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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Monday, November 30. Senate. Although the Senate calendar recorded at uoon to-day nearly thirty measures, all but half a dozen were disposed of before two o'clock. There was very little speaking. Nobody -L - 'I 1 4.1 11.. . seems to nave ueen uiuruugiu> iua?cu out yet. Debate is at a discount. There actually was not a word of argument on the joint resolution proposing a constitutional convention. Tho special order for the day was ) the second reading ol Senator Youman's joint resolution calling a Constitutional Convention. The report of the committee had been favorable. There was no debate. The yeas and navs were demanded, and the vote resulted: Yea^, 17; nays, 14; not voting, 4. The Chair announced that the joint - ? 1 -I 1 resoinuon naa passeu its secomi re?uiug. Senator Smvthe made inquiry whether the resolution could come'up for a third reading, having failed to secure the two-thirds constitutional majority. The Chair stated that in his view the constitutional provision applied only to the final passage of the resolution. The yeas and nays had not been called to-day under the constitutional mandate, but at the demand of two members. Oh the final reading, the Chair I would order the vote by yeas and nays ; as required by the Constitution. In j the view of the Chair the requirement i of a two-thirds majority am not appiy j to the votes during the transit of the resolution through the Senate, but | only to ths last rote when the question ' of passing it must arise. After a short executive session, in ' which the Governor's nominal ion of a supervisor or registration for Aiken ; county was confirmed, the Senate ad-' journed. House of Representatives. The entire day was spent after the usual formula of the morning hour in ' the discussion of the bill to utilize the ' labor of prisoners confined in county i jails and the insurance bili. The first named was passed and the latter de- 1 feated. The convict bill was taken up first. The bill in brief provides that all courts and municipal authorities which under existing laws have power j to sentence convicts to confinement in orisons other than the penitentiary, shall within their discretion impose the farther punishment of Imrd labor, and the convict so sentcnccd shall be required to labor upon the highway?, roads, bridges and other public works of ihe county, or upon the streets or other public works within the limits of the city, the work to be under the supervision of the county commission-; ers or the municipal authorities, as the 1 case may be. Mr. G. W. Brown, the author of the bill, supported it in a short speech, in which he showed the advantages of the measure. Then followed a Ion?: discussion and the usual tinkering of the bill. Mr.; Douglass, of Fairfield, advocated its passage in a very clever and earnest speech, in which' he pointed out the necessity which existed for the pa-sage of such a law. It would give, he; urged, to the counties and municipal!-' ties an increased laboring force, and if the Hotifre passed the bill he wonld seek so to amend it that the penitentiary would be relieved of quite a number of short term convicts, who could be utilized to solve the vexed question of public roads, which had so long agitated the public mind in South Carolina. j Mr. Ansel, of Greenville, who has just arrived at the capital, opposed the ; bill in his usual vehement st\ !e. It would, he said, encumber the counties ' with the cost of buiiding stockades,1 hiring guards, etc., and its practical result after all wonld be to commit the State to the principle of working the ? -ptrbK^ rrrads t?y taxation, and he didn't! believe that the people of the State were ready yet to commit themselves i to the theory. ! Mr. Haskell, of Columbia, said that! the more he looked into the bill the j more he was convinced that it would 1 be a fruitful source of trouble to the j State. He moved to recommit it. Mr. Brawley doubted whether the' measure would be of economic value ! in its practical operation; that, he said, I woo Tn/l^inonf ! t? ao biiv vi tuv juviiviui * | oommittee last session, and that was , the reason it had been reported an-1 favorably. With certain amendments, | however, he thought the scheme might j be worth trying. The amendmi t he | seggested provided that such convicts j should be employed as labor only in j those comities or towns where it shall! be made to appear to the satisfaction | of the Court that suitable provision j can be mads for the use of such labor, i The amendment was lost. Mr. Douglass offered an amendment authorizing the superintendent of the : penitentiary to turn over to the sheriff; of a conniv such convicts as are sen- : tenced to terms of less than one year, , upon the demand of the county com-' missioners. Agreed to. 1 miner me motion to kill the bill was lost, ayes 1 46, nays 57, and after undergoing some additional amendments the bill was. passed and ordered to be engrossed ' for a third reading. After an extended discussion, in. which a number of Representatives ] participated, a motion to tablea motion ' to reconsider the vote was then adopt- . ed?yeas 57, nays 55?which put a Parliamentary estoppel on the valued policy bill, so far as the House ot* Representatives is concerned, for this 1 session at least. | i Tuesday, December 1. Senate. ! The first measure up for a third reading was Senator Youman's joint resolution proposing a constitutional con-: vention. Its author made a strong and ingenious speech in its favor. Il"e ex- ; 1 - 3 * I 4 li. ..A. ./ a.? piaiueu ioai, ine purport 01 itte resoiu- ' tion was not to call a convention, but; to give the. people an opportunity to say "whether they favor one or -not. He cleverly appealed to the sympathies of those members who desired such . reforms as have recently been proposed in the Constitution and laws, iwHcat ing to them that the formation of a new Constitution embodying, the desired changes would be a short cut to the attainment of their desires. He argued earnesjtlv against the continuance of a-Constitution which the while people of the State had had no part 111 framing, which was a hotch-potch of the provisions of constitutions of other