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THE BONHAM NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY, 6 1905.
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EVANS & EVANS, PROPRIETORS
ASHLEY EVANS,
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EDITOR.
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1903
•‘Katy” Time Table.
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TEXAS PATRIARCH
Retire* From Public Life After Half a
Century of Service.
Houston Post.
“That thou mayest love thy
country, and that thou mayest
obey her voice, and that thou
mayest cleave unto her; for she
is thy life, and the length of thy
days; that thou mayest dwell in
the land which the Lord sware
unto thy fathers.”
“Happy is the man that findeth
wisdom, and the man that 'get-
teth understanding: for ***
length of days i3 in her right
hand; and in her left hand riches
and'honour.”
Theie pharaphrases will not be
deemed irreverent in their ap-
plication to John H. Reagan, the
Texas patriarch, who has just
closed a continuous public career
of sixty-four years without
blemish or serious criticism, aud
who at the age of eighty-five can
look back upon a private life
which has extended beyond the
Psalmist’s -limit of fouf-score
“by reason of strength’’ without
reproach or regret, for it is so
full of service and so rich in re-
wards of the people’s es'eem
that to the healthy mind which is
bodied in the frame of oak there
can be no cause for repining.
The span of his life covers the
whole of Anglo S^xon Texas—its
colonial adventures, its first
serious aspiration toward state-
hood, its daring resistance of a
powerful tyranny, its genius in
War and its wisdom in civic
structure, its tottering steps as
an infant republic, its destined
annexation to the union of
American States, its peaceful
progress and its valiant alliance
with the Confederacy, its dark
days of defeat and reconstruction
and its splendid recovery and
marvelous development. In all
of it be has been a participant of
heroic aetkn, a factor of con-
structive wisdom and a leader of
undoubtiDg public trust.
He came to the republic from
Tennessee in 1839, at the age of
21, and bis entire manhoed, with
all its fruitage of warm patriot-
ism, g )oi conscience and great
ability, has been given to this
people. He rendered conspicu
ous service as a State ranger in
the Indian days. He enluted in
the army of the Union that won
fame and territory at Palo Alto,
Resaca da la Palma and Monte
rey, though he was prevented
from actual fighting by an un-
fortunate illness. His arm and
bis life were tendered as freely to
his country as hia heart and hi s
brain.
His political career began in
the humble office of county sur-
veyor in 1842. But he chose the
law for his profession and his
services were quickly demanded
in the office of probate judge. In
1847 he was sent to the State
legislature, later was elected dis-
trict judge, and in 1857 was sent
to the federal congress. He re-
signed upon the secession of
^exas and was called to the port-
folio of postmaster general in the
Copfedertte cabinet. Upon the
removal of hie political disabili-
Ues be was chosen as a member
of the State ConstUutfpnal con-
vention of 1875; ^nd was again
elected to the Federal congress
in which he served as a member
of the lower house until he was
transferred to the senate, whence
he resigned in 1891 to, become
chairman of the Texas railway
commission, which position he
has held continuously until his
voluntary retirement at this time
His most conspicious public
services were in behalf of the in
tais ate commerce commission,
his work in Mr. Davis’ cabinet
and his formative labors in mak
ing the Texas railway commis-
sion a great agency of justice be-
tween the people and the common
carriers.
He has never held a position
which he did not adorn, nor one
in which he did not distinguish
himself and his constituency by
industry, intelligence hnd good
conscience. Every office he has
filled has been his as long as he
has cared to hold it or until he
was called higher. Every official
act has been his own. He has
never yielded to clamor, has
never bargained with prejudice
nor been moved by passion.
Clefer-headed, hfe lfks formed his
own conclusions; and coura
geously he has followed and de
fended them.
His success is a shining ex-
ample of the wisdom of plain
dealing and his exalted character
is a moviDg inspiration to civic
\iriue.
He is the last official link be-
t
tween the pioneer Texas and the
Texas of today, and as he volun
tirily withdraws himself from
the chain of political events the
living bond is sundered and the
commonwealth swings e’ear into
the forward stream of - action
with only history and memory as
an intangible cord stretching
back to the receding shore.
