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ALVIN. TEXAS. FfIDAY
,'UNE 1
1906.
NO. 7
VOL. XVI.
GET 7
JTIFUL
NEAT ANU
T,HE 011/1 pl SL1J4-
EFFECTIVE
ICTl'RE FREE.
the Lie D r *
in Stock for th< Hot Weather
Ha
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
L
Call and
I < for Anything You Want in Hie Hardware Line.
W.C. GREER. Manager.
W»i
liiin
Inlr
li. >
ed
)n
the
Peak
K:a‘
the t
i» $2.50 per half box. ( no less printed, i
from
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
OR
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
•1
at all.
It
in
On
been
(’F Fa-
t-
was.' ”
R*
up a
Was Removed.
Id >e id in
k
has to live
SI. Bi
<’< Directory.
dlfh
Follow
Cornelia.
WA’”.
THE
uEADS
-ri'itrndent
rs Pioneer of tt a
trail
K.
N o. 4.
church.'
Ji
de it n
3. H
II -1
"We ain't
Hara
I
Railroad Schedule.
me
Pas ienger Trains In and Out of Aivin.
handed
ENVIED S’ ORY
TELLER’S
jf a Hi
farm
reek I
k. but h
liver
at d
if a fortun*
.<
WANTED TO SEE
MIS
WEALTH
Y
Et <-
pU<
on th
V
at a matinee?’”
ea.\
a
■ 47..
• S’AlOlf.
E
I
conduct
miner w?
on;
Angleton, ‘ -
••
mb
FRE
viii.- ('onrt Second
W : t i Coolers. Refrigerator*, Oil Stoves, Iron
lh dstead-, Window Screening, Etc.
ash:ngt n an Expensive City.
’ day's a'c
bad for a
ot only on an economic
one of actual niggardli
of comforts and far re-
he semblance of luxury
live within bis income
At best there is
for
would scramble for the
k York Times.
It is said that her bail
young lady fashion for
on the day of her wed-
las
to
jpbrated Paintin
SO YEARS’
■XPERIENCE
I
F
an illustra:
bravery or
One
Bf
YsAll
tsioual max
officials
is when
piestions that we ask.
man stood lieforc a mir
Bzr'-y as Food.
• an inquiry as
orth on
L.io a.in.
Main Line
7.10 p. in.
came tn.
too narrr
or the c
into the ilina *.
In a :
District c
Mondays in
day in Sept*-
<’< untv c
Monday* in
t EliS.
a. county judge.
veg in
E island.
razor in hie
"His wife
him. and sal
st ate men
this is <
d, “I wan
/
f
ON DFJ’ALTMI NT.
die. St. I..on,. M...
I to make
■vcond |
Mon- j
THE ALVIN SHAVING PARLOR
Carlton Brick Block,
OTIS BROWN. Proprietor.
AGENT FOR
Houston Ineeda Laundry.
ii. n tell fa
and club
draft
Writ
I ’
2.2U pan..-
!- \ Haas
THE
F. M. SriAM.
YARD,
ive Alvin for Houston at
>”» pan., 8.25 pan.
ave Alvin for Galveston
at 7 Ho a.in.. 7.4-‘> a.in.. 8.3U a.in., 2.20
p.xn..
IhL
Trtilri
9.4o p. i
back. I V- ‘ wja C .*-e t.
all there.”—Harar’s Weekly.
Made Prsse ce cf M nd a V
ond; ry Considerit .
C. K. Sot cr was s..< •.
of Pcnnsylv mia
famous chertrut
entir* ya
I MH, LA R.
the p
* Idii
w«.*ro ••mph
VOU 0 \ you ■
"The youn r man r* 1
'“This isn
said gruffly.
“ ‘Oh, exc se mo,' s
‘f thought it
Doubts.
“Wealth does not bring happiness,”
said the ready-made philosopher.”
-Maybe not,” answered the man
who frequents the race track, "but
when I compare the facia! expression
of < |-rson who has won with that
of a person who has lost I hare my
douhts.”
I I
m to buy a home woula
as for h m to buy the
habituated to a round of
duties, he cl: ngs to his place, for he
j is out of tou th with c the - opportune
; has ever ma
i he has had
j very weak < bin.”
