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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-14
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General Banking Business Transacted.
sold. ~
Special attention given to the purchase and
sale of ores and bullion
Returns for collections promptly made at cur
rent rates.
Telegraphic transfers made and commercial
and travellers credits issued, available in the
principal cities of the world
Having in addition to our Bank correspond
ents, an Express Agency in almost every
town west OF the Rocky Mountains, affords us
special facilities for making collections and
executing commissions
Accounts of Banks and Bankers, mercantile
and manufacturing firms, corporations, min
Ing companies, stock growers and indiyidual
received on favorable terms.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-14

Special attention given to the sale of Ores
and Bullion.
JOSEPH R. WALKER, President
BENZ. G. RAYBOULD, Cashier
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
The Hammer.

The hammer is the universal emblem
of mechanics. With it are alike forged
the sword of contention, and the plow-
share of peaceful agriculture, the press
of the free, and the shackle of the slave.
The eloquence of the forum has moved
the armies of Greece and Rome to thou
sand battle-fields, but the eloquence Of
the hammer has covered those fields with
victory or defeat. The inspiration OF
song has kindled up high hopes and no.
BILE aspirations in the bosoms of brave
knights and gentle danes, but the inspi.
ration of the hammer has strewn the field
with tattered helm and shield, decided
not only the fate of chivalric combat,
but the fate of thrones, crowns and
Kingdoms. The forging of thunderbolts
was ascribed by the Greeks as the high
est act of Jove's omnipotence, and their
mythology beautifully ascribes to one of
their gods the task of presiding at the
labors of the forge.
In ancient warfare the hammer was o
powerful weapon. independent of the
blade which it formed. Many a stout
skull was broken through the cap and
helm by blow of Vulcan's weapon. The
armies of the crescent would have sub.
dued Europe to the sway of Mohammed,
but on the plains of France their pro
gress was arrested, and the brave and
simple warrior who saved Christendom
from the sway of the Mussulman was
named Martel-"the hammer" How
simple, how appropriate, how grand
''the hammer" The hammer is the
savior and bulwark of Christendom.
The hammer is the wealth of nations.
BY it are forged the ponderous engine and
the tiny needle. 1t is an instrument of
the savage and the civilized. Its merry
clink points out the abode of industry
it is domestic deity, presiding over the
grandeur of the most wealthy and ambi.
tious, as we'll as the humble and impov-
erished Not o stick is shaped, not a
house is raised, ship floats, or carriage
rolls, wheel spins, or engine moves, a
press speaks, viol sings, spade delves,
or flag waves, without the hammer.
Without the hammer civilization would
be unknown, and the human species only
as defenceless brutes, but in skilful
hands, directed by wisdom, it is an in
strument of power, of greatness, and
true glory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
Imitation in Birds,

l remember distinctly hearing a
thrusher often repeating in its madcap
song some notes new to my ear, which
could not be ascribed to any Michigan
bird of my acquaintance. After patient
ly waiting for some time in the glaring
sun of bright June day, l heard the
notes so plainly that l was thoroughly
convinced they were an imitation of the
song of Southern bird the "chuck-
Wills widow" so called, species allied
to our whippoorwill, and named-as in
our familiar Northern representative of
the family-from the words so plainly
uttered. This thrush learned, then, the
notes of the chuck willis widow at least
500, and probably quite thousand miles
from Michigan, and yet reproduced
them so distinctly that one could easily
distinguish them, and from mere descrip-
tions in books at once tell them the name
of the bird initiated.
Here, mounting the top of the tallest
tree near its nest, it pours forth ecstatic
melody, executing the most difficult
strains with the same ease that it deliv-
ers the simplest notes. All noises are
attempted; the schoolboy's whistle, the
bark of dog, or the bleating of lamb
are equally we'll executed and issue from
its throat in a continuous, harmonious
strain, frequently of an hours duration.
What wonderful mimicry; what a con-
trast to the best attempts of ventrilo-
quists and imitators, travelling through
the country to reproduce before audiences
a few mumbled sounds or attempted imi-
tations of the sounds and notes uttered
by birds and mammals.-Dy. Morris
GIN
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
An ECCENTRIC Chancellor.

