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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30
Selected Story.
The Worn-out Font Of Type.

I'm sitting by my desk, George,
Before me on the floor
There lies WOrn-out font of type,
Full twenty thousand score:
And many months have passed, George,
Since they were bright and new,
And many are the tales they've told
The false, the strange, the true.
What tales Of horror they have told,
or tempest and Of wreck;
OF murder in the midnight hour,
Ofwar full many @speck ~
OF ships that lost away at sea,
Went down before the blast;
or stiiled cries ofagony,
AS life's last moments passed.
Ofearthquakes and of suicides,
Ofbank defaulters, broken banks,
And banking systems rotten.
or boilers bursting, steamboats, snag-
ged,
OF riots, duels fought;
Ofrobberswith their prey escaped.
OF thieves, their booty caughtE so
0fflOod, and fire, and accident
Those won-out typeshave told,
And how the pestilence has swept
The youthful and the old;
VI AhoAAlaBNof Vi plA hho anu hNANhog
OF things toplease or vex us
OF one mans jumping overheard,
Another gone to Texas
They've told us how sweet Summer days
Have faded from our view;
How Autumn's chilling winds have
swept
The leaf crowned forest through;
How Winters snow hath come and
gone
Dark reign of storm and strife
Andhow the smiling Spring had warmed
The pale flowers back to life,
can't pretend to mention half.
My inky friends have told,
Since shining bright and beautiful.
They issued from the mold
How unto some they joy have brought,
To Others grief and tears;
Yet faithfully the record k ept
Offast recedingy years.
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Correct Speaking.

We would advise all young
people to acquire in early life the
habit Of correct speaking and
writing; and to abandon, as
nearly as possible, any use of
slang words and phrases. The
longer you live the more diff
cult correct language will be;
and ifthe golden age Of youth,
the proper season for the acqui-
sition of language be passed in
it's abuse, the, unfortunate VIC
tim, if neglected, is very prop
erly doomed to talk slang for
life. Money is not necessary
to procure this education.
Every man has it in his own
power. He has merely to use
the language which he reads, in
stead Of the slang which he
hears; to form his taste FROM
the best speakers and poets in
the country; to treasure up
choice phrases in his memory
and habituate himself to their
use, avoiding at the same time
that pedantic precision and
bombast which shows the
weakness of vain ambition rath-
or than the polish of an educa-
ted man. $50
How tenfold sorrowful are
our sorrows when born in soli-
tudel Some one has said that
grief is half removed when it is
shared. How little that some
one knew about it. Half re-
moved When it is shared on
ly between two hearts, does
not love fly off with nine -tenths
Of it? There is but a little
small remainder for the two to
bear between them.--Anthony
'Tyollope. a.l ssd-Is.. e.ssi IA
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30
Rules for the Care Of She ,p,


LA circular issued by L. G. ID
Mckay, the general agent ol
the American Emigrant Com.
pany, gives the following: The
company have already 10000
sheep scattered among the farm
ers whopurchased land of them.
in lloclls ranging in size from
soto 200 head. 1e I"
l1. Keep sheep dry upderIf9ot
with litter This is even more
necessary than roofing them
Never let them stand or lie in
mud or snow.
2. Take UP lamb rams early
in the summer, and Keep them
up until December /, following,
when they may be turned out
3. Drop or take out the low
est bars as the sheep enter Oh
leave a yard, thus saving bro
ken limbs.
4. Count every day, q
5. Begin granting with the
greatest care, and use the small
est quantity at first.
6. If a eve loses her lamb,
milk her daily, for a few days,
and mix a little alum with her
salt.
7. Let no hogs eat with the
sheep, by any means, in the
spring.
8. Give the lambs a little
mill feed in time of weaving.
9. Never frighten sheep, il
possible to avoid it.
10. Sowrye for weak ones in
cold weather, if you can. o
IL, Separate all weak or thin
or sick, from those strong, in
the fall, and give them special
care.
-. If any sheep is hurt,
catch it at once and wash the
wound and if it is Ay-time APP
ply spirits of turpentine daily.
and always wash with some
thing healing. If a limb is bro
ken, bind it up with splinters
tightly, loosening as the limt
swells. ay f
l3. Keep a number of good
bells on the sheep.
Ia, DO not let the sheep spoil
wool with chaff or burs.
Is. Cut tag-locks in early
spring.
Is, For scours, give pulver-
lied alum in wheat bran; pre-
vent by taking great care in
changing dry for green feed,
IL. If one is lame, examine
the foot, clean out between the
hoofs, pare the hoofs if unsound,
and apply tobacco with blue Vi
troll, boiled a little in water.
49, Shear at once any sheep
commencing to shed its wool,
unless the weather is to severe,
and save carefully the pelt Of
any sheep that dies.
l9. Have at least one good
work by you to refer to. This
will be money in your pocket,
--1aS-.-SRuz-A
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

