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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

THE chief peace officer of Bur-
Lesson county, Sheriff C. W. Cur
ry, was in the city Monday look
ing for a crippled negro driving
a one-eyed grey horse hltched to
a red bodied buggy and followed
by a yellow dog. The negro
purloined the outfit from a gen.
tleman at Clay Station.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17
Not Chambers.

Recently several horses be-
longing to Polish farmer near
Chappell Hill were attacked with
what was believed to be CHAMBERS.
A committee was appointed tc
investigate the matter. They de-
cided that the disease was CLAN
ders, and ordered the stock con-
demned.
Judge E. P. Curry and Mr.. j.
B. Kemp in connection with the
committee re- examined the horses
Tuesday morning and decided
that the first report was erron-
eOus.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

The people of Bastrop can
give the average town cards and
spades and beat them all hol-
low in knowing how to treat their
newspaper men. Editor Cain of
the Advertiser acknowledges
receipt of several fine melons, a
case of soda water, two bottles of
fine wine and cakes galore in his
last issue. The art preservative
must be strewn with flowers in
that town.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

THE baccalaureate sermon
which Rev. G. w. Reeves de-
livered at the Grand opera house
Sunday morning has been ex-
tensively complimented. The
singing by the different church
chores was a pleasing feature of
the service.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

AN invitation has been extend
ed Mr.. C. H. Letzerich of this
city to deliver an address at
Lyons July 3rd.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

GEORGE WASHINGTON is no lon
ger the standard Of veracity.
The personifcaion of truthful
ness now is the man who hasn't
seen an air ship this spring.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17
AT TAYLOR Sunday afternoo!

AT Taylor Sunday afternoon
Prof. Harrison Skaggs of this
city and Miss Eva Walton were
united in marriage. They are at
present domiciled at the Ex-
change hotel receiving congratu-
Iations from the many Brennan
friends of the professor with
whom the BANNER joins.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

LOCAL dealers should bear in
mind the fact that it is now a
Unable offense under the new law
10 either sell or give away any
deadly weapon to a minor.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

SOME people sheer at the theo-
ny of language among the low
er animals, but there is no doubt
that snakes frequently get off a
rafting good tail.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

THE patriots who stood by
President Mckinley last fall are
giving the world a beautiful ex-
ample of the virtue of consist
ency. They are standing by
him yet-as close as they can
get.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

NED TAYLOR, an aged colored
man, died Sunday afternoon on
Mr.. John Rial's place six miles
east of the city.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

HENRY HoHLT the sixteen-year-
old son of Mr.. Henry Hohlt, ST.,
died Monday morning at his
fathers residence near Kenney.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

AMONG the real estate transfers
this week is the purchase of Mr..
J. E. Harmon's West Main street
residence by Mr.. ]. B. Williams.
The consideration was 81, $50.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

In making long dive at Daw-
sons natatorium Saturday Ed
Beauchamp received a severe
bruise in the face by encounter
ing a snag.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

THE persistency with which
Offices are being hunted at pres
emit indicates the necessity OF
placing them under the protection
of the game laws.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

GIVE US a chance to figure on
job printing. We are confident
we can please you, both in prices
and work.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

L. J. LocKETT, undertaken,
received a magnificent new
hearse Monday morning.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

THOSE popular hardwaremen,
Reichardt C Seelhorst, are adver-
Using 20 per cent discount on re-
frigerators and gasoline stoves
this week only. They also have
a word to say about fruit jars
being cheaper than ever before.
These goods are all seasonable,
and the prices are way down.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

A FINE boy has taken up per-
manent residence at the home CT
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Williams.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17
LOCAL NE VS..

CONSIDERABLE sickness of q
mild form prevails at present.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17
Hurt in a. Runaway.

