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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
THOSE TOYS.

Toys are in their usual profusions, and
everything exciting to the eyes OF the
younger generation has been provided
Sleds, drums. steamboats, md engines
race horses. fire engines, patrol wagons.
and on and on through the whole cata-
logue, and on the other side dolls and
dolls dresses, books games, household
furniture in miniature and everything
else Imaginable in some one or another
of the stopping-places along the line.
The toys, generally speaking. do not
present the attractive arrangement of d
year ago, but otherwise the display is up
to the usual standard The little scenes
n which the children reveled, the country
sketches, the water-mlIs in operation,
the steam engine actually running on a
track, and other features, which got the
small BOY all hot and excited and made
him yell with delight. are not there. That
is. the engines and things are there but
they are not worked in this fashion.
Stately rows of toys seem to haze SUP
planted the old familiar arrangement, and
possibly this is better. At least they aid
the boy in torment:ng his mother or who
ever is so unfortunate as to be accom-
panying him, with a list of what he wants
Christmas, by presenting the various ar
ticies more distinctly to his view.
WANTED THE EARTH.
one little en- 10, Summing IN 'front.' OF one
OF the windows. was heard to say: Mann
ma, 1 want this and this and this" and
kept on until she had pointed out every
object in view. and then to remark: II
can't see any more to want. mamma, but
if there is anything. else there. [ want
that, too. This seems to be the senti-
ment Of every child that sets foot on
Broad Street and one may easily imagine
how many Of them have their hopes real
lied.
Some of the stores have provided spe-
ctal editions of Santa Claus and such
windows are usually the crowded ones.
On the inside the stores present a very
attractive appearance and there is a s,ls-
picion if there IRE not more sght-seers
than buyers.
Pop-crackers are still popular and sew
eral stores. open fer the sale OF this
article exclusively, hive been rugged up
in the past few days for the Christmas
week. Particular attention is being paid
also to books. Any work can be had
at almost any price, from Mother Goose
Rhymes ON through the novel, the poets,
the history, biography winding up with
in insurmountable barrier of encyclopae-
ms and dictionaries. Bric-a-brac, from
the display appears also to be quite the
thing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
WANTS THE EARTH,
FENCE AROUND 1T.
Young Folks Christmas Demands
Anything But Modest.
BIG BR0AD-sTREET DISPLAY.
Everything from a Carpct-Tnckst a
Windmill Can BE Had. and Cheap
at ThAt-Some or the Most
Popular A,tic.cs.

The advance-guard of Christmas has
taken possession of the land and another
day will see old Kris kr:ngle himself
master of the walk. Preparations for a
lively greeting to the venerable monarch
are gong steadily on and by the time the
first jingle Of his s.e!gh-bells is heard all
will be in readiness to usher him in tri-
umph to the throne he de.gns once again
to occupy. NO one vii contest his sway,
for the lord Of the Christmas tree and the
holly berries is L. We and generous mon
arch ami wit.aal c right merry CD fellow,
so that it is with universal regret that his
short reign of a day draws to c4oSe
AS IS customary with the wiley old king
he has tnken care to w.n the allegiance Of
the great mass Of his subjects-the chill
dren-in advance He has given them
foretas.e of what they might expect from
him on the momentous night when he
comes sweeping down the chimney laden
with presents for all. and has thus placed
them I'll behind him in his conquerins
march. He has not spared himself a all
thi., wear in his EXHIBITS and Broad Street,
his favorita avenue, is tenn ing with an
adm.ring throng, sworn allies of him VINO
can PROVIDE SLCn = pageant DIS Inc SloIeS
present
THE PASSING THR0NG.
Every day of the past week has seen
the street crowded as a kind Of sflCw-plAce
and promenade and many have been they
who delighted in the scenes it presented.
The small boy gets in his work here with
an ecat that does his heart good. FOR
the combined din Of the Whole tribe now
passes by unrebuked and for once the ire
sponsible young,ster can nose around ana
growl to his hearts content Older and
wiser persons. too, have enjoyed the occa-
sion, and standing al Il point on Broad
Street TO the centre of the show ground
and looking east and then west as far as
the eye can carry, the view presented may
be summed up in a few words. 1t is a
good old Christmas scane-nothing more
But the great circus itself is hard TO de-
scribe. It is divided off into number Of
side-shows. each worthy OF note and each
q, separate and entire delight to the chill
dren.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

