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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04
The Retort Courteous.

SIS the resterauteur in?" inquired
gentleman of the cashier of down town
eating house.
mo, sir; he's gone to the butcherau-
tours" was the reply.-Detroit Free
Press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04

NOUNU-I MT CNCONS'0" ''S"IS
will be placed on sale at the commence
ment of tourist season by the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids 81 Northern Railway and
all Of its connecting lines at low rates %
the following points: Spirit Lake, Iowa ;
Waterville, Minneapolis, st. Paul ard
Lake Minnetcnka, Minnesota; Lake SUI
perior points; Yellowstone Park ard
points in Colorado.
Write for "a Midsummer Paradise %
the General Ticket and Passenger Ager {,
W. j. MORRISON, Manager, Spirit Lake
Iowa.
c. ]. IVES, ]. e. HAkkE6Ah.
Pres't and csnl supt een1 Ticket and Passr Age II
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04
THE ORLEANS

is first-class in all of its appointments,
being supplied with gas, hot and cold
water baths, electric bells and all modern
improvements, steam laundry billiard
halls, bowling alley, ETC., and positive y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04
MAGNIFICENT
VESTzBULE EXPRESS TEAMS

Leading all competitors in splendor Of equipment
between CHICAGO and DIES MONIES. COUNCIL
BLUFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO, via
KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH
First.Class Day Coaches, FREE RECLINING CHAIR
CARS and Palace sleepers, with Dining Car Service
Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs With
d!yerginG railway lines now forming the new md
picturesque
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04

w dIItI-I expect you 90 ply III tkOK-
vance.
Guest-What do you mean, sir!
Waiter-No offense, sir, whatever, but
the last gentleman who ate shad here got
a bone in his threat and died without
paying, and the boss took it out of my
wages.-Texas Siftings
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04
STANDARD GAUGE
TRANS-ROCRY MOUNTAIN RoUTf,

1RANS-ROCKT MOUNTAIN ROUTT,
Over which superbly-equipped trains run daiIv
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE to and from salt
Lake City, Ogden and San Francisco. THE ROCK
ISLAND is also the Direct ana Favorite Line TO md
IRON Manitou, Pixies Peak and all other sanitary md
scenic resortsand cities and mining districts In Color do
DAILY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS
From St Joseph and Kansas City to and from all m
porant towns cities and sections in Southern Nebra ka
Kansas and the Indian Territory. Also via ALBERT
LEA ROUTE fiom Kansas City and Chicago to waser-
town. Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL
connecong for all points north and northwest betw
the lakes and the Pacific Coast.
For Tickets Maps, Folders, desired information
apply to any Coupon Ticket Office in the United Suites
or Canada, or address
{. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
GenT Manager, Gen1 Tiki. & Pass. Agt,
CHICAGO, ILL
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
Getting ON from Smoke.

1t appears that in Scotland there is q
company which pays a certain amount
yearly to number of iron works for the
privilege Of collecting the smoke and
gases from the blast furnaces. These
are passed through several miles of
wrought iron tubing, and as the gases
cool there is deposited considerable
yield of oil; one plant is reported to yield
$4,000 gallons of furnace oil per week.
The sum paid for this privilege is such
as to be profitable, it is said, to both par
ties The oil thus obtained is distilled.
and considerable quantity of cresol,
phenol and some other substances are
procured from it, while the oil remain
ing is used as an enricher of gas for illu-
minating poses.-New York Sun,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
The Lord Told Her to Sing.

The Baptist chapel at Leytonstone was
crowded on Sunday because of an an
nouncement that Madam Antoinette
Sterling would sing during the service.
She not Or sang, but at the prayer
meeting VIII b followed joined in prayer
and deliver b short address. It may
not be generally known that the famous
contralto is a believer in the doctrine of
the Inward Light.
A pretty story is told about her in this
connection. She was present at one Of
the Quaker meetings at Devonshire
square, and the brethren and sisters re-
manned some long time without the
spirit moving any of them to utterance.
At last Madam Sterling got up and sang
20 Rest in the Lord" which created no
small stir. The clerk afterward ap-
preached her, and said, ''Thee knowest.
sister, it's against the rules; but if the
Lord telleth thee to sing, thee mustP
It was probably through her recoIlec
ton of this incident that Mrs. Margaret
Lacy, the sister of that old tribune of
the people, John Bright, called in her
last illness for "the singing sister"
Needless to say, Madam Sterling went.
British Weekly.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
HOW Nature pistributes HOE aifta.


