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Flies.

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DIR. r. N. Piper, the naturalist, has
described, in a private letter, some
microscopic Investigations which he has
lately been pursuing in the study of the
fly. He has made what he calls q neat
dissection of the tongue of a house-fy,
and has put up a rather nice specimen
of a house from a blowing fly, with all
it's organs in a perfect state. He has
also observed, what he thinks is a gen.
eral fact, that all, or nearly all, the
flies which survive the winter, are
females. In one of these which he
anatomical he found 106 eggs. He
adds: Ihave also demonstrated, what
is, perhaps, an chronological discovery,
that the central lancet of the horse-fy
is tubular. For what reason-as he has
q sucker with which he draws blood
from the wound he makes? The lancet
of the horse-fy-the female, for the
male has no biting organs-is a COM
pound instrument. When closed, it
presents a point /; when open, it shows
several points radiating from it's base.
The outside lancets have rows of teeth
like those on the jaw of a shark. Isup-
pose the creature introduces the lancet
shut like the sticks of a fan. When it
is withdrawn, it is opened in the pro-
cess, and thus makes that ugly, torment
ing wound which these insects infict
upon horses and cattle. The hollow
lancet, perhaps, carries some kind of
fluid to poison the blood or render it
more fluid. There is, however, no gland
to be found by which this fluid is Sc
GREETED. That the lancet is hollow, how
ever, I have shown without q question,
as / have eontrived to make fluid pass
through it,
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N U Cnt Thinner.

a gHHM a :
An Arkansas CORRESPONDENT Of The
Scientific American says: eI came here
~ years since, and began clearing land
and building houses with hewn logs and
boards split from the trees. After nev-
eral years residence 4 noticed chat verv
often pieces of che same kind of timber
decayad mere quickly than oshers: ana
after much thought and observation i
came to the conclusion that timber
felled when Che leaf first comnenee5
10 grow rottedt The sop of very quickly
but the heart remained sound tbat
timber fellad after the fail of the lAaf
rotted in the heart, even when appar-
antly sound on the outside. When dre.
wood cut ii the winter waa put 81 the
IRE TIE rap came ont of the heart. bus
when cut ~ the summer tha sap came
opt of the eap wood, ard NEXT liz bark
Inosice alec that all our lasting wood
90 bnt Little ZAP At any time III the
heaft-such as oedar, mulberry. sassa.
IRIS md cypress. Is cypress Dost ant.
in ths summer II 1858 IL stilI sound.
although expoasd To an wesshers. While |
one Of the same kind of timber. cae III
We winter Of 1856, and painted, has
Eosted IL The heart. saw yesterday
2 piece Of gum plank, which i sassed Is
the summer Of 1856, that has Iain ever
since. and Y perfectly sound; while OK
timber that was felled III the winter
before IL nov entirely rotten. Nv con
clusion than III Cut timber after full
leaf. aay IN July and August, 10 get the
nest last from IL The sap goes inte
ths hsart o. the ree aster leaf.Iaii. go
aaasas densg.n
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Raising Tobacco in the south.

In many portions Of the South, before
the war, very much of the tobacco used
among the farmers was grown upon
their farms and plantations. In Missis.
sippi, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, the
Carolinas and Louisiana, there was
considerable tobacco grown but a few
years ago. Now there is but little at.
tention paid to growing this important
crop. The consumer confines himself
to a better or finer cultivated and manu-
featured article. The old sshome twist
is hardly to be seen, where a few years
ago little other was to be had. The
poorer classes, with colored population,
since the settlement among them of the
northern element, have received very
luxurious notions in their drinking,
smoking, and chewing habits. The finest
whisky OF brandy is sought after, while
the old white wheat" and "peach and
molasses" are fast going out Of use.
Fine smoking brands of tobacco are now
in use, as we'll as the most popular plug
and fine cuts. Those who should be
the producers are consumers OF the very
article they could grow more cheaply
than others. How much like nonsense
it looks for Connecticut, Iowa, Missouri,
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennes-
see to raise tobacco for the south and a
large export tradel
The idea that cotton had ceased to be
king in the south was a most absurd and
premature one. That more corn is
grown, we do not deny, but not to the
considerable extent we have been led to
believe by the reports of those who de-
sired to make it a corn-producing coun
try.
Experiments have been made in more
than thirty counties in Texas, the past
season, in growing tobacco of the vari-
ous varieties, to test their adaptab1lity
to that soil and climate. The greater
part of these tests have been made in
northern and central counties of the
state, where the Missouri and Ohio
has settled. With a pro-
tracted drouth and an early frost, still
result to the planters has been the
most satisfactory. Texas will become
one Of our most excellent tobacco states.
Cor. Rs@aI World.
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A Chemical Difficulty.

