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rule. Much is said and written about
early maturity bat breeders forget to
take into account the difference of
climate, soil, parentage, ETC., and the
great influence they must necessarily
exercise IN the development of the
animal frame is patent tothe fact. The
most casual observer that IN the blue
grass regions of Kentucky and Tennes-
see, the horse, as a general thing, is as
fully developed at three years old as In
Maine and Vermont at four Assuming
this to be correct, it follows a three
year old FLY in the New England States
cannot have arrived at full maturity at
that age, and hence is unfit to be sent to
the stud There are, of course, excep-
tons, but these very exceptions go far
to prove the force of the rule 1t is a
violation of one of natures laws that the
young shall propagate its kind, and that
law is infexible. Whenever it occurs
the foal robs the dam of some portion
of the nourishment destined by nature
to develop the maternal frame, the re-
suit DelnS puny OFFSPRING and perma-
nent injury to the mother. Thus time
and money are both wasted, to say
nothing of the positive want of human
ity in infieting the cares and pains of
maternity upon an immature animal
The instances of success In breeding
from too young dam are extremely
rare, and, in comparison with those that
have broken down or were otherwise
disabled, offer a marked disparity. As
a rule, therefore, some FLIES may be
bred as early as three, and others at four
years old, judgment as to maturity being
an indispensable requisite. In breeding
to young mares the horse should be
fully matured, that is to say, seven or
| or eight years old
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shnl.en conssltaslons.

General debility. and the dependency by which
i. is invariably accompanied are often regarded
as the symptoms of incurabte physical decay. OF
persons thus aicted it is een said that their con
stitutions are uudernained that they have nothing
to fan back upon: that they are hopeless cases.
This in at least eight Instances out Of ten is false
conclusion. A constitution may be shaken without
be.ns undermined: ard even II undermined, may
be p opped and strengthened; and in many so
caBa hopeless cases fhsre reserves Of vitality
and latent vlgor in the system that only requi re
stimulating and eevelopins to render them equal
to the work OF repair The bess and sare-f ssnu-
liant and invigorant ehas can be given IS remedy
for decay Of the visaa powers. whether natural or
casual is Hostetterss stomach Bitters- IF the fai
tering physique can e reused into healthy activity
by any human means. this rsgenerating vegetable
cordial viii accomplish that object. Its effect upon
the appetite the digestion. the nervous system. the
secre5ive organs ana the bowels is most saIut airy
It not only acts Directs upon the solids and fluids
OF the body, but Indirectly upon the constitution
Itself. Persons left By Fever In such ueplorabl :
helpless condition that II would seem as II they
could never recover may be completely built up-it
might be said, rebssiff-oF this mighty this we'll
nigh infalhle, atabfe restorative. At this sea
son of Indictment winds and chilling damps the
Bitters should be taken as protective medicine
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THE COLORADO DESERT AS AN IS
LAND.

LAND.
Could the Colorado desert be again
filed with water? It is an interesting
question. From the Gulf of California
it is probably an impossibility. The
gradual sitting up of the old gulf-bsd
at the mouth of the river, and the drift
of sand by the wind, have interposed
barrier too extensive to be easily re-
moved. By turning the Colorado river
into the desert it might be accomplished.
The project has for years been discussed
of taking enough water from the river
to irrigate a strength of fertile land, al
luvial deposit, found at the southern
end of the desert; but the idea of going
further than this, of diverting the river
into the desert and forming a large
fresh-water lake, seems never to have
been preached. Nature, unassisted, is
now attempting this. The drift of sand,
through the prevailing western wind,
is from the desert toward the east. This
drift has kept the river walled in upon
the east side of the valley, and has APP
parently constantly forced it further in
that direction.
Could that desert be refilled with
water-converted from dry, hot sand
to an inland lake-the very heat which
is reflected from the barren mountain
sides around would be power of good
instead of evil. The constant evapora-
ton would render heat latent which is
now active, thus lowering the annual
temperature very perceptibly. This
lowering of temperature alone, even If
unaccompanied by an increase of mois-
ture in the air, would give a greater
rainfall by the more perfect condensa-
ton which it would cause. But the
evaporation from the surface of the lake
would materially augment the supply
of vapor in the rain-currents, thus act
ing in double manner, a decrease OF
temperature and an increase of moisture
| for precipitation. These rain-currants
would also meet with less difficulty IL
making their way against the ocean
winds-as these winds, caused largely
by the heat of the desert, would be less
violent-and would, therefore, will
more certainty and regularity deposit
their supply of moisture over the plains
of Los Angeles, San Barnardino, and
San Diego. When it is considered thai
every additional inch of rain is wortl
millions of dollars to these southern
countries, the value of such change
in quantity and certainty of fall may be
readily appreciated : Overland Month";,
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HOW I'd FATTEN 4 HORSE.

