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). beard, end a .+11101 l,auleal bills grasp I Q(
} firmly in his richt lanai Ile ,['�
Tito Prince of wake fuss ean•ed gave m one fierce glance, end Ilton i "r;�i 't�,, 1 ia5 Cy
great consternation in London by de, turned his eyes toward a small iron J
olnriug that a man engaged u1 sere that stood In the fnithee car p
sailing meat in one of the butcher nee OJ the room.' It s s au i. Int nt Cu uta and tt a no
shops of the great metropolis is 'It you've any plate, tn'am, or
actually a leper. Tho statement money or anything else of vie y—'
was not intended for the public, but 'It's all m there 1' I sw1, p)int
was atatio at a private tweeting of lug to the We, all except a 'ea,
those who are 'theta to establish a' dollars 1n my purse nu ,the bureau
leper hospital in honor of Father yonder, mid a pair cf goblet-. in Alii.
Damien. the Hawaiian hero. When closet, and—'
it leaked out there was great horror 'Are they silver or plated ?'
in the pulslio mind. Thousands '0, sir, I wouldn't deceive you ou
abandoned meat, the bntellers beg. any account 1'
ged the Prinee to name the shop,
and ongturies were inetituted as to
rhe possibility c$ other dirty hinds
in;the business , alt of whioh is very
proper and prudent. But there are
TO;000 persons in London, each one
selling every day what produces
•morn misery and death than epriugs
from the contamination of the lap.
rons butcher. London is just now
straining and gagging at a gnat of
nastiness while swallowing a camel
of crime the etair. He turned suddenly, and
A fair sized audience assembled said : 'What's that ?'
in the opera house, St. Marge, to 'My husband.'
hoar a lecture on Temperaue deliv• 'Has be not gong ?'
ered by the Bev. A. M. Phillips, of 'No ; and I beg of you, don't
Toronto. The Rev. J. A. Tuenbnll murder him, sir 1'
presided. Tho rev. lecturer dwelt 'If you tell him,' said the burglar
principally on the license question, in the hoarse voice, 'if you breathe
the Scott Act and universal pro- ai word, both of you shall die l'
hibition. He likened the liquor 'My heart souk within me, and
traffic to a man with a bss of rattle before I could find words for reply,
snakes. At first they were allowed the luau withdrew from the safe,
to run at large. This represented slipped noisles'ly behind the bed,
unrestricted sale of liquor. The and secreted himself in tho small
people declared the snakes danger- narrow alcove.
ous and ordered the man to confine A second later your uncle came
them. He placed them in a box into the room, and once more <I
containing twenty boles, from. seemed to hear the burglar say : 'If
which they soon escaped. This you breathe a word, both of you
was the first liquor law. This state shall die 1' as my husband ap
of affairs did not snit and the men, preached the bed, he nntieed bow
at the request of the people, euclos- pale I was, and said, 'Frightened
ed the snakes in a box with one by robbers, 1 suppose, you silly
Isola, from which they gradually child.'
made their exit. This was the 'I tried to laugh, hull to muster
Crook's Act. The people were not a great seat of courage. I knew
satisfied and the man with his well enough that the success of my
hazardous game depended wholly
upon my own presence of mind. I
tried, therefore, to evade his
answer.
1 have a headache,' I said loud.
Act. He (the lecturer) thought the enough for the burglar to hear. At
only way to rid the country of the the same time I held up both hands
enakes was for the people to ortler so that they coald receive the full
the man to cut their heads off. This
meant prohibition and the complete
anwihilatioe of the liquor traffic.
'The t1) 0) tva griseIl;f S I r.1ted,
and 00111a Oat pies ibis a, 1.", .t -,u,1
how it hanr•ened that see!' •' •udtl0n
inteilert'i r' had 'nine1 all his S e
fatintts shone.
"It all o with me be enid.
good for Intl to fight 4„,tinst. it,. The Undersigned desire to intimate to the Public that ta>'ey
Move on, oap'n t' formed a co -partnership, tinder the Firm mane of
'Nut the least p0021,' r 4211(0ded
your Miele George, cooly, Tin to
tele the stntg)' to night, and 1 gum
we might as well go to the locks -up
at once,'
'Iny a foo mioafas they were and ttro now conduetin the Stove and
ready to start, Tho burglar Conk ' g
hie departure in the etistody of owned by HAYCROFT c TURN131�.LL.
Thomas and your Uncle George,
leaving your terrified Ault Maria Our aim
safe find sound, after all' patronage.
nronr,F�.
What is that' which never eel(
aur question, but requires man
answers ? The street deur.
What is that whioh by losing an
eye, has nothing left but a nose ?
A notes.
What is the difference between t
postage tamp;and a boy hanging
on behind a sleigh ? The first you
have cu licic to Make it stay on,
while the latter you h;wo to tier to
make hilt stay oft.
What is it that line three feet and
mount walk, sixteen nails and can-
not sera all 2 A yard stick.