beg leave to call attention to their
large stock OF the aforementioned
goods, mostsof Uhich are OF their
own importation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

spcction of the sheds and tunnels Is
made. In divisional headquarters tho
rotaries and the oldtime "buckers" are
overhauled and prepared for use, and
as the middle of the month approaches
the watclimen who patrol the tracks
are doubled. In the various baggage
cars are placed great wooden safes
packed with condensed foods. Beef in
the form of extract. canned soups. con-
diments and hard bread. enough to feed
100 persons ten days, are carefully de-
posted In these moving storehouses,
and from then until the coming of
spring they are inspected and overhaul
ed once each week by men detailed for
the purpose.
Within twelve hours, II the fall of
snow is continuous, the plows go out.
Each is accompanied by a gang of
shovelers. and straight drive is made
for those passes and cuts where ex-
perience has foretold the greatest
depth. If the snow is moist and flaky.
quick work is made of the banks; but
If cold weather has really set in and the
snow has been frozen into rounded
granules. the proposition is entirely
different. In the first case the damn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
A. 1t Was in the Bee,nn,no.

Speaking of preaching and teaching.
have you observed. since the great club
movement among women began, how
women are changing In their views and
attitudes and relations to men and to
each other? That what we are fond of
calling 1.-THE feminine mind" Is rear.
ranging Its point of view. readjustlng
its focus. getting itself into a different
tone, with new thought processes,
reaching new conclusions? You have
observed that. have you? Well, that
settles 1t. When the world gets SO that
a man can see invisible things without
a microscope the day of wonders is
past. Once upon time woman looked
up from her paper and said:
'The days are growing longer"
Yes" her husband said promptly
for he was one of the old school of hus-
bands. which is the present school. who
never permit their wives to know any.
thing they haven't known themselves
for long time-"yes." he said. ~ have
noticed that"
"They are three-Quarters of minute
longer" his wife added quietly. and the
man who had observed the changing
length Of the day went upstairs and
pulled three buttons Off his Sunday
bloomerettes. so that he might stay at
home from church and read the sunday
paper, and at the same time throw all
the blame Of his wickedness upon his
wife and the club to which she be-
longed.-Robert ]. Burdette. in the Los
Angeles Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
why They wer. Divided,

"On one OCCASION" remarked the able
journalist, II was down in the noun.
tains Of Tennessee. where everything
is primitive, and on Sunday attended
Baptist church, where, much to my
surprise, the women We're seated on
one side Of the house and the men on
the other. had never seen anything
Of the kind before, and after the ser.
vices were over spoke about it to one
Of the members. who knew quite well.
." It's allus been done that away he
said in explanation.
I" But why? persisted.
Sos to worship God accordin' to
our own conscienccs, as the constitu.
ton peryldes.'
But sitting on opposite sides of the
church doesn't make any difference,
does it?'
Don't itT he replied with emphasis.
Well, hit jls' do. Do you reckon that
a man kin set over thar alongside Nv
his wife whar she kin nudge him with
her elbow about every onc't in two
minutes eff he begins to swag-I say,
kin man do that under them circum-
stances and worship God accordln' to
his own conscience? Well, not much,
nowhar; an pertickler not in this here
neck Nv woods
1.-THE explanation and the supporting
argument carried conviction beyond all
controversy, and had no more to say
in Observation-Disclosures Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
A Boer Girls wedd,ne.

