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/ > VOL. XI. The General Assembly. in vhk housk or kuiwikhi-in ?\v ii v i:s. Separate Coaches lor tlio Whites unci lllackB-'I'lio Cigarette Kvll Is licit With and a Tax Imposed. Mr. Gage's bill to prohibit tho manufacture uiul tale of cigarettes was taken up and passed over to permit Mr. Epps' bill on the same subject to be 1 considered lirst. Mr. Sinklor said that the United states court, of appeals had recently decided exactly similar bills unconstitutional. Mr. Ashley moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill. Both hills had been unfavorably reported. Mr. Kpps thought that it was time to put a stop to the injury that was being done to the youth of the State by tho sale of cigarettes. lie thought their lives were being endangered. Mr. Sinklcr said, if any one could satisfy him that this law was constitutional he would vote for tho bill. The circuit court of appeals had decided adversely to such a bill. Mr. Winkler knew of no more damnable habit to the youth of this country than that of smoking cigarettes. It was a bill to commend itself to the members of tho general ssombly. Ho hold that tho Iowa decision covered a different case. Ho was satislied that the bill would stand. If it Injured the tobacco industry, lot the tobacco industry go rather than ruin tho boys of the State. Mr. Cushman argued that tho boys would purchase smoking tobacco and use the worst kind of paper to make cigarettes. Why not pass a bill if you are going to do this to include all kinds of smoking tobacco, cigars, etc. Mr. dcLoach said that all physicians agreed that cigarettes roadv mmln wore most dangerous. That was the most harmful way in which tobacco was used. Mr. Spoor explained the position of the committee and declared himself in favor of tho bill. Mr. Perritt said they had a law on this subject which was not enforeid. It was not tho province of the general assembly to legislate parentage. Mr. Gage did not belong to that class of men who wanted to tako care of his r.o I - >- - - luuuHiiiuu, miu no wanieu protection for the people from this evil. One great evil was the tendency to drink liquor: the other greatest was the smoking of cigarettes. lie said it was u curse. Mr. Patton rose when Mr. Gage asked any one who did not think it a curse to raise his hand, and said he had been chowing tobacco and smoking pipes, cigars and cigarettes for 20 years, and ho submitted that he was perhaps a better physical specimen than his friend. (Laughter.) Mr. Patton, making a pretty quotation ami application, went on to say that some men were prone to attack the pot vices of others. Mr. I'attoc resumed his argument on the cigarette bill at the night session, saying the worst tiling about tobacco was its cost. Mr. Patton was saying that a mother could do more with a shingle than all tho statutes to break bovs from smoking cigarettes. Mr. deLoach asked Mr. I'atton if ho had experienced the parental obligation. Mr. I'atton ?Mr. Sneaker, it is really a very funny thing, how all these newly man led young fellows, when they have been married a few months, think they are tho grand parents of a whole tribe. Mr. I'atton said they had reduced the prieo of whiskey from 10 cents a drink to .'I cents "a drink; now why would they raise the price of cigar- | uui's'i mo lesser ovil. lie said he thought that the house was going to rcfuso to prohibit tho sale of liquor. He said this eigarotto law would not stand the tost of the courts. Tho young wore already protected. I f they won d pass it as a revenue measure, then it was unjust and discriminating. Mr. deLoach roplied, saying that the stnokingof cigarettes was not to bo r compared with the smoking of pipes. Ho argued that the dispensary law decreases the drinking of liquor. Mr. deLoach was a reformed cigarette smoker himself. Mr. deLoacli's amendment to make the privilege tax 10 cents instead of 25 cents was then killed, after being considered again, there being some doubt as to its having boon voted upon at the morning sts-ion. Mr. Ashley < IT red to amend by adding tho following words: "Nor shall any cigar bo sold without complying with tho tci ms of this net, or pipe ho sold without a cane-root pipe stem ; nor shall