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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
For the +. & M.-House hold.
In the Midst Of Life we are in
Death"
BY ROSE G RANIrM.

By ROSE RANIIN.
| A white church stands on a wood rown-
ed Hill,
With blinds of coolest green;
Aud meath the willows just beyon
A graveyard can be seen.
All me Under those willow boughs,
How many forms are sleeping
! For dear ones meath those cod white
How many hearts are weeping,
A daughter grieves for mother dear,
4 husband for his wife
| A maiden, fair, for her lover sighs,
Who was her pulse of life.
But to those within that sylvan church
Comes no thought of mourner now;
They sit meath pillars fl pwer-t checked
To list to a marriage vow.
A light foot sounds upon tbs floor,
A fair girl steps within,
With brow as pure as the WIZ ter ) snow;
As free from shame and sin.
the rays of the gently setting sun
Touch the waves of golden hair
Then rest on the robes of 81 oSy white,
And on the face SO fair.
One hand is on her lovers arm,
One gracefully falls to her SIDE,
And orange blossoms crown her brow
This brown-eyed, fair faced bride.
Dn,noth 10 al ,rroothn1
ID trem Ing grace she bows;
Her hand in that of the man she loves,
She t.kcs the IN lrrIage vows.
She promises the same to be,
Thro' peace and care and strife;
And though the stormy waves roll high,
To be che angel of his life
The sunset kissed the wavy hair;
The soft breeze fans her face,
| And every eye is in silence turned
| Ga that kneeling form of grace.
A question is asked by the man of sod, =
And both the answers given,
| And By an Angels fair bright pen
! Are they written down in Heaven.
| She raises her eyes, her husband to meet,
Filled with loves holy light;
| And he who looks down to meet their aze
| Is the happiest of ealih tonight.
He thinks as he kneels there by her side,
| What their future bright will be;
Fragrant flowers and starlight nigl is,
Aud days Of idolatry.
He dreams of sweet little cottage home
With ivy all mantled Ger;
| he rides up In the sunset fair,
! And she meets him at the door.
Together they gather the roses sweet
Toge her they'll laugh and sigh;
together they II share their joys and griefs
Together they'll live and die.
But now the ministers blessing is given,
And all the service is o'er;
But still she kneels by the altar side.
On the flower bescattered floor
He bends to kiss her rosebud lips,
But all the crimson's fled,
And marble cold is that fair, white brow
Oh, Heaven His bride is dead
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
NJ ~ n lI

Mr. Oscar Bohnefeld, a young
man widely known in Atlanta's business
and musical circles, committed suicide on
Sunday morning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
In the Sleeping Car From Chicago


A lady sat with her only child
The poor little fellow was almost wild.
He was making a noise Ike circu-
band,
For horrible felon was on his hand
A quiet o.d man remarked to the moth
er:
Il think we can stop his pain and both
er
I've bottle Of PAIN KILLER here, aid
he.
And | think it will cure him; let u,
see"
He poured some drops on a moistened
rag.
And wrapped the felon, As if in bag,
And soon the suffering child was calm
As the voice Of summer evening psalm
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10

Mr. B o. Harriss. Littleton. n. c..
says Browns Iron Bitters have given
me great relief from kidney disease
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
BECKWITE'S
nti-Dyspeptic Pills

h cured Thousands 0f sucn s4rer@rz and VIII
do it again. y 10 medicine -ast4lned ~
such uudOnbted ts-' lfnOuy fry them
DR.. X Z. Bond. - Halifax, y -. s4y.: ~ have
used DR.. BeckNl:ts- Anti Ds-..- f!c f'lll4 e1ten-
=ively Ia my pr4c;ie ten years aud reoorIs-
mend them with oauIIeues 70 the attention Of tho
p1biic. / acquainted Y Ia the c0utositioi.-
they toutai rcsIEy IA any form, and
pounded upDH -trictly ieutihc priHciJ,es.'
The abOy. u only q select IN from many of no
same character What sufferer will fail u Try
Il: Prepared by 2 X. BECBWIrH, Pharmacist,
Petersburg, Va, from the original recipe Of Dr.
John Beckwlth- Sold by druggists generally.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
WANTED!

