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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
Gossip about Women, Work, i'ashions.
GOIGEOUS APPAREL.
The vestments worn at- Romeare de-
scribed AS beautiful beyonat concePtion, and
the ladies say the ,lace upon them 'impasses
anything, in the world. So dazzling are
the colors of the dresses that thp Bishops
are likened to a bed of tulips in appear-
ance.
LI In IN GERMANY.
You enter •a German house, without
knocking, through a door whioh rings a
bell, and tints announces the ingress or
egress of some one. At the font of the
staircase you find a bell -handle, by ringing
at which you call a servant, who conducts
you to a parlor or reception roonaon the
mext floor, which you .enter by knocks.
You will find the parlor and the best rooms
in the house adorned with beautiful plc -
es on the walls and elegant lite curtains
at the windows, but, probably without any
carpet. The floor, however, istasselated
with beautiful patterns in vat ius colors,
and varnished ; or, at least, it is 4coured till
it •is as white as driven snow. T e amount
of fine white linen which a Ger an house-
keeper has, and which she is notl reluctant
to show her guests, is fabulous. j This part-
ly a mark of gentility and partly- a matter
of necessity, for the Germans have but
three or four washing days he whole
year.
PRESERVATION OF FLOWERS.
If our lady readers wish to ke!ep a bou-
quet feesh, let them drop a table-spoonftil
of powerei charcoal into the water intended
for the flower stalks; and they will keep
their freshneds and perfurnetfor several days
and look and smell the same as those just
gathered. The charcoal settles at the bot-
tom of the vase, the water remaining clear.
LOVE NOT, CONSTRAINED.
" Love is not Constrained, but spontan-
eous. It is dimmed by solicitation;: it is
hurt by chidings. If you would be loved,
you must put an the graces of lovliness.
Thousands of young wives have poured out
unavailing tears for the love they might
have kept by sweet depoartmeut. They fret
over things • disaareeable in their house-
holds ; they scold' their servants at meal'
times, they veil their countenances with
peevishness, dissatisfaction, -or anger, and
then demand kisses and signs -oft love ! But
love is repelled, not won. •FroM all this
comes estrangement, Lot eonjuntion."
DON'T GOSSIP.
If you find a little piquant hit of slander
floating about in society, do not roll it as a
sweet morsel under your tongue
in your ,power to stop it. Drift
tide of social talk -are often stray
malice and envy. If they co
keep them. Let no unkind report •be suf-
fered to grow by whisper or-worc of yours.
How lovely is the Very presence of a, pute,
truthful_ woman, before whom et il tongi,aes
are silenced.
Talk as little as you ca.n ab
Make yourself and your childre
ful as you can, aed let becoming
fuIdesshe]p you to do it, but
once your " things' are on, thin
about them. Nothing more
dwarfs the mind than constant t, iought and
ccnversation about ruffles and fr Ile feath-
• ers and flounces, trimmings
Prophets and apostles were mo
preach our sex for their devotion
ornaments and plaited hair in
and if they were here now I think they voured.
would lift up their voices again. 0 -et out "The natives say that the first thing that
of this rut, dear reader, and find out how
much easier and better walking there is on
the soft wayside path above it.
SPRING BONNETS.
Some items abut the coining bonnets are
gathered in advance They are to "extend
higher above the head than ever, and are to
have a sort of crown with whiah to cover
part of the back hair now worn do low. We
thought that bonnets towered high enough
already, but those who have -seer[ the tnew
ones in- preparation say those of the winter
look as thoughthey. had been sat upon and
but it is
ing oil the
scraps of
e to you
Ut drees.
as beauti-
and taste -
oh! when
t no more
effectual ly
nd tucks.
ed te re -
to tinkling
den times,
of a baby, and taw a child curried up into
the air by one of these gnahioeiens. The
baby had been laid on the giround, and the
guanionien, whose eyes neer miss any
thing, and which had not bedn noticed soar-
ing abave our heads, pounced on his prey,
.and then laughed as he rose and flew to a
distant part of the forest' •Then Querlaoeen
showed Me a fetish partly made of two huge
claws • of this bird. What tremendous
things those talons were ! how.deep they
could go into the flesh ! -
"Then came -vonderful stories of the
wounderful great strength of the bird.