any pipe he used more than three days without being cleaned ; and further that no man shall chew tobacco more than once." Thlsc.'catcd loud laughter. Of course nothing was done with tho amendment. Tho hill us then ordered to a third reading in t..is shape : Section 1. That no package of cigarettes sold or olTered for sale shall contain more than five cigarettes, nor shall any package of cigarette paper sold or offered for sale contain more than 100 leaves of length and width now used. Sec. 2. That every such package of cigarettes or cigarette paper shall have thereon a privileged tax stamp as hereinafter provided for, which shall be furnished to dealers in cigarottos or cigarette miner bv the onnntu treasurers of tho counties of this State at a coat of 2"> cents each, and tho proceeds of tho sale of such stamps ah all bo held by tho county treasurers subject to the warrants of tho boards of county commissioners like tho funds for ordinary county expenses. Sec. That the privileged tax stamp for cigarettes or cigaretto paper shall bo in form as follows: "Number?, Btato of South Carolina: This is to certify that the privilege tax of this package lias been paid to tho county treasurer, , Comptroller Genorui, S. C." Tho same shall ho lithographed in tho handwriting of the present comptroller general, and his successor in oiliee, as tho samo aro needed, and shall ho of convenient si/.o and shape and rnucilaged in such convenient way jrolon 148 comptroller general shall direct, J^vill spe* gW^ewiti. und s'mll be furnished by tiio couipt Pill lr r i/r-ri" I'll 1 t.i? tlio iwnmlu li'nu-:" "j iijioi demand, who shall account for thorn and tho sales of each year to tho oomptrollt r g< norah 8 c. I That all pcrsous violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not ! ss U an $50 no?* more than *100, or imprisonment with or without bard labor for rot lets than HO i;o>* ir.oro than 30 days. THE JIM CROW CAR III I.E. When Mr. (Jaughuiun's Jim Crow oar bill, which had been unfavorably reported, was called up Mr. Mi ares moved to strikeout tho enacting words. , Mr. Cautrhrnan defended his bill. Ho , thought it was their duty to legislate for tiio benefit of tho Caucasian race < in the future, lie was fully awato that this hill had been fought over every two years since '?t?. ilo feared that as tlio years rolled by intermnr- , marriage of the races might coino. He ) argued that tho railroads would not suffer, lie urged the fact that most of , tho other Southern States had such laws. ( Mr. Ueyuolds said that tho unfavor- ( ablo report of tho committee was of t course of weight in this p.utter. Ho I 2.1 * I* ill suiu Hum oau neon a growing tooling t that this legislation was unnooessary. i Tho course of such bills in 20 yours l showed that. The desire for the bill i ^rew out of the race problem. It was > the Idea of the tiling mice than the i reality winch made some people want this act. What was the necessity for t this radical change. ) Mr. Pollock, of the railroad commit- s tec, resented the statement of Mr. 1 Caugbmau that the committee had heard railroad men on the bill, when 1 they hadn't notified him of the const- I deration, lie said that a railroad rep- 11 roscntative did appear before the com- H mittec, but tho committee didn't care * to hear anything special on the sub- v ject, because the subject has been dis- 1 cussed for 20 years find every man, s possibly, hud bis mind made up on tho 1 subject. He could see no argument in ( the fact that other Statesjhud passed such a law. South Carolina was sup- 11 posed to he tho best judge of her own c needs and there was no demand for '' such a bill. Usually the travel in tho State was not so large as to require ;l separate coaches. Color was not the ' only consideration any way. His ex porioncc whs that colored men in firstclass coaches always behaved themselves decently and respectfully. Ho saw no necessity for the bill. Mr. lvinard,of Abbeville, said ho believed in keeping the negroes separate from the white gentlemen and ladies. The race question is a deep one and t the only way to settle it is to keep a t well marked lino betweon them under 1 all circumstances. ;i Mr. Cushman said ho had never c heard any complaint as to the operation of