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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-10-02

Lake Lather
AFTER Hoop.
Lake LAthcr vas a barber, sirs,
And lived at l.lingtoni
lie used 10 soap his customers,
And laid 1t shiekiy on
And yet, he Was no Iiastcrsr,
For often he would carp
At wha, they said, and, being blsnt,
lie took them up quite sharp
Twas very strange man 30 pert
Could 10 czpertly shave
But, though no one could better scrapc,
lie never learned 10 save.
His circumstances feing strait,
All things with him went wry;
His funds were low, no doubt because
lie held his head 30 high.
For it was found by all who crossed
The threshhold Of his door,
The more be took their boards away,
He bearded them the more
And go his customers fell Oh,
Because his tongue ran on,
And Stree no folks CAME in his shop
He found his income gone.
He tried to borrow, but his friends
Had so unfriendly grown
They LEI, him 10 himself and yet
lie could not get loan.
He thought, "How cold this csu i
world
On its wide waste adrift;
AID went and pawned his shirt for he
Was put 10 such shin.
lie peas,,r grew, through lack ofPcnce,
And melancholy-eyed;
And getting quito beside himself
Commil tcd suicide.
And so he passed, childlcss man.
Tho victim Of despair,
(For though he hair hid often dyed
lie died without an heir
And having nothing elSs to spend
He spent his lats-' breath
And all who onss mad known him said
II tas hssbarous death.
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For One Year 81 90
Six Months. ~
Clubs often on more, per annum, each. 80
THESE
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n worthy
Conservative their
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Each hundred exchanges leading
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With these advantages with
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there the history the
counsel the aee OF their able
the present This in the South BIO found and be found
newspaper All other closed Is the sole medium by
the public mind can be reached
The of these papers placed
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Our political affairs
the information that M
Those sill be devoted of no
Literature Scientific Researches Agriculture the Of
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The editors alternate each in
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Il. III. LINDSAY.
COTTON FACTOR

Com IN ercial Broker,
Taiiy's Block, spriug ST.,
: II X T. V T. Pc RT, l. A..
NPECIAL attention given to consign.
- ments of Cotton, Wool, Hides, or
other Produce for sale here. Liberal
advances made on eonsignments Of Cot
ton to j W Burbridgc 4 Co, New
Orleans.
HB- Real Estate, Parish and City
Bonds, bough, and sold.
July "a, 'ts n5o-ly
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THE
HAYWOOD HOUSE
Jefferson. Texas,
TIE LARGEST AND FINEST
HOTEL BUILDING
Meat ar fss> NIsaI.sI-x

II AS heen fitted up in style of ele.
IL gancc and comfort, that entities il
TO the patronage of the home and travel
ing public. The rooms are comfortable,
and have new furniture the table sup
piled with the best the market affords
and the servants attentive, In u word,
II is the business Of tho Proprietor to
consult the comfort Of guests, and to
make the house desirable stopping
place.
Terms:
Board and Lodging, per month,
payable weekly. ...,........$
Without Lodging, per month pay.
abic weekly, in advance, ! 90
Transient customers, per week, IS 90
per day, 90
Single Meal, .............. 90
W. g. RNES, Proprietor
| April IS, '6s. n3s-6m
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me rHixp nou1-
Oh | slumberer, arouse thee, despise not
the truth,
Give, give thy Creator the days of thy
youth,
Why standest thou idle ? the day break
eth, see
The Lord Of the vineyard is waiting for
thee.
Sweetest spiri. BY thy power,
Grant me yet another hour
Earthly pleasures l would prove,
Earthly Joy and earthly love
Scarcely yet has da~ ned the day,
Sweetest spirit wait, ! pray.
rHE SIXTH AND NINTH nouRs.
Oh loitsrer speed thee, the moon wears
ApAce,
Thou sqaandsr no longer thy remnant
OF grace;
But haste, while there's time, with the
Master agree,
The Lord Of the vineyard stands waiting
for thee.
Gentle spirit rrithse stay,
Brightly beams the rising day,
Let me lingsr in those boweYs
God shall have my nsootids honrs,
Glide me not for my delay;
Gentle spirit, rait, ] pray
rus nLEvRxYH HoUR.
Oh sinner, arouse thce, thy morning
hath passed;
Already the shadows are lsngthenins
fast
Escape for thy life, from the dark noun.
.ains Zee,
The Lord Of the vineyard yet waitetl,
for thee.
Spirit, cease thy mournfaf lay,
Leave me to myself pray,
Earth hath dung her spslf aroand me
Pleasure's silken chain hath bound me
When the sun his path hath trod
Spirit thsn. III turn 70 God.
Hank borne On the winds is the bcll'I
solemn toll,
It's mournfally psaling The knsll Of !
soul,
Of soul that dsspissd the deep teach
ings Of tsu.h,
And gave 70 The world the best days Of
It's yoath--
The spirits sweet pleading and stri
wings are Ger,
The Lord Of the vineyard stands waiting
no moro.
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Twas very strange a man 80 pert
Could 10 czpertly shave
But though no one coud better scrapc,
lie never learned TO save,
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-10-02