When you and get rich, my dear, %
some day we surely shall, what are we
going to do with all our money! We
will hunt up some of the improvident
ones, those who could never make the
two ends meet, those who through good
heartedness, or lack of forethought or
unselfish desire to make other folks hap
Ply, have never laid by a cent, and we
will give those silly people such good
time they will carry its impress all
through their after lives, as apat Of but
ter carries the print. We viii slyly pay
the bills for improvident ones who have
grown gray in the effort to make de-
cent funeral for dead horses. They shall
forget how to spell scare" and their new
and happy dialect shall know no such
words as monthly payments, right
eous dues" or cant afford it."
I am convinced that as rule it is not
the sweet hearted people who take on
this worlds gain. There is many poor
beggar with not a change of linen to his
back who would make more royal
host, had the smiling face of fortune
turned his way, than the rightful owner
of the vast estates at whose gate he
stands and begs. The big hearts too
often go with the empty purse, and the
little, wizened, skinfint souls, that it
would take thousand of to crowd the
passage through the eye of needle,
gain all the golden fayors of the god Of
plenty.-Chicago Herald.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
She works better Thsn = Man.

A southern woman in the railroad
service is Mrs. Rebecca Boutwell,, who
supports herself by tending tank fol
the East Tennessee railroad, attending
to all the work incident to such employ.
ment with no assistance. She fires up
and runs the engine. When it is out Of
order she repairs it. Previous to her en-
gagement on the railroad this woman
took charge of the sawdust at mill.
1t had been found impossible for any one
man to keep the sawdust rolled away.
She not only kept the sawdust down, but
knitted pair of socks every day besides
New York Sun,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
The Courtesy OF Assassips.

1t will be remembered that some time
ago Mr.. Constantine Belchef, the min
lister of finances, was unsldllfully shot
and killed while walking in the streets
of Sofia in company with NJ. Stambulof,
the prime minister. 1t was thought at
the time that NJ. Belcheff was the victim
of mistaken identity, and this belief has
been confirmed by the following apology
which has been carved on his tombstone:
Forgive US; we aimed at Stambuloh
and struck you. The second time we
will not fail. General NJ. NJ. Trumbun
in Open Court.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
Both Been There Before.

4 feel constrained to tell you, Fred,
that have been engaged before this"
she whispered.
Don't mention it, b" he said gently; 81,
too, have been Tilted. "-Harper's Bazaar.
is CentaurS-half man and half horse.
So the first physician was u veritable
horse doctor, indeed, and no pretentious
veterinary surgeon. Modern II. D. s,
however, have no cause to blush over
this apparently humble origin, for
Chiron was an nonor to his profession,
He failed of cure in but a single case,
which Is i,ore than can be said.of his
followers. Chicago Herald.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
A New Use for Diam onds.

A use for diamonds, as an assistant to
marksmen, has been discovered. The
diamonds are fixed in the front and back
sights of rifles, and it is said they enable
the marksman to take quick and cor
rect aim even in bad light. The bril-
Hants are so fitted that Immediately the
piece is brought to the shoulder the rays
in the gems assist the alignment, and the
eye takes aim without the least hesita-
tion.-Horologica Journal
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

