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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1889-11-1, Page 7Nov. 1, J.,89. „ s ter , ,a . ':...s.vvrxtor,an,,r=nx.•v,.cx:ra THE MAJOR'S STORY. I.'ho Astonishing linear( of It Vet 'rigor and it rot Bear. "Yes, I had a bear of my own; but then, that's nothing, Captain Flaherty, in the Sixth Ooorklms, had 0 pat tiger— moat amusing," "What was, PluUerty or the tiger?" "Nal The brigade surgeon,,, "That souuds very confusing," I ham. fueled. "Alit wallet continued the Major, r .„ w° were all young follow° together out in Oude. One day Flaherty and another fellow Speculated In an elephant, but they only kept him five days, beoa ruined if—you know they really wont out to buy a cart to put their things in, as we wore moving camp, but no carts were to be had, so Boeing a bandy elephant for aalo, they sold they could stack all their belongings ou him, quite forgetting that a cart wouldn't went anything to eat, whereas an elephant—well, they'd have boon ruined if the Commissariat hadn't taken the beast oil: their hands; the worst of it was the commissariat of- ficer saw how they were fixed, end got the animal cheap,” "But, Major O'Neil, I thought you said your friend possessed a tier," •'Yes; he was a beauty, quite tame, harmless as a dove. rve seen it phase the colouel's dog round the -billiard -room till the terrier went like u racer, awl the great tiger springing after it to easy bounds. It was called Bob, and of Course was more obedient to Flaherty' than anybody elle. Jim Peel, who'd just jollied us from England, went the color of your collar when he called one after- noon with a letter of introduction to Flaherty from his sister iu Dublin. You know Pool was a very natty little man, well-groomed, with an eyeglass, and a bit of a lisp, and the Kith= tgar showed him into a room while he went to fetch the •sahib' from the compound. It was a blazing hot aiteruoon, and all the taut - grass bunds were down, so the room was cool and shady, and Peel was just about to oink gratefully into a long cane chair when the thin curtains is the al.' cove were gently pushed aside, and the tiger looked out. Jim was petrified, and then the tiger yawned—no doubt the poor brute had beau disturbed in its siesta—nobody but a'grifn' would have gone to call iu the middle of a blazing afternoon. Jim stood there as still as a statue, with his whipstock in one hand and the letter of introduction in the oth- er, and when his unattacbed eye -glass fell out of his eye and rolled along the Indian matting, the tiger put his paw upon it. Nobody knows what Jim thought=be didu•t know h'.msoll—bo- cause I asked him afterward; darn say he thought he was going to be eaten. Tho tiger smelt the eyeglass and turned it over, then, taking it stealthily in its mouth, threw its head up and snddeoly 'it les 'mosctes i ,�/^,;��,�'�i.a TEE Trona MET TEEM. (bot the glass into the air, and bounded after it—that tiger was just as playful as a kitten—but I conclude Jim Peel thought he'd never see the sun set again and then be heard a voice singing '.Oily Mavourneen,' and Flaherty came in through the window, and apologgized for keeping Pegl waiting—end asked:him to sit down." "Was this JIm Peel, the brigade sur- geon?" No; oh, no. The surgeon; was called Cocker, n stout.'importaat looking indi vldual, with a stouter, much more ite.- 'portaot wife. Wait, I must tell you about hor—la's too good• to be missed. The Colonel gave a ,edcell dance at 'his bungalow one night, just after the Doc- tor had arrived. The roomy worocrowd- ed, lots of jsoople'arrlvittg;'Metes being called out, • and all that sort', of thing. Pt ell, a^trots .the Dodtor;. ' 1011 ' of vaift importouoe, and says gruffly to the or- derly servant, 'Mr. Cocker;' 'and,' Dries bis better half, 'Mrs. Cocker, too.' 