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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1869-08-06, Page 81c 11 r The;$argasso Sea. -There is a sea in . the middle of the ocean - Astonishing as the statement sounds, it is literally true. The limits of the sea are as well definedas those of any- of her known collection: of water its characteristics are so special that no one Cal mistake them. When Columbus, on his first voyage, had got some distance to the west of the Canary Islands, he was 'amazed one morning to find his ships dui undulating meadow. As far as.he would 'see, .the water Was covered with .a greenish -Yel- low plant, which appropriated tho sur- face of the sea as thoroughly and effect- ually as water -lues cover a pond.: The wind was light but steady; there were no lairds to indicate the proximity of land • neither was there any apparent cause foe such a collection of. weed. The sailors, already scared by the per- sistence of the wind from one quarter- they- had -got into the trade-winds-- looked rade-winds-looked upon the weed before them, be- hind them, and on either side of them, as infallible proof of their immediate destruction. The Almighty, they said. was angry at their impious attempts to pry into the secrets in the west, and had given them over to the devil, that was causing a wind to blow that would for- - everp .revent their return to Spain, , and, now hadbrought them into a snare such as sailors most dread -shallows extending too far beyond the land to allow the ships or men being saved. The commander could not explain the eight he saw, and might have thought, eight " with h men, that the 'weed was the cast-off clothing of some dangerous rocks which lay a short distance down ready "to teal' and rend them. The deep sea lead-line'was hove, but no bot- tom -was- found. The ships kept on their westerly course, still sounding, and still getting no bottom, till, in a few elays, they drew clear of the weed, and came where the broad. ocean was all around them again, unencumbered by aught- but the ships of the explorers. Ever since the day Columbus saw the weed,- and probablyfor 'thousands of years before he saw it, the Sargasso Sea ---such is the name of the weedy sea- has -existed. -Its bounderies may be in- dieY j � Y ated b tracng a ` triangle, of which are represen t - b the Azores, the Canaries,.and Cape the three corners de Verde. Within these 'limits the sea is still bOttomlesse and is clothed 011 its surface with a garment :of vegetable ma- terial, so thick as to retard the progress of vessels sailing through it. 'Steamers avoid it when. they can do So, because of the fouling' of , the screws and paddles by the weeds. Some times a great storm, proceeding from one point ouside the charmed triangle, causes its effects to be felt within the triangle, and scat- ters the weed more or less out of bounds. But usually there is a placid condition of things in the Saragasso Sea ; thewind is light, the sky is clear, the water nev- er rages, unless such a storm as has beea mentioned shoe -id disturb the wont- ed calmness of the. sea, the siirfaoe, over: several degrees of, latitude, and lougtitiude, is covered, as in theday when Colunbus saw it, with the weed sargassurn, which springs from an ap- parently inexhaustible source. SEA.'OR"T-IPOZTO. The.- .African..terior.•, Until - within a few . years, an im- mense tract of Ountryin. Africa, exten- ding from the west coast far into the interior, had never been explored. Livingstone and other travellers made extensive explorations in the eastern part of that country, but of the western portion little was known. For the purpose of learning something of it and its inhabitants, M. de Chaliu, while yet only ninteen years of age started from New York in a schooner with that aim in view, and remained in Africa three and a half years. His explor- ations have demonstrated the fact that the interior of Africa is- an im wense forest, which, it is estimated, is 1,8000 miles in length and about 700 miles in breadth. -Some of the trees are of gi- gantic size, beii g from two to three hundred feet high' and from twenty to twenty-five feet in diameter. Udder these tall trees other trees grow, and beneath these again is an immense jungle, which, in many places, it is al- most impossible for man