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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

This country has furnished so many
remarkable criminals that it is a relief
to the Atlanta Constitution to find
Europe coming to the front with q
similar exhibit. The latest monster
is claimed by Germany. He is named
Springstein. blacksmith residing at
Prenzlau. Within the past few months
he has poisoned his wife, mother and
brother-in.law, the latter's sou, n
governess, one of his apprentices and
a neighbor's daughter. He is also
accused of drowning his own father.
His other victims were poisoned by
the administration of strychnine. The
case will rank with the most celebrated
trials in the criminal annals of Ger
many. Springstein's motive for the
commission of these murders is not
known and the general opinion seems
10 be that he is simply one of those
exceptional monsters who appear from
time to time in the worlds history
1t is safe to say that he will not be
acquitted on the ground of insanity
nor will he receive any misplaced
sympathy. The Germans never make
pets of their big criminals and they
turn them over to the exectioner with.
ont any unnecessary delay.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

The city of South Bend, Oregon.
presents novelty in American poll
tics and government, in that no city
office there will have any salary
attached to it during 1896, or prac.
tically none, and also that there are
more place hunters than there are
places. The city is in debt for i'm
provements that have been made, and
the New York Sun states that the
Council voted to reduce the salaries
of all city officers to 81 year, and
devote the proceeds of the tax levy to
paying off the debts. More than
enough citizens and taxpayers have
declared their willingness to take the
Offices, and thus help to clear the city
of debt. The State law provides that
the Treasury shall receive at least
$50 a month, but the citizen who
takes that Office will turn over the
salary to the city.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25
RAT1s or ADVERTISING

kiln. The process OF burning the clay
is the most important in the whole
work. Only the most skilled men are
employed, men who can tell almost by
instinct how hot the fires should be
and when the heads have been suf-
ficiently buried The kiln itself is a
great fre-clay apartment, which opens
of from the factory and is entered
through a number of small doors.
When the fire. clay boxes containing
all the way from ten to forty ''raw"
dolls heads have been piled inside the
kiln, sometimes to the number of
several hundred, the doors are all
closed and the heat is started and kept
going steadily for about three days
and then the furnace Is allowed to cool
for two days more. If the heat is not
kept absolutely even the dolls become
stOop shouldered or have twisted
countenances like those frequently
sold on the bargain counters of depart
ment stores. When the heads are
taken from the kiln they are of faint
amber color and are known as bisque
ware.
For ordinary china dolls coarser
quality of clay is used, and after
being taken from the furnace the first
time they are dipped into a glazing
solution and then baked again.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

Across the hedge a scream heard,
And saw Priscilla run.
Pursued by gigantic bird
Out in the winter sun.
The gander tapped his wings in air
And, kissing, pressed the pace
While she with feelings Of despair
Led the unhappy chase.
scaled the hedgerow double quick,
And rs the gander came
In range raised my walking stick
And with unerrlng aim
Landed upon his head whack
Which proved the maids release
From harm-for he turned on his back
And closed his eyes in peace.
"our Christmas bird Is ready quite
To dangle on the peg"
She murmured, "tlll with rare delight
We eat him wing aud leg"
She smiled and said, "You'll come around
On Christmas Day to dine?"
/ answered, with bow profound,
"Pll be there snow or shiner
In juicy pride the gander lay
Most luscious, brown and fat.
Upon the dish that Christmas Day,
While we about him sat.
Across the board upon me fell
Her smile, which was the springs,
Till was dazed and couldn't tell
The drumsticks from the wings.
We ATE him fiji ha Nyas N yvrack
A wreck Of loveliness-
And then unto her fairy beck
And call, l must confess,
went for loves most precious sake
Oove set my dreams astir)-
Behind the fowered screen to break
The frail wish bone with her.
won the better part, and wished
She seemed my wish to read.
While with her eye in mine she iished
With subtle skill indeed.
just then the Christmas chimes with zest
Trembled across the dell,
She blushed as il they did suggest
The merry wedding bell.
Ny golden wish, made on that day
OF revelry and mirth,
Has been fulhlled-perpetual May
For me begilds the earth.
That wish bone, like the horseshoe old.
That brings good luck galore,
Now, mended, hangs with charm untold
Above our cottage door,
R. X. Munkittriek.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

