The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ALBANY NEWS.
RICHARD H. MeCARTY. - B4tUr ud Pr*p.
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•DasmirTioN Pricb. |i PBK YIAS
TIIE DOVE OF PEACE.
The dove of peace is now
hovering over Russia a 11 <1
Japan. President Roosevelt
has tendered the good offices of
the American republic to the
two warring nations, looking to
the settlement of the greatest
war of modern times. The
good offices of flie United
States will 110 doubt be- accept-
ed by both nations. Of course
no one can tell what the out-
come will be. "To the victor-
belongs the spoils," but we do
not think that Japan will be
exorbitant in her demands; at
least we are of the opinion that
she will not demand anything
more than thut which she has
justly earned— but • that she
should surely have. At this
writing Japan has not answer-
ed the president's peace propos-
al. It is to be hoped that this
war will soon be terminated,
for the sake ot' humanity, if
nothing else.
We never like to criticise
the press of the country, for
we believe it to be the back-
bone of progress, the lever of
prosperity, the builder of
nomes, the strong arm of
governments, and the hand-
maid of civilization, but we
must say a word. There are
sheets issued in the great
state of Texas that are not
worth reading—they haven't
anything in them, except
medicine ads, coffee displays,
plate matter and great gobs
of ink. If they represent the
enterprise of their towns and
communities, oh, waywprn
traveler, turn aside before it's
too late. Should one of these
sheets happen to fall into the
hands of a prospective set-
tler, he'd turn his covered
wagon around and go back
to where he came from, con-
gratulating himself upon his
narrow escape. If you don't
know how to run a paper,
sell out to some one that
does know. Don't, oh don't
impose upon an honest, long-
suffering people. * Suppose a
man should go into law, -into
teaching, to preaching, to
farming, or to selling goods
as you have gone, into the
newspaper business, they
would be run out of their
community. This is what
ought to happen to you. You
—yes, you, posing as a bea-
con light in your community,
and killing the very efforts
that are being put forth by
your subscribers to build up
their homes. If some of you
should write an editorial, it
would, scare you to death.
Ye would be editors, wake
uptfor God's sake! Do some-
thing. Be something. Don't
rob the people of their honest
dojars.
i* — >
honest man is the
t work of God. * He
e climax of creation—the
;e of his creator. But in
category shall we place
fellow who lies awake at
night trying to think of a way
tobeathis creditors.
PURPOSE.
The divine syphony that rang
through infinity 011 the morn-
ing the worlds first sang to-
gether was attuned to the
eternal rhythm of purpose.
God breathed on a lump of
clay ami a man leaped from
the dust for a purpose. The
sea and all therein, the hills
and all thereon, the heavens
above with all their stars, the
earth beneath with its caverns
of wealth—all for a purpose.
Imagine a ship tossed hither
and thither by the angry winds
on the ocean billows; think of
a barren rock a thousand miles
in a desert; conceive of a vac-
uum in the center of the uni-
verse; wipe out with a single
thought the story of creation—
and you have a faint idea of a
purposeless existence.
We once met a man tramp-
ing along the highway, and
got into conversation with him.
He told us that lie had 110
home, no kindred, no hopes in
life and 110 belief in the here-
after. "Don't you want to do
something, to be something, to
enjoy something?" we asked.
"Nothing," was his response.
A purposeless existence!
A young man wqs sent away
to college to prepare himself
for life. He had monev and
1 • •
friends. He had tine instruct-
ors who did their best for him.
His father and mother wrote
him encouraging letters. His
class-mates tried to help him.
He turned a deaf ear to it all.
He saw no mountains ahead of
trim to climb; he saw 110 beauty
in living; he wondered why he
was born. A purposeless exist-
ence.
A young woman attended a
seminary where was taught
what a woman ought to know.
She would not apply herself.
She laughed at the idea of
learning to cook and sew. She
couldn't bear the thought ot'
learning to keep house. She
loved music but would not sac-
rifice her ease to study it. She
was fond of the stage, but it
was too laborious to think of
memorizing a thousand lines
before she could appear as an
actress. She, too, wondered
why she was born. A purpose-
less exisience!
Ye gods! What a world this
is, with all its beauty, grandeur
and magnificence! Everyt hing
from the tiniest blade of grass
to the mountain's colossal
brow has a purpose in it. The
little stream trickles down
through the green shades of
the valley, und meanders on
and on, until it is joined by
other streams, then it swells
itself into a mighty river, and
the mighty river loses itself in
the vast ocean. Great ships
ply upon its swelling bosom
and continent is kiiit to conti-
nent. Yondqr is a peasant
laboring iu his field, little
dreaming that he is feeding and
clothing kings. There is a
youth, hid away in the temples
of the mountains, and yet one
day he leaves the-old home and
goes to a marble capitol. There
ia * modest girl iu an humble
home, sweeping, cooking and
weaving, and yet one day we
•hall see her the queen of a
palace. Some wouder, but whyf
Every passing breeie whispers
to us (the reason why. Every
honest man and woman can
tell us the reason why.
The conception of [life is pur-
pose. The polar star of hope
is purpose. The quivering
beam of sunlight that journeys
from its far-off home is sent on
a mission. Every human life
Is given a trust.
Did you ever meet the fel-
low that is always a kicker?
If you haven't you must be
living the life ot a hermit,
dwelling in a cave deep in
the mountains. Great God!
we can't get away from them.
A fellow came into our sanc-
tum the other day and paid
us a dollar on a five years'
subscription, then he kicked
at us for taking it. If we had
not been religiously inclined,
we'd have given him back,
his measly pittance and told
him to go to the devil with it.
