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Tin Roofing and Cornice Work

Galvanized Iron CornIce Work,
Tin Roofing, Guttering, anything
in this line done and repaired. We
make this line a specially and will
furnish estimates on either the
above specials or in one at lower
figures than any house in the state.
We also carry on in connection
with this large Gunsmith,
Plumbing and Machine repairing
business.
RrICuIpDT E. SPrTunpsT
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Store-ho use for rent, under Cen
trail hotel. Apply at
T. KlRER's.
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FARMERS are generally we'll up
with their work and by next week,
if the weather is favorable, corn
planting will commence.
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MAYORS CoURr. = Saturday -
James Smith, drunk and disorderly;
81 and trimmings.
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Choice Northern Seed and Western eating
Potatoes, Magnolia Hams, fine Patent and
Half Patent Flour, Whittaker's pure Leaf
Lard, iull lire fresh Crackers, Canned goods,
&c, &c, Free delivery and telephone.
S. 4. MoRRIss, ASt.
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CRY AND County.
SPECIAL NOTICE :

Parties In arrears for subscription to the
WEEKLY BANNER ara requested to call
and pay the same, otherwise their paper
win be stopped. We mean business.
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Prescriptions filed carefully and
accurately at all times, at R. E
| Iuhn's,
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60 to W. II. Murphys for
straight liquors, milk punches and
all mixed drinks.
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A Philadelphia paper says that
there is no longer any doubt that
the Augean stables were original
Iy located in Ohio. Only partially.
The line between Pennsylvania
and Ohio ran right through the
centre of them.-Savannah News.
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AT the low price OF 81 per dozen
for Cabinet Photos l am forced to
adopt the method of payment
when the negative is made. This
rule will be strictly adhered to.
w. 81. SMELL, Artist.
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The commissioners court is busy
with routine business.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-02-11

OUR magnificent courthouse
would present q vastly improved
appearance if surrounded by a
neat iron railing fence and side
walk
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Brenham, Jan. 20,
Wanted.

If you want a good, gentle, fam
lly horse call on J. W. WEBB.
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LETTER LIST.

List of unclaimed letters rcmain-
ing in the postoffice at BRENNAN
for the week ending Feb 10.
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LANDRETH SEED POTATOES
l.. KRENTZLIN.

Gen. Butler created sensation
IN the Supreme Court yesterday,
He was counsel in q case which in.
volved the intringements OF pat
ent for skirt protector. A skirt
protector is an arrangement fasten-
cd to and extending below the bot
tom of ladies dresses, Its object
beng to protect the dress from
moisture and dirt. knowing that
the august members of the court
were not as familiar with the
wearing apparel of the opposite
sex as he, Gen. Butler gave them a
few object lessons on the subject.
He pulled out of q box before him
a number of dolls, gaudily dressed
in silk and satin. To the dresses
of some ofthese dolls was attached
the skirt protector, while the dress
es Of others were devoid of protec-
ton. Gen Butler. who was on the
side of the natentee, explained the
beauties and utility OF the device,
and handled his dolls like one who
was used to the business. He ten
derby passed them up TO the bench
now and then for the closer inspCc-
ton of the Judges, and it was with
pain that he noted that those gen
tlcmen knew very little about in
tants, for they frequently held the
imitation article upside down.
Washington Critic.
THE following delegates from
the Texas Press association to the
International Editorial association
which meets at Cincinnati on the
22d inst, will leave Dallas for
Cincinnati on the 18th inst:
W. A. Adair. Messenger, Mar
shall; j. z. Bridges, Signal, Lulrng;
7. NJ. Bowers, Balance Wheel,
Paris; L. W. Clark, Pilot, Bryan;
J. B. Cranfil, Advance, Gatesville;
L. L. Foster, New Era, Groesbeck;
W. P. Gaines, Statesman, Austin;
B. c. Murray, Gazetteer, Denison;
]. 6. Rankin, Banner, Brennan;
J. T. Walker. Star, Terrell; Alex.
Wynn, Enterprise, Beaumont; L.
D. LiIlard, Recorder, Fairfield; ].
H. Davis, Mt. Vernon Herald,
president; &. Z. Gilbert, Abilene
Reporter, secretary; and L. J.
Watson, Houston Post.
St. Louis thinks it BIDS taIr to
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SMELLS finest Cabinet Photo
graphs only 81 per dozen.
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Locock's Cough Elixir for Colds.
Locock's Cough Elixir for Coughs.
Lococks Cough Elixir for consumption.
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A large selection of Combs,
Hair, Nail and Tooth Brushes al
r. 3. Luhn's.
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A fresh supply oil vaccine matter
inst received by Il. 4. LUHY.
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REICHARDT Il SEELHoRST,
Hardware Merchants

Si1-year old barley malt and
Blakemore Bourbon Whlskey on
tap at MEYER l. SoNNENBERa's.
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For gale.

