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FACTS AND I'IGURES ABOUT
DRINK.
Siuee 1840, the annual consump•
tion of distilled spirits in the Unit.
ed States hoe increased in round
number; from 42,000,000 gallons to
72,000,U00 gallons, The simnel
consumption of wines within the
same period has increased from 6,-
000,000 to 22,000,000 gallons.
These may seem to be startling fig-
ures,. but the first impression re-
oPived from them is oorrooted when
the iuereaee of population is a180
taken into account. As a matter
of fact, the consumption of distilled
spirits per capita of population has
diminished since 1840 from about ! be drank mor, than a gcall0ii. The are so attracted by?[ise Gilder.
two and a half to about one and ee:eat rolled off front him like rain. eleevo ; she has no figure, itntl—
quarter gallons, that is to say, i Then be suint off and.' thous ht ante Bruthnr Charley. No figure ! Well,
,a out one hundred per cell , 'nue but hu was sleeping, urs it It round half•
wines, the average and as qui,tly ae n chi In the tractive figure, la'ou t h ce to maw
sumption per capita has increased !
1I morning, when the (lector camp, he what is !
from 0.20 gallon` in 1840 to 0.00 in I t°eked whit time. the mato died. Pedestrian : i1lulr.m, a boy whom
I am told is your son ha+just
thrown a stone at me, eausiug a
wound that is very painful, what
1 ;aero sick with tbo fever, and among
rant, the eecoucl mate. The
doctor had given him brandy to
keep hili` up, but I:thought it was
n queer kind of 'keeping up,' Why,
you see, it stands to reason, that if'
yon heap fuel ou the fire, it will
burn the flatter, and putting the
brandy t.i a fever is just the ethnic
kind of a thing. Drawly is more very Meld, t•ir. Did yeti ever try
than half alcohol, you knew. Well, my l:.leetlic Scalp Invigorator and
the doctor gave him up, and 1 wail ,bead.+ere Flair Itestorer ? Ouslom-
set to \Latch with lhilu. No medicine or. Yes ; flint's what made me
driving ins neit;hbor'e ileus away
with clnbe and eteeee fixes up tt
nice Leta in hie or,0 yard for them
to lay in.
Dr. Torrey, of l;oeiou, married e
pair iu eight seeonde. There are
uttat.y young persons who would
like to make to minute of thin,
;Barber to customer, Yon are
was left, for it wait of Ito ugo, Noth-
iug could help him, and I bud my
diroetioue what to do with the body
when the wee dead. Toward mid-
night ill, naked for water. I got him
the coldest I could find, and gave
him all he avaoted,•aud, if you'll be.
Bove me, in less than three boot's
bald.
Whitt woucierfal patience those
fisher m on have I exelnimod au idler
to a Eotssinlc Mend. hero I have
heel) \catching that fellow for three
whole, hours, and lie hasn't yet bad
a bi:e.
Matilda, I can't see why you eau
aboat d d t Of � hu `tin. g l 1 million isn't ,,u at_
annual 001] 1'111 1 1 11 •1 1
1880 It is noticeable, however,
;Won't vein go in and look at him ?'
'that, since 1880, the tendency lura LandL. Ho recut in and tools the
bean downward,
the consumption
in`le't h:and. ,Why .' said he, 'the
per capita in 1880 being 0.88, or mien is ret dead 1 lie'8 alive, and ere you going t0 do about it ?
nelarly one-third less than in 1880, doing 't 1l ! Zt hal leave you been ; Mother : r dour! know ; have you
and only about one-tenth greater l gear,
him ?' Water, simplytried arnica ?
bear, in 1840. \Vhon we coins to ' %Water, and all he wanted of it.,
It ie Raid that at least 400,000
boor, the figures shote an euormoua said 1. I don't know as the doctor i meteors fall from the heavens and
increase in the total amount eon- learned anything from that, but I strike file earth Ivory hour during
sumed, tend a large increase o pu riot,eisa 1110, and IOw u0 doctor puts 141301101 the soar; and yet when a man goea
lively t0 the increase of population, I down me, or any of my folks, for a home with a damaged hat and tells
Mr. Switzler estimates that the
, fever' I can tell you 1 I ani a plain, bis wife that he was struck by a
consumption of malt liquors in 18•
40 was 28,810,848 gallons. In 1880 unlettered man, hut 1. know too meteor she will not believe him.
