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Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.
The shortest and only direct route 10 In
dianapolis, Lafayette, Tcrre Haute, Cam
bridge City, Springfield, Peoria, Burlington,
Chicago, Milwaukee,, 81. Paul, and all points
In the Northwest. M.
The Indianapolis, Cincinnati n Lafayette
Railroad, with Its connections now 0lors
passengers more facilities In Through Coach
and sleeping Car Service than any other line
from Cincinnati, having the advantage OF
Through Daily Cars from Cincinnati TO st.
Louis, Kansas City, st. Joseph, PcoliH, Bur.
lington, Chicago, Omaha, and all intermediate
points, presenting TO Colonista and Families
such comforts and accommodations as nre
afforded by no other route.
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks TO all
points.
Trains leave Cincinnati at o;9o q. m, oa5 p.
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Tickets can be obtained at No. Burnot
! House, corner Third and Vine, also, at Depot,
corner Plum and Pearl streets, Cincinnati,
| DO sure 10 purchase tickets Via lndlanap.
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An examination of the latest
Published list of those to whom
Canadian patents have been
granted discloses the fact that
fully two-thirds of the patent
ees are residents of the United
States
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CRAWFORD HOUSE,
AGENTS WANTED,

In every county OF each state, for q now
National Book. (THE LIVES AND p0RTRAITs
or THE PREsIDENTs) with fac simlle copy OF
the Declaration Of Independence, tho Constl /
tuition Of United States, and Washington's
Fa .ewell Address, with 10 fine steel plates.
For circulars and terms, address johnson
Wilson Il Co., n Bockman 81. Ny
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TO BE CONTINUED.
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Buying Poultry.

Buying Poultry.
Few housekeepers, and fewer
cooks, are as good judges of the
age of poultry as they ought to
be. We all know when poultry
comes to the table, whether it
is tender or tough; and there
should be no difficulty of know
ing just as certainly, whether a
chicken, duck, goose or turkey
S old or young, when it is Of
fered for sale. Now the follow
ing is offered as a rule by which
poultry can be safely judged
which if read over for a few
times, and then laid away for
veady reference when needed,
no person need purchase old,
tough poultry unless from
choice.
If a hens spur is hard, and
the scales on the legs rough,
she is old, whether you see her
head or not but the head will
cOrrOborate your observation.
If the under bill is so stiff that
you cannot bend it down, and
the comb thick and rough,
leave her, no matter how fat
and plump, for some one less
particular. A young hen has
only the rudiments of spurs ;
the scales on the legs are
smooth, glossy and fresh color
ed, whatever the color may be
the claws tender and short, the
nails sharp, the under bill soft,
and the comb thin and smooth.
An old hen turkey has rough
scales on the legs, callosities on
the soles of the feet, and long
strong claws; a young one is
the reverse Of all these marks.
When the feathers are on, the
old turkey cock has a long tuft
or beard, young one but a
sprouting one and when they
are off, the smooth scales on
the legs decide the point, be-
side the difference in size Of the
wattles of the neck and in the
elastic shoot of the nose.
An old goose when alive is
known by the rough legs, the
strength of the wings, particu-
larly at the pinions, the thick
ness and strength of the bill,
and the fineness of the feathers;
and when plucked by the legs,
the tenderness of the skin un-
der the wings, by the pinions
and the bill and the coarseness
of the skin.
Ducks are distinguished by
the same means, but there is
this difference-that a duck
ling'S bill is much larger in pro-
portion to the breadth of its
head than the old duck. A
young pigeon is discovered by
its pale colors, smooth scales,
tender collapsed feet, and the
yellow, long down interspersed
among its feathers. A pigeon
that can fly has always red
colored legs and no down, and
is then too old for use.
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Des Moines is again tinker
ing with petroleum gas in lieu
of coal gas.
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led, and then there was thrust
in very gently the stem of a
dandelion, and the small boots
scampered away up the stairs.
"Little Mischiefr' exclaimed
Mrs. Bacon, and she would
have pushed the intruding stem
outside, but her hands were in
the dough. IF he wanted a
piece ofginger-bread why didn't
he say so? Mebbe he was
afraid of me. Cats run like all
possessed when they see me.
can't have my key holes chok-
ed up with dandelion steams-
that's so )! Soon's | get my
hands out of this, it will walk
into the stove-that dandelior
will"
But the dandelion was SC
fresh and perfect and brought
right back the old childhood
days to Mrs. Bacon so clearly
that she changed her mind.
There was an old horse-radish
bottle on the pantry shelf,
which, filled with water, receiv-
ed the dandelion. There, rest
ing in the kitchen window, it
smiled all day.
There was quite commotion
up stairs that night, and John
and his wife drowSily hearing
it, thanked their stars that they
were not routed by children's
ails.
The next day Mrs. Bacon's
watchful ear caught the sound
Of "Little Boots" on the stairs,
and again the blue eyes twink
led at the key-hole. This time
the door opened in response.
"Well, child, what is it p
Want some gingerbread ?"
ooh, no, thank you DEAR
said the little voice-a very
hoarse little voice it was-anC
the throat was all wrapped il
flannel. 'I wanted to know i
you liked my f'ower."
"See!" Mrs. Bacon pointed tc
the glorifed horse-radish bottle
"Ally Ally, child!' crieC
the mother anxiously. "Come
back, darling, you'll get cOld.'
"L'll take him up" responded
Mrs. Bacon; and taking with
unwonted tenderness the three
years old darling, she landed
him safe upstairs.
"It's the Group" explained
the mother. "He got cold yes.
terday out for dandelions-his
favorite flower, ma'am-callf
'em preserved sunshine-sav
me putup fruit last fall-there'f
where he got the idea, though
as to telling where he gets al.
his ideas-that beats me! The
doctor says he's that kind of g
child Group is likely to go hare
with-scares me to death tC
hear that cough"
"Goose oil is good" remarked
Mrs. Bacon.
"Did you ever try it ?" askeG
the new neighbor innocently.
"Me No use for it. Got 8
bottle though. Have it if yor
like"
Alas the doctors prophecy
was true. The fatal disease de
veloped that very night.
Little boots are still and the
starry eyes shine far off now.
AS he lay in his beautiful
last sleep-a flower amid the
white flower--a woman's brown
hand slippled a few dandelions
tenderly, oh ! SO tenderly, int
the dainty, cold fingers.
"That is right, Mrs. Bacon
DEAR" said the poor mother
"'Preserved sunshine!' That il
,ybot ho 90 Co., 80, -
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Mrs. Baeon's NeighboFs.