BY young man OF six years experience, in a
country store; position az ERIK 4 first class
So-Aa~'-. IL the city of Ra-e.gh. Address,
- care oi y = NJ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10

He dreams of sweet little cottage home,
With ivy all mantled Ger;
lie rides up In the sunset fair,
And she meets him at the door,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10

Together they'll gather the roses sweet /;
Toge her they'll laugh and sigh;
Together they II share their joys and griets
Together they'll live and die
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
NEavlNE

hr the K,s..s hisl3gs tender .. saI rask-=
clear coUyi'1. p. .la.aa F. f..e IL r#e drl.r4rl
Of fever. A cIr~rsfrg r->at. .s-' s,f ? r.attt.rza
laxative. u Gr.yss HlsE iIaAaas i- Issc ghs xt-a
TO- aHts.ss as t-asstt grtal4tra F.e.f,sa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
Something Abont Tennis.

Although the revival of the ancient
game of tel4nis, which is now generally
known as lawn tennis, is of recent
growth, the sport is simply molifca-
ton of the pastime familiar to the
English people in the time of Shakes
peare. They, in turn, borrowed the
game from the French. There can be
little doubt that the sport arose out Of
"hand-ball," or, as it was called by tbs
French, palm-play, so-called because
the exercise consisted in receiving the
ball and driving it back again with the
palm of the hand. In former times
they played with the naked hand, then
with a glove. Afterward it became
the fashion to bind cords and tendons
around the hands to make the ball re-
bound more forcibly. From this habit
the racquet derived its origin. During
the time of Charles /. hand tennis was
exceedingly popular in France, being
played for large sums of money. So
strong was the passion for betting
upon the game that the nobility, after
losing all they had about them, would
pledge their wearing apparel. Ac-
cording to Laboureur, French histo-
rian, the Duke Of Burgundy, "having
lost sixty francs at palm-play with the
Duke of Bourbon, Messire William de
Lyon and Messire Guy de la Tri.
meuille, and not having money enough
to pay them, gave his girdle as apledga
for the remainder, aud shortly after
ward he left the same girdle with the
Count D'Eu for eighty francs which
he lost at tennis" Indeed, it was very
common in those times to negotiate
girdles instead of bonds in betting
transactions
In the fifteenth century regular and
fixed rules were introduced in the
game for the first time, and covered
courts were erected. In the sixteenth
century tennis courts We're quite com,
mon in England, and the sport was
literally encouraged by the soyereigns.
In work published by Hoole in 1858
there is a picture Of tennis court,
divided by line stretched in the mid
die. and the players standing on either
side with their racquets ready TO re-
ceive and return the ball, which the
rules of the game required TO be struck
oyer the lipe,-AmeffeaR queen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
An Ane,S Revenge.

Apes, when their anger is aroused,
are very dangerous creatures, Us they
will dare almost anything in order to
avenge their wrongs. Many of their
deeds of revenge are we'll known, but
the following anecdote, which comes
from Italy, is as amusing as any we
have yet heard of. II Rosso, a dis
ciple Of Angelo, resided in Florence in
a house overlooking a garden belong,
ing to some friars. II Rosso possessed
an ape which was on friendly terms
with one of his apprentices called
Battistoni, who employed the animal
to steal the friars' grapes, letting it
down into the adjacent garden and
drawing it up again by rope. Thu
grapes being missed watch was set,
and one day fri&r caught the ape in
the very act. He tried to inAict a
thrashing, but the apa got the best OF
it and escaped. Ii EOSsO, however,
was sued, and his pet sentenced t1
wear a weight on its tail. But few
days elapsed ere the culprit had an
opportunity Of avenging this insult.
While the friar was performing mass
at a neighborihg church, the ape
climbed to the part Of the roof under
which the altar stood, and to u.e
Vasari's words, performed so lively
a dance with the weight on his tail
that there was not a tile or vase left
unbroken and on the friar's return a
torrent Of lamentations was heard that
lasted three days. ."-Harpe''s Young
PeODke.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
The Law Abont DraMbrIdges.

