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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-15

"And you never wrote
Who can reproduce the first hurried
words of greeting after long separa-
ton Speech and smiles, and bushes
and eager looks mingle inextricably.
at once. After moment or two the
mists of feeling clear little; it is easier
to speak, but not so imperative.
Myra sat down by her friend on little
SOFA The welcoming look had not quite
gone out of her face when she said, i'm
pressively:
"Will, must ask you something now.
Do you remember the little hallmark I
made you before you went away3 Iput
it in your hat myself the night before
you sailed"
"Do remember2 I should think Sc!
But imagined what happened. The very
next morning 1 lost my hat. 1t was
knocked off my head and picked up by
another man."
"Yes, know" said Myra, quickly;
'by my husband by Philip Northam."
"You don't say so! Your husbands
And I got his hat in exchange. Ha! ha!
The long lost hat! It's about time we
But Myra was not smiling; she sat
clasping and unclasping her hands, nerv.
ously.
"Will. did you notice-did you exam
inc my little gift very closely2" she
asked, with strange hesitancy. "You
know, fastened it in myself"
"Yes, 1 know. 1t was awfully kind
of YOU, too. felt so sorry to think I
couldn't have kept It'll"
"And-and you are SIRE you didn't
see anything else with it: anything ex-
cept the hallmark"
She spoke slowly, searching his face
with her eyes.
Anything else9" he repeated, wonder
ingly. ''What kind of thing, for in.
stance2 I don't understand"
She looked at him, now, with the
brightest smile he had ever seen her
wear.
"Oh, isn't fate strange, Will2 isn't it
strange and good9 1t won't let us have
our own way; it snatches from us the
things we covet, but only to give us
something so much better. I am glad
for everything, though-everythingw
"What remarkable state of mind !
Do you think you could explain your
meaning littles'
"No," she said, joyously; II never
can; I never will! l am too thankful!
And then," she added, dcprecatingly,
"a woman must always be mysterious,
YOU know"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18
THE NEWSPAPERS.

GreenVi'lc Banner
Demagogues ofthe baser sort are
in the habit of asserting publicly
that the newspapers of the country
are subsidized by the money power
and that they are corrupt general
ly. AS to the great metropolitan
papers, it is probable that some of
them are backed up by special in
terests. But rs to newspapers in
general, very few are conducted
otherwise than in the way their
editors consider the best for the
public welfare. OF course there
are bad men and good men in the
newspaper business, the same as in
other caIllngs, but, as a class, n
more patriotic and hard working
body of men cannot be found on
earth. They are the servants of
progress, the guardians of liberty
and the holy terror of evil doors OF
every kind. Bad men, and espec-
tally scheming politicians, often de-
nounce newspapers for the simple
reason that they cannot use them
to forward their unholy ambitions,
and for the further reason that
newspaper have a habit of expos
ing their vile schemes and un-
wholesome doctrines. The public
man or the office-seeker who takes
advantage of his opportunities to
SANDER a worthy and honorable
class of men, lays himself liable to
suspicion. Being himself corrupt
at heart, he cannot realize,that it's
possible Tor anybody else to act
from pure motives.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

MIR. J. W. Marshall, q merchant
in HaynevIlle, and we'll known IN
Houston county, Ca, has this to
say about the "best of all rheu-
matte remedies 81"
~ have been a sufferer from
rheumatism for 2 years am now
sound and we'll six bottles OF
Swifts Specific cured me. l write
this In the hope that others may
profit by my experience"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

CALIFORNIA; latest sensation, a
boy of IL who has Gan eye that Sets
fire to every object be Looks upon"
is a very dangerous product. 1t is
not surprising to learn that this In
cendiary optic caused his expulsion
from a Stockton school, but it is
queer in this age to find magic
rather than mischief the accepted
explanation of the tricks of a bad
youngster. Mysterious fires have
sometimes puzzled Eastern cities,
but have finally been traced to a
boys hands rather than 10 his Wis
ional organs. The poet speaks me-
taphorically of "fre in each eye"
but Master Willie Brough's ex-
ploits will land him sooner in Jail
than in a dime museum.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

A Macon, Georgia, young man
went to Griffin, neighboring town.
recently, and attended church with
his sweetheart. When the contri-
button box started on its round the
young man took SIS gold piece
out of his vest pocket, and dis
played it IN such a way that
the young lady saw it. She mild
ly rebuked his extravaganza, but
he said he often contributed that
much especially when IN strange
churches. Watching his chance,
he slipped the gold coin in his
pocket, and slyly took out a silver
quarter which he as slyly dropped
into the box when it came around.
This fixed the impression on the
young lady that her beau was very
generous, and held the church in
high esteem. At the close of the
services, as was the custom of the
services, the amount IN the box
was announced. The total was 49,
rs. Griffin has no charms for the
young lady now.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

