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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-4-27, Page 3Arlan, 27, 1S88. WE ALL DO 11ADel AS A LLAT'. All that's of earth is subject to decay, The brightest flowers aro first to fade away, Tho fairest forms that Nature doth afford Spring up and wither, just liko ;Jonah's gourd, Mr mortal bodies swift as shadows fly Transient as v.tpor floating in the sky, Change and decay are marked on things below, Aa dust ,hey are, they unto dust shall go. And faces bright, thus unto mortals strange By sickness blighted, and in death cloth ohange, Nor cloth this change fair Nature's vernal flowers d cay, But blooms fruitous iu eternal day. GRANDMA'S LITPL1i LAUND• RESSPS. Our mother went oat to a neighbor's ono Who I vex finite convenient, just over the way, As the door closed behind her we just heard her say, "When thn cat goes to visit, the little nice play 1" Now, we have two dollies named Kato aura I one, With the prettiest wardrobes that ever were sues, And wo take great delight in keeping theta c can, And make them as neat as a duchess or queen. So wo thought we'd play house and com- mence wish wash day, And we got out the tubs and began right away, Sister Mollie she rubbed and wrung out the clothes, Till her face and her hands were as red as a rose. C blued them and s'archod them and hung them up high On a lino by the stove, where they could get dry, And when we wore through, I'm proud to confess, They looked as if done by a first -plass laundress. attractive but costly !lair ornaineet Three out eined wro t hs of 'mam- oled forgot me note, with diamond 1 00ntere, !nuke a handsome broach Io onyx brooches dell finished , grounds, relieved by highly polished linen, are sena in Taupe hundeome d algae, Iu Henri pins, wild violets and other lhuyfloweem, of rose diamonds and leaving ruby centers, aro much adulire 1. In pencil euro-, a plea ,ing lnattern L'i n shepherd'! Brook, the Brock of whield i., paved with email peerlb and turquoise!. "Leoewurk" brooches, formed of ono solid pi• ce of piereeil gold, heuv fly euamrlled, aro anontg rho novel- ties recently sues. A. "swirl" clu'ign in gold, starting hew u cto,ter formed h,v a brilliant diamond, airtime a henbane but rather (seedy mutat box. A frog uf green enamel, firmly fastened to a eleuaer bar of dull gull, ie runout; the 'nivel dee in bath etas bracelets reooutly b800. A beautiful hairpin recently ob- served wit' topped with a tnalteee ei, to uf matched and graded ilia monde luoautu(1 on 0 coiled eprlug A heavy twisted braceln, of Item an gold, having eight buperb-sep• pbtres set in four diagonal rows, makes au elaborate ornament. Tema pear shaped turquoises set i11 rue form or a trefoil with a base of three matched diamonds, make a pleasing pattern in scurf pin,. A section of a tree trunk in gold, the brat; and circles iu the wood he iug cloeoly imitated, makes a quaint pendant for a queen chain. Well ! then we were tired and thought it MILS bed 13eforo wo cleared up to take a good rest, So we just loft the things in the midst of he floor, With 'tussle .,sleep in front of the door. And. woul.i yon believe it! Although we did m -to To go back .ul tidy the kitchen up clean, We forgot all about it, till wo heard mother say, ',Not a nlnnthful of ::upper till you put those away," ON FAIT MI1IUS S1:a C1103 DS Lt. EN FRANCE. In the land of Cathay, so travelle••s tell, All people together in amity dwell ; And the d• ws that aro there wash their 1..ot every day, For all mos are clean in tho land of Cathay. T H E. J3 x u. 1001 Thieve Gettig Merited. tiuggaetiotis for a guographiaal 011.1111 °ode tor Aulerieau tonriate t. Mother tae loft for twine—Aar. er1110 . Were you aoqueinted with her?