it was 042,907,720. This involves much to let any doctor burn mo up Do you believe in Commercial
an increase per capita from 1.80 to with x1001101." Union ?Raid young Popinjay to his
11.16. By far the greater portion girl the other evening, jest to keep
up the conversation. 'Commercial
of this increase hoe been in the
years since 1860. In each of the Union ? Certainly not, Archibald ;
elle replied blushing. I think mar•
decades from 1860 to 1880 the an• rying for money re mean and low.
nual consumption of beer in the Eddie, lla, aro you an angel in
disguise ? ilia, why child, what
put such a silly notion in your
head ? Eddie, cause I heard pea tell
a elan that you might be ono, but
if you was you hide it better than
any fraud he ever saw.
Mrs. Grander : We're going to
organize a botanical party for Tues.
day, of course you'll join ne 2 Mise
Hemlock of Port Huron : I'd like to
awfully, but maw objotos to my
going on the water, oven it the
boate are safe as a gentleman -of -
war.
Lawyer to his client. Did you
ever try to settle this matter with!
the plaintiff ? Client : Yee, I did l
all I could to settle it. Lawyer :
What did he say ? Client : He
told me to go to the devil. Lawyer:
Well, what did ,you do then ? Client:
Why, then I Cama to you.
She watt not to blame.—Junk :
Ethel, I am ashamed of you. I
saw tiiai Frenchman in tho enema
vatory kissing you repeatedly, why
didn't you tell him to s:op 2 Ethel:
I couldn't Jack, Jack : You I
eouldn't 2 'Why not ? Ethel : I
can't speak French.
Mrs. 13oolihan : Foix, Dennis 1
An' phot are yez afthor doin' now 2
O'Hoolihan : Pegorre, Rosy, it's
myself as has bought a mesio -stool
far Katie, an' Oi've boon woinding
the bastely thing up for over an
hour, an' not a dhrop of music can
Oi get out of it at all t
Remember the example of George
Washington, my boy, said the care-
ful father. Who was George Wash-
ington, papa, queried the hopeful.
Why he was the man who ootilcdn't
tell a lie, of course. What was the
matter with hum—couldn't he talk ?
There was much anxiety in the
paternal miud as to the youngster'`
future.
United States more than doubled, Dorn is cud for nausea and
cranPo
and it bids fair to do the same in berry for 9dmalaria.
the decade from 1880 to 1890. The Clogged wicks caa be cleansed
report gives an estimate made by by boiling them in soapsuds.
W. 2 . Barrett, editor of the Amari• Bread thoroughly burned and
can Grocer, as to the comparative made to ashes is a good dentifrice.
expenditures for alcoholic liquors, A teacup of lye in a pail of `Water
and for food, clothing, and shelter, 1 `•
by the people of the United States, ' ''ill teacup
improveo the color of black
The sum paid yearly by consumers I goods.
for spirituous aad malt liquors is If strong sopsuds is added to
$700,000,000. Mr. Barrett adds stove blacking it will make it etiek
that the wholesale cost of these li- and polish onsy.
quors is not more than $800,000,- A teaspoonful of borax iu a quart
000, which leaves a profit to the of warm water makes au excellent
dealers of more than half. lite cal wash for the hair.
oulates that the American people For neuralgia try a flannel wrung
spend from $12 to x$'17 for the Dec. out of hot water and sprinkle thickly
oesaries of life, to every dollar paid with black pepper.
out for liquor: It mast be remem- To keep an irou pot from rusting
bared, however, that the outlay for each time before puttiug it away
liquor is made by about one•quarter rub it with grease that has no salt
of the population, and amounts, in it.
therefore, to nearly 850 per capita If soot is dropped on the carpet,
of the drinking population, which cover thickly with salt, and it may
ie one dollar out of every four. The be act opt up without' injury to the
conclusions to which the statistics carpeta
point, are, that the consumption of Tao taste of fish may be removed
distilled liquors is steadily docreas- very effectually from knives and
iug in this country, and that the ;forks by rubbing them with fresh
lighter stimulants are taking their °rrang° or lemon peel.