Apropos of the readings Of W.
H. H. hurry, the following selec-
ton may prove of interest. 1t is
from volume published in 1873
by Lee & Shepherd, and are fairly
characteristic of the man and fair
samples OF his pulpit utteranccs
There is a bird that mariners
call the "frlgate bird" of stranger
power. Men see him IN all chimes;
but never yet has human eye seen
him near the earth. With wings
of mighty stretch, high borne, he
sails along. Men of the lar north
see him at midnight moving on
amid auroral fires, sailing along
with set wings and those awful
flames, taking the color of the
waves of the light which swell and
heave around him. Men in the
tropics see him at hottest noon, his
plumage all incarnadined by the
fierce rays that smite innocuous
upon him. Amid their ardent ter
vor no bears along. majestic, tire
less. Never was he known TO stoop
from his lofty line of fight, never
to swerve. TO many be is a myth;
to all a mystery. Where is his
perch? Where does he rest?
Where was he brooded? None
know. They only know that above
cloud, above the reach of tempest,
above the tumUlt Of transverse cur
rents, this bird of Heaven, so let
US call him, on self supporting vans
that dIsdaln to beat the air on
which they rest, moves grandly
on. So shall my hope be. At
either pole of life, above the clouds
of sorrow, superior to the tempests
that beat upon me, on lofty and
tireless wing, scorning tho earth,
1t shall move along. Never shall
it stoop, never swcrve from Its
sublime line of fight. Men shall
see it in the morning of my life ]
they shall see 1t in Its hot aoon-
day; and when the shadows fall,
my sun having set, the last they
shall see of me shall be this hope
of gam in dying, as it sails ont on
steady wing, and disappears amid
the everlasting light.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

Talk about and theorize over it
as much as we may 1t is simply an
impossibility TO dispense with what
is known in the commercial world
as the "middle-man," which Of
course includes the country mer-
chant. To do so would be like
taking n link from the middle Of q
chain. And besides, the interest
of the merchant and farmer are
ldentical-the one could not exist
without the other What an erro-
neous idea, too, prevail among
some of the farmers that the mer-
chants have combined to cheat and
defraud the farmers out of what
they make. AS a rule our NOR
chants are as conscientious and
honorable as any class of men in
the world and would scorn to cheat
or take the advantage OF farmer
or anybody else. The very bread
and meat of merchant depends
upon the prosperity Of the farmers,
and instead of wanting to detTaud
them out Of anything it is of the
most vital Importance to him for
them to be in q houwshing condI-
ton, and he will do all IN his pow
err to make them 50. And on the
other hand 1t is greatly to the far
mers' interest for the merchant to
do well, so that when it becomes
necessary he will be able to grant
them sue haccommodatsons rs they
may requ ire.-Ex.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

JUDGE HARRY MAsTERsoN, radI-
cal of Brazoria county, promised
in the interest of peace and har.
mony-not to run for the office OF
county judge. He violated his
promise, made the race and was
reelected by the negro vote. This
action on his part caused great in
dignation among the people and
they determined to take another
step. He was notified by mail not
to assume the duties of the Office
if he did he would be killed. The
white people have for many years
suffered under radical rule and are
becoming weary.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

NWhat do you say to lady when
you are at ball ?" asked a young
gentlemen who went to a ball for
the first time.
"Talk to her ABOUT her beauty"
replied the friend who bad been
there before.
"But Jupposo she hasn't got
any"
"Then talk to the other women
who are present"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

A resident of VIM Parish, La,
is noted there for his remarkable
sense of smell. 1t is said that, on
a calm day, or when the wind is
blowing toward him, he can smell
a deer from thirty to sixty yards.
He is popular hunting companion
with the neighbors who know Of
his power. While riding or walk
ing through the woods he will stop,
throw up his head very much as a
dog does when he strikes a scent,
and in this way he rarely fails to
locate the deer if it is within gun
shot distance of him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

PIT. BARNUM, the well-known
Snowman, who for thirty-eight
years has been an active temper
ance man is opposed to mixing
temperance and politics. He says:
81 shall never give a penny to aid
liquor sellers through a political
temperance party. Some honestly
disposed temperance people are at
present looking favorably upon
this new political movement. A
little investigation and reflection
ougbt to lead them to correct this
ruInous mistake" Mr.. Barnum Is
a cool-blooded and honest advo-
cate of temperance, willie the aver
age prohibitionIst is q fana'''c' OF
crank.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18
RAILWAY REGULATION.

