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The Expositor, 1869-07-09, Page 4r • ' • 5,* I ••• 4 THE SEAFORTH EXPOSITOR ON. Co ttirgi ued front Firet Page, thirre, who used these glowingev- ‘ The soil of the Red River Settle is a black mould of considerable d which, when first tilled, produces e ordivary crops, as much on some sions as forty returns of wheat ; and after twenty successive Yeats of cal- .. tivatiora withont the relief of manure or *of fallow:or of green crop, it 'still yields from fifteen to twenty-five ush- els an, acre. The -wheat proclue d i. plump' and heavy. .There are .ials6 large - quantities of grain Of all binds, besides bed, mutton, pork, bu!tter, . cheese, and Wool in abundance.' i All - that we know pf the Red River i and . Lake Winnipeg regioas seents to Point te an antlogy with the land no iced - in Douglas eferrOlds sparkling wo els : 411.o?k1e it with a hoe, and it wi11 laugh with a harvest.' rds ent pth, tra ccas- • . Persian Archers. - From the accounts we liave of the Persians, they appear to be astonishingly expert in the use of the bow, and may be placed in the first rank of archers. Chardian says they shoot with. SO Much accuraey, that they will drive an arrow into the same hole many times stieless- ively.; and Mr. Tavernier, who Wee present at a review of the Persian. Oat valary in 1654, fullyarms the aSser- tion of Chardian. His account of the exhibition is very milieus. The king; accompanied° by his principal offices, stood en a portal to one of the royal gardens whence they viewed the most : expert and:best-looking of his troops, who were ordered to Vide singly before the place where the king was stationed. The horsemen rode full Sneed, and as they passed, each man '"shot an arrow into the turf butt, prepared fpr the oc- eesien. When the review closed, the person whose arrow steed nearest the centre was proniised an. increese, of pay. There- was one Voreem.au who, riding in his turn, when he came before the portal, stopped his horse . and walked over the plain', conttary to the order of the general: When he came oppo- site the batt he refused to shoot his are row, and only raised his arm in the at- titude of drawing the bow, The king, enraged to see his. discipline so grossly disreearded, ordered his horseand weap- ons to he immediately taken from him, bat one of the generalspleaded his cause, and assured his majesty that he was one of the beet soldiers in the army, aild . had fully proved his skill and -courage a' in the siege of Erivan and, Oanclehar. " The king then commanded the horse and arms to be restored, to the cavalier, and he was ordered to take his turn in the review, He aCcordingly „advanced ' cryMg out : . " - "Where would the king have me; to shoot" , • "At the target where the other herse- , men have shot," said one of the gener- . - als. , The soldier, w-ith a smile, said : "Must I, -thn, direct, my arrows against a turf"? I would rather point them at the enemies of my country, .against whom I would soonee discharge ., three quivers, than a ',single arrow at • event, he nation having had enough o regen, y, the young Queen, although Only Oeyearaof age, was declared by the Cortes- to, he of age.' The history of her reign is well 'knownbile, in her turn, has been driven out of Spain, and, in default of an eligible candilate for the Spanish throne, a Regency has once more been esta,blished. Francisco Serrano, the new Regent, is one of those Many soldiers of fertilise in Spainwho owes their fame and teak to the. devotion with which they at- tached themselves to the,cause of Chris- tina, and the courage with which they fought during the •war of independence: Like many othet-s of his class he was liberally rewarded by the Queen Mother, and at the period of her over- throW in 184l, he already 1,1;11d high raeklin. the military service -of his eountry. The 'Queen's =abdieation and exile did not 4ong retard his advance. pent, for he took -a" prominent: pa,rt in the suceessful movement against the Regent Espartero; and immediately on. the restoration of Christina he joined Narvaez in his scheme to combat and. destroy the influence of the' Minister Olezagat He- played his cards with so much skill that hecentinued steadily to rise at "Court, gaining great influence, over the mind of the young Queen. An attempt was made shortly after by the Duke de Sotomayer to ruin Serrano politically,i but it recoiled on that Minister's pwn head, Serrano _succeed- ing- in overthrowing the Ministry of which the Duke was chief. Popular opinion, _however proved more power ful than royal favor, and Serrano 'sub- sequently felt with the Ministry of the Salamanca, with whose fortunes lie .had identified himself. I1p to this time the , lucky favorite had been reactionary in politics but he now oe- came a Libetal ; and be has ever since been identified with what is know in A Flea Entertainment, bit, Great Cape Diamond. Th4 Cape Standard says:—The legal inter ct hail of course, defer4ed the presei1t holders , from sending to Eu- rope 4e large diamond, the disc very of whichints caused BO much spec lation. It is Opcnted that the diamond is to go -Co England in the steamer, and that it has Ieeri insured for £30,000. a We have ieeri assured that the folle ving is a truer, statement of • the findin of the Soutll'African Koh-i-noor. Swo tbooy, the finder, who now lives at St ndfon- tem, on this !side of the Orange River, was asked to tell about)the finding of the diamond, and thereupon he poin- ting to the opposite side of the rivsr, said: 'Do von see the hill there' altout •, 300 yards *from the river, with t hut on it?' Swartbeoy then r joined 'That is my hut; I am a Griqua, and I was living there tweet two mont s ago, when one morning I ran out of he•hut to turn some goats which were s reying and about 200 yards from the hut, on the ground,,. I saw a pecu1iar-1 oking • stone, and on taking it up I xe t con- vinced it mast be a diamond, al ho' I had never seen one, I carefully • ut it away and only showed it to 'a few mu- tual friends. cautioning them not to sayanything, lest it should get to WaterbOor's ears, who would claidit. Shortly after, I removed to: 114 (the colonial) side of the river and entered the service ot iny present employer. I told him I had a -diamond, for which I wanted 100 goats or sheep, but I 'did not produce the diamond, and nuthing came of my oflraftert1i. 1 one cla:, g .ve it to my nephew and told him to taste it Seha.k Nickerd, and ask him what he .would give for it, I then sold it to Niekerk for 500 sheep, 10 head of cattle, and a horse.' .SPain as the Liberal Tinian party.. He -- was sent ie -1854-into exile for haeleg taken paet in the Smagossa outbreak ; but the revolution ,efcluly in that year opened the* way for his ratan to Spain, and he became a warm supporter of the O'Donnell-DSpartero coalition He played a prominent part in the coup - d'etat of July, 1856, it being principal- ly' through his instrumentality that the insurteetiort of „Madrid was *subdued, and. -O'Donnell enabled to seize power as Dictator. Fot this service he was sett as !Ambassador to Paris-; bat the downfall of _O'Donnell 'shortly after. led -to his iecall Iu 1865 he WO pointed --by the new O'Donnell Cabinet, Captiiiii-General in Madrid. For Many years he has had a Seat in the &pate, where he, has