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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-4-6, Page 3Arum 6, 1888. a ctr FROM CRADLE TO COFFIN. We rook tho cradle gayly, and swing it to and fro, would never scop to atoms whetli- A new life sleeps within it. In tondor ' ar it is total or partial. 1 would tones and low, just say, 'You have got enough Amother soothr'stoslumber, inlove-notes meanuoaa to damn you, twd you'd soft and mild, better tale stat,' and if a fella w While held in sloop and safety there Teats w ,tits anymore than that, he'd earth -born child? As we rock the cradle gayly. greener than I am." We lay aside the cradle, the bird its nest "Wu re not putroretetiou and de has flown, . coy, but the good so is out of fix, And spread its pinious boldly,to make its Hero is a good tongue, but it tolls way.elone ; lies ; here is a gond hand but i To fey, to fall in sorrow,, or rise and, keep knocked a follow down yesterday. its way, Mid toils,: tut:gitations,, triumphs, fair Sin ie simply the pervorsiou of a fruitage of liio'a day, God giveu faculty." As we lay aside the cradle. "1 leve to set a man with a high Wo bend above the coffin, another soul 00020) a o or manhood Instead has fled— of singing 'I'm unthtrit;,' lot us sing, The earthly flight is over, is won or lost, '1'm the child of a king ' Instead and dead,of eingiu;; 1 whet to ho n.n angel,' Tho bubo who in the cradle Bret knew of let its ono 'I .sant to bo a Nan.' " earthly strife, And thorn, with hands close folded, lies having second the right kind of atl we know of life, a man to "gat there," ono who to As wo bond above the eolith. pure, noble, unto, genuine to the — - cora—tho lec`u'or proceeded to die• A QUESTION FOR leds. cosy the "way " "All liar,, 11e sai i, "are in the "What -hall I do th.m," Pilate said, false way, and it looks like that let. Tho Tomperauco anon are "With Jeans, whom yo bring to me? way's powerfully crowded, Every pulling the poor old drowning Must shall set Barabbns frac?" Ile bo numbered with tho dead:' body hero that hasn't told a lie in druntcards out of the river ; but the AndI twelve months stand up " Prohibitionists have gone up the A very low rose while the rest river a rem wiled fighting the crowd laughed at the apparoat confirm that are throwing the people in. ation of tho lecturer's charge. "Five "As soon at; wo Prohibitionists get preachers got np," he said ; and our 'pork in, you Temperance peo then lie quoted the language of a plc will to out of a tub." little boy who said atilt lying was "There aro more Prohibibiouiets worse than stealing : "If you steal in Acnerica to -day than there wore "Whet shall I do with Jesus?"—see eomothing you can tako it book; Abolitioutets in America ten years Thy sands of life are running fast; but if you tell a lio you can't take before Mr. Lincoln signed the pro Another your is lost to thee, that back." elamabion that made aha slaves free, And now this year may be thy Last I Speaking of the virtuo of patience and just as certain as that God woe ho said : "11 is to life just what au on the side of the Baton pause and ogg is to coffee—it sottles the whole the emancipation of ane slaves He Yot oft despising profiorcd grace, business. Mother, if you have a is on the sickle of Prohibition, and Thou bast replied: "No Christ for me !" little more patience you will be a the proclamation will bo signed that precious mother ; and if you have will Sound the death knell of the p.etieneo enougli yon will be a liquor traffic and make all these grandmother." clavas of drink free. P1rl:ACIIAIG OF DLATO. SAM .1011u, 111011 ..1h5 slid pr.+.iodise IU)l;SEltt)LI) t11:iTti. were inolined to tale too much about Tepid hatter with a little borax. death and not enough Mint life. dissolved in it is good to wash col. "Thorn is not it siu:;lu N>:d 111 the ored table lium> iu. wool° Bible tolling a t11:111 toof re g Gouts oatmeal iu n double bailer ligiou !'cause 110 is Klieg to der ; or in a covoced poll sot iu a kettle of wator. 