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The East Huron Gazette, 1892-11-10, Page 4i�year since tie f e �d-espickaxe , and there -have- ed thcrosends of boons and ouncement• of Amt economj0 imp results �e as often. happeIIB ce, e, littler netlocam-net-lee, but outside of his own country=` Allard's Invention proh. Mean to hei eagerly oa ` the Subject' 1 bio ht to the It was yet, as a a�stention..:of Ma;I'orn- = Bch areha3olois"t once remarked': l .eral . Herbert. the commander of the "However Jumah=is said about Pompeii CanadlaalInl�ltla,-and ; the _cuttin tools there remains much to be said." made by Allard were snbmi .. ,,o his Afteiz t month of db�gly- I inspection and ' to that of .,ngii rs. sterile explorations in these famous ;named by him.. All of the coins, important new discoveries have ; expressed their surprise _at the wminers er- made. Another house has been fol edge and hardness that had b found, whose architecture is consider- - ably different from any yet unearthed. • The parts so far restored are the peri- -style or pillars surrounding the house, the main court with Cham- , berg on each side, and the bath and kitehen. The main entrance has not yet been found and is supposed to .7 be" at some distance on the so-called -Street of Mercury. The 'peristyle has columns partly round and partly octag- c . The mosaic pavement of -this mansion is very beautiful. The ehai - bers:areornamented with frescoes, the =most of them poor in design, with one exception whichrepresentssome of the °`adventures- of- Hercules. There are many other respects in which this house differs from the others so far uncovered. • There seems to have been no prevailing •style of architecture in the city, and one can discern reminiscences of Egypt, 'Greece and the Orient in the construc- tion and decoration of the houses. Pom- peii, nate, without industry and with- out 'commerce, was chiefly a sort of • watering place where the rich merchants 'of Italy came to live after they had - made their fortunes or during the hot months. It had thus a cosmopolitan - character and the ri ins contain many a •.trace of the cultivated taste of its trav- eled inhabitants. • Of far more interest than the newly - discovered house are two bodies, which -have just been dug up in another part - of the city. They are the first found -in 'the ruins`In some time and are as per- efect as they were on that fatal day in ;the year 7Q A.D. when thecitywas •swallowed np in the ashes and lava of `Mtesuvius. The bodies are those of -a man and a woman and were found •side by side. Except -a -.certain contrac etion in the linebs.of the rpoIan the bodies present a calm and peaceful appearance, :and it is evident hat death overtook =them instantly and without warning. • The fact that they have been so per- fectly preserved since within half_a cen- -tuly from the time Christ lived on earth, is explained by the enormous envelope ;of cinders which protected thein through the centuries from the air. They are part1 petrified, like most of the bodies onnd at Pompeii. They have been placed in a special museum. - That the dust and ashes, which cover Herculaneum, and Pompeiisare the accn •ululations of more than one Vesuvian : eruption is proved by the number of ^differennt ..lay legating,, in some Nitre & e ' -as te feet. The coin` - natively few bodies t 4 and the "al- ;moeis-entrre absence WeVects of great rake show that most. of the"20,0,00 in gnabitants escaped and returned to bury :their dead and recover their treasures these than half the city has -been exca vated. A. Friendship One of the pleasantest 6f friendship is that between a young and a middle-aged :woman. (There are no old women now- 'adays}. If the two womenare of exact- -ly the right sort, the friendship is al- most an ideal one. There can be no jealousy. The elder woman is too old .to=be envious of the younger, either of der loyes or her companionship. The -younger feels the superiority of her ;youth toe keenly to care for the regard :cherished bythe older for_her contem- poraries. each possesses a charm to. which the other return$ with never- eoeasing.delight. e'I'he. older friend smiles over but re- joices in the freshness and ardor, the `eager anticipations and daring impetu- •osity, of her' companion. She speaks no hard of discouragement. It is beautiful, this demanding youth, this splendid audacity, to whiff all earthly achieve- -Monte- are possible.. It 'is. the,highest earthly wisdeole to recognize that all This enthusiasm• is neede or:the lessons -which divine wisdom shall -teach. .4n<d the younger woman;. pouring out her hopes and expectations,: her passion- ate longings: - : and wistful imaginings, -feels strong -the mellow . :which. e graciousnessly since has brought: _ Dimly. 