While on their way home from
Brennan Tuesday afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. Fritz Schroeder, who
reside on Rocky, were the victims
of a runaway which came near
being attended with serious re-
suits. The team took fright at
an unknown object just after
passing the old Rippetoe place.
In jumping from the flying We
hicle Mrs. Schroeder fell to the
ground, sustaining a severe
sprain in her right arm. Shortly
after Mr.. Schroeder succeeded in
bringing the frightened horses to
a stsandstill one of them dropped
dead from over exertion.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

LIGHTNING struck a residence
at Giddings Monday, completely
wrecking the flue and badly
frightening the occupants, but
doing no damages of any conse-
quence.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

On Sunday, June 18th, Mr..
Wilhugh Wilkins attained his
majority, and is now clothed with
the dignity of suffrage. Here's
to his good health and longevity.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

Born Monday morning to Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Cohn, fine
boy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

THE water melon supply is
rapidly getting on parity with
the demand.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17
GRADUATES BALL
Charming Debutantes the Guests of the
Athletic Club Monday Evening.

Athletic Club Monday Evening.
The young ladies who made
their exit from the environments
of school life and received their
diplomas Friday evening are in
search of other worlds to conquer
and are ready to exclaim veni
vidi vici. Their exit from school
room to ballroom was made Mon
day evening at a ball given in
their honor by the Athletic club.
From busy delivers after the
treasures contained in the store
house of knowledge they have
been metamorphosed into gilded
social butterflies and a contest of
books has been substituted by a
conquest of looks. In the latter
they bid fair to eclipse the bril-
liant records made in the former.
Their debut was certainly as
brilliant as lovely music, dainty
gowns, rare jewels and sparkling
conversation, which serve to en-
nance the beauty of fair woman
hood, could make it. 1t was here
that the loneliness of each partic-
ular debutante was brought ou4
to perfection and to the admira-
ton of the observing assembly
that thronged the ball room.
Among the very large number
who attended in honor of the
class of '97 the following couples
were noted and they represent
about half the attendance. The
first seven young ladies on the
list are the graduates:
Miss Edna Rouse and William
Lusk.
Miss Leila Robbins and Seth
Shepard Searcey.
Miss Mollie White Harrison
and John M. Fielder.
Miss Tooley Williamson and
Henry A. Luhn.
Miss Ada Becker and Max
Eversberg.
Miss Bessie Thornhill and
Nathan Cinnamon.
Miss Hattie Tiemann and Will
Schiller.
Miss Bell Edney and Joe s..
Smith.
Miss Lula Thornhill, and W.
A. Wood, Jr.
Miss Ella Patterson and Ben H.
Bassett.
Miss Hettie Harrison and
Judge E. P. Curry.
Miss Mabel Harrison and DR..
J. B. York.
Miss Eleanor Garrett and John
Watson.
Miss Bertha Becker and S. G..
Lusk.
Miss Stella Cornell and Dea
Cox.
Miss Jennie Herbert and Thos.
A. Holland.
Miss Hester Abbott and Hugh
Lusk.
Miss Hettie Willims and Dan c..
Williams, Jr.
Miss Bershie Wilkins and Chas.
H. Carlisle, Jr.
Miss Hettie Wilkins and Ed
Perry Garrett.
Miss Emma Hoffman, and
Robert A. Harrison.
Miss Lillian HOFFMAN, and
Cal. G. Bolts.
Miss Leila Clay and Wilbur H.
Abbott.
Miss Mamie Bolts and Chas.
L. Wilkins.
Miss Grace Gardner and
Livingston G. Bassett.
Miss Ruby Gardner and
Charles B. Fielder.
Miss Julia Epstein and Harry
Pennington.
Miss Creekmore and Robert
W. Haynie.
Miss Cordie Collins and Will
Gather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Buster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis lander
Harrison.
DIR. and Mrs. Ed Becker.
DOSE IT PAY?
A BANNER representative hap
pened in at the Lion Drug Store
Monday afternoon, accepted an
to have a cigar extend
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

BRENNAN triumphed over
Groesbeeck in Mondays game
by a score of II to 7. Weaver
and LaCourage pitched and
Stevens caught for the home
team.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

New crop Irish potatoes are
selling at thirty cents a bushel
on the local market.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-06-17

THE Central will run an excur-
sion to Houston and Galveston
Sunday.
The Progress., 1897-08-14

