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Fridar, April
15 1S7S.
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TheH eporfed'.'evolution in
Mexico turns'ouf tb have been
a trifling fight among a few
smugglers .
"
,Rcv.
Dr.
vmmir.
of the
., iw .. j 1
Episcopal Chnrch has written a
letter declining!, the, bishopne
...of Springfield, 111.
TiiE caseagainst Mr. Sleeper,
of WaccC charged with perjury
irPliie" U. S. Commissioner's
Court,. has been continued.
The contract for mail service
between New Orleans and Gal-
yeitanchas.been awarded Mr.
Sf.rKrHall, of Washington,"
at;
ft-ogOfTyg " -
xSdi-.ihe.greatrf direc
tory man, of St Louis, estimates
the population' fof- that city.at
503,685,w-hVchisalargeincreaseicvefed. one-half of the com
, upon last year, . ,. ,
itM4Thefe.'is'Jstrifce on Atchison,'
ToplEaand''SaHfa Fe raifrbad
e-Empona.kiisas. 1AttemptSi
have been made to'fire the rail
roadbnildjngsafaTopea. t ,
A NEW Amenpaij industry is
IvTTb6ur6jbV developed' in the
. exportation pfslate to England,
, An .Enghsh firmiast year paid
250 for Pennsylvania slate.
Sherman was three.hours be
fore the Banking Currency com
mittee. He is firm in his faith
.in the ability of the Treasury to
carry out the.resuniption law. j
The Kelly "moter, after hum
bCffgrag laeniifi&men. and tlie
"public generally for the last
five years, has,iit,Iast4jeen pro
nounced a thirH xate swindle.
MaJor Jones has returned to
Austin from JE1 Paso, and is
about to start for the Indian
frontier. He has nothing to
say about the El Paso Commis
sion. The New"England MetHoSist
Episcopal 'Conference', aFAVest-
es of heresy pgainst Rev. H. P.
Adams and suspended him from I
the ministry for one year.
I MARA'C;NDjrefuses to receive
"District of Colnmpia convicts
VJ; 1 1. 1. Ft .
a her penitentiarylany longer.
taryJand is resoIvedf that' her
working jieii shall nobbe .ruin-J
ed by loreign cheap labor.
In the House, after a prolon-
gu$dSblti3tiCPffi"c- of door-U
'keeper was declared vacant and
the functions temporarily devol-
"This disposes of door-lfeeper
Polk.
lyOiTttEU lonxsJUpublican has
jreceiyodrinf oranage, from the
.neighborhood of Los Angelos,
California, that is remarkable
"foritselephantfne proportions.
"It measures twenty-tw o inches
in circumference.
The St.Lruis77'fl says that
Hon. BritfonAt Tlilf, of that,"
city who is now in Texas mak
ing "greenback talks, is the own
er ojTjnearly half a million acres
of landiiir the central and wes
ternjortion of this State.
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CCUNGRESSMN SCHLEICHE in
- t i ..
response to an inquiry said he
did notjexpect to see the Mexi-'
can "question "settled daring his
lifetmie. He thinks Diaz will
soon be recognized, but that
would ijfot settle the trouble.
Sbme of the Dcnisonians are
very wormy, the News tells of
a tape worm fifty feet Jong ta
ken frpm, aj gentleman of that
town. 'A"cduple" Of tape worm
docters are Jojng a land office
business in Denibon. '
The Secretary of War has
ordered 50 recruits to be for
warded to San ' Antonio, 'Tex
as, where they will, upon arrival,
be reported 'to the commanding
general, department of Texas,
for assignment to the 24th 'infantry.
,...liiv'"l
The situation of Europe still
remains a conundrum. Eng
land and Russia are" both in
triguing with 'Austria; .England
however has'the inside track.
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- -The 'Episcopal convention
will assemble at Galveston- on
Wednesday, May 15th. Bibhop
Gregg will preside. Rev. T. J.
Clemens,, of.Houston?i5-the?ec-retary
of'the'-convention.
The StLouisTwraw says that
in view of -the; fact that the ice
crop "is very short this season,
the 'price of thislndespensible-
j arftcle.wiil pfobably range from-
two to three cents, a ppund, and
suggests- the p6sibilityJbf the
establishment of ice factories in
StLouis.