Chancellor George NJ. Bibb, of Ken
lucky, twice a Senator from that State,
and secretary of the treasury in Mr..
Tyler's administration, was known in
Washington as "the last of the small
clothes.n Until his death he wore a
broad -brimmed hat fine linen, long
waistcoat, knee e-breeches black silk
hose, and low shoes with silver buckles.
The chancellor's personal appearance
and manners proclaimed him gentleman
of the old school-dignifed, high toned,
and courteous to everybody. Even the
boys, knowing that he took snuff, would
often stop him in the streets with
"Please, sir, give us a pinch Of snuff -
The chancellor, with an air that would
have become Louis XIV. himself, would
at once offer his snuif-box to the little
fellow.
One day, the chancellor met in Wash
ington friend from Kentucky, and in
quired particularly about the gentleman's
family-his son and his sons children.
ellis youngest" said the friend, g is
named for you and for one of the Biblical
characters: Nehemiah"
''That's right. - replied the chancellor.
"The law and the prophets should
always go together."
The chancellor's fondness for angling
amounted to a passion. Whether the fish
''bit'lor not, he would sit for hours on the
bank of stream, with rod and line, wait
ing for nibble. Astory, illustrative Of his
reputation as the most patient of anglers,
used to be told in Washington circles;
A gentleman, seeing that the chancellor
had been sitting on the wharf for severa!
hours, watching his float, strolled down
to him, and asked, ''What luck~
"None, replied the chancellor. 81
thought had bite two or three hours
] ago, but apparently there is not fish
nowhere.
"What is your bait2"
"a live, plump, young frog, hooked
through the feshy part of the Leg
'' Look there, chancellor" said the
friend, bursting into laugh and point
ing to log partly out of water.
The chancellor looked and saw his bait
summing itself on log. - Youths Com
p lai0n.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
Snuff Eating.

City druggists have very many glimpses
in the inner life of their customers. "I
want five cents worth of snuff, - said a
little woman, as she bent over the counter
of drug store this morning and
whispered the order in the clerks ear
with a mysterious mien. Glancing
furtively around to assure herself that
there were no witnesses to the transaction,
she added "It's for another lady. |
never use the stuff" Picking up a
neatly wrapped little bundle in white
paper she placed it to her nose to assure
herself that it was the genuine article,
then flung down nickle and hurriedly
left the store. " Here, Johnny" said
the clerk, turning TO boy who was
standing behind the prescription case in
conversation with a reporter, put up
some more snuff. All those packages we
made last night are gone already. Hurry
Here's another customer across the street.
Yes, our chief patrons are women. We
have no male callers for snuff at all. The
men chew tobacco instead. Of course
no woman buys the snuff for herself
The purchase is made for neighbor or
a friend. l have heard women complain
of the stuff, which thew said they were
buying for another woman The habit,
/ understand, is very fascinating, and
when once begun is more bindiag than
either chewing tobacco or smoking. In
its strength to enslave the will it ap-
proaches the power Of narcotics"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22

mother chaperon, "se we've got two
guests instead of oner'
0s''It's dreadful growled poor Prissv.
oDoyou think sol" said !. Now It
oosns wV 70 ooI,e that it is very good funp
w. WILL of curse anyone can conjecture
for tbsmselves Nv itended. Mr. Lesley
vss young and hAaasome, moreover he
had snug little properS OF his own.
He liked the United States, a. incl
dentally remarked that if he had any OIL
ject he would prefer to remain here per
manently.
But" he added, mournfully, 'ft is
sad to be so entirely without ties, that
no one cares whether you stay in one
place or another"
81 care" piped up Frank, who sat as
usual by his side, holding his hand.
"And so does cousin Elsie"
eyes, said I, laughing, though not
without some confusion. 'Frankie is
right. "We both care"
"There," " said Mr.. Lesley, I will stay. y
We were engaged within the month.
And as soon as laid off my half mourn
ing we were married, so that frankie
never yet has been compelled to separate
from his friend.
And Miss Bent lives with us still,
and we are very happy There is the
end of my love story. Ought not all
love stories to end so2 Miss Bent saws
that all real romances end sadlY,-but
my experience, you see, has been alto
gether different. And perhaps / am q
better judge than she is. - Shirley BrO'0ne'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
RATES OF ApvER1Isrno-
THE LAND OF THE AFTERNOON

An old man sits in his garden chair,
Watching the sunlit western sky,
What sees he in the blue depth there,
Where only the Isles of Memory Lief
There are princely towers and castles high,
There are gardens fairer than human ken,
There are happy children thronging by,
Radiant women and stately men,
Singing with voices Of sweet attune
The songs Of the Land of the Afternoon.
The old man watches a form Of cloud,
That floats where the azure islands are,
And he sees homestead gray and loved,
And hand that beckons him afar
Oh, cheek of roses and hair Of goldl
Oh, eyes of heavens divinest bluel
Long have We lain in the graveyard mold
But love is infinite, love is true;
He will find her-yes, it must be soon;
They will meet in the Land of the After
noon
The sky has changed, and a wreck Of cloud
Is driving athwart its troubled face,
The golden mist is trailing shroud;
1t is cold and bleak in the garden place.
The old man smiles and droops his head,
The thin hair blows from his wrinhea
brow,
he sunset radiance has appeared
fCrr every wasted feature now;
ne ,exhales like breath in June
nd the Land of the Afternoon.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
The Love of Praise.