"The people were afraid oi them, and
were compelled to be very careful of their
,babies. These grand eagles do not feed on -
fowls, they are too small game for them.
Monkeys are what they like best; they can
'Watch them as they float over the top of the
trees of the forest ; but sometimes
the 'Donkeys get a better of them.
" People had not, better tryto get hold of
the guanionien's young if they want to
• keep their sight,' said Gambo ; for, as sure
as we live, the old bird will pounce upon
the man that touches its young.' ,
'For a long time I had heard the people
talking of the guanionien, but had never
yet had a glimpse of one.
"Now, looking up again I saw several of
them. How high they were ! At times
they would appear to be quite still in the
air; at other times they would soar. They
were, no doubt, as -muting themselves, and I
wonder if they tried to see how near they
could go to the sun. Some at times flew so
high that I 1o0 sight of them,
"In the afternoon I thought I would
ramble round. I took a double-barreled
smooth bore gun, and loaded one side wi h
a bullet in case I should gee large game ,
fhe,other barrel .1 loaded with shot No. 2,
Then I carefully plunged into the woods
till I leached the ba-nks of a little stream,
and there I heard -the cry of the mondi,
Colobu's Satarrus, which is one of the lergest
monkeys of these forests. Flom their shrill
cries, 1thonght there must have been half
a dozen together1 w«114 indeed glad that I
had one barrel loaded with big shot. lithe
mondis were not too far off, I would be
able to get a fair shot, and kill one..
"I advanced very cautiously, until I got
• quite near to them. I could then see their
• big bodies, long tails, and long jet-black
shining hair. What handsome beats they
were! what a handsome muff their skins
• would make ! I thought.
- "Just as I was considering which of them
wonld fire at, I saw some big thing, like a
large shadow, suddenly come down upon
the tree.. Then I heard the flapping of
heavy wings, and also the death cry of a
pow mondi. Then I saw a huge bird, with
a breast spotted somewhat like a leoaaid,
raise itself .slowly into the air, carrying the
monkey in its powerful, finger-like talons.
The claws of one leg. were fast iti the upper
part of the neck of the monkey ; so deep
were they in the flesh Ishat they were com-
pletely buried, and a few drops of blood fell
upon the leaves .below: The other leg had
its claws quite deep into the back of the
monkey. The left leg was kept higher than
the right, and I could Eee that the great
strength of the bird was used at that time
to keep the neck, and also the beck of the
victim from moving. The bird rose higher
and higher, the inerkey's tail swayed to and
fro, and then both disappearedIt was a
guanienien. Its prey was, 710 doubt, taken
to some big tree where it could be de -
1.
crUshed .
The material to be introduce( • for bon-
nets is China crape, and the flowers import-
ed are of the pale hues in -which t crape, is
made, or the -deep, rich -colors forming
• strong_contrasts with it. ,
1.41owers will be worn in prof ution. They
are mounted in clafiters, without Much toil -
age, and, as we repeat evety season, there
are more roses than anything else, Some
-a ,
c.
of these are arranged in new ndwett-tY.
contrasts—a Capoul rose of fineqt 'crape on
the 'stem With others of violet hue, or Ca-
poul and tea rosestogether, or the pale rose
de Chine with Capoul lillies glistening with
dew.
Englislr Durstable round hats for spring
wdar have high taperine6crowns and turned
pp Lrims, curvine back and font The
Tyrolean crew!), dented in at • he top, is
found among these, also a fa cy crown
brought te a point, which is tur ed over at
the side !ike a gentleman's smoking cap.
White, hlack. chesnut brown, and gray
straws ere shown in these silk pes. It is
said an effort will be madeto re ive the be-
coming turban.
