HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-5-21, Page 3MAY 21, 1886,
A MINT.
Dare's a mighty sight ob differnoo
'Twoon de man dist goes erlong
'Thout peradin' ob his virtues,
An' mangle' his own Bong,
An' do °]sump dot makes folks weary
13y a-blowin' lite bazoo,
'Bout de monstrous great big •'I"
An' do little bit ob yo',
De Ars' kin Tarn a lesson
In do rough an' tumble school ;
Do odder robber kin keiell on,
Lrlraee he am n fool,
Mas' folks day know dat he am like
A bladder full ob href,
An' dal if be war simmered down
Dar wouldn't be much lei',
Jen"member dis, doah ohillun,
To be just what yo' inn,
Fur de oyster's nebber tryin' to
Make folks think 115'5 a clam.
A FOLLOWER or MOST.
In a rretanrant a waiter, he became a lab-
or hater, and a labor -agitator, and went
talking with a vim.
He had made a computation that to further
agitation, with his looking education,
was a better thing for him.
Early was he and unshaven, but a trimmer
and a craven, and he'd always Beek a
haven when the struggle was too brisk.
He would tell the horny handed that for
war they should be branded, "burn and
butcher," he commanded, but himself
avoided risk, •
Bloody-minded as a Nero, he would thund-
er like a hero, with his courage below
zero ; but it counted with the mob.
And the victims of his canting, of his bowl-
ing and his ranting, staked their lives
while he fled panting, for he didn't like
the job.
Of no testing the grim matter ; from the
iluiak, unwholesome patter of the bul-
lets, like a batter in a game of ball, he'd
skin
He is but a type; his cane is one of many ;
the disgrace is, that in land like this a
place is for such patent frauds as him,
TRY IT.
Could I write, with ink unfnding,
One brief code for youths and men ;
Could I show its all pervading
Power in progress ; I would pen—
Try it.
Magic words these, born in heaven ;
Down by thoughtful angels hurled ;
Slighted man to doom is driven ;
Heeded, they give man the world— -
Try it.
Lusk is Judgment wed to Labor;
Plunk, the handmaid of Succuss ;
Toil to Truth should he a neighbor;
Honor brings her own redress—
Try it. '
Starry orbs yet Sall the student ;
Earth's past age is still unread ;
Nations seek the wise, the prudent ;
Throngs and armies must be led—
Try it.
Bow did Watt to steam give motion ?
Locke trace purposes of mind ?'
How Columbus cress the ocean ?
Bow did Luther change mankind
They tried it.
How did Homer write his epic?
How did Scott compose his lays ?
How did Msndelssohn his music ?
How did Shakespeare write his plays?
They tried it.
Thns ii was, will bo forever :
If "To bo" man has in view.
Man most live with firm endeavor—
Well to think, then plan, Ilion 40—
Try it.
Scleabiilc Serape.
A cord of stone, three bueheis of
lime and a Cubic yard of sand will
lay 100 cubic feet of wall
There are about 67 distinct elements
known to scionee ; of these perhaps
50 are used in medicine. ,
A. Hindoo loom, complete, is worth
68 cents, and weaves shawls, silks
and muslin, which our most expensive
apparatus cannot eguel.
An excellout marking ink for wool.
en packages is trade by dissolving
asphalt in naphtha or oil of tnrpelitioe
to a thiia 'fluid... This dries quickly,
and the markings are nearly iudts-
truotible.
11 is claimedthat every ton of iron
pre in Virginia' can be converted into
superior Besiemer steel by the Reuse
basic process.... At present it cannot
be utilized owing to tho cost of the
acid process.
The largest of the Egyptian pyramids
is 540 fent high, 698 feet on the sides,
and its base covers eleven acres. The
layers of atone are 208 in number ;
many stones are thirty feet long, four
feet broad and three feet thick,
Five courses of brick will lay one
foot in height on a chimney; sixteen
bricks in a ooureo will make a flue
four inches wide and two/ye inches
png, and eight bricks in a course will
plaice a flue eight inches wide, and
platoon inchee long.
A patent for artificial atone has just
been issued by which an improved
artificial atone is made of slacked
Igoe, sulphur, ettlphnric aojd, common
salt, or other oaliuo matter, and sand,
mixed in stated proportions, and made
in a special suaehiuo, which subjeote
them to a pressure of one toe per
brick,
One Luehol of comsat and 2 bnehele
of sand will cover 8} equare yards 1
inch thiols, 4i. square yards melt
thick, and Gf equare yards ff flush
thick. One bnohm of oement and 1
of sand will cover 2+ square yards 1
inch thiels, 8 square yards e iuch
think, and 4+ square yards ll• inch
think,
A bouquet -holder has beau patent.
ed which is an ornamentally shaped
receiver, fitted with an internal hold-
er, the receiver having sponge or outer
absorbent material in the bottom and
the holder being so fitted as to hold
the flowere while providing against
water flowing out, there being a ping.
ed pin for attaching tate receiver to n
garment, a hat or bonnet.
