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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16
NOT a CANDIDATE ~

The chairman of the national re-
publican executive committee, Hon.
Bull Frog Jones, of Pennsylvania, is
in receipt of letter all the way
from Florence, Italy, and signed by
the plumed knight of Maine, in which
that gentleman declinesC9 to be con-
sidered a presidential candidate be-
fore the convention which is to meet
at Chicago on the 18th of next June.
It will be observed by even a casual
perusal of the declination that there
is nothing express or positive
about it at all, and that by reading
it between the lines it is plain to be
seen that Blaine would still like to
be a candidate. His action ever
since the last election, including that
indicate, uncalled for and foolish
cable message from Paris in reply to
President Cleveland's message on
the tariff, can not be explained on
any other hypothesis. There is no
doubt that some Of the minority who
fear his weakness and who fear to
make a straight issue of the tariff, to
which he committed his side in the
Paris cablegram, have been working
on him with all the powers of per-
suasion and force of argument that
could be brought to bear to
get him to withdraw What is the
result! With the fippant assertion
my name will not be presented"
he devotes the body of his letter to
calming the fears of the minority
and proving that he could make a
better race this year than he did
four years ago. He congratulates
''the republican party on the cheer
ing prospects which distinguish the
of the national contest
of 1883 as compared with that of
1884" After reciting the disas-
trous result of 1882, in which ''ten
states that had supported Garfield
and Arthur in the election of 1880
were carried by the democrats eth
er by majorities or pluralities," and
in which ''the republican loss in the
northern elections exceeded 100000
votes he shows that against the
encouragement naturally following
the adverse elections of these two
years Q8S2-3) the spirit of the re-
publican party in the national con-
test of 1884 rose high, and the re- {
publicans went into the campaign
with such energy that the final re-
suit depended on the vote of a sin
gle state, and that shat state was ,
carried by the democratic party by '
plurality so small that it was less
than one-eleventh of 1 per cent of !
The entire vote" and that the change r
Of single vote in every 1000 of the i
5otal vote polled would have given ]
he state to the republicans. "Sel- l
iom,' says he, ''in our political his +
;ory has party defeated in ma '
ional election rallied Immediately L
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

CHAUNcY M. DEPEw says that
Blaine will get the republican nomi-
nation if he wants it, and that if he
doesn't Sheridan will. This is be-
coming quite apparent, and Sheridan
is already being groomed for the
contingency. The other day he was
sent to Boston, where he received
an ovation that scented of politics,
and his nomination would bring into
prominence the bloodyshirt issue, son
plainly foreshadowed, The BANNER
predicted more than two months ago
that Sheridan would be among the
probabilities.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

AS ITS last state election three OF
The five congressman elected in Min
esota were democrats, and the
democratic candidate for governor
was beaten by only few hundred
votes. 1t is claimed that it will be
impossible for the republican party
to carry that state this fall on a
high tariff platform The action of
the Chicago Tribune and Iowa
State Register, both strong republi-
can papers, in advocating revenue
reform, has rendered the prospects
of the republicans still less'hopefui,
not only in that state, but in Wis
consin.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16
A iSNIDE ROAD LAW.