‘‘Rut you < light to see his father-in-
taw’s iron ia i*."
sartin deaf
situation a
toward tlu
in a few
I concent n
. toward the i
■ ■ r work she
had her sister cop one tf her stories
before sen ’ing it to the editor.
Mr. Lowell accept* ' in a letter,
in which he wnitf
be yours, but here
the Ideca.”’
*u<:id journal- an
the biautifiil big
inly ONE
:<• employed
make, when
gnificent or-
I Ph’
Re
j an<’ de r’nkli
j dist church.”
4 |? da.
A’LSa't
shoali
Why, I was out of t,i#
use of my heal for a week. ”—Chi-
cago Inter Ocran.
before the
I saloon.
At the
up in the
' under me
■ sound on
; death, bul
descent.’
“At the
groan wei t up fro i
and an
said bitte; Ij
“ ‘What’ >
m-tV. Yett’r-WHii?:'/ "l ‘rs-'
Busin**" English. L.h.aii tr.
27 C«d..• 15 *•’: :
Capital. 17 •:•••• -
n«*Winen. No vn -atii i.: nt-r
YM
\ lady on the
little baby.
kin.
"I have
ance inspec
Not Settled.
"My!” exHaimed the sociable old
itreet. "Whi-.t a cunning
Your little brother or sis-
BOOKKEEPER . ..3 Si. i ‘'
Dwrs
'/t ill:
Dallas, Wjco. &an ft- ih, fli•« ,. G,'.: -
ton, El Paso, Ft. I. ■ , i Jr, tit ti n j.
What Did He Mean?
“What makes you look so worried?’’
“I can never gp’ a dress suit to fit
me.”
P* rbaps you don’t get there early
enough.” _____
‘ for society.
' and of her g: rden, and is in expert in
' fancy poultr?
j was “put up
J the first tim
I ding
5AI.E.!
line. Cards oi tl.auks and resolu- rusted yens 1
Lions of respect will be charged lor m-rr provi i d
at sam** rate; also oldtuariea over 12
lines. Our price for funeral notices
Earliest Theatre.
What was p-obably one of the earl-
fest theatres built was the Theatre
of Dionysos, which was begun five
centuries before Christ. The seating
capacity of this remarkable building
Is said to have been 30 000, nearly
four times that of our largest amuse-
ment palace. The Theatre of Dien-
the ns*- ..
'. mind wbe i a mar.
.rt.nl of his
Hiiddi'i - adieu to ti
grooir The color
natea id correct i
i
Dog Cures Cancer.
A worthy woman, whose veracity le
not questioned, to d me yeeterc..y that
her uncle was cured of cancer by lot-
ting a faithful dog lick the malignant
rutaneous seirrhus. The carcinoma
was the result of a gunshot wound ia
the les. Her belief is that the cure
killed the dog, but as the brute was 1C
years old it is likely that he Lad
reached the limit of his days. This
case is slightly d fferent from that of
the poor beggar ^rzarus. “The dogs
came and licked bis sores, and it earns
to pass that the beggar died.” So SL
Lu’, e tells of.—New York Press.
Mattings—Japanese and.Chinese
In the Process, Dopes.tor Made Tro.
ble for the Cashier.
An old negro v nt
which he kepi bis h
(Ings and a.ked the j
give him all th«T moi
posit?*!. He offei -1 u
i his sudden desire to
funds, and after vaii
; him the teller <c«inr
and delivered ti e tn
He eyed th** paper r
and said:
“Kin 1 git dat in s
The teller abjured
and forthwi h nude
The old ne;-..> io ire
Ing < -k, iv-r.aino 1 ci
“That is
ber, laughir g.
sible. It if
reminds me
d’s may not j
no mistaking
I een told.” s ii ’
r or. ‘that on a
nut farm each tree ylek-
Impossible.” n?
“That Is qu
snch a wh ? ;
of life in t
“A friend of mine - ■
ed-hot stove in :
I ties and kni ws that wer-> he to re-
tire a score
vacancy.—Nc
ountess of < ’ravei, for
Bradley Manin o? New
marriage at the age of
16 was a sen union -ome years ago, is
i . <>f tie I < - f di ■ - ■
She caree litt.e
>eing fond of home life
As to Chins.
