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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
The Tea Plant of China.

The Chinese tea plant Is an ever.
green shrub, growing from three to
five feet high. 1t is not indigenous to
China and for a long time its origin
was unknown, but n native tea-tree
was found in Assam, India, which is
now generally regarded by botanists
as the parent of all the cultivated
species. 1t is real tree, attaining 8
height of from fifteen to twenty feet,
bat growing in the midst of moist
iungles and in shady, sheltered situa'
tions. A rich and luxuriant growthis
necessary to secure the best results
from this species, which attains its
best development in a moist and
equable climate. Formerly the tea
plant was supposed to require a tenn
perate climate and a site on steep slop.
ing ground, and most of the Chinese
plantations are so located. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

Claus, who was very kind man, would
forgive her. The little girl looked re-
lieved and said, eff Santa Claus will
forgive me. I'll never break another
doll again" and from the folds of her
little dress she pulled out 1.-THE rem
nants of doll which had lost one
hand, one foot, its nose and half an
ear.
The Princess grew very indignant
at the sight, and said: eff you please,
Santa Claus, l don't like such people.
Let us go somewhere else" Santa
Claus nodded silently, and again they
hoated through the walls, out into the
street, and into other homes. 1t
wasn't until the hundredth call that
the Princess noticed something. 1t
was this, that whenever the children
wished for something very much and
their mothers and fathers smiled,
Santa Claus nodded and took some
thing out of a pocket and dropped it
in closet. This something was like
little cloud of smoke, such as comes
when you strike match, but it grew
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
The United States and Rnasia c,

The United States and Russia con.
stitute now the two largest govern.
ments in the world in the area and
population of the home country, the
homogeneity of the inhabitants and in
the total population. The products
Of both are varied and extensive. and
Il would not bean unnatural inference,
perhaps, that an extensive business
existed between the two, going to make
up part of the $6OO,O 900 of i'm.
ports into the United States and the
81, 900, 100000 of exports. In fact,
however, the commercial business done
between the United States and Russia,
between two countries having collect.
lively more than 200,000,0 900 popula.
ton and occupying 100000 square
miles of the earth's area. is com.
paratiyely Insignificant, as the Treas.
ury figures show.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
/ Things Learned in a Lawyers once.

Things Learned In a Lawyers ONCE.
A prominent lawyer, whose Office is
in the Franklin Building, went to
the phone the other day aud, after a
tactful parley with the naughty maid
at the central office, succeeded in get
ting his stationer "Send up to me
half q dollars worth of the same kind
of paper l got the other day-and
send a half dollar along with the boy"
said the lawyer. A student sitting
near by let his ''Brewster's Practice"
fall unheeded to the floor as he gazed
in wide-eyed astonishmeht at the
lawyer. "Great guns, Mr.. P"
exclaimed the youth, 81 expected to
learn how to do many queer things in
q law Office, but never dreamed that
even our profession had a way of get
ting both goods and money at the
same time!" He was quite disap.
pointed when Mr.. P explained
that he wanted the half dollar sent
along in order to change a dollar bill
he already had. Philadelphia Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

the Princess said "Oh," because in
the old maids heart there were
gloomy woods and caves, frogs, green
snakes, and horned lizards and bats,
and owls that shrieked, "tu-whit, tu-
whoop' The Princess was very glad
to get out on the other side, and then
she knew why she had always loved
the young girl and always hated the
cross old maid. By and by they
came to house with big doors, and
waiter at the door who let people in
and out, but they didn't mind him in
the least. They did not even wait
for the door to open. They went
through the door and through the
waiter, and foated up stairs into the
nursery, where there were three or
four children getting ready to go to
bed. They were all little girls, and
they had hung their stockings upon
the mantelpiece, and upon the floor
with their backs against the wall they
had put all their dolls. You see,
they Thought that when Santa Claus
came he'd see all the dolls and would
give each one little present. They
talked about it, too. The Princess
could hear them and see them, but
they couldn't see the Princess or
Santa Claus. She looked up at her
companion and said, care you going
to give the dolls q present, tooP" and
Santa Claus laughed q little bit,
turned red as if he were blushing, and
said, eyes, guess I'll have to. They
are good little girls. Wouldn't you
like to stay here with them2"
The Princess thought for a moment
and answered, "No, 1 thank you,
Santa Claus. There are so many dolls
here their talking would prevent my
thinking"
Santa Claus laughed again, and the
next moment they foated through the
wall, through many walls and stopped
in another nursery. Here there were
two little girls and their mother. One
OF them had been quite naughty. The
mother said she hoped that Santa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
"a Dangerous Man."