'showman at -he content that isalways _ -the moet..png' to the youthful heart. -.Contentment - should only be found on. mountain peaks, she thinks. - Yet the large -hearted rfarity which endures all things, believes all things, and llopes-ail. things is ever -refresh ng anrprise, •-netimes as she breathes its 'fragrance the vague question stirs: "Is it possible that this-Eharity, this content themselves; , are -attainments? It it it bet Ah,^no!- nyeti For _youth is the long--. fore age, the knowledge that the was never meant to be satisfied, �h is best for its own time.: - ck. a': friendship each veva finch; its' coml1 nt :in .the -other:-garper's. insects Are nneetfea r VoIceiess. - Tiby voice we understand`sound_ spro hoed by-, air expelled front the lungs, wll rising ough the lary ,:tee n?a by the- tongue and -,.emitted-' mtn►oeth, insects are estio e, In - had at- tained. It -was the general's suggestion, made with an eye to the possibility of the discovery's being utilized for the armoring of British war vessels, that the inventor. prepare a sheet of his hardened copper, 11 of a line in thickness, to be tested under the direction of the lords of the ad- miralty, Private reports from Eng- land state that the experiments in the royal dockyards have proved eminently successful, though nothing official upon the subject -has -yet been communicated. to Allard. At a preliminary : of..sim- ilar sheets at the rifle lunges,: the bullet, fired frau a distance of fOrty shattered `into s yards, was its first im et �o�gsancl fragments by .a'dened cop- per. On the sec't1-_the missel, striking the plate a -fairly, was com- pletely flattened,: bei0emsined embed- ded in the plate, witch+ it ,merely dented slightly, without 'cracking it in any way. Allard's friends declare that all the tests so far made have proved most satisfactory, and that the inventor, among other things; has made by his temper to trocess a he best article of the fer razor equal it amous Rodgers manufacture. The story of how Allard came to re- discover the art which was known to the ancients, and especially to the old pyramid -builders of Egypt, reads like a romance. Thirty-three years ago, wen h workingat his. trade in. the. United States, he heard a comrade in the same shop say that:the man who could redis- cover the lost secret of tempering -copper world make a fortune. Ever afterward this saying haunted his mind, and for over thirty years he sought'the secret in vain. He made thousands of experi- ments which ended only in failure and disappointment. A hundred times he vowed that.if- the next trial failed he would abandon` the search, which was wasting his limited means and proving seemingly a.. veritable will-o'-the-wisp for hint" At last he fully decided to, :make one more trial, and. if that failed to give the whole thing up- forever. A new combination„ had occurred to his mind and success crowned his efforts.. One -Piece Burrells. A German has patented : a- process for making barrels without staves: The thank of a tree is sawed into lengths to the size of the: barrel required, and the chunks-are•placed in a boiler and boiled fora few hours. -It is believed that if a current of electricity be passed- through the boiler a chemical action is generated that softens the . wood for working. After the boiling the bark: is stripped from the chunks. In front of a cnttin tool the .chunks : are held by forks'in a; manner similar to that in which:a piece of wood is held in a lathe. The chunk revolves rapidly against the edge of a fixed broad blade that -cuts A -continu- ous shoot of soft wood = of ` desired