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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A man skilled in forging.-A black
smith.
Christopher Columbus was one Of tho
first men to Ego West. ."-Sytings.
While rummaging in the garret last
night we came across an old diary of ours
bearing the date 1884. philadelphia Odu.
Every aff1iction has its blessing. The
man with wooden leg never knows what
it is to have rheumatism in that ankle
Chicago Sun.
No, my son, the great talker is not
necessarily a mathematician simply be-
cause he understands how to multiply
words. Boston Transcript:
By rubbing cats back in the dark
you can see the electricity fly, and when
the cat claws your hand you can feel the
shock. Philadelphia Chronicle.
Speaking of feats of strength reminds
us that we saw a Fort Wayne man knock
down horse and two COWS the other
day. He was an auctioneer. Hoosier.
Old Lady-''Only think, one mission
-''Mercy! they must have terrible light
appetites or awful big missionaries P'--
Puck.
She went into store to buy some
toilet soap, and when the clerk was ex.
patiating on its merits, about made up
her mind to purchase, but, when he said
sit would keep off chaps" she remarked
that she didn't want that kind.
"What influence has the moon upon
fho 6a9t ocly ft,o ho olo
wag replied that he didn't know exactly
what influence it had upon the tied, but
that it had tendency to make the united
awful spoony. burlington Free Pres.
"If there's anything love, it's roast
goose" remarked Henderson, as he
passed up his plate for second help
ing. ''It does you credit" said Fogg;
"there's nothing so beautiful as affection
among the members of family" ~
Boston Transcript.
There is said to be an old gentleman
in this city so fond of music that he can.
not keep his foot still. Only the Other
night young man began to serenade his
daughter, and the way the old fellows
foot didn't keep stil is reported to be a
caution.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
"Bread !" exclaimed Vassar College
girl. ''Bread Well, l should say can
make bread. We studied that in our first
year. You see, the yeast ferments, and
the gas thus formed permeates every
where and transforms the plastic material
into a clearly obvious atomic structure,
and then" "But what is the plastic
material you speak of ?" "Ohl that is
commonly called the sponge" "But
how do you make the sponge ?" "Why,
you don't make it the cook always at
tends to that. Then we test the sponge
with the thermometer and hydrometer
and lot of other instruments, the names
of which 1 don't remember, and then
hand it back to the cook, and don't
know what she does with it then, but
when it comes on the table it is just
splendid. - Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
A Dangerous Experiment.

A new ald dangerous development of
mesmerism was displayed the other day
at Paris to an admiring and sympathizing
public by well-known mesmerist, who,
at the same time, is a lion keeper in a
certain menagerie A beautiful young
girl, on whom the mesmerist generally
practices, was brought into cage of
lions, and, after being thrown ito 9
cataleptic sleep, was submitted to the
most frightful ordeals. In one of these
the head and arm of the girl were put
into the mouth of the lion, which had
previously been infuriated by lashes from
its masters whip. But the apparently
dead body did not excite the animals
appetite. At the end of the scene the
girl was released and went smiling away,
while the mesmerist earned rich laurels.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
FORGIVE AND FoRonT.

We're we but generous kind and forbearing,
Soon would this earth be an Eden of flow
ers,
Then would the frowns we are constantly
wearing
Be lost in the laughter of happier hours;
Then would holier light
Make life's dark pathway bright,
Shining where anger and disoord have met;
Then would all warfare cease,
Angels would whisper "Peacel"
II we would only ''forgive and forget"
When a loved friend we have thoughtlessly
wounded,
Let us not seek his forgiveness alone;
Owning our error, with courage unbounded,
OH let us earnestly strive to atone;
Conquer our pride, and then
Hold out our hand again,
Sure that our friend will respond to us yeti
Then will he haste once more
Knowing our wrath is DER
Eager as we to "forgive and forget"
Fen mid the children 80 artless and loving
Often the voice of dissension may rise
Angels look earthward with faces reproving
The glances Of anger that flash from their
eyesl
But ere the night descends,
Lol all the tumult ends,
Innocent kisses and tears of regret
Mingle with gracious words,
Teaching the warblng birds
Childhood's sweet lesson, "forgive and for
get"
Friends that are dearest may cruelty grieve
us;
Bitter resentment but adds to our pain;
Let us be merciful-soon they may leave us,
Let them not seek our forgiveness in vain.
Though we have suffered long
Under cloud of wrong,
Ihey who have wounded may comfort us yet;
Tongues can but idly preach,
Only kind actions teach
Life's noblest lesson, 'forgive and forget" "
Fanny Forester, in CdsselpS Ma0asine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
A White House Boom.