Gen..F. W. James, of the
First BrigaHe lias S ritlen a let
ter in which he says it will be a
difficult matter to have an cn
tTampment ofU theLmilitary
companies in the State. There
b TXrirJShiKT Jffltn ;!
Stateid j- nofeventents.-'Unless
some plan is devised by which'
At leajrtf jthft transportation if
. mand. canno t,begpg togedie r.
' -The' House1
electoral count
committee,- on
has .agreed
to
report' in favcr o'f a 'constitution
al ariiendment fixing the tenure
,of the.presidenitiaLofficeSit six
years, and declaring the presi-,
-dent "ineligible for- re-election.
They also "ropdsalo 'abblish
the Electoral-Coneget1I'And to
substitute-for'it i'proraftn'gj of
the popular 'vo'te based upon
the 'number of Senators and
I Representativs. , V
The Galveston Xews speak
ing of the resultjfthe visit andJ
canvass 01. rresiaent xvouucri,
the most cheering char
acter and if the people
along the line comply with
their promises, they may count
upon the road as an accomplish
ed fact, with all its incidental
benefits in a very nar future.
It is estimated "that the
throats.of thesNew Yorkers are
so parched up that it requires
1,200,000.000s' drinlcs annually
to'keep tliemirrigatedrAUow
ing each of these twelve hundred
million drinks to be an inch and
a half deep, they would,- placed
.one onjop ofithe other, make a
pile 28,409 miles I hight ulie
idea of a drink 28,.09 'miles
long, wouldt delight the heart
of the oldest toper in the!VQrld.
Bill Longley is an irrepres
sible letter writer, He has late
Jy written "abetter jto Cap'tMast
"the officer who captured him.
His mind is now taking a relig
ious tum. He, says Jie has
done-enough to ruinuum ih this
w orld if not in the w orld
to coma He thinks he
cbiild die a Christain if people
would only quit tantalizing' him.
It .seems tQ him that everybody
glories in making him feel as
miserable as possible cspecial-i
ly the newspapers up the coun
try. William seems to have!
lost.sight of the'fact that he . is
indebted eutirelyato the news
papers for the notoriety he now
has. -
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There has been anotlier train
robbery ' in NothernVTexas
this time on Texas "Pacific rail
road at Eagle .Ford, a station
between Dallas and Fort Worth.
The details of the affair.-.are the
same as those of the Hgtchins
and Allen robberies: The gang
are thought Jta have their head
quarters' at ;Denton A man
named Bass, supposed to be one
of the robbers was seen in Den
ton in company with a deputy
sheriff. There is a strong party,
and it issaid,thcy cannot be cap
tured without the assistance of
State police. The last robbery
did not pan ouWery w ell, as the
brigands only got S50 of express
money and a few registered let
ters. '
On Wednesday last it snow
ed at Parsons and as far down
as McAllister in the Cherokee
Nation.
of the,Gulf. Colorado and Santaalrdv f and ?cvo ,of'
Ee, ilroyad fMfc itf 0f 'marihoodjrijheir sbufi.. If ihe
BBEjSTHAM, TEXAS, FEIDAY, APKIJ
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For State Trsasnror.
The name of Judge Rufus Y.
King, of Lee county, w ill beprc
'sented to the Democratic State
Convention for the nomination
fothe iofficcr of State Treasurer.
, The Democrats of Washing
ton county," will, we believe,
heartily co-operate with their
brethenfof Lei,, in the "support
of JuSge:King, who ""is1 well
.known to them as a gentleman
of capacity.and intergity.