the law whoi'O it is in force. If t the law is needed in other States, so ^ much more do we need it, for our col- e orcd population is much greater in e proportion than it is in other States, e Itwoulu require no hardship on the r railroads, because a simple division of q a passonger car into two compartments would bo sufficient. c Mr. Reynolds said the trouble about f negroes was infinitely greater on street t cars. Make this apply to them and 11 drive them out of business. t Mr. Etird Haid with all duo doference 1 to the colored man and his rights, he a must raise his voice in behalf of this s bill. To vote to kill this bill was to say c that they approved of negroes riding e in cars with their wives and daughters. \ Mr. Rogers said the tendency of this f age was to decide all such question* in the light of their utility. This was a I i question which rose far above utility and all questions of expense. Mr. Sturkle had always favored the Jim Crow ear bill. Mr. Pollock went for Mr. Klnard in quite a warm manner in regard to his assertion that the practice of the races traveling in the same coaches was an incentive to amalgamation. Mr. Rogers jemarked that if it wero possible lie would like to see the negroes blotted out of the State. Mr. Kinard spoke of the water closet problem, urging that matter, lie said that none of the arguments against the bill were sound. Mr. W. S. Smith said they needed the hill badly in the lower portion of the Statu. Ho argued for some time. The previous question was then called on the whole matter. The House refused to strike out the enacting words by a vote of 80 to 10, as follows : Ayes?Anderson, Hcdon, Childs, Colcock, Davis, C. M.; Davis, W. C ; Gadsden, Cage, Iliott, Hoi lis, Meares, Mehrtons, Mitchell, McKoown, l'ollock, I'yatt, Reynolds, Thomas, J. 1'., Jr., Vincent?10. Nays?All, Aruntrong, Asblll, Ashley, Austell, Hacot, Railey, Hanks, Itethuuo, Hlytho, Hrooland, Carraway, Carson, Caughman, Crum. Cushinan, Davis, G. Vy,: doLoaob, Dukes, Ed* wards, lOflrd, fOpps, Fox, Garris. Gasque, Glenn, Goodwin, II. 1'.; Goodwin, O. 1'.; Graham, J. S.: Graham, T. A.; Harvey, Ha/olden, Henderson, Humphrey, Hdorton, Johnson, Kennedy, Kitlor, Klnard, H. J.; Kinard, J. D.; Lancaster, Lay ton, Lester, Limehouse, Magill, Mauldin, Miles, MMler, J. E ; Miller, J H.; Mishoo, McDanlel, McL'lurin, McWhite, Owen, I'atton, Herritt, i'nilllps, l'lyler, Hricc, Prince, Rainsford, Robinson, Rogers, Russell, Simkins, Smith, J. R.; Smith, W. S.; O..IW. I* jj.ov i, omiiui', oiiinv.m, 1 nomas, W. If.; Timinerman, Toole, Vernor, Woll- ' intr, Westinoreluad, W iugo, Winkler, ' Williams, Wyohe, Yeldoll.? 80. i Mr. Poliock then olT-Ted to amend so i as to give the railroad commission uu- i thority to order Jim Cro * e put on i when in their judgment it o -rrio nccos-ary. I Mr. Smith opposed any ano< ml meet i from anybody or any of tho in era < of tho committee. They wanted the 1 bill passed us it was. After a little j< spat between Messrs. Smith and Pol* i lock, the former moved to table the i amendment, but withdrew the motion I to let Mr. I'ollock advocate his amend- t me.nt. i Mr. Yeldell said that, unless this < amendment went in, tho bill would 1 have to bo extensively amended. Ho 1 thought it should bo loft to tho rail- # road commission. < Mr. Pollock's amendmeut was then < tabled. 1 Mr. Moares wanted to amend so as 11 OONWAV S. C to tnake it i fToctive on November 1. It 07. As u eubfltituto for this, Mr. Stui kio offered to umond so as to provide for I nurses. vnstiltn 1 <> ! i.i>?inj ..^.i ?.? i nuikc the act elTectivo July I. Is'.?7. Mr. Mcarc8 insisted on the date ho I had suggested. The House refused to let it 6taod until November. Mr. Sturkie's amendment was then agreed to. Mr. Gadsden then ottered an amendment to do away with the tecoud-olai?s fares, In order to put this Stuto on a footing with the other Southern States. Mr. Townsend moved to table this, and it was done. Mr. M< li.iurin olTerod to amend so as lo make the road, carry separate sre>nd class as well as lirst-elass coaches. Mr. Sturkio opposed this, saying it. would work a hardship on all roads, l'ho amendment was then adopted. Mr. Owen ottered an amendment look in tr to the elimination nf nil r?