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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1869-06-04, Page 4a 13 - - THE SEAFORTH ExPosrrort. 4 .Theorya -of Auroras. .....e....„_. The ,Polar Light_ la a light 'which is frequently seen near 'Ow horizon, bear- ing 80Ale reseniblance to the morning twilight, wheince it has received the ' name of aurora. In the nerthern laeta- isphere it is' usually termed `raittrcira borellalis," bemuse ,it is 'chiefly seen in the 'north.. .A similar phenomenon is also seen in the southern - hemisphere, wheic it is dulled "Aurora Austililis." .Each of them May, with greater priety'be called "Aurora Polaris," -or Polarbighi. g They exhibit an endless variety of appearances In United States an aurora is uniformly: preceded by a hely or slaty appearance of the atley, partieularly in the neighborhood trf the. northern horizon.: When the auroral display commences:- this hazy portion of the sky assumes the form. of se dark bank or segment of a ciede in the - north, , rising ...ordinarily to the height of five to ten degrees. nit dark segment is not a cloud, for the. sitars are teen -through it es' through a smoky- atmosphere; with little diminu- tion of brilliancy., -• This dark bank is imply a dense haze, - -and it appeals darker from the, contra$ with thb. lu- minous are whieh reito. upon it. In • high northern latitudes, when ;the aurora covers the entire heavens, the • whole sky. seems filled with a dense haze ; and . in still higher latitudes, where the einem- is sonietimes seen in the south,, this dark segment is ebserv- ed r- esting, on the .sohtern horizen and bordered by the auroral light. ,- Auroras :are sornetiniee obseved sinaultaneonsly:twer laree portion § of • the globe. The aurora a August 28. ' 1859, was seen throsighout eapre than 140 degrees -of longitutle, from Eastern - Europe to California, and from Ja.: niaica on the south to an unknown dis- tance in British America on the the , 'north. The- aurora of September 2, 1859, Was seen at the-gandwich Islands'; it was seen throughout the whble of North America. anctErirope ; and the disturbance of toe magnetic needle in- dicated its presence throughout • all Northern Asia, although the sky was overcast, so that at many places it could • not be seen: An aurora was eeen, at the sametime' in South America and New Holland. _ The aarerat of gep- • teinber 25-,. 1841, and Noirernber 17, 1848, were almost equally extensive. The 'height of ' a 'large. number of au- roras has been computed, and the aver- . e . .. age result for the upper limit, of 'the streamers is 45.0 miles. From a multi- tude of observations it is coracItided that the aurora . seldom appears at an elevation less than 0 miles above the • earth's surface, and that it frequently • ext,ends Upward tc•an elevation. of 500 miles. Auroral arches having a well defined border are generally!. less than 100 miles in height. - Auroras are very unequally distri- buted over the earth's surface. •They occur most frequently in the highet. lalitades, and .arealmost unknown within the „.tropics ' At jiaxana, latitude ' 23 degrees, but six . auroras have .been rcesrdect- within a ' hundred • years, and south of Havana anroras, - are &All nrore unfrequent. As we travel northward frdin -Cuba; auroras .. increase in frequency and brilliklucy ; • they rise higher in the heavens, and • oftener ascend to _ the zenith. Near • the parallel of 40 degrees we find on an average only ten auroras annually. Near the parallel cif 42 degreess the. • avetage nutnoer istwenty annually ; near 45 degrees the . number is forty, ; and near the parallel' of 50 ' degrees it toratents to eighi,y annually. Between this point and the parallel Of 62 de- grees, auroras,- during the winter, are seen almost every night. They appear highlin, the heavens, and -- as often to the south as the north. In regions further north they are seldom seen ex, • cept in the south, and from this point •- they' diminish in frequency and bril- liancy as we. advance toward the iiole. 