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THE YIILE LOR
FRED L AMSLER
General Insurance and Real
Estate
Ottee Ptmae 7 Residence 69
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. insertion after the first day
ads taken for low than 15c.
FOR SALE—A second hand stove.
Apply Banner Office.—Adv.l97-tf
VANTED—Gean white rags at the
gannerj?ress_^^
TOR SALE-One yoke^ of work
Steers. Young and broke to work.
Sam Pink.-Adv.2ie d8t w2t
CoSt-A saddle, blanket and dicker
Return to Banner °fflce or_ William
Schwartz, Brenham, Route 7.—Ad.8t
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with
FOR SALE—Shetland pony,
saddle, harness and cart Cost $160,
will sell for $60.00. Perfectly gen-
tle. Phone 352 or 34.—Adv.tf
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Railroad Tlme.Table
Arthur Kilgore, Agent
Passenger trains leave the Union
Station on the following schedules:
Santa Fe—North
No. ........ 11:86 a. m
No. 19..«*iI.«•»(i...»dl'32 p. m.
No. 18 12:27 a. m.
Santa Fe—SoatH
No. 5ini,ii.ii.iiiii.i4^6 p. ni'
No. 17• •• e * e e ••••••• e » e #4 .26 fti HI-
No. 15. ••.♦•••••••••<•• .5:19 a. m.
H. ft T. C East
No. 42. east bound— :4;25 p. m.
Train No. 46 east bound^8:20 a. m.
Train No. 48 west bound 1:1? p. m.
Train No. 45 west bound 2:40 a. m.
BROCKSCH HIDT t I0T1NG
LEADING
Insurance Agency
brenham Texas
WANTED—Girls and boys between
the ages of 15 and 18 to work In the
cotton mill. Nominal wage paid
while learning. Warm and com-
fortable during the w'nt®r"21^ y
at Cotton Mill office.—Adv. 218 3t.
POR RENT—5-room house, hall, mod-
ern improvements, one Mock from
school on Cotton wood . St Mrs. r. A.
Jackson.—Adv.216-6t
TAKTN UP-Three head of Jersey
coft.lp* a milch cow and two heiter
yearlings, all branded with the goose
neck BURCH, Poundkeeper.
Adv.219tf
COTTON CONFERENCE
$130,000,000
State
Committees on
Fund to Confer
Washington, Dec. 14.—State com
mittees appointed to aid in handling
the $135,000,000 cotton fund are ex-
pected in Washington tomorrow to
confer with the federal reserve
board's cotton loan committee about
the details of the work assigned
them.
Children take BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP willingly because it
tastes nice. There isn't a better rem-
3y anywhere for children's coughs
hoarseness and bronchitis. It sa
n-ood medicine and easy to take.
Price 25c, 50c. and $100 per bot
tie. Sold by all druggist^—Adv.
You can get 20 per cent off on
SS, HftC "c."S?
stock of brand Indud*
ed in this gale.--Adv.211tf
FOR SALE
80 acres under fence, good house,
just outside of city limits.
7 acres most desirable residence
property in town or good for sub-
division.
Also other good lands near and in
town.
APPLY TO
Gildings or Reber Stone
BRENHAM, TEXAS
Christmas Gilts
A nobby Xmas present put up in
a fancy box will add materially to
the looks of the gift We are
making a specialty of fancy
Ties, Suspenders
Handkerchiefs
and Hosiery
Pat up in Attractive Boxes
ATW GIMAiy
ALEX SIMUN
"
ELITE BARBER SHOP
GET SHAVED RIGHT NOW
4-Barbers-4
YOU DONT HAVE TO WAIT
C. E. STOKES. Prop.
Went Side Courthouse Square
IT PAYS
TO ADVERTISE
TRY A CARD
In These Columns
Pat a Bath Tab
1 and Lavatory In
YOUR HOME
Galvanized Flues
AND CISTERNS
EVERY SACK SOLD
Means a new customer for our
Hunters Cream Flour; because
better, purer, more nourishing
bread and cakes follo\. its use
every time. As Hunters Flour
costs no more than others would
it not be wise for you to give it
a trial? We know th® result be-
fore and you'll know and appre-
ciate it afterwards.
WILLIAM SEIDEL
PHONE 189
GEO. N. DWYER
General Insurance and
Real Estate
BRENHAM TEXAS
Phone 487
Dr. R. E. NICHOLSON
Eve, Earr Nose and Throat
Office over Schirmacher's Drug
Store
BRENHAM, TEXAS
MATH IS, TEAGUE AND
EMBREY
LAWYERS
Office Corner Alamo and North St
BILLY BURNES
Veterinary Surgeon
Office at 205 St Charles Street
&TC
Oil Barning Locomotives
FAST SERVICE
NORTH AND SOUTH
Good Connections
EAST and WEST
Rock Ballast-Oil Burning
LocouetivM—Heavy Rail*
Thru Sleeper* and Diners
For Further Information
ASK THE LOCAL AGENT
PLUMBING
Of All Kinds
GIESECKE BROS. CO.
