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what;iukkh thk urntlekan. A KfMlrm RuKlIah IHAnlflen of (ha Term* II in common in onr day to ftpoftk of gentlemen of position, gentlemen, of moeni, gentlemen of the press commercial and sporting gentlemen, etc. II wu nol in this vsguo ecnec that tho word «m need by James I., who, when hia name entreated him to mako her son a gentleman, replied that ho oould make him a lord, but that it wAa out of hia power to mako him a gentleman. Tho word does not now bear tho interpreta tion it formerly did in England. While at ono timo it expressed the idon which tho term gmtUhommc does in Fran do— where it retaina its original significance to designate tho members of a caste, distinot and apart—it has, in successive periods, been applied to degrees more widely extended. All classes now osso* date more freely than would have been tolerated in provions generations, and men no longer dress, oithor really or figuratively, in buckle* and buckram. Tho garb of tbo Puritan—despised in the days when it was tho fashion for a man to bedezin himself in rutiles and leoc—is now tho rule, and is apprecia ted for its plainness, its oomfort and its f tractiaal utility. Tho ordinary oontnmo or gentlemen—free, easy, and devoid of 1874. outward show and protonoo—is an index of their mental condition. They eschew stiffness, they abhor formality, they des pise all seeming. Their mannors, though refined, are simple. Tho gontlemaiT is a representative character- a reflection of his era. Wo may trace the manners of the times in their various typos : in tho warlike and semi-barbarous, tho chivalrous and romantic, tho effeminate and ornate, the soldierly and scholarly, down to the earnest, accomplished, and practical specimon in our own day. As now nn dorstood, the term is indicative of eon duet rather than lineage—of character rather than position—of tho qualities that contribute to its formation as much as their manifestation in tho life. ? ontleman is aomathing unique, apart rom any consideration of rank, educa tion, or pursuits. There ore many men of plain manners and limited menus as thorough geutlomen ns any noblo in tho land. Tho late Justice Talfourd, in his charge to tho jury in an notion wherein it was alleged that the defend ant had said to the plaintiff, 44 Do not speak to mo. I am a gentleman. Yon are a tradesman," took occasion to ob serve : 14 Gentleman is atorm wbioh is not confined to uny station. The mail of rnnk who deports himself with dig nit-y and candor, tho tradesman win discharges his duties with integrity, and tho humbloat artisan who fulfills tho obligations inounihout upon hi with virtno and honor, aroaliko entitled to the name of gent Ionian, in preference to the man, however high his station, who indulges in ribald and offensive remarks." Wo may havo a correct conception of tho character without being able to en ter into nn Analysis of it. Courtesy and simplicity are its lending features. The most highly-cultivated men nroovor the least ooncoitcd, and we generally find that the pedantic are men of small un derstanding. Chesterfield embodies its constituent elements in tho term 44 po liteness," which ho defines as a benevo lence in trifles, or a preference of others to ourselves in tho ordinary occurrences of life. UontlenoKH, the foundation of the character, implies a reserved power, and it is to bn distinguished from weak ness, as it is from a passive tameness of spirit and an unreasonable compliance with tho diotatrs or tho will of others. Ib rmioituoes no just right from tho fear of thoir frown, and yields no important truth to their flattery. A prominent funturo of the character is considerate ness, which may bo said -to consist in dolionoy in tho use of power—physioal. moral, and social. Forbearance and wisdom in the oxeroiso of this power— of that which the husband exorcises over tho wife, the father over his chil dren, the teacher over his pupils, the old over tho young, tho strong over tho weak, tho man ter over his hands, the poor, tho educated over tho ignorant, tho oxporionood over the confiding— mark the gentleman. Rnshfuliiosa is not inconsistent with tho character, and wo arc surprised that so rare a quality is not mor® highly ap