Why should carpenters really be-
lieve there is uo such thong at
stone ? Because they never s av ie.
What. is the difference between a
man cutting the end off his nose
and a boy who has just learned a
task 2 Cue lessens his nose and the
other knows his lesson.
What is the end of everything 2
The letter G.
What is the for.n of an escaped
parrot 2 A Polly-goue.
Why was Eve created ? For
Adam's Express Company.
Why is a side-saddle like a four
quart jog ? Because it holds a gal.
Ion.
A welcome ship tit any time—
Frienclsliip.
Tho place for a picnic—The
Sandwich Islands.
When does a caudle resemble e.
tombstone 2 When it is set up for
a late husband.
When 050 a lamp be said to bo in
a bad temper ? When it is put out.
When was arc light first invent-
ed? When Noali •made the oak
light on Mount Sinai.
NOTICE TO THF pT-TBA,+TO. 1890 HITB2iCiIBE
'You'd better not 1'
'So saying, the burglar pnlled out
a key from his pocket, and advnno
od toward th safe. With a hurried
glauee, I saw that the shape and
size of the key were exactly that of
the key used by gnat uncle, mud I
began to wonder whether or not a
foul murder had been committed,
As the villain put the lcoy into
ilia safe, his guilty ear caught the
sound of an approaching footstep on
snakes in the one -bole box went m -
to the next mnnieipality. The
snakes escaped. from the box and
ran back to the pines from which
they lame. This was the Scott
light of the fire and said with my
fingers, 'There is a man behind the
bed f'
'Without displaying the smallest
ri hte>fed By A Burglar.sign cc terror your uncle replied
with his fingers :
'Where is your sal volatile 2 All
`A. great many years ago,' said right. Don't be afraid 1'
sty aunt, 'your Uncle George and
myself together learned the deaf and
numb alphabet. It Dame bard at
first, and we had to study a long
time before we could talk as easily
with our fingers as with our
tongues. After awhile we became
need to it, and for practice we used
to'converse in that manner when
we wore alone.
One day he was called away to
:New York. There was no railroad
then, and people had to travel in a
stage•coaoh. He was to start in
• the morning, but, it so happened
that he -vas prevented from doing
• so, and had to delay his trip savor•
al hours, or until after midnight.
It was in the winter time, ani
fire was burning brightly, in the
roone,. and although it was long
past ten o'clock I had no wish to go
to bed,
. I sat looking into the cheerful
coal fire, and was thinking of the
long journey your uncle would' have
to take that night; and how long.
•some the days would seem till his
return.
It was after eleven o'clock when
`Igot into bed, but I was not the
least sleepy. I knew that your
uncle would soon come in to bid me
good•hyc, and besides 1 seemed to
hear noises' all over the room, which
caused me fright.
Somehow or other I fell asleep,
er rather ipto a doze, but was end.
dealer awakened by hearing a tre-
mendous sneeze within a yard of
ale, just behind the headboard of
the bed.
The only thing, as aI believe,
which saved my reason from depart.
'seg altogether when I first heard
that sound, was that my mind
clung to the hope that it might be,
after all, -only the sneeze of the oat.
In reality, however, fifty cats could
mot have made such a disturbance.
Pretty soon I heard another
sneeze, and then somebody seemed
to bo standing beside my pillow
looking at me. If the wretch had
only given one sneeze, he might
perhaps have relieved me, ea I lay
quite stili, breathing as regularly as
7i could and pretending to be asleep,
'Your awake, ma'am,' said the
lumen intruder. 'Don't be sham-
ming!' If you don't want a tap
vial. this life•presertor, just look
alive b
'•H:ow'tetribty frightened I was to 'You are right seounclrel,' I said,
;stela those words. A mat stood through the keyhole. 'I nowt
'He want to the mantel to get the
small bottle that contained the
smelling -salts. I was not afraid.
I felt that your Unole George would
be more than a match for the Til•
lain. I wished, however, that my
hneband was anything but a bank-
er.'
'Your fire is getting low,my dear,'
said your uncle. And as he spoke
he took up the long, heavy, iron
poker. 'I mist get you a good fire,'
he added, 'before I go. It's a very
cold night.'
'He poked the fire and left the
poker in.'
'By the tray,' he said, '1 wonder
if Thomas has got my portmanteau
ready 2 I'll call him.'
'He did so and then inquired of
me where was the key to his shay.
ing ease. I told him, and he sp."
parently made every' effort 'to find
it. Ile declared that It was lost.
Of oourue this was ail moonshine,
and pretending to hunt after the
key myself' I jumped out of bed,
took a few choice things off the
bureau, and then quietly withdrew
into the dressing -room whioh ad.
joined the chamber. -
Your uncle turned the key and
looked me in. Just then a tall,
brawny, stout individual tapped on
the chamber door.'
