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The Qareer of an Adventurer.
Larkyns was a man of infinite adven-
ture. He was one of Charles Lever's
heroes in real life. As the younger son
cf a. rich Scotchnaan,`--he got a deal of
learning and. little lucre. A few years
of life on the continent added to the for-
mer and swept away the latter. While
he was living royally on his principal, he
seems to have aniused`himself with plot-
ting dire destruction for the crowned
heads of Europe. He carried a musket
under Garibaldi, and is said to have
belonged to Mazeini's secret league The
spits: of Europe knew him. He grew
accUstomed to being escorted across
frontiers by two police en. He was
withal only . an amateur conspirator.
Plots fascinated' him. He declared that
he never meant to °do any- king harm,
and indeed- his schemes always failed.
Perhaps he felt that he was to reign
himself. But we anticipate. When
Larkyns came home, accomplished and
penniless, from his wanderings, his rela-
tives bought him an army coinniission.
He sailed for India to join his regiment.
Arrived, there, he soon wearied of the
routine, sold out of the service, and.
started for Centaal Asia. There his for-
tune culminated. He fell into the good
graces of a heathen potentate, adminis-
tered his government for him, and final-
ly freed him from all further care in the
matter by making himself rajah. He
succeeded to the palace, the harem and
the treasury of the man he had ex-
pelled, and led a life of barbaric mag-
nificence.
After six years of solitary splendor,
he wearied of the cares of state. He de-
camped at night, and betook himself and
a- trunkful of diamonds to London. His
family naturally killed the fatted calf in
his' honor, but he quarreled with them
soon and bade them good-bye forever.
This madedependence on them- impossi-
ble; when, soon after, an unlucky specu-
lation robbed him of the spoils of his
rajahship. His ` beggary and the out-
break of the Franco-German war were..
coincident. He was soon fighting, as
Major Larkyns, en General Bourbaki's
staff. Bravery gave him the cross of the
Legion of Honor, and. then, at Metz, a
wound. He limped. through the cam-
paign, which elided at Sedan, and was
captured with his pro tem monarch. He
fades out of view as a prisoner of war at
Sedan, and reappears as a soldier of for-
tune at Salt Lake City, in the winter of
1872. Thence he wandered to Hon-
olulu, back to San Francisco,, and into a
'Frisco jail. - The failure of the man who
had cashed his fictitious drafts to prose
cute him set him. free.
The ex: king. became a .coal -heaver.
As a day -laborer, as °a stevedore, as a
clerk, as a translator, as a critic and cor-
respondent, he worked to gain money
and regain reputation. He was , well
employed at Calistoga when the end.
-came. A jealous San Francisco -hus-
band hurried thither with Larkyn's let-
ters to his wife in his pocket, and his
pistol in his hand. He called Larkyns
to the door, and the doomed man came.
There was _a cry of " Throw up your
hands 1" an oath, a flash and the dull
thud. of a bullet, and : the man of the
world. went cut of the world. The
wages of bis Sin were death. He might
have done much, but he preferred to en-
joy much ; and this was the ghastly end
of en odd life.
Typhoid Fever.
A letter of the greatest importance
from Prof. Tyndall, with reference to
the origin and node of propagation of
typhoid fever, appears in the London
Tunes, of Nov. 9. . He adduces and pow-
erfully supports the arguments and evi-
dence collected by Dr. Budd in his trea-
tise on typhoid fever in support of the
theory that the disease is not spontane-
ously generated by the decomposition
and putrefaction of animal and vegetable
substances, but is propagated solely
through the medium of matter whichhas
already been in contact with a typhoid
patient. The living human body is the
soil in which the specific poison of typh-
oid fever breeds and multiplies." Prof.
Tyndall relates the history of atypical case
•of typhoid outbreak originating in the
village of North Tawton, and shows, by
the series of events which it exhibits,
that the disease is purely of a contageous
nature, and that the worst -drained coun-
try villages in the surrounding district
escaped so long as the specific poison
kept away, and were attacked only when
by some means or other; that poison was
conveyed to them, "Ashpits fail to de-
velope it, putrescence fails to develope it
stench fails to develope it; even the open
privy is powerless so long as it is kept
free from the discharges of those already
attacked."