preciated. Tho thoughts and foldings of the retiring in disposition uro hot less refined, although they may not bo expressed with tho grnooiulnoso of the ready speaker or tho impetuosity of tho rAttlo-pato. This disposition frequent ly arises from tho mind running in chan nels other than the common piaocR ot or dinary conversation, and a consequent consciousness of inferiority in the art of pleasing. Tho assumption of the ohirrnotcr is often but a simulation of tho more Agreeable habits of society, ami ouly tho veneer which hides do- lirnvod tastes and vicious propensities. Nothing more displays a frivolous, self ish, ana vulgar mind than inattention to tho sirnplo courtesies of life, and without tills oven profound learning is no more than tiresome pedantry. A person of this description says he can lie a gontloumu when ho pleases. A true gentleman novor pleases to be anything else, and never, by any aooidout, dero gates from this standard. Ho cannot stoop to a menu tiling, llo never ntruts in borrowed plumage. Ho never stubs iu the dark. lie is not one thing to a man’s face mid another behind liis back. Papers not meant for 1mb eye are sacred. Holts and bars, looks ami keys, bonds And securities, and notices to tres passers, uro not for him. lie is a con sistent observer of thoBooond great com mandment : whatever ho judges to be honorable, lie practices toward all. Perhaps it was beeanso of Tliuolce- ray’s keen-sighted ness to detect, and hia readiness to expose and pillory the snob, that ho oould the more genially doeoribo a gentlemun. There art' many I manages iu liis writings which bespeak lis appreciation of the character. The reader will remember his famous pres- I iootuH of the Pall Mall Gazette, which, >oiug oonduoted by gontlt men, was to bo addressed to gentlemen. 44 Perhaps,” ho says, •* gentleman is u rarer person age than some of us think for. Which of us ouu point out many such in his circle : men whose aims are gene whose truth is constant, whose wti meanness makes them simple, who enn look the world honestly in the fao nn equal manly syuqmthy f<*r tho great and the small ? Wo all know a hundred whose coats are well made, ntul a soon have excellent manners, and ouo or twi happy boiugs who are wlmt they call ii the inner circles, ami havo shot into tin very centre and bull’s-eye of fashion but of goutlomcu how many V Lot in take a scrap of paper, and each mak out his list,"—1inslcy's Magazine. £!Mi8S Leigh, hu English lady living in*Paris, is engaged in tlio benevolent at tempt to secure a building iu the French capital as a home for poor English girls who go there with the desire of per fecting themselves in tho French lan guage, without which they are often un able to hold situations iu England as governesses or shop-women. In Paris j they put up with any rcspcotablo situa tion: but frequently they lose them, snd nave no friends or homo to go to. Miss Leigh states that there nro two thousand finch girls in that city, and she wishes to have something done for them to keep them physically and mor ally out of distiess. oho has already established a temporary homo and mission as a boginuing for hsr project. SPORTING NKWH. linn Time Mlatlatlra Worth llfmein- Tho lhiffalo Courier furnishes its aders with the time mode by tho fast horses at each of tho trotting meetings st the lhiffalo track, showing the im provement made every ycor in tho speed of horses. As a matter of record, we givo a table showing tho number of miles trotted, and tho average time made each year since tho Buffalo mootings wero inaugurated : Year. No. of Miles. Ar. Timo. 1880 HI 1807 81) 2:84# 180S 82 2:81 M 1800 82 2:20# 1870 88 2:28# 1871 81 2:2ft# 1872 88 2:255 < 1878 88 2:26# 41 2:21# It will bo Boon from this table a clearly ns from anything that could bo published, how rapidly tho speod of trotting stock is increasing, and this is greatly duo to the clasn of meetings in augurated iu this city. Tho average this year would havo boon much lower had it not been for exceptional circum stances. The number of heats trotted was decidedly greater than over before, though there were no more races than usual, This, of oonrso, is bcoatiso comparatively few of tho ovonts ware won in three oonHocutive heats, and tho horses becoming