He steps out of the moving
throng into the gallery of h’s
country’s great among whom
none appear with more clear cut
feitures or more lofty bearing.
And his countrymen now, as
heretofore and hereafter, delight
to do him honor.
With him in o retirement go the
admiration, affection and prayers
of his fellow citizens. With the
domestic incense of his fireside
alter his patriotic senses will not
fail to discover the fragrance ot
the love of the people to whose
civic aiid material fortunes he has
contributed a life of unselfish and
enduring service.
Obstacles and Character Building.
Kansas City World. -
Did you ever stop to consider
the virtues of disadvantages, and'
how much obstacles have to do
with character building?
In New York the other day
President Fauhce, of Brown uni-
versity, praised tbe virtues of
disadvantages and deplored the
success and,fame and fortune that
came too easily to some young
men. He call* d attention to this
fact: -
Last summer, when 2,500 re-
cruits were wanted for the navy,
the recruiting officers were in-
stated to go to country first, be-
Robbers and “Suckers.’
cause the boys there’ .learn to dol instructive.
SL^Leui* Republic.
The one man above all others
upon whom the force of truth
and fact is lost is the gambler.
The gaming fever working in
his blood turns him mad as a
March hare.* He will attempt a
winning though yqu prove it im-
possible, and with eyes wide
oped risk the “brace game.” To
him facts revealed by the inves-
tigation of Canfield’^ New York
gambling palace mean nothing,
but to the fellow in whom the
itch has not become a fever they
are significant. To the public at
large they are both curious and
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A New Two-Cent Stamp.
Washington Star. *
The new 2 cent postage stamp
with the portrait of Washington
is ready for issue and will be
distributed to the postoffices
throughout the country in the
course of the next week or ten
days. The tew stamp is the
same in color as the qld 2 cent
stamp, but its mikeupis entirely
different. The portrait of Wash
ington is taken from one the
Stuart pictures, and is three
quarters full face. It is re-
garded as an excellent picture.
The portrait is set in a shield-
shaped medallion in about the
center of the stamp. On each
side of the medallion are Ameri-
can flags hanging in graceful
folds from standards which
appear Id stand at the base of the
words U. S. of A., and beneath
the p'cture are dates 1732-1799.
The stamp is more ornamental
and artistic, it is claimed by the
authorities, that any of the
•tamps of the old issue, and its
general composition is in keeing
with the style of the new issue.
things by having to do them. v
Is there anything in the human
life more unpromising than the
rich man’s son, who has a father
sp deeply immersed in business
that he forgets he has children,
and a mother who says “Yes”
when she should say “No” be
cause it is easier?
You can find those very worth-
less young men by the score in
cities. They can suck cigarettes
and discuss women and haunt
stage doors before they pass the
spanking age. If throwQ upon
their own resources, most of
them would be hopeless and help
ess.
They have not had enough ad-
versity.
In the country it is different.
There, let’s be thankful, the
worker, is honored and the
shirker despised. Even the lazy
rich are viewed with suspicion.
The boys have to work.- Most of
tnem have to earn a living as
soon as they safely can. They
do without many things that they
cannot afford to buy, and use
their brains instead.
On the farm you can find the
healthy, tanned,big-muscled lad,
who is a bit. of a carpenter,knows
something about mechanics and
engineering in a crude hut prac-
tical way; can plow, dig, reap,
doctor sict animals, mend a har-
ness Or break a colt.
The average farmer boy is an
all-around lad. He respects all
women, is an ardent, if bashful,
lover, and makes a good husband
and citizen.
When he comes to the city, if
you study * his clothes and see
him gaziDg at the top of tall
buildings, you set him down as
green.
Tbe chances are that his head
contains more practical knowl
edge, the kind that can be ex-
changed for food and other ma
terial things, than can be .found
in the brains of those who would
sneer at his awkardness and
laugh at his speech.
It Us no woEder that the gbv
ernment goes to the farms when
it wants stout hearts and bodies
and all-around men, for the farm
ers made this great nation possi
ble/and are today, as in the be-
ginning, the hope of the land.
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Thia if Criminal Extravagance.
Hon.A. W.Terrell is the author
of a billj proposing that every
citizen, before Casting his ballot,
must write on the same his ag>,
color, party affiliations, ect., and
prohibiting him from voting in
a primary election other than
that party to which he has de-
clared his political adherence
—Delta Courier.
