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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-16

shown such a remarkable array of doll
furnishings. There are complete and
beautifully furnished and finished doll
houses. There are doll beds, doll wash
stands, bath tubs, book cases, tea sets;
in fact, tiny limitations of everything
used by human beings. There are actu-
ally little boxes of fruits and vegetables
and bonbons imported from Europe.
The phOnograph doll is not brand
new, but wherever shown she is the
belle of the ball. A tiny photograph
is hidden inside of the doll and roll
for each song she can sing is provided
One roll at a. time. is placed within the
doll, is wound up and she then sings
her song. One doll has repertoire OF
seven songs, comprising: MY Pretty
Maid" ''Ding-Dong Dell" "a Pretty
Ocean," Girls and Boys" '"The Null
berry Bush, ~ Jack and JilP' and Lit
tie Jack Horner.n
The magic4 boxs is also almost new.
The box is a. little larger around than
a backing box and has smooth, high
ly polished metal surface. In the exact
center tiny point projects above the
surface. Inside of the box is magnet.
By letter at the side of the box this
magnet is made to spin around. Small
pieces of metal on which are fastened
funny pasteboard figures Of men and
women are placed on top of the box
and the revolving magnet makes them
fit around at "a bewildering rate. The
pieces of metal are always held close
to the little point in the middle by
the magnet.
GAMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
There are always plenty of games
with new names at Christmas times,
but most of them are simply old games
in new dresses, so to speak. For in
stance, KIondike, which is one OF the
best-selling games this year, is simply
played in the old way of the checker
moving games, in which the object Is
to reach a certain point by series of
moves, the number of which are deter
mined by chance.
There are, however, two really new
games this year. One is called Ameri-
can billiards and the other pillow-dex
In the former a slender metal top is
held in place at the head of box or
inclosed table. Encircling the head of
the top is a series OF cogs fitted TO en-
gage in the edge of a strip of metal
| which looks like tiny saw. Over the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-16
Latest Map of Alaska.

The very latest and best map of
Alaska is that of the Northern Pacific
Railway. Send cents postage to Chas.
S. Fee, General Passenger Agent, St.
Paul, Mimi, for copy second edition OF
key to the Klondike" just from the
press this week. New matter-neW
illustrations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-16

white, woolly dogs, bending over states,
books and sheets Of music. AS crank
projecting from the floor of the school
room is turned, the dogs raise up and
bend down over their books and wag
their heads as if they found their tasks
pretty hard
Another piece is an animal circus.
AS crank is turned an elephant turns
the crank of hand organ, a lion
standing on ball goes back and forth
and two tigers sway to and fro in
swing.
In a third device similarly operated
are seven children and two dogs. When
the crank is turned all of the zine
figures go through movements. These
collections of mechanical figures are
arranged in each case with music
box, which is played with the move
ment of the figures.
BALL DANCES IN THE AIR.
One of the most fetching, but one Of
the simplest and cheapest, of the new
toys is tin pipe and celluloid ball
about the size Of a large marble. The
pipe has for a bowl a coil of wire,
into which the ball fits, or rather in
which it rests before the beginning
Of the trick for which the toy is de-
signed. The pipe is placed in the
mouth so that the stem will be hori-
Zontal and the ball is placed in the
wire bowl. The operator draws a deep
breath and blows slowly, but with in
creasing force, into the pipe. The ball
rises gradually from the bowl and bobs
up and down in the air just above the
coil, keeping above it almost invariably
without falling. If the breath is then
gradually diminished in force the ball
will return to it's resting place in the
wire bowl. This toy is sold for only 8
cents.
There is a jumping pig which hops
about at a fearful rate, endeavoring
to throw off a clown, who is seated
| backward on his back. Despite the
! frantic efforts of the pig the clown is
not thrown off. There are several SIM
| liar performing animals.
NOVEL SAVINGS BANK.
A new toy bank receives deposits in
an odd way. The coin is placed in the
mouth of a monkey and the little ami
NAL leaps through the air and deposits
the coin in the safety box held III the
arms of little iron man.
A toy flying bird has a painted tin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-16