The Methodist parsonage, locat-
cd IN a pleasant part of tho city.
Apply to ]. N. Brown.
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On February 18th l will remove
TO the corner under Central hotel.
F KTBER.
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Locock,s Couch ElixIr.

Locock's Cough Elixir Tor Colds.
Locotk's Cough Elixir for Coughs.
LocOcE's Cough Elixir for cUnsumptio
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Locock's Cough Elixir

Congressman received $4,000
letters IN one day, last week.
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Locock's Cough EIIxir.

Locock's Cough Elixir for Colds.
Locock's Cough Elixir for Coughs.
Locoek's Cough Elixir for C0nsumptio
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MONDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1886,
the most complete line o
GlNGHAMS |

MI WI ~ NiGIO
over offered for sale in Brennan.
All OF tho newest novelties, and
there is this spring a largo line of
them. Varied in style to suit ali,
from the sprightly miss to the
staid matron. They consist Of:
Toilc du horde, new styles.
Ronfew GInghams, new styles.
Canton Ginghams, new styles,
Exposition seersucsers, new
styles.
Tonawanda CrinkIes, first sea-
son out.
Crissed Seersuckers, first season
out.
India Crinkles, first season out.
Shirred BACKWARDS, first season
out.
Criukled Seersuckers, first sea-
son out.
Glendale Seersuckers, pretty
and cheap.
a few pieces Of early spring
prints in the most artistic styles.
My Ladies', Gents ard Child
ren's Shoes for the spring trade
are arriving daily.
For style, quality and beauty,
we will take the lead this spring,
l will offer by March l, 1886,
very handsome line of Gents
Clothing, all fine goods. No shod'
dy, but honest value and new
styles.
Give us a look before buying.
Yours, determined to please,
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Locock's Cough Elixir.

Lococl's Cough Elixir for Colds.
Locock's Codgh Elixir for Coughs.
Locock's Cough Elixir for consumption.
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Locock's Cough Elixir.

Locock's Cough Elixir 70. colds.
LOcock's Cough Elixir for Coughs.
Locock's Cough Elixir for consumption.
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G.. A. POTTER.

l will show on
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-02-11

In Lake county, California, lot
of Indians took an industrious turn,
saved money, bought and paid for
land and were on the high road to
wealth. When the tax-collector
called on them they were paralyz-
ed. Having paid tor the land once
they didn't intend to pay again.
They were as unable to understand
the principles of taxation and rev.
enue as the everage congressman.
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VI uSheLS lOl the interior OF Africa
are still made in Birmingham, with
the tiintlock and printing pan of q
century ago, and for this reason
that while powder can DO made and
hints collected in the very midst Of
tho desert sands Of the Soudan OF
the Sahara. it. would be q work o.
risk or impossibility TO import
percussion caps or cartridges adapt
ed to central fire or hammeriess
guns, and on similar grounds the
long barrel retains its supremacy
as weapon Of defense in those re
gions to the present day.
St. Louis Republican: As Gen
BeauregaFd had already glorifed
himself sufficiently at the expense
of Gen, Albert Sidney Johnston,
the public will be at loss to un,
dcrstand why his latest paper on
the "First Days Fight at Shiloh"
was written, unless it were to get
it into history that IN the evening
he slept IN Gen. Shernah's tent
\ few more such assertion in
volving claims that Gen. Shesmar
and "rebcllious traitors" slept un
der the same blanket at Shiloh
and they may yet succeed in sur
PriSing the tough and unsurprisa
bic old veterans.
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In 1852 President Cleveland was
q member of the Buffalo hose COM
pany, equipped with reel which
was pulled TO fires by the men.
One of his fellow members, now a
clerk at Washington, says "he used
to run a little ways, then jump on
and make the boys pull him." 1t
is singular that no one discovered
sooner that such q man was bound
to be president.
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Pa, did you say that The Supreme
Court of this State has decided that
a hoe was deadly weapon? Yes,
son. Why? o, nothing; only as
garden time is coming pretty soon
l thought I'd mention it so you
wouldn't ask me to violate the law
by having deadly weapons about
my person.-Chicago News.
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Much of the swill fed to pigs is
allowed to become too sour before
using. This Is particularly the
case in warm weather. 1t sours
faster than is supposed, passing
sooner from wholesome, nutrieious
teed to alchhol and then to vine
gar. 1t should stand Only long
enough before using for the meal
to become thoroughly sacked, and
but slightly soured; never until 1T
"carrles a bead" or bubbles rise
and bust on the surface.-Country
Home.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19
The Little IIunChbacR.