looking as mucn ike a SneeG OF
gingerbread as anything,
An express wagon had just
backed up to No 81 in that
block, and the driver unloosen-
ling ropes here and there, pro-
[ceeded to unpack the luggage,
"What have we here?" ex-
claimed Mrs. Bacon, the down
stairs tenant. A menagerie,
! do believe" Come here John"
There was, indeed, on the
very top of the load, a gray
HORSE that in the twilight look
led yerylreal till one noticed the
fg0ckefs onwhich it'stood. Bat
there was a kennel with a live
terriers head at the window a
bird cage with its auttering
tenant, a crib and high chair
besides, suggesting that the
folks in the other part,
might, in the language of Mrs.
Bacon, snake music
Now the down stairs tenants,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon, were pre-
else orderly people, living like
many other city people, in des-
ert-island fashion, and only
hoping that everybody else
would mind their own business.
1t had been for weeks their
great comfort that the "other
part" was unoccupied, and now
this load of household goods
brimming over with pets and
their belongings was an unwel-
come sight.
There were no young Bacons
thank heaven Plants did not
flourish in their shaded window,
nor canary birds splash water
from their tiny baths upon
the clear glass. No dog bark
ed a noisy welcome when his
master returned at night. No
cat purred in its mistress lap.
Fhe housekeeping Of the Bacons
was fight against dirt, dust,
sunshine and noise.
Somehow pets bring all
these.
"Well John" said Mrs. Bacon,
as she turned from the window
and pulled the shade over the
sacred glass, there's an end to
peace and quiet, We must
just keep the entry doors lock-
ed, and don't you be whistling
or singing round to attract a
child. Give them an inch and
they'll take an ell If folks
must have rocking-horses-and
what goes with them = they
ought to move into the country
where they won't be Fostering
other people"
But, to the surprise of the Ba-
cons, they were not "pestered,"
only by the patter of little feet
overhead, or a woman's voice
singing cradle songs or joining
in her child's laughter Crying
there was, too, sometimes, but
it was so soon hushed in moth
erly caresses, that it seemed a
sort of rainbow grievance only.
AT night, when the father
returned, there was, indeed,
quite a joyful noise up stairs, at
which times Johns face was a
little wistful.
/
But the new family did not
intrude for ever so small ia
vor.
Mrs. Bacon took good care
to keep out of sight whenever
the new tenants were passing
through the entryway. One
small pair of boots had consid-
erable travelling to do up and
down the stairs for a stroll up
on the sidewalk, or to old ''Dor-
chester Heights just beyond,
| 60, e,o,le nf en,,no uomaro Ona
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Selected Poetry.
The Brook.

