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No Person can take ~ $50 BItters accorr.
ing 10 directions. and remain long un,ger f,roydeo
their bones are destroyed By mineral poison or otheg
means, add the vital organs wasted beyond tie point
u repair.
Dyspepsia or indigestion. Headache, PaIr
n te Shoulders, Coughs, ghtness Of the Chest Dig
zincs- Sour Eructatious of The Stomach Bad Taste
Heart Inflammation Of tie Lungs PAIN 10 The r.yiong
~ the Kidneys sud hundred other painful SYMPTOMS
the ofiprings OF Bstpepsia- In these cor lanis
ID has equal. ana blfte viii rroge a letter
aufce It iis inerits ;lnn q lrrgthy adv,f semcui.
For Female Complaints. Young or old
married ~ single at the dleu 0 wananhood. the
turn OF e these Tonic HHiers display decided an
influence that marked improvement is soon percep-
fibe.
For IuHammatory and Oh ronic Sheu-
ma ftsmi aud Gouts Blqu5, Kcultfcnf and Inter-
rffent Fere-s. Disease uf iic Blood. LIVER Kidneys
ard Bladder. these Biiiers lave equal. Sach Dis
eases are caused by Ntatcd Blood, which is generally
urofuced he derangcmeui al the BecitIyc Organs.
They nre q Gentle HsUr2ntive as well ms
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Diseases.
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and Disease Of The Skiu " whatever name ~ nature.
arc literally dug mp and carried oui Of the system IN
short time ilr tlia use OF these Bittcrs
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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 by 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 yield of eight to ten gallons
per day for months in succession, and
there ere well authenticated instances
of still greater yield.
1t is very desirable to the farmer to
grow cattle that will not only produce
milk in large supply, that will afford
butter of good quality, but will also
furnish good beef, and produce spright-
ly 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 excelIing
in this particular, while the beef pro-
duct, when its quality has been tested
with that of the great beef-producing
short-horn, has been found equal in
flavor to that renowned flesh. Mr.. F.
D. Curtis, at meeting of the New York
Farmers Club, held on the Goth Of |
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WONDERS.

Lewinbock tells of an insect seen
with a microscope, of which twenty
seven millions would only equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen in
the cavities of a 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 bundled 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 9
world of animate beings swimming Will
as much liberty as whales in the sea.
Each leaf has a colony of insects grazing
on it, like cows on meadow
MoRAL.-Have some care as to the ali
you breathe, the food you eat and the
water you drink.
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DISCUSSING the subject of fire-proof
good authority, says; ''The only way
to construct "a building which shall be
as near tire-proof as is possible to reject
iron, both cast and wrought, as con-
structive material, except for DOORS, and
to revert to the use of brick foqrs, sup
ported by grained arches on brick pill
Lars. But such buildings are AT once
enormously expensive, and to the last
degree unhandy." 1t also observes that
although it is easy to make building
fire-proof, it is usually impracticable to
have its ordinary contents fre-prof, and
this is the reason why so-called fire
proof mills and stores are often burned
down.
a COMPANY has just been formed in
Italy for working some of the numerous
peat deposits in that countrys A ma
chine recently patented by Signor Moro
is to be used for COMPRISING the peat,
and is stated to have given excellent re-
suits at some trials recently made
at Florence; and the fuel manufactured
on this system has been used extensively
by the Alta Italia Railway Company
and as compared with English coal {
saving of 40 per cent is effected. 1t is
4 possible that American Inventors OF
peat-compressing machines may nov
find an opportunity to introduce theil
! inventions into Italy.
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NO BABY IN THE HOUSE.

So-baby IA the house, know
lis far too nice and clean;
No toys by careless fingers strewn
Upon the floor is seen.
No finger marks are on the panes,
No scratches on the chairs,
No wooden men set up in rows,
Or rnarshaled off in pairs;
No little stockings TO be darned,
All ragged at the toes,
No pile OF mending to be done,
Made mp Of baby clothes;
No little troubles to be soothcd,
No little hands to fold.
No grimy fingers to be washed,
No stories to be told;
No tender kisses TO be given.
No nieknames, "Love" and " Mouse"
No merry froiics after tea
Ne baby in the house.
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FRUTT farms.

Fruit should constitute 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-
yions, dry and rolling tracts. We OBJ
erve in almost every part of the coun-
y much land made as it we're for fruit.
here is no way in which such land can
b so proftably cultivated as to plant it
molly in fruit-it may be made to yield
ouble and sometimes treble crop an
n0lly. BY setting it out first TO the
larer fruits, as the peach, apple, pear,
cherry, plum, ETC., not very near to-
getlsr, q good orchard may be secured
IN lew years.
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rule. Much is said and written about
early maturity but breeders forget to
take into account the difference OF
climate, soii, 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 III
Maine and Vermont at four. Assuming
this to be correct, it follows a three
wear 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-
lions. 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 1t occurs
the foal robs the dam of some portion
of the nourishment destined by nature
to develop the maternal frame, the re
suit being 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 inficting 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
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 breedi4S
to young mares the horse should be
fully matured, that is to say, seven OF
or eight years old.
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KING OF THE BLOOD,
THE MOST THOROUGH PURIFIER OF THE
BLOOD YET DISCOVERED.

