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CiX P0fJC3 Eleventh Year No. 558 Hryan, Texas, Friday Morning, October 5. 1906. Price 5 Cents t mooting r ! mi pi fk For Sale Exclusively By Us HODB liroiw Only Coffee Roasters in Bryan TORNADO INSURANCE This dast of insurance " should now be in order for September is a mouth of storms, and Bryan is not proof against such disasters. It is cheap and there is no reason why every one should not be protected. I write Tornado Insurance on all classes of property. ASK ME FOR RATES. FIRE INSURANCE If you are holding cotton for " " ten cents it's bad business poli cy not to insure it Small amounts accepted as well as large ones cither in town or country. MY RATES ARE REASONABLE. DONT FORGET I INSURE ANYTHING IN SURABLE. Prompt attention given to all business large or smalL Fire Accident INSURANCE Plate Class.. Bonds GEO. A. ADAMS Office in Parker building. Telephones 265 I Am Agent for the Oliver Typewriter. Kaaw Fraa Esaarlaaee. 1 My," Mid a friend the other day. "you aro an old hand nt It. I tirt ouly Jut got married, and don't under stand much about the business, tmt baa a merrlad man any rights U'tt when he once assume the byiwntwl rtnic tri al Wilt It r "KigiitaT Tn. !! He's a rlicht to pay all tbe Mil, to"- Ktop. I mnn Oil. Let me irlve you an Instawv. Kverr Nil and drawer and portmnntcnti and, lu fact, every avallublo nfiiarle of every description la atnfffd full of my wlfc'a projwrty and when I want to put away few cuff and oollnra" MIIM hard! I know what you men a LlBti'n, youax man. If your bedroom were 200 yard long and lined from the flor to the celling with drawer ami you wanted a plnoe to etow away a couple of collar, ymi couldn't And nook that wan't full of bairplna, tufti of frit-, pads, aoent boiea, old gloveti, powder puff, rlliK and thing. 8o Jutt an-cpt the Inevita ble. Wrap jour personal property In an old newapAer r some brown paper and bide Uie parrel uixler the bed." Tbe Inquirer amtled loudly and lmr.1 eally ami passed on a wiser If not a better man. j Postoffice Drugstore I Invites your continued patronage. ' We are making preparations to enlarge our stock anil nthVrwise increase our facili ties for giving our patrons tatter service than ever. Moanwhi'e we are prepared to supply all your wants promptly with the hest of everything. Post Office Drug Store PHONe 196 Eahlaae Tkrtwhl ll-as. -throwing atlfk," 'throwing board' or "six-ar thrower," aa It la tometlmea railed, la a contrivance for caatuur a javelin or harpoon, which la employed by various Baraga race, racb aa the Australians, aome Houth AJtirrkraa tribe and esnwiallr by the Eskimo, among whom Ita us la ai moat universal. Itoughly speaking, Jt la a narrow grooved board a foot or ao long, with one end rut Into a handle and the other provided with a stud or apur for the butt of the apear to rvt agalnat It la used tiiua: Uraaplng the handle aa be would a sword, the man fits the ahaft of the spear Into the groove, with the butt renting agatnet the stud, ateadylng the spear with the finger. Tben, extending bia arm and bending bark bla hand till the spear Uea borl lontal, be alma at the mark and propela the weapon by a quirk forward Jerk of the stick. In this way I have seen fktmo boys canting their forked Javellna at wounded waterfowl. DM at Bloat (alaraae. la the early daya of Lesdvllle Usm a singular character living by the niime of Major Martin McOluala. The major was tbe Important man of the ramp, and when any dl ringtibihe parties came to the city ihey were received by Uaor Martin McUlnnle and presented with the rndorn of the camp on a gold plute. The French gwornmont aunt tliree mining engi neer! over to examine and to report upon the mineral deposit of thla lo cality. They were revlved by Major Martin Mcttlunla, who put them In car rlage und took theiu around tbe camp. Aa they ere going up California gulch the Krvmhrsit-n suddenly Jump-d out of the currluKe and comntem-ed to hammer and chisel upon a lurv'e black bowlder that