The condition in which the streets
of BRENNAN have been for the pas
several weeks is a disgrace to the
city. Never before have they pre-
sented a more wretched spectacle
Many of them have been simply i'm
passable, and travel ON others, includ
ing the main thoroughfares, has beer
kept up under great difficulty and
maintained only through that sheer
necessity which compels men tc
wade through mud and water to
their daily places of business. 1t is
needless to say that coming here and
finding its streets in such condition
is calculated to create an unfavor-
able impression among visitors and
strangers. Some allowances, per
haps, ought to be made, on account
of the unusually disagreeable, sloppy
and prolonged siege of wet weather
with which we have been visited
this winter, but even r3der the
worst and most unfayorab1e condi-
ton of the elements the streets
ought not to be suffered to get in
such asorry plight as they are at pres
ent. The cause of our bad streets
is not difficult of ascertainment. It
is owing to the operations of the
road law and the manner in which
the work is carried on. And in making
this assertion the BANNER does not
insinuate nor desires to create the
that the fault lies with
our mayor. He has been honest, |
industrious and faithful in discharg-
ing his Office, but is handicapped
by a snide road law, which exists in
only a few towns of the size of Bren-
ham. By its operation the city is
created into separate road district
5he same as rural precincts. Peo-
pie of every class are summoned in
discriminatory to work the roads and
or the most part hire green, mex
'erienced, ignorant and lazy substi-
utes, who spend the principal part
If the time soldering" a little
cratchwork and patching is done
lere and there. Signs of where they
ave been along are occasionally
isible, but no lasting improvements
re left behind. Holes are filed I
nit black dirt cut down from the
earest bank, and fathomless seas
f mud are left for people to foun- f
er around in after the first rain
ONES to soften the dirt. A few 7
ears ago the streets of Brennan r
ere in better condition for travel !,
g after rains came and beat down q
lie sand in compact form than be- il
re. Now every street is covered s
18th filthy black dirt and clay from b
,cavations, and the result is that in $
eft weather they are impossible. In il
wing taxes the council should pro- C,
de for an improvement fund; all P
ork should be done by contract, in IL
workman-like manner, and no job a,
ould be accepted unless done &C d
riding to specifications. fe
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

LIKE the great Lafayette in revo-
lutionary times, at the outbreak OF
the civil war Prince Polignac, a
young Frenchman of noble birth,
came to this country and linked his
fortunes with the South. He was
given command, composed princi-
pally of Texans. This brave man is
now living in seclusion in an Aus
trian valley, and at the late confeder-
ate reunion at Dallas he sent from
his retirement cablegram of greet
ing to his former comrades in arms,
showing that hestill cherishes loving
memories of them. The Waco Elk
aminer appropriately suggests that
the next Legislature honor his name
by applying it to some new county
to be organized, and suggests it
would be a graceful and acceptable
tribute to this man, now in middle
life and com, arative obst urity.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

SENATOR CULLoM, of Illinois, has
an article in the current number OF
the Forum in advocacy of a govern
ment postal telegraph. The princi-
pal argument used in favor of it is
that congress voted $4,000 to ena-
BILE the inventor to make an expert
mental test between Washington
and Baltimore. The government
has frequently made appropriations
to encourage scientific discoveries,
but that is no reason why they
should be forever under government
tai control, or why the government
should interfere with the affairs OF
commerce by setting up in business
for itself. If the business is 1nonop-
olized and people are plundered let
it be regulated by law similar to the
interstate commerce regulations.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

A STATISTICS fend has figured out
and publishes the startling informa-
ton that each inhabitant of the
United States consumes one pin per
day, making necessary the daily
manufacture of sixty millions
pins. If this be true the great Won
der is that there are not more fatal
casualties reported.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

In speaking several days ago Of
the action of the United States sen
ate in granting Mrs. Logan pen
sion Of $4,000 a year for life, the
BANNER took the position that it was
no more right to confer patents OF
nobility nor to make a privileged
class of the widows of military
chiefs than to confer bounties on
the widows OF men who once rem
dered distinguished service to the
government in civil capacity. The
same thought seems to have occur
red to the widow of Yice-President
Hendricks; since Mrs. Logan and
Mrs. Hancock were granted a pen
sion she is now demanding one.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

IT IS reported from Washington
that the national democratic conven-
ton will probably be held June 5,
and that the necessity or at least
policy and advantage that there
would be in it dictates that it
be held before the republicans meet
and adopt their platform. The
BANNER is of the same opinion. The
democrats should meet and promul-
gate platform heartily in accord
with the presidents message. The
republicans would like to ignore the
tariff issue or to insert milk-and-
water sort of plank, and if they
should meet first and not take de-
cided grounds, the weak-kneed and
protection democrats would use
their action as an argument in favor
Of inducing the democrats to strad-
die, as they did in the last conyen-
ton.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16
NEW YORK BUGABOO.