In reply to an inquiry on the sub
ject, the secretary of the treasury
states that no special acts of Congress
regulate the conditions for opening
drawbridges on all navigable waters of
this country, but that if apriyate citi-
zen be aggrieyed by the closing of
draw, he has his action at common law
for damages; and possibly, under State
statutes. Il drawbridge which was not
properly and seasonably opened might
beiAdicted as a nuisance,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
PeonIe WHO Disannear.

Five hundred men. women and chill
dren disappear in New York every
year and are reported as mysteriously
lost. Those who read newspapers hear
of their disappearance, but only in
eXceptionable instances of their re-
covery. What becomes Of tbiP great
herd of absentees? Do they ever re-
turn2 Or, once sucked under in the
mad whirlpool Of feverish metropoli-
tan life in which only the sum, not the
individual, counts, are they neyermore
cast up to the surface and to the sight
of men?
The question is answered By the
police books. Under an improved
system of recording missing persons
and following up the inquiry at stated
intervals, data have accumulated since
the beginning of the present year that
Justify the conclusion that fiYe-sixths
Of those sought for turn up, and that
when they do the mystery Of their alb
sence is reduced to very small mini.
Inum.-NeaO York Herald.
What class of men have the most
DatienceY Physicians. of cour,e.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
SELECT SIFTINGS.

IL opiiO pttA 70 VI ElbOlA" a WAlOOOoVo
eight dogs.
To short-sighted persons the moon
appears to have blue fringe.
Chemical analysis shows that the
human brain is eighty per cent. water.
A Spanish grandee has an entire
bedroom suite Of furniture made Of
glass.
A London physician says that the
English sparrow is subject to the
smallpox.
A watch made entirely Of iron and
in perfect running order was exhibited
in Worcestershire fair recently.
Mrs. Mary Austin of Washington,
Ga, died recently. She had been the
mother Of forty-four children, includ-
Ing six sets of triplets.
Color blindness is more common
among Quakers than among persons
Of any other religious faith, which is
supposed to be because Of their indif-
terence to color.
The white perch of the Ohio are
noted for the musical sounds they
make The sound is much like tha
produced by silk thread placed in a
window where the wind blows
acrossit.
An island about three acres in ex-
tent, recently discovered off the coast
of California, is almost paved with the
eggs of sea fowl, and the discoverers
think that it is the greatest birds nest
in the world.
The best thing to give to your enemy
is forgiveness; to an opponent, toler-
ance; to a friend, your heart; to your.
child, a good example; to a father, def
erence; to your mother, conduct that
will make her proud of you; to your
self, respect to all men, charity.
The great sandstone anvil of the
mound builders is in possession Of the
CincinnatiS ociety of Natural History.
1t was found some miles above Iron
ton, Mo, by DIR. II. II. Hill, a success
full collector Of American relics. This
anvil is composed of very sharp grit,
contains over 100 depressions, weighs
about 500 pounds. and measures eight
feet nine inches at its greatest circum-
ference.
In Catholic and Protestant countries,
the year 1900 will not be leap-year,
they all having adopted the Gregorian
calendar. In countries where the
Greek church is established (Russia
and Greece) the old Julian calendar
still holds, and those countries will
count it a leap-year. After February,
1900, therefore, the difference between
the two calendars, whichis now twelve
days, will become thirteen days, and
will remain so until 2l00, the year
2000 being leap-year in both the
Julian and Gregorian calendars. The
rule for leap-year may be thus stated
according to the Gregorian calendar,
which differs from the Julian only in
a special treatment of the century
years All years whose indeX-number
| (1SS3 is the indeX-number of the pres
ent year) is divisible by four are leap
years, unless (1) their indeX-number
is divisible by one hundred Century
years.. In that case they are not leap
years, unless (2) their indeX-number
is divisible by four hundred, in which
case they are leap-years. Thus, l7OO,
1900. 1890 and 2100 are not leap-years,
while 1000, 2000 and 2400 are.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Tampering with the mails--The CO.
uuette