States unfitted to our people and not respected by them. He claimed that the cost of a constitutional convtMition . would not be excessive and uracil that the Democracy of South Caroli:i3 were now so firmly in control of the State that their influence in the convention would be transcendant. i; After some further discussion by Senators Sligh and Manldit:, the yeas ana nays was cauca, whicn resulted as 1 foilows: Yeas, 17; nays, 14; not rotins", 4. All the other third reading bills were 1 passed and work was begun on the 1 general orders, when the hour for the joint assemblv arrived. The Senate repaired to the Halt of the House ot Representatives, where the president 1 of the Senate presided over the joiuf meeting-. The business before the Assembly was the election of a commissioner of agriculture, two members of theboaid of agriculture, two directors of the penitentiary and a registrar of mesne conveyance for Charleston.First came the elcciiou of a commissioner of agriculture: Mr. Mdver, of Darlington, in very fitting remarks, nominated the present incumber, Col. A. P. Butler, which was seconded bv Senator Youmans. a ? l it.. TT T senator Mooay nominaieu .ur. xa. u. Donalson, of Greenville, seconded by Mr Boggs, of Pickens. The roll of the Senate was first called. Commissioner Butler's strength was soon shown by the drift of the vote. Twenty-four Senators said "Butler," while only seven said "Donaldson." A larger proportion ot Representatives voted for Mr. Don.-ddson, bnt even in the House Commissioner Butler received seventy-three votes, against forty-two for his opponent. The total vnto was- Rntlpr 97. Donaldson 49. Necessary to a choice 74. President Shepparcl announced. the election of the lion. A. P. Butler to the office of commissioner of agriculture for the ensuing term of two years. "Nominations'for two members of the' board of agriculture being in order, Mr. Hntson, of Hampton,"nominated the Hon. \V. D. Johnson, of Marion, one of the incumbents. Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, nominated for re-elcction the Hon. A. S. J. Perry, of Charleston. There were no other nominations, anu mc iwu geutitrmcu received the total vote of the General Assembly?137. Next in order ?ame the election of two directors of the penitentiary. The nominating speeches were very brief. Mr. G. \V. Brown, of Darlington, nominated Mr. John S. Scott, of Marion. Mr. Spencer, of Chestertieid, and Mr. Blue, of Marion, seconded the. nomination. Col. Simonton, of Charleston, nominated Mr. E. B. Murray, of Anderson. Mr. Aldrich,of Aiken, seconded the nomination. Mr. Thomson, of Spartanburg, nominated Mr. E. S. Allen, of Spartan" ? - A: t. ^ ourg, iorrncnv an eincicni unctiur. Mr. Massev, of York, seconded the nomination. As his name was called each member voted for two of the nominees. There were 142 members voting and 72 voles were necessary to a choice. Mr. Scott received 119 votes, Mr. Allen S9 and Mr. Murray 74. The two highest were elected. The election of a registrar of mesne conveyance for Charleston followed. Senator Buist nominated the incum bent, Mr. Charles Kerrison, Jr., and Mr. Burke seconded the nomination Mr. Kerrison was unanimously recycled, receiving 127 votes. At the dissolution of the joint assembly the Senators returned to their chamber. JIouse of Representatives. At 12.1a the special ordrr for the day came up, tins being the bill to provide ior the submission t.? il?e qualified electors of Abbcvik cvuuty of the question of license or ?? .iceuse iu the incorporated towns ami villages of the county. After the first section of the blil had been read Mr. J. Ancrurn Simons moved to amend the bill by adding Oconec county to the bill. This was promptly laid* upon the table. Mr. Simon? then moved to amend the bill so as to include all the counties in the Siate, and obtained the fioor lor the pr ,,ose of urging his amendment. We have, he said, a law in this State which prohibits the sale of liquors outside of incorporated towns. He saw no reason why Abbeville should be accorded this special privilege. A motion to table the amendment was carried. Mr. Kennedy, of Charleston, moved to amend the bill so as to provide for the payment of election expenses by the county instead of by the towns. Amendment was tabled. Mr. CJ ray den tho only A fit!-Prohibition representative from Abbeville, moved to strike out the enact in*r clause thus bringing it up on its merits He was opposed to the bill because a majority of the voters of his county did not desire its passage. He opposed it because "prohibition does not prohibit," and in support ofthis proposition, cited an umbrr of States and couuties nomilaily prohibitive, but really under the domination of men who soldliquor without license. He said he was a temperauce man, but believed that this tendency to legislate paternally and to in-, terlere with the rights of the people would result iu reaction, which would do the cause more harm than good. Mr. Parker said that while he was not a Prohibitionist, he bad under taken to engineer this bill, and he woDld not shirk the responsibility. He admitted that on sale days' it was necessary t? employ an extra police force to keep order when the barrooms were crowded with people. He reviewed the course of prohibtive legislation 'and stated that in no case had a repeal been asked for- At the close of Mr. Parker's speech the House adjourned till 10 a. m. Wednesday. Wednesday, December 2. SENATE. The Senate to-dav was distinguished more for the work it postponed than for that which-it. accomplished, and yet there was a session. uait v uv>v uiuaoiii tvciv; IIUI vuuu~ ed in the Senate to day, including a usury bill, a bill to give the Charleston police jurisdiction over Charleston Nnck as tar as the countv line, two joint resolutions to amend the Constitution bv allowing the Federal census to be taken for the apportionment ?f representation, and a bill to appropriate $20,000 for continuing the work on the Columbia Canal. A bill to reduce the Lieutenant Governor's salary to 310 a day during the session and mileage was killed by a bare majority vote. The Patterson bill relating to forfeited lauds was, after some discussion, made the special order for to-morrow. Only half the bills on the Calendar were