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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16

of my entire body, and the suffering
l endured was intense. l was soon
unfit for business, and became as
helpless as a child. The potash pre-
scriptions of the doctors almost ruin
ed my digestion, and found no
relief in anything until S. S. S.
(Swift's Specific) was recommended.
Several bottles cured me completely,
and for more than four years I have
not had symptom of Rheumatism"
S. S. S. is unlike the many blood
tonics on the market, for it cures the
most obstinate cases, which they can
not reach. II is a real blood remedy,
and is the only one guaranteed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16
Love Of Conquest.

"Marry me and I shall be forever
your willing slave"
'What do ] want with q willing
SLAYER II you were an unwilling slave,
there would be some pleasure in the
situation. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16
1897. THE sun. 1897.
BALTIMORE MD.
THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE
FORTHR PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLk

HONEST IN MOTIVE.
FEARLESS IL EXPRESSION.
SOUND IL pRINCIpLE.
UNswERyING II ITS ALLEGIANCE
RIGHT THEORIES AND
RIGHT PRACTICES.
The sun Publishes all the News all the
Time. hut it does not allow its columns 10 be
degraded by unclean, immoral OF purely
sensational matter.
Editorially. The sun IS the consistent and
unchanging champion and defender of popn-
lar rights against political machines and mo-
nopoies OF every character Independent in AZ
things. extreme I'm none. IL is for good laws.
good government and good order.
by mail Fifty Cents a month, SIX Dollars
year.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16

Mr.. Frank T. Rey-
nolds, of Dalton,
Ga, was a sufferer
from Rheumatism
since his ,ooyhood.
He writes: Ever
since l was twelve
years of age l have
suffered intensely
with NJ soul ar
X II e II III a ii 5 III F.,
which, at one time,
kept me in bed for
eigt teen months.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16

Trains 10, II, o and SO daily except
Sunday.
(a) Trains. g.. Local Freight and Pass
engers. leaves Manassas. Tuesday
Thursday and saturday. Leaves Har-
risonburg. Monday Wednesdays and
Fridays.
Forrate tickets and baggage checks
apply to any Office Of the Southern
Railway. or to L. = Brown. Gen. Agt.
1900 Penna. Ave Washington d. c.
W. II. GREEN. M. CULP W.A.TURK.
Gen. >upt. Iriih" Nan. g.. Z. A.
Washington, ID. q.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16
Mems and women's Theater Hats.

Even the worm will turn. The ques-
ton Of women's hats at theaters has en-
tered upon an acute phase. During the
performance Of Mime. Putiphar," at
the Athenee Comique, gentleman
seated in the orchestra stalls coolly re-
tanned his headgear. and, when protests
and cries were raised around him, he
took 10 notice Of them. An official hav-
ing walked up to him with polite re-
monstrance, he quietly pointed TO two
ladies seated i'll front Of him with
hats much higher tnan his own, and re-
marked that so long as that was allowed
he would continue to act as he haG done.
AllusiOn was then made TO the police
commissary, whereupon the gentleman
left his place and requested that his
money might be returned. As this was
refused he took his departure, but he
has lost no time in summoning the
manager to appear before the justice of
the peace, by whom the question will
be thrashed out. The document with
which the manager has been presented
sets forth that there is no rule compel
ling men to remove their hats at thea
tiers, and that, moreover, it is idle to
pretend that their headgear prevents the
other spectators from witnessing the
performance, inasmuch as women's
hats. which are now Of ridiculously ex-
aggerated proportions, are tolerated.
Nor, it is added, does the difference of
sex suffice to explain this unfair treat
ment, seeing that men are often in more
need of a head covering than women.
Accordingly, the gentleman asks that
the price of his stall shall be returned to
him and that 80 francs shall also be
paid as compensation for his having
been deprived Of the pleasure Of wit
Messing the performance.-London Tel
pQraDh.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16
urelyVegetab1e.

It cures Cancer, Scrofula, Conta-
gious Blood Poison, Eczema Rheuma-
tism, Catarrh and other blood diseases,
It matters not how deep-seated.
Books on blood and skin diseases
mailed free to any address. SWIFT
SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16

The experience of
Mr.. E. J. Gibson, of
Madison, q a. was
similar 10 the above.
He says: 81 tried
almost every rheu-
matte re Ried y I
heard of, but grew
worse instead of
better. The sharp,
aching pains, Pc
culiar to Rheuma-
tiSfi1 took DoSSpec;On
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16
Daniel webster's Words.