-- Geoolt ? Charley id very LI1--Carlsbuti. Life is 110 goud—llolnbug. ,S u id my brother's daughter -- nee. 13 ie important you should leave a1 once--A10,auw, Bother 1s not hero, but --l! r ii. Diamoucle and rubies Het in the dredges of large silver buttons and clasp! are now seen in many hand. some combinations. A Berlin of black iron scroll, mnnnted with pearls and diamonds, suiteblo fur half mourning wear, 1s au effeetjve novelty iu brooeliele In brut curs a silver hor- e. 111 re- etemee, in the act of springing over a pasture fence, ie one which will be .tppreetnlcd by all admirers of horse- flesh A shepherd's crook, with regult tion bead, and owe terminating In a then, jeintd, makes an attractive ba rpm, ei her when jewelled or fin - hilted 11, Boman t ,ld Cpate and mnollelanes, either plain or cameo cut mid surrounded wit!. email diamonds, are still great ly ter favor for •-eorf pica itlevy ndsclne combinations are sheen. Scud pins of four oxidized e.opper cluve', cut to represen. a four loafed clover, make a bid for the affectioue of Its man who geed out between :be note, it! well ao fur those of a purchaser with Celtic tendencies There posts find far nobler subjeots than Soap ; 'Nobody bows blindly to worship the I'--, And the Methodist people alllive as they pray, -• Which isn't thought strange in the land of Cathay. In winter the aged can walk forth in peace For the streets aro kept clean by the active police, Who, when they aro uanted, do not hide away, And there seldom are rows in the laud of Cathay. Bank managers there on their eateries thrive, And c 3lhiers know nothing of 'lino forty-five," Nor study tho time -table mach, (for they say) '.There's no "forty -ileo" in the land of Cathay, There flesh is exempt from its numerous ills, And nobody vends those infallable pills Which parry both ailment and patient For no awodaye is 81./•13 in the land of Cathay. No Parties gain pow'r through fanatical mobs, And railways aren't built as political jobs ; It's considered an honor, how strange 1 yatt will say, To be tau M. 1'. in the land of Cathay. • No "combines" exist there in sugar and oil, And success always follows industrious toil, Tho working Wren all are content with their pay, And liberty thrives in the land of Cathay. Bright landscapes and villages gladden tho eye ; The people don't tremble and fear whon they (lie, Vol: their souls aro transferred lo now !houses of clay And started afresh in the land of Cathay. NOVELTIES IN 3131Y.GLS. 5100140 1'A1CiP.S 1:1 0061), 810V101 ANn 10130(0138 S101110 013NA0r1334 8. A'Jew's harp, with a frame of gold and a silver tongue, es an od- dity in scarf pine. A poekn., feet rale, of silver, fold- ing into quarters, is a useful as well as ornamental artielo. A miniaturo patent speed record. ing log of gold, is a scarf pin which (finds favor among yaehtglnsn. A lizard of gold set with jewels in every hue of the rainbow matte nn Housekeepers' Notes. A. word ell plant culture_ duu't uverwater. Never pat and smooth down mashed puLtuees, es it makes diem ueovy. 1'tlo 010eet thing to o,.,n-es over which he had vu 000- 30100' l.liik al, bra!!, flu •, oto, sae., 11 !fol blames him for increasing the sifted hard coal nehee. ,Sweet Inuit ur ore tin 18 exr:olleut for euuburns or chapped feet ou 1110 little boys. A enure room should bo tv.11 von Witted, and s0 arranged that it will net treeze is winter. Butter, lard mud drippings should bL H' 3000. 111 j tt'•+ +lnl kept lit the (suldest laud tiryost p1003 When potaooed Lure to gu 1111U hewn ur ouuwlere they zbuuld be first awed, soaked and scalded, lehuur Amalfi be buught by the barrel, but Iudiaa maul 1tt so apt to beou ne infested with weevils that it 1 k SELS PAST satisfactory state of thinge at indore ; in reference to liberty for carrying oil mission 'work bears 108111nnny. The 110008sary work was quietly spnkeu, and oppoeition for the pree- eut et least has owed. The Cana- dian Presbyterian Church will ap- proeiate this, Although he holds alien for pear. 17 0 year yet, the press has already began to pass judgment an his rule. I1 ie disappoilitiug, though hardly uu• xp, cued, to find Ile 1 mire press utmost wholly adverse in 11H critic- iHnl. It gives hits little credit for the annexation and paoifieatiou of Burmah, or for the sial! dieplayed at 13 Crisis when a single false stop would have preeipated a war with Russia, but looking to the financial embarrassment due to events nod t..xes, and declining to follow the radical and uueettling policy of hie predecessor, Lord Ripon. Many native j• urnals grow violent in their douuuoiatiou of his administration as n dlseppmntment and a failure. 