CLEANING SILvERwARE. - DIR
Elsner says that hot water in
which pared potatoes have been
boiled, is excellent for cleaning
silver ware that is in frequent
use. The object is lightly rub
bed between the fingers with
the sediment of potato flour
which makes it as bright as
when polished with any polish.
ing powder. For silver that is
engraved and ornamented this
potato dust has a great advan-
tage over polishing powder.
which latter gets into the crew.
ces and lines; anG can only be
removed with a brush. Plated
ware and white metal are also
polished with it. Instead Of
using oil of vitrol for cleaning
copper kettles and other copper
utensils, potato water, which has
been allowed to stand till it gets
sour, can be employed.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30
How to Get Along.

Do not stop to tell stories in
business hours.
If you have a place of bust
ness, be found there when
wanted.
No man can get rich by sit
ting around stores and saloons.
"Never fool" in business mat
ters.
Have order, system, regular
ity, liberality and promptness.
Do not meddle with business
you know nothing about.
Never buy an article you dc
not need, simply because it is
cheap, and the man who sells
it will take it out in trade.
Trade in money.
Try to avoid hard words and
personalities.
Do not kick every stone in
the path. More miles can be
made in a day by going steadi-
ly on than by stopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his
word as his bond.
Aid, but never beg.
Help others when you can,
but never what you cannot af-
ford, simply because it is fash
ionable.
Learn to say ''no." No oneces-
sity of swapping it out dog
fashion, but say it firmly and
respectfully.
Have but few confdents-the
fewer the better.
Use your own brains rather
than those Of others.
Learn to think and act for
yourself
Be vigilant.
Keep ahead rather than be-
hind the times.
Reader, cut this out, and if
there be any folly in the argu-
ment, let us know.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

CoNCERING the huge fossil an
imals found in the tertiary de-
posits of Wyoming, Prof. 0. G.
Marsh remarks; They nearly
equaled the elephant in e,and
their limbs were also similar to
those ofthe great Proboscidians.
The skull, however, presents a
remarkable combination of char
acters. 1t is long and narrow,
and supported three separate
pairs Of horns. It's top was
very concave, and along the
back there was enormous crest.
Anteriorly it was armed with
enormous tusks like those in the
walrus. He adds several spe-
Gle of these remarkable crea-
lures have already been named,
but at present they cannot all
be distinguished with certainty.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

b. Il = l . .
Y M The (Neb) Register contains
q long list of' forfeited home
stead claims in the Republican
Valley district. This will
make a good opening for emf
grants, and will undoubtedly
be taken advantage Of soon
The cause Of forfeiture was the
expiration of the six months
from the time Of fling without
the homesteaders making act.
ual settlement thereon. .d ~
W Il
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

HERR DE LAPoRT expressed
his opinion that the Emperor
William is not just the sort Of
man he should be, and in con-
sequence he will spend fifteen
months in prison.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

OATs.-Josh Billings says
"Allyou have to do to raise
them is to plow deep, then ma
nure il well, then sprinkle the
oats all over the ground, one in
a place. then set up mites to
keep chickens and wood-c -chucks
out ov them, then kradle them
together with a kradle, then
rake them together with arake,
then stack them together with
a stack, then thrash them out
with a fail, then clean them up
with a mill, then sharpen both
ends of them with "a knife, then
stow them away in the grapary.
then spend wet days and Sun
days trapping for rats and mice
It amt nothing but .phun tc
raise oats-try it."
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30
Is There a Central Heaven?

