Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 283, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 1, 1889 Page: 2 of 4
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rilH DAILY BANNER.
J. O. RASKIN, Proprietor.
O II. P. tJAKRKTT. Kdltor
Sunday, December 1. 1HS5I.
EYOLl'TION OF REUNION.
The Banner is in receipt of Yo'. 1
No 1 of "Tlie Arena," a magazine
about the si/o anil thickness of the
JOE JEFFERSON'S PLAYHOUSE.
Th« Coined l.in Tell* of Hi» Bojhood'a
Surrounding* and Hi* First I'lay.
I may almost say that 1 was horn in
hiii, published at Boston and | a theatre. At all events rnv earliest
Rhenium is not on a boom. It is
ouly wishy-washy towns which have
no stability that experience booms.
B.-euham is progressing steadily and
turelv.
Tut
papers of San Antonio have
b wuu agitating the holding of an
interstate drill and military encamp
meiit in that city ne\t April. Kathtr
too earlv in the season.
Tiu conversion of sou:
republicans of Iowa to
anti-proliiuition cause is aiinost
sudden and as startling si- tlx- «
version of Saul of 1 iii'.-u-.
f ti.e
the !
edited by 15. <). Flower. Among
tin- subjects discussed are "The Re-
ligious Question," "History in Pub
lir Schools." "Development of (ieii-
ius by l'ropt-r l'.ducatiori.'' "The I)e
niocrvy of Labor Organizations."
"I'"Verty imd (.'rime in our (ireut
(.'ities, ' and "The W ord (iod ill our
f'oiiil iiutioii' and other subjects.
Among the runtnbutois are I!abbi
S Jomon Sr 11111' 1 it-r. I'rof .L.-fjih
l» >di- Buchanuii. Mary A I.r.er-
m■•!<•. Hi h n < alnpbi-ll. <) li 1 loth
in/i.iiiu and B<-r. (' A J'aitol.
I a
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the great tire at J.ynn. ■
lust week threw ei^ht thousand
WJrkiug people out of employment.
just at the season of the year when
thov could least afford to be idle.
11 Bierihaui did not have a future
before it such men as Adolphu.--.
Busch and Tony Faust, two of tin-
most influential moneyed men ami
capitalists of St. Louis, would not
invest their means here.
One of Ben Butler's clients ha-,
sue 1 him for S2o0,l)00 damages for
slander. Who would have thought
that old Ben. the beast and spoon
thief, rapablo of slandering
anvbo ly. They ought to consider
the source.
Tr is predicted that sugar-making
will before a great day become one
of the impoitant industrie* of this
state. The L)arrington plantation
in Br azoria county lias just started
a $50,000 plant for making sugar by
the diffusion process.
Mel KiiiKr.vn.ii k sold out In.-- pa
per, the Cuero Bulletin, some
aid it was announc'd
that he had ''one to
months ago,
in the press
New York. He
as local report
Tunes.
ie
turns
r (in
Now that St. Louis capitalists lm\«•
l>een attraced to this city and we are
to have a col I storage establishment,
a pulp factery and other enterprise'-,
let us go to work and make Bren
ham look like a city sure enough by
establishing an electric li'dit plant.
Is the vicinity of Hiawatha. Kan
sas where they have blizzard--, com
is selling at 21 cents a bushel and
coal at 2d cents. The farmers' all:- I ma
g the most interesting subject?
1 »< u--ed and perhaps the mo-t fur
c.iily j l'i --' ijted is the tir-t artldl.
tli it xti i t-i th'• eye on up(mng tlx
i(i i/'izi.'ie. It i.- intitled "Agencies !
t Lit aj e Working a Jii-v ol ut ion in |
Ti.eologv. by Lev. Mmot I Savage, J
a 11-11ne11is 1 j(■ d unitarian dmi.e, j
w: .-c | u 111 mt adorns the front is- j
piece. The write' doesn't waste any
time in pro.ing that a great, theoloe*
ii! change has taken place. It. is
an acknowledged fact, admitted by
tne clergy themselves, ill an evasive
and elusive maimer by the assertion
that the world is growing worse.