tired, slower timo the oonsoquonoe toward tho closo of each rooo. In tho stallion race, for in stance, tho second heat was trotted in 2:201, while Jefferson was able to win the.sixth in 2 £8) ,* and in the 2:20 ra the fourth heat was made in 2:11 j. Thoi slow heats hurt tho average, but it is low enough to prove beyond a doubt that tho Buffalo track is tho fastest iu the.world. Tho same horses made two or throe Moponds hotter timo over it than they di i at Cleveland. An minimal number of performances which booamo matters of rooord wero achieved at tho meeting just closed. The fastest and best race of five heats over trotted was the 2:20 raon of Friday; the fastest fifth heat ever made was tho 2:21 of Bed Cloud : tho fastest heat by a year old was trio 2:201 of Flcoty Gold- dust ; tho fastest stallion heat was th 2:20J of Hmugglor; tho fastest quarto mile ovor trotted by a loading horse in a race was tho JJ2| of Hod Cloud : and, more important than all, the fastest ratio ovor trotted in the world wiu 2:lGj of Goldsmith Maid. Fivo of these events ooonrrod on tho last day, which stands without a peer in tho annals of trotting. Tho brilliant nnoocss of tho meeting of 1874 confirms Buffalo in its position as the trotting centre of tho country, and will give an impetus to the sport, tho influence of which will long bo felt, for it was achieved through squaro tests and just ruling. COURTS’ TAILS. Novel Theory ItoKordlnff th« Ole*- Kaimun' Caudal A|i|»nd*gri. Comet* are supposed to consist of thin vapors of gases, hold together by the mutual attraction of their particles. Like all bodies so circumstanced, they necessarily assume the spherical form ; and therefore tho common notion that they consist of aoomparativoly|sraall and bright nnolens, ana an immensely long and illuminated tail, ovidontly derived from its nppearanee in tho heavens, can not for a moment be entertained. That thoir sperical form, ns shown by the re flected light of tho sun, would scarcely be discernible nt the distance of our earth, even though tbo comet wore as dense no tho densest cloud of our at mosphere, would not bo surprising; but if their attenuation, as described by 8ir John Hertohel, bo considered, all wonder oonsc s. Hir J. Horsehel says that tho most sub stantial clouds which float in the highest regions of our atmosphorc, and seem at sunset to bo drouchod in light to glow throughout their whole depth ns if in actual ignition, without any shadow or dork side, should bo looked upon ns dense and mussivo bodies, compared with tho filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet. Owing to this tenuity of matter tho rays of the sun’s light, ns reflected by it, are absolutely invisible to tho inhabit ants of tho earth; but other rays, pen etrating into tho center of the comet, are refracted by this powerful wheel of 20,000,000 of leagues diameter into the fomis which forms tho nucleus of the t, whore there is, perhaps, a greater concentration of light than anywhere ilso. not in the body of the suu. Thence this large body of concentrated light Ifcrenming in a narrow path through tho remaining half of tho comet-, in a direction opposite to the sun forms that splendid appendage called tho tail. It scorns scarcely necessary to point out that this mode of viewing a comet accounts for the circumstance of the tail being always in opposition t- :ui, whether in advancing or recoil lug. Also for tho wonderful celerity shown by tho tail in turniug round tin sun when tho comet is in perihelion, and for the rapidity with which the it darts out its tail after tho pcrilio nasungo, ulso on the mlnoipte o! tho aberration of light, the bend which tho tails of some comets havo toward (lie region they havo loft, also tho ab sence of a solid nucleus, and tho non- obscuration of tbo stars by tho body of lomet. If the oonjeoturo be root, that tho nucleus of a comet is near the ecu or. and that tho cornet extends i every direction round Iho nuol i grout a distance, at least, n ngtli of the tail, then it follows that at this present moment the sun is tensi ng on our comet-, and that whin merges from hiv embraces a few days hence it will have suffered soim ution of its si/.o.