If a man doesn’.t repeat the
“cute things” his baby says it’s
a sure thing he hasn’t any baby.
Dallas News.
A Denver contemporary pre-
dicts that we are going to have
another Indian famine. It notes
that the recent Durbar in India
cost St least $10,000,000. Al
this was merely for the purpose
of show. It has not established
the government •on a firmer foun-
dation fit has done nothing to
add to the happiness of the peo
pie except to dazzle the eyes of a
comparative few with a brief
pageant; it has had no effect ex-
cept to gratify the vanity of the
viceroy, hik wife and a few o
the governors. India is/ suffic-
iently impoverished as it vs. Al
mast every year she suffers from
a severe famine, in which thous-
ands perish. These famines the
government is unable to prtveni
or to appreciably relieve, through
lack of means. Jus*t how the
spending of millions on this vain
display will help in alleviating
the suffering^ of the poor is not
apparent. But we must have
our Dubar.
The quickfst way to da things
iq to do only one thing at a imj.
It developes through the test;-
memy of employes that Canfield
viewed the gambling public as a
ine lamb for his fleecing. In
•joint” parlance, the freq tenter
of his place was a-“siicker.”
When suckers arrived, Manag-
er Bucklin would assign them
to a private room and say in soft,
oolite tones, “Now, gentlemen,
if you have no choice of dealers,
' ’ have a couple for you who are
not engaged at present.” These
dealers were the finest “brace”
men in the United States and
were paid a percentage of the’
roll they “lifted.” - They had
their own “crooked” deal boxec.
Every gambling device in Can-
field's was crooked, Percentage
alone, which is always over-
whelmingly in favor of the house
was not- enough for him. On
bis roulette wheels were mechan-
ical appliances known as the
‘soft wires,” which -shunt the
ball . imperceptibly out of its
CDurse, causing it to run around
any spoil in which there is heavy
play.
The profe:sioDals in New York
who testified to Canfield’s
methods also said that there was
not a gambling establishment iu
the qountry which did not employ
‘crooked” boxes, machines and
contrivances. The “honest”
gambling house is a fiction—a
relic of the past, if indeed, there
ever was su^h a thing.
Canfield accumulated several
million dollars through the de-
sire of unthinking people to ac
cpiire something for nothing.
Through Mr. Jerome’s efforts
Canfield is a tourist at present—
but with millions to purchase
luxuries, his condition Js rather
comfortable as compared with
that of the “easy mark®” whom
he left penniless. Th^se are
even bereft of the honofable dis-
tinction of having been "shorn on
Wall street.
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We Still Have on Hand a Full One of
Hardware
Farm Implements, etc.
Get our Figurings Before :
Buying.
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COUNTY NEWS.
Here is a story we gpt at the
express office. It maybe an old
one. A man was sitting in front
of the depot crying as if his heart
would break. A stranger felt
sorry for him and asked him
what was the trouble. He said
“My father just whipped me.”
The stranger asked him., “How
old are you?” He replied, “I am
65.” The m%n inquired where
his father^^^nd learned that
he was the station agent. He
went in to intercede for the little
boy, and this conversation fol
lowed: “Say, Mr. Station Agent,
your boy is sitting out in front of
the depot cryiog. He says you
whipped him. What did you do
it for?” The agent said, “Well,
I reckon I am old enough to take
care of my children.” “How old
are you?” “I am ninety.”
“What did you lick your son
for?” “Well, I whipped him for
shying rocks at his grandfather.
And I believe as long as children
live with their parents they ought
to be compelled to show respect
for their elders.” And the
stranger straightway changed
his mind and decided to locate in
that town. He said he could Dot
find any place where people grew
old and looked younger than
there.—San Antonio Express.
Go where duty calls aud doo’t
stand around with your hands in
your pockets after you get there.
—Chicago News.
It makes some men pfouder to
be the frieod of a rich man than
it maseo other* to be rich.
Newsy Notes Gathered by Our *
Correspondents. Q
ALLEN’S CHAPEL.