'rhfr. Cooker,' yells the man, 'an' Mrs. Cocka- too.' Well, of eoure6 there was deadly alienee—o fearful pause iu the festivi- ties for may be Bili a miunle, and then the dancing, went on 0llttle more noisi- ly, that was all But about the tiger, lelshorty was much too careless about the brute; It was his own fault entirely, If all the men were like Jim Peel it would be another matter. Poor .Jixn; he was killed in Afghanistaia lghtialt as brave- ly as any man everfought. Well, Cock- er uBed to drive one of these high•wheel• ed gigs, anti. one Morning, an hour be. fere 'tiffin ' he and his wife weretooling t along the road by the captain's quatet —whether they worn going to call on him or not I don't remember—when the tiger met them; in the road, and the horsed shied at once, upset the gig, and sent them both flying, rolling over -Mad , over, and all the grinning natives rut. Hing about shouting and gosticnlating and adding to tiro confusion. There • wee a fine huIlaballo, I can tell yob. Tho doctor made some strong remarks and reported the whole affair at head- quarter, and next morning a peremptory' order was betted, •Gentiotnee mast tie ep their tigers.' Mn;jor O'Neil teamed, poured out a seltzer and brandy, took a ciges, and seated himself again, and mid, 'It wea the remark that lady tuatlo at dinner 0080 pets reminded ins of my bears 1 ores 081 bentleg in India with ray 'shoitarry' when we killed the moth- er lit a oav8, null the matt welt in and pulled her flat, and the two little atils came a(eag mut wore meted hnine, .. I ktnt the two Mita fellows, awl named 11101(1 as they grew. up. Maley were lust like two big dogs, and moil to ploy to- gether all day,witis the strangest nuttas. You don't lit !t t th/tvin 1 1 w 1 lID1UTUl1H bone is till you'volived with him. There la8 n big tree in the gluxlen, which they were fond of climbing and resting oa the branches, 111( 1 u88d 00 Het a pan of milk at the foot and then watch the younustereallamper down -they always , fought—es 5000 ns they reached tee ground they had 11 regular stand-up fight, nuld the victor invariably look whet he likedt 0 L11C intik while 14 the vLu , , ah 4a °u0 growlingly walla( till his turn should come, Ono of them died, I believe be was bitten by a Bunke in the garden; but the other follow grew up and throve wonderfully well; I had him for five years; ho used to sleep un- der my bed, and would follow me all over the place liken Newfoundland. Of CUOMO, having 111M (111 this time, h0 knew Iota of tricks I'd taught film; he used to get on his hind togs and wrestle and playfully pretend to bite me; well, one day—I suppose I wanted to show oil before sone people who'd just called. I desired Bruin to wrestle, to stand up to me, but ho wouldn't pay any attention. You see he was having 111s dinner at the time, so I ,just hit Uiin over the head with a tent -peg, Heavens, the fury ho got into, and then he flow at me and bit mo severely in the arm—I shall carry the mark to my grave, mid in the pain and Huger of the lnolneut 'rushed to the run rack, seized my rifle, and shot him through the hovel—dead as a tiodo."— Pall tifftll Budcc1. HOUSEHOLD PETS. Pnrrots,iiotl. Naughty and Nice-Po11Ies that Rave emoted Sensations. hero's notIpp strange about hal- ing a poll parrot for a pet. It bet hall as strange as the idiosyncrasy of a wealthy South Side bache- lor, boarding on Cottage Grove avenue near Thir- tieth street, who bas made a coon the loadstar of his existence. Ho captured the coon at the tender age of three months, while out hunting in the wilds of Wisconsin. And as Dr. Johnson said of the 'Saotchman, much may be made of a coon if ho be caught young. The old bachelor took such a fancy to bis nursling that he 'Lanny made him his playfellow, his Iel. low -boarder, even his bedfellow. These two, during leisure hours, aro insepara- ble companions, and frleuds of the two do even assert, half in fun and half in earnest, that the coon's master has come, by force of constant association, to look, act, and even growl much like hia prototype, the coon. To love a parrot is not half so queer as to love a coon. The only astonishing thing about "par- rotry"—if such it word may be coined— is that itis not much more extensively indulged iu. For there aro, aside from the well-known uses to which such a creature may bo put, so many uses no- body—or very few—seem to think of. The parrot, in fact, has been successful- ly employed 8s a burglar