"a welding is always an event Of al
most national Importance and Is really
most picturesque ceremony" writes
the author OF "Oom Paul's People," in
the Ladies' Home Journal. "rhe friends
and relatives may arrive day or two
ahead of time, according to the distance
to be Travelled. and the Boer homestead
becomes most animated scene. Scores
of OK teams are scattered about the sur
rounding plain: negro servantsa are bust.
ling around: guns are fired promiscu.
ously whenever more guests arrive;
dancing. feasting and coffee drinking
are carried on in the cottage and every
where around 1t; impromptu shooting
matches and horse races are decided.
and Joy Is unconfined. After the cere-
mony, and after all the guests have
kissed the bride and bridegroom, the
wedding feast is eaten. and then the
guests spend the night in dancing and
playing games. 1t would be a breach
of etiquette for any of the guests to de-
part before the dawn. and. indeed, the
fiddler's music and the sound made by
the dancing feet are often heard until!
noon Of the following day. The we'd
ding tour consists of n journey to the
cottage and farm which the husband
has secured from his father and which
adjoins the old homestead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
ARTIFICIAL TEETH OF PAPER.
Latest Thing Devised by the InRenuit
of Modern Dentists.

of Modern Dentists.
Paper teeth are the latest thing in
dentistry. For years some substance
has been sought for which could re.
place the composition commonly EN-.
ployed for making teeth and n fortune
awaited the man who was lucky enough
to hit upon the right material. Al.
though paper has some disadvantages,
says Pearson's Weekly, they are small
compared to its many qualifications,
and paper teeth are likely to be used
exclusively-at least until more per.
feet material is found
Up to this time china has been used
almost exclusively, but it presents so
many disadvantages that dentists al
ways have been on the lookout for
some better substance which could re.
place 1t. Not only does china not re-.
sist the action of saliva and turn black,
but china affects the nerves of the
jaws.
People who wear false teeth often
complain of suborbital neuralgia, and
this is put down by many dentists as
being caused by heat or cold acting on
the china or porcelain. Porcelain or
mineral composition also is liable to
chip or break. and for these reasons
has never been satisfactory.
The paper teeth are made of papier
mache, which is submitted to a ire.
mendous pressure until 1t is as hard
as required. Their peculiar compost.
tion renders them cheap. and the price
of set of teeth will so down consid.
erably, owing to the new invention.
The color Of the papier mache can
also be made to vary, which is an i'm.
portant point, as no two sets of teeth
are identical in color, some teeth hay
ing strong yellowish cast, while
others are blush white. In order,
therefore. to obtain the right tint the
coloring matter has only to be intro
duced into the mixture before the tooth
Is cast in order to match the other
teeth exactly. 1t is in this particular
that china teeth often fail to appear
natural, their color differing from other
teeth In the moutl, and showing that
the tooth Is artificial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
ANNUAL SNOW FIGHT
ENGAGES ATTENTION OF ROCKY
MOUNTAIN RAILROADS.
Days of the Quicker" Are Past, and
the Rotary Cuts It's Way Where No
Power mt Command Could Push
ThrouEh-Danxer of the Old Method.

Thirty-two miles of snowsheds cost.
ing $64 foot, or n total of Sl0,S13,440,
represents the price one transcontinen-
tai railway had to pay before it could
run its trains over the Rocky Mountain
division of its road. That was merely
the first cost; since that outlay fully
Sl,O0O,000 has been spent annually in
keeping the sheds in repair and the en-
posed tracks free from snow. During
the summer months when even in the
higher passes the sun and warm winds
serve to keep the permanent way clear
and free there is little to do save the
ordinary run of repairs and reconstruc-
ton, but along about Oct all this is
changed
Little flurries Of snow OH the level
and gradual but continuous spreading
Of white on the tops and in the upper
crevices of the mountains give warning
that the hard. desperate battles of the
winter months are at hand. The SUPER
intendent takes trip over the road
with his assistants and careful in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

