavtitiks at lowest rates ~v«
|&*Lowest wholesalo prices to the trade. P&js the highest market
or Cotton and o'.lier produce.
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