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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Xonday, November 30. I . SENATE. Although the Senate calendar re corded-at noon to-day nearly thirty measges, all but halt a dozen were disposed of before two o'clock. There was very little speaking. Nobody seems to have been thoronghly thawed out vet. Debate is at a discount. There.. actually was not a word of argument on the joint resolution pro posinga constitutional convention. Tho2pecial order for the day was the seoid reading of Senator You man's joint resolution calling a Con stitutitinal Convention. The report of the committee had been favorable. There was no debate. The yeas and nais were demanded, and the vote resultd: . Yeas, 17; nays, 14; not voting1. The h'r announced that the joint resolh bad passed its second read ing. Senew-Rcyhe made inquiry wheth er the resolution could come up for a third readiam baving failed to secure the two-Rds contitutional majority. The O Fstated that in his view the constitutional provision applied only to the.4at passage of the resolution. The yeaaand nays had not been called to-dat 6iter the constittutional man date, but atvfhi demand of two mem bers. Orithe final reading the Chair would order the vote by yeas and nays as requiftd by the Constitution. In the view of the Chair the requirement of a two-ibirds majority did not apply to the votes -during the transit of the resolutiqng through the Senate, but only to ths last vote when the question of lalnig it must arise. After a short executive session, in which the Governor's nomination of a supersior' of'registration for Aiken county was -confirmed, the Senate ad journed. Hors OF REPEESENTATIVEs. The entire day was spent after the usual formula of the morning hour in the discussion of the bill to utilize the labor A'prisoners condned in county jails and the insurance bill. The first named was passed and the latter de feated. The'conviet bill was taken up firsL The -bill in brief provides that all courts and municipal authorities which under existing laws have power to sentence conviet.s to confinement in prisons other than the penitentiary, shall within their discretion impose the further punishment of hard labor, and the convict so sentenced shall be required.to labor upon the highways, roads, brIdges and other public works of the county, or upon the streets or other public works within the limits of the citv. the work to be under the superision of the county commission ers or tljmunicipal authorities, as the 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 long discussion and the usual tinkeri of the bill. Mr. Douglasse-of Fairfeld,: advocated its passage in a very clever and earnest speech, imkthich he pointed out the necessity ich existed for the passage of such 4 lav. It would give, he urged, to'the counties and municipali ties an ineased laboring force, and if the Ho passed the bill he wonld seek so to amiend it that the peniten tiary. hfufl be. relieved' of quite a number of short term convicts, who coul ti utilized~to solve the vexed ques of k'ublic roads, which had so long ,g~ru ,the public mind in South Carof& Mr. Ansel, of Greenville,' who has just-arrived,ajt the eapital, opposed the bill in hisxgsusl vehement style. It would, he said, encumber the counties with the cost of building stockades, hiringasg-~ - i-.and its practical result rw~Id be to commit the Statel tWprnneffle of working the p ublic rodd~ lurtion, and he didn't bieve ~t~lihe people of the State were't yvyet to- commit themselves to te'eory. M.1kell, of Columbia, said that the more be looked into the bill the more he was convinced that it would be a fruitful'-sourceo of trouble to the State. He movbii to recommit it. Mr. BraSley doubted whether the measure would be of economic value in its pai1operation; that, he said, was th oudmnt of the judiciary committee t.session, and that was the reasorst tbad been reported uri favorably. \With certain amendments., however, he'theught the scheme might he uehr trying. The amendment he sugge dprovided that such convicts shou f~employed 'as labor only in thosenequaties or t4vns where it shall be mto~appear- t9 the satisfaction of tle '~utthattsmi'table provision can made for. the tuse of such labor. The amendment was lost. -Mr. Douglass offered an amendment authorizing -the superintendent of the penitentiary