While not in the province of the
u ntei to explain why a revolution
has nut taken place sooner in the-
ulugv. he briefly attributes if to the
Let that during the middle ages and
up to the comparatively brief space
of time past all the philosophy and
science of the civilized world as well
as its art and music were subservient
t i the church and dared to think and
w ok onlv within the limitm of its
'i'i,'in!i-, whereas, now, no philus
upher or scientist, ever stops e.en
to cuiisider the church's attitude to
wai l any discovery or speculation.
The church itself is now permeated
with doubt and is restless like a field
in .- pting with the sprouting of new
Ie is that protests against last, year s
I'u, ini.'lated and withering growths.
The writer then proceeds to briefly
ernnieiate the causes that are work
ing a revolution in the church, the
ill.-it of which is the science of his-
torical and literary criticism, which
shows ii-, that the very oldest maim
"(Tipts of the biblical books do not
rea' h the time of events recorded
by several centuries. The next
■ igeiic\ asci ibed is the new eolicep
fioil of the iinivirse. As if is, says
the writer, onlv bv remaininga child
tlud one can continue to live in the
recollections are entirely connected
with one- it was a rickety old frame
building itli a broad gable, facing on
a wide avenue, and situated in the
city of \\ .i-huiL'ton. The door from
our haei; entry opened upon the stage,
mid in a todd, ing lilt ic. eliap in a short
frui'k I «ii, allowed full run of the
place So b'Miitnl file scenes" was my
iiist plny'iouv. And what a playhouse
it v.ii'-. Iii i■ ■'i with all sorts of material
for the exercise of my youthful im
agination At the had; was the hay
of S.i pi**-. wiih its c(»n v enl lonal blue
sky* ,! i->t faintly clouded v.iiii the dis-
tad! smuk.; (if >iuml>ering Vesuvius.
I pon one side stood long and stated v
rov.s (if Corinthian columns, a Iri
umnhal unh, and next to that a
Human palace. I li'-se marvels of
ancj.fii architecture were all lean-
ing up against tne wall, not only
in an uncomfortable position, but
ut a dangerous angle, looking as
tho'i/h they had been toppled over
during the Imtdaysuf Lumped. I'pon
liie other side, heaped m a compact
mass, wi-re many scenes of various
countries — there a live sturv brown
stone front with modern impr. so
iik-uLi, and here a tiny thatched cot-
tage of the Lighteenth century, with
a lovely little door in it just largo
enough for me to go in and out of,
slamming it after mound pretending
it was mine. Then there was that dear
little white paling fence, exactly two
feet high; no legitimate theatre of the
old school could possibly lie complete
without tiiis curiosity, and nobody
ever saw such a thing any where else.
Then came the throne steps, with two
(iothic armchairs set thereon for the
king and (pi'-en, and in front of these
the old lamihar green bank from
which stray babies are usually stolen
when left there by affectionate but
can h . mothers. I pon the top of tJjis
w ere two 11 a t swans hitched in double
harne.-s to a shell for traveling fairy
(picens.
A little farther down there stood a
low and di-inal vault having a square,
dark opening with some mysterious
letters painted < ver it, setting forth, as
I learned in aft- r years, that it was the
private "Tomb of the t.'apulet.s." ( 'lose
to tins was another piece of real estate
belonging lo Ihe same family and
know ii as "Juliet s balcony." In a
P..
h- i
1 11 |eV
sec!hi
corner stood a robber's cav
/peiiing through which o
i Used to lug the bags of
stolen from the
ance has advised the farmers to burn
corn instead of coal, not only In -
causo it is economy, but because it
will raise the price of corn to buy-
ers.
The Dallas Mercury proposes to
open its columns about the first of
January for a free discussion of the
proposed railway commission amend-
ment, and invites its subscribers to
Bail in. W e opine that the Mercury
will rue its rashness in opening its
columns, before the discussion is
closed.
