Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 101, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 17, 1897 Page: 4 of 10

v!iV
TiJw5's:
tmHrBP
TV
V?i?
Js-
I
IS
5
r-
The Weekly Banner
JOHS . EASKIX
ISditor Publisher anil Proprietor
Brenliam Thursday. June 17 1S97.
It is said the Queen Regent
vinfnmrln.tes jnvinsr "Weyler the
"grand bounce."
Andrew D. Barlow of Mis--sniiri.
has been confirmed as Con-
! General at the City of
Mexico.
The suspension of diplomatic
relations between Hawaii and
Janan will cause Uncle Sam no
loss of sleep.
Tire n-overnment's estimates
'show a small decrease in the cot-
ton nr.mno'ft of the country this
-rQo no onmnnred with that of
1896.
Hawaii is again gently tapping
at our door for recognition and
admission to the general sister-
hood of "Uncle Sam's" do-
minion t
o
The humanitarians in this
generation seem to exist in name
only when the condition of affairs
in Greece and Cuba are con-
templated.. The fate of Cuba has some
liow got mixed up with Dingley-
ism. The president declines to
notice foreign relations until
domestic matters are settled.
Government is largely a mat
ter of providing: for the courts in
order that the lawyers may live
savs the San Antonio Light.
Some of these davs perhaps the
people will come in for considera-
tion. In spite of jubilee year in Eng-
land there is no indication that
the haughty Brittishers are any
more willing to stand Pat than
formerly. There is to be no
liberation of Irish political pris-
oners. m m
Reports of fine crops reach us
irom all parts of this great State
which will have a tendency to in-
crease the business outlook as
soon as harvest time commences
zforallof which we should feel
extremely thankfully.
The man who advertises asks
you. for your trade and he is
usually a reasonable and liberal
jman. Try those who are seeking
your patronage through the Ban-
jjer and see if this is not true.
Russia has the most rapidly in-
creasing population of any coun-
-try in the world. The growth
hinng the last hundred years
lias been a fraction less than
1000000 annually.
The Cotton Ginners' Journal
of Waco is an.excellent publica-
tion one that should be in the
liands of every ginner and cotton
planter in the South. TheJour-
3ial is published monthly at one
dollar per year in advance.
The Masonic building in Chi-
cago is twelve inches out of plumb
.and has moved on its foundation
towards the east. The Auditor-
ium has also sunk twenty-six
inches on its foundation on the
"Wabash avenue side. Chicago
jnay find out by-and-by that
;gumbo does not make a first class
foundation for sky scrapers.
The Shiner Gazette says:
-"The little gale of wind which
preceded the rain Friday night
Drought in millions of grasshop-
pers of the variety known in
jJCansas Colorado and the Indian
territory where they have in
time past played havoc with the
growing crops. They have long
mottled wings and can fly for
hundreds of miles before the
-wind. Saturday morning they
-were everywhere and attracted a
good deal of attention. When
they came in Friday night it was
like -hail striking against the
houses."
the situation in Cuba remains
unchanged; now and then a
"brush" between the two con-
tending armies occur but they
are barren of any important re-
sults. Dunn's says the "business
sentiment" in the East is de-
cidedly stronger. A "business
jeality" is what i3 most needed in
the South and she will get it too
.as soon as tro
crops
begin 'to '
move.
The number of men in Texas
who have been engaged in sitting
Tip o'nights watching for the pas-
sage of air ships have grown
beautifully less of late.
THE SIFTING PROCESS.
We heartily indorse the declara-
tion of the Atlanta (Ga.) Consti-
tution when it says "the Demo-
cratic party is in better condition
every way than it has been since
the war. It now knows what its
leaders stand for. It has been
compelled to part company with
a number of men who imagine
that the party would go to pieces
when they stepped over to the
Rpnnhlinan side. The men are
gone and the party is here."
The truth is that both of the
old parties have for years been
constructing platforms with the
special object in -view of getting
into or retaining power without
reference to the principles advo
cated.
The Democracy to be success
ful must be true to genuine
Democratic principles under all
circumstances whether victory
or defeat may await them. The
old leaders of the Democratic
party who sloughed off and
joined the Republicans dis-
covered that they were not
genuine Democrats and the
party is better off without them.
The late Chicago platform is an
excellent deliverance to test the
soundness of any man's Demo
cracy mere is not a line in iu
from the first to the last that is
not purely Democratic. It "might
have been good policy to have
said nothing about an income tax
or arraign the Supreme Court for
its decision on the subject but
there is not a principle avowed
which is not necessary for good
government and the prosperity of
the whole people.
C0UNTTRY ROADS.
Opposition to improved road
laws usually comes from the far
mers says the Philadelphia Rec-
ord who influence the action
of their special representatives in
the legislature. The farmers
prefer to maintain the old system
of "working out the road tax"
under which the roads of the
state are kept in a continual state
of badness.
