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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-12
Renovation By Faith.

If you have failed for this
life, do not fail for the other too.
There is very much that may
yet be done, even in the after
noon and twilight of mems lives,
if they are hopeful and active.
When one of my Norway spruce
es died from the rude handling
of last winter, instead ofrooting
it up and throwing it away, |
let the ampelopsis take posses
sion of it, and it grew up rapid
ly through all the branches Of
the tree, and covered its top
with leaves. And in the au-
tumn, these leaves, which had
been green before, were all
changed to a brilliant crimson;
and the tree in its own life was
not half so beautiful as it was
when covered by this vine, clad :
with all the colors of the setting
sun.
Are you like an old tree that
is dead, and has dropped all ito
foliage, and stands with its
trunk and branches bare? let
faith and love cover you over,
and you will be more comely
and more useful standing cloth
ed'in such garniture than you
were clad in all your former
strength.
Be patient old man. Be pa
tient mother. Be patient,
widow. Be patient, you that
are impoverished. Be patient,
men that are scarcely thought
of, and are treading lower and
lower. God thinks of you.
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"0UE MINISTER
BY H. II.


"What a pleasant face YOU
pastor has" said one lady tC
another, ''and how CHEEKY his
voice. His coming is like a
CLEAN Of sunlight"
"And do you know" return
ed the lady, lifting a pleased
face toward her friend, "that
we call him Sunshine, because
wherever he goes he seems to
bring sunshine with him. II
he visits a sick one of his flock,
you can see the look of suffer
ing pass away, and the glad
smile take its place, for his
coming does good like medi-
cine. He has been a sufferer
himself, and the sick are conf
dent Of his kindly sympathy
Then he always leaves precious
.seed-thoughts, that are sure to
bring rest and peace.
eff any one has suffered loss
or bereavement, or any trouble
that leaves the heart sore, a
visit from our minister is sure
to bring healing"
"But how is it that he is al
ways so cheerful" was asked.
call christians are not so; has
he been mercilully kept free
from the losses and the crosses
in which all seem to share?"
ooh, no. said the lady and
her voice grew soft with pity ;
che has had heavy trials to
bear, but he counts these trials
as mercies. 1t is because he
himself has suffered that those
in sorrow are sure Of his real
sympathy. They feel that he
knows how bitter is their grief,
and when he speaks of comfort,
they listen, They know that
out of his great sorrow his own
heart has been lifted, and they
are willing to be led by him, to
the source of true comfort"
Into every heart where Jesus
comes a welcome guest, there is
rest, there is peace. 1t is writ
ten, "Thou wilt keep. him in
perfect peace whose mind is
stayed on thee; because he trust
eth in thee And of Jesus, it
is said, "For we have not a
High Priest which can not be
touched with the feelings Of our
infrmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we are;", and
again, "FOr in that he himself
hath suffered being tempted; he
is able to succor them that are
tempted" To be able to say,
"My Lord and my Cod" is a
dearer privilege than to count
as ours, the choicest, earthly
friendships.
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singular confirmation from an
indepenent and very recent
communication by Prot. Schia-
parelli to one of the learned
societies of France, in which
are given many curious obser-
vations on the great cyclones
which have deposited in Italy
some of the sands aplifted ftom
the Desert of Sahara.
IF the observed increased Sc
verify in the Southern winters
is confirmed by long experience,
it will work very material chang
es in the agricultural and sani-
tary condition Of the Gulf
States. BY increasing the win
ter rains it may accomplish
much good, supplying the soil
with stores Of water against the
usually destructive drouths Of
summer.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-12
Signs of Death.