'It was 50 chilly in the dining-room,
1 thought we'd eat supper out here, -
said his wife, a small, slight, gray.
haired woman.
'G enjoy eatin' in the kitchen of a
cold night like this" said her hus.
band. "It's gittin' colder fast. Sup
per about ready?"
Eyes; I'll take 1t right up"
They talked little while they ate.
Jason was inwardly rebellious over
what he called his daughters "impu-
dence," and Mrs. Hogarth's thoughts
could not be given utterance, because
they we're of Jenny.
81 must go up to the attic an git
out the buff'lo robes" said Mr.. Ho.
garth, pushing his chair away from
the table. "I'll start so early in the
mornin' l won't have time to git the
robes then. 1 guess I'll put right of
for bed soon as l git the robes. I've
got to be off by o'clock.
Five minutes later he was in his
musty, cobwebbed old attic, candle in
hand. When he had found the robes
he said to himself:
"Wonder if my big fur muffler amt
up here in some o. them trunks
I'll need it if it's cold as 1 think it'll
be in the morning. Mebbo it's in this
trunk"
He dropped on one knee before a
small, old, hair-covered trunk, with
brass-headed nails that had lost their
luster years ago. Throwing up the
trunk lid, he held the candle lower.
His eye fell on big rag doll with O
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

my husbands invalid mother didn't
have to live with us, I'd bring Jenny
an her children right hero to live"
'I'd never darken your door ag'In
if yon did"
''I guess ma would. It's a burning
shame, pa, that you won't even let her
go to Hebron to see Jenny. It's kill
ing ma. To think of her own daugh-
ter living only fifteen miles away and
her mother not seeing her for nearly
six years It's wicked. If l was ma
I'd go no matter what you said"
"Your ma knows very well that she'd
have to go for good if she went at all, +"
replied her father, coldly. Then he
added:
81 must bo goin', for I've got to go
round by Job Prouty's an see if he'll
loan me his light wagon to go to He
bron with, Wednesday. l broke the
tongues O. mine Sunday an that pesky
wagonmaker down to the village amt
goin' to git it fixed fer month, 1
reckon. You an Tom'll be over to
eat dinner with US Christmas, l
s'pose?"
"Yes, l s'pose so.
They parted with manifest stiffness
of manner on both sides.
"Set set set - said Mrs. Jenness,
as her father walked out of the yard
aud down the road toward his own
home. "rhe settest man that ever
walked the earth l wouldn't stand
it about Jenny if l was mother. She's
| diving to see Jenny's babies, an just
b'4eeyo that father'd soften if he saw
em once. The only grandchildren
he's got on earth, and he nor ma never
even saw them. If dared I'd fix it
so he should see those two dear little
tots once !"
1t was dark when Jason Hogarth
reached his house. There were no
lights in the front windows of the big,
square farm house with an incr' 7ihly
long L back of it. He walked arouuI
to the rear, where streams OF CHEEKY
/ light shone from the kitchen windows.
A pleasant odor of frying ham greeted
him as he entered the kitchen, where
IA table with snowy cloth was set for
supper, clo-e TO tAs shining kitchen
stove.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