The farmers should" put on
their thinking caps. There is
hardly one farmer in a thousand
(who does not live in the imme-
diate suburbs of his market town)
to whom the money value of good
roads over which to haul the
produce of his farm is not worth
in the course of a year ten times
as much as the additional amount
of road tax he would have to pay
in cash for proper maintenance
and repair. Bad roads cost.
They use up vehicles and teams.
They use up time. They make
it necessary to go twice for one
laad. They depreciate the value
of real estate through which they
penetrate. The farmer above all
men has the largest interest in
good roads and it is a reflection
upon nis intelligence that he is
not able to see it.
The cheapening of transporta
tion has been one of the most
active agencies of the time in
promoting the general comfort.
But the country roads lag dis-
gracefully in the rear of general
improvement. They are one of
the most needless extravagances.
Did you ever stop to think what indiges-
tion really means? It means simply that
your stomach is tired. If your lees are
tired we nde. The horse and the sb-am
engine do tne work. Why not give your
stomach a ride; that is let something elf e do
its work. Foods con be dieested outside of
the body. AU plants contain digestive
principles which will do this. The blinker
Digestive Cordial contains dieestive princi'
pies which will do this. The Shaker Diges-
tive Cordial contains digestive principles
and is a preparation designed to rest the
stomach. Th; shakers themslves have such
unbounded confidence in it that they have
piacea 10 cent sample Domes on the market
ana it is said that even so small a quantity
proves Dfncnciii in a vast majonty ot cases.
All druggists keep it.
Laxol is the best medicine for children.
oc'.or recommend it in place of Castor Oil.
A revised estimate places the
loss sustaned by the Mississippi
floods at $14000000.
Bishop Hurt's son an ap-
pointee of Grover Cleveland has
J captured the Vienna Consulship
appointment.
The Texas legislature is giving
the State no better service at So.OO
a day than they did at 82.00.
Strange though true. j
-m&WfWYWWY4fWmR
(THEiBlGXCDT:iCeMMENCING:(M0NDAYaY;IJ7
In order to reduce our
Large Stock we have
decided to make one
Big Cut in all De-
partments that will
reduce our Stock in a
hurry.
Staple Department
Dress Calico will cut to ic
Apron Ginghams cut to 3Ac
Dress Ginghams cut to 5c
Lonsdale Domestic cut to 5c
Best Brown Domestic cut to.... 4Jc
Good Brown Domestic cut to. . .3c
Outings reduced to 6c
Good Cotton Stripes cut to ... . 4c
Mattress Ticking cut to 4&c
Good Jeans only 10c
A Full Line of Ladles' Accor-
deon Plated Skirls.
We will also make a
and all .Publications
our line.
The Abilene Reporter contends
that a3 between premeditated
crime and unthinking selfishness
the latter causes more injustice
and more misery than the former.
Intense selfishness leads up to
crime and is the mainspring that
keeps it going. Any man who is
totally selfish is a criminal at
heart. "Thou shalfc love thy
neighbpr as thyself" was com
manded by Him -who knows what
is' in man's heart. This injunc
tion may be a heavy one to put
upon us but it 'is one in the
obedience of which lies the road
to true happiness. The truly
happy mother is she whose chief
delight is in giving her life to the
training of her offspring and the
man who lives for the good of his
race enjoys perpetual content-
ment not a moment of which is
vouchsafed to the individual
whose horizon is bounded by his
own interests. Truly the crime
of selfishness carries its own pun
ishment. "What then shall a man
neglect his business his family
and all his interests to save
others? Not at all but he can
best serve his own by being just
merciful charitable and by
seeking to do the rieht at all
times and under all circum-
stances. He can quit deceiving
lying and cheating those who
trust his integrity and he can
bear hia portion of the burdens of
his community and not expect
something for nothing this at a
small expense and the difference
against his year's profits will be
more than counterbalanced by an
easy conscience.
TuEChrisHari Helper contains this
valuable and timely reminder:
"Many people seem to forget that
character grows : that it is not some-
thiDg to put on ready-made with wo-
manhood or manhood; but day by
day here a little there a little grows
with the growth and strengthens
with the strength till good or bad
it becomes almost a coat of mail.
Look at man busnes3 prompt re-
liable and conscientious yet clear
headed and energetic. When do jou
suppose ho developed all these ad
mirable qualities t When lie wasa
boy' Let us see how a boy of ten j
years pets up in the morning works I
playy stud es and we will tell y ou
inst. wlinf. kind of n man he will make.
faille Cut Prices
And Come mi See For Yoralf.
rhe boy that is too late at breakfast. ! at lour o ciock lucsuay unm-
late ac pchool etanda a poor chance j noon the Banner learns that
to be a piompt man. The boy who j Jude John Alexander was
3 d thenMa. htodf brought to be elected mayor by a
sftyinp
I forpot; I didnt think"
will never be a reliable man and the
boy who finds pleasure in the suffer-
ing of weaker things will never be a
noble generous kind man a gentleman."
