Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-23

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Q the murder of his wife.
Jews rarely embark in the saloon
S business. They wouldn't be salts
fed with topper scent.
Floyd City is to have handbmt
and commodious hotel The build
+ ing will be erected at once.
An experiment in blowing by
electricity is to be made on large
scale in central Spain.
The Minnesota supreme court has
closed the upper berths of sleeping
cars in that state.
Colored men are now working
their way into many of the skilled
trades in New York
A Baltimore editor lately received
from one of his admirers, a tomato
which weighed thirty ounces.
Do all that you can to stand, and
then fear lest you may fall, and by
the grace of God you are safe.
The fastest ship in the French
navy now has speed of 1868 knots
per hour without engine strain.
We may shut our eyes to pain
full truth; but we don't shut our
ears-if it's about somebody else.
To rejoice in the happiness of
others is to make it our own: to pro-
duce it is to make it more than our
own.
An interstate hay palace, made of
baled hay, with trimmings of baled
straw, has been built at Momence,
Ills.
Five generations of one family sat
for their photographs in a single
group at Springfield, Penn. few
days ago.
1t is a matter of tradition in Japan
that fruit grows upon the bamboo
when there is to be famine in that
country.
More corporations are chartered
under the laws of New Jersey than
under those of any other State in
the country.
Under the laws of China, the |
adult who loses his temper in a dis
cussion is sent to jail for FIVE days
to cool down. +!
Tony Arata, 5 years old, was
killed by a fall from the fourth story
window of his residence at Chicago,
ILL.,, recently.
The Sherman city council has
passed an ordinance to buy the city
hall bonds of 1884 and issue $4,000
street, road, and bridge improve
ment bonds.
evil you think of me very often
while you are away, dearest John?"
But, Emily, you know that this is
to be pleasure trip"
Candles are pretty nearly gone
out" says an exchange. With such
weather as this we can afford to let
the fire go out, too.
We are always looking ahed, and
that IL the way tew look: if the man
at the wheel look back he will soon
beaah his vessell.-Billings.
The true test of civilization is not
the census, nor the size of cities. nor
the crops, but the kind of men that
the country turns out.-Emerson. 1
God is not dependent upon our
learning, our wit, or our wisdom. If
all the bright, witty people were to
die to-day he could still the uni S
verse.
The Mexicans eat salt with their ,,
both because they prefer D..
he fruit so seasoned, and because it
S considered to be more wholesome
With salt. +
Mrs. Harry Owens, whose hus- q
oand sent her from Leadville, Colo, q
EAST for her health, has disappeared +
lnder circumstances that indicate an C
.lopement. !
A carpet used in room of the
United States Mint after being in t
year some years, was recently /
'urned in pans and yielded S2500 a
worth of gold. il
The thoroughly great men are =
hose who have done everything :
thoroughly, and who have never des- :,
Used anything, however small, of !,
iods making. q
A Georgia editor leads ali papers D
n the guessing schemes. 1t asks i,
IS readers to guess who owes
hree years subscription, and re-
use to pay it in sweet potatoes" tt
A mixture of lime with cheese or =,
asein or albumen, we'll worked up, so
! recommended as an excellent in.
oluble plastic materian. Hot water N
oes not affect it, and it is easily di