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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-14


Ofcvcrv variety. Cakes Notions and Toys.
All kinds of Nuts, Risjns, Curranls, Oran-
res, Lemons, Citrons, ,Sc.
\ fine assortment OF Plain and Fancy
Candies a great variety of Sugar and other
TOYS. Orders for parties promptly filled at
all times. Particular attention paid to Rich
and Ornamental Wedding Cakes, fine Fruits
in seated cans, Pickles. Catsup, .Iellies, &c.
Wheat and Rye Bread, fresh every day
Also, a superior quality of genuine Havana
Cigars, Smokin" Tobacco, &c.
An elegant Oysters loon for ladies'
and gentlemen, put up to suit all tastes.
Families supplied with any quantity at short
notice and AT fair rates.
Those Wishing anything in my line will do
well to call before purchasing elsewhere, as /
feel confident OF giving satisfaction | have
the cheapest goods in town. Nov 4--y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-14

school IecpOrt.-Tlsc following re-
port indicates the standing of the pupils
named, as determined by an examination
occupying the closing week of the term
One hundred per cent. is the standard, lcp-
rescnting perfection:
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
SHERlFF'S SALE.
NJ. Ryan
= - No f92

n y s.an No 1880. 'xs
james I. Flint. sa@
Ninth District Court, Parish ofRapities State
49, = of Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE of and to satisfy writ of ieri
- facias issued ont of the, ahoye named
Court in the above entitled End numbered
suit, have seized, and will offer for Sale at
Public Auction, on q. -
Saturday the End day Of November,
hEkh 1872,
between the hours of IL A. NJ. and p. NJ. at
the Court House Door, in the Town Of Alexan-
dria. the following described property, seized
as the.property of the Defendant to-wit:
Oaa Bay Mare.
Two Yoke Of 0xen
Ono Old Wagon, = -"
Also the undivided one-third interest in and
to certain Plant alton. situated in the Parish
Of Rapides, bounded above by lands belong.
ing TO Seir's Plantation and Leonard Estate
below by lands If G. w. Compton. containing
GOO acres, more OF less, with the buildings and
improvements thereon, also same interest in
and to the rent due on said Plantation for
1872.
Also same interest in and to a certain En-.
gine and Boiler on said Pianfatioa.
Terms or SALE:-CAsH. subject to up
praisement. ,,s..s .tt -
80, JOHN DxLACY,
Sept 2e-st ?. Fs ga She-iE.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
E.rfrdcfs From The Pgx-,A go
L0lrs.

Item For all matter Published
ia the official Journal IN obe,iience to
the provisions OF this act, the State
Printer shall be allowed one dollar
per slusie for each insertion. A
square shall consist fte space OF
ten lines solid agate. -. s. ~
Sec. 300O. In any OF the parishes Of
this State other than the parish Of
Orleans, the Governor, Lieutenant
-Governor and speaker etc, or una
ijority Of them, shall also select and
contract with journals published in
such parishes to publish either the
laws of the State or the Journal Of the
General Assembly, OF both, as may be
deemed necessary and proper, and
also be and hereby are empowered To
designate certain papers to perform aud
publish the parochial and judicial
printiiIg and advertising OF the parishes
respectively in which such journals
may I've published. In ease no paper
is'puhlished IN any parish in this
State, such publication may be au
thOrirized to Ike made in paper pub
lished near. thereto. Such selection
and contract shall be for the same
period prescribed by section two tlious-
and nine hundred and eightyseven OF
this act. Each paper, so contracted
with. shall be the official journal Of
the parish wherein 1t shall be PUBLISH
ed, and all parochial and judicial
printing and advertising. for or in
said parish shall be done by aad
published in said Journal, and after
such selection and contract, and no
tice thereof to the police jury, clerk
OF court, and sheriff of. said parish,
every publication and advertisement
in my other paper than the one 50
selected shall, during the. term of
such selection ard contract, be null
and void for ans legal purpose.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
What Hook Holds the Bait.

