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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16
The Way 1t is Done.

The Fort Worth Democrat
Advance can see no harm in
ventilating the question Of who
shall be our next chief magis-
trate, and ascertaining in ad-
vance of the nominating con-
vention the real choice of the
people. 1t says, we think, very
truly, that the people should
not wait until the candidates
have placed their names before
the public, but should work
upon the principle that the
office should seek the man, and
not the man the Office. While
this is true we would respect
fully ask what is going to be-
come Of the politicians if they
are going to be cut offtrom as
sisting the numerous office-seek-
ers from plying their vocation
in assisting the candidates in
their search for Office. The
politicians have become a part
and parcel of our system of po-
litical economy. Half a dozen
leading politicians at Austin can
put their heads together and
save the people and the newspa-
pers a vast deal of time, talk,
writing, printing and reading;
they can not only select a can
didate for governor, but they
can select the candidates for all
the state officers from governor
down, and having selected them
they can engage the services of
the minor politicians in each
county to go to work and manu-
facture public opinion in their
respective neighborhoods, and
when the precinct meetings are
called half a dozen or a dozen
men will be on hand to manage
them; delegates will be elected
to the county convention
pledged to support a certain
man for governor, he having
been previously selected by the
few leading politicians; the
county convention will then
meet and elect delegates to the
state convention who will be
pledged to support the politi-
clans candidate for governor,
and at the precinct or county
conventions a motion to throw
any man out of the window who
has the temerity to object to in
structing delegates, would be
carried by a majority. The
plan outlined above has been
known to work successfully in
the past, and in the hands of
skillfui and designing men it
can be made to work success
fully in the future. The funda-
mental principles of the demo-
cratic party is majority rule, yet
through the apathy of the masses
of the people themselves, the
majority has comparatively lit
tie or nothing to do with the
nomination of candidates. Take
for instance a precinct polling
two hundred democratic votes;
a precinct meeting is called and
twelve, or fifteen, or twenty
kindred spirits-the active poll
ticians of the precinct-assem-
bic and in the name of the one
hundred and eighty absentees,
elect and instruct the delegates
to the county convention. Who
is to blamef Evidently those
who stay away. And right
here is a good place to remark
that until the masses of the
voters awake to a sense of duty
and attend the primary meet
ings no hope of a change for
the better can be apprehended.
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THE Comanche Chief pub
fishes and endorses communi-
cation from a man who has long
helped to pull the democratic
wagon, and who has been as
faithful as any man in the ranks.
He takes the ground that the
democratic party in Texas has
passed into the hands Of the
politicians and that it is in need
of publication. In other words
the democratic party should be
a party of the people and not a
party belonging to half a dozen
Austin politicians. While no
fault is found with the principles
of the democratic party. the
politicians are blamed. Such
communications show the drift
of public opinion.
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The San Antonio Light says
that the sherifs convention at
Austin was nothing more or
less than a political gathering,
and that they had better have
been at home attending to their
duties. Wilde there may per-
haps be modicum of truth in
the Lights structures; there is
no doubt the law regarding the
compensation of sheriffs is in
need of amendment. AT pres
cut great deal of gratuitous
service is required of sheriis.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

WHAT shall we do with our
boysa is an inquiry that s'often
made. An Indiana man an
swers the question fully and
completely. He says build
more stores; there is great de-
mand for stores, all the boys
want to be clerks in stores.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

THE Houston Post says the
scheme of building a railroad
from the mouth of the Brazos
via Columbia, Damon's Mound
and Rosenberg and thence di-
rect to Hampstead has been re-.
vived with fair prospects of
definite action being taken. AT
Damon's Mound a hotel is to
be built and a watering place
established; the mineral waters
are said to possess rare cura-
tive properties.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