1t is stated by the Railway Re-
gister that for a number of years
the progress of Georgia has been
hampered. The railway commission
experiment has been tried and the
result was that local industries
were paralyzed to large degree.
The next Legislature of Texas
should be very careful in the mat
ter of railway legislation. Dema-
gogues have done much to embit-
ter public mind in certain quarters
against the railroads and there is no
telling what kind of wildcat legis-
latIon against the railroads may
be attempted by seme of the
rural members. In every legisla-
ture there are some conservative
and farseeing men and they may
have their hands full to prevent
hasty and ill-advised action. Rail-
way tariffs may be high in Texas
as compared with some of the old
er and densely populated states, but
it must be borne In mind that Tex
as, even in its most densely popu
lated counties. is thinly settled as
compared with the older northern
and western states. The distance
between stations will average, the
state over, not less than fifteen
miles, while on but few roads can
they be found at intervals of i5ss
than ten miles. Cotton and cattle
are the chief products to be ham
died and the busy season with the
roads does not amount to more
than four or five months in the
year. The remainder of the time
business is dull, but the roads must
keep up and the rolling stock kept
in good condition. These things
duly considered it is only reason
able TO expect that freight rates
must be higher than IN Illinois or
Ohio where a talF average business
is done the year round both in
freight and passenger traffic. In
those states the local stations are
only from three to five miles apart
and the country tributary to them
is thickly settled. Railroad build
ing IN Texas is only fairly begun
and the probability Is that by the
year 1900 there will hardly be a
farm IN the agricultural districts
that is ten miles from 4 railway
station. The building of railways
needs 10 be fostered and encour-
aged, not retarded; the railroad is
the modern developer of the coun-
try; 1t brings the market 10 every
farmers door, giving him the OPP
portunlty to sell his produce and
buy his supplies. Cotton seed with
out railways and oil mills would
have no money value, save as fer
tilizer, with them it finds a ready
market at from SO to So per ton,
and so it is with almost every pro-
duct ofthe farm. The state should
by all means pursue liberal pol
icy with the railroads and in due
time they will regulate themselves,
the same as any other business en-
Iterprise.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

Rev. Talmage says "Out of EN-
ployment" What does that mean
to good young man? 1t means
opportunity TO get another and
perhaps better place. 1t means OPP
portunity for mental improvement
and preparation for higher work.
"Out of employment" What does
that mean to dissipated young
man? 1t means lightning ex-
press train on down grade on the
grand trunk TO periitiQR,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

Continued dry weather near
Danvllle, ILL.,, led Samuel White to
dig q we'll. He bored twelve feet
and struck water that bowed so
freely that tho dry bed of a creek
near By has been converted into a
fine stream. Farmers como from
long distances TO see what seems
to them very much like a miracle
"a stream OF cold water flowing
through lands that are parched
and brown with the drought.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

"Why do we always wear the
wedding and engagement rings on
the fourth finger?" she asked as
they were about To leave the jew
eier's shop. ''The reason is" SAID
the smiling jeweler, "that in olden
times u nerve was popularity sup
posed to run from the fourth finger
directly to the heart. 1t used to
be called the healing finger, and
physicians invariably used it when
they mixed their medicines"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

THE Fort Worth Gazette, upon
what authority it does not state,
says that Henry Georges party
will go into the canvass of 1888 as
the Progressive Democracy, with
governmental ownership of the rail-
roads and teIegraphs as on plank
OF its platform, and taxation Of
land regardless of the improve.
ments thereon, as another plank.
The views OF George and his adher.
EMS are utopian, but no scheme is
now so wild as to be without FOL
lowers,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

The Dallas News has discovered
who Mrs. Anarchist Parsons is
Col. J. B. Simpson, of Dallas, put
a reporter on the track of finding
out. Mrs. Rosser, Col. Simpsons
mother, is of the opinion that Mrs.
Parsons was once her slave glrl
Malinda. Mrs. r. owned a negro
woman named Sarah who during
slavery was married TO Mexican
peon who worked on her farm,
Malinda was the child of the Mexl'
can and the woman Sarah. Sarah
is sill living IN Smith county with
another husband. She is yet to be
seen and interviewed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

A correspondent writes that IN a
gambling saloon In Moscow the
walls and ceiling were covered
with paper on which stars were
stamped. Among the stara in the
ceiling were holes cut, and a man
lying an the floor above saw the
hands of those playing cards and
telegraphed them, by means of
wires connected with his shoes. to
his confederate.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

When James S. Grinstead, the
noted turfman of kentucky, made
his will eight years age he was
very wealthy. When the will was
probated after his recent death. 1t
was found that owing to shrinkage
in values and losses from other
sources the estate was not worth a
dollar,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

