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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-1-30, Page 64 , Dirootory of Churohos ani Coolotlosl Mt•'I,v11.Ln Cnl'Itc11,--Sabbath Services at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.ru. Sunday School at 3;30 p.m. Rev. Jno. Ross, 13, A.., pastor. f1.NiOx Cnonun.--Sabbath Services at 11 0..111. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday School at 0:30 p.m. Rev. 8, Jones, pastor, ST, Jous'a Choana, --Sabbath Services at 11. amt. and 7 p.m. Sunday School at 0;30 a.nt, Rev. W. T. Clulie, incumbent. Mz'rruouxsT Cnvnen.—Sabbath Services at 10:30 0..m, and 6:30 p.m. Sunday School at 3130 p.m. Pastor Rev. D. C. Clappisou, 110u.tN CAr13oi,1a Cnrltcu,—Sabbath Ser - vino third Sunday in every month at 11 a.m. Rev. P. 3, Shea, priest. Oan IrOLLow's Lotoo every Thursday evening iu anthem's block. IWO:11c Lonos Tuesday at or before full moon in Holmes' block, .1.. O. 13, W. Limon meets on 2nd and last Wednesday evenings each month. I'onl:sr>:n'sLevan 2nd and last Monday evenings of each month in Smale's Hall. L, 0. L. lot Monday in every mouth in Orange Hall. Po.'r Oarrco.—Office Hours from 8 a. m. to 7 1'• 111. Mncut010o' lxsrrroTo heading doom and 'Crary in lfolulos' block, over S. 13. Smnle's store, will be open from (1 to 7 p.m. on Wed- nesdays and VIidayo and from 4 to f3 p.m. on Saturdays, NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. THE BRUSSELS POST. w,,«.,,-..,,m_tmrr•xrcoHr ^.. .naawuxr cssuw. •:mcsv...0A cmAr4.="va. rier'o bawl wails melodiously behind 110 an we pass into the swift whir of antnnnetic arms, 01111 the unending, unvarying monotone of clamorous 'machinery. Ali I here is cotton in great white fleecy heaps, just as it loaves the weary black Augers in the field, tossed into teeming beelike un- der the hot September sun. This, at one uud of an exhibit 200 feet long and 24 feet wide, filled with the jar - 1 f twenty-three ed inlaid hat -molt, nod three oxgnis- ' " «. 7 itely designed inlaid earn -tables, all H '„.• O from the Honduras Government House, whore they have sojourned Mr 80 quare, am also ehowu. 'What 18 the value of ono of those spurs ?' I asked my pleasant informant. 'There about three or four dollars.' "And hero ?" "About twenty-five. But the market is flooded. I hovel 2110,- 000 feet of mahogany hi this city that ring COTTON ON00ets'l'. Nov- Ol•'r,E.tes, Jan, 17.—Itis ven- erable majesty King Cotton and his beloved Louisiana hold glass -walled Court under the bread -winged pelican in the United States building. 1,Vo also, this spsrlding morning, will bo• take nnrselves in our tangible suite of iudehteduess to the ancient pair, in the direction of their downy throne and leave our tribute there. Very great art thou, oh Centenarian King ; very gracious thou, Louisiana, Queen - of all the South 1 And as we turn from the cotton made couple to the bushes in full fruition en their right, and the beautiful paviliou of the same fleecy staple on their left, wo bow a- gain in recognition of this sceptre of the field. Not a particle of auy other substance has (tided the artist in his work. T1.lo figures are conetracted purely of raw eotton, and the effect is wonderful. Let us glance at the State's cotton atatistice, scored proud, ly aloft upon a marble shaft that rises amidst waving sheevee of rice mud sugar c0ue, rugged heaps of ores and fossils, gracefal wreaths of silk co- coons, and the spectral grey flag; that ever waves over Louisiana. Forty- seven dollars worth of cotton is pro- duced hero to every 'tore of ooltivaterl laud. Florida raises $29 worth. Louisiana has 8,275,000 acres in farms, value in products $42,683,- 000. One twentieth of her available land is in sonar cultivation. All a- round. us and above us aro myriads of marvellous things, but to -day wo aro loyal to cotton, Let us turn our steps toward the magnificent facade of the main building and witness come of his marvellous transfol'ma- taous. flet whether wo will 00 no wo must gaze upon the Terror of the Swamp stretching his grisly length along the entrance to the State exhi bit. The monster is fourteen feet nine inches loug, nud a limy descend - mut of ens