The sanitary measures adopted by Dr.
Budd were these (i,) Flooding all the
drains of the place with disinfectants,
with a view to destroy, as far as possible
the poison already cast off ; (2,) the re-
ception of all the discharges from the sick
immediately on th eir issue from the body
into vessels charged with disinfectants ;
(3,) the instant immersion' of all bed and
body linen used by the sick into a disin-
fectingliquid before its removal from the
ward; (4,) scrupulous ablution and disin-
fection of the hands of the nurses ; and
lastly, the binning or disinfection of all
beds occupied by the sick as soon as va-
cated by death, convalescence or other-
wise. By these means adopted on this
occasion, "it may be said that the plague
was instantly stayed." } We do not,
however, remarks the Pei Malt Gazette,
which publishes this summa4y, gather
from Prof. Tyndall's arguments that the
adoption of similar measures in cases of
typhoid outbreak ought to supersede the
sanitary improvements already', so ur-
gently demanded ia such places as Over
Darwen. If the sewer be, as Dr. Budd
graphically describes it, " a direct con-
tinuation of the diseased intestine," and
only in that capacity a propagator of dis-
ease, it is all the more necessary to pre-
vent the infiltration of its contents into
the drinking water of a district.
The Grasshopper Sufferers.
The official reports made to the Kansas
State Boarcl ofAgriculture show very
clearly the destitution that must exist in
the several frontier counties of that state
from the ravages of the grasshoppers. In
17 counties in which an aggregate of
158,000 acres,were planted in corn, not a
bushel'_ was produced. Five of these
counties produced an average crop of
wheat, oats, barley and buckwheat, and
are abundantly able to relieve any indi-
vidual cases of destitution in their midst.
The other twelve count23,000,
es, having all an ag-
gregate
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gregate population of 23, settares
the remote frontier and theement
in. them have all been made within
years. The eight in which the greatest
destitution prevails have all been pope-
Iated within the past year or tw&, and
the greater part of their population set-
tled in their limits, either last spring or
the preceding fall These eight coun-
ties have an aggregate population of 17,-
000 settlers, who generally had their first
crop planted. They had expended all
their means in building houses and put-
ting in drops, but the_drought and grass-
ho-ppers wrought the total destruction of
everything they had planted, leaving
them totally destitute. They are with-
out either food, clothing, or fuel to sus-
tain them until they can produce some-
thing on which to live, and must be sus-
tained by the charitable contributions of
people in other sections of the:State and
in the country at large. The number of
destitute in the State is computed at.
from 20,000 to 25,000, at least 15,000 of
whom must be assisted during the winter
and until another crop is grown.
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Drainage for Health.
The proper, drainage for buildings is a
matter of importances ' Cellars may be
wet, stables not very dry, water may
drip from theeeaves, cutting holes into
the earth. and making puddles. The
water from such puddles filters directly
into the cellars, so that old housesin in the
country are very frequently dangerous
to life on account of the water settling
into the cellars. A damp cellar may
sometimes be made dry by making a
sink init. Cellars are sometimes made,
in 'such wretched places that they need
drain -pipes to carry off the water. In
arranging any of this kind of work about
a stable, it is necessary to be careful
that the drainings of the stalele do not
filter into any water required for domes-
tic use. Water should on no account be
allowed to drip from the eaves ; it is a
great nuisance, undermining foundations
and rapidly destroying buildings.
- Air confined anywhere, even in a clean
room, becomes offensive, probably un-
healthy, with a disagreeable smell of
closeness, and confined with filth in a
drain or sewer, it must .be infinitely
worse. Drains built tight, with traps,
&c., so that there is no ventilation of
their interior, generate very poisonous
gases, which are ready on the occurrence
of any small leak to escape and' poison
everybody who happens to go near them.
The best arrangement for ventilators 'in
housesis to have a separate flue built in
the chimney -stack expressly to receive
the ventilator pipes. Thus the air from
the drain is discharged high in the at-
mosphere in a position to be mixed with
smoke, and the noxious properties are
destroyed, the smoke, whether of wood
or coal, containing about the best chemi-
cal
hemical disinfectants known.