To fatten a horse that has fallen off
IN flesh is sometimes a tedious business;
indeed, the work of months. The fol-
lowing suggestions to accomplish it,
however, though without paternity,
look to us as wise and to the purpose:
Many good horses devour large quanti-
ties of grain and hay, and still continue
thin and poor; the food eaten is not
properly assimilated. If the usual food
has been unground grain and hay, moth
ing but change will effect any desir-
able alteration in the appearance of the
animal. In case oatmeal cannot be OBJ
tanned readily, mingle bushel of flax
seed with bushel of barley, one of oats
ana another busheI of Indian corn, and
let it be ground into fine meal. This
will be fair proportion for all his food.
Or the meal, or the barley, oats and
corn, in equal quantities, may first be
procured and one-fourth part of oil
cake mingled with it, when the meal is
sprinkled on cut food. Feed two or
three quarts of the mixture two or
three times daily, mingled with a peck
of cut hay and straw. If the horse will
eat that greedily, let the quantity be
gradually increased until he will eat
four or six quarts at every feeding, three
times day. So long as the animal
will eat this allowance, the quantity
may be increased a little every day.
Avoid the practice of allowing a horse
to stand at rack well filled with hay.
In order to fatten horse that has run
down in flesh, the groom should be very
particular to feed the animal no more
than he will eat up clean ald lick his
Manager for more.
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A GULF STREAM TO THE POLE.

A report has been received in San
Francisco, from French expedition
now on its way to the North Pole. From
this report it appears that the voyage
to the pole is as pleasant and easy as a
summer trip up the Hudson. The ex-
petition passed through Behring's
Straits, and following the course of the
warm current of the Kuro silva. found
itself floating on the bosom of a broad
river walled IN by pleasant hills and &C
casional precipices All along the shore,
quantities of frozen mammoths were
found, which, having been dead only
few thousand years, were so nicely pre-
served in ice that the crew of the expe-
dition lived entirely upon mammoth
meats, boiled, roasted, and baked.
When the report was sent Cby a friend
~ whaling ship the expedition had
gone into Winter quarters, though why
1t had not continued its voyage until the
pole had been reached does not appear.
Certainly there could have been no diff
ficuity IN proceeding on its course. for
the polar river Was free from ice. and
the frozen mammoths were waiting for
the table. Perhaps the crew grew tired
of an exclusive diet of mammoths. and
decided to wait until new supply of
pork and beef could be brought from
civilized regions.
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TIE DE- UGE c0YFESSnn.

