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The Story of Effie Cunningham.
In a handsdnre little volume lately pub-
lished by Mrs. Dorothea M. Ogilvy we find
the foll'owin -story. It is narrated by a
sheppard to an English stringer, and though
evidently 'mixed up a good deal with legend
its details, are beautifully and touchingly.
told'., Eike had had a very large cup of sor 1
rows in her day. Married when in the;
bloom of life to a " drover frae the North,"=
she had been blessed with a young and in•
teresting family ; but relentless death car-
vied them off one by one, and worst of all,
",her Jamie" fell .victim to the same dis-
ease that had been preying upon the° vitals
of their children — consumption. The
whole of Effie's kinsfolk were now " dead
and gene," and, "like a sheep ne N -shorn in
March," she was casthelpless and unpro-
tected upon a world that unfeelingly wrong
'ed her and robbed: her of everything she
had .even to her " wee cot," which " was
teen atour her head to be a bothy for Kils-
pindie's farm." EeduMed to the extreme of
poverty, she "flitted tf
alone on a hill side;
good opinion °f iter
dustry and kindly dist,
some winter of forty{ -five," Effie's " lone
bield" was buried by'i a heavy fall of snow,
and for `three laps weeks" no one lead seen -
or heard of her tillthe shepherd, at the sug-
gestion of bis guide --wife, and accompanied.
by -the miller, gallantly went forth in search
of the forlorn • widow. But we shall now
allow the shepherd to tell the story himself :
Aweel, to cut a Iangsome story short,
Wi' Rab the miller oe'r the pathless waste,
Afearsome wilderness, I forced my way,
Forefoughten lair ar ere the spot we gained,
Nought of the ,healing caw we but the lum
And thie aula radar' tree., to guide our steps,
Aboon the roof the frost -bound snaw was firm,
And bare our weight beside the reeky lum,
And to ilk ither 'neath our breath we said—
She's dead and and gane, poor saul ! she's stark
- and stiff
The snaw that lies upon her ingle stone,
'Twill be nae milder, whiter, than hersel'
Syne down the chimney cried, wi' begin' hearts,
"Ho, Effie lass !"
a shealing" standing
and there earned a
neighbours by her in-
osition. In the fear -
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
Prince Charles, . was born March 20, 1828.
He was -scarce ten years old when he enter-
ed the Prussian army. Military life and
duties were, thereiore, almost inbred in his
nature. He necame passionately fond of
his:profession, and .evade raid progress of
. p z� P
the military school. He distinguished him-
self as an oxer in the Schleswig-Holstein
war, but wonhis highest honors in =the war
of 1866 with/ Austria, when he had com=
wand of the. First Division of Prussian ar-
my. He marched his tioops.to the frontier
imr ediatelY on assuming command, crossed
it June 23, won the victories of Liebenan,
Turnau, Podol, Muchegratz and Gitschiu,
and forced the Austrians into the interior
of Bohemia Here they mrde a stand at
Bistritz, and July 3d, 1866, he attacked
them in a strong position, fought them
without result until reinforced by the Sec-
bnd Division, commanded by the Crown
Prince. when the Austrian lines were brok-
en, and the disastrous (to the Austrians)
clay of . Sadowa. became history. Prince
Frederick Charles is regarded one of, if not
the ablest of the Prussian generals. In
the present war he commands the army of
the Rhine. His division of the army has
not yet distiguished itself, although as we
write (August 10th) a despatch conies over
the wires that he; has divided the French
forces in the centre, and achieved a victory.
He is not only a. first -cls and brilliant
cavalry officer, heis also a military author,
and created a particular sensation several
years ago by a pamphlet in which he advo-
cated the greatest individual development
of the Prussian soldier, criticising severely
the former Prussion systerh as having a ten-
dency to make a soldier a mere machine.
His comparison of the French and Prussian
armies, their style of fighting, etc., tied his
relentless criticisms caused the , Prussian
government to suppress this pamphlet, but
it was used in at once introducing many of
the ideas, principles and improvements ad-
vocated by him.
Among all the royal princes he is the
only one who has never been entangled in
an ihigitimate love affair with one or. the
other of the handsome ladies of the court,
or opera singers, or ballet dancers, acoord-
issg to the fashion ofthe day among his
equals. He is exceedingly, popular with
the entire army, of' which he is now the
second in command, and destined to become
probably Prussia's greatest general.