Because it has grown to be re
cognized as a trite and accepted say
ing that as New York goes so goe
the Union, it looks as if the countr
: must eternally and everlastingly b
} treated to successive startling poll
tical rumors calculated to stir III
: much speculation, and certain enter
) prising newspapers which in meas
l ure depend on sensationalism fol
their existence, are in the habit o.
giving color to every rumor thus sci
afoat and are kept busy erecting
mountains out of mole hills. A
startling report is sent out one day.
and before any stable opinion can
be formed another is issued contra
dieting the first. Scarcely had Cleye-
land been seated in the executive
chair at Washington and Hill sue
ceeded him in the gubernatorial
chair ere it began to be limited that
the latter was likely to prove a dis
turbing element in the democratic
party by reason of an ambitious de
sire to supplant the president. These
rumors have been all along occas-
ionally revived only to be denied by
the friends of Hill. Finally it was
thought that a mutual and satisfac-
tory understanding had been brought
about between the president and the
governor, after the famous private in
tcrview on the occasion of secretary
Mannings funeral at Albany, and
after their private meeting last year
in Philadelphia. It was understood
that the hope was held out to Hill
that in 1892 New York would give
him its solid support for president,
and that this satisfied him. The
BANNER does not pretend to say that |
any such an agreement was discuss
ed, but gives it as what was reported
by the political gossips. At any rate
it is safe to say that with his practi-
cal experience in politics it is not
reasonable to suppose that Hill
would suffer himself to become
party obstructionist, when he has so
much to lose and absolutely nothing
20 gain, unless he were an open and
vowed enemy of thu president, bent
IN his defeat for the mere gratifca
ion of personal revenge. Therefore,
hat report based on Hills speech at
he Brooklyn Tilden celebration and
he talk of a sudden change of senti- '
nent in his favor involving every /
from New York except |
unset Cox and Perry Belmont, will 6
My do to tellto the marines. Since
be presidents message on the tariff I
he party is bound to choose him as G
IS leader again or else go long way O
owards inviting defeat. Y
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

PEOPLE who rise rapidly generally
descend the same way. Mrs. James
Brown Potter, who won notoriety at
society gathering in Washington
by reciting an indecent poem and
Immediately took to the stage, is an
example. She became so inflated
with her own Importance, and so i'm
perious and naughty from the vul
gar and silly ostentation with which
her name was paraded in fashiona-
BILE society, that the other day when
Mrs. Endicott, wife of the secretary
of war, called on her, she sent word
by her servant that she was taking
her usual siesta and didn't care to
get up. The result is that the So
ciety ladies of the capital have boy
cotted Mrs. Potter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-16

liz republican district convention
held at Terre Haute, Ind, few days
ago, Mr. Herr from Brazil bitterly
denounced the bloody shirt as an APP
peal to the passions of war, which
an enlightened and magnanimous
party should spurn. His speech was
jeered and at its conclusion brought
several members to their feet. One
speaker asserted that it was the only
issue there was, and that the presi-
dents message was an attempt to
divert attention from it. Another
speaker declared that it was the
abandonment of the bloody-shirt is
sue for the tariff question that
brought republican defeat in 1884
Thus is the Banners prediction be-
ing fulfilled that the republicans will
not dare meet the democrats on the
tariff issue this fall.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
Will Change 1t.

The health authorities of Brooklyn, N.
Y, are considering what action to pursue
regarding the custom of society of
Polish Jews in that city, who have
adopted peculiar mode of burying their
members. They bring out the body in a
rough box, and, after the grave is dug,
the body is taken from the box and laid
on the ground, The box is then broken
up and the boards are put up on the in
side of the grave, after which the body
is laid on the bare ground and then COW
cred by the top board of the box. The
other lot-holders in the cemeteries object
to this mode of burial, as it is very I'M
pleasant to those visiting the cemetery.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
The Truthful Georgia Landlord.

