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T`tiE HURON EXPOSITOR.
ORIGIN AL POETRY.
ON THE LOSS OF THE "OITY OF 'BOSTON,"
The heavens were black, no star cheered the mid-
night,
And the wild whistling wind swept furiouslyon,
The mighty Atlantic was upheaving its waters,
And dashing its billows resistless along.
On that awful night, in the midst of the ocean,
A brave ship was strugglingandsorelyoppresed,
The white waves were around her like a legion of
demons
But nobly she bore the unequal contest.
To this doom thou alt rushing on swiftly and
surely,
And, mournful to think, will be thy dark fate ;
For soon wilt thou be eug ilphed in the ocean,.
Not a soul will be. left thy sad end to relate.
Wilder the war of the elements raged,
And wilderthe waves raised their mountainous
heads : .•
'
Till Strained iii each tunber, dismasted and shat-
tered,
Far down midst the sea weed the ship found a
bed..
•
Around on the water, men women, and children
On that awful night were battling; with death ;
What availeth their struggles, their doom is de-
cided :
Midst the tempest's wild fury they, yield_ up
their breath.
Vain are their wild shrieks for mercy to heaven,
And vain are their efforts, for nought can they
save ;
Forinthydeath struggle no aicl can approachthee;;
Henceforth shall the billows roll overthy grave.
And ye who had friends in that ill-fated vessel,
With tears of deep sorrow their sad end deplore,
For unshrouded they lie in the depths of the
ocean,
The scenes that they loved they will never see
more..
Peace to the dead ; may they slumber in silence,
Life's cares will ne'r again trouble theirbreasts,
The blue waves shall sing their wild funeral an-
theins,
No tomb -stone shall mark the cold placeof
their rest.
BERNE, 7th June, 1870. A. M.
Wonders of the Photograph.
The image of the full moon can be fixed
in less than one-fourth of a second, and that
of the sun instantaneously According to:
the experiments of Mr. Waterhouse, a space
of time no longer than one twenty -seven -
thousandth of a second is required to fix the
solar image, Even this small fraction, bow -
ever, inconceivably short as it appears, is .a
tolerable length of time compared with
that in which photographs are taken by the
electric flash. The duration of the illumi-
nating sparks, according to the beautiful
and trustworthy experiments of Mr. Wheat-
stone with his delicate chronoscope, does
not exceed the millionth part of a second,
andyet a clear and distinct photographic
image is obtained by a single electric dis-
charge. By this means may be shown the
real formof objects to which a deceptive ap-
pearance given by their rapid movement. If
a wheel, on whose side any figure is drawn
in conspicuous lines, be made to rotate with
tho greatest possible velocity, the figure will
present to the eye only a series of concentric
bands of different shades. Let it now be
photographed while in motion by the elect-
, ric flash, and the wheel will appear station-
ary, with the figure perfectly well defined.
A vein of waer issuing from a small orifice
which appears to the eye . as smooth as a
stem of crystal, if seen or photographed by
the Light of she electric discharge, is shown
to be composed of drops variously disposed,
and of various forms, some. being elongated,
others flattened, and others almc;st spherical.
Why do Children Die ?
In answer to this question the Medical
Recorder holds the following language :—
"The reason why children die is because
they are not taken care of. From .the day
of birth they are stuffed with food, choked
with physic; splashed with water, suffocated
in hot rooms; and steamed with bet clothes.
So much for indoor. When permitted to
breathe a breath of pure air once a week in
summer, and once or twice during the cold
months, only the nose is permitted to peer
into clayight.. A little later they are sent
out with - no clothes at all on the -parts of
the body which Most need protection'. Bare
legs, bare arms, bare necks, gifted middles,
with an inverted umbrella to collect the air
and chill the other parts of the body. A
stout, strong man goes out in a cold day
with gloves and overcoat, woollen stockings
and thick double -soled boots with cork be-
tween and rubbers over. The same day a
child of three years old, an infantof flesh
and blood, and bone and constitution, goes
out with clothes as thin as paper, cotton
socks, legs uncovered to the 'knees, neck
bare, an exposure which would disable the
nurse, kill the mother outright,and make
the father an 'invalid for r weeks. And why ?