disposed of and the Senate will hereafter meet at 11a. in., or earlier IIocse of Representatives. A pitched battle was fought oti the j floor of the House of Representatives I to-day between the Prohibitionists and the Anti-Prohibitiontsts. The speeches of the advocates of both sides were characterized by earnestness and vehemence and were listened to witli a closeness that has rarely been seen in the hall, which, is?n indication thatthe members arc deeply impressed with the importance of the issue be-, fore them. It is the opinion that the Abbeville bill is beaten beyond" "Yesurrection, although the vote was critically close, it is doubted if any of the other bills will pass, 'there .seems4o be a growing feeling that there is already sufficient Prohibition legislation on the statue books and that in having J the privilege of ordering an election j in smv snnmc.inal inmrnnrntinn as they have now, the Prohibitionists have ail-that they could reasonbly expect The Abbeville "bill, which was under iii>cussion, sought to order an election in the whole county to determine whether the town council of Abbeville should be allowed to grant licenses after the voters of the town had already decided by an election to license the sale of liquors. The whole day was consumed in the j discussion of this measure. The Abbe-' ville delegation was itself divided on | the subject. Thursday, December s. Senate. The Senate to-dav worked hard to ! i suppress its gradually rising Calendar, and succeeded fully. A great many measures of minor interest were disposed of. On half a dozen bills there was a good deal of debate. The tax exemption section in the Mason Cotton Gin Company's charter nassed bv a vote^of nineteen to thir teen despite Senator Bobo's opposition. This looks like a test vote on the cx emption of manufactories from taxation, but Senator Bobo is confident thai the Senate will later repeal the law. The proposition for a constitutional amendment allowing' Judges to charge juries on questions of fact was defeated, 9 to 23. The stenographers' bill for the Third aiiurourin circuits was uueiyuuiuuiv i successful by a two-thirds majority. The forfeited land bill was postponed until to-morrow. New bills continue to pour in. Propositions to amend the Constitution have been very numerous. The Senate concurred in the House resolution to elect Judges in joint assembly at 1 o'clock to-morrow. The House devoted five hours to-day to the disposition of work on its Caldar. No measures of public interest were considered. J.ne I'noniDUioiiisus tsviueuuv reauzti their defeat and to day made a formal surrender by withdrawing the bill to provide for a Prohibition election in Aike?-ot>unty. Thejadjciary committee of the State last mgfe>nswercd the Governor's recommendations in regard to the number of Circuit Judges and agreed to repoirta^ill increasing the number from eight to ten. A sub-committee was appointed to-draught a bill. In some .way the 1 loose resolution providing for an election of Judges tomorrow was concurred in by the Senate before the -sub-cominitte could arrest action. The Senate had previously declined to enter iRto an election until the Governor's recommendations as to an increase of Judges should be considered by that body. The election to-morrow will be for Chief Justice and for Judges of the 1st, 2d, 4th, 7th and -Sth circuits, now presided over by Judges Presslev, Aldrich, Hudson", Witherspoon, Wallace and Cothran. No opposition is manifested to the incumbents in any of the cir! cuits. except the 2d, where Judge I A Vr'Ill Korft on hr.tKin r?nin j pctitor in Geu. James W. Moore, the I Senator from Hampton. Gen. Moore's [ j friends think that he will have a large J j vote, and are hopeful. :I4; is .impossi- I | ble, however^?o say whiLis the rela- j tive strength of the candidate, because members arc, as a rule, very reticent, and many have not made up their minds. The following tills received their second reading: To prescribe the width of public highways (twenty feet); to change the dates fixed for the meeting of boards of equalization so as to conform to the time of listing property for taxation; amending the General Statutes relating to railroad corporations by adding a section; to authorize defendants in actions to refnxrot' lonrl tr\ snt tin floim fm* imnmw. raent; relating to the formation and j proceedings of the College of Electors; joint resolution to amend the Constitution relative to justices of the peace and constables; to repeal Section 304 and amend Section 311 of the Code of Procedure with respect to lien of judgments and executions and the mode of enforcing the same. The concurrent resolution to adjourn sine die December 19 wa8 postponed temporarily?yeas 18. Unfavorable reports were made on the bill to re-establish the usury law, the bill to establish the office of county solicitor, the bill to abolish the department of agriculture, and the House to utilize the labor of jail and municipal convicts, and they woro pUusodonthc Calendar. House of Represectatives. The House devoted five hours to work and managed in that time to get rid of four pages of the thirteen-page Calendar which now confronts it. There were no debates of a startling character and no measures of great public interest passed. Mr. Massey presented the presentment of the grand jury of Lancaster county on the subject of the sale of liquor in the town. The report asks that either the sale of liquor by druggists be stopped or that the Prohibition law be repealed. A bill will be introduced shortly repealing the law, the people of Lancaster having evidently found that Prohibition does not pro-! hibit. A petition was also presented from the citizens of the town of Chester praying tbe repeal of the Act prohibiting the sale of liquor iu that town. The lollowing were among the most important new bills introduced: Mr. Pope, bill to repeal the Act reg mating uie niring out 01 convicts. Mr. Richardson, bill to charter the Chadbourn and Conway Railroad in Horry county. Mr" Donaldson, bill to provide for an election in Greenville county on the prohibition of the tale of spirituous liquor. Mr. Thompson, bill to apportion and distribute the school tax between the schools for 'vhite and colored children of the school