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TT Faded articles of all kinds restored to
their original beauty by Diamond Dyes. Per-
feet aud simple. 10 cents, at all druggists.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE.
PATENT TO CHILD.

Walter Cranes series Of elegantly illustrated
Mother Goose Stories. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 25
The Beautiful Bodley Books. ................ ! 30
The Superb Zig Tag Journeys. l IS
The Wide Awake Pleasure Book (bound) 49,. 90
The Nursery (boundl Neutrality-suspicious.. %
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Young Americans IN Japan, profusely illus
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Kate GreenawaY's Under the Wind W.. ........ l rs
Kate Greenaways Afternoon Tea. ............. l 25
And host Of books from cent to IS ; we can
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ELECTRICITY &MAGNETISH
DR.. G. S. NORCROSS,

ENoR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND
IL Chronic Diseases, by means OF Electric Baths
and Local Electrical Applications, by
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OF San Jose, Electrician anil Magnetic Physician,
now at the CORNER EIGHTH AND K STREETS,
CIunie Building, No. 500, Sacramento, where he
will treat all classes of disease Call and examine
certificates of wonderful cures in the patients own
handwriting. See circulars. n27- is2w+
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Art LOVERS


Living Pages from Many Ages 200 beautiful
lllustratioEs). .......................S so
Poet aud Painter (over 100 beautiful iustra
tionsl. ................. ...............l 10 90
The Dresden Gallery OF Fine Paintings. so
Beautiful Pictures from the British art Caller
Great PAINTERS with over 200 engravings) " 10 co
Gems OF Modern Art Tin water cO!ors). o so
Masterpieces OF antique Art..................I0 co
boie Sat4tfI D 10
Selected Pictures 90 Steel Engravings). 7 so
LOVERS TO SWEETHE6RTS
Lucille beautifully iustrated). ...........S5 90
Ballads of Beauty beautifully illustrated) 49, 80
Hanging OF the Crane beautifully itIustrated) 90
Gems from Tennyson beautifully iilustrated). 90
Lovers of Provence beautifully illustrated) " 90
Farm Ballads beautifully illustrateD ...... 90
Farm Festivals beautifully illustrated ...... , 90
The Golden GIFT beautifully illustrated) .. so
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Lady Geraldine. ............ co
Ballads of Genius. Observation-Disclosures so
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Dream of Fair Women. ................5 90
Yesterdays with Authors .............3 90
Portrait of Lazy, by Henry James 90
Aunt Serena, by tho author Of One Summer. l Is
Mabel Martin .............. %
Watch charms. ....................75 cents 10 81
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NV York, November IS h.-Thurlow
Weeds viii has been made public. The es-
tate is valued at b:tgeen $500, 600 and $780,
600. The document opens with an affection
ate tribute to the testator's unmarried dough.
ter, Harristto. who remained with him
during his lfs To her he bequeaths the
house No. II West Twelfth street, with all
Of it's contents of furniture, books, papers,
pictures, plates, etc Several minor requests
Of tokens Of remembrance are made to old
friends and institutions in New York and
Albany, in which Weed was especially inter.
ested. The bulk of HIS property, real and
personal, after the minor lesacies, is be.
queathed ia rire equal shares to his three
daughters and his grand chilSra,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23
Too Many Members.

The people by their vote on
the constitutional amendment
to increase the pay of members
of the legislature last fall decid-
ed that it was not advisable to
do so. Having declined to in
crease their pay, it would be
advisable to reduce the number
of members. At present the
number is too large; every man
who goes to the legislature
carries with him one or more
bills and it is regarded as abso-
lutely incumbent on every men,
Der to introduce a bill at the
very earliest possible moment.
The result is that the time of
the various committees is taken
up in considering bills that are
of no possible public interest,
and usually the first thirty or
forty days of the session are
consumed before the actual
business of the legislature COM
mences and at the expiration of
sixty days, the limit of the reg
ular session, only about one
half, if so much, of the import
ant business has been disposed
of. At the extra or continued
session the members are tired
out and many are anxious to go
home, not caring to remain in
Austin at an actual expense to
to themselves. Were the num-
Der of members of the legisla-
ture reduced by half and none
but thorough practical men
elected, the business would be
disposed of in the sixty days
allowed by law. If this was
done the pay could be increas-
ed and at the same time the ex-
pense of holdinga session ofthe
legislature materially decreas-
ed, while public interest would
be subserved. In the scramble
for office and the lengthy can
vass that usually precedes
a state election these things are
overlooked. They should be
discussed before the canvass be-
gins and if deemed advisable
members of the legislature
should be elected, who in de-.
ference to the wishes of their
constituents, would favor a con-
stitutional amendent looking to
the end suggested. The system
Of fees for all state officers
should also, as far as possible,
be abandoned and that of stip-
ulated salaries be substituted.
The fee system is subject to
many and serious abuses.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23
Kansas Praising 1t.