"Oh, Il am tiredv' said the brook complaining,
~ fain would stop little while to rest;
The clouds would weary were they always
The bird, Il she forever built her nestl
"rhe stars Withdrew from heaven and cease
their shining,
The sun himself drops down into the west;
fain would stop" the brook kept on repin-
And catch my breath, and be an instant
blessed. ,t ...
"All daya voice calls, Follow, dearest, fol-
low,
And toiling on, seek to reach the goal,
Nor pause to list to yonder happy swallow,
Telling In song the secret of his SOUL"
80 foolish Brook!" the wind blew, in reply
ing,
Am not always with you on the wingP
Cease your sound mourning, cease your
weary signing,
The sun came up across the silver dawning,
And hung golden flame against the sky;
He dallied not to drink the dews of morning,
And when the night fell-lOi Me brook aods
drgi
AT rest! at restl no more Of toll unceasing;
No watering of the roots OF shrub or tree;
No boarding from the rain, nor still increas-
ossitself 4tlast yishin the sea!
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DAUGHMAN HOUSE.
1AEE2 K Z -.
HULBERT HOUSE,
McAEtFc {; ultiH.
JAMES WORKMAN. Proprietor.

This House, since changing p.opgictO's has
been tho oughly renovated from "t0p to 10
TOM" fhe present proprietor Offers " trN %
clers the best accommodation in clean a,
neat style, at low prices. toml AMI ,r! a..
Good stabling, and no SEES will be well cagc
for. G. w. BARNETT'S "lius line" sta Is from
this House daily at II o'clock noon, fol The
Railroad. l6-c1y
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Western Points.

Iallure IN Indlana.
Potatoes retail at $1.60 a
bushel in Jacksonville, Ill.
Onions declined from 81 to
S5 cents one day in Iowa.
During the season Dubuque
has made 100000 brick.
A new Grange hall has been
dedicated at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
Fairbault, Mimi, has COM
menced lighting her streets with
gas.
The Upper Mississippi pack
cts are retiring into winter
quarters.
A Fort Wayne, Ind, mer-
chant advertises his goods cat
oxyun."
Kenosha, Wis, has organized
a horse-thief detective associa.
ton.
This year the city taxes OF
Elgin, ILL.,, will be $4,000 more
than last year.
The corn crop of Minnesota
has thus far sustained scarcely
any damage from frost.
The population of Minnesota
has increased $4,000 this year
and three months left yet.
The salt shipments from Bay
City, Mich, this season amount
to about 475,0O0 barrels.
Rockport, Ind, young ladies
will defer buying their fall
dresses till the new preacher
comes.
Burlington, Iowa, complains
of scarcity of dwelling houses
renting for moderate amounts.
Portage county, o., has tour
Oranges, one each at Ravenna,
Edinburgh, Randolph, and
Windham.
Muscatine, Iowa, county Pat
rons of Husbandry had har-
vest feast at Muscatine, OctO-
Der s.
Rainy weather is sufficient
excuse for the non-delivery of
daily newspapers by Quincy,
ILL.,, carriers
The eighth annual reunion
of the Seventeenth Illinois In
fantry, was held at Galva, ILL.,,
on the 2lst of October.
The Des Moines, Iowa, River
is filling up with bass, pike, and
salmon, a result due to the anti
seining law.
Two young men nave struck
a vein of lead of unexampled
richness about two miles from
Dubuque, Iowa.
A Van Vert, Ind, boy eject
ed a gartersnake 18 inches in
length, from his stomach, and
feels relieved.
A cheese factory-near Iowa
Falls, Iowa, has averaged 600
pounds of cheese daily during
the past season.
There are 100000 bushels of
wheat in the elevator and 5000
barrels Of flour in the railway
warehouse at Duluth.
The Illinois State Teachers
Association will hold its annual
meeting at Bloomington, ILL.,, on
the goth of December.
The valuation of Milwaukee
has increased S2,0O0,000 dur
ing the past year, while the in
crease Of business done was
$12,0OO,OO0. aal
A laborer in a paper-mill
near Grand Rapids, Mich, fell
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I.eg.. .advertisementss 90 per square 70
i,st Insertion: and 80 cents per square ioi
ach additional insertion. a.
Business Cards, not exceeding lines, 70
per year. .,oo
All bills due on first insertion of advertise
ments.
= Bills with regular advertisers to be pai'
quarterly.
Business Notices--1O cents line. Marriage
Notices--accordin to the libefaiity ol sAs
parties.
Yearly advertisers entitled to quarterly
changes. 81,
ADVERTISEMENTS not otherwise ordered, Will
be continued until ordered discontinued, and
charged accordingly.
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The present number of Gran
ges in Wisconsin is 220.
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Hack Line.
|MoARTHUR HACK LINE.
CHARLES w. BARNETT, Proprietor