'de 11101111."* ---
The Leopard of the
"One morning I heard a stra go cry up
• in the air. I look, and what do I see? An
eagle. But what kind of an eagle 7 for it
appears to me so mUch larger, than any
eagle I have ever met with befme. And as
1 asked this, iny men exclaimed, 'It is a
guanionien! the leopard of the air, the bird
that feeds on gazelles, goats, and monkeys;
the bird that is the most difficult of, any to
kill. 'Yessaid Querlaonen ; 'ia
younger days I remember that my wife and
rays& f were on our plantation, v. ith some of
our slaves, and one day we heard the- cries
the guano'ionien does is to take out the eyes
of the monkeys they catch. But there mnst
be a great struggle, for these mondis are
powerful beasts, and do not the at the
eagle's will. There must be it'great trial of
strength ; for if the monkeys are not seized
at an exact place on the neck, he cam turn
his head, and he then inflicts a fearful bite
on the breast of the eagle, er on his neck or
leg, which disables his most terrible enemy,
and then both, falling, meet their death.
"I looked on without firing, the mon-
key's seemed paralyzed with fear when'ethe
eagle carnedown upon them, and did not
move until ifter the bird of prey had taken
one of their number. and then decamped,
When I looked for them they had fled for
parts unknown to me in the forest. I was
looking so intently at the eagle and its prey
that for a white I had forgotton the months.
•
I do not wonder at it, for monkeys T could
see often,, but it is only once in a great
while that such a scene as I had witnessed
could be seen by a man. It was grand ; and
I wondered not that the natives called the
guanionien the leopard of the air. As I
write these lines, though several ycars have
passed away, I still see that big, powerful
bird cynyiug its prey to some unknown
part of the forest"—ilarper's Mayazine for
Januar y.1
A Sea on Fire
The Troubles of an Engaged Young
-Man
"Merentie in a letter to the Pall .Mall
Gazelle says he is what is called an
gaged man," and he refers to the vexations
and annoyances whwh belong to that con-
dition. He Hays :
"Poets and novelists have writtan so
much about the season. of COU rtship that it
would be strange if a knowledge of its
pleasures were not generally diffused'. I
was as happy as it was possible for a young
gentleman of ollr day, to be in making love.
I found the pastime not only delicious, but
. .
economical. My respect as. well as affect-
ion kept me from several amusements and
extravagences in which bachelors indulge
without Much 'reflection on the score of
propriety. • At this time I had not declared.
I was therefore an object of interesting spec-
ulation. .L had two sisters who
were then in short dresses, but their Mother
was only waiting my temper to lengthen
their skirts to womanly dimensions. In
an evil hour I listened to the advice of a
friend. He pointed out tome that my con. -
duct was unfair to the girl (so he put it),
that it was cowardly to play with her feel-
ings ; in short, he said so much that I had
it out with L , was formally accepted
by her, although • her father looked vaire
grim than gracious when I informed him
that I could not well marry his daughter
before a twelvemcnth.
• "The friend who prompted me to the step
was, I learned, •engaged' himself. As I
presumed he was acquainted with the
courtesies of the position, I applied to him
for information on that head. You must .
make her a lot of presents, you know to
start with,' suggested he, 'I had to do it.
If your affair breaks off,- theyare sure to
send you back -your trinkets; and if she
dosn't what's your wife's will be yours.'
This was unsentimental, even coarse. How-
ever, I paid a visit to Bond -street, and, af-
ter being made feel despicably poor by the
splendeour of the atticles thlown down on
the counter -for my inspection. I purchased
a bracelet. It seems mean to dwell on the
topic ; so I hasten at once to sly that my
visits to Bond -street have been of late more
frequent than I can afford, and that the
products Of them are Worn after a '.fashibn
which I cannot admire. Sir, I am in the
secret, and I can tell you that engaged girls
play games of brag in presence of each other
with the tributes of 'their iespective lovers.