THE CROWN PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM.
is the only son of King William I., and
heir to the Prussian throne. He was born
in 1831. When seventeen years old he en-
tered the University of Bonn. Concluding
his -University course, he began his military
studies at Berlin as a psis ate in the Prus-
sian Guards. y After a short term of ser-
vice as private, he was given;command of a
company and was rapidly promoted until
he became General. In 1850 he married
Victoria, the Princess Royal of England.
In the' Schleswig-Holstein war he wasLieu-
tenant General and Commander of the Sec-
ond Army Corps, and acquired in that cam-
paign great popularity among the troops,
sharing with them all the hardships of the
campaign. In the war with Austria, 1866,
he had command of the Second Army
Corps, and by his timely arrival and vigor-
ous fighting et Sadowa, after his cousin,
Prince Frederick .Charles had been fighting
all day, decided the fate of the Austrian
army, and secured peace. He is now in
command of the Northern Army of Prussia,
and since our last issue has fought the: army
of one of the abelest of the French com-
manders, Marshal McMahon, sigially de-
feating it and imperilling, apparently, the
French cause.—Rural New Yorker.
Then hushed and awed we heark'ned, till a
-voice
Broken and feeble, to our shout replied,
As from a charnel house, and gard us start,
', And wat our e'en wi' tearfu' drips 0' joy,
God ha' s been wi' me, freens, else I had died."
We bore the good auld body to my hame,
My Shusie took and nursed her like% bairn,
;We never tired to,hear her tell her tale—
Boo that she woke one morn Surprised to fled
The snaw was deep around,—a feodin' storm ;
Boo that she tried wi' ao her might to leave
Her crazy bield to seek some neighbor's aid ;
And that she was driven back as aift's she
strave,
Half sinoored wi' drift, .bewildered, and richt
fain
Mo steek her door against the whirling blast ;
Too that she ca'ed for human aid in vain ;
Her hands she wrung, and wi' tearfu' ee,
-Unto her Maker on her neer she prayed';
° Then rose wi' heart relieved, happy amaist—
At least resigned—by a' the warld forgot,
But safe beneath His ever sheltering wing,
Wha gars the widow's heart wi' joy to sing.
f er store of fuel she burnt till noughtremained
-But bad and table and the old arm chair :
Partook o' food, just what would bare suffice
Te keep the life in. Muckle thought she then
On her lost dear ones, whom she hoped to see
Where death and partings never more would be,
She said when a' was closed and silent round
Cauld, solemn, silent as a sepulchre—
As midnight dark (save where one gleam of
light,
-Pierced through the lum and shewed her when
'was day,
And days and nights wore on without relief ;
She seemed to have nae trouble care or fear
Her kilt o' meal grew toom, but she was calm ;
Her thocts upon Zarephath's widow dwelt,
And aye she prayed Elijah's God would send
Her speedy help, or else a speedy end.
When lo ? a tod cam iushin doon the vent,
And laid at'her feet a new killed hare,
Then swiftly ftarted off and soon returned
Wi' a brave black cotk—and ild ither day
The welcome robber cam' wi' fresh supply
Of new caught vatious game, until her bield
'Was just a well stored awrxrie' for them baith.
Wi' thArlrfu' heart she kept heir ingle bricht,
And Heaven's ain sunshine cheered her eerie
nicht.
Sae was she fed and sic her dainty fare ;
For God who sent Elijah in the wilds
Food by his ravens, thus her wants supplied.
Aft wad she clasp her withered hands .and tell
Wi' grate& tears hoo on the show clad steep
The Faithful Shepherd fed his lonely sheep.
.Effie—Godrest her soul fang syne has falen
asleep. -
Three Prussian Generals.
Second only to Bismarck, and -perhaps of
equal importance to Prussia, in its present
emergency is
BARON VON MOLTKE,
cGhief of Staff of King William I. He is
nearly seventy years of age ; was born in
Mecklenburg Schwerin ; his early life was
spent in the Danish array ; in 1835 he went
to Constantinople to instruct and ' organize
the Turkish army, and won distinction in
the campaign of the :-Sultan, against the
Viceroy of Egypt. He returned to the
Prussian army, advanced rapidly until he
Was made Chief of Staff in September, 1858.