The average annual income
per inhabitant in the United
Kingdom is sI6s and in the
United States it is SI6s also. In
no other two countries in the
world are the people as pros
porous. The annual accumu-
lation Of wealth in this country
places the United States far in
advance of any country that
gives statistics on the subject.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Col. LoUGHERY now has con-
troll of the editorial columns of
the Texarkana Interstate and
in a recent issue he says the
Siftings is "nondescript, heter-
ogenious sheet of diluted humor
ard innocent lunacy." Siftings
ought to behave itself.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

The information that 100
gallons of crooked whiskey has
been captured in North Caro-
lima, has been telegraphed all
over the United States at an eX-
pense much greater than the
value of the crooked liquor.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Hon. d. B. CULBERsoN writes
to the Texarkana Interstate
from Washington, that the par
ties are 50 equally divided that
nothing can pass congress ex-
cept by consent of both parties.
Every measatc. therefore, which
partakes of a patty nature must
lie over. This is very good
condition of affairs and should
enable congress to pass such
measures as will be beneficial
to the whole country.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

AT the meeting of the direc-
tors of THE A. and NJ. collage at
Bryan on Friday Judge Thomas
was elected president, vice E.
B. Pickett deceased. A reso-
luton was passed requesting
the nineteenth legislature to
provide for the deficiency which
will be incurred In maintaining
the college with the presnt
number of students. No def
mite action was taken touching
Prairie View Normal school.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Ar Atlanta, Georgia the 9TH
er day, Hoke Smith, a young
lawyer went into the editorial
rooms of the Post-Appeal and
knocked down editor Dewitt
for having published a sensa-
tional story about him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

The Courier-C Chronicle says: at
does not know what the States
man means by young democra-
cy, but if it understands it to
mean the same as we do, we
can say that if signs are not de-
ceiving as the young democracy
in north Texas will cause a rat
ling of dry bones"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

The Scientific American in
giving an account OF the des-
truction of its office by fire on
the 3Ist ult., relates this incl
dent: From the fourth story
window above US a young wo-
man OF II years, Miss Green,
leaped to the pavement and
was caught and saved in "a tar
paulin held by several men.
She says she was told to jump
and did so, she became instant
ly unconcious, and knew moth
ing ofths result until he recov-
cred her sense in an neig hboring
store.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

GEN. Ross and DIR. Wallace
have retired from the Waco Ex-
aminer, having sold their stock
to Clarance Hubby. The man.
agement of the paper is now in
the hands of J. w. Downs and
C. w. and H. w. Hubby, all of
whom are old newspaper men.
The experience of Ross and
Wallace in the newspaper bust
ness was OF brief duration. 1t
is difficult to find a bonanza in
the newspaper business in
Texas.
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Some has said that there is a

Some has said that there is a
consolation and compensation
for all the ills of life, if one
would only look them up. A
New Jersey murderer, by the
name of Kankousky, recently
condemned to death, seems to
have exemplihed the truthful
ness Of the statement. This is
the manner in which he re-
ceived the tidings OF his doom:
my heavenly father, how l
thank thee for letting me know
the hour of my death, that l
can prepare for--it, while others
are not accorded this privilege"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

JoaN KELLY, the New York
politician goes to Florida by
advice of his physicians. If he
will stay in the swamps of that
state and commune with the al
ligators it will be a blessing for
New York in particular and
the country at large in general.
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Withdrawing or People!