The Picayn1e calls tho attention
the eolored people to the fact that
Charles Summer, their cid and stead
fast friend, has Been nominated for
Governor of the State of Massachu-
sets, BY the Liberal. Democratic par
| IS, and suggests to them that this
nomination should satisfy them that
they can rely upon the Democracy
now TO respect their rights as fully as
they can upon the Republicans. 1t
would really afford US pleasure to in
dorse this statement if We could
honestly do SO /; hut VT, can not Con
scientifically agree to the suggestion
that because the Democrats and Lib
erals of Massachusetts, consented TO
nominate Mr.. Snmner. that therefore
the Democrats of Louisiana are to be
trusted by ire colored people unhesi, .
tatingly. The facts that surround us
show an entirely different state OF
affairs. The Dem ocrats OF this State
not only refuse to treat the negroes as
thay are treated In Ma ssachusetis, but
the even refuse to treat the friends of
the negroes as their associates in Mas
sachusetts treat Mr. SIMMER. 1t is a
discredit in the, eyes OF the. Democracy
OF this State to be a Republican, let
alone to be a negro, and this pre-, u lc',
which is fully understood, operates to
discredit the appeal to the colored
people. We do not say this malicious
~, in order to create similar senti-
ment on the part of the colored people,
for orr desire is to destroy the ermity
OF races. We mcr-iy declare it because
if is the truth, and because it is an
evil that needs to be acknowledged in
order TO I've destroyed. 1t is the duty
of the Picayune to create better and
more sensible sentiment in the minds
of the white people, or rather, in the
minds OF the Democrats, foI when they
relent from prosecuting the colored
people, the latter VIII I've found per
feetly willing to act in concert with
them, rather than IN opposition. The
strong are always expected to he the
most liberal and the first to do justice.
Nv O. Repablicdn. : -
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
sHRRIFr,s SALE.

SHRRIFFS SALE.
Virginia Rhorer and Husband
{, Augpsta Garfield. 49,
District Ccnrt, Parish of Rapides-Stats Of
r.r. Louisiana. -.
DY VIRTUE of aud to satisfy a writ of feri
j j facias issue out Of the aby- named COurt,
in the above entitled and numbered suit, and
to me directed, have seized ei-t viii offer FOR
Sale at Public Auction,.on
Saturday the 2nd day of November
1872.
hours of III A. NJ, an! 4 z. NJ, at
the Court House Door, in the Town of Alex
andcia, the following described property,
seized by special order Of said writ, to-wit:
The lower half of Square No. s, in the upper
suburb of the Town OF Alexandria, IN the Pa
IRISH Of Rapides. and all the buildings and i'm
thereon. bounded in font by
Front Street, in.the rear by Second Street, be-
low by the Cross Street, and above by Good
mans property.
TERMS OF SALE cash, subject TO APP
praisement.
JOHN DEDACY,
Sent aASt. p. FsSlS. Sheriff.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
Re0>sNvANOM \

HOLLIS FOR THE REGISTRA.
- ton of yeters for the Parish of
kapides will be opened at the follow
ing places and ON the following dates !:
Point Maigre--3 days, at Brrlin's
September, Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th,
Wednesday 18th.
B"lloway's Prairie Precinct-at Jno.
Novels Thursday 18th, Friday 18th,
Saturday l4th,..s s-< -
On Flagg0n AT Asa Bells Monday
10th, Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 18th.
Pineville Precinct-sThursday 10Th,
Friday Goth, Saturday 21st.
Cotile-at James, Store, Monday
23d. Tuesday Oath, Wednesday 25th.
f'He'ap Hil--.at Nichols. Thursday
10Th, FRIDAY 27tir, Saturday 18th.
iSpring Creek-Pau,'s Store, Monday
Both, Tuesday, October list, Wednes.
day I'd, Thursday I'D. -.
! .Calhoun's Store-Friday 4th, Sat.
urday 9th.
Spring Hill-Randolph's, Monday
It'll, Tuesday 9Th, Wednesday 9th.
Cheneyville-Thursday 10th. Fri
day 18th, Saturday 18th.
Latannier-Dennis Smiths, MONDAY
l4th, Tuesday 18th.
J. G. p. HOOE,
Supervisor Registration, Of Rapidel
Rapi les.
Septe,,h~r AR. 1879.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28