WILL run regularly to M'Arthur Station
w to meet all trains.
lack leaves Macarthur Post ONCE at 10
O'Clock, A. NJ, TO meet Fast Line West; at II
NJ. to meet the Cincinnati Express going east
at 2 O'Clock r. NJ, TO meet the st. Louis Express
going west, at D ?. NJ for Fast Line east.
WIN meet the Parkersburg, Marietta and
Zalcskl Accommodation on application In per-
son or by letter.
Orders left at the Post Once, Macarthur, or
Dundas. promptly attended to.
une d-iS73. CHARLES w. BARNETT.
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Dentistry.
R ESD ENT DENTIST.
aoksop C, H, Ohio,

RsiFA Can at all times be found at his oflice,
TEETH EXTRACTED absolutely without
pain, and with perfect safety, by the use of
LAUGHING GAS. cl9
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Railroads..

T nd, Gin, & Lafayette Railroad
Great Through Passenger Railway
TO all Points West, Northwest and
Southwest.
This Is tho Short Line via indianapolis.
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MACARTHUR ENQUIRER
). w. BOWEN, Editor and Proprietor
Terms OF Subscription.
Advertising Rates.

The spavu occupied by 10 lines of this (Non-
pareiD type shall constitute square.
Rule md Fignre WOrk-b0 cents additional.
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This house has been thoroughly renovated
and beautifully furnished. Having superior
facilities, everything will be done to make
guests comfortable
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A MERICAN HOTEL.
r SHAM HOUSE.

JACKSON OHT =
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ATTORNEYS.

D F. ARMSTRONG,
"A TT'OR N BY A IT 7 A w
- nG1ARTHEUE, o.
OFFIC In Second Story OF Davis Build
| lag, Opposite ' inton County National Bank.
July 81. 1873 ly.
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for there never could have been q surreude,
had we anticipated what followed, and W
could to-day have been Free" He still had
hopes of the South, he observed, because what
ever the men might be, he never yet had seen
reconstructed Southern woman, and while
the men of the day were mightier than the
principles for which they had struggled, he
yet hoped the children who succeeded them
would grow up to maintain and perpotu ate
them, and regain oil that we had lost.
Air. Davis remarks contained no sentiments
OF hostility to the Federal Government, but
eVineed an earnest devotion to constitutional
liberty for which the South had struggled, He
was listened to with deep interest and fire.
quently applauded.
A resolution, offered by Admiral Semmes
that His Excellency President Grant be re-
quested to permit the secretary of this society
to examine all the papers of the archives of
the Government captured by the Federal
forces from the Confederates during the war
and to make copies of such of them as he NAV
think fit, was adopted. Tho Convention then
adjourned, and the Historical Society met
A resolution was adopted admitting ladies
who had lost relatives in the war to member
ship. The society then adjourned, to meet in
Richmond at the call of tho President.
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Plea of a Sinner.