distinguished himself by imiforni and vigorous opposition to the i.eactionary policy of the old school of:Spanish etatesmen, and by his hearty support: of all liberal measUrea. He has feiken a quiet but- influential :part in this last revolution, and he owes his elevation to power as Regent to the character hehaStwon of late years for prudence' and n:oderatien, joined to- litter-al:and enlightened views., Serrano is about 70 yearS of age, having • been born ot the end Of the last century. • ° . , this turf." . Romance at a Forei9-n Watering Ilace---Two Ladies :eight a Dtel. He then drew- two arrows, and tak- 'mg oaain hie_months, -placed the other 'Tn.e. last numlaie of The Paris Movie in hie bow, when, darting bis horse teur. contains .the following romance. vigoteesly across the plain till he. pass- ed the butt in. the Parthian attitude of = shooting 'behind him, drOve an arrow into the centre of the target. „Tut nieg - about suddenly, lie, in tier shot his second artON ;the bole whence ins' ,,been drawn. The New Regent he same man - precisely in "1-st arrow had f Spana. Spain is once - more a monarchy without a crowned head, the Constitu- ent Cortes having passec *a decree ee- tablishing a reg€nc? u idec Mat.shat Serrano,' on the duties of which he en- tered on Sat.,rday. the. third . time within forty years past that the Spanish people have tad a regent_ for their reler. - In Octobe 1832, Queen e. Christina was appointed gent during_ the indisposition of9lter nhaious con- sort, Ferdinand VII., hen near: his end, and coutinued to act in that' ca,paeity till his death in the following gear, whect s'ae assume( the title of Governing, -Queen unt 1 her infant " daughter, Isabella II., lately driven from the Spanish throue,, blIOUld attain her Jnajority. :Queen in We, she was l'egerit in reality, holdi g the throne -for her daughter,. Whose claims to it ageiust the pretensions 0 L Lion Carlos were . established by ti e quadruple , treaty of 1834. Victori usover the Carlists, after ,te-rri le civil war, lasting for seven'yearsi 1hnstina -was compelled by the tevolut onary move- ment at 'Madrid in 1840, to abdicAe, and leave the 'kingdom, her downfall being followed by the a the celebrated General, Es of Vittoria, to power, a:.", inef the minority of the Zpartero. held power ;for two years, at the expirat time he"was himself eve revolution, immediately _ pointment of artero, Duk,e Two ladies of the worle, who pass ,the winter season at the watering places on the shores of the Mediteiranean, were scaling at 6 o'clock On the morn- ine of the loth of Allay, the gorges of the Alps undulating toward the sea, ata few miles distant from Vintimiglia. Upon reaching the summit of the hill, - on which ele to be seen tue reins of the, Roman easfle, they stopped two pea- sant 'women, and induced them, by Means of a sum of money, to -serve them as Witnesses in a very important oj eraeion, which they said tin y were about to execute. The two ladies -teat measueed the ground. One of them placed he self 'wttn het back against die *ruins of the Castle of Appins, and the other placed herslf before her—at a distance of twenty steps. Each of them drew a pistol from ander a cloak which they wore. At the sight of these weapons the peaeant w omen tittered piarcing cries, and advanced With uplifted arms c to pievent the Anta,zons from .thing at One another. But two shots were 'discharged at the same moment. The pour peasant women fell down while the twO ladies -burst into loud laughter upon seeing their witneeses on the ground piteous- lya .begginthem nut to kill them. The laches thben reloaded the, pistols and took positions in front of each