1( 1:tieyorad latitude 62 deg ees the average -number of auroras, is r duced to icirty • annually. Beyond latitude 67 -degrees • it is reduced to•twenty-'* .and • near latitude 78 degrees it is reduced to ten annually: Auroral exhibitions .I take place in the upper regions of the atmosphere, since they partake of the earth's rota- •- tion. All the celestial 'bodies have an apparent motion froma east to west, • arising from thi retatioh Of- the' earth ;, but bodies helongiug to the earth, in- cluding -the atmosphere and the clouds which float init, partake of theearth's rotation, so that their -relative position is not affected by it The satire is true • of auroral exhibitions. ' Whenever an ttitir6ral corona is formed, it maintains y Onsibl e saine position ,in the hea- - . th, - *ens during , the ' Whole, -period * of lits e‘eatinuencei althcmgh the stars me(in- 'while revolve at the rate of 15 degrees perhour.. , . • The grosser - part of the earth's at- aliorip"tere is limited to a -moderate dis- twee from the earth. At the height •of a little over four miles, the density t:tif 'the air is only one-half what it is at the earth's surface. At the height of *inappreciable in its effect upon twilight. The phenorciena of lunar eclipees. imi- oate an appreciable atmosphere at the height of 66 miles. The phenomena of shoot stars indicate an atmosphere at the height of 200 or 300 - while the auroi.a indicates that the 'at- mosphere duelnot entirely cease at the height of 5001 miles. Auroral exhibi- tions take place, therefore, in an at- mosphere of extreme rarity ; so rare indeed that if, in•experituents with an airrpump, we eould exhaust the air as completely, .we should say that we had obtained a perfect vacuum. • The auroral beams are simply spaces which are illumined by the .flow electricity through the 'upper regions of the atni�sphe.rei During the auro- ras of 1859 these beams were nearly 500 _miles in length, and their lower extremities were elevated about 45 miles above the earth's surface. Their 'tops inclined tawrad the south, about 17 degrees in the neighborhood of New York, this being the position which the dipping -needle there assumes.,—PRO- FESSOR Loomis, in Harper's Magazine, In. the Orient. 'TURKISH LIFE. In a Mahommedan household all the luxury is reserved, for the harem. . In the Cdelisk are kept the soft carpets, the brilliant rugs, the silken embroi- deries, the. nth'rois, the 'fountains, the polished woods ; for here is. lived the life of intimaey and secrecy into which not even a friend or a r elative can enter. Turkish life. is sealed so completely, that it is not only difficult, but - n.early. impossible to know what passes behind the firly trellisrd windows, and for this reason and the absolute govern- ment of the Terlcs in their houst s, I een readily b.elieve those stories of ter- rible cruelties and ciiines eommitted by the birrharous maeters on wives and slaves ; in fact, as an active criminal agent, poison is in- freqUent use, and I have heard Turki talk of the strong coffee with a ,cool and terrible empha- sis. Talking to a Turk ef his wife or the feinale/membet•s of his family is to commit ethe most gross irnpoliteness, and banished from. the subject of social conveirsation are all those polite enqUi- ries of "How is your wife's health I" etc. In Let, the wife of one of our arnbaSsadors, in presenting some beau- tifal ,presents to one, of the pachas, which of course were intended for the lady Members of his household; us words such as "H re are the • stu which you know better than any o re how td employ !" Therefore," it is one of the ineeneeuities r.rf thi.s .strange people, that, being the most barbarod,e, gross and selfish, they yet can haVe their susceptiailities .wounded nioire quickly -than any other people in the world. • A VILLAGE ON THE NILE. I have just come abroad from a wil- derness of crumbling mum huts almost buried amongst the palms --miserable hovels, with rude holes for doors, &Id tavistett palm -mats for roofs ; inside and outside sit groups of -women, whohe faces'though unveiled ale tattooed with liluefiguies,-and are horrible to look, upon. In Egypt, as in more cultivated lands; you may take it for grunted that those who are Most anxious to cover their faces are the old hags, and in-' deed the lot of woman is a la.menteble one•bete, for while obliged to share the •affections of her husband with others in this world, she is supposed to be put aside for the lcouris in the next. In- deed, • many claim that women ,have no souls, and that their crily chance immortality rests on. the tra- dition of Mohamnied's conversation with the old woman who importuned bin, for a place in Paradise. - "Vex me not," said the husband of Cadijah, "there can be no old womenin Paradise--"- • • But when the ancient wife sent forth her lamentations, the diplomatic pro- phet added, "because tice old will be all made young again I" •• _ But I must