| that have ever exhibited their ac-
| cOmpIishments in the town. One doll
| from Paris, accompanied by only two
others exactly like her, walks along
the floor without the least assistance
raises her arm and turns her head from
side to side, at the same time calling
out pretty vigorously first for IMAM
ma" and then papa" This young
woman is one Of the most highly edu-
Gated products OF the French dollmak-
ers. She is a strikingly pretty blonde
and wears clothes of the finest silk.
She can be adopted for the small fee
of $25.
Another doll apparently is possessed
of mesmeric powers that enable her to
give a striking performance. At her
feet is a rat in a trap. The trap door
is raised and the rat runs out, but a
wand in the hand of the little lady
slowly descends and, strange as it may
seem, the rat turns about and returns
to the trap, the door closing after him.
a vain society doll is arranged be-
fore her mirror. With a puff which she
carries IN one hand she puts a supply
of powder on her WaXed cheeks. Then
she raises n hand glass before her face
and looks to see if she has it on
straight.
MECHANICAL BARKING DOG.
Another blonde young lady doll is
seated with her pet dog sitting ~ be
side her. The gill drinks fror1 her cup
of chocolate and Fido turns 2:oInG and
baTkS She understands that he is beg
ging for food so she hands him long
roll Of French bread. The bread is
pOked up to Fidos mouth, but he
doesn't eat any of it.
A girl magician from Paris is the
best mechanical prestidigitateur yet
exhibited. From little stand she
raises a cup and shows you a red ball.
She lowers the cup and when she raises
it the ball is white. The next time she
raises the covering the ball has van
ished One more pass and a silver ball
appears. After once more lowering
and lifting the cup a die is to be seen.
The next pass brings back the red ball.
All of these dolls are operated by
springs, which are wound up.
A COW which gives genuine milk is
one Of the oldest of the novelties. The
cow is supplied with milk through
lid in her back. She is MIXED in much
the same fashion as real COW.
DOGS AT SCHOOL.
In performing animals there are eff
fects that will startIe the little ones
as they were never startled before.
One design is a dog school At one end
of the schoolroom is a dog teacher
pointing out figures on a blackboard.
On each side of the room is a long
bench. At each bench are three little
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-16
THE GERMAN SANTA KLAUS.


even the mumming has an educational
purpose.
THE GERMAN SANTA KLAUS.
In Southern Germany and Austria a
youth possessing the necessary re
ligious knowledge is marked, dressed
in long white vestments, with a silk
scarf, and furnished with q inter and
croZier. He is accompanied by two
angels and a whole troop Of devils.
The angels are dressed much like the
choir boys in American or Catholic
churches. Each carries a basket. The
devils blacken their faces and add
horns or pigs shouts or such other fan
tastic devices as the ingenuity of boy
hood can devise They are girt with
chains, which they shake or rattle
furiously. 1t is thought much better
fun to be devil than an angel, hence
the number of the former is only limit
ed to the number Of boys who are able
to command the necessary regalia. In
the twilight of the evening of Dec. 5
the good bishop and his suite begin
their round Of visits 1t is the season
for juvenile parties, and almost all the
children of the village are collected in
a few separate houses, each Of which
ST Nicholas visits in turn. He enters
with the two angels, while his sWarthy
followers are left to play their pranlts
outside. A great silence falls upon the
children, and one by one they are called
up and examined by the saint. This
part Of the evenings business is car
ried on with the greatest seriousness
and decorum. Simple religious qUes-
lions suited to the age CT each child
are propounded, after which it has to
sing ard recite prayers. If the ordeal
is successfully passed the angels pre-
sent it with nuts and apples If it fails
it has to stand aside. When the ex-
animation is ended the devils are called
in.
They are not allowed to approach the
good children, but may tease and
brighten the naughty ones as much as
they like. They do this at first as
matter Of duty. Duty is followed by
the pleasures whose anticipation had
caused them to enlist-pleasures which
consist in strange dances and antics
and in pursuing the larger girls with
the attempt to blacken their faces.
Thier whole appearance is intended
to be grotesque and farcicaL For the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-16

instructed among the common people
know little Of the legend Of the saint.
He is treated with that mixture of
seriousness and frivolity which be
comes a dying myth. One masqueradcs
in his dress in the evening and prays
to him in the morning, and so fulfls
duty without spelling the fun. Yet
even the mumming has an educational
nIIrnOsn
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

1t is interesting to note the fury with
which Protection newspapers in the
United States are attacking the Domin-
ion government for levying duties on
the Yukon miners, Mr. Dinghy has
nicely filed the horns of the American
OK and tied red, white. and blue to his
tail, and here comes John Bull in the
shape Of an Alaskan musk OK and locks
horns with him. It always makes a
difference whose OK is gored Equity.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
KIND WORDS.

