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"The bloated, discoloured face of a
corpse. A inn, middle - .ged, with
stronglymarked features, . surrounded
by riesof black hair and whiskers,
"Last night he died bar Ms own
hand," she said, ° solemnly. " His. er-
rors and his crimes, dark and deadly,
are at an end."
- She knelt beside the rude coffin ; and,
under an impulse I could not restrain,
I sank on my kness. Such a prayer I
never listened to before. It brought
tears to my eyes, and shook my strong
frame with convulsive sobs. and
She rose at length, her face calm a
beautiful as that of an angel:
Arid now, Mr.' Erlington, I want
you to help me- bury him. No living
person, save ray. faithful old servant,
knows of his existence. Will you as-
sist me 1 It must be done privately,
and in such a way that it can never be
discovered. For no human eyes save
yours and mine must_ ever look upon
• his grave."
So we buried him, she and I, and the
old servant. In a secluded hollow in
the end of the garden, where laurels
and bays made a grove of evergreens,
we made this unknown grave, and left
him there within his shadow.
At 1 he door of ° the Manor Florence
then took my hand.
You have proved your friendship
nobly," she said, ber soul shining lumi-
nously through her eyes. And now
T will test you still further. At the
1
end of six months conte to me h
T will tell you everything."
I' held her hand a moment
heart, and went away.
.
When the six months had ex
presented "myself at Oakdale Ma
was May now, and the air w...
with blossoms, and the youn-
hung low in the west, a shield Q
Florence stood at the hall door
haps she was -waiting for me,
she was. Her face bloomed ag
the year. There were roses
cheeks, 'and her lips were li
strawben ies. She wore white,
red rosebud in the hair.
The love which had never .s
ed nor slept for a moment in m
'burned in my eyes, thrilled mi
to fever heat, and shook me lik.
pest. But 1 kept an outwar
Knowing what would surely
could wait.
She took me into the drawing
and made me sit on a lounge be
fire that the chilly evening madf
ant. And after a few moments'
she began to speak.
" qtr, Erlington, I have tris
patience sorely ; but 1 wante(
sure that there was one true ar
heart in the world -there was c
worthy of a "wornan's trust. I
tisfied. I shall now tell you m
story, briefly, for it is too pa
dwell upon at length.; and I
right to weary you with' a
what lies dead in the past :
only child of wealthy parents,
reared amid love, and luxury,
piness. No wish of minewas
Bed --nothing that could add
pleasure was denied me.
",At the age of eighteen 1 was mar-
ried to Egdar - Haynor—a man double
my. years—who had won my father's
confidence. and my girlish affection , It
'was not long before his true character
developed itself. He was a gambler, a
drunkard, a rake ; in short, he lad no
equal in vice. He made no secret of
the fact that he had married me for my
money, and did not hesitate to ill-treat
and abuse me, even before his vile as':
sociates. 1 think the knowledge of his
depravity killed my mother, and I am
sure it hastened the death of my father.
Well, I promised to be brief. A
large part of property was secured to me
in such a way that my lusban.d could
not obtain it, and he soon spent all that
he " could appropriate. Then lie grew
sullen and morose, and many a time
has my life been in peril. But heaven
watched over me, and kept me safe
through it all. •
,
: e'fearful night my husband en-
tetec e .ink for the purpose of robbery,
arid'' just as he was about to leave with
his plunder he was confronted by the
watchman. A terrible struggle ensued,
and the result was, nay husband was a
murderer ! He was seized, committed,
tried, 'and convicted, but managed to
escape and come to me. The authorities
were never ab .e to trace him, and he
promised so fairly to amend his evil
ways that I grew almost happy in spite
of my horrible ;.fears of his discovery.
We left the place at once, and went
away to a great distance. My'hopes of
Edgar's reformation . were vain. It was
the old life over again—with added hor-
rors. On the tenth of November—the
anniversary' of the day which had been
fixed for his execution—he would go
raving mad, and then my life nearly
paid the forfeit of remaining with him,
I dai od not trust him with any other
than myself on these, occasions, because
he invariably revealed all his guilt, and
so clearly that the most obtuse could
net fail to understand it all. At last
"i e, and
to my
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or. It
sweet
moon
silver.
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think
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n her
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with a
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pulse
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ore the
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r..5r
•
THE SEAFOR.TH EXPOSITOR
LAZARUS,MORRISA co.
PritertiOal Opticians • & Oculists,
Lorid n, Great Britain ; Hairtfmrd;Te .