.little
don t
(iiiiLs, take warnin
swap wax. At Bridgeport,
Conn., little Amy Murphy com-
plained of not feeling well and gave
the gum that she had been chewing
to a playmate. The latter chewed it
for a while and gave it to another
girl. They were all taken ill with
diphtheria and two of them died.
rid of fairyland, so it is
only by getting out of the nineteenth
century and living in the dreamland
of fhe fifteenth that one can retain
an holiest and intelligent adherence
to the system of things that have no
place in the world of to day. An
other cause assigned for the theolog.
ici.l change is our new knowledge as
t ) the age of the earth coupled with
the aiitiipiily, origin and naturo of
man. W e do not find Adam, the
first. mail, I lie perfect creature of the
oi l theologv, iu Lden. That spot
has taken its place with the '"Foun-
tain of Perpetual Youth," with "El
md Dorado,1' "Happy Valley," "Alladin s
Lamp
in flu
of the animal world. The Banner
liasn t the space to devote to a fur-
ther review (if the article, but in con
elusion the following language is
clergy
■ii
• •■>. 'l'i'"';igh the narrow and
I'd jafiiv.iiy of "behind the
•>'' I ha.'e often wandered out
('pi u stage and wondered at
Ibis grove, of wings and flats, and 1
could sen that many ropes were banc
ing from abuve lo which were fastened
bouts ,11■ 11 bnkcts, tubs and chande-
liers, and tho'ie sure tokens of bud
weather, tun thunder drum and rain
box.
These were Ihe kind of objects that
111v'childish eves were wont to look
upon, and in tins huge and dusty toy
shop, made for children of a larger
growth, I got my llr.st experience. 1
had
tin.'
The government has made an ig
nominious failure of its attempt to
drag clown some of the most promi-
nent men in Arkansas by trying to
connect them with the PhirnuieiwilJe
ballot-box theft. Dozens of negro
witnesses testified as diiectlv as Ihe
government could wish, but all of
the partiei proved the stougest kind
uf alibis, showing that the negroes
bal been made tools of.
while the first man is found
jungle close on to the border
commended to the orthodox
who are in the habit of denouncin
infidelity and independence of
thought: "The real infidelity of to-
diiv is to be found with those who
stand with their backs to the sun
rise and see no reality except in the
shadows of the night that is passing
away.'
Fkoji the time that umbrellas
were first invented up to the present
good hour pe jple have been so ac-
customed to borrowing and never
returning them that persons of easy-
conscience have finally come to be-
lieve that the theft of an umbrella is
not unlawful. Before the hustings
court of Richmond, Ya., the other
day a negro boy was found not guil-
ty by the jury of stealing an um-
brella, although the proof was posi-
tive. In his speech to the jury the
defendant's counsel contended that
it would be an outrage to se.id any-
body to jail for taking an umbrella
The Times Democrat reports the
ise fuither:
He said that on one occasion a
of gentlemen placed an um- j
in the passage before the din-
ing room of the Spottswood Hotel,
first anchoring it with it long string.
The waiters were let into the secret
and a watch set. The result proved I
that every guest ivho left the dining
room attempted to take the umbrel-
la with him. Merchants, lawyers, j
iegisiafcr**, all had it under way
when cheeked by the anchor.
'i iik sudden springing of the pro-
ibition issue again in Kansas,
caused by the back handed slap that
the republican prohibition party re
ceived in Iowa, puts John Jayhawk-
er higalls in an unenviable light.
Both prohibition and anti prohibi-
tion republicans ore demanding that,
lie come out and take a decided
stand. The Galveston Tribune savs
that the only avenue of escape for
him is to divert public attention to
Jeff Davis and the question of se-
cession.
Tin. case against Judge Bracken-
I ridge of Austin for malfeasance in
office has been finally decided. The
jury finds him guilty of charging
aud collecting unlawful fees of of
fice. but exonerates him from the
charge of dishonest intent
' ii many rehearsals and some-
gut a peep at the play, having
been taken on "in arms" as a property
child in groups of happy peasantry.
