The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1869 Page: 1 of 4
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THE HOME ADVOCATE
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A. Weekly Journal Devoted to Christianity, Kdncation Home Enterprise, and Q-eneral Intelligence.
G. A. KELLY. Proprietor.
F. J. PAT1LLO, Editor and Publisher.
JEFFERSON, TEXAS, APRIL 30, 1869.
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APPRECIATION—FLATTERY.
It is not only necessary to "teach
the young idea how to shoot," but it
is of great importance to help it to
shoot. It is needful also that it be
encouraged in shooting. Nor will
vc undertake to say at what stage
of development the young idea at-
tains the strength of self support.
Suffice it to say that far to many of
the shooting ideas of youth are
"nipped in the bud" by the frosts of
neglect The most worthy are fre-
quently most distrustful of self,
ready to give up the struggle for ev-
ery discouragement. There are a
few noble examples that have risen
above their surroundings; People
are prone to extremes. The aspir-
ing and successful genius, who is
but too ardent and self reliant, is
flattered and caressed to his own
destruction, while the unassuming
and diffident youth, whose powers
must need be brought out, is crushed
►by the weight of evident deprecia-
tion. This want of discretion grows
out ignorance of human nature,
but it is none the less ruinous on this
account.
We believe that expressions of ap-
preciation for that which is truly
worthy, given with prudence, do
more good than harm. They become
the stay and support of a doubting,
wavering thought, may be, noble
mind, moved by the purest of mo-
tives in the line of duty. And there
is hardly any time of life when this
aid can safely be withheld, For
want of it, youth loses confidence,
while old age grows careless and in-
active. We have known old preach-
ers to drink in the stimulating cor-
dial of a good report, while they
carefully guarded their "Juniors"
against the baneful influences, as
they supposed, of this species of in-
temperance, lest they should become
bloated, or "puffed up." And yet
there is no class of men who need
sympathy and encouragement more
than young preachers. It is due them.
We distinguish between apprecia-
tive words and flattery. The for.
iner is founded in truth, while the
latter has its origin in insincerity.
Yet, strange to say, all men—we
mean women too—are more or
less susceptible of flattery. In more
than nine cases out of ten—yea nine-
ty-nine in a hnndred—those who
claim to be above its influences are
they who court it most, and are most
puffed up by it. It is a human weak,
ness, we grant, for any one to allow
himself to be flattered into a higher
opinion of himself than he ought to
have. But who is the strong man?
■—who the wise, that sees himself as
others see him—and that is able to
properly estimate his own merits?
The higher a man is in his own esti-
mation the weaker he is, and the less
,capable of knowing himself. Flat-
tery, like the miasma arising from
bogs and fons, finds its victims at
the higher points; but it mostly flies
^ over tlic heads of the humble. It is
* the height of vanity, then, for a man to
suppose himself above flattery. There
are more persons below than above
it—though they are the fewest num-
*ber.
For The Home Advocate.
EARTH AND MAN.
Many interesting deductions can
be drawn from a consideration of the
numbers of the human raco and the
space allotted to them. In a former
paper we assumed fifty million square
miles as the extent of the habitable
^surface of the globe, and one thous-
and two hundred millions as the
present number of inhabitants. We
estimated that ninety times the pres-
ent population would be equal to the
whole number of the race living and
dead for six thousand years, so that
if the whole affair should be wound
up in about the year 199G, the num-
ber of the race would be 108,000
millions.
A resolute mind will not be con-
founded by the immensity of these
numbers. They could all stand on
an area one hundred and fifty miles
wide and two hundred miles long.—
But we cannot well conceive of all
this number standing at the same
time in one august presence for judg-
ment.
When the dead, small and great,
shall stand before the great Judge,
when the sea shall give up the dead
that are in it, and death and the
grave shall deliver up the dead which
are in it, the redeemed shall be
caught up together in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air. Let us see
how large a cloud the whole assem-
bled world would form.
On a plain one mile square stand
four millions; a thousand such tiers,
one above another, would fill up a
cubic mile. The present generation
would occupy three-tenths of one
cubic mile. The whole oue hundred
and eighty generations would fill
ninety times this Bpace, or twenty-
seven solid miles.
The New Jerusalem measured in
St. John's vision twelve thousand
furlongs each way, and the length
breadth and height of it were equal.
