The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 4, 1869 Page: 1 of 4
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HOME ADVOCATE.
A. Weekly Journal Devoted to Christianity, Kducation, Home Enterprise, arid General Intelligence.
<5. A. KELLY. Proprietor
F. J. FAS'iLLO, ffclitor and Publisher.
JEFFERSON, TEXAS, DEO. 4, 1869.
VOLtlHE 1.
NlinBEH 45.
OUlt t 'OKlUiSI'OXDENTS,
Aunt Lizzie 1ms removed to the
c.itv of Nijw Oilcans, and does not
find it convenient to continue her
regular contributions "To the Child-
sen." This, we know our young
folks regret very much. We hope
she may find time to send us at least
an occasional article to keep up old
■acquaintance.
Aunt Fanny is so much occupied
■with domestic affairs that slie begs
•oil alter this week, from appearing
regularly in our columns. Her con-
'tributions have been highly appre-
ciated, and'we ask, in behalf of the.
children, to be still remembered
when she can find time to write.
" .Julia Pleasants," (Mrs. Creswcll,
•<4 Shreveport,) oyly consented to
write for us during our absence at-
tending the Conferences. Her arti-
cles have been very entertaining to
the young folks, and we know they
A RAILROAD TO TEXAS.
Texas is the "Giant State," and
will he one of the richest, best and
most desirable in the Union in time.
At present she is little more than
a burly border savage, clothed in
nw hide, bustling with Bowie-knives
and strung with lariots and revol-
vers. She needs railroads, schools,
emigration, and more capital, and
we are glad to know is pretty rapid-
ly acquiring them all. There is a
movement on foot to build a line of
railroad directly from this city to
Galveston. No enterprise would
pay better. The traffic which awaits
such a line is enormous, some thirty
of the best cotton-growing counties
in Texas would be tributary to the
road, and would send over it to this
city nearly 200,000 bales annually,
while more than 1,000,000 head of
cattle might also be counted qpon.
For 150 miles this road would
will regret that she cannot continue, traverse a dense pine forest, whose
"Coelebs" has become very reti-
cent of late. We presume he is
following in the footsteps of his illus-
trious predecessor, "in search of a
wife." We wish him eminent suc-
cess, hoping to be remembered in and
after the hour of Ins triumph.
Miss " Lizzie" is adding interest
to our columns by her poetical gems.
Hope she will continue.
Aunt Junie is interesting the child-
ren with her pleasant and motherly
chat—but she must learn to keep
jsecrets.
But tune and space would fail us
to mention all our kind correspon-
dents in the way our heart dictates.
They have our hearty thanks for
their assistance in giving the Hume
Advocate an enviable reputation.
The Elections.—The polls closed
last evening. The result is not yet
known at this box. All parties seem
sanguine of success, but we are
almost certain some of the candi-
dates and their friends will be sadly
disappointed—a result devoutly to
be wished by the other side.
Scene—At the corner of Austin
and Folk streets : Hallow ! Andrew,
where did you get those fine pants?
At the Charter Oak—no, what you
call it ? Oak Hall—that's it. They
say you can get clothing there 20
per cent cheaper than anywhere elst*.
in the city. And such a variety—for
men and boys. Over-coats, dress-
coats, pants, shirts, etc., etc., at
Xo. 1 Dallas street.
huge trees would also form one of
the most extensive / and lucrative
trades done by St. Louis. Think of
the thousouds of lumber camps and
saw-mills which would be called into
being in the heart of this vast pine
region by the building of such a
road. Really the prospect is a tempt-
ing one, though we have hardly
hinted at the immense traffic which
would surely bo done over such a
line. The amount of travel both
ways would be enormous; the grain,
wool, hides, tallow, hogs, sheep,
goods, groceries, lumber, cotton,
wares, and emigrants which would
throng its cars can hardly lie esti-
mated. We hope the enterprise may
take instant shape, and be pushed
rapidly and vigorously forward.—
St Louis Democrat.
St. Louis and all the balance of
hoosierdom are anxious to exchange
with the '• burly border savage" a
little of their double refined civiliza-
tion for her 200,000 bales of cotton
annually, and more than 1,000,000
head of cattle, to say nothing of
"bowie-knives, lariots and revolvers."
Well, let them come and get them.
Immigration.-—The Ouachita Tele,
graph of the 20th ult., published at
Monroe, says that the ferry at that
place is kept busy all the time cross-
ing immigrants. It says that the
migration this year is double that of
the two years just past. We might
say the same thing about the pas-
sage of movers through this city.
Both ferries are kept busy nearly all
the time crossing them. Texas
appears to bo their destination. We
have not seen the like since the war-
—.South-Western.