•Naturally, therefore, I was sta^e
sii lick at an early age; and, as I
theatre stueki d vv itli scenery and prop
erlies, I cuiild indulge my passion at
a small expense, especially as my
slock company were volunteers con-
sisting of two little boys and their sis-
ter, vyho used to play vv itli me on Sat-
nrilavs. This was before the star sys-
tem had set in, and at a period when
ci >Inhi11.*11 ions were unknown.
( )f course I was stage manager by
right of possession, and had to compile
allot fhe plays. The plots were very
simple and made to conform with
vv hat set pieces we could get at, or
what properties we could secure and
hide during the absence of the prop-
erly man. If the set cottage was
handy I would come out of the door
as an old man (the age represented by
a spinal affection) with a daughter and
a market basket; old man cross,
daughter rebellious; old ma.,1 locks
daughter in cottage, goes off to
market shaking his fist (spine
still weak). The favored lover
enters, claps his hands three
times, daughter appears at win-
dow. kisses her hand; old man coughs
outside, favored lover conceals him
self; enter old man with market bas-
ket full of gilded pasteboard goblots,
accompanied by unfavored lover; they
sit down and drink wine out of gob-
lets till overcome. Favored lover
steals key from old man's pocket, re
leases rebellious daughter; the sleep
ers awaken, general pursitit; favored
lover and rebel lions daughter escape
over bridge, old man au<l unfavored
lover fall into the water. Curtain.
Then there were the private boxes
to play hide and seek in, withmysteri
ous nooks and ample curtains to creep
into, and such chances to kiss the lit-
tle girl in the d:;r'c. i am quite con-
vinced that I lie i e js no such play-
ground as a desci'te.l theatre in the
daytime. -Ceiiturv.
ski7j cano'sr,
(Vvrrnl yuric,.ilrd to see a co.orol
wim.in who li.nl a malignant form of raro-r on
h» r fool. The cancer ;-rcw worse nndcr the pre-
peribcil treatment, tnd l!,<: toes and one tiile of
the foot v.ere nt length eaten entirely away. The
patient ronid not have p-irvivcil ranch liin^er,
tint I commenced the use of Swift's Specific,
and it cured her sound w< il. That wad thn ■..
>cars i.i'o, and there l.;is Ix-'-n no r. torn of the
disease. I regard Swift's hijecaic a most eici t
ler.t medicine for Mood dlf awe*, tw it.i tendency
is to driv- out the po-.&oii.
Mathrrviile, Mum. Wm. E. Sta<«, M I).
cancer of the tongue.
For three or four years I had an eating sore on
my tonrne that made a considerable hole in it
I ls-i .line clarmed at its progress, and went to
Atlanta for treatment. The result was thai 1
commenced the nse of Swift's Specific, and the
lion- was s<,on tone, w ithout a trace of a l--fr
Thoruafltoii, Oa., Mar. 14, VJ. A. I.kwis.
Treatise on Cancer mailed free.
Hwirt Brounc Co., Drawer . f.
LOOK k
iml look fit
cDiiii
I licsc shoes arc Itom tlie
finest slide manufactures iu
I lie I nitcd Stales and they
are all sold under (iuarantec
This is a (ienuine Hand
Sleweil shoe which we arc
selling at $.'{.2."), worth f5.
Hand
which
'I his is a (ienuine
Sewed Don^ola Shoe
wo an; selling at S2.7.">, worth
*14.
This is llie
Famous Warranted S h o c
Price lf'2.50. The <|naIitv of
these shoes which we have
sold in the past and the en-
tire satisfaction they have
triven need no further com-
ment.
Our lino of men and hoys shoes
as usual is comploto. Among
them will bo found tlio following
makes: VV. L. Douglass, Redpath
Bros., James Means, and Walter
H. Tenney & Co.
Our success in the shoo business
has beon enormous.
