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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-04-16

IT is not surprising that foreign
ers occasionally fail to catch all
the delicate shades Of meaning be-
longing to our words, and some of
their mistakes are laughable. OF
such a character was the remark Of
q Frenchman, who, finding that
ferment meant "to work." said he
loved to ferment in the garden;
and of another who asked at law
yer's Office for a "shall," meaning a
will. Still another said, 81 love de
horse, de sheep, de dog, de cat in
short, everything that is beastly."
Shakespere's line, "Out brief can
dle," was translated literally by q
Partisan author, "Get out, you short
CANDLE" and the expression, with
my sword will carve my way to
fortune" was rendered, "With my
sword l will make my fortune cut
ting meat" one Of the meanings of
carve being ITO cut meat"
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MOST DIsAGREEABLE PRAcTIcE.-
We heard some ladies who attend
ed the hop at the Yarbrough
House, the other night, complain
of some one for having spit upon
the floor of the hall, thereby soil
ing their dresses. This was de-
cidedly bad taste, to say the least
Of it, and we are surprised that gen
tlemen should have so far forgotten
themselves. We would suggest
that those who cannot possibly dis
pense with their quid while in the
presence of ladies OF dancing with
them, to request that special ar
rangements be made for their ben
efit.-R Raleigh Sentinel.
If splitting the juice of tobacco
on the floor Of a dancing room, is
disgraceful what ought TO be said
Of those who chew and spit on the
floor of the house of God during di-
vine service2--E E1chaage.
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The Evils Of Smoking.

OF the three methods Of using
tobacco, that of smoking has insin-
uated itself most extensively among
the youth Of this country, and is in
reality the most hurtful use that
can be made of the weed. Tobacco
employed in this way, being drawn
in by the vital breath, conveys its
poisonous influences into every part
Of the lungs. There the noxious
fluid is entangled in the minute,
spongy air cells, and has time to
exert it's pernicious influence on the
blood--not in vivifying, but in viii
ating it. The blood imbibes the
stimulent narcotic principle, and
circulates it through the whole sys-
TEN. 1t produces, in consequence,
febrile action in those Of delicate
habits. Where there is any ten
dency to phthisic and the tubercu-
lar deposit in the lungs, debility of
these organs, consequent on the use
of tobacco in this way, must favor
the deposit of turberculous matter,
and thus SOW the seeds Of consump-
tion. This practice impairs the
natural taste and relish for food
lessons the appetite, and weakens
the power of the stomach greatly
The great prevalence of craving
thirst among smokers can be trac-
ed to its action on the lungs; and
because it is there instead of in the
stomach, the liquors that are drank
do not alleviate the thirst, but
rather aggravate it. 1t is time
that medical testimony was turned
to this point, and the great danger
pointed out that threatens to make
us a nation of Sybarites and pig
mics.
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Selected Story.
STORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL
SLEEPER.
BY p. FISHE REED.

1t was Kameda who had secreted
herself in the willows. She had
first been attracted by the light Of
the fire; then seeing the child and
hearing the strange conversation,
she was curious to know what it all
was about. Having learned this,
to her satisfaction, she slipped nois-
lessly from her covert, hurried to
the house and begged her master to
rescue the little one.
Muntin took hisgun and followed; /;
creeping carefully upon the unsus-
pecting men, he fired his piece al
most in their faces, when he and
Kameda set up the wild and fear
ful Indian war cry.
The men, not doubling that a
party Of merciless savages were up
on them, sprang to their feet in the
greatest terror, and fed into the
darkness, leaving their beautiful
prize, as they supposed, to certain
death.
Phineas Muntin carried the Beau
tiful Sleeper to the house and laid
him in the bed where his own little
Bennis once slept.
He was struck with the wonder
full beauty Of the child, and as he
stood at the head of the bed, gaz-
ing at the sweet face, he could not
resist the impulse to lay his hand
upon it. So he stood there, passing
his fingers gently upwards over the
features and through the glossy
curls.
Muntin was sad and silent. He
was thinking of a time in the past
when he had done the same thing
for little Bennie; and he sighed be-
cause the past could no more re-
turn. But the future! A happy
thought flashed upon his mind, and
he smiled. Kameda saw the change,
she knew very well what he was
thinking about; she was delighted.