to penetrate. In many places he and his followers were obliged to follow in the paths made by the elephant in going from one village to another. It rains 'vel y much in the interior. The heat during March and April is tremendous, the thermometer indicat- ing 140 degrees , and in. July and August, the mercury falls to 70 degrees. As de Chaliu advanced into the country, the land grew higher and high- er, and some of the mountains seen were from ten to twelve thousand feet In height The inhabitants are scattered and divided into a great number of tribes, and miles and miles were 'tra- velled without meeting a single hum. an being barring the chatter of a monkey, or the singing of a bird ; nothing broke 'e silence of the grandest. solitude In his travels he had hunger and star- vation always before him, and during at least . sixty-five out of 365 days in a year he was without food. -The `dlimate is very unhealthy ; the decay of the vegetation in the forest caused him to have fever afterever, but he kept on as best he could. There are no beasts of burden in the interior`; the work is always done by the woman, while the men. sit down at their ease and smoke. Neither are the wild beasts of the north and south of Africa to be found here; everything he discovered was new -beasts, birds' and insects, were unlike any that have been seen before. He discovered thirty-three new tribes of n.en ; north of the equator there are gorillas, and south of the equator dwarfs from three feet eight inches'to four feet six inches,in height. FOR DYE STUFFS, ROLL'S CAN'T BE BEATEN, Either in Price or Quality. FOR LAMPS, CHIMNIES, CIIANDALIERS, BURNERS, W(AS, and COAL OIL, Go to ROLLS', Opposite Foster's Hotel, Seaforth. N. B. -Prescriptions carefully pre pared. Seaforth, June 10th, 1869. 75. TAILORS! TAILORS ! ! HE undersigned offers to rent the back T• shop of a tailoring and clothing establish- ment in the thriving village of Ainleyvlle here there is a business ample for five or six ands. Apply to S.1 JM era ant Tailor,• Dm• gle P. O. Ainleyville, June 25.1869. 81-tf. A RARE CHANCE. , w h 1869. The Proposed Tunnel Between Eng- land and France. gVEYI.UI CYC-- NDER BOX. QnGE :G1 GAJ IING [ LLS ; ODE OF DRIVING STRAW M CARRIERS. N BERWICR. NE�r �PA't' _ ER K "GEA.�� ' M auf'.44)11M# ' EER ,FERE TOT.f S(ND FOR CIRCUL=AR. ) a cIre , e 1 1869. SPRING IMPORTATIONS EOti the 24th of June, the Right Hon- orable John Bright gave an interview at the Board.of Trade office, Whitehall Gardens, to a deputation from the prof - rooter of the project' fot establishing communication between England and France, by a submarine tunnel from Dovor to a point near Cape3 Mance Nez, on the French Coast. ' Lord Rich_ and Grosvenor, M. P., chairman of com- pany,, said the project had been brought under the consideration of the Emperor Napulean- and his government, by whom a commission . of scientific Hien had been appointed to examine and re- port. The commission had reported in mayor of the scheme and its practicaoil- ity. The promoters ventured to think that, in an ' international work of such an 8important character, -involving large outlay, it would hot be unreasonable in them to loom -to the two governments for a certain degree of material er- couragement and ask that the govern- ments of England and France would each guarantee 2- per cent ; upon two millions sterling, to be applied to the driving of .two parallel mining head- ings or driftwa'ys from shore to shore, The Frenchg overnment waited to see what action the English government would take in the matter, and the ob- ject of the deputation in waitiug upon Mr. Bright was- to ask the government, through him, to take the subject into consideration, Mr. Bright put a num- ber of questions, chiefly upon engineer- ing points, aad touching the practicabil- ity of the scheme, and promised to take an early opportunity of laying the matter before the Cabinet, Gharactiristic Anecdotes of Yount Bismark When studying 1' w at Berlin-, Bis: rear k had more tliau e once been dis- appointed lisappointed by .a bootmaker, who did not send home his boots when they were promised, a servant -of. the young jurist. appeared at the bootmakei's at six in. the morning with the simple question. <' Are Her Bismark-'s :boots ready' was told they he were not he departed, and at ten