‘ I can’t se * how young Fpuddlekins
i laged to win the success
in business. He has a
Good Groceries Cheap.
Always Fr*sh. i. u
and v ighr.x gunraii'i
C6,-rr,i:t .1 . .
It V, ill b. ' • tr.;, I , .
prices he for* huyioj.
rues: x co.
XV. M. CTMMIKS.....
Cixy Meat Market,
s. O. SMI I'll. Proprietor.
< hh(< Jti;< St* uk>. Veal, Pork and Sausage always on hand
site Postoftice. Alvin. Texas.
Elephant's Afternoon Call.
An elephant of a traveling oireus
manage d to get loose the other day
•ii i went for a walk up Bubbling Well
I. finally entering a garden where
lady was sitting on a veranda, whea
• intelligent animal broke ewme
* flowers and handed her and tbea
| dropped on his knees. He win evi-
' dontly asking for some refreshme»ta.
but it is not stated whether he ob-
tainrd it or no , the arrival of tele
1 e.-p.-r putting an end to the interest-
ing situation.—Tientsin Times.
IB.
£sn is-a
*-.* no - 1t 1ms gr
irrc.iaser. “I will n'
I can go abo>.
to the di-
y an ex-
’larky is rich In ni-
'C'-s. and contains
ii.'ii and phosphoric
weight, both barley
;! • as much nutrl-
;r. but it is In a
. and the flour of
s a compart bread
iiHeiv.xt to every
> > ci.i i d figure in if
ingtou, standing at
s \ irgit i-i •■•me,
i,<- bride and b *ide-
■ work is highly or-
in every detail, as
■r repreu-ntat ions.
sary, when
them liars
nead. Th. i
in neat. r a
■For ins'
“In a sms 1 t<
‘ of drummei 5 v
sat n the ea-’
try hotel.
they had f. i -
firms with
the,Rams Horn mine: Cor .-
the man who fount; the te n
alter him, died a poor man. b it
:a«-re for his country ’han Pre* i-
velt has. Marcus Da y
» I.uite with his olankets on h s
’ i. did more for Montax a
D. Ruck'teller; W. A. C'laik
> : ’ > im Into Montana, pile- r
•n D vr Lodge and made a fex-
* . < h he earneii by hardships
d which the averag? Bi
and must be paid for when order is
placed. We expert no compliment-'
ary tickets.
he TV I
f St. Lo
3RES-<
FRF
S3 I ■
Rents, fuel, groceries
and eixthing are all high. The
Surplusage.
Owen Wister, t
icislng the work
per.
“Now, here,” said Mr. W;.*
ing his blue pencil through
manuscript page, “her*
perlluity and surphisa.-*
do these 4"(l words he
‘in no way. On Un-
binder, they impede it.
words are mere surplnsage
many of our spoken words ;
M. F
• r, by * .. . .... -
• tin e marked
ublie hereby
LVIN HARDWARE CO.
Th. :\Vi< 1 -A-AVKEK REPI’B-
LI<’ is the oldest and
w« -kl.. family papegjn t
..I FARM PiaKiRF-S
al-*> j» :’tlish*. hy The R«*pnb! r. is
the fastfcs:-...rowing monthly in
Aumt «*a. liemeinber. that you get
•nd ’
ire, till for
I and rye contai
i five Material r
. less digestible
! both grains* xn
i tion
; coo:
It
j and here ’? ? .
i barb y which ’** i
I * TO THE PI BLlt .
I All notices of entertainments, sup-
pers, ere., wher ■ an admission is
[ charged, (includ ng programs.) h»*re-
' after appearing in The Sun. will be
charged for at the rate of 5 cents per
line. Cards oi tl.auks and r**solu-
tions of rcBpect will l>e charged t<r
Alvin for Houston rt
i.in., .••.nd 10.50 i».m.
Alv:-1 f\.rGAlv» stun at
day. th- thin women '. the ' ms Fophocles. and Euripides
’ I*-sn nirn should be mad;* pmrnp. ' *
“Nothing," he stid, “is so impossible
on the stage as thinness.’’ Irving
changed all this because his genius
was wedded to uncompromising thin-
ness
Livery. Feed and Sale Stable,
N. E. THOMAS. Proprietor.
!■ -Ii it- hi th1 itv Traveling men -ent to any part tf the
county. Gentle horses for ladies to drive.