>f M'cneo to slavery from tho bill, but the 1 louso tabled it. The bill was then ordered to 11 third ending in this shape : See. 1. Thut ull railroads or railroad companies engaged in this Stato as jommon carriers of passengers for hire <hall furnish separate apartments in irst and second-class coaches or separite lirstand second class coaches for the accommodation of white and colored lassongcrs : provided, equal acoommo* latious shall he supplied to all persons, vithout distinction of race, color or irevious condition, in such coaches. See. 2. That any llrst or second-class ;oaeh of such carrier of passengers nay ho divided into apuriments by a mbstantial partition, in lieu of sopirate coaches. See. 11. That should any railroad or ailroad company, its agents or emrloyees violate tho provisions of this let, such railroad or railroad company dial I he liable to a penalty of not more han iKiOO nor kss than +1100 for each dotation, to he collected by suit of any liti/.ei. of this State, and tho penalty hall he equally divided between the ,i t 1...... v.... 1 * > - " ? -? -IHM u uriilglllg U1C SUll JVIU1 IIIO Clitic >f South Carolimi. Sec. I. That tho provisions of this 1 ict shall not apply to nurses on train , >r to **elief trains in eases of accidents lor to through vestibilled trains. Sec. 5. That tho provisions of this ict shall not go into i tVeet until July 1, 81)7. Ill IjIj A III' AS A TKACIIKH, l'Iio Cost of a (hioil Dinner?How Knowledge is Acquired and DinHciiiinalcd. Thoro is no column in a newspaper hat is so attractive and instructive as hat dov oted to questions and answers, ndoed, if any wholo page were not part to this mode of dillusing knowlidge, it would all lie read. There are books enough, of course, ( mt tho masses of the people have not rot them ami can not buy them. Cylopedius are expensive, but almost very successful newspaper is well j quipped with such works and can eadily refer to them and answer tho J uostions correctly. I was ruminating about this because if tho eagerness with which my own amily peruse all tho questions in Tho Constitution and Tho Home and Farm mil then make research to answer hem. I once had quite a valuable ibrary, but about thirty-three years kgo some vandals calling themselves . oldicrs did feloniously take, steal and larry it away, and 1 have not been able ince to supply its place : nevertheless, vo have more hooks than the-average amity and lind great comfort in them. The Hvcnlng Constitution promises ts readers a symposium of ten historical questions every week?and while lie people are seeking the answers, i bey unavoidably come across much nteresting and valuable information, dy folks had to read tho biographies >f all the presidents, from Washingnn to Jackson, before they found out vhich of thera was married tv.f ieo to he name lady. This is a good method >f dilTusing knowledge, and it is gratiylng to note how many responses urn mule by the young people. It is a pleasant mode of teaching without jonstruint or dibcipline. The reward s small, hut the acquisition of knowljdge is profitable anil enduring. Then .here is a dare, a banter, a competition ihout it that makes it inviting. Nothing Hatters an old man's vanity noro than to bo appealed to for infornation concerning such things. Me is iroud to have the young peoplo look ip to him as a philosopher, a historian, i scholar. Solomon says: "Get wisdom; get inderstanding." Lord Bacon says : 'Knowledge is power," and Shakeipcaro says : "Knowledge is the wing vith which wo lly to heaven." Most jf us get our knowledge from hooks? rom the brain of other people who lave gono before; hut that obtained rom thoughtful observation arid oxpo ience is the better kind. Long, long igo I knew an old man who had no looks and could hardly write his name, /ot his knowledge of things around lim of the changes of the moon and ,ho forebodings of the weather ; the | rrowt.ri of plants ; the habits of fowls ?nd fishes, and the structuro of aninals was remarkable. I was glud to ie a pupil under such a master. The other day I thought to show otT i l'ttlo of my learning at the dinner .able. It was not an extraordinary iinncr, and I a?kcd what did it cost. They figured it out to bo about 75 cents. Then I remarked that the capital