•"A few months ago .I experienced no
sense of obligation in visiting that house,'
Westbournia. ' The vett,' fact of not being
bound to go there, save by the instigation
of a tender sentiment, gave zest to the jour-
ney. Now I am expected never to be long
absent, and I do not count for much on my
arrival. I noted a grand deterioration in
the refreshments of which I partoose. At
the Sunday dinners, to which I always
came, it used to be soup, fish, joint and
sweets, with champaigne and hones claret to
drink. The very first Sunday of my en-
gagement the soup was cut off, and since
then the dinners have been getting worse
and worse The only exceptional times are
when a young man is intited a ho is to
M or IL what I was to
L • .In short, I an) supposed to be com-
plimented by being regarded in ;.he light
of one of the family. To speak the. truth,
this is not so pleasant as being regarded out
of the family. The girls dress carelessly in
my presence ; , my future mother-M.1w
thinks potato sherry good enough for me,
and will even' venture to giN e me quiet
admonitions on occassions. When she
heard I had accepted an invitation to a
country house some time since she said she
did not understand what an engaged gentle-
man wanted going about. When I arrived
at the hospitable mansion to which I had
ys
been asked 1 found that, dear L
mann ki, had taken eine that her reversion -
i
ary ' terest in me should be knowa.
"1 king as calm a view' as I can of my
condition, I am iuclined to think the sooner
I cha'nge it the better. I might es well be
a husband at once. I am treated with the
familiarity in some respects of a_ husbaed,
while my privileges as a lover are spoiled
by the consciousness on both sides of our
belonging, aud yet not belonging, to each
I other. I have no &mile, you will under-
stand to dechire off. I believe L
will make a good wife. If she does trow me
out now and again as special achievement,
the captive of her beauty and accomplish-
ments, the belief in my superior paces is,
after all, a compliment to me, as well as a
proof, let us say, of her discretion. I
fbar, however, the familiarities of an engage-
ment may breed a little dissatisfaction be-
tween her and me, if they be prolonged.
We are, if we were to candidly admit it,
tired of waltzing together, we ride for miles
without exchauging a word, and yet we are
as much in love as ever . we were. We
suffer from the engagement; and as d.esper-
rte remedies are often short cuts to hapi;i-
ness and health, I havedetermined to be
married at once at all inconveniences and
..
risks." .
• ---It-•-•:---
WHO STOLE THE SOAP ?---A correspon-
dent of the Montreal Witness writes from
Ottawa as follows :—While the arrange-
ments for gentremeo of the Press are very
comthodious, it is moet annoying the small
pickings and stealing that go on. Not a
knife, pencil or other article can be left
when the House rises that has not disap-
peared by the time the owner returns. The
soap vanishes mysteriously from the wash-
• rooms, and its cost must form no small item
in the contingent expenses. I was told ofa
very pretty chefcommitted last session on
the Senate side. One of the members was
seen stealthily slipping a large cake of soap
into the pocket of his ue m cation abl es. IInfer-
tunately there was a hole in the pocket, and
a short time after the theft the soap slipped
through and fell at the foot of the member,
'• A phenomenon of a most extraordinary
nature was witnessed during thc past sum-
mer by the inhabitants of the borders• of
the Caspian Sea. This huge salt lake is
dotted with numerous islands that produce
yearly a large quantity of naptha, and it is
no uncommon occurrence for fires to break
out in the works and burn for' many days
before they can be extinguished. Early in
summer, owing to some subterraneous dis-
• turbances, enormous quantities of this in -
tamable substance= were projected from the
naptha wells, and spread over the entire
!surface of the water, and becoming ignited,
notwithstanding every precaution, convert -
e:1 the whole sea 'into the semblance of a gi-
gantic flaming punch powl, and many
thousands of square miles in extent. The
fire burnt itself out in about forty-eight
hours, lea ving e surface strewed with. the
dead bodies of innumerable fished.
who was then speaking to a gentleman.