a lively exchange tells the following
story Zone Of our merchants .
Gently sold d gross of matches to d
woman. who, on reaching her home,
could not make them burn. In a tow.
ering passion, which increased all the
way back, she returned and demanded,
Why did you cheat me with these
worthless matches Matches. re.
sponded the grocer pleasantly-he al
ways wears q smile for his cusbomera-
what il the trouble with tha matches q
They won't burn, not one Of them.
vas the quick. angry response. Let
us see, said the gentleman, applying tie
charged end TO his pantaloona and
caused ii to blaze inetantar ; that burns
well enough sBns The rest won
replied The woman, Who began IS fear
That she had walked seven miles and
vas ID return seven more on foot. and
lad not got angry for nothing. ME
grocer opened three bunchea and moved
them 81 the same. / don't want q
burn up all your matches, be aaid. hut
there p not enc hat VIII not bum the
sans way. Chagrined she stared 81
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The UNHAPPY VmIAGE-Show me
two villages, n embowered ia trees
and blazing in eli the glories OF Octo-
Der, The other a merely trivisI and tree
less waste, or with only q single tree or
two for suicides, and I shall be sure
chat in the latter will be found the most
starved and bigoted reIigionists and the
most desperate drinkers. Every wash
Tub end milk-can and grsvc-stone viii
Be exposed. The inhabitants viii dis
appear abruptly behind their barns and
houses, like desert Arabs amid their
rocks, and I shall look to see spears in
their hands, They will be really to
aesept the most barren and forlorn
doctrine,-as that the world Is speedily
coming TO an end, or has already got TO
it, 3 that they themselves are turned
wrong side outward. They will per-
chance crack their dry joints st one m.
other and call il 3 spiritual communica
tion.-TRorg0m
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. BEAUTIFUL WomAn.-The nero1

A BEAUTIFUL WoMAN.-The percep-
tive faculty of wonen is usually keener
than the same chronological organ in
men. Woman knows that beauty rather
than genius is worshiped by the sterner
sex. Aman may talk with his lips of
the latter to his lady-love, but the keen
ness of the woman knows that he is
thinking of the former in his heart. All
women have an innate desire to please
their beaux. They are fond of admira-
ton, hence one of their longings is to
be beautiful. The grand secret of fe.
male beauty is health-the secret of
health is the power to eat. digest and
assimilate a proper quantity of whole
some food. Take Vinegar Bitters. It
will cleanse the stomach, tone the vital
organs, give a perfect digestion, purify
the blood, clear up the complexion and
produce a state of mental and physical
electricity which gives symmetry of
form, bright eyes, white skin, glossy
hair and a genuine type of female love-
illness which no cosmetic can compare
with. al
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AGRICULTURE.
WIN Kesring sheep ParE