•The other day we met a
whistling man. He looked
happy. We asked him if he
ever had any troub|e. "Don't
know what you mean," was
his reply. Did it ever occur
to you that a merry whistle
would make the sun shine
brighter, drive away sorrow,
make you satisfied with your
lot, and cause other people to
look good to you.
BRAIN.
The power back of the human
brain is incomprehensible. We
stoodjthe other day and watch-
ed the-workings of a steam rail-
road scraper. This machine
was managed by two men, and
doing the work of at least 100
One man stood there and con-
trolled the powerful lever that
lifted the dirt from the pit onto
the car. We watched' the
workings of this vast machine
with amazement; we tried to
understand and comprehend
its mechanism, but could not.
One man with the assistance of
a lever and a pulley-rope han-
dled this powerful machine,
Weighing tons, with facility and J
ease. Watching the upward
and downward movement of
this lever, with its cogs and
chain pulleys, it reminded us
more of the movement of a
human arm than that of a piece
of machinery. Necessity de-
manded this labor saving ma-
chine, and it was hatched in
the human brain, We have
stood upon tlie wharf of one of
our southern ports, and saw
one of our American fleets pass
in review. Did vou ever see it
What's rotten in Denmark?
This has a deep meaning
when applied to individuals.
When vou hear a person
speaking lightly of his fel-
lows, you may put it down
that there's something rotten
in Denmark.
Work is the slogan of the
universe. The individual
who will not toll is not tit to
live on the earth and would
be a misfit in heaven.
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Common sense is a golden
store house. If you would
draw therefrom you must
learn the lesson of "life.
Meals 'Joe at J. S. McComb's
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dunn
were in the city Friday, and
called at the News office and
rwnewed their subscription to
the Albany and Dallaa News.
steel armored battle ship? It
doesn't seem possible that it
could be the creation of man.
A navy within itself enveloped
in a steel plate, ten or twelve
inches thick, afloat, .lust think
of it! Look at its powerful
guns, with capacity to throw a raised in the prairie regions of
projectile, from three to «** ,mil#to. ,n4 ,oId ,ba,
miles with aecuracv and with . . .
force sufficient to 'penetrate, a: sources ot tins country was
steel plate ten or twelve inches Jin *V*ry respect equal to that,
thick. Is it possible that thisj—Silverion Enterprise.
great sea monster is the crea- _
Our readers in ths older set-
tled part of the state and in ths
old states have an idea, gotten
from the Lord knows where,
that the Panhandle of Texas is
one vast waste of sand and
sage brush; of cow-boys arid
coyotes, of limitless stretches
of grazing land with a few head
of poor, narrow-flanked, *leng-
horn cattle roaming at will
over its wide expanse, with
here and there a delapidated
dug-out or a forlorn excuse
for a house, with never a real
home. We cannot figure it out
rightly who has put such fool,
ishness into the heads of the
northern and eastern folk, but
we art aure of one thing, and
that is. that the informant
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never lived in the Panhandle.
On the contrary, we have a
county that is a surprise to
every one who conies here. Al-
most without exception the
newcomer makes r e 111 a r k •
something like these: "If I had
known you had a country like
this, i would have been here
years ago," or "1 had not the
least idea in the world that there
was a country like this, etc."
A man passed through our
county last vieek who was
tioii ofthe human brain? We
sat in a vast auditorium and
heard a man speak. He thrilled
the multitude-with the music of
his voice. His logic was cloth-
ed witfl beautiful metaphors.
With the poise of his graceful
body, and with his gestures,
which were the perfection of
grace, he swayed this giyat con-
course of people to and fro.
Fools can talk and fools are
graceful—but the ppwer back
of the human brain moves tho
world. With the combination
of charcoal and salt pet re, and
with a diamond drill and a
piece of fuse, the' rifted rocks
are burst asunder and moun-
tains are removed. Hack of
this destructive power is the
human brain.
Albany is in the midst of a
great revival. Hro. Birdwell is
a strong preacher. Great
crowds go to each service, and
men and women are coming
over on the Lord's side.
Keep Posted ...
On the happenings at home
and the out side world.
Jo do this it is essential
that y#u read the Albany
and Dallas News.
Both papers one year for
$1 .yo, tn advance.
Do you take the News<
Tom Rudd of Arlington,
Texas, is here 011 business.
Tom formerly lived in this
county. He was among the
early settlers of Shackelford
county.
S. WEBB, t'reshleut
W (S WKBB Cashier It E IANCU, Aas't: Cashier
C. H. Snyder Jr , Vice President.
1; Albany Mini Ml,
ALBANY, TEXAS.
Capital $50,000. Surplus and Profits $5,000.
li e make loans on liberal terms and do a general
banking business.
At my Store you can find anything usually kept in a first-class
Grocery store and my prices are always right. 1 do not handle cheap
Groceries—-I mean to cater to the good trade and my Groceries are good
enough for you to eat, I handle Chase & Sander s Tea and Coffee, Cox
& Gordon's hams, Bacon and Lard, and all kinds of Groceries.
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
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GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
At my Store you can fin<J everything usually kept in a first-claw
1 hand,e absolutely best Paint on earth, Paint Brush-
es, Window Glass and Oils of every kind. I sell the Weyeth Warranted
Cuttlery and Razors; Loaded Shells and Ammunition, Fishing; Tackle
of every kind, Shoe Tacks, Carpet Tacks, Brass Headed Tacks, Staple
Tacks, Screws, Nails, and all kinds of Wire, such as Net wire, Screen
w,re* w,r*' Barbed wire and Smooth wire. All
kinds of Hardware. '
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1905, newspaper, June 16, 1905; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497426/m1/4/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.