We have know'n Judge King
for years, 'antfin e ery tpacity
to which he has served his coun-
W .' ,- ' ? ..,f,:.L
try, ne nas provea niniseii iaiiii
iil, cnjpetentand upright. A
gaIlant.Captain in Terry's Texas
.Rangers during the late w? r, he
was crippled in one arm at the
battle of-Shiloh. As county
Judge of Lee county, since the
adoption of the -present consti
tution' he lias'proven Himself an
Impartial andincomipablc officer
We commend Judge King to
the Defhocrafs'bf the State as
the-right'maii.Tn the riglitplace.
ana oneln every respect worthy
'atnd ddenSngofauppott
j The-TVilpplntt-po't,
The Tyler Democrat is in-
ffj mi jftwu-jy yW'Mfty
clined tq the opinion that the
whipping-post would be a cheap
and effective means of disposing
J Df petty criminals. The Deni-
son Neius is opposed to it and
says""aman with any manhood
jn his soul, will be very-apt to
make the experiment cost some
body more-than S250. In reply
it may be said that?"a man witfi
any manhood in his soul" w ill
never put himself into a position
requiririg the 'whipping-post to
expiate his offense.- The class
of offenders itis expected to
treach-bythd shipping-post are
wnippiug-posv Jias 111c ciilclui.
malangLthcm.hojiesLit.will ac
complish more than the jails
and penitentiaries have done.
Where the whipping-post has
been tried, it has found to work
like a charm.
Shooting at Orange.
The Houston Telegram giies
the -details of a shooting affray
at Orange on Friday last It
seems that a lumberman named
Manual Ferguson, bearing- the
repiitoTnonToflbeinga"desperado,
came to Orange and got drunk
having-a huge dirk knife and
banking on "His reputation he
took-the town all day. In the
evening Ferguson with a party
of friends raised a disturbance
in, a saloon. Deputy sheriff
Jettwent into the saloon to
quiet the row and in doing so
struck one of the Ferguson par
ty over-the. head, with his revol
ver. The pistol was discharged
nearly kilh'ng a bystander, who
escapedwith a scalp wound.
The officer was shot in the hip,
it is thought, by a pistol fiftd
from 'Ferguson's pocket. The
officer retired without siyirg
anything and the Ferguson par
ty was pushed out on the side
walk. Ferguson fell oVer a log
and as he attempted to rise he
receivedthree. shots, through
his bo'dyr He then attempted
to draw his pistol when he was
again fired on by the crowd, two
more balls were lodged in him
and he died with his boots on.
Whn it became known that
deputy sheriff" Jett had been
shot, much indignation was
manifested. The Ferguson
crowd deserted him as soon
the firing commenced and
as
at
last accounts Ferguson's body
was still lying where it fell.
Professor New comb says: "So
small is the earth, compared
with the celestial spaces, that if
one' should shut his eyes and
fire at random in the air, the
chance'of Bringing down a bird
would'be better than -that of a
comet of any kind stricking the
earth."
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J Now's the time to take our
carpets into ,the-back yard dnd
beatJjhatBqbIngersoll says
does not exist -outof 'em. Com.
Bulletins JTKOKT
A "vrrr.a-c license wis lately returned to
an Alabama officialrltSTinj; endorse 1 upon
it t'-e ffioKrIpI"rfls here etfrhTe F-ileto
marry an de licens n rei-mcd B!an'
J mattT-iillan, jr g"
Mannfastories.
Texas at present is purely an
agricultural and pastoral State,
the few manufactories hardly
turning out enough manufactur
ed articles to.amount to a tithe
of the consumption. Texas
produces more cotton than any
other one State in the Union,
and yet there is not a cotton
mill of any importance in the
entire State. The fact cannot
be gainsayed that nearly all ar
ticles produced in factories are
brought from other States. The
one item of agricultural imple
ments alone amounting in the
aggregate to a large sum,- then
comes boots and shoes, harness
and saddlery. Nearly every
town has its saddler, but still
three-fourths of the saddles and
harness is from eastern makers,
the majority of whomproduce
fin inferior article at a low price.
The stock worked up by the
home saddlers is the product of
eastern tan yards, and so it goes
throngh the entire list.
What is needed generally
throughout the State is facto
ries. .Every place is, of cource
not adopted to them, but Bren
ham.'we think, possess superior
advantages in many respects.