13ut I have no doubt that alien, later en, the results of his pohoy bre 0 ruught into hietory, uur native trienrle will take a clear, more die- plir-siouate and more just view. Tho native chicle and others who have ntet hint Undo been charmed by his frauk mauliness, hie amiability and politeness His personal influence has done much to draw out uttacil should nut remain much over a wee ment to the supremo Government. an nand. His ie the happy distinction of lav I +atilt which has neinn eat foring made little history for India, sumo time +ued upon witch rhohe and yet several measures have been passed which till affect for genera, tions the temporal, social and moral welfare of the people. I shall only mention one. To his administration belongs the merit of acknowledging that Government in India has made. a huge mistake in excluding moral teaching from the Government school, and of legislating to pruvide .or combining moral and secular traiuiug fu ell Government schools and colleges. I do not believe that the measure goes far enough, or will provide the remedy for the existing evils, but it is a great point gained when the Government sees the evil and he gins to take steps to rone.ly it A more secular ednca+ion only brealls up the old faiths, and unsettles old fuuudations aud leads the btudent8 into the bogs of ar1etem mad ma- terialism. It is well that even Ho late id '.18 clay the 'Government is uegimmng to re,411$e that a mere secular education will produce a cream Lae partly risen 18 estrred, the cream never again rises fully, and there 11 0 considerable loss of 1031131 from it. The water io which potatoes are boiling should be Halted and drained off from thorn the moment they aro cooked through. If this is nut done the potatoes absorb the water nod becuwe soggy. The best use for coal ashes is to maao paths and roads. A geed commie of them up ..11 a path, with a Iltle soil thrown Upou the snt- faee to help solidity them, soon be• c„wus a walk equal to asplialr, and very pleasant to walk upon. We Have removed the vary worst the. bt,uus from carpets of very deb emu c Turn uy reeving them with slaw wile, aud emelt they are Ri- miest effaced, webbing thorn with a cloth wrung era in balling water without seep. Caen cover the place ,v13i, salty 010111, au(1 let it lemaiu so for a day. CHINESE ti111'NIL';TI'1'ION. If a fly falls into the porridge, if a magpie chatters en the roof, or if two chickens fight, it is a sign that a guest i! coining. A demon's day is a man's night, and man's eight is 0 demon's dry ; therefore candles are lighted when offerings are made to demons by daylight, No one picks up n girdle found 1u the road through fear that some ono may have been hung by it, and that the spirit may follow and worry the poasessor. Three persons, therefore, never sat together at a table, and no coup- le marrtee when, there are six years of difference 111 ago, beoanee six 18 twice three. If a pot of money is found a rice flour cake is put in the place of each coin taken, and spirit money is burned as 00 offering to guy spirit that might he irritated by the re moval of the treasure. If t single coin or other article is found it is picked up with fear : but if a pair or nu even number of things be found they ale taken without anxiety, for odd numbers aro ttultielcy, while even numbers are lucky. If one who is walking along a road hue a sudden attack of colic ho procures three paper bags that have held incense and burns them on the spot where he was when he began to feel the pain, to pacify the dernon of the locality. A eoelr that crows before midnight foretells a death in the family. Spir- it money must bo burned, a hoop must bo put in the front door at its top, and the crowing fowl must be given away or sold. No ono would knowingly buy a fowl that crowed before midnight, and if it wore sold no ono would dare to use the cash reeeiVeS for it, Wllou a person commits suicide by hanging, the beam from which the body hung is out out from the roof and burned or thrown into the river to bo carried away by the cur- rent. The floor underneath the feet The a58nra1100 he gave on t110 voyage of the hanging carps°, is also dllg up out, when the difficulties witlh Iloikltr and replaced by now material ; thus were brought to his notice, that be e it jnlluonce which evould in. mond remember us nttcl glue what Riug,vorm.e oft411 00100 on the forge ,turf iufidautmt 41.1$1 mil) will healthy skin without "any apparent M %a`,: see a GET oa{t, If sl LE YOUR ----PRINTED ,AT beau o a 001100e of dltuger to the Mete. For after atheibm raid ala terialiem come lawlessness and ilconse. Tue Countess of .Dnffetin,'by task ing to heart the sufferings of the million! of India's women, and for their relief est .bliobiug a fund and medical framing schools for female doctors and nurses, has also erected fox herself a monument more en duriug than lime. The oontribu bone already received warrant us in saying that this good work wi 1 be continued as long aH British rule lasts in India. 