81. tir'-ai.-. st-rs So -h.f.rs r...l rs.
tsIv1s Ed. fol t.f.I.
h. 80
5ies ar to - eferrrr m fhr ...r.I
parisbs- a. tsn SAT- I has- -
az % iss'ar thii 90 pses.analia.,. A..
4 ing al ths qEa -, ret~fs fhfuash
Oat The state u As-l~tisa afs..-si,i.
anil eos'ilhaIsd ~ az .sas.ersi-ar. u'
.eg. stratioa. ,unitsiasrFs a Eis-r
ton, AID cihef oasosTs esnosr,i.sl
therein. 90 hvla sff si.sfinn to-
fr~lsieafisl Fiector-, Soc sutsrt.s
Lirsienaui G0yvTuoT. Aaditsr 81 i'tIb
nc Accvuuis, Ss-vtary az ST. Al
toFney ei~,sessi. Sut-TiurrA fs-1t 81
Publtr Lducstissb. 1pFssesisEiyss o.
Cougrvss, >,nsfurs, lrpg~rnttiiy~s
To Gsgrtssi ksstt M, ~ ~ dsificf
ssi iagisA Oilcrrs. aa IUNDAN. "a
fourth Gay ~ Heye'sisr next
SAID rl,eiios - b. coi,sis, fsd. ald
the returns thetrlf uiads. in az ~
speCts, aucuI,hng "a thr fto, isio,s a.
the c.,ssf<-..'s..., sf,sl of th. ian.
Given uHsi.r as hand sua to- s.s'
81 iLs Ss.ssv thk thIftl 6r-t dan 81
August. A. u. lsi3. and 81 the iaae
s-:.l-:;-S - - ssi.rss SisivS tur
ninety sevrufh.
By Tie Galernar
az ~. q. MAMMOTH.
VA WOODWARD,
Ans1sfaus $500 q SIT,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
shERfFFs SALE.
John. J. Peterman ).a
80 vs.. - : No. 1900.

John J. Peterman ).sa -
rbos. H. y !. Bowl.s. No. i'sO'
District Conrt, Parish Of Rapides-State Of
Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE of and to satisfy a writ Of fieri
ID fac;as issued out of the above named
Conrt, in the above entitled and numbered
suit, and.to me directed, have seized and
viii offer for4sale, at Public Auction, on
Saturday, the End day of November
1872,
between the hours of IL A. NJ, and P. NJ, at
the Court House Door, in the Town of Alex
andria, the following described property,
seized by Special order of said writ, to-wit:
certain Dwelling House, in which the
Defendant Bowles resides. situated on Cotile.
in the Parish of Rspides. mN.
TERMS OF SALE = CASH, subject to APP
praisement. D.,
Sept I--6t p. Ts sis. SHERIFF.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
IUDGMENT.

OODU MEN1s
Susan F. Neathery, Wife,
David Collins, Husband.
District Court-Parish of Graht-State of
Louisiana.
IN THIS Case by reason of the Law and the
L Evidence, being in favor of the Plaintiff,
Susan +. Neathery, wife, and against
David Collins, husband, it is ordered sdjudged
and decreed, that she recover of him the sum
of Two Thousand and One Hundred Dollars,
with interest on Four Hundred Dollars, there
Of from 23rd day Of January 1867, and like in
terest on One Thousand Seven Hundred Dol
lars, from the date hereof. and that the Com
'munity Of acguets aud gains, existing between
her and her said husband be dissolved, and
that she be authorized to manage and control
her fwn property and affairs as il sole, and
that defendant pay the costs Of this suit.
Done, read and signed in open Court, this
End day of July, "A. d. 1872.
J. oRsBoRN,
Judge 9th District Court.
Filed July End 1872, ss@ttF
X. c. REGrsTER, Clerk.
STAT. or LoCfsIANA, NINTH DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF GRANT.
hereby certify the above to be q true and
correct copy of the Judgment, ip'tbe above
numbered unidentified suitSon fleahd on re-
core in my Office
Witness my hand Officially, and seal of said
Court, this 18th day of August, A. d. 1872.
r. c. REGISTER. Clerk.
AUG, 3l3tsPsFs sl2.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
SBERIFF'S SALE.