not wander from de- scriptions of the village Naked little children, almost all of thern- hopelessly afflicted with the ophthalmic curse, ley in dust -heaps in front of their cabins, the larger ones were playing at koora with stones and crooked sticks, but they soon left this sport to join the old men who followed us with whines and pra.yers for backehish. The Traveler coolly shot his pigeons from the family stock in the centre of the town, whirl raised a clarnor among the women, -only to be allyed by a. few copper piasters. In a line along ene of the less Crooked avenues were people sitting in the dirt, exhihing for sale eggs, brass and copper trinkets gaudy handkerchiefs, beads, bread, and rice, and making a noise, in bargaining and selling, like unto twenty flocks of geese. Proud -looking Bedouins, mounted on deck mares, rode through- the town, brandishing, with a and of warrior -air, their long spears Women, prpbably the dancers or almoe,s of the town, sat with fierce - looking men in front of the cafes: they were dressed in scant blue cotton ,50 miles ,the Atmosphere is, seell-nighi gowns, hut with legs and brea.sts bare; they wore head dresses, arm, breast, and -leg ornaments of silver and gold coins, generally they. were tattooed, but their large' velYety eyes were gen - tie as those ofanimals, and soft. and tender as the gazelle's. , • w AN EGYPTIAN DANCE GN‘ THE NILE. When thel girls arose, . the grace of their forms were visible they bad on Ther'professior_al, dress worn in the village, which consisted -of a short embroidered jacket, fitting close, but open in fl -or t, expueing their bosoms, on which Lung strings •of glittering arna-nentsi long loose trousers of trans- parent silk, a thin Fedi of cashmere twisted around the loins, rather than the waist, and slippers of red moreclo, with upturned points, completed the costume. Their hair bung in long braids down their baeka, and hundreds of small gold coins were tWistedlin it. and sparkled as well in glitterine circ- lets over brows, as around necksr and arms. Their eyelids were , delicately painted -vith kohl so as to make them almond shaped and—languishing; and they advanced to the centre of the boat with a certain symmetry that was in harmony.' with they took music; As thy took their pieces, they threw. off their slippers and '6,irtimr,;. need the rnovemeet, keeping time to •the notes of the reed - pipe, 'and accompanying it with the clapping of castanets whicli were fa.s- tened to the thumb and fore -finger of each hand. There were three of them young and beautiful ; the others were hideous, with rat's eyes, flaccid cheeks, and tattooed chins, so I contented my- self with ...watching the florist agreeable. They danced in groups of two or four, and then agitating their copper cymbals around and above their beads, they ad- vaneecl right and left, circling, ving and retreating, until a sort of prelude was finished, when joining the orches- tra, who set up a dismal, mellinchole song, they began a movement of the body almost impossiole to describe. Their limbs seemed to be seized with a trembling, but they moved not from their 'position, • while the upper parts of the body swayed and -turned in a sort of a dancing trepidation,,becoming :more and more agitated in time tb the music and wild- singing , and their breasts feigned with immodesty the most sensual physical enaotions, until they seemed almost to exhaust. them- selves in an audacious ecetacy. • A Masonic Pin. A good story is told of a confident individual evidently well 'read up" • in the mysteries, who applied at the outer reception room of a Boston,Ma- sonic •Lodge for admission. An emi- nent brothe who was quietly sittuag there, •but o made no sign hat he was anybod . requested the Stranger to be seated, and he wonld send in for proper persons to examine the creden- tials of the visitor. . "Oh, it's no mat- ter about that, I'm all right," said the applicant, making 'sundry extraor- dinary passes with bit hand and con- tortions of visage. "That m; y be, but I think they always ee.amine straneers who desire to visit tire lodge," said the attending brother. "Well, I'm ready for'em," said the visitor, confidently. "Glad to hear it --that is quite an ela- borate breast -pin you have there 91" Said the other, locking with some interest at the. big letter G., which the visitor had conspicuously • displayed upon his shirt bosom. • "Ya -as, that's.a Masonic pin," replied the wearer, swelling out his breast. -Indeed ! •Letter well, I suppose you know -what that means?" "Oh, yes, certainly ; letter G stands for Jerusalem—a sorter head - 'quarters, of us Xasons, yOu know:", The querist didn't know it, arid the ap- plicant, it is alnaost unnecestary to state, did not get any further into the. lodge. • • As A LOCAL APPLICATION in the number- less diseases to which the skin is liable, Dr. Brigg's Allevantor will'prove superior to all the lotions, washes, linaments, cerates or ointments, commonly in use for such purpos- es. The Allevantor, from its composition is designed to accomplish a twofold object, namely,, througu its Enollient properties to soften and soothe inflamed an irritated sur- faces and allay the distressing itching that accompany all eruptive diseases, and through its healthy stimulent effeet to alter diseased • action and enable the skin to resume itswant- ed smooth condition. There nothing so • desirable as a healthy and beautiful skin': therefore, a remedy that produces it, driving away all impmities, should, be used at once. Sold by druggists and country me.nliants. Dr. J. Briggs & Co., proprietors, 108:Broad- way, N. Y., and No. 6 King Street, West, Toronto. Ft)r Sale by J. Seatter. If you want to. keep your enemies fiom.knowitag any harm of you, don't let' yonr frie,nds know any. Poyerty will- never disgrace a man unless he hastens to•be rich by some illegal proceeding. * • DYSPEPSIA. cured by using Dr. Collay's An-, ti -Costive and Tonic Pills They regulate the Bowels, ecorkeet the Liver', clear the Com- plexion, and renovate the system ; they are composed of active ingredients in "a highly concentrated form, ana strike at the root of disease, curing almost like magic. Thous ads U nds,stify to their extraordinary curative properties. Sold by all dealers. 73-ly 41itu-1, 5 . A . ,- ..z,.) 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MILLINERY! • DRESS, AND MANTLE MAKING, MSS IVI/INTOSH WISHES to announce to the ladies ,of Sea-forth:0.nd vicinity, that she is pre- pared to execute all orders,with neatness and despatch, and in the latest style and fashion of the season, ' From her experience in the above business; she hopes, by unremitting attention to .the wants and tastes of those who may favor her with a call, to me•rit a •libe•ral share of, public patronage. - orROOMS over Corby's Store. Entrance Second Door North of the Telegraph Office. Seaforth, A.pril 2, 1869. • 69-3m. "CANADA WAREHOUSE," In Scott's Brick Block, SEAFORTH HE subscriber has received his first in- stalment of PRING GOOD LADIES & MISSES' Brown Black, Colored aed White • suXDo-yvNs. • GENTLEMEN'S Straw, Canton, Panama, Felt, All Wool and Merino - H S ! Decided Bargains in Union, All -Wool and •• BRUSSELS CARPETS. Also some very. choice Gunpowder, and Y -J. A 0 TM A s 1 Sugar* Syrups, Coal Oil, &C. CLOVER AND •TIMCNTNY SEEDS. A large stock of BOOTS & SHOES ex- pected. in a few days. eirlii,eliest price paid for Butter, Eggs. &e. •• ARCHICALD McDOTTGALL. Seefortia, April, 1869. • . 53-ly • 300 t_EGs JAMES' NO I AND GENUINE. BEST QUALITY LINSEED OIL. ! BOILED AND RAW. TURPENTINE, • BENZINE, VARNISHES, • • GLASS, • PUTTY, See„ • At Johnson Bro's. Seaforth, April 9th. • 70 ' GO TO T. J. SIMONS' ATTIT OYSTER For Fresh Oysters, Sardines, Lobsters, Plea, • Oakes, and Sweets of every detcription. CALL AND MEE ZS Fresh Stock Opposite McCANN'S OId Stand: Saforth, Feb. 12, 1861 6341 More of Those 'Dollar Suits! AT CILEGHO_RN'S5 • ALso A Choice Selection ,..of Silk-mixe,d and West of England . -TWEEDS! AT ASTON/SHINGL Y LOW PRICE P eviing Machines for Slo a- . se thAatf7ravbe been run for a -shaq time. TJust the th,ith for Tailors r Drese- makerS. Call and see them working, Seaforth March 18. 67-3m FRANK PAL_ (RIDGE'S Old Establish.edi PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY REMOVED! TY numerous customers and the publie IVi generally will please not forget that 1 have Removed from the Old Stand to the OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET; Into Scott's New :3 story Brick Block, next to Kidd & M'Mulkin'S store, and directly south of !Hickson's new stere, win re 1 have built the best Gallery in the County especi- ally for my own work, being large and cOM. modious, and with the proper actenie light being the only Gallery in Seaforth construct: ed on true photographic principks.The only tight that can rejlect.the t?