A writer in the National Live Stock
journal gives bis idea on this subject
Sheep pay better than any other
stock, no matter what the kind Of stock
is. I have been breeding some 300
head Of cattle, and I am satisfied that,
even with the mod favorable condition
for selling, when the time comes, I
shall make a great deal 0 money,
dollar for dollar on the money invested
in sheep than / shall make on the cap
ital invested in cattle. I have about
600 sheep running without any partic-
ular attention Oh care, and have sold
$l,40O worth of wool of this years clip,
and have $50 lambs besides. I do not
think it possible to have done SO well
on an equal amount of capital invested
in cattle. One great advantage sheep
have over other stock is, that they
never die of contagious diseases which
they contract. They get the scab or
foot-rot or something else, and ii IN
checked it gets them in bad condition,
and would ultimately, perhaps, kill
them. But the very worst contagious
diseases to which sheep are subject,
give the owner ample time to treat the
affected animals, and the diseases are
generally Of a character which yield
readily 10 treatment. But a man may
have q lot of hogs, and feed them hun
dreds of bushels of corn daily, and
about the time the bottoms of his cribs
are neared, and he is thinking Of selling,
some disease breaks out among them
no one knows what il is or what to do
for it-one animal after another follow
ing in rapid succession is effected, and
the greater portion die. I have known
farmers to be well-nigh ruined by the
appearance Of a contagious disease Of
this character. Sheep are happily ex-
ernpt from such rapid and fearful NOR
tally. Besides, when q sheep dies
and they will die sometimes-his pelt is
sufficient to pay for his keep from the
last shearing to his death. It makes no
difference when be dies, OF what kills
him, the sheep never dies in debt.
"
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SALT WATER IoE.-The notion eener.
ally prevails that whensalt water freezes
the ice is fresh, and when melted will
produce fresh water. Prof. TyndalI
states that such is the case in his
" Forms of Water" But DIR. Rae.
the Arctic explorer, declares that he
was "never able to find sea ice.
either eatable when solid or drinkable
when tbawed-it being invariably too
salt He adds, however, that when
his party found ice projecting above
the water, and from its appearance in.
dicating tn it was a year or more old.
il was generally fresh and made good
drinking water. His theory explaining
the fact is that the salt is not itself con.
gealed, but that a concentrated brine.
imprisoned in minute cells, is retained
in the solid ice. These cells commune
with the other when the ice il
Lifted above the general level. the brine
is drained of, leaving the mass fresh.
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ROTATION OF manurea.

All agree that rotation OF crops is q
necessary condition to productiveness.
IL We plant she same land year after
year in the same crop, the result will be
almost ~barrenness. So ID is with ma
nures. If every year we manure our
land with the same species of manure,
it will finally lose its effect, and the
consequence will be small crops. Even
land will become tired Of farm-yard
manure and will ask for q change.
Guano, bone dust, Lime and ashes hav-
ing been applied to the same land for a
number Of years, the land will fail to
respond as it once did. The great agri.
cultural chemist, Liebig, explains this
popularity on the ground that unless
all the elements required by a plant are
present, the extent to which the ele.
ment existing in the smallest quantity
is present, determines the resulting fer
tiiity. This explanation has been gem
orally accepted as correct.
IL 10 true that there are but few cases
wherein any land upon southern farms
run any danger Of becoming fatiguedr
BY any kind Of manure. Our lands
generally suffer more from hunger than
from repletion. But the fact is one 81
interest and was brought specially Is
our notice during 9 recent visit TO the
market garden Of an acquaintance who
informed us that his crops were falling
Of from oyerdoses Of stable manure
every year for several years.
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BmnwAaa4 e0r WaN

= correspondent BY TIE Kural World
writes ~ follows The RIGHT tine ID
Mu bucwhaat SCR bee pnsfurape Il
ahons The first al July. If sown then.
It not oaly terms aha bess passurare
tx The bees but usually uaids ! good
crop of seed. i oae IL our bsss
honey ucing ps Tie proner
qaansag aow to an aces Ii one Deek.
although ao prefer ID aoa two nocls'
+ Rise Ii largely and aucosea bsst 81
aowing only pas 81 Tie ac ne
number ] required for shiksv
colonies " bees VIII ID about four.
y = good season oF a~eureting Homer.
! hava known one 0fa of buohaat o
fArnish food noa Eor bees shat
an pouu i loaaT and SIS bushels 81
Ha mads m Iis
ho sorable ssaBon.
Tive s leaA shae nhould b
sown loF THE og colonies men
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NoRDHoFF says of The communistic
societies Of the United States Gall
the successful communes are composed
of what are customarily called 'com-
mon people, You look in vain for
highly educated, refined, cultivated, or
elegant men or women. They profess
no exalted views of humanity or des
tiny they are not enthusiasts !; they do
not speak much of the beautiful with a
big B. They are u~tilitarians. Some do
not eve like flowers; some reject in
strumental music. They build solidly,
often of stone; but they care nothing
for architectural effects. Art IS not
known among them !; mere beauty and
grace are undervalued, even despised.
Amusements, too, they do not value;
only a few commLnes have general L.
braries, and even these are of very lin
tied extent, except, perhaps, the library
at Oneida, which is well supplied with
new books and newspapers. The Per
fectionists also encourage musical and
theatrical entertainments, and make
amusement SO large a part of their
lives that they have nearly half a dozen
committees to devise and superintend
them"
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Russian Beauty.