"While l was in Topeka last
winter" said the Hon. Arthur
Ellington, ~ had a pretty rough
time of it. l got a bad cold,
and, then that not being suffici-
entity severe, was also attack
ed with rheumatism. The pain
was in my left shoulder. AT
times l almost writhed in agony.
I tell you sir, that the pain
could not have been greater had
my shoulder been screwed in a
vice.ssI was utterly helpless, and
felt like l was destined to re-
main in that condition indef-
nitely. My friends and physi-
clans were generous in their
prescriptions and my room soon
became a miniature apothecary
shop. But nothing did me any
good. One day some one told
me l was enduring a great deal
of needless plain when l could
invest fifty cents in a bottle of
St. Jacobs Oil and be cured. l
invested in a bottle of the Oil,
rubbed it on my shoulder twice,
and in two days forgot that l
ever had rheumatism. Yes, that
is a great remedy, and no mis-
take. They can't say too much
in favor of its healing power"
The above was uttered by
Mr.. Ellington while sitting in
the porch of the La Gonda
House, at Columbus, the other
evening, and was overheard by
an escaped reporter, who is
travelling over the country incog.
Inquiry developed the fact that
Mr.. Ellington is one of the most
widely known men in Kansas,
figuring prominently in politics,
and acting as a responsible
agent of the Bradstreet Com
mercial Agency. Upon subse-
quently making Mr.. Edington's
acquaintance the reporter was
assured that all he had heard
was true, and he was at liberty
to use it in the papers.-Oswego
Kan Democrat.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

THE senate subcommittee
charged with investigating the
expenditures of the contingent
fund of the treasury department
in which John Sherman, is so
deeply interested, the other day
fastened the fact upon the ex-
secretaryy' that both he and his
wife had been using employees
OF the department to perform
labor upon their private resi-
idence, the government. OF
course, footing the "labofers
hire" This is lovely record
for secretary of the treasury.
The usual whitewashing may be
anticipated, however, as it is
stated the committe will submit
the testimony taken TO the SEN
ate, but without making any
severe reflections in its report.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

A MEMBER Of St. Louis minis
tiers held a meeting and declar-
ed that the police commission
ers had suppressed gambling.
The Kansas City Journal, says,
however, that newspaper repor-
tiers know more about it than
the preachers and that SO far
from being suppressed the gam
bling houses are running in de-
fiance of the law and under the
very eyes of the officials. The
officials don't know that any
gambling is going on. This
state of affairs ought to be proof
positive that gambling can no
more be legislated out of exis-
lance than whiskey drinking.
Fanatics however, never see
anything in a practical light.
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ST. LOUIS is experiencing a

ST. LOUIS is experiencing. a
regular modern food. 1t be-
gan raining Saturday and con-
tinued till 10 o'clock Tuesday
night. All the railroads lead
ing out OF the city are more or
less damaged by washouts or
lsndslides. Travel on the Iron
Mountain road is suspended and
it will be several days before
the other roads are in running
order. The river at ST. Louis
rose eighteen feet between Sat
urday and Tuesday. On the
lower Mississippi the levees are
reported broken in several
places. 1t threatens to be the
largest flood in many years.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

THE Mckinney Enquirer
throws out a hint that the de-
mocracy is hardly as solid as
some of the party managers
would have the people at large
believe. 1t seems to anticipate
a machine ticket and says:
"Our private opinion is that a
good deal of honey must be
judiciously administered to hold
the masses to the ticket during
the coming compaign." The
machine may win at the next
election, but it will be broken
and worthless ever after.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

The Houston Age is anxious
to have a democratic conven-
ton called for the nomination
of candidates for city Offices to
be voted for in April. If the
democracy of Houston desire to
make a political issue in the
election of the officers we pre-
sumo theyw hold a conven-
ton and if they do not they
win not hold one; it is a matter
which they willEdetermine for
themselves without any outside
assistance.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

The San Antonio Light thinks
that harmony dues not prevail
in Texas on national questions.
The wool men Of western Tex
as want a protective tariff, while
nearly all other classes favor a
tariff for revenue only. The
iron men of Pennsylvania favor
a protective tariff while the peo-
pie at large are in favor ofa low
tariff. The people of no one
state or section. can expect to
have the tariff so graduated as
to give entire satisfaction; it
must be regulated SO as to do
the greatest good for the great
est number.
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The JerersOnian Test.