In the meantime something
has been done by astronomy, il
it has only suggested the mag
nificent and cheering thought,
that@we are not only connected
relatively with the millions of
suns and systems that we be
hold around us, but positively
and physically with some vast
centre out Of sight, and to
which all worlds and systems
alike belong and render hom-
age. What, if this should be
the heaven Of heavens, the very
throne and habitation of God,
the highest and best of all
worlds, the present abode OF the
Man Christ Jesus, and round
which, turning as ON a mighty
pivot, the universe of creation
and its mighty frame work rolls
it's starry face successfully to-
ward its Creator, is there any
thing irrational in such a suppo-
sition? On the contrary, are
there not many reasons, deriv-
ed from other sources, for think
ing it in the highest degree
probable? 1t must be allowed,
however, whatever may be
thought of it, chat astronomy,
without positively asserting it,
suggests here a grand and sub
lime idea. But here science
bids us farewell-having con
ducted us in imagination, as it
were, to the very portals of the
unknown regions-the celes-
tial, city-she mOdestly retires,
leaving us, however, not in the
dark, but in the hands and un-
der the guidance of another and
"sure and powerful" witness
and that is, the inspired volume
of the Scriptures. That assures
us not only of the reality and
certainty though it tells not it's
celestial longitude or latitude,
but of the actual physical moral
and intellectual connection
between the two worlds-heav-
en- and earth--established, not
by gravity, but by actual inter-
course of the inhabitants-by
the communication which has
subsisted between the two
worlds, though the medium of
intelligent beings (who have
visited us) of race far superior
to man, and who have passed
from one world TO the other,
crossing the vast guilt of space
that lies between with far more
ease than we can now, with all
the aids of science we possess,
pass from one countryor city on
our own globe to another-their
flight resembling, indeed, in its
speed, more the flashing Of the
electric spark along the wire,
that now sounds and spans the
solitary depths of our Atlantic,
than any mortal flight; but thus
establishing beyond all question
the intimate relation otthis ter
restrial ball and Kingdom Of
earth with another and a bright
er and grander and a higher
world and kingdom. But here
we pass from the testimony Of
science to the domain of ancient
and inspired history. Sunday
Magasipe. 5sgi
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

2ds The Memphis Chief Of Police
claims tosahave arrested Z the
man who murdered General
Thomas Hindman, ,at Helena,
a Arkansas, 'a1nl some four years
since, a'sa hg.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

NATURE never makes a blum
der. When she makes a fool
nobody will mistake him for a
philosopher. Some, perchance,
destroy by enthusiasm the eff
cheney of their talents, and
some by inactivity allow to pass
unused their fairest opportuni-
ties, but in doing this they only
exhibit their individual charac-
teristics.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

NOBODY likes to be nobody,
but everybody is pleased to
think himself somebody; but
when anybody thinks himselfto
be somebody, he generally
thinks everybody else to be
nobody.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

The San Francisco Bulletin
is at pains to labor through long
lines of figures to find an affirm
ative answer to the question,
"Does mining pay?" And this
is golden California, where the
rivers roll upon beds ofthe shin
ing metal, and the auriferous
need onlyto be tickled with
the spade to make them laugh
with fortunes.
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SoPHIsTRy is like a window
curtain; itlpleases sasan orna-
ment, ,'1ebuts its true use lis to
keep out the light. saa l1e ,g' Z. w
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

M. L. DE Sinety states, in a
note to the Academy of Scien-
ces at Paris, that he finds that
the liver or female animals be-
comes fatty during lactation.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

The Prince ofWales has late
ly been elected a member of
the London Goldsmith's Com
pany.3 s qara it sgi@
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The worthiest ofpersons are
frequently attacked by slander,
as we generally find that to be
the best fruit which the birds
have pecking at
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Do not be idle. Minutes
are too precious to squander
thoughtlessly. Every man and
every woman, however exhalt-
ed, or however humble, can do
good in this short life, if SO in
clined. Therefore do not be
idle.
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How to Be Loved,

l, Be honest.
2. Deal kindly.
3, Speak softly.
4. Aid the needy,
5. Feed the hungry.
6, Clothe the naked.
7. Visit the afflicted.
s. Pay what you owe.
9. Lift up the down-fallen.
10. Criticise, quite sparingly.
II, Take your church paper,
and pay for it.
IL. Above all love God su
and your neighbor a
yourself.
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NUMBER l6.
Items Of interest.

