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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-4-13, Page 3Ann, 13, 18118, THE BRUSSELS POST csacsameraseasersalsemecessessameentieeteweesseeeseeeteeeneseases_ciameeereaseseemecereweaseeesestweeessesecacenerreemeseeeraseeneacesseceseseceasesessereseescaensessessesseirestasemacesseeiiaawseacatemeo What a word! How mnoh ie comprised in it ? Aa it is pot /he handaomo edifloe, the beautiful tepostry, or lovely surroundings, but a place made up of loving hearts. The humblest cot ie as much a home ae tbo most obately mansion, and yot how many evils there aro to destroy homes. One of the most prevalent is in- tetuperanco, bat as it has become e.imoet au epidemic, individuals, oommituities and the country at largo, fueling the demoralizing effect it has on humanity, are arousing themselves to the neosseity of wag ing a war and fighting battle after battle againet an evil which is en shaving old and young and entailing ilia unknown on rising Reneration. Certainly, people can. become' lutes heated with other evils than that of ii temperance. The social tongue can mix ingredients almost as clan geroue as can bo mixed in the social cup, till we aro led to exclaim, "If thorn is woe to those who are living to themselves alone, must there not be woe, woe to those who have made the uneelfishuess of others seem folly, and have stamped the nobility of self forgotfulnose as madness. Tho former Lay waste the plans of earth, the latter poison the well springs of heaven." It might well he said that evil communications ocrrupt good manners, as the ap• poarance of evil communicators seem to arouse a disposition for evil, as is often proven by words and actions. Like alcohol they poison felicity, kill peace, blight con fidence, slay reputation, and too often destroy the souk While envy and calf riglhtenueness, the root of friends meet to part, mod etk of ono another as to poihoe frtenctslltp and thirst for revenge. Confirmed mischief makers, generally iu veno• mous words, aim tt cowardly, treach- erous blow in craven whispers, soft and low, and still the whole world hoar. A common mode of revenge among some people and to eons° communities ie to try by word and act to arouse jealousy. By this they win pamper pride mod wound another, and yet appear very [tenon monious. Desperate nature:' wish to debase o•bers, and sumettmas have to degrade themselves to so oomplieh thie When professore of religion plead soripture as au a 0ue0 for Stu, it is not to be wondered that non•profoseors and infidels will fol low their example. Till such for• bearano has ocaced to be a virtue and that. Providence never set the sins of patriarchs or early ohristiau, as an exouse for ern. You may not again have a chynm°, and they will try to make you believe you aro weeping for their r+bsence, Give them a little of the coolness they would have you treated with, or have you treat others with, and how aeon they will comment upon the evil of your nature and the coldeese of your dispuuitiou. When man never elevate women, but when they with to make ono wotnan jeal- ous of another, they seem to judge women in general by their own narrow, envious natures and a few of the baser of women. We must admit that in almost ell communi• ties there are a few whose envy and vanity is only equalled by their audacity and obstivanoy, bat the majority of women are truo friends to their sex, and would not injure but help those at home and in dis taut lands, and would have a right- eous indignation at those who would dare to uee their name to in. jure another. There are some whose oonecionoe has become so lulled that they cenuot distinguish between indignation at au evil work and the rage of a person scorned by bilious and novelistic natures, who gratify revenge and dootroy repo. oc1 talion. Church courts would ex amino carefully and hear whist both guilty sod wronged would have to say iu their awn deform and not assail aitogether upou the eel dance of prosumptive uewsearriors. When partioe aro assailed through the mediutn of Church and press and by the touguo of friend and foe may they not well plead 0, tako my foamed hands in thine, And koop mo Master nearer Theo ; Walking above the things of time In olosost fellowship with Thee. WHAT OF TIf AT ? Tired I well, what of that ? Didst fano), life was spent on bode of ease, Fluttering 1.110 restate:woe scattered by the breeze ? Oolong rouse thee! work while it is oiled today ; Coward, arise ; go fortis upon thy way 1 Lonely I and what of, that ? Some must be lonely ; 'tie not given to To feel a heart responsive rise and fall ;1'o blend another life into its own.. Work may � lo done in loneliness ; work Dark ! well, and. what of that ? Didst fondly t y dream the sun would never Dost fear to lose thy way ? Take cour- age yet I Learn thou to walk by faith and not by sight, Thy stops will guarded bo, and guided right, Bard I well, and what of that ? Didat fancy life ono summer holiday, With lessons? nono to learn, and naught but playGo, got then to thy task I Conquer or die, It must bo learned. Learn it then pat- iently. No help I nay, 'tie not so; 'Wheugb human help be far, thy God is nigh, Who feeds the raven, hears leis children cry. Ife's near then whereso'er thy footsteps roam, And Ho will guide thee, light thou, help thee home I What Dynamite is Like. It may be a matter of news to some of our readers that the much talked about dynamite explosive, is in appearance much like moist brown sugar. Nitro•glyceriue, which is formed by tho action of nitric acid upon glycerine, at a low temper- ature, explains Golden Days, is the active agent in dynamite; but is mixed with some abaorbeut sub stance to render it safer to handle than the liquid glycerine. The ab• sorbent material thus used ea a siliceous earth—it fine white powder composed of the remains of infue- oris, and resembling powdered chalk. This takes up two or throe 110:[9 its weight of the nitro-glyci•r rue without becoming pasty, and the ingredients are easily mixed, leaden veieels and wooden spoous being used to avoid deugerode friction. When fire is applied to this mase it burns with a strong flame,with• out any explosion, but when ignited by a detonating fuse or even by a sudden blow, its explosive foroo is rtremendoue. evil speaking, is assailing the tamp er, pride. jealousy and feelings of others how watchful they should be, lest, as is too often the case, they are attacking tho dark shadow fail ing from those failings in thorn selves, which has at all times blight. ed and shadowed lives end homes. Craft and Dunning working upon good but impulsive natures who bo come dupes, rushing headlong into trouble, apparently b Mended, but really injured. If bear and forbear were oftener exorcised in our homes, There is many a trouble That would burst like a bnbblo. And into the waters of Letbee depart, If we did not rehearse it And carefully nurse it, And give it a prominent phaco in the heart. But if it is the presence of mis- chief makers ant interlopers there i„ more care needed, stud the breath- ings of that soothing hymn by Pope be the language of the heart— Calm me, my God, and keep me calm While the hot breezes blow, 13o like the night dew's cooling balm Upon earth's fevered brow. Where self -worship is the all•ab- sorbing topic in home, boys goner ally overbearing and selfish, girls heartless and selfish, till we are sometimes led to ory out, "Man's inhumanity to man make oouotleee thousands morn." Some times we see young vices go under such eu• phonioue names, cinch as innocent thoughtlessness, sweet petulance, airy scorn and spunk, which is too often hasty temper, conceit and re- venge leading on the yielding to the impulse of the moment, in- stead of allowing reason and coin mon sense bo assert its rights or de - mane atteution to duty or the rights of others, who most likely have feel- ings equally sensitive. Hardened natures sometimes speak of the softness of those around them, when they do not allow themselves to dis corn between kind words and actions and mental weakness and moral softness, and quite forget their own very prominent faults. In homes where affluence is and comfort should be, but is no;, for the well.springe of childhood aro poieoded by the selfish affection or partiality of parents, one child trained,' to be overbearing and sel- fish,, another to be envious and re- vengeful, too often arousing the baser, passions in their nature, be master of oeremoniee and yet where evil should have been checked arks good moralists and if not ab - and good encouraged, and taught to realize that "Not many lives but only one have we, Holy sacred should that one life ovorbo." Jacob's weakness an crenae for theirs. Old age wounded with the plea that children are not to lay up for parents,, but parents for their children, quite forgetful thab honor thy father and mother. If tho fifth commandment was the first with promise, David's sins aro an excuse for folly or malicious revenge. How strange that any wouln boast of the folly of their race and forget the evils which always follow. Is it nob tao common for selfish natures to isolate others by severing every tie of friendship, and then gratifying their spleen by tryiva to acb the gay Lothario, the foolish Cleopatra, or the wicked Jezebel Whore homes stir destroyed by those failures, clanishneee may exult, selfish affec- tion mist, but natural affection, charity and brothorty, kindness is unknown or cannot exist; apparent PATENTS APPLIED FOR. A small touud rubber mat with little spikes all over it, on which the cashier drops the silver change, and .tom which the customer picks it easily. A ahem nutter, consisting of a owing knife, . by which the grocer can, with certainty, cub ten ounces from the cheerio whenever the cus- tomer orders half -a -pound. A balloon which carries a lightn• ing rod high in the