invested in procuring this unpretending rieal was not less than five hundred millions of dollars and gave employment to five million men, for it takes many ships and many railroads. The pepper in this little box was s'rown in the Wast Indies, 10,000 miles iway. It grew rn a littlo vino about sight feet high and not less than fivo foara o d It. was green when gatherid, unit was thou dried in the sun until it tu rned black. The white popper is uade by taking the black shell oil' before it is ground. The vine is said to be very beautiful and the natives jso the root for a beverage that intoxicates them just like the Mexicans use the magyar plant or the Americans their rye and corn. So you seo that dnco the day of Noah the people of every nation have found something to ixh lie rate or make them drunk. Well, It took a ship and 1,Odd miles of railroad to bring this pepper here. Thon T THURSDAY, F DBF here is the tea that is brought all the way front China and tho colTco from South America and Mexico. Tho codfish wo had for breakfast camo from oil tho coast of Maine. This piece of boiled ham camo from Kansas City. This bread was made from flour that was ground from Dakota wheat. This salt camo Ironi tho Indian resesvation in Now York State. This Worcester sauce camo from London. Theso cannod i oat h's camo from California. Tho spices that are in this cake, tho cinnamon and mace and nutmeg camo from tho Moluccas or Spice islands in tho Indian Arehinolnim. Ami iin> cloves that you use came from over there. Cloves, you must know, are the little short black hobnails that the cobb ers drive in the heels of peasants' shoes and the spice resembles them so much that it took their name. Cloves are not the fruit nor the seed of the tree, but is the bloom plucked and dried before it has quite opened. A great naturalist says that the clove tree is the most beautiful, the most elegant and the most precious of all known trees. It is about forty feet high and lives to be 100 years old. Wouldn't you like to have one in the front yardV And there is another fragrant fruit? the citron of commerce that you use in your fruitcake. It takes a big ship to bring that hero from Italy and tin* macaroni has to Now here ar. il?o pouuoes and rice and sugar ai I cheese that come from abroad, l'b ..-o tell mo what we have mat is doiii math' or home crown within tlio limits of Bartow county y " "Corn brc oJ and buttor and buttermilk," was t lie reply. " Well, we could live on that," said I. "Suppos i we try it for a year and see how it works. It looks like a shame to have $.">() 1,000,000 and live million men employed to get us a dinner." "Suppose we wait till next week ? " said my wife. " We are going to have company tomorrow. Bv the way, you didn't mention t his linen damask tablecloth that came from Belfast, nor these, knives that Rogers made in Kngland and the ivory handles that came from the jungles of India. All of these dishes camo from somewhere up North, and so did this extension table and that side board." "No," said I, "we never had anything but negroes and cotton before the war. Tncy tooki the negroes away from us and have run the cotton down to I end <> cents, hut we still live, poor and proud, thank the good Lord for His mercies." " Yes," said my wife, "better is a little with the fear of the Lord than | im< iClt ??nouin?nis " *?' * l.?- * 1 h>. vivusuico auu inillint: UICI'I'WII 11. That is what Solomon says, but 1 want u good dinner as long as I can got it."' " And Solomon added another proverb," said I, 4t that just fits our case: ' Better is a dinner of herbs wbero love is than a stall-fed ox aud hatred therewith.' " " Well," said she, " tlx ire is no necessity for the dinner of herbs wbero there is no hatred, hut if you wish to try the corn-bread and butter-milk you shall have it everyday. It will soon be time for you to plant your garden and raise the herbs. The rest of u? will take some of the ox a while longer." So you see how it is. I have lost my influc'ico and see no hope of family reform at the dinner table. BILL. AKI\ - THH W A Its NOW KAOlNCi. There are Nine T'ieice and llltiiuli - .? Content** Ooing on in Dill'orcnt Parts ol" (lie World, At 'uast nloo bloody oontovtj ui ( waging in tho begioning of