districts. Mr. Brown, bill prescribing a mode of devising the right of dower of insane married women. Of the bills on the Calendar disposed of those of public interest were: A bill to charter the Greenwood, Abbeville and Elherton Railroad; to incorporate the Troy Cotton Seed Oil Company; to incorporate the town of Waterloo, in Laurens county; to charter the Savannah Valley and Elberton Rail-'' o fA Mir* nnAi'ifJwc r\ f I I J uwu CV VI1V V* ccrtaiu Hers. . . * Friday, December 4. Senate. Several bills, ot local or limited interest only, were introduced, and properly referred. Among the measures of general interest are: Bill to prescribe the width of public highways; bill to change the dates fixed fixed for the meeting of the Board of Equalization, and for the performance of other duties, so as to conform to the time of listing property , ior laxauou ijoini resolution luamenu Section 21, Article 4, of the Constitution of ihe State, rela:ing to justices of the peace and constables. The bill. to provide stenographers for the third and fourth circuits was passed to a third reading:. The Senate then repaired to the House, to participate in the election of Judges. On the return of the Senate, several < measures of local or limited interest were passed. House ok Representatives. A few new bills were introduced, , and referred. The resolution to amend the Constitution, so as to prevent counties from subscribing to railroads was passed to its third reading. ] , The Senate appearing, the Joint ! Assembly proceeded to the judicial ; election before agreed upon. Chief ; Justice Simpson, and Judges Pressley, i Aldrich, Hudson, Witherspoon, Wal- i lace and Cothran were all re-elected I without opposition. The bill to cede a part of Berkeley to Charleston was rejected by a vote of 61 to 46. " " I Saturday, December u. Sekate. A few new bills were introduced, 1 and properly referred. ! Thirty bills r?ye passed to their i third readii^?E+ncHrg i^^ tbe follow- * ing: To anthwize the paymerit-r.f expenses of cottiity ichool commissioners in attesndir^CjHoeetings caliecl by the cimprintpH/iAot.nf vpfjifinor 1 to the apporiroHmeiit:_pf the school ' funcrfor, the..school year 1880-86; to J aoaendtheJaw as to the ajjea of per- : spns._ ^ttendinjr free public schools ?with committee's amendment making ! thepchool age-from 6 to 18 years;) to 1 lijpprpoiiite the Berkeley county ; tand-and Stock Company;Jo empoweirthe .county.-com mi&douers of Berke- ] ley to issue certain* bonds in payment ] of past indebtedness; to authorize the trustees of the South Carolina Unirer- ! sity to sell ccrtain property (the old j ehapel and a lot of land;) to incor- . porate the town of Cain hoy, Berke- ] lev county. The joint resolution f proposing to amend the Constitution } by providing for the election of the superintendent of education by the 1 General Assemby to serve for a term i of four yeare, and the appointment of , connty school commissioners by the . Governor, passed its second reading 1 without debate or opposition. The joint resolution offered by the judiciary committee, proposing an amendment of the Constitution enablinsr the Legislature in its discretion 1 to use the census of the United States Government for the apportionment of representation, also passed its second 1 reading without an adverse vote. The bill to establish the office of 1 county solicitor was killed. The bill to simplify the forms o.f in- 1 dictments was passed to its third read- 1 ing. The bill to utilize the labor of county convicts, and the bill respecting forfeited lands were discussed without final action. The Senate adjourned till Tuesday the 8th inst. House of Kkpreskstatives. The chief measure passed was the bill to provide for a census of the State. Dr. Pope, of Newberry, moved to kill the bill. The motion was lost ?navs 80. vcas 5. The bill authorizes the Governor to appoint a census-taker in each county in the State, who may appoint assistants. The census is to be taken in the months of March and April, 1886. The snm of $25,000 is appropriated to pay expenses. The census-takers are to make merely an enumeration of the inhabitants, for which they are to be paid two cent? per capita. The bill to require emigration agents to take out a $500 license passed to was its third reading. Several new bills were introduced, and referred. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. ?W. S. Gilbert, Mr. Sullivan's colaborer, is to pa?s the winter in Egypt. ?KingTheeba w i6 a handsome young fellow of twenty-six. ?Col. J. Arrnoy Knox, of Texas Si/tings, has admitted that he is the author of "Beautiful Snow." ?George W. Cable, the novelist, has become a Sunday-school teacher at his new home in Northampton, Mass. ?Edwin Booth was fifty-two years old on November 20,a nd celebrated the anniversary in a quiet way in Baltimore. ?Dr. Albert Thompson, a youn? iri6ii pnysician, nas Deen presented with the Abell medal for, removing poison in a case of diphtheria by sucking it away. ?Lr. Alvarez, the famous French hoinceopathist, bnt who believes in big doses in the way . of bills, sued for S 125,000 for medical attendance of a Princess, but *vas awarded only $17,000, though ho had refused ?30,000 to compromise the matter. ?A colored citizen of Prince Edward coanty, Virginia, ascribes Gen. Lee's election to the fact that he carried charms. He says he "seed 'em." When asked what'the charms were, he said, the left hind foot of a graveyard iabbit, a vial of sturapwater, and a coo ii bone toothpick. ?Frank Hatton, Assistant Postmaster-General, says it makes him sick to hear the word "reformer," and tells the reason why. thus: "The men who called themselves reformers used to come up and camp out in the corridors of the Postoffice Department while they demanded offices for their rela tives and eten for their wives' relatives." ?Schsefer, the billiardist, when playing wears fall evening dress. He has a fine diamond stud in his shirt Maurice Vignanx also wears a full dress snit. His diamond stud h worn in the shirt-collar. Schaifcr carries his cues in a green sack, and a piece of chalk in one of his vest pockets. Vignaux carries his jointed stick in a leather case. ?Judge Kelley says that his present good health is largely due to his mas- j tery of the