alarm, as a public exhorter, as an awful example, as an advertisement and what not. A well-known speoiman of these feath- ered phonographs is Clippie, a tine dou- ble yellowhead Mexican. Fred $aemp- fer. the animal dealer and taxidermist of Madfeon,street, is the happy owner of this little parrot lady. Although a deal- er, hir..l'`aempfer. has a 'heart, and all the wealth of the Indies couldn't buy ()hippie of him. For °hippie is a trump. She has a well dedaed idea of her own importance and'superiority. She is the star boarder, and she knows it. She in - stets on having dainties which the other birds do not get. She. likewise insists on a diet which is as well regulated as clock -work. Her meals are not large but frequent. "ClIIPP111, GET 101711 NAI Chipple Is a strict prohibitionist. Wine, beer, liquors, even moxie, 400 tabooed by her. But on her five meals a day rho insists—that is as the Imes* of the Modes add of the Persian° with her—no deviation from establish- ed rules. She is not a ggIntton. She never oats more than her SH. And liv- ing ' in this tranquil way of well -regu- lated diet, sbe hes never had a touch of dyspepsia sad has never needed Hos- tones stoma bitters. I ch She a a:o girl otherwise, {l{ i god g C pp o is, despite her name. She doesn't swear, she doesn't oho* snuff, she bas no bad habite, and is perfectly ladylike in every respect, Decorum le her strong point. Whether she actually aver watched this phe- nomenon or not, it is a fact that she be- haves shocked and scondalihed when shesings out, about every other day: "Oh, mamma, papa's kieeed the cook!" Tho only song, of all those she sings, which isnot perfectly o. k., is, "Chippla get yotu' hair cut—hair cut—hair cut." This, however—which slit always sings to a finish, once she gets fairly under way --she was taught by nn ill•advisod youth at it limo when she had not yet reached the age of discretion, It was four years ago, when the "Chippie" song was lit its early bloom, and ,just Started on its nofariott9 journey across rho continent. It gave °hippie tier ee teem, and she has never been able to au got ovor It since. But one of the funniest true parrot 111 0101,1ns (OatnL around ilio cite ie nmba- th THE SRC'S Uly the following: A wealthy usenet, while sojourning last winter its Florida, bought, clever r parrot. et I( wag iuo i vonIeut to bring tit° bird Immo with hint. So he gave It to the discharged cusehmau of a friend, a elan who WAS a)i onte wl tt even o t drink, o 1 l deliver 6 a C the South Nide mansion of the nabob. The eoaehman wits paid 22 as it recom- petsa for hia trouble. Probably the ooachnt,ly thought this amount anything but a magnificent retuuneretion. Al any rate, he took trouble enough with the Parrot, for the Brat thing the bird yelled after the wealthy man's return Home wits "Stingy Shylock! Stingy libyJoelci You're mean, 70(110.8 mean—that's what you arel" One of the sagest parrots lit town be- longs to a lady ou Chicago aymuu°, who keep; a somewhat fashionable boarding house, This winged babbler has a pecu- liar lcuack 0f putting In his remarks in a manner so pat as to have caused more than One soosation. About as funny a thing as he bee ever done happened the &ELS POST '7 uw...Azavrr sttvz'; 3=45,0; new4m0ear n 00~7.-02, ;wr x--xv" -,ter ,z . of. 5100k0 f r o nl ou by her mother, her dreasmattor, aad r;-: - ° i. he her whets omit m, The lit ! nu mores 1t uta co C Y n i, 1 tyro 3n clittmietry � coal the n vltwardnoss and angularity, or Will at once rightly ,1� 7 the tandeney to nnb0C0mlug adip0ae guess that One of that gide of her ago have to struggle the plpen is eliglit- ly moistened inside �through, generally w. ithou t the ap j ud i • Di ClUne Yexpressed sympathy of a sewn- will hydrochloric bio mother, g� acid and thu ether withtn amouia, and Again here Is our girl in her early DI that the clouds of smoke are merely loons, with "la beuutc (u (table," dress• emu 1'olinOT 'rELLED, " OItYLOCit, STINGR env -Locke' other n1ght. A vuoau bookkeeper down town, is an invelernto poker player. He is likewise it groat but very lucky bluffer, and his features are ns cast in adamant wheu