The most Of them are dead-those
who in 1851 moved in that procession
that marched from the city hail Of
Washington down Louisiana avenue to
Seventh street ana :hen through Penn
sylvania avenue to the north gate Of
yonder capitol to lay the cornerstone
of the extension Of that capitol. The
president who that day presided and
solemnly struck that stone three times
in dedication long ago quit earthly
scenes, and the lips Of the great orator
Of that hour are dust, and the grand
master Of that occasion long ago put
down the square and the level and the
plumb with which for the last time he
pronounced a cornerstone well laid.
But what most interests me now Is
that inside that cornerstone, in glass
lar, Theoretically sealed, is document
Of national import. though III poor PEN
manship. 1t is the penmanship Of Dan
iel Webster, which almost ruined the
penmanship Of this country for many
years, because many thought if they
had Daniel Webster's poor penmanship
it might indicate they bad Wcbstcr's
genius. The document reads as follows:
If it shall hereafter be the will Of
God that this structure shall fall from
its base, that its foundation be upturn-
ed and this deposit be brought to the
ewes Of men, be it then known that On
this day the nation Of the United States
Of America stands finn; that their con-
stitutiOn still exists unimpaired and
with all its original usefulness and
glory, growing every day stronger and
stronger in the affection Of the great
body Of the American people and at
tracing more and more the admiration
If the world, and all here assembled,
whether belonging TO public life or to
private life, with hearts devoutly thank
full to Almighty God for the preserva-
ton Of the liberty and the happiness Of
the country. unite in sincere and fer
vent prayers that this deposit and the
walls and arches, the domes and tow
ers, the columns and entablaturos now
10 be erected over it may endure forev-
er. God save the United States Of Amer
lea! Daniel Webster, secretary Of state
If the United States.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16

by III the events In our national hlstO-
~, " the signing of the compact in the
cabi . of the Mayfower, by the small
ship, the Half Moon, sailing up the
Huds On, by the treaty Of William Penn,
by tl,e hand that made the Liberty
bell" amnd its first stroke, by Old Iron
sides blowing the high seas. and. if
touch ed by all the events of past Amer
lea, certainly by all the events of the
prese ut day. Every prayer you make for
our alers, if the prayer be Of the right
stamp and worth anything, has "A re-
bound Of benediction for your own body,
mind and soul
Another reason for obedience TO my
text is that the prosperity of this coun-
| Try is coming, and we want hand in
helping Oh its coming. AT any rate do
| 1t is matter Of honest satisfaction to a
soldier, after some great battle has been
| fought and some great victory won, to
be able to say: ayes, was there. l
was in the brigade that stormed those
heights. was in that bayOnet charge
that put the enemy TO flight. Well,
the day will come when all the finan
cial, political and moral foes Of this re-
public will be driven back and driven
down by the properties that are now
on their way, but which come with
slow tread and in fatigue dress'
when we want them to take "the dOu-
bic quick" BY our prayers we may
stand Oh the mountain top and beckon
them on and show them a shorter cut.
Yea, in answer to our prayers the Lord
God of Hosts may from the high heav-
ems command them forward swifter
than mounted troops ever took the field
at Eylau or AusteTlitz.
In 1872 Holland was ass6Hed. Her
people prayed nightly. The ships Of
her enemies waited for the high tides
on which to come in. In answer to the
prayers offered the tide, as never before,
was detained ~ hours, and before that
~ hours had passed hurricane swoop-
ed upon the enemies ships and destroy
ed them, and Holland was saved. If
God detained the high tide in answer
to prayer, will he not hasten IL in an
ever to prayer? Surely it has been low
tide long enough. May the Lord hasten
the high tide Of national welfare.
American citizens, our best hold is on
God. We have all seen families in pray
er and churches in prayer. What we
want yet to see is this whole nation on
its knees.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16

Train f0janI i0l connects with S0atn.rn n.
x. al Strasburg Junction no D. I'D ana % D.. m.
for HarrisCnburg aud points on Valley k4il-
road.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-16

Tr lin lOs and so connects with
4. at Harrisonburg ar100 mai
for strasburg Junction snl III
division.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09
Total 124 99.7 $40 14.8 90
Totals 426 1887 354.2 39.5 1875
Totals 965 900.8 1883 91.9 439
WESLEY ITEMS.