I'm nine years old! an you can't guess how
much weigh, bet!
Last birthday | weighed thirty-thrce, an ]
weigh thirty yeti
I'm awful little for my sizc-lm purt high
littler an
Some babies is, an ncighbors all calls me "thc
little man'
An Doc one time he laughed an said, II 'spect
first thing you know,
You'll have little spike,tail coat an travel
with show!'
An nen l laughed-till I looked round and
Aunty was cryin'-
Sometimes she acts like that, cause I got
"Curvture of the spine"
set-while aunty's washington my little
long leg stool,
An watch the little boys an girls a-sliippin'
by to school;
An peck on tho windcr an holler out an
say:
"Who wants to fight the little man at dares
you all to-day"
An nen the boys climbs on tho fence, an lit
flo oirIs neel;s thronrh.
An, thoy MI soy. rCouse vou're so big YOU
tbinl, ,vo're ifoorod n vour,
AM non they veil an shake their fist nt me,
like I shake mine
There thust in finn. Won know, cause I rot
"curvture of the spinc.o
A. o,.o,;,o. ,,,ho,, +ho irori,,. do,o nm
ou,+,,, fvod n,, fro
A., GI,,j an,,it ,ho lo,,r ord trir,,od tho
,,i,l.o,, ,,,.,ol :. ,;nhor
r,,,ho1 u,, ,,,o1 ou in for ri,bt m,
IooLol ,no l;,olor ,,oor
An, r,strn,l t,n o,, cr,c,, vboro tho wind
ho,,, +, ,,,, ,,,r,,o.,, ,I,o noor
e,,, ,L', l.i4,In ~, ,ho cool, or,hi,os nm,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19
"He Called Me Whitaker"

worshippcrs have a better time of
it than the heroes who have to submit to
their worship. The latter Including all
distinguished mem are largely at the
mercy of class of admirers who are too
obtusc to see any violation of good man.
ners or taste in their pursuit Of interviews
and autographs.
William Warren tells delicious story
about st. Louis man who went East
last summer, and hunted up the poet
Whittier. lie found the quiet old Qua
kcr poet trying to hide from civilization
in a farmhouse near Nahant. He had
gone there to escape just such bores as
the St. Louis man was.
At first he declined to sec the visitor,
saying that he was not feeling strong, but
the Missouri man was so persistent that
at last Whittier yielded, and he was ad-
mittcd. He pounced upon the poet, and
nearly shook his arm from the socket.
He declared that ho adorcd the poets
works-in fact, he read nothing else.
He asked Whittier to write his name q
few hundred times on sheet of note pa
per, that he might distribute the auto
graphs among his friends, and it was all
the poet could do to keep the impctuous
visitor from cutting the buttons from his
coat to carry away as mcmcntos.
"And all the time" said Whittier pa.
thctically as he told his adventure, che
called me Whitaker. = Touth's Compan.
ion
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19
Vitaliziug Influence of Sunlight.