other, at a distance of fifteen steps. They were about to fire again, when a third wit- ness made his appearance. It was a priest. He emerged from behind 'the = wall of the ancient castle. Staitled by the report of the pistolshe had hasten- ed to the spot from the neighboring parsonage. He urged the ,,two !rivals egent, d*- to make up their quarrel and sticceed- oung Queened in reconciling them, They tlten.rac- little over companied him to the neighboring on of which village church, where they confessed thrown by a and iteceived absolution. A love affair after which., was at the .bottom of the strange duel. • The flea has been -caught, captured and made 1)&4'111 at last. We some ti m e since mentioned that a gentleman, calling himself Prof. Kitchipgman, had been endeavering to educate the pulex irrita91,9, and that he had succeeeed to some extent. He is. now showin to FRESH ARRIVALS AT THE BOOK STORE! WZIVDOW IN GREAT VARIETY. "Nimm.o's Popular Tales," "Tales of the Borders," "St. Patrick's Eve," "`Haid Times," r "Morning by Morning," by Spurgeon. "The Prodigal Son," by :Punshon. "Light to the Path," by Hamilton. "Kinglake's War in the Crimea," .‘Chase's Receipes," ' . - Bibles and Testaments in la ge and • small print, ALBUMS AND FANCY GOODS. [ British. and A.merican Magazines supplied to order. , Wall Paper 1 S CHOOL BOOKS, Foolsenp, Letter and 0 Note Paper, always on hand ; also Law Forms, Blank Notes, Day Bootee, Ledgers, &c. CriPSEAFORTH "tX.POSITOR." Daily Globe and Daily Telegraph for Sale. William Elliott. Seaforth. April 2, 1869. 54- tf. R Lt1VIBER. rinfiliunleersielefd. hieave on hand at their NORTH OF ..AINLEYilILLE 100,000 feet of 'dry inch pine; over 20,000 feet of dry inch flooring, 11 and lA inches thick. Also about 30,000 feet of board and.' strip Lath ; a lot of Siding, two-inch Plank and green - lumber, Pine and Hemlock, all of which will be'sold AT VERY LOW PRICES I In order to make room for piling the many thousands yet to be cat. - Orders from a distance will be promptly attended to. M. &T. SMITH. • snowing,to 12th, 1869.. such of the world of London as are to ' his exhibition, what teaching and patient labc r can do in prodacilig per- forming fleas. . He has made fleas' ,furniture, men-of-war, chariots, i ail way engines, treadmills, , tight ropes,, sea saws and gar's, and has brought hie in- sects to 31.1Ch a pitch of perfection that they draw, pull, fire and io other wonderful things when he wants them to do so. They are tied to the nstru- ments by fine hairs or glees tl reads, and soon learn how to do their work. Mr. KiDchingham.believes the cr attires have intellects. Without enc orsing this -or unduly trittuaphing at the fact that the irsect, which has solong laugh- ed 4 malt, spoiled his temper so often, and boffled so effectually all atteMpts at suppeession, can now be tamed . and brought under the master mintl, we congratideite the professor on haling -accomplished a most wOnderfel task. The flea is certainly a Lad master ; we ho -pe he will prove a good serve nt. • ....--t To the North Pole by Balloon. ' t A new and _daring experim lit is not, d by the Pall Mall Gazette : 'The invariable failure which has hitke to at, tended nantieal expeditions. to at; ('tic regions has induced two Fren Messiers Tissandier and de - Fonivielre, to undertake the enterprise of reaching the north pole in a ball( an. The maseh-- ine in which the bold ad venturers are about to emlecrk on their perilons jour- ney. and which is appropriately named 75-3m. MILLINERY/MID IDIRMSS _MRS. GUTHRIE & MISS CLEGG A RE now prepared to execute all orders in Millinery, Dress ,and Man-th Mak- ing, in the Latest Style and