naivetes- past six anotrier servant appeared with the same iuquin• and so at precise ii:tervals of 1 Y' ten minuses, it went ontill all day,by the evening the boots were finished and sent home. The followig; story (date 1 850 when, Bismark.was 35, no longer a youth) of which his biographer is evi- dently proud, is a good illustration of his carefully calculated and far from impulsive peremptoriness. In some one of " the houses of refreshment in Berlin where Bismark was deinking his beer in the haat of the, summer, soine one present offered a gross insult (we are not told what) against some member of the Royal Family. Bismark rose, went up to the man, and shouted,« Out of the house with you if you ere not gone- by the time that 1 haveiniished this glass of beer, 1 shall break it in feces upon your head. ---Of ciourse a great hub -buil arose. but BBistnark quite cooly went on drinking. his beer till he had finished it, and then dashed the {Mass with -such force at the head of the ie an who had been guilty of the' insult, that it whizzed into a multitude of pieces and the wounded man collapsed with a shriek, On this a dee silence suc- ceeded to the turniilt, iii the midst of welch Bismark eo lv asked the waiter ,Ile priceof the °glass, :paid fur it, ancl. I midst general alis it obation w•alkei Irw Ly -The wounded pian inekrtlg n.c tess+ G tat,Lai • rt, r . • 1 - L e+ },� F ,1, . .♦tf: JS a - J v+i4 Ll.( -Ll. \I. IIA-iLen••s KIDD • & M'MULKIN RE NOW prepared to SHOW the Contents of 40 Packages OF Dry G MANTLES, MILLINERY, BOOTS & SHOES THE 'kertfoxiii (Iir'-xpooitor, AND HURON ADVERTISER, E of the largest papers published in the OI County IS PRINTED AND YUBLISHED &c., &c., which .will be sold at the Smallest Profits ! Always on Hand A. Choice Stock of Family Groceries. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Summer Arrangements. Trains will leave follows:- GOING EAST. 6:50 A. m. 10:30 A. M.. 4:10 P.m. the Seaforth Station, GOING WEST. 2:20' lex. 3 :08 P. M. 8:42 P. M. s a ,_ KIDD & McMULKIN. Seaforth, May rth, 1869. EYERN FRIDAY MORNING. ROSS & LUXTON EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. MAIN /STREET, SEAFORTJL TERMS. --,1.50 per annum, in advance. If not so paid, $2.00 will invariably be. the Dominion: The money can be collected on delivery. charged. Try our fresh ground steam Roasted Coffee, f ESTABLISHED 1867, T COMPANY, MANY THE MONTREAL TEA : 6, Hospital S#reet Montreal] The continued success of this 'Company is only attributable to the quality andpurity of their Teas. Over a hundred tifi. usand boxes of Tea have been sent to erent parts of the Dominion, and upwards of .a, -housand testimOUials can be shown, bearing testimony to the quality and purity of the Tea.. A great saving can he effected Eby pur - .chasing direct from us, catties of 5 d 121bz and upwards. Every package wairHied t give satisfaction Club. together and for four or five filb. catties, which w sent carriage free to any Railway Station in RATES OF ADVERTISING in i+i and 101b. tins acrid -upwards, the flavour of which is really excellent, and every pack- vnanix AGREEMENTS. ` age warranted. 201bs. Tea and 5 or. 10 lbs. The following rates will be charged to mer- Coffee, sent to any Railway Station carriage chants and others who advertise by the year, free.- Tea and Coffee delivered five times and in no case will exceptions be made : daily in the city.. . Jase column for twelve mouths - - $60 00 Silver taken at par. - 35 00 Ln lisp Breakfast, Broken .: for six months - --English-'� g ' sc- r for three months, - - `20 00 Leaf, strong Tea, 45c.; 50c.; Fine -Flavored kIalf-column for twelve months, - 35 00 New Season do. 55c., 60c. and 6.5c, , Very " for six months, - - 20 00 Beat Full ,L'lavortd do. 15c.; Sound Oolong for three months, • - 12 00 45c.. Rich Flavored do. 60c.; Very.. 