Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

cause the dricr they are tho better
they crack.
The losses OF property by fire IN
the United States amount to about
Sl0O,OOO,OOO a year.
n Missouri man has been fined
5000 for calling Il candidate u thicf,
robber and murderer.
Men very often preach from the
housc-top, while the devil is crawl
ing into the basement window.
Philadelphia News: "Mcgalo-
maniac" is The Suns new word for
boss Mugwump. It's a boss word,
too.
Miss Cleveland is not a mere
book-worm. She has Il 4 splendid
horse and road cart, and is u good
and fearless driver.
Scrkcy's tea is a Circassian
drink said to bc good for the COM
plcXion. 1t Is in no respect allied
10 circus lemonade.
Philadelphia Record: Tho days
have come when Florida nowspa-
pcrS omit the publication Of tom.
paraturc statistics.
What Is the difference between
tho Prince of Wales and Il let of
water? One is heir to tho throne;
the other is thrown to the air.
Zoo much absorbed in his bust
ness, was comment ola newspaper
on the dra.h of brewer who was
found drowned in 4 tank of his own
bc0r.
Divine Providence holds in one
hand tho ''sorrow" that ''cndurcth
for night" and in the other hand
the 'ioy" which comcth in the
morning.
Zeal is tho combination of. will,
intellect, affections, passion and
force, and their practical conccn-
tratIon upon the accomplishment
of some object.
Miss Genovicvc Ward, who is
now in England, speaks onthuslas-
tically of the culture and the intel
llgencc ofthc people IN the large
Australian cities.
It's an awful pity that foolish
sentiments prevents young ladies
giving their gentlemen friends
mittoEs In winter. Gloves are
such peSky old things.
Switzerland is about to regulate
by law tho amount of corset pres
sure the ladies may put upon them
selves. 1t would be tight squeeze
to pass such law IN this country.
Four kidnappers were arrested
on the Telarcs rancho, district of
COalcoman, Mlchoacan, one day in
the earlier half of juno and at mid
Iight they were shot.-Moxlco Two
Republics.
We love babies, and also ANYBODY
else who loves babies. No man has
music in his soul who doesn't love
babies. Babies were made to be
loved, especially girl babies-whon
they grow up.
The college commandments are
over and the public Is slowly To-
covering from the effects of mental
indigestion induced by overload
ing with green oratory.-[San
Francisco Alta.
81 feel like mnihcr earth, SAID Il
dpipated candidate toa friend the
morning after the late election.
GLOW is that" asked his friend.
81 have been fattcncd at the
polls" was the reply.
Little Tpm,nY was having his
hair combed. why, Tommy, you
oughtn't to mako such fuss.
don't mind when my hair is comb
cd" eyes, but your hair isn't
hitchcd 10 your head"
Girls should be careful how thoy
are vaccinatcd, says an exchange,
with virus taken from lovers
arm. One has taken to swearing,
chewing tobacco, sitting cross-l leg
ged, and smoking 3 clay pipe,
The Norfolk county, Va, truck
men never knew such cabbage
season. Ono man set out the Iarg-
est area in tho country. He put
k,59O, 900 plants on his four farms,
and expects TO make over |, 250, QQa
head.
A modqFu writer says: "Man is
q romance to woman" In great
many cases, Judging from the num-
Der of hard-worked and worn out
wives, man is more of . tragedy to
a woman. The romance is all be-
fore marriage.
Miss Cleveland announces that
the policy of the magazine under
her control will be "pure gold for
pure gold by whomaoevcr brough."
In other words, contributions will
DC accepted upon their merits
alone, and not because they arc the
production OF any known author.
If large watcrmclons are desired
for show or exhibition purposes,
give the vines very deep, we'll
enrsched soil, and do not permit
more than one fruit to remain on
vino. Pinch back the leading
shoots occasionally, and be very |
careful not to injuro the vine dur
ing the season of growth.
A correspondent of tho Monthly |
Magazine Of Pharmacy, writing
from Messina, says: ~ bottle Of |
bromide left in closed room all |
night with the stopper out destroys
all infection and insect life. l have
cleared places which were infected |
with vcrmrn many times. 1t is far
more eflcctual than the vapor off
burning Sulphur"
A wonderful surgical operation
has been performed at Il New York
hospital. Parts Qf the eyes of Il
rabbit were inserted in the eyes of
a little child totally blind from
ophthaImIy. The operation was
very successful and the eyes have
healed satisfactorily. But the
child is still totolIy blind. Great
is science, something's,
Held by wire ropes To the tip
top point of SuunbIick Mountain,