Der 1t. And The PROGRESS nre-
ulc1s lot you, that had YOU been
I'D real battle, had your country
been invaded by a foreign enemy
your officers would have as viii
hngiy gone TO the front: your COM
panles as readily followed them
on would have advanced on the
charge; You would have as reSo-
luVely resisted their advance. We'll
done. brave militia. all honor and
praise to You all, from private to
OH GER
SPLENDID SIGHT
vas the grand stand with its
vast sea OF faces, ribbons, laces.
feathers, and coats and hats Of the
men folks.
There must have been 5000 neo-
pie IN the grand-stand and in
the Enclosure there We're. in all
probability 1000 persons, exclusive
Of the soldiers.
ALL-IMPORTANT DAY.
This will be the all-important
day with the military boys, be-
cause the drill for the prize will
take place this afternoon. This
the governor will review
the troops.
STAFF OFFICERS ARRIVE.
Adiutant General Allen Jumel,
General Eugene May, Inspector
General; Gen.J. B. Vinet Inspector
OF Ordnance and Major Ed. Dur
ieve Assistant Quarterm aster, of
the governors staff arrived yes-
terday morning and will take part
in the review tomorrow.
The Progress., 1897-08-14
For Rent or Sale,

A good tore house in manufacturing
locality, surro lnded by several manufac
torys, lice Works, Gas, Oil mill, T. p,
Der Co, immediate vicinity, employing
about 300 hands. Rent so. Address L.
o. r, Progress,
The Progress., 1897-08-14
FOR SALE.

A Grocery and Barroom doing a good
business, average from to kegs of beer
PER day. Rent cheap, stock and fixtures
will amount to $3.50 to 5000. Having the
KIondike fever cause of selling
/. q, n,
The Progress., 1897-08-14


surprise.
Onward came the Second Batta-
lion. the brave officers urging their
men to forward, the privates as
courageously advancing Yes, the
victory is aim ost within their grasp
when suddenly the artillery spoke
in thunderous tones and its shell,
grape and canister swept the field
like hail, and tearing through the
ranks of the advancing Stonewall
legions. For a time this sudden
and terrible reinforcement caused
them to halt and fall back, and
Pelham's cannons, whose gunners
ne'er trembled as they sighted,
whose wipers and leaders made no
mistake. continued their destruc-
tive work.
'sOh, wasn't it grand %
Just now our reporter caught
sight of the face Of Colonel r. H.
Lindsay, than whom no soldier
q.
his left; while to his right was
Capt. n. B. Murif, who has smelt
the smoke Of many a sanguinary
contest. How the eyes OF these
veterans flashed with the fire of
battle, how the cheeks glowed with
animation as they heard the inces-
SAINT rattle of musketry, how their
lips compressed with determina-
ton as the giant tones OF the artil-
lery were heard in the melee!
Yes, it was a grand sight. Even
the ladies, as they generally are,
were as brave as the bravest, and
with no blanched cheeks, but with
expressions lovely and inspiriting,
they viewed the contest.
And the soldiers; well did each
company know that its sponsor
their Rowena--was watching the
conflict, was wearing their colors
to incite them to deeds of chivalry
outrivalling the famous battles of
history or legend or tradition.
Yea, it was a terrible conflict. |
though short. 1t must needs be. |
Stonewal Jackson and Albert |
sidney Johnston were leading the
attack, Pelham and Pickett were
de1ending the camp. Soon the
smoke OF ordnance enveloped the
neid and still the scene of carnage
continued. But slowly and surely
stevens command pressed for
ward, there was rush, the guns of
the attacked were silenced and the
nag OF the victors was placed on
'ie cannon as the gallant Pleas
anus went down from a bullet fred
W private at close quarters.
and valiant1y did he
ueiend his colors nor ever s11rren-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
The Campnor Tree.

