The Brussels Post, 1890-11-7, Page 7Nov, 7, 18QQ. "T'HE' .1IIUSSFLjS.i, PO
At tbo Village Pont Ommce wtudaw.
The life of a post office cleric in a
town of two or three thousand in.
habitants is fall of pleasantness,
and all its paths are peace, He
has nothing under the sun to ruffle
the placid serenity of his amiable
temper, and ooneequently his die.
position soon becomes as sweet and
Mild as the perfume of a magnolia
grove wafted on the gentle breath
of summer. All he has to do is to
engage in exhilarating couversation
like this :
"Is there anythiug here for Sarah
13illcins 9"
"Nothing, madam."
"Aro you euro 9"
"Quite sure, madam."
"But you didn't look. How do
you know without looking 9"
"I have looked over the letters in
the 4B' box 700 times today, and 1
remember that there were no letters
in it addressed to you,"
"Well, now, that's strange, I
should have had a letter yesterday,
and I thought it would be here to
day, sure. Do you suppose it could
have been lost 9"
"It's possible."
"Do many letters got lost 9"
"About sixteeu millions annual-
ly."
"Oh, my 1 What is the reason ?"
"By reason of incorrect or ineli-
gible addresses, unsuttcient post
age and other causes."
"Goodness 1 And I suppose lots
of them had money in 9"
"Yes. Twenty eight thousand of
the lettere sent to the dead letter
office last year contained money
amounting in all to $48,642 ; 4,000
had enclosures of postal notes, ag•
gregating $5,800,. and 27,000 were
found to contain drafts, checks,
notes, commercial paper, etc., in the
sum of $1,471,871."
"My land! And who gets this
money 9"
"If the letter contains the ad•
dreee of the sender it is sent back to
him, but in over 8,000,000 oases out
of 0,000,000 no address whatever is
given by the writer."
"Then, perhaps, my letter has
gone to the dead letter office, or is
held for postage, or something like
that 9"
"Perbape."
"Well, don't you think—
"Madam, will yo'i please stand
aside a moment until 1 wait on the
people who are crowding around the
window ?"
And as madam departs she
mutters spitefully that she "never
saw such an insolent, overbearing,
unaccommodating fellow as that
poetofoe clerk. He can't even
answer a oivil question, and I'm
going to have him reported to the
department thievery day."
SEE THE DICTIONARY.
Little Boy (wrestling with a lesson
on
electricity)—Papa, what's a volt ?
Papa (stumped)—Um— Look in
the dictionary.
Little Boy (hunting it up and
reading)—Volt—The unit of electric
motive force, one ampere of current
through one ohm of resistance.
What's an ampere, papa?
Papa (with emotion)—Look in the
dictionary.
Little Boy (after a moment)—
Ampere—The unit of strength of
the current per second. Its value
is the quantity of fluid which flows
per second through one ohm of re-
sistance when impelled by one volt.
.Papa, what's ohm mean
Papa (wildly)—Look in the clic
tionary.
Little Boy (after a search)—Ohm
—The unit of resistance represented
by the resistance tbrongh which one
ampere of current wilt flow at the
pressure of one volt. Papa, what
Papa (desperately)—Look in the
dictionary. When you want to know
anything always loolr in the diction.
cry and then you'll remember it.
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GE\IS OF ','NOUGHT.
Mend thyself rather than the
world.
Love rules his kingdom without
a sword.
Judge no man until you have
stood in his place.
The heart which easily levee also
easily forgets.
All powerful souls have kindred
with each other,
Tho path of duty is near, yet
people seek it af,ir off. The way is
wide ; it is not hard to find.
The roses of pleasure seldom last
long enough to adore the brow of
those who pluck them.
Live eo that at thy last moment
all around thee may be in tears,
while thou along haat no Mira to
shed,
There is no beautifier of cons,
plexion, or fortis, or behavior, like
the wish to scatter joy and not pain
around n8.
'Without discretion, learning is
pedantry and wit impartinenee ;
Virtue itself bootie like weakness 1
the best parts only qualify a mita
to bo moro'epeightly In errors, and
cativo to hie own prejudice.
Every ,position, however humble,
any gift, however small, (mnmmna
within it a germ, which, by cultiva-
tion, eau he made to yield some•
thing good and noble,
In the depths of tho sou the
water is still, the heaviest grief ie
born in silence ; the deopeet lova
fiowe through the oyes and touch ;
the purest joy is unepeakable.