He reorganized the army, planned the suc-
cessful campaign against Denmark, and ad-
ded to his laurels in the field. In 1866, in
the war between Prussia and Austria, the
brilliancy of his . powers as a commander..
and strategist became apparent, and the re-
sult at Sadowa are largely credited to his
planning and counsel. Tris ability to use
and make the most of the resources at his
command is wonderful. He is never at s
loss; decides quickly, no matter - what the
situation ; is firm in insisting upon the exe-
cution. of his.plans, and results have thus
far shown that they are wisely made.
In the present war with Napoleon III.
lie does not appear as an active character,
so far as the campaign is developed, but . it'.
is well known that as Chief of Staff he di-
Teets, in conjunction with the King,, the
rovements of the great divisions of the
Prussian army. -
PRINeE FREDERICK CHARLES,
the nephew of King William L, 'a son of
MINING UNDER THE SEA. -LI -There is a,
vast copper mine in England, where shafts
extend many hundred yards under the sea.
The moaning of the waves .as they dash
against the rocks is forever sounding in
those gloomy aisles. When the storm
comes, the sound becomes so terrific that
even the boldest miners cannot stay below,
but leav* their work and. come - out upon
the earth. Over bead are masses. of bright
copper streaming through the gallery in va-
rious dilections, traversed by a network of
thin red veins of iron, and all over the salt
water drips down tiny crevices in the rock.
Immense wealth of metal is contained in
these roofs, but no miner dare give it an-
other stroke with his pickaxe. ` Already
there has been one day's work too much up-
on it,.a huge wedge of wood driven in; the
rock bears witness. The wedge is allthat
stops the sea from bursting in upon them.
Yet there are three tiers of galleries where
men work: day by day, not knowing but at
some fatal hour the flood may be in upon
them, rendering all escape as hopeless as in
the day of Noah. The awe stricken visitor
hurries away from the scene appalled in
view of the hourly -dangers.
METH EXTRACTED WITHOUT' PAIN.
CARTWRIGHT, L.D.S., Surgeon Dentis,
Extracts teeth without pain by the use of
the Nitrous -Oxide Gas. Office, -Over the 'Bea-
con'- store, Stratford. " Attendance in Seaforth,
at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes-
day of each month ; in Clinton, at the Commerc-
ial hotel, on the following Thursdays; and
Fridays.
The following curious observations in re-
gard to the transmissions of sound have
been carefully.verified by an extended- se-
ries of experiments :—The whistle of the
locomotive is 3,300 yards through the air ;
the noise of the railroad train 2,800 ; the
report of a !musket and the bark of a drum,
1,600 yard ; the human voice reaches to a
distance of 1,000, yards ; the croaking of
frogs, 900 yards ; the chirping of crickets,
800 yards. Distinct speaking is heard in
the air from below up to a distance of 600
yards ; from above, it is only understood
to a.range_of 100 yards downwards. It has
been ascertained that an echo is well reflect-
ed -from the surface of smooth watei only
when the voice comes from an elevation.
"0•e,
Messrs. Austin and Russell, Government
Engineers, have been sent to Lake Nepigon,
to ascertain the best route for a railway in
that region, 4o communicate with Fort
Garry.
Parties requiring new teeth are requested to
call, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first daya
of attendance. .
Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extracted
by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's offices.
New York. .
Stratford, Fed. 11, 1870. 114-if—
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One of the Largest and Best Assorted Stock
in this line, s to be found at M, R. OUNTER'S,
OPPOSITE CARMICHAEL'S11 j1 EL.
SEAIORTH, March 31, i870. 52---
6 NOTICE OF
REMOVAL!!
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,- -
GLEARIN4F SALE
rinHE term of partnership having expired by l-
mitation of time, the subscribers are disposed
to sell off the whole of the stock at present in
their store as quickly as possible.
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
Country Produce taken in exchange for Groce-
ries, Provisions, Flour and Feed.
:All goods purchased from us will be delivered
free of charge in. any part pf Saaforth, Harpur
hey, or Egmondville. ` '.
Farmers:may exchange w eat, &c.,, for Flour
and Feed at our Mill, at the highest value.
W. A. SHEARSON & CO
Seaforth, Jan. 28th, 1870. 52-1y.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.
ALL persons imdebted to the late firm of
Zapfe & McCallum, are hereby requested to
call' and .settle the Baine with the undersigned on
or' before the lst. of March next, otherwise costs
will be incurred.
ZAPFE & CARTER. .
Seaford): Foundry.