Everything is not gold that
shines and glitters, for often we
regret to -say outward appear-
ances however dazzling cover
fraud, deception and a corrupt
heart. Wolves in sheep’s cloth-
ing of :en disappoint and deceive
even though we j rofess to watch
and pray. . It is not what we pro-
fess, but what we earnestly, sin-
cerely and honestly possess that
is really acceptable (in deed and
in truth) with God. A chain is
only as strong as its weakest link,
therefore each link .should be
perfect, of pure material to with
stand the strain brought to bear
upon it. So with true, sincere,
noble purpose, thoughts and
deeds should be strong, strength-
ened by the right kind of links
day by day in character building,
so that when our terrestial worn
is done the golden chain of pure
thoughts and actions (which
speak peacefully and quietly yet
louder and longer than thtinder
tones) will take us safely to our
heavenly home.
True principle should ever
prompt and direct our actions,
courage, patience, fortitude and
energetic, honest, truthful per-
severance; for truth, justice and
right should ever characterize
our lives. To the youths o^ our
land and country 1 earnestly en-
treat,heed the admonition, “Seek
ye first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness,” and all neces
sary, temporal and spiritual
blessings will be realized.* By
so doing, oh! many, many sad
hours, heart-aches and bitter
experiences, afflictions, misfor-
tunes, bereavements and disap-
pointments will be avbided.
Beautiful weather indeed and
farm work progressing rapidly.
The birds have not all been killed
for we hear the sweet cheering
twittering notes of the blue birds,
and occasionally spirited songs
of forest birds are heard in the
distance, reminding us that Spring
will soon be resurreoted into
newness of life again. National
and State laws should be enacted
to protect our innocent, beautiful
sweet singing and all kinds of
useful birds. Besides their cheer-
ing, soul-st»rring songs they de-
stroy innumerable insset pests.
What would our world be anyway
without birds, bees and sweet
fragrant flowers, all of which are
as silent and sure angel messen-
gers to encourage us to press on
to our celestial home? Oh! that
right appreciations, aspirations,
and inspirations may ever pre-
dominate and direct our lives as
we rapidly aud surely ride the
waves of time passing life’s-mile-
stones on the journey of life.
Yours for truth, justice and
the right to prevail.
Taylor Allen.
For Bimetallism.
New York World.
Tne United States have been
asked to join in a conference of
nations for the purpose ot re-
establishing silver on a parity
with gold at a ratio of 32 to 1.
Tnis would give silver a fixed
value of just half the figure de-
sired by the advoca’es of. “16'
to 1.” but the system would be
on a gold basis. This is in effect
the plan proposed by the admin-
istration for an independent cur-
rency system for the Philippines,
Enr que C Greet, the Mexican
banker, who is in this country to
study the American financial
system, has addressed a note to
Secretary Hay asking the United
States to appoint a commission
to join a Mexican commission in
devising a gold standard system
f >r uniform adoption. China
has communicated similar wishes
to the state department, but Mr.
Hay has been too busy with oth-
er matters to take up their notes.
A Frecch commission. is now
sitting in Indo-China, and an
English commission is meeting
in the Straits Settlement. Both
are seeking to rearrange the
financial systems, which are now
on a silver basis on a gold foun-_
dation. On account of conditions
they can not discard silver en-
tirely, and a ratio of 32 to 1 is
generally favored. It is believed
that Eogland and France would
join’ with the United States,
Mexico and China in establish-
ing a uniform system on that
basis. The Mexican delegates
urge that this would be of great
advantage to this country for
commercial reasons, and would
extend the trade of the United
States with all of the countries
who joined the convention.
Crises make and un-malre men.
Had not the Venezuelan question
come up as it did while Bowen
was minister to that country, it
is not improbable his name would
never have risen above the re-
nown that is attached to an or-
dinary Smith or Jones. As’it is,
Bowen is assured of a place in
history, a tiny one to be sure,
but nevertheless a place. A man
never ka6ws wnen his opportuni-
ty may come. The only safe
way is to always be reader to
grasp it and hang on to it when
it comes in sight.—Ft. Worth
Telegram.
For S260.
You can buy a fine lot in seven
blocks ' of the square. South
ront. Evans A McKinney.
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1903, newspaper, February 6, 1903; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914278/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.