I have often been asked, says DR..
Felix L. Oswald, at what age infants can
first be safely exposed to the influence of
the open air. My answer is, on the first
warm, dry day. There is no reason why
q newborn child should not sleep as
soundly under the canopy of a garden
tree on pillow Of warmed hay, as in
the atmosphere of an ill-ventilated nur-
sery. Thousands of sickly nurslings,
pining away in the slums Of our manu-
featuring towns, might be saved by an
occasional sunbath.
Aside from its warmth and chemical
influence on vegetable oxygen, sunlight
exercises upon certain organisms vital
izing influence which science has not yet
quite explained, but whose effect is illus
trated by contrast between the weeds of
shady grove and tn Use of the sun-lit
fields, between the rank grass of deep
valley and the aromatic herbagc of a
mountain meadow, as well as by the pc
culiar wholesome appearance of ''sun-
burned" persons and sun-ripened fruit.
Sunlight is too cheap to become a fash
ionable remedy, but its hygiepic ipap.
ence can hardly be overrated,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19
The Warlike ADache,

A correspondent of the Chicago Inter,
Ocean says: The Apache is not only the
most warlikc of American Indians and
/ do not except the Ute Indians, the
Sioux, nor the Comanches--but he is also
the most skilled in war. Trained to an
endurance which would be unattainable
in a more cndurablc country; with the
eye of hawk, the stealth of a coyote,
the courage of tiger and its mcrciess-
ness, he is the Bcdouin of the new world.
He has horses that will exist on q blade
of grass to an acre, and will travel 10
miles in twcnty-four hours thereby with.
out falling dead on the homestretch. lie
knows every foot of his savage country
better than you know the interior OF
your parlor. He finds water and food
where the best of us would starvc to
death for the want of both. More than
100 different plants yield him intestinal
revenue. He has businesses from which
no force can dislodge him; and when
you lay siege he quietly slips out by
some back door canon, and is off like
thistle down on the wind.
The dangerousness of an Indian is in
inverse ratio to his food supply. The
Apache, born to starvation, his whole
life a constant fight to wrest a living from
vixenish nature, as well as to wrcst life
from his neighbor, is whctted down to a
ferocity OF edge never reached by the In-
dian of a section where wood and water
and facile game abound.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19

In tho course of testimony taken in a
suit in which Samuel J. Tildcn is inter
csted, Mr.. Tildcn said it was painful for
him to speak. Il have an affection of
the larynx which impairs the elasticity of
what are called the vocal chords, so that
they will not come together and airpasscs
through without their helping to form
words, and so rcducesmc to whisper
There is no soreness or apparent disease,
but only the loss of elasticity, so that it
makes me talk with great difficulty, and
generally in a whisper, excepting when
have cold, under which the chords ap-
proach each other better"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19

He had been courtlng West End cir
for a long time, but he has quit now II
happend Sunday night after church.
They were sitting as close together as the
sofa would permit. She looked with in
efrable tenderness into his noble blue
eyes.
George" she murmurcd, with o
tremor in her voice, "didn't you tell me
once you would be willing to do any
great act of heroism for my sake1"
eyes, Fannie, and l gladly reitcratc
that statement now," he replied in con-
fGent tones "No noble Roman of old
was fired with loftier ambition, a BRAY
er resolution than l."
"Well, George, | want you to do come
thing real heroic for me-"
"Speak, darling; what is itl"
"Ask me to be your wife. We've been
ooling long enough"
The sequel is stated in the preface. -
Washington Critic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19

Lots of cranks visit the Philadelphia
Mint. The majority look sensible and
are well dressed, but some can be iden-
titled as insane at the distance of ablock,
and the attire of these arc in keeping
with their disordcred' intcllccts. Men
and women who are little "gone in the
upper story" as the poet puts it, go to
the Mint usually with but one GRAND
to collect thousands of millions of dollars
which they firmly believe is there de-
posted to their credit. Most Of them
are frcm the city, but once in while
one puts in appearance who has come a
goodly distance by rail to get money sup
posed to be all ready. By long and
painful experience the jolly chief usher
of the Mint has been led to adopt one
unvarying mode of treating his cranky
vititors. lie don't fling them into the
street. He don't even order them
away, or advise them to 60 to a place
where intclccts are cheaply repaired,
but instead. lie agrees to all they say,
acknowledges that there are tens of
thousands of millions of dollars,
as the case may be, waiting for
them, and then gets rid of them by some
polite excuse for temporary delay in pay
mint Of their claims, or sends them upon
foops errands to see government officials
who exist only in imagination,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19
Cniiing MlhOganY in MoXicn.