To the editor of the Morning Star:
have often hoard priests complain of the
small number of men who approach the COM
munion railing on feast days. 'Tis sad truth,
and albeit do not mean to shelter those ab-
sentees behind any excuse, yet 1 think can
discover the plea of many of them. Some of
your readers, am sure will feel it's force
approach the subject with fear and trembling,
because it is of woman that must complain
and that is ever an ungraoious task For
have the profoundest respect for woman; 1
honor, reverence and love her, and avow N.Y.
self ready at all times to break lance in her
dear behalf. But sho sometimes sets us too
severe task she is, ut times too tho gbtless,
inconsiderate and erigcdnfe, she ever exacts the
fullest measure of gallantry, and too often
forgets those nameless little arts of kindness
and of love" which charm us so much and fl
her SO gracefully.
am n mld-mannercd man, Mr. Editor, with
the bump of combativeness but imperfectly
developed, and possessing a large fund of
patience. / confess my sins sometimes-not MS
often, perhaps, as l should. On several occa-
sons have approached tho tribunal of PEN
ance, and, with becoming humility, taken my
position at the end of the line to await my
turn Slowly the line shortens, and it becomes
at length my turn to enter the awful box.
Suddenly, up pops Belinda from behind me,
and sails into the confessional. She must be
very wicked, for not longer is IIomer's cata-
logue of ships than the list Of her sins! She
is followed Immediately by Mary Jane, who
comes from some distant corner of the church
and takes position before me. And so it goes
on, and i wait with exemplary patience, hour
after hour, and feel, at length, that must
quit the church unshriven, and seek the worn
priest at his house, or return a day after the
feast" Many men, l fear, who had just then
reached the sticking point" after many
struggles and delays, do not return a day after
the feast, and for many days thereafter. That
is very wrong,tO be sure; but we must pardon
something to human weakness.
/ / have stated the case to you briefly and
mildly, Mr. Editor. / could present it in
stronger colors, and fortfy it with examples,
but deem it unnecessary. It's truth will he
felt by many of your readers. That many con-
fessions are lost every year on this account
have not a doubt, nor do l doubt that whole
some lessons of example are thereby lost also.
The subject is fruitful of suggestion, and
worthy the thoughtful consideration of priests.
To them 1 commend it, with the confident
hope that they will give it due attention. In
conclusion, would entreat the ladies to en-.
deavor to be more thoughtful. The time o.
the men is generally very valuable; indeed,
many of them have but little time of their
own. Do not drive them from tho confession
ais on these great feast days, but rather use
your pretty arts to encourage and lead them to
| the sacred tribunals. CSCs.
Mobile, august II, 1873.
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he Southern Historical Conven ton.
ADDRESS BY JEFFERSON DAVIS.

RGdMoND, VA, August 15.-IIon. Jefferson
Davi{ addressed the Southern Historical Con-
vertih, in session at Montgomery White Sui
phur brings to day He introduced by
Gov. fletcher, and WAS received with great
applahe.
lie burned thanks for this hearty welcome
to Nirinia, where he felt always welcome. and
whosdbrave men were only excelled in their
deeds Iby the bravery and devotion of the
womeb whose zeal and heroism throughout
the WI he highly praised.
He poke of the object of the Historical So
cety, md said that to write true history of
the VT it must be done by Southern men who
knew he facts, and that all the material must
be catered for the purpose South, that the
actioIf the South in the war and the causes
which brought it on, might be fairly laid
before mankind. He spoke of "Old Jubal"
Early J one who was ever faithful throughout
the wdb and as being the proper man man to
carry 1t this great object.
He sd: 1--WE have been more cheated than
conquSd by the declarations of the Federal
PresidGt, Congress and General Government,
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A writer in the Paris Temps, discussing the
origin of the word "sbab," says, "a last re-
mark dedicate to chess-players. Do they
know tho origin of the word checkmate 1t
is a literal translation of the Arabic Es ckeikh
mat the shiek (king) is dying"
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To see how eagerly human being will
catch at straw, it is not necessary to witness
q drowning. The phenomenon is now manifest
chiefly within saloons, where one end of the
straw is immersed in tumbler.
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Mr.. Bayard Taylor says the gallaries at the
Vienna Exposition show more clearly than any
thing else how enormously modern French art
is in advance of that of other nations.