—London Ivor AelilevmentN of London Thieves. A London correspondent thus writes of a noted swindle in that city: Beyl says those follows often Htenl whole train loads and boat loa s of coal, and tlio detectives can’t get a clue to them. Tho statement appeared so ridiculous i tint I thought- my ooinpanio joking. He was, however, in earnout and iio told me tho way they did it 44 In tho first place," said ho, “yoi know these ohapn haven regular organ izod society for purposes of mutual as sistnnoo iu carrying out- thoir plans of assisting each other when they fall into tiiohamls of just ice. Each ma signed his district, and when ho hns made a haul there ho is transferred to another. They are all rich, and wh ever a largo sum is needed to e.irry out their knavish plans, tho money is not wanting. For instance a train of coal comas Into tho city for salo, Ono of the gang disguised ns a respectable coal dealer, approaches the mail who has the coal iu charge, and after soil talk, bargains for it. The same of to noon ho comes with perhaps a hundred ooal carts, unloads tho whole train, whisks off tho entire cargo in three hours, and the purchaser, taking tho precaution to tie a little late fo banking hours, gives check iu payment wliioh, of course, on presentation tho next morning, is found to bo worth! Tlio coal and purchaser are gone, aud it is ns difficult to t race tho ouo as tho oth er. The same thing is done with boat hinds of coal, for tho thiovos havo thoir own barges aud employes on tho as well as oil tho laud. Wo lmv- yet been able to break up tilts swindle though tho whole department has b at work on it,” The story seemed so iuorediblo to that I took the next opportunity of ask iug another dotootivo about- it. 4 *" said he, 44 that coni swindle is - tho biggest things in London can’t get, at t-lie ring-leaders yet. but laying our plans for a grand haul v take two or three years tore them, for it is an exceedingly big thing ; but wo must thoroughly mature plauH." Good heavens !’’ I exalaimed, 44 it possible you allow people in Londi ebbed like this for two years L hi break up tho gang of swiu lore ?’’ said he, “London is a li town, and such things go slow, but, tliiuk, in about two years we shall mature our plans and make a grand haul.” Natural Wonders of Wyoming. In tho northwestern corner of the territory of Wyoming is located one the most beautiful lakes on this ooi nent, if not in the world. Adjacent it are tho sources of four majestic rive the Yellowstone, flowing into the Mis souri at a distance of 1,800 miles; tin Missouri itself, which finds its the gulf through the Father of Waters: the Columbia, which, passing through the most to mark able canyon in the world, discharges its waters into the Gulf of California. Grouped arouiu ihis lake, and in tho midst of this tor-shed, is perhaps tho grandest dis play of cataracts, hot springs, gevse mud volcanoes, and natural nrchitec tural beauties anywhere to be found ou the faoo of the globe. Oil What- Bo Hants Tho French government Teed/ ago established an experimental farm u Vinoonnos, France, under tho suporin tendance of the eminent oil enlist, M. Villo. Every convenience, such sti-honses, hot beds, fields, fmpl merits, etc., moos* ary to carryout Ii peri moots, wero at his disposal. Among the many experiments ma- by him was that of o.uisiug wheat grow in pure Baud ; any fertilizer ill tho saiul or water used »: mt, the sand was burned and tho water distill'd. Four large -pots filled with tho burned sand 3d in tho experiment. In ihc tulislanee that would ad first ho put twenty-two g wheat-, aud watered them tilled water; tho need gi yellow and sickly, but and produced r good the dis- looking mat un it und red iglit grains of poor, shriveled wheat. In tun aroond pot, the ton minerals that all plants require for food were mixed with the burned sand, and twen ty-two grains of good wheat planted ns iii tho first case. The result still showed sickly plants, hut hotter developed than the first., and at maturity yielded on* hundred aud forty-four grains. In the third pot ammonia* was mixed with tho burned sand instead of the ten minerals as ill tho second axpnri- tho plants came up a beautiful dark green, giving every in dication that a large crop of seed wonl-.. he produced. But not so; tho result, although