The Expositor, 1869-01-08, Page 5SEArO1.TE i XP(
How Pencils are Modal
first 'attention in making pencils
rn
-to the hawing of the lwood:--
a Cedar is 'used princiipt llye and
by the saw into dferent ,sizes
the right ore is come to.- After
one set of the wooden slips are
vert art \ ale fitted_o� other .pieces
ed e co t :re rand then. lelt till the.
is i.nseet d.. The plamliago xs not
erly l)par until it bas gone
ugh a process of breaking, cleaning,
ng, =dressing and baking. :•Wen
comes out of the grinding mill it goes
o a large tank, where it is refined.
d separated from all other ingredi
and itis then pla•.ed in.a bowl-
aped machine, where it is rolled and
tied. It is next pressed, and this is
she most interesting of the various de -
es of preparation., it: undergoes. A.
ylinder with tubes in ;_tae- bcttoin is
-., e!:1,
s. anttigb. these runs the lead
in hexagonal,- round, ,or any shape
`wanted, and is received in cells: under-
neath by a small boy, Ni ho manages the
board on which it falls with great dex-
terity. Other; boys take the lead after=
-wars and Put it in models,- which ' are
then sent to the' heating room f b dry-
ing
Prirnitive Food of Man.
Men, we are told, in the -first stage
of society, when it *as yet in its •siin-
orga-nized, lived on the fruts and herba
and roots which were spontalneously pro-
duced, as if they were acting .in, con -
&lain : "'And thou skalt eat the herbs
of tbe field."' Prom What We. kno* of
the alimentaryAiabits of the S:outh- -Sea
Islanders, and tbe people Of some other
portions of tropical reoions, WI) pan rea-
populatien: not over nuraerdus could
subsiStan -Such: fruit as tlie plantain,
the bread tree,. the .cocoa4 and the date,
and: roots like the casaval and the yam,
without their being addicted to agricul-
ture or scarcely -using any tillage;
:Mese people, living in a warm cliMate,
woilild carelittle for animal food, and
it wonld be easy to make the prohibi-
tion to use it _as an article of religion,
as in the case of, the 1-TindooS._ But it
is also equally,Y4mOnstrable, that in
more northern' latitudes, in which. the
earth Was less' lavish of nutritive vege-
ta,bles of sPeptaneous growth,- men
weuld be 'propi tea- to make up the de-
li)
animal food. \ Contemperaneous with
in aninials, and the use
)SI t R,
THE ATTENTION OF THE
Seifforqi
-Is respectfully directed to the I
Very Low Prices
their wool and ah-- for clothing. Some
nomad tribes, .stieli as the. Tartars and
Arab's, have .iiever gone beyond the
pastoral stage, ofat the most, havebeen
cOntent with procuring for 'themselves
by limited culture; often by barter or
'a S13141. qUantity of grain for
bread. - Their. use aarual food is ir-
regular, and more as an hospitable treat
than for daily conaunnition.
Discotery of the Telescope.
It seems\scarcely creditable that that
wonderful fax -seeing-, instrument, which
bringi the most • distant worlds under
our ken, mould have had its origin. in
ehilcken's play ; yetso it is. The child --
ren of a spectacle maker in Middleburg,
were allowed, times—probabls- on
wet days—to p1a,y in their father's work
.shop. On one of 'these .oceasions, they
were amusing themselves -with Rome
speotacle-glasses, when_ one of them.
placed two together, one before the
other, and looked through them at a
weather -cock on a neighboring steeple.
To the 'child's astonishment, the vane
appeared larger and nearer to. it than
when seen through one glass only. The
father wa.,3 called to see the ,sight, and,
struck with the singular fact, resolved
to turn it -US advantage.. 'His first plan
waS to fix two' glasses . on a board,- by
-Means Of brass rings, which might be
brought -nearer to each other or further
off at pleasure. He was thus enabled
to See distant objects -better and more
\ distinctly than before. The next fin-
proveinent was to -place the glasses in a
tube, which may be termed. the first
telescope. Galileo sdon heard of it, and
applied it to astronomical purposes.
Water that ',in 1 not rown.
Pain ef Decapitation.