A room in the White House is decor
ated in the style of the thirteenth cen
mry. 1t contains also a japanese screen,
the portraits of Grant and Van Buren,, a
piece of tapestry showing Gutenberg
reading aloud from his first block letter
Bible, and furniture of cherry wood
When, after the lapse of century or two,
the decorative artists of that period
search for specimens of nineteenth cen
tury decorations, they will doubtless find
themselves tsife puzzled ON entering
this room. The Current.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
WITH HusKY-HAUGHTY LIPS, or
SEA

With husky-haughty lips, Oh Seal
Where day and night wend thy urf-beas
shore,
Imaglng to my sense thy varied strange wg-
gestions,
Thy troops of white-maned racers racing 70
the goal.
Thy ample smiling face, dashd With ths
sparkling dimpes of the sun,
Thy brooding scowl and murk-thy unlcoS
hurricanes,
Thy unsubduedness caprices, willfulness;
Great as thou art above the rest, thy many
tears-a lack from all eternity In thy
content
GSaught but the greatest struggles, wrongs
defeats, could make thee greatest-no
less could make thee,
Thy lonely state-something thou ever seek'@
and seek'sJ, yet never gain'st,
Surely some right withheld-some voice, IN
huge monotonous rage, Of freedom
lover pent,
Some vast heart, like planets, chain'd and
chatting in those breakers,
By lengthen'd swell, and spasm, and painting
bretah
And rhythmic rasping OF thy sands ana
waves,
And serpent hiss, and savage peals Of laugh
ter,
And undertones of distant lion roar
Sounding, appealing to the sky's deaf ear
but now, rapport for once,
A phantom in the night thy conAdant for
once,
The first and last confession of the globe,
Outsurging, muttering from thy souls
abysms,
The tale Of cosnic elemental passion,
| Thou tellest to a kindred soul
Walt Whitman, in Harper's MdgaziRS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
Musical Mention.

"Now. what do you think ofmy piano
solo2n asked an enthusiastic and con-
ceited young musician of an elder.
Wasn't it great2"
"Yes, very great Beethoven would
have given great deal to have heard
your playing"
Do you really think so2" exclaimed
the young pianist in his delight.
81 really think so. Beethoven was
deaf, you know"
The young musicians pleasure all
oozea, out Spf him and he felt crushed. II
Hoosier,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
AHint Of Unseen Danger.

They were in the parlor and she was
playing the piano and singing the new
song. "Oh, Where have the Old Folks
Gomez" He wanted to be iunny and said ;
"Guess they've gone to bed by this
time"
Don't you be sure about that, +"
answered the charming girl; spa may
be out in the back yard at this moment
citing the dog loose, "-LogeH Citizen,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
RArEe OF ADvER1IsIN0.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices grats.
An biIls for YEARLY advertisements collected guar
te1Iv. Temporary Advertisements must be PAID ln
advance.
lob worb-cash on delivery.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Continued from last peek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

A plate of SOLID GOLD IA 2-10 karats
fine is soldered on each side of a plate of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts ofthe cases-backs, centers, bezels, etc.
are cut and shaped by dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit of all
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine
turning. The composition metal gives it
needed strength, stiffness and solidity, while
the uritten guarantee of the manufacturers
uarranting each case to wear ttcenty years
proves that it contains all the gold that
can possibly be needed This guarantee
is given from actual results, as many of
these cases have been worn perfectly smooth
by years of use without wearing through
the gold. DUBUQUE. IA. Dec u. 1891
have used one of your James Boss Gold Watch
Cases for seventeen years. bought it secondhand
and know of its having been used before got 1t,
but do not know how long. 1t looks good for ten
years longer. Did not suspect II was a filed case
until 80 informed by jeweler short time since
/ most cheerfully recommend your cases to be all
they are represented to be- and more.
Q. McCRAsEY, Dep. Col Int Rec 81 Dis. Ioua
Send cent stamp keystone Watch Factories Phila
dephia, Pa for handsome Illustrated showing how
DANES Boss and Keystone Watch Cases are made.
ITO be COntinued)
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

