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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05
Autumn Leaves.

Autumn leaves are falling, falling, falling
Slowly to the ground
Angels sad are calling, calling, calling
To the weary hearts with mournful sound
Solemn sound.
Autumn leaves are sailing sailing, sailing
Softly through the air.
Loving hearts are falling failing, failing;
Azrael hovers, beck ming everywhere
Everywhere.
Autumn leaves are dying, dying, dying
Sadly, one by one;
Broken hearts are lying lying, lying
In their rest where dark despair is donei
Grief is done.
Autumn leaves are speaking speaking, speak
ing aseesauaua1Al
To the thoughtless souls
Who, but pleasure seeking, seeking, seeking
Heed not as lite ever onward rolls;
Swiftly rolls.
Autumn leaves are pleading, pleading; plead
ing
In prophetic tone,
With the thousands speeding, speeding,
speeding
To appear before their Makers thronei
Awful throne!
Emile Pickhardt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05
Rncket Shon Gnmhlers.

According to the Chicago Tribune
the introduction of bucket shops,''
Glow agencies where any sum from 81
upward can be invested on the rise or
fall of wheat) has led to wholesale gamb-
ling. The Tribune declares that
woman mot of desperate or question
able condition" come to these shops to
gamble under assumed names, as well as
lads from twelve to sixteen years old
:" by the hundred" and men, clerks,
salesmeh, bookkeepers, men in bus
mess, hackmen, teamsters, men on sa-
leries and men employed at days work,
stonecutters, blacksmiths and workmen
of all wages and occupation; students
and professors of colleges, reverend di-
vines, dealers in theology, members of
Christian associations, members of So
cieties for the prevention of cruelty to
animals and for the suppression of vice,
gentlemen who war on saloons which
permit minors to play pool, and teach
ers of Sunday-schools, hard drinkers
and temperate men," who stake thou
sands ofdollars in small sums. Accept
ing the statements of the Tribune as
true, the recent fluctuations in the price
of wheat have brought the community
to worse pass in Chicago than ever
mining speculation did in the worst
days of San Francisco.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05
RuIes for AcuuirIng WeaIth.

Be honest. If Satan tempts you to de-
fraud your neighbor, it is only that he
may rob you of your ill-gotten gain in
the end.
Be temperate. Liquor has made more
paupers than all other vices combined.
Be industrious. Incidence, debt and
disease are brothers.
Let your word be your bond. Good
credit is a fortune to begin with.
Limit your expenses by necessity and
comfort. leaving good balance for mar
gin saved.
Invest your funds carefully and intelli-
gently. Beware of the brilliant bubbles
that are blown up to tempt ingenious
spectators.
Give your personal attention TO your
business. To do this, keep brain and
body healthlul,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05
JoE's WIFE.

write, my dear old chum, for the pur-
pose Of inviting you to visit us. Don't
refuse. My wife heartily seconds the
invitation. All, Tom, she's II ajewel-my
wife. / know if you could meet such
one you would succumb bachelorhood.
She is the dearest, sweetest, best tenn
pered, lovcliest-the English language
fails me here, but, rs you were always
better than | at the Unabridged, be-
seech you to look therein for some en-
dearing adjectives and complete the SEN
tence. You, who sing about the felicity
If Bachelor Hail." when you have
seen my happy home, will change your
tune. You must come, Tom. / won't
take refusal. Yours, etc.
JOE HALL.
answered his letter thus:
MY DEAR JoE-I thought when l last
~saw you | never could be tempted to
jeopardize my peaceof mind or my bones
by again placing myself at the mercy of
your practical jokes. But / have no
otheTrecourse now tlan to accept your
invitation. You must promise me, my
dear fellow, you will not play any of
your jokes. A married man ought to be
more dignified, and if you. do play any of
your tricks on me l warn you / shall
board the first train for home. Yours,
etc. Tom THURSToN.
went. l was met at the train by
Joe's servant, a man who had Il long
q body, dressed in a long coat a long
waistcoat, a long necktie, a long hat,
long boots and whose name was Long,
= instihctively hated this man, He
scrutnized me closely; / returned the
scrutiny. He watched my every move
cd
criminals. l watched his movement rs
a timid man would vicious canine's.
Weat lenglh reached Joe's house. l
anticipated Joe's welcome, but in his
place came the loveliest woman ever
saw. 1t is true, as Joe said, l was
always fluent in language, but to this
day | cannot find words TO satisfy me in
describing her SURPRISING beauty.
Joe, Joe," thought /, lit is we'll for
you that you met her first"
'"You are Mr.. Thurston," she asked,
timidly approaching me, and shyly
glancing at me from under her dropping
eyClids. | informed her that was the
parsonage, and inquired for Joe.
\ For answer that gentleman himself,
who was on horseback, sprang from the
psaCLie; grasped my hand, and, like the
irrepressible Joe OF old, cried:
have a glorious old times, "a as of old. d.
Well hunt, fish, smoke, etc., till you
grow so fat, hale and hearty that your
most intimate city friends won't know
you. Come, let's go in, tea is waiting.
Pardon me for not introducing you, but
l suppose you introduced yourself in my
absence. Apropos, il was hospitable in
me to absent myself on your arrival, but
business called me away
So rafting on Joe ushered US into the
contest little parlor that ever a poor
bachelor was called upon TO envy. But
the cozy little wife?' What was the
envy of the room, with its adornments
to The envy of such a wife? Must
admit it?-I might as wei own right
here as at any further period Of my re.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05