AS many of our subscribers are in
terested in the subject of camphor,
we publish the following issued by
the Department of Agriculture at
Washington:
The camphor tree is a broad-leaved
evergreen, related to the red bay and
to the sassafras of the United States.
In it's native habitat it attains a
height of 60 to 100 feet, with wide
spreading branches and a trunk 2Oto 40
inches in diameter. It's general habit
is similar to that of the Eastwood.
The leaves are broadly lanceolate in
form, with acuminate points at both
base and apex of light green color,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22

and appropriate any of BIS stock he
may find not fenced in?
Would our cattle men think it fair,
if law was passed giving any man
the right to appropriate any stock he
might find not guarded by specified
fence? IF the cattle man finds my
crop without a fence, the law as it
stands gives him the right to appro~
PIRATE that crop, by turning his stock
onto it, and [ simply have no redress.
Is not one lawful property as much as
the other?
Can any man with moderate intel
ligence say this law is right?
True there is large area of our
county and State that is yet in it's ma
tive state and is not damaged by be-
ing pastured, and did the cattle men
who desire to use that otherwise
wasted pasturage, stand the expense
of keeping their stock on such land,
and away from settlements, and cul-
tivated tracts, no body would COM
plain, but let them enjoy it. But this
is not the case. They not only pro-
pose to use all this land for their own
individual profit, but they further
propose that other men shall pay all
the expense of their using the whole
common wealth as a pasture.
The day has gone by when such
principals, can be enacted into law
and forced on an intelligent, and en-
terprising community.
The Agriculturist may toll and
write, and extol the good qualities and
position of many kinds of liniments
and cities and towns may advertise
and spend money to induce people to
come to the State, but so long as such
unjust and discriminating laws stand
on our statute books, Florida will re-
main nothing but winter resort, for
those who have money to spend at
high priced hotels and resorts, and
State rich in all that makes life de-
sirable, will remain where it is today,
a wilderness under the usurped con-
troll of few cattle men.
Are the people willing it shall SO
stand? We shall see. Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
Vol. XIV No 38 Whole No $50,
for the Florida Agriculturist.
About the Stock Law.


The writer has before this given
his views relative to the constitutions
ality of the so-called stock law Of
Florida The point taken was, that
no law can stand the decision of the
higher courts, that imposes burden
upon one individual, for the purpose
of benefitting another individual
A decision has just been rendered
by the supreme court of New York in
which Justice Putnam is sustained by
four of his associates, in case where
the law of New York, would prohibit
the sale of goods made by prison con-
victs, in the state of Ohio. In his dis
cusson of the matter, the judge
brings out the very point, on which
the cattle law of Florida is defective,
and could not stand a test if brought
before this tribunal.
He says ''the police power Of the
state, should certainly never be- exer-
cised, save when the public good, gen
orally in it's health, or morals, or
physical safety, is threatened by some
abuse in individual right. To invoke
it. merely to enhance the incomes
of a particular class X *would be
and has been, a startlingly new legis-
lative departure"
The application we would make, is
this, that the police power OF Florida
is invoked, and used, ''to enhance the
incomes of particular Glass;" who
insist on raising cattle, and hogs, and
sustaining them on ground to which
they hold no shadow of title, and
which is neither the public domain
even.
The law as enforced, simply COM
pels A to allow B to pasture his cat
tie and hogs on his (A's) land with
out compensation, and more, it com
pels A to maintain expensive fences
on any part of his own property, il ne
deigns to use that part of it, on which
to grow any sort of crop; or failing to
do so, the law gives B the right to said
crop, for his stock. The law does
discriminate, in favor of B to the dam
age of A.
Turn it any way you will, it can be
construed in no other light than that
the police power of the state, is invok-
ed, to enhance the income of one class
against another class. I know of no
part of Volusia county that is not now
private property, on which the own
er, or owners, are taxed or should be.
Now the question lis, how does b be-
come possessed of the right to pasture
said property, simply because he
makes cattle and hog growing his
business? The only barrier being
that the owner has gone to the ex-
pense to protect it by fence.
Why not just as consistant that the
law should give A the right to seize
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, September % 1887.