Shoe Department.
Ladies' JBlack Tan Oxfords cut
to 50c
Our $1.00 Ladies' Strap Sandal
cut to 75c
Our S1.00 Ladies' Oxford Ties
cut to 69c
Our $1.25 Ladies' Oxford Ties
cut to 98c
Our $1.50 Ladies' 20th Century
Ties cut to $1.25
Our $2.00 Ladies' DongolaOx-
fordp cut to $1.50
Our $2.50 Ladies' French Kids
cut to SL9S
Our $3.00 Ladies' Ox Blood
Ties cut to $2.49
Our $4.00 Ladies' Black and
Ox Blood cut to S2.98
Cut in Our Millinery
Don't miss this Cut
"Respectfully Yours
GATHER &
A SICK WOMAN.
Should
Consult 'the
Best Physician
Possible.
If all the sick mothers invalid
daughters and diseased sisters in
this broad land would write to
Dr. Hartman when failing to find
relief elsewhere no pen could
describe the benefit that" would
follow
There are so many
especially married
who drag themselves
around from year to
women
women
wearily
year without any particular dis-
ease and yet miserable beyond
AnAin'riKnn HPVifnr arVm prill
tremble and throb growing more I
nervous tired ana aeointatea
every day. For this class of
sufferers Pe-ru-na is the most
perfect remedy in existepce. It
relieves it soothes it quiets it
strengthens and no tired over-
worked woman in the land should
be without Pe-ru-na in the house
for a single day.
Those .wishing a complete des-
cription of female diseases their
causes and cures should send
their address to The Pe-ru-na
Drug. Manufacturing Company
Columbus Ohio for a free copy
of "Facts and Faces" a. book
showing what Dr. Hartman's free
treatment has done for a multi-
tude of invalid women.
The Thurston rifles Omaha's
crack military company are now
drilling for the interstate drill at
San Antonio Tex. where they
will make a determined effort to
retain the Galveston cup! The
cup represents the championship
of the United States and it was
won by the rifles two years ago
Under the rules trovernine: the
possession of the trophy the rifles
are now compelled to relinquish
the honor or again enter into
competiton for the cup. They
have decided to enter the contest
and are confident that they will
again win the championship and
the trophy. The company will
drill with forty men twenty-nine
of whom were m the Mempms
prize team. The remaining men
will be picked from recruits and
Captain Foye who succeeded
Captain Scharff expects to go to
the Texas drill with the finest
team in the country.
From parties who left Caldwell
good majority over captain
M.
L. "Womack. The election was
to fill the vacancy made by
the death of Mayor Rowland
some three weeks ago.
Qfiflft French Organdies worth 20 cents
OUUU will ue cut to 5 cents per yard.
Onftfl VartU Imported Demity. -worth
ZjUUU 15 cents will be cut to ScenU ier
jard.
Our Shoe Department is th Largest In
tl City comprising all the late Stjle
Colors In the late Coin nnd eedle Toe.
Our stork of Children Strap Sandles has
no equal in the City
Gent's Pumishing Depart-
ment Men's Negligee Shirts worth
90 cents only 50c
Men's Fancy Bosoms worth SI
" only 50c
Men's Undershirts worth 50
cents only 25c
Men's Fast Black Hose only.. 5c
Men's Linen Collars only 8c
Men's Bleached Drawers only. 25c
Men's Working Shirts worth 50
cents only 25c
M-n's French Balbriggan worth
$1 only 50c
Men's Laundried Negligee
Shirts only .25c
Mens Hemstitched Handker-
chiefs worth 10 cents at 5c
See our pretty line of Neckwear
new and up-to-date.
Best Kid Gloves in the State
in all colors at Sl.oo
Kid Guantlets at 5oc
Department.
Agents
Sale if you are looking for Bargains
Hon. Joe Bailey of Texas
has returned to "Washington from
his "Western canvass in the inter
est of democracy and in response
in mifistfnns nronounded in an
interview says concerning Mr
Bryan: "Mr. Bryan is a better
'democrat than when he was nom
inated and he appears to be set
tling down upon a basis that en
titles him to the support of all
democrats -who stand squarely
upon the undying principles of
the party that was founded by
Jefferson. I differed from Mr.
Bryan
in
manv oi nis earner
m m 1
opinions ana convictions uui
since his nomination he has kept
himself in everything that he has
said and done strictly within the
limitations of the Chicago plat
form and that platform is good
enough for me or any other dem-
ocrat to stand on. "When Mr.