And vet, he WAS no Iiastcrsr,
For often he would carp
At wha, they said, and, being blsnt,
lie took them up quite sharp
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-10-02

Gentle spirit rrishse stay,
Brightly beams the rising day,
Let me lingsr In Aose boweVs.
God shalt have my nsontids hours,
Glide me not for my delay;
Gentle sp;r;t, ~ait, ] pray.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-10-02

Luke IAshcr vas a barber, sirs,
AID lived at lslipgton
lie used 10 soap his 'rs'omersi
And laid il ,hiekiy on.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11
a HINT TO LADJES.-ItiS is 4 Ill

a HINT TO LADIEs.--It is dis.
tinguishing characteristic of cult
waited woman to adorn and beautify
her person. In proportion as she
becomes refined or debased, she pays
more or less regard to her personal
appearance. The love of admira.
ton is, as it ought TO be, strong in
every wOman'S nature, and hence it
is that the decoration of her person
is slways regarded as OF paramount
Importance. The three most beau
tiful things on earth are women,
children and fiowerS-each equally
by nature pure and attractive.
Woman knows she is beautiful, she
loves to be admired by man eEdeav
ors to render herself as attractive as
possible to mans ewes, ana therefore
it is that she avails herself of all the
benitits of dress and ornaments.
Woman is gifted By natnre with
great natural attractions. Her COM
pleXion is, if not ruined by paint
ane powder, fair and delicate, her
hair abundant and lustrous. and
her form the very perfection of grace
and loveliness. Woman's chief or
nament is her hair. Nomatter how
reg, lar the contour of the features
may be-how lustrous the eye
how sweet the voice or graceful the
form, if the hair be not soft, glossy
and beautiful, the chiefattraction is
wanting. \ lady rem arkable for
the beauty of her hair, remarked in
our hearing the other day, that she
owed to the moderate and constant
use of "Barrctt's Hair restorative
a deep obligation, for by it she had
become locally famous for the abun-
dance and lustre of her hair. Using
it constantly ourselves we can add
our testimony that as n dressing
and restorative combined Barrett's
is superior to any Hair Preparation
we have ever used. 1t is reasona-
bile in price, too, costing only one
dollar for a large bottle full of mix
ture.-CncindtH Sunday Globe.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11

WHAT IT WOULD Do.-"Give me
the money that has been spent in
rum, and / will purchase every foot
of the ground on the globe. ] will
clothe every man woman and child
in an attire that kings and queens
might be proud OF, l will build
sckool-house upon every hillside and
in every valley over the whole earth.
J will supply that school house with
competent teacher. l will build
an academy in every town and en-
dow it college in every state,
and fill it with ablo professors. l
will crown every hill with a church
concsccrated to the gospel Of peace,
and support in its pulpit ar able
teacher Of rigbteouness so that on
every Sabbath morDig, the chime
on one hill shall answer to the
chime on another aronnd the earth's
broad circumference, and the voice
of prayer and the song of praise
shall ascend as one universal offer
ing to heaven"
This is no voice of enthusiasins
but simple utteranee Of what is
literally true and practicable, such as
any one can see who will consult
facts and history.
Pass it round, then, ye lovers of
temperance, and let the people see
where the money goes to that might
feed the hungry, clothe the naked,
and give to all nations the bread of
life. Pass it round, and let all see
that intemperance wastes more, by
untold millions, than ambition grasps
or avaricc coyets: and they that
find fault with our benovlence, or
our social organizations, let them
learn that the social disorganizations
crimes and miseries, which intemper-
ance produces are thousand fold
more extensive and grvieous to be
born.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11

