HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1889-11-15, Page 3Noor, 15, 1889.
A 11011061. TRAINED TO 81'E11:.
There was told in my hearing the
other day a tale which canoe with
it it moral. A gentleman who travels
0 good deal, being 0 bachelor with a
good fortune and plenty of leisure,
has, when in town, a shite of room
at the house of hie- married slater.
He returned recently from a trip
rather unexpectedly, reaebing home
in the evening. Ilse sister, who re-
ceived him, apologized for the fact
that his apartment was not wholly
in order.
'We have a new chambermaid,'
she said, 'and I haven't wanted to
tell her too may things at once,
and, as I didn't know you were
coming, I didn't bother her about
your room. 1 will send her np the
first thing in the morning.'
In the morning the now climber -
maid did, indeed, come the firat
thing, and the gentleman was still
in bed. IIe, however, slipped into
his dressing -room to remain until
the maid should do whatever was
necessary in his chamber, and, tak-
ing a book, he sat down to road
while he was waiting, Ho always
carried with him a diamond. ring,
which had been his mother'e, which
he sometimes wore and sometimes
had in his pocket. This he had left
with his watch on the stand by the
head of his bed.
lle sat reading for some time, and
even after be heard the maid go out
he kept nu with his bunk. Suddenly
he heard a slight noise in his °ham
her, and, folding his dressing gown
about him, he opened the door and
looked in. The chamber was ap-
parently empty, but his eye was
caught by a chord which seemed to
extend from the open window toward
the bed. Going forward to examine
this he perceived a monkey, till then
hidden from etght by the bed, that,
with his diamond ring in his clutches,
wee inatciug off. Tho owner of the
rine; shouted and rim forward, when
the thievish animal dropped ito prey
and sl(nrried out of the win. low as
feet as its skinny little legs would
carry it, and, picking up Ute jewel
to assure himself that it was alt
right, tho gentlemen reached the
window in time to 800 all Organ•
grinder making off with the monkey
on his shoulder. There is no doubt
dint he had trained the beast to 0hlub
into windows, and to steal any vola•
able upon which he could lay hands;
and the incident may serve as a
warning to those who allow organ -
monkeys to scramble et will over
their chamber blinds and windows.
But the impressive aspect of the
story, if one considers, is the position
in which the chambermaid would
have been put had the owner of the
ring appeared on the sumo but a
moment later.
THE BRUSSELS POST
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Paris has 15(7,000 ecialiste.
A recent consular repent shows
that co-operative societies are be-
coming very numerous in Germatly
and that aver 4,000 are doing a
profitable business in that empire.
(Jewel caravau4 iu Australia are
In the parlor. -•-Stand till every' Dlsproportionebleuees, with twen,
lady iu the room, also older people, by -ono letters, is avid to be the
are boated. lougesb Euglieh word•
Mise if any lady entire the room Thus far the publics parks of Bos'
after yon arc Hsalmi, and stand till ton have added to the indebtedness
she tapes a seat. of the niby $, 3,81113,1500,
Look people str&gh, in the face .Clio deepest hole in the world is
when bhey aro speaking to yon, said to be at Sohlodebaeb, Germany, booming quite common and prove
Let lattice pass through a door It measures 5,73G feet. most useful. The Largest caravan
first, standing aside for thein. Tito.ponsiou rolls now bear 481,- yet known iu the country has just
In the dining•room-Take your 000 names, calling for an annual been started, ooneisting of Hixty
seat after ladles and elders. tlietrfbnbion of $100,000,000. oamnle.
Never play with your knife, ring Lotteries are said to have origin. The Australian Government is
or spoon. 1)o not take your napkin geed in ]?Iorenco about 1580, and to buildings fence of wire netting 8,000
in a bunch in your hands. have been legalized in Prance in miles long, to divide Now South
Ent as fast or as 'low as others,
and finish the course when they cdo.
Do not ask to bo excused bolero
the others, unless the reason is im-
perative.
ltise when the ladies leave the
room, and stand till they aro out.
If all go together, the gentlemen
fitana by the door till the ladies
pees.
Chicago ,'beck Equal To Anything.
'klay I have this seat ?' she asked
of the genteel looking drumtnor
whose baggage was occupying it.
I dou'tknow, ma'am,he answer-
ed politely. 'It belongs to the rail-
road, you know ; but I'll see the
conduotor and maybe he can give
it to you.'
She grew purple and said :
'Yon don't understand me. I
mean can I take It 1'
'Well, I don't know that, Dither.