Witty sayings aro 08 easily lost
as the pearls slipping off a broken
string ; but a word of kindnoee is
seldom spoken in vain. It is a
seed which, even when dropped by
chance, springs up into a flower,
Smallness is often the disguise of
the infinite. You may count the
apples on the tree, but who can
count the trees in the apples ? You
may reckon the aeorne on the oak,'
but not the oak in the acorn.
If you want knowledge you must
toil for it ; rf food, you must toil for
it. Toil is the law. Pleasure
Genies through toil, and not by
'alt' indulgence and indolence,
When one gets to like work, his
life is a happy ono.
The greatest part of all the mis
chief in the world arises from the
fact that men do not sufficiently
understand their own aims. They
have uudertaksn to build a tower,
and spend no more labor oil the
foundation than would be necessary
to erect a hut.
Management or a Horse.
Feed regularly three times daily,
but never overfeed.
Never wash a horse with cold
water when he is overheated.
On a farm diepenee with shoes,
unless the land is very rocky,
Water before feeding, but not
while the horse is hot from work.
Use the whip bnt very little. and
never when the animal shies or
stumbles.
Never leave a horse standing un-
hitched. It is the way to make
them runaway
Do not storm and fret. Bo quiet
and hind, and the horse will be so
ton, in most casae.
If a horse is vicious and uuman•
sgenble at your business, sell him
to some one who eau control him.
Give the horse a large stall and a
good bed at night. It is important
that be lie down to rest.
Hay and other ground feed is ln•
dispensable, and ground corn or
homiuy is better than whole corn.
A cotton card is one of the best
inetruments for grooming a horse.
It Glenne better than a comb.
Collar galls and bruises are bene•
fitted by washing with salt water.
Wash shoulders daily when using
the horse. Brine is also good for
stiff joints,
VARIETIES.
A knotty piece of timber must
have smooth wedges.
An early crop, Neighbor : "Well,
Giggins, what are you raising ?"
Amateur gardener sadly) : "Blis•
`ars."
Mr. Suburb : "Unole 'Rastus
I wish yon'd go over to my place and
clean out my hen house." Uncle
'Restos (with a grin) : "What !In
broad daylight, sill ?"
Silberstein (to dook laborer who
rescued him) : "Vy you not know
potter ae to pull me out of der water
py der heels, undt make me lose a
quarter out of my pocket ?
Smith—"I saw you parrying
home a couple of nine looking water.
melons last night, Brown ; hew
muob did they cost you ?" Brown—
"1 don't know yet. The dootor is
up at the house now."
A beautiful Boston girl fell over-
board, and her lover, leaning over
the side of the boat, as she rose to
the surface said : "Give me y,iur
hand 1" "Please ask pap," respon-
ded the beautiful girl as elle gur-
glingly sank a second time.
Fond Mother : "John, do look at
the child ; he has your watch in his
mouth, and will swallow it." John
(who is a bachelor brother -in law,
and very fond of babies) : "0, don't
be the least alarmed ; I've got hold
of the chain ; it can't go far."
The Mexicans have no confidence
in a young dootor, until he bas had
a couple of years practice. Then
they make an inventory of his pat•
lents, and if he has cured more than
he has killed they recognize bin no
matter whether he has a diploma or
not.
Hostess ; And so you really be.
lieve the moon to bo inhabited, Pro -
fasten, 9" Professor : Ah veli, I do
not say zat ; but zero is von moon
in vich zer mus' be van man." Hos.
teas: And whieb might that be
pray 9" Professor : "Vy—ze—vat
yon call it 9 7o honeymoon 1"
A Kansas farmer soot this rather
mixed order to a moretiant in a
country town : " Send mo a sank
of flower, five pounds of sofa and
one pound of tee. My wife gave
birth to a big baby boy Inst night,
also five pounct'i of corn starch, a
screwdriver ands fly. trap, It
weighs ten pounds and a straw hat.
TEHPERANOEJ
`1w3 man in Dix in the Brititih navy
is a Intel abstainer,
`!'here is nut a good thought in a
hogshead of beer; there is not a
pure idea in all the breweriee,
, The Methodist Bands of Hope in
Ireland number 220, with 25,880
membere, an increase during the
past year of 8,044.