We get a great deal of wind about
compressed air street car motors every
now and then. These aerial propellers
are in use on one street car line in the
United States and seem to give good sat
isfaction. 1t costs six and One-fourth
cents mile to draw a car by horse
power. The compressed air system is
said to cost but one and one-fourth cents
a mile. The speed can be regulated up
to twenty miles an hour. The car can
be stopped at its highest rate of speed
within its own length; at least so it is
reported, although this would be rather
rough on the passengers if the car was
going at its twenty-mile rate. The ad-
vantage of this over any other motor is
that all the heavy machinery is left be-
hind at the depot, where the compress
ing is done, and the cars start out with
concealed cylinders containing the air
compressed to twenty-five atmospheres.
Thus we may have windmills to drive
the street cars.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05

Persons presenting claims to the
United States treasury on account of
bonds which have been destroyed wholly
or in part, or on account Of registered
bonds which have been lost, will be re-
quired to present evidence showing
First. the number, denomination. date
of authorizing act and series of each
bond, whether coupon or registered, and
if registered, the name of the payee. In
the case of res istered bonds, it should
also be stated whether they had been
assigned or not, and if so, the name OF
the assignee should be given. Second
The time and place of purchase, of whom
purchased, and the consideration paid.
Third-The material facts and circum-
stances connected with the loss. The
evidence should be as full and clear as
possible. Proofs may be made by af1i-
davit, and by such other competent evil
dence as may be in the possession of the
claimant. Duplicates will not be issued
within six months from the loss. The
interest on uncalled registered bonds
will be paid Notwithstanding the loss.
These regulations do not apply in any
way to coupons lost or destroyed which
have been detached from the bonds, as
no relief in such cases can be granted.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05

1t appears from the official reports,
that the experience of what are called
model lodging houses, such as the Pea
body buildings in London and other
large towns, combined with that of bar
racks, workhouses and schools, furnish
ed abundant evidence that what is
termed density of population is not so
detrimental physically as has usually
been assumed; because in such buildings
rs are referred to the rate of mortality is
much less, with a density of one thou
sand five hundred persons to the acre,
than it is in ordinary houses, with a
density of only two hundred and fifty to
the acre. Again, the health of COM
munity is found to be much more de-
pendent upon food, clothing and personal
habits, than upon the arrangement and
construction of dwellings or workshops
for, however perfect the arrangement
and construction, these may be entirely
neutralized if the food is bad, the cloth
ing deficient and the personal habits
filthy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

The commonness of inebriety among
French children is asserted by writer
in the London Gentlemdp'S Magazine.
" Again and again at hotel tables" he
says, Il have seen children scarcely
more than babies suffering distinctly
from alcohol. 1t is, as travellers in
France know, tho custom in all districts
south of the Loire to supply wine gratis
at two meals, breakfast and dinner, at
which the residents in hotel eat in
company. Repeatedly, then, in the
hotels in French watering places, / have
watched children of five years old and
upward supplied by their mothers with
wine enough visfbIy to flush and excite
them. At Sables d'Olonne one little
fellow, whose age could not be more than
six, drank at each of two consecutive
meals three tumblers of wine slightly
diluted with water. Theresult was on
each occasion that he sprawled over the
table, and ended by putting his head in
his mothers lap and falling asleep"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05