U. S.; armed .Montreal, D. 1,
after wandering about from place to
place, we came to Oakdale Man^r,
selected it because it was secluded,
and 1 needed - the stimulating air of
the :country.
" Do you remember it was the tenth
of November that' I came for you? I
feared to remain alone with him
wanted some' trusted" presence at hand.
Youeremffiber the wound you saw
on my arm 1 He made ., it with his
teeth just before he fell exhausted and
insensible; Two nights afterwards he
shot himself. I think that he was
insane when he did it. . Let us hope
he was. There, now, you know all."
She paused ; there was tears : in her
eyes. I put out my arms and drew
her to my bosom, her head on my
shoulder, my face bent down to hers.
" Let me tell you my story now,
I said. "` Florence, my darling, 1 love
you ! ' What will you say to me 1"
She looked up.
" What shall I sayr
" What does your heart . say?"
Here lips were close to mine ; I.
felt her breath warm and sweet as my
kisses fell upon her mouth, but through
allthe tender bliss of the moment I
heard the soft voice--
" It says, Guy, .1. love you r"
A little• while afterwards I married
her ;" and for the many years she has
been my wife no shadow has come be-
tween us.
Is the Solar System in Danger.
•
The London Spectator has a curious
speculation upon " The Solar Mu-
tability," the scientific basis of which
isin the following facts :—
The sun has been shown to he
,sucject to variations in brightness and
heat, which entitles it to be called a va-
riable star. -hese changes are periodi-
cal, and are pretty certainly connected
with " magnetic storms" on earth,
which take place when the spots on the
surface of the sun are agitated. On
September 1 1859, the most remark-
able of these storms that has been ob-
served took place, and all the telegraph-
ic wires of both hemispheres we're dis-
turbed. In some places several shocks
were felt by operators, and even flames
appeared in the instruments : at night
magnificent auroras was seen. Anoth-
er similar storm is expected in 1870,
astronomers, believing that it will re-
cur every eleven years.
The Spectator believes that men's
minds are greatly influenced by the agi-
tations going on on the sen". • It says
" And we -now know that -.these ap-
pearances are not merely matters for
the curious, with.which as they hap-
d your
l,to be
d loyal
ne man
am sa-
y life's
fulto
ave no
r- ital _of
I as the
nd was
d hap-
ngrati-
to my
Threatened fludture in4 Mormon-
doln,
William Alexander and David Hy-
rum, the younger sons of Joseph Smith,
the Mormon Prophet, have , gone to.
Salt Lake City, to set up the :standard
of the reorganized, or anti polygamy
Church. A singular interest attaches to
the name of David Hyrum. A. few
months before Joseph's death he stated-
Vint
tatedteat 'the man was not born who wts
to lead the people, but that to Emma
Smith shouid be born a son who would
succeed in the Presidency after a seas -
en of disturbance.' Joseph Smith was
killed, -June 27th, 1844, and a son,
named from his fathers direction, Dav-
id Hyrum, was born at the Mansion
House in Nauvoo, on the 17th of the
succeeding November. This prophecy
is secretly dear to thousands of Mor-
mons who are weary of the tyrany
of Brigham. Young, and yet hold 'to
their faith in Joseph, Smith. A few
days ago the `young men reached Salt
Lake City, and sotn called upon .Brig-
ham Young and announced their inten-
tion to organize the church at once,
asking permission to defend their faith,
in the Tabernacle, `proposing to argue
with the Brigimites fi om the original
Mormon books. • -The interview is said
to have been very warm. Bi igham
was very angry at their presumption,
and denied them the use of the Taber-
nacle, sending word at the same time
to the bishops to shut them out of the
ward meeting houses. The brothers, at
one point of the conversation, denied,
that theirjfather ever practiced poly-
gamy, citing their mother s 'testimony
to which 'Brigham retorted that their
mother 'we's a liar and had been proven
a thief,' with more of that sort. Be it
remembered that the lady thus spoken
of is " the Electra Cyrica, or 'Elect Lady
of God,' in the Mormon Theology, who
it as the glory of their history.