sS'f7<W1II nafoJy Withdraw
under fire. He is too used to fire
alarms.
Crops in Italy, it is said, are
above the average in quantity and
quality.
This years farm products out
valued last years by over $780,,
100000.
Crops in Italy, it is said, are
above the average in quantity and
quality
An average of four persons die
daily in England from delirium
tremens.
A mechanic in Nuremburg has
invented a doll that writes letters
on a slate.
The city marshal of Rich Hill,
Mo-, bears the imposing name of
Heterogeneous.
We are all wrong as to dates.
The Chinese reckon this to be
year 1904.
An average of four persons die
daily IN England from de-
lirium tremens.
The dogs of one county in Pen
nsyivania last year killed $4,000
worth of sheep.
Seventeen of the mummies in
the Berlin museum were found to
be fabrications.
Statistics prove that only one
man in six who emigrate does so
with advantage.
The number of swine in the
United states on January l last
were 5O,OOO,OOO.
Mrs. Mary Myrick, of Protone, III.
has been elected school director
without opposition.
A train of five cars constructed
wholly OF steel has been on ex-
hibition In Chicago.
Ed German, of Columbus, knock.
ed Tommy Conner out IN the third
round at Columbus.
A Litchfield man, who is looked
up to, stands seven feet, seven in
ches In his slippers.
Some of the peach trees in
Georgia are already bearing a
second crop of fruit.
1t is reported from st. Peters
burg that 25,OOO,OOO persons are
unable to pay thir taxes.
A..religion that does not stick to
man during business hours is no
good after business hours.
Miss Davey, who wrote The Girl
in the Karpathians, has married Mr..
Norman, of the Pail Mall Gazette.
Out west they Judge an expert
hangman as they do ship-by the
the number OF knots he.makes an
hour.
The nationl club of England Of
fers a $4,000 purse for a match be-
tween George La Blanche and o.
Brien.
Charley Mitchell, who is coming
over with SIavin, now threatens to
challegne Corbtt to a London rules
match.
Austin Gibbons has offered to 90
to London and fight Dick Burge in
the national club if allowed $3.50
for expenses.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

Why is it that when girls have an op-
portunity to ask for advice, or have
their fortunes told. or anything in that
line, the first thing they do is to ask
something about their hearts or the
hearts of others with relation to their
own2 Don't they ever think of any
thing else except emotions9 Or is it
Chat they feel competent to settle all
other questions themselves2-Detroit
Free Press.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

HempsteaU .cAs ago, return
ed Saturday and surrendered.
Work on the Galveston gram
elevator has commenced for the Gal.
weston Wharf company 1t will cost
100000 and the contract calls for
its completion by the LIST of May.
Application on writ of habeas
corpus has been made for bail for
the appearance of Robt. A. Hender-
son who recently killed VIM. Have
man at Hampstead. The grounds
on which bail will be asked is that
no malice was proven and the crime
is only man slaughter.
"A strange young man arrived at
Greenville Sunday from Kansas,
proceeded to a drug store and made
a purchase of four ounces of oil of
cedar; he put up for the night at
the Commercial hotel and during
the night he got up and drank the
entire contents of the bottle. He
was found this morning in very
critical condition and furnished at
tention. He cannot tell where he came
from or where he is going. He is
supposed to be either crazy or at
least so crazed by the dose he took
that he can not give any account of
himself.
The scalp law passed by the
last state legislature has resulted in
almost depicting the treasury of
several of the western counties.
There are only four wool growers in
Dimmitt county, yet over $4,000
have already been paid out for scaIps
IN that county alone, the board of
commissioners there allowing S2351
to coyote and wildcat hunters at
their last session. The amount paid
out for scalps in some of the coun-
ties averages SO per head on the
population. There is much COM
plant on account of the law in con-
sequence.
Mrs. Mary F. Boyce, of Houston,
has instituted suit against the Gal
weston street railway company its
directory and the city of Galveston,
and asks that areceiver be appointed
for the railway company. The plain
tiff is the owner of 300 shares of
stock in the defendant railway COM
pany valued at $4,000. In her
petition she alleges against the di-
rectory of said railroad company
Encouragement and misappropria-
ton of the funds and income of the
company, and charges a wrongful
investment of its earnings in other
corporations. That.at a stockholders
meeting 1880 shares of stock were
wronglully declared paid up, and
that the directory, by voting a large
amount oil fraudently issued stock,
have maintained themselves in the
management and control of the
companys affairs. The plaintiff fur
Their alleges in her bill Of complaint
that the board of directors fraud
ulently invested $4,000 in buying
stock in the Beach hotel and the
Seaside improvement company and
without legal authority advance over
$4,000 to the company. The last
named corporation is practically
owned by the railway company's
board of directors. The petition
further recites the insolvency of the
defendant company, and requests
the appointment of a receiver and
the issuing of an injunction against
the company's officers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