You see it is fastened very firmly to
the ear floor, and would be trouble• marrying one of the ewe lambs; no
some to get up ; however, ['11 have one outside the family can get a
a carpenter to come on board at slice of the plunder.
•the nest station and ask tile advice.' BITS OF INFORMATION,
'I.don't , want to take the' old
thing,' she howled. 'Is . Ibis your The railroads employ 750,000
traps.on it ?' voters.
No'm,' blandly answered the ' This year 300,000 immigrants
drummer, 'they belong to the firm I have arrived.
1 travel for.' A Colorado railroad's pastes are
'Well, oan.I sit down here ?' she made of silver.
• finally screamed, after shifting from. The New York Fire Department:
one foot to another. owns and uses 8511 horses, ,
110W THEY LIVE.
The recent discussion over the
royal marriage grants in England,
led to many enquiries as to the in-
comes now paid by the people to the
royal personages who do them the
favor of living ou their bounty. It
is evidently quite a soft snap to be
in the King, Queen, Prince and
Princess Jinn, as witness these fig-
ures :
0011 Q00E13 01103,
Iler Majesty's privy purse .0 00,000
Iler Majesty's household, Including
salaries and retired allowances 1)1,300
Expenses of household 17.3,500
Bora bounty,alma and ap00tal sor-
vico 18,200
Peuslons granted by Her Majesty 23,511
Unnpproprl abed Items......... 8,040
Total civil list £408,511
Duchy of Lancaster revenues 45,000
Expenditure upon royal palaces, sev-
enin number, °coupled personally
by Icer Majesty 10,420
Royal palaeas(0) ;occupied partly by
Her 010100ty 8271
Royal palaces not 000u01ed by Iler
Majesty, ten in number 37,051
Bt. rieerge'e Chapel, Windsor 1,000
Pensions paint to stair of royal pa1-
1000 700
Royal yachts And naval charges40,7755
Royal escort, military charge and
orders 58,703
Items formerly defrayed by r00011110
from the Oaown 10,010
10.13.I. PRINCESS 11000L (0011. OERRA:: ER -
rums) 01100
Total payment yearly - £ 6,041
THE PEI\CF. AND PRINCESS OF EASES 0E0
2(10 Primo over 1100,000
•
Tho Princess 10,000
Besides royal residences, ,tic.
0011103 3111NRE118 01, 01111 ROYAL FAMILY 6ET
Prince Alfred £ 20,500
Prime Arthur
Priaooss Helena
Princess Loutso
Du011000 of Cambridge
P1in0009 Augusta
Duke of Oambaldge
Princess teary
Prim] Edward (of Saxe Weimar)
Prince I, erningen..
Prince Victor of Holteniohe 1,800
Households of deceased sovereigns5,005
tlrand total of twelve months' pay
meats in }connection with no royal
family and not inoludlug the cost
of royal parks £801,008
The exponditure.ou royal parks
and pleasure grounds for the same
period was X114,818. 'There are
twenty of those royal parks.
It may bo as well to warn our
readers that there are at present no
Vacancies in the firm, and that in
foot so great is the lnerea80 in this
royal flock that unless 11 .is .by
20,100
0,000
090)
6,000
7,080
22,200
0,000
0,657
1,405
1580.
European railroads are fenced in,
have no grade cressings, the engines
have neither bell nor headlight, and
the engineer meet stand.
Ehot's translation of the Bible
into the Indian tongue, issued in
1808, was the first publication of
the Scriptures in America.
The grade of the ooggetl•traok
railway which is being built at Pike's
Peak, Col., ,vill be , 25 feet to the
100, or 1,820 feet to the mile.
Of the twelve ex -Commanders of
the G. A.. 13. liviog, uearly, or quite,
half are connected with insurance
companies as agents or officials.
The sustaining power of the Forth
Bridge may be imagined from the
statement that each cantilever would
sustain six of the largest ironeletle.
No chess contest, properly played,
should ever enol. It should always
be a draw. If it is not it i.e bcauso
one of the players has played badly.
The Philadelphia Centeuntal had
0,857,025 visitors; the Paris Expos'.
tion is in a fair way to have 35,000,-
000, and bee had more than 83,-
000,000.
Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, a slaughter
of Governor Dudley, of illassachn
setts, published in 18J:0 a volume of
poems, the first original work leaned
in New England.
Tho 13e110 Vornou gas field in
Pennsylvania is twenty two milds
long and two miles wide. 'Thera aro
three wells in this field that yield
45,000,000 foot per clay.
The coinage of gold dollars at the
Philadelphia mint is limited to $5,•
000 a year, anti they are put ;11 the
possession of the Treasury to snake
exact change in paying depositors
of gold bullion.