The state of feeling of the pretty thief can
scarcely be realized; it may be imagined
that it was not pleasant.
N E
TAILORING ESTABL,ISHMENT
• T. K. ANDERSON
Begs to inform the reaidents of Seaforth, an
vicinity, that he is about opening out a new
Tailoring
Establishment !
TN THE SHOP ADMINING
ROBERTSON &CO 'S HARDWARE STORE.
He is now prepared. to take orders for
CUTTING AND MANUFACTURING,
And. about the
47
15th of March, next,
He will open up a line stock of all kinds of goods
in his lint.
A TRIAL SOLICITED!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Seaforth, Feb. 18th, 1870. • 115-tf.
SEAFORTH
FURNITURE WAREROOMS
M. ROBERTSON
Importer and manufacturor of all kinds of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Such as
SOFAS,
LOUNGES,
CENTRE TABLES,
M A TTRA SSES,
DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES,
B UR-PAU S,
CHAIRS, and
BEDSTEADS,
In Great Varity.
Mr. R. has great conidence fn offering his
goods to the public, as they are made of Good
Seasoned Lumber. and by First -Class Work-
men.
COFFINS MADE TO ORDER.
• On the Shortest 'Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness and Despatch-
Warerooms
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL,
Main Street. ,
Seafarth, Jan'y 21st, 1870.
57-tf.
1T 18 UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma-
chine is not °my the Latest but also the best
of its kind. before the public.
'
APRIL 1 1870.
GEORGE DENT'S
KEW STORE
S .11; .A.P
IS TILE .I'LACE FoR TRE
BEST AND CHEAPEST
DRY-CQODS
AND
GROCERIES '1 1
• He has just opened. out an immense stock of
everything in botb lines, and would say to his
oldrfriends and all others,
Please call and give us a trial.
Ouemotto is quick sales, smallprofits and. BM.
tisfaetion to all
Remember the address,
Third door north of Scott Robertson's Grocery
-
GEORGE DENT.
Seaforth, Jan. 21st. 187‘3.
NOTIQE OF
M OVJL1
THE
subscribers beg to notify their customers,
and the public generally that they have re-
moved
To the Store lately occupied by A..
Mitchell, Second Door Above W
S Robertson's- Italian Ware-
house,
Where they will keep constantly on hand a large
stock of FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES and
BROVISIONS, XXX FAMILY FLOUR, and all
• kinds of Mill and Cheap Feed.
TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma-
i chine, although not much exceeding in price
the very cheapest machine manufactured any-
wnere, is yet Incomparably Superior to any cheap
machine yet bi ought out,
--
TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma-
chine has aceieved an immense popularity
in the short time it has been before the people.
TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma-
chine already occupies a position only word-
ed to others after year of toilsome effort.
TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma -
1 chine. by tie rne-e force of its inherit gooc1.
qualities, is bound to become, the universal favor-
ite of the Canadian public, •
TT IS UN1)EN1A13T..E that every family, eith-
I er in eouutry, town or eity, shoulcl have a
Sewing Machine, and it is equally undeniable
that none'is so well adapted for univerEal use as
the Lockman.
--
AATIFE. Sister and Father within the bounds
V of our happy land, importune their re-
spective.
---
TTUSBA.ND, Brother and Father. until the
Milleniura (which is _ sure to follow the
universal introductidn of the Sewing Machine).
has been inangura,ted.
WILSON, ROWMAN & CO.
Mr. C. II. CULL,
Agent, Seaforth. .
Hamilton, Jan. 21, 1870„ 111-tf.
Country Produce taken in exchange for Grooe-
rles, Provisions, Flour and Feed.
All " goods purchased from us will be deliverea
free of charge in any part of •Saaforth, Harpur
hey, or Egmond.ville.
Farmers may exchange wheat, &c.„ for Flour
and Feed at our Mill, at the highest value.
.Aa SHEARSON & CO.
Seaforth, Jan. 28th, 1870. 52-1y.