A gallant soldier of the old army
of West Virginia was approached
by an insidious coppcrhead with a
plausible--"lIow are you, John !
| reckon YOU are going to vote with
us this fall, amt you {" "Do you
think am fool enough to vote with
you, after fighting you for four
years |" was Johns reply. "But,
you don't mean TO say all democrats
are rcbols y "No, but there are
mighty few rebels who are not dem.
ocrats!" John intends to vote rs
he shot.
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The WOUNDED SOLDIER AND

THE OLD CoLoRED WOMAN.-One
sees good deal of character when
travelling, especially in horse cars
and as | do a great deal of the latter
sort, | often get glimpses of the odd,
disagreable or pleasant side of my
fellow beings. Let me tell you a
little scene which was a lesson to all
who saw it. Going to Brookline
one day, / took a car at time when
it was fullest. AS we rolled along
| glanced up and down the two rows
of faces, and amused myself by stud
wing them. None were particular.
ly attractive except boy of eight
cen, or so who sat reading in the
corner opposite. He wasn't hand
som nor very well dressed; but
there was something very pleasant
to me in the thin brown face bent
studiously over the book. From
the cap he wore and the erect car
riage of his shoulders | fancied he
had been in the army, and l liked
him all the more for that. While
sat looking at him an old cOlored
woman got in, All the seats were
full, and no one stirred. Two gen
tlemen had given .heir seats to white
ladies, but none Of the five seated
gentlemen offered the old woman a
seat. She was very black and shah
by, but the ugly face was kind and
patient, and the poor clothes were
neat. Having no prejudice against
color, | was about to offer my seat
when the boy glanced up, rose III
stantly, and beekoning, said respect
! fully
"Here's a place ma'am."
Size took it with motherly Thank V
dear, thanky," and settled herself
with a sigh of satisfaction. Two
girls looked at one another and gig.
gled, but stopped suddenly with an
altered look, when they saw, what
none of us had observed before,
that the youth was lame. AS he
arranged his crutch the old gentle
man next me bobed up in an impet
uous way which made me suspect
he was ashamed of himself.
"Here, you mustn't stand; 81;
down. sit down." he said.
Scr tainly not sir. | can stand
perfectly well = and with a decided
shake of the head the boy looked
down at his book, coloring n little
under the four-and.twcnty pairs o
eyes that were fixed on him. The
old gentleman wouldn't sit down
and glancing up at the boys cap Ii,
said,-
"You've been in the army -
"Ges SIR. Il short time"
"See any fighting -
81 was at Wagner
At that quite little breeze of in
terest blew through the car. and til,
old woman patted the end of th'
boys coat, that lay on her knee
with look that was blessing.
SCOT wounded there p said tn,
, old man.
"Lost my foot sir
Up got aud insisted that h
I should sit dowr. But he laughing
ly refused, saying he was going t
! get out; and with Il military salute
+ he left the car 1t was curious t
t see how carefully the ladies DIRE,
; their skirts out of his way-how rC
specially man opened the doc
G for him, and how gratefully the ol
{ colorcd woman's eyes followed hin
e 1t was Il small thing to do, br
!. somehow | think every one had lea
} ned Il lesson of that true gentleman
; who had proved that he was not ol
$ ~ brave but courteous, in the hes
y sense of the word, for something
5 ncr than politcness Taught him
t respect the woman bacause she W;
/, old, and poor and black.-lie,ry
Il lnuSeum.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11