To harden them to a mode of dress which
they are never expected to practice. To
accustom to exposure which a dozen years
later would be considered downright tom-
foolery. To rear children thus for the
slaughter -lien, and then lay it to the Lord,
is too bats. We don't think the Almighty
hats any hand in it le
`• s
POSTAGE STAMPS.—In the report' of the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue, printed
among the parliamentry l*s-pers, it is shown
that the sale of postage stamps has kept
pace with the astonishing development of
the Post Office, or rather more, since money
prepayment was not discontinued until some
time after the sale of stamps was commen-
ced. The amount sold in the first year(1840)
was in_ round numbers 300,0001 worth. By
'steady yearly increase, this. amount has
swelled to a sum o` upwards of four millions
for the year; 1860. "Although," adds the
report, "the embossed -stamps form but a
small provorcion of -the mass, yetthat their
number is bit no means inconsiderable is
shown by the fact that if the envelopes
stamped in asinge day were, when closed,
to be laid end to end, their unitad length
would be not less than six miles."
Greek Brigands.i:
There is a curious account published in
January, 1869, of the system of brigandage
as it is now carried on in Greece. The pam-
phlet, written in modern Greek; is by a cer-
tain Andrew Moskonisco, a cavalry lieuten-
ant. He states that after the Fall of Con-
stantinople, in 1453, and the subjugation of
Greece by the Turks, bands of patriots, par-
ticularly from among_ the tribes known as
the Cleptai and the .Armatoli, joined togeth-
er to resist the tyrants, and retaeating to
the mountains and fastholds of nature, there
set up a code of laws, and formed a small
but independent government in the midst
of the . conquered country. Gradually,
however, these heroes dwindled into rob-
bers ; -and the war -tare against tyranny be-
came a spoiling of the weak. Their codeof.
laws, as at present existing, is a strange
mixture of barbarity and chivalry. It con-
tains fifteen clauses, which are as follows :-
1.
1. All treachery to bo punished by cut-
ting off the extremities of the traitor, as an
example to others.
2. On a seeond offence, the traitor to be
killed and exposed.
. 3. The rich o be captured, and not al-
lowed to depar till they have paid ransom,
and sworn not 1 o injure the brigands by a
relation of their adventures to - the authori-
ties,;
4. The captives, if not ransomed, to be
strangled.
5, If the ransom be short of the sum
named, lot's to be drawn whether the cap-
tives shall go free, having one ear cut off
to show that the sum was _ deficient, or
shall be . killed: -
6. Captives once ransomed must, if re-
captured, pay a second time.
7. All soldiers to be killed.
8. The bearers of ransom to be respected
and small money to be given them on their
departure.
9. After the ransom is paid, before the
captive is released, he is to be kept and en-
tertained a 'few days, to seewhat manner of
man he is ; and before he goes his beard is
to be shaved off. .
10. All robbers plotting for government
to be killed.
11. No one to be admitted into the band
as a member who has not previously com-
mitted a criminal act.
12 Should a captive escape, his keeper is
to be held responsible. and expelled from the
band.
13. Never to steal the goats and sheep
from the shepherds, but to pay for all
taken.
14. To offer gifts oat, any monastery or
hermitage, by way of expiation for sin. -
15. Not to be cruel to captives ; to go
shares in everything ,; and never to injure
women.
Weston's Tramp.
A Peet) into the Future
A PNEUMATIC TUBE OVER FOUR HUNDRED
MILES LONG—SEVENTEEN SECONDS FROM
LONDON TO GLASGOW.