The Mormons may soon be in the
condition of a house divined against itself,
•
TLRRIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN A BABOON
AND A SHIP'S CREW.—The splendid new
steamer Bonny, Captain Lowry, belong-
ing to the British and African Steam
navigation Company, arrived in the
river a few days since with one of the
richest and most extensive cargoes ever
imported into this port from Africa. In
addition to her valuable cargo she
brought several specimens of the animal
world found in the vast continent of
Africa, some of which were exceedingly
rare and valuable. Amongst . others
she brought three monster chacmas or
giant baboons, two crocodiles, several
species of the monkey tribe, and a -num -
pen at a distance of above ninety mil-` her of:birds and reptiles. The chacmas
lions of miles, practical men need not
concern themselves. In point of fact,
it is by no means impossible that the
issues of -peace or war, of a financial
crisis or a religious agitation, may be
closely bound up with these phenome-
na ; if not, indeed—which is also quite
impossible—the sudden disappearance
of our whole system, 'after the fashion
of other systems which have thus disap-
peared: This much at least is certain,
that the vast changes now going on in
the physical constitution of the sun are
changes which do most powerfully aft
fect the electric condition of our earth,
which have in former years caused the
most violent disturbances in the vari-
ous artificial as well i as natural electric
apparatus of the . ' 1orld - we live in,
which, tospeak of the least of all possi-
ble affects, might just as well. as not
happen some day to throw the electric
condition of every telegraph cable . on
our planet, under the sea or above it,
into the most dire confusion, and send
down telegraph companies' shares to
zero in a lump, even if they did not
contrive to telegraph to us after some
strange inarticulate fashion, that shares
in all public companies, even in that
very limited public company, the hu-
man race are in a physical point of
view, of very doubtful 'value indeed."
Some of the British ,writers try to
make a first-class " sensation" of the
matter. A few years ago, a small star
suddenly blazed with great brightness
and burned out, and the spectroscope
showed that the flames was burning
hydrogen. Now .it is .certain. that the
sun contains an immense amount of hy-
drogen', and at times sends up flames
of it many thousand of miles. What
wouldbe the result if the sun should
suddenly clevelope ablaze like that of
the star so recently lost 1 " The earth
would be turned into vapor," says a
leading man of science " as quickly as
a drop of water thrown into a furnace."
are of an exceedingly ferocious dispoti-
tion, whenlerect almost the size of a man
and of enormous strength. In this
being of extraordinary size and feroci-
ousness, extra care had to be taken, and
for that reason a strong den with iron
bars was provided. and placed • near the
forecastle, so that, they could be con-
stantly under the eye of the crew. All
went well until the steamer had left
°Jellah Coffee two days, when, on the
morning of the second day a crash was
heard, and in an instant the large chac-
ma had wrenched several bars off, and
in the next instant was on the forecast-
le, armed with the bars with which he
had been confined. Here his majesty
paused for a moment and in a d gnified
manner surveyed,"his captors. A rope
having, been got, a noose was formed
and cast over his head. With a quick
succession of horrid yells, he struggled
to extricate himself, but finding it no
avail, he raised the hair or wool on the
upper part of his body, which gives the
animal the appearance of a large lion.
Contracting, his brow and opening his
enormous jaws, presenting an indeseri-
pable ferocious aspect, he attacked one
of the able-bodied seamen, seizing him
by the arm, and held on, notwithstanu-
ing sever4 of the men provided them-
selves with weapons, -with which they
were belaboring hire. This however
did not cause him to relinquish his, hold
until he had torn the flesh from above
the elbow to near the wrist, and had
'been rendered insensible when the rope
was wraped round his body, in which
state. he was carried back to his, den. In
the fight the chacma had one of his eyes
knocked out.; It is very seldom that
these animals are brought overto this
country, as, from their natural ferocity,
and their habitation being some distance
from the coast, they are not often en-
countered. Immediately on the arrival
of the steamer, Mr. W. Cross, agent for
Mr. Menders, proprietor of the Grand
National Star Menagerie, had the whole
of the animals landed ready for
transportation to the menagerie, which
is now travelling throughSouth Wales.
While at Mr, W. Cross's depot, in Ma-
son street the same brute bit off the
fore leg of one of the. crocodiles. ' All
the animals on board were purchased
by Mr. Mender's agent, and have been
added to his already extensive collect-
ion—in addition to which Mr. Man-
ders has receive several animals from
London—tame Zebras, a splendid male
eland, and several other rare and valu-
able animals never seen in any mena-
gerie before. —English paper -
SEAFi?RTH
RURtlITDRE WAREROO4z
AVE appointed Mr. M. R. Counter,
1 i Watchmaker, Jeweller and Optician,
sole agent for Seaforth and vicinity, for the
sale of their Celebrated Perfected Spectacles,
which have been extensively used in Great
Britain and the United States, the past eight
years. and for which they claim the under-
mentioned advantages over those in ordinary
use, the proof of which may be seen in their
constantly increasing business during the
past eight yearak,
lat. That from the perfect construction
of the lenses, they assist and preserve the
sight, rendering frequent changes unneces-
sary.