'ine do. uarter of a column for twelve.months`; 20 00 do. 75e. ; Japan, Good, 50e„ 55c., Fine 60e., Q for six months, - 12.00 Yery Fine 65c., Finest 75c. it for three months, - 9 00 GREEN T EA.. Twankay 50c. , 55., first insertion,0 08 -65c ; Young Hyson_ .50c., 60c., 65c 70e. ; For each line overn ten,s0 02 Very Eine 85c., Superfine and Very Choice: Each subsequent insertion,. _ - 85e •Extra. Superfine The number of lines to be reckoned by the $1 ; Fine -Gunpowder apace occupied, measured by a scale of solid 1 do: $1- COFFEE -No- 1, 30c ; lti' c►:; 2, 25c.; Brevier. Advertisements without s pacific directions ' No. i, 20c. ;less than a tattle soles by this No. 4, 15; per lb.,: will be published till forbid, and charged. Nothn ac- g = cordingly. Company. -GEO. W. ROSS, Proprietor. W. GRASSIE sTJb�-+s Leave for Ainleyville, Wroxeter, Leech - vine; Bayfield anl. Exeter, on the arrival of Trains in the afternoon Desires to inform his old customers and the public generally, that he has re- built Shops on the OLD- PREMISES On a more extensive' scale than ever, and is consequently prepared to execute all orders for everything in the way of LUMBER & DEMOCRAT ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE 0 CONSUMPTION IN CANADA. WAGGONS, By -c31-IMS, 6c0 - s None but the best material used, and first- class workmen employed. BLACKSMITHI N G MESSRS YOUNG- & CiiAmEERLIN,-S rs, I feel it a duty I owe to you, as well as to the public to inform you of the most wouderful cure of Consuniptioi, accomplished in my person, by the useof the Great Shoshonees Remedy ars` Pills. 1 coughed a great deal day and night, expectorating a great quanti- ty of matter, and had a great pain about my left li. T had cold chills every day, severe night sweats everynight, and between the racking cough and great sweating, I was almost deprived of sleep ; by these miseries, as well as the loss of appetite, i was so re- duced that I could • hardly stand alone. I was under the care of a physician for a length of time, and finding no relief, 1 tried different receipes, but all without any good effect., Squire Peterson of Bath, re- commended me to use the Great Shoshonees Remedy ; I procured three bottles at once, with the Pills, so soon as I commenced using it I began to get better, and. when T had fin- ished this complement, the cough, :expectora- tion of matter, pain about the lung, chills, sweating, &c., left me ; and by continuing its use I became strong and healthy. It is now over two months since I quit the reme- dy, and there have been no symptoms of the disease returning, and I have been, and am now, healthier and better than I have been for years. 1 trust you will make this known to the public, that they may be aware of the peculiar virtues of this truly wonderful In- dian Remedy. PETER C. V. MILLER. Ernestown County of, Lennox A YEAR'S TRIAL. TheMontreal Tea : Montreal, 1868. . GENTS -This nearly a year since l purchas- ed the First chest of Tea from your house. I havd 'purchased many since, and 1 apt pleased to inform you that the Tea as in • every ,case proved most satisfactory, as well as being exceedingly cheap. Yours very truly. F. DEN NTF. Montreal Tea Company : GENTLEMEN -=The Tea 1 purchased of you in March : has given great satisfaction an& flavour of it is very fine. It is very etrange, but since I have been drinking your Tea I have been quite free from heart=burn, which would always pain me after breakfast. I at- tribute this purity of your Tea, aid shall continue a customer. o ours respectfully. FRANCIS T. GREEN. 54, 8t. John Street Montreal.. Montreal, April 1868. -To the Montreal Tea Company, 6 Hospital Street, Montreal:. -We notice with pleasure the large amount of Tea that we have forewarded to you to different parts of the Dominica', and we are glad to find your business so rapidly ucreaa- mg. We -presume your Teas are giving gene- ral satisfactiion, as out of the large amount forwarded we have only had occasion to re- turn one box, which, we understand, ww sent out through a mistake. o-. CHBNEY, Manager Canadian Express Co.. In all its branches, attended to in a satis- factory manner. 'A FIRST-CLASS HORSE-SHCER- 9 Employed specially for this branch of the business, WM. GRASSIE. Two Good Village Lots for sale, P, 0. one of which has a Dwelling .House and other improvements thereon. Seaforth, May 21st. 76-3m and Addington, Ontario, . 