He (anxiousIy) What did your ia
Their sayl
She (sweetly)-Nothing. except that
he would look you up ana see if You
had enough to support wife.
He-Um-my dear, hadn't we better
elope ron!SnG!-Naw York Weekly,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
rRAvEuINa sY MIGHT NJ LoNpoai:

The gray and misty night,
Slim trees that hold the night among
Their branches, and along
The vague embankment, light on light.
The sudden, racing lightsi
1 can just hear, distinct, aloof
The gayly gathering hoof
Beating the rhythm of festive nights
The gardens to the weeping moon
Sigh back the breath of tears,
Oh, the refrain of years on years
Meath the weeping moonl
Arthur Symons in Academy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The poisonous elements called pto
ma;nes accumulate i'll cans and metal
vessels of all kinds with great rapidity.
Z single hour under favorable condi-
lions viii develop millions of infinitcsi-
nal pests
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

8. oooK entitled History OF Wonders
Performed at airs" mentions an Eng
ishman who, at the fair of st. German,
in 1924, leaped over the heads of forty
people without touching one of them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The late General B. F. Kelley received
the first wound of the war at the baltic
of Philippi. His blood stained vest, with
the rent in it made by the bullet, is pre-
served by Washington officer.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
BREVITIES.

The word uses daily 1910 steel
pens.
Lions and leopards are very
fond of perfumes.
Men spend fully one-half their
time in foulishness.
The Chinese never permit women
to be photographed.
Iceland contains neither prisons,
policemen nor watchmen.
Salmon, pike and goldfish are
the only fish that never sleep
The income tax of Londoners
has doubled within decade.
Salmon, pike and goldfish are
the only fish that never sleep.
A man has not suffered very
deeply unless be is wiser for it.
The telephone has been known
in India for thousands of years.
Trunks are now being made out
of paper, and are indestructlble.
No man Is as good as he looks
when he has his wedding suit on.
A horse show of political dark
horses would be something like.
Cuba's sugar crop this year is
267 800 tons greater than IN 1880.
For toothache, try oil of sassafras,
and apply it frequently, if necessary.
Forest fires are dong great dam
age IN the vicinity OF Vernon, Ala.
The mineral products of Chill
last year aggregated $76,O00,000.
Forest fires are doing great
damage IN the vicinity of Vernon,
Ala.
There are only 40 900 Hawaiiahs
left; fifty years ago there were So
900.
Much damage Is being done In
W.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

A TRAVELLER in Japan says that the
Japanese dislike the Russians and
the Chinese, but like the Americans
and the English. They are fearful
of the aggressions of the Russians
in Corea and of the Chinese in the
Islands that lie south of Japan; but
they do not look for any act of ag-
gression by the United States or by
England.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
Cleaning Fish Described,

The first time my little Marie, aged
twenty-six months, saw the girl dressing
the fish for dinner she came running TO
me, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
Mamma. mammal she exclaimed,
Mary comb fishes hair wild de knife
and it ali come offr'-Cor. Babyhood.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The speakership question retains
about the same position.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

An officer in the bureau of the super
intendent of immigration at Washing
ION says that the present demand for
domestic servants is unprecedented,
They are for the most part German,
Swedish or Irish immigrants, and it is
now rare thing to find an American
girl in the kitchen.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The city attorney of Houston has
been ordered to draft an ordinance
providing for an issue of $4,000
school bonds.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

THEODORE THOMAS has been con
frmed as musical director of the
Exposition.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

IT is reported that within the last
six months $50 young women have
taken up timber claims in the state
of Washington.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

MADAGASCAR. will have an exhibit
of its resources and products at the
Exposition.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

WHEN the Virginia editors return
to their homes and begin to tell
their people of Texas, the good of
their visit here will begin to be felt
for Texas is the greatest place in the
Union and the reason the people in
the Eastern States don't come out in
larger numbers is because the ad-
vantages of Texas has never been
placed before them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
=
The Weekly Banner.
SUPPLEMENT.