LONDON SEED STORE,
ESTABLISHED 1855,
• JAMES GRIFFIN,
PROPRIETOR..
GRIFFI24 , begs to inform. his triends that
e.)• ;his stock is complete -with Field, oardan and
Flower Seeds. Which he offers to the public,
pholesale and Retail, M price and -quality second
to none in the Province • AIso Roots, Vines,
Greenhouse and Bedding Plants. Cabbage,
Celery, Cauliflower, and Tomato Plants in season,
and everything as usually found in permanent
Seed and Nursery Establishments.
Descriptive Catalogues gratis to intending
purchasers.
Address,
JAS. GRIFFLN,
Seedsman and Florist,
London Seedstore, City Hall,
118-tf. Greenhouse Westmin'. ster.
Toronto Millinery.
s• ubscriber begs to announce to the Ladies
of Seaforth, and. vicinity, that she has open-
ed out a choice stock of
MILLINERY AND FANCY_GOODS
in the shop lately occupied by Mrs. Guthrie, and
adjoining Mr. Logan's store, and from her 'Ions
experience in the business in Toronto, she feels
1\warranted in saying that those favoring her With
'their patronage -will be perfectly sitisfiod.
She is prepared to execute orders DU the short-
est notice for all kinds of
1\/1 I MI 1_4 .1
DRESS AND MANTLE MAKING
-
EMBROIDERY aua BRAIDING STAMPED,..
MACHINE STITCHING, -
STRAW, AND HAIR WORK
done with neatness -
A good supply of Ladies' Dress. Caps, kept -
constantly on hand.
A call is respectfully solicited.
• MISS ERWIN.
.Seaforth, Feb. 4, 1870. 113-tf.
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APRIL,
Heating R
A stateme
• the newspap
ty has been
• medium at t
Paris, anti it
tals of that ci
stead of by e
The Wash
Of course wei
tes by Whichl
Paris; but W.
• messing, on 1'
building, th
• Burton in ap
railroad cars,
• fal and satisfa
• ."of a chaiu ma
and free cond
being reflexeS,
• tus covered b,
in front of ea
passengers1
"current of ele
heaters it is 42,
non--conduct6
•
evolntion of
the chain hasq
radiated to thl
akesociate
•er, which is'e,
by means of
given power
unlimited nu
fact that the
each circuit a
ment, the San
in. each. It
more fully to
except that ti
spirally, awl
contact is effe
with great s
rent is kepttn
" The diffict
chemical elect
ing thorough
he• pioposes
von tion to e
and th
Wednesday w
machine for t
Navy Depart'.
ton every faci,
lane magneti
Institution w
and the small,
ment of the
drive it, •
Tit
were amazed
duced, for wit
iron weee ren
was applied t
connections w
Afterwards th
eral heaters 0,
short time th'
in each, ther
-equal distribu
ing this expe
was 1cninecthd
and it was fol
•"The adva.
a)d warmin
ousY By eon
with an axle
,obtained. at s
and regarding
proposition,
•the best seient
• well as by pra
• "of having a tr
stead of being
stoves, the p.
being mashed
some chance o
burning. -up
• were entirely
clearly the en
electrieity as
•• The Railrea
of Massailisise
.6e use of Ste -
They addresse
all the railwa,
if they used s
use them • th
tive cost of
steel rails wilt
pared .with ir
age; and seve
import.
To these .qu
zeived replies
companies, 20
rails, end al h
mentally, buts
equal to iron r
laid !Steel tra
16,000 tone,
able to the use
-the -track is s
to February of
of steel stock 1-
49,800 tens, e
Of these rails
Europe and o
and the -cost,
from 50 per
per cent. more
From the re
-lions of the co
duce ; I. 'That
not injuriously
durability far
That heavy
• materially eff
That the rails
view tai the d
therebY'obvia
that holes in ti
ihould be dr.
Steel tops,
proved. Of
Trenton, and
107 proa
the:eel:opera
Itails to -&e as fi
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