Dr. Guillotin, who from humane mo-
preposed in the . constituent As-
sembly of revolutionary France, the ad-
-option of the inedival deeapitating
machine which bears his name, supposed
that death -by this agency wmild be at-
tended with the leaSt.possible suffering.
Others -maintained the contrary ; but
opinion prevailed, and has been geia-
French Academy of Sciences hasreview:-
ed the question. Experiments made
some- years,ago in the shambles of Paris
proved that, although sensation must
be instantly paralyzed_ below the •divis-
ion of the spine; yet the sensorium :con-
tinued active Tor more than fine minute;
The facial muscles were. agjtated *ith'
-violent convulsions, the respiratory or:
gans of the face worked, the mouth al-:
ternately °relied and closed, and the
-animal appeared to experience intense.
gemy, ,and an intperative desire to
a finger, and then°,,opening, as in life.
;tile anecdote itherofore not wholly' in -
creditable, , that on the beheading of a
state prisoner England,. when the
: is selling'
DRY cooDp,
READY MADE CLOTHING,
At
ears' Old St
GREAT BARaAINS
- Are being given
Every
SKATES,
hates
'404 .Pairs -1
Of nit -Class Skates Just Received, hia
selling
At a Great Bargain
And crowds of customers go away every day,
well satisfied with what they get:
Executioner, according tle Custom, held
up the head, with the wOr(ls : " This is
the head of a traitor,". the mouth of the
still living head ejaculated the ansiver :
" That's a 'lie !" Whether the -vocal
organs could, by any pesSible effort
draw through the, severed° windpipe a
muffin -lent -current of air to form a. sound,
the learned Might perhaps. be able to
judge. That after decapitation the head
is still the living man., for some -mo-
ments, seems to axliiit of no doubt
IF YOU WANT A
GOOD OVERCOAT
GO TO
BRAIDWOOP S
-PAIR OF'pANTS
BRAI WOOD'S.
Xt the Drug and Crockery Store jof
CorIf you weal in fact if youl want any-
thing in DRY 00D; and don% want to
Mear's old stand.
Seeforth, Dee. 21 1868. 53-3m.
All travellers, writes a correspond-
ent have mentioned with astonishment
the peculiar buoyancy of the. water of
the Great Salt Lake, and it is -truly
surprising.: No danger of ship -wreck
need ever cross the mind of those whO
navigate the lake, for it would beSimply
impossible fo them to sink if thrown
overboard. With my hands clasped
together' under my head, and ray feet
crossed, I . floated on the surface of the
lake,with at least one-third. of my body
above the water. Upon a warnt sum-
nier's . day there would not he the
sliihtest.difficulty in going to Sleep up-
on the lake,- and allowing yourself to be
blewn about as the wind perinitted ;
only one would. nee4 an- umbrella to
keep off tlke rays -of the sun. It has
been stated that three buCkets of this
water will yield one bucket of aolid salt,
inasmUch as water *ill not hOld above
twenty-five per cent, sof saline matter in
scaution, and if More be added it is in-
atantly depoSited upon the bottom, this
estimate is of -.course tho large. On in-
quiring the Mormons engaged in pro-
curing salt, they unanimously state that
every five buckets 'of water they obtain
one bucket of salt, which givesthe pro-
portion as no less than tvirenty. per cents
No visitor to tlie lake should omit the
bath; the sensation is luxurious, and
:leads one to think hiradelt floating in
the air. :On the way back to the city
it will be as well for the batliter to stop
at the 'superb sulphur baths just outside
.the town, and remove the sali incrus-
tations which have formed upon him
by a plunge into the fine' swimming
bath, whoseOnly objection is its'pecn-
liar odor and great heat, which requires
a large admixture of cold water,
Noi Joseph
he knows it.
When the wind' blows take of your
meae, tha,t it don't get froze, and -wrap
•up your toes iutwarm woolen hose.- The
.-abovo we suppose, was written in prose,
by some one who knows the effect of
An „old philosopher says :—" Never
chase .your hat when it blows off in a
e of wind. 'lust standstill, 5nd. you
in pursuit of it • When one has captur-
ed it, walk • leisurely to*ards him, re-
ceive it wit,it grataulacknowledgement,
and place! it on your. head, he will in-
variably act as if you hadedone him a
good -that dies and is, fOrgotten.
infarct, a prattling chilcd, dying in its
. ertaue, will live again in the better
thoughts of those who —16ve'd it, and
lay its p t, though its body be burned
to ashes, 9 drowned in uhe deepest sea.