them. This was precisely Peters method
in his discourse on the Day Of Pentecost,
and the consequence was the people were
convicted of sin and pointed to the risen
Lord who had shed forth what they saw
and heard. And when they cried out and
asked what they must do, Peter distinctly
told them what TO do, and then exhorted
them to do it. Now modern revivalism
deals generally faithfully enough with the
first two points mentioned. Evangelists for
the most part aim to convince their hearers
of sin and certainly do most faithfully
point them to Jesus as the Savior of sim
ners. But when these sinners cry out and
ask what they must do, the answer is al
most universally different from that which
Peter gave to the Pentecostians. Hence,
it is in dealing with the third point that
the modern evangelist is largely unfaith-
full to the commission which he has re-
ceived. Instead of quoting the language
of the apostle who was guided by the
Holy Spirit to give instruction in ref
erence to the very matter involved in the
enquiry, our modern evangelist never
mentions the thirty-eighth verse of the
second chapter of Acts any more than if
it were not in the Word af God at all. In
all probability he will not refer to a single
conversion under the apostolic ministry (;
or, if he does, it will likely be the reply of
Paul to the Philippian jsiler, and then
make no reference whatever to the narra-
tive which follows. Surely it is time for
this trifling to cease. Either we are
preaching the gospel under divine direc-
ton or we are not. If under divine direc.
ton, then we should faithfully carry out
our instructions and to do so requires
that we shall take the Holy Spirit inter-
probation of the great commission which
the apostles received after the death,
burial, and resurrection of Christ, and
just before his ascension from Mount
Olivet. In other words, the evangelist
should find his methods in the Book of
Acts, for it alone gives record of the
preaching of the gospel in its fulness and
the results which followed, under the
guidance of the Holy Spirit. All that was
before this was necessarily incomplete,
and cannot now be regarded as full
statement of what is embraced in the
final instructions given by our risen Lord
and exemplified and enforced in the
preaching and practice of his chosen
apostles after they had been "endued
with power from on high" And we can.
not help feeling that if our modern evan.
gelist would faithfully follow apostolic
precept and example in dealing with
awakened souls, instead of quoting pas
sages which have no real relevancy to the
cases in hand, it is probable there would
very soon be such an abundant evidence
in the results which would follow as
would satisfy the most skeptical that
divine wisdom is still to be preferred to
any devices which may be suggested by
even the wisest of men, Christian Com
monDedlM.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Character.

Character only is eternal. All else is
touched into dust by the fingers of decay.
Character is mans eternal habitation. In
it he must forever dwell. 1t is his home
palatial and warmed and beautified bv
the touchings of joy; or it is his prison,
dark and drear and gloomed with the en-
foldments of woe. Character is always
building. Every act and every word ce-
mented together by silent thought is but
the uplifting of the palace dome or the
prison roof. The sap of thought works
into the accretions of word aud deed,
aud makes the completed of marred
tree of being on whose limbs, fair-formed
and perfect, perch immortal joys ever
singing; or ill-shapen and imperfect,
perch the hooting owls of hideous mock
cry. Into this everlasting habitation
something is being builded ever hour,
every day. From this grand and dread fact
there is no escape. How, then, should all
outward circumstances be chosen in the
full view of the eternal forces they will
build into character The artist, who is
fashioning the statue whose beauty is for
delight and the perpetuation of his name,
measures carefully the mark that every
ShioOi ooiOhO Wiii ubhC uPOu tu6 WulU6
marble. All mans actions and speech
are such chisel strokes upon character.
And with the utmost care should they be
measured. Purity-charmed genius of
the soul-should direct them all, that form
under their successive strokes should
smile out and round out the fullness of a
divine beauty. How we admire Palissy,
devoted Loyalty to his art to the extent of
the EXTREMIST poverty, and how he was
rewarded when his self-sacrifcing re-
search was crowned by the discovery of
the way of making beauty imperishable
by the touch of porcelain. So arduously
should all men give time and energy and,
if need be, self-privation to the making of
the character lovely and endurable-a
thing of true beauty, and in that forever a
true joy. 1t is worth every sacrifice to
solidify character into the white enamel
of right, in whose spis held forever all
the beauties of righteousness.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
The Last Day.