The nhar-acsar;st;os u ~ p.
TYNE 81 farn;rsra 49, ...ss4sll
FAIRNESS Il a. cavaa,e 8 s4'1s
blna avaa bIondac e - $3.50.
! carts;n esa5o,,rasas a- s..ss naf' ald
Iack a ava,o;se III ~ .s A.Vn 1ne
ysb;ob 4 oos,ra,1aa s. ~ 80 INDOORS
seven s. aiobt ,.snshs assl la.slng
ia ;saa II Aney Suggest
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We were pleased to see, not long
since, in one of our exchanges, some pretty
severe remarks addressed to several perpons
who, during ar interesting lecture by Rev.
Jno. s. {. Abbott, kept a continuous coughing.
which prevented many from hearing. People
stay awsy from such places, or else take a bot
tie of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment with them.
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A Wrong Custom Corrected.

It is quite generally the custom to take
strong liver stimulants for the cure of liver
complaint, and both the mineral and vegetable
kingdoms have been diligently searched to
procure the most drastic and poisonous pur-
gatives, in order to produce a powerful effect
upon the liver, and arouse the tagging and
enfeebled organ. This system of treatment is
on the same principle as that OF giving a weak
and debilitated man large portions Of brandy
to enable him to do a certain amount of work
When the stimulant is withheld, the organ,
like the system, gradually relapses into a more
torpid or sluggish and weakened condition
than before. What, then, is wanted? Medi-
cinee, which, while theycause the bile to flow
freely from the liver, as that organ is toned
into action, will not overwork and thus debili-
tate it, but will, when their use is discontin-
ued, leave the liver strengthened and healthy.
Such remedies are foundin DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets.
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Texas Enfernrise.

Col. J. E. FOSTER, of Houston, Texas, inau-
gurated an Immigration Bureau and Real Els
tate Drawing last summer that lis doing much
towards populating that State. Thousands of
tickets to his drawing last October were sold
all over the southern states, and hundreds
are now OF their way to Texas, with deeds to
lands they drew in the October drawing, in
their pockets. See his advertisement else
where.
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There is nj better way of saving
money than in purchasing a good article. This
is especially the case in SO conspicuous an
article of dress as a gentleman's collar. Those
who have worn either tho Elmwood or War
wick Collar have discovered this, and advise
their friends to try}these frst-class goods.
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him with tiger eyes, and not to be
beaten, burst out If they will, you
don't s'pose every time I want a fire I'm
coming all this way to rub them on the
seat of your trousers, DO you?"
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TRY YOUR LuGKL

To every person sending us so cts. we will send
regularly. for ONE YEAR, The SOUVENIR. "a
IS q premium we will send the ECLlPSE STA
PACKAGE, containing 40 sheets
good writing paper 10 good Envelopes i lead
PencI, ! Penholder. x Pens, ]. Photograph and a
4lft or Ladyhs or Gents Jewelry. Ihe Prize of
Jewelry is often worth more than we charge for
both paper and package. Remember all the above
articles IN an elegant package. Don't let this pass
you. Try your luck; you are certain to get more
g ods than you ever bought before for the money,
ana may get prize Of jewelry worth double the
price charged. The Paper a whole year and the
Package for only so cts. Address
w. MI BURRUW, Publisher,
Bristol, Tenn.
&AAGENTs wanted to sell our line kngrayines
From % TO $40 a day easily made.
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The importance OF giving Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders TO horses that
been ont In the cold rain, stood ia cola
wind or dranlg too much cold water, cannot
be oYersstinated; no man should be without
them who owns . good horse.
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A CURE OF LIVER DISEASE,
RUSH. Texas. M8v 10. is