NJ Legras, Tax Collector, Seq
vs.. No 1rl2
r. Weiss.
Ninth District Court Parrish of Rapides-State
of Louisiana
RY VIRTUE Of and to satisfy writ of fieri
II facias, issued out Of the above named
Court, in the above entitlcb and numbered
suit, have seized aud viii offer for sale at
public auction, on - y. :.
Saturday, the 9th day of October 1872,
between the hours of II A. NJ, and 4P. NJ, at
the Court House door, in the town of Alexan-
dria, the following described property, seized
by special order Of said writ, to-wit:
certain piece or parcel of ground situated
in Alexandria La, on Front Street, having a
front of about Twenty .three feet more or lea,
aud running back in paIalel lines the depth
Of One Hundred aud Six feet ak inches, more
or less, bonded above by property of John
We'll and below By the. new Store, property of
Julius Levin.
TEkss OF sALa;-CAsH, subject to APP
praiseinent.
iJoHNDxLACY,
Sheriff.
Augs 81 Ct. P. rs s1s.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28


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gprel. Before Warmoth starred win
Tn. reckless Iawerrnr. I'm s,,na
individual who said /. meyer rive mn
the slip.'1 from Unmbolt l.t II he
borne in mind thai pinchhack by tho
conccntrqIld tri,kery of tle 'lacksnn
railroad. bad beeu nut ntf from rho
repular train. and could a,Ir await
the pext one WHICH was ,.mnimg i.;surn.
" along, twas scn,. ,tusn .shindr,sl
miles behind. and near UpuI,oit
Wsrmotb had bpen o., If al the war
fro., New YorE All ,h.t was ,..s-
sary was TO continue ON IL. and he
would have MEL ea nm p;pcb,,,,.t wbo
was left in the lureh at Canton Inv the
preceding train. But this would not
be the sensational. Jim Fisk way of
of doing il. His extra enp;se was AT
Humbolf. He mounts il rms ehead
of the regular tram two Hundred miles
40 Canton. There taxes on Pmebl,ack
and comes into the CITY at sixty miles
an hour, when there was no OCCASION
or excuse for puttiur ON any such
foolish airs. Cest tout!
Such was the silIy tiasbv farce TO
which the Tines d,volrd several
columns of editorial Yesterday morn.
ing ami AN ext,.mrIy eusbi,Sr appeu.
dig y.stA,,lay' a,terpo,n, Aceor,jing
to ifs' vivid f6,aeiuation the ventures
by field and food recouuted by Othella
to the gentle Desdemona until She
pitied aud the loved him, were as
nothing TO the EXPLOITS of the yaliauf
49,.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28

~ ttnTIlaH
nis-rni Csurt 49, - hs.t-stsss a
f..lis1na
Ia VIZ o. D. Ea-cusiaa is..~S IN a
~ f- ava AontAs BAD. IN she alasss -
s,s-i s.lt of DENIM. sulhvsn " Jshn Ions
"a. and BY virtue ~ a. sEaeeufisa % AZ
above entitled sui 4 Boa.,gry A Lsrisp.u
rs. John Douglas. have ssised snd via 81 .
for sale al public auction. 90
Saturday, the 9Th day OF October 1872,
hetween the hours Of n oelcck A ". snx' 4
r. NJ, AZ the Court door. in Enc Tswn os
colfax,. the following dsscrised property To-
wit:
A certain Plantation lying and being on
Bayou Rigolet, about twenty mile. frou
Alexandria, with all the buildings and i'm
provements thereon. containing Two Hundred
acres more or less, bounded ss follows: Five
arpents in depth. being th. same bcughf Of T.
NJ. Wells, being property formerly Belonging
TO George Saddler. and seized ~ prcre-' v be-
longing to the defendant, John Douglas.
TERMS OF 6AIE:-CAsH, 70 satisfy the
Twelve Months Bond.
And for Cash to pay the Execution issued
in the suit of Bouligny a. Esclapon VS.. John
Dougias, subject to appraisment.
A. SHELBY,
Sheriff.
Colfax, La, Aug. 26th 1872. p. F's s24.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28