he is getting oft his rankest bluff at all. This boarder and the parrot are on very familiar terms. In fact, the bird knows him 1 of old. litany a nigbt bas 11e watched from his cage the boarder dolly with the pasteboards until Aurora tipped with roseate gagers the dim horrizon, amazed at the queer freaks of that other species i of biped, so often misnamed. Aomo sapiens. That night, however, the Cuban WAS bluffing with particular effrontery, and yet bo had not been caught at it le far. Another hand had been dealt. The Ouban wits raising the ante and raising the bot, then saying: "Now, if you fel- lows want to raise nae you'd better look out. I've got a strong bond and so I tell you." The others, scared by the coot assurance, was just going to lay (lown,whou outsang the parrot: "You're A liar Bonnol. A liar—liar—liar. Bon- net', you're a ;tar " The Cuban flush- ed, The others took heart. They call- ed him. He bad a "four -flush." Ifo didn't bluff again flint night, and there has been considerable improvement in his betting methods ever since. Somo seven years ago, while George C. 1vIilu still prefixed his name with the "Rev." and was the much petted pastor of Unity church, be one day conceived the erraetic fancy of purehllsmg a par- rot of Naompfer, But ho was careful to make the condition that it must be ono who was au expert in swearing. There was none such in stock, aud Mr. Ilaempfer, at considerable expense and trouble, had t0 get one from New York, where swearing is more of a popular ac- complishment than in Chicago. Mr. Mita bought it, paying a good, steep price for it without' a murmur. He did not divulge what hia real objoot was in getting just that kind of parrot, whether he intended it as a fearful example for his congregation or what. But the ac- tor preacher did not keep the bird long. This parrot of bis was a Mexican, a species that has a special gift for swear- ing, as indeed parrots from all Spanish speaking countries have. That was purely a "swearing parrot," but n family named Williams, living two years ago on Washington boulevard, near Wood street, at that time accident- ally got hold of a bird that both swore and prayed, and which did either or both with equal gumption; and profi- ciency. This winked bird originally bailed from Honduras, and while out there had picked up the true accent of thoSaarambas and of the. carabtos :with, which ee 'liberally intei'la'rded bias in promptu remarks. But while on the ship making bis; passage over he bad foul; time to aequfro likewise a pretty Pod stootkbf tmies:'words" in English, es well as the exant phraseology and in flection of voice of a New England mis- sionary wiio bad been a passogger, and had generally said grace at,+thlmeals. The 'effect of all this now-gainddiote on the poor muddled brain .of the parrot may better be imagined than told. Ho insisted on mixing his English and Span- ish oaths with hie pious and strictly or thodox remarks in seal' a;'•way as to.. fairly paralyze the Willinnie family when they'received the bird here as a longs looked -for preset tof ^a' Honduras, friend. While at dinner the first timo the bird heard the familiar: "For all We're going to receive, 0 Lord, let us be truly thankful. Amen!" That was the signal for breaking loose. "For all" -dash, dash—"we're going-- caram11al muerte de mi alma earache!" --dash, dash, desist "Oh, you son of a. sea nook1 cari u etc., etc, •Thus he ran on glibly, with that soemnity of Countenance which garrote arefamous for, until be had driven all the ladies from the room. That awful blasphemer didn't remain with the Williams house- hold very long. -Chicago Herald. neve proceeds (0 arae YbIII!A,ry alix 8 ;AUL ner young plrmooti is respect- fumes of the salt ammonium chloride formed bythe ecombination0 f ho tt 4n or s n of 1ha OtoCn h )teals C An effective way to show the same experiment to a class is to blow across the mouths of two bottles eoutatning strong ammonia and hydrochloric acid, and placed in line with the lips. A large room may thus be tilled with donee fumes is a few lumens. GOWNS FOR GIRLS, HOW TO DRESS IN A SUITABLE STYLE. Berlin rind Vienna