We take the following graphic i'm.
aginary description from DIR. Z. F. Burr's
last book, Ecce Terra: "Behold the dead |
just now such, never to be such again.
But what of those who have never died,
but who this morning, some fifteen hum
dred millions strong, were in the full blast
of their earthly ways, and now in i'm.
measurable astonishment find themselves
almost lost in the deluge of old life that
is pouring in upon them from every
quarter what of them ? The same
earth.quaking blast that reused the dead
transformed the living. Suddenly the
material refined into the spiritual. All
grossness and infrmity vanished. Age
flashed back and youth flashed forward
into mid.life, and from the eyes of mid.
life flashed the strange fires of an i'm
mortal life. The manned cast away their
crutches-what need they? The sick
desert their beds and hospitals-what
further use for nurses and doctors /? The
prisoners walk forth from their prisons
without hallenge-trouble not yourselves
any further about them, o ye jailers,
judges, jury; henceforth God will take
both them and you in charge. And up,
all of you defy gravity and join in mid
air the mutely expectant hosts of other
generations. Any among you now to
doubt the Last Day2 Any Paines, at
first or secondhand, to laugh at the old
wives fables and priestcrafts with which
only women and children are frightened
Any philosophers, refusing to see in
nature anything but eyeless law, and
ready with their demonstrations that
neither in earth nor starry heavens is
there aught requiring the supernatural :?
Pray, is this day, with its effulgent angel
and earthquake trump and countless res
directions and transformations, naturally
evolved from the primal fire.mist 2"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
A Cowboy In q Stampede.

zone of the slickest things 1 saw in
my travels" said passenger from the
West, "was cowboy stopping cattle
stampede. A herd of about six or eight
hundred had got frightened at something
and broke away pell-mell, with their tails
in the air and the bulls at the head of
the procession. But Mr.. Cowboy didn't
get excited at all when he saw the herd
was going straight for high bluff, where
they would certainly tumble down into
the canyon and be killed. You know
that when herd like that gets to going
they can't stop, no matter whether they
rush to death or not. Those in the rear
crowd follow those ahead, and away they
60. l wouldn't have given a dollar
head for that herd, but the cowboy
spurred up his mustang, made little de-
tour, came in right in front of the herd,
cut across their path at right angle and
then galloped leisurely on to the edge of
that bluff, halted, and looked around at
that wild mass of beef coming right
toward him. He was cool as a cucum-
Der, though expected to see him killed
and was 80 excited 1 could not speak.
Well, sir, when the leaders had got within
about quarter of a mile of him / saw
them try to slack up, though they could
not do it very quick. But the whole herd
seemed to want to stop, and when the
cows and steers in the rear got about
where the cowboy had cut across their
path l was surprised to see them stop and
commence to nibble at the grass. Then
the whole herd stopped, wheeled, stray
gled back and went to fighting for a
chance to eat where the rear guard was.
You see that boy had opened big bag of
salt he had brought out from the ranch
to give the cattle, galloped across the
herds course and emptied the bag.
Every critter shifted that line of salt,
and of course that broke up the stampede.
CHICAGO Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Poor, White e. Co.,
BANKERS,

40 Wall St., NEW 1OrK,
Brokers and dealers in Railway and all other Securities
RAILWAY INVESTMENTS
speciality In the selection and estimate OF which their
long connection with "POors Manual of Rail-
roads " gives them special advantages. Correspond
ence invited and inquiries answered Deposit accounts
received and interest allowed. 4l-66
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
RATHER TOO LONG.
After Twenty Years on the Wrong Side of
Life Virginian Turns the Tables.