Not far from the City of Montgomery.
In tho State of Alabama, on one of the
roads running from the city, lives a Jolly
landlord by the name of Ford. In fair
weather or in foul, in hard times or in
soft, Ford would have his Joke whenever
possible. One bitter, stormy night. or
morning, about two hours before day-
break, he was aroused from his slumbers
by loud shouting and knocks at his door.
he turned out, but sorely against his
Will, and demanded what was the mat
ter. 1t was dark as tar, and as he could
see no one he cried out:
"Who are you there2"
"Three lawyers from Montgomery"
was the answer. "We are benighted and
want to stay all night
every sorry can't accommodate you
so far, gentlemen. Do anything to OBJ
lige you, but that's impossible.
The lawyers, for they were three of
the smartest lawyers of the State, and
ready to drop with fatigue, held con-
sultation, and then, and as they could
do no better and were too tired to go an
other step, they asked:
'Well, can't you stable our horses and
give us chairs and fire till morning."
ooh, yes; l can do that, gentlemen"
Our learned and legal friends were
soon drying their wet clothes by bright
fire as they composed themselves to pass
the few remaining hours in their chairs,
doing and nodding, and now and then
swearing q word or two of impotence as
they waited for daylight.
The longest night has q morning, and
at last the sun came along, and then in
due time a good breakfast made its APP
pearance; but to the surprise of the
lawyers, who thought the house was
crowded with guests, none but them
selves sat down to partake.
"Why, Ford, L thought your house
was SO full you couldn't give us bed
last nighR" said one of the travellers.
81 didn't say So, Ford replied.
"You didn't" What in the name of
thunder then did you say2"
"You asked me to let you stay here all
night and l said it would be impossible,
for the night was two-thirds gone when
you came. If you only wanted beds why
didn't you say so?"
The lawyers had to give it up. Three
of them on one side, and the landlord
alone had beat them all.-Atlanta Con-
st5tutiOn.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
What Push Can Accomplish.


The first experience of q millionaire
merchant of Philadelphia on his arrival
in this country aptly illustrates what
push can accomplish. When he stepped
ashore from the sailing vessel, he said,
81 was without money or friends. l
spoke to man on the wharf, and asked
him what to do. He replied, Work,
young man. Have you any motto?'
NO, I said. what do you mean?' He
said, Every man must have a motto.
Now think of one. Go out and hunt for
work.
81 started, thinking of motto. AS I
walked along the street saw painted on
a door the word Push. I said, 'That
shall be my motto did push at that
door, and entered an Office. | was asked
what wanted. | said, work, and the
word on your door gave me not only
motto, but confidence
MY manner pleased the man. He
asked me many questions, all of which
were answered promptly. He said at
last: want boy of ''push, and as
You have adopted that for your motto, l
will try you
"He did. Ny success followed, and
the motto that made my fortune will
make that of Others"
The word is old, short, and crisp, but
it expresses everything, and has carved
out fortune and fame for hundreds OF
thousands of poor and obscure boys
Dry Goods Chronicle.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
Growing Indigo in America.

Farmers in various parts of the
country says the New York Mail and
Express are beginning the cultivation
of the indigo plant, which forms very
Important feature of Chinese agricul-
ture. The indigo fern is one of the
seed-pod variety of plants, with stock
and leaf not unlike the fish geranium,
but Of darker green in color. 1t is
very hardy easily cultivated, aud, IN
like many of our native products, is
never attacked by insects.
The plants are gathered for manu-
featuring purposes when they have OBJ
tanned the height of about two feet,
and at this period the leaves have as
sumed rich dark blue color. To extract
the article that is sold for mechanical
and domestic uses, the plants are
placed in receptacles and covered with
fresh, clear water, in which they re-
main for three days, until the indican,
a peculiar substance in the juice of the
plant, is decomposed by fermentation.
TO this is added at specified times a
little Stacked lime. The whole is fire.
quently stirred to assist the process.
The indigo is precipitated in a dark
blue sediment which, when dried. is
the indigo Of commerce.. BY repeating
the process until greater degree Of
decomposition takes place, a very dark
blue is obtained, and for commercial
4 purposes the darker the color the bet
( ter and the higher price it brings.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
Quinine.