1t is quite refreshing to find one fact
mentioned in the Bible, which the mod
ern men of science are willing to admit is
confirmed by the progress of discovery.
Mr.. George Smith, of the British
Museum, makes the subioined most in
teresting account of TIE record of the
Deluge, which he has lately deciphered
from the Assyrian monuments
"The cuneiform inscription which I
have recently found and translated
gives a long and full account of the
Deluge. 1t contains the version or ira
dition of this event which existed in the
early Chaldean period of the city of
Erech Zone of the cities of Nimrod).
now represented by the ruins of Warka.
In this newly discovered inscription the
account of the Deluge is put as a nara
tive into the mouth of Xisuthrus or
Noah. He relates the wickedness of
the world, the command to build the
ark, its building, the filing of it, the
Deluge, the resting of the ark on the
amountain, the sending out of the birds
closer resemblance to the account trans
mitted by the Greeks from Berosus, the
Chaldean historian, than the Biblical
history, but it does differ materially
from either. The principal differences
are as to the duration of the Deluge, the
name of the mountain on which the
ark rested, the sending out of the birds.
&c. The cuneiform account is much
longer and fuller than that of Berosus.
and has several details omitted both by
the Bible and the Chaidean historian.
This inscription opens up many ques-
tions of which we knew nothing pre-
vious, and it is connected with a number
of other details of Chaldean history
which VIII be both interesting and i'm
portant. This is the first time any in
scription has been found with an ac-
count of an event mentioned In Gen
esis."
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In the meantime the same ground can
be covered with small fruits, such as the
blackberry, strawberry, and raspberry,
which can be made to produce well IN
two OF three years; a good crop of
small fruits is exceedingly profitable of
itself To this may be added, in a few
years, larger fruits, which, in all mar
kets, find a ready sale. We know an
orchard of eighteen acres thus cultiva-
ted, which yields net profit of several
thousand dollars annually; this year, if
no harm befalls the fruit, and it brings
anywhere near the usual price, it can
not be less than eight or ten thousand
dollars.
But this orchard has the advantage of
being near the city, so that its products
can be marketed daily as fast as it
ripens. In case of orchards away from
markets, the fruit may be canned OF
dried. Canned fruit is now an article
of commerce that always finds a ready
sale at high price. The work of can
ming is simple, and may be safe and GER
tain. Winter fruit may be transported
a considerable distance and still be sold
at profit. This is kind of agriculture
that in years TO come is to receive much
attention and be carried to great perfec
ton; those who are first in it viii be
leaders in a great enterprise.
This fruit culture we regard as &
pleasant and profitable work; the world
needs fruit; it's health and happiness de
mand it. How much better that fruit
take the place in hospitality of the bev
erages that load the table and the side
board. We look forward to a tim,
when fruit shall be so plenty that, will
little expense, every family can be am
ply supplied; then cordials, ieIlies, pleas
ant drinks, and food can be FURNISHED
Tor all social occasions, which may TAX
the place of hurtful and dangerou
drinks. Fruit is to be one of the mean
of blessing the world; so let the tree
be put out, and all preparation be mad
TO realize it.
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Vow TO FLLE- SAR