thickness. The table, where it :is t ti rs ar lengths of the required veOne into cuts cluired the "pre' ma- chine the headland '=the botton, and acether cuts` V shaped slots out of the eeles. Then the pieces are bent into eylinders, and hooped. Mois- ture is extracted by a_drying -apparatus. Bat Wonder Workers. An English mint possesses an electri- cally operated machine for -counting coins. -- . There is a tree . in Jamaica known as the life tree on account of ,.its leaves growing even after being severed from the plant;_ only by fire can it be entirely destroyed. The: Russian physician who proposes to cure neuralgic pains by throwing a beam of electric light from an arc lamp on the part affected is entitled to a re- spectful hearing. It will be a long time before we exhaust the uses of this myg. tie agent. A French manufactnrer-'makes minute. electric lamps about the' size of a pea for the use of photographers in the ' dark room. They are intended: to -be mount- ed in the middle of -a, pair of spectacles or on the -frame withut the -glasses, thee tamp being shielded:bya reflector.: ° The battery is made up of accumulator. cells. A Substitute for Asbestos.-''. Anent material,: not unlike; asbestos in its" properties, hale been discovered -in immense deposits in the United ;States. of Columbia. It is stated to . be the color of. amber, perfectly transparent; and incombustible. Experiments made at Bogota = indicate that it will- be of great-velue forthe manufacture of bank_ note paper; .for fireproof and waterproof roofing tiles, and for. -suits for: firemen. A white_vaniish.;can he extracted ficroux it. The substance has been named bu cara-nranquina, and.- it is' expected to prove of greater importance -than as. bestes. The -Mirth's Population. The latest �estiinatee make the total population of . the 'earth -1'�,�;000.. 'Tis also set down'that the languages spoken now number 3,000..The Luther ytwo-thirdsof vojeelesa ' At the n - a e t an larch ze eltlung states that the Bible �I regarded as dumb ROY Is no g� Imo&= TI soundslettucethat the ye �; or spnraeles . �gu0ges, but- those. are the body .� te ��,�ked .r ' .chi p 41 -1"d . in the prodnotion of tr germ . s :and ix'sn.4lations. �nslatore oduof hes i ach a and w e to full the. human -race It 7 • t pia n v li ptm'es have been;translated into not a €sore than 187 ho esj, ,' y, rot- a domnzating tion ° 8, of . the ose ar Y l+g. one ,and through them +inti ' .enpther . -thee unity reaches %�g ebra i of::nnsnliind<=r .may da 80. �: stud Afsericaare imine b1 : orm mgin� L the 3 at the ll 3T H; • 1?. v IO : : Cloth from Wood. A German chemist' has 'patented a ethod for the isolation of the.fibers of Wood so ;that they can be spun and made into yams -capable ': of being woven. The Wood is twat out, into thin strips; bieb.4arerepeatedly paesed between h8hened',r 'e , tbey;are bent and cracked in many.: places.- After thorough treatment in this Manner the mss is finally changed into a fibrous su'bstanc e, the fibres being very delicate and soft, and yet strong,- : It is: said that *a -material can be spun like cotton, alliVes colors very well. - ta' „*. We are now prepared to p .pshow complete lines the latest .styles of of all Millinery suitable far the Fall trade. Owing to •a rushf o orders our Miss Kinseyfindsposs%ble to prepare for a forrna;l Fall -O - enin it im pleased to have our customers and friends call but shall our open! all the time and inspect stock. we have also Mantles and Dress Goods Full Lines of in the Newest Design • All the Departments of our establishment are full of seasonable gaods at right prices. Do not forget that we keep -the bestqualities .r- of Family Grooeies _obtaina,bl@. . We are noted for _Cheap Teas. Our 2 bb beaten in Canada. .Try them. 5c. and 35c."Teas Caen®t df EplAle & Llodn AG meeter. FORDWICH, ONT.- ---o Money to Loan on Farm Se- curity at the Lowest rate of Interest. GOOD NOTES DISCOUNTED. Special Attention given CONVEYANCING. )3. 