Mr.. Emerson Watts, of Green
vine, left for Jasper, Indiana, to
take charge of a position in a
Sucker-Rod Factory, which he
held prior to his coming to
Texas. Mr.. Emmerson is a gen.
eral favorite with every one, and
made a host of friends during his
short sojourn with US, who wish
him every success.
Mrs. John Bowers, of Wes-
ley, is nursing her sick mother,
Mrs. L. Woods, of BRENNAN,
who is quite i'll from a relapse of
dengue.
Miss Olga Miller was called
home to the bed side of her sick
mother, but we are glad to hear
of her return among us, and of
her mothers recovery.
Miss Mary Woods will give an
entertainment on the night of the
Sd in celebration of her birthday.
We are anticipating a royal good
time.
Mr.. Selonke spent last Sunday
with his friend, Prof. Vollmer, of
Wesley, before leaving for his
home in Chicago.
Mrs. Williamson, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. A.
Fincher, has returned to her
home in jacksonville.
Miss Ella Harris is visiting
relatives at Burton.
Mrs. J. NJ. Harris has returned
to her home in Clay Station.
The little son of Mr.. Cramer, a
ginner near Greenvine, died with
typhoid fever on the Goth ultimo.
Rev. Browning, of BRENNAN,
held services at the Woods
school house on last Sabbath.
The third Sunday in each month
is his regular appointment, and
every one is cordially invited to
attend. "JM."
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COMING ADJUSTMENTS.


The advance agent for the COM
bination says: ''By all odds the
most important theatrical engage
ment of the year viii be the APP
pearance of Mr.. Creston Clarke
and Miss Adelaid Prince at the
Grand opera house next Satur-
day afternoon and night. At
the special Saturday matinee,
The Lady of Lyons win be pre-
scented, and at night Mr.. Clarke's
new and remarkably successful
romantic play, 'The Last of His
Race, viii be seen.
''Miss Adelaide Prince is well
known to the theatre goers Of
BRENNAN, having relations here
She was formerly prominent
society lady of Galveston, and
it was while a member of the
Island City's celebrated amatuer
dramatic society, The Histrioics,
that she scored her first successes
on the stage. One of her most
famous characters with the His
trionics' was that of Pauline Des-
chapples, in The Lady of Lyons
in which part she will be seen on
Saturday afternoon.
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Tribute of Respect.

At the Methodist quarterly
conference Tuesday evening the
following tribute of respect to the
memory of the late A. j. Rober-
son was adopted:
Whereas. Our Heavenly Father
has seen best in his wise provi-
dence to take from our midst our
brother and co-laborer, A. j.
Robertson.
Resolved, That we, as quar-
terly conference, sadly deplore
his loss, knowing that we will
miss him OF our meetings, miss
his kind face, miss the friendly
clasp of his hand, and miss his
wise counsel in our deliberations.
That we deeply sympathize
with his family in their loss of a
kind husband and father.
And that these resolutions be
spread on the minutes in memory
of him.
E. P. NEwsoM,
j. D. CAMPBELL,
JAS. S. GIDDINGs,
Committee,
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pUMpK1Nv1LLE PRosPER1NG.
Foundation For Manufacturing Center
Deadlock Over Excise Privileges
Ex-President Cleveland May
Visit 4ba Eicberies