These furlongs or stadiums were each
six hundred and six and three-quar-
ter feet in length, or two hundred
and two and a quarter yards. So
the holy city is one thousand three
hundred and seventy-nine miles (near-
ly) in extent each way. This exceeds
the exterior dimensions of the cloud
formed by the whole human race,
amassed as above, four hundred and
fifty-nine and two-third times; and
the actual room included in the New
Jerusalem is ninety-seven times
greater.
If we suppose the length and the
breadth only of the New Jerusalem
measured each one thousand three
hundred and seventy-nine miles, and
that the hight of it was equal or even
throughout, so that all the ransomed
therein walk on one golden plain, we
still have one hundred and forty-four
million square furlongs for their ac-
commodation. If they should num-
ber one hundred and eight thousand
millions, there will be seven hundred
and fifty to each square stadium.—
People live more densly than that in
the city of London. Each person
would have a space of fifty-four
square yards, or nine yards by six.
The human raco being all massed
in a cube six and a half miles in each
of its dimensions, a voice far less
loud than thunder could be heard
from ono extremity of it to the other.
In the above estimate we have al-
lowed each person to stand on a
square space two and sixty-four one
hundredths feet in extent, and wo
have allowed five and twenty-eight
one-hundredths feet for the average
height of all. That is, each one is
allowed room to the extent of thirty-
six and eight-tenths cubic feet. But
a man of one hundred and twenty-
four pounds weight, occupies only
about two cnbic feet. Allow for in-
tersticial spaces, and give three cu-
bic feet to each one. Then if all the
human bodies, now living, were piled
in a compact hiass (say 1,226,649,-
600,) they would form a heap one-
fortieth of a cubic mile; that is a
pile one mile square at the bottom,
and one-fortieth of a mile, forty-four
yards in Light. The whole number,
one hundred and eight thousand
millions, would raise the pile two
miles and a quarter high. This would
bear but a small proportion to large
mountain masses of the earth. In
fact the average bulk of all sizes is
not more than ono and one-third cu-
bic feet, and the whole mass might
occupy only one cubic mile. The
substance necessary to nourish and
produce all this multitude of organ-
ized beings has not yet amounted to
a sample of the rich treasures of the
earth.
Under good tillage every acre of
ground can be made to support one
human being. A little book has
been written to prove " Ten Acres
Enough " to maintain a family. Al-
low five acres to each inhabitant,
and you will see that the earth is
capable of maintaining six thousand
four hundred millions, instead of the
one thousand two hundred millions,
or one thousand three hundred mil-
lions now living. The average over
the world seems to be about twenty-
five to the square mile. I would
rather believe it less; that the num-
bers are rated high enough and the
area too little. But for a population
of six thousand four hundred millions
we require only about one hundred
and twenty-eight to the square mile.
Japan already contains about this
population. Great Britain has about
two hundred and forty, and Belgium
four hundred and eighteen to the
square mile. Should the world ever
become as densely populated as
Belgium, there will be about twenty-
one thousand millions. It is doubt-
less capable of maintaining this
number and more. Agriculture has
been greatly improved, even in this
age. It is destined to attain still
greater perfection. All the present
population of the world could be
maintained in the United States.
Human reason must be fallible in
any attempt to penetrate the future
designs of Providence in regard to
the cultivation and the end of the
world.
But thus much we can say with
authority, that God formed the earth
not in vain, but to bo inhabited. Im-
mense regions yet lie unoccupied al-
most in their primeval state. Other
lands once populous have been over-
run and devastated by barbarians,
and now maintain only a thin popu-
lation. But the work and the instru-
ments both for subduing and replen-
ishing the earth, aro progressing
with portentous rapidity.
ITI1URIEL.
Enrrou Hour Advocate—Dear sir.—
I am in receipt of two numbers of
Your neat and handsome issue, with
which I am right well pleased: As
an evidence of the interest I feel in
your worthy enterprise, I herewith
send you a name as a subscriber to
your paper. But I hope, after I have
tried to canvass a little, to bo able
to send you several subscribers from
this far off country in the beautiful
West. And, Mr. Editor, perhaps
some of your worthy readers, who
are unfamiliar with Indian depre-
dations, would like to hear of their
doings out here. On the 25th of this
month, a party of a dozen or fifteen
marauders came to the town of Lam-
pasas (Lampasaaa Springs,) and
took about eighteen or nineteen head
of Buddie and harness horses and
mules belonging to persons living
within and about town, and left for
the far north west. About 10 o'clock,
on the morning after the Indians ( or
white rogues, as many think, them
to be) had taken the horses, about
ten or twelve men took their trail
and followed on rapidly in pursuit.