front end is square and open. and with.
In can be seen a great steel-wlngeI
wheel somewhat similar to the ordin-
airy windmill. The edges of the open
ing slope Inward and are strongly re-
enforced with iron. The .'auger" or
wheel revolves upon an axle, and as
the plow is forced against the drift the
snow Is eaten away and blown through
tunnels pitched at an angle above the
machine.
1t Is seldom that more than two en-
gines are required to push the rotary,
us it works by cutting instead of brute
force, like the old-time QUICKER" Rail-
road men are great admirers of the new
order of machine, and they never fail
to praise its efficiency.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

made his annual report, showing how
this money was expended. Some inter-
esting items appear. Each Senator Is
allowed certain amount for station.
cry and newspapers. If he desires he
may draw the allowance in cash. The
Secretary's report shows that there has
been great falling off in reading
among the Senators. for large number
preferred to take the cash. Ex-senator
Cannon of Utah stands first in this re-
spect. He took SS4.25 in cash from his
allowance. Senator Hoar comes next,
having received $7O32 in cash.
1t costs $4,000 to report the Senate
proceedings and over $4,000 went for
the purchase Of furniture, while $1,000
more was paid to repair 1t, and over
81 500 to clean 1t. 1t cost $4,000 to keep
the Senate horses and Wagons, and
$10,S97.9O for newspapers and station
cry. During the year the Vice Presi-
dents room was retitted in the most
handsome style, the rug on the floor
costing over $3.50, while the hall clock
cost 5000. The lace curtains cost $500
and the antique desk 1925. The sofas
and chairs cost $3.50. The most expen-
sive thing in the room, however, Is q
silver inkstand, which cost $1,000, and
the desk pad on which 1t stands cost ST.
During the blizzard of February, 1898,
1t cost $50 to clean the snow Off the
Senate roof. and over $500 to carriages
to send the Senators home during the
storm.
Fuel cost $14,935.47 and Ice averaged
about 1925 per month. The Senators
seemed very fond Of lemons, for during
one week in June SIG was paid for
thirty-two boxes of this fruit. Another
item of interest Is $13T.64 for $50
pounds Of sugar, while 116 cases of
lithia water cost $725.2S. 1t is explain
ed that during the hot months the SEN
ators drink lemonade instead of water.
The report contains page after page of
items for kilograms sent by Senators.
The Senators seemed to be very fond
of drugs. for thousands of quinine
pills were bought at various times.
Soda mint tablets. bromo-seltzer,
cough drops. one drachm of altar
of roses and one quart OF castor
oil are also noted. Formerly there was
big item for snuff, and SNUFF box
was kept in the Senate for the use of
the older Senators. This year snutr
seems to have been little used. for only
one purchase on this account appears.
Gross after gross of penknives and doz-
en- after dozen of scissors and scrap
books were also purchased for the use
of the Senators.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
The Behemo,h Wa. Not Fresh.

The waiter In q San Francisco grill
room will admit to nothing that he does
not keep in stock. If 1t be request
for slice Off the moon he will say,
Eyes, sir" and go to fetch 1t. returning
with the information that unfortunate
ly he is 'just out" Robert Louis Ste.
venson one day was explaining this
trait to friend Mt dinner, and to Illus.
tpate 1t called the waiter. "A double
order of broiled behcmoth," he said
Eyes. sir" replied the waiter; twill you
have 1t rare or well done| well
DONE" said Stevenson. Pretty soon the
waiter returned. II am very sorry, but
we are just out" he reported. What!
no more behemothY asked the novelist
in feigned establishment. The waiter
lowered his voice. ave have some more
sir" he whispered confidently, "but
the truth is, l would not bring 1t to you.
as 1t is not quite fresh."-Kansas City
Independent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
When Lost in tho Woods.