11h008 for Slippery Roads, We live and learu. Tho Germans are an ingenious people. They have invented horse shoes for bad roads. This is how they (lo it. The black smith, when finishing a hors ''5 shoo punches u hole in the two ends. When the shoo is cold ho tape in a screw thread and screws into the shoe, when en the horse's foot, e eharp pointed stud of an inch in length. With shoes thus fitted the borso travels securely over the worst possible roads. Both riding, driving and draught horses aro shod lit the same way. When the horse comes to the stable the groom uu• scrowe the pointed errs:! and screws in a button, so dart no damage can huppeu to the horse, alt,! the ,:Crow holes aro prevented from filling. When the horse is going out the groom takes out the button and screws in the pointed stud. There is no fear of the horse coming back with broken 110085 or sprained sin- ews, and the public aro spared tho sight of horses down or slipping in all directions. canoe Ur provUnatioll," are very ehub boru, and will yield to but few reweetee, but borax will effectually eine them. Waal! with !t ytroilg se lotion three Hulas a day, and dust over the fine, dry powder. Marriage or Gen. Booth's Daughter. The membere of the Salvation Army assembled in Congress Hall, London, on 10th inst. to witness the marriage of Gen. Booth's second daughter, Emma, to Mr. Tucker, au ex officer in the Indian civil service. The groom is by birth an Eurasian, em1 is known !a the salvationiete as "Falter" Tuu,,ur. leaven ihuusaud persons were present at the cern loony. 'Tbe was hall decorated with feral arches, palms and tropical planta. An Indian band iu native dress plttylug torn -LOIS, and the Salvation Army orchestra furnished the mu ie. A. liiadoo convert, who now holds the posetion of major in the. Army, made a speech. He baested of the fact that a short time ago he was captain of a bane of 310 Deceits, but alt' .0 now he only cap turned souls fur Christ. Gau. end Mfrs, Booth and lir, Tucker and hie bride attic mach speeehee After the ceremonies a banquet MS given. Tho feetivites Continued for two days, They have attracted a largo number of the aristueritcy, and 130135ts of admission sold freely at high prices. L0111) 1)Ul'L'lilt[N'14 11'ULtFt FOR 1;41)11. A Presbyterian mioiiouary en India writes as follows to the Canada Presbyterian : Itis uow certain that our Viceroy, Lord Dufferin, will lay down the coins of government a year before hie term of office expires. Tho news of his resignation has been received with regret by all who ere able to appreciate the work he has already dove, and can yet de for the good of India. The olihnate has been eomo • what trying to his constitution. 7?ersoleal considerations aro aseigu od no the cause of his haying down his trust it year before the appointed time. MVoare sorry he ji se soon to leave its. As a mission we ow0 hlol much. Guelph boasts of the largest hen fruit of this sea5011. A Plymouth Rock egg 12x07 inches, and weigh. ing 12 ounces. . P. Griffin, pork packer, if St, Thomas, 11x5 received an order from Veueouvor, British Columbia, for three tons of hams, An Indian Woman's ;!Missionary society has been formed in Beulah, N. W. T., with Mrs. Big Hunter ns president. The membership is al- ready twenty. They have in the treasury ton dollars. Tho people of this Province will bo glad to hear that Gebriol Dumont (satinet speak English, and therefore ileo v we will bo apeeed the lecture on the here in the spot in eradicated from help ho 6011111 to put matters right, i Northwest rebellion which he ie in - the house, lute boon fulfilled, as the. present flieting on the people of Quebec, PUBLISHING HOUSE, where the work will be done Neatly Cheaply and Expeditiously. 0R3D -MIR) H eA.RJ11Y. Post Publishing House, Brussels. a)(, JCS mexammazzamna t® s TH Hi INT HIXT AT Garden and Field Seeds, Consisting of Mangold, Carrot, Turnip, Peas, Corm, &c. 200 TwowBloOd Jack Itnivo$ • at 10 Cents, half prime (;et onobefoi'c they art.fall gun(+. we- lead the rem Med 1)o.fy Comparison ill Strength mull Parity. We give a llnmisonu :Boal: with each pound. IN TEA Oranges 15c. Per Dozen, Coate York Grx000 New