tobacco habit. He bnrned | the* weed five and fifty years and he actually has slept with the quid in his . mouth* Now he neither touches nor taste9 the stuff and the blood feels j much better in his reins than when , the globules bore with them a burden ! of nicotine. , ?Sir Noel Faton has at present on j his easel, far advanced toward com- ] pletion, a picture for Queen Victoria, ] which deserves some notice on account , of the purpose for which it is designed as well as for its own sake. The picture is to be the centrepiece in the., private oratory at Osborne. Its subject id Christ in the Garden finding the three Disciples asleep, and its proper , title is "Vigilate et Orate.'' It is to be plaeed over the prayer desk, be- j twecn two other pictures by the same j artist, replbas of larger works, enti- ^ tied res-spectivelv, "The Good Shep- ( herd" and "The Man of Sorrows." , The three pictures thus form in effect j a trirtveh, though they will not be , atf'ectually joined "What's tho Matter With You." "Well, not much in particular. But I'm a little ailing1 all over. I don't sleep well, and my kidneys are out of order, and I can't enjoy my meals, and I've a touch of rheumatism, and once in a while a twinge of neuralgia." Now, neighbor, you seem to want a general fixing up, and the thing to do it is Brown's Iron Bitters. Mr. A. J. Pickrel!, of Ennis Texas, says, "I was a sickly man. Brown's Iron Bitters made uie healthy and strong." * ?A fair for the beuefit of the widows and orphans of the Confederate veterans is being held in Norfolk, Va. An encouraging feature of the fair is the active co-operation that is received from the officers of the United States army and navy stationed at New York. A Blind and Deaf Woman. Miss Minnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost / tier ne ?nng, i.er signi ana sense 01 xasie. Sores covered her body ami limbs. Her 1 joints were swollen and painful, her limbs ? paralyzed, appetite lost, and she was eking t out a miserable life. Sixbettlesof B. B. B. j restored her sight and hearing, relieved all j aches and pains, added flesh and strength f and she is now a well woman. Write to , her. * A prominent Alabama physician said: t "A patient who was almost dying from the ^ effects of Tertiary Syphillis ana who had I h*on hr ?<*VAn 1 TlAfpH "nhVQlPiaTW t without be lefit, used rtne dozen .bottles of B. B. B. and was entire 1}* cured. He had * ulcers on his arms and the bones protruded * through the flesh and skin at the elbow, c md death seemed iuevitable," * a ibkicultukal department. Peaaut Flour. ivJ,Ooubt, ore long, "peanut flour" ;vill be a.i YJDoriaut product of the South. Virginia*,down this vcar ior 2,100,000 bushel*, jV?VJCS!?ee for 250,000, and North Carolina at Voi,000 ?ushels, these being the eliiet States j jngaject in their cultivation, :111a inose n which it a*as first introduced from \frica. In Virginia they are called 'peanuts;" in North Carolina, "ground ->f?ae*"5n Trnnpsscp. tt.crnobftrsand t"""- ? ~ J o 7 -- -n Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi 'plnders." Virginians are beginning :o turn the peanut into flour^ and say. it makes a palatable "biscuit." In Georgia there is a custom, now growing old, of grinding or pounding the shelled peauuts and turning thein into paslry, which has some resemblance, both in looks and taste, to thatof cocoanut, but the peanut pastry is more oily md richer, and we think healthier and better every way. If as some people believe, Africa sent a curse to America in slavery, she certainly conferred upon her a blessing in the "universally r\ri r\n 1 a ? nDonnt whu?h or it* a'C cr* \CPll v w WW ..W-. throughout the Southern regions that we shall soon be able to cut off the now large importation altogether.? Savannah Telegram. Peanuts produce as well in Mississippi and Alabama as anywhere, yet we import from other States nearly all the peanuts sold by venders in these two States. In the aggregate, the sum paid out is large. Peanuts are rarely raised in the sections named, except in very small patches; very rarely do we hear of as much as an acre or even a 1 ' * A??/v ViaS?/? t\ln a/^ rrl^A nail uciug |;iaiiiwu. x nu vi vj; um be raised At little cost and with profit, npon land that is too poor to make cotton in paying quantity. Why not rai3e more peanuts? Why should Tennecfec and Virginia and North Carolina monopolize the peanut business? Let us at least raise enough l'or home consumption, and a few bushels to sell. In these small crops, properly managed, there is money, snd it is money we are all striving for. Tit an acre in peanuts and see if you cannot find a nice profit in lhis crop.? E. M. til Live Stock Journal. The Sontli as a Dairy Scction. Northern people have never yet got an accurate conception of the possibilities of the South. This may be rmrflv n wirier trv lh?? nppinrltnpfi wliinh I'"*' ?"? j.. j the war engendered, and which make it next to impossible for those who entertain such prejudices to lorm a candid investigation of the resources of that really fertile section. There have appeared in our columns from time to time, letters from the South extolling it as a dairy region. Then we have had letters which rather ridiculed the idea. The fact is that the South is entering upoira new life. Things have changed since the war. The people nave oeen compendi iu aujusi uiuui6elves to the new order of things, and in a measure they hare had their progress retarded because their surroundings were new and strange. It has been a very natural thing for many of them to feel irritated over the emancipation of their slaves and no doubt that many of them have spent valuable time in chafing when they should have devoted themselves to improving their condition. But they i avc made improvement notwithstanding, and are making more every day. The impoverishment of the Eolith, as the re L _ t suit of the war, bus nut been an unmixed curse to them a* they will yet see, it* they have not already seen i:. Their section is neturally fertile Naturally they hare a great deal of good land. But much of it h?3 been abused, and it baa not been made to produce its best. Cotton and tobacco have been the ruin of the South. That is a curious remark to make in view of generally recognized facts, but