to turn over to the sherifi of a .oun -oc convicts as are seni tenced~tfrms .of less than one year, upon .I05 demiand of the county com~ maisd'oners. Agreed to. After some.'further discusssion the -motion to kill the bill was lost, ayes 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 table a motion to reconsider the vote was then adopt. ed-yeas bZ, nays 55-which put a Parliamentary estoppel on the valued licy bill, so far as the House ol Spresentatives is concerned, for this session at least. Tuesday, December 1. SnT.. The first measure up for a third read ing was Senator Youmani's joint reso lution proposing a constitutional con vention. Its author made a strong and ingenious speech in its favor. He ex plained that the purport of the resolu 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 beena proposed in the Constitution and laws, indicat ing tol them that the formation .of a new Constitution embodying the de sired changes would be a short cut to the attainment of their desires. He argued earnestly against the continu ance of a Constitution which the white people of the State had had no part in framing, which was a hotch-potch of the provisions of constitutions of otber States unfitted to our people and not respected by them. He claimed that the cost of a constitutional convention would not he excessive and urg- d that the Democracy of South Carolina were now so firmly in control of the State that their influence in the con'entioni would be transcendant. Senators Sligh and Mauldin, the yeas < and nays was called, which resulted as t follows: Yeas, 17; nays, 14; not Tot- . ing, 4. All the other third reading bills were i passed and work was begun on the general orders, when the hour for the i joint assembly arrived. The Senate repaired to the Halt of the House of < Representatives, where the president 1 of the Senate presided over the joint i meeting. The business before the Assembly was the election of a con missioner of agriculture, two members of the board of agriculture, two direc tors of the plenitentiary and a registrar I of nesne convevance for Charleston First came the election of a com missioner of agriculture: Mr. McIver, of Darlington, in very fitting remarks, nominated the present incumber, Col. A. P. Butler, which was seconded by Senator Youmans. Senator Moody nominated Mr. H1. L. Donalson, of Greenville, seconded by Mr. Boggs, of Pickens. The roll of the Senate was first called. Commis sioner Butler's strength was soon shown by the drift of the vote. Twen tv-four Senators said "Butler," while ouly seven said "Donaldson." A larger proportion ot Representatives voted for Mr. Donaldson, but even in the House Commissioner Butler re ceived seventy-three votes, against forty-two for iis opponent. The total vote was: Butler 97,- Donaldson 49. Necessary to a choice 74. President Sheppard 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. Hutsoil, of Hampton, nominated the Hon. W. D. Johnson, of Marion, one of the incumbents. Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, nominated for re-elec tion the lion. A. S. J. Perry, of Charleston. There were no other nominations, and the two gentlemen received the total vote of the General Assemblv-137. Next in order came the election of two directors of tie penitentiary. The nominating speeches were very brief. Mr. G. W. Brown, of D-irlington, nominated Mr. John S. Scott, of Marion. Mr. Spencer, of Chesterfield, and Mr. Blue, of Marion, seconded the nomination. Col. Simonton, of Charleston, noin inated Mr. E. B. Murray, of Ander son. Mr. Aldrich, of Aiken, seconded the nomination. Mr. Thomson, of Spartanburg, nom inated Mr. E. S. Allen, of Spartan burg, formerly an efficient director. Mr. Massey, 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 votes were necessary to a choice. Mr. Scott received 119 votes, Mr. Allen 89 and Mr. Murray 74. The two high est were elected. The election of a registrar of mesne conveyance for Charleston followed. Senator Buist nominated the incumn bent, Mr. Charles Kerrison, Jr., and Mr. Burke seconded the nomination. Mr. Kerrison was unanimously re elected, receiving 127 votes. At the dissolution of the joint as sembly the Senators returned to their chamber. HoUsN OF REPRESENTATIVES. At 12.1i the special order for the day came up, this being the bill to provide ror the submission to the qual ified electors of -Abbevile county of the question of license or nao license in the incorporated towns and villages of the county. After the first section of the blil had been read Mr. J. An crum Simons moved to amend the bill by adding Oconee county to the bill. This was promptly laid upon the table. Mr. Simons then moved to amend the bill so as to include all the c~anties in the State, and obtained the fioor for the purpose ofurging 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 Abbe ville should be accorded this special privilege. A motion to table the aanendment 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. Grayden the only Anti-Prohibi tion representative from Abbeville, moved to strike out the enacting clause thus-bringing it up on its merits. Hie was opposed to the bill because a ma jority of the voters of his county did not desire its passage. He opposed ii because "prohibiticn does not prohibit," and in support of this proposition, cited an umber of States and couuties nomi nally prohibitive, but really under the domination of men who sold liquor with out license. He said he was a temper ance man, bumt believed that this ten dency to legislate paternally and to in terfere with the rights of the people would result in reaction, which would do the cause more harm than good. Mr. Parker said that whbile he was not a Prohibitionist, he had under-. taken to engineer this bill, and he wonld niot shirk :.ne responsibility. He admitted that on sale days' it was nec essar-y to emp)loy an extra police force to keep order when the barrooms were crowded with people. He r viewed the course of prohibtive legis lation and stated that ini no case had a repeal been asked for- At the close of Mr. Parker's speech the House ad journed till 10 a. mn. Wednesday. Wednesday, December e. SENATE. The Senate- to-day was distinguished more for the work it postponed thani for that which it accomplished, and yet there was a session. Many new measures were introduc ed in t'he Senate to-day, including a usury bill, a bill to give the Charles ton police jurisdiction over Chiarlestoni Neck as far as the county line, two jont resolutions to amend the Consti to. m by allowing the Federal eenu~ms to o taken for the apportionment of representation, and a bill to ap~pro priate $20,000 for continuing the work. on the Columbia Canal. A bill to reduce thme Lieutenant Goveriior's sal ary to $10 a day during the session and mileage was killed by a bare ma jority vote. The Patterson bill relat ing to forfeited laiids wa.s, after some discussion, made the special order for to-morrow. Only half the bills on the Calendar were dlisposed of, and the. Senate will hereafter m'eet at 11 a. mn., or earlier HotmsE OF REPREsENTATIVEs. A pitched battle was fought oii the: floor of the H~ouse of Repr-esentatives - to-day between the P'rohibitionists and the Anti-Prohibitiontsts. The speeches: of the advocates of both sides were characterized by earnestness and ye-t losenuss that has rarely been seen il he hall, vhich, is an indication that he members are deeply inipressed vith the importance of the issne be. bre them. It is the opinion that the ibbeville bill is beaten beyond resurl ection, although the vote was criti :ally close, it i doubted if any of the >thir bills wilN pass. 'I here seems tc >e a girowinI~ tceliu that there is al eadv sffi, lent Prohibition legislatio: )I the statue books and that in having he privilege of ordering an electio: 1 any ninicipat incorporation, as hey hare now, the Prohibitionists lave all ht th:ey cond reasonbly expect he Abbeville %ll wich was under lisenssion, sought to order an electior n the whole county to determhnt hetlier the town council of Abbeville hould be allowed to grant licenses tftcr the voters of the town had al -cady decided by an election to licenst he Sale ofliquors. The whole (lay was consumed in the Iiscussion of this measure. The Abbe rille delegation was itself divided or :he subject. Thursday, December 3. . SENATE. The Senate to-day worked hard to ;uppress its gradually rising Calendar, wd succeeded fully. A great inany neasures of minor interest were dis iosed of. On half a dozen bills ther< v as a good deal of debate. The tax exemption section in the SIason Cotton Gin Company's charter assed by a vote of nineteen to thir een despite Senator Bobo's opposition. fhis )ooks like a test vote on the ex miption of