The Tyler Democrat is pub
fishing a series of articles on
Democracy VS.. Anti-Democ-
racy, the writer of which signs
himself Bourbon. AS usual
with those of his class all good
ness is with the democracy and
all the badness with the opposi-
ton. 1t must be admitted that
the republican party has done
many things which were radi-
cally wrong and which can
never meet the approval of true
democrats, yet the republican
party has many followers,
enough in fact to have control
of the national government.
The democrats a few years ago
had a majority in both houses
of congress, but were unable to
hold their power, and this, not
through any fault in the princi-
Piles ofthe party but through bad
management. The party, as
such, is lacking in harmony
within the ranks; there is a wide
difference on the tariff question
as well as on the policy of con-
tinuing the national banks. In
Texas, on national questions,
perfect harmony prevails, but
there are wide differences on
matters of state policy and con-
siderable dissatisfaction existing
IN regard to the present state
administration; in fact there ap
pears to be a disposition to di-
vide the party into two fac
tons, the Bourbon or old style
democracy and the anti-Bour-
bon. or progressive democracy.
The former party believes in
the politicians, and the latter
or true democracy, believes in
the power of the people as OPP
posed to the politicians or. ma
chine policy. A full and free
discussion of the matters at is
sue must of necessity result in
good for the whole people. 1t
is becoming a leading question
whether the machine or the
people shall retain the supre-
macy; the machine is and has
been in power for some time
and it will make a strenuous eff
fort to maintain its supremacy;
those who are opposed to the
machine are becoming FESTIVE
and may ere long kick. OUT Of
the traces. Party domination
in municipal and county affairs
is rapidly becoming a thing of
the past; thinking men are ask
ing themselves, of what avail is
the party if we can not have
good officers? And also, what
has a mans political views got
to do with an efficient discharge
of his duty as county official7
1t is only a question of time
how soon the same reasoning
will be applied to state officers.
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Tar Panama canal company


now has one thousand men en-
ployed on the work, and eight
excavators are in use. A vast
quantity of material and ma
chinery is on the way from
France.
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Mr.. P. D. Etue, Kansas City
Mo-, one of the proprietors of
the Commercial Indicator, says
he knows the..St. Jacobs Oil to be
a most valuable remedy for rheu-
matism. Last winter, Mr.. Etue
says he had this disease in his
left shoulder. The pain was ex-
cessive at times, and so severe
while attacks lasted as to cause
a strong desire to have it speedi-
ly eradicated. After vainly re-
sorting to several remedies for
relief, without success, he at last
hit upon the Great German
Remedy. He experienced de-
cided and immediate relief from
its use, and was entirely cured
with the fourth application.
Since then he has entertained a
very high respect for the cura-
tive powers of the Oil. This
respect is not at all lessened by
its happy action in the case of
his wife, who subsequently suf-
fered with inflammatory rheu-
matism. She contracted the
disease while visiting in Colora-
do. arriving home the
St. / lil was used in con-
jul prescriptions for
D ADMINISTRATION, and
|ded in her restora-
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Nine men out of ten are mean
enough to enjoy saying to a
physician who goes hunting and
gets no game: why didn't you
take your medicine chest, in
stead OF a gun ?"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Galveston Journal: There is
not a newspaper in Texas which
seems to grasp the local politi-
cal question and discuss it more
intelligently than the Brennan
BANNER. In the editorial arti-
cles of that paper there is no at
tempt at oratorical display, no
stilted array, of high sounding,
meaningless phrases, but plain
statement of facts and conclus-
ions. The BANNERS shibboleth
is reform within the democratic
party, independence of thought
and action and a progressive
policy. That is the way we I'M
stood it, and we believe we are
right.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Ex-senator Dorsey's cattle
ranch in New Mexico is fsrty
by sixty miles in extent, and
the income therefrom this sea-
son will reach $4,000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