1lc euro t:) Halt it. To wank castor bottle,, plat them one•third foil of rico, and fill up with water ; elieke thoroughly. For emitter sirs month, one tela- spooifat of borax tlse,olvod iu h if its twentieth year), it appears that a pint of water is excellent used as wash, the Newspapers and Periodicals of To clean red brick floors, rub .,ll !dodo issued in the United them with a brick moistened with a States .and Canada, now number littlewarm mills and water, and wipe 16,810, snowing a gain of 800 due dry with a sofa sloth. ing the last 12 months and of 7,186 Half a tsnepooafnl of common in 10 Vara. table salt, dissolved in a little cold Tim 'eating—or perhaps more water and drank, will instantly re. lieve heartburn. To clean straw matting, boil throe quarts of bran la ono gallon of water, and wash the mattiug with the water, drying it well. If the face seems constantly dry, rub it with a trifle of olivo oil a very night for a time : if too oily, put a little borax in the water used for bathing it. If you wish to keep a sharp knife don't put it in hot grease ; stir your potatuos while frying, or turn cleat with a forts or au old case knife kept on purpose. Vapor bathe will (doer ilio skin. Powdered charcoal taken on first ,, ole the Dust,' wotlldu't thore be astir in Egypt ? Or, enppoead you all• dressed Igor, •My Dear Wortneos of the Duet.' (Groat laughter), You're no worm." "1 believo iu depravity, but I THE BRUSSELS POST Enterptiee, enthusiasm, courage, Batman Nibilirts Are spitz ecbive. kindnass,were soma of tho (politica Ono of the moot elaborate naw' wlliat wore needed in order to "get A .syedieato is being formed be there." Speaking of courage, he buy a military colonization ,sued apprtvcd of the 00t11•se of the Quoit. near Calgary. or who, having been Amok ou ono housas in London it that of Mr, cheek presented the caber, than D'Oyly Carte, bhp Gilbert and Suili. pulled off hie goat and said, "And van impressario Whister is deco. new, bavwg fulfilled the Scriptural rating the ooilinge. hijtnattun, t propose to give yon Statistic,' appear to sb. w that in inn boat whipping you over had lu Engiaud domestic sorvauts are your life." growing comparatively rover, lu A. new deftuition of a dude was 1881 there weal 1,000,000, but in givon. "A little pimple ou the 1888 there ore 1,260,000 only body of eoeiety, shoving that so. Port Huron grocers have received piety's blood i' Ultt of oondition. ' aonelgtlmeute of potatooe from Speaking of kindoeso, abs lector Sootland, nod cabbage from Ger er gave an exculleut ptuture of the many, whioh can be sold in Micht aeh•sauefiod sir of It 1<18ly Wil, had gan cheaper than the home grown given an hid tbrsadbere dress to a article.. poor homes, -Oh, tbI.us another Fencing is getting 10 be quite a tremor,' laid no in Elotvao." social fad in U. S cities, noticeably "The hor t that could happen to in Now York, It appears to have von when you get 1) E-Isavou woul•l sus in during Lent, when fashion sot be to make you wear all the old au embargo ou other popular enter dreseso you have given away. You taiumetto, wouldn't go calling ninth for the Oscar Wilde leas had his dining first few years." room and all the furniture painted That which delightod the and white, for the roasot that "dead Innes most WAS tho lecturer's illus white io the only baokgronod against Irastion of the differonco between n whish a tn.to to-ks plcturesgue in Tomporauce mau hast A Prohibitton oveuiag dress. An Albany horsomau was speed- ing his trotter the other day when the horse cast a hind shoe, which flew with such violence from the hoof that it want high iu the air auil caught on a telegraph wire, whore it hung until 00n10 boys got it down. Phu oldest man in Germany, and probably, in tho world, is named Wapuiarok. Ho Lives in the village of Mutts, near Gauen, in the pro• since o. Posen. He was born in 1764. He is therefore 124 years old, and still shows no sign of being in any hurry to: die. As Hy. Millli,.a commercial trav- eller for a Lynn, Mass,, house, step- ped off a Burlington train, an Eng, hot sparrow flew into his right eye, and the sharp bill penetrating the eyeball it wasruined. The sparrow '!self was blind, having had its eyes pluokod out in to fight. Their awful choice at ono° they gave: "This Jesus wo refuse to own ;" And to a felon's doom and grave They thus consigned 1110 Holy Ono! "What spall I do with Josue, then?" ---- Still sings that question load and elcar ; 'Tis echoing in the hearts of mon, And yet they hold Burabbas dear! "What shall I do with Jesus?"