Wo havo walkod with an auda
cious uncoueeror unchallenged,
and rough shod over competition
and opposition.
Some people call it luck, but
the intelligent reader acknowl-
edges that it is handling the best
Goods at moderate prices pluck
and ambition, backed by the de-
ternination to become tho Masters
rnd tho Leaders.
If you want a Shoe that fits well
and will wear well call on us.
P.;
i
u*h
c posted, that
\as, and hen
fure o
rraiico'rt first Newspaper.
The origin of Ihe newspaper iu
Franco was peculiar. During the
early part of tho Seventeenth century,
a physician named Iienaudot resided
in Paris. He was an inveterate gos-
sip, and owed much of his professional
success to his reputation as a collector
of news, patients seeking him as much
to obtain tidin^sof what was {joing- on
in tiie world as on account of his
medical proficiency. In order to in-
crease tho number of his patients he
obtained permission from tho govern-
ment to print a sheet every week for
distribution among his clientele. The
first of these sheets appeared in 1032,
and so great was their popularity that
tho ing.tnic'.is physician soon bad
many imitatn--. The first publica-
tions in all countries ivere in the na-
ture of news let tors, irregular ephem-
eral sheets, «it ii irresponsiblo editorsr
next followed tho weekly, and finally
the dully. — Current Literature.
Over ij-15,UOO.Ci'd lias been spent in
Australia within the last fifteen years
in efi'orts to exterminate the rabbit
and hife estimates agree that he has
also doubled ii| numbers during thi
tii:i'• When tlio rabbit strikes ft good
tiling h" hales to let go, small as he is.
-1tr. ut Free l Ycss.
Pno M PTLYa N DTERMA^ENTLY
\VITHdutKETIJ^ DFR\I^.
ATlf\lJG CISTS ANDjFAtE(\sEv£^ywHE^£
TheChas-A-Vdgeler^d-Bauo-Md-
Mrs. Snowball —Liza, does yo' know
yo' Sunday school lesson?
Liza— N"i,i. , in t pei-zackly.
Mrs. Snowball—Liza, I done tole yo'
f('-,x-r!:-i 1 >incs to ho keerful in yo'
Don'say perzackly; say piti-
Vo" niember dat, now?—
pneo and on easy terms choice
building lots, elegant residences,
comfortable cottages, suburban
homes, fine farms, and farming
[ands in large or small tracts.
S|K-Cl'li
7.,'ichl v
Lpoch
II' A on!, *7 tb«
O DM jtirpn DDIT47-
aal par's'octlon Id the
I cur* of Oonorrijceft and
I (fleet. I prescribe Itaod
feei safe in recommend-
in? to a!!
,A. 4. blOHik,
Detttur, !M.
PU1CK, 5^1.00.
Sold bf DrofgiaUL
i»l«l by Joseph Triatrxiin, l»rcn)i in».
J. £T. 9 UBBE,
Wholesale ani Retail Grocer
I CAN SELL YOU NOW:
Mew Mackerel.
New Salmon.
New Codfish.
Fresh Cream Cbeo^o.
Holland Herring.
C'hoico Potatoes and Onions.
Barrel Pickles.
Now Corn ileal.
Fresh Plain Hams.
Breakfast Bacon.
Leaf Lard.
California Ham*-
Uhoico La., Molasos,
SUGAR, COFFEE AND TEA,
The largest and best assortment
of fancy cakes and crackers, can-
ned, dried and evaporated fruits(
cranberries, pre^erVM, jellies and
new raisins. Fresh apples received
every week-
These goods will be sold at low
prices. Orders promptly filled
and delivered.
Yours Respectfully,
> . 11. QUEBE.
-KIBER Bl'lLOINO—
Brcnham. - - - - Texas.
Pure Kentucky Apple Branily, pure
Brand}', from the state of Maryland.
It. i-; a well-known fact to tlios" wlio
these goods verv seldom find ilieir ^;|,v
they do they are not often ottered lor sale.