Here is a story illustrative of the
ignorance of the colonies that once
prevailed in the Colonial Office and is
not yet entirely banished from Down.
ing street. As we all know, the late
Lord Carnarvon, when Colonial Sec.
cretary, officially recorded his opinion
of Sir George Gray as "a dangerous
man." Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, on
one of his visits from Victoria, called
upon Lord Carnarvon in Downing
street, and in conversation chanced to
introduce a reference TO Sir George
Grey. "a very strange and incom.
prehensible character" said Lord
Carnaryon, with a shake of the head
81 hear he has now withdrawn to an
island off the coast of New Zealand
and surrounded himself with q mum
Der of wallabies." "Oh, yes, think
that is not at all improbable" " replied
Sir Charles. ''You surprise me" re.
joined Lord Carnarvon; "what must
be the state of morality in country
where you make light of such pro
ceeding?" "Why, my Lord, what dc
you suppose a wallaby to be-" "a
half-caste female of course. Is thai
not so?" Certainly not; wallaby
is simply small kangaroo. "-Londor
Chronicle.
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can do this, she is royal doll and not
common doll. She had marvellous
complexion, and the more you washed
il the brighter it grew The Princess
Angelina had a beautiful wardrobe.
She had ball dress, dinner dress, q
slumber gown, bicycle suit, golf
toilet, a rainy day costume, bib and
tucker to make believe she was baby,
and four other common frocks, and
her commonest suit was better than
the best dresses of a great many dolls.
Now, Dollytown is in the middle Of
New York. Itdoesn't begin anywhere,
and doesn't end anywhere. The Prin-
cess Angelina was a magical doll.
When a person came to buy her whom
she didn't like she squinted with one
eye and made the other turn green, so
that she looked SO ugly people put her
down right away. Another time when
some one wanted to buy her whom she
didn't like, she took hat pin out and
stuck it in the woman's thumb and the
woman got mad and went off and
didn't buy any doll at all. This is
why all the other dolls got sold in
Dollytown the day before Christmas
and why the Princess Angelina was
not sold. 1t got around to evening
and the Princess said, 81 wonder
where I'll CO." Then she gave a
scream because right in front of her,
looking like dear old grandfather,
was Santa Claus himself. He bowed
very nicely, because Santa Claus is o
very polite gentleman, and said:
Good evening, Princess; I called to
see if your Highness would like to
take walk"
The Princess smiled and said.
'Thank you, Santa Claus, that is just
what 1 have been wanting to do all
day, but there was no gentleman
around 1 cared to walk with, and she
took Santa Claus's arm and they went
walking out of the beautiful rooms
where she had been living into the
street.
To prevent anybody stealing her
beautiful dresses, and 1 am sorry 10
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

A remarkable story is going the
rounds of the press as to a weaving
machine newly invented in France,
says the Dry Goods Economist. This
machine, it is claimed, turns out from
100 to 175 yards of fabric per day OF
ten hours, with the expenditure of
but half the ordinary motive force.
The fabric is said to show a woven
effect on one side and knitted on the
other. 1t is also stated that great
economy is effected by the fact that
one workman can oversee as many as
six machines. The description is so
mixed up as to need considerable re-
vision before receiving credence. It
seems to apply more to knitting ma.
chine than to a loom, while many i'm.
portant details are wanting. The
cltim that one man can run six ma
chimes is not startling, inasmuch as in
some cotton mills in this country one
operative tends fully that number of
looms and more.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

shoulder and off they went. The
street was very crowded, but it didn't
make any difference. Sometimes
they walked through the people,
sometimes the people walked through
them and sometimes they walked
through each other. At one place in
the street she walked right through
the heart of a very pretty shop girl
who had charge of rag dolls, and there
she saw beautiful pictures and statues
and jewelry and bands OF music play
ing and fountains leaping and flowers
waving and apples and pears hanging
from the bows Of the trees. They
were not exactly real things she saw :
they were magical things, which are
sometimes more real than real
things.
At another place on the street
whom should they walk through but a
cross old maid, who had charge of the
rubber dolls in Dollytown, and again
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