—yes, That question oft has como to then; "What shall I do with Jesus?"—shall Ilis voice plead yet again in vain? Wilt thou refuse that lovo and call 'Phe Joys that follow in its train? "What shall I do with Jesus?" --.now: Hu waits the answer thou shalt give ; Again doth plead that thuru-clad brow— () wilt thou not believe and live? "What shall I do with Jesus?"—come, What aus•vor dust thou nutltu to heaven? Thv heart, although thy lips be climb, Shall tell the answer thou hast givem ov.•ry appeal i4 `gtvo your heart 1.1 God., f.>r you :hail live forov •r•.' " y 1.10 was nut iuciinod, ho.wover, t•.> "( ET sill tLE a3, be vory +•'vsro 00 tho class of ser mon which kitty, "You had better It was Saturday night, and thore get religion ; you will die next oar uu atlmtesi,n free of twenty- five cents, but even with tboso odds against biro Rev. Sam Jones loot ured to a very large andionce which completcly filled the Carleton street Methodist church, Toronto. After the chairman had introduced Mr, Jones, i11r. Jones introduced the chairman with the remark, "His heart is bigger than his head, and th tt'n laying a good thing for any man." AVERSE TO SLANG. "Illy subject," he said, "is 'Get there,' with tL•e 'Eli,' left out. es you know I am constitutionally averse to slang of any sort—(laugh. tor)—and for that reason I left off the 'Eli.' " Ina sentence beginning with the cbaraoteristio word, "Really," Sam Jolles paid a high. 0amplitront to tho acedia and religions life of Tor. onto, and then Dai{, "It seams as if Toronto is already getting there, and is sitting tharo waiting for Eli to como up." 'Phe lecturer soidho didn't intend to r1i0w his bearers how to get there severally, financially or politically —malting those remarks by the wa'liiches aro like tt ,sauteing ebiok ; of t• will help you lilting but 0fty on your basis will break you down." "If I should get you 1ber0 polis• ically yon would be ooverod with more mud than you could wash off iu all your life," Bow to got there 10 the best senile, lin said, involved throe things : 1. Sotne ono who wants to go somewhere. 2. A route or way. 3. Dostinatiou. "I don't stiau very close to my subject," he said, "but I always etiok to my crowd, end there's a good dealin that." ' 13OIL»IN6 A MAST CLASS 11114. "Really, it's tb very hard matter. to build n regular first -clang man. We have got plenty of material, bob the paltorne aro so scarce. If I lead a hundred ordinary sten to make ono first-class titan out of I would be very economical with my dirt. (Laughter,) Yon have 'got enough pieces in Toronto to maks a thoueand icon, but they won't fit one another," week." That's a pretty good string to run your old rascals in with I dou't know what you preachers would do if you i1padn't.,fall back on that. If au ang'S1 were to come down hero and say that everybody would live for a Mulched' years, yon wouldn't get ten dollars+on your salary this year. (Laughter.) Who's going to church and prayer meeting and pay the preacher, if he's not going to die ? But at the end of about 05 years they would ho hiring another preacher and saying, "We've got to go to the boneyard in another five years, and we've got to get fixed up for it." To a preacher who had asked him how to infuse more life into his church he said : "Next Sunday just walk out of the pulpit, grab an old benoh•warmer and throw Item out of the window. Ou Monday morn ing you will have to pay ten dollars in tho. Police ()mut and five dollars for the window, but next Sunday horning you will have three thous- andpooplo trying to got into the church to sue a preacher that 1105 clone something. (Laughter.) We have got to do something or w e'il uevor bo respected+" 111101) ole TEE hoc. "Hero goes a rabbit, running a 121310 a mindbs—hustling himself. A man says, 'Run, rabbit, run ; it's only half a mile to your den.' Bab. 