quette. r
Oh, meet me by moonlight alone
Blythely sang the fresh young bard
Who tainted when he heard the tone
Of the dog in the back yard.
The collegian's passport: "No,"
said the college man, az don't care a
copper whether 1 get degree or not;
I've got my skull-and-crossbones pin
and that's passport into any society"
Boston Transcript.
He who says a "pair of stairs
means only one stairs He who speaks
of ladder might Just as consistently
say "pair of ladders" 1t is only
when you tumble downstairs that the
steps double on you.
"Is that about the right length.
sir?" asked the skillful barber, as he
finished cutting his customers hair.
!" like the sides and back, was the
response; "but L wish you would
make it a little longer on the top"
One of the loveliest spectacles in
this world is to watch the expression
Of rapture that passes over the face of
the dude as he sucks lemon up through
straw, rolls his eyes and rubs his ears
together at the back of his head
Puck.
1t is said that the number Of women
who reach 100 years and upward is
nearly double that of long-lived men.
Women don't invent patent fire es-
capes and exhibit their workings. And
they don't stay out so late O. night,
either, inhaling the miasma of the
night air. -NorrtStot0n Herald.
The Popular Science Monthly has
directions show to act in tornado"
but fails to tell a man how to comport
himself in case he should hurriedly
pass a lady friend about 1000 feet in
the air, both on the top wave of cy-
clone. Would it be proper to doff the
hat, or would the cyclone care for that
little courtesy sy?-HGrtord Post.
"The boat has turned over and
drowned your son." said man, APP
preaching fishing party, and address
ing an old gentleman. "Great good
nessp p exclaimed the old man, burst
ing into tears. "He was my hope in
this life. He was the best boy on the
place; and, beside that, he had the
baitcup with him.-ArkanSa1o Trlr-
eleT.
"What influence has the moon on
the tide?' the teacher asked john
Henry. And John Henry said it
depended on what was tied if it was
a dog it made him howl, and if it was
a gate, it untiel it, just as soon as a
COW or the young man came along.
1t is such things as this that make
school-teachers want to lie down and
die every day at 4 O'clock.-Halokeyel
Miss Jenny Marks, of Baltimore.
won a sewing machine by making
guess at the number of pills in bot
tie in a window. There were 25, 100
pills in the bottle, and she guessed
25,l90. There were over 5000 guesses,
and the worst one was a guess OF
100000. The man who guessed
100000 was one of those fellows WIN
get their education by reading gas
meters. Derrick.
81 scream with alright when a mouse
clmes in sight,
Said girly girl TO heratlianoe, one eve
81 scream when alone in the darkness at
home,
And thus the monotonous silence relieve;
/ scream when in bed that should awake all
the dead,
If my sleep is disturbed by horrid old
dream,
And when after tea, you drop in to ask me
10 stroll with yon out in the moonlight,
Salem Sunbssm.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
MOTH-EATEN.

/ had beautiful garment,
And Ilaid it by with care;
folded it close with lavender leaves
Ina napkin fine and fair
1t is far too costly robe," 1 said,
"For one like me to wear"
So never at morn or evening,
Iput my garment on;
1t lay by itself under clasp and key
In the perfumed dusk alone,
Its wonderful broidery hidden,
Till many day had gone.
There were guests who came to my portai.
There were friends who sat with me,
And, clad in soberest raiment,
Ibore them company;
Iknew owned the beautiful robe,
Though its splendor none might see.
There where poor who stood at my portai,
There were orphaned sought my care;
l gave them tenderest pity,
But had nothing beside to spare:
had only the beautiful garment,
And the raiment for daily wear.
At last, on feast days coming
I thought in my dress to shine;
Iwould please myself with the luster
Of its shifting colors fine;
Iwould walk with pride in the marvel
Of its rarely rich design.
So out from the dust bore it,
The lavender fell away
And fold on fold held it up
To the searching light of day.
Alas the glory had perished
While there in its place it lay.
Who seeks for the fadeless beauty,
Must seek for the use that seals
To the grace of a constant blessing
The beauty that use reveals.
For into the folded robe alone,
The moth with its blightning steals.
-MdrgdretE Z. Sangster.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15
TH'f LOVE.