Republican gain in North Carolina,
oyer the last State election, Toge.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-10
now AND THEN.
The Railway and fhe Stage Coach
Prom Memphis 40 Nashville,
Through Jackson, in Old
Times.

How strange it was in the olden time
Of coach travelling TO stop in the middle
of the night to change horses. We rat
tied through the dark, gloomy and de-
serted street, through the open square Of
the market place, with its town clock
dimly lighted, looking like a swollen full
moon shining through a November fog,
and pulled up al the old inn. where an
oil lamp just made visible the red sign
over the square wooden porch. Two
sleepy hOstlers embarrassed the tired,
reeking horses, and with a few sleepy
words between them and the eOachman
as they put in the fresh team, of we
drove up The long street, between the
funeral row Of solemn, sOmber, unlit
dwellings, and between scores and
scores of horizontal humanities. Yes, on
We rolled, past hundreds upon hundreds
Of unconscious men and women, all ~
ing tier above tier, stretched out in the
beds like cOrpses buried in the sides Of
some vast catacomb. Off and on we
sped, pluDging soon into the night Of the
country, where darkness is saved from
being oppressive simply by the ems Of
space. An hour or two hence, and that
reeumbent multitude, those thousands
lying flat Oh both sides of our drive,
will have sprung up, and thrown
aside their shrOud-like clothing,
and their death-like rest, and will be
standing erect, with their feet on the
ground, their heads toward the sky, they
will have gone forth to their work and
to their labor until the evening.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-10
PERSONAL.

GENERAL GIBSON, an excellent army
officer, is rapidly paying bounties tC
blacks. He will disburse here twenty
million dollars.
JUDGE GEO. DIXON has been appoint.
ed attorney for the estate Of Judge LOui:
Selby. deceased. Persons having bust
ness with said estate are referred to him
w. r. QUARTERMAN, of the Iron
Mountain and st. Louis road, is in the
city. He thinks the shortest route from
Little Rock to Memphis is by way of St
Louis, Belmont and Humboldt.
WIN. r. ALLEN, General Ticket Agent
of the Cairo and Fulton and Iron Noun
tain Railroad Companies, leaves fol-
Little Rock this morning to arrange fol
the final destruction of Memphis com.
merce with the valley of White river
Mr.. Aliens roads will soon be finished
to Little Rock.
TEE people of the city will greatly re,
gret the withdrawal of Messrs. Mitchell
Bruce and HOlbroOk from the Board o.
School Visitors. If proper Visitors bt
not elected to supply their places, and
other vacancies soon to be filled, the
whole system should be revOlutiOniZed
Members elect of the Legislature should
inform themselves as 20 q system thai
costs vast sums, and should be well anC
wisely managed.
z. Z. SHE TON, SOmerville; JOSEPH
Jaques, Memphis and Charleston rail
road; H. V. ScattergoOd, Albany, New
York; Miss Charlotte Thompson, Ly-
sander Thompson, George F. Vallen-
tine, New York; J. w. Young, Column
bus, Mississippi; B. H. Pope, Mississip-
pi; B. G.. Mespie, Arkansas; ]. H
Field. George Y. Scott, FlOreyvllle, Mis-,
sissippi; J. G. Walker, Louisville, Ken
lucky, are at the Peabody Hotel.
Z. KECK, ESQ, is the first to an.
nounce himself a candidate for munich
pal office at the coming election. He
will be first and foremost on election
day, and will stand first among his Off
cial brethren when he becomes, as he
will, a city law-giver. While ONE OF
the municipal paternal ancestors may
have the ~epiZOOte, and JohnsOn's adj
m~inistratiOn has been a wheeling, wind
broken, lop-eared failure, Keck has al
ways advocated economy, reform. the
reduction of the number of placemen
and low taxes. Keck's ward will do the
city good service by sending him to the
city legislature.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-10
CREDITORS NOTICE.