'bit says, 'Mister, you needn't en. courage on to run; just Head off that dog' " (Latightor.) "There's too .moll encouraging the rabbit and too little heading off the dog (Applause.) Yon can preach aaytbing you like to a woman who knows hor husband:is nufaith ful to her, hut. she's 'm holt every miilttt0 she breathes. So with the woman with a druulcon husband." "Let's preach against the Into rooms and the gambling dons and the ehamolees hottse, the doge that are chasing our people down to do sbruItion ;- let's head the dog a boat), an'cl encourage tho rabbit a little, •' (Applause.) It don't talio mach grit to o0courago the rabbit, but you've gob to look out when you head bbo clog off " "The proaohors always say to me, "You head off tho dog and I'll on The lecturer axprossed n groat courage the rabbit." 1 was hero ("Wilco to tho sentiment of the for throo maks and I hardly got to hymn, "O11 to bo nothing," and spank to the rabbit at all," wanted to know flow "nothing" People gruuthle;l sometimes slant could wear it crown or play a harp. his style of preaching, the leeturer Toon Ito disliked to hoar a neon said, but nobody could complain singing "1 am nothing bat a worm that they didn't understand him, of the dust." ".I always put any fodder on the "Supposo you went away from ground, whore everything front a home, and your wife sent you a let• I goat to a giraffe car got it," 0:lattgh. ter directed 'My Tear Olcl Worm of ter!, King John of Abyssinia has made overtures of penes to the Italians. M,iuneapolie proposes to erect a [milling Iweotyoight . storeys in height. Gen, Boulanger thinks .!hero should be a dissolution of the French parliament and a revislou of the Conetitution. Bulgaria wants the Porte to ex plain the stationing of Turkish troops at the town of 1IU.et.tpha Paella, on the frontior. FAT CATTLE WANTED: The Now York Senate bis, by a bs �rwbloh.tee !tabes: market prloe will I'paed. unanimous vote, passed a bill pro- 1 mina:aka a epecianty of buylu1 Hides Whitingthe s ioof sig arettax cigars and akin,, .S t d Uun'a Atreot the phwe next goer to or tobacco to minors, 1ebobvx'a Jsweb1y >i tore. A. CURRI E• Statist OS appear to show that in England domesbio servants are grow. ing comparatively fewer. In 1881 there were 1,000,000, but iu 1138d there are 1,260,000 only, SALE o1+ BURNS' RELI60.—A table four chairs, a ladle and a pair of tangs, which were part of Burns' parlor furniture at Eilialantl, to. getber with a letter, a leaf 'of his 13111 PO book and a steel ehoppar, PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS were recently sold at Dumfries, amongst the effects of the late \V. SI'. B. DICKSON, Nicholson, joiner, whose mother Solicitor, was in the s.'rvwa of ?fro 1301 11., and received the table, chairs,ours 13rnsscls, Out. and lactic at the time of her warn - age. There was a lnrge attendauce, bat the Competition was slack. The t following pri.•s hero obtained :- 3 \,rE4T AlARKET, Alain street, • $trnaseis, ANDItJiW CURZRIE:, PROPRIETOR. Fresh AND Salt Meats Oftbnbest quality always on band and de. livered to any part of 110 village arse of sharp. Shama vary /worship. Money to Loan, Money to Loan on Farm Pro- perty, at LOWEST RATES, T! : Toto chairs, .£12 1011., to Mr. Mc -1 .� 7 Ei115s , Plough In Ayr , one painter, General Blacksmith, LO 15s., to J. .1 Glover, painter, Dumfries, ono do., 28, to Mrs. Smith, Globe Inn, Dumfries ; ladle, 1 28 5e., to Mr. Makiseook; tongs, £1 12e., td Andrew Dawson, Thim- bles; letter, 28 5e., to Jatnee Richardson, Glasgow; leaf from exam book, 2.4 5s., to Mr. Richard- son ; chopper, 21, to Mr. Richard- son. A bread basket for which £1 Gs. was offered was withdrawn. A. Call Solicited. t Remember the Tho letter is to the poet's wife, who bland..