"Thc little one is lost to it's par
ents," she said. "IIe must have a
home. Let his name be Bennie
Muntin."
Phineas Muntin smiled again, II
was just what he had decided upon.
BLESSED Bennie,' he said fervent-
ly. A tear dropped upon the little
ones cheek as Muntin stopped
down and kissed him.
Buta wonderful change had come
overthe beautiful sleeper. AS Nun.
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A Sublime Truth.

Let a man have all the world can
give him, he is still miserable, If he
has n groveling, unlettered, unde-
vout mind. Let him have his gar
dens, his fields, his woods, his
lawns for grandeur, plenty, orna-
ment and qualification, while at the
same time God is not in all his
thoughts. And let another have
neither fields nor garden, let him
only look at nature with an enlight.
ened mind--a mind which can see
and adore the Creator in his works,
can consider them as a demonstra-
tion of his power his wisdom, his
goodness and his truth-this man Is
greater as well as happier in his
poverty, than the otherin his riches.
The one is a lutte higher than a
beast, the other a little lower than
an angel.
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Can't Get Rid of the Scars.


If you want to make the ruin Of
a child sure, give him liberty after
dark. You cannot do anything
nearer to insure his damnation than
to let him have the liberty to go
where he will without restraint.
After dark he will be sure to get
into communication with people
that will undermine all his good
qualities. / do not like to speak to
parents about their children. Their
child cannot or will not lie, when
his tongue is bended like a bow; he
will not drink, when there is not
saloon within mile Of his fathers
house where he is not so well known
as one of its own decanters; he
never does iniquitous things, when
he is reeking in filth. Nineteen out
of twenty allowed perfect freedom
at night will be wounded by it.
There is nothing more important
than for a child to be, home at
night, or, if he is abroad, you
should be with him. If he is to see
any sights, or take pleasure, there
is nothing that you should not see
with him. 1t is not merely that
the child should be broken down,
but there are thoughts that never
ought to find passage into q mans
brain. AS an eel, if he wriggles
across your carpet will leave his
slime which no brushing can ever
efface, so there are thoughts that
you never get rid of, once permitted
to enter your mind; and there are
individuals going round with OBJ
scene books and pictures, under the
lappels Of their coats, that will leave
ideas in the mind Of your child that
can never be effaced. W
There are men here who have
heard salacious song, and they
will never forget it to the ends of
their lives. / do not believe in q
child's seeing life, as it is called,
with its damnable lust and wicked
ness, to have allhis imagination set
on fire with flames Of hell.
Nobody goes through this fire but
he is burned, and he can't get rid
Of the scars-H. w. Beecher.
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at the charmed place which, though
"little among the thousands of
Judah" is full Of hallowed memor-
les. Near at hand was the tomb of
Rachel, bringing to mind her
mournful death and burial. In
some of the fields just before us the
beautiful young Mohabitess CLEANED
after the reapers Of Boaz three
thousand years ago. Over those
"green pastures" and by those "still
waters" roamed the shepherd boy
who afterwards became the royal
psalmist of Israel. Down in the
valley before us was the well Of
which the home-sick warrior said:
"Oh! that one would give me drink
of the water of the well of Bethle-
hem, which is by the gate" But
the one great event that has rem
dered the name sacred, and ranked
it among the holy places Of earth, is
the birth Of Jesus. A thousand
years after David kept his fathers
sheep, other shepherds on the same
fields were watching their hocks by
night, when down through the
clouds there came an angel, saying,
II bringyou glad tidings," and then
suddenly the sky was full Of angels,
singing the triumphant doxology:
"Glory to God in the highest"
Thus thinking of Jacob and
Rachel, of Ruth and Naomi, of
David and Samuel, Of Joseph and
Mary, Of the crowded inn, the man
ger-cradle, the wise men, the guild
ing-star, the wondering shepherds,
the angelic songsters, and, above
all, of the blessed Jesus, we took
our last look of Bethlehem, and
turned toward Jerusalem.