1. House of Senate, Ottawa: Montreal Tea Company : GENTLEl►'rin',-The Box of English Break- fast awl Young Hyson Tea which' you sen me gives great satisfaetion. _ You may ex- pect ray future orders. Yours, &e., S. SKINNER. To all to whom it niay come. -This is to certify that 1 have been acquainted with the above mentioned gentleman, Peter C.. V, Miller, Esq., for many years, and have kno wn him always to be of the very high- est respectability and a very candid and creditable person, and I am confident that I can safely vouch for the truth of the above, or any other statement made by hire. REV. W. F. S. HARPER, 44-ly Tt.e4ltor of Bath, Ontario. $3,000 TO LEND_ kiE above sum is put in my hands for in- vestment on good farm property at 14 per cent interest, and no charges. J. S. PORTER, Seafr ih. 301tf. Julie, 8th 18'69. • SEAFORTH PLAMKG 1iILL SASH,. DOOR AND Blind Factory THE subscribers beg leave to tender deer sincere thanks to their numerous OUP tamers and the public at large, for the very liberal patronage received since commencing business in Seaforth. And as they have now a•very large stock of Dry Pine Lumber on hand, and having lately enlarged their premises and added New Machinery (there- by increasing their facilities far dorsi 'wor with. desatch) theyfeel. confident Ot giving everysatpisiaetion tthose who nnaY favor' thew th- their patronage, 'as none but first-class workmen are employ. Particular attention paid to custom p- ing BROADFOOT '& GRAY. ' P,S.--,Eliz Eight -Horse -Power Engine Boiler for sale, all completer. of Golgi McCulloch's make. 711 ROSS & T9 EDITOR VOL. 2, :r O HARP'S HOTEL, Livery General Stage Mice, Main It. L. SHARP eafortb, Jan. 8th. IG) C. CAMERON, B:.1tRL Attorn ;y -at -Law, fxoderi Dec. 14, 166d. L.'iElleo1; M. D.. C. 1. Dee. (FAN, 5zirg're iu, ete., E ;;i�,��iniiiidvi:ly, D �e . 14.1863. . R 3a. IL SMITH, PHYSI -6-rocery l t _ l lif=e, 1i3 S Seaforth, Dec..14, 18( x8. .-4-----_ 3 Tll •�.' ,ill. 'D., (-'(1R. the County of Huron. I Zb in EN .• __ 1.)n door East of Lpi copal Cbnrch. Seaforth, lino. 14, 1868. E N-ItY W At1.1N.4O a`i: it , ,')'peon Details (11.1 3. correctly. .r v ;, of ',Building; Works ineasiured Dills of flutuiiatits prey ren. -011,1,3;.- ti{Lit (our .North_, son's.old store;, emorin. . ea;turth, J lme Ulm; 1. tl3. Tr Me(X)SIT, ATYOI't EY ej , So'.icittor in Chant ei) ,Con.' Paris, Ont. - Money to loan .ity; -Terms easy_ Office --1.' ,Stir Building Paris; Deo. 14. 1868. W. McPHILLIPS, Land. Surveyors, Civil Ail manger of Convey= _ neatness and dispatch, G m.issioner in.B. R, Office ------Ne of Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth. Seaforth, Dec 14, 1868. AYS & ' ELWOOD, 1 and. Attorneys at Law Chancery, Notaries 'Public, &e. Office, -Over Jr. f rch Cr'abb'.s .Blocky (1-oclerich, On Lend. 'W. TOR CE. BATS. Scaforth, Dec. 14th 1868. T CAMPBELL: M._ 11 C a of McGill ill University, M elan, Surgeon, cLe.1 Seaford Scott's Brick Block.; resfden Main street. , Seaforth, July 15th, 1860. W l'IA11.11S, L.D- 3.' _artil Bial. Dei tures inserted with. allthe later improvements. The greatest the preservatim of decayed= Teeth extracted without pain. -Collier's Store. Seaforth„ Dee. 14, 1868, 1HA ZLEf-URST,. Licer .), for the County of HI Crit. Particular attention 1 of Bankrupt Stock. Farm tt nrled, on Liberal Terms., ed. Mortgages Foreclose& L rants Executed. Also, Bailiff Court for Huron. God ;rich, June 9th. R. ROSS, Proprietor Hct -el, begs to inform tip forth and the travelling euro, ly, fliat he keeps first-class in every thing required lr good stable and wi mg hon hand, Regular Boarders wit necessary attention Seaforth, Feb. 8th, 1566. ,CAUGHEY it, HOLM UIS i ERS, Attorneys -at a'Chancery and Insolvency, nd (',oni yancers, Solieitoi Bank, Seafarth, Agents for ssurance ,{ t, , hfB_-$:30, %. Farm, Houses and 1 -Seaforth, Dec. 3.4, 1808. 1, AIL & CR OOKE ARC I fans and. Specifications 'Carp .aster's, Plasterer's, ani meas recland valued, Offin Auction. Market, Court -Bon rich, Ctidericb, Ari' 23, 81860. MMRRCTAL HOU ville, .1 aures Laird propt class aceomod atioxi for the j The larder and. liar are aiw' the best the markets -a .stabling in tor; # :etioxi. Ainleyvi le, April 23 186. .ENSON MEYER, and Attorneys at Ia i;tiaiieery and insolvency Notaries Public, &e. Office , 'roxeter. Agents for thi eo of Upper Canada, and eurities Co. of London, .En 8 per cent ; ne commission Jas.. n. BENSON, Seaferth, Dee, 10th 3863' QTICE.--LITTLE t✓ utting and Shaving want a g<, ,d Shave, or or Shampooiied, as it ori the " Little Wonder," Sou Hotel, Main Street, Seaf Rooms in connection w Ili lii.blic en April 1st. Lul making the hair grow anal eotning out, was never kiw in; bottler at 1 each. Col ea rth, Dec. 1-1,1868. 5