nanufactories from taxa ion. but ,enator Bobo is confident hat the Senate will later repeal the aw. The proposition for a constitutiona iendmient allowing Judges to charge uries on questions of fact was defeated to 23. The stenographers' bill for the Third Ind Fourth circuits was unexpectedly successful by a two-thirds majority. The forfeited land bill was postpon d until to-morrow. New bills continue to pour in. Prop )sitions to amend the Constitution have >een ver numerous. The Senate concurred in the House -esolution to elect Judges in jgini issemablv at 1 o'clock to-morrow. The lIouse devoted five hours to-day o the disposition of work on its Cal lar. No measures of public interest vere considered. The Phohibitionists evidently realize heir defeat and to day made a forma: ;urrender by withdrawing the bill tc >rovide for a Prohibition election in liken count. The judiciary committee of the State ast night answered the Governor's re :omimendations in regard to the num >er of Circuit Judge, and agreed tc -eport a bill increasing the number rom e-ght to ten. A sub-committee was appointed to draught a bill. It some way the [louse resolution pro iding for an election of Judges to. norrow was concurred in by the 'eiate before the sub-committe could trrest action. The Senate had pre iousiv declined to enter into an elec :ion until the Governor's recommenda. ions as to an increase of Judges should >e considered by that body. The .lection to-merrow will be for Chief Fustice and for Judges of the 1st, 2d, Ith, 7th and 8th circuits, now presided >ver by Judges Pressley, Aldrich, Hudson, Witherspoon, Wallade and lothran. No opposition is manifesteL .o the incumnbents in , any of the cir :uits except the 2d, where JudgE Xldrichu will have an honorable comn >etitor in Gen.:Jaies W. Moore, the Senator from Hampton. Gen. Moore's 'riends think that he will have a large rote, and are hopeful. It is imnpossi >le, however, to say- what is the rela' ive strength of the candidate, becausc nemuber-s are, as a rule, very reticent. tnd many have not made up theii .ninuds. The following bills received theit ~econid reading: To prescribe the vidth of public highways (twent) ~eet); to change the dates fixed for the neting of boards of equalization s< ts to conform to the time of listing property for taxation; amending thE 3eneral Statutes relating to railroad ~orpor-ations by adding a section; t< tutthorize defendants in actions to ire :over land to set up claim for improve nent; relating- to the formation and >roceedings of the College of Electors oint resolution to amend the Constitu :ion relative to justices of the peace tud constables; to repeal Section 304 md amend Section 311 of the Code o P~rocedure with respect to lien of judg ruents and executions and the mode o. mforcing the same. The concurrent r-esolution to adjourr line die December 19 was postponei :emporarily-yeas 18. Unfavorable reports were made or :he-bill to re-establish the usury law :he bill to establish the office of counti solicitor, the bill to abolish the dlepar-t ment of agriculture, and the Ilouse ~o utilize the labor of jail and munici. ptal convicts, and they were placed oi :he Calendar. lIOLsE OF REPRESENTATIvES. The House devoted five hours tc svork and managed in that time to gel rid of four pages of the thirteen-pagE 'alensdar which nowv confronts it. There were no debates of a startline ~haracter arid no measures of greal public interest passed. Mr. Massey presented the present nent of the grand jury of Lancaster ~ounty on the subject of the sale o: iquor in the town. The report askr :hat either th~e sale of liquor by drug. 4ists be stopped or that the Prohibitioi: .aw be repealed. A bill will be irntro .tuced shortly repealing the law, the >eople of Lancaster having evidently ound that Prohibitioni does not pro. tibit. A petition was also presented ~rom the citizens of the town of Ches. er- praying the r-epeal of the Act pro. ibiting the sale of liquor in that town. Thre Iollowing were among the most mportant new bills introduced: Mr. Pope, bill to repeal the Act reg ilating the hiring out of convicts. Mr. Richardson, bitt to charter the jhiadbourn and Conway Railiroad in, lorry county. Mm. Donaldson, bill to provide for n election in Greenrville county' on the >rohibitioni ot the sale of spirituous ignor. Mr. Th~ompson, bill to apportion andi listributte the school tax between the chools for white and colored children ~f the school districts. Mr. Brown, bill prescribing a mode Efdevisirg rhe right of dower of iin ane married womuen. Of the bills on the Calendar disposed f those of public inter-est were: A bill o charter the Greenwood, Abbeville rd Elb-erton Railroad; to incorporate he Troy Cotton Seed Oil Company; o inco~rporate the town of Waterloo, ii Laurenrs county; to charter the ;invannahsl Valler an~d Eiberion Raril od, and to prescr-ibe the priorities of ertin lirnn. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Peanut Flour. No doubt, ere long, "peanut flour" will be an important product of the South. Virginia is set down this year for 2,100,000 bushelk, 'Tehnessee for 2.50,000, and North Carolina at 1-35,000 bushels, these being the chief States engaged in their cultivation, and those in which it was first introduced from Africa. In Virginia they are called "peanuts ;" in North Carolina, "'ground peas;" in Tennessee, "roohers; and in Georgia, Alabama and Nississippi "'p!ndclers." Virginians are beginning to turn the peanut into flour, and say it makes a palatable "bicnit." In Georgia there is a custom, now grow ing old, of grinding or pounding the shelled peanuts and turning them into past ry, which has some resemblance, both in looks and taste, to thatof cocoa nut, but the peanut pastry is more oily and rieher, and we think healthier and better every war. If as some peoole believe, Africa sent a curse to Amer ica in slavery, she certainly conferred upon her a blessing in the universally popular peanut, which grows so well throughout the Southern regions that we shall soon oe able to cut off the now large importation altogether. Savannah Telegram. Peanuts produce as well in Missis sippi 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 half acre being planted. The crop can be raised at little cost and with profit, upon land that is too poor to make cotton in paying quantity. Why not raise more peanuts? Why should Tenne-see and Virginia and North Carolina monopolize the peanut busi ness? Let us at least raise enough for home consumption, and a few bushels to sell. In these small drops, proper ly managed. there is money, and it is money we are all striving for. Try an acre in peanuts and see if you cannot find a nice profit in this crop.-E. M. in Live Stock Journal. The South as a Dairy Section. Northern people have never yet got an accurate conception of the possi bilities of-the South. This may be partly owing to lhe prejudices which the war engendered, and which make it next to impossible for those who en tertain such prejudices to iorm a can did 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 en tering upon a new life.. Things have changed since the war. Tie people have been compelled to adjust themti seIves to the new order of things, and in a mieasure they hare had their pro ress retarded because their surroutd ings were new and strange. It has been a very natural thing f1or many of them to fecl irritated over the emnane' pation of their slaves and no doubt that many of them have spent valua le time in chafing when they shuld have devoted themselves to improving their condition. But they tave made improvement notwithtandinz, and are making more every day. The in p 1overshmteta of the Souitht, l< te re suit of the war, has not bee-kn an uin mixed curse to them as they n ill vet see, if they ha~ve not alre-ady seen ib. 'Their'section is tneturally fertile- Nat urally they have a great deal ot good land. But much of it has been a'>used, and it has not been made to prod~uce its best. Cotfon and tovaceo have been the ruin of t he South. That i- a curious remark to make in view of generally r-ecognized facts, but we belheve it is ti-te. Anti further manym in the SouthI have been led to see it. They have seen that gentcial ter-ming will pay them better- thani eternal cotton and tobacco grow~inig. Momre will see it, and the live stock of the South will ium prove greatly in the next twenty-five years as a consequence. Among the industries that are to prove profitable in that section is the dairv. They have all the surround ings to make dairy pr1ofitable; and having a climate that favors altixurous growth of grass, and a soil which can be made to grow it luxurianitly even though in sections it may now be run down, why should the (liary not find a