Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-12-17
GINGLE BELLS.
HEADQUARTERS
OF SANTA CLAUS.

He Has Arrived at h Schneider
Drug store.
Old Santa has again arrived al our town
. little ahead Of time, and has Left many q
handsome present and toy to fill the hearts
Of the young and old with joy and bsppi'
ness. He certainly has provided as many
and as beautiful presents for u little
boys and girls sc be has for the children
Of some OF our larger towns and cities.
Trot out your monkeys. and say that old
Santa has not been in the monkey land Of
Africa, and brought the best Of them
Then there are the windmills that could
pump all the water out Of the big ditch in
q jify; and your steam engines that would
be q credit to the rolling stock Of Coils
system.
Santa, in being a naturalist and q good
Judge Of birds, has also provided us with
a talking parrot that can speak English,
French, German and many other Of The
modern languages; can say more than
"Polly wants Q cracker" and doesn'i
swear Q lick. Then to see and hear the
musical peacock is q rare treat, 10 say
nothing Of the amusement and noise
afforded by the drummer dogs and cats,
and the antics Of the performing mice.
There are the rooster whistles, German tin
toys, stoves, railroads, tin %trumpets, bugle
horns. musical flutes, whips, French flutes,
fsgeolets, American m~etslophones and q
| thousand others too numerous to mention
Then begins q year Of war. Old Santa
has not forgotten the patriotism Of the
boys and girls Of Eureka, and 30 has left
here for them popguns, toy guns, swords,
French air pistols and drums that would
| put Uncle Sam to shame with his inferior
implements Of war.
You need not go to any circus to be
amused, as he has here . whole retinue Of
performing figures and side shows, includ'
ing 9 kaleidoscope. magic box, climbing
monkey, bicycle race games and many
other kinds Of amusements found in any
well regulated five ring circus. Many
balloons are also furnished, SO that thu
young folks may have balloon ascensionI
at 1:9O dsily-excepting Sundays.
And the girls-just listen to what be hsI
for them-dolls, beautiful dolls, all tn
way from two inches to twenty-four !nche
in height and from two for q nickel 70 ST.
dollars, dressed and undressed, break
able and un~breakable, sleeping and awake
dreaming and not dreaming. rubber doll
and Esquimsux dolls. Many are stylish,
dressed in blue. pink, green and red. AM
wear nobby Gsinsborough hats that ar
the pride OF the bellies OF Eureka and othe
important towns. These beautiful doll
with blue eyes and black sleep in elegantl
decorated bedstesds, and travel in mag
niicent carriages. chaises, coupes an
cabs. These dolls are housed In beautifu
ranges, cooking utensils, brooms, carpe
sweepers, wash sets and sadirons. Will
10 the dining room they have their sid'
boards filed and loaded with beautifr
china dishes and ties sets. Then the be
rooms are elegantly fitted mp with bureaus
chairs. tables and all the other psrapher
MALTA going TO ct up the room Of 9 beauti
ful Miss. The parlor ia furnished with
piano, sofa, handsomely upholstered chair
and many other things.
Many dolls heads are there, waiting I
be annexed TO the balance OF their anatomy
while books and games galore are ct thi
repository.
Santa CLAUS was good TO the children
but, at the same time. he didn't forget th
older people. In providing them with sue
q we'll selected stock Of beautiful medal
lions. there being . much larger assori
ment than Of any previous year.
Many Of the finest imported china te
sets are here, besides Japanese ware Of th
richest and rsrest qualities. And ther
are beautiful celluloA toilet sets. manicur
sets, glove and handkerchief boxes, must
boxes, purses for all kinds Of money, bill
and little. stationery, and. in short. every
thing and anything that goes toward MAX
ing . splendid, tasty, handsome and rsr
display Of Xmas goods.