The grand secret of putting any saw
IN the best possible cutting order, con-
sists in filing the teeth at a given angle
to cut rapidly and of uniform length.
so that the points will all touch a
straight-edged rule without showing a
variation of hundredth part of an
inch. Besides this, there should be
just enough set in the teeth to cut a
kerl narrow as it can be made, and at
the same time allow the blade to work
freely without pinching On the con-
trary, the kerl must not be so wide as
to permit the blade to rattle when in
motion. The very points of the teeth
do the cutting If one tooth is the
twentieth of an inch longer than two or
three ON each side of it, the long tooth
will be required to do so much more
cutting than it should that the saving
cannot be well done.
Hence, the saw goes jumping along.
working hard and cutting slowly. If
one tooth is longer than those en- either
side of it, the short ones do not cut. al
though the points may be sharp. When
putting q cross-cut saw i'm order. it will
pay well to dress the points with an old
file, and afterwards sharpen with fine
milestone. Much mechanical skill IS
requisite to put saw in prime order.
One carless thrust with file will effee-
tually shorten the point of a tooth SO
much that it viii be utterly useless. so
far as cutting is concerned. The teeth
should be set with much care, and the
filing should be done with great aocura-
cy. If the teeth are uneven at the
points, large flat file should be secur-
ed to a block of wood in s1ch manner
that the very points only may be Joined,
so that the cutting edge of the same
may be on complete line, or circle.
Every tsoth should cut little as the
saw is worked. The teeth of n hand
saw for all sorts of work, should be
fled Aeaming, or at an angle on the
front edge, while the back edges may be
filed heaming, or square across the
blade. The best way to file a circular
saw for cutting wood across the grain is
to dress every fifth tooth square across.
and about one-twentieth of an inch
shorter than the others, which should
be filed Aeaming at an angle of about
forty degrees.
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No Person can take ts,@-a Bitters accom-
inc TO directions, and remain long unsyen provideo
their boRes are destroyed BY mineral poison othss
means and the vital organs wasted beyond te Pont
DvsDepsfa or indigestion. Headache Pais
zipess Sour Eructations Of the Stomach, Had Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpltailon Of the
Heart Inflammation of the Lungs, Pam m the regions
Of the kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms
are the oispriugs Of Dyspepsia In these complaints
il has no equal and bottle vii prove letter guar
sutee OF its merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints. n young or Old
married or single, at The dawn Of womanhood, the
turn of life these Tonic BitteFs display decided
influence that marked improvement IS soon perce
For InfIammatOry and Chronic Rheu-
saatisIn and Gout,- Bilious, Remlttent and Inter.
m;ttent Fevers Diseases OF the Blood Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder. these Bitters have equal Such Dis
eases are caused by Initiated Blood which IS generally
produced by arrangement OF the Digestive Organs
They are "a Gentle Esur@atfVe as well
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit OF acting
as powerful agent in relieving Congestion or intam
ration Of the Liver and Nscer Organs ana m Bilious
Diseases.
For skin Diseases, Ernptions, letter. Sail
Rheun Blotsbes, Spots PimPes, Pustues, Bosls, Car
buncles, Rng-wornls, Sesd- Head. Sore Eyes, Fry
:pelas Itch Scurfs, Dscoiorsous OF the Skin, Humors
and Diseases u the Skin. Of whatever naIse
are literally dug up and carried Of the system
short time bv the use Of these Bitters.
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR BTr-
TENS the lost wonderful InvgoTant that ever sustained
the sinking system.
Druggists and Gen. ACTS, San Francisco and New York
~ SOLD ny ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS.
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WELL-T0DO-CLASS

We hazard the assertion that no class
of equal average means live so well as
American farmers. One of these pos
sessing a farm and buildings worth
from five to ten thousand dollars, Will
gather about him and enjoy more real
comfort than could be obtained from
the income of hundred thousand dol
lars in New York He may live in a
commodious dwelling than metropol-
itan citizen having ten thousand dollars
annual income. He may have his car
rage and horse. His table may be sup
piled with everything fresh in its season.
His labor is less wearing than the toll of
contingencies and offices, and he has
more leisure.
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Opened at the st. Cloud Hotel, par
lor-room No. 30, Nashville, Tenn, IN
der the charge of DIR. n. A. Moses of
Virginia, and J. B. Love of Nashville,
Tenn, for the treatment and cure of
stammering and impediments in speech.
All persons wishing to be relieved Of
that distressing malady viii please avail
themselves of the opportunity at once.
Our success in curing stammering and
impediments in speech has not been
equaled in this or any other country.
Certificates from Nashville and the
principal cities of the United States
testify to our ability, we both having
stammerers over forty-three years. We
guarantee cure IN all csses, where no
malformation of the lungs exists. Pa
tients of course must be present. Terms
reasonable.
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AYRSHIRE COW.

It is now the uniform testimony of all
Southern breeders of the improved
breeds OF cattle that the Ayrshires are
best adapted to the uses of the Southern
farmer. The short horn, or Durham.
is too large and unwieldy to endure the
heat of our climate, while the Aldernay.
or Jersey, is too small for the produc-
ton of working oxen, and for beef pro
duction. The Ayrshire is of a size in
termediate been those two breeds. and
for the production of large quantities of
milk is unequaled 10y any other known
breed. Their milk is not equal to that
of the Alderney in the production of
butter, considering the quality and the
quantity of yield per gallon, but far
surpasses that of the common breeds of
the country in both these requisites in a
good COW. The production of milk by
these cows, when afforded suitable feed.
is enormous. There have been many
cases of a yield of eight TO ten gallons
per day for months IN succession. and
there are we'll authenticated instances
OF a still greater yield.
1t is very desirable to the farmer to
grow cattle that will not only produce
milk in large supply, that viii afford
butter of good quality, but viii also
furnish good beef, and produce spright-
" oxen of fair size and handsome
form. In the Ayrshire are found all
these essentials of a good breed. Their
form is beautiful; their speed in the
yoke is equal TO that of the Devon, which
has always been regarded as excelling /
IN this particular, while the beef pro
duct, when its quality has been tested |
with that Of the great beef-producing
has been found equal in
flavor to that renowned flesh. Mr.. f.
ID. Curtis at a meeting Of the New York
tttmer's elub, held On the aesh Of
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TIE BROOK.