Fashion. Par- ticular attention• -devoted to Straw Goods ()orders left at the house of Mrs. Guthrie. Main Street, will receive immediate atten- tion. 70-tf. - Seaferth, Anril 9th, 1869. CANA_DIAN ANNEXATION 1 MYIE undersigned mmexed a large qua,ntity of New Goods!! To his old stock, and. REMOVED! The whole across the Street, TO ATCANN'S OLD STAND. Combined, they form the best selected. Stook of Boots and Sabss Ever offered to.the inhabitants of Seaforth, and parties -who trade there, compris. g La- dies', Gents, and Childrens' wear in great variety, of the very Latest Styles and best quality -and which -will be disposal of at 1,0 Pole Nord,' is now beingcemPlet the Very Lowest Possible Reraura.tive Prices ted in the Champ de Mars, whieli the for 0,.k8H. Also a large quantity of Horne- ° overument have placed at their- dis- made Work always on hand. t. ORDERED ORK of all kinds got u in posal for the purpose.. The etronsteeW , a style that cannot fail to give satisfaction *-111PAIRING Neatly Execut,ed„. forget'McCann's Old Stand. SICN OF THE BIC BOOT. TEI08. COVENTRY. Seaforth, Aigil 29th. ' 7-ttf. balloon, beSideNt hieh the famous C-I-eant would seem a mere toy, will contain over 10,000 cubio metres of gm, and is compoeed entirely of a cloth manu- factured from caeut whico will allow of great expansion in the rare fled strata of the atmosphere. The scams Smiting the diffirent pieces form the total length of three :English nies The car, a marvel, it is said, or strength and lightness, is constructed to .earry ten passengers, 4,0001os Of ballast, and provisions for a m on th. We can only hope this bold enterprise may be atten- ded wih' better luck than the terial flight of the Geent in 1863. Tee New •Englanders', when they want to describe an ill-teninered beauty say, "She is gO61-1ooking bnt ugly." "Where shall I put this paper, ...so as to be sure of seeing it to -morrow `1" in- quired Mary Jane of her brother Char- les. "On the looking,glass," WAS her bi other's reply. BLOWS.—Hearing a physician re- rnark that a small blow would break the nose, Simon exclaimed, "Well, I .dunpo 'bout that. I've given my nose a good many blows ;and I've never broken it yet." By a qiii.ek movement he avoided a blow on the head. IF YOU WANT CHEAP AINTS, TINE, RAJ NG COMBS, Jr r- pITTTY, COLORS, cite., Go to ROLLS' FOit PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, AND PATENT RI EDICiN ES, Go to Rom% . .• • ..sgA.FoRTH ;FURNITURE WAIERCOES1 - • M. ROBERTSON, Importer and manufacturer. of all li:pids of HOUSEHOLD FURNITUR Such as' SOFAS, LOUNGES. CENTRE TABLES, - MA TTRA,13S'E$, DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES, BUREAUS, - CHAIRS, and BEDSTEADS, In Great Vk.rietsy.. My. R. has great confidence in offuiag his goods ttt the public, as they are natide of Good Seasoned. Lmnber, and by Firs -VI -Class Wotkmen. ' CO FF f MADE TO OFMER On the ShorteLii, Notice. WOOD. -TURNING Done with Neatn6s and. Despe,tch. Warerooms : TWO DOORS SOUTH SH...kR•P'S HOTEL • Main Street. Senforth, Jan. 6th, 1869. 5744 - Qrt) -112‘"r I aTAIS SUTHERLAND T 'LOBS trvE removed to their new premise on ‘s. GODER1CH STREE. NEXT _DOOR TO Lums.clen's Drug Sto THE CUTTING DEPARTM Attended to by MR . CHAS„ -SUM LAND, from Limdon England. for Style, fit$ and -workmanship, guaran- teed, CHARGES MODERATE. R. P. SUTHERLAND.. Ceree. Suenear Scaforth, June 4 1869., 464 m•••••=•., SEATTER EXCITANGE BROKER And dealer in Pure mugs, CHEMICALS & NIS STU The Drug Department is under the s alma care of an experieneed Chemist, E. M. PEARSOlk. January 21.4, 1869, 01-4 THOS. BELL, CABINET &CHAIIIMAKER UNDERTAKER &c. CP- A Large Stook. A LL kinds of furniturekept constantlyon jj hand, consisting of the best `variet- Kru'ghtuff's Spring `Mattrasses, Childiates Carriages. Coffins kept constantly on h Work made en the premises. 