The Brussels Post, 1889-12-6, Page 30111oEM1E1Z 0, 1889.
REAPING THE HARVEST,
'I do "wish, lithe girls, you would
keep ggiet for two eoneeeutivo min•
utee.'
The Rev, Ur. Brewsford was sit• you for it ?'
ling at his study table, surrounded `A
by antigeo•looking (smelt Testa -
month, lexicone and manuscript
folios, trying to reason his way
through a knotty point of obnroh
doetriue, while, in the wide seat of
the low window beyond, just on a
level with the street, two little girls
of eight and ten wero curled up like
plump white kittens of a larger
growth, chattering on the respective
merits of a colony of staring dolls.
Meta Brewsford, the younger,
was as fair as a Spring anemone,
with floating ends of silky gold, and
blue, glittering eyes ; while her
cousin, Eloise, was darker toad more
gtpey like in her childish beauty,
given, moreover, to laying down the
1aw to Meta, and taking every pos-
sible advantage of her two yoare of
seniority.
'You seeMeta,' she gravely oom-
menced. 'I am older than you,
find—'
'Hush wid your claterin', ebvld-
her !' corrected Bridget, who had
just come in to lay the table for
lunch, for it waa in the misty
dining -room where Mr. Brewsford
loved to study, and bis little people
to play, since Mrs. Browsford's
death hod somehow thrown a gloom
over the rest of the house. 'Sorra
a bit your poor papa can write au -
you a buzzin' there like a hive o'
bees in swarmin' time.'
Meta was juat looking up to re-
monstrate, when a sunbrownedr
swarthy countenance was flattened
against the plate glass that divided to her,
the room from the street, and a • But when on Sunday the good
boaree voice pleaded : man looped arouud his little Hook.
'Please, miss, give a poor boy a John Piper was not there. It was
piece of bread ?' as might be expected ; he had
Meta started back with a little seen the last of that youthful guer
cry as the big, black eyes, met hors riila of the streets, Sunday echools
–the oyes of a boy about eleven, wero not to Master Piper's taste,
whose rags scarcely clung to his whatever might he said of eilver
lithe, supple figure and who halano forks and big red apples.
ed a basket with professional skill 'I am sorry,' said the Bev. Me.
on one arm. Brewsford, '1 had hoped to sow uow
'Get along wid yez !' cried Brid- seed on the Boil of his obdurate
get, shaking her fist at the appara- heart, but I shall have no oppor-
tion on the other side of the win- tunity now, I am afraid t'
dow, 'or 1'11 call a policeman, that 'I inn sorry, too, papa,' said ttleta,
I will.' softly.
But Meta's soft little heart relent- s , ,..
ed. Slipping down from her tem-
porary throne on the window seat, The sorrow of years Lad whiten.
she ran to her father's side. ed the Bev. Mr. Browsford'e brown
'Papa, it's a poor boy, and he hair, and little Meta was Miss Mar -
looks so hungry ; can't I give him garetta Brewsford now, while Eloise
a piece of bread ? Say papa, can I had grown iuto a dark, eparkling
call him in ?' beauty.
'Call him iu, indeed,' echoed It was Summer evening twilight,
Eloise, haughtily. 'Why, uncle r when the two girls sat together, but
he's as dirty as a charcoal man, but a tittle silent withal, for of tats p.
it's just like Meta t' coolness had risen up between them
Mr. Brewsford slowly struggling and for a reason as singular as it
out of the miety realms of the dead was all euthofent, they wereboth
and gone centuries, looked hopeless, learning to regard with more than
ly from one little girl to the other. ordinary feelings, the same man,
'Who is dirty ? What is it sot•, IYIr. Montressor was haudsouie
want Meta ?' enough to justify the infatuation of
And then _arouiaed'to a sense o f any young lady—tall, dark and
what was .transpiring around him, handsome, the fact of his being too
tis said : heir to ti West India uncle's wealth
'Open the door, Bridget, and call served to reflect additional brilli.
the poor boy iu.' once on his graceful ease of manner.