0ae brother, in sending back dues,
says: Il take over one dozen papers,
and, in my opinion, the editorials in
IHE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, for pure
Anglo Saxon terseness of expression
and straightfor ward explanation of
What it means, surpess the editorials
Of any of the others"
Times are pretty close, but I can't
% without the paper as long as it
Champions the peoples cause as it now
does," is the way another expresses
himeeIf.
Another gentleman who had ordered
as paper stopped a short while ego,
fene#s and writes: Though pressed
10 money matters, l must confess the
Truth: I do like The PROGRESSIVE FAR
AER with all my heart. q Send
u the paper, brother, I can't do Wtth-
out it "
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
Christian Life Column.
EDITED BY REV. D.. II. TUTTLR,
Beaufort, NJ. @.
Pilgrim Proverbs

No shadow darker than a cloud ever
reaches over it.
The sun shines night and day upon
this pilgrim way.
Not a point Of peril is left without
it's danger light. No pilgrim need per
ish.
Drive nearest to the mountainside on
the cliffs; you cannot be too surely
safe.
The journey is long and tiresome;
pack nothing in your heart but what
what you need for it.
The old way is equally inspiring in
prospect with any that is new, and il
is tested and travelled smooth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
ernR Railway
Condensed Schedule.
IN EFFECT JUNE IA, 1897
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.
NORFOLK AND CHATTANOOGA LIMITED.

NOREOLk AND LIMITED.
$40 D.. N. Daily.-Solid vestibule
trains with sleeper from Norfolk to
Chattanooga via Salisbury, Morganton,
Asheville, Hot Springs and Knoxville
Connects at Durham for Oxford.
GAINESVILLE and Keysville, except Sun
day. At Greensboro with the Wash
iugGOn and Southwestern VestibuIe
QImited) train for all poins North and
with main line train No. IL for Dan
vile, Richmond and intermediate local
stations; also, has connection for Win
stOn. Salem and with main line train
No. 35, United States Fast Mail" for
Charlotte, SpartansOurg, Greenville,
| Atlanta and ell points South: also,
Columbia, Augusta, Charleston, So
vanneh, Jacksonville and all points IN
Florida. Sleeping Car for Atlanta.
Jacksonville and at Charlotte with
Sleeping Car for Augusta.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
11:45 a. m Daily.-Solid train con
sisting of Pullman Sleeping Car 6nG
coaches from Chattanooga to Norfolk.
arriving at Norfolk at 8 p M, in time
+ connect with the Old Dominion
Merchants and Miners, Norfolk and
Washington and Baltimore, Chsea
BE2KO 51u DAJuL1O11u % d W . lOE al
points North and East.
Connects at Selma for Fayetteville
| and intermediate stations on the Viii
aon and Fayetteville Snort Cut daily,
except Sunday for Newborn and More
head City daily for GoldsbOro and Wi
mingtOn and intermediate stations OF
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Express Train.
8: SO a. m. Daliy.-COnnects at Dur.
ham for Oxford, K~eysvilie, Richmond; ;
at Greensboro for Washington and all
points North.
Express Train.
$40 p. m. Daily-For Goldsboro and
intermediate stations.
Local Accommodation.
200 a. m.-Connects at Greensboro
for all points for North. and South and
Winston Salem and points on the
Northwestern and North Carolina Rail
road. At Salisbury, for all points in
Western North Carolina, Knoxville,
Tenn, Cincinnati md western points;
at Charlotte, for SpartRnburg, Green,
vile. Athens, Atlanta and all points
South.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH, N. c.:
Express Train.
Charlotte, Greensboro and all points
South.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
$40 o. m. Daily.-From all points
east, Norfolk, Tarboro, Wilson and
water lines.
From Goldsboro, Wilmington, FAY.
stteville and all points in Eastern Caro-,
lima,
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
11:45 a. m. Daily.-From New York.
Washington, Lynchburg, Danville and
Greensboro, Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Hot Springs and Asheville.
Express Train.
1853 a. m. Daily. From Goldsboro
and intermediate stations.
Local.
7:2O q. m. Daily.-From Greensboro
and all points North and South. Sleep
ing car from Greensboro to Raleigh.
900 o. m Daily except Sunday
From Goldsboro and all points East.
Local freight trains also carry pas
sengers.
Pullman cars on night train from
Raleigh to Greensboro.
Double daily trains between Raleigh,
Charlotte and Atlanta. Quick time;
~unexcelled accommodation.
W. Fl. GREEN,
General Superintendent.
W. A. TURK,
General Passenger Agent,
Washington, D. Q.
J. M. CUP, Traffic Manager,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