prove new buildings ar,
erected in all portions J
Getty" says the Times.
Attorney General McLeafye
has decided that county Judges,
are net entitled to a So fee irS
cases dismissed without trial.
The Austin Statesman says
it is not given to Boosting, but
it is going along quietly, grow
ing in circulation and influence.
During the past two years
FIVE ladies have been elected to
the Office OF county superinten-
dent of public schools in Ne
braska.
= Doc Cummings, formerly
Of Columbus, Texas, was shot
and killed at FL Paso Tuesday
night by James Manning. 1t
was the result of an old feud.
Last Thursday the Beau
mont Enterprise was shown a
beautiful bunch of peach bios
SONS and the bough was a green
peach over an inch in diameter.
The Beilville Times objects
to having itinerant photograph
ers and such, erect shanties on
the public square. 1t says there
are plenty of vacant lots in the
city.
= Duck Howells, a love-sick
colored lady, attempted suicide
by morphine at Cleburne. She
was saved and will no doubt
fall in love with some other fel-
low.
In Bastrop county several
persons were fined at the last
term of the county court for
failing to work the public roads
after being summoned by the
overseer.
- There was a fist fight in
Castroville the other day and
the Quill says if the 6ghtists
had been subscribers to the
great religious they would not
have fit"
- The Columbus oil mills
are now in full operation and
will work up about twelve tons
of seed per day. They have
enough on hand to run until
next ginning season.
= Expensive buildings are
being erected in Dallas. Last
week building permits were is
sued for six buildings the ag-
gregate cost of which is to be
$4,000, or an average of $3.50 |
each
-Revs. l. G. John and {. ]. |
Lane last week lectured on mis-
sions and missionary work at !
Flatonia. After the lecture tho
sum of SIo7.5o was subscribe
in aid of home and foreign
sions.
Miles Thompson is
hung at Bellville on FridA
18TH inst, for rape. II
no extenuating circu
and it regarded as likely
governor will let him :,
penalty OF the law.
"A negro boy mai
gar Dickson, aged
years, was captured in -,
pawnbroker shop
about one o'clock in
ing. He was there 4
pose of robbery.
The Austin ST. s
gives daily reportS
and it keeps a
More Burglar
is though abou
in
lear about total
"A gentle9
advertised his
md the Citize
advertising il
he house ',
minutes beio,
ssued. Til
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Two Iowa children who have
pink eyes can hardly see in
daylight, but can pick up a pin
in the darkest night.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Mr.. Lebaudy, the leading
French speculator in the last
panic, is said to have made ST.
ooo,o
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

Coffee drinkers should read the adver-
tisement in another column headed Good
Coffee.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

\ number of the Ohio ladies
Washington have sent a hand
lne fire-screen to Grandma
3irfield.
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Scientific Miscellany.
French manufacture

y French manufacturer
claims the discovery of making
use of leaves of the eucalyptus
tree as a substitute for tobacco
leaves in cigars. The eucalyp-
tus leaves emit a delicious odor
in burning.
In a late paper, DR.. James
Geikie shows the great size Of
the gulf stream and its vast in
fiuence upon northern climates,
and concludes that the opening
of the proposed canal across
the Isthmus of Panama will
have as much effect upon the
gulf stream and the climate of
northwestern Europe as the
emptying of a teapotful of boil
ing water into the Arctic ocean
would have in raising the an
nual temperature in Greenland.
A European observer, M. de
Merejowsky. has lately studied
certain of the lower crustaceans
with a view of deciding whether
or not those creatures ars able
to distinguish colors. As a re-
suit of his experiments he has
concluded that while the crusta-
ceans are fully alive to the diff
ference between light and dark
ness, tits solely the quantity of
the light and not the quality
! which affects them, for they
cluster in nearly equal numbers
around two rays of equal in
tensity, whatever may be the
colors. There appears to- be,
then, a wide difference between
the lower crustaceans and man
in the perception of light.
While we see different colors
and their different intensities,
the crustaceans see only enc
color with Xs5sgpOf inten-
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STATE NEWS.

Gainesville has a skating
rink.
There is not a vacant dwell
ing house in Temple.
Burglars are still getting in
their work at Austin.
Beaumont is soon to have
an opera house worthy Of the
name.
Candidates in Caldwell
county are already coming to
the front.
Dallas has organized a
cotton exchange with forty
members.
The old town of Matagor-
da, has a new Jail lately COM
pleted at a cost of $4,000.
= H. Heath's store. in Con-
zales, was burned last Tuesday.
Loss $1,000; insurance $4,000.
Reports of small pox are
denied by the Comanche Chief
and Temple Times of last week.
The HolIness-band have
advertised to hold a series of
open air meetings in Corsicana.
A batch ofsixteen prison
ers were started from San An
Huntsville last Thurs
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