MAJ. MCKINLEY is so-journing in
the East now.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
One Weman,s "Breaks."

Washington society, Ike every other
society, has its Mrs. Malaprop. To the
| daughters of one Of our most distin-
| guished diplomats she is reported to
have said: Il am so glad to meet you.
have been hearing you spoken of Sc
much as the pretty Miss Legation, the
clever Miss Legation. Do tell me which
of you is the petty one and which the
clever one" Again, to a famous army
officer and his wife, who were telling
her how much they had enjoyed her din
ner party, she said cheerily, Il thought
you would like to meet some nice PEG
| pie"
Being presented to plainly dressed
woman, whose name she did not catch.
| she said in the course of conversatio.l,
that Washington was delightful city
| for people in moderate circumstances.
There are So many pretty little houses.
such as you, madam. might find suit,
able" she said, addressing unwittingly
one of the richest of the old residents,
whose fine house on Lafayette square is
almost historic, and who had the tact
and kindness not 70 set her right.
Perhaps Mrs. Malaprop's most famous
speech is of as late date as last spring,
just before she Went abroad. Coming
down to greet a morning caller in her
wrapper, Mrs. Malaprop said sweetly:
"You really must excuse me for coming
down in my nom de PLANE, but have
been busy packing all the morning.
Boston Herald
Why He Took Down the Fire Escape.
a iccal hotel keeper gives Il queer ex.
cuse for not having a fire escape from Il
bedroom i'll the second story. He says
that he had one placed there a year ago,
but the first two weeks three boarders
skipped their bills by its means and then
he had it taken oUt.-Springfeld Re-
publican.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
Miss Kate Field is working hard for

miss haIe TItIU Is WOIhIHg HaII IUI a
foam exhibition of the paintings of Amer
lean artists from all parts of the coun-
try, to be held in connection with the
art congress which convenes in Decem-
Der. Miss Fields endeavors to abolish
duty on imported works of art will prob
ably receive considerable aid from this
body.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

STEVE RYAN, of Atlanta, Ga, must
go to jail, according to a recent de-
cision of the supreme court. Ryan
was a merchant prince who failed for
100000, and who was ordered to
jail by Judge Gober for contempt in
refusing to carry out the order of the
court, commanding him to pay over
$125,000 of the assets, which the
court held he must have, and the
highest tribunal in that state sus-
tanned the decision of the court be-
low.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

TIE Austin Globe, Mr.. o. II. P.
CARROTS paper, has again changed
hands and will be conducted by the
Globe Publishing Company here
after.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The New England industries are
all feeling stimulating influence,
and goods are being rapidly turned
out for winter distribution.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

SINCE Minneapolis has been select.
ed as the place for holding next
years Republican Convention, St.
Paul will turn green with envy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The governor general of India, the
giceroy, receives Il salary of $3.50, O00 a
year, with allowances that include a
gorgeous palace ut Calcutta and a sum
mer residence, all making his position
WORTH $500, 900 a year.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The Chicago papers demand that
the treasury department investigate
the rumors that Dr.. Arch Cochran,
of Dallas, is drawing two salaries,
that of worlds fair commissioner
and an internal revenue agent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

The silver men of the west are
formulating plans for the pushing
of free coinage, but they will be met
by a strong organization of eastern
interests. The manufacturing inter-
ests are preparing to oppose any
fresh agitation upon the tariff ques-
ton, and will try to have things let
alone
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

A NUMBER of new cotton mills are
to be erected in the south during the
coming winter and spring, the CAPT.
tai for which is already largely sub
scribed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03

Princess Christian, the daughter Of
Queen Victoria, employs awoman physi-
clan, DIR. Julia Maitland, who IS a spe-
cialist N diseases of the nerves