Inc Weekly Union, Manchester, N.
l. Eays that it is one mark of good
t7tnlng TO keep the land devoted to
IOia crops in field and garden free
rom weeds, but if there is a row of
Oafn grass, smart weed, thistles, pig
'0sa and cookie around the barn yard
auu along the lanes where the eeeds are
sure TO get into the manure for next
!Sar, 1t looks as if the owner raised
''eos for the fun Of killing them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

An exchange says a little girl who
had been taught to pray for others and
Tor anything she wanted, wound up
her prayer: And now, Oh, God, take
good good care of yourself, for if any
thing should happen to you, we would
Oaly have Mckinley to help us, and he
amt doing near as we'll as we ex.
nantrd y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

Double-yoke Steel Harness. The best two
horse gear in existence Does away with double
tree az single-trees- No traces to step out of
or to skin you horses. Price incIuding steel
y Ike Tugs hames. back band and draft chains
f oh Ahrun, n. Y, S10. II am using this har-
ness and would not be- without it. L. lVEY.l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

Farmers need music Your sons
and your daughters nave to be educa-
thed. 1t il foolish to give $500 to $500
fora piano, when Won can get superior
Instruments for $3.50 to 5000 Our
pianos are made by we'll known and
reliable manufacturers. (rhe agent
who tells you they are ''snide' goods or
'stensiled" simply misrepreeents).
Delivered at any railroad station in
North Carolina freight prepaid.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

= uo.e newspapers that have been
Dp;o9 to promote sectionalism or
h'lDo Ethical capital from material
,s,bed by lynchings, have doubt
sustained a pretty severe shock
- the last few months. Far is it
our purpose to defend lynching
obioct in writing this is to call
g.. So attention to the fact that people
D.ottv much alike the world over.
Nose persons who had SO unceas-
side = abused the South because of the
we her of lynchings here, were seized
,oE - temporary paralysis Of tongue
civ = nsn waen they read of the urbana
g. = about June 1, and the Hazleton
sss riders, and Versailles, Ind, lynch
"a, about two weeks ago will doubt
War cause them to look elsewhere for
! or srecr1ws.
Z rT1e Iynching at Versailles, Ind, will
H. ..ke even the denizens of the wild and
t IN ,,dy West feel somewhat out Of date.
'eins fre men were, as the poet says,
Ge lifted from a common sod TO a purer
iSI Ls /. and q broader view" These five
oxs ,srsons, who were thus elevated phys
aIly, if not morally, were not MUIR
slng ,,ers. but simply thieves. They were
'e 20 shIv Gagged in Jail, but the people al
" God passion to become their masters,
ths "a the prisoners were taken from the
. al and hanged.
of Paoorts saws that three OF the pris
.,o-s showed fsUt; n OF these was
rsot through the breast, while the
ma -Lrua of the other two were crushed
18th q stool. Then all fve-two men
. md three c~orpses-were tied together
ale Sv a rope and dragged 200 feet to an
s'l .m tree, where their bodies were GUS
- ended. None of the citiz ms of Yer
bs ,olles deplore the action of the mob,
ed, Int. on the contrary, the hanging of
three or four more members Of the
gang was talked Of.
To us this lynching appears much
lss ilstifable than any n that has
ra7ntly occurred IN the South.
After all, much Of the power TO stop
FDchings lies in the hands Of the
Governor. Speedy justice is what the
psople want, and when they learn that
t1e courts will try q case upon its mer
i'd, and that without unnecessary de
Law, lyncnings will, in 8 great measure,
CEASE. Governor Russell has recently
given US an example Of this IN the case
& Of George Bcodie. When the people
Earned that the court would be con
Tened with all possible haste, the talk
Of lyrcoing gradually subsidized.
Upyn hearing Of the Versailles lynch
ing, Gov Mount, OF Indiana, tele-
graphed the sheriff of Ripley County,
as follows: wire me at once the par
%ticuIars OF Iynching that has occurred
il your county. l further direct that
you proceed Immediately with all the
power you can command to bring to
Justice all parties guilty of participa-
ton in the murder of the five men al
legged to have been lynched. Such
laWlessness is intolerable, and all the
power OF the State, if necessary, will
be vigorously employed for the ar
rest and punishment of ell parties i'm
PiCated
At last accounts, the ~lyrcders had
not been arrested. If they are caught,
further proceedings will be awaited
with much interest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