N-~
Mr.. A. W. Watson, mayor and
general manager of the city of
Stone, otherwise known as
Pumpkinville, and more particu-
larly described as the Natitorium
Metropolis, spent Wednesday in
the city. He reports his NUM-
cipality as a storm center for the
Mckinley wave of prosperity.
Things are booming out there,
and business of every descrip-
ton is strictly Sin the swim"
From an erstwhile delightful
summer watering place it is rap
idly being metamorphosed into a
solid and thriving village.
Mr.. Tom Thomas, former
resident of this city, has closed
negotiations for corner lot on
which the corner stone of new
blacksmith shop will soon be laid
with appropriate ceremonies.
With this forge as a nucleus
there is no telling how soon an
hundred furnaces may be in full
blast and Stone become a manu-
featuring center of vast posi-
bilities.
Heretofore the place has been
chiefly celebrated for water.
This may be changed at an early
date. An enterprising saloon man
has opened negotiations for a
parasitic. 1t is thought, howev-
er, that the municipal charter
will have to be amended before
the privilege can be obtained,
the original grant not authoriz-
ing anything stronger than wa
ter on the premises. Stone be-
ing a place of universal suf-
frage," there is likely to be a
deadlock sin the house" unless
the "woman suffragist'' can be
brought to a compromise.
One of the chief industries of
the metropolis is the fisheries
and these are in a flourishing
condition, and bid fair to COM
pete at an early date with the
perch at Buzzard's Bay and the
Goldfish Industries of Novia
Scotia. Ex-President Cleveland
has been invited to visit Stone
and make headquarters on the
natitorium dam as soon as Rich
ard Folsom, Jr., is old enough to
dig bait.
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THE SEVEN STARS
OF Consolidation Getting Ready For Ad-
iournment.

Of Consolidation Getting Ready For Ad-
journment.
The Supreme Lodge of the
Seven Stars of Consolidation of
the United States in session at
Camptown since Nov. 3oth, will
adjourn today Saturday. 1t
was arranged to have a torch
light procession and oyster sup
per, but Old Crimp interviewed to
alter the arrangements. Since
the last report the formal open
ing, which for variety of
causes was a couple of days be-
hind schedule time, has been
held, with addresses of welcome
by Judge E. P. Curry and Mayor
Jas. A. Wilkins. OF these an
enthusiastic member of the or
ganization says:
"They made the grand lodge
welcome to the city, county and
State, and gave honor to whom
honor is due. We trust to see
more God-sent men among US,
giving words of encouragement
and information in behalf Of the
upbuilding of the Afro Ameri-
can race"
Another member referring to
the annual selmoA preached al
Mount Rose Baptist church by
the supreme grand chief says:
:" 1t was one OF his most noble
and worthy sermons; he drank
of the fountain that never runs
dry, and spit it out upon the
Seven Stars, and everybody
caught a mouthful -
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MASQUERADE BALL.
comical Masks Over Many Pretty Little
Faces at the. Exchange Hotel.

cdCSS al TIC sG4SAduSS AOSSA-
Friday evening at the Ex-
change Hotel Witnessed a pretty
gathering of little folk and few
of their elders, the occasion be-
ing masquerade ball in honor
of Miss sydnor Todd, a charm
ing little visitor from Richmond.
The music, piano and violin, was
furnished by Mrs. Ida Harris and
Mr.. Albert Cohn, and their Sc
lection were all rendered in a
most pleasing manner. The first
number on the program was a
waltz in which Judge Beaure-
gard Bryan and one of the fair
masqueraders led off and were
followed by nearly all in the hall
who wore masks and some who
did not. A more pleasingly pic-
turesque presentation of the art
Terpsichorean than this scene
revealed would be hard to i'm
agine. Here was the cutest lit
tie Brownie imaginable dancing
with the sweetest little sheperdess
you ever saw. There was a
miniature indian in hideous war
paint, fringed leggins and feath-
ers ambling through a ghost
dance with a fairy nymph equal
ly as nimble. The program was
made up of cotillions, quadrilles,
etc., interspersed with an occa-
sional waltz and two-step, and it
certainly was marvellous the way
some of those little tots tripped
through the various numbers as
tho practiced participants in the
May whirl.
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I write this to let you know what
I would not do: 1 would not do
without Chamberlain's Pain Balm
in my own house, if 1T cost $500
per bottle. It does all you recon-
mend it to do and more.-J.' R
Wallace, Wallaceville, Ga. Cham
berlain's Pain Balm is the best
household liuiment in the world,
and invaluable for rheumatism,
lame back. sprains and bruises. Be
ready for emergencies by buying a
bottle at R E, Lnhn's drug store.
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DUSKY PARAM0URS.
A PRETTY PAIR OF HOUSEHOLDS
RESIDING IN BRENNAN.
Two White Elem Who Cohabit With QUAD
--.o@sroon Delilahs-A Hot Bed Of Mis-
cegenatiOn Almost in the
Heart of the CITY.

