Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-23

character1Z1ng 1t as q local NoT TdCue
sectional) issue It tends more tt
breed sectionalism and to array on
interest against another than an.
other thing.
NOTHING in the world delights thu
Plumed Knight more, SO it is said
than to be compared with Henry
Clay, and it is owing to this fact
doubtless, that his friends among
The newspapers are so accustomed tc
instituting comparisons between the
two. The st. Louis Post-Dispatch
destroys the parallel by picturing
the great Kentucky giant on his
Blended knees begging for the return
of his Mulligan letters.
NORTH CAROLINA is the only state
in the union which provides by
statute law the infection of the
death penalty in cases of burglary.
And in this respect it is ahead of
others. The infection of the death
penalty on midnight marauders who
hound people in their sleep and in
Ea5s the sacred household at the
dead hoS of night With the assas-
sins dagger up tie sleeve to com
init murder in case of detection or
in case of resistance, is none too Sc
we're.
The Philadelphia boarding houses
take great pride in advertising pure
Philadelphia-made butter and Phila-
delphia-raised chickens. An ex-
change says that the stranger and
visitor doesn't object to these, but
what he does object to is to have
the chickens running along in the
road and getting before him while
he is in a hurry, and to have his
early morning nap disturbed by
the Philadelphia matron plying the
churn dasher. Poor old Philadel-
phinl
The Hon. Andrew jackson Evans
neither consults time nor place nor
the prophecies of the occasion, but
seizes upon every opportunity to
spew out his gall against democracy.
AT republican mass-meeting called
the other night to take steps to Sc
cure the holding of the state conven-
lion at San Antonio, and which was
supposed to be held in the interests
of the entire city, Jack was called
out for a speech, and was not con
tent merely with assaulting the
national democracy, but had to drag
the mistress of the White House in
also.
The Langtry says that she has
never pushed herself into society.
If she hasn't it is well. A married
woman tramping around the country
with a ralish young dude as she did
has no claim upon decent society.
But it is told of her that last sum
mer she presumed upon the giddi-
ness of Hon. Geo. W. Childs, of
Philadelphia, who was spooning af-
ter her, to get him to introduce her
into society at Long Branch, and
that Notwithstanding his prominence
Che is presidential possibility the
ladies to whom ne introduced her
her without ceremony.
JUDaINa from cablegram sent
over from London's royalty is no
longer hedged by that divinity it |.
used to be. At a performance of
ttAriadne" by Madam Beere in the
Metropolitan Theatre Comique some
nights ago ''Me Lud" the Prince of
Wales occupied private box, and
showed his Ill manners and roy
al presumption by talking so loud to
a party of friends as to disturb every
body in the audience. Patience
ceased to be a virtue. He was greet
ed with cries of "shut up! this is no
smoking room entertainment" Fail
ing to have any effect, the audience
arose as one man and Missed him,
and the newsboys next day reaped
small fortune crying "all about the
princes bad manners"