The Rev. Oharlee Garrett says
England spends 7d per head to send
the gospel to the heathen, and 70s
per head on intoxicating drinks.
Au English doctor says that of
1,5.10 eases of gout, only one was
that of a total abstainer, and his
ancestors were beer and wine
drinkers,
At Tonawanda, N.Y., John Roach,
an old pensioner of the Britieh army,
won a wager by drioking a quart of
whiney in two and a half minutes,
and was volunteering to drink an
additional pint when he fell dead.
Dr. Kovaleslci, a 8t. Petersburg
flouter, declarse that every year
drnnkennese increases in Russia, and
holds, with Dr. Norman Kerr, that
Itis a nervous disease oommon to all
countries and all classes of society.
Commenting on the statement that
plants in liquor saloon windows have
to be frequently replaced, because
theywelt in the atmosphere of
aleohul, the Canadian Citizen says :
"Even things without souls die
under the touch of alcohol. Nothing
escapes its fiery breath ; brute,
human or vegetable.
In the atmosphere of the saloon
not only plants wither and have to
be replaced by others to take their
deathturn, but. God -made beings
likewise wither iu'such atmosphere,
and the saloon keeper is.industrious
to; replace them with other mothers'
boys co be consumed inthe cease-
less grind of hie damnable mill.
lame .YOURSELF.
Fight you own battles. Hoe your
own row: Ask no favors of anyone,
and you will succeed a thousand
times better than one who is always
beseeching someone's ieflaeuce and
patronage. No one will help you as
you help yourself, because no one
will be so heartily interested in your
affairs. The firet step will not be a
long one perhaps, but, carving your
own way up the mountain, you make
each one lead to another, and stand
firm while you chop still another
out. Men who have made fortunes.
are not those who have had five
tliouoond dollars given them to start
with, batt boys who have started fair
with a well.earned dollar or two.
Mon who acquire fame have never
been thrust into popularity by puffs
begged or paid for, or given in a
friendly spirit. They have out-
stretched their own hands and
touched the public heart. Men who
win love 0o their own wooiug, and
I never knew a mart to fail so signal-
ly ae one who induced his affection.
ate grandmother to speak a good
word for him. Whether you work
for fame, for love, for money, or for
anything else, work with your hands
and heart and brain. Say "I will,"
and some day you will conquer.
Never let any man have to may "I
have dragged you up." Too many
friends sometimes hurt a man more
than none at all."
The new Penney shops at Walls.
Station, Penn., will employ 1,000'
persons,
Chicago Anarobiste will celebrate
the sxeoutiou of the five Haymarket
eouspiratore Sunday, Nov. 0th.
A speetes of influenza is prevalent
in Ingersoll. A cold in the head
with a splitting headache are its
ohief features.
Tho railways of the fourteen Oen
Mal and South . American States
now aggregate only 18,091 miles or
about 8,000 miles more than the
mileage of the single state of Illi.
no18.
The two evaporating factories in
Waterford peel and dry from 200 to
800 bushels of apples a day. The
culls, peelings and ooros of the fruit
aro shipped to Germany for the
manufacture of jellies. Itnported
jellies should be good things to let
alone,
John A. Auldo, a 10•year•old
New York boy, shot his brother
Wm,, aged 8, in the head Thureday
.evening. The brothers had cooked
molasses taffy and in the division
of it the younger claimed the larger
share. They then quarreled and
John pulled a revolver from hie
pocliot and 'hot Wm.
Frederick Dlundlo, aged 10, fell
over the railway wharf at St, Johns,
N. 13., Thursday. Fred. Young,
aged I7, leaped in after him and
hold him above the water. The
tide was running strong and there
was a heavy sea on. A number of
tnill hands loft wont and went to
the reeeuo. A boat was lanuohed,
but was broken to. pieces against the
rooks. .At life -buoy was sent out to
the driftiaig boys but they could not.
reach it. After keeping: Dlundlo tip
half au boar Youngand .the othe
wont to the bottom,
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The Great Clothing Firm of Lailey, W2tson & Co.,
Toronto; concluded to close out one Great Lot of Suits and Overcoats, and,
as we Sell more Clothing than any other Store in the County, we got
the first chance. Buying became an absolute necessity.
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