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The Beginning of Labor Reforms.

had any man in 1860 predicted that
III less than fifteen years, sOcialistic and
uhlstlc doctrines would take dan
seI0us root In this country, with its six
| hllIllon freehOlders and proprietors- and
where good land was plenty, and to he
had Tor the asking, he would have been
set down for visionary or a fanatic.
1et here it is the terrible Cvclops of
Europe, as wild in his anti-sOeial frenzy
as that Cyclops there, and likely to be-
as Ierocious, If he encounters opposition
mere as he does there. Happily we are
not In the same danger of socialism as
Europe, because we have the means of
LABOR reform within our reach. and are
certain, sooner or later, to employ them
Meantime, what has given rise to this
agitation here? What has enahIad
eommunistie principles to obtain toler-
alton at all in a people of proprietors9
we need not search far for the cause. II
is right before us. The war was taken
advantage Of by capitalists to control
the politicians, so as to effect a re,lisfr;-
button Of profits.
The share Of the capitalist has been eo
arranged that it completely swallows
the share of the labOrer. What ia
profit? 1t is the remainder of prica
after labor and cost of production have
been compensated. This being so, when
profits are eXhOrbitant, the costs Of raw
material being naturally nearly con-
stant, the price of labor must neces-
sarily suffer. This is the logical neees-
sity of the case; it is likewise the actual
fact. 1t is boasted, rather unwisely, by
prOtectiOnist papers, that our iron and
cotton mills yield incomes that far ex-
ceed the resources of European duke
dOms and prineipaiities. Here are men
growing rapidly rich by silk mills; here
are lumber firms carrying over annual
profits of $500, 900; here are salt works
which have paid dividends of 1000 per
cent; here is pig iron, giving an annual
income of 5000 to $4,000 on every
100000 invested; and here are great
firms and companies and corporations
buying up and reserving and setting
apart the peoples land by the million
acres. Right alongside of this we see
the body Of the people growing poorer
and poorer every day; the freehOlder
Orced to sell his homestead and become
! labOrer; the labOrer able to purchase
ess and less with a days work, and
Orced to work more hours every year.
These are ugly facts, and if they con-
inue to present themselves we shall
Don see labor politically arrayed against
apital in way that will ruin the Re
,ublic. Whatever else happens in the
United States, we shall not behold ''the
widow picking nettles for her children's
upper, and the perfumed seigneur deli
ately lounging in the Gel du BOeuf;i'
,ut if, in destroying aristocraey, we
nave to take up with Communism, We
hall be nearly as badly oil. /. is time,
hen, to begin labor reform, and to begin
I in the right way-by putting the cur
ency and banking systems upon nat
lral basis, instead of their present
rtifieial one, and by cutting off the
leads of the hydra of monopoly before
has crawled all its dreadful length
ut of the dark delusive cave of proteo-
ion.
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HONESTY OF WOMEN CLERKS.
eral Burr, the Postmaster OF Boston, has
in his employ about dozen women, ana
having watched these and the male em-
ployees during the term he has been IN
office, he says:
al find the women most honest, and,
i'm certain kinds of work, the most faith
ful and skilIful. pay them according
TO the number of hours they work, the
same salaries in proportion as the men
receive. They cannot work as many
hours as the male clerks, nor, as their
work requires . great deal of reaching,
can thew do as much work as men, SO l
have been obliged to reduce the number
on hours for them, never requiring OF
them more than three consecutive hours.