That -there is money to be made"
with cottonseed oil. mills has
been demonstrated by the suc
cess met with the Ashcnbeck
brothers, of Hempstead; the oil
mills at Navasota and the new
and large mills now being erec
ted at Dallas. Washington
county produces more cotton
than any other county in the
State, besides large quantities
are brought to this market from
Burleson, Lee, Fayette and
Austin counties, all of which
have large quantities of surplus
seed that is now seeking a mar
ket. The business of shipping
cotton seed is only in its infan-
Ly yet more than $20,000 has
been paid for that article the
present season. That shipped
from here this season has most
ly gone to the mills at New Or
leans So profitable is the man- -ufacture
of cotton seed oil con
sidered that mills have been put
up in St Lonis aud Chicago,
where the -seed has to be trans-
-ported long distances by river
and ratl.the latter city only being
reached by rail. If it w ill pay, as
it undoubtedly does, to trans
port cotton seed long distances
to manufacture it, the profit by
manufacturing at home would
at the lowest estimate amount
to more than is paid for freights,
and that is no inconsiderable
item.
In Brenham town property is
reasonably cheap, house rents
,are also moderate, and country
produce of all kinds can be had
in abundance the year round,
for very moderate prices, thus
reducing the cost of living very
materially from what it is in the
larger cities. -
Mr. Henry Bergh, president
of the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals, con
tends that there is no such dis
ease as hydrophobia. A gentle
man who does believe there is
such a disease challenges Mr.
Bergh. He proposes to inocu
late Mr. Bergh for the rabies
with fresh saliva of a hydropho
bic dog. If the inoculation
does not take within six months
then the challenger, proposes to
pay $1 000 to the society of
which Bergh is president. No
forfeit w hatever is asked of the
president of the S. for the P. of
C. to A.
Hon. M. Kopperl, who re
turned to Galveston on Friday
last says if the subscrptions ten
dered along the line of the San
ta Fe railroad can be reduced to
possession, the completion of the
road to Bclton in one or tw o
years cannot be doubtful.
The announcement of the de
mise of the Galveston Indepen
dent is received with pleasure
by a majority of the Texas
press.
f The House has elected Chas.
W. Field, of Georgia, door
keeper, vice Polk, of Missouri,
removed.
WJ,..U.JJ.'UJ. J- 'IU',U.I -
Mhj or Snj-ors.
The Austin Statesman p
a very high compliment tt ?
jor Sayers and says
To rclie e the apprehensi
of a few gentlemen who
w ell acqua
al character 01
and who seem to
proposes to ride into office up
the coat-tail of anothcrrwe as
sert, without fear of successful
contradiction, that he will go
before the convention upon his
own merits, be they great or
small. So far he has made his
way through the world by his
own efforts. He has helped
others more than others have
helped him. He has ever been
and will continue to be loyal
and true to his friends, as well
in adversity as in prosperity.
He w ould scorn to accept, as
has been done byso many, of
ficial position upon any such
terms. In his candidacy lie re
serves the right, as is his privi
lege and duty, to entertain and
express his opinion in all mat
ters as becomes a fearless, hon
est American citizen, and we
very much mistake his character
lf he would consent to walk
muzzled into any position, how
ever exalted. Hehas heretofore
been, and now is regarded'most
frank, sincere and unselfish, and
we would greatly regret a
change in his character made
in order to secure the nomina
tion for the office of Lieutenant
Governor.
We would add that the States
man nor any of the friends of
Major Sayers.need have any fear
that the Major will do anything
unbecoming his. present, high
character, m.orderto secure a
nomination for any office what
ever. The Houston Telcgiam in re
ply to the assertion of the Aus
tin Gazette that "cotton is the
course of the country. Itdon't
pay the cost of production,"
says "that is all bosh." Texas pro
duces annually 700,000 bales of
cotton, worth $35,000,000 and
this -amount tf money is turned
loose to pay for dry goods, gro
ceries, whibkey, tobacco and
the thousands of other articles
of luxury and necessity thaVare
required. "Take away cotton
and in a year hence the only
way we could keep a dollar in
Texas would be to fasten it to
a log chain locked around an
iron post.".
There is a man in New Gre
nada, South America, who is
said to be one hundred and
eighty years' old. The oldest
man of modern times of whom
there is any record was an
English peasant known as old
Parr, who died about 1650 aged
175 years. His age.was well
authenticated. The South Amer
ican man was never drunk in his
life and eats but one meal a
day. The majority of men in
this country prefer to eat three
times a day at the risk of not
living to be a hundred years
old.