The midnight narauder should not be ban
ished from our dwelling any more quickly
than should a cough or cold OF any kind be-
driven from the system. Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup quietly yet positively places all colds
under its control. Price 25 cents,
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Rates Of Advertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements COLI
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
JOB work, Cash on Delivery.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-10

prise. but these baleful influences have
il a great measure ceased of late. Pro
visions are now as cheap almost as be-
fore the war. and owing to the hard
times. abundant and reliable labor can
be obtained at a reasonable rate. About
fourteen dollars a month IS now paid
and the laborer fad himself. which is
about equal to eight or nine dollars per
month and found.
The amount of rice raised on the
river since lS65-'66 will not average,
[ suppose, more than eight or ten
thousand bushels annually until within
the past two or three years, when there
has been quite an increase, and the
crop for the present season may fairly
be put down at thirty-five or forty
thousand bushels, perhaps more, which
Shows an awakening and gratifying in
terest in its cultivation.
1t is a crop less liable to accidents
han any other and the labor Is not SO
heavy and exhaustive. Arice field hand,
as he was termed in the ante bellum
DAYS, would rather work that crop now
than any other, much preferring it to
either corn, cotton or tobacco; and no
difficulty whatever is now experienced
in obtaining as many laborers as are re
quired. A large majority of these
lands are now lying idle for the want of
necessary capital to put them in order.
With a reasonable outlay they will be
found very productive, and | am CON
WINGED that he who will give proper
attention to the business of cultivating
rice on the Cape Fear river will realize
more certainly and profitably on his
investment than he would in any other
agricultural pursuit that he might en-
gage in.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-10

~vention at Charlotte, a few months ago,
of which Capt. y. Dumont was orig
inator and chairman; and also a large
batch of letters received by Capt. y.
Dumont, as promoter and chairman OF
the meeting.
The publication of these letters pos
siblv was not intended by the Leglsla-
ture. but perhaps they will be Of advan-
taee to the State, as they certainly will
to a few individuals.
The Legislative act, 1t appears, mere
ly ordered the printing OF the twenty
thousand pamphlets without specifying
any limit to the matter, size, style, or
cost of the publication nor even APP
pointinga committee 10 see 1t well done.
As for the workmanship, we can safely
say the State Printer will bring forth
the work neatly and properly. But 1t
is certainly rather a loose way OF dong
things to allow any one or two private
individuals to prepare for publication a
work which is to go forth over the world
BY authority of the State of North
Carolina Mr.. Dumont may, and
probably will, prepare the pamphlet as
iudiciously as need be, but the prece-
dent is not a good one.
No one can object to the issuing of a
pamphlet showing the advantages and
of the State. Indeed we
should rejoice if a hundred thousand
copies Of this selfsame pamphlet We're
scattered over the world. But a little
regularity is sometimes useful.
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The Board Of Agriculture.