2nd. That they confer s► brilliancy and
distinctness of vision, with an amount of
ease and comfort not hitherto enjoyed by
spectacle wearers.
3rd. That the material from which the
Lenses are ground is manufactured specially
for optic purposes, and is pure, hard aril.
brilliant, and not liable to become scratched.
4th. That the frames in which they are
set, whether gold, silver or steel, are of the
finest quality and finish, and guaranteed per-
fect in every respect.
They are the only Spectacles that preserve
as well. as assist the sight. And are Cheap-
est, because the best, always lasting many
years without change being necessary.
One' 'of the firm will visit at Seaforth, at
the store of their Agent, every six months,
for the purpose of fitting those having diffi-
cult sights. when any spectacles sold by
their agent during the interval will be ex
changed free of charge if not " properly fitted
WE EMPLOY NO PEDLEES. `
Soaforth, May 21st, 1869. TIS -
Lr DISCOVERY OF A NEW PEOPLE. --A
Calcutta savant, named Cameron has
startled India by the affirmation that
a race of tailed men and women are to
be teund in the forams of Borneo, He
says ;that his imfor cation comes from
Sarawak traders, whe state that this
missing link " race lives in the trees,
have bows and arrows and other rude
implements, and subsist entirely c,y
hunting. Mr. (Ammon proposes an
expedition in search of this curiosity,
and the " Indian Daily News," so far
believes in him as ter assist in raisng
the necessary Bunds.
WAGGONS, BUGGIES,
AND all implements for farm use manu-
factured by
M'NAUCHT & TEEPLE,
Good and Cheap. •
Remember the stand.
NORTH ROAD SEAFORTH.
Seaforth,Feb. 20, 1868. 11-1y
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
THOMAS WATSON
Begs to inform the public generally that he
still carries on general. Blaeksmithing `at
his Old Stand,
NEARLY OPPOSITE ARMSTRONC'S HOTEL
AINLEYVILLE
Specia attention paid to Horse -Shoeing
Ainleyville, Feb. 9th, '69, 63-1y
: New
RING
Goods.
M. ROBERTSON
Importer and manufacturer of all kinds of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Such as
SOFAS, -
LOUI4GES.
CENTRE TABLES,
MATTBASS,
DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES,
BUREAUS, •
CHAIRS, and
BEDSTEADS,
In Great Variety,
. Mr. R. has great co idence in offering his
goods to the public, . as they are made of
Good Seasoned Lumber, and by First -Claes
Workmen.
GO FF IN MADE TO ORDER
On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness and Despatch.
Wareroom s :
DRESS GOODS.
MUSLINS,
TICKINGS,
CHEAP PRINTS,
SHIRTINGS,
LADIES' STRAW HATS,
GENTS
GENTS FELT.
Ready -Made Clothing,
BOOTS cSHOES
Also a Nice Stock of
Fresh Groceries:.
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL
Main Street.
Seaforth, Jan. 6th, 1869. 57-tf.
GOOD NEWS
TO
Farrners and Others.
THE undersigned having newly fitted out
his mill in a first class style, in which
he is now grinding for every
FIFTEENTH BUSHEL,
Or exchanging flour for goo. whaat at 41
lbs. to the bushel.
THE 'HIGHEST PRICE IN CASH,PAID
FOR
HEAT.
ALFRED BREWER,
Roxburgh Mills,
8eaf Orth. June 4t/i, 1869. 78-3m.
MILLINERY AND
DRESS
MRS. G UTHRIE h MISS OLEGG1
ARE now prepared to execute all orders
in Millinery, Dress and Mantle 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. i 0-tf.
=T Seaforth, April 9th, I869.
To be had at
J. Bonthron & Sons,
Opposite Hickson's Old Stand.
Seaforth, May 7
52-tf
SUTHERLAND BRO.'S,
)
TAILORS!
11AVE removed to their new premises, ea
GOD�RICH STREET,
NEXT DOOR TO' .
Luxnsden's Drug Store.
THE CUTTING DEPARTMENT
Attend4d to by MR. CHAS. SUTHER-
LAND, from London England.