the year 'b7. Tho fiercest of those are in the tropics. If a belt were drawn round the earth taking in the torrid and the south temperate zones, it would nearly embrace every war country. The very latest sword swinging is being done oil the Clarion Islands. England spi u those islandsand thought they would make good coaling stations. True to her grab all. annexation principles, England proceeded to take possession of these lovely spots. Unfortunately they belong to Mexico, and England was asked to move oil". She is now preparing to remain and the Mexicans are loading their guns. Spain is between two fires, for its subjects in the l'hillipine islands are in revolt. They will probably succeed, for Butcher Blanco, acompanion piece to Butcher VVeyler, has gone home to Madrid to complain of the lack of troops and money. In l'eru thoro is a double headed conflict. Tho gold mines are tho exciting cause of tho war. Tho natives are defending their gold, while other nations are rushing in to tako it. Brazil, tho principal owner, is settling upon a dividing line with Bolivia. To this the Peruvians object, and declare that they will light to the bitter end before becoming Bolivian subjects. Tho Indians and natives are ki.lling tin; Bolivians. Uruguay is anothor unsettled portion of the western world. Far from being at peace, as was supposed, it is now discovered that the rebel leader, Saraiva, has entrenched himself in San Paulo, Brazil, and is gaining forces every day. His object is to take Montevideo, Uruguay, and establish a new government. In this he is uhler! revolutionists in Hio Grande Do Su 1, \ Brazil. The situation is so serious that tho British warship " Retribution" has boon Bent over for tho protection of British subjects there, and Italy has sent its warship "I'iedmonto" for the same purpose. Brazil has still another internal heaving, a fanatic war load hy Antonio Conselhciro, "The Good Jesus." Tho plan of tho fanatic is to kill the governmental head of each town, and place i an apostle in power. In the (iorcest conflict 200 fanatics wore killed. The government lost ton in driving the rebels back into Matto Grosso. Tho dispute over Corn island is larger in its complications than in actual territory. Corn island and tho Mosquito territory belong, it Is claimed, to Nicaragua. I tut Colombia wants to own them, as thoy wero taken from her years ago. Colombia is slowly taking possession, but if she continues in her grab island policy, sho will have to light San Salvador and Honduras, wlio favor Nicaragua. Isolations horo arc so strained that even the government hardly knows tho friendly powers. In the old world horrid situations prevail; oven Russia and Germany are ^UARY 18, 1887. two nation* not fully at peace. I'he former has recently discovered a pimp of nihilist*, the largest ami most powerful in the rolpn of the pro*' nt czar, and (! rnuuiy is agitated with dyimmit* r?\ TheBo havo hi on iruckt ti to middle (iermuny and aire hclop arrested as fast as found. Dynamite works arc bolup destroyed and. dynamiters Itnprlsom d. In Armenia rapid reforms are poinp on, and tao powers havo decided Lo let the Sultan alone for awhile. Ho may turn over a now leaf. If he does not it is said on pood authority that the powers of Kuropo havo decided to take Turkey awuy from him and divide it up. This rumor lias driven the Sultan so wild with iuu'im' rim!. I? > ? prisoned, lined and tortured in various ways inllucntiul members of the lluntschalt ami I'rosehak societle-, so caillcd revolutionists. Meanwhile the people of Asia Minor are starving and drowning, and the stoppage of the Orient express prevents their cry of woo from reaching the outside world. The situation in Afrieaissueh that a speedy outburst is regarded im vitahle. The lioers aro still under arms, over susp'.cious that another Jameson will arise and raid them, and to the west of them the Mataholes aro sleeping on their clubs, and the Germans are Ing from the north. The army of the Mahdi in the Soudau has its face pointed toward the Nile, down which the llrltish troops steadily move. Menelik and the Abyssinians aire on one ham! of them and the Ashunti on the other. Knglamd and the Zulu tribe of An goni !iro in tho throes of war in Southern