Sober Second Thoughts.
Literature is a mere stop to know-
ledge, and the error often lies in our
indentifying ono with the other. Lit.
mature may, perhaps, make us vain ;
true knowledge must render us hum-
ble.
There is no evil we canna; either
face or fly from but the consciousness
of duty disregarded.
All pleasure must be bought at the
pries of pain. The difference he-
tween false pleasure and true is just
thie— for the true the price is said be.
fore you enjoy it ; for the false after
you enjoy.
When we know how to appreciate
a merit we have the germ of it within
ourselves.
No matter what his rank or position
may be the love of boobs is the rich•
est and the happiest of the children
of men.
'Tis not the Hp or oyes we beauty
call, but the full force and joint effect
of all.
No ono sees the wallet on his own
back, though everyone carries two
packs, ono before, stuffed with the
faults of hie neighbor ; the other be•
hind, filled with hie own.
Old friends are best. Icing James
used to call for his old shoes ; they
were easiest for his feet.
To be flattered is grateful, even
when we know that our prtusee are
not believed by those who pronounce
them ; for they prove at least our
power, and show that our favor is
valued, since it is purchased by the
meanness of falsehood.
See first that the design is wisp and
just,
That ascertained, pursue it resolute-
ly.
Do not for one repulse forego the par-
pose •
That you resolved to effect
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Wanness Beepee.—Cayenne pepper
blown into cranks where ants con.
gregate will drive them away. The
same remedy is also good for mice.
Guitar Pownen.—One tablespoon-
ful cf coriander seed and poppy sped,
one-half spoonful each of tumerie,
cumin Beed, red chill, ground ginger
and snit. Pound together and mix
thoroughly.
LIQUID GLUE.—Pill a bottle with
small pieces of best glue, and acid as
much acetic acid as it will then hold.
Treat in a hot water bath till the glue
ie melted, and you will have an ex -
'salient liquid glue that is always
ready.
Tum Toxoun xso DIeu-smE.=A white -
coated tongue indicates febriledie.
turbence. A brown moist tongue,
disordered digestion or overloaded
prime vise. A brown dry tongue, de-
pressed
e'pressed vitality, as in typhoid con-
ditions or blood poisoning. A red
moist tongue, debilitating as from ex-
hausting discharges. A red dry
tongue,' pyrexia, an inflammatory fev-
er. A "strawberry" tongue with
prominent peplos, scarlet fever or
rothst u. A•red glazed tongue, debil-
ity, with want ofassimilative power
of digestion.
To PRIZE 'nun Louse from sum.
mer flies, a writer in Lend a Hand
recommonds to kill, now in May, all
the ammeters of the doming flock,
Every morning of the coming spring,
when the few flies seek the sunny
window panes in each room, lot some-
body go around with a wet cloth and
kill them then and there, "Eaoh of
the large torpid flits who oome out
from its hiding place in window sash
or book case may lay two thousand
eggs," so the importance of destroy
ing the head of the family in May,
rather than go anxiously flapping of
for the whole tribe all through July
and September, can easily be seen,
Six hundred eggs to each brood, how-
ever, is quite a liberal ohough allow•,
anon. ]Empty bottles, a dusted win-
dow cords in the sails, and all Undis•
turdod books are favorite hiding
planes for the first families of rho
fliea.
THE BETTtib N;LS POST,
'f(ils MON'llt1'' MAY.
O ary effort. Tide is the hotel where
itElal Nv rioxB ABOUT cors, AND marl, Ann
you find tJae moth-eaten towel awl the
mimic, nen BOYS,
bed•riddon cube„. '1'heru ie where
I'ec, n Sun. yon get butter th'st rani the elevator
dry tints auli uloepi on the #laurel
when
Jwj Airy crines, the small boy mhos At night,
It Is drat° th it you inset the weary
tied way worn Hte.$lt Hutt bears the
toothprtnts of other guests who ars
now in the land where the early rte.
over he yearne to bajld a darn °inti ing (Mem barmaid animist enter,
lauuoh a raft.
Tho email boy it tion contain to ge
Palling where it is dry and wholesome,
but Hooks out the dampest moral] he
can find. Every night lie comes home
a goad deal too tato for euppor, with
his pouts tucked in hie long•leggod
boots to hide the alluvial deposits
streaked on there, his bands in hie
pockets to bide the mud -stains nod
the lacerations of his patent fists
books, and his ]tat, his naw straw
hat—what of that ? Alas 1 the evil.
smelling marsh water line played sad
havoc with the small boy's new hat
and has followed the dictates of pru-
dence, and loft it in the woodshed.