we believe it is true. And further many in the South have been led to see it. They have seen that general farming will pay them better than eternal cotton and tobacco growing. More will see it, and the live stock of the South will improve greatly in the next twenty*five years as a consequence. Among the. industries that are to prove profitable in that section is the dairy. They have all the surroundings to make dairy profitable; and haviner a climate that favors alnxnrons growth of grass, and a soil which can be made 10 grow it luxuriantly even though in sections it may now be run down, why should the diary not find a comiortable home there? It is asserted that there is now better grass there than there is at the North. There crab grass grows well, grows every where that it has the chance, and makes excellent pasture and excellent hay. Clover and timothy. Henry Stewart recently said in American Agriculturalist, do better than thev do in the North. Oat grass flourishes. Enough has been said to show why the dairy should do well in that section. They can grow all that is needed to l'eed the cow; she can run out in the larger portion of the section, ail the year round; food can be produced cheaply and if the business of dairying cannot be made to pav there, ifpruperlv managed, it cannot be made to pay anywhere. But the South, taking it altogether, must get better stock, and here will be one of the most lucrative .1 J. .. _ il..i 1 1 eias ;o operate in inai our ori-eueitiave ever found.?So. Live, Stock Journal. > South Carolina at New Orl?nnx. The New Orleans Times-Democrat *ays: "In conversing with Mr. A. L. Ltedden, the acting commissioner of South Carolina, a reporter learned that ie had advices of the shipment of the following goods for the exhibit jf that JStatc, which arc cxpccted :oarrive in a lew days: Samples of fertilizers from sixteen different manufacturers, a quantity of sheaf rice, minerals from the celebrated llaile gold nines, mineral water from the Glenn Springs, crockery made of kaolin nined iu Sooth Carolina; one block of ;his kaolin will be exhitbed, weighing >ver 1,600 pounds: cotton seed meal md cake, samples of cotton goods *rom five different large mills, embracng all ciasses of such goods made in :he State, samples of boots and shoes, woollen goods, china ware, bent-wood furniture, and bags and bagging from ;he Charleston Bag Manufacaring Company. There will be ample space provided in this department for the Collective colored exhibit, which will )C both educational and industrial. In he pavilion of South Carolina will bo lisplayed a full line of the wines and jeer of the S<ate." ?The armistice between Bulgaria ind Servia closes one of the most briliant and satisfactory campaigns ever ought in war-scarred Europe. Prince \lexander has achieved a splendid 'ame. Instead of a scorned, snubbed ? J j -!-J ?: i:? IIJU UepreUIHlCU yiun;ci'ii$j uc la ajy jroved a natural leader and sovereign. He cannot now be reckoned out in any lettlement which the Powers may make >f the affair. By pursuing the Serrians across the border lie has gained he fnll advantage of his success in a var wantonly forced upon hira. The >ragorihg King Milan will pay for his lardihood with his throne, and the j freedy Servians will be apses-ed all he damages. It is as fine an example ! >f retributive justice as war often J iffords. 1 '-"n" Wnri rtf tho T.5f?> Sa.vin<r Service. ! a ~ ' ! ? The annual report of the superin- j tendent of the life saving serviceshows . that the number of disaster* to docu- j mented ves.-sel? within the tield of sta- j tion operations during the year was i I 256. There were on board of?these vessels 2,206 persons, of whom 2,196 were saved ami only ten lost. The nntnVv.'i; of shipwrecked persons who received suceu: at stations iva< 568, to whom 1.G8G day?' it'.v.-f in the aggregate was afforded. The estimated j -. ? 1^ ?1.A " * utTAlr'ftil ! it t'1 viiiuu wi uic vifip iiiTuiit.ii in ' \ disasters was $3,519,550, and of the cargoes .$l,0S4.90.r>. The total value of the property immnillod was$4,004,455. Of this amount $3,352,760 was saved and gl,251,095 lost. The number of tiessels totally iost was 59. The following table gives a summary of the statistics of the service from the introduction of the present system in 1S71 to the end of the fiscal year. The loss of life stated below includes 183 lost at. the wrecks of the Huron and the Metropolis, which are really i i .. <i not cnar<r(;auiu i" u?: ??-? viw. Total liuniber of disasters.. 2,918 Value of property involved..So 1,768,694 Value of property saved... 36,277,920 Value of property lost 15,486,765 Number of persons involved 25,693 Number of persons saved... 25,235 Number of persons lost 457 ~ Number of persons succored at stations 4,829 "" Number of (lavs succor afford- , cd 13,313 d Deducting from the number of lives w lost given above the loss at wrecks of e: the Huron and the Metropolis, there is presented the remarkable exhibit of j only 274 lost within the scope of the j service during the fourteen years em- ~ braced bv the table. ii 01 Sl Malione and Wise. j P The reports that Malmnc was considering tlie expediency of resigning j his scat in the United Unites Senate,! preparatory to moving from Virginia, have justly met with the discredit they ^ deserve. Willi all his fan Irs Mahone ? probably has as much affection for his tj State as any man in it, and the fact that e] he has been mercilessly rebuked for t abusing authority conferred upon him does not imply that the people who ^ gave him power and afterwards reliev- $ ed him of it desire i hat he should re- n move him from the State, lie will 1 serve in the United Slates Senate till fc March, 1887, after which he will engage in various business enterprises, and may yet render valuable aid in ?j developing the immense resources of ^ the State. John S. Wise, the defeated eandi- ~ date for the Gubernatorial chair once, occupied bv his father, will resume the practice of his profession, where ^ his native ability and varied attainments will enable him tojrain a prominent place at the bur." ViV^inians e: are too generous hearted to envy him " any success he mav achieve in private life. 13111 M'V QAPI? ] HISb Iffli J Every strain or cold attacks that Treat