Marble and Granite Yard
First Class Foreign and Ameri-
can Marbles and Granite Handled
All kinds of Cemetery Work.
Iron Fencing a Specialty
F. W. MARTIN
Phone 126 Brenham, Texat
For Sale
Horses, mules, milch cows and
all farm implements, harness,
stoves, 1 milk separator, and house
furniture. Wanted a German
renter for this farm.
Henry Stoll
Route 8, Brenham. Sandy Creek,
5 miles west of Brenham.
HOT WATER BOTTLES
Are Necessities
but it is not necessary to pay ex-
orbitant prices for them.
We have the best makes from
reputable manufacturers and no
one need go shopping further aft-
er knowing .our stock.
Prices from
70c up to $2.50
J. H. Quebe's
Grocery
Sy-
Reepectfully
FIB following story of the origin
of the Yule lug In Virginia ts
told in the Pictorial ilevlew by
La Salle Corbell Pickett lu an
article dealing with Christmas In the
south in wartime: (
One time an old black man wax Kit-
ting in his little cabin on a mountain
side on Christmas eve listening i<> the
cold wind howl over a world of -mow
and wishing that he bad a fire to warm
him when he beard the cry of it ititlo
child away out in the cold. Tin- old
man hobbled to the door aud lo l.nl
out across the snow, and Hit' wind
came rushing in and made him >iilv«r
so that his "onllest two teof" elm lured
with cold. Again the err came across
the snow, and he wished with at) hi*
power of longing that lie eouw m> <>tit
and And the unfortunate little our, tor
the plaintive cry of fi little child i wav«
goes straight to tho heart A third
time the cry came, and n mic on#,
power seemed to till the olu man's
veins. Hts muscles become tense aud
strong, and he stepped from the thresh-
old Into the snow, the crutch fir! ling
buck in the cabin.
In an instant he was wa I trine over
the expause of frozen snow wllU an
activity he had not possessed since he
used to "go t6 camp uieetln'." By and
by be came to a little child caught In a
snow bank. He lifted the child, ami as
Its little form touched him a new
strength came into him, uud the stunll
burden seemed to give him wings to
speed back to the little cabin, lie put
the child on the bed. drew the ragged
quilt around It and looked about to see
If there might be a piece of furniture
of which he could make a Are to warm
his small guest
At that Instant be saw a great log
roll across the threshold aud Into the
fireplace. The little child was looking
at It with eyes like stars, and they
sent gleams of light that kindled the
log with the must brilliant tire (lie old
man hud ever seen, and the dingy
little room was fllled with radiance
and warmth that brought a glow to
the soul us well as to the body and
seemed to flood the world with li«;ht,
As the light wrapped the child in a
shining glory he laughed a laugh that
was like a song of the heart and float-
ed up and away. The old man turned
his eyes to where the lire burned and
watched the tlauies leup In opalescent
tints over the log forming the shape
of a cross in lire.
At this point In ibe narrative lifer
Blir.on usually became greatly excit-
ed. uud his eyes kindled as he went
on In his rich dialect:
"De flames er de croBs spread en
c.fsse atter one erntidder, a-crawlln'
eu a-creepln* In en out en around en
about, a-skadlin' hyer en a-skadlln'
dar; a-llppln" up higher and higher;
flrs' a 111 blue blaze would como. den
a yaller one, den a bright red one
would flare up, en den de blazes would
all mingulate darsefs tergedder—red
en blue en yaller en white would all
mix wld de kimlleatiou colors cr de
rainbow, en crackle eu crackle en Hp
higher en bigger en bigger, de crackles
a-getten' louder en louder, en de blazes
gittln' bigger en bigger."
As the old man watched all this dls
play suddenly aud magically api>eared
a table covered with a Christmas feast
such as had never been spread before
his eyes, apd never again was he hun-
gry or cold, and uever wan there a
Christmas In old Virginia nfter that
without the Yule log and the Christ-
mas child to give it light and warmth.
IINE MILLION MEN
ARE IN THE FIELD
IN EUROPEAN WAR
(From "The War in its Eotirth
Month," by Frank H. Simonds in
the American Review of Reviews
for December.)
In November speculation as to the
numbers actually engaged was gen-
oral. Statisticians and strategists
"lisped for millions till the millions
came." But the simple fact to be
told with all frankness is that for
the outside world the subject remains
a compete mystery. It is merely pos-
sible to guess, and to fortify guess
by ingenious calculation. It is safe
to say that most estimates have been
exaggerated, but then it remains only
to guess.
With this preface I here set down
the figures which seem to me to rep-
resent the maximum of possibility
for the forces now actually in the
field.
Germany 3,000,000
Austria 1,000,000
vhe
Gift of Gifts
•1,000,000
France L>,000,000
Russia 2,000.000
England 250,000
Belgium 200,000
Servia 300,000
5,760,000
German and British figures for
losses supply a more satisfactory
basis for calculation. My estimate
for these is as follows:
Germany 750,000
Austria 350,000
1,100.000
France 600,000
Russia 500,000
England 50,000
Servia 70,000
Belgium 80,000
1,200,000
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Shopping Now
TRISTRAM
PHARMACY
ALL UW0T1I TO
IPBUySIl IHMS N AMU
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New Evaporated California
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Buckwheat and Pancake Floor
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Swift's Premium Hams.