just out of the shell pleas- ures about soveu inches. There is a grim fascination about his green glassy eyes and gaping jeave ; but ol- factory considerations huduce no to etnud epee the order of our going but go itt once. Once more oil our tray t0 the Venin building, we struggle with the irresistible infautilo desire 10 pee kat some o1' the en010110y conformed common sliella that lie thick upon rho wide border of the pavement, thereby provoking the mirth of the inhabitants. Directly in the midst of the immediate exhibits, as we ent- er the biggest architectural thing in the world, etands a curiously carved block ol'solid silver, weighing 6,040 Iles„ and valued at $114,005. It is from liberal Mexico, of course, and bears the inscription "Mexico, ostado de Chnbnahur, 1884, para la exposi- cion do Neevit Orleans, 1880" " A curious crowd surrounds it, and the swarthy Mexican in charge shrugs his pictiresquely clod shoulders as ho informs his audience, "Eh ? out ees from Mexico 1 ya' as ! And much more cos in Mexico. Oh, yta'as I And that is why the Americans would to fight 11-30. 1" Many times this viva- eious exhibitor repeats his little lee- - tors, always enjoying it and the ap- plause chid) invariably follotvs. Lot us go o11, past beautiful silverware and quaint pcttory, and pyramidal limes and exultant tobaccos, and the thousand and one attractive objects that American enterprise has brought x1111 set iiown hero for the gaze of a world. On post the ravlelling stalls of Eastern brie-a•brac, with their dark-skinned tutb011ed supervisors. Just bore you see silver crosses and olive -wood beads, and quaint little mother -of -Pearl 110311es of attar of notes, 110 eednotivo profusion. Cur- sonar n tenni neo 1 ealr't sell just now. People lutvo tearing, qualifying machines ; at ilio Marl a craze fur black wmluut, too, H 1 J g Now it's getting; scarce and they havo others j sit a ea apcoi doat ear. i to look Lo'118 again for woods. Mit- rounds us join the eager crowd 1110.E aur• rounds one of those explanatory folk that appear 1l1 vt18t and entertaining Nowhere throughout the wholo .E' x1111. slticu. I3o begins at an aatonlatio epo,i machine that sends its little wooden products capering out upon the floor at the rate of 100 per nun- ute. Abraiding machine stands near it, a fascinating intricacy. To t1111 unscientific mind it looks like it small round table awned the top of which huudreda of 1tct!v0 black gnomes chase or 'mother for ever and over. But the e ...;-t has an eminently' prim - tical result in the shape of the long 1it:c of closely woven Ladd that heep0 issuing froui below. These are by the way. Our first literal eattou ma- chine 13 Lhr picker. A. fixed Toned.- ty, with due regard to the relation u1 space to weight, ha si:read out upon this, fall of the inevitable impurities of dirt and weds. It comes out a lap of pure cotton batting, to all ap pear0nce. Then to the carder, the principle of which 10 the. same as diet of the curry -comb, n.rrauging the cleaned fibres parallel to each other. The cotton fairly Mame out of this, a lacy, beautiful thing, and iseues iu long ropes into tovolvlug esus. From these through the "rail -111y belt" to the "railway head," where all the ropes aro combined into one. It es a constant proc,•ss of reduction, the rejected part being 30 per cont. Then to the lap.winder, comber, drawing. frame, slabber, intermediate -frame, and 1mair1t•dazt•u others whose names embody cares f3 remember, but whose magical work is t1. dellgbtfll enter- taining exhibition. In twisting, where tho cord regnt0ee moisture to lay the fibre, it passes through a trough cf water under a glass tube, and coming out spins around at the roto of 3,000 revolutions per minute, itryd by the centrifugal. foree. Through fifteen processus inn' the thread io luade. Then it is reelect and bleached ltud ready for 111e spool. Tho spooling machine is another attraction. Stead- ily, and without the error of a frac- tion of an inch, It winds 200 yards on eight spools every minute, and ::tops. Tlio pretty girl in 101100(131nce fastens the threads, and again the neat, sure process is repeated all day long to the admiring spectator. It is a