8, coemil North of the Post Office, FORDWICH SEAN' Montreal House,Gerrie. E'ord'yjoh Rolier * Al • WILSON BROS., Props. - First-class Manitoba -Wheat Flour manufactured and always kept in Stock and sold in any quantities. FLOUR per cwt. $2 25 to 82 50 BRAN., per ton. - 12 00. SHORTS per ton. 13 00 Special attention given to GRISTING, ,which is done on the shortest possible notice. Highest Price Paid for . Grain. Themill is fitted throughout with the very best roller pro- cess machinery and appliances and we are confident of being able to give perfect satisfac- tion. P A TONAGE SOLICITED. WILSON BROS. i Fordwich Drug Store A SPENCE, M. D., J. C.Bzee, Proprietor. Manager. A FULL LINE OF Drugs and Druggists' Su pplies, Stationery and Fancy Coeds, Wi3L,L, Pios.PZI7R. In endless variety and at every price. W. C. HAZLI!IWOOD Listowel Woollen F tory•ICity 13oot and Shoe Store Highest Prices Paid. Cash or Trade. Trade� . Largest • Wool Market in Ontari o Everybo'dy'come and see our tremendous big stock in ill kinds of woollen goods which we ... offer at bottom prices for Dash or in exchange for wool. dud F YE h SY We have never been 110 well fitted and have never felt so. completely confident off ourrabilitty toosservesbusiness athe theepresent of goo one, bottom prises. A specially attractive feature of our new lines of Flannels, striotlof goods far surpasses any wool season yet. y NEW STYLES, PINE WOOL SCOTCH SKIRTINGS, We are the, only woollen f@cs-tory in Canada that make this line of goods and offer them for one - ha>; the price you pa in a cit of Glasgow. - • ' (Something new offered to the trade.) 8yAA�^p }��►('� WAL IA Vl a a iWe t� am the flamers not to be deceived by shoddy peddlers goingthrongi the country goods, We have no pedlars handling our goods and they can only be bought b g direct at the -factory. - y oil" Carding, Spinning and Manufacturing, Tweeds, Flan - eels, Blankets, &c neeThahing our numerous customers for their past favors, would beg to say come .and bring your bo to-seenerstecketni yon will be highly pleased to see goods so low m price. You;will � vq t1 mest.prompt and careful: attention to all. '. .1 • • A Neat Walking Boot Is not only a comfort to the wearer bat a pleasure to er ery pretty foot. We have them—the boots, we mean.one web has. got s And they MLR Cheap. OUR stock of Ladies and gents' slippers is unusually them. 7 sage and choice. See A splendid assortment of Ladies' wear of all kinds is new displayed on oar shelves. GENTS' can be supplied in any line. sod Heavy kip and calf and the lighter Oxford, Dongolas, Walvhenphaste, eta. Don't go past the City Boot & Shoe Store for tate most satisfying article at tee most reasonable price. - ~ • - . - A wits Ins Hine lions We haanti I was tall MI to get ghostly along i Ipagss, lived many peril mo fright. man wZ come at clock ail Later o was fon fon wast water e, was the they of the oldpossble man then, aright nature, world in eompreh nun I event w ago int chancedgntlera h person w amateur my fo rather no after loo tie time; concert y her reque soothsaye von that ' widow, be mad." who soon other part extent ve dent pec rate, som the cause kis illness by the tho would not would aff which is was set to not only e degree, bn imag�ntiv they A The tiger fortune to happens to chase gives excise to th whose lives rnpted rou creation. I to the distri much better under their ont-of-the-this w ited. sport, The tigerJ India, and W wild boar we bars that t would becor and almost a, them within' ryota from night in the We are al hear constant animal for its this ought on atructive catt these ought The villagers ful of their g well and keep border of fiele and would were e selves are o ers. But t veD7. scarce. Tigers are of Mysore, an killed in the I believe t rs inIndia have been men meas from the nose There are two In the court - that measure Prom " Ti R. Caton alae for Octo Stub History's her Idle men are women. Contentment potatoes. Every man acionsly. Bachelors are the works. Writers are to eat their own If a man's ab' discontent, eve poleon. There is one church, and sev z ` as thyself. Language is t Mice: -It isasa rng through ingthem into o and and advancing Glass, as far as to -determine, w fore the birth of then not in its collection at the is the head of at beari glthenne nh d The F The honor of hntine is claimed Vessels were kept the:shore for fo tenareitina means Sieh is also the Ellgtah "q