1t is stated in London England), pa
per that the discovery made by Mr.. Hew-
EFT in the artificial manufacture of qui-
nine will result in the reduction of that
article TO few cents per pound. The
Importance of this discovery is rendered
greater by the fact that while hitherto
dependence has been on the cultivation
of the cinchona tree for quinine, the
bark yielding only about per cent. of
the same, the new process admits of the
substance being produced without limit
from an article which can always be got
in abundance in any part Of the world.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13

w. L. Douglas, the best known shoe manu-
facturer in the world, was born at Plymouth,
Mass, August %, 1915. When he was seven
years old he was bound out to learn the shoe
making trade. His early life was a hard one,
but he did not complain. He had an ambition
o be master of his trade: he worked hard and
learned all he could. Having saved a little
money by hard work at the bench he began to
manufacture shoes at Brockton, Mass, July 6,
1876. His knowledge of the business gave him
a great advantage over his competitors. He
worked hard and saved his money; his bust
ness began to increase and in May, 1888, his adj
vertisement first appeared in the papers, adj
vertising w. l.. Douglas $3Shoe. He has since
added several other kinds, which he describes
in his advertisement that appears in this paper
from time to time. 1t is fact known by those
who wear his shoes that he gives more value
for the money than any other shoe manufac-
turer. w. L. Douglass factory is 426 feet
long, 30 feet wide, three stories high; he en-
ploys 300 workmen with a pay roll of $4,000 per
week. His sales are 1900 pairs per day; his
business is increasing very rapidly and will
reach over $1,000,000 this year. He pays the
highest wages paid in the city, and is highly
regarded by those who work for him. Ii you
are in want of pair of shoes it will pay you
to 90 to your dealer and examine pair before
you buy any other make. There is one thing
certain, you will find his shoes the best value
for the price, and free from shoddy. W. l..
Douglas built up his reputation by making
honest shoes.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13

Mrs. SANDs-O, I knowl 1t is easy to say
Don't let them read trash" but how dc. you
know just what books to put into the hands OF
your girls? You certainly have no more time
than I, yet you always seem to know exactly
the right thing to do.
FRIEND-Well Sarah, in this instance 1 get
my information from Demorest's Monthly
Magazine. They are now publishing some
Giris;'' and now that you speak of it, 1 win
let you into little secret. You always say
that | am so well up on the matters of the day,
and really think am; yet the fact is, only
get time to read my magazine; but when
have finished it, ! know pretty much what is
going on, as in Demorests they do seem to
cover the ground on all subjects that each
John is as anxious each month for it to arrive
as | am.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13

Whereas, The Monon Route a. N. A. 81 C.
Ry Coz desires to make it known to the world
at large that it forms the double connecting
link of Pullman tourist travel between the
sorts of the Northwest; and
Whereas Its rapid transit" system is un-
surpassed, its elegant Pullman Buffet Sleeper
and Chair car service between Chicago and
Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati I'M
equaled; and
Whereas, It's rates are as low as the lowest;
then be it
Resolved, That in the event of starting on a
trip it is good policy to consult with f. o. Nc
Cormick, Gen1 Pass. Agent Mcnon Route, 1856
Dearborn ST.. Chicago, for full particulars. In
any event send for Tourist Guide, enclose &c.
postage.
Much Pain and Suffering may be avoided by
child bearing woman by the timely use of The
Mothers Friend.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13
Quick Witted.

Alfonso de Beriot: 'eYou say you are
superstitious, Miss Gushington, but
would you dare to be married on Fri
dayp Miss Gushington: ''What! Next
Friday9 Why, dear Alfonso, you are SO
sudden and so unconventional" "You
quite misunderstood me. protest.
didn't propose" "That's all right,
Alfonso, you didn't propose as they usu-
ally do, but I likeit just the same. Yes,
dear, it shall be Friday."
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-13

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