I > ah*' stjuls On* Dol-
i \ a:- - -al seription to
'-WEEK LEPI 1H.IC
• > a l FARM PRO-
i\. ABSOLl TE-
:a»tiful colored pic-
' *•!•■ - in dimensions.
I ar a nun.her
| les were b«ing told.
“ .....
Wastlnjt<
tfcp m ist ex] ensive American city in
. - wb‘?h to llv .
Meningitis in Anin als. nu
Veterinary surgeons know, but the ordinary gov r..mcnt clerk of famlH
genera*, P”!'he pro ,a’,y co. - no- ii„*
some auimals are, as liabl
Showing H >w Unnecee*.a
Gi e
Senator 1 oraker ' . s
a certain
“Though
tion,” he
i ant and jk> ite on'
si
locomo-v
eel of ’ •
ted all my
, cle in one effort :r
ilr. The
md I c.:
he briejr
serious].*.
Layman’s Pra.se.
A vve! '.nown pr**si.iiuc eider tells a
, good story at his own expense. He
v.iis a.- k( ’ on** cav to preach at a col-
I or- r*i ch where a mor°y raising oc-
; ca- on had been annoni’*'* d, and the
I pastor of the charge, desiring to 1m-
| press ihe congr* ’ration with the im-
portanc and dignity of lhe speaker of
. the dsy, ihii’ introduced him: “Breth-
nd sisters, it is now iry gnat
lire and delight »o introduce the
Mr. Blank ihe sounding brass
tg cymbal of the Metho-
When a fellow-pastor
san:e congregat'on some
* months later h* was intro bleed as
“the great obstacle «)f the Methodist
-Chicago Inte- Ocean.
ness, barren
moved from
For him to
Is scarcely p jssible.
left no mtrgin for insurance
horses ■: cjI ,i’ - "ii or for the s.tv::*.
R affected with the lisease. 78 per cent !.
K die, and the remainder have a chronic be
F tendency o relaps?.—London Glob*'.
Ooe year..............—i.................
Six Moathe ..............................
F tree Month*........................
Alwavs in Advance
.4. J. BIRCHFlEtJi . Editor and Prop
CHAS. H. BAILEY.....Publisher
* Boiling Eggs Scientifically.
In a lecture before the Royal Insti-
tute in London, a.n English scientist |
showed a new exact way of timing the
boiling of eggs. The egg was suspend-
ed from the beam a pair of scales Shows Englith Women Hew to Dress,
and dipped in a pan of boiling water.
The sand from an hour glass tri<
into the scale wb'ich hung from the Yoi wl se
other end of the beam until the egg
♦ was cooked. Thei the weight of the
sand Hfted the egg out of the sauce- wonun in
pan end renc an «->leetrtc hell
*ETS SOMETHIN^ FOR NOTHING.
Lost Use of His H-sO
’‘I’ve got the cutest kid story.” •' •-
clar*>d a charn.lng woman who h.*<
just returned from Niagara Fall*
"On the train we met George* I .
Kiftridge of this city and his wfi<»
and little sun The ingenuous Geo 7 *
3d at length came over to my chair,
ami we embark' d uj>on a long conver
sat ion of a very serious nature. 1
spoke of a scat on his forehead, and
he explained to me jus- how he had
fallen when he received It, how It had
hurt, what had been done for it. ard
all the particulars. I sympathized in
every deta.l as if 1 had felt th* sh*«ek
and every succeeding twinge ■
commenting: 'I' was very bac.
it?' To that he replied: ‘1
think it was.
HOME LIMBER
llaa*. A Spears. Props.
in Cal< i -ieu Long Leaf Lumber, Saab, Doors, Paint.* ar.d Oils.
Agents for DEVoE’S Celebrated neady Mixed Paint.
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE.
(L-i.t.' Driving J’eams. Hauling done on short notice, Prices to suit
the times. Call and >ee us. Special attraction gives
to boarding horses. Stylish Turnouts.
.1. < • Kimbrough. Prop.. Alvin. Texas.
For
as likely
• rapitol. Yet.
decided yet, ma’am," re
lit-d the Htt e nurse. "Pop and mom’s
till scrappit ’ over a nan e fur it.”