The Academy of Sciences OF
Paris in 1870 offered a prize of
twenty thousan francs for sOmed
simple and sure signs Of death,
which any non-professional per-
son could understand and apply.
The most practical and salts
factory one given (says the
British Medical press and circa-
lm)is mentioned in a late num-
Der of Virchow's Aychi0.e 1t de-
pends upon the fact that no
matter how profound the Gym
cobe or how deathlike the per.
son may appear, if the circula
ton cotinues, however feebly
the person is not dead. All
that is necessary, therefore, is
to tie a string firmly around the
finger of the supposed corpse ;
if the blood circulates in the
least, the whole finger, from
the string to the tip, will swell
and generally turn a blush red.
The test is exceedingly simple
and conclusive.
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THERE is a man at South
Norwalk who understands the
eternal fitness of things; and is
not willing to interfere with
the sublime order Of the social
universe. He was witness in
an assault and battery case
lately, and testified that he "saw
the woman clawing at the mans
face and whiskers like a cat,
while the man had her by the
hair trying to hold her still,
while she was screaming 'mur-
der murderl' at the top of hel
lungs" ''It was an ugly fight
said the witness, ''but | sup
posed it was a man and his wife
having a bout, so | thought
wouldn't interfere" On being
further interrogated, the witness
said: "If | had known they
were not man and wife | would
have tried to separate them
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"lle has power, and can fulfill;
He is truth, and therefore will.h
CLIMATE CHANGES.

An interesting paper has re-
Gently been published by
southern writer attempting to
account for the increased sever
ity of the Gulf States winters.
1t is pretty conclusively estab-
lished that the cold of former
years in the cotton belt and low
er basin Of the Mississippi was
less rigorous than now, and
the fact seems to clash with
the known mitigation of climate
noted in Europe, Asia and ma
ny other parts of the world, as
apparently due to the telling Of
the forests and clearing the
soil. The writer in question
accounts for the climate change
by the telling of the Southern
forests, aiIording a more unre-
stricted scope for the northwest
winds, chilled by snow on the
Rocky Mountains. He also
very sbikingly contrasts the
effect Of the winds which
reach Southern Europe from
the arid ard sun-scorched waists
Of Africa and the Great Desert
and those which blow from the
Gulf of Mexico over the South
ern part Of the United States
The African winds exert no in
considerable influence on the
climate of Southern Europe,
producing higher temperatures
than those which rule on the
same parallels of latitude in
this country, while the gales
from the Gulf, impregnated
with moisture, only increase
the severity of the cold derived
from the northwest winds.
In the early part of this
century the average temperature
Of New Orleans was more thar
seventy degrees, and that o
the winters about fifty-six de-
grees-fgure undoubtedly toe
high for the present time
That the clearing away of the
vast forests of lofty pines from
the Southern States has opened
new ways and channels for the
cold winter winds from the
plains east of the Rocky
Mountains is highly probable
and plausible; but it is equally
probable that the rapid anC
widespread progress of emigra
ton in the Upper Valley o
the Missouri and Throughout
all the far Northwest has mad,
a comparatively smooth plane
over which the mountain wind,
may more freely and in create
volume descend upon th,
States of the Cult
Strange to say, the paper al
) Mded TO above has received
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Miscellaneous Reading.
THE C0NDUCT0R's DREAM.
GY T. DE WITT TALMAGE, d. D.

Tie had been on the train all
day, had met all kinds of peo-
pie, received all sorts of treat
ment, punctured all kinds OF
tickets, shouted GAIL out!" and
"All aboardw till throat, and
hand, and head, and foot were
weary. 1t would be long
while before we would get to
another depot, and so he sagged
down in the corner of the car to
sleep. lie was in the most un-
comfortable position. The wind
blew in his neck, his arm was
hung over the back of the seat,
he had one foot under him, and
his knee pressing hard against
a brass hinge. In that twisted
and convoluted position, he fell
asleep, and soon began to
dream.
1t seemed to him, in his sleep,
that the car was full Of disa-
greeab,es. Here was a man
who persisted in having a win
dow up, while the rain and sleet
drove in. There was a man
who occupied the whole seat.
and let the ladies stand. Here
sat a man smoking three poor
cigars at once, and eXpectorat'
ing into the beaver hat Of the
gentleman in front. YondeI
was a burglar on his way to
Jail, and opposite a murderer on
his way to the gallows. He
thought that pickpockets took
his watch, and ruifians refused
to pay their fare.
A woman travelling alone
shot at him a volley Of ques'
tons:
"Say, Conductor, how long
before we will get to the juno
tion?"
"Are you sure we have not
passed it2"
"Do you always stop there?'
"What time is it,"
Madam, do keep quiet
"None of your impudence |! ,
| 4" How far from here to the
Junction ?"
"Do you think that othe,
train will wait ?"
"Do you think we will ge'
there in time ?"
"Say, conductor, how many
miles yet ?"
care you looking out2"
"Now, you won't let mo g'
past, will you2"
"Herel conductor, here
Help me out with my carpet
bag and bandbox and shaw
and umbrella and this bundle
of sausage and headcheese."
What was worse, tho trail
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The long line Of depot lamps