There are now four regularly
organized political parties in
the wicked city of Chicago; the
Democratic, Republican, Na
tional or Greenback and Com
mune, then they -have a few
independant chaps composed of
the "tailings" of all the other
parties. The intents and pur
pose of three first named par
ties are thoroughly understood,
but just what the communists
want is not so well understood.
It may be that they want to
pattern after their brethern in
France and do away entirely
with individual property rights.
In that case they w ould be a
dangerous community and need
ery close w atching.
Denison is infested with
tramps the genuine tramp
won't work a man in that city
offered to give four tramps
work at Si 25 per day. "H-l"
said the head center of the gang,
"you think a man such a fool
as to work at that price." The
News favors arresting all such
characters and putting them to
work in the chain gang, If
they work feed them well and
if they do not put them on ra
tions of bread and water.
"Now bruWcrs," b-ud 1 Gitcsvillc ne
gro prtachtx the other night, dc ordn
ance will cone tocddix, s'nrde doTollum,
reoete it con nuinticn. in tt remsed."
intHmi
- 12, 1878.
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EWS.
Hempstead
ver Green, of
.will be a candidate
for a State Senatorship.
The smallpox -scare at
Richmond is over and every
body has been vaccinated.
One hundred thousand
acres-of land in Kinney county,
was sold for taxes at Fort Clark.
Bremond having got
through with the smallpox is
now busy with the telephone.
De Witt Clinton Baker has
been appointed collector of
revenue for the third district of
Texas.
The lax collector of Mc
Lennan county has just turned
over to the county treasurer
534,000 collected on taxes for
1877.
Richmond, Fort Bend
county, has just had a quiet
"city election." One hundred
and tuenty-pne votes were
polled. -1 -- "-.
-The Houston Cotton Ex
change and Board of Trade
held its anual meeting on Satur
day. The Exchange is in a
flourishing condition.
The Denison News reports
heavy rains as low down as Par
sons, Kansas, but not a drop in
Denison. It says the rain is
is unequally distributed, '
The docket of-the Fayette
county is unusually full. -The
larger portion of the docket
consists of delinquents who have
failed to pay their dog tax.
- Frank Greenwald claims to
be the great North American
buffalo slayer. He is now in
Sherman, and says he has kil
led 3200 buffaloes this year.
Fishing is miserable- in
Jack county. There are too
many fishermen and too few
fish. Washington county is
s'uffering from the same com
plaint. The members of the Waco
bar held a meeting and passed a
set of resolutions directed op
posed to those of the Galves
ton bar, in the matter of the
new federal judicial district.
The 'Clarksville Banner giv
es a detailed account of the
robbery of a Hall's bugular
proof safe at that place. It 1
seems Jthat the safe was as easi
ly opened as a fifteen cent draw
er lock.
The gum ofthe mesquite
tree, so common in Weitirn Tex
as, is almost identical with gum
Arabic, and answers the same
purpose. -Thirty thousand
pounds of mesquite gum was
gathered last year.
In'Fort'Worth the police
and other fellows amuse them
selves by "throwing physic to
the dogs" in the yards. By
this process valuable dogs are
killed and worthless curs that
roam at,large escape.
Lieut. Armstrong, of Hills'
Command, who captured John
Wesly Hardin in Florida, has
been called upon by one hun
dred citizens ofDeWttt county,
and has consented to become a
candidate for sheriff at the next
election.
A young man named
Charles Snowden, who lived on
a farm on the Brazos ten miles
below Waco, deliberately tool
down a shot gun and walking
out into the yard shot himself
through the breast. He fell
dead in his tracks.
Crockett Is usually a quiet
town but it is now wide awake
over a stunning sensation, John
Howard was a banker enjoying
the confidence of the communi
ty and having the custody of
a large amount of their funds.
Some two weeks ago he was
married. He has now "eloped"
and carried with him thousands
of "dollars of other peoples'
money. "He did not however
take his wife with him.
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. Gay Hill Loaals.
MRCH, 30th IS7S.
The latest social event was
the party at Mr. James H.
James' on Wednesday evening
last. The young ladies all
looked bewitching in their
arming toilets. The music
by the'sBurton string band was
splendid. Every one in atten
dance seem td enjoy themselyes"
very much. Dancing was kept
up until the wee sma' hours.