-ue Features. flatter myself that I can satisfy all who may call. Remember, I don't want your money for nothing; I am bound to. please or no pay. As many have lad pictures in Seaforth, but wSre dissatisfied, having eceifoundticl nay name with 'another, I would. request if you want a good pieture, -properly made and. durable that you ask for Frank Paltridge. Don't ask for Paltridge's, only, but Frank Paltridge. I am thes explicit, 'because nany think they are going to get a picture made by Frank Paltridge ; but by a mistake, in not going to Frank P.'s, get sadly disap- pointed. SVASK FOR, AND GO TO PRANK; In tlae Brick Block, up one flight of stain, and turn to the light hand. Mt specimens at tile door are all my own make, and are not bouglrt or borrowed to decoy the public.' Come any day, Frank is always at Atone and in Good Temper. Pictures of deceased carefully copied inta any kind of Picture desired. Remember, it is to ,e'rara Faltrictge's von haw to go to get a good Photograph. New and rich Furniture, Scenery, &c., that will make ) our picture look rich, and wont sending to your .friends. Who does not know FRANK PAI,TRIDGE t. • Seaforth, Jan. 6th. • 53-1y 'SEATTER EXCHANGE BROKER! • And dealer in Pure DRUGS, CHEMICALS- & DYE STUFFS. „ The Dreg Department is under the special care of an experienced Chemist, • &M.• PRA MON. January Vst, 1869. 1,94/f THOS. BELL, CABINET & °HAIR MAKER UNDERrA,KER A LargeStock. ita' • LL kinds of furniture kept constantlyos hand, consisting of the beat vaiieties. Krughrufrs Spring ..Mattrasses, Chi/are:A Carriages. COffnlii kept constantly on hand. Work Made on the premises: WI A Hearse fer hire. -Wareroom op- posite Kidd & McMullone. . ' TAWS. BELL, Mar.& 24, 1868. a • OFFICES TO LET. i -vou-B. excellent offices to let in Scottie New Brick Block. Apply MeCA MILEY & 11012614TEDIL Seaforth. Jan. 27. 1869. •IOW - • SOAP SUDS, —A from two to four h conskructed in the 43r • .btuntlry of -ev-ery system of -conductor Suds and Slops into' _ This liquid matter is lizer, containing the' state of solution, and_ a condition to be rekl absorbed by vet. . plied. Irrigating suds, after the is a powerful mean able growth, especia, Some have -considered. •- to that of the same This,. however, is pr6I ated estimate ; yet, tional corroboration • intrinsic I'worth as a • ent. •Great care shiol that the tlecaying mi) • not taint tht sir aboil in the process of ferM composition, sulPhura g Js is thrown oft.: poison,. 'When inkil -upon the blood, tin.,1te it bhick. A single gai witF 1,200. of air, wif1l • ous to birds, and On wili kill a • • POTAT4riES.-111IC A cztitu2-ct/i4 says `size of potatoes uheOt small or!lame wh• tatoes, when7tia, e pia inehes high, let the s pulling them up to very much larger, ni all fit for the market o is easy to 'try a few . Teriment. TREE ROOTS,— Vardener'i? Afandily ly twentyfive. years al. fibres of trees were -t the leaves; they. die have the same rel - roots as the•leaves I except that while preparers • of food,— fibres are the provid men of the cooks. fully a yoiing tree, aii the fibres are nearly zind that they deer importanc;e vith t'N In the largest tree.. will be foUnd one f Large trees ----tap roo s will find, but rio ° the tree. • SELEcriltG Cows: gives tie following as lecting a Cow First,: I view of the animal, at s„)..out two rods,as years that there' was in the general prop class milkers, being just ba'.k of their f pared with the gi their hips. I never milker, of any breed, portioned; ; so that if t ing in. an animal reom- do not care to leOk at .1 want a breeder for pose than the dairy.. va I shouid want a co portions -4. e. larger next feel the size Of the' trace thein to their ent chest, which, in-superi 2.thnitting the ball of ifdivided, or subdivide times the case, I jud: each orifice, as I care I itself, than the orifice amine, by sight and to. •or bag, which nitist -.order to hoid much . wide apart and free. .warts, or sores of any k - quire how long she. g calving, as I don't wan 7give milk less than fo -of eve,. y lwenty-two ; ty( of•ni& and to.el with my own hands. ti SCRAP/NO .A.:-PPLE TREES siding in the western p' setts had, vaaw years 13. ard; naany':, of whose tr in a- rough coating of b, -<luctive days mooed to: the owner .vras count supply of fireweed fren iflgWine'. It was- s •thatif the bodies o well scraped, an impro • might-re4tiltrfrotu the -twenty •of thena Were vigorous application Of rough coating thorough ;ensuing season showed provement for their credit of vihich; whet was assigned to the o hoe. He who is slowest in Ise/ is gengriihy more forming it'