comtortable home there? It is asset ed that there is now better grass there than there is at the North. Ther-e ctab grass grows well, gr-ows every whet-e that it has the chtance, and makes ex cellent pasture atnd excellenmt hay. Clover andI timothy. Hienrty Stewart recetntly said in the American Agricul turalist, do bcttcr than ther do in the Noth. Oat grass flourishes. Enough has beetn said to show why the dair-y should do well in that section. ['hey can grow all that is needed to feed the cow; she can i-un out in the lairger piortioni of the section, all the yeai rounid; food can be produced cheaply and if the business of daitryitng catnnot be made to par- them-e, if properly tinan aged, it cannot be made to pay any whet-e. But the South, taking it alt" gether, inust get better stock, and here will be one of the most lucr-ative fields to opet-ate in thbat out br-eeers have ever found.-So. Lice Stock Journal. "What's the 3Inataer With You.'" "W'~ell, not much itn pat-ticular. But Pin a little ailinr aill over-. I tdon't sleep wvell, and uay kidneys are- out of order, and I catn't enjoy my meals, amnd F've a touch of irheumatisnm, amd oncne in a while a twinge of neurtnlaia.' Now, neighbor, you seem to want a gentet-al fixitng up, and the thimng to do, it isBirown's Iron Bitters. Mt-. A. J. Pickrell, of Ennis Texas, says, '1 was a sickly mant. Br-owvn's it-otn Bit let-s made wle healthy attd sttrontg."* -Fe-dinatnd Ward'Xs wot-k hhts been lightened itn Sing Sintg. lI-tead of gtiinding stove cretngs he acts as an err-antd boy or porter, carryinig cast itngs from prace to place int the build ing. __ A Blind and Dear Woman. IMiss Minnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost her hearing, her sigiht and sentse of taste. Sores covered her body and limbs. 11er joints were swollen and painful, hei limbs paralyzed, appetite lost, and she was eking out a miserable life. Sixbettles of B. B. B. restored her sight and hearing, relieved all aches and pains, adtded flesh and strength andh she is niow a well woman, Write to her. IA prominent Alabama phici an said: "A patient who was altmost dying front the effects of Trertiary Syphillis andt who had been treated by 'svr~l noted physicians~ J. B. B. and was enitirely cured, le hadl ulcers on his arms andi the. bones p'rtuded troughthe ileshi and skin at the elbow, DEPARTMENTAL IEPORTS. Iateresting Extracts from Documents Pre pared for the Use of Coiigress. Tie annual report of thc third as sistant postmoster-general shows that the total revenues diuring the year were $42,560,:18, expenditures, actual and estimated, i~ncudig mpenltSationl to Paciie c rowv1, 65u , 2,4-15, leving an excess ot the estitu:tted cvo t of the service over Ob gros receip:, o: , 381,571. The u! I1it ial deliciency for the next liscal year is 7 : The gross rece iplt: ire . 75,11 0r 1. i. cent. less than the : ear iinw Jmie 30, 184. (:. 'f the decrea is attributed to tim icreae ( othie unit of weight on coil clas tnt Lr om two ouices t fou omlc without change i!n the rale of postag!; but the more potent factor was the stagination of businuess thr-ll'ihout the countrv. The amiount reui- tr 111m coin1peii sation of.stnutter- durng the y-etr exceede:1 the anount appropriated by 241:1,8t, whib mutst be: nrovidedl for inl the deficicy approiiriatiol bill, while inl other itemS there were ex CeSSCS Of appropriations over expetdi tures aggregating $1.074,361. The loss that will result from the reduction of postage oin second-class miatter (mailed be publishers) during the next fiscal year is estinated at S1,200358. SUGAR. MILLING. The annual report of the commis sioner of agriculture st:es that the experinents undertak:i with the pur pese of checking the preent enor mous waste of suigar-fullv one-half- I in the milling process, met v.ith higzh lV gratifying results so fil- as the di reet purpo-c was neerned, inimety eight per eit. of the sugar present 'in the plants subjecte( ;) experincrits having been secured. FOOD ADUI.TE ATION. An important serizsofinvesi 2ations in food adulterations haS been con menced. TIe work -> far has been chiefly With bitter -mI honey, but it is proposed to extend it until uniform methods of examination and ,anndards of comparison are established. TnlE DUITATION BUTT ER FR.ADUS. The conmfissioner decribes the re suits of the Work of icro ie::.! di vision in the discoverv of a nmethod