So far as honesty is concerned, have
never known one woman in my employ
10 steal the smallest amount, while
there have been several instances of
stealing among the men. In cases of
fraud connected with the post Office out
side of my Office which have been
brought TO my notice, the women are
again by far i'm the minority, and in
every instance their frauds have been
committed when driven by actual i'm
perative necessity, while the men have
almost invariably embezzled because of
some extravigancies, to crafty some
taste or passion, or 10 cancel debts in
CURED for some such causes.n
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The following is said to he the means
used by the professional Iat catchers OF
Paris to destroy the vermin:
GFThey take q deep tub with water on
the bottom, and little elevation in the
middle like an island, on which is only
snace for lust one rat to sit on. The TOP
is covered and has a large balanced
valve. opening downward; on the mid
die of this valve piece of fried pork or
cheese is fixed, and when the rat walks
on it to get the cheese, the valve goes
down, drops the rat in the water, and
moves back in position. A road is
made from the rat hole to the top of the
tub, by means of piece of board rubbed
with cheese, so as to make the walk at
tractive for the rats. In the course of a
single night some ten or twenty, or
even more rats may go down; and If the
island were not there, they would be
found most all alive in the morning
quietly swimming around; but the pro-
vision Of the little island saves the
trouble of killing them, because tnelr
egotistic instinct of self-preseryat!iOC t!On iCtl
causes them to fight for the eXeiusiEe
possession of the island, of which, IN Tue !ls
morning, the strongest rat Is louhu hu,,. III
solitary possession, all the othSrs OeiNS
killed or drowned around hlm; l. ,o+
This may do for Paris. we uO HO'
know how it would answer neie'
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Mrs. Duniway's Sunday evening lee
lures are well spoken of by the Herald
and other papers. Mrs. Duniway an
nouuces in the New NORTHWEST that
she has recently visited Yamhill, the
place where so many great men get their
start, and found the people changing i'm
political sentiment, in favor of equal
human rights. We sincerely hope our
sister is correct in her Judgment and
eonjeetures in this matter, but from the
actions OF the last Legislature, we are
forced to the conclusion that the change,
II any, in favor Of equal rights regard
less OF sex, is very, very slow.
a Republican Legislature refused to
allow women, even mothers who are
more interested than any others on
earth, to sign petitions against the sale
and traffic Of that damnable poison, al
cohol. The sacred right of petition for
which our revolutionary fathers fought
so bravely, is allowed 10 all adult male
citizens in this pretended land of liberty
but is absolutely denied to the female
citizens. This is fair specimen of the
equality of which our demagogues, FOOLS
and towards boast, and this IS Repu0il-
can progress. Liberal Republican.
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The Dirge of the Sea.


o. calm, and placid, and treacherous sea-
o, glorious, beautiful, shimmering sea-
Roll on in thy majesty, now and forever,
Chanting the Girge or the mystic Forever.
look from my window this radiant night
O'er thy wierd waste Of waters, transcendentl,
bright
With the Skinner or stars and the moon
beams white glow,
As pure as II lent from the wild wastes OF snow
Which on mountains see from aiar DER th,
ocean.
As they keep steady time with the ships grace
nui motion.
O, tell me, thou mourning and sorrowing sea
Thou mighty, majestic and magical sea-
Whence came thou, and where art thou going,
forever
Chanting the dirge olthe nystle Forever
Wen kefpest thou thy secret, and mortal like
me
May learn NOT thy story, thou sad, waillng sea
is % vain that ask thee . Ah. ever thy moan
Is chanted all over la a wild monotone;
And thou mockesi me now, as thy eIflocks, all
hoary,
Thou shake'st in any face AS thou fret'st in thy
glory.
o, what can thy grief be, murmuriug sea-
Or is il but frenzye Are thy wits daft, o sea-
That thus In thy majesty, now and forever,
Thou chantest the dirge OF the mistic Forever?
Ihaye seen thee sometimes when wild storms, /
in their rage,
Have lashed thee % fury, thou reticent sage;
And then I have dreamed that thou told'St or 1
thy birth,
And Of ages long gone, when the bounteous
earth
Lay wrapt in thy billow>, ere mountains came
forth;
When darkness upon thee sal silent and grim,
Aud void earth, without form, sang her pre-
natal hymn;
Then ] think that thou told'st me, jealous old
ocean,
When distorted and torn IN thy furious mo-
ton,
How the glad, smiling earth came forth in her
glory,
And left thee forever TO tell the sad story
or divided dominion 'twixt earth-world and /
thee
Is not this thy story, thou murmuring sea-
No reply doth he make; but ever, forever,
He chanteth the dir-e Of the mystic Forever |
4. J. ID.
Written oTthe Oregon Coast, Dec. I9, Is7O.