The pursuers had on. the track a cel-
ebrated trail dog, which would
follow the track day and night,
either fast or slow, barking or mute,
according to the will of his owner.
This chase was continued until the
afternoon of the third day, when
unfortunately, some of the pursuers
horses flagged ; the remainder of the
party became discouraged, and all
returned home, leaving the impudent
thieves to go on at their leisure 1
I will also state that on the 22nd
inst. an Indian was killed eighteen
miles above here on the Lampasas
river, by a Mr. Jenkins, who had
tied his (fine) horse to the post of
the gallery for safety. The Indian
was stealthily trying to get to the
horse, when ho received a whole
load of Bliot into his body, and fell
dead. He was a mixed blooded In-
dian—so much so good! In the
future I may give you some particu-
lars, concerning the Springs as a
a watering place, &o. &c.
GEO. W. GRAVES.
Lampasas Springs, Texas, March
30th, 1869.
Chemical.—A marvelous affinity
has been long observed between ink
and lie—nothing but tho human
tongue or the telegraph can precipi-
tate tho latter. It is beyond the
cleansing power of tho strongest
alka-tytf.
——
A radical mistake—making a ne-
gro saperior to a white man.
Radically wrong—an unconstitu-
tional act of Congress.
For Tho Home Advocate.
A FEW THOUGHTS.
Three vacant chairs sit by my hearth.
And yet I'm not in gloom,
Three voices aro misled at eve
In singing some sweet tune.
I'm happy yet. though all alone,
For well I know they're aJJ at home.
They're all at home in a husband's low.
Toilers in this great world of our*.
Woman's lot, 'twill try 'twill prove.
Oh may they stand the teat, and be
An honor to their homes and me,
A crowsi of joy in their homes,
Woman's lot, ah! ponderous task;
Who can their duties well fulilill,
Who wear the victor's crown at last.
Be all, tho guide, the counsellor, the
friend,
Fa'thftil and true unto the end,
The presiding genius of her home,
Ah! wife, there is one place for thee
To gather manna for thy soul.
(jo to the closet—-there bend the knee;
Ask for wisdom, patlence.charity;
Ask largely; much grace thon'lt
need,
To well conduct thv liome,
Come not forth until thy soul is fUUed
And thou dost feel thy strength re-
newed ;
Then thou cau'st (lo and suffer, well
Knowing tho spirit safe will guide
You to adorn and beautify your homes.
MENTOR.
East Texas.—The Galveston News
says ; "We cannot say what truth
there may bo in the Tyler Reporter,
so far as tho intention of tho Texas
Central Company aro concernedj but
we entirely agree with the Reporter
as to the importance of tho country
to which it alludes. We always had
a very high opinion of tho future of
East Texas; and wo now believe that
whatever there may be in tho new
signs of Southern prosperity, grow-
ing out of diversification of pursuit,
improved agriculture, etc—and we
are of opinion that there is much in
them—the Eastern portion of our
State will realize and manifest to an
extent worthy of its industrious,
moral and intelligent population, and
of its remarkably rich and varied
resourc es.
"It is thought by many persons
that the Texas Central Railroad, in
obtaining a change of the terms of
its chai tor from tho Convention, was
preparing to run the road on a more
Eastern line than has heretofore been
anticipated. It is thought to bo tho
intention of tho company to cross
the Trinity and tap the trade of
Eastern Texas. It is said that the
" Central " and the merchants of Gal-
veston and Houston already control
the trade west of the Trinity, while
they cannot extend their trade far
east of that stream, unless they cross
to this fridc. This we think a wise
conclusion. Let tho Central turn its
course to Eastern Texas and cross
the Trinity, and tho business of the
road and of Galveston and Houston
will be doubled almost at once. Tho
road would soon be met by a road by
way of Fulton, on Red River, which
would accomplish much more for our
coast citics than even the completion
of tlvo Kansas and Galveston con-
nection."
We ask tho GalveGton Newa man
if he thinks it prudent to insinuate
against our Lake City in that way?
Does he think our merchants are
simple enough to allow tho Central
road to carry tho produce of the
country from their very doors to
"double" Galveston and Houston,
lie will see.
Honorable!—Two negroes, Jim
and Mose, settled an affair of honor
near Augusta Ga., lately, by a duel,
in which Jim got his finger broken.
Honor plays low in these days of
freedom—and we hope that stylo of
honor among gentlemen has "played
out."
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Patillo, F. J. The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1869, newspaper, April 30, 1869; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235540/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.