are flashing along the track.
On the platform of the sta
ton are the lovers who are
waiting for their betrothed, and
parents who have come down to
greet their children, returned
with a fortune, and wives, who
have not been able to eat OF
drink since their spouse went
went away three weeks before.
AS the cushioned train flas Y
es into the depot and stops,
wedding bells peal, and the
gong of merry banquets sounds,
and white arms are flung about
necks, reckless of mistake, and
innumerable percussions of af-
iection echo through the depot,
so crisp and loud that they
wake the conductor, who
thought that the boisterous
smack was on his own cheek,
but finds that he is nothing but
a bachelor railroad man, with a
lantern in his hand, at mid
night, getting out into snow
bank.
APPLTcAToN:-Get an easy
position when you sleep, if you
have any choice between angels
and gorgons.
AT midnight, seizing a chair,
| ran into the next room, re-
solving to kill, at the first
stroke, the ruifian who was mur-
dering a member Of my house
hold. But there was no rutfian.
The sweet girl had, during the
day, been reading of st. Bar
tholomew's massacre, and was
now lying on her back, dream
ing it all over again.
/
When dreams find one lying
fat on the back, they cry out,
" Here's a flat surface on which
to skate and play ball." and
from scalp to toe they sport
themselves.
The hardest nag in the world
to ride is the nightmare. Many
think that sleep is lost time.
But the style of your work will
be nightly effected by the style
of your slumber Sound asleep
Is the sister or vide awake.
Adam was the only man who
ever lost a rib by sleeping too
soundly; but when he woke up
he found that, instead of the
twelve ribs with which he start
ed, he really had nigh two doz-
en-. BY this | prove that sleep
is not subtractino, but addition.
This night may that angel
put balm on both your eyelids
FIVE minutes after you touch the
pillow!
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Selected Poetry.
THE STREAM OF DEATH.

There is stream whose narrow tide,
The known and unknown worlds divide,
Where all must go;
Its wavcless waters, dark and deep.
Us sullen silence downward sweep,
With moanlcss ilow.
[ saw where, at that bitter tlo0d
a smiling infant pratting stood,
Whose hour was come;
Untaught Of i'll, ii neRred the tide.
Sunk, rs to cradled rest, and died,
Like going home.
Followed with languide eye, anon,
A youth, diseased, and pale, and wan
And there, alone,
lie gazcd upon the lraden stream,
And feared to plunge-l heard scream,
And he was gone.
And then form in manhood's strength,
Came busting on, till there, at length,
He saw life's bound;
lie shrank. and raised the bitter prayer
Too late Ibis shrek of wild despair,
The waters drowned.
Next followed to that surgeless shore,
A being bowed with many score
OF toilsOme years;
With tottering steps he nearcd the bank
Back turned his dihming eyes and sank,
An full OF tears.
How bitter must thy waters be,
Oh, dcath!-how hard thing, Oh me,
II is TO die
muscG-when to that stream again,
Another child of morta man,
With smiles drew nigh.
"ris the last pang," he calmly said;
For me-, O death, thou lAstno dread;
saviour! come
show but Thy face on yondcr shore;
sec we waters bcarme DER,
There is my sweet home"
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-12

Western Washington Terri
tory has not the rich soil Of
Iowa or Illinois, nor wood
prairies like those localities,
but some prairies are found in
tae timber.
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At Evening-Time it Shall be Light
BY REV. W. l. BURLINGTON, D. D.