RICHMOND, Indiana, has en-
larged her city limits by 400
acres.
THERE are now 259 oranges
of the Patrons of Husbandry in
Illinois.
HUNDREDS. OF acres Of unhus-
ked corn still adorn the sub
urbs of Aurora, LII. ,s..r,5 ..t4
ABINGDON, Knox County, Ill,
shipped $4,000 worth Of mules
the last year.
The winter wheat in Central
and Northern Ohio is reported
to be in fine condition.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, complains
ola water works ring which
has drawn 100000 but no
water. ,i's
RrsH County, Ind, boasts Of
the smallest delinquent tax list,
for her population, in the State.
PIKE County, Ind, claims to
be richer in mineral deposits
than any county in the State. K
KALAMAZOO County, Michi-
gan, reports winter wheat look
ing well. Kalamazoo has ten
grangers. aq
farmers Clubs are being or
ganized in several counties
throughout the State of Mis-
souri,. 4
SPOTTED fever is spreading
rapidly among the children in
the rural districts of Berks
County, Pa. u
Snow to the depth of four
feet is reported at the head of
White Deer Creek, Lycoming
County, Pa.
The proposition to establish a
State High School for mechan-
les is awakening considerable
interest in Pennsylvania.
JUDGE Isaac Dimmick, one
of the earliest settlers of La Sal
lie County, died at Ottawa, ILL.,,
last week at the ofage 81 years.
He was a colonel in the war of
1912. 1rg
The trial of farming imple-
ments, under the auspices of
the State Board of Agriculture,
will take place near Indianapo-
lis on the 23d of June next.
The National Agricultural
Congress will be held in India
napolis on the third Wednes-
day in May An unusually large
attendance is anticipated from
all sections of the country.
The log crop of the Menom-
once, in Wisconsin, this year
will be conside rably less than
that Of last year, being only be-
tween 120,000,Q00 and $780,
100000 feet. =,
THE liquor men of Laporte,
Ind, have organized an associ-
alton in opposition to the Tenn
perance Law. which thew name
the personal Liberty League
of Northern Indiana" .'
Miss Nancy 0. Tyler, a popu-
lar school Teacher of Sedalia,
Mo-, who formerly taught at
Springfield and Griggsville, ILL.,,
died on the 21st ultimo. She
was a native of Bath, Maine.
WISCONSIN has eighty gram
ges of the Patrons of Husband
ry. Rock and Winnebago
Counties lead in the movement,
each being represented by
thirteen oranges.
CHAPLAIN George W. Repper,
of the M. Z. Church, now sta
toned at Gallon, Ohio, will de-
liver a lecture in Wooster, o.,
on the 11th inst. Subject
"Froude's Ireland, from a Pro-
testant Standpoint" haah
The recent discoveries of coal
at Marshall, illinois, excites con-
siderable speculation. The
samples brought to light have
been pronounced by competent
iudrac IN ha n,1ra ~ no otto 4.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

QUEEN VIcToRIA has cultiva-
ed officially twelve of her pre-
miers.
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Think little Of yourself, and
you will not be injured when
Others think little of you,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

The horses of the Pacific
slope, which are now undergo
ing the epizootic, do not suffer as
much as theio Eastern relatives
did The warm climate renders
the disease slight that but
few Of the horses are obliged to
suspend their labors.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

KELLOGG has promised to
dedicate a Connecticut opera
house, whatever that is.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-30

Iowa has settled the vexed
question whether horses are liza
bic to a second attact of the hip
.pozymosis, the epizootic having
broken out again, with a spec
ial mortality among the ami
mails which suffered from it
last year. '''''
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This Hotel Is furnished throughout with all
the modern Improvements. Guests can rely
on the best treatment and very low bills. 1.
Street Cars pass this Hotel to and from all
Railroad Depots. it4 .-i.
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Terms Of Subscription.