IT brightens all the cruel gloom
TIA. co ca round me like a tomb,
And fills my heart with summer bloom.
~ makes me quite forget tle pain
That griof has W ought within my brain,
And brings fash Of JOY again.
1t makes the dirkest night TO mo
Moro clear than ever day can | O,
For in my dreams | am with thee.
jenny Il. Bigelolc, in Harper
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-08-15

What class of men have the most
patieneeg Physicians, Of cQprse,
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-28
The Exact Fare.
Charlie, Dsd'ey Warner. ia 1t. Nicho as.

Charlie, Dsd'ey Warner. ia 81. Nicho as.
The car which | entered was nearly
full-nO car is ever full. Ii was one Of
the short cars called by the light
minded "bOb-tGiled, having one
horse and no couductor--one Of the
contrivances that presumes upon the
honesty of every body exec rt the
driver. The car was dirty; but as this
is the only dirty line in the United
States i would be ill-natrr.d to men
tion its name aud c,t>; besides, it is
unnecessary TO do so. as no doubt most
Of my readers have been on il. was
interested in studying the legends in
English and German posted above the
windows. They related, mostly, to
diseases and the benefit of soap ap-
piled. There were also directions about
negotiating with the driver for change,
and one, many times repeated. and
written over the fare-bOX by the door.
requested the passenger to put the
exact fare in the box" This legend
always ennOvs me by its parrownoss
and petty dictalion. Often | do not
feel like being bound by this iron rule;
sometimes | would like To put in
more, sometimes less, than the exact
five cents. But no allowance is made
for different moods aud VARYING finan-
cial conditions. | often wonder il this
rule is founded on real justice in the
bosom OF the company, and whether
ii would be "a anxious To seek out me
traveller who should 10y chance oyerpay
and restore the excess. n, il i 20 follow
him when he puts in too little. II il
is not the meaning Of "eXact,' then
the company is more anxious To make
money than TO do justice. do not
suppose this is so. but there is one suS-
picious thing about n hOrse-car. T'e
floor is sometimes a grating. and straw
Is spread on this, SO that il the pas>en-
ger, who is often nervous and Obliged
to pass his fare from hand TO hand TO
the box, lets it drop in the straw, he
never can find i
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-28

Shoot every animal known TO be af-
fec'cd with CHAMBERS, and bury the car
cass very deep" Pictorial Cyclic
80 Tia Of Live Stock, pages 500 and
397.
What we are TO do or what we ought
70 do about it is not easy Of decision.
There was an honest effort made at
the last session Of the legislature to
establish a veterinary branch Of the
state board Of agriculture. A bill for
that purpose, introduced, II we remem-
Der correctly, by Mr.. Click, passed the
house but failed in the senate. That
was one good STEP. At tho next ses-
sion the subject will probably receive
the attention its importance makes
necessary.
Illinois has board Of health To look
after such cases What has been done
nothing has been done in Kansas. All
animals affected with elanders ought TO
be shot and buried without ceremony
by public authority where it is not
done by owners OF the beasts. To Ak
pose animals so affected in any public
place, or near other animals ought to
be made a criminal offense, punishable
by heavy penalties Offering such for
sale. or dispcsing Of them in any other
manner than by killing, ought to be
severely punished. Our settlements
are becoming more dense every year,
and we cannot afford to take any
chances on these dangerous diseases.
We hope our readers viii study this
subject and talk it over with men who
are aspiring TO seats in the next legis-
lature W. can assure them that
whatever influence the governor has
will be- exerted in favor Of q good law
on the subject.