The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1869 Page: 4 of 4
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R emember now thy Creator in the Days of thy Youth, while the Evil Davs Draw not nigh.
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F. J. Patillo, Editor.
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tisements.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3, 1869.
The Jefferson Male and Female
Institute, Prof. T. J. Hudson, Princi-
pal, assisted by Mrs. Estis, will re-
sume exercises on next Monday, at
tho Whitmore house. Having taught
in the schoolroom with Prof. H., we
know bim to be a competent and en-
ergetic teacher.
——
Fire 1—Mr. T. H. Parker, of Sher
man, writing to his father at this
place, states that one half of that
important and flourishing town was
burned on Sunday night, Aug. 22.
«..« , — —
See tho advertisement of Jeffer-
son Carriage and Wagon Manufac-
tory. Tho Meltons are reliable gen-
tlemen, and fine workmen.
— >•>« '■ ■■
Tho newspapers of East Texas
notice a pretty general revival of re-
ligion within the last four or fWe
weeks. Tho Marshall meeting, we
have heard, resulted in over sixty
conversions. At a meeting at the
Old Foundry, nine miles from this
place, closing last Sunday, con-
ducted jointly by Rev. J. M. Ste-
venson, (Methodist,) and Rev. Y. L.
McLemore, (C. Presbyterian,) there
were between thirfc y and forty con-
versions, many of them old citizons
and heads of families. This is an
encouraging feature. Near Mr. Gar-
rett's, in this county, 9 miles west
f'f Jefferson, tho Baptist denomina-
tion have enjoyed a good meeting,
resulting in a number of conver-
sions.
The Concert on last Friday night,
given by a number of the ladies of
Jefferson, under the direction of Prof.
Frank, for the benefit of the Presby-
terian Church, was very flue, and
called forth rounds of applause from
the appreciative audience. Although,
it had been postponed in favor of
other religious and matrimonial oc-
casions, there was a respectable turn
out, at a day's notice.
■ -
A TJ. S. soldier has attested his
preference and obedience to the civil
powers by surrendering his arms to
the gentle attractions of one of the
fair daughters of Texas, in Green-
ville. He has also ignored the radi-
cal plan of reconstruction—so far as
it may apply to widows. But being
a trumpeter he can blow his own
horn. So we've nothing more to
say.
sly Katersprwe is the
new paper just started
t, the present head r,f ratl-
ut the Texas Ccn-
.if Hgj,
HEAD AND HEART POISON.
number four.
Vice is a monster of such hideous mien,
That to be hated needs but to be seen;
But viewed to oft. familiar with Its face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace!
" I would not let such a paper go
into my family—it is not fit for de
cent people to read."
Such was the remark of a discreet
father of a family as he threw aside
a respectable looking periodical,
casting upon it a glance of con
tempt.
Curiosity, in conjunction with oth-
er emotions, awakened by the inci-
dent, induced us to pick it up. Out
wardly, or in general appearance, it
was unobjectionable—good size,
neatly printed, and well patronized
by the business public in advertise-
ments. The gentleman, observing our
surprise, pointed out several vulgar
jests and smutty " locals," remark-
ing that such articles must be ter
ribly demoralizing, and relished only
by vile characters, or persons smart
ly corrupted in their moral sense.
Is it not true ? Look at the fact
squarely in the face, and consider
soriously tho question whether there
is not almost an irresistable advance
toward literary depravity, a retro-
gression from a comparatively high
moral standard in periodical litera-
ture, to a very low order of balder-
dash, bililngsgate, and vulgarity.
According to our observation the
evil is a rapidly spreading infection,
and is penetrating to every class of
society. Many newspapers (so'
called) are started and built up upon
the ono idea of catering to a vitiated
public taste. In no other way do
they hope to sustain themselves as
journalists. They will readily ac
knowledge the corrupting influence
of such publications, but justify
themselves by the suggestion that
the reading public demand it, and
they must meet the demand to be
successful in their business. .
In this false view of privilege and
duty, and underestimate of public
virtue, the most abominable inde-
cencies are perpetrated in print,
sucli as would subject the guilty
party to ejection from genteel so-
ciety if indulged in vocally. Why
will a virtuous public tolerate an of-
fense to the eye which would cor-
rupt tho car? Are they not both
members of the same body, and boLh
gateways to the immortal soul ? and
should not both be equally guarded
against the corrupter ? Is it /lot bad
policy to let in at tho eye an enemy
which is excluded from the ear ?
"But. who wjU know it ?'^ says the
reader ; and with renewed compla-
cency the contraband literature is
enjoyed all alone. This is upon the
fallacy that crime is not a crime un-
til discovered. And thus by con-
tinually looking upon the essence of
vice distilled through the papers, it
soon losos its repulsiveness, and is
embraced and enjoyed publicly.