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LUoK.-We like the thoughts
which follow on luck. "Some
young men talk about luck. Good
luck is to get up at six o'clock in
the morning. Good luck, if you
only have shilling a week, is to
live on eleven pence and save a
penny. Good luck is to trouble
your head with your own, and let
others business alone. Good luck
is, fulfil the commandments and do
unto other people as we wish them
to do unto us. We must plod and
persevere. Pence must be take n
care of, because they are the seeds
Of guineas. To get along in this
world, We must take care of home,
sweep our own doorways clean, try
to help other people, avoid tempta-
tions, and have truth, and faith in
God."--Sua.
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Trusting God.

Christians might avoid much
trouble and inconvenience if they
would only believe what they pro-
fess, that God is able to make them
happy without anything else. They
imagine that if such q dear friend
were to die, they should be misera-
BILE; whereas God can make them a
thousand times happier without
them. To mention my own case;
God has been depriving me of one
mercy after another; but as one is
removed, he has come in and filled
up its place. Now when / am a
cripple and not able to move, 1 am
happier than ever was in my life
before, or ever expected to be; and
if l had believed this twenty years
ago, l might have been spared much
anxiety. If God had told me some
time ago that he was about to make
me as happy as I could be in this
world, and then had told me that
he should begin by crippling me in
all my limbs, and removing me
from my usual sources of enjoy
ment, 1 should have thought it a
very strange mode of accomplishing
this purpose. And yet how is his
wisdom manifest even in this
Dr.. PaySon.
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LITTLE SINs.-A little hole in a
ship sinks it; small breach in a
sea-bank carries all away before it;
a little stab in the heart kills man;
and little sin, as it is often impro-
perly called, tends to his final de-
struction. A little drop has been
many a mans ruin-every drunkard
began with u single glass.
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A LITTLE GIRLS Vow..-A gen
tleman relates that many years ago
he was on a visit to the Isle of Man,
and during his walks he strolled
into the quiet churchyard, where
repose the bodies of many q faith
full and humble Christian. Near
a grave in corner Of the church
yard he noticed a lady with a
little girl--the latter about twelve
years OF age-to whom she was re-
lating the story Of the Dairyman's
Daughter, whose remains lay be-
meath their feet. AS the lady pro-
ceeded with the narrative, he OBJ
served the little girl lift up her
eyes, filed with tears, and heard
her say that she would try and be
as good as the Dairyman's Daugh-
ter had been. After planting a beau
tifnl lily on the grave, they walked
slowly away. The gentleman,
upon making inquiry, found that
the lady was the Duchess of Kent
and the little girl her daughter
The latter is now the Queen of Eng
land.-EagliSh Paper.
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We fail to compare justly the
life Of the man who does much
with the life of the man who does
little-greatly to the disparage-
ment Of the former one. The man
who does much, in whose life there
is much living, must commit con-
siderable errors; and must run a
much greater chance of some errors
being discovered and made known.
Arthur Helps.
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HAVE you not often wondered at
the human utterances of the divine
worldp 1t thunders like God, and
yet weeps like man. 1t seems i'm
possible that anything should be
too bitter, or even too sinful for
that book to overlook. 1t touches
humanity at all points. Every
where it is personal, familiar ac-
quaintance, and seems to say to it.
self: "Shall 1 hide this thing from
Abraham my friendP SpaWyeon.
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The Airless Moon.