lay alonifslde the road. The major waU'lted them ges ticulating to one another, and be final ly eatd to the Interpreter: "What do they meu What are they talking about?" The Interpreter aald. Tbey say that rock don't belong litre." The major said: "The deuce It da't! Too My to tbwe fureiimers that I won't stand fur them coming over here and rutiQUitf dowu our country. Tell tbetn that they can find anything anywhere la Colorado." The Freuchmeu were right however, for thU black rock wm a meteor and had fallen from the sklea. Lead title Ilr raid Democrat. The Leading Druggist FOR- Fine Stationery Pure Fresh Drugs Accurate Prescriptions Three Registered Pharmacists See our line of Fishing Tackle. I ' - TRLkRPHONR 5-.2 KINCiS. ROMDE'S SALOON ESTABLISHED 1872 Tho best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Im SIMS 8. JOMSOX TAHKEX J? YE X0X7XE.1L R1E ORJEXIAL RJE Thi Oeorge Iluchanan waa a ecbolar, hi torUn. coutroveralalUt and the beat Latin oet of hla age. Buchanan waa tutor to Mary, queen of Scuta, and to her on Jamtm, afterward Jamea I. of Luiclaud. One day he cauaed hltOKcIf to be made kliitf of Hcotlund. and thia waa the way of It: Having o!erred In Jamea a tendency to too ready ariul enrenre, be drew up a pajxr for the rojnl pupil to Blirn. Jamea did ao at ouce w.thout havliu; read IL Tbe doc ument happened to l-e a transfer of the roj al authority to lliichtman for fifteen day, and no nooner bud the poet got It Into hla (oiuieHMlou than be Iwtran to (lay the moiinrch. even before the king hluiM-lf. Jamea thought the man a lu es tic until the UiKtniment waa pro duced by which be had l?nod away hU aovcreucnty. Thl Incident o ued by the worthy preceptor to lllua tr.iti' tho day'a le!nn on the reional blllties of monarch. i Moikrri a Xaraea. "Monkej make poor nurse," aald a aoo kvr. -When they live near a atream of water ami one of the colony fall lck they lnvarlubly toaa him overlNwrd. They don't want blm around. Ill nltche and groana annoy them ao. -iVM! Oft the docWT "Here In captivity I have to remove at ouce a atck monkey from bla com rade' reach. Otlwrwle they would wo kill him. When they can, well monkej a take a atranve Joy In tor meiittng an Invalid. Tbey bite the end of hla tall, tbey drag blm about, and they pinch bun. Finally, when be die, aa many aa can find room alt on hi body, cloee together, very eolemn. m though engnged U ome religion rlt." rim4 DarBea. It la Mid that during the alege of Ladyamlth In the Koer war the aMClt column of British, advancing In thick dnrknitt. cllmbeil up an almost pro ! clpltou wall. Once or twice thy were faintly challenged. At last a Hoer rec ognlsl them and alkoufed to the aeutry to fire on tho "verdomde roo'nek! Aa 1 tbe crewt wai gained the flrr broke out A few of the attacker tec;an to reply, i but they were atoppvd, nnd the voice of the commanding otneer waa beard to give the order, "Hi tuyoneta!" Thnt there were uo tyonet did not matter. Tlie men, taking tip the cry, ruahtd on the Ikcr gunner, who fled at the thought of the cold ateel. E. ROHDE, Prop'r H Uaaraa. A porting paper recommend a cer tain way of avoiding the bite of a dog, however Mrt'. All one baa to do la to atand perfectly aUll and bold one' band out The dog. My the writer, will take the bahd in hi mouth, but will not bite It But what guarantee have w that the dog know tTUiT London Glob. Be Hla kt Be Rae4. It la beat to be courteuua to all, even to the man (hat you diaUka. Tou ma waat to borrow mooar from htm aooa cay, Doatoa Qteba. Tk rirat Balhlaaj Kaaklaa. There doe not aeem to be much doubt that tbe rlmt ' bathing machine waa Men at Margate and that It wu tbe Invention of a worthy Quaker named Beale, who placed bl heful Inreutloo on the Margate beach In 17S0. "The public are obliged to Ben jamin Belle, one of the people called Quakers, for the Invention," write the author of "A hhort IeTlptlon of the lala of Than." published In 1TW1 But It wu the old etory. the public be came grateful after the Inventor had been ruined by bla enterprlae. Ill aocceaaon bad reaped the barveat OU Benjamin Deala'a widow could ra tnember In her laat day th first fam ily that ever reaorted to Margate for the purpose of bathing being carried tato the ea m a covered cart, la 1803 Baal' macUnea were oo of tha la tltottona of Margate. It was alarm Ingly claimed for tnem that "tbey may driven to any depth Into tbe aaa by careful fuld.