E. W. Abbott, an officer at the
Dlassaehusstts Reformatory, owns
the largest dog in the country. He
is of the lion breed of ma,tiffs, weighs
182 pounds, is 88 inches high and
6 feet 11 inches long.
Nova Scotia is remarkable for the
number,of its old people. It has a
larger population of centenarians
then ttuy tether country, there beteg
One to every 19,000 inhabitants,
•wbiie England has only nee to every
200,000.
A Salt Lake City letter sass : -
'Whatever may be the special in-
iquities of Mormanism, neither. ebil
(10580ess nor rowdyism is among
them. There are no paupers, ;end
it more orderly, respectable, decently
mannered city than Salt Lake rt
would be hard to find.'
'I don't know, madam ; you are
the beet judge of yotii mueoular
powers.' _
'Where do you travel from ?' she
screamed.
'Chicago,' he replied.
'That bottles it,' she said meek.
ly ; 'will you please move your
valise, andpermit me to occupy a
small portion of this seat ?'
'Certainly,' he replied, 'why did
not you say that before ?'
The train sped on, whsle ho sat.
counting up his expenses, and she
wondering if Chicago cheek had
eny equal under the sun.
The number of ball -player) in the
land is estimated at 300,000.
Natural gas eaves Pittsburg 7,•
000,000 tons of coal per ye r,
Our vasoline is used in Japan to
soothe the stings of tattooing.
The curfew instill rung fie nearly
one hundred Et nglieh parishes:
It is estimated that there are 36,-
000 sightless beggars in France„
A Tto inventor eayl his fillip
A Coale or 8hunLers for 00.Is.
The following is from the Chris -
(Ian Iutelligencer ie au epitome of
boy'e etiquette 1
In the street, -last lifted when
saying Goocl,-bye, or How do you
do ? Also when offering a lady a
Haat, or acknowledging a favor.
Keep stop with anyone you walls
with. Always precede a lady up.
stairs, but ask if you shall precede
1100 In going through a crowd oe
001111, 1 pence.
At the street door, -Hat off the
moment yeti atop into a private hall
ce n11"100..
Let ,L lady 1)1104 first always, nl1-
lrt,s 61.)1161.)11asks yeti 10 precede leer,
oron
will cross the ocean in four days.
Hardly any improvemelt has been
made on steamboats in tet years.
There were 142 oottoe unite in
operation in the Sontheri Status iu
1880.
There are in the Urftod States
28,667 Indians enrolled; as °belch
members.
Watermelon seeds wee found fn
an Egyptian tomb the' was 8,000
years old.
A. uicltel.in-the•slot machine is.
being devised to tape instantaneous
photographs.
It is predicted that; the poautte.
roaster of 1890 will do its meeting
b l t 'cty
Wales and Queensland, in order to
keep the rabbite out of the latter
country.
The Empress of Germany is said
to wear ou her shoulder at court
fetes a magnificent agraffe in dia
monde, which belonged to Napoleon
I., and which was attaohed to his
hat at Water -loo.
The extormivatioa of rabbits in
Australia seems as far off a8 ever,
although 1,400 echemee were laid
before the new South Wales Govern
ment in competition for their offer•
ed reward 0[ 1125,000.
The Norwich Gazette appeared
last week with one page printed in
brilliant rote init.
There are at preeent sixty-five
inmates in :ho L'lgiu House of In.
dtlatry at St. Thomas.
"Jack, the 1 isser," ie at work in
Kingetou. He stopped a wull-
ltuown lady Wednesday night, and
kis'od her three times, notwith-
standing bar etra•agles..
The Grau1 `Trunk Company has
two female station ageuts or 'agent -
oases' in their employ iu Ontario..
One is hire. Ootterill, who has
charge of the station at Breslau,
Land the other is lillse McFarlane,
in Charge of the station at Port
Credit. Both are said to bo ex
°anent railroad women.
While at Westport Arebbi•ltop
Cleary excommunicated a seaman
who was a member of the church fel
that village. She hail obtained a
divorce frotn a former husband and
has married again. In pronoun°.
ing the anathema the Arelbishop
said there is no such thing ne di
vorc0 -under the Christian law.
Mr. Jackson, of Dutton, is in
pomammotheesiml ut some mammoth teeth
found nu the faro' of ,air. Fisher,
Cleohau. The recall are those of a
mastodon, and, comparlag with
thee' of Jumbo, indicate that the
mastodon from whose jaw they
were talten was seven or eight
times larger that the largest eel -
mat
e -mat of modern times.