uilN pWORo "'NJ
by modern science was the pleasant
fancy that the moon was q habita7
BILE globe, like the earth, its surface
diversified with seas, lakes, contin-
ents and islands, and varied forms
of vegetation. Theologians and
SaUantS gravely discussed the prob
abilities of it's being inhabited by q
race Of sentient beings, with forms
and faculties like our own, and even
propounded schemes for opening
communication with them, in case
they existed. One Of these was to
construct, on the broad highlands
of Asia, a series of goemetrical fig
ures, on a scale so gigantic as to be
visible from our planetary neigh
Dor, on the supposition that the
moon people would recognize the
object and Immediately construct
similar figures in reply! Extrava-
giant and absurd as it may appearin
the light of modern knowledge, the
establishment of this terrestrial and
lunar signal service bureau was
treated as q feasible scheme, al
though practical difficulties, which
so often keep men from making
fools of themselves, stood in the
way of actual experiment; but the
discussion was kept up at intervals,
until it was discovered that if there
were people in the moon they must
be able to live with breathing, or
eating, or drinking. Then it ceas-
ed. There can be no life without
air. Beautiful to the eye of the
distant observer, the moon is a
sepulchral orb-a world of death
and silence. No vegetation clothes
its vast plains Of stony desolation,
traversed by monstrous crevasses,
broken by enormous peaks that rise
like gigantic tombstones into space; (;
no lovely form Of cloud floats in the
blackness of its sky. There, day
time is only night, lighted by ray
less sun. There is no rosy dawn in
the morning, notwilight in the even
ing. The nights are pitch dark. In
daytime the solas beams are lost
against the Jagged ridges, the sharp
points Of the rocks, and the steep
sides Of profound abysses; and the
eye sees only grotesque shapes re-
lieved against fastastic shadows
black as ink, with none of that
pleasing graduation and diffusion of
light and shadow, which make the
charm of u terrestrial landscape. "A
faint conception Of the horrors of a
lunar day may be formed from an
Illustration representing a land
scape taken'in the moon in the cen
tire Of the mountainous region of
Aristarchus. There is no color,
nothing but dead white and black.
The rocks reflect passively the light
Of the sun; the craters and abysses
remain wrapped in shade; fantastic
peaks rise like phantoms in their
glacial cemetery; the stars appear
like spots in the blackness of space.
The moon is dead world; she
has no atmosphere. - Harper'S
Mdgazine.
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Original Poetry.
THE VOICE IN THE TWILIGHT
by MRs. NJ. A. WHITE.


was sitting alone towards the twilight,
With spirit troubled and vexed,
with thoughts that we're morbid and gloomy
And faith that was. sadly perplexed.
Some homely work was doing
For the child Of my love and care
Some stitches half wearily setting
In the endless need of repair.
But my thoughts were about the "building,'
The work some day to be tried
And that only the gold and the silver
And the precious stones should abide.
And remembering my own poor efforts,
The wrctched work haddonc;
And even when trying most truly,
The meagre success | had won.
"It is nothing but wood. hay and Stubblo,"
said; "it will all be burned,
This useless fruit OF the talents,
One day to be returned
sand have so longed to serve Him,
And sometimes know have tried;
But Pm sure when he secs such building.
lie will never let IL abide"
just thes, as turned the garment,
That no rent should be left behind,
My eye caught an odd little bungle
OF mending and patchwork combined.
My heart grew suddenly tender,
And something blinded my eyes,
With one of those sweet intuitions
That sometimes make us so wise.
Dear child! she wanted to help me;
knew twas the best she could do;
But oh! what bOtch she had made It,,
The grey mismatching the blue.
And yet-can you understand 1t P
With a tender smile and a tear,
And half compassionate yeaming,
felt her grow more dear.
Then sweet voice broke the silence,
And the dear Lord said to me:
"Art thou tcnderer for the little child
Than am tender for thee ?"
Then straightway knew his meaning,
SO full of compassion and love,
And my faith came back to its refu &C,
Like the glad returning dove,
So thought "When the Master Builder
Comes down this temple to view,
To see what rents must be mended,
And what must be builded anew,
"Pelhaps, as He looks DER the building,
He will bring my work to the light;
And seeing the marring and bungling,
AND how far it all Is from right,
"IIe will feel as felt for my darling,
And will say as | said for her,
'Dcar child! she wanted to help me-,
And love lor me was the spur.
"And, for the real love that is in it,
The work shall seem perfect us mine;
And, because it was willing service,
/ will crown it with plaudit divine.'
And there, in the deepening twilight,
/ seemed to be clasping hand,
And to feel a great love constrainlng me
Stronger than any command
Then knew, by the thrill of sweetness,
Twas the hand OF the Blessed One,
Which would tendcrly guide and hold me
Till all the laboris done.
So my thoughts are never more gloomy,
My faith no longer is dim;
II =. 4 F.t
And mine eyes are unto Him.
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A WHITE BUFTALo.--Mr j. L.