smooth and shining above and whit
ish. or glaucous on the under surface.
The lower pair of lateralveins are NOR,
prominent than the others, but the
leaves are not as distinctly 3-nerved
as those of the cinnamon and many
other species of the genus. The small
white or greenish-white flowers are
borne in aXillary racemes from Febru>
ary to April on shoots of the previous
season, and are followed in October
by berry-li<e, one-seeded fruits about
three-eights of an inch in diameter.
The fruiting pedicels terminate in
saucer-shaped disk, persisting after
the mature fruit has fallen.
Native Range.-The camphor tree is
native in the coast countries OF Fast
ern Asia from Cochin China nearly to
the mouth of the Yang-tse-kiang and
on the adjacent islands from the
southern part of the Japanese Empire,
including FOrmosa and Ryukyu Is
lands, to Hainan, off the coast of
Cochin China. It's range also extends
into the interior of China as far as
the province of Hupeh, about 500
miles from the coast on the Yang-tse-
kiang, in latitude 80 degrees north.
This area, extending from 10 degrees
to "a degrees north latitude and from
105 degrees to 4vO degrees east longi~
tude, is all embraced in the east ,rn
monsoon region, which is remarkable
for abundant rains in summer.
The camphor trees growing wild in
the native range are usually most
abundant on hillsides and in noun
tain valleys where there is good at
mospheric as we'll as soil drainage.
The temperature in the greater part
of this region, which is partly within
the tropics and partly subtropical,
rarely falls below freezing. The tree
is an evergreen, changing it's leaves
generally in April, and therefore the
winter temperature is a factor of
| more importance Cudu WOulu Oc CuS
case with a deciduous tree.
Range Under Cultivation
standing the comparatively narrow
limits of it's natural environment the
camphor tree grows we'll in cultiva
ton under widely different condi-
tions. 1t has become abundantly nat
uralized in Madagascar. 1t fourishes
at Buenos Ayres. 1t thrives in Egypt,
in the Canary Islands, in southeastern
France, and in the San Joaquin Val
| ley in California, where the summers
are hot and dry. Large trees at least
two hundred years old, are growing
in the temple courts at Tokyo, where
they are subject to winter of seven
ty to eighty nights of frost, with an
occasional minimum temperature as
low as 12 to 16 degrees F. The most
northern localities in the United
States, so far as known at this De-
partment, where the camphor tree has
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been grown successfully out of doors
are Charleston and Summerville in
South Carolina, Augusta, Ga, and
Oakland, Cal.
At Charleston, Summerville, and
Augusta the trees have withstood a
minimum temperature Of Is degrees
F, but they have been protected by
surrounding trees and buildings. At
Mobile, Ala, the trees have grown and
fruited in protected situations while
in exposed places they have been re-
peatedly destroyed by frosts. While
the camphor tree will grow on almost
any soil that is not too wet, it does
best on a well-drained sandy or
loamy soil and it responds remarkably
we'll to the application of fertilizers.
It's growth is comparatively slow on
sterile soils, but under favorable con-
ditions it sometimes grows very rapid
ly. An instance is recorded of a cam
phor tree in Italy foot in diameter
and 90 feet high, eight years from the
seed. Under ordinary conditions, how
ever, such a girth is not often attain
ed in less than twenty-five years, and
such height is rarely attained in a
century, Under favorable conditions
an average of 80 feet in height, with
trunks six to eight inches in diameter
at the base, may lie expected in trees
ten years from the seed.
Uses of the Tree and it's Products.
The principal commercial uses of
the camphor tree are for the produc-
ton of camphor gum and camphor oil
Camphor gum is employed extensively
in medicine. 1t enters into the COM
position of many kinds of liliments
for external application. For lini-
ment it is used especially in combina>
ton with olive oil. 1t is taken inter-
nally for hysteria, nervousness, nerv-
Gus heada ches, diarrhoea, and diseases
affecting the, alimentary canal. 1t is
specific in cases of typhoid fever and
cholera. Camphor fumes have been
used with success in cases of asthma.
1t has been used very extensively to
keep insects out of furs, woolens, etc.
In Japan camphor and camphor oil
ane used in lacquer work. The oil is
somewhat similar to turpentine, and
could doubtless be used to advantage
in varnishes and shellacs. 1t is now
used in the manufacture of toilet
soaps. In Japan and China it has been
used for Illuminating purposes but it
produces a smoky flame.
Among the secondary uses of the
camphor tree the most important is
for ornamental planting. It's bright
evergreen leaves, rapid growth, and
long life make it valuable for this
purpose. In Japan and China it has
been the principal tree planted in the
temple courts for many centuries, and
in those countries it takes the place
of the historic oaks of England 1t