gested for governor, the Colo
RADIO Citizen, a clear-headed pa
per, says 'it is utterly opposed
to the idea of instituting class
in the ensuing canvass. 1t says
the Jeffersonisn test, is he
honests Is he capable ?" should
be the rule governing the peo-
pie in their selection of officers,
and if this Be complied with, it
matters not whether the incum-
bent comes from the ranks of
the farmers, lawyers, stockmen,
mechanics or followers of other
avocations." This rule should
be applied to local officers as
well as to general or,state Off
GERS. Honesty and capability
should be the test. 1t has too
frequently been the case that
men who are honest enough,
but who are incapable of dis
charging their official duties,
are elected to Office for the SIM
pie reason that they are in
needy circumstances, and are,
as the world goes, good, clever
fellows. A clever fellow is
good company, he is agreeable,
sociable and accommodating, in
fact, his disposition to be &C
commodating not infrequently
causes him to grant favors and
do other things that are
wholly incompatible with his
duty as an officer. In fact, the
accommodating man is apt to
transcend his official duty to &C
commodate a friend. The need
is honest and capable officers (;
the law prescribes their duties,
and no one should grumble at
an officer who conscientiously,
fairly and honestly discharges
his duty without fear or favor.
The election OF easy-going,
good-natured officers, who are
willing to neglect or disregard
their duty to accommodate a
friend or to gain popularity, is
a thing that should be studious-
ly avoided. Again, officers
should be temperate men-we
do not mean teetotalers, but
men who do not get drunk and
disturb the peace and flourish
their siX-Shooters to the danger
of law-abiding and peaceable
citizens. There is nothing more
disgraceful, and nothing more
calculated to bring, not only the
laws, but the officers themselves
into disrepute, than to see them
drunk in public places and while
on duty. The people should
exercise a great deal of discre-
ton in the selection of all off
GERS, more especially the local
ones. There is, perhaps, hardly
a county in the state which has
not had at some time incompe-
tent afficers who were good,
clever fellows, or who were
addicted to the excessive use Of
whisky. The state law in re-
gard to Incorporate officers is
rarely enforced.
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The Houston Post deprecates
the prevailing habit of giving
sensational reports ofhangings,
and the seeming making of
heroes of murderers and rapists.
1t is vitiated public taste that
demands such reports and which
patronises and keep alive the
fash literature of the day. A
firstclass scandal will find fifty
readers where a 6rst-class ser
sermon would not find two.
This is a nut for ..moralists to
crack.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

Iris believed that the senate
will pass the apportionment bill
as it came from the house. I'm
der it Texas will be entitled to
eleven representatives and the
re-districting of the state will
probably cause a considerable
scramble: Already. Fort Worth
is clamoring to be in a separate
district from Dallas. The state
should be fairly re-districted
without any gerrymandering
and without reference to the in
terests of politicians who have
their eyes set on congressional
scatter. The democracy have
nothing to fear in fairly district
ing the state.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

We find the above in the San
Antonio Express. So far as to
the use Of cotton seed oil is con-
cerned the Express is right, but
the reference to lean beefsteaks
is entirely gratuitous. Perhaps
it is enclined to judge BRENNAN
beefsteaks by those sold in the
San Antonio market. We have
as fine beef here as can be found
in the Fulton market in New
York city.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

In the course of a few weeks
the term of Office Of the United
States marshal for this district
will expire in a few weeks. she
is capdidate for re-appoint-
ment and the Austin Dispatch,
a stalwaft republican paper,
thinks he should be continued
in office. Mr.. r. A. Harvin of
this city, is also an applicant and
is Endorsed by a good many re-
publicans in the district. There
may also be other candidates
for the position and who will be
the successful man it's ofcourse
impossible to say.
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TIE Houston Age settles the

1HE houSton age SettleS tle
courthouse question in Bren-
ham; it says that the courthouse
here can't be burned, that the
buildings all round the square
have at different times been
burned, and the courthouse has
escaped. The danger to the
courthouse here is not so much
from external fires as from
those that may originate in the
building. We are still of the
opinion that a new courthouse
is one of our most pressing
needs.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23
The Galveston Civilian man

The Galveston Civilian man
turns up his nose and makes
a wry face at the idea of using
refined cotton seed oil for Gull
nary purposes. 1t is a diff
cult matter to overcome pref
udice, but time will accomplish
it and the use of cotton seed
oil for cooking instead of lard
will annually save millions of
dollars to the South. In due
time the use of cotton seed oil
will be as general as the use of
lard is now.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