Morgan, about week ago, while
out hunting on the head Of the Re-
publican, killed q white buffalo, the
hide of which he brought to Denver,
and is having it stuffed and mount
eddy Rudolph Borchcrdt, taxider-
mist. This is tho first instance Of
q white buffalo having been shot by
a white man, so far as we have ever
heard, though the Indians have oc-
caslonally found one. Mr. Morgan
has been constantly engaged in
hunting for several years, andthis
is the first white buffalo he ever
saw or ever heard Of during chat
time. The buffalo is yearlinq,
and perfectly white--no colorcd
spots appearing upon him. Mr.
Morgan has been offered $500 for
itsince he arrived here.
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influence; he moved, and presently
opened his eyes. Then raising
himself, he looked with an innocent
curious expression upon the two
people at his side. The presence of
a strange man and the dusky In
dian did not seem in the least to af-
feet him. Giving one deep, long
drawn sigh, he simply said:
"l'm hungry"
Kameda flew to the pantry, and
in few moments the best in the
house was set before him.
"Where do you live, my little
boy?" said Muntin.
81 live here"
"But where did you live before
you came hereY
mo where, This is my home"
"Did you never live anywhere
else|
"No."
"Where is your father and
mother"
"There," answered the boy, point.
ing to him and Kameda. "You are
my father and mother"
"This is very strange" said Nun
tin, looking to Kameda as though
he thought she might explain it.
But there was mystery about the
boys strange answers, that not
even her subtitle intuition could
solve, so she was silent.
"What is your name" asked
Muntin, thinking the answer might
be clue to his history,
"My name is Bennie Muntinw
said the boy, in the most innocent
manner in the world.
Phineas Muntin was astonished,
as well he might be, for although
the name had been spoken, yet the
child was sound asleep at the time;
and besides, he had answered all
these questions in such an honest,
quiet way that it seemed quite evi-
dent he believed what he said.
Was it possible that the boy had
slept away all his senses? or could
it be that the will influence of
Phineas Muntin had obliterated all
memory Of the past, and filed the
boys whole being with his earnest
desire for some little one upon
whom he could pour out his father
ly affection?
Perhaps, and Muntin almost be-
lieved, it was his own little Bennie,
who having been transfigured in the
Cherub Land, was now returned,
a more pure and beautiful child.
Altogether it was u mystery he
could not solve, so he contented
himself with adopting the little
stranger as his own.
Once more, then, the old cabin
was lighted with the light of love,
and Phineas Muntin's gloom grad
ually wore away; for there is moth
ing like the CHEEKY prattle and Gun
ming tricks of a little child to drive
away sorrow, or to brighten the
darkest hooks Of q desolate house
hold.
|
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A LOVING heart and a pleasant
countenance are commodities which
a man should never fail TO take
home with him. They will best
season his food and soften his pill
low. It we're great thing for a
man that his wife and children
could truly say Of him: "Hc new
er brought a frown or unhappiness
across his threshold"
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The Pittsburg girl has sent back
those two barges of coal which her
father gave her for q bridal pres
ent, and says she guesses she can
make it hot enough for "hubbyp
without any outside help,
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The Book Of Life is a great work.
Every year is volume; every
month, a chapter; every week a
page; every day paragraph.
Study it we'll.
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A clergyman once said: "When
] come TO die, l shall have my
greatestgrief and greatest joy; my,
greatest grief that / have done so
little for my Lord Jesus, and my
greatest joy that my Lord Jesus has
done much for me-"
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"HoUsEHoLD Works. ."-Pshaw
Stop your noise! Shut up this min
ute! I'll box your ears! Hold your
tongue! Let me be! Go away! Get
away! Get out! Behave yourself!
won't! You shall! Never mind
You'll catch it! Don't bother! Come
here Directly Put away those
things! You'll kill yourself! l don't
care! They're mine! Mind your
own business! I'll tell ma! You
mean thing! There, l told you so
You didn't! l did! / will have it
Oh, look what you have done
Twas you! Won't you catch it,
thought It's my housel Who's
afraid of youl Mah-h-h! Boo, hoo,
hoo, 90! What's the matterp Get out
of this room directly! Do you hear
me? Dear met l never did see such
a thing in all my born days! It's
enough to make one crazy! Would
you put tuck in itp WE'LL. says |
Says he! Says she! Says they
Bless me.