The Brussels Post, 1886-12-10, Page 3DEO. 10, 1886.
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THE BRUSSELS POST
ios, but in the ab.ouee of the official
census rho Jigntes nosy bo aceepted
only as an approaimato calculation,
It will bo Been that there aro thirty.
AN ANNUAI. CHESTNUT. I five cities in the world credited Stith
Who utas :stands oaths tipsy box, ; A popu-lation at or above 600,000."
Wit111dili Ao(r
1113 1'0 13011 11 .
And glares up Int the stovepipe joint
lie holds above his head.
I fin halals are black with polish paste,
Ills face tatn0ed with soot ;
And, down 11" aryls and flown Ole back
Sharp pains unnumbered shoot.
'Pett th011004ul ways, ton thousand times,
lie's tried to make a lit ;
The more of ways and anise he's tried,
Tho more he is from it.
His wife and children oro outside,
All petrified with fear,
Awaiting the eativtropllo
That clone' this Tinto of voa1.
Then comes of adjectives,
And then a madman's roar,
And a mall and box with cartllgmalee
shrieks,
And stovepipe, hood the floor}
Tho deet -,r mince with l.ruiee
And little Minter cup
The 11111'(`1' conies, 114 usual,
A,;,1 (mm the ldevevipe up.
C OIX (1 13171' WITH 'P1111 111)11.
liaise loo up fo my bed, wife ;
There's the sound of the sea 111 illy ear;
And it sings to my soul in I1 music
Tllaf earth is not blessed to hear.
Open the little window, wife,
.Chen come and sit by my side
We'll wi(it. God's sweet flood water
To take No out with the tido,
1 see the harbor bat', wife,
And my clear little boat in the bay ;
' But who shill be able to guide her
When her master hath pa'sod away?
i lcnuw the t her helm, so trusty,
Will nuswcr Ito other hand
As it answered mine, when 1. knew, wine,
You wel'O waiting for ole 00 t110 strand.
Our boys are al before us, wife;
\Vee Jack is beneaththe wave,
And blue-eyed Freddy sloops, wife,
In yonder yelvbowered grave,
Where t1,' early daisies cluster
Around his baby bed,
And. the thrush sits chanting softer
fu you tree that shades the dead.
'iheru'o a 011i11 rules through our hearts,
wife,
When the harbor bar cloth moan ;
But a darker grief will bo yours, wife,
Whtn your left in the cot alone ;
But a few more flows of the sea, wife,
And a few more ebbs of the tide,
'filen God's sweet flood shall bring you
Again to your old man's side.
('be 5110 is low in the west, wife,
And the tide sinks down with the sun ;
We will part with 00011 other in love, wife,
For sweetly our lives have run ;
Give me your hand, my own love,
As roc gave it in days of yore ;
\Ve will clasp them, no'or to bo eunderod,
When we meet on the far-off shote.
CONTEI(TMENT.
I love to see old age content,
As, standing in its autumn (lay,
The halo of a lifo well spent
Sheds light end glory on its way.
Old cage should rest, not prime or youth ;
Old ago may rest, the past to tell ;
When life is all behind in truth,
Contentment then, perchance, is well.
"1 ant content !" those words are not
The legend that brave 711011 x1101114 boar,
And idly stand within their lot,
And fold their arms tv11011 01(186 arelair.
Content ? With what? with wrong and
rust ?
With crime, oppression, greed of place?
When earthly things say "Dust to dust,"
Anct thou content to feel no grace ?
Of deeds well done to smooth tho way,
Or make la path for weary feet
'('hat toil and strive from day to day •
To reao11 where Truth and Mercy meet?'
Content to sit and icily float
11w .Upon the current as it wills,
And thoughts of others glibly quote
As steadfast as the ancient hills 7
('Content with little that you know,
Nor seek to adcl a pleutier store,
Of present knowledge ns you go,
Content with old tradition's lore !
No 1 Not content while all of life
Lies just beyond within your Peach,
'1'o make it grand and true unci rife
With work or words of silver speech.
You need not go without your sphere
To find your work, 'tis everywhere ;
Whato'er is next your hand, 'tis clear,
is•juot filo burden you should bear,
•' \ ile:e'er tight is to advance,
Where'er a. wrong to be redressed,
There is your place ; poise well your lancet
Spur to the charge( Leave God the rust,
'then be content with nothing loss,
Though high or low your station be,
Than that w111011 measures full success
And says t "Well done! Come up to
ole 1"
Population of Great Ciuos.
The New York Journal of Com•
marcs, in order to ,furnish, for re•
feronce, information on a subject
often inquired about, has complied
the annexed table of the largest
cities of the world, with their popu-
lations a0 orated by the latest publi-
cationo. The tablehas a footnote
which says
"Many of the Chinese cities were
enormously over estimated a few
years ago, We have given the lat.
est estimates by the best authorit.
Population.