not- iceable fact that all the exhibitrosees are pretty ; there is not an ill-favored ono en all this fair centennial multi. tude. The ticketing machine does the ivork of 180 girls. In drop filo spools, arched pee the pitatu brush, labels aro smoothly out and ueatly fixed in an instant, and out rolls the 8ertmetress' almmulliti011 all ready for ieedie-loading and the market. At a little table another charming demois- elle is malting boxes with her own white fingers, and every visitor as he leaves pockets a tiny boxed souvenir of thread. Wo next turn to the c0n- tributien of British Honduras. lm• bus l with the popular idea that, the colony is a desolate flat wildsruosa fuggI ItnvO been 1>crauatletl r,., take to and the inhabitants uogroea sufficient- I ' ly Americanized to vitiate their eat- • m tree iu view of their prospective sea ivo qualities, I Nils eomewhet aston- ished when tho gentlemanly bronzed individual lu char'g'e informed me that Belize is a town of eight or nitre thousand inhabitauts, peopled ,cud governed chiefly by the Scotch, A. living witness, a countryman of Alex- andec' Mackenzie's, came up to the exhibitor for orders Just then, Olid corroborated his statement. Tho only portion of Central America over which British colours wave, it is 111e only spot among all the petty States that is not continually and blood- thirstily exerciser) over the mainten- ance of its dignity. Two hundred years ltgo a few British pioneers clone to Honduras to cut logwood and ma- hogany. Their arrival was regarded by Spain as au impertinent intrusion, and it wee only by su000ssiv0 11'ea1ie8 with that Power, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States that the colony remains British to -day. Now the exhibit. The woods Ent, of conese, the wealth of the colony, A inallog• any log 23 feet long 4 foot square, and a cedar 20 foot long and 4 ft, square, are the biggest things in the space, Cedar ie treed. ehio1iy for cigar boxes ; out of the noble 1IAt.,,gany WO havo 1110r0 10 see. Two neantifpf "spurs" slicr,i cleanly out of the root of the tree, 0103,,i reedy for table tops. One is almost square, 5 feet 4 inchos by 5 feet 0 inches ; the otbor round, about 5 feet in diameter. A beautiful horn. hagany will soon supersede. It i8 infinitely more durable than any other. Now, this piece," ho added, taking np a beautifully polished piece of wood, "was taken from a log which formers part of the foundation of the old I3alizo court house, and which lay underground for over sixty ,years; RA you see, it is as sound ns a bull," Iudiou bowls cut out of the solid wood and cnrionaly oruauiented, with carious other ute.neils, arc tamped up in It basket woven of tho coconut fib- re. horn is a "pit -1111.11"—a long nar- row boat, from 40 to 50 feet in length, but only i3 feet wide. 11 is scooped out of a mahogany log, and 1s paddled up the tropically shaddowed rivers to the cutters with provisions. indeed_ it is the only cleans of river trauep i•- tatiou. Several models aro alio,vn, ono with a palangliu ander which the "boss" reposes on his visits of iu- vestigation. This one bears the in- scription on 011e side, "No boddor me." Another, a perfect poem of a boat, Hag the legend "Sub umbra flutes" engraved o11 the back of the seat. Rosewood and zirioote, a woo:] resembling ivory, 00030 next iu value. The tootltu tree with its india rubber precinct, is also shown, tenet log -wood and fustic, which as every schoolboy lcnowe aro exported for dyes. Tho woods of Central America are simply unknown in beauty and valne. Hero they staled, split and 011011 and beauti- ful, fifty varieties. Copal, palm (lot- to, =arc creme., ban tan, and pieces of the cnbbaeo tree, which the natives 1160 for clapboards. No nail can pierce its density. The fruit of tho tree, when young and tender, makes an excellent substitute for cabbage. The vegetable products aro strange and interesting. Sarsaparilla iu coils, cramanti Mirk, a mueh.prizecl tonic ; austere, used by the Carib+ for breed; arrowroot ; Many apechmens of lat. John's diet of locusts, which loot; like big brown beaus ; oohoou outs 301111 the vahleble watchmaker's oil that is endo from them ; gourds, cocoanuts, tobacco ; media bark null honnequin, from which strong Ane curdle meda- 1 have not begun to name thorn 1 A. naso of fascinatingly ugly Indian ret• les, slug up in the abounding mounds, stands near the vegetable display. They are chiofily grinning heads and dislocated members, seemingly of baked 01st', el carved turtle is a pro- minent feature, the work of some ob- scure Carib, whose aspirations will perish with Lieu. Braucbing earal and fairy fortes of seo•weod adorn the "oourt" of 13ritish Honduras. The skull of it loggerhead turtle, abort twice the size of a lnan'e, the softly coat of the armadillo, it sort of well - protected guinea pig about 18 inches long, and the skull of a mountain cow, acuriouely formed structure, are other interesting objects. "Talose mountain cows are d,tngerone thio;;s' said tfr. Agus, to whom you are now hitrodneed. ''3laoy a time, out haat- MeV." Snalres—greeu and blue "1,10oaa," reel and black "cootie," vipers, the most deadly "`Pommy Goff," aid beautiful dark eritti8an lit- tle 6e11. -1101•s08 143'0 1>0ttlull 11) in alco- hol. All sorts of ill.loolung bugs and reptiles associate with them, in' clnding the dreaded centipede, and 'moister locusts, fully six inches long. With a glance at tho beautiful Indian woed•c)trviug, embroidery, and shell 000011 ivo must go. As wo leave the maid building to saunter down the broad want with the eveauhenging crowd rued it delight that ie always new. the hello ring out "The Laud o' the Leal." Oh ! it is worth 1110 loug journey southward to hear those bells fling their melodies away into the sun -light Mild across the listening city to the very harlot's of her cypress swamps l Another new and impracticable scheme for 010110ing cattle on the plait's, 80 110 to avoid the 110003aity for the cruel branding has been pro- posed. This plan 18 to flee it chem- ical which shall destroy the follicles i)1 the skin of the animal, eel that the hair will not grey, twit whloh shall yet not iujuru Life hide for loather. Uf all elm many solionme offered for avoiding the necessity for branding, not ono has proved satisfactory —yet trillions of dollars 11000 heel Inst by branding. 1 ✓08(1010? B0, 18811, .e xama�aw>no+.e*smrarimmaam xr,rtrna �+ Hx YES c ! YES CHANGE OF BUSIN ESS. Having Purchased the Business of M. Campbell, of Luekiiow and made additions to the Large and Well Assorted Stock, I a111 prepared to Offer Bargains to the Public tltttt Cannot Fail to Satisfy. Otto Stock consists of OROOKE RY, GRtOCE1tIli1S, IIAIIDWA1tL, GLASSWARE, .DAY GOODS, PATENT i51LD1U1hl.S, BOOTS & SHOES, READY-MADE CLO'I'IIING, &a, &e., On account of ley expenses being low 1 11u1 selling at Close Prices. I have a Splendid Stock 01 r. lei y -Ma e Clothing' fee men and °mys on Mand and Woolen Shawls for Ladies, suitable for this season of the year and will be SOLD VERY CHEAP, Ordered Snits will Have my Special Attention. A Choice Stock of Teas, and fresh. Fruit Suitable for all kinds of Cooking purposes that cannot tail to give S:ttisraction. Batter and Eggs taken in exchange for goods. By Honestt Dealing, close attention to business and low prices I hope to Merit a1 large share of public patronage. Give me a Call. C�✓ L3�tRCiC� — 38 BR ADWAY HOUSE. 38 Read and don't forget that Ross Bros. hltvo just Opened out the Lark est Assorted Stock of 'Tweeds ever shown fn Brawls, consisting of BEAVERS, FRIEZES, NAPS, FANCY WORSTEDS, HALIFAX, Scotch and. Canadian Tweeds, and as those all have to bo run off this Winter to leave room for Spring Stock you can depend on getting a (7•ood and Cheap Snit or Overcoat. co, ama, EZamine Our Steck and you will be Satisfied that you can Buy Suits and Overcoats Cheaper than any place else. WE HAVE ALSO ENLARGED OUR STOCK o HATS cC CAPS IN ALL SHAPES AND STYLES. OUR STOCK OF UNDERWEAR IS ESPECIALLY WORTHY OF ATTENTION, being of Exceptionally Good Value. Sono Extra Large Sizes c Shirts and Drawers of Goocl Quality. In � l & J %'f 11 ti iii C 100 Silow IL Complete Stock of Desirable Goods. Suits Made to Order on shortest possible notice. in Call Early and Secure your Choice as we Intend Rushing these Goods off at onto. ROSS FaaitIu ALbU;W 1 C01J t 1J1 iJ. ROS., gmalle's Old Stand.,