--T. P.'a London Week-U. The Battoat lot the Wwli. Weat street in New York present a network of piers and docks for Ita whole length. . Moat of the great eteamh!p and railway trn"pnrtatlon companies have their pier terminals there, and other steamship companies have built their terminals on tbe New Jersey shore opposite, ao that all trans atlantic and a large share of the con tinental travelers must cross Wert street In coming to or leaving the city. When on considers tbe great number of short trip travelers. Including com muters, who dally make their way lu and out of the netroolla across this busy thoroughfare a faint Idea of Its Importance may !? gained. Manhat tan Inlnnd haa thirty-two miles of wa ter front John P. Frltts In Leslie's Weekly. Tkla U'aa la 14. Kugllh opinion of the 1'nltcd States In ISM. from the utaudpotnt of the fashionable London act 1 shown in the extract from the correiondcnt of John Wblshaw: "You tnuat have read some time since In the paper of a few young 'fashionable,' Mr. Stanley (Lord Der by's grandson). Memtrs. Wortley and iH-nlson. ministerial member, and La bouchero, a nephew of Mr. Baring, having sailed for New York with the Intention of making a tour of the United Ptatcs. The scheme was thought very wild snd much disap proved of by the west end of the town, and disappointment and disgust were universally predicted." rrtHeetlaa Kae twlaiaieva. Cottou In the eara," said a phyal Clan, "should be used by all those who swim out U-yond their depth. You know bow often goi swimmers of that type drown, don't yout Their drowning Is Imputed to cramp, but you will never find one of the drown ed with bis esrs stuffed with cotton. Why? I'll tell you why. Because It Isn't cramp that causes these drown ing. It Is a perforation of the ear drum, followed by unconsciousness, due to the pressure of the wster. Cramp Isn't, after all. the deadly thing It I made out to t. If you get a cramp In your leg while swimming It I easy enough to roll over on your back and float The cramp won't kill you. But a perforation of the ear drum la different It take a way your senses, and down you go hk a log. So always. If you are going to do much awtmmlng, stuff cotton In your ears." New York ITvs. A roan who, twenty years ago. atolp a ride on a Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis rallwsy feright train, ha sent the company 14 GO. While Mlas Coats of Greenville, Tel.. wu walking with her three nieces, a negro man grabbed her. Eh creamed and be fled. Musical director of "HU Highness, th Bey." refused to play with a non union orchestra at San Antonio, and play tk plane without orcksslrsJ a lttanca. No. 3446 U. S. GOVERNMENT DEPOSITARY THE First RJationa! Bank OF BR YAN. TEXS CAPITAL SURPLUS PROFITS DEPOSITS $100,000.00 30,000.00 15,000.00 456,000.00 OFFICERS J. W. HOWELL H. 0. BQATWRIGHT GUY M. BRYAN, JR. L. L. MclNNIS F. 11. 'LAV'"" - President Vice-President Vice-President Cashier Assistant Cashier C23 Jits solicited upon the most favorable terms. Courtesy... Those who spend 5 cents here get the same Prompt, Painstaking Attention as those who spend $5.00. This is one of the rules of this drug store. E. J. JENKINS S BRYAN COTTON EXCHANGE J. H. HARTZOG. Manager. PHONE 399 For any information desired about the otton Market OFFICE IN SMITH BUILDING. To the Mountain, Lake and Seaside Resorts and the Trade Centers ALBO TO Low Via Excursion Ratts ' I. & G. N. THE ONE-NIGHT ST. LOUIS LINE Tickets on Sale all Summer LIBERAL LIMITS AND PRIVILEGES Let I. A O. X. A rent tell you Wber. When, and How, or writ O.J.PRICE. CEO. 0. HUNTER o.r.n.t li. mm. Palestine. Texas