Afrieu. A Hi Itish mission station in South Africa lias been burned and frantic dispatches sent to ICnglund foi help. The troubles of tho queen of Madagascar have begun again. An immense body of her subjects arose at Antananarivo and drove the queen from her east/ . The purpose ol the uprising was to form a small separutu government for the plunder of travellers who in Madagascar ot'lics, are thieves. Kngland has her "weather 030" upon tliis island, and, it is maliciously stated hy a French correspondent, secretly incites the revolutionists. Most of tho wars now going 011 aro traced to tho love of gold. This is particularly tho ease with South American and African wars. In Cuba there is a sentimental element, that of freedom, outside of gold. WHAT SUA Mi WK K AT ? Tho Importance ol* Fruit and ( ruin in lie- Oici?Tlie Apple is the King ol' limits For Ileal! It. Augusta ('hromolc. I have often heard my beloved father say: "If tho Mastor closes one door lie will open others." All through my hiillering life J have found this verified and nartiniilnrlv ..<? In t.niu year's abundant supply of apples, tin; peach crop being short. In an emergency the " fi uit tablets, orange juice, or the howl of hot water with its slice of lemon " is of infinite service, as they act quickly, but as a rule it is best to depend on the daily use of fruit juices. The use of fruit is increasing yearly ; only a little ar anient is needed to urge a more liberal use of it in sickness and in hculth. Nothing is more grateful to tins convalescent than delicious fruit juices, which have often proved a specific in various diseases. If our bilious friends would leave their liver pills and study nature in her most smiling and bounteous mood and would allow her to tempt them as Kve tempted Adam, they would take to fruit and try pleasant, natural and healthful methods. The best food is the purest, the most nourishing and that which requires the least outlay of time and money in preparing and serving. Nothing answers to this description more perfectly than fruit. The more dependence on fruit and the less on meat and other stimulating food the better for the health. If our diet is largely of fruit wo require very little additional liquid, and that contained in fruit is ttic ourost sort. The app'e is the king of fruits. It is even claimed for it that if eaten at each meal it will cure drunkenness. They should bo eat u before breakfast and dinner to get the best results. I do not think we fully appreciate the value of the apple us food. It is more nutritious than the potato and is of special value to brain-workers and persons of sedentary habits. It is a natural antidote to most of tho ills Hush is heir to. it is full of acids and aromatic qualities, which act as refrigerants and antiseptics, and is an enemy to jaundice, indigestion and torpidity of tho liver. It is a gentle spur and tonic to tho whole biliary svstr>m A <r/,rw I ?! .<? --1 - 1 v ? h""ui ' 'I"-") 1"" m one of the easiest substances for tho stomach to deal with. It was a favorite saving with ISronsoii Alcott, " Kat apples and live forever." Without question, then, fruit and grains constitute tho ideal diet, tho food on which the higher and more spiritually-minded typo of humanity is to depend for nourishment. Nature is a butter chemist than man and nature has packed within envelopes of various forms and hues those ex juisite acids, Havers and essences which in some subtle way sustain every portion of the system. "Comfort 1110 with apples," says Solomon in his song. " Amen," 1 add, and may wo all tind comfort in this doj llgbtful way. I halted at a pleasant inn, As I my way was wending : A golden apple was the sign I'Yoin knotty bough depending. Mine host?it was an apple tree? | Ho smilingly received me, | And spread his choicest, sweetest fruit To strengthen and relieve me. Hcnouth his shade I laid rnc down, And slumber sweet possessed me : The soft wind blowing through tho leaves, With whispers low caressed tro. Anil when I rose and would havo paid My host so open-hearted, Ho only shook hin lofty head, I blonsed him, and departed. , A STKANGEK. MontoSano, January, I8i>7. Bill. NO 26. Highest of all in Leavening Power-?