place. This is by no means all In sweeping carpets use wet
that could be wished • but we do newspapers wrung nearly dry and
not hesitate to say that it is a torn to pieces. The paper collects
obange for the better. Few per- th0 0081. but does nut soil rho "r-
am's will dispute the claim that Pt.
beer is a leas hurtful beverage than To take ordinary ink out of linen,
whiskey ; and most, we think, will 1 clip the ink spot iu pure melted tel•
agree, that the temperauoe wcrlc of ;low, wadi out tallow, and ink will
the last twenty-five 30008 has had i come out with it. This seldom
the effect both of abating drunken • faits.
ness and making it appear more For ingrowing toe nails use equal
odious. But this has been gainad parts of mutton tallow, motile soap
at the price of such tremendous i and white sugar made into a salve.
efforts that we have a right to ask, i Apply until the swelling is down,
where would we have been now then trim the nail in the centre.
I
had there been no temperance -----
work
work 2
tlOU:sEUOLt1 HANTS.
To clean zinc use strong vinegar.
Hang up the brooms they will
last longer. -
WITH, THE DRINK AND
WI"T'KQUT IT.
"1 bad a little vessel on the 3o:.16 .
with a crew of font. I had my wife
and two children on board, The
night was stormy, and my brother
was to stand watch. The seamen
prevailed on him to take ono glass
to help him to perform his duties,
but being nnacoustonled to liquor,
he fell asleep. In the night I awoke
to find my vessel a wreck. I took
ono of my little ones iu my arms,
and my wife took the other, and we
battled with the cold waves. After
hours of suffering, the waves took
my little ono from my embrace, and
then swept my other little one from
my wife's arms, and our two little
dears wore lost from ns forever,
After more battling with the storm
and wave`, I looked at my wife,
and sho was cold In death. I reach•
ed the shore, and hero 1 am—my
wife, hny children, and all my earth-
ly possessions lost for 'ono glass of
rum.' " Ai:ether man Says :--"I've
been fourteen years a sailor, and I've
found in all pails of the world I
could get along jtteit as well without
alcoholic liquors as with them, and
bettor too. Some years ago, when
we lay in Jamaica, several of na
Varieties.
One . swallow does not make a
summer but several swallows may
cause a fall.
There is more or lose sorrow in
the word "Good•by," and yet how
we like to hear some people say it.
Scene, grammar school, dialogue
between teacher and Johnny.
Teacher : What is the future of
"He drinks 2" Johnny : "He is
drunk."
Little girl : i12a, was Adam the
first human being 2 Mother : Yes,
my dear. Well, who shoved him In
hie baby carriage ?
Little Elsie seeing for the drat
time a calf. 01). mamma 1 These
must be the little cows that give
condensed milk.
What ehall we do to bo saved 2
welted la revivalist. And la small
boy in the rear seat shouted. Let's
trado teams with Toronto.
The orator is frequently obliged
to use trochee, but the average
woman can talk a hundred words a
minute with a month full of hair-
pine.
A Georgia colored woman Bund
a diamond ring in an egg. The
only scientific explanation of this
is the old one, that the colored
woman lied.
He is a wise man who, instead of
aarrs¢.sr .v s..11.tamsemac®marrmavm210.1.11ssra
fear Fp otalcles
and Eye -Glasses that will preserve your
liyo..oigbt.
z1 A. TT F3
Manufacturing Optician, lata of the firm
of Lazarus t3, Morris, 58 Maryland Road,
Harrow Road, Loudon, England, has ap-
pointed an agent for the Renowned Spec-
tacles and Pyo-Olasaoa which have been
before rho public for the past 25 years.
Lazarus' Speotaele9 never tiro the eye
Last many years without ohango.
For Salo by 11: L. JACKSON
BRUSSELS, • ONT.
BLYTH
Woolen Mill.
It. Forsyth & Son, formerly of
the Wroxetor Woolen Mills, beg
to inform the Farmers in this vi-
cinity that they have Now in Op-
eration a Woolen 1'Iill in Blyth,
and hope that by adhering
to their old plan of making noth-
ing but Sound, Durable Goods
and trust that by so doing to
moot a liberal patronage.
CUSTOM WORK
of all kinds promptly and care-
fully attended to.
The HIGII);sr PRICE, paid for
Wool in Exchange for Tweeds,
Full Cloths, Flannels, Yarns, etc.