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! wishing to live; but l feel that God sa'
/ the pride and wickedness of my hear
and has brought my pride and haught
: ness low. I have suffered much, bot
mentally and bodily, but now. feel pei
fectly resigned to abide His time, an
which l know will not be long"
They were interrupted here by til
entrance of the party, preceded b,
grandma Marsh.
"There is the invalid, Mr.. Pierpont
You must exert your lively influence il
trying to establish her health one,
more" said the old lady, leading hin
forward.
For an Instant Clarance started, 81
great was the change in her who haC
once been the life of their circle; ther
taking her hand which trembled so vio-
lently within his own that for a moment
he could not help preceiving her agita-
tion, he received her congratulations
upon his safety and apparent happiness.
After brief conversation and receiving
strict injunctions from all the party to
hasten and recover her health that she
might return to New York with them,
her friends bade Blanche goodbye.
''But where is Robert?D asked Harry,
looking around.
"LOok there" whispered Adele, as
she pointed out of the window.
Sauntering up the park, with her
breakfast shawl partly around her
shoulders, while she coquetted with the
other half, was Cordelia, accompanied
by the missing gentleman.
Laguhing as they caught the eye OF
Harry fixed upon them with a roguish
look, they joined their friends, looking
so radiantly happy that Blanche could
not refrain from dropping tear as she
contrasted herself with her cousin, not
that she was envious Of her happiness
on the contrary she rejoiced with her
but it brought vividly before her her
love, the past and present, and alone all
the remorse at the deceit she had prac-
ticed upon her dearest friend; and was
it not enough to cause her to shed
tear? Instead Of being happy in the
the possession of a love which she tried
to gain by artifice, she was daily called
upon witness her dearest object the
idol of another, of the one she would
have wronged. Poor girl! could she
only have recalled the past! Had she
but have checked her Inflated passion
in the beginning, and saved herself from
the shame and retribution which al
ways follows deceit and falsehood!
But her young life was fast ebbing away.
Consumption had already marked her
for another victim, and ere another
spring gives place to summer, she will
be sleeping beside the lovely Grace.
no be continued.
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CHAPTER NNXN

THE SAFE RETURN Ho1lE-A JOYFUL MEETING
"A REUNITED FAMILY.
1t was rainy, drizzly night in Octo-
Der when our heroine arrived at the
camping-grounds of the Natchitoches
1t was now in the latter part of Novem-
Der, and another rainy night, though q
far worse one; but how different were
her feelings now from what they had
been when a few weeks before she had
traversed the same ground a prisoner
utterly ignorant of what horrid fate
might be in store for her.
We will not attempt to describe the
joy of Harry and of Robert, who always
persisted in blaming himself as part Of
the cause Of all this misfortune. Meth
er will we follow them on their entire
journey. Arriving at Baton Rouge
whittier they We're accompanied by
Many Canoes, they stopped a while
TO recruit themselves and to obtain
suitable apparel, for it will be remem-
bered they were still in Indian costume.
As soon as they were once more
equipped they commenced their jour-
ney homeward, accompanied by Lodi,
whose departure from them Sonora
would not listen to.
Arriving at New Orleans, they imme-
diately telegraphed the joyful inteIli-
gence Of their speedy return, and before
they could scarcely realize the blissful
certainty, our now happy party stepped
upon the cars which were to deposit
them in safety at Bridgeport.
Leaving Sonora and her two faithful
friends in the care of Clarence, Harry
and Robert set out on foot for home.
which was but short distance from the
depot, to prepare their friends for the
excitement which must necessarily fol-
low their appearance.