Father Hyacinths.—It was report-
S. W. Stone, on Austin' street, is
doing a good business in exchanging
"•Charter Oak" cooking stoves for
" Brilliants"—by taking a large differ-
ence ! The health of thousands and
thousands of women and children .
are depending upon a Charter Oak I «1 i" Washington, on t.« Oil, nit.,
in tile kitchen —thorough l,akod j that Father Hyac.ntho, before leav
bread and no dough is „„e of it. j h.g for Europe w. l isnue a pastoral
... letter to the Catholics of America,
blessings. , .
, m, t~ j calling upon them to form a nucleus
A Dear Volume.—A gentleman ' avoun<l which all liberal minded
once asked: "What is woman?' | members of the church can rally
when a married man replied: "She ; without forsaking the sacred princi-
is an essay on grace, in one volume, j , of t,)C Catholic religion. He
elegantly bound. Although it may . ,
I I itii ., looks upon America to-uay as the
be dear, every man should have a. 1 •;
copy of it " j cradle of religious independence.
THE STATE OF THE HEART.
1 know an ancient fortress which
one brave man coilid have held
against a host. Perched on the sum-
mit of a lofty rock around which the
sea goes foaming, and parted from
the main land by a dizzy chasm, over
which a narrow arch, hanging like a
thread in mid air is thrown, that old
castle stood in other days impregna-
ble. There was but one way to ap-
proach, and that'such as one man
could hold against a thousand. As
might bo inferred from these words
of Scripture, Keep thy heart with
diligence, for out of it are the issues
of life, it is otherwise with us. With
appetites and passions, oach of which
may be made an instrument of sin,
our hearts lie open on many tjides to
attack. Take for example, the most
innocent of these appetites, that of
hunger—" Give mo neither poverty
nor riches," says the wise man, pray-
ing as much against the first as the
second; because, though happily we
know nothing of it, it is difficult for
a hunu'ry man to be an honest man.
The empty sack, as the proverb says,
can not stand upright; and he tempts
the poor through this appetite, who
used it to tempt our Lord himself—
saying to Jesus when he was an
hungered, If thou be the Son of God,
command that these stones be made
bread. In this, as in other ways,
Satan tried with his fiery darts every
joint of our Champion's armour, and
only failed because, as Jesus himself
said. The prince of this world Com-
eth, and hath nothing in me! We
cannot say so. Like traitors lurking
within a beleagured city, our natu-
ral coriuptions arc ready to open the
gates and betray us to the enemy.—
Hence he who would keep his heart
from evil, keeps it pure and holy,
must plant a sentinel at every ave-
nue by which sin may find access
there—guarding against none more
than the little sins, as they are called,
that are like the urchins who enter
by the window and open tlie door for
bigger thieves. The man of God has
his eyes to.keep, and so Job said, 1
have made a covenant with mine eyes
—his tongife, and hence the exorta-
tion, Keep thy tongue from evi
thy lips from speaking guile—his
ears, and hence the warning, Cease
my son, to hear the instruction that
causetli to err—his feet, and hence
toms of disease. That thirst physi-
cians may allay by cooling draughts;
and opiates may dull the sense of
pain, and shed sleep and sweet ob-
livian on the eyes of the weary euf-
forer.' The symptoms are alleviated,
but the disease is not arrested—the
evil is but masked, not mastered.—
And is all which is achieved in the
reformation which sometimes passes
for regeneration in that outward im-
provement of habits and decorum of
life which will never supply the place
of sand ideation in the judgment of
a holy, heart-searching God. Man
looketh on the outward appearance,
but God looketh on the heart. 1 opco
heard physicians say, as jlpy stood
baffled by the bed side iff one fast
posting to death. We can do noth-
ing now but combat the symptoms.
Ominous and fatal words! Divine
grace, thanks be to God, docs more.
Let it reach the heart, and those
works of the flesh, which are the
outward symptoms of indwelling sin,
will ere puss away, like a plant
which, cut at the root, droops, ami
withers, and dies. It is in the heart,
the change is wrought for salvation;
and there, as a building rises from
its foundations, the work of aancti-
lication is carried onward and up-
ward to perfection. Cleanse this
fountain and purity will flow in all
its streams. Let our heart be turn-
ed heavenward, and our members
and affections , our powers, and time
and influence will all follow and obey
its movements; as from stem to stern,
from her keel that ploughs ihe wave
to the masts that rake the sky, a
ship obeys the hand of the steers-
man and movements of the helm.