IFV5H1 IVAuS, N1UJ 10, 100.
DR.. R. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear SSr-My wife last year at this time was
confined to her bed with Chronic Liver Dis
ease. I had one of the best doctors to see her,
and he gave her up to die, when I came upon
some of your medicine. / bought one bottle
and commenced giving it. She then weighed
eighty-two pounds now she weighs one hun
dred and forty pounds, and is robust and
hearty. She has taken eight bottles in all, 80
you see I am an advocate for your medicines.
r. MEAZFT,
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FROM THE NOTED SCOUT. sBUFTALo BILL.

HOLLAND HOUSE, Rockford, ILL.,, April 20.
1874-Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Sir
I have now taken four bottles of your Golden
Medical Discovery in connection with your
Pellets, and must say that nothing I have ever
taken for my liver has done me as much good.
I feel like a new man. Thanks to your won
derfuI medicine.
W. F. CODY, ("Bufalo Biu.")
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Glossy black whiskers are admired by
every lady. You can have them by using DR.. TUFTS
Improved Hair Dye. Sold everywhere.
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The : ong of Sixpence.

Mr.. Tyler, in his primitive Oul-
ture," thus applies to this work the Law
of the Interpretation of myths sob
viousiy, the four and twenty blackbirds
are four and twenty hours, and the pie
that holds them is the underlying earth,
covered with the over-arching sky how
true a touch of nature it is, when the
day breaks-the birds begin to sing J
The king is the sun, and his counting
out his money is pouring out the sun
shine, the golden shower of Dame. The
queen is the moon, and her transparent
honey the moonlight. The maid is the
rosy figure drawn, who rises before the
sun, her master, and hangs out the
clouds, his clothes, across the sky.
The particular blackbird who so tragi-
eally ends the tale by shipping off her
nose is the hour Of sunshine"
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VEGETABLE PULMONARY BAL
Most approved. reliable and weIl-known rem
edy for Coughs. Colds & Consumption. Get the GEN
Wine. Price S1;small SOC. CUTLER Bios. & Co., Boston
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BHFoRE taking liberties with a strange
dog observe his tail md wait for the
wag on.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT.

Regular Monthly Statement-InereRse i'm
December, S3,650,967.
The public debt statement has just
been issued, of which the following is
a recapitulation
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ERsEGHoMANCY. or so.l C-har1nlng.r

ROW eTthef sex snAy Esciaats and gain tit love and
sassaoh Of Eng psrson taey choose, instantly. This art al can
Fssaef Tree ty 9saif.G centss together With Marriage Gntle,
Esypttan CRACK. Dreams Hints to ladies, &c. 1lOea0l0 sold. 4
qaesE BOOK. address A. WILLIAMS 4 Co.. Pubs, Pmladelphia
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Go 70 Riverside Water Cure. Hamilton, Eli
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ok . 90n per day at nome. Terms free. Address
VAOE v"o 2 sTINsoN q Co.. Portland. Maine
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One box of Garyss INSTANT Enk Powder, y
Miilmakea piptof BEST BLACK INK ID Ave minute.
Si.2Sperdz, $1a5by mail. 4. GO. CARY, GAINESVILLE, O. j
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RSkA WEEK. Agents wanted everywhere. For
USE outfit 25c. FRITcH & WALKER, Dayton, Ohio.
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MAH0 A MUNTH-Agents wanted eyery.
WVNHE where Business honorable and Grst.
WHJI class. particulars sent free, ADDRESS
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pHee1 OF LOG pGQss, containing lists of 5000 news
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