Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-08-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

y Vino is made from oranges /
&c Florida.
!. The apple crop is almost a fai
. urc in New York.
Acknowledgement Garland GOO
o to Arkansas for 4 vacation.
# There is one public house 10
# every three hundred people IN j,
l. pan.
/ Times chariot wheels max
II their carriage road in the faircs
;. face.
T. The French say gratitude is Blu
9 the lively anticipation of furthc
S benefits.
The highest monument in tn
world to-day is the Washington
:. monument.
5 A bank officials life is n hare
ono at best. Ho is always recelv
ing checks.
Scientific agriculture is a big
name, but 1t only means intelli
gent farming.
The highest building in the
world is the spirc of st. Peters
church, Rome, SIS feet.
Only 1OO,OOO,OOO people use
coffee, 5OO,OOO,OOO use tea and all
known races use tobacco.
A bug has made it's appearance
that is destroying the onion crop.
What breath it must have.
A large party will sail from a
Texas port about October 3Oth to
form colony in Buonos Ayres.
Alum gives excellent results
when 1T has been found desirable
to clarity muddy or turbid waters.
Louisville is suffering from the
same old trouble-too much pistol
and too little rope. Savannah
News.
OXbericnce was bully teacher.
Der only trouble NIT him vos dot
he gifts knowledge out when it vas
ITooty late.
A Canadian exchange has a long
article on '"The Duties of Elders"
We have always supposed that the
main duties of elders was to pro-
duce berries.
Cleveland, o., has raised $685.
900 for Grant monument, while
the great city of New York has
collected but s122, 900 for the same
purpose.
Stinginess in farming generally
defeats the object for which il is |
practieed; yet there are many farms
fairly well managed except for the
stinglness that marks every prac-
tIce.
Says an exchange: at is q wifo's
duty always to bepleasant." True;
but how about the man? Is it his
duty and privilege to growl, and
hnd fault, and raise Cam, and be
ugly?
When Most gets out of prison he
wants to live in England. But
the queen doesn't want him. He
would never subscribe himself.
Her Most obedient servant
Texas Siftings.
A young man advertised for a
wife, his sister answered the ad-
vertisemcnt, and now the young
man thinks there is no balm in adj.
vertisements, while the old folks
think it's hard TO have two fools
in the family.
The colored friends of Matthews
nominated 10 succeed Fred. Doug
lass, have hard work in, trying to
convince Republican Senators that
L negro has a right to be a Demo-
;rat. They don't consider that he
was emancipated TO that Oxtent,-
Boston Herald, Ind,
1t is a question whether Pres
dent DiaS is experiencing anv
5reater amount of embarrassment
'ut of the present international
Episode than Editor Cutting, but
he sympathy of tho state depart!
nent seems to be largely for Diaz.
The colored editors are conven-
ng at Atlantic City. They will
re a badly battered up lot if they
emain true 10 the ruling passion
f tinted journalism and hit each
thor as hard as they hit the Re-
ublican candidates in . local
lection.
Reparter Cooking for itoms)
new or fresh this morn CO
~ in the railroad lIne?" Rail- e,
Dad official (thoughtfuliy): "H'm Ct
let me see-yes, that paint you
re leaning against is new and fresh.
was only put on this morning"
New York Sun,
There ia more poker played at NJ
ong Branch than at any other
Ve resorts together in America.
very other room IN hotel or
clearinghouse is the scene OF a =,
ore or less friendly game every
ght- The women play with the de
On, il they can get them to leave ha
10 clubs.
Parson Downs this week
,pears as witness in q divorce -
sc in Boston, His reverence
Is now fgpEaG in every possible
.aneetlen with marital unhappi-
'ss, and his experience should be S srn
rned to some use. If he were to ant
cture on some such subject as !
low to Wreck Families, "he
ouid make as great a hit as Oscar =:
Tide.
A pretty young lady appeared |
the Troy post Office with Il
opey order sent her by her hus-
nd. Her signature and the !
me on the Office record did not for
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