1t is an instinct as much as conscience
is. 1t is an organic faculty as much as
the reasoning faculty is. 1t is just as
much part of our structural existence
as the heart is, or the lungs are to the
body. 1t is a counterpartand balance of
that which we call pride. But the word
pride is offensive and usually conveys
the idea of an improper feeling. 1t IS
the conscious value of ones self 1t is
the sense of individual rights, ones per
sonality, the inherent right to be what we
are, self-estimation. To be sure you
have a right to your own judgment and
personality, but these men have a right
to Judge you, and what they think you
do well they praise you for, and you have
that in you which makes praise very
sweet. So there are those two qualities,
one preserving the individuality of a
man in all his rights; the other making
him sensitive TO the reflected influences
of those around him. - Beecher
No brass band can play as many airs
as q drum-mAjor can put on.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
THINGS THAT NEVER DIE

The pure, the bright the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth;
The impulse to worldless prayer,
The dreams Of love and truth;
The longing after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry,
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
brother in his need;
The kindly word in grief's dark hour,
That proves friend indeed
The plea for mercy, softly breathOd,
When Justice threatened high,
The sorrow Of n contrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory Of a clasping hand,
The pressure Of a kiss,
And all the trihes sweet and frail
That make up lifes bliss:
If with firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasped and lips have met
These things 4hall never die
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it fell,
The chilling wants Of sympathy
We feel but never tell
The hard repulso that chills the heart
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfading record kept
These things shall never die
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not chance TO walSen love-
Be firm and just and true
So shall light that cannot fade
BEEN on thee from on high,
And angels voices say to thee,
These things shall never die.
All the Year Round
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22
hUAOF THE DAY.

On her beam enSN.,,.
A sound sleeper
Umbrellas and goodS - :,
ways belong to those WA uon : "a
most.
A young woman is not necessarilyAD
ice girl just because she has snowy
row.-Drakes Magazine.
If ''bread is the staff of life" then
pound cake must be the gold-headed
cane of existence. York Journal
"Arizona now exports tannin." Thus
is another avenue of,usefulness closed to
the Massachusetts, schoolmarm. .-B0st0n
Transcript
A woman never uses her husbands
meerschaum pipe to drive a nail with
more than once. Not if he knows it,
AeW York. Journal.
Extract fIom letter from Angelina:
''Dear Henry, you ask if return your
love. Yes, Henry; have no use for 1t,
and l return it with many thanks"
We are in danger of having too much
culture in this country. An aesthetic
buff -colored pug recently got mad in
Boston because his mistress dressed him
in light green blanket
1t is now stated that Henry M. Stanley,
the great African explorer, wears
swallow-tail coat. We can now under
stand why he was able to travel among
the cannibals for years without being
roasted and eaten. No man looks juicy
in a swallow tail coat Throuqh MdH.
Ajax.
The happy nightingale
Doth Dlithely trill away,
And charms some mortals ear
With his sweet little lay.
Also, the barn-yard hen
Doth nest an egg each day,
And charms some mortals taste
With her sweet little 'lay."
JEFF JoSiyl, in ST. Louis MG9dztne.
"Where is that new man that came
with us in Januaryl" said one NJ. T. to
another. ''He left last week, " was the
reply. "Well, if he left last week, it
was because he couldn't get his hands on
it." put in their slightly absent minded
employer, looking up from his books.
Such is life, etc.-Merchant- IraUeEer.
MOSTLY LIES.
Said Jones sI hardly ever ride,
For crowded cars l can't abide,
And carriages do desplse-
am so fond of exercise"
81 bring my lunch, said Smith, elate,
"For noisy restaurants hate
Beside, I'd spoil my appetite
For dinner when I'm home at night"
Said Brown ''Im tough never wear
An overcoat. do declare
do not feel the cold like those
Half-frozen chaps weighed down with clothes
II never touch cigars" Green spoke.
They're made OF stuff unht to smoke
For healthfulness or comfort ripe
Give me my fragrant brier pipe
And so we all apologize
And make eXcuses-mostly lies,
Because we dare not say with sense
| We 60 without TO save expense
Henry Gleason, ill the Ironmonger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-22

No brass band can play as many airs
ss drum-major can put on.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-16
William Harvey.