The day had been rather an unpleas-
ant one. The winds sighed mournfullv
through the numerous trees which sur
rounded Spring brook, scattering the
dried leaves in melancholy confusion,
and bringing vividly to mind the words
Of the poet, "The melancholy days have
come, the saddest Of the year"
Mrs. Hewitt, Mrs. Summers and
Adele were sitting together in the room
Of the former Adele had been reading
for the amusement Of Mrs. Hewitt, who
was still an invalid. Laying down her
book, she arose and walked TO the win
dow and ssid:
poor Blanche You should have
seen her yesterday when / told her So
nora was safe, and would soon be with
US once more. And Clarence. her be-
trothed, safe too@ she exclaimed, as II
she feared for the safety Of one who was
so dear TO her friend"
"Do you know" remarked Mrs. cnr,
mers, ''that I have often tbono-I,,
Blanche's declining health arises from,
other sources than mere bodily illnesso,,
"Do you think so? 1 know sbo
thinks a great deal Of Clarence. but at
tribute that to his mother and her
grandmother's former intimacy for
they were friends from childhood - 70
piled Mrs. Hewitt, casting an anxions
glance down the road. Heavinp a sigb
she continued:
'iHow I do wish they may arrive To-
day! It is three months since that
dreadful day. Poor, dear child! Had !
but listened when she and Clarence
both pleaded so affectionately instead ol
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SONORA HEWITT.
BY slRs. SUSIE wIrHEREL1

Entered, according % the Act OF Congress, in
the year 1872, 10y Mr. Susie Witherell, in the or
fee Of the Librarian OF Congress AT Washington
Cltyl
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Where is money first mentioned IN
the Bible? When the dove brought the
green back to Noah.
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Why is a muff like fool? u.i3ecS;nSs 6ee1TSS
il holds a lady's hand without squse-1NS
it,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-11-13

THE Tenth volume of WooD's House
4 HOLD MAGAZINL begins with anuary
". 1t is edited by Gail Hamilton, S. ).
Wood, and III. V. Osborne, and includes
among its regular contributors Horace
Greeley, Gail Hamilton, Thos X. Beecher,
DR., Dio Lewis, Dr. w. w. Hall, James
Parton, etc. Harriet Beecher stowe, Brick
Pomeroy. John G. SAKE, Mai. Genl. Kill
patrick, Petroleum V. Nasty, ETC.. write
II occasionally. Terms One Dollar year.
In clubbing, three frst-class periodicals
are gwen for the price of one of them. The
wost liberal Premium List ever published.
No periodical is more frequently or favor
ably mentioned by the press. "Wcod's
Household Magazine is one of the mOnu-
ments of busnes enterprise which mark
the age Methodist Home Journal, Phil
adelphia, Pa. "It has been Improving
ever since we knew it-agood criterion for
the future. - Courier, New Market, Can
ada. 1t is a marvel of cheapness and first
class quality combined. - New York
Times. Specimen copy sent free to any
address, IS. S. WOOD ~ CO.,
Newburgh, \, Y.
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II you are suffering, or have suffered
rom involuntary discharges, whatI effect
does II produce on your general healthY
DO you feel weak, debilitated, easily tiredY
Does little extra exertion produce Ipal-s
pitation of the hearth Does your liver, orr
urinary organs, or your kidneys, frequent.
ly get out of order9 Is your urine some
times thick, milky or flocky, or is it ropy
on settling2 Or does "'"t .'.,l sI".A rise 10
the topP Or is sediment at the bottom az
ter it has stood awhile? Do you 6avo,
spells of short breathing or dispepsiaY Are
your bowels constipatedP Do you hayo
spells of frainting, or rushes of blood 10
the head? Is your memory imparedY Is
your mind constantly dwelling on this
subject? Doyou feel duh, listless, moping,
tired of company, or lite? Do You wish
to bo LEFT alone, away from everybody,
Docs any little thing mako you start or
iumpT Is your sleep broken or restless
Is the lustre of your eye as brilliants
The bloom on your check as bright? Do
you enjoy yourself in society as well? Do
you pursue your business with tho same
energy Do you feel as much confidence
in youselfH Arc your spirits dull and flag.
ging, given TO fits of melancholy If 80,
do not lay it TO your liver or dyspepsia.