of detecting coniterfeit butter, :ni in this connection says: The unparallcled increase in the past few yeart of the manufacture and sale of various coi pounds of animal fiats, veget:tble oils and other substances, which are fraud ule!trv represented to the public as butter, threatens the destruction ofthe legiti mate dairy interests, which are of the largest magnitude and aflec's all sections of the canntry. It is not, he says, com.etition with dairying that is deprecated, bti the stimulation of trie dair prodhlets, the deception of a mnislea.ding name, the utse of inpure substances and the dishonest sale at high rates of product, otherwise of little value. prautces which dermoral ize trade, detraud hoicst. industry and deceive th, buyer. To protect the pubic front thn: Ie'-pive practices he earne:y iec' m 'mns the prompt passaeo uf a -1rint, :nv by -ongress to )revelnt the eoitio:nanice of this bus inei-s, excpt und-in -uch n-gulation as the nessitie i the eas.: denmand. The eiorcemenm, o this 4aw, if thouight advilie by Conreq, i- to be placed under tie contro ol the iternal reve FOEFIGN MEDitCtNAL PLANTS. Th'ie coinmi'sionler, refrring~ to the reque-t of thei Anmericanl Phmarmtaceuti cal As-oeiarit theis the cionmmisioner of agriiul tur-: take :iieaurcs for it hie introduct ion into' e cut ivation ina this countiy of .tuch important fonigni med cinal planlts as wonuld be atinl ted to our climate in order that thliey night be re~aIi ly obtainmable in a fresh state, and that. another industry iniwht. be be addled to our clie ry'srsucs savs there is no0 doubt that many of the most imtportantI mnedeicnl pilants are aidapted to our ciinate anid could be cultivated in perfection: and it would s-eem well that means shoul be taken to give them a proper trial. Fears are- expressed1, lie adths, that. some of these planits are becomi ng ex terminated in their native stations, and in respect to somec of thecm, as for in stanice the ginusing lan~I, the timne has come when thley may probable be mnado objects of protitable cultivatio in. GH! MY BACK Every strain or cold attacks that weak back -and nearly prostrates yon. THE'= BEST TONIC 6 Strnghes heMuscles, Strenthens Steadies the Nerves, Enriches the Blood, Gives New Vigor. DR ,J. L. MTxEs. Fairfield. Iowa, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters is the best Iron medicine I , have known inmy 311 years' practice. I have found it specially' benencial in nervous or physical exhaus tion, and mn eli debilitating ailments that bear - heavily on the system.Use it freely in mnyown i~nily." Gen~uine has trade mark and cross'ed red ies un wrapper. Take no other. Made only by BEOWN CHEMIeAL CO.. BALTIMEI, MD. LADIES' HAND Bo-seful and attractive. con, taiuning list of prizes for recipes, information about coins. etc., given away by alt dealers in medicine, or mailed to any addross on receipt of fic. stamp. T UTT'S PILL 25 YE ARS IN U SE. Iho Greatest Meadical Trinmah of the Agc' TORPID LAE~ Loss ofappetite. floweis costive., Paina in the head, witha a dull sensation in the back part. P::in under the shoulder blade, Fullnesa after cating, with a dia Inclinuation to exe:tionof bod y or intd, Irritabilityoftemiper,L1ow spirits, with, a feelingof hting neglteted se duty, WVoarinesse, Dizzine~s. Fluttering at the Heart. Dots b-efore thc, eyes, licadache over tho right eyc, Rtestlessness, with fitful dreams, Highly colored I'rine, nd CON STIPATE!O TUTT'S PILLS are especial:y adaptcd to such eases, one dose ell'eets such a changei offeling as t o astonisth the sulTerer. They Increase the A~ ipetite,i; cause thle body to Take on F~leshI. thu. tie systema is nourlshed.ril hy tleir Tonic Action on the neigestivre Oreans ttegniar Sitools are. r GRAY HA~tR or WL'iKERlS Changed to a c GrossY BL.Acx by a yinate application of this DYE. It imp~arts a nattural color, acts Instantaneously. Solid by Druggists, or b sent by express on receipt of 31. S %ffice 44 Murray St. New York. FOR COUCHS AND CROUP USE TA.YThO'S W9EE R Of~ ET O' Mm..ra an0zm. The sweet gm, as gathered from a tree of the same name, growing along the eman streams n the Southern States, contains a stimulating expectorant principle that loosens the phlegm producing the early morning cough. and stima Iates the child to throw off the false membrane in croup and whooping-cough. When combined with the healing muci laginous