Weston's weary walk is over. He began
at 12:15 o'clock on Tuesday midnight and
ended at 6:55 last evening. The pedestrian
had volunteered to walk 100 miles in twen-
ty-two consecutive hours for the sura of $1,-
50p. The " tramp " came off at the Empire
City Rink New York. On the twenty-fifth
mile Weston was attacked by sickness at
the stomach, but he rallied, and once more
putting his legs in a sort of automatic mo-
tion went on his way: For a while he con-
tinued his journey without giving any evi-
dence of weariness, but finally the time
came when a. death -like pallor overspread
his features, and he looked lnore like a gal-
vanized corpse than anything else. Then
stimulants were given him. First he was
dosed with champagne, then •he was plied
with gin, and afterwards brandy was given
him in regular quantities. For several
ours before he reached the end .of his walk
his trainer, Hiram Totten, frequently hand-
ed him a sponge saturated with bay rum
and water, which Weston applied to the top
of his head and squeezed the contents -all
over his pate and neck and shoulders. 1 f
it had not been, for these applications and
for the brandy given him, there is no doubt
that the result of the undertaking would
have been a total failure: Often the man
showed that he suffered from dizzyness—
that he was threatened • with • congestion of
the brain. To some persons in the crowd
the exhibition was therefore, anything but
a pleasant, one. After beginning the walk
.Weston partook but sparingly of food.. His
diet consisted of beef tea, porridge and
crackers and tea. No -meat was permitted
to pass his lips. The first mile was made
in 11 minutes and 55 seconds, the fiftieth
mile was made in 13:41, and the one hun-
dred) mile in 11:58. The average time was
about 12:05. During the walk Weston
made nine halts, varying from 3 minutes to
9:40 each. After completing the one hun-
dred miles, he walked three times more over
the course amid the cheers of the spectators.
FLAVOR OF CALIFORNIA . FRUITS. -Josiah
Hooper, in his late annual address before
the Penn. :Fruit Growers' Society, said - of
his observations in California ;—" I may
say in regard to the .larger fruit, such as the
apple, pear, peach, &c ; that their remarka-
ble size and beauty appeared very short of a
miracle ; indeed, 1 was totally unable to
detect old standard varieties, time and
again. Their .enormous size •and perfect
shade, together with that peculiar waxen
appearance, proverbial of all Californian
fruits, was a continual picture, and will not
soon be forgotten, But beautiful and large
as all these vegetable productions are there
is lacking that delicious flavor, ,the agreea-
ble aroma, and the richness of our less per-
ect but better fruits, We search in vain
or these requisites beyond the Rocky Moun-
tains, and I very much doubt if they have
;he more preferable acquisitions or that we
would exchange our- quality for thea ap-
pearance."
(Brom the Boston Transcript.)
The following extract from a letter re-
ceived by one of our friends describes the
operation of a pneumatic tube between
Glasgow aid -London. Proba)ly . of
our readers are aware of the existence of
the process by which messages and pack-
ages are almost instantaneously transmitted
between these two cities :—
" I had occasion bo rend a telegram to
London the other day, and in a few minutes
received a- reply ,which led motto suppose
that a serious error had been cernmitted by
my agents, involving manythousandpounds.
Imimmediately went to the telegraph office
and asked to � see my message. - The clerk
said " We can't show it to you, as we have
sent it to Loddon." "'But," I replied, "you
must have my original paper here ; I wish
to see that." He again said, "No, we have
not got it ; it is in the Post Office at Lond-
on." " What do you mean," I asked.
" Pray, let me see the.paper I left here half
an hour ago." t" Well," said he, " if you
must see it, we will get it back in a few
minutes, but it is, now in London." He -
rang a bell, and in five minutes or so pro-
duced my message rolled up in pasteboard.
