Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-02-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Clean tea or coffee cups will
II securing BRICK; mako them lool
a as good as new.
In sewing and winding carpe
d rags, double them with the right
S. side out.
The princess of Colonna, former
t. ly Miss Mackay, is said 70 set the
c fashions in Rome.
- Lew Wallace will come again In
, connection with tho Halleck-Mon-
ocacy controversy.
Seven generals IN the German
army will complete their fifty years
n of service in 1886.
= President CleveIand's first year
, in Office will see about 10000 Re-
publican officials turned out.
To keep tinware nice and bright,
scour it every two or three weeks
with finely sIfted coal ashes.
, Should Sherman be nominated
two years hence he may expect to
ind Vermont doubtful state.
National Republican Committee
, man Clarkson of Iowa says that
Blaine is stronger than ever in the
' West.
Fanny Kimble once said 1t took
twenty-mile walk every day
to keep down the devil that
possessed her.
J. Fl. Manley, Blaine's eonfiden..
, tial friend, is a short, heavy man,
with short cropped hair and bristl-
ing bushy mustache.
S. W. Dorsey is determined to
be one of the first senators from
; New Mexico. He has purchased a
Santa Fe newspaper.
To bake pies to fine brown,
dip clean white cloth in fresh
cream, and brush lightly over the
top.crust before placing In the oven.
Senator Ingalls, high-license bill
for the District of Columbia is in
tended as a national example, and |
not as an illustration of the Kansas
idea.
A bill to compel manufacturing,
mercantile and railroad corpora
tons to pay employees weekly has
been favorably reported ia the
Massachusetts senate.
A correspondent, writing of Sem
ator Blackburn of Kentucky, says
you don't have to wait till after
dinner to find him in genial mood.
To keep a new iron pot from
rust;ng, each time you put it away,
after using it, give 1t a good rub
over with little grease that has
no salt in it.
The bill recently introduced ID
congress to establish q health
bureau in the interior department
substantially embodies the recon- 4
mendatlons OF the Public Health Z
association.
A storm of snow with a high !
wind cleared the streets of PARIS /
the other day in q few minutes. I
Neither the Partisan man nor /
horse could face the unusual blast.
How they would enjoy Dakota .
blizzard.
There has been o new pudding
introduced this season called the
Monks. 1t is said to be made |
from receipts secured from Italian 4
monks, just as if this was in any c
way calculated to recommend the b
pudding. 4
Col. Sim Donavin was very un- 2
fortunate in being robbed of the
proofs of his charges against Sena-
tor Payne. He says he was on Y
spree when robbed. and probably q
he was also when he wrote, c
In days gone by Canadian lar a
mers used TO fence their farms with J,
black walnut rails. Now they can 81
sell such of those seasoned rails "
for as much in some cases as the
land inclosed by them is worth. il
In the South African diamond N
fields all the devices of "salted" u
claims and ingenious swindles to D
get up an excitement and sell .,
worthless mining ground are en- L
ployed just as effectively as IN the
gold mining regions of the Paeiao d
coast. il
robert Bonner announces that :,
he will not allow Maud s. to trot y
against any horse until her record .,
has been beaten by some other n
trotters. He holds that gentle
man can own and drive q fast q
horse without making gambler a
of himsolf. al
A Red Canyon (Cal9 prospsctor :; Il
gathered rabbit meat enough dur -
ing the late storm to last him until "
juno. He cut down lot OF trees,
painted the snds black. and the 81
rabbits butted their brains out try. 81
ing to jump into what they took E
for holes. IN
A short time since the Paris po- u
lice were laughed at because they III
reported o most diabolical murder
as q suicide. Now the laugh is on Ii
hem again because 8 reported pl
murder turns out to be an accident d
Il death. They have evidently st
concluded to "claim everything" fs
u iuture.
A witness in Salvation army 81
case in Washington said: aft 1 tl
mad not gone 10 the Salvation army 81
would not have had to come TO tn
his place" "This court" said
The judge, sis as good place as ii,
me Salvation army is, and you A
need not apologize for attending W
court this morning" M
Tho new rose, the Gam erican
Beauty" has became q great favor In
tie. 1t is very large and lovely Ia
pink in color, the petals being par So
Licularly heavy and closely set. 10
perfect specimen of this kind
brings the grower 81 and hand -,
bouquet costs IN the neighborhood -,
Of $50, -
The editor OF the Atlanta Con-
stltutiOn says the writing Mr.. :,
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