William Harvey, the discoverer of the
circulation of the blood, was born at
Folkstone, England, April 4, 1878. He
was of q well-to-do family, and received
a university education, taking his first
degree at Cambridge in 1897. Having
selected physic for his profession, he
went in 1898 to the University of Pa
dua, then the most celebrated school of
medicine in the world. There he re-
ceived his diploma as Doctor of Medi-
cine in 1902, and returning to London,
began the practice of his profession. In
1909 he was appointed physician to st.
Bartholomew Hospital, and in 1915
was made lecturer at the College of
Physicians. 1t is generally supposed
that in his first course of lectures in
1916 he expounded those original and
accurate views of the circulation Of the
blood with which his name has since
been associated. He continued to
demonstrate the subject in lectures,
strengthening his theory with new
illustrations, till he finally gave his dis
covery to the world in treatise publish
ed in 1923. In 1923 Harvey was appointed
physician to King James L., and in 1882
received the SAME appointment for his
successor, Charles /. He accompanied
the Earl of Arundel in his embassy to
the German Emperor in 1886, and
while in Nuremberg lectured there on
his great discovery. He attended King
Charles in his various expeditions, and
was with him at the battle of Edgehill,
1642. In 1916 he withdrew from prac-
tice and occupied himself in revising
and completing his essays, etc, for
publication. He contributed funds
about this time to build a handsome
addition to the College of Physicians in
London, and in 1864 the college, as an
expression of gratitude, elected him its
President; but he declined the Office on
account of his age and intrmities. In
1856 he resigned his lectureship, after
having held II for forty years. He died
at London, June 3, 16a.-Inter Ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-16
Frank r. Blair's Grit.

The campaign of 1868 was attended
b. deal of sporadic killing and blood
shet.., and it was dangerous thing for
Democrat to speak as Blair and
Phelps spoke throughout the State,
In one of the southwestern towns CO.
terie of Republicans swore that Frank
p. Blair should not make a speech in
that town. On the night in question
the Court House was filed with an
angry, excited crowd. through which
Gen. Blair rapidly made his way to the
front. Arriving at the stand, he drew
with his right hand navy revolver
and laid it carefully down, saying:
"Fellow-citizens, 1 have come to
speak TO you of the political issues now
agitating the State"
Here he drew from his left hip pocket
another navy revolver and placed it as
carefully on the desk, continuing with
out interruption:
"And l propose to address you with
out fear or favor"
Thence he plunged into his argu-
ment, hurting the bitterest invectives
against certain measures, but making
no reference to his revolvers.
He spoke for nearly two hours amid
the profoundest silence.-St. Louis
Republican.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-16
The House Of Orange.

The house of Orange is inseparably
identified with European history in the
past three years; to it the independence
of the Netherlands is due, and many of
the great influences that have affected
continental politics. Under the lead of
William the Silent liberty OF conscience
was established against the tyranny of
Spain, and republican government in
stituted in Europe, while under William
III. the Stuart dynasty was driven from
the English throne, and the vast de-
signs of Louis XIV. successfully re-
sisted.
The family derives its name from the
principally of Orange, in Provence, in
southern France. In that country, full
of the remains of Roman glory, the
language Of which is still an echo of
the Latin, is the city and castle of
Orange, where the family had its home
one thousand years ago.
The mountains around are gray and
stony, burned by the sun and swept
by the hot, fierce breaths of the sirocco.
The hiil-sides are covered with olive
trees, and the valleys are deep and
green, with shaded water-courses.
About the present city of Orange
rise the white walls OF the Roman
theater, visible for many leagues; and
an ancient triumphal arch OF remark
able perfection stands close beside the
palace of the Princes OF Orange.
Avignon, the former home of luxury
and excess in the long days of the papal
exile, is not far away, while spots
sacred to Petrarch and Laura, that can
be traced even now in the poets song,
lie just beyond the hills. The rulers of
this little independent sovereignty
were knights OF Charlemague at Ron
cesvalles and leaders in the crusades.
The epics and songs of the French,
and Provencal minstrels extol the valor
of William of Orange of the Short
Nose, who captured the city and its
shining marble tower, Glorietta, from
the Saracens, who fought against the
Moors in Spain, and laid conquered
kingdoms at his masters feet, and who
died in sanctity as the holy abbot of
st. Gellone. A poor monk, it is true,
he made, for he ate twice as much meat
a. the other brethren, and was bolster
Gus when he did not have VINE; but he
gave them all fair warning when he
took the cowl, that if they wished to
get along with him, they must let him
have his own way, aud not throw him
into passion, lest warlike spirit pre-
vail in their peaceful abode.
The rulers of this state grew in
wealth and power, and the family name
was carried by marriage to the houses
of Baux and Chalons. and thence to its
| German branch in the lords of Nassau