BLOOD YET DISCOVERED.
CURES ALL IIUMORS. FROM a COMMON
ERUPTION TO THE WORST SCROFULA.
BY its use Cancers arc cured, and
Cancerous tumors are dispersed without the sur
geon's knife-Scrofula conquered and Consume
ton prevented and cured.
VenereaI Diseases, BefcUal and Miner
al Posons, and their effects eiadcated, and yigor-
GUS health and n sound constitution established.
Female Weakness and Disease
Dropsy general or partial; Swellings. external or
internal; and TumOrs are reduced and dispersed
in a very short time.
ErysIpeIas, salt Rhcum. scald Head md
Fever Sores are soon removed by this powerful
detergent medicine.
Scorbutfc Diseases, DaudruG. scaiv
or Rough skin and Pimples quickly give wuy,
leaving the skin smooth and fair.
Chronic Diseases, Fever and Ague. Dis
ordered Liver. Dyspepsia. rheumatism, Nervous
Affections General Debility, in short all the
numerous diseases caused BY bad blood arc con-
uuered and give way before this most powerful
corrector. the King Of the Blood.
Each bottle contains between forty and
Fifty ordinary doses. costing only one dollar
From one 30 four or five bottles VIII
cure salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Pim-
pies on the Face, Biles, ordinary EruphOns etc
From two 10 eight bottles will cure
Scalv EruptiOns Of the Skin. Ulcers. Sores. and
Canker in fhe Mouth and Stomach. cry sipelas, etc
From two 10 Zen bottles VIII restore
healthy action 70 the Liver and Spleen, viii reg
ulate the Bowels and Kidneys.
From two TO six bottles win be found
effectual in curing Neuralgia, Sick-Hcadache, ST.
Wins Dance and Epilepsy
From FIVE TO twelve bottles VIII cure
the worst cases Of ScrOfula-
From three 10 twelve bottles VIII
cure severe and obstinate cases Of cafarTh.
From two 10 four bottles viii cure the
worst cases of Piles. and regulate C0stve Bowels
From TWO TO ten bottles VIII cure
bad cases of Dropsy.
Price 81 per Bottle, or bottles for s..
Sold by all Druggists
D. RANSOM, SOY & CO.. PrOpr's,
seetestimonials in local column. Buffalo, n. Y.
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A GULF STREAM TO THE POLE.

A report has been received IN San
Francisco, from a 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 oc-
casional precipices. All along the shore,
quantities of frozen mammoths were
found, which, having been dead only a
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 (by friend
ly whaling ship the expedition had
gone into Winter quarters, though why
it had not continued its voyage until the
pole had been reached does not appear
Certainly there could have been no DIFF
ficulty 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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Mr.. BEssEnER's original plan for
preventing sea-siclness 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
drauic apparatus. even when.the 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
couple of vessels, intended for the
English Channel, which are TO be pro-
vided with saloons 80 feet long by 30
feet broad and 30 feet high, cons1-rSted
in accordance with Mr.. Bessemer's plan.
Above the saloon viii be promenade
deck 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.
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4 CATS DREAM.

Animals, especially the dog, cat, and
parrot, often indulge in the luxury of
dreams. A correspondent of Land and
Water tells the following anecdote of a
cat
She was very still, and appeared to
be fast asleep, when suddenly she
sprang into the middle of the room,
whore she fixed her feet ON a limited
spot on the floor, to which also her nose
was applied, as if closely grasping some
rthing she held in her claws This con
tiAued for short time, when the nose
was gently raised, and the visible atten-
ton was directed to the feet, which still
continued their grasp but after time
one of them. was gradually removed,
and then the other at which puss ap-
peared greatly at loss to imagine
whether the imaginary object could
have gone, 50 as TO escape her grasp
She looked in various directions along
the floor, with foolish face OF con
fusion; and then again her attention
was directed to the spot on which the
feet were closely pressed, as if to ex-
anime closely whether the presumed
escape had been by sinking through
the floor and when this seemed
unsatisfactory, the disappointed animal,
now widely awake, retired slowly from
the spot; but she returned more Aan
once to re-examine the place, as if she
found it impossible to comprehend how
an object she had so plainly seen and
grasped should have sank into nothing
Many minutes elapsed before the cat
appeared to be reconciled to the con
viction that what had been a dream was
not in truth a reality
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DIR. PIERcEs Golden Medical Discovery will
cure cough in one-half the time necessary to
cure it with any other medicine; and it does it.
not by drying it up, but by removing the cause
-subduIng the irritation and healing the af-
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A COUNTRY merchant, having pro-
cured new clerk, walked him up in the
morning after he was hired, at a most
unreasonable early hour, by calling out
that the family was sitting down to the
table "Thank you, said the boy, as
he turned over in the bed to adjust
himself for new nap Thank you;
but I never allow myself to eat any
thing during the night,
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King of the Blood.