better than tho other two pots us only a yield of one hundred ana xt-y-Uo grains. In tho fourth experiment the ton r. in- orals required as food for all plants, united with ammonia, were mixed with land, and twenty-two grnius of wheat planted as before. This oxperi- aut bciug a union ns it were of the Bond and third experiments. The ro It of this union was almost magical ; tho plnnts sprang up with groat vigor, strong and healthy, producing from the twenty-two seeds four hundred and twenty-three grains of full, good wheat. As the land in which they wero planted, and tho water with which they wero wa torn! contained no fertilising property this grand result must have been cnusei by the minerals and ammonia alone. Ye great hr this result was, live percent only of,tho plants were produced by the minerals and l.t 0 per oent, by the ntn- mouin; thereby showing that 93.40 p r nt. of the plants wore produced by bated upon Ihc result of observations in tbo United Btates, where tho mass of the people have small learning. Literary Style. No man of power can do himself a greater wrong than to make nn attempt to acquire the stylo of another man, under tho impression that that style will fit his thought. He might os well have his olothen made to his neighbor’s racaenro. There is not ono chance in a thousand of u fit, unless it be a fit of disappointment or disgust. Tho sensi tiveness of language to tho impulses and characteristics of tho spirit that sits behind and titters it, is ono of the marvels of tho world. Its flexibility in sharing itself to every variety of thought, and evory form of imagination, its power to transmit an atmosphere or an aroma whioh no analysi * of word or expression betrays, and tho ease with which it is made cither puerile or msjes- iio, in accordance with the spirit of its maker, show that stylo, nnltorn of tho individual, in nn utterly valueless nt- tuinmont. As a fair illustration of the absolute impossibility of one man writing iu the stylo of another, take tho two great po ets of England now living, and let Browning and Tennyson undertake to acquire each the stylo of tho other, would absolutely ruin both. All wri ers who are good for anything have stylo of thoir own. It can no rnoro 1 transmitted or 44 attained" than the poi ers and qualities in which it baa i birth ; und a man who is so strongly impressed, or magnetized, by the styl of another, that lie finds himself trying to work in bit war, has his o^rn weak ness and lank of individuality demon strnt, d to him. It follows that most of tho criticisms of stylo are equally wi out common sense and common justice —so far, at least, as they aro made with the idea that there is such a thing bh h standard of style. There is abundant wealth of literary style in the world which has no characteristic similarity to Addison's ; and the young writers who fancy that they must shape their style upon somo approved or popular mode), would do well to abandon the effort at once. A good style is always tho nat ural offspring of a good literary mind. It is polished and chastened by self- criticism, and is a growth from tho cen ter. A stylo thus formed ih the only legitimate representative of a literary man. No lack of heart, or brains, or culture, or marked aud Inrgo individu ality, can ho hidden by adopting an other man’s literary dress and present ment. If a man has no style of liis own, he has no literary calling what ever.—/))-. ./. a. Holland. Kiliieatlon In Alabama. The commonwealth labors under a dreadful burden of ignorance ; the illit eracy in some scctn.nH iw appalling. With a population of a little inoro than a million, Aluhninn has more than three hundred aud eighty thousand persons who can neither rend nor write ; and of Ihoso nearly ouo hundred thousand are whites. Thorn are also largo classes who can both read and write, hut whoso education goes no farther. Among the ono hundred and seventy-five thousand ters in the state, there is a in wspaper •dilation of forty thousand only. The negro does not seem to care for tho pn- A good public school system was inaugurated in Alabama in 1854, and i»ars later nearly ninety thousand children were attending school iu the ituto; Vint tho advent of the war annull ed the progress already made, and