Henry Irving's Stage Revolution.
Sir Henry Irving was the first actor
slender •>es'* acceptable, or
tolerable, on the English sttfge. Un-
til his time fatness had been obliga-
tory; it Is difficult to realize now the
f ill eonv !■:: -n of ch« st an i shn- ’ ’ers ysos was erected when Greek art aad
and * ;!> ('■; paratively lately a literature were in their prime. “
in.-n of • was urgent |were presented to appreciated epee*
- v 'h <oi! .f Ent'i : amatuirs tetors the wonderful works of ^See»
,1 .. wnm»n an ; th- mg. Fophocles. and Euripides.
made plump. ' *
gr‘*.it surpr.se.
dow and pleefu
back ■ th**-' .
fore he could sp
grin: I g widely.
paper readit e and
whiled awa
“A young drumn ^r In
the ci caret ■ »
said:
“ ‘Well, m *
Nor !
ehT
“An elder y dnnurm*
: noa hfs m ■ rsp iper
“ ‘Not bad
what one can som* ' - s
little places
Most Ancient of A'mvhouses.
Wlhat was probably the oldest alms-
I housp In the w. ■ I ■- ■■ ■ n ' v ,
closed after an ex .unco *?: 4'.2 ye.irs.
It was founded at :Wansiedel, Bavaria,
by Christopher Wanner forty-one years
before Christopher Columbus discov-
ered America, fob ph! men who wore j
pointed white beards and "ore the
costume of the founder’s day. It has
been closed l?e<kause no more men
could he found who would wear this
medieval costume .?ncl the pointed
board.
gitia as are huxrar. beings. Goats and
homes arc the principal sufferers in
the dumb creation a ad from them the
infection may be transmitted to man.
In horses, the disease is known as
"hydrocephalus acutus.” Of
J«mei Russell Lowell's Letter Reas-
sured Mrs. Spofford.
While J'jnes Russell Lowell was
editor of the Atlamic Monthly he fre-
quent!} /xcceptep stories written by I
Mrs. Harriet Pte’cott Sjiofford. with (
whom he enjoyed a personal friend- |
ship. Mrs. Spofford, however, feared
that he might be taking them because
of his Interest 11 her and no for the
merit of her wo *k.
She resolved to put th° matter to a
test. Her handwriting was peculiar.
■One of the mos- characteristic letters
was her d, to the end ru which she
gave a queer little c-o •;
left. In order to d s
<4ew Yorker Has Simple Scheme for
Beating Landlords.
*1 called on a friend at one of the
Jew York hotels the other day.” said
* man who has a good many, “and
<msd him in a room that was far, far
* way from daylight, down a shaft, that
ipened toward the blue sky. There
<*as one electric light, which did not
nalte the apartment lustrous. We
lad some papers to look over and L
nstinctlvely moved over near the «*u-
low.
“ T can do better than that,’ he said,
toing to his satchel and taking out an
•icctric bulb. ‘I *”irry this around
with me for just such occasions,’ he
aughed. That one does well enough
'or transient guests who are not in
•heir rooms except; to sleep, but soxne-
.imes I need more than sixteen candle
Mjwer and I carry , a thirty two.’
"He unscrewed the sixteener and in
t jiffy had on his tjilrty-two. The cur-
•pnt was there, al right, and we had
jo more trouble about too little light.
Later he showed me a large gas tip
which he carried along for hotels that
lard gas instead of electric light.
rh.fi needed a pair of pliers in addition.
he had them la his small box, and
•>e *old me it was a mighty poor qual-
ty of gas and a powerful low pressure
Nat wouldn't respond with he goods
when he put on bls accommodation
‘.ip. There Is notMng graity about
’Sat little scheme, possibly, but just
the same he is getting something the
t ndlord is paying for.”—New York
I’rcss.
?onsu ‘ A difficult of di^es-
the Pitt urp Press. When
or a long 'iine
d and nutritious,
:a ;t food made of
•iiinus, easy nf di-
Texas Station r id very p latable.”
KNEW SOURCE OF THE “IDEES”
orav
Ism.
| crossing a
I road bridgt
a train c< mi
i bridge was
to one siib
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