SCRoFULoUs SORES. Cdse.-I was for sew
eral months unable to walk without crutches
in consequence of scrofulous sores upon my
ankle. They were INDECENT ulcers of a very
bad character. I was recommended to try
King of the Blood, and 1 used several bottles
as directed. 1 am now entirely recovered
from my lafneness, although my ankle is badly
SCARED. G.. ". HOLLENBROoK,
Toleda, Ohio
Write for circulars TO D. Bansom, Son & Co.,
Buffalo, y. Y.
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BREEDING TO YOUNG FLIES.

Notwithstanding it is the general
opinion that mare, or FLY rather,
for FLY is not strictly mare until
she is FIVE years old, may be bred to a
horse when she attains her third year,
it by no means safe to follow it as a
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For Throat Diseases and Affections of
the chest . Browns Bronchial Troches are
of value. For coughs, irritation of the throat
caused by cold, or unusual exertion of the
vocal organs, in speaking in public, or singing.
they produce beneficial results.
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WORTHY OF NoTE.-An exchange saws there
Is scarcely day passes that we do not hear,
either from persons coming into our Office or
III some other way, of the success of johnson 5
Anodyne Liniment in the cure Of coughs and
colds, so prevalent about town just now.
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cHARCOAL F0R TURKIES.

Corn ia the cheapest and best food for
fowls, if we are to name one article.
They S1e it better than any other grain,
and it probably must always be the
main dependence in this country in
keeping poultry But there must be
variety. Hens are as omnivorous, per-
haps, as any other animal in the world,
man excepted. They even exceed swine
in this respect. We all know how dis
tasteful uniform diet is to ourselves.
The appetite, both in man and brutes,
is determined by the varying state of
the system, and kind of food that is
craved at one time Will be rejected at
another Wheat, buckwheat and oats
must have place on the diet-list. The
latter are best ground Wheat-bread is
excellent Hens soon tire of cooked
grain, but it should be fed part of the
time Every day in the year when fowls
do not have access to grass, fresh yege-
table food should be allowed, and a
small quantity of meat when there Is
no insect forage. Corn should prepon-
derate for growing chickens, because
the cheapest, and for fattening fowls,
but for layers wheat should occupy a
prominent place
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: IL WE can benefit the readers of this paper
any by recommending Parsons Purgative Pills
country, we are willing to do so. We have had
about as good chance to know as any one.
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To LET a COLD HAVE OwS WAY is to assist in
laying the foundation of consumpfion. To cure
the most stubborn cough cold yOu have only 10
use JudfciOusly Dr. Jayne's Expertorant.
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November mast. saws of this breed

November past, says of this breed:
81 thought every one knew that the
Ayrshire is the best stock for milk; they
have been tested for over a hundred
years in all countries, and have proven
best for that purpose. L have fed them
side by side with other breeds, and they
have come through the winter more
hardy. 1 have tried them for beef, and
they are, in my opinion, first-class; but
few of them have been slaughtered IN
this country. because they are too valq>
able for dairy purposes. l have been
myself surprised to see how fat accum-
ulates on them when they are kept up.
For the dairy, these cows are admitted
on all hands to be unequalled. 1t is
surprising that our dairymen who sup
plv the large cities and towns of Geor-
gia and other Southern States, have not
turned their attention to this breed for
thC improvement of our native stock in
the milk product. A grade between the
two breeds, by procuring the thorough
bred Ayrshire bull calves, would be a
very great improvement, and not very
expensive in the accomplishment.
These calves, of the proper age for
transportation to this country, can be
procured of northern breeders at from
fifty to hundred dollars. The expense
of transportation, when boxed for con-
veyance by the ordinary freight routes,
is from twenty to thirty dollars, accord
ing to the distance conveyed. Several
farmers or dairymen can unite to adj
vantage in procuring such animals for
joint use, and thus reduce the cost to
each to a very moderate sum. If we
were in the dairy business, we would
sell portion of the stock on hand, if
necessary, in order to effect so desirable
an improvement in the remainder.
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THE only genuine folded edge collars are
J the Elmwood and Warwick. They are the
best collars ever made
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Address THE SUN. New York City.

DooLEYs Yeast Powder is convenient econ
omical and always reliable. No waste of food
prepared with it, as it is always of the best
quality
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A NICE present for Christmas A bottle o.
=" The Queens Toilet for the complexion
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THE pottery manufactures of North
Staffordshire recently locked out
from 10000 to 10000 of their work
people because they demanded change
in the present basisof payment. Those
who had hitherto been paid for work
which bore the.test of the oven desired
to be paid upon what they did that
would bear an inspection after it left
their hands and before it had been sub
mitted to the action of heat, the matter
resolving itself into a s'good from
hand versus good from oven" con-
test. The workpeople finally agreedto
submit to the Board of Arbitration, and
the lockout was declared to- be at an
end, 5000