Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-20

csption of pennies, which they swsllo.
when spring ia touched, with as much
apparent voracity as if copper and nickie
were their favorite diet. A man stands 81
the door Of log cabin, and and is 50 as.
tonished when a piece of money is placed
in a niche over his head, that he turns q
somersault Immediately and kicks the
coin into the back part
of the house. A soldier IN
zouave costume
SHOOTS THE PENNIES
through hole, and q donkey rider is 30
upset oy the gift Of Eve cent piece, that
he falls over the animals head, snd drops
it through hole in the ground. Aclown
makes wry faces as he is given penny to
eat, and monkey perched on an Italian .
organ accepts the coppers offered him with
grave bow, and, putting them into Q
bottonless pocket, holds out bis hand for
more.
The sewing machines which really work
are sold for So. Lead soldiers may be
bought at prices all the way from Is cents
10 SIS box. For the latter amount one
can procure two or three regiments Of
fighting men, cavalry and infantry, with
full complement Of officers, train OF ar
tillery and baggage wagons. There are
few toys in which small boys take more de.
light. For little girls there are britannia
ware tea SETS and china sets for % cents
For little boys tool chests are provided.
containing everything to furnish carpen.
ter shop from plane to q gimlet
Boxes containing
WHOLE FARN-YARDs AED VILLAGES
can be purchased for as little as fifty cents.
including any quantity Of domestic ami.
mals-sheep, pigs. COWS, horses and
chickens. In other boxes are oil sorts
of wild beas,s-lions, tigers. bears
elephants. kaagasoos. etc, stey highly s.A
culatei to instruct the youthful mind in
natural history. Animals covered with
real skin are quite popular-such as cows
which moo and donkeys that bray; also
goats, sheep and horses. A whole sheep
told with shepherd can be had for 81 Is.
There are plenty OF new gsmss' Com
mercisl Cities" Lost Heirs" History
and Geography" and American Sports"
are all new card games. "Parlor Fun,
sort Of marriage lottery, is novelty, as is
also the Young Peoples Froic Box" Q
game of similar description. Bulls and
Bears" and "0ld Maid Improved" are new
board games. A novel variety Of baga-
telle is called the Devil Among the Tail.
ors." There is also o new game OF base
ball, noiseless kind Of tenpins covered
with leather, adapted TO invalids and
shu,tlecsck which is thrown into the air
by q spring and caught again in cup
fastened to the end OF stick. There are
big rubber balls which blow up, and mar
onsttes which dance on strings; also
quantity of tricks for amateur jugglers, and
sets OF punch and Judy apparatus.
BLOCKS ARE IN GREAT VARIETY,
Mother Goose story blocks, animal and
bird blocks, A B c blocks Of nature, en-
bossed blocks, and sll sorts OF building
blocks. Some blocks come in nests-one
inside the other. Some tell fairy stories,
ouch as The Babes in the Wood and
The Three Pigs" and others ingeniously
combine chopped up pictures with alpha
bets. Tbs most amusing blocks are the
Cut up Faces" with which the most ex.
traordinary mugs may be constructed by
queer combinations OF features. Similar
to those are the Cat up People, whose
bodies, heads and legs can be combined in
very funny wsys. There are also puzzle
blocks for the composition Of pictures.
But the most wonderful toys for cheap
ness are the wooden ones. The little
housekeeper" is kitchen and pantry com.
bined, foot and q half in length. The
kitchen is filed up with an iron stove and
all the necessary utensils, and the pantry
is provided with dozen wooden plates,
half dozen cups, half dozen saucers,
half dozen small bowls, one large ditto, a
set of casters, teapot, rolling Tin, potato
masher, barrel OF flour and dozen knives
and forks. All these things are
REAL AND PRACTICABLE,
and the whole affair costs only 81. An
alphabetical pump, which pumps letters
instead of water, and cannon that shoots
at wooden men cost the - amount. So
does Gothic church, vS16 takes apart,
and solid wood train Of cars
with locomotive attached, and
load Of Mother Gcose's charac.
tiers on board. A patent telephone only
costs q dollar, and q sand mill, with q
man TO work il, is sold for the absurd
price of Is cents. A target, to be shot ct
with an arrow, represents the frog he
would.a.wooing go. If the bulls eye is
hit, the target uniolds in the twinkling Of
an eye, and froggy is seen at full length.
Another sort Of target contains whole
family Of Mother Goose people, who pop
up when ball ia rolled at them.
Ornaments for Christmas trees are un-
usually pretty this year, and Santa Claus
may we'll be proud Of the beautiful things
provided for the Amusement oil the little
ones