= Riley, the gambler
dered at L aredo the other
was buried by the profession
brothers; the funeral is said u
have been one of the most i'm
posing thai has ever taken
place in Laredo.
The Btenham cotton seed
oil mills are producing a refined
quality of oil, which the citizens
are preferring to any other kind
of grease for greasing their slap
jack skillits aud cooking their
lean beefsteaks.
= Gainesville wants a steam
fire engine, Mr.. c. c. Hem
ming, formerly of Brennan, but
now of Gainesville is soliciting
subscriptions to buy one. Mr..
Hemming will raise the money
if there is any enterprise in
Gainesville.
The Marlin Ball is in favor
of the city taking charge of the
public free schools of its town,
as they are at present in a Ian
gushing condition. Good
schools are a big thing for a
town, and Marlin will do well
to take control of her schools.
Georgia Joe, a San Anto-
MO negro woman, has been
elected princess of an order
known as the Sisters of Won
der, or the Tabernacle. She
now charges twenty cents a
dozen more for washing, and
'repudiates the title of Mrs: or
Miss.
The Clubhouse of Fayette
Smith, of Washington, Wash
ington county, was lost on Sat-
urday by the bank caving into
the Brazos river and carrying
with it the house containing two
gin stands, cotton press, several
bales of cotton and a grist mill.
The loss is about $4,000,
Georgia Thomas, colored
aged 10 years, living in the sec
ond ward at Houston, tried to
kindle a fire with coal oil. This
was on Sunday morning, at g
o'clock Monday morning she
was a corpse. So long as coal
oil and pistols exist so long will
fatal accidents be recorded.
Willis Sauls, a colored
man, of Grayson county. has
invented and patented a cotton
cultivator and chopper COM
bined. This is one of the first
instances. in which colored
man has displayed any invent
i've capacity, and it is to be
hoped that Sauls will reap a
reward for his ingenuity. !
Deputy Sherifs Ed. Stew
ems and Robert Alexander,
San Antonio, attempted tor
ture a Mexican horse
named Juan Garzia, who
twenty miles east of Sang
Mo. Going to his hou,
zia met them with a Wi;
and firing commenced !;
Stevens was hit twice
Mexican was killed.
arm has been amput
his physicians are i
saving his life.
The Age says tn
and White, accused &
der of Gleason, in r
ty, have been acquia
being no evide
enough to convic
the neighbors
guilty. Itwas d
atrocious murde
ted in the COUNT
one else is accusl
that the murder =
they are, will nevd +
1t is an old saying
will out and
range of posi-
cred.
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The Marlin Ball, a stalwart

4hc NAaAAh oaiJ
DEMOCRATIC paper, while it fully
endorses all of Governor Rob-
erts' acts does not approve OF
running him for a third term,
and it admits that there are
many democrats in Texas who
would not vote for him under
any circumstances. 1t says if
he is nominated he will be cleo
ted, but by a reduced majority.
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FOR SALE,

2Ioo acres of choice land; 600 acres in
high state of cultivation, situated on the
Brazos river, 5 miles south of Hampstead,
Texas-together with all teams and uten-
sis The above is as good a plantation as
is in the state; good lot of tenants on
the place-never failing waterloo acres
in pasture-new gin house, and all the nee
essary buildings. Terms easy, saiisfacto-
ny reasons given for selling. For further
particulars call on, oraddres, me at Hemp
stead. L. w. GROCE.
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law Notice.

]. E. Routt and estrayed
9ogers, ]. P. Precinct No. 2,
anuary, 1882, red speck-
steer, about s years old,
a, marked, smooth crop off
derbitin the left ear, large long
ny Henry Herring and estray-
Hackworth. on the 10Th
bSz, sorrel mare about 6
hands high, branded Xxx on
=: Valued at $50.
Up by Kyle Roberts and estrayed
A. Hackworth, J. p, Precinct 3,
OF December, 1851, Bay Mare
face, about 7 years old, about
ids high, branded IF and coun-
Aded with same brand on left shoul-
Ind branded Z on left thigh. Valued
RfI5.
ken up by John L. Irwin and estray-
fore l. II. Bowers, !. P. Precinct No.
rrel horse about 10 years old, about
6ids high and branded with square
compass on right shoulder, white spot
Forehead and one hind foot white. VAL
Il at $40.
Attest: H. NJ. LEWIS, &C. C, VIC.
BY c. F. HERBsT.
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THE Galveston Journal says
that the least independent of all
the papers of the state are those
which sail under independent
colors." Such papers are US
ually vascillating; they have no
well defined course or set prin-
ciples; they are essentially nom
committal; they fear to tread on
the political corns of any one
or any party, and in making an
effort to please everybody by
being entirely independent Of
party preferences they in the
long run succeed in pleasing
nobody. People always respect
honest well defined principles
though they may not agree
with them.