In all parts of New England hun-
dreds of people are dying every year of
typhoid fever, .A large tract of the
City of Boston is now building on made
land, nearly as flat as the prairies about
Chicago ; and in a few years it will
doubtless have to be regraded and re-
built to get rid of this pestilence. From
Maine to Pennsylvania there are flat un-
drained fields, and wet cellars nearly as
bad. All over the country further
South, but principally in the Mississippi
Valley and the flat country bordering
on the ocean, the half -drained land is ii-
fested.with intermittent fever and other
malarial pestilences to such an. extent as
to destroy many thousands of people
every year ; so that, in spite of constant
immigration, extensive tracts of country
are about as sparsely settled as they
were when Pocahontas saved the life of
John Smith. -Dr. Joseph, Wilson.
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A LARGE STOCK OF BENNERT & BIVORT'S
THE PHCENIL -
FIRf. INSURANCE COMPANY
OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
W. N. WATSON,
AGENT AT SEAFORTH. This old standard
Company was established in 1782, does busi-
ness in all parts of the world, does the second
largest business in the United Kingdom, pays its
claims with promptitude and liberality. Its rates
are moderate. 846-26
THE GREATEST BARGAINS
IN
ALL KINDS OF DRY GOODS
EVER OFFERED IN
WILL BE FOUND AT
THOMAS KIDD'S EMPORIUM
DURING THE NEXT TWO 'VEERS
Call and See these .Bargains and be Convinced Before
Purchasing Elsewhere.
N. B.—ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES.
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THOMAS KIDD.
REMOVED, REMOVED.
Owing to the Inereaee of Business BELFRY & MAY have been obliged to 'remove to a Iarger shop.
With many thanks for the patronage of our numerous friends and customers in the past, we hope to
do a still larger business in all kinds of
Harness, Saddles,
TRUNKS,
VALISES, BAGS,
AND SATCHELS. -•
Our Buffalo Robes
Will be opened in a few days.
CALL EARLY AND BUY
CHEAP.
Our HORSE CLOTHING, for the winter, is well assorted, and great bargains will be given. Any
amount of SLEIGH BELLS, WHIPS, CURRYCOMBS, BRUSH elS, &c.
Special attention given to HORSE COLLARS. Our determination is to make our work satisfactory
to all who patronize ns. SHOP known as LOGAN'S OLD STAND, opposite Scott's Brick Block,
Main Street, Seaforth.
BELFRY & MAY, Saddlers.
COME ONE, COME ALL!
AND BOY YOUR
HARNESS
FROM
J. WARD, SEAFORTH.
I beg to state for the information of farmers and the public generally, that I have as good a stock of
Harness on hand as any in town, and I am determined not to be undersold by any other establish-
ment in the County.
BELLS and HORSE BLLNTCit.TS, all kinds, constantly on !hand. Also TRUNKS and General
Furnishings.
C-i-I�TE 1V=
J. WARD,
313
Main -Street, Seaforth.
GODERICH
FOUNDRY,
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The Goderich Foundry & Manufacturing Co.
Beg to inform the public that they are prepared to contract for
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERIS ; FLOUR, GRIST, AND SAW MILLS
SAWING MACHINES, &c.
On hand—IROr. AND WOODEN 'PLOWS, with steel boards;
GANG PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, STRAW -CUTTERS, &c.
SUGAR AND POTASH KETTLES, GRATE -BARS,
— WAGGON BOXES, &c.
COOKING, PARLOR AND BOX STOWS, of various kinds.
SALT PANS MADE TO ORDER.
ALSO,
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, AND BLACKSMITH WORK.
BOILERS AND SALT PANS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE.
TWENTY TO THIRTY -HORSE POWER TUBULAR BOILERS generally on hand for sale.
All orders addressed to the Company or Secretary will receive prompt attention.i
A. HODGE, Secretary and Treasurer. H. HORTON, President.
R. RUNCIMAN, General Manager.
SEAFORTH AND HURON ,
MARBLE WORKS.
H. I1IESSE+'T T
(Late of Hamilton,)
Would intimate to their numerous friends and the
general public that they are .prepared to All all
orders for
Monuments, Headstones, Table Tops,
Mantles, &c,
Granite Monuments Imported to Order.