"It seems that for some -months there
has existed a pneumatic telegraph, betwixt
Glasgow and London 'and betwixt London
and the other principal cities of the- king-
dom, which consists of an iron tube, into
which the messages are thrown and sent to
their destination. I inquired if I might see
a message sent. " Oh yes ; come around
here." He slipped a number of messages
into a pasteboard scroll, popped it into the
`tube and made a signal. I put my ear. to
the tube and heard a slight 'rumbling noise
for seventeen seconds, when a bell rang be-
side•me, indicating that the scroll had ar-
rived at the General . Post Office, four
hundred miles off ! It almost took my
breath away to think of it. If I could
only go to Boston with the same relative
speed, you might count on my passing an
an evening every week . at 124 Beacon
street, and returning home to sleep. Who
knows but we may be conveyed' in this
marvelous -manner before many years'
Perhaps you are aware that there has
been a large tube between the General
Post Office in London and the station in
. Eustace Sgiiara in operation for a number
of years. The mail bags for the north
are all sent by this conveyance, so that
the Post Office receives letters up to a
few minutes before the train leaves, three
miles off. The transit takes less than two
seconds! Surely this is an age of wonders,"
Bad Blood. -
Draymen about breweries drink quarts,
if not gallons, of beer every day; and by the
time- they are forty-five the commonest
scratch of a .pin on the hands will not get
well for months ; if the skin is abraded or
scraped of by a misstep, or other accident,
a running sore is sometimes established for
the remainder of life. It is because the
blood is bacl ; it is poor ; too thick, and
even poisonous. •
--Persons. have poor blood when it is ob-
served that scratches and cuts and bruises
are a long time in healing, and this should
be a friendly warming to correct the condi-
tion of things, because it shows there is but
little vitality, little stamina, and disease of
some kind is impending, especially to the
typhoid fever, and the recovery will be
slow, doubtful, and in many cases not
possible. -
,The first step to be taken in all cases to
get rid of bad blood is to spend a large por-
tion of daylight out of doors in remunera-
tive labor or agreeable employment, or in
journeying, on horseback being the • best ;
this helps nature to work the bacl blood out
•of the body, and at the same time gets up a
good appetite and a vigorou s digestion,
which makes a pure blood to supply the
place of the bad, and the patient is well,
without an atom of medicine or a dollar's
expense.—Hall's Journal of .Health,.
The Recall of The Imperial Troops..
With the Fenian invaders on our eastern
borders but jnst repulsed, and fresh assaults
from the same ruffianly horde thr-eatened`in
the North West, to say nothing of the ru-
mored or more than rumoured troubles that
may yet by the mettle of our Red River
forces, the .following announcement reads
somewhat strangely :—
" The sale of over 100 horses, belonging
to the batteries proceeding to England, will
take place at the Artillery Stables, Hoche-
laga Barracks, by order of the Control `De-
partment, on Wednesday, June 8th. The
sale commences at 10 o'clock a. m. Cata-
logues will be ready on Monday morning.
Intending persons wishing to examine the
horses must procure a permit from the Con-
trol Department, or at the auctioneer's of-
ffce. John J. Arnton, auctioneer,"
The artillery is just the branch of the mi
litary service that can be least easily replac-
ed by a volunteer force. It requires, above
all other arms, scientific accuracy- and man-
agement. No doubt the recall of the troops
is part of a well -understood line of policy ;
but at this moment it has the appearance of
excessive indifference." -Globe.
He that makes one step up a stair, though
he be not much nearer to the top' of the
house, yet is got from the ground, and de-
livered from the foulness and dampness of
that ; so in the first step of prayer," O Lord
be merciful unto me," though a .man be not
established in heaven, yet he has stept from
the world and the miserable comforters
thereof '
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OPPOSITE CARMICHAEL'S HOTEL
SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870. 52—
SPRING GOODS.
•
WM. CAMPBELL,
Merchant Tailor,
t
HAS JUST RECEIVED A COMPLETE STOCK
—0 F-
SPRISG GOODS
•
EMBRACING EVERY STYLE
THAT WILL BE WORN
FOR
SPRINC*cSUMMER
ALL GARMENTS GOT UP
BY THE BEST WORKMEN,
_IND AT MODERATE
CHARGES.
WM. CAMPBELL,
NEW YORK HOUSE.
SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870,
FARMERS GO TO
M'NAUCHT AND TEEPLE,
FOR -
*AGGONS, BUGGIES,
GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, and in
.A fact, anythingdrawn bythe horse. A large
e
assortment always ept on and. and for firs -
class HORSE SIOEING & JOBBINGthatis the
place.