AlIelil, ;Japan 1 1182,050
Bangkok, Siam fr0U,U0000q
13ooklyn, N,Y 75°7114,0U0(101)
Berlin, Prussia1122,880
Calcutta, India70)1,208
' Canton, ('dila 1,100 OnO
(lliougcheofee, China 1 000,1100
Chicago, 111. 715,000
(:ountuuti magi),, Turkey, , . 700,000
F' u.oh0n, 1 hint ' (.181,000
Glasgow, )3cotland .51.1,048
Hang-chow-I'co, China (0)0,000
llaug.toheon, China 800,000
1Iioulcau,Chins.,, (totem()
lCing.tc•chiaug, l'hine 600,000
Liverpool, England 678,1(00
Loudon, b:nfland 4 0516,810
hiadt'il, Spain - 6110,00.)
1 Moocow, Ltuneia. (131,074
I Now York, N. Y 1,400,1;00
Paris, P' lime 2,200,028
1', It;lla( 0' ;lava005,204
Pekin, China 800,000
1'111113 e7pltia, t'(' 81,0,004
St. Petersburg,Russia . 707,008
Sartain•,, Nam 082,717
Siam, China 1 000,000
Lt. hoof-, \In 100,0u0
Tat -,v_cIt-Ino, China 500,000
'Pira -t40, China 050,000
Tokio J,e std 087,887
T,oliantchalt•1u, China 1 000,000
Tschiugtn.fu, China 800,000
Vienna, Austria , .. 42(1,106
Woo -Chang, China 800,000
1
ESSENCE OF BUSINESS LAW.
Under the above heading the Bos-
ton Journal of Commerce publishes
the following useful information :—
The manner of an ae00711m041at1OIl
bill or nets—thin is. one for which
1/0 has received no couoideratien,
having lout his name or credit for
the accommodation of the holder—
is as fully bound to all other parties
ao if there wore a good considers•
, 1(mn.
No evidence may be introduced
to contradict or vary (0 written con-
tract, but suoh evidence ,nay be re-
ceived in order to explain the con-
' tract when it is iu need of explana-
tion.
If one holdlu,g a check as pail
or otherwise trensfers it to another,
he has a right to theist. Unit, the
sheen. bo presented that day, or, at
the farthest, the day followiug.
Checks and drafts should be pre,
seuted during business hours, but
iu •alis country—except iu eases of
banks—the time extends through
the day and evening.
An oral agreement ,rust be prov-
ed by evidence. A written agree-
ment proves iteelf. The laws pre•
fer written to oral evidence, because
of its pr0C41011.
"Value received" is usually, emit
should bo, written in writhe, but is
not essential. If not written it is
prennmed by the law, or may be
supplied by proof.
If a note is lost or stolen it sloes
not release the maker. Lie must
pay it if the consideration for which
it was given and the account can ba
proven.
If the letter containing the pro-
test of n0u•paymont bo put in the
post -office, any miscarriage does not
affect the party giving notice.
A note endorsed in blank—the
name of the endorser only written—
)" transferable by delivery, the same
as if made payable to bearer.
Au agreement without considera-
tion ie void; a note made on Sun•
day is void, contracts mado on Sun-
day cannot be enforced.
If tho drawer of a check or draft
has changed hie residence, the hold-
er must use all reasonable diligence
I to find him.
A note mads by a minor is void ;
a contract made with a minor is
void ; a contract made with a lunatic
is void,
The time of payment of a note
,oust not depend upon a contigency.
The promise must be absolute.
An indorser hoe a right of action
against all whose names were on the
bill when be received it.
Notion of protest may bo sent
either to the place of business or of
reelden00 of the. party notified. '
A note obtained by fraud or from
a person in a state of intoxication
cannot be uolleoted.
A. bill may be written on any
paper or substitute for it, either
with ink or pencil.
The payee should be distinctly
named in the note unless it 1s pay-
able to bearer.
No consideration ie.. sufficient In
law it it be illegal in its nature.
Principals aro responsible for the
acts of their agents.
The law compels none to do im-
possibilities.
Signatures mado with a pencil aro
good in 11000.
A receipt for money is net always
conclusive.
Notes bear interest only w11cn 00
stated.
It is a fraud. to conoo)l a fraud. I
Gioo<1 'Words.
Jho Abbe Joseph Roux calla his
writings by the sirnplo and modest
name of "Thoughts,The follow•
tug aro Borne extracts:—
We Are more cousei0ne that a
person is 111 ,the wrong when the
wrong Oeh1Orlls 0Ureelves.
Whop the tongue pots heel!' at
ease it hots everything thee ander
i'eetrlµnt•, -
A. whole hoevon ie contained in
a drop of de.0, a whole soul WW1 iu
141041',
What i'1 It day without eon, or a
Ulan without goodness ?
Ali 1 how little we know diose
wh ' 0110w ,is bust.
It in impossible to be just if ono
1e 000 ((8)101(1)0. -
'1'110 0(0lot 1100041,11 the grass,
higiltimgalu amid rho foliage. the
goulua who 11es patience, tate virtue
which bulls itself, those are four
°harming things.