And Johnny Piper, summoned ball of the youug ladies that moved
by the unwilling Bridget, sinnit into in the circle of the Misses Brews -
the room, staring around him while ford were in love with Mr. Montres-
Eloise started back, gathering her sor and poor Elose and Meta, had
dainty silken skirts around her as "mellow caught the,infeotion.
if there were pollution in the very While they sat chatting idly in
air she breathed: the, twilight, the doorbell rang, and
'Keep away from me, ' you dirty both Mohtcolore a crimson
to 'roe heart Mn.
boy,'she said,,, while Meta ran to,
pile sundry slices of bread in his Stant its was shown into . the room.
basket. ' With a few words''tnf' greeting he
'Yaps, can I'give'him an apple ? sat,dotpn beside Meta! : Eloise half
she pleadd .: ' rose, lift if ,t'e'ieage, her °Seeks burn"
"Meta, don't' warned D" loill t tog: with yealousY ,
'There are only •tfiree ie°d apple's `!o`£' "fir Montresbor watched her with
lunch,' . . a, 0tti'i00 light Fit his dark eyes: `
.He eau have mine I don't 'Jklies joiee, l beg 'you • will not
want it. I would much rather he leave us, Fite card
should eat'it ' Here, boy,' is "a' red Elo(IQeu and bei' .seat with a
apple; a$d ;t +•.toss';of, her jet,llieft4,4SeSees.:"
But a shrill outcry- from Bridget 'Oh, I thought—I. did not.:lenow
cheokgd her in her half -uttered but that you had something to say
speech. to Metal' `.
'Did yez ever seeitiio likes"b' oat.. 'I have; 'but it' ie tiothi ig: hitt
=ether, dear 7 See now, it's the what I should sooner you would
silver forreck off the table that he's hear:
hidden away undber his rags, and Eloee looked puzzled, but reliev•
ue puttin' the bread in his mouth, al
Meta colored until her cheeks
the ungrateful spalpesn r
'I told you so 1' said Eloise. looked like meet pear blossoms new.
It wae too true ; the juvenile ly opened,to a June sunrise.
culprit, caught in the very act, had I wished, went ou Mr. Montres.
no words of defense to plead, as he ear, "to ask Mies Meta Brewsford if
Blood with down -hanging head, she would become my wife.'
while Bridget flourished' aloft the " There was an instant of utter
silver fork she bad pulled from one silence in the dusky room and then
of his ragged coat -pockets.' .Close rose up,
'Maether, will I ealf the police ?' 'Is it neoessary,that I should stay
she demandoi, here to be longer insulted ?' she
But Meta began to cry. said In a choked voice.
'Papa 1 papa t don't send him to. 'Insulted, Miss Brewsford 1 I. am
jail, he's so little,' she pleaded. not euro that I entirely comprehend
'It's just what ho deserves,' said you,' echoed Mr. Montroosor.
Eloise. While the boy himself And the tropic fervor of Eloise's
broke out into a howl as he screwed nature broke through the bonds of
his dirty knuckles into the sockets all maidenly retfcenee.
of his eyes. "Olt, John, 1 loved you 1 I have
'Boy, come here,' said Mr. Brows, wasted all the softest tenderness of
ford, gravely. ''What did you steal my heart upon you, but now—•--'
that fork for ?' 'Stop riuterrupted Mr, Montroa-
'Wanted to sell it to Old loo in ser ; 'every word yon say now .will
anthem street,' blubbered the be bitterly repented in the future,
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'What would you have clone with Meta, you have not yet answered
the money ?'
"Bought marbles an' toffy.'
']sow much would tin have paid
,The poor boy has uo idea of the
value of what ho as stolen,' sand the
minister, pityingly.
'What is your name eluld ?'
'John Piper.'
'Well, John, don't you know it is
'wrong to steal ?'
'N o•o, sir.'
'Then you must be very ignorant,
John,'
'1 suppose I is,' the boy said,
glaneiag towards Meta's pitying
eyes, and Eloise's ooutemptaeus
gaze,
'John,' persisted the good clergy
man, 'tin yen know that yea ought
to be sent to jail 7'
'Don't give use to the police, sir I'
whimpered the boy, 'and I won't
never do it again 1'
'John, I will let you go on one
condition—that you come to my
Sunday school, ou the corner of N–
and C–streets, next Sunday morn-
ing at nine o'clock. Will you prom•
Ise me to come 7'
'Yes, sir.'
And so John Piper was allowed
to retreat, little Meta running after
him, as far as the basement door, to
slip the big red apple slyly into bis
basket.
'Just like Meta; said Eloise,
scornfully, 'and now she'll have no
apple for her lunch.'
'I don't want one,' said Meta,
stoutly, and her father patted her
golden bead with an approving
touch that was worth many apples
11,n1 you be my wife ?' The so-called Canadian tbialis,
And .lona trctnbliue, sol yon in• which is eimply the e0mm0n Eng.
fiailr,l,v happy, answered : list' thistle, has spread. itself over
Yr•,..' the whole of tha United States.