The kingdom Of Sweden is just now
agitating the question whether or not
to follow Norway's lead in granting
universal suffrage. Out of popula.
ton of some 1900, 900 men over the
age of twenty-one, only about 300, ,00O
have at present the right of suffrage.
To vote in Sweden one must show that
his yearly income is 500 crowns $685.
and that he pays taxes on that income.
The liberals are circulating petitions
throughout the kingdom, to be pre-.
sented to the Riksdag at its meeting
this winter. Norway has just re.
Gently given universal male suffrage
to its people, but in Sweden much op.
position is expected from the party in
power-Protectionists and Conserya.
tives. The classes are being organ.
lied, and the advantages which the
United States is believed to have
found in universal suffrage will have
great force.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
A Remarkable Name.

The following is a tue story told OF
A Mr.. Ottiwell Wood, who was a min
lister of the Gospel, and whose son,
Mr.. John Wood, for many years chair
man of the board of inland revenue,
vouched for its correctness. Mr..
Wood had to appear as witness in a
north country assize court, and was
asked and gave his name in due
course.
"What?" asked the Judge peevish.
ly, being rather deaf.
Mr.. Wood repeated his answer.
Cant hear you; spell it out, I"
snapped the Judge.
30, double t, I, double U, Z,
double L, double U, double o. d."
The Judge threw down his pen in
despair. Household Words.
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LOOK OUT FOR II.

Your heart would still be happy, an would
never have no woe
II you looked out fer the engine when you
heard the whistle blowl
You wouldn't koer fer summertime-you
wouldn't mind the snow
II you looked out fer the engine when yot
heard the whistle blowl
I don't keer what they tell you, an don't
keer whar you 60
You must look out fer the engine when you
hear the whistle blowl
Fer time-it is a-1yin'-no river stops its
flow;
So, look out fer the engine when you heaI
the whistle blowl
Frank Z. Stanton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

A committee appointed by the Ma
tional Education Association to amend
the spelling of certain words in com.
mon use has completed its labors and
will report to the Executive Commit
tee of the association, recommending
list of words to be spelled precisely
as they are pronounced. The list in.
cludes such words as program (pro'
gramme), altho (although), thorofare
(thoroughfare), tho though), thoro
Thoroughly, thru through, thruout
tthroughout), prolog (prologue), de.
magog (demagogue), catalog (cata-
logue), decalog (decalogue), pedagog
lpedagogue). The changes are Ger.
tainly suggested by common sense
but who ever heard of common sense
overcoming the power of usuage
where the English language is con
cerned?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
The Plum Pudding.

Take two pounds Of Sultana raisins.
Wash a pound of currants. Chop fine
a pound of beef suet and two ounces
each of candied orange and lemon
peel. Blanch two ounces each of
sweet and bitter almonds. Crate
three nutmegs ana one pound Of bread
crumbs. Squeeze the juice from one
lemon. Weigh three-quarters Of q
pound of -four and o whole pound Of
powdered sugar. Measure tumbler
of tart jelly-currant is the best-and
use nine eggs with this recipe.
Use large mixing bowl, putting In
the eggs first, beat the jelly into these,
add the suet, then the -four, little
at a time, putting in the fruit, nuts,
crumbs, etc., and, last of all, put in
half a teaspoonful each of powdered
ginger root and salt.
Let all hands take part in the STIR
ring. Have ready a large piece OF
muslin, we'll washed; wet it and
sprinkle with -four; tie the pudding
loosely into this cloth, and put it into
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
England.
16.-An Endless Chain.