since reconstruction educational matters have been somewhat, embroiled. Tho con duct of the schools is now in tlm hands of what is known as the state hoard of education, composed of the state super intendent ami two members from each congressional district. This board has full legislative powers, tho legislature being only revisory of its sots. The school fund receives from half a million to $000,000 annually from tho state, one third of it being interest on the fund bestowed by the general government-, and tho remainder being made up of one-fifth of the commonwealth's general revenue—all tho poll tax, the license and the tax on insurance companie This fund is nominally apportioned in partially to the whites and blacks i each county, and the trustees in enc township are informed what their shai is. Unitor this Fystem, tho average n tendance at tho various schools openr throughout the state, w.is ono hundred and fifty thousand ; but in 1873 tin schools were nil closed (snvo those ii the largo cities,) on account of the in ability of the stnto to pay teachers ! This cessation has boon productive much harm and disorganization, forts have, however, been made to Busoltato the stnto university at To loosa, which is not in a flourishing dition. and a normal college, for tench- era or both sexes, has been started at Florence, in the northern part of tho state. Iu western Alabama, a coir university and normal college lias 1 established at Marion, and ft cole normal school is opened at Itnntsv The American missionary society also maintains a oollego ter e ilored people! at Tal 1 adegfl.—Seribner' •>-. The Tobacco Crop. According to the Lonisville Courier- Journal, which has reports from fifty cotiuties in Kontucky, the tobacco crop that state will not exceed thirteen per ceute of lost year's yield. Late es timates of the crop are that at the clo o of the planting Reason it may he consid ered a settled fact that tho acreago un der cultivation in TennenBCO and south ern Indiana is not equal to ono-fonrth of an average. Missouri is roughly es timated nt two-thirds, and late Virginia reports put tho acres go in this state at one-half nn average. J'. if» thought, cording to present information, it would bo a liberal estimate to count on oue- tliird of nn average crop iu tho United Btates, and taking loat census year nverugo year for production, we shall havr about 88,000.000 pound* of tobac co out of the growing crop, instead of 225,000,000 pounds. Thin would make the crop of this year fall short two- thirds. Winnino GoLDKN Ol'UaONS, haps no man living has won more gold en opinions than Dr. Walker, as the enormous and widely increasing sale ol his California Vinegar Bitters attests. We never look into one of onr exchanges but there is a panegyric of the Bitters staring nn in tho face. Onr readers will say that there most be a reason for all this praise. They are right. Tho cffl- cacv of this celebrated medicine is es tablished by evidence which it is impos sible to doubt. Among tho thousands who have borne testimony to its excel lence, tlioro is not one dissentient voioc. In very many phase* of inorganic dis ease it h* eras to bo unfailing. All dis- esses arising from a vitiated state of tlie blood are surely eradicated by it. It is an effectual remedy for pulmonary complaints, bilious, remittent and inter mittent fevers, rheumatism and dyspep sia. It purges the body of all unhealthy linmors, gives tono to tho system, and where the vital powers aro enfeebled, restores their functions to vigorous and healthy action. All this it doe« tho >rn effectually because its operation is t interfered with by tho presence of ulooliol. The Vinegar Bitters is per fectly freo from any finch hurtful in gredient. Wo have always bolieved that plant* contain the true ; for diseases, and all tho remedi sary. Dr. Walker is on the lino of real progress, and we boric that ho will not rest on liis present dircoverioa. Somebody has been finding fanlt with tho natural philosophy in 1'oe’s IUvon. could tho raven, ‘sit ting lonely on that placid bust’ of Pal ly ou tho door, but nl>ovi* it, iso right against the wall— by any law of illumination ‘thrown hia shadow on tho floor* for tho jkmVb soul to float in and ho lifted nevermore?” Oku