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Southland Times, Issue 751, 18 November 1867, Page 3

Sheep-Sheaeing by Wind. — A man in Wisconsin has a patent sheep-shearing machine, which operates just like a reaper or a mower, and moves a swath of wool an inch and a half wide. The motion is got by means of a little windengine in the handle, which is to be drivea by a force-pump or bellows forcing wind into it by a flexible tube. — Beaver Dam (Wis.) Citizen. As many as 3500 of the schoolmasters of France are to visit the Exhibition during the vacation. They will be lodged in the colleges and public sehoo's of Paris. The Lords of tho Admiralty have invited the principal shipbuilding iirms in the United Kingdom to serd in tenders for the construction of an armour-plated iron ship of a 2300 tons. This vessel is to be supplied with twin screws, and her bottom is to be sheathed with wood, which is to be coppered. Why talk about not sleeping a wink, when peOjile in their sleep never wink ? ( Ad vertisement.) — Hottotoay's Ointment. — Bad Leg 3, Wounds, Ulcers, and all description of sores, are cured by the proper and diligent use of this inestimable preparation. To attempt to cure bad legs by plastering the edges of the wound together is a folly ; for should the skin unite, a boggy diseased condition remains underneath to break out with twofold fury in a few days. The only rational and permanent treatment, as indicated by nature, is to reduce the inflammation in and about the wound, to sootb. the neighboring nerves, to cool the heated blood aa it courses along its vessels, and to render the thin, watery, ichorous discharge, consistent and healthy. Holloway'a Fiils should be taken at the same time, in order to purify the blood and expel the obnoxious humours from, tha system,. 6