A recent contributor to north
ern publication revamps the al
ready thread bare idea that
amaIgamation will prove the ulti-
mate solution of the race prob
lem, and there are a pairof white
men residing in BRENNAN, Texas,
who seem to have imbibed
deeply from this mountain Of Wis
dom.
Down in the vicinity of the
Santa Fe long bridge two negro
wenches, one a Colorado maduro,
the other a quadroon, have taken
up their abode, and with them
two white men whom seem to be
part and parcel of the house
keeping arrangements. These
men are employees Of a large
manufacturing establishment IN
the city, and their peculiar
fondness for the oderiferous
coons is not as yet generally
known. Every evening when
the days work is over and dark
ness, which often hides what it
should not, is creeping over the
earth, this brace of debauchees
may be seen sneaking around
back streets in the direction OF
their senegambian domicile, and
when morning breaks, before the
sentinel stars have ceased their
watch in the sky, these precious
pimps return to the precincts of
responsibility, and go about the
business of the day as if nothing
out of the ordinary had trans
pired.
It's high time halt was called
in, this matter. The BANNERS
excuse for publishing such dis
gushing details is founded i'll the
hope that this genteel airing viii
prove beneficial in the highest
degree in eradicating what has
already become a noxious stencil
in the nostrils of decency.
Should it not haze the desired
effect there'Il come a time some
day, and that soon, when these
disreputable scoundrels will be
placed on parity in color with
their dusky misstresses by being
treated to a hand me down suit
of tar and feathers. TIE foul
and polluted insignia Of such
courtesans cannot be Haunted
long in the face of decency and
repectability until forbearance
ceases to be a virtue.
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For Over Fifty years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while teething. with per
feet success. It soothes the child. softeBs
the gums, allays aIl pain; cures wind colo,
ard is the best remedy for diarrhoea," il
will relieve the poor little sufferer inmedi-
ately. Sold by druggists in every part of the
world Be sure ana ask for AIRS. Winslow's
Soothing Syrun" sud take TO other kind
! en.J i've Gems . OS5sis-
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

COLONEL JOHN D. ROGERS, of
Galveston, well known in Bren-
ham, is off for Marshall to partici-
pate in the annual meeting of the
Texas fox hunters association.
Last years meeting was very
largely attended, but Colonel
Rogers thinks the meet of 1887
will eclipse it, as the membership
has been largely increased. 1t
is expected that lovers of the
sport from Tennessee, Kentucky,
Louisiana and Mississippi will be
on hand.
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wonderful Discovery.

The last quarter of century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old remedy
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t seems to contain
the very elements OF good health, and neither
man. woman or child can take it without
deriving the greatest benefit. For sale by
Z. Z. Luhn. Sole Agent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

The three unfortunate lunatics
fsr whom it seems no room can
he made in the States eleemosy-
nary institutions and who have
been inmates of the county jail
Eor a long time, have been trans
serred to the county farm. They
ars- Steve Adamek, Jim Ruffian
and Lucy Bell,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09
E. P. NEwsoM,
j. D. CAMPBELL,
JAS. S. GIDDINGs,
Committee
officers Elected.

At regular meeting of Wal
nut Camp, Woodmen of the
World, the following officers
were elected: L. NJ. Simon,
council commander; L. R.
Wiki, past council commander;
Alex Griffin, advisor lieutenant;
Sam Low, banker; A. Linde-
mann, clerk; C. H. Eddy, es-
cort; DR.. H. c. Rees, physician;
W. c. Ahrenbeck, trustee;
Smith, Waterman; Reynolds,
sentry.
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Al, uncertni,. ntaense.

There is no disease more uncertain in IFS
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms Of 10 two cases agree. 1t "
therefore most difficult 10 make a correct
diagnosis. No matter under what Disguise
dyspepsia attacks you, Browns Iren Bitterg
will cure ii. Invaluable in all diseases OF
the stomach, blood and nerves. For sale by
r. E. Luhn, Druggist.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

THE Leander Times says the
Fultz wheat seed makes more to
the acre than the Mediterranean.
1t is a soft grain and makes fine
flour.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

A NUMBER of Brenhamites con-
template attending the Epworth
League benefit entertainment at
chappell Hill tonight. The
double quartette'' of this city
VIII contribute a portion of the
1rogram.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-09

Mr.. THOMAS DwYER, of this
city. is contributing his quota to
the development of the coast
country. During a recent visit
10 Bay City he perfected ar
rsngements for fencing some
1500 acres and will erect a num-
her of tenant houses.