of tho busiest places in the oonn- ? in tlio factory of tho Narragannott Collar iinpany. From nighty to ono hundred young linn am constantly employed folding ami hosing Klmwnod Coliars. It looks like a 1>oo .ml all •‘qm'im*-’’ riio empress ol Austria possesses a • whioh only measures sixteen in- 'outial.) Treating (lie Wrong Diieau. Many times women call upon their fatnUv lvalcuna, one with dyspepsia, another with SB t alike t illation, another with trouble of the breast, thor with pain h way they all nrosen their easy-going at aratc and distinct d rcribis hia pills ati to bo soeh, when, In reaiity. they ied by _.:d In this themselves aud id indifferent doctor#*op- iseaocs, for which ho Bro il potionn, assuming them •oality, they aro all i. uterine disorder; 1 symp- pal- and encourage their practice until large bills aro made, whim tho suffering patients aro no hotter in tho eud, bat probably worse for the delay, treatment, ana other complications made, and which a proper medicine directed tho cause would have ontircly removoil, there by instituting health aud comfort instead of prolonged misery. From Mis* LoaiJWA K. Hr. Ci.ua. Hhade, Athene Co., O , Oct. 14, 1872: • Dr. H. V. Pierce, buffalo. N. Y.~Ym Favorito Prescription is working almost liko miracle on mo. I am bettor already Hym I havo been for ovor two years." From F,i.u A. Bchait.b, Zanosvillo. Ind., Aug. 3, 1872: ‘‘Dr. Piereo—I received tlio medicine roc sent mo and began using St immediately. As ni I foel bettor than I Mrs. Jobs K. HiXlUX, Odoll, Ill., March 19. 1872 "Dr. Pierce-Tlio Favorite Prescription has done mo good, which I am very thankful for." What can bo more startling, asks the Washington Htar, than’to see a delicate aud fascinating young lady, with a long ddenly turn around, withont giving tho unsuspecting individual be hind Tier at.y wnrning whatever, gently stoop, reach back with her right foot and kick desperocly? She is going across the street, and is merely switch ing off her train in a new direction. McOiuth ha* had an operation per formed on the feet of Tom Bowling. As tho operation wa* radical voro, it is safe to predict that the mighty aim of Lexington and Li Fowler will not appear upon the course > again this season. -1 FW£i\r!\r^?,ir.;zzi; 115 g *20 d,” r R,’ , rfK-d.‘ S12 {»Efl’rV. P* w a ST *■’ B-Msn^»"'twem»n I W. H. NICOLS &CU , DON’T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE Oorofully Bxxamlnodl OUR WKW I)r. .1. Walker’s Ciillfomt.i Yin- L-nr Hillers nro n purely Vegetable ..reparation, made chiefly fr.mi tho nn- tivo herbs found on the hover ntnKwj of the Sierra Nevada mountains of (.nlifor- nin, the medicinal properties ot which ire extracted thorofrem without the uso of Alcohol. Tho ouoetlon is aim ; -t dniiv naked. " What is tho cause ..f tho unparalleled success ol Vixkoak tt.i- rnn»r Our answer Is, that tlioy remove the enure of disease, aud rho patient r. • jvora his health. They ore tho gi load purifier and a life-givluff pnm r,. , perfect Renovator aud Juvlgoratm f Min RVHtcin. Never before in trio of the system Novi intory of the world bun om pounded fMsodtag ualitie* of VINKGAH JJlTTI The |>ropfirtf<‘> I5KOAR HlTBKRS art) edict tie be the remarks, do us in healing U*‘ Sedative. Counter-Irritant. Sudorific, and Anti- BiUoos U. II. Mr DON ALT"/ * CO.. rMfMmmmss.. the new improved REMINGTON Sewing Machine. AWARDED The " Medal for Process,’ 1 So Sewing Marltinr Rrrelvril n lligltrr VrUr. A ITKW GOOD It K A HOMS t REBT REPORT vi " r ‘"'' | Ai wo have lA OOOD REAS0NB why they will Why do your work ' QUICK and EASY, CHEAP and CLEAN. g 11They are Cheapest lo buy. "'t ' 1 They art best lo us«. I!.,,, .'u CO fill)' bake tvtn 'y anii qnlekly. ,r'i, C1 „ w. llicir operation is perfect, a-,,,-.,,,. B^Tliry always hare a good draft. " I ^^Thry are made o( the best material I ^VThey roost perfeclly. O Thry require but little fuel. They are very law priced. . , j mritry are easily managed, i : , ^uaThr, are suitrd lo all loralittrs. > ■; Q] Every Store guaranteed to give saUsfae'n ! ‘J ,\ Sold by Excelsior Manuf g Co ot. LOUIS, MO., AND SY [ * > RIOT, HROS. k OO., Ni*w Orlc*u«, I*.; E. UKQUHART k OO.. Memuhla, Tenn. ; : PHILLIPS'RUTTOItrF A OO., NMhTtll*, Taan. tho irt composed of lln- iiia that