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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
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1869.
The Proposed Tunnel Between Eng-
land and France.
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CYC-- NDER BOX.
QnGE :G1 GAJ IING [ LLS ;
ODE OF DRIVING STRAW M CARRIERS.
N BERWICR.
NE�r �PA't' _ ER K "GEA.��
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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,
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,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.
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Seaforth, Dec..14, 18( x8.
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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