"iAN HNN SNS'
No morning ever broke so fair
that it did not decline into
evening shades. No life was
ever given so dear that it was
not taken away. No family cir
Gle was ever formed so peace
full and holy, but that it was
not broken and passed away.
But it shall come to pass, that
at evening-time it shall be
light.
1t may be said that this is an
ordination of nature. God has
made lesser lights to rule the
night. Evening reveals to the
eyes of men the far-off and
beautiful light of stars, and the
moon, pale empress of the
night. They are lesser lights
in that they are less effulgent
than the sun, but that they are
not lesser lights as revealers fo
the breadth and majesty & beau
ty of the creation. Man had
never known his Creator as His
works disclose Him, had the
sun always shone, The COM
ing on of eveniog is the intro
duction to the world Of a glory
which the full light of day dies
the sun withdraws only to be
succeeded by other lights dear
er to the soul, and more declar-
ative of the infinite power and
goodness of God.
Evening has a beauty of its
own, not less than the day; and
and so there is in the passing
away of our mortal years, in
sorrows which quench our joys
and in the death which swal-
lows up our lives, a compensa-
ton which brings us nearer to
God, and reveals his glory to
us otherwise inconceivable.
The gospel of the grace of
God makes the evening-time
light. He who is the Resur-
rection and the Life, who Him
self entered the domains of
death and saw no corruption,
delivers his people likewise from
the power of the grave. AS
there is no death to the believ-
er, so there is no coming on Of
the night of death, but at wen
ing-time it shall be light.
This is the absolute, the high
est possible triumph of the
gospel of Christ. Overcoming
death, Christ overcomes every
thing that looks toward and
has the power of death.
To the believer resting upon
the gospel of Christ, there is
no peradventure about the flu
ture. He knows it will not be
dark to him. The light Of 9TH
er days shall 60 out but an
other light shall come in.
That other light shall be of a
different kind, come from a diff
lerent source, subserve different
purposes, but it shall be, and
when II comes it shall be sweet
er and more lasting than any
light that ever gladened our
eyes.
The grace ofGod in his gospel
comes here, a light shining
both ways-it sheds the light
of forgivness over all the past,
of healing, and Of hope over
all the future. Christ's media
torial work, putting his almight-
mess in place of our weakness,
his perfect merits in place of
our unworthiness, supplies every
wait, and leaves nothing to be
desired.
So utterly is sin done away
with by the love Of Christ in
dying for US, that as an en-
emy to condemn, q power to
enthrall, it exists no more.
The curse is removed; the bless
ing of God, of which It is q
trophy, remains. The wounds
Of sin are healed by the same
touch that restored Malchus
sad now they sss a0a0sabs
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A JACKSONVILLE despatch b
says a distinguished horticultu-
rist who has had the amplest
means Of being advised upon
the matter, reports that the in
tensley cold weather Of this
winter has made a total destruc-
ton of the peach buds through
out the Mississippi valley as
far south as Memphis. The
Usage orange hedges, with
which a great many fields in
Morgan and adjacent counties
are enclosed, are also said to
be killed.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-12

Among the articles from
America to be exhibited at the
Vienna exhibition is a log of
black walnut, the largest ever
grown, six feet in diameter and
is feet long, which was cut in
Missouri, and weighs seven
tons.
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A California paper recounts
a series of massacres by the
Modoc Indians since 1916, in
which one hundred and twenty
white men were murdered.
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--PdIIAoElPnrA proposes To
make it a rule that all visitors
to Il 0 centenrial celebration ia
1876 shall adept tho coet, rnos
aud vVst0mso Of l77&
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Legal Adyertisemcnts-S 90 per square for
hrst Insertion; and 80 cents per square for
each additionalin insertion.
Business Cards, not exceeding lines, s5
per year.
Al bills due on first insertion OF advertise
ments.
Bills with regular advertisers to be paid
quarterly
Business Notice6-1O cents line. Marriage
Noticcs-accordn to the fiberality of the
parties.
Yearly advertisers entitled TO quarterly
changes.
Advertisements not otherwise ordered, viii
be continued until ordered discontinued, aud
charged accordingly.
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In some portions Of the State
of Kansas more is realized by
the sale of husks to mattress
manufacturers than can be got
for the corn the husk covered.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-12

Abba, Iowa, has a $4,000
Joint stock coal company, which
has proceeded to business.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-12
I)EpoT HOTEL

CoTHE, OHIO.
NJ. MgRRtt r - Proprietor
This Hotel, q fOw ssDt from the Railroad De-
pot. and where oil lliyeDeis on all tihlng can
lake meals, has Just b09n greatly enlarged AMI
thoroughly repaired, palhipl, No, and Is now
IN complete order for The reception OF guests.
Trains stop ten mluutcs for meals, Terms
moderate.
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A MEXICAN HOTEL.