Seaforth, Feb. 15, 1870. 1154 ..
WE HAVE DETERMINED TO SELL
At and Below Cost'
FOR
OKE MONTII
FOR
CASH OR TRADE.
FARMERS AND - OTHERS
MAY DEPEND ON GETTING BARGAINS
AS THE STOCK
MUST BE SOLD
N. B,—No goods entered during the sale.
KIDD & McMULKIN.
Seaforth, June 14th, 1870. 131.
BACHELORS •!
GET MARRIED,
AT ONCE, AS
FTJRNITTJRE
25 per cent. Cheaper
THOMAS B E L L'S
WAP.EROOM9_
HE HAS ADDED
STE41I PO
To his Facilities, and is now selling
it
Wholesale and Retail.
Be Sure to Call before Pur --
chasing Elsewhere.
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WARE ROOMS OPPOSITE KIDD & McMUL-°
KINS.
WORK SHOP, CORNER OF MARKET
' SQUARE.
TURNING done on the Shortest
Notice.
COFFINS kept constantly on hand,
A HEARSE FOR HIRE.
SsAxoRTn, Jw z 30, 1870.
SEPTEMBER 2,1 7O
HORSES STRAYED.
TRAYED fromLot20, 9th Concession Hib-
bert, on the 26th /July, one BAY ARE,
about 14 hands high, and shod on right -front
foot., also one SORREL MARE, with white strip
on the face, nigh hind foot white, and a spavin
on the off kind leg. Any information as to their
whereabouts, will be thankfully received by the
owner, and suitably rewarded,
WM. J. DEVLIN, Staffa P. 0.
STAFFA, August 3rd, 1870.
139-3.— ti
LIVERY STABLE.
JAMES ROSS desiries to inform the public
that he has opened a New Livery Stable in.
connection with his hotel, where parties can be
accommodated with first class horses and
vehicles, at reasonable prices.
Sea:orth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 974!
MTJSIC, MTJSTC.
HANDSOME FIVE OCTAVE
MELODEON
FOR SALE,
MANUFACTURED BY
R. S. WILLIAMS, TORONTO.
X50 000.
MO lend on the security of Real Property in the
County of Huron at from 6& to 10 per cent,
by
DOYLE & SQUIER,
117-6m. . Barristers, Goderich.
FARM FOR SALE.
sale—ann excellent farm of 25 acr, 21
FOR
cleared, well fenced, with a good log house,
frame stable, young hearing orchard, and a first
class well and pump, beinesthe east corner of lot
No. 6, lst Con. Township of Hullett, Co, Huron.
Gne hall mile from the Huron Road, 5 exiles from
Clinton and 4 from Seaforth„. This farm is well
situated for a gardener. Will be sold either with
the present crop or without. Forfurtherparticu-
lars apply to the proprietor on the premises
ENOS MORTON.
Seaforth, June 17, 1870.
The undersig. ed will receive orders for PIANOS
or MELODEONS, and for piano tuning. Orders
left at the
TELEGRAPH BOOK STORE.
C. ARMSTRONG.
Seaforth, June 3, 1870! - - 13141.
,Strayed Horses.
TRAYED from the pre es of the subscrib-
O'tr Lot 20, con 14, Stephen, on the 25th
ult , a black horse, with white sit on thh back,
and a slit; n one ear ; also a white mare with a
lump on the left side ; and a yearling grey colt.
Any person giving suck information as will lead
to the recovery of the above will be liberally re -
w arded.
JOHN P'REET0R,
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Serepter P.O.
Stephen, July 8th, 1870, G ” 135-tf.
M'GREGOR & SON,
BOOKBINDERS, HULLTT
A RE prepared to execute binding in every
style. Persons residing at a distance'
leaving their books at the' Signal Book Store,
Goderxch, or at the EXPOSITOR office, Seafoath,
stating atyle may rely upon Them being well
bound. .
AT THE LOWEST PRICES
And returned without delay.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21 1870, 80-
NATIONAL PILLS.
NATIONAL PILLS.
NATIONAL PILLS
NATIONAL`PILLS.
NAT IORAL 'PILLS.
The National Phis
areanewdiscovery
in medicine. They
are composed of
purely vegetable
extract prepared
by a newlydtscov-
ered. process, And
are sugar coated.
They are the great
blood and stoh
purifier. They sit
on the liver with
magical effect, are
mild, levelling,
yet a thorough
purgative, & have
no equal as a first
class family pill.