principle in the mullein plant of the old felds, pre seats in TAon-e XCueom RXa-Vor oF SwZWr GaX An Xicr~its the finest known remedy for Couths, Croup, Whooping.Congh and Consumption; and so p-latable, any child is pleased to tace it. Ask Tour drarcist for it. Price, 25C. and 1. WALTERA. TAYIOR, Atlanta, Ga. Use DR. BIGGERS- HUCKLEBERRY CORDIAL for Diarrhea. Dysentery and Children Teething. For sale by YOUR K1) NEYS. Fihey Need Your Immediate At tention. HERE'S A CASE. For six lorn:. (rea 1ars 1 have b:'en a ;ufoererm .1 plint ofI mV kidnevs, b~ih faid ta' h e uredl by physicians or dvertivu- seeiirdier. I her.a t. o tee i couiti ne~ver secure re ef. as I l:-:tl two hainited and fifty T1 m.-:.s was so e::ruiciatillg that it ften .n-vi* from~ perfcoring muy al; iultv. I v:; s :l4ivised to 'v the effi Ye of w.i.Ua: n it -n bottle, din-. "ave me m.>ri relief than all Ie comint tIeatItmlt I La.' Lever re Its actioll t() y idn11. 0s is silly Won erl, aid iv t wno neeus a real, ed nv itirmll ss k iiinev medicine hoiil Ihot hesitate to giv- B. 13. B. a trial. )ne bottle will convince-L any one. C. 1. ROBERTS, Atlanta Water Works. HERE'S ANOTHER. I am almerchant of Atlanta: and am ear im) years or a:e 1v kidneys have en ilactive and irregular for many years, ttediied witit exern.e:atin.g pain inl the mali0l of the back. At tis 1 became too ervous to atten11d to i bilneSS. My case ad all the attention tl:at inoney could ;cnre, but niiy to result in a complete Utiure. B. 1. B. was recomirended, anrd to say hat i:s action on me was magical would v a mild term. One bottle made me feel ike a new nan-just like I was young tain. In all my iife- I never used so pow iful and potent a remedy. For the blood tail the kidneys it is the best I ever saw, nonelt botteW will torCe an' one to praise A. L. D. Sobdii by all (ruggists. HAGAN'S Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her fresh ness to it, who would rather not tell, and you can't tell. I E T tos use A certain cure. Not expensive. Three on ' treatment in one package. Good for Cold the Head, Eeadache, Dizziness. Hay Fever. &c 31Afy cens, B~y all Drugit o r m 1. UMP ~3 andWHI'TT'YTIABI[TScred ati home~ withlout pain. 200K ef p:, rrieu~:; new ent FREE. B. . IF. w031.L7.f. ?t D. AtlartaGa. 0RGA NS: P.A NOS: a ~1i.ec.eene ORGAN EM)P 000 ~. 154 Trtmont St..Bostonl. 46 7.14I3 St 0:ot :qh) N. Y. 149 Wabsi; me., Chicago. ASHLEY ,OLi Th~ie .clm Guani i s. hl a h~ ihl c'oncentratte v.trade Ferile fir l' cropsiLi. .-- i..Y(TT N AN!: ((':N COMI( mrenp andi :':am ilr.::y ui dib. the Truei A.i! nEY ASII EIL.MENT1.-A viierce | ir o ('iott)n, C.ornl and smial! Grain Crt i~em. et.. . lr EY DISSOLVED) 8ONE: A"IILEJ ra o.:r use a:ne ndin C:>.mpost heap. For' Tirm. lDireeins. Test~m '-nials, and f THlE ASHL.EY PHOSP - CUR.ES -Diphtheria, Croup, Asthma, Bronchitis, Eoarseess. Inliuenza, Hacking ConghW#hooping Con airma, Kidiney Toublos, and SpinlDiseases, Tam: These pills were a wonderful discovcry. No others thieve all manner of disease. The information aronc ::. .pind Oul about them and you will always be 1 ee. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 25o. ?n stem berdn-s Concition cwdr is absolutcly re and. highily con-U tatrated. Onoone . worth a peound of M iy other I id. It is rietly a medicine to tl vryore, 0? sent by mat for 25 cents in stamp -xcn by- eress,= prnpad- for 845.00. FOR Man and Beast. Mustang Liniment is older than most men, and used more and more every year. -FRO TIlE WORLD'S BEST MAKERS, -AVT FACTO:Y PRICES ON TIIE EASIEST TERIMS OF PAYMENT. EIGHT (; AND 31AXERS AND OVER THREE HUNDRED STYLES TO SELECT FROM. PIANOS: CHICKERING. MASON & UIAILIN, MATIIUSIHEK, BENT d ARION. ORGANS: MASON & IIAMLIK, ORCIIESTEAL, and BAy STATE. Pianos and Organs delivered, freight paid, to all railroad poiits South. Fifteen days' trial and f:ight both ways if not satisfactory. =--Order and test in your own homes. COLUMBIA MTSIC HOUSE, Brane of LUDDEN & BATES' S. M. H. N. W. TRUNP, Manager, C)LIMBIA, S. C. MOTIHEL! Al 0 A1 E E T.With any disease pe .. U BL culiar to your gentie sex? It so, to you we i;gs tidings of eCo fort and great joy. '. u can BE CTRED and restored to perfecthealth by using It is a special remsily for all diseases pertaining to the wo;.h, and any intelli gent woman can curuderself by following the directions. 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