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

Good Book say: Hoe every on
dat thirsteth ?"-Tid-Bits.
! The "genesls of the mugwump
II is very learncdIy given by GU
mugwumpran contemporary, tn
n Herald.
r What the politicians are NOR,
interested In, however, is tn,
exodus OF the "critter. "-Bostol
Record.
Mrs. Malone at one party las
month were more diamond orna
ments than any other lady has haC
j on at once at Washington enter
tainments during the winter. They
i included necklace, pendant, brace
: lets, earrings, brooches and Other
ornaments in her hair, all OF dia
mands.
Silk culture was begun IN South
Carolina as early as 1890. At that
timo the manufacture OF silk lab
rlcs in England was becoming sc
great that no market could be
found for the production, and the
industry declined to such an extent
as TO check silk culture in the colo
mics.
Tho richest men IN Russia are
two Swiss brothers, named Noble
They bought up immense tracts Of
oil lands, and now control, it is
SAID, moro petroleum than the
Standard Oil Company. There is
no way of computing their wealth,
which has been estimated as high
as s4OO,OOO,OOO.
The good advice of Senator Platt
10 the working men, ado not too
plainly conclude that all public
men are your enemies" might we'll
be supplemented with this further
counsel: Do not too readily be-
Ileve that all public men who pro-
Tess devotion to your cause are
your best friends.
I Pa, did you say that The Supreme
| Court of this State has decided that
hoe was deadly weapon? Yes,
son. Why? o, nothing; only as
garden time is coming pretty soon
thought I'd mention it so you
wouldn't ask me to violate the law
by having deadly weapons about
my person.-Chicago News.
In 1852 President Cleveland was
q member of the Buffalo hose COM
pany, equipped with a 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.
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 for 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.
The fastest time we ever heard
of locomotive making was from
Houston to Galveston, Texas-ff-
ty miles in thirty minutes-but it
was Col. Thomas P. Ochiltree we
heard make the statement regard
ing the speed of that locomotive.
There IS one very fast locomotive
that we know of. 1t went over q
trestle into Red Rive swamp ten
years ago. 1t is fast there yet
Texas fittings.
Much of the swiIl 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, nutrielous
teed to aIchhol 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 bead" or bubbles rise
and bust on the surface.-Country
Home.
Advertising in Japan sometimes
attains height of originality and
force unsurpassed in the most pro-
gressive country. A bookseller
of Toxic advertises: Books ele-
giant as singing girl. Print clear
as crystal. Paper tough as Gle
plants hide. Parcels done up
with as much care as that bestowed
on herShusband by q loving wife,
and other advantages which, 1t is
strange to say, the advertiser finds
"too many for language to ez-
press"
Neary seven thousand head of
cattle were imported into the
United States in 1884 from points
beyond the sea. We have not the
data for 1885, but the figures are
probably not far from those of the
year previous. These cattle all
come from countries where eonta-
gious bovine diseases are known
to exist, and yet some of our most
widely read stock papers say there
is no danger from foreign Impor-
tatIons of cattle. Is this consist
ent?-Rural World.
"Ihe system OF treating, practlc-
cd so extensively IN this country"
remarked Dumley, sis senseless,
and has brought untold misery and
disgrace to thousands of happy
homes. A man meets a party OF
friends at q bar, invited to drink, |
and the result is everybody treats,
and everybody has drunk more
liquor and spent more money than
he opght. It's an absurd custom,
and should be done away with"
1T should, indeed. What'll you
have, DumIeyY' "a little straight
whisky."-New York Sun.
Muskets for the interior ofAfrica
are still made in Birmingham, with
the tiintlock and printing pan Of d
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 or
the Sahara. it. would be a work of