-N1;u1 •Ana Brn,r.E• was thou at Ilauchline, and is dated - from Ellisland, Septombor 12111, 51 S. Plum. 1788. It is usually given in the poet's works. and rofers among '/IONEY TO LOAN. other things to new gowns .vhieh t. Aulerican outerpri.o is felt at Joan was getting, and the bairn, Hernosand, Sweden, which has just I idge of which he hoped to have. been provided with the most north ern electric light station in the Canadian/. I°ds ' •> jl ciao ! world. Tho lamps there aro lighted net hill poet 2 o'clock in the after. Detective Fcthov was sante:mod to of 1'ri.Vat<' l+'nntls hast' just beep wean, and put u01 at. fifteen min: fonrteeu ytt.ar' in the p+�oe'outtary plaeecl in my htutcls for In- utos past 19 o'clock, midnight. t on March 29ab. vestment From the edition of Geo. P. Row. The marble dealers' oouvention at ell S; 00's "American Newspaper fiamiltou decided to shorten the :1`1' 7 PER CENT. Directory," published April 2nd tonna of credit on all cemetery wishes to intimate to the public generally that he does all kinds of Blackernithing in a Workmanlike Manner. Wagons, Buggies, Sleighs and Cutters made to Order. Repairing promptly Executed. I make a Specialty of Horse -shoeing. properly standing—oapacity of the eight largest churches in Europe ie 'mid to he as followe :—Sb. Peter, Rome, 54,000 persons ; Milan3athodral, 87,000 ; St. Paul, Rome, 25,000; St. Sophia, Constantinople, 28,000; Notre Dame, Paris, 21,000; Floreuce Cathedral, 20,000 ; Pisa Cathedral, 18,000 ; St. Mark, Venice 7,000. A citizen of Chicago bet $50 with Gleason, the horse tamer, that the latter could tot bridle, harness and drive a big brown mare in less than twanty-five minutos. She hadn't boon bridled in threo months and was a kicker. 'Tho horse tumor, within nine mitutde from the time rlsitg in the morning, is good,silo wail led into the ring, had Sometimes a good medicine for bit - bridled her, tied tin cane to her toil, iousnoss is the remedy required. hitched her to a buggy and driven Po ,,',nova paint from windows, her. Ho turned the motley over to tattoo Htrong biaarbonato of soda and tho Newsboys' lio ' lno of Chicago, disaolvo it in hot water. Wash the glass, and in twenty minutes orhalf an hour rah thoeoughly asitia O. dry !to uuucr5tood his btteinoss Lotter cloth. that the bettor did. Lomous will keep good for montlia The cletectivos of Detroit have by simply putting them into a jug arrested a roan Who io declared by of buttormilis, changing the batter - 101111 about ovary throe weeks. Whoa the mons aro required for use they 'scri hit minals oat :led :vest. Thera should bo wall clriocl w''th a cloth. i5 also locked up a young woman charged with being his confederate i,; e3rac)tt•te t 1eToBwe�. and accomplice. The mau is charge '.Chore aro 1.0,07.1 barristers in ed with the recent burglary of Rayl ck Co.':; storo, and it is claimed that, with hoadquarters liege for six mon- the,bis operations have oxtendedinto Ohio, Indiana and athor Sutioe. The prisonors are William Howard, alias 'Thomas Saott,and with many other aliases, and Sara Gawly., Howard's tomo is supposed to bo at oyracus0, New York, and ha is said to have boon in prison. Letters found iu possossiotr of the perbios 111(110010 that they cru Ulan andwife, but _this Howard denies. Thu ].sato,, saying that he didn't gamble, but much toe bet to show tho batter that them to be ono of tho clevorost crooks in tho country, 0110 of the Inlet cr,tcksmen and one associated Franco. Eleotrio lights aro now being ap- plied to carriagos. An international couforencs of Quaker womon is spoken of. Torino httv5 boon arranged for a railroad in Siam from 33auglatle to 7immo. Tho Field spooks of to boat 10111111 is being built with a centre board. in onelt bilge. A now systom of gymnastics or physical training has boon intro. ducod iu Clio British Navy. is very nobby in stress, plonsing in London aubhortties report that addross suet prepossessing in genoral "tho hideous ousbion.at the back," malco.up. Mo wits stopping when the bustle, is growing smaller, arrested at