New Dill Pickles and Bulk
Olives.
Fresh Cranberries.
PHONE 8
J.H.QUEBE
Tin given out In many a song and
story
That celabrats our blaaiad Saviour's
birth—
On Christmas eve all creatures do him
fl'ory,
Even the very lowliest ones of earth.
Tie said that at the dawn of Christ-
mas morning
Dumb animals are given power to
speak.
The masters of these creatures should
take warning
Last they should be accused by things
so meek.
In lowly stall and mangtr there are
praises
I Unto the Christ Child, whom they
claim as friend.
1 Each creature his own thankfulness up-
raises
And aings a Christmas carol with-
out end.
Th« stare on high unit* in joyous sing-
ing.
Telling the old, old story, ever new.
The bells from every steeple now sre
ringing
Thair massage on the opalescent blue.
"Peace on earth, good will to every ns-
tionl'*
This i* the measage all these sounds
foretell.
Beth young and old, ail thing* of his
creation,
Unite, for God is good and all ia well.
All creature*, high and low. delight in
singing.
Beth young and eld and rioh and
peer unite
tn that sweet meaaage which the ball*
are ringing
Upon th* first faint beama ef morn-
ing light.
*-A<ny Smith In Philadelphia Reoerd.
In sum I believe that the four con-
tinental nations have |>ut into the
field, so far, forces twice as large
as their regular first line establish-
ments called out at the first mobili-
zation, which would be about the
total of the figures in both tables
combined. The official lists of tho
Germans up to mid-October showed
some 500,000 casualties. Since the
real fighting did not begin until
about August 14, this would mean a
loss of 250,000 per month or 750,000
to November 15. This in turn would
represent a 20 per cent loss. The
same percentage would represent a
500,000 loss for Russia and France
A British official list with the naval
losses included for the same period
showed 57,000. Allowing for the na-
val, 50,000 might be charged to the
army and this, in turn, would repre
sent 20 per cent of the 250,000, which
is the largest figure it is possible to
believe England has had in the field
as yet. Austrian disasters warrant
the belief that her losses have been
far larger than those of Great Bri-
tain.
Unquestionably all the combatant
nations have large reserves still
available, but by no means the mil-
lions that are found in various patri-
otic estimates. Germany can without
question, put 1,500,000 new troops in;
Franco 1.000,000; Russia at least 2,-
000,000. All these are trained troops.
Behind this Russia has inexhausti-
ble resources of untrained men.
France, outside of native troops, has
relatively few. Austria, her first
line being exhausted will probably be
the worst off of all.
But it is well to remember that
France, Austria and Germany must
continue the business of national life
if only to supply the armies and feed
the cannon. If these figures have any
basis in fact, then the arrival of
Kitchener's million early in 1915, with
the subsequent arrival of the second
million by autumn, must have a tre-
mendous meaning, particularly as the
contest tends more and more to be-
come one of mere endurance.
Brenham Compress
Oil & Manufacturing
Com) any
I AltMKKK' INHTITUTK DATKtt
Several Wore Announced by Depart-
men! of Agriculture.
Austin, Texas, December 14.-—
The State department of agriculture
yutiterday announced farmers' Insti-
tutes to be held at the following
places:
Joe E. Edmondson, Arp, December
11; Troup, December 23; Paul Wlp-
precht, Orange, December 21; Win-
nie, December 23. T. A. McOalllard,
Midlothian, December 21; Mansfield,
December 22. B. L. Nance, Claren-
ilon, December 21; Claude, December
23. J O. Allen, Marshall, December
'.'1; Jefferson, December 23 William
Connally, Taylor, December 21; Hut-
l.o December 22; Hound Rock, De-
cember 23. B. White, Beevllls,
December 21; Tuleta, December 23.
YOAKUM HOTEL IH'IINED
Fire Starting in Kltclieu c.«f Burnett
li<>une Cau*ed l.oss.
Yoakum, Texas, December 14.—
At 11 o'clock last night the Burnett
hotel, owned by II. H. Burnett, and
containing 60 rooms, was destroyed
by fire which started In the kitchen.
Ml of the 30 guests escaped without
Injury. One fireman was cut b r
falling glass. Loss $26,000 with
$6,000 Insurance.
"; . 1 1 1 . . .L".!L.'J!f
SCHOOL TEACHER
Wards Off Nervous Break Down
Alburti3, Pa.—"I am a teacher in
the public schools and 1 got into a
very nervous run-down condition. I
could not sleep and had no appetite.
I was tired all the time. My sister
asked me to try Vinol. I did so, and
within a week by appetite improved
and I could sleep all night and now
I feel well and Btrong."—Rosa M.
Keller, Alburtis, Pa.
We guarantee Vinol, our delicious
cod liver and iron tonic, for all
weakened run-down conditions and
for chronic coughs, colds and bron-
chitis.
TJieo. Schirmacher, Druggist, Bren-
ham, Texas—Adv.
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