The King and Queen of
eden will celebrate their we'd
with great pomp at Stock
I'm en- Jund 5.
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ASANs% -ANhNc iOs
miserable" said a
ing man. The doc
bned him and found
I'D been habitually cos
years, that now his kid
re disordered and his
TEN deranged. Kid
was recommended
kifully taken and in a
time every trouble was
led. The cleansing and
power of this medicine on
bowels and kidneys is won
hl.-Congregationalist.
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administrators Notice,

All persons indebted to the estate of N.
4 NJ. Z. Kavanaugh are hereby notified
10 come and pay, and those having claims
against said estate to present the same Tor
settlement to ]. NJ. PRESLER.
VI. Ct PRESLER.
Administrators.
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In eleven Of the southwestern
states the total expenditure on
the public school question is
only about two-thirds as much
as in the single state of Illinois.
The taxable property of
Galveston it is said, has in
creased SS,S7o,5S2 over that Of
last year, and is placed by the
assessors of that city at Sly
S54,65o.
The local on the Times
says, San Antonio, without
doubt, is the hardest city to col
lect news on the continent; on
this score the reporters are
unanimous.
- Douglas Johnson, a color
ed preacher, was halted on the
road near Buckhorn, Austin
county, by a couple of white
road agents who relieved him Of
SIS, all the money he had.
AT Gainesville the boys
and young men have been in
the habit OF misbehaving in the
gallery Of the opera house. The
proprietors gave notice that
those who don't behave will be
unceremonio Isly fired out"
Thirty-seven erring wo-
men were fined S each in the
mayors court at Fort Worth
last Friday. This a species of
persecution that is a blot on
our civilization; instead of re-
forming the women it is simply
a tax on sin.
- The commissioners court
of Bastrop have made a con-
tract with J. E. and R. J. White,
Asear Courtney, Grimes county
sniss ~ countirh7-
T5 &c
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before S. A P, Precinct ),
blaze in face, abodt 2 years old, about
I5K hands high, branded IF and coun-
terbranded with same brand on left Shout
der and brap5 - JEFF thigh. Valued
at SI5-
Taken up Irssa and estTzy-
ed before I Up. Precinct No.
4, sorrel y 10 years old, about
"a hands pnded with square
and comp pulder, white spot
in forehead foot white Val
ued at So ai.8
Ate MS, &C. c, VIC.
BY c. F. HERBsr.
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small
Fears, at
3 pistols
arrested.
days in
We're taken
ut on being
depressed
Pshortcom-
eemed to re-
as heroes.
Aded to the
.essiOn.
announced
a letter
of Pitts
& his ap-
f-!eteses4 ship had
beed negld er Gard
ner called u Committee
on petitions q i, and the
Investigate II C Character of
the applica He had written
to the mayo Pittsburg re-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-07-08
An Entire Family Poisoned.

Mr.. Charles +. Sitzler, grocery dealer in
Port Deposit, one day this week, received
AN invoice of canned corned beef, an article
well-known to the trade, and one frequently
dealt in before by the gentleman named.
At dinner the SAME day some Of the beef
was placed upon the table, and was partak-
en- of by Mr.. and Mrs. Sitzler, and their
children, three or four in number, also by
young lady-Miss Bromtield-a neighbor
who happened to be present at the time.
About shutdown the same day, the entire
number were taken i'll, with unmistakable
symptoms of poisoning. Medical aid was
called in at once, and only by prompt and
energetic measures were the lives of more
than one of the humble. saved. An inves-
tigation made by the physician, pointed
most conclusively to the beef as the author
of the trouble, and this theory was made
doubly strong when it was found that Miss
Bromtield (who h al in the mean time gone
to her home some distance away was taken
sick at about the same time as the Stzler
family, and that her symptoms were exact
ny the same as theirs. The physicians think
that it was only the moderation with which
the affected ones ate of the beef that saved
their lives, the poison contained in it being
sufficiently strong to kill, provided a guam
tity great enough has been eaten. We do
not pretend to say that all canned corned
meat is poisonous. bat the facts already
prove that the article in this case was, and
how much of the same class may lie ia Tie
market it is hard to tell. A safe plan is 10
pass it all by.