Every syllable appears twice, form
ing the end of one word and the be-
ginning of the next, thus forming a
chain. The end of the last word is
like the beginning of the first, thus
making the chain endless.
l. Unproductive.
2. Income from property.
3. An old way of keeping accounts
4. A vice.
5. A hearth.
6. According. to law.
7. French.
s. A Roman official
9. A mutilated trunk
10. The subject of famous poem.
IL. Found on a polished diamond
-. Pertaining to whale.
13. A confection.
IA. To transfer shoots.
Is. Part of roof.
16. A fungus growing on grain.
II. Obtained.
1S. Part of the body.
10. A beast.
20. The most important part.
81. A kind of bow.
%. Bonded.
23. A poem.
"a. A kind of bird.
25. To prevent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.

q large pot of boiling water. Cover
and let it boil slowly nine hours. Lift
it out and put the pudding, cloth and
all, into cold water.
Turn out on a dish, stick it full of
blanched almonds, put sprig of holly
in the centre and serve.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Snrar Cane In Delnware.

1t is said that sugar cane grown in
Delaware will yield 32OG pounds ofre-
fined product to the acre, compared
with 2SOO pounds, the best results
from beets in California. This state
ment is made after experiments in tho
Delaware Agricultural Station.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

A soothing thought it is amid all
the perturbations in the politics Of
this planet of ours-our wars and ru
mors Of wsrs--that the calm philos
ophers who search the skies in the
silence of the night go on finding and
mapping little bits of the great Uni
verse--now a steady-going little plan.
ct, now vagrom comet. DR.. Brooks
has just found one of the latter fright
ascension, fourteen hours thirty three
MINUTES; declination, north sixty de.
grees twenty-six minutes; motion
southeasterly." The little planet
spoken of is nearest to us Of all heav.
enly bodies except the moon, and it is
to help us >getting the parallsx Of
the sun - better, therefore, be
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

Loud-"Did you hear about that
golf coat of mine?" Redd-"Yes, ]
heard it."-Yonkers Statesman.
Papa-"The rattlesnake gives warn.
ing before it strikes" Johnny
"What a chump it is, papaI"-Puck.
young man, you'll spend your days
IN the poorhouse yet" "Oh, well, /
sleep all day, anyhow. indianapolis
Journal.
"My employer is so queer; can't
fell when he's pleased" "Well, you
can tell when he's displessed, can't
you?"-Chicago Record.
Susie-"Papa, what makes a man
always give woman q diamond en-
gagement ring?" Her Father-''The
woman. The jewelers. Weekly.
The Boston Herald says the woman
golf champion has a mans arm.
Well, that's certainly good thing to
nave about her. Cleveland Leader.
Her father was druggist,
She was cashier in his store;
And the other girls all envied
The complexion that she wore.
Chicago News.
Ancient Adorer-"I could sacrifice
Ill my riches to win your Lowell"
Young Adored-"If you did anything
so foolish should never love you. y
Judy.
Woman (suspiciously, to milkman)
-'I believe you water your milk"
Milkman-"Dont talk nonsense
Why, waters scarcer than milk!"-
Fun.
II doctor, is it very difficult to put a
person in the idiot asylum?" "Oh,
no. Most patients go there under very
simple conditions" = indianapolis
Journal.
Mamma-"Oh, dearl Johnny, 1
lon't believe you know what it is to
be good" Jimmy-"Yes. l do, MAN.
ma. It's not doing what you want to
do. Truth
Little Miss Muffet,
She sat on tutfet
Eating up curds and whey;
A microbe espied her,
And slipped down inside her,
And she had influenza next day.
Johnnie-"Pa, where does a man
get theory?" Pa -'In his head, my
son." Johnny-"Well, doesn't it
hurt his head when a theory is ex-
ploded?"--New York World.
Speaking of business marts and
bargain hunters" said Civilians,
"they are about the same thing. One
is a centre of trade and the other is
trade scenter. Chicago Tribune.
81 see some college out West is
about to confer a degree on Spend
thrift, the author" said Cashly.
"Good, "said Lenderby. "What is il
to be? 1. o. U. U.?"-Harper's Bazaar.
81 am going to send my 10y to col
Icge. l want him to come out on top of
the heap" "But you can't be sure Of
it, you know; football is such an un.
certain game. Philadelphia Bulletin
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14.-Transpositions.