promos for Girls In their Teens -Lo Ilaaute do Diablo In Disguise. Why the French should apply the term "La initiate du (table" to that evanes- cent, fleeting glory, the charm and bloom of young girlhood, I could never (ivine. It is indeed exquisite; "an odor lied soon as shad—morning's winged dream, Yet how often is that "light which no' can shine Again ou Life's dull stream put under an extinguisher, blurred, car catered as It were, by iujudiciou motherhood. Why so few motho know how to dross so as to adorn and develop, make happy and comfortable, their daughters who he between the ages of 18 and 16 ie to mo another of the inexplicable mysteries of our mys- terious lives. Most young girls of 14 and 16 look like boydens, or self-conscious, sullen prudes. Most girls at that age are dress- ed in nn altogether unsuitable style. Their gowns are either too long or too od for a walk in the country, in the park, or around the retail u b r to business centro of the it . a b e The skirt I 4f her tight cheviot } g gown I6 long Ono t enough o reach to h (f g the to of her button boots 0t' gaiters, matches the color of her ) gown. The chow, 1 0 lot Is a tine check- ed wool mixture j in which the pi DOW, dull, pur- nlishlok gand nickel grays pre- dominate. It 18 flecked here aad there with a dot l 1 or dash of black and white. The waist is blouse or L` - shirt front of soft silk, so is the eral Gordon belt or sash without ends. Her hat is of softest russet felt, it now shade that matches her gown, and 1t is trimmed with soft silit to match the color of the waistcoat,sash, and jacket facings of her gown. That es color is not arbitrary. It may be chosen to suit her complexion. She is consult- er ing her older sister as to the propriety of adding a feather to its trimmings. Sbe is happy; consequently her attitude is graceful and her ince composed. Sh° 8 does not feel awkward nor out of place. re She does not feel compelled to enact the role of the hoyden or the prude. Her toilet is one that demands neither the one nor the other style of bohavoir. When this girl is 19 or 20 she will fall easily and contentedly, gracefully and with dignity into such a gown as the last of our series, This is an after- noon tea gown, made in the latest Berlin or London style. It 18 not the gown of the e matron,but of the maiden who is fully fledged and in society. Or perhaps she has one foot in the ecbool r o o m, another in "the swim" of the typi- cal "four hun- dred," Her rose - tinted, crepe de ohino Greek gown falls naturally into graceful linos about her slender person, Such women and only such, can wear a peplum, corded about the waist and failing in 0lassical folds around their hips. Tho borders of hor draperies, the band of her sleeves, and her surplice aro em- • broidered with silver orrasene lit a Greek pattern. Tho narrow rose -real satin rib- bon that forms three fillets around her close coiffure ie studded with tiny silver stars and crescent. Her gloves of .pale San suede are long enough to tench to her elbows. She wears silver wristlets, and sometimes a silver necklet to match. But these acceseorles are by no means de rigueur this season. 'Sometimes such a gown as: this is worn at n luncheon or weddingbreakfest, or any dressy after- noon occasion, and when the gloves are removed, as It is the custom now in Lon- don et such occasions, the fair round arms are` disclosed in all their beauty, guiltless of bracelet(, while the lingers fairly gleam with the glitteriug jewels of the many rings thereon. Sometimes a strand' of liege or small bends, of gold, °liver, pearls, coral, amber, or pink or purple amethysts, according to the color of the dress,is ' oro,fastened with a dia- mond clasp close in the throat. Some- times a necklet of ribbon studded with real'orimitation jewels or fine beads takes the place of thie, but just as fre- quently, the neck as well as the arena la left perfectly bare. short. The general effect is either on of a straining after juvenility or for a too pronounced maturity. Mothers vary, as a rule, between two utter ab- surdities. They dress their growing girls in their early teens either