BtimuUtPB tin als iu tho soil ns food. Hun to Put Children to Bed. that Not with a reproof for day’s sins of omission or commission, take any other time but bed-time for that. If you ever heard a little crea ture sighing or sobbing in its sloop you could never do this. Seal their closing eyelids with a kiss and ti blessing. Tho time will come, all too soon, when they will lay their heads upon their pillows lacking both. Let them then nt least have the sweet memory of happy oliild- hood, of whioh no future sorrow or trouble can rol) them. Give them their rosy vonth. Nor need this involve wild license. Tho judicious parent will not mistake tho meaning. It you have ever met the man, or woman, whose eyes have suddenly filled when a little child has crept trustingly to its moth er’s Urea t, you may him whose childhood homo di. verity stood where love and pity should have* been. Too much induigen »»„«»».» . ruined thousands of children ; too runoh I'to^Ye'l'io Kansas Grasshopper A Ka lette val to the Lo of the tivillo They t groat cock- l.op- rightly hard to fill rything is gri.-.t that comes to their mill. Sorghum is tlio only thing that they don’t appear to know the use of, and they let it alone. They’will eat tobacco and jimpson weed, and I have seen wal nut trees a* bare of leavt sas iu the mid dle of winter. The same is true of all the apple trees in their path. They don’t eat the apples or walnuts, and it is nn odd sight to see a tree laden with fruit, aud not a single green loaf to be seen oil its bon gilts. They don't meddle much with peach leaves, but they ent the peaches and leave the stones hang ing on tlio trees. Thev ate all the leaves oft' the grape vim s tlio first few days thev were here, and now they ore cut ting the stems and letting the grapes fall to the ground. The man who can invent a process to exterminate them from the country will more than double diRoount St. Patrick as a benefactor ot Relieving Choked Cattle. -jRxnnv /V) Husband aud wife who have fought the world side bv side, who havt oommou stock with joy or sorrow, aud Tuk Japanese, who nro an imitati grown aged together, are not untie- people, have planned within qnently found curiously alike in per- | u magnificent, system of education, soiml appe ranee, and in pitch and tone ha* three branches -the “Groat Lt of voice. He has gained something iug," whioh includes eight tin feminine which brings hi* mnuhood in- j sines; tlm “Middle Learning,” w to full relief; she has gained something : includes 'ho provincial college s; atni masculine which acts as a foil to her j “Small Learning," winch is for the i womanhood. A correspondent of tho London <Ont. Farmer’s Advocate Bays ho makes the u tiering animal jump ovor a pair of bars, left up as high as tho animal can be OORN. made to jump when compelled by the liberal use of the whip. He never ‘ ' >f choking by this ! bacon. 1I1GHWINE8.. •^535 Ms* USNILLE (B. Sl S.) Businoss College, ^and Telegraph Institute, iS^LeabiColleps^j! SITUATIONS GUARflNJEED “jjJ-SSJ Soltzor Springs of Gennnny. mini vVi'ti’vf Iurtlgraltfin. rp.nIMA I Ire lt»« ■ fftstly Si ForjtheJNext Half Year. MIcKENZIE Male and Female College, McKenzie, Tennessee. ° AM\ n - V: Alt Fa'uft’ 0 ! 1 * Kxpk'n"U-t!im'oil too i. Occasionally he makes them jump j i twice : but once is usually ! vc I sufficient. A western man relieves his j rs j choked cattle by simply takiug tip a ; L ! him! foot and hitting a few smart blows j with a lmmuier, or stick, or whatever • -i* i oo lies handy. YTTON —Good Ordint The shepherded 0 tho young _ j of tlio people. The system has been j resorts right and left. I I Plumb .t t ■ < . "th -ib >t„ Phlla.. Pa. $20. amily Sowing T1IR MOST POPULAR Portable Family Sewing Machine, TTIB MOST Of any In the market. Makes the Most DonMt Stitch, with Strength, Capacity, and Bpeod. Equal to any, regardless of cost. Beckwith Sewing machine C*^ 802 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ▲nats wanted everywhere. Send fac >0*1* Circulars, DR. WHITTIER, 617 St, Charles Street, St. Louis, Ma, M A RR11A CECUl D E,' -The choicest In tho world.—Importers’ prices— Urgeet company In Ami-rtca—sta ple article; pleoaen everybody; Trade con- was DR. TUTT’S^ HAIR Bin J. t p. cams 1 buck m m rmn ibghine.