The grangers have gone to
work in good earnest. They
now meet reguarly on the "first
and third Saturday in each
month. One day is for business,
and the other a social meeting.
The sociable still flourishes.
It has regular meetings at dif
ferent residences in" the neigh
borhood twice a month. The
exercises arc reading, music
and charades.
The 'Baptists commenced a
meeting yesterday at the church
in this town. There was a ser
mon at eleven o'clock, with a
basket dinner ancl preaching in
the afternoon and evening.
The farmers are beginning to
look "a little blue" on account
of the protracted, dry weather,
though the young crops are not
suffering for rain as yet. Sorne
wheat has been sown as tin ex.
periment. It looks as well as
any J ever saw in northerri or
central Texas. Irish potatoes
planted for shipment are look
ing splendid.
We have two flourishing!
schools in the neighborhood;
eachhas.an 'attendance of about
twenty-five pupils.
The next trouble is road
w orking"bn Thursday and Fri
day. As I am over age I won't
be "troubled. " Hardtimes.
Sunday School.
The Baptist Sunday school
convention at Gay Hill, which
lasted three days, has adjourn
ed.The result was the organiza
tion of a Sunday school. The
meeting was conducted by Rev.
Drs. Crane, Dodsori and Roun
tree. The ladies gave a most
excellent dinner, to which am
ple justice was done by both
saint and sinner. Many of our
Independence friendswere pres
ent and seemed-Tully 1 alive -to
the interest of the church.
PECKSMrF,
Anniversary of the Battle of
j San Jacinto. '
On Saturday 20th of April, (Sunday be
ing the 21st, the day on which the- battle
was fought) there will be a, celebration at
Rocky Creek, near the Brenham and In
dependence road, four miles South of In
dependence. The Texan Declaration of
Independence will be read by Lewis R.
Br) anl An oration will be delivered bj
Albert G. Haynes. Music will be inter
.sperced and pther eceroscs. '
Independence Grange, Independence
Council of Temperance, the Baptist Sun
day School of the nme place, faculty and
-students of.Bl)Ior Female College faculty
and students of Bailor University;,, and
Brenham Greys are expected to be pres
ent. There will be, a general pfenic, and
it is hoped all atizens will attend" arid re
port their memones,of the incidents of the
carl) struggles of Texas for liberty and
Independence. The only three survivors of
the battle, now in Washington county, are
especially muted to honor the. occasion
with their presence.
Sam Houston 01x05,
L. T. McLf-od.
C.H. WlIXINGHAM,
Com-nittee on behalf ofBajlor Unner
sity. Choose Well. ,
Neermarry amanwhohasonlyhislove
for jou to recommend him. That is ery
fascinating, but it does not maketne man.
If he rs npt otherwise what he should be,
j ou will never beriappy; The most perfect
man, who did not love you, should never be
your husband , but though marriage without
loe is terrible, love only will not do. If
this man t dishonorable to other men, or
mean, or given to vice, the ttme will come
when j-ou will either loathe, him or sink to
hiIeel. Itis hard to remember! amidst
kisses and praises, thatthere is anything else
in the world to be done or thought of but
lo. e-making, but the days of life are many;
and the husband mustbeaguidetobe trus
ted a companion, a fnena as well as a
Ioer. Many a girl has married a man
whom she knew to be anythimg but good,
' because he loved her so." And the flame
lias died oit on the hearthstone of home
before long, and beside it has been sitting
one that she could ne er hope would lead
her heavenward one who. if she followed
him is a wife should,"wouId guideher steps
to perdition. Marnagq is a solemn thing
a choice for life; then be careful in choos
ing. The initial numbea of the
Texas" Sentinel, a w eekly paper,
published in this city by Mr. F
R, Carrick, Maj, S. G. Spann, ed
itor and proprietor made its ap
pearance yesterday. The Sen
tinel is a very neat six column
paper and its typograghical ap
pearance shows experienced
workmanship. It enters the
journalistic arena with the best
wishes affix Banner for its suc
cess. .