air over an oil tank. A cigar selling machine that drops out en all Havana, slips the end off and exposes a match and a piece of sandpaper whenever a nickel of lead blank is dropped in a slit in the side of the machine. A nose protector (N Y. invention), by which a wooleu pad is snugly carried on the end of the nose in cold weather. An electric boob•blacking maoh- ine, in which a brush is rapidly re. volved in a non rotating handle. The whirling brush brings the shine in one-tenth of the tome of the old vibratory elbow method. A rubber funnel which may be fitted over the heed, big end up, so as to enclose all the hair while the barber shampoos a customer. A tube hangs down behind, so as to carry away the suds, while a hose for brushing out the hair, funnel and tube is provided. This is an invention of it German barber. A decoy dunk with a variety of detachable heads. An air pump to force oil from s tank on a ship over a stormy sea. A. fan rotated by the wheels of a baby carriage to keep tho flies off the baby. A. ohuroh pew that looks like a pew but has comfortable arm -chairs within. A. device that will prevent the most nation individual from kick- ing the clothes off the bed. A new gun with a battery in the stock and cartridges which have coils of platinum wire when the cap is. Pressing the trigger eon - nods the cool with a battery. A. combined rocking chair and cradle (indescribable). A combined kitchen ventilator and clock winder, being a device for connecting the ventilator wheels commonly placed in wiuc`lows with the family cheek, With Theo above the °lends and gloom, That shade and dim this lower life, Walking with Thee with Thee alone Above the storm, above the strife. Those who boast of wiedom should remember that knowledge is power ; when it leads ue to nee the more we know, the more we have to learn, not only if the goodness and greatness of the one God who created and overraloe, but of our own weakoeea and insufficiency as eo mach in human lite shove that the enemy of scuts is using every moans, seeking whom he may de. your, leasing to ,vrong methods of acquiring wealth, gaining honor and seeping pleasure instead of seeking the fountains of living wat ors where they may quench their thirsty sones and looking beyond the clones see the rays from the sun of righteousness whose beams can reach the most benighted minds and darkened souls. The Creator revealing Himself in all His worke, His footsteps traced on the Band, in the sea, on the hill, in the vale, the tiniest flower inviting iia to trust in Him, who is one .with Jesus ; who aatd, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest," When on the stormy billows be not afraid, and who said to his disciples "In my father's house are many mansions. 1 go to prepare a place for you," a home where no tears are shed, no sorrow Domes, nor trials can ever enter. Meexoe. METHOi)ISM TRANSIERS. may see too plainly that pride, temper, euvy and eelfishnoss appear The annual meeting of the Trans - to be the ouly lastiug heirloom for Committee of the Methodist [lauded down to posterity, wrecking lives, destroying the pease of henna, and too often bringing eternal rain. Audacity may show buldnees, but it is often little acts, like a straw blown by the wind, that betrays de- LIST 0P TRANSFERS. Celt and treachery. Tue most ma- The transfers were as follows : lignant iu arousing ,jehiouey in Rev. W. H, Emeley, Bay of Quinte, others are often only proving them- to Moutroal. selves capable of doing what their Rev. J. Allen, Montreal, bo Bay suapicious natures attributed to of Quinte. others. Some are led into this im. Rov. W. J. Hunter, Niagara, to aginary jealousy to be a homage Toronto. paid a sign of ardent affection. Rev, S. J. Slhorey, Toronto, to Where it does exist it certain y be- Bay of Quince. tray a suspicious nature in one or a Rev. L. Tovell, Bay of Quinte, to person unworthy of trust in the Niagara. other. This depends whether it Rev. B. Longley, Toronto, to arises from force of situation or Niagara. envy of disposition. Envy is cif- Rev. S. J. Hunter, Niagara, to ways homage paid by an inferior 10 Toronto. e superior, and proves itself anxious Rev. N. R. Willoughby, Toronto, to lower, not only in their owu esti. to Guelph. mation but in the eyes of the world, Rev. A. M. Phillips, Guelph, to and will leave no means unturned Toronto. by which bhey can try, ab least, to Rev. T. Colton, Toronto, to excitejealousy and envy, and those London. who have drank deepest of those Rev. J. Livingston, London, to passions are the best fitted to arouse Guelph. them in othete. It is not 10 be Rev. W. C. Henderson, Guelph, wondered. -that those whose naldral to Montreal. disposition le revengeful can with Rev. J. Philp, Montreal, to To• impunity accuse others of being a°- ronto. r tuated by the same base motives. Rev. J. VanWyck, Toronto, to You would almost think it a sin in Niagara. some communities worthy of