Up In Wild, where few men come 70 look.
There lives and sings a lonely little brook;
IAveth and aingeth in the dreary vines,
Het ereepeth on 70 where the daylight shines.
Pure from their heaven, IN mountain chalice caught
II drinks the rain, drinks the soul her thought;
And down dim holOws where It winds along,
Pours its hfe-burden Of unlistened song,
I catch the murmur Of its undertone,
That sigheth oeaselessly, Alone alonei
And hear afar the rivers gloriously
shout on their paths toward the shining sea
The voieeful rivers, chanting TO the sun,
And wearing names Of honor, every one;
0utreaching wide, and joining hand with hand
To pour great gifts along the asking land.
An, lonely brook Creep onward through the pines
Press through the gloom TO where the daylight
shines
Sing on among the stones, and secretly
Feel how the foods are all akin 70 thee
Drink the sweet rain the gentle heaven sendeth;
Hold thine own path, howeyer-ward 1t tendeth;
For somewhere underneath the eternal sky,
Thou, too, shalt find the rivers, by-and-byl
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WONDERS.


Lewinbock tells of an insect seen
with microscope, of which twenty
seven millions would only equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen in
the cavities of grain of sand. Mold is
a forest of beautiful trees, with branch
es, leaves and fruit. Butterflies are
fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes
The surface of our bodies is covered
with scales like a fish single grain of
sand would cover one hundred and fifty
of these scales, and yet a scale covers
five hundred pores. Through these mar
row openings the perspiration forces
itself like water through a seive. The
mites take five hundred steps a second.
Each drop of stagnant water contains a
world of animate beings swimming with
as much liberty as whales in the sea.
Each leaf has "a colony of insects grazing
on it, like cows on a meadow.
MoRAI.-Have some care as to the air
you breathe, the food you eat and the
water you drink
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FRUfTFARMS.

Fruit should constitute "a part of the
products of every farm, and a portion
Of the consumption of every family, but
there are some lands especially adapted
TO fruit, such as hillsides, broken re-
gions, dry and rolling tracts. We oh
serve in almost every part of the ooun-
try much land made as it were for fruit.
There is no way in which such land can
be so prohtably cultivated as TO plant it
wholly in fruit--it may be made TO yield
a double and sometimes treble crop an
nually. By setting it ont first to the
larger fruits, rs the peach, apple, pear,
cherry, plum, etc, not very near to-
gether, a good orchard friay ~ secured
f. 4 fuR sesfs,
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Mr.. BEssEnIER's original plan for
preventing sea-sickness by building
vessels with saloons which are to be
hung in such manner as to keep them
level and steady, with the aid of by
draulic apparatus, even whensthe vessel
itself is tossing wildly in storm, is to
be put to an actual test. Mr. Reed,
formerly naval architect to the British
Admiralty. is now settling the plans of
a couple of vessels, is.Sended for the
English Channel, whicis are to be pro-
vided with saloons 80 feet long by 80
feet broad and 20 feet high, constructed
in accordance with Mr.. Bessemer's plan.
Above the saloon will be promenade
dock 20 feet IN length of equal stability
and Mr.. Bessemer says that in the
toughest weather the saloon and deck
viii not be subjected to a greater
amount of motion than is felt in an or.
binary railway carriage.