Work ofthe best style and art, and cannot be
surpassed in this part of Ontario.
A callrespectfully solicited.
Calder's old Stand, opposite McCallum's Hotel,
VAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
H. MESSETT.
8EAFORTH PLANING MILL,
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY
THE subscriber begs leave to thank his numerous
customjers for the liberal patronage extended to
him since commencing business in Seaforth, and
trusts that he may be favored with a continuance
of the same.
Parties intending to build would do well to give
him a call, as he will continue to keep on hand a
large stock ef allkinds ef
DRY PINE LUMBER,
BASHES,
DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
SHINGLES, LATH, ETC,
He feels confident of giving satisfaction to those
who may favour him with their patronage, as none
but first-class v. orkinen are employed.
it "Particularattentionpaid to Custom Planing
201 JOHN H. BROADFOOT.
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WINTER IS COMING,
WILLIAM Gi4ASS1E,
OF
Seaforth Carriage Works,
Is Prepared for it.
CUTTERS AND SLEIGHS.
He has on handa large number of CUTTERS
OF VARIOUS STYLES, which for workmanship
and .finish cannot ne surpassed by those of the
best city establishments. Also a number of
PLEASURE SLEIGHS
AND
LIGHT AND HEAVY BOB -SLEIGHS,
All of which are manufactured of the best ma
tenial, and will be sold cheap.
CUSTOM WORK
Attended to Promptly as usual. Remember the
old stand on Huron Street.
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WM. GRASSIE.
NEW CARRIAGE
AND
WAGON WORKS
IN
MITCHELL.
McPHAIL, HENNICKE
& EDWARDS
Desire to inform the pnblie that they have com-
menced the manufacture of
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES,
PHAETONS,
ROCKAWAYS,
DEMOCRATS,
HEAVY AND LIGHT WAGONS,
Built from the very best material, in a workman-
like manner, and in the latest styles, which, for
durabilitty, lightness of draught and finish, cannot
be stnpassed.
All work intrusted to us will be executed with
promptness, and at REASONABLE RATES,
Special Attention given to Repairing,
Call at our shop, south of the Market and see
for yourselvee. 856
THE
GREAT REFORM.
The Greatest Reform that has ever been made is
in the prices of
Furniture and Undertaking.
T. JOHNS & COs,
Have reduced the prices one-half, and have- done
away altogether with extortionate prices. Is it
not to your interest to patronize them.
ALL .KINDS Off' .FURNITURE
.teLPT IN STOCK.
They axe also prepared to
Furnish Funerals With Everything Re-
quisite, -
And to attend personally with their Hearse.
T. JOHNS & Co.
Lumber taken in exchange for Furniture.
MOORE & CAMPBELL'S
IS THE PLACE.
COME WITH A SMILING FACE.
E are now occupying Frank Paltridge&s Old
Stand, which we have entirely renovated, and
having procured new instruments, are prepared
To Give Satisfaction to All.
Thanking the public for their very liberal patron--
age
atron-age in the past, we invite all to call and see our
New Rooms, where we will always be found, and
in good humor.
360 MOORE & CAMPBELL.
THE SEAFORTH
LUMBER IhkitD.
MABEE & MACDON ALD
BEG to inform the Public that they have re-
moved their Lumber Yard to the lot between
the Merchants Salt Company's Works and Mar-
shall's Mill.
They will keep constantly on hand a goodaseort-
went of ALL KINDS OF LUMBER, dressed nue
undressed. Also, LATH AND SHINGLES, all of
which they are prepared to sell at the lowest pos-
sible prices, for Cash. Also. on hand any quantity
of the best ACTON LIME.
Builders and others will find it to their advan-
tage to inspect our stock, and ascertain our prices
before purchasing elsewhere, as we are in a position
offer good indu eements to eashpnrchasers.
160 MABEE & MACDONALD.
OPENED OUT.
FOSTER'S OLD STAN D
JAMES RIGHT
HAS opened in the store neat the Seaforth
Foundry and adjoining Foster's Hotel, a full
and complete -
STOCK OR G'ROCEI. S.
His Teas are Good,
His S Sugars Cheap,
And his Spices Strom.
Call and give them a trial.
323 JA MRS WBi0HT.
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