'Come in, Thomae,' I heard your
uncle say. 'There's ebme black-
guard got, into the house and bo -
hind my bed, there 1 If he makes
the least resistance don't hesitate to
kill him 1'
'At the same time the bed was
pushed out from the wall and the
villain without his mask and with a
fade as pale as death, emerged from
hie seclusion.
Your uncle recognized him at
once as having been a messenger
for the bank, who had been dis-
charged from his situation upon
suspicion of dishonesty.'
'Sir,' said the burglar, 'have
mercy on me, air 1'
'You want mercy, do you ? Be
fore we have any further converse•
tion you may as well stttrender that
life preserver which you have in
your pocket.'
'And did the lady tell you that ?'
erred the burglar. 'And I am sure
I didn't hear her say a word about
it to you.'
Turia,b'.i11 Ballanty o,
have
Tinware Business forrmerly
will be to please diose favoring us with their
C�TVID ITS A C.A..DD •
and ascertain our Prices.
UR,ilrl3ULL 6- B4LL.1,NTEME.
Jos. BALLANTYNIS.
6 uY
Josh Billings' Philosophy,
Do a good turn, young man,
whenever you ken, even if yn hay
tow torn a grrndstun to do it. •
Repentance iz generally konsid-
ered a weakness, but I know ov
nothing more indicative ov strength.
How lean we ever expekt tow find
a perfekt person in this world when
we kan'teven find oue who iz ha$
az good az he lean be 2
Men are seldom underrated; the
morkury in a man finds its true
level in the eyes ov the world just
az certainly az it duz in the glass
ov a thermometer.
Nu beginners In literature aro
alwus bothered tew find a subjekt
tew write on ; az they progress they
are more trsubled to find what taw
write on a subjekt.
Human itnowledge iz not very
komprebeneive after all; for 1 have
seen men who could kaikulato an
eklips to a dot, who couldn't har-
nese a boss .tew steee their lives.
I don't know ,ov a more, di'ffikult
karacter to fill, nor a mere: butiful
one when filled, than the kouimand
in the Bible : "Be ye wizo az a ear•
pent, but harmleds az a dove."
It is very difficult for me tew tell
win the lion should be so strong and
the ant so weak, when one iz noth-
ing but a grate loafer and the other
the very pattern ov industry and
thrift.
Short Sermons by Br. Collyer.
A man's best friends aro his ten
fingers.
Society says one thing and na-
ture says another.
Any kind of an honest job is bet-
ter than no job at all.
Take a dollar a day for your work
if you can get no more.
Have a reserve forge that will
come out when you need it.
The honest roan who dies poor is
rich if he only holds his own.
Only thosewho make elsau money
and do clean things win success.
A good day's work at what you
can best do is the hardpan to
which all must come.
A good farmer is butter than a
poor doetor,'and a good horseshoer
is better than a poor bishop,
Sleep eight hours out of tweuty-
f)nr, oat threw times a 1' day, and
walk on the sunny side o the way.
When country boys come bo the
city, if they can only held ou to the
old sweat ways they can defy the
world.
Hoop ;your, grip on the Ilarcl.pan
of principles of good conduct; and
lrnfotio nee, an smite stranger, with spoken mord, tut it's all the same you
JAS. TURNID'ULL.
ET CBL
GI1ST AD F IL
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Tho undersigned having completed the change from the stone to
the celobra1ed 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 iman•y new
0110s as possible.
Tour and Fee JJJw,, aye on 'Rand..
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Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Gram:
. MILNE.
wa
car ,a :: son
Are now showing Great Bargains in all Lines
of Dry Goods, and especially Dress Goods,
which are the Newest, Cheapest and Nobbi-
est iri Brussels. In this Department we are
diving Special Inducements this week, hav-
ing bought several lines at just half the
regular wholesale price. Now is the time,
Ladies, if you want to get Cheap Dry Goods,
as the goods must go at some price.
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__FLANNELS_
Are now one of our Leading Lines, which
we are giving Great Bargains in. We keep
everything, from the coarsest tothe finest,
and in this Line we feel confident that we
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UNDERCLOTHING.
We keep a Large and Well Assorted Stock,
Also Men's Top Shirts, Boys' Under wear and
Cardigan Jackets. We have also a Large
Stock of Ladies' and Children's Underwear.
Before buying elsewhere you should examine
onr goods and get our prices.
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Gent's Furnishing Goods.
Gent's Scarfs in all the Leading Shapes,
Cotton Zfandkerchiefs, large assortment iln
Pavey Borders, Wool and Kid Gloves. Braces,
Umbrellas, Gent's Linen Collars and Cuffs,
Celluloid Collars and Cuffs, Ladies' Water-
proof
proof Circulars, Alisses' Waterproof Oiroula:d.
1210 files amoral with black crape, a to you and' di of us.' will be mall of good '' nano and �9, Cl fY lj (liil 1 I 1
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LATES2' STYLES,
and sold at
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before yore order elsewhere.
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Splendid Assortment of Teunks,
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Diamond Dyes excel alt others
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