WHAT TO DO WITH BONES.-A
great number Of farmers are aware
.ha: bone is an excellent fertilizer;
but few are living anywhere near.a
bone mill or have facilities for max
inc the most of the bones they have
or can obtain. BY saving all the
bones from the kitchen, and all that
remain from the decay of farm ami
mails which die, several hundred
pounds can often be collected III "A
wear. Now what cheap modes of
treatment can be suggested for fit
ting these bones for becoming plant
! food
In the first place, take a slcdgc
hammer and break them up as much
as YOU can. Then take an old hogs
head and cover the bottom with two
bushels Of rotten chip dirt, or any
GOOD absorbent. Cover with ashes
and throw in n bushel Cf broken
bones. Cover them with the strong
est unleached ashes. Those made
from hickory, hard maple, beech and
white oak are the best. Those from
scrub oak, chestnut, pine. or old
rails or bark, will not afford potash
enough to eat the bone.
FIJI the hogshcad with alternate
LAYERS of bone and ashes, and have
plaster on top to absorb the gas
Keep in a warm place and moisten
with soap suds. If it freezes mp the
dissolving process is entirely arrest
ed. After several months. if tn,
hogshcad is upset, most of the bones
will be found quite soft, i the oshe'
,cere strong. Those which are still
unsubducd should go back and tak'
another six months sweat, and Il
you have some sulphuric acid dilut
cd with water throw this on then
with the ashes. The manure thus
obtained should be mixed with thre,
or four times the bulk Of peat, rot
ted sawdust, or any other active ali
. sorbent. The difference betwccl
coarSely crushed bone.meal is ont
mainly of time. The finer the grind
ing the quicker the action. AS ma
nurc for orchards and grass lands
, bones crushed to the size of beal
or u small walnut will have as muc|
virtue as bone flour, but no grea
d, effects must be expected the frs
: year. a little salt mixed with tn
. ashes will rot the bones. Burn
> bones are u slow manure, and no
7 more than half as stl ong as the III
U burnt.-Er.
|, In Nevada, contemplativc DiI
II ger Indian sat watching u party I
y base ball players, who seemed
q him to be working very hard. Turl
n ing TO one of them he asked "Ho
!. much you get one day"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11

IL is not probable that Absalom
was obliged to use any hair prcpar'
alton to force his hair to grow to
such an extreme length rs 1t is said
to have attained. In our day, how.
ever, people quite frequently find u
necessary to call scientific skill to
aid them In this respect. Such VIII
find their every wish supplied III
'Barretts Vegetable Hair lsestora.
ive."-- Doronpoyt (Io'cn) Demo Graz
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poleOns-scattering them all over
the table, to divide his risks. He
loses, then wins-loses and wins
again. Some are intently watching
the playing-marking the numbers
to see if there is any lucky figure.
Among them is a woman wearing a
black bonnet and faded black silk
dress. She has a long row of fig
ures, and is engaged in a mathemat-
ical calculation to find out the ratio
between gains and losses. Look at
her face narrowly. 1t is as cold and
passiOnless as that of yonder mar
BILE statue in the park. She could
see man step upon the fatal drop
and swing into eternity without
raising her fan to shut out for sec
ond the horrid sight. No scene of
suffering can change for an instant
the rigidity of that corrugated coun'
tenance-as hard as the hardest
steel She has finished her calcula-
tions, folds her paper slowly, puts
up her pencil deliberately, watches
the table, lays double guilder on
number twelve and sees it swept
away lays another-anQ1h her "A
fourth; all are gone, but the fifth
wins-the sixth loses, yet there is
no change of feature in that metal
lie Countenance.
Before we leave the hall let rs
take one more look. There is one
player whom we must not pass by !;
it is an old woman, with thin, gray
hair. hollow cheeks, toothless gums,
shrivelled countenance, deep set
eyes dim with age, and trembling
hands. She wears ill-titting gar
ments, an old straw bonnet trimmed
with faded ribbons, a shawl worn
threadbare. She is an old habitue
of the place. Year after year she
has set at this table. Many thCus'
and francs she has won and lost
| She is low down now and viii be
lower soon--in the grave. HeT
voice is sepulchral hollow, as il
sounding from the tomb. She has
six dollars in the corner OF a dirty
| handkerchief she plays ana every
one is lost, then leaves the table,
walks around the room, mumbling
to herself. her bent form and trem-
! bling limbs attracting for a moment
the eyes of all around her. She
goes to the door, looks out upon the
starlit sky, but sees no beauty there
no hand divine beckoning her up
ward to Il purer sphere. There has
been time in her life when HEAVIER
was nearer than perdition. If there
are voices still ca aIling her to bet
ter life, she does not hear them oI
she is perveTse towards them, 1o
she turns towards the table, raise
her arm over the shoulders OF th'
crowd around the table, tosses dow
dollar and wins two.
Her bleared eyes gleam once more
For moment there is Il hysterlca
movement of the toothlcSs jaw
a sepulchral laugh at this unexpect
ed luck, and though it is near mid
, night. she sits down to the table t
recover the losses of the evening.
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