41-,ci* A Heatsfor hire. Wareroom posite. Kidd & MckuLkina. TliOS. BELL March 24 1808.. • t • • 1 LULTUI Onca.triT9,--()Iii and n may' be pre:tett/It thin Or wood, and nt.2,4ze. :in open AVa.ter•t-1.1.0f)tfictt atielters 5 ted grefelegtetwat: over la. ToenIfieli7:1fleiliTtr.,,-:°:trti':ttl.44}i,ifitlooPn:elthlitt,- will be innt-lt: filter and le hie -et pri,..et; to , ity for I, r3311 11,(,TiLdis0 7.41,1*31 ti.311..0tlibeelri0.! the bark v.iii rni,231d Of are n3zaure-; brat low down the bete -of stecksi budded Look to the grdts.- Whet at in_ and botherowine-e e , e 11.141 pinch any f,bbots a th 1)11,e Old - gr )W t.-90 'faSt : ese there?' that spring froml the graft; Ifulreit 'tr- , epring, eepeelally on. < the soil light by frerfat eteen-stallte -manure ven ,stonets, wilt do t.* mi tool ti,-na moist. 1 gro OLetitit,iolsigit :11:ill°. Ni-)..icaefei•IV,.,:teaopf sitter around the lower part 01 the soil; probe out any poi' in th,;_ tree. ,(...).2i.e.2t seeds! and keep seedlings and Alal * tr4es::Gr oAfn:.q(1.-1. FPrrune-1 , pi& nshoots, to c -ntrol the c ut off snperiluo,,s 011e4. ! Pear -Sing :I ppear; ;2 dlItt IN i -sleeked lienee the ' Red, = P), led by fiequent 'Syringingsi sude; thin fruit freely,- esi largPr so..t of Peers, Whe -.f. ing Rasberries is *over, - eat canes that have .borue, all: the new ones bnt,,- three 0)1 .stool; this des not apply ti Biaclberries het 'v with fri :tying tie ; stop t e net, can or :Eve feet hi I and pin' to 18 ineh,e.s. Keep tl). a -rape Viw!s tie t up pine]:l fast as they pusl , back -to the fruit eanes tt_thtee er 'beyond the -last, binult; 6 3-ounir vine4 to OVA -r -bear, ., on the flritstittack of mildet the Leetlee andi. large 'et.t:i Straw-oerry- pla+ are wo the soi1 tvith good 6114 them run.. Strike- ruii**' pots of earth set'in the groi KITCHEN le best Ilene in -ciouely or:in keep the plants Ihipping 'et their rootseintech of the su upon presteieg. ]the soil ti thP roots. 'cIdany things 1 this mentif anti make a < 'tnt 'tttnritse,sallettiot 7_,:.i.k.tie yBo.: e * ply pitklea ,;• Eerily sweet t give a 1.4 Ti V; - Buta-oagas Tu pi ps may be sown, as u and '61)inas1.1; salads of a Radir-hes , may be kept •,.et- eeery spece 0 ,uikpka, - i51., 1 ITIOin cropof (.)e cry in ro attest awl six_ ii ehee in rol On IS not very drv, and P herbs frt.-Mt the Seed bed or * whieh an ealiy eiep has b Keep the fitweet Potato _low; ALTanure ASpal.'agit, _ pick zli lai.ge eateivIlars 'atoes, Cabbages end rar..-iel beetles_,ippear bn • the and burn: fliaive the ra nlOnglifOrly set tiltints, an of the weeds. , ave, seeds And eat Hest a Faoweei. Galt*tt:1 ,----Thi' plant anneals. i_Beddill 'Etill he put out e :Save s beet flowers. Prune hed layer shrubs and bedding lawns, and root up ell Reep the boie'ers. &ea., stirred by frequent use Roses wi1l4nee4 attentip joitfe.icirilityir,:s;!$;14rakien off ti I use wlyale- )il :soap for 4u of pertimids-at, soon . • Ti..eup wea -greleving pia = and Mem.; pieulons stakes: Poles 4 e _feet high f * .are just as goo41.as thos and betti:,, aS, it is bea to the top of its post befo down to t e work of beaa . . • ONIoNs, one year with pton ts bre , a rop ase. sinail plat4,s wi ieretvited *tOil.., and 1,1C1117:of htbou 801114410W the . market well supp led_ *id). them. [ . i GArys In 1 chens a little red *or inthe th visible to the iye. Any 1 them out! eu 'es the . c horse habil, a feather Swa are .11 redoniu4ended. tive is to 1Keep the chic the f netgei gtoande and r iu NISI ;b11.11 CO0i7::::, heir f