E-Gov. Moses, of South
Carolina, has been arrested in
Iscw- York and locked up on a
charge of forgery committed in
in South Carolina, He will be
taken to Charleston.
V0L:STi1I--S"0. 15.
How to be Handsome.
Most people would like to be
handsome. Nobody denies the
great power which any person
may have who has a handsome
face and attracts you by good
looks, even before a word has
been spoken. And we .see all
sorts of devices in men and'wo
men to improve their looks.
Now, allcarinct ha c good'fca--tures
they are asGod" Unlade
them but almostany one can
look well, especially with'good
health., Jt is hard to give rules
in a very 'short space, but irt
brief these- will do :
Keep clean wash freely. All
the skin wants is to act freely,
and it takes care ofitself. Its
thousands of air holes must not
be closed.
Eat regularly, and sleep
enough not too much. The
stomach can no .more -work "all
the time, night and day, than a.
horse. It must have regular
work and rest.
Good teeth are a, help, to
good.looks. Brush, them, with
a soft brush, especially atnight.
Go to bed with cleansed -teeth.
Of course, to have white teeth
it is needful to let tobacco alone.
AH women know that. -Washes
for the teeth should be very
simple. Acids-maywhiten the
teeth, liut they take ofF the
enamel and injure themv
Sleep in a cool room,,in pure
air. No one can liavaa cleanly
skin who breaths bad 'air. But
more than ajl, in order to look
well, wake. up mind and .soul.
When thcmimljs awake, the.
dull sleepy look passes away
fronr the eyes. I" do " not know
thaf the brain expands but it
seems so. Think, "and read,
not trashy novels, but Jxpks
andpapers that"have something
in them. Talk witK pe5pleTyhcr"
know something; hear lectures
and learn them.
Men say they cannot afford
books, and sometimes do not
pay for a newspaper' In that
case it does them little good'
they feel so mean ivlillc reading
them. But men can afford
what the, really choose. If all
the money spent in self-indulgence,
in hurtful indulgence,
was spent in books ocpapers for
self-improvement, w e should see
a change. Men would grow
handsome, women too. The
soul would shine, out through
the eyes. We were not meant
to be animals. Let us have
booksand read'
''them, and ser-
mons and heed'tfiem.-
-Amen-
can Farmjourtalt"
j
3'ruleion County and tne Sants
Fe Railway.
The, fcaldwepjE-gfr of the
5th inst, contains a" lengthy re
port oftherailroadjneeting held
at that place. The people of
Burleson county are thorpughly
aroused "and "mean business.
The 'county courFnas already
i I - r
granted the road exempuon
from county taxeslqr five years.
Tlie following resolutions, which- '
explains themselves, were pass
ed without "a dissenting voice:
Resolved, Thatthepeople of
Burleson county, in mass meet
ing assembled, .hereby pledge
the right o way through-'
the county to tlie. Culf, Colorado-' J
and Santa Pe Railroad, and
pledge the company two hun
dred thousand dollars in the
way of local aid, provided tlie
Road be constructed and a de
pot be established at Caldwell
under the existing charter of tlie
company,, and the Road to be
finished through the county .
within twelve months after the
bonds of the company are dis
posed of
The Austin Gazette ask an
expression of opinion from the
Democratic press of this, district
as w ell as from tlie p-ople, of
their choice of a candidate for
Congressman. The mind of the
Banner is already made upr
but it is a little too early to ex
press an opinion. In due time
w-c will make our preference"
know n.
The House agreed by a vote
of 288 to 6 to a bill authorizfng
tlie president to appoint James:
Field, of Missouri, a brigadier
general upon the retired list ol
the army. Gen. Shields is a
Mexican war veteran and a
wheel-horse in the Democratic
party of Missoori.
If a laddie meets a lassie walking, up the
street, if the lassie wears a '-rjltct" shows
an ankle neat; rT the wind in rudely blow
ing, lifts her skirts too high, and aladdiestes
her ankle, need a lasstccry t Every lassie
wears 2 " tilfcr" and a " hiridirpcst, ' and a
metal 'palpuator" on her sno-vy breast.
If when married to the lassie these false
charms he spy ; it rie says "I'm sold, by
jingo V need a lassie cry !
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Fh e hundred acres are planted in tobacco
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