prose- Rev. L. Hooker, Niagara, to oution for women to speak in defence Toronto. of one anther, mud like the Romish Rev. A. B. Chambers, Montreal, Church in pact years, judge and to Bay of Quint°. condemn and invite otbera to do so, Rev. J. A. McClung, Toronto, to without as much as a trial or a Manitoba. chance to speak m their own de. Rev. R. Cade, Manitoba, to To - fence. They must wait like the ronto. deer, who is unlike the thirsty Rev. J. Pickering, Toronto, to bloodhounds, seeking only the oup- Niagara. tivity or destruction of the pursued Rev. J. E. Lauoely, Niagara to one. As alt are responsible creat- Toronto. urns, there are responsibilities which Rev, R. Walker, Toronto, to each must meet and cannot shirk Guelph. nor throw upon theshoulders of Rev. D. C. McDowell, Guelph, to another. Pharisaical nature may Toronto. Rev. J. F. Fairchild, Niagara, to London. Rev. S. J. Kelley, London, to Niagara, Rev. W. W. Baer, Niagara, to British Columbia. Rev, J. A. Dowler, Toronto, to Montreal. Rev, D. Savage, Loudon, to Niagara. Rev. H. Crossley, Cruelpb, so London. Rov. ]ii. Eves, Bay of Quints, to Manitoba. Rev. C. Parker, Manitoba, to Bay of Quinte. Rov, F. W. H. Pickles, Nova Scotia, to New Brunswick. Rev. T. R. Ackerman, Now Bruns- wick, to Nova Scotia. Rov. J. Embroe, Newfoundland, bo Now Brunswick. Rov. ae. Carpenter, British Col• ttmbia, to Niagara. ltov. W. B. Seoombe, British Columbia, to Bay of Quinto. Rev, J. IL Chant, Montreal, to London. Confereuce took place lash week in the Elm Street Church. Toronto. Most of iho Conference Presidents 15000 present. 'Twelve applications for transfer vera not entertained. Rev. F. W. Crowle, Montreal, to C uelph Rev. W. E. Reynolds, Now Bruns- wick, to Montreal. Bev, G. K. Adams, Manitoba, to Toronto. SUPERANNUATED MINISTERS. Rev J. G. Laird, Toronto, to Loudon. lieu, M. A. Betts, Bay of Quints, to Montreal. Rev. 0. A. Joule, Bay of Quiet°, to Montreal, Rev. J. B. Andrews, Montreal, to Loudon. Transfers take effect in Ontario and Quebeo on Juno 0, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on June 10, Manitoba, June 20, and British Columbia, jape 0. Gauls ul Thoet ;lit. Friends aro as dangerous 05 en- emies. An overweening pride of wit of. ten results in causing a man to be deserted by his wife. The whole eystem of life is full of divine and memorable eompen- sa tion, — manor Farrar. I have never found n thorough, pervading, enduring morality but in those who feared God.— [Jacobi. The world is not to be removed or elevated into holiness, it has to be converted.— [John Hall, D.D, Wo cannot conquer fate and ne- oeeeity, yet we 050 yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.—[Lander. If I can put one touch of a rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.—[Macdonald. Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the placo that ennobles you, but you the place.— [Petrareh. Our true Christian lite will do more to prove the divine origin of Christianity than many evidences addressed to the reason. --[Dr. Goodell. Nothing flatters a man so much as the happiness of hie wife ; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.— [Dr. Johnson. All the good qualities to which we give names, 58 justice, temper- ance, courage, etc., are not so much parts nt goodness as aspects of it, and no man can have any one of them without having in a degree all the others.—[Prof. Sselye.. The groat mistake of my life has beau that I have tried to be moral without faith in Christ • but I have learned that true morality can only keep pro° with truet in Ohrlet as the only Saviour.— [Gerrit Smith. There 1s a vast difference between knowing and feeling sin and spirit nal things. Wo may know of our- eelvee, or by teaobing, may be well principled and abound in . notions ; but it is the spirit only that makes us feel.— [Thomas Adams. I have been enabled to commit my soul to Him who says, "Him that cometh unto me I will en no wise oast out," and who is able to Save to the uttermost " These two texts have been se sheet anchors by which my soul has outrode many a storm when otherwise hope would have failed. "In no wise" takes in all Characters, and "to the utter most" goes many a league beyond all diffioulties. I recommend these anchors ; they are euro and stead. feet.— [John Newton. sorbed in fiction in which they can almost imagine themselves one of the characters represented they are trying to become the hero or hero- ines of some moral situation of their own fabrication and can gen- erally turn with the ease of a weath- er vane acting at the One time Paul Pry, like Judas betraying with acts of seeming friendship, or like Nero condemned to the flatnes. Would not life be happy, church work go on smoothly if mules, pre• sutnptive nowscarriers, mischief makers and home -destroyers were put to death or killed otherwise. Surely those who worship self and fear no God but public opinion would be done away with, envy and solfrighbeonenees which cools en- thusiasm and soon bringe churches to a state of lukowarmnees, much oonderoned in early church bietory and still worthy of condemnation, would be unknown, Churches would not bo used as a moans to 3 Cantidlast Neve hi. There la great excitement fu mine ing circled at Sault Ste. Marie, over recent rich find iu that neighbor- hood, Goo, Wood, of Eramose, cut down a large hooch tree on his farm the unser day, that uut'io six curds of 4 ft, wood. A oar load of roller skates from Ubieago passed through Winnipeg Friday, en route to Japan, via 0.I'. lt. The poor Jape 1 Farmers in Ilastinge county are likely to lose from $20,000 to 580,. 