~ got her nice silk umbreP with
a silver handle las Christmas; paid
four dollars an seventy-nine cents for
it 4; an I'll be switched ii she's had it
out O. the case it came in but one
solitary time, an then she knowed it
want goin' to ram. Beats all how
savln' your ma is of things. There's
the silk dress pattern / got 'er two
years ago this Christmas, not even
made up yit. l want to git her some
thing this Christmas that she'll have
to use an enjoy. What kin you sug-
gest, Mandy?"
His married daughter, Amanda Jen-
ness, now stood at her molding board
rolling out pie crust. She was dumpy
little body with laughing blue eyes
and a good-humored expression of
countenance. But now look OF de-
termination came in her face and she
turned suddenly and faced her father,
with her back to the table and the
rolling pin held IN both hands across
her checked gingham apron.
"You want me to tell you what to
get for mas Christmas gift, pa"
Eyes; blamed if l know what to
gitP"
81 can tell you in one word, pa. -
-'You kin? Well, I'll git it If it
don't come at too high fgger. Never
had better crops in my life than l had
this year. My onions an tobacker III
bring me in 5000 more'n / expected to
git for 'em, an the ROBBERY crop was
something tremenjus an | didn't have
to sell quart for less'n twenty cents.
Your ma done her full share O. work
an Pm anxious to git her something
real hanson for Christmas. What
shall it be?"
His daughter looked at him steadily
for moment and then said slowly and
distinctly:
JENNY"
A sullen frown took the place of th-
kindly smile on his wrinkled face.
His eyes flashed ominously and his
voice was harsh and cold as he said
"Haven'tI | told you, Mandy Jen-
ness, never to mention that name to
me?"
81 know that you have" replied
Mandy with gathering courage; "but
never said that l wouldn't do 1t, and
when you asked me what ] thought
mad like best for Christmas, Just
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

cold water that he might not know
that she had been crying. But he
would know if he had any discernment
at all, for she had been crying nearly
all day. Her heart had been 50 heavy
with thoughts of Jenny.
How'd you happen to come in al
the front door?" she asked.
"You mustn't ask questions so near
Christmas time" he said in voice SO
light and Joyous that she looked up
quickly. He picked up a lamp and
said:
81 want to go into the parlor a min
ute before supper.
A moment later he called out
cheerily;
"Come in here an see your Christ
mas gift, ma It's such a beauty l
can't wait until morning"
"Better wait until after supper any
how. It's all on the table"
"No; come in here first
When she reached the open door Of
the parlor she saw her husband on his
knees between little boy of about
four years aud a little girl OF two, his
arms around their waists. A little wo-
man with thin, pale, tear stained
face showing beneath her cheap little
mourning bonnet, was standing be-
hind Jason.
"And this is Walter Jason, named
for me, and this is Marthy Isabelle,
named for you, said jason, ioyously.
"Come, come ma; stop huggin' an
cryin' over Jenny an take look at
your gran children. What do you say
to them for a Christmas gift?"
She knelt down and took them in
her arms, saying incoherently:
"Jenny-Jason- oh, dear -l-I-
you dear, little things Gran'ma'
babies You darlings You darlings
You're the best gift, the sweetest gift,
the dearest gift in all the world The
little peace child that came to Beth
lehem was not dearer to his mother
than you are to me. Kneel right down
here by me, Jenny an Jason, an let
me thank the Christ who was born on
Christmas Day for this an' for the
beautiful Christmas there will be un-
der this roof tomorrow l".--Detroit
Free Press
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

china head. He picked it up and
stared at it a moment.
His mind went back to Christmas
long years ago. He was a poor young
married man then, and ne had worked
nearly all day at husking corn for a
neighbor, to earn money to buy that
doll head, and his wife had set up un-
til midnight to make the clumsy body
stuffed with sawdust. He remembered
how his little Jenny had shrieked with
Joy when she found the doll in her
stocking the next morning. And what
IS this? A tiny, faded, blue merino
baby sacque. His wife had made il
before Jenny had yet come into the
world. 1t was the very first tiny gar
ment she had made, and her husband
recalled how she had blushed and tried
to hide it under her apron when he
had found her at work on it. He re-
membered that he had taken il from
her and kissed her, aud then he had
kissed the tiny garment itself.
The candle in his hand shook
strangely as he bent lower over the
trunk and brought forth a tiny china
cup with "From Papa on it, and a
little sampler with "God bless father
and mother" worked IN rather uncer-
tain letters by little hand.
There was n string of blue glass
beads that he has given her on heS
fifth birthday and in a heavy black
case was a daguerreotype of her with
the beads around her neck. The lit
tie pictured face smiled up at him
from the frame and there was a mist
before his eyes when he thought OF
how many, many times those bare lit,
tie arms had tightened in a warm em-
brace around his neck, and OF how
many times those smiling lips had
kissed him and said
81 love you best Of anybody in all
the world, farver.
Everything in the trunk was a re-
minder OF her in her baby days, OF his
little Jenny. He sat down on the
floor beside the trunk and took the
things out one by one, the stern look
in his face soitening and his heart
growing warmer.
lie smiled when he came to u little
white sunbonpet and remembered just
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25
COMIC MASKS.