In our next we will consider the
causes of this vitiated public taste
in literature, and suggest an anti-
dote for the poison
m ! —«.
W. H. Lewis, of Paris, editor of
the Press, and Secretary of Lamar
County Agricultural and Mechanical
Association, will accept our thanks
for a complimentary ticket to the
Second Annual Fair.
The refreshing showers of the last
tew days have raised many a droop-
ing head, as well as cotton boll.
MATHEMATICAL.
A sends B one thousand dollars to in-
vest in sugar, after deducting his com-
mission. B charges 1-2 per cent, tor
purchasing. How much money does he
invest for A, and what are U's commis-
sions? Merchant.
1
Mr. Advocate.—I think, if I have
not "forgotten," that the inclosed its
a correct solution of the example
you gave in your last issue. Result:
Amount to be invested $975,6097-
5509; commission, $24.39024391.
MERCHANT NO. 2.
2
Editor Home Advocate : The fol-
lowing is the exact answer to "Mer-
chants" problem in your last num-
ber: B invests $975.61 in su-
gar, his commission on that amount,
at 2£ per cent., is $24.39 ; the
two added together make the one
thousand dollars A sent him.
JEEMS.
3
Uncle Frank: The accompanying
solution of "Merchant's" problem
proves exact, making investment
$975.60-40-41 ; commission $24.39
1-41. As the only difficulty I can
eee lies in tho vxyslery of fractions, I
complete the work after hundredths
of a dollar by vulgar fractions—
otherwise the work appears indeter-
minate. I hope Merchant will give
us boys other problems for practice
that we may be prepared for busi-
ness wheu we are old enough.
FIFTEEN.
The above solutions are ail scien-
tific and according to the samo prin-
ciple, but only the one by " Fifteen"
ia exact. The others are fractionally
correct, even beyond business com-
putations, but the proof shows dis-
crepancy in the decimals, because
not complete. It will be observed
that solutions (I) and (2) differ in
result, and yet the sum of invest-
ment and commissions in both cases
gives the same amount. One must
bo at fault, and the proof shows
both to be so. Solution (3) proves
exact. (The hyphen between num-
bers separate the numerator to the
left of tho denomenator of vulgar
fractions.) Editor.
PROBLEM.
Mr. Home Editor: I have two
wheels—one 9 feet in diameter and
the other 1 foot,situated at a distance
of 14 feet from center to center, and
wish to order a band exactly the
right length for them. Will you
please request some of our mathema-
ticians to give a solution to the
problem in the Home Advocate.
MECHANIC.
Respectfully referred to the faculty
of professors.—Editor.
" The people of Glenn Cove, Long
Island, are in a very agitated frame
of mind over the elopement from
that village of a young lady, named
Mary McKinzie, with her mother's
Coachman, named Baily. "Baily has
been in the servicp of this family for
long time ; but his intimacy
with Miss Mary-aroused suspicion,
and about two weeks ago he
was discharged. Tho couple has
learned to love one another, and Bai-
ly, although thrown out of emyloy-
ment, was not completely vanquish-
ed."
And to cut the " last sensation "
short they ran away and got mar-
ried. After the shrieking and fain-
ting preliminaries on the part of the
mother, the coachman was offered
$10,000 to relinquish all claims to
tho hand of his young bride and
leave the place. Ilis decision is re-
served for the next chapter.
WHO IS A GENTLEMAN?
A gentleman is not merely a per-
son acquainted with certain forms
and etiquette of life, easy and self-
possessed in society, able to speak
and act and move in the world with-
out awkwardness, and free from hab-
its which are vulgar and in bad
taste. A gentleman is something
beyond this; that which lies ut the
root of every Christian virtue. It id
the thoughtful desire of doing in
every instance to others as he would
that others should do unto him. He
if constantly thinking, not indeed
how lie may give pleasure to others
for the mere sense of pleasing, but
how he can show respect to others
—how ho may avoid hurting their
feelings. When he is in society lie
scrupulously ascertains the position
and relations of every one with
whom he comes in contact, that he
may give to each his due honor, his
proper position. He studies how ho
may abstain from any allusions
which may call up a disagreeable or
offensive associations. A gentle-
man never alludes to, nor even ap-
pears conscious of any person's de-
fect, bodily deformity, inferiority of
talent, of rank, of reputation in the
person in whose society he is placed.
He never assumes any superiority to
himself — never ridicules, never
sneers, never boasts, makes a dis-
play of his own power, or rank, or
advantages—such as is implied in
ridicule, or sarcasm, or abuse—as he
never indulges in habits, or tricks,
or inclinations which may be offen-
sive to others.
Mil Editor : Will you be so kind
as to request some of the doctors,
or lawyers, or teachers, or preachers,
or somebody else, to show the dif-
ferehce, if there is any, in the de-
grees of consanguinity between
first cousins and between half sis-
ters and brothers ?