He site down to the supper table with
a light heart, and clears it of every-
thing but the dishes and mustard.
He had caught an amazing number
of fish, of course, so mauy in fact, he
couldn't 00001 them. But some of
them were too email to bring ]loins,
some he lost, armee of them got away,
and some of them were buil froge any-
how. Amy way—and he lays marked
and exttlent emphabis ou this—any-
way
his—anyway he had n splendid time.
Those who stroll about the city
find the drug atom windows full of
patent cough medicines and ,spring
antifebriles, and awful satires on the
man that diad a wretched death be -
Cause he would slot invest a paltry
dollar in a bottle of spring medicine.
Remembering how tLcy have expos.
ed themselves to the May sunshine,
they hurry into the drug store acid
glance at this medicine and at that,
feeling all the time that . they will
shore the suicidal minor's fate if they
do not dose with spring medicine at
once ; and they Invest a paltry dollar
—perhaps three paltry dollars—in
Eau de Cologne and other perfumes,
and saunter out into the street with
a happy heart.
There is beauty in the fields, and
the woods, and the apple orchards,
that tempts humau minim to while
away the time out in the meadows
and the woodlands, to study botany,
and to envy tinkers and tramps. The
sun may be like a fiery furnace, but
under the trees it is 0001 and delight
fur. The woods are cool, but in the
city you know the stone pavement is
so intensely hot than it fizzles, and
scorches, and burns everything that
passee over it—except the naked foot
of the riondlees hoodlum.
"In the spring the young man's
fanny turns to thoughts of love," and
in May he decorates himself with a
new watch.ohain and a new calo, and
finds out where cream carmels retail
at .the most reasonable price. And
on Sunday afternoons. the highways.
and the bye -ways are full of top bug-
gies, and the top buggies are full .df
lovers, and the parlors of the farm-
houses are suggestive of protr'aoted
Sunday evening courtships, And the
country maiden, as well as the city
maiden, discards last year's fashions
and paraeole, and earrings, and ap-
pears in raiment and off eettiugs of
the most enchanting and dazzling
newness, and the Niagara haokmau,
reflecting on all these things, chuokles
a sordid chuckle, for he knows that
twenty-four hours after the marriage
of these lovers they will be at the
Falls and at his mercy.
fist bogies to think seriously of trod,
ing MT hie marbles for fieb.hoolcs, and
from fish-hooks his thoughts revert to
long tailed lutes. Before play is half
ADVICE TO HOTEL DEN.'
There are two kinds of guests who
live at the average hotels. One is
the party who gets up and walk; over
the whole corps de hots, from the
bald -Leaded proprietor •to the boot•
blaclr
while
the other the is the
meek io
k an
d
mild -eyed man, doomed to sit at the
table and bewail the flight of time and
the horrore of starvation while wait.
ing for the relief party to Dome with
but food.
I belong to the latter class. Born,
ae I was, in a priavte family and
ear -
1 acquiring the habit of eating
food
that was intended to asuage hunger
mostly, it takes me a good while to
accustom myself to the style of dys-
peptic microbe used simply to orna-
ment a bill of fare. Of couree it ie
maintatuod by some hotel iron that
food solely for eating purposes is be-
coming-obsolete
e•coming obsolete and mitre, and that
the stuff they put on their bills of fare
is just as good to pour down the back
of a guest as diet that is cooked for
the common, low, perverated tarts of
people who have no higher aspiration
than to eat their food,
Of Course the genial, urbane and
talented reacter,will see at once the
style of hetel.I am referring to. It
is the hotel that apps a good hotel and
I also rotor to the hotel whore the
bellboy is simply an auimntod polish-
er of banisters, and other visa extreme-
ly useless. It is likewise the House
where the oyrup tastes like tineture
of rhubarb, and the pancakes taste
liken hektograph,
The travelling Matt will call to mind
the Jwtal to which I refer, and he will
instantly tell you that he has never
spent the Sabbath there,
I honestly believe tbat some hotel
men lose money and eastern by try-
ing
rying to iesue a largo blanket sheet bill
of faro every day when a more mod-
est het containing two or three things
that a human being could eat with
impunity would be far more accept-
able, healthy and remunerative..
Some people can live on cracked
wheat bran and buttermilk, no matter
whore they go, and so they always
esem to be perfectly happy, but while
simplicity is my watchword, and
while 1 am Old Simplicity himself, as
it were, I haven't been constructed
with stomachs enough to successfully
wrestle with these things. I like a
few plain dillies with victuals on them
cooked by some person who has had
some experience in that • line before.