When the heads are thoroughly
cooled they are conveyed to a long
table at which scores of girls, all gayly
dressed and all 'chattering, are sitting.
They range from thirteen years of age
upward, the laws of the land not per-
hitting the employment of younger
children. The first girl takes the
head, and with deft movement of
brush which she holds in her hands,
paints the eyebrows and then slips it
along to the next girl, who puts the
bushes on the dolls cheeks. A third
girl colors the hair, another the lips,
and then tie head is turned over to
more experienced girl, who is charged
with the duty of putting in the eyes.
She has before her miniature NOR
tar box full of moist plaster of paris
and scores of eyes of different sizes
and shapes. When she has found
pair that fits, she fastens them in,
chinking in the gaping spaces with
plaster of paris, which is subsequent
ly colored. For the "go-to-sleep"
doll the eyes are attached by little
wires and operated by simple weight
of lead. Long experience has made
all the girls extremely deft and rapid
IN their work, and where they work by
the piece they sometimes make as
high as fifty cents a day.
The feet and hands of the dolls are
nodded and baked just like the heads.
The cloth for the bodies is cut by
great machine, the knives of which
are fashioned in the exact shape of the
pieces desired. The sewing is alldone
by girls, small place being left in
one end of the body for stufing. The
contents are sometimes cork, some-
times sawiust and sometimes hay.
Papier mache dolls are pressed into
form by hydraulic machine and
afterward baked and painted like 9TH
er dolls. The peasants in the sur
rounding country also make great
numbers of knit dolls of hundred
shapes and hues, and they are sold for
a few marks dozen to the factory
managers. Tho hair of dolls for the
most part comes from England, where
it is manufactured from variety of
flax known as mohair flax. Some of
the more expensive dolls are provided
with real hair.
Most of the ordinary wooden toys,
such rs the animals for Noah's ark,
are whitfield out by the boys and men
in the little mountain homes of
Thuringia. The whole family often
works at the business, one member
always making an elephant, another
camel, another horse, year in and
year out. OF course they become
very expert, but the pay which they
receive is small.
The ordinary papier-macho masks
sold by costumers are made in molds
similar to those prepared for dolls,
and, while there has been some attempt
on the part of American manufactur-
ers to make them, the greatest number
still comes from over the water
But the Americans have driven out
all competitors in one branch OF the
toy trade. No artisans in the world
have been able to invent such wonder
ful mechanical toys Of iron and tin,
and the exports of this class of work
to Europe every year are exceedingly
large. All the clever devices sold by
street peddlers are the work Of ingen'
ious Yankees.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

can dealer SENDS h'4A NNNN'
over the photograph of the child
whose face he wishes repro
duced the artist takes it and molds
a head of the proper size in clay
Then two plaster casts are made, one
of the face of the mold and one of the
back, the dividing line running from
the center of the top Of the head
through the point of the shoulders A
core of plaster about half an inch
smaller in diameter than the mold is
then constructed, TO be used in making
the cavity inside of the dolls head.
The molds being now completed, they
are taken to the factory, and Il work
man presses into one Oi the halves a
piece of potter's clay. Into this he
forces the core until it is within a
quarter of an inch or less Of the mold,
according to the desired thickness OF
the shell of the head. Then IA thin
layer of clay is spread over the eX-
posed portion of the core and the
other half of the mold is pressed down
over this aud weighted, SO that every
line and chink Is the molds will be
filled.
The clay in the mold having dried
thoroughly, the head is taken out and
set into little tire-clay receptacle
much resembling "a cheese-box. Whom
this is full Of heads it Is ready for the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