000 by the IIull-less oat dodge, for which they gave notes, A minor named John Fraser, from Nova Scotia was killd in the Galt mines at Leitbbridge, by an explosion of a bl,istiug charge. Granny Simpson, whose death at 103 yeare and 11 mouths was record- ed at Carleton Place last week, was clearly of the patriarchal °lase that multiplied and iucreaeed ae the Stars of heaven. She gave the world eleven children. There were 02 grandchildren, 108 great grand- children, and 47 great groat grand. otlildreo, 41 of wheat, however, are deed. A big elm tree was cut on :he farm of C. Wren, Scott township, Ontario Co,, recently, that measur- ed 22 feet 4 inches in circumference at its base, and 50 feet higher up it was 18 feet 8 inches in circumfer- ence. Its first limb was 60 feet long. The tree ie supposed to be the largest in Scott and is about 400 years old. It was beginuing to die and Mr. Wren had it out down for wood, but 11 will be quite a job on account of its great size. A young man much within a thousand miles of the Observer office got badly mixed the other day. He wrote two postal cards on entir- ely different subjects. He then turned them over and addressed thein, but, by mistake, placed the addressee on the wrong cards. The result was that a ehirtmakor in Montreal got a polite invitation to take a cutter ride in one of Fuller's nobby rigs, while the young man's best girl was made frantic by re• ceiving the foliowing : 'Please send mo a sample of the stuff your shirts are made of.'—Coabicook Observer. Dr. Moore, of Kingston, Ont., while visiting at Westville, N. S., filled the place of a brother physi- cian, who warted a holiday. He was not registered under the Nova Scotia 1!ediaal Act, and Dr. Suther- land had him oiled before two Jus- tices for violating the law, the pen- alty of whiob is $200. The Jus- tine reserved their deoision and sent a note to Dr. Moore to this effect : "If you will produce your diploma from any chartered medioal oollege and pay the expenses of the suit and give $10 into the Young Men's Christian Association Build- ing Fund this trouble will be ended forever." Dr. Moore has not yet sufficiently recovered from surprise to give a definite answer to the humorous deoision. THE MUMS FLAX MILL Co, Northwest Note*. Twelve hundred immigrants ar- rived in Winnipeg last week. The Banff Mining Company will increase rte facilities to make its output 490 tons daily. Ex -Premier Norquay, of Mani- toba, is doing business as an incur• ance agent in Winnipeg. Twenty-eight bead of Govern- ment cattle have been killed on the Qui Barre and Lake St. Ann re serves near Edmonton during last week. Indians assign starvation ae the cause. The quantity of wheat marketed at Virden since the commencement of the season amonnte to about 400,000 bushels, and it is estimated that there are 200,000 bushels yet to be delivered. On the train from the west Sat- urday there was a party of Japan- ese gentlemen, all interested in manufacturing firms at Yokohama, on their wee' east to inspect the big establishment of New England and Canada. Several prospectors have just re- turned to Winnipeg from the min. ity of Lake Dolphin, when they have struck a rich vein of petroleum. They are now engaged in organlr.- ing a oompauy there to begin oper- ations. They believe they can pipe the oil into tho city. A telegraph operator at Kalmar station stole a ticket to the coast and was artosted at Vancouver. On returning to Rat Portage he pleaded gnilty and "gave away" coven conductors who had resisted him in keeping out of the way of the deteobive wile followed him, and the were discharged. y Our seed will be on hand in a few days. All parties wanting seed will please send in their or- ders before the 15th inst. to in- sure a supply. We will guaran- tee twelve dollars per ton to shareholders for good flax raised fom this seed. Shareholders or non -shareholders will be sup- plied with seed. J. $dnnoTTLII, J. Causaox, Managers, F. It keen, Cranbroolc. Mar. 21st, 1888. 37 -dins Baby Carriages. Baby Carriages. Just to hand a splendid se- lection of Baby Carriages which will he sold at very low prices. TRUNKS clad VALISES in endless variety. 1; ilio pre- pared to please the public In this department. rine selection of Li ht $ Heavy Harness Oh' 1ue a call. H. DENNIS,