'J he rt asuu I wielfod your auua-iu `rho re are in the ('lilted States no
ns wail ee voureul;, to be present,' (ower than 0013 manufactories of
still Mr 3iat0.rcesor,'is because my patent mediotnes, Of whiolt 108 aro
lend ie u . u tv thutni. It dialed hack in the Slate of New York alone.
more than ton years, when I Bret Sono forty miles from Barcelona
loin yon au,l your cousin, Eloise,' there is au actual mountain of very
Beth !o".ted np aarpriee, pure salt, which is hewn out in the
'I think you are mistalteu, John,' open sir, lilts stone from a quarry.
said Mete, same,A small toy broom is handier for
No, dourest, I am not. Take cleaning up dirt around a stove than
your mind back; over the lapse of a large broom.
years, to a bright winter afternoon,
See if you can remember two little
girls playing with their dole. And
then conjure up before your mind's
eye an elf -like boy, who returned
their kindness by pocketing a ailver
fork.'
'l do remember,' said Meta, emil-
ing, 'for lie parried my red apple
away iu his basket. Poor little fel-
low he was half starved. But what
about it ?'
"I am that boy.'
'You ?'
'Yes. My uncle, who had never
forgiven my tnotber's contracting a
resit marriage against his will, and
who had steadily re:used to eeo mo
when I was left a helpless orphan,
adrift in the streets of New York,
finally tolented,and a few months
after I waa begging my bread of
kind hearted strangers saw 1110 Elle
heir of wealth of which my wildest
dreams had never conceived the
ionet idea. But I never forgot tine
two little girls, ono of whom pitied
Ina ae l-Ieevee's angels may pity
erring man ; the other of whom
sneered tit and scorned the poor out•
cast. I knew yon "both when I saw
you, three months ago, even before
your names were spoken, Meta,.
do you wander that I fell in love
with you at first tight ?'
Thus was reaped the harvest
sown years and years ago.
Puma N1 OCcrs.
Watering Irnnglie at the roadside
at aunvenieat distances are highly
appreciated by travellers, and are
euro indications of kind and llospit
able farmers.
fi. few dollars iuvested iu paint
will not only add to the attracttve-
noes of the term but will save wear
and tear. Nothing is so ecouomicel
as paint. It ornanieute and preserves
the budding.
Some patient horticulturist says :
By going over young trees and rah.
Bing off bode which appear where
branches are not needed there will
be very little pruning to be done
when the trees come iuto bearing.
Toade, next t0 snakes, aro hated
and despised, yet in a garden they
devour multitudes of innate that
prey on the labors of man, and do
not meddle with any of the plants,
fruits or flowers that require his
cultivation,
During the summer a great deal
of rubbish collects in the garden and
perhaps in the orchard. All this
ought to bo raked up and . burned
and otherwise disposed of. If left
ou the ground it furnishes feeding
for insects.
The Prairie Farmer says : 'Al-
though some horses, unless very
thirsty, only drink a small quantity
each time,,they want that little just
as badly se the horse which drinks a
greater quantity. Many horses like
to take their time to dying."
We agree'with the Orange County,
Farmer when it says : 'We rather
prefer butter that is made by a
womtin, if she re up to the times in.
butter making We. feel eure,,there;
is no•dirt in,it even, by implication.
Thereare new men'who are cut out
for button makers'
Turnips„and paybagee'when fedito•
milking: caws should.be given direct-
ly after.inilkugr nretich quantity.'a'tt•
they will eat up at once clean, and
no more' given pntil;,after, the.; next
milking. When led on •suoh . vege-t
tablee'tbo'in lk dhoifld bo expoeod to
the sit by !saving the cans unstop.
pored as meal] as possible,'
To our friends engaged id feeding'
hogs just: now„the leeson..to be re-
ceived from all reports.. hp to the,
present' time would he Dispoed of
your,hogs'as early' in the .coming
season as you can get them in nice
shape for the market. It does not
look ae if high prices' later en will
rule unless from causes not now to
be discerned.
An honestly made implelnent, well
oared for, ought and usually does
last fifteen or sixteen years ; but,
mainly from a lack of shelter and
earo, it does not last,- on an average,
that length of time. Careful farmers
should have plenty of weli•ventilatel,
dry storage for tools and implements.
Nettling pays a better lutorest on
est.