See circulars with
each box
Sold by R. LUMSDEN and E. HICKSON
CO., Seaforth. and medicine dealers generally.
WOODRUFF, BENTLY & Co.,
Proprietors, Brigham,
711-25ins. - €)nt
LUMBER! LUMBER.
THE undersigned have on hand at their Mills,
half a mile North from the Village of Ain-
leyville 500,000 feet of Good DRY PIKE
LUMBER, of the following different kinds; viz
—inch, inch and a half, and two inch, clear. .A►
large lot, (over 11)0,000,) inch and a quarter, and
inch and a hall flooringgs both dressed and under-
dressed ; half inch siding, common boards and
plank, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Board and stril
LATH, all of which will be sold at reduced
prices. '
They have lately added a first-class planning
machine, to their other machinery, and intend
keeping dressed lumber of all kinds constantly
hand.
anp
Thepublic may rely upon being aisle tope
any of the above articles of Lumber at their
Mills, so long as it is here adve-tised. -
Parties sending lumber to the mill can have it
dressed on the shortest notice and lowest possible
terms.
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ISI. & T. SM1'T11.
Ainleyviile, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-tf
T O MERCHANTS, TRADERS,
ckc. &,c.
The subscriber has just received a large assort -
mens of .
DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOURNALS,
Blank Books,Bill Books, Counting -nonce
Diaries, -
Pocket Diaries for 1870,
Bibles, Prayer Books, Psalm Books—and :a
large assortment of miscellaneous books in aplend-
did gilt bindings, - suitable for Christmas and
New Year's Gifts.
Sabbath School Books !
Reward Tickets, &c.
Plain and Fancy Note Paper and Envelopes
Pens, Ink, Pencils, School Books, etc.
Musical Instrume:ts t -
Accordeoiis, Concertinas, Violins, ViolinStrin s.
Rosin, Bridges, arek,
Briar and Mer sschaum Pipes, and Fa
Goods of an
kinds.
A large assortment of
TOYS
For Girls and Bim,
At LUMSD EN'S
Corner Drug and Book Stor
Seaforth, Jan'v. 21st, 1870.
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The bal
Prussians
Gen. Ma,l
cribed by
tour; It. t :h
tie. theOn MX
portion of
Bichshofer
remainder
o two cor
left, ot;cupv
the vrllsge:
represented
was turne
10 o'clock ..s
thousandst
position
en deavot49ut(
Wealth.
derbronn.
the tiraillet
and attack,'
placed at
order in
'checked, all
a backward
corps d'aarrml
issued ,icor'
concealed ii
urnns upon.;
the village
and tla
ewes ofmen vane
provided wi
lery. The
al hours wit
the lvfarshal'
the afternao
d'armee, th-
strong, arra
bach, which
swamp the
and :t cert 4
guenau. an`
Corps was
Marshal Alec
field, covere
had tri pa
bring to
wlnicbt were
than brad:
assi:ers again
These ` men
doomed to
that thev h
branch` of th',
a field of
tedbat
and ,been
legendary
Honain.
of the mit
fusion occasi
falling ar Darin
the front of t
them, crushe
the avant ea,
thickness, w
more name:
sistaAye th
who oozedof no
mained of u
whirlwind ,€i
had rte route
hour was nee
The - Marsha.
ehasseurs.
stake ; he. nm
ed off; and
by the cuira
chasseurs,. I
ful onslaugh
enabled to joi
saved. The
terrible deta
battle the Ma
de Failly, or
ions to; Laths
army in. th
ausba h, w
and ,Gen.
- of coup foian
latter place.:
The
Perhaps
just nonce
lumber opera
Ing a comparis
prise. For
difficult and
to arm and eq,
as an expediti
And so it is.
ger operations
valley, the 4
n lfIeimb
propor
nerals are ac
woods annua,'.
thoroughly al
ped for- the fo
ver expedition
go into.wintcr
then vornes on.
it has whole sq
four thousand
perpetual. Th
check for a
cutting anal lin
the dnvmg ai d
shipping of the
voyageurs uneg
age and dexteri
..t takes a, force
by most l
scienthece tis cLo
lumber force
army— Thera
ble navy of.twl
es, _ manned by
in transporting
erations so vast
be conducted
„and we are scar
theannrro exr
.of the entire
wick and Nova