This honorable body, upon which, IN
so great measure, the advancement CT
our material interest depends, will meet
at the capitol on Thursday next. The
members are: Hon. L. j. Jarvis, Gov
ernor, and by virtue of his office chain
man or tire Buard Prof. VIM. c.
Kerr, State Geologist; Hon. Kemp. p.
Battle, President of the UNIVERSITY:
Col. W. III. Cheek, Grand Master of
the Grange; Col. I. NJ. Holt, President
of the State Agricultural Society; Mai.
Jonathan Evans, Of Cumberland, and
Capt. James r. Thigpen, of Edge
combe-Practical Farmers. Commits
sioner Polk and Treasurer Thomas j.
Robinson will make their reports.
Without having talked with any of
the members, we suppose the session
will be one OF the most important ever
held, as several matters connected with
recent legislation must come up for
discussion.
Among these will be the question Of
the Secretary and ~Treasurership, which.
b. an hasty and ill-adyised act was sad
dI ed upon the State Treasurer. 1t pro-
badly did not occur to our Retrenching
friends that by SO doing they virtually
made an additional appropriation of two
thousand dollars to the Department.
making the State paythe Treasurer and
Clerk, whom the Department hitherto
paid out of its own funds.
SO, too, in relation to the Public
Printing. Heretofore the Department
has paid for all its circulars, pamphlets,
books, etc. etc. out of its own funds,
costing the Treasury not one cent. but
if it be true, as we are reliably inform
ell. that the Printing Committee order
ed the Department work to be done by
the State Printer, then the Treasury |
will have to bear the drain of several
thousands of dollars; while the Depart
ment will have Its funds to devote to
other matters. Thus, instead OF Re
trcnching, the effect will be to increase
the expenses to the State.
Another item for discussion. we fancy,
will be the disposal of the 10000 pam
phIets gotten up by Mr.. \. Dumont, at
State expense. Capt. Dumont has a
Real Estate Immigration Agency at
Charlotte, and has brought all of his New
England zeal and energy to the task of
making it pay, by working up a current
of Immigration into the State. 1t will
he remembered he addressed the COM
of Agriculture, and also the
legislature itself, In the House of Rep
resentatives during the recent session.
The result of his labors was the adop-
ion of an act by the GeneTal-Assenibly
proyiding for the printing OF twenty
thousand copies OF a pamphlet, to con-
i,t of the very useful pamphlet issued
" the State for distribution at the
! Jenna Exposition, and a report OF the
proceedings of the Federal soldier scol-
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For the Farmer and Mechanic.
SeasOnable Notes for the Garden,
Flower Garden and Farm,


"The best product of a farm is a
| good farmer" 1t is a question
whether there is any higher calling
for which a young man could bet
ter fit himself, than to be a good
farmer. Many claim that the three
most noble professions are those Of
the Preacher, the Teacher and the
Farmer !; eve this order and it
will not be far from the truth. a
man should ornament his profess
sion whatever it is, and a farmer
can do it; for farming is at the
foundation of all our material pros
perity. The farmer is the only one
that makes money; he puts labor
into the earth and out comes that
for which he receives gold. He did
not buy it, neither did he trade for
it; it was created for him; he gets
it from first hands;-trom God Him
self. Noble calling then, to be in
close relation to the Giver of all
good; and to study by what means,
by what processes; she may be IN
duced to give up her hidden treas
ures!
The science Of farming in the
most productive portions of our
land is yet III its infancy. What a
field for study,then, is there for us.
| am of the opinion hat in no por-
ton of our broad land is there so
much skill and real TACT required for
successful farming as here. There
are more factors which enter into
the proposition here than in most
localities. We a get but little
aid from books upon the subject,
tor none. are written that suit our
climate. That which our Young far
mers most need now is a good Hand
Book on farming for North Caro-
ina and parts of Virginia. Who
will give it us? In the mean time
must help each other through
he papers-and every good farmer
will have one; and if | find that nv
TASTY notes incite Il Of our vounp
men to determine to tit themselves
or good intelligent farmers, | shall
'e amply paid for my trouble. l
10 not claim to be a model farmer
'or that | have made money at
armlng, but | do believe that if all
he new points | have learned by
ny few years experience here.
be put into practice by any
of our farmers, they would
Don be convinced that there are
lore treasures in this soil of ours
nan they had ever dreamed. We
lnnot hope to make much clear
honey III these times by farming
ut any man on a small farm. with
health, can certainly make a !:
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tAPRIL 10, 1875

Few MEN DIE OF AGr-r-
men die of age. Almost all d.. -.
disappointment, PASSION, mental ~.
bodily toll, or accident. tn
SlonS klli men sometimes, even 81
denly. The common exrrs.
choked with pas>ion, has lift,a
aggeration III it /; for even HI
not suddenly fatal, strong p.~
shorten life. >trong-boditl ,
often die young; weak mon
longer than the strong. Tor
strong use their strength and -.
have none to -ISc.
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For the Farmer ard Mechanic.
Rice Culture on the Cape Fear
BY COL. 1, G. BURR, OF WILMINGTON.