Corner High and State Sls,, nearly opposite
state House,
COLUMBUS OHIO-
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This Hotel IL furnished throughout with all
the modern Improvements. Guests can rely
ON the best treatment and very low bills. .
stfcOti ars pass this Hotel to and irom all
linil toud DplUtF,
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This Hotel is In the most convenient part Of
the cily--ou Front 81, bGlwcen Market and
Jefferson,
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crawford HOUSE,

"
Corner Sixth and Walnut streets.
CINCLN ~ .AT'I, OEiIO-
-------sf
Il, '. oAKEs n j. n. FISHER, Proprctors
JSo. MolNTYnE u J. II. CoSNgLLy, Clerks'
f"|
hscis house has boon entirely Ronttot, no-
ts aud Remodclcd, and 10 In all rc-
s'''N srnsT.CLAss HOTEL.
a ~ rliE LuxuBlEs 0FTnn SEASON. ihO,u
snrpgssed BY none In tho West Ample ana
u,eaeAnt Accommodation for travellers, Give
NJ y vn,I, OAliipo a. O0,s RropyiVto~
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HOTEDS.
MI ERCHANTs HOTEL.

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.
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The Kansas Pacific is pay
iug fifty cents tor ties.
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ATTORNEYS.

UFFiCl- First door West Of DSa. VIII &
hfOs. Esperal attrusion given 90 the cOllcc'
tom Of ctaiuN gsras
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Ed nLouNT - Proprietor
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
Notice.

WHITAKER & ALLEN, Hard
ware and Grocery Merchants,
Fayetteville, Tenn, would res
pectfully notify their friends and
the public generally, that they
have removed from their former
stand on College street to the
Public Square, next door to
Wright & Wilson, where they
are prepared and determined to
sell any article in their line as
low, if not lower, than any
house in the place. They res
pectfully invite all to give them
a call and judge for themselves.
They will continue to exchange
goods for all kinds Of country
produce, the usual barter Of
the country, and greenbacks.
Call for the Warren improved
hoe, warranted to give satislac-
ton, or money returned. If
you need Threshers, Mowers:
Plows, Corn Shelters, or any
thingin the farming implement
line, give us q call.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
Trial by Jury.

The uncertainty attending the
time honored system of trial by
jury, or rather the certainty tf
the escape from justice of two
thirds OF the criminals who are
tried and deserving of punish.
ment, has led to the belief, in
many minds, that some modifica-
tan of the system IS demanded
in order to protect society from
abuse at the hands of the lawless
and vicious. The precise charac-
ter of the change sought for, to
render more certain the admins
tration OF justice, it is difficult to
arrive at, inasmuch as the law is
supposed to protect the Innocent
as to punish the guilty. 1t has
been suggested that n modi6ca'
ton of the present jury system,
4oas to empower two-thnds OF
three-fourths of a jury to render
a verdict, would be desirable
Remarkipg upon this SUBJECT the
Westminster Democratic AdrO-
cate says:
Trial by jury, as now constitu
ted, is falling into contempt
The press is clamoring for
change. 1t is next to impossible
now, to convict a criminal wht
has money or influential friends
and society feels that the courts
afford very inadequate protection
against the vicious and depraved
In a majority of cases, wher
: g eat criminals are arraigned a
the bar of public justice, the jur.
fails to agree upon a verdict AM
is discharged. Another tria
must then be had, probably witt
similar results, and in too man.
cases the culprit escapes just pun
ishment, while the expense attel
I dant upon these protracted trial
! is becoming exceedingly burden
some to the people. This stat
of things has led to very genera
desire to have our jury syster
modified Sc as to empower MI
iori'y or two-thirds of the jnr
> to render verdict.
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Plain Facts.

We will soon have our Spring
stock of Boots, Shoes, Hats,
leather, &c. We are fully salts
fed that the Boot and Shoe bust
ness is n success, and we will COM
mence the Spriog campaign with
a much larger stock than we have
offered before. We will have
both hand and eastern made goods
of every description. Our Mr..
Chas. Waddle is now in Massachu-
setis making purchases from the
manufactory, buying from first
hands in larger quantities than
any Fayetteville house ever
bought, and paying the cash for
every shoe. We can and will offer
greater inducements than have
ever been offered in Fayetteville.
GRAY, HATCHER & WADDLE.
n W. corner Square.