As rule n bewildered man, when he
finds himself lost in the forest, has not
travelled far from his starting point,
Let him make smoke. and the chances
are one hundred to one that the search
ers who are looking for him will find
him within few hours. First stand
still, fire off both barrels of your gun.
and halloo. Then start the smoke ON a
bare rock on a side hill. Make a thin
smoke and keep 1t up. Sit down and
take it easy and vary the program by
gathering fuel for the smudge or
boughs for a windbreak or camp bed,
in the possible chance Of having to lie
over night. Look for water to drink.
No trouble to find your way back to
your rock with the smoke to guide you.
Every professional guide who takes
out a party Of sportsmen should In
struct them in these particulars. 1t
will save painful worry, hunger, starva.
ton and too frequent death.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

sometimes five hundred people will
be engaged upon large orchard. Rules
ana regulations are laid down for their
conduct; the women and girls sleep in
the tents provided Mt n low rental by
the management. and either cook for
themselves, or board with what would
be termed In railroad circles board
ing-boss; the men. not so many, occu-
ny tents In some other and distant part
of the orchard. The sole requisite being
the ability to pick and cut fruit, an ag-
gregation of humanity representing all
classes OF society, from the impecun.ous
English family with cultivated man
ners and aristocratic connections. to
the nondescript, who travels from town
to town In search of employment. is
collected together in industrious actiy.
ity for the revenue to be derived.
Each woman has small tray In front
of her, and, after cutting the fruit with
knife, she lays 1t open on the tray.
Each tray is furnished with raised
end; when five are filled they are piled
up, and the operator shouts TRAY"
whereupon an attendants approaches,
punches ticket with which she has
been previously furnished. and takes
the nve trays to the sulphur house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
Busy Brother Abner.

Brother Abner Mckinley, according
to New York Republican newspaper.
has been to Cuba. ITO look after some
valuable franchises on that island"
That's one of the advantages of getting
hold of an island and governing 1t with
military rule. By the time Mckinley,
the Presidents mind is made up as to
his policy in Cuba. most of the valuable
franchises will have been disposed of
and Brother Abner, instead of travelling
In that unhealthy latitude, will be able
to follow the trail of most milllonaires
and so over to England to help cement
the Anglo-American alliance In the
golden tie that binds all promoters and
exploiters In one.-Sandusky Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
THE NEW ENDLESS CHAIN.

The war taxes which the Govern
ment is collecting from the people are
piling up In the treasury many millions
OF dollars more than the expenditures.
In order to prevent shortage of cur
rency and consequent stringency and
panic the Treasury Department has
been depositing the money with such
banks as place In the hands of the
Treasurer United States bonds to Sc
cure the safety of the deposits. The
banks pay no interest to the Govern
ment for the money. but when they
loan 1t to anybody they exact the full
legal rate and us much more rs the
state Of the money market will permit.
The banks get the interest ON the bonds
which they have placed with the Gov
eminent, and they also get the interest
on the money which the Government
deposits with them and which they
loan out.
The National City Bank of New York,
which belongs to the money trust head
ed by tho Rockefellers. and is nick
named 1.-THE Imperial Bank" is the
principal channel through which this
manipulation of the internal revenue
receipts is carried on. The deposit Of
the surplus receipts with the banks
may be necessary us temporary ex-
pedient to avoid the locking up of the
country's currency. Though 1t is evil
In that 1t gives unearned profit to mon
ey combinations. 1t may avoid the
worse evil Of disturbance and panic.
But granting that excuse to be valid. is
1t not the duty of the Government to
lessen the taxes which are drawing
needless millions from the business conf
munity and locking them up? Neither
In the Presidents message nor In the
reports of the Cabinet officers is there
any hint to Congress to lower the war
taxes. And so 1t is intended to continue
system which necessitates that the
Government shall draw many millions
from the people. shall deposit them in
pet banks without interest. and shall
enable the pet banks to loan the money
back to the suffering public at interest.
There was complaint of an endless
Shaan "uiSh opciotSN VI VIC eieasulS
gold reserve short time ago. The in
genious money trust administration has
invented an endless chain which works
Mt the pockets of the active business
man. He pays his money to the Gov
eminent in high war taxes. and has the
pleasure Of borrowing 1t back again
from some bank upon paying interest
for 1t. The same jobbers who worked
the endless chain to get gold out of the
treasury are now working the new end
less chain to get interest out of the
people.-Denver News.