back and nearly prostrates yon. PSMjNfli f I i 1 1 j ^ O I IP m * BEST TBfliE ? Strengthens the Hnscles, Steadies the Nerves, Enriches the Blood, Gives New Vigor. Db J. L. Myehs. Fairfield. Iowa, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters is the best Iron medicine I have known in my 30 years' praetice. I have foond it specially beneficial in nervous or physical exhaus- ^ tion, and in all debilitating ailments that bear so ? heavily on the system.Use it freely in my own family." " Genuine lias trade mark and crrwed red. lilies on wrapper. Take do other. Made only by BROWN CHEMICAL CO.. BALTIMORE, MD. Ladies' Bjhtd Bcok?useful and attractive, containing list of prizes for recipes, information about coins, etc., given away by all dealers in medicine, or t mailed to any addross on receipt of 2c. stamp. TUTTS j P8LLS 1 25 YEARS IN USE, L The Greatest Modical Trinnph of tb.e Age! ? SYMPTOMS OF A I TORPID LIVER, i Loss of appetite, Bowels co?tivc? l'aiaia t tbo head, with a dull sonsatioa ia the ^ back part, Pain nuder the shoulder- ~ blade, Fallnoss after eatiusr, with adis- A Inclination to exertion of body or mind, Irritability of temper, I.ow spirits, with tl a feeling: of bavin? ncsrlccted some duty, ^ Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering at tho _! Heart, Dots boforc tho eyes, Headache orcr the risht eye, Restlessness, with tc fitful dreams, Highly colored Urine* and CONSTIPATION. TUTT'S PILLS are especially adapted to such eases, one dose effects such a change offeclingnstoastorrislitliesuffercr. ? They Increase the Appetite,and cause tho body to Take on Flcsli. tlm* the system is nonrisliert.r.rnl by their Tonic Action on the Digestive Ortraiis,Ue:fu.lsLr Stools are product/il. i'lico ^.?c. Murray St..lV.Y. TITTTS HAIR DYE, Gray Haie or Whiskers changed to a Glossy Black by a single application of this Dye. It imparts a natural coior, acts instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of 81. Office, 44 Murray St., New YorkYOUR KIPNEYS. They Xeed Your 1111 mediate Attention. HERE'S A CASE. For six Ion;:, dreary years I have been a g sufferer from a complaint of my kidneys, which failed to be cured by physicians or advertised remedies. " I began to feel I could never secure re lief, as I had spent two hundred and fifty ti dollars without success. "V The disease was so excruciating that it often prevented n.e from performing my daily dutv. I was advised to try the effi- ? cacy of B. B. B., and one single bottle, costing $1, gave me more relief than all p, the combined treatment I had ever received. Its action on the kidneys is simply Wunderful, and any one wno needs a real, speedy and harmless kidney medicine snoulil not hesitate to give B. B. B. a trial. One bottle will convince anvone. (J. 11. lIOBERTS, Atlanta Water Works. ? HERE'S ANOTHER. ? I am a merchant of Atlanta: and am n<v>r r.O vpnr< of \fv tiillievc ll:lVP been inactive and irregular for many years, attended with excruciating pain" in the ^ small of the back. At times 1 became tog > nervous to attend to business. My case had all the attention that money "could H secure, but only to result in a complete h failure. B. 15. Ii. was recommended, and to say that i?s action on me was magical would be a mild term. One bottle made me feel like a new man?ju^t like I was young again. In all my lif? I never used so pow- \ erful and potent"a remedy. For the blood and the kidneys it is the best I ever jaw, & and one bottle will force anv one to praise ?E it. * A. L. D. Sold by all druggists. ?e ; an Goori P:i,t for Ajpnln. kioo lo S2TO per ?ti aio. liiailc veiling our4ir:tii<l >l'iv IliMtorT. be FamounauU l)<rwi*c Balllofil I ht-World go Write to <3. V. jlcCurtly Co., Philadelphia, fa- 81 FOR COUCHS AND CROUP US* ' TAYLOR'S ]^?XJXjHj?!I]Va ! The nr?et fan, as giUrered ttom atree ofthe ?ne name, rrowlne along the cnail ittaau in the Southern Sate*, contain* a stimulating expectorant principle that lowed the phlegm producing the early Burning congh. and stlmuthe child to thro* off the false membrane in eroop and whocpinr-eosnch. When combined with tho hcalln? moci'arinDQs nrinciDle 1b the mullein plttt of the old fields, pre cots la ^atlob'? Cxsbokzs Szxxsr or Sxrxxr Gen xxd ! Vcuxcr tbe fisest fcnown reaodr for Coacha, Creep, Whooplnj-Coosii wi Conromption; ud >o p?U'nMe. &nj J child U plesMd to Uk* it. Ait j oar drnpclit for It. Pricey 25c. *nd$l. WAITER A. TAYIOB, Atlanta, Ga. | U<e DS- BIGGKHS'-HCCKLEBEEBY COBDUL for \ I>Urrhos?, VjKaterj tzi Children Teething. For tale bj I tdmxgiiU. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A BIGOFFKJS. To introduce them we will give away 1000 self-! operating Washing Machines. If you ant one send us your name, P. O. and icpress office at orio?. " THE NAT IONAI. CO., 21 Dey St.. N. Y. EAt'XESS itn CACSESand CURE, by one who was deaf twenty-eight years. Treated by most, of noted specialists of tiie dny with no benetir. Cured himttlf i three mr n'hs, and since then hundreds of tilers by snme process. A plain, simple and lCCPSSTul home treatment. Address T S. AGE. 1?S E i>t 2Cth St., New York City, - Al B aougli on Cougiis; Though prompt and efficient, it is mild ncl harmless. Safe and reliable for ehilrea. Wherever known it is the Mothers* ovorite Cough Medicine for the infant, le children and adults It is surprisingly fiective. SO UCS, 15c. LIQUID,^, Wnnili.rfiil SiinvM In Confiamntlo)). ronchitis. Asthma, Spitting of Blood, ore or Tight Chest, Weak Lungs, Iloarscess. Sore Throat, Loss of Voice, Catarrhal 'hroat A ffeetions, Chronic Hacking, Irriitlng and Troublesome Coughs. "ROUGH OiS ITCH." Cures Humors, Eruptions, Ringworm, 'ctter, Sa t Rheum, Frostvd Feet, Chillains. f>Oc. jars. E. S. WELLS, Jeisey City, N. J. Parker's Tonic l Pure Family Medieine That Never Intoxicates. If you arc a lawyer minister or business mac xhausred by mental strain or anxious cares do oc take Intoxicating stimulants, but use arkkk's Toxic. BARKER'S rT .t in n i t lm \ f n.u si i> \1j0.uu. Parker's Ilalr Balsam is flnely perfumed aad i warranted to prevent falling of the ha r aad 3 remove dandruff and Itching. HISCOX &, CO., New York. Nov25l4w lliarlotte. Columbia & Aiurasta K. i: SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 4, 5 1885,?Eastern Standard Time. going nokth. XO. 53, MAIL AND KX1T.ES>. jeave Augusta f.io a. in. ieave W. C. &. A. .Junction 1.12 p. m. irrive at Columbia 1.22 i>. m .eave Columbia 1.32 j>. m. ^ave Killian's l..'