A Trial Solicited !
Satisfaction Guaranteed !
R. Forsyth & Son.
'ard A.:tel 1E111)
A. Suitable Mose to 1310 dtny
nton,l Sewing .Machine Crafts.
Geo. Loco.
•I am prepared to Pay C:tsu for any quantity oflEggs.
Oom, 21,
.. ,rtes istneste ovist zaysnfi:Rtlerotatteminctoto Pnewir esome: rersensire 'ss esmr in enterer,
Brussels Lime Works 1
STILL AHEAD.
".Cho snbsarlbors talto this oppportunity of
returning thanks to the inhabitants of
larussois andvicinityfor past tjnatronnga
and bog 10 etato' that bavbtg nifnl° auroral
twpreyomants in their kiln and mod° of
burning they aro now to It bettor 009101011
thmt over botorp to supply rho public with
lint -Close Limo.
Phis being 0110 Xl lrtnnnttt Houma of our
business dealings in erussol8, and having
given unqualtasd satisfaction so far, rho
public can re10 on resolving g,0,1 troatm°ut
and n ]t'irst.Olase A Adele from no,
O'irst•Clnss Limo nt 1e soots at no kiln.
Wo also burn a 310,1 Limo for plastoring at
10 soots,
notnombot• tho 9p03 ---19194$$e19 Uwe
`Works.
11 Town & Son.
MONEY TO LOAN.
PRI Val '-'17:61 FUNDS'.
mai J,cco
of Private Funds have just been
placed in my hands for In-
vostmont,
A`1' 7 PE11 CENT.
Borrowers can have their loans
complete in three days if title is
satisfactory.
Apply to E. E. WADE.
Grist and Flour Mills I
The undersigned having completed the change from the stone to the
Celebrated Hungarian system of Grinding, has now the Mill in
First Class Running Order
and will be glad to see all his old customers and as many new ones
as possible. Chopping done.
Vieux and Feed Alvrayz ®, liand.
Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain.
-WM. MILNE.
HAVING OPENED OUT AN
Egg Emporia in Grant's Block, Brussels,
Next Door to the Post Office,
REMOVER T. ire x011: siJ
PRACTICAL
BOOT mVrhli t'Of®EI-Il
is still at tine Old Stand.
1118 boots and shoes need no cubing as
they aro made from the best material by
No. 1 workmen and wear first-class.
Vine Boots Made to Order and a Pit
Guaranteed.
We melee a Specialty of Boots and
Shots for I'arnios and their Families,
and those who have over worn 009 make
say they give Satisfaction every time.
Repairing Promptly
Attended to.
GIVE MIl A CALL.
JOHN
The 1?oopice' 8hoo111alcor.
Haying removed 10 my new premises
1 deetre to return my thanks to the pub-
lic for past support and ask a oontiuu-
anoo of the same.
ELEGANT STOCK OF
Ladies' and Gent's solid Gold
and Silver Watohos, Cuff Buttons,
Broaches, Ear -rings, Gent's pine, roll
plate veal chains and Necklets. He has
also a nice stools of
WA.LNTIT,
NICibt ll AND
FANCY CLOCKS.
•
tS" Simla' attention givyen to titers•
pltiring of watches. Satisfaction gime•
arltoed.
Jas. Jones,
Graliam'e Block,
BRING ALONG ALL YOU HAVE
and Remember the Stand.
-MANUFACTURER
—tiXAN'UFACTURREIR or—
CARRIAGES, DEMOCRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS,
BUGGIES,. WAGONS, ETC., ETC., ETC.
A11 made of the Bost Material and finished in a Workmanlike.
manner.
Repairing C172CZ Painting pi"oimpLr'Zy attended 'lio.
Parties intending to buy should Oall before
purchasing.
141a1E1t3Ncrs.—Marsden Smith, B. Laing, las. Cult and Wm. Me-
Kelvoy, Groy Township ; W. Camoron, W. Little, G. Brevar and D.
Breckouridge, Morris Township ; T. Town and W. Blashill, Brus-
sels ; Bov E. A.. Foar, Woodham, and T. Wright, Turnberry. ,
ELMIJMBEB THB STAND—SOUTH OF BRIDGE.
JAMES BUYERS.