How long did you sayY"
Twenty years, said Up to the time mentioned l
had suffered from diseased liver for twenty years. said
Mr.. 3 I; Hancock of Richmond, Va, half sadly, as
though thinking of that dllapdated section OF his life
At times almost wished il had pleased Providence 10
omit the liver from the human anatomy"
BAD enough-twenty years of tn 1t sort OF thing"
sponded listener. " What was the upshot OF IL p"
" The upshot was that some tins ago went down to
SCOTS drug store In this city and bought of BEN
SONS CAPClNE POROUS PLASrERS applied II and
was relieved In few hours, and anu now AZ sound
though my liver were made OF Inda-rubber."
Benson's-unlke the old-fashioned kind of plasters-
act promptly. Look for the word CAPCINE, which ia
johnson, Chemists, New York,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Modern ReViyalism.

It requires at least three things to
preach the whole gospel First, that men
are sinners; second, that Jesus Is the
Savior of sinners; third, how the Savior
saves these sinners, or by what means can
this salvation, which is offered through
Christ to convicted sinners, be secured to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.

No other complaints are SO insdious in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so trifed with by the majority of suffer-
ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from trifling or unconscious ex-
posure, is often but the beginning of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has
well proven its efficacy in a forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be
taken in all cases without delay.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

INSURANCE is good thing,
whether applied to life or property. No
less blessing is anything that iusures
good health. Kidney WoE does this. 1t
Is natures great remedy. 1t is a mild
but efficient cathartic, and acting at the
same time on the liver, kidneys and
bowels, it relieves all these organs and
enables them to perform their duties per-
fectly. 1t has wonderful power. See
advertisement.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

IT is very easy to forbear stealing other
mems goods, but hard not to so much as
to covet or desire them; very easy not to
bear false witness in judgment, but not
easy to avoid detraction in conversation |;
very easy not to desire another mans
death, but hard not to desire some incon-
venience to him; easy to forbear defam-
ing our adversary, hard not to despise him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Reliainns sMisrslany.
For the Vermont Waterman.
AT THE CROSS.


By 8. A. W.
Lower than ever, Lord, beneath thy feet
I lay me down,
For am viler now than e'er before
From feet to crown.
Let thy redeeming blood here melt away
My self Of sin
And form upon the new life thou hast given
Robes white and clean.
Trusting am thy child, grieve to come
Daily to thee,
Bearing new sins to use afresh thy blood,
Thine agony.
Yet, Lord, I do ejoice, vile as / am
/ may love thee
As scarlet though my sin. yet may my love
More fervent be.
Thy wondrous love, the while It shows my sin
More and more clear,
Doth always go before with grace to save,
And casts out fear.
Nearer than ever, Lord, to thy dear cross
lay me down;
Thy silver wings thy golden feathers hide
From feet TO crown.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Group. "A Mothers Tribute.

Group. "A Mothers Tribute.
awhile in the country last winter my little
boy, three years old, was taken i'll with Group;
1t seemed as if he would die from strangu-
lation One of the family suggested the use
of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, bottle of
which was always kept in the house. This
was tried i'll small and frequent doses, and
10 our delight in less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc
tor said that the CHERRY PICTORIAL had
saved my darling's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
159 West 12Sth St., New York, May 16, 1882.
81 have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
IN my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most etfectual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried A. d. CRANE"
Lake Crystal MIMI, March 10, 1852.
/" / suffered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many rem, ties with no sue.
cess, was cured by the use of AYERS CHER
RY PICTORIAL JOSEPH WALDEN"
Byhalia, Miss, April 8, 1882.
81 cannot say enough in praise of AYERS
CHERRY PEcToRAL, believing as ! do that
but for its use I should long since have died
from lung troubles. T.. BRAGDoN."
Palestine, Texas, April o. 1882.
No case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL,
and 1t will ai'cays cure when the disease is
not already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED BY
Dr.J.C.Ayer& Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

The true motives of our actions, like
the real pipes of an organ, are often con-
cealed while the gilded and hollow pre-
text is pompously placed in front of the
show.