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This house, formerly the Isham House, has
been thoroughly renovated and beautifully
furnished. Having superior facilities, every
thing will be done tomake guests comfortable.
Table always supplied with the best the mar.
kot Affords Nicely furnished rooms and
cleanest beds, Good Stables. Every effort
made for the comfort Of patrons. All charges
moderate. VtI A4I f'I I.F
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A MERICAN HOTEL.

Corner High and State sts., nearly opposite
State House, VA 10
COLU NEBUS, OHIO
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EJ.RLoUNT Proprietor
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DIR. LII. MoNAHAN -.-- Proprietor
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M. L. CATLLETET, as the result
Of a series of experiments on
the proprieters of liquid Carbo-
mic Acid, finds that it does not
conduct electricity, that it does
not dissolve sulphur nor phros-
phorus, though it takes up a
small quantity of iodine. Itcan-
not dissolve common salt, sui
phate Of soda, nor chloride Of
calcium; it only acts very slow.
ly on carbonate Of lime Petro-
leum dissolves 5 or 8 volumes
Of the liquid acid; sulphuric
ether absorbs it in large quani-
ty. ,Stearine and paraifine are
insoluble. Sodium has no sat-
isfactory action, except on the
trace Of moisture that may be
present.. tla
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COLUMBUS. !. OHIO.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-09
II o. a
JOINT RESOKGTIOR

Extending the time OF the extraurtl HarS
session OF the General Assembly.
WHEREAS, The proclamation OF his en-
ceieney the Governor OF Louisiana. conven-
ing the General Assembly III eXtraOrdina
session December Q, 1872, limits the serIn
the reof to the period of ten days; ana
Whereas, Subjects referred to tho GesP, Gal
Assembly by the respective messages of
Acting Governor p. b. S Pinchback demand
Immediate attention and action. and for
this and other Necessary purposes arising
from the revolutionary action Of Fl. e.. War
moth and his abettors at Lyceum Hall,
make an extension of the session beSonb
ten days necessary; theref fore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House a$
Representatives of the State of k,ouisiana,
i'll General Assembly convened, That the
present session of the General Assembly be
and is, according to the provisions OF the
law by which the same is convened, thereby
extended to and including the first Monday
in january, 1878, at twelve o'clock NJ, IN
less the business on hand ing finished,
said General Assembly shonld adjourn at
an earlier day; and that this joint resolu-
ton shall take effect from and after the 9p-
prevail of the Governor.
tSigned) CHARLES W. S0WEL2,
Speaker 81 the House of Representatives.
lSignedl A. B. HARRIS,
lieutenant Governor and President ut qis
Approved Decenheq YS, 1872
tSigned) p. B. $. PINCHBACha
Acting Governor Of tho StatS OF Louisiana
a true copy:
u. b. MENT8.
Assistant t.sreSsry OF STATE.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-09
How SmaIl-Pox Spreads,

We copy the following from the Oaachita
Telegraph:
A distressing story reaches us from Wal
nut creek, on the Shreveport read. A
stranger called to stay all night some days
ago at Mrs. Bailey's. The gentleman was
taken in and lodged for the night, and left
next morning for jefferson, his home. He
bad been East, and had fever at the time
he was entertained by Mrs. Bailey. In a
few days two of the lady's children went
Ito bed with the fever, and shortly that
terrible disease, smallpox, began to
develop itself. Mrs. Bailey was also
taken sick. Her two children grew worse,
having no attention, and died. The
oorpses lay in the house two days, when
Mrs. Bailey crept to the roadside and
haiiing the stage related her piteous story
10 the driver. He made known her condi-
ton to the people of Arcadia, who secured
"a nurse and sent to the poor woman's relief.
Her husband was absent in Texas. The
sick stranger proceeded to Shreveport, and
there, il is said, died. but not before he had
written back TO say that he was ignorant of
the character OF his sickness, and to express
his regrets for having been the means of
spreading the lOathes0ine disease.
Mr. John Frost's family, in Jackson
parish, is afflicted with the smallpox, one
of his sons having gone home from Forks
vile with a fever which terminated in that
disease. The extent Of the disease at
louisville, we learn, has been some twelve
cases, with two deaths.