I will put up the value of live times the cost
of a barrel of either, that I have both in stock,
and that when I price them at live dollars per
gallon they are lower than nine-tenths of the
retail dealers demand for the same as»"ed goods.
I will also put up the same amount as a forfeit,
that not one liquor dealer out of live, from the
Rio Grande to the Gulf of M exico, offers for
sale a genuine article of Peach or Apple
Brand)'.
The goods usually sold and branded "Peach" imd "Apple Brandy,
are nothing but "hitjh-winps," with a pc h and apple flavor, and are
worth to-da\".n St. Louis from one dolla» .o one cioI lar an4 twenty cents
per gallon.
I also call attention to the fact that since I
have been m the Liquor business I have offered
no whiskey over my bar at the usual price, "15
cents per drink," less than seven summers old,
and that whiskey is the celebrated "O. K C.
Taylor," and no liquor dealer w ho regards the
truth, if he understands his business, will deny
that this brand of whiskey is classed and "listed"
among the best brands in the world.
I am tho only Liquor Dealer, so far as I am able to learn, who soils
in Washington county O. F. C. Taylor whiskey.
1 1) ave been siek ami unable to attend to my business for
some time, but I am pleaseil to stale to my friends and the
public generally, that I am now able to attend to business
again, and will be found serving my euslomer.s in lirst-class
style aud promptness at the old stand, known as the Opera
Saloon, which has the reputation of Ii ^\ing the finest
Liquors, Wines, Brandies and cigars sold irWie South.
Yours Truly,
L. F.GRASSMUCK,
1) re nh am, Texas.
m
A. WERNER, Proprietor.
WTho followinw brand of C'igiiiH are manufactured now:
BRENHAM'S BEST, MARGABETA, PURITY, LILIAN. ADELE AND GULF COAST
These cigars arogcnerally to bo had in every house in Brcnham, and
I kindly ask tho consumers to ask lor them.
ALB EH V WEHNEH.
bJrOHDEltS SOLICIT IC D—A XI) WILL 1IAVI1 /' H f> M I'T ATT IC X TI OS' \ ;5
o. IVUNT,
WHOLXSAl* AND 1ETAII I K LiH 1W
Furniture and Carpets
BHDNHAM - - - - TEXAS.
I^Parlor Sets, Chambor Seta, House Furnishing Goods.
CARPSTINQ, OIL CLOTHS, MATTING,
MIRRORS, MATTRHSSSSs Y/ALL PAPER*
We '0(^nii8h ynU,r, hT° from toP to short notice. Carpet
&nd put down. 0»U &nd seo ui. Goods delivered in tho city FRKB.
SOPTn SlltE OF PUBLIC squire RRENIIAM. TEX IS
E. ROXJSE,
Piiatep aid Pap©? Iaui§©ir,
-dealer i>*
Oils, Paints, Color., Window Glass, Brusfiss, Varnishes, Etc.
Wall Paper and Ceiling Decorations
BUEMIAM, - TEXAS.
Largest Slock in llie City. Estimates Furnished.
Ii- E. LIJHN,
MAUN STEEET, BKENHAM
Staple Drugs and Fine Chemicals.
PATENT MEDIOIJSTES,
Finoat Perfumery and Toilet Soaps, Combs, H^r, Ifai
Rnd Tooth Brushes in Endless Tarie
iV-
Phys oians pre.cnptions alw=v, rejeiva prompt action Hr,d ,;'l , n A ■ v ..
utra>st care at anv time, day or i,ieht In ic "p /.,• ' ,• ,'i 2 f,IU,d wl,h
I he 6o\ the ciiortposi. "10 ^r8t >DQportanc«
3VE.
a a
DEALER 1« -
General Ha
J-.5'^
ilware,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, FENCE WIRE,
PAINTS, OILS, TARNISH, WINDOW GLASS, IRON PIPEi
Pumps, Steam Fittings, Uabbar Belting, «c.,
«M1 S.MT Sir..., BHBNIUM. TEXAS*-
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