No. 1i-In the First Chancery Court ofSheIbv
county,. !. AmmOnect, Executor of J.. II
Provine, deceased, vs.. Sarah a. Provins aud
Others.
THE insolvency OF the estate OF j.. NJ. Pro
4 vine, deceased, having been suggested.
and this cause having been Instituted Tor me
purpose OF winding up ais estate under M
insOlvent laws Of Tennessee:
Notice is hereby given 20 all parties inter.
ested, either as creditors or heirs, or who claim
to be such, 10 come forward and have them.
selves made parties to his suit and ME and
establish their claims, within the time ore.
sertbed BY law, tO-wit; on or before the fftb
day of April, ISIS, for residents; and on or ~.
fore the 18th day OF April, 1876, for non-rasi
ever barred.
Notice Is also given that all proceedings I'm
the County Court relative to the admfniStra-
uon OF said estate, are enjOined, and that an
parties are inhibited from further proseeutfnq
or beginning any suits ia law or equffy
against sad estate, hui are required to como
INTO this cause 2 prosecute their claims
here. II IL ordered that 3 eopv OF this order
Be published in the Memphis Appeal once a
6eeki Tor I0ur successive weeks. Oct 90, 1871.
-. A. COLE, Cerknnd Master.
BY u. &. McHESBY, Deputy c.. and III.
Hum9S e POStOn. soils. for cDmuIrnft cath,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-10
CHRISTMAS Joys AND TOYs.
a FEN Hopeful words about the Chill
dren and Santa Claus.

The ten thousand children that bless
Memphis with their presence have not
had justice done them this season. The
jolly idea of Christmas has been partially
suppressed, and the little ones are there
by measurahy deprived of much happi-
ness. The sundry Affections that we
have met with during the past six weeks
seem to have taken away much of our
own ardor and enthusiasm, and damp
ened Our hopeful expectations Of Christ
mas pleasures. The thing will burst
forth, however, with increased vigor
by-and-by. The longer the bubbling,
joyous feeling is kept down, the
more violent it will be when the
day arrives. Those who deal in
things to gladden. the little ones, are
always sure of doing a big business about
Christmas time; for then every pent up
feeling of affection finds vent and gush-
es forth in beneicent streams, blessing
and making happy, everywhere it flows.
The celebration of Christmas, in a very
joyous and enthusiastic manner, seems
to be a natural, or, rather, supernatural
operation, owe which no one has con-
troll. The gladness wells UP anyhow,
and there is bound to be fun. In about
two weeks from now it will be here.
The st~Orekeepers are already providing
themselves for the jolly time. Par
ticularly, dealers in fancy articles,
confectiOners and vendors of toys.
Sound philosophie thinkers, they
know very well that nothing can mill
tate against their success when that
time comes. The little Ones would rise
in rebellion against the cold and forbid
ding tyranny that would attempt to de-
prive them of the annual mysterious
visit of Santa Claus, with his immense
bundle of oriental wonders for the chill
dren. He is sure to come this year as
well as formerly, and bring a new and
improved variety of presents. In the
days of our fOrefathers, children's toys
were simple matters enough, and their
variety was neither large nor startling.
A doll for the girls, a drum, a wooden
horse, a bat or a ball for the boys, were
amply sufficient to crafty the tastes and
satisfy the ambition of the ju-
venile members of either sex. But
the tOy-making business long ago as
sumed larger proportions, and has now
developed into a most important branch
of trade. The names of the different ar
ticles invented every year forthe amuse-
ment of those fortunate little ones whose
parents are able and willing to buy
them would fill a large volume. Toys
nOw-a-days are made to serve higher
purposes than mere amusement, and are
often more efficient than either books or
teachers in aiding a child to cOmpre-
bend some simple mechanical principle.