Transpose tree into part OF win
low.
Transpose a malediction into re.
ceptacle.
Transpose an object of interest to
explorers into legal claim.
Transpose a certain kind of food
INTO that which cooks it.
Transpose the part of plant of
which paper is made into a document
written on paper.
Transpose something that lives un.
Ter water into something dreaded by
ships on the water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
A JeweIed GIobe

The Shah has in his palace at Tehe-
IAN twelve-inch globe, upon which
the various parts of the world are set
out in jewels of various colors-Eng-l
land with rubies, India with diamonds,
he sea with emeralds. and SO on.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

Official reports show that the
Omaha Exposition paid all expenses
and left a surplus of $780, 900 to bs
divided among the stockholders. The
men who managed that splendid en-.
terprise certainly got show for their
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

say that there are bad, wicked,
naughty dolls who steal other dolls
gloves and handkerchiefs and who tell
fibs, and do other awful things, Santa
Claus packed all her dresses, bonnets,
gloves, shoes, stockings, parasols,
fans, umbrellas, bibs, aprons, water
proofs, handkerchiefs and bracelets
into doll trunk. He put this on his
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
Their Forte.

Their Forte.
Gals, they wouldn't hurry much
Washin' up the dishes;
Helpin' out at harvest time
Went ag'in their wishes.
Worked right hard when corn was huskod,
But they didn't like It.;
Know ed they had "forty" though
II they could but strike it.
They've discovered 1t Mt last;
Allus on the goi
Orter sec 'em hustlin' round
Pickin' mistletoel
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

With the establishing of press
censorship in London the European
war cloud took on a distinctly darker
hue. Ous>esteemed contemporaries
IA the British capital now know soy
4 Is themselves.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21
A Sure Thing.

Cooper-"I've been married twelve
years, and l don't believe 1 ever sue
ceeded in getting my wife a Christ
mas present that really pleased her. "
Hooper Ever try a check?"-
Chicago Journal.
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ia Decapitation.

1. Behead part OF a vessel, and leave
tree.
2. Behead to cut, and leave tree.
3. Behead to remain in liquid, and
leave tree.
4. Behead to think, aud leave a tree.
5. Behead a slice of beef, and leave
q tree.
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ia Diamond.

l. A letter used to express number.
.. A dweller in the city.
3. What narrow street is called in
England.
4. A kind of puzzle.
5. A word formerly used to desig.
nate standing place.
6. Termination.
7. A letter used to express number.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

Z lady, the Princess
Angelina lived in
Dollytown. She was
q doll-t h Q m o 8 t
beautiful, delicious,
lovable and lovely
doll that was ever
born. She coul d
close her eyes and
say "P apa" an d
"M a m ma. She
could stand upon
one leg and hold her
other leg over her
shoulder for half an
hour. When O doll
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-12-21

Now they are ballooning across the
Alps. What's the good of Alps If you
have to use a balloon, besides, to get
up in the air with?
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IA Diamond

IA Letter Puzzle-From l to
%, "Field Flowers" Eugene Field.
l, Fowler; 2, defes; 3, lounge; 4.
defile.
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lift
0f this don't win her / am lostD
And deign to view my humble gift;
q hate to think about the costD
May it find favor in your sight,
a (And bring about the end seekD
Although its value is but slight.
1'll have to fast at least a weekly
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RATES OF ADVERTISING,

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kskkxWleNeeeee eeeeeeeeeieel9sSsii
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.

8ies9kseseaIISs9E SSi9SSSA9tA&
The solutions to these puzzles will sp-
pear In q succeeding issue.
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don't win her I am lostn

'Iy dear Miss Bonds, your eyes pray
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money.