?# i>. m. ^eave Biytliewood 2.1.'} |>. in ,<?nvp Riitirpmiv r>. ill. ^eave Simpson's -.47 p. 111. ,eave Winnsboro p. in. eave White Oak p. in. -cave Woodward's 3.4:? p. m. ,eave IJlackstoek p. ui. jeave Corn wall's p. ni. jeave Chester 4.in j>. in. .eave Lewis' 4.:;2 p. m. <eave Smith's 4.40 p. m. <eave Rock Hill 4.">6 p. m. <eave Fort Mill 5.20 p, m. ,eave Pineville 5.40 p. m. irrive at Charlotte <5.00 p. m Lrrive at Statesville 9.."55 p. m GOING SOUTH. NO. 52, MAIL AND "EXPKESS. <eave Statesville 7.45 a. in. .eave Charlotte 1.00 p. m .eavtr Pineville 1.27 p. m .eave Fort Mill 1.44 p. in. .eave Rock Hill 2.02 p. m. -eave Smith's 2.22 p. m. .eave Lewis' 2.30 p m. .eave Chester 2.44 p. m. .eave Cornwall's 3.03 p. m. ,eave Blackstock 3.12 p. m. .eave Woodward's 3.18 p. m. .eave White Oak 3.30 p. m. .eave Winnsboro 3.48 p. m. .eave Simpson's 4.03 p. m. eave Ridgeway 4.1(5 p. in. eave Blythewood 4.32 p. m. .eave Killian's 4.40 p. m .rrive at Columbia 5.15 p. m. eave Columbia 5.25 p. m. eave W. C. & A. Junction 5.57 p. in. Af \ iwiritot.j <1 "iSi r\ m jLii * c ?i.u^uc?i.n . . j.'. ui. Connection is now made <it Chester (l>y nins 52 ami 5.'}) for Lancaster and interlediate. points on C. & C. R. H., and for !1 po'nts on C. & L. R. R. as far as New>n, N. C. M. SLAUGHTER, O. P. A. G. R. TALCO TT, Superintendent. I). CAi:DWELL. A. (I. i\ A. ' HAGAN'S Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her freshness to it, who would rather not tell; and you cant tell. m /Ashley Soli The Soluble Guano is a highly conoentrat rade Fertilizer for all ciop>. ASIILEY COTTON AND COIIN COHF vo crops and also largely us d by the True ASIILEY ASII ELEMENT.?A very elk lizer for Cotton, (lorn and Small Grain Ci Ines, etc. ASHLEY DISSOLVED BONK; ASI1LE rades?for use alone and hi Compost he'ai For Terms, Directions, Testimonials, and ublieations of the Company, address THE ASHLEY PHOS1 Nov2oLly r CUBES?Diphtheria, Creep, Asthma-Bronchitis oar son ess. Influenza, Hacking Cough. Whooping Co iarrhoea. Kidney Trcqbloa. andSpioaJPiaaasag. Paa PARSONS' rheee pills were a woaderial discovery. o otter lievo all manner of disease. The information arou: lis. Find oat about them sad yon will always be ;e. ^ald everywhere, or sent by mall for 25c. in tan /^everywhere. or sent by mail for 25 ceata In staa x caas by express, prepaid, for $5.00 .. v \ I - \ ?? . ^^~eBtagfcaeacM?r 'ii 1 * FOR Man and Beast. Mustang Liniment is older than V most men, and used more and more every year. Pianos ami Oni > ^ _ -FR03I THE WORLD'S ^ A i A factory prices on the easiest 1 te1isis of payment. - 1 It' eight grand makers and over three hundred styles to select from. PIANOS: /'TTT/'tTDTV^ MASON & IIAMLIN, MATIIUSIIEK, BENT & ARION. / ORGANS: MASON & IIAMLIN, PACKARD, ORCHESTRAL, and BAY STATE. Pianos and Onrans delivered, lreidit paid, to all railroad points South. Fifteen days' trial ard freight both ways if not satisfactory. tSTOrder and vest in your own homes. COLUMBIA MUSIC HOUSE, Branch of LUDDEN & BATES' S. M. H. N. W. TRUMP, Manager, COLUMBIA, S. C. MOTHER V\ ARK YOU n ny u L' j s \v ltn any aisease pe1XV U U JDJuJui ' euliar to your gentle sex"? It so, to vou we brings tidings of comfort and great joy. Yi u can Be CURED and restored to perfect health by using Bradfield's Female Emulator! It is a special remedy for all diseases pertaining to the womb* and any intelligent woman can cure herself bv following ? tue uuauuiid. xl is trajjcuuuiy in eases of suppressed or painful menstruation, in whites and partial prolapsus. It affords immediate relief ana permanently restores the menstrual function. As a remedy to be used during that critical period known as "Change of Life," this invaluable preparation has no rival. SAVED HER LIFE. Ridge, McIxtosh Co., Ga. De. J. Br.adfield?Dear Sir. I have taken several bottles of your Female Regu- ~ lator for falling of the womb and otEecdiseases combined, of sixteen standing; and I really believe I am cured entirely, for which please accept my heartfelt tiianKs ann most protouna gratitude. 1 know youi sa. -dicine saved my life, so you seea I cam ot speak too highly in its favor. I have reccmmendcd it to several of my friends who are suffering as I was. Yours very respectfully, MRS. W. E. STEBBINS. Our Treatise on the "Health and Happiness of Woman" mailed free. BRADFIELD REG ULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Sepl3fxLlv PIANOS-ORGANS The demand for the improved Hasos & Hma Pianos is sow so large that a second addition to factory has become imperative. Do not require onequarter as much tuning as Pianos on the prevailing wrest-pin system. Consult Catalogue, free. _ 100 Styles of Op.gaxs, $22 to $900. For Cash, Easy Payments, or Rented. Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co., NEW YjOBK : BOSTOX : CHICAGO. Eaartooae. A.certaincure. Xotexpensive. Tfarc* TT>nnrh?' fT<x?t-rr?OKt in ?" Jo the Head, Headache, Dizziness, Hay Fever, <?e. \ Fifty cento. By all Druggists, or bymalL E. T. HAZELTCvE, Warren, Fa, (rtS^B88Ba&ad "WHISKY HABITS cnr?d | 5 ? a I a &1b1 ar homo without pain. BOOS Ls a ? SSlwiof particulars sent FREE. .y_?...r..rf-Xll3. If. WOOLLEY, M. D.. Atlanta,?*. JBLE jjrUANO. / cd Ammoi'kited Guano, a complete High 'OUND ?A complete Fertilizer for these kers near Charleston fur vegetables, etc. :ap and excellent Xon-Ammoniaied Fer ops, and also for Fruit Trees, Grape ;Y ACID PIT Ob PIT ATE, of very High ). for the various attractive and instructive 'HATE CO., Charleston, S. C. ^ , Nenraisis, Bheumatlim; Bleeding at the Loses, ugh, Catarrh. Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, Chrosio pphlet free. Dr. I. S. Johason & Co., Boston. Mass. I make nil I ft NEW, EICH SpP || jg IS BLOOD. ? IIbBbI# ?like them in the world. Win positively cure or id each bos is worth ten times the cost of a bo* of .thankful. One pill a dose. Illustrated pamphlet gas. Dr. I.S. JOHNSON" &CO.. 22 C.H.St..Boston. _ _ _ ? _ ?Nettling on earth gra rag Uk X will make hean lay 2 S^B gjj W ?' eSht pL 2 1-4 lb. air-tight tin eans^Slf by mail. $1-20. ^ DB. I S. JOHNSON & CO.. Boston.