General Newt*.
Germany has 41 weaving schools.
A. hotel to cost $1,125,000 is go
Mg up in Sydney, N.S.W.
There is a growing demand in
England for human skiu leather.
In Sweden a new elevator loads a
2,500 ton vessel with iron ore in a
day.
The Harney Peale tin mines of
Dakota are exciting a good deal of
interest in she London market.
Orefeld, Holland, has 110,000
people and 50,0610 are sills -workers,
all employed in their own homes.
In France it .takes one man a
year to weave a yard of Gobehn
tapestry. They get from $200 to
$400 a year.
The first electric tramway iu
Maly is soon to be opened between
Florence and. Fiesote. Its total
•length will be 7,300 meters.
Eighteen tons of steel disappear
daily on the single system of the
London and Northwestern Railway,
through wear and•rust.
Cholera, it is said, has appeared
in ,Southeastern Europe, the parti-
cular regions affected being Turkey,
Greece. and Hungary.
The Universal, of the city of
Mexico, says that the trichina has
been discovered in hogs imported
from the U. B. in San Luis Potosi.
Some. electric railways will, 0be
laid along the rivers of NorthernRussia, whore the extreme cold mi.
dune during the greater part of the
year.
It is tallied on the Berlin Bourse
that the Gorman Government will
grant a credit of 8000,000,000 marks
for the bronze guns for the new
smokeless powder.
Itis formerly denied at Autworp
that horse flesh is sent there frontEngland, and that meat • extract is
manufactured from horse flesh at
THE LEADING
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G.11C)GI4] ,Y DEPAAaTM.ENT.
Our Stock of Staple and Fancy. Groceries is Large ad
Assorted, consisting of Black, Young Hyson and
Japan Teas, which were carefully selected and bought in
large quantities for Casio. Customers can always depend
upon getting Extra Value. Our Coffee at 40c, rt pound
Strictly Pure and the Finest Ground.
Tlte'Choicest new Season's Fruits at Lowest Prices,
9n
Special Value in Pure Sugar Syrup and
Pure West India Molasses.
Canned Beef, ' Chipped Beef, Canned Tongue, salmon,
Sardines, Strawberries, Peaches, Tomatoes, - Coria,
Perls, &e , &c. VERY CUEAI'.
We. would call Special Attention to our Sugars,
which we are gelling at prices that will compare with, if not
better than, others in the Trade.
Crockery Department.
Printed Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets, Decorated Tea and
Toilet Sets, Plain and Fancy China, Plain and Fancy
Glassware, also a Large Assortment of White Granite 'Ware,
'which we sell considerably Below the regally' price.
Bakery Department.
Bread. Buns, Cakes and Pastry Baked Daily
and of' the Finest Quality-.
Specialty.,
Wedding Cakez a
G _i- 1O_ THCIVJC8ON_
AT ToUNOINC-
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GAINS
MAKING ,ING I1 I_OT FOR COMPETITION
With Gloriou8 Inducements for Fall and Winter.
Our Immense New Stock is now Ready, Unequalled in Style and Quality -Unparalleled
in Low Prices. Men's, Youths', Boys' and Children's
Clothing and Punishing shing Goods, Mats, Caps, Etc., Etc.
By far the Finest Assortment, Best Values and Lowest Prices.
WE - HAVE - GOT. - THE - PULL.
Whoop 1 here's another season come,
All merchants clear the track,
We're going to boat the record some,
Don't try to hold us back.
Whoop ! prices lower'than before,
New goods in stacks from roof to floor;
With novelties our store is full,
,1ud that is where we get the pull.
We run to win and don't forget
The prize we want is trade.
We'll make our figures lower yet
Than sinner ever made.
Whoop ! Here's the store that gives you most,
You'll find we make no empty boast,
But bargains big and bountiful,
And that is where we have the pull.
Show us the man who said "There is always room at the Top." Leading the Trade,
Standinghigh above ail Competition, we find the Crowd is still with Us, yet we ery for
More, • ut new Pall Stock is Immense, otir Bargains Unlimited.
In the Quick Rush of the Fall Trade everything goes, at a Rock Bottom Price.
Come in Everybody and, for once in your life, see what Quality and Style really means
in
in ,M ms' and Boys' Clothing, Hats, Gaps, Gents' Fur°nrshiaaj Goods, ete.
These Goods are as you like them in all Respects. .?rices particularly Pleasing.
Special Range of .avercoatinas at Prices Heat will .Astonish You,
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Iowa reuses lnara cern than all rho year to weave a pair. It tapes tau
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