Have you restless nights? Your back
weak, your knees weak, and have but lit
tie appetite, and you attribute this to dys
pepsie or livsr-comrlaint?
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ADDITIoNAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NORTH
No. 10 Oil City 6.55 a. m; Housewife e
7.20; rarr Farm 7.i6; Columbia 7.5F; Pet
Centre $40; Pioneer $40; Miller 9.25;
Titusville o.55.
No. Titusville 900 a. m; Cory IL. .25.
No. IL Oh City ll.20 a. m; Housewife
ll.45; Rynd Farm ll.53; Tarr Farm 1905;
Columbia 1910; Pet Centre 1870; Miller
lbs; Titusville 200; Cory Az p. m.
No. 2l Tidioute l2.45 p. m.; Turnkey
Vile Las; Tionesta2 2,43i oleopolis i.25; Gil
City $40.
~ Trains do not stop. Cd Stop on signal.
~ Stop .or meals.
Trains 5, 6, 2l and - run daily; all other
trains daily except sundays.
n. Brain No. - is an Express from
TitusVille to Cory.
SILVER PALACE SLEEPING CAR TRAINS.
No. 4 Direct from Philadelphia without
change.
No. Direct to Philadelphia without
charge.
No.5 Direct from Pittsburgh without
change.
No. 6 Direct to Pittsburgh without
change.
Z. J. HEPBURN JNO. PITCAIRN,
superintendent. Gen'l MANAGER.
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!i@:e c: .GsF Rum, Whiskey, Pro-: e.. irits
sud i.ts.sc Liquors doctor, d, syiScd anu -wyot-
Cncd please the taste, called TouCs sppotiE-
ttg," "Ics;Crg1c," &C, OGt cad tie upIloF on to
drunkenness gHd ruin, brt o true Medicine, made
fo.a tic rttva luot9 sud Herbs OF California, FREQ
fran all .sicLhei.c Siimglanis. They arc the
GREAT Bl.OO0 PUSlFissa aud A LIFE
CLvISG IistNCtPLEa perfect EcaovEtor Gad
Iayiscrator Ct the System, carrying on all poisonous
mSttv. aid r1ttoing the Iiood TO healthy condition.
10 p,Isoa oea t.so these BtcT5 according to drcc-
tol and reniC!nlong uGwCn
S1CO willie given fer Gu incurable case, provided
tAo bones arc hot destroyed by mineral poison or
other meas aSd the vital organs wasted beyond the
point O. repair.
Tor Inflamniutcry aud Chronic Rheumn-
tlsm aud Cont, Dyspepsia, er Indigestion,
Bilious, EIn.ittcut und Intermittent Fevcrs
Diseases OF the nlcod, Liver, Kidneys, and
Eladacr, these BitIeSs Lave been most succcss.
IT,. SEch Diseases caused ty Vitintcd
Dlood, which Is generally IroGCced by arrangement
oftlo Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA GN INDIGESTION, Head
nchc ain in the Shoulders, Coughs Tightness OF tho
Chest, Dizziness, Sour Lructations CT the Stomach,
Lad tas ia the Mouth. Bilious Attacks, ralpitation
OF the Heart. Inflammation OF the Lungs, Pain in tho
regions OF the Eidneys, and hundred other painul
symptoms, arc the o1sprirgs of Dyspepsia.
I'll ilvigorato the Stomach and stimulate The tor
pidver and bowels, which render them ofuneQuallod
C-cScs IN cleansing tic blood OF oil impurities, and
impsrting life aEd vigor to the whole aystem.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruption. letter. salt
Ehcum Dlotohee Spots, rinpes Tustul ss Boils, Cen
bunolcs, Ring Worms, scaldHced, Sore Eyes, Erysip
Sns Itch, Scurls Discolorations of tho sSn Humors
and Diseases of the Skn, OF whatever nature,
ore literally dug up and carried OF the system in
ehcr time by the use Of these Ditters. One bottle in
such csses win convince the most ncredIlous OF their
curative eject.