the Madison I:Iouse. His A grand chase touruainsut be- valiso oontaiuod it ftuo set of burg. twoob British and Gorman players will take place at Cologne, probably. within throe months. A new sort of pavement, consist• ing of alternate bard, and soft blocks, pres0uts la surface which will Hover grow smooth and slip. Dory, lat'stools and tho girl's trunk, which was opened where oho was working ou Windsor stroet, contained it com- plete assortment of tools and fire- arms. Howard loft his tools in the girl's trunk when mol at "work" himself. The girl's parent's live11i Windsor, across tho river. work. It is stated that two parties, now engaged iu the Detroit Pin Factory, aro desirous of starting a pin and wire nail factory in Whameeville, Work is to be commenced this work on now barractcs'at Stratford, Po erboro' and Brantford, The burned buildiugt at Iiiugetton and London will be rebuilt this spring. An Ottawa paper publishes a list of interviews With prominent Cana- dian ministers on the subject of the union of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches. All favor the union, but think that time only will solve the basis of sottlement. Martin Purdy, who resides four mile+ east of Springfield, is the father of an eight ycar•old boy who weighs 118 pounds. The mother is a small woman, and the father only an ordinary -sized mau. His brother, who is ten years old, looks like to 131ero child beside hie grant brother of eight. \Ve live in au age of wonders. Prof.11lista Gray tiaa iuvsntoil a machine called the telantrograpb, which threatens to brand the iu- venter of the telephone as nothing moro or less than a chestnut Bell. By the nee of telautograph it is olniy uc000sary to rine, the party to be GO:mma0icatea with, then tako down n pencil connected with a wire and write the message, where- upon n pencil at the other end of the line will immediately write the same message. Tho answer is re- criveti iu the eem° manner. This invention is to many respects a great improvoment ovoe the pros - out "Bello" system, and should be warmly welcomed, notwithstanding 1 closire to inform the Public that it may cioprivo them of the fun that 1 have Leased tho 1ve11 known 131tu siiis taw Won from Thos. Town ti11d will run the businoss next Season. 1 will also continuo to follow my trade as :w1I`0NY D:2t:9.tw"0N, haul am prepared to furnish esti- mates for Jobs, &c. 131i1LDING :4Nt) f'Oltrl.R STOIVt'1 Borrowers can have their luau complete in three days if title is satisfactory . Applyto E. E. WADE, T. FLETOZEISt, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. Thanking the public for past favors and support and wishing still to secure your patronage. We ere opening out full lines in OOLi: & SIL4: R WATOHcS, SILVER' PLATED WARE from established and reliable makers, fully warranted by us. Clocks of the Latest Dc,yz 'ns. eJ E BW lett IE I' : Wedding Rings, Ladies Gem Rings, Broaches, 0 Earrings, art Also have in stock a full lino of Violins- and iolinsanti Violin Strings. dhc. N. B. -- Leiter of _Marriage Lic•onses. T. Fletcher, of listening to a onedeggocl (louver - A. foto days ago 10 wt11-known wealthy South Yarmonth, Elgin cu., farmer received it noto to tho effect th at if Ilti'wonld walk down the lane of his farm to the wire fence 11e would find a piece of rag wrapped around tho Cowie, attached to the rag sould be found a string, and if the roctpiout of the letter followed Ode string bo would find a box in the field. lie was warned to placo $800 in this box, otherwise his buildings would, alto writer throat- etod, bo burned to the ground. ,The farmer investigated awl found the rag, the twins and the box exactly ne stated. Instoad of placing the money there ho, however, loft in the ••r•• receptacle a letter intimating that . F• ' La.J-Z, the authorities had beim cotumunl• Gated with. Nest morning this 1'liill'ItTTh'VOati, letter as missing. Ilore 1110 0080 .31ic1sal . rests f the present. ttlwuys on hand. Satisfaction Guaranteed. .t specialty ,.duals; or 11t'icktaynrg rine Plata ce leg time.