What 010111e is not indispensable
tl, 74 11 illy 1111411 to 0110b10 111m to
decry hinieelf the pleasure of a malt -
(Mies bet.
Great jays weep, great sorrows
Neigh.
Proernt umlieppinees is selfish,
past sorroi1' le ( (111(nisei 0late.
He who does not appreciate docs
1100 possess.
We shall know if we hove been
happy ; the (10 not ltmow if WO are
00.
T110 imagination Masses our pleas-
ure, but not 0111' suffering.
Success eholvs off our good coolie
ties ; look of success shows oft our
defects.
Delicate souls semi more at their
ease in delicate bodies.
In youth one has tears without
grief.; in ago grief without tears.
Lofty mountains are frill of
epriugd ; great hearts aro full of
tears.
Life is passed in dsstring what ono
has not, and regretting what ono
has no longer.
What is love ? Two souls and
ono flesh. Friendship 9 Two bod-
ies and one soul.
However wall proved 0 friendship
may appear, there are confidences
winch nt should not honor and 8)(01'i•
flees welch should net be required
of it.
Neither frivolous enough t0 have
comrades, nor credulous enough to
have friends.
.there are people who laugh to
show their fine teeth, and there are
those who cry to show their good
hearts. ,
7E+ aaoo skeet Noterz.
Beano and big nods aro , used for
buttons.
American fashions for children
lead in every pity in the world.
Corduroy and cordereine remain
iu favor for jackets and parts of cos-
tumes.
The high codl'nee and French
twist are de rigour hero and on toe
other side..
Most of the ostrich feathers worn
on women's hats and bonnets come
from the ostrich farms of Australia.
Many of the handdomest flats and
bonnets are trimmed with loops of
ribbon only, no feathers nor metal
ornaments.
Sealskin and otter aro the lead-
ing furs, but they are so well imi•
toted in plush as to bo scarcely die•
tingnisllablo from the imitation.
A novelty in area buttons are
largo balls of wood showing the
grain, stained, highly polished, and
mounted on silver and steel eyes.
All American frocks for little girls
aro made short in the waist, full of
eltirt, and loose and comfortable in
fit all over the person this fall.
Tho wearing of ostrich feathers
and those of domestic birds should
be encouraged, for it is not necess-
ary to kill these to obtain their
plumage.
Metal boado and mother of•pearl
and carved wood anchors, pins with
fancy heads, brooches, buckles and
ornamente are used in moss in
milhnerg.
Prom Paris comes the information
that coiffures aro - undergoing a
change, that fringes of hair, frizzes,
and light earls falling on the fore.
head aro to be given up.
No one cheeses the hair low on
the back of the head or nape of the
neck at present. Evon old ladies
wear high topknots. But the view
from the back is frightful' for all
that.
After all, plain black., Bros grain
silk frocks trimmed with nothing
but black ball jabots, and fastened
with crochet' bullet buttons or dec-
orated with a judicious amount of
pessolneutsrie in the form of the
"motifs" on the lido panels, should-
ers, sleeves and front and bust of
0oreage, are Elio favorite demitoilot
wear of Americom women.
BRU;SSBLS
Woolen Mill.
ANY QUANTITY OY'
Wool Wanted !
Highest Market Price
—PAID IN—
Cash or Trade !
I have in. stock to good assort-
ment of Blankets, Skirtings,
Flannels, fine and • coarse, Pull
Cloth, Fine Tweeds, Coarse
Tweeds, Yarns, (ate. • A180 an tas-
sol'tment of Cotton 331111(18,
I fon now prepared. to take i11
Carding,
Spinning,
Weaving, &C.
Sattisfaction
Guaranteed.
Knitted Goods
Male to Order.
Give Me a OalU
before taking your wool Ielse-
where.
Yours Truly,
GEO. HOWE.
1
SCALES.
BUit1B ]RS'
H.ARB WARS !
Glass & Putty,
Lath & ShiiRles.
STOVES
—.(1117—
Stove Pipes.
TARRED FELTING,
ALASASTINE PAINT,
Mixed Paints !
ALL COLORS.
z t7E'i L � & C..i=T_i•
13. GERRY.
G-rist and Flour Mills !
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.
Flour and reed Always on liana_
Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain.
WM. MILiNE.
EAST HURON
Carriage Wor
JAMES BYER2S,
—IIAN•U,FACTUli1I1 13 '--
CARRIAGES, DEMOCRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS.
BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETO., ETC., ETC.
All made of the Best Material and finished in a Workmanlike
manner.
Repairing' C'672Ct Pain/gag promptly CLttende-d to.
Parties intending to buy should CaII before
purchasing.
RPPPIltl]NCT1B.—Marsden Smith, B. Laing, As. Cott and Wm. Me-
Kelvey, Grey Township ; W. Camoron, W. Little, G. Browar and D.
Breckenridge, Morris Township ; T. Town and W. Blashiil, Brus-
sels ; Bor.111. A. Fear, Woodham, and T. Wright, Purnberry.
REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTH OF BRIDGE.
JAMES BUYERS.