told you what l knew she'd like best
She'd rather have my sister Jenny
thnn anything money can buy"
Then she added, undaunted by her
fathers frowning visage:
" firmly believe, pa, that ma is
shortening her days grieving for Jen-
n.y. She just is I'm going to say my
say while I'm at it, whether you like
it or not. know that I owe Won re.
spect, but | owe my own and only sis
ter something, too, and one duty is
Just as important as the other. I'll"
"Wait minnit, Mandy" her father
said, rising and buttoning up his
overcoat. "When your sister Jenny
disgraced the family by up an running
away with that Will Martin an mar.
ryin' into that good-for-nothing
Martin family, 1 said that I'd never
own her as my daughter ag'in, an
never will. said that she should
never cross my threshold ag'in, an she
never shall"
'I know that the Martins are a
poor, shiftless lot, an that Will was
as trihing as any of 'em. Like enough
it was born in 'em to be SO. But there
never was anything bad about 'em,
an he's dead an gone now. An when
think of poor Jenny workin' the way
she has to work over there in Hebron
to support herself au' her two little
children, an you with plenty and to
spare, know it isn't right. / can tell
you now, father, that go to see Jen-
ny ev'ry time l go to Hebron, an if
we weren't SO poor ourselves, nm if
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

Two of the most conspicuous signs
OF civilization are newspapers and rail.
roads, observes the Atlanta Journal.
When We claim to lead the march of
the world We may go far toward justi-
Tying the assertion by pointing to the
fact that we lead all other Nations
combined in these two elements of
power. There are about so, 900 news
papers published in the world, and of
this number 90, 169 are in the United
States and Canada. These American
newspapers printed last year 3, ,4Sl, =
6l0, 900 copies, which is far more than
the combined circulation of all the
newspapers of other Nations. OF the
20, 100 newspapers in the United States
and Canada over 1900 are published
in this country, and it is probably
true that the newspapers of the
United States have a greater total cir
culation than all others combined. No
other country can show newspapers
which equal our great metropolitan
dailies either in quantity OF news or
in circulation. Compare any one OF
tle great newspapers of London or
Paris with any one of the leading
newspapers of New York or Chicago
and the superiority of the American
journal as a newsgatherer will be evil
dent TO the dullest reader. One of the
first things to be established in any
settlement in the Unit9d States is
newspaper, whereas in Europe they
are seldom published outside of cities
of considerable size. No Nation in
the world has so many newspaper
readers as the United States. Here
the masses read, and the proudest dis
tinction any journal can have is to be
known as the peoples paper. In the
number and extent of railroads the
United States also excels the rest OF
the world combined. There are in
this country about 100000 miles OF
railway, and all the other railroads in
the world combined fall short OF that
mileage by many thousand miles. A
Nation which leads the world IN news
papers and railroads is in no danger
0f losing its liberties.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25
ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
BY J. L. HARBOUR.

DUNNO what in
creation to get
y o u r ma for
O b r i s t m a s,
Mandy" an d
J son Hogarth
looked at h i s
daughter d inquir-
ingly as if expect
ing her to suggest
some suitable gift.
But she was busy
at that moment
testing the condi-
tion OF a cake IN
{ h Q oven b V
thrusting a broom
straw into it, and
when she had
risen to her feet
her father said
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

A Berlin Judge recently held that
nobody has right to say anything
against the Emperor, because his per.
son is sacred.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

The publication at this time of the
rnmor that Washington played the
flute is doubtless due, suggests the
New York Recorder, to the mean in.
situations of the surviving members
of the CORVALLIS family.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

Milwaukee contains 21l square miles
OF territory-probably the smallest
area of any city in the United States
of equal size.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

There were 1880 persons in penal
Pervitude in Great Britain and Aus
tralia in 1870 and only 4s45 in 1895.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25

The five principal languages in the
order OF their importance, are English,
German, French, Spanish and italian.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-12-25
CHRISTMAS TOYS.
MOST OF THEM ARE MADE IN
ONE GERMAN PROVINCE.
Nearly Every Thuringian is a Maker
of PIaythings-Turning Out Dolls
Where American Manu-
facturers Excel

DEALER in toys
was crossing the At
lantic a few years
ago on his way to
Thuringis, G er- =
many, where most
of the worlds play
things for children
are made. Among
the passengers on
shipboard, says the
Chicago Record, was
an American lady
with her daughter,
q obriobt.avad nurlv-