Table Ihnein ebonld be hemmed by
hand. Not only sloes it look more
dainty, but there is never a streak
of dirt under the edge after being
latttidried as with machine sowing.
The Cognac brandy grape; which
very mush resembles the champagne,
is a small white berry, the juice of
which, previous to distillation, tastes
like very had sour. otdor.
Front the picture of ''Phe Angelus,'
which brought $110,000 at the re-
ceat sale of the Secratan collection
in Paris, too painter, Millet, now
dead, received only $220 Even
this sum was given to him in charity
by a fellow artist to buy bread.
At one factory in the United Stales
there aro manufactured between two
and three tons of postal curds a day
all the year round. The largest
order ever filled for one airy was
4,000,000 cards, or about 12 bane of
paper, for New York. There aro
450,000,000 poetel girds 10500150
tared annually, and their use is in•
oreasinx daily.
The tornado is a funuel•shapetl
column of di'tnrbetl air, generally
about forty or fifty yarde in diameter,
ratating about a uaarly perpendicnlar
axis. It forms is the upper air it
few miles overhead and works down
to the earth. Ito track is not goo.
erally more than twenty five miles
until it disappears into the upper air
whence it'came.
It has Hitherto been supposed that
one of the chief advaulages of Jiving
im England is that there are no
mosquitoes. But this is all oder and
done with. The mosquitoes have
come; the English winter does not
kill them ; "dud in course of time,”
cheerfully prophesies n correepoud
entoftbo London Standard, "they
will nudoebtedly spread all. over
England.”
There has net been a bank failure
in China for nine hundred years.
During the reign of the Emperor
Hi Flung an edict was issued that
upon the failure of a bank the heads
of the president, cashier and direc
tors should be struck off and piled
up m a corner with the assets. The
edict has never been repealed, and
Chinese bank stock has continued to
be above par and reproach. •
THE LIEA.DING
asn
GROCERY DEPRTMENT,
171
Our Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries is Large and
Well Assorted, consisting of Black, Young IJyson and
Japan Teas, which were carefully selected and bought in
large quantities for Cash. Customers can always depend
upon getting Extra Value, Our Coffee at 40e. a pound is
Strictly Pare and the Finest Ground.
The Coestich new:Season's Fruits at Lowest Prices.
Special Value in Pure Sugar Syrup and
Pure West India Molasses.
Canned Beef, Chipped Beef, Canned Tongue, Salmon,
Sardines, Strawberries, Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn,
Peas, &e , &e. VERY Cnnir.
We would Vail Special. Attention to our Sugars
which we are selling at prices that will compare with, ifnot
better than, others in the Tracie.
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 regular price.
Bakery Department.
Bread, Buns, Cakes and Pastry Baked Daily
and of the Finest Quality.
Wedding Cakes a Specialty.
GEO. '='IOM; ON.
°SOUR PERSUADER-
AN1\1OUNCING
GREAT BARGAINS
.
AND
MAKING IT HOT FOR COMPETITION
With Glorious. 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 Furnishing Goods, Eats, Caps, Etc., Etc.
By far the Finest Assortment, Best Values and Lowest Prices.
E- HAVE GOT -THE - PULL.
We run'to' win and don't forget
The ,prize we .want is trade, .
We'll .make , ours iigures lower yet
Than Rinner ever niade.
Whoop! Here&s, the store, that, Ives, you most,
You'llfind wemake no ompt . •beast,
But bargains big and bountiful,
And that is where we have the pull.
Whoop! here's another; season come,;
All merehants clbtit•,the hack.,
We'ee:.going to,beat the record some,
Don`t try'tpihbld:us
Whoop l' *Wei ' ei then before,'.
New goods. in stacks from.roof;to floor;
With novelties our store is full,
',Ind that is whore we get the pull.
Show us the man who said "There is always room at the Top." Leading the Trade,
Standing high above all Competition, we find the Crowd is still with Us, yet we cry for
More. Our new Fall Stock` is Immense, our Bargains Unlimited.
In the Quick Rush of the Fall Trade everything goes at a Book Bottom Price,
Come in Everybody and for once in your life, see what Quality and Style really means
in Hens' and Boys 'Clothing, Hats, Caps, Gants' Fz&ri s'7v ng Goods, etc.
These Goods are as you like them in all Respects. Prices particularly Pleasing.
It Special Ran a of Overcoatin s at Prices that will .Astonish You,
WE GU:'JZit JVTEE SOLID S,4. FT>Si 4CTIOJV. WWE WYE IT
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