In Mexico the season for cutting ma.
hogany usually commences about August.
Gangs of Indian borers are employed,
consisting of two to fifty each, under tho
direction of captain. Each gang has
also cazador, or "huntsman," whose
duty it is to search the trackless forest
for suitable trees to be felled, and to
guide the wood cutters to the placeA
The felled trees of q single season arc
scattered over so wide a space that miles
of roadway have to be made to reach
them, and numerous rude bridges conl
structed over the rivers that lie in the
way. All the larger logs have to be
squared" before they-arc brought away
on rude wheeled trucks along these for
est roads. Each truck requires seven
pairs of oxen, and tho work could be
much more cxpeditiously done by er
portable railway and plantation ensfnc.
TIL, implements used by the Mcxicans in
this trade are rude and insufficient, large
quantities of timber being often spoile6
by their insuticiency, combined with tas
ignorance Of the workma .h'cloyed.--
Spstoa Badsh
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19

Keepers Of government lighthouses are
no longer to pine by reason of the dull
monotony Ct their duties. Some invcn-
tive genius at Washington has evolved a
scheme for saving the lighthouse keeper
from the evils of idlcncss by making him
collector of bird and frog statistics. A
big blank is furnished, entitled "lnvcsti-
cations in Economic Orthodoxy" with
a series of questions relating to the
names of birds seen, the date of the
first appearance of each kind of bird,
the number of specimens, the second ap-
pearance, the last appearance, and the
comparative frequency of appearance.
There is also calendar furnished, on
which the lighthouse keeper is required
to make an entry Of the date on which
the first toad, the first frog, and the first
first peeper or tree toad were seen, and
the date on which certain mammals and
reptiles emerged from state Of hiber-
nation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19
The Little Bird Which Spoke.

Once upon a time there lived little
boy who spent all his time either in
bird'snesting or in setting traps to catch
the old birds.
The other children used to tell him
that it was very wrong thus to kill tho
poor birds, who did harm to no one.
But he would answer, II don't care;
its good fun.'
One day he caught pretty bird, with
green, yellow and red feathers. You
may fancy how pleased he was.
"Alas." said the bird, care you going
to kill me, too?"
"Holloa," cried the little boy, "my
bird can speak,"
won't you let me go'" continued the
bird
"Oh, no" he answered, "you speak
too well, and your feathers are too pretty
for that; besides, I've got you, and you
belong to me-"
The bird said no more, feeling sure it
was no use reasoning with such naughty
boy.
That very samo day, in the evening, as
the child was playing in neighboring
wood, a great giant suddenly appeared
among the trees. The little boy, with
scream of terror, tried to run away. The
giant, however, put his foot before him
and stopped him, for the little fellow
was no higher than the giants instep. He
stopped down, and taking the child be-
tween his finger and thumb, lifted him
up to his eyes. The poor fellow scrcam-
ed as loudly as he could, but the giant
only exclaimed, ''Why, this little ami
nal can scream"
"Alas! Mr.. Giant" said the child,
'I'm not little animal, but an unfortu-
nate little boy, who begs you not to kill
him."
The giant then began to skip over tho
tops of the trees for joy, exclaiming,
"This little thing can speak,"
The poor child, with joined hands be-
gan to cntreat:
"Oh, please, do let me go"
"No, no." replied he, 'you talk SO
nicely, and you are such nice little fcl-
low, should like to keep you. Do you
remember" he continued, "that you
said the same this morning to your pretty
bird' Besides, I've got you, so you be.
long to me-"
81 was very naughty then and made
bad use Of my strength"
81 know that very well, replied the
giant, "and | might do the same; if l
liked could even kill you, but will be
more just l only want to teach you that
it is very wrong to do harm only because
you have the power to do it, Go and
tct your bird loose, and in future don't
destroy birds as you have DONE
You may be sure he agreed to this.
He at once let fly his many-colorcd bird
and during the remainder of his life
never forgot the lesson he had been thu.
caupht-Frencb Fables
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-19

A great many bright ideas owe their
inception to good dinner. Sir Edward
Thornton, the British minister at Wash
ington some years ago, was dining at Sec
retary Fishs one evening, when the lat
ter made the remark that the two great
English speaking nations could not af-
ford to have the then existing Alabama
misunderstanding contiue. Mr.. Fish sug-
gestcd the formation of a commission to
settle the controvcrtcd matter for all
time. After dinner the two men talked
tho matter over at considerable length,
and the Geneva conference actually took
shape from that hour.