COUSIN TIM.
Certainly. Gentlemen, you hear
the question ; what, say you ?—Ed.
Bad Behavior at Church.—On first
page will be found a communication
from Caney, over the signature of
" Order." We fully co-incide with
the writer's views with regard to
bad behavior at church. If any
young man or men cannot go to
church and behave themselves, their
parents should administer a sound
threshing, and make them stay at
home till they learn better manners.
Bonham Neios.
If parents would go to church
with their young men, and begin the
practice before they get " too big for
their breeches," there would be little
or no occasion for such complaints.
"Train up a child in the way he
should go, and when he is old [or
even a young man] he will not de-
part from it."
♦
Here is a bachelor's autographical
epitaph :
" At threo score Winters' end I died,
A cheerless being, sole and staid ;
The nuptial knot I never tied,
And wish my father never had."
It were better for that man if
lie had never been born. He ought
to have had a millstone hung about
his neck and been drowned while
young.
How to Produce an- Eclipse.—
Look through the bottom of a cut
glass tumbler threo parts filled with
the essence of corn, gradually ele-
vating- the frontal projection and
lowering the occipefcal protuberance
till the liquid disappears. Continue
the operation till the effect is pro-
duced, which is sure to follow. A
scientific experimenter at our elbow
attests the correctness of our theory;
and adds that the eclipse will be-
come total generally in six hours by
close application; at which time the
operator forgets which end is tip, if
either, and often feels up for the
srround.
A GREAT DIAMOND.
They have got at the Capo of
Good Hope what they call the "Cap •
Ooh-i noor," a diamond weighing
eighty-three and a half carats, ami
valued at £25,000. The gem is sai l
to be of the first water, and to havt-
been in the possession of a Kaffir
doctor and used by him as a chirm.
It seems that tho black doctor ho
valued the gem that it was with
great difficulty he was induced t>>
part with it. At length Van Nei-
kerk tempted him with 500 sheep,
ten oxen and one horse. If it be ail
that it is described, it will make the
name of the Cape famous. The real
Koh-i-noor weighs 110 carats, after
all the cuttings to which it has been
subjected. As first shown at the exi-
bition of 1851 it weighed 186 carats.
Nevertheless, there are not a great
many jewels in the world as larg«-
as the one treasured up by the Kaffir
doctor and now safely lodged in
Hope Town.
And yet every true christian has
a "pearl" of more value than all the
diamonds in the world—indeed it is
said to be " of great price," its
worth cannot be estimated. And,
sinner, you may have one too. Only
ask of the Prince of Peace, nothing-
doubting, and it is yours that instant.
And it will make your name famous,
causing it to be written in the "book
of life."
UNWHOLESOME READING.
Mr. Haynes, in his " Pictures of
Prison Life," tells of a young man,
blessed with kind indulgent parents,
and possessed of a superior educa-
tion, who was sentenced for fourteen
years for breaking and entering
stores. He had given no previous
evidence of depravity before he was
caught, and the wonder was that a
youug man with his inteligence and
surroundings should thus blast his
prospects in life. An examination of
iiis room at home explained the mys-
tery. He was a great reader of
" yellow-covered literature/'" He had
accumulated vast quantities of vile
trash; and had read it until he had
been crazed by the exciting scenes
and daring exploits of which he
read. He reveled in tho wild ro-
mance until his imagination was
taken captive. The end was crime.
What harvests of ruin have grown
from unwholesome reading.
A few days since, a man well
known in New York society—not
young, and who could'nt dance, was
sitting at a party, near a young lady,
and watching the mazes of the
"German." He turned to her,
knowing her well, and said, " I Visit
you would let me put my arm around
your waist." Of course she looked
at him in amazement. " Oh," said
he, "you know I can't dance, but I
don't see the difference. All those
young men have their arms about
the girls' waists, and why should
not I havo the same privilege,
though I sit still ?" That man's head
is level. What is the difference ?
The True Hero.—He is not the
one that beats and cuffs the smaller
boys, nor is he the largest and strong-
est boy in the school; but he is the
one tho school boys call chicken-
hearted, and will not -do mean and
cruel things; he is the one that tho
smaller boys love, who says good
lessons, studies hard, and that the
master likes best.
And at home, is one that respects
and loves his parents, and helps
them to do as much as lie can; who
is loved by his little brothers and
sisters, and the boy whom everybody
loves; and above all the one that
God loves.
We find it one of the most difficult
things in the world to keep up with
politics and military-ticks. Will the
Jimplecnte please inform us wheth-
er Gen. Reynolds or Gen. Buell com
mands this military district? Wo
only ask for information.
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Patillo, F. J. The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1869, newspaper, September 3, 1869; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235557/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.