- Style, fit, and workmanship, gamin -
teed, CHARGES MODERATE.
R P. SUTHERLAND. CHAS. SUTHSRSIIJD•
Seaforth, June 41869. 46-1y.
J. SEATTER
EXCHANGE BROKER
And dealer in Pure
DRUCS, CHEMICALS & DYE STUB
The Drug Department is under the spot
care of an experienced Chemist,
lt. M. PEARSOIL
January 21st, 1869. mit
BEAUTIFcrL ! SPLENDID ! ! is the verdict
given by all who use Hunt's Empire H
Gloss. It makes dry, harsh, stiff hair sof
:glossy and -beautiful. It cleanses- the scalp.
removes pimples, strengthens the " lam
prevents the hair from falling, and wall ea;
tainly make it grow strong, huxuii*rit ,arid
beautiful, and it is only 25 cents per bode
Sold everywhere.
7t 4
DYSPEPSIA cured by using Dr, Colby
ti -Costive and Tonic Pills. They
the Bowels, correct the Liver, clear the Com-
plexion, and renovate the system ; they ore
composed of active ingredients in a hie
concentrated form, and strike at the 'tot ;of
disease, curing almost like magic. Thous-
ands testify to their extraordinary Curative
properties. Sold by all dealers. /73-ly
A.GIUUI
now to make4300d1
Many an acre grazed w
et sheep. Other acrcea
feed to a ..cowv, . each, all
summer and be pretty
!when. the frost comes.'
.der our observation eve;
'difference is not in -the or
ter of the land, for it is
joining farms, with the sa
and with the sae -face and
rug just alike. There its
of 50 acres, where 50 sheer
:rather than`- gain flesh dui
mien The oldest inlrabi
remember when. it was ply
or top -dressed.' It has
pastin edgenerally by col
ceased to yir l -d feed envoi
them. There is some gat
but more mulleina, five -lint
The grass is nearly choke
the soil was originally goof
that stilt stead on the bora
oak and chestnut timber,
thrice on poor thin soils,
field of five acres.: that
cows, and, has done it ..for
The Bass is luxurient, a_nt
faster then the cattle tate
It was stocked down five
ter seven. years heavy of
vegetables and tobacco.
Was manured heavily, an
ougbly cultivated. The 1
that treatment, and.0 ikej
turas, for a whole gerer
It is far within the li€nits1
to say, that one acre o
worth the whole fifty of
the purpose of sustain
and making salable Feick
does not pay taxes; the o�
and a handsome prtgt.
not believe that there is to
to thrift with these run
Top -dressing will not a
grass seed is not there
Seeding will do little g
already there, is grow
grees, If the soil is fair
plow, manure, and euiti:
give it a new start.
dead grass, roots and
ones plant food, and
harvests, But this 'will
spent in manure, seeds, a
say, of cos it will, tea
your money back again
interest, you ought to be
by spending $50 upon
acre of pasture you ma
the interest on 60 do
werking-expenses, you a
business. We must not
in farming just as we do"
hikes. We must busy l
-wheat, that it may live
If we buy stock in a rat
most any enterprise, th'.
for a time. We do not
does not come hack the
year. Money spent ,
astnres by plowing an
tally gives full interest
and puts pus in the way
dends for years to Co
gricu1 turalist.
CoLoa a
of the Dixie Farmer w
aeolored fruit is more ad
think is more hi
sells higher and mor
fruit' deficient in color.
to grow fruit highly to
‘cality of the orchard
with it, agreeably to m
When a physician is cal
pale,- feeble, and debil
ices iron. in some form -
colored frus, iron. n
soih Very. deep r
-one ridge in the orch
Wither the clay was fro
red in the clay is
by oxide of iron.) T
red clay is more high
-on the Iigkt€;r.
Some ten years ago
til -dust, Binders, etc:,
der certain apple trees
several Yeats was mo
ed fruit than formerly
Thiele' drawn as
uniform waxen ap
an experiment at home
myself the effect of
Now, if these views s
believe they are,) a d
oily charged with iron,
in growing highly colo
must supply the iron
cost, and trouble, to l
'oringa matter.
KEEPING EGGS F
eggs fresh for any re
-of time in hot wean
been a puzzling mat,
dealers in the artie
keepers. We publish;
'benefit of our humero
ceipt that promises to
ficulty, warranted to
for at least a year
season, when the art
-will be gratifiying to k
be preserved by whol
ate outlay, and produ
month afterwards as