I am not especially tied to high
places acid, finger -bowls, for I have
risen from the common people, and
during the first eighteen years of my
life I had to dress myeolf. I was not
always the pampered child of ener•
voting luxury that 1 now am by any
means. So I can subsist for weeks
on good, plaiu food, and never mur•
mur or repine but where the mis-
take at some hotels seems to have
been trade is in trying to issue a bill
of fare every day that will attract the
attention of literary minds and excite
the curiosity of linguists instead of
people who desire to assuage an in-
ternal craving for grub.
1 use the term grub in its broadest
and meet comprehensive sense.
So, I may take the liberty to do so,
let me exert the landlord who is
gradually accumulating indeftnese
and remorse, to use a plainer, leas
elaborate, but more edible list of re-
freshments. Otherwise his guests
will all die young.
Let hitt discard the seamless waf•
fie and the kilu-dried hen. Let him
abstain from the debris known as
cottage pudden, that being its alias,
while the looters recognize it as old
Gastric Disturbance. Too much of
our hotel food tastes lilts the 2nd day
of January or the 5th day of July.
That's the whole thing in a few words,
and unless the good hotels are near-
er together we shall have to multiply
our cemetery facilities.
Poor hotels are responsnble for lots
of drunkards every year. The only
time I ata tempted to soak my sorrow
in rum is after I have road a delusive
hill of fare and eaten a broiled barn
hinge with gravy on it that tasted
litre the broth of perdition. It is
then that the demon of intemperance
comes to me, and, in siren Sones,
says : "Try our bourbon, with 'Polly
Nariug' on the side."
The hotel, with damp napkins and
the odor of antebellum cabbage ;with
ooffee .that feebly totters down your
throat to insult your digester ; with
vegetables that all taste alike—all
look as though they had been refused
by the pilgrims and shot into the
dishes out of a gun ; with cotton
flannel cakes that you cannot out
without a tinner's shears ; with WI-
draulip milia, and where the only thing
that stands up and dares to be all you
thought it to be—and more, too -is
the bill. This hotel, I repeat, is eti-
olating the average Amerioan rapidly
onward toward a painful death and a
disagreeable etClnity.—
BIL NYE,
roo ua Ntrte s.
Quickness in milking and patience
in stripping will iv
pp g give moot milia and
be most '
E satisfac r to p to the cow.
Buckwheat should not precede
either corn or wheat. It makes the
soil too light and porous for `wheat,
and experion0e shows thatooru never
does well after buckwheat.
Keep the lambs off tho pastures
where old sheep run, if you would
have them free from the diseases
known under the various naines of
cough, husk, paper skin, bloodless-
nese, 4)0.
'Bee eultnro is an important indust-
ry in Frane°. The Minister of Ag-
riculture reports that there arts note
1,678,765 hiyee in operation which
last year produced honey worth 14,
045,885. franca,' and wax valued • at
prints a bill of fare solely as a liter. 8,755,860 francs.
BABY CARRIAGES
I Mayo a nice Iot of Baby Car-
riages cit hand that the Publie
elesulil see,
They aro 'WWJJ made, nicely
finished and will bo Sol 1 at
Reasonable Prices,
ST2JM '11.1-114
Earno;ss Y Collars !
and everything in the harness line
on hand.
Also Trunks, Valises, Satchels,
&c,, &c.
H. DENNIS.
THE EAT THOROUGHFARE TO
THE NORTHWEST,
Tho Stt ?at!, Minnoapolio A Manitoba
RAILA y,
with its 1,500 milds of road. It is the only
line extending through the Park Region of
Minnesota, to River ValleNorthernl
Valley, rpMinal nesota, oints rNorth-
ern Dakota. The Shortest Route to Fargo,
Moorhead, Sauk Centre,Wahpeton, Cassel.
ton, Breckenridge, and Morris.
The Only Line to Grand Forks, Grafton,
illayvillo, Larimors, Devils Lake, Crocke-
ton, Portland, Hope, Winnipeg, Hillsboro,
Ada, Alexandria, and to
DEVILS LAKE AND.
TURTLE,MOUNTAIN DIST'S.
in which there is now the largest area of
the most desirable vacant vnt
Landss10bbe'United States. The lande
sof
the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Rai
way Co. in Minnesota are particularly d u
sirabls for all classes of farming, are offer
ed at very low prions, and easy terms of
paymentf
all seeking lg new homes, toe, amine them band it will be to the advantage e -
fore elsewhere.
Maps and pamphlets describing the coun-
try, giving rates of fare to settlers, etc.
mailed FREE to any address, by.
JAMES B. PO WEB,
Land and Immigration Comm'r-
C. H. WARREN,
General Passenger Agent,
S1. P. M. & M. il'y, ST. PAUL, MINN,
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