No agricultural interest in this section
of the State suffered more from the eff
fects of the wal than the cultivation of
rice Prior to the commencement of
hostilities between the two sections of
the country it was the principal crop
raised Oh the Cape Fear river, and those
engaged IN its culture, as a general rule,
were very successful and realized large
estates. Their homes were the seats OF
a refined and p%rotuse hospitality which
they dispensed with a generous and |
may almost say, with an open hand. |
can recall few happier periods Of my life
than those delightful days spent with
the planters on the Cape Fear, enjoying
the excitement OF the chaise, the pleas
ures Of hunting and fishing and the
charming abandon OF social intercourse.
They are green spots iii my memory and
can never be forgotten.
But these times have passed away,
never to return, | fear, in my day ami
generation, and the devastating effects
of the war are still to be seen in the
deSolatIon that marked its progress.
The home of the planter has fallen into
ruIns-the fields are untitled and I'M
planted, and the rank underground
rourisheS in rich luxuriance. Tbs
should not be so, and | am satisfied
We're the facts known that capital can
find as remuneratlve an investment In
the rice lands Of the Cape Fear and per
haps more SO, than in any other farming
interest OF the present day. Let uslook
into the matter a little.
In the first place the lands are ex-
ceedingiy rich; composed of decayed
vegetable matter nearly if not quite
equal to the a%lluviai soil of the Missis-
sippi bottom lands. Before the wal
about W hundred and fifty thousand
bushels were made and the average
yield was estimated at iifty-bushels to
the acre. The price at that timeranged
from one dollar to one dollar and
five or ten cents per bushel. The
task to each hand was from five to
seven acres. Those familiar with its
estimate the cost Of making the
at fifty cents a bushel, or say sixty
at the outside. The average price now
obtained IN the market can be safely
L think, at one dollar and
twenty-five cents a bushel, which leaves.
Is any one can see, a handsome margin
If profit. Besides, the uplands gener-
lily yield enough corn, peas and pota-
.oes, for plantation purposes, while the
which is gathered after the rice is
hreshed out not only enters largely
nto the support OF stock during the
winter, but Is Very successfully used
low III the manufacture of paper.
The rice raised upon the Cape Fear
is of a better grade and commands
higher price than any other in the
The grains is larger, tirmer
and OF a more pearly white
less than that grown in the adjoining |
OF South Carolina and Georgia. /,
nd the per centase Of breakage when |
to the mill is much less. Immedi- !.
teiy after the war, efforts were made !.
y some parties to revive this PROSTATE !.
but adverse circumstances on :
rated against them. Want of capital, :
he high prices of provisions ana the Il
m~probabiiity of controlling labor COM +
the abandonment of the enter g
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-10
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[, make q Ton (2..O} Ibs.) f Nanar.,
inat will maze you - uIrh :
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For this + maFkable statement Ne
offer You the very bet references Ill
y'lf state. which you viii llai e.
VII ng ~ circulars also 't1rui-t
M1tiI Instructions suggestions &C,
tie name i copvT 81 90 a4ld "E-olss
paten e.. j..
Send for orr book with iaun .r-.7 Fl.
Ger ltica = FROM y"nr ~ue;Ghboss a.7'
suggestions thai rIay benefit va II.
~seiectink your Mlnnrrs 1t ~. P',
y"i to nyest IN Pare Cheunici :. '"'
Go pos a home.
BOYHiN, IAHMER : 90.
PrDprletor-
IN l5-Gw. D.I.imore, Nd
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-10

GREAT BLEssING.-Oh what
a blessing is a merry. cheerful wo-
man IN a household I, One whose
spirits are not affected by wet DAYS.
or little disappointments. or whose
milk OF human kindness does not
sour III the sunshine of prosperity.
Sucfl a woman IN the darkest hours
brlghtens the house like = lttla
piece Of sunShiny weather. Jl,n
magnetism OF her smile, the electri-
ca brightness of her looks and
movements infect every one. The
children go to school with a sens.
o. something great to be achieved
her husband goes into the world j.,
a conqneror's spirit. No mattar
now people worry and annoy ,i,n
al day tar Oft her presence %>ljna.
ana ne whispers to himself. Al
nome shall find rest" SO dav Lr
day She literally rencws his s~trrncti
ana energy, and if You know 4 MAJ
with a beaming face, a kind bp,r+
ana a prosperous business. il, riua
cases out Of ten You will find h. ba~
a wife of this kind. For notI;no
Is more certain than that the man
who Is married must ask his vii.
Tor permission to be happv an.l
weal,hy.--Occident.