YY ho, therefore, would grow in grace,
would die daily in sin, would live
daily to righteousness, while they
strive to keep their hands from doing
and their ears from hearing, and
their lips from speaking evil, let
them strive above all things to keep
their hearts with all diligence, since
out of them are the issues of life.
—Sunday Magazine.
"f
Waco Suspension Biwwi5.--Tho lay-
ing of the floor of this stupendous
aud* work of public enterprise was com-
menced on yesterday, the 8th inst.,
and is now fairly under way. We
visited the bridge this morning, and
from its present appearance, we are
David says, 1 have refrained my feet j satisfied that the unceasing stream J
AVOWED DESIGN OF ROMANISM.
"Heresy and infidelity nave not,
and never had, and never can have,
any right, being as they undeniably
%are, contrary to tho law of God.'V-
Brownson's Quarterly, Jan. 1852.
H Protestantism of every form has
net, and never can have any right
where Catholicity is triumphant; and,
therefore, we leose tho breath we
expend in declaiming against bigotry
and intolerance, and in favor of re-
ligious liberty, or the right of any
man to be of any religion as best
pleases him."—Catholic Beview, Jan.
1S52.
" Religious, liberty is merely en-
dured until the opposite can be car-
ried into execution without peril to
the Catholic world."—Bishop O'Con-
nor, of PiUtsburg.
" If the Catholics evor gain, which
they surely will, an immense numeri-
cal majority, religious freedom in
this country will bo at an end."—
Anshbishop of St. Louis.
" Heresy and unbelief are crimes;
and in Christian countries, as in
ltally and Spaih, for instance, where
the Catholic religion is the essential
law of the land, they are punished
as other crimes.—Ardhbishop Ken-
drick.
"The Catholic Church numbers
one third of the American popula-
tion, and if its membership shall in-
crease for the next thirty years as it
has for the thirty years past, in 1900
Rome will have a majority, and be
bound to take this country and keep
it."—Father Hecker's Lecture in New
York.
Paste that will Keep a Yeah.—Dis-
solve a teaspoonful of alum in a
quart of warm water. When cold,
stir in as much flour as will give it
the consistency of thick cream, being
particular to beat up all tho lumps;
stir in as much powdered rosin as
will lay on a dime, and throw in half
a dozen cloves to give a pleasant
odor. Have on the fire a teacup of
boiling water, pour tho flour mixturo
into it, stirring well all the time. In
a very few minutes it will be the
consistency of mush. Pour it into
an earthen or china vessel; lot it
|k,
cool; lay a cover on, and put in a
cool place. When needed for use,
take out a portion and soften it with
I warm water. Paste thus made will
' last twelve months. It is better
from every evil way, that 1 might
keep thy word. And since there is
no gate to the senses by which the
enemy may not, unless the Spirit lift
up a standard against him, come in
like a flood, we have nee
every port, and write over every por
tal, " Here there eutercth nothing to
hurt or defile."
The work of grace is carried on
.within the heart. It is therefore the
.. ,, . , , u „ I than Ktun, as it does not gloss tho
of constant travel across tho Brazos b ' °
at this point will not much longer be ; l,,ll" l>
annoyed by the delay of a slow ferry
boat.-- Waco L'r.
and can bo written on.
Hero is an
Truth in a Nit Sheli
apropos paragraph :
"• l The pastors of the Baptist, Mctlio- So,ne P00!'1^0'1 know them -
d l° guard j di8t !llld Presbyterian Churches, in j ovcr* community has them-they
Galveston, arc holding a series of| live everywhere and forever-don t
Union meetings, to be continued one | bolievc in advorlw,,f bfCaU8e' th<*
week in each church." The object j "V, " ,eada tho Wrfi"
is to bring Christians closer together
in tho bonds of sympathy and friend-
state of oiir affections more than our : ship, and to encourage a deeper
outward conduct that should occupy i holiness and a more united effort for
our chief attention and engage our 1 the salvation of souls." This mani-
most earnest prayers. Let ine ill us- tests the right kind of spirit in the
trato and enforce this by an analogy. leaders of the movement, and is an
The burning thirst, the flushed cheek, exhibition of tho true Christian un-
| the bouncing pulse, the restless ion to be desired and prayed for.
nights of fever, are but 1'1C «ymp- j May they have abundant success.
But let one of thein accidentally get
into a scrape, and you will find him
flying around to the newspaper
office, earnestly and eloquently re-
questing the editor, "Please do not
mention that little affair of mine; it's
all a mistake; I didn't do it—never
thought of it; all who know mo will
tell you so; but don't publish it, for
it would ruin me to have my name
published all over the country."
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Patillo, F. J. The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 4, 1869, newspaper, December 4, 1869; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235570/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.