A large stock of Dry Oak, and other Lumber,
also Dry Waggon Spokes, for Sale.
Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1870. 11-1y.
Dr. Caldwell's
DYSPEPSIA
bYSPEPSIA can be effectually cur-
ed by using DR. CALDWELL'S
DYSPE PS1A-REMEDY. See circul-
ar and certificates accompanying each
bottle.
Sold by R. LUMSDEN and E.
HICKSON & CO., Seaforth, and
medicine dealers generally.
WOODRUFF, BENTLY & CO.
117-25ins.
CD
CD
Brougham, Ont.
JUNE 17, 1870.
FAR-MERS!
1:4 -Get your Homemades Cut Out
Wirth Economy and Taste
AT
SUTHERLAND : B R O'S.
TAILORS.
Goderich Street.
G 0 0 D -P ITS 1
And Workmanship Guaranteed.
CHARGES MODERATE.
NEXT DOOR TO
Lumsden3s Drug Store.
Seaforth, March 17th, 1870• 82-tf. —
ONTAIi.IO HOUSE !
EDWARD CASH,
GENERAL COUNTRY MERCHANT,
ANS DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP
Farm and Dairy Produce.
GROCERIES
-xr D --
DRY GOODS!
OF THE BEST CLASS,
ALWAYS ON HAND,
AND, AS CHEAP AS ANY IN
SEAFORTH_ -
SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870.
53—
INTENSE EXCITEMENT! !
STILL PREVAILS AT
D-en.t's, Seaford(
People are still rushing for those
CIIEAP GOODS.
In order to supply the demand Mr. Dent has
been obliged to renew lois
SPRING PURCHASES,
and has just returned with a
SECOND SPRING STOCK
cheaper than ever. -
MILLINERY AT HALF ITS VALUE.
DRY GOODS,
at wholesale prices.
GEO. DENT, SEAFORTH.
Seaforth, June 3, 187 0. I30-tf.
R LUMSDEN
Has just received a Fresh Stock of
PURE DRUGS
AND
CHEMICALS
Toilet and Fancy Soaps, Combs, Hair, Tooth
and Nail Brushes, French, English,
and American.
PERFUMERY.
GENUINE DYE STUFFS
Guaranteed to be of the best quality
Horse and Cattle Medicines t
Condition - Powder.
Physicians perscriptions carefully and accur-
ately dispensed.
R LTT'MSDEN,
rillT 0 MERCHANTS, TRADERS,
&c. &c.
The subscriber has just received a large assort-
ment of
DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOURNALS,
Blank Books, Bill Books, Counting -Hous
Diaries,
Pocket Diaries for 1870,
Bibles, Prayer Books, Psalm Books—and a
large assortment ofmiscellaneous books in splend-
did gilt bindings, suitable for Christmas and
New Year's Gifts.
Sabbath School Books r!
Reward Tickets, &c. -
Plain and Fancy Note Paper and Envelopes
Pens, Ink, Pencils, School Books, etc.
Musical Instruments.?
Accordeons, Concertinas, Violins, Violin Strin s.
Rosin, Bridges, &c,
Briar and Mereschaum Pipes, and Fa
Goods of all kinds.
A large assortment of
TOYS
For Girls and Boys,
At LUMSDEN'S
Corner Drug and Book Stor
Seaforth, Jan'v. -214t, 1870. -•
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for all kinds ,ll
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and gardeners 1
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with insects, al
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BOO -DUST
dust may be sc
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summer:. It it'
ther, as then l
mediately car r
plants. If the
in hills, then rt
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surface, and th
cultivator Ti
acre should be
ness of the soli
a ton wifl do n
consider Bone
kinds -of soil, a;
applying too i3
with the soli.--
POTATOES.-
is reccoronlend
following reaS
time become sl
than one or tw
there thus bein
better and lar,
the results. 1
reccommended
by experiment
er or not the p.
- previous cutti-
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ing to the shri
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render:this -an,
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FACTS IN A:
improvements
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keep up the