There is ot an angel added toi the
hosts of ,heaven but does iti blessed
Work on earth in those that it loved
0
Sto
0
g E
Santa us has made his headquarters fo.;
* the present season at the store of
M R, COUNTER -
Where he is sixhibiting one of the largest.,
stocks Of
Sol mug ootto
Ever b ought into Seaforth. Everything
suitable ,i-ktr Chtistmas Presents and.
I Neer Year's Gifts,
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
ThOsc who wish to gratify their children
Rush. will *undoubtedly be made to 8 t,.%
(taus' Headquarters,'
Ri 'Counter's
Seafo h, Vet.
OOK ")TOR
stock of Books & .Stationery begg.
to. inform tate inhabitants Of Seaforth and the _
vicinity thap he inteilds earying on the busi-
ness in.Mr.: Cull's premises, and. hopes by at-
tention to tts ruirements of the trade to
merit a shark", rt their 'patronage.
The stoat at present -comprises, 'in, addi-
tion to the authorized.
4 lane assortment or2ay Books, Ledgers,
Note 13ooks, Pass Books, Pencils, &c. Ala(
a large quantity of Bibles, Testaanef
Prayer Books, ana
'KYMN BOOKS,
-In great variety of bindiiig, tpgether with an
assortment of books in general literature
suitable for Christmas presents. \
DIARIES AND
CANADIAN ALMANACS
FOR 1869.
.DAILY OLO & TELEGRAPH'
FOR SALE HERE-
ClitILD1,1ENS TOYS, &c.
Willfana Elliot,'
SeafOrth, Dec. 24th 1868. 54-tf.
Has de&l.e!_l not to enter inte the wholesale
trade a(t_present---owing to 'increased facili-
ties for Carrying on his hereidore extensivp
retail business, which takes up 'every ineh of
room in' his establishment. However, a
discerning public unanimously declare that
A fellow stole a saw and on hi5
trial teld the judge that Ile only took it
itsked the jud e. " Two miles," answer-
ed Pris°.
•
HIS GOODS ARE AS CHEAP,
(a,nd. his profits must consequently be as
small) as those of the
LARGEST •WHOLESALE HOUSES
IN THE CITt
" What is your consolation in life and
death! asked a: clergyman -of .a young
Miss in a bible class that )4'7as catech-
iSing. The yoniig lady *shed and
gem -11°14, 'OP
to telliir
'no objectio
Just to hand, a nice:lot of
All shades aid colors,
ZOOV KT
7777,77.7,
Mantles and. Cloaking%
BOOTS AND SHOES
500 CLOT.TDS,
Barak) lades !
LEIGE BELLS
A Few Bales of
LEt
& GENTS
Of 9,11 descriptions,
PPINq
THE BEST ?OAKES,
Hudson Bay Robes
sugt received, and for Sale by
•
E Hickson:4k Co.
CROCKERY
From 40 cents, upward.
A splendid lot of FURS all shapeasizes.
Ladies call and xarem: e this line of goods.
will he foun complete in every lino.
4 al: lot of
NEW FR111
REBA GROCERIES
Juist -received, together With the latest de-
AND
OF ALL lakDS,
BAR, BAND 8,i
CrTTER SLEIGH Si u Fri
KIN
- signs in China Tea Set%
=riome arly'; but please don't all conic) at
Je-
100 Crates
•
beantiful 'White Granite and: Common
Ware, direct from the English, Po
foi sale Wholesale and Retail, at t
Crockery and Drug Store of
Hickson
ries,
New
Olt
s large and. cheap 'assortmf,
ELF HARDW
, r offeredin this* part 051-,-
COgintry Merchants in need of g
theirlarticle ont line -will,-find
vantage to give us a
.-1111meniber the/
1Si-1131,i' Main
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