like gfrle of 10 or 11, or like women of 18 or 20. Their gowns are almost invariably too long er too short, too scant or too full; their bodices shapeless speques and blouses, or be -whale -boned, padded, long -waisted things worn over a corset, which "shapes" the figure. Heaven save the marls. Now look at the cuts which illustrate this column- Those girls are becoming- ly, suitably attired, and fashionably withal. For these pictures aro from the October number of that autocratic fashion journal the Season. Observe. please, that the skirts of ale -these gide' gowns de mend to their ankles. Also note that they are all very young girls, not more than 18 or 14 years old. The n, „g first is a large, overgrown girl of 18, Moat New York mothers would give amok a girl a shbrt skirt, barely cov- eringthe calves of her legs, not reaching further than the top of her high boots, if she wore boots, and fully. dlscloa • ing the Blocking on the aide of her silk e- irening stockings if she wore' slippers. The discreet Ber- lin or Vienna mother who is supposed to have designed the toilet of our illustration would never think of putting her budding daughter' to' the blush by making her wear such gown. Observe that while this is en °vetting gown of soft light texture, 'the corsage is modestly high in the neck, end'mod- estly:vollodineurplic° effects that only partially reveal the swelling bottom. The Sleeves aro not so short as to ex- pose thetentire arms to the ehoul'dere,' but reach to the elbows, where the long euodo or silken gloves alm00t moat the falls of lace thatOnish the sleeves." What a charming picture of innocence; mod- astir, good taste, and beauty sloessucha toilet make et *girl who as just enter- ing that period of her life when the eubr tlo'Freuciiman'woirld say" shit find "la beaut°'du•dyable" and we would say "she is shgolief" ,Nor la the some girl or het slater or bet cousin of about`the sante age, shbwn is the next out, given a dress with any ehertor skirt OR the morning' after her Boirea ddnsante of the evening be- fore. Her simple own ofP rl nted parpalts, sateen, foulard, or mous- seline de latae 18 sobered to the balayeuse ruffle of the skirt, and over the bosom of the bodice iib a "bouee- °epee's apron" brows' linen, Dawdle border - with a braid attern in some right tint of red, ue, or green he Gertnanslove •igbt colors es • eels as the Rai- ns), and in its ample pockets elm entries all the implements necessary for her housework, Hor skirt is short enough for comfort, making her h01180- hold movements light and free, but it Sit long 0hougll to give hoe modest tem, SMOKINQ AN EMPTY PIPE. k Aa Adaptation et a Chemical Experiment of Conjurers Use. or A neat adaptation of a familiar ehomi• ed eat exne'inient Is now being shown by b traveling conjurers, bl says the Scientific (t • American. Tho per. bi former comes for- ward will at cam- •)° moo alar pipe lit ch hand, and after exhibiting them d blowing thl'ongb them ono at a no, to show tbnlthey are empty, puts 0111 1110n11 to mount, as in the Beare. A Cold atlsappnoatloa. Mr. °nndleisiirns elnenpeitiitated by the gout) Deminii;•you rnscel I told you to put that eraoked,leo on my forehead, and you've slapped 1t on the bask of my neck! " His alternate nurse—As near as I' cud ppipe it ntt, sor, trot's pbore yore forobid begins,—Push A Confusion of Loeatitles, Old Sirs. Fogarty—"it's a teller 01 holt from me eon in Amenity, Wed yez rade it to me, Tim Burns?" !} Mr. Burns (with difficulty)—"Ile says, t' th' best av my ahpellin ?elan' Fo- .ibse gartyl that he's gain' t' th' ?elan' for n moat ." Mrs Foenrty—"Bivin' en' saints be pralsedt Mary Gsffnoy's Mike vette it waiter door thoyre, end it's not Liu' but ta s Inusic an' denote' and teiky-t nrlee. limn wan wakes in( t' til' other 1"-. } (ttecotate plane mauve. Ona quart of milk, 0110 -hall a box of gala - time soaked fu One cupful of water, four of grated chocolate inado tono0t'ii in a Mali in111i; three eggs and a • little extract of vanilla' heat the milk until hoilillg, then add the other iugrediento and boil live mieut(8 ; rem. hart mnnld end serve with risen ail t • Seel q