Fraulein Hausmann, we'll known
in Germany as the "Armless Ar
tIste," was married tho other day.
The groom placed the wedding
ring an the fourth toe of her right
foot, she signed tho marriage con-
tract holding the pen with her toes.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

r The San Antonio Light says Col.
Bob Ingersoll will put in his best
ticks before the Illinois Supreme
Court on behalf of the condemned
anarchists, but the court will see
that the bomb throwers get even
and exact justice. The bomb
throwing must cease and to that
end the bomb-throwers must cease
likewise. II the verdict of a large
majority of the press had been car
ried out the bomb men would have
ceased to exist some time ago.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

THE Houston Post asserts most
positively that Mr.. O'Brien Moore,
late managing editor of the Calves
ton News, rendered his resignation
on September 10 to take effect No
vember l, or as soon thereafter as
possible, and that the statement of
the Waco Examiner that Moore
was dismissed is untrue and unjust,
both to Mr.. Moore and the Calves
ton News.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18
THE LABOR MOKENENT.

Tho large vote received by Hen
~ George, the labor candidate tor
mayor of New York at the late
election, has seemingly given the
labor movement an unexpected i'm
pulse and it bids fair TO become an
important factor in the presiden-
tial race two years hence. The
tariff question has for the past few
years been the leading issue be-
tween the two great parties, the
Democrats contending for a low
tariff, one just sufficient for reve-
nue., and the Republican party con-
tending for high or as they term
1t protective tariff, which they
claim is beneficial TO American in
dustries and enables mine and
mill owners to pay higher wages
to laboring men. The Republican
politicians and newspapers con-
stautly preach this doctrine and
have succeeded in making great
many. of the working men IN the
New England states, and in Penn
sylvainia where are situated the
largest iron and coal interests Of
the country, believe that their pros
perity depends upon protective
tariff, and the consequence is, they
vote for Republicans for Office.
The Iaboring men taken as class
throughout the country are divided
as to their political belief. Henry
George and his immediate follow
ers have declared for absolute free
trade, and in this they take issue
with both the great parties,
neither of which is for free
trade. It is evident that dlssatis-
faction exists among the laborlng
element throughout the country
and that they are endeavoring to
organize a political party with a
view to righting real and lmagi-
nary wrongs. The greatest diff
Guilty such a party would have
to encounter would be the avoid
ahce of class-legislatlon, which is
the most fruitful cause of COM
plant. The question that pre-
sents itself is, can class
legislation be undertaken without
danger to all. 1t is claimed that
legislation is mostly in favor of
the rich as against the poor. Can
legislation be had for the benefit of
the poor without expressing the
rich? The spirit of the constitu-
ton and the government has been
to treat all citizens alike, making
no distinctions whatever; before
the law all men are equal and at
the ballot box the vote of the most
ignorant negro in the land counts
as much as the vote of Jay Gould
or the President of the United
States. Henry George in addition
to his absolute free-trade idea IN
sIsts that the government should
own and operate the railways and
telegraphs, which is something the
country is not yet ready for. What
part labor is TO take In future cleo
tlons and whether demagogues will
be able to play upon their preju-
dices and passions to the injury of
business and property is something
that must occupy the attention OF
political economists and statesmen.
Laws must be enacted that will
protect all, whether rich
or poor.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

A citizen of Holyoke, Miss, was
drinking at a bar the other day
with three companions, when his
wife came IN, Joined the drinkers,
and ordered drinks Tor all hands.
1t is said that no more effectual
way of breaking up a drinking
party was ever known in that sec
ton.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

TIE anti-saloon Republican COM
mittee is holding a session in
Chicago. Their object is to do
away with saloons where liquor is
sold by the drink. 1t was agreed
to remove the headquarters of the
executive committee from Chicago
to New York.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

FRANCIS MCCABE, the New York
Doodle alderman, who was last
week declared insane, was on Mon
day released from tho Ludlow
street Jail on a bond of $4,000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

TIE Austin Call recommends
Hon. J. W. Bains, to Governor Ross
for secretary of State, position
that he has occupied ever since
Governor Ireland has been in Off
ce. The BANNER fully agrees with
the Call in his recommendation.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

THE Sherman extension of the
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
railway will be built at once. A
meeting of the directors of the
road was held at Texarkana on
Monday and q resolution was pass
ed authorizing an increase in the
stock of the company at the
rate of $4,000 to the mile for the
Sherman extension.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18

THERE was considerable excite
ment at Chadwick, a small town
IS miles south of Springfield, Mo-,
last week. A party of men from
the Bald Knobs went to town to
break up the barrooms and empty
the whiskey out on the street. The
town people hastily armed them
selves and resisted by giving bat
tie; about 100 shots were fired and
q member OF the Bald Knob gang
was wounded.