CLEANSE the Ni;ictod Diced whsnever you Mad It's
Impurities bursting through the stin Ia pimpcs Erap.
tions Sores cleanse It when you hnd DISTRACTED
and sluggish in the veins cleanse It when it is FOUL
and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the bloc
pure and tie health Of the system will follow.
PIN, TAPE aid other WORMS, lurking IN the
System Of many thousands, efcctually destroy
ol Ga1 removed. For full directions, rad carefully
te circular aro1nd each BOTTLE printed in four Ian
r;agcs-EEsl.sh, German, french and Spanish.
:, TiLIITI, Proprietor. Il. I. MCDONALD & CO..
pr".. ;ists AID Gen. Agents. San francisco, Cal,,
aii % and 5! Commerce Street, New York.
> TT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS,
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~ j, 1870, Trains arrive at ana leave the
Union Depot, corner of Wash,nton and
Liberty street, as follows;
ARRIVE.
Mail Train, 1.9O a M; Fast Line, 1919
m Well accommodation No. /, go n IN :,
BrintOn accommodation No l, $50 Il m;
Wallis accommodation No =, S.55a m ;Cin-
cinnati express 9.20 m; Johnstown ac-
commodation 1850 a m; BraddOck's ac-
commodation No |, 700 p m; Pittsburgh
Walls accommodation No 3, 2.35 p m /;
Homewood accommodation No |, 9.55 p m;
Wallis accommodation No 4, $50 p m;
Brinton accommodation No 2, Ito p IN (;
Way Passenger 1920 p m.
DEPART.
Southern express $40 M; Pacific ex-
press 2.4O a m; Walls accommodation No
l, 6.30a m; Mail Train $40 "A IN Brinton's 5
accommodation 10 m Braddock's ac-
commodation No l, $40 p m; Cincinnati
express l2.35 p IN Walls accommodation
y 2, ll.5l a IN; Johnstown accomm odation
4.05 p m; Homewood accommodation No
!, $50 p m; Philadelphia express $50 p m;
Wall accommodation No 3,3.05 p m; Wall S
accommodation No 4, sos p m Fast Line
! 7.40 p m; Walls Nos, ll.G0 p IN.
The Church Trains leave Wallis Station
every Sunday at 9.O5 a. m, reaching Pitts
burgh at 1905 a. m. Returning leave Pitts
burgh at l2.50p. IN, and arrive at Walls
/ Station at 2.lOp IN.
Cincinnati express leaves daily. South
ern express daily except MOI lay. All 9TH
er Trains daily, except Sunday.
| For further information aply to
w. IL. BECKWITH, Agent.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will not assume any Risk for Baggage ex-
cept for Wearing Apparel, and limit their
responsibility to One Hundred Dollal : val-
ne. All baggage exceeding that a cunt
/ in value will be at the risk of the yner,
unless taken by special contract.
A. j. CASSA9
General Superintendent, Altoona Pa.
ToB WORK neatly executed al this'ofico
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Now, reader, self-abuse, vonercalst d.
eases badly cured, and sexual excesses, are
all capable of producing weakness of the
generative organs. The organs of genera
ton, when in perfect health, make the,man
Did you ever think that those hold, def
ant. energetic, persevering, successful bus
iness-men are always those whose genera
tive organs are in perfect healthf You
never hear such men complain of being
melancholy, of nervousness, of palpitation
of the heart. They are never afraid they
cannot succeed in business they don't be-
come sad and discouraged they arealways
polite and pleasant in the company of la
dies, and look you and them right in the
face-none of your downcast looks or any
meanness about them. / do nat mean
those who keep the organs inflated by
running to excess. Those will not only
ruin their constitutions, but also these
they do business with or for.