Bryan first entered congress six
years ago he was a tariff special
ist his studies having been con
fined largely to economic ques
tions. Since then he has broad
ened out immensely and I know
of no man who more fully repre
sents the popular idea of pure
democracy than he does. He is
a true American a patriot and a
man whom the democrats of the
country feel that they can
trust."
Texas Farm and Ranch doubts
if there is any other country on
earth where the rains are more
finely adiusted to the needs of
farmers than in the great agri
cultural regions of Texas. Owing
to inherent perversity of human
nature it is impossible to give
universal satisfaction. The rains
not only fall as often as needed
but in just the right quantities.
Not only that but it rams on
Saturday nights after the week's1
work is done shines on Sundays
and by Monday the ground is in
beautiful condition for the plow.
"We do not mean to assert that
this is universally the case. "We
have known rain to fall every
day m the week but that is gen
erally after crops are laid by and
the farmer is not greatly incon-
venienced thereby. We have
also known it to refrain from
raining for several weeks at a
time but that is usually to
facilitate cotton picking in the
fall.
TnE "Way to Make Moxey. Take
a dollar bill and fold it several times
each way: then unfoldit andyou will
find it in creases. Keep the increase
but send the original bill to the prin-
ter who put you on to the scheme.
Take a silver dollar and drop it on
counter; you will at once notice the
rinp it makes. Send the rincr to
your best girl and the dollar to the
printer and they'll both be happy.
J
Clothing Department.
Our Boy's Clothing Department is
the largest ever seen in Br en ham.
"We have cut the Price on each
and every suit.
Mens' alNwool suits were
Slo.oo cut to $5.oo
Mens' Black Clay Worsted cut
to 6.oo
Mens' Linen Suits cut to 4.or
Youths' Suits were $8 cut to. 5.oc
Youth's Suits were Slo.oo cut
to 7.50
Boy's all-wool Suits was $3.oo
cut to 2.0O-
Boy's Nobby Suit was $4.oo
cut to 2.9S
White Goods Department.
looo yards Nansookcut to 3 cents-
2ooo yards Figured Lawn
now 3i cents-
l5oo yards Figured Dimity
cut to 5 cents
looo yards Figured Dimity
cut to 8 cents
2ooo yards White Lawn cut
to 5 cents
Colored Organdies cut to. . .12 cents-
White Organdies from 45
cents to$1.5o.
Muslin de Soi and Embroidered
Chiffon from 25 cents to $3.5o a-
yard.
for Butterick Patterns-
in.
BUSTER.
A city of Mexico dispatch of
the 9th instant. states that all
existing concessions for railways-
granted to the Mexican
National Construction Company
have been forfeited for .non-fulfillment
of the terms of charters-
The company however has bne-
line in operation from Manzanillo-
on the Pacific coast to Colima
capital of the State of the same
name. This line of course re-
mains in possession of the com-
pany but it loses the proposed
extension of this line from Colima-
to the City of Guadalajara.
The Mexican National Con-
struction Company built the
Mexican National Railway and
holds a large share of its second
mortgage bonds. Gen. Palmer
of New York and James Sullivan
are prominent men in the con-
struction company and it is be-
lieved that they will secure neV
concessions to carry out their-
projects. .
It is the opinion of Senatorr
Frye. that the United States wilL
protect the people of Hawaii "
against the encroachments of
Japan or any other power.
Scrofula
Is a deep-seated blood disease which
all the mineral mixtures in the world
cannot cure. S.S.S. guaranteed purely
vegetable ) is a real blood remedy for
blood diseases and has no equal.
Mrs. Y.T. Buck of Delaney.'Ark. had
Scrofula for twenty-five years and most
of the time- was under the care of the
doctors 'who could not relieve her. A
specialist said he
could cure her but
he filled her with
arsenic and potash
which almost ruined
her constitution. She
then took nearly
every so-called blood
medicine and drank
them by the wholesale
but they did not reach.
her trouble. Some
one advised ner totty
S.S.S. and she very-
soon found that she had a real blood
remedy at last. She says: "After tak-
ing one dozen bottles of S.S.S. I am
perfectly well my skin is clear"
and healthy and I would not be in
my former condition for two thousand
dollars. Instead of drying up the poison
in my system like the potash and
arsenic S.S.S. drove the disease out
through the skin and I was perma-
nently rid of it."
A Real Blood Remedyv
S.S.S. never fails to cure Scrofula
Eczema Rheumatism Contagious Blood
Poison or any disorder of the blood.
Do not rely upon a simple tonic tocure-
a deep-seated blood disease but take a.
real blood remedy.
Our books
free upon appli-
cation. Swift
Specific Co.
Atlanta Ga.
kJsk
H
i
I
r
c
f
l