Is Hang Of our subscribers haze
5eeH carried through the summer,
Crops are now being gathered and solt.
If you are due anything, send it right
In
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator Of the es-
tate of V =. Yates. dec, ased, of Wake County.
l hereby notify all persons owing said state TO
make immediate settlement with me. And all
p9rs.ns having claims against said estate are
asked TO present them to me on or before Sep
TENDER p. 1928, or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recOverv.
henry G. MAYNARD, Admr,
MorrisVilIe N. c.,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

antee for ten years Ten davs' trial.
It not satisfactory money win be re-.
funded. The Agency has handled
abou5 2, 900 of thes9 machines. Price.
delivered a5 any railroad station in
North Carolina. S18 so.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

improved
ign Arm Al
lance. 1t has
AH1s superior In
range and
quality of
york. Is fine
lY ornannen-
t d and well
fnished In
every parti-
cular. A full
set of attach
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28
hPOintS on Business.

The gencym moeH than the right am" Hsthes soul and bmvo Te Alliance
P4onisG the Agncya you are paTWNng your wn institution Afdnh man use kewbee
Write for Illustrated Catalogue OF any article wanted which is not stuff iady explained below
Don"t@ ask us ship y ~ or ia% Langa attached Send he money W are under bond aud rp
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-28

CraYstaI Firm Belle, good and ser
vlcaOle They will inform you from a
long distance when to go and when tn
go and when to come. Weights. 40
50. rs and 100 los. Price, f b Green's
boro, N c.. q cents per pound. II YOU
want something of a clearer higher
tone, suitable for church. schools, etc.
buy u Steel Alloy Bells. Prices f o b
factory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

A piece of camDhor gum is very
good indicator of what the weather is
going to be. If. when the camphor is
exposed to the air. the gum remains
dry. the weather will be fresh and dry.
but if the gum absorbs the moisture
and seems damp it is an indication of
rain.
The Cat determination society of
Germany has been publishing reports
and have taken away the breath of
those persons who love pussies by re-
lating that in Westphalia alone 1900
unhappy cats have been killed in the
last year.
There is in the strong rooms of one
of the oldest private banks in London
a large quantity of jewels, plate and
other valuables which was deposited
for safety by French refugees shortly
before the outbreak of the revolution.
Several of the depositors claimed their
belongings after the coup detat. but
the present deposits are still awaiting
claimants.
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul is said
to have originated in an act of the
church government of England in 1850.
AT that time the Cathedral of st. Paul,
in London, being out of repair and no
funds available, a portion of the in
come of Westminster, which was con-
secrated to St. Peter, was diverted to
the repair of st. Paul's.
The world contains at least four
mountains composed of almost solid
iron ore. One is the iron mountain of
Missouri, another in Mexico, another
in India, and a fourth in that region
of Africa explored by Stanley, and
there have been reports of such d
mountain existing in Siberia