- Latest U.S. Gov't Report Dr&^l Baking Powder Absolutely pure THE HISTORY OF lilt DISPENSARY LAW, Sr'iI, inupLn.!"m.i,l?.T'J,n..^Lh.0"' town tind county, in proportion to tho ll<?\V II' WAS IIUOI (ill I' AIIOI'T. tuxes paid in ouch. 1'horo is a board of three commissioners, who aro paid one hundred dollars each year, and in Atlient, Gn., Doviscd tlio IMnn to Pro order to allouato business from politics vent a llriurn lo tlir Salnon Sysirni they oioet tiioir own successors. Not l.arry tJantl Proponed It an a exceeding ">0 per cent. profit is oharg(Jomprnmlao lit Hon tit Carolina I oil on liquurs. Any person can bring ... , .. .... tt carload of whiskey for his own uso, I icdmonl Headlight, oh. 12. ,UJt wht,n srt,0 ,H m'ftdo a ,ino of from A gn at deal has been suid ami writ- $100 to $.'?< mi is imposed. This littlo ton about tho dispensary law, and In I Athons dispensary proved from the ordor that tho truo history of this at- , start a financial suocoss, and In a oountompt to control tlto liquor business Uy witli less than Id,000 inhabitants, may bn known, wo luivo decided t?? tho not annual profits ranee from give un authentic account of the first | $|2,00o to $ir?,(H)(). There aro no conlaw, and how it came to ho introduced stables employed, and tho city police in South Carolina. i force aro Instructed to look after blind Forsijs y,cars U>cc u \ qf Athens, I.a., timers. While there is tune dissatishad tried total prohibition, and the : faction over tho law, a large majority experiment was a farce. Ihiring the ((f ^|lt, people of that city endorse it, last year of prohibition there were lit,q t,?u. liquor men havo never dareu over a hundred bar-rooms in tho place. to ,.H|| smother election, many of tliein licensed by tho U. S. j The above is tho truo history of government, and run almost openly, tlio dispensary experiment, and to Some of tho drug stores also sold wliis- (j,,!. x. W. Kuckor, now a citizen of key. and being operated hv physicians, Atlanta, (hi., and Capt. John W. tho law could not reaoii them. \\ hen llrumhy, are duo whatever praise or arraigned before court, they claimed j censure it merits. that the liquor liud ham proscribed ' Now to the introduction of tins law ami furnished as a medicine, ami juries j,ltn South Carolina. The first l.egislain..i\ > ?- - 1 ?r. .oxr..v>. o 'iuiMiu iijuviiiK j that convoiii'd after the senior their seats. Wliilo many indictments editor of this paper moved to Columbia wore found with t ho < xcrption >; 11 few wu-s elected 011 the prohibition issue, negroes, not a single conviction of it t\ gepuruto box Inid boon set Rsido for man who could employ a lawyer was | the voters to express their desires, and made. Those bar-room drug stores ,w tho ||,,u?r men took but little part made a throat deal of uionoy, and tho j(l tho contest tli y wero ovorwholmprnprietor of one told the senior editor , ingly defeated, and r largo majority of of 1 he Headlight that the last year j the members were eoinmltted hy their prohibition was in foroo IiId not prollts coostltuanU to prohibition* Partisan wore over $11,(100. Any 0110 who do- feeling thun ran very high, and Gov. sired could buy all tho whiskey ho Tillman bad announced his intention wanted, only tho purchaser had to got to sign any bill tho General Assembly a prescription, that would lastir.de- should pass regulating the liquor traftinitcly. It is said that during the jjCi Wu believe that a majority of tho prohibition era a stranger wont into a members felt that prohibition was iradrug store and asked tho proprietor to practicable, anil would prove a failure, prescribe for him "I hat sail right, } > it l they pledged their people to obey was tho reply; "I'll sot you straight their commands as recorded at tho In a minute," and wrapping up a quart ballot-box, and the voters had decided hottlo of whiskey bunded it out. The on prohibition. customer opened the package, and Mr.Jtopor, afterwards private seeseeing what it was replied, ' Why, I rotary for Senator llutlor, bad prodon't want this stull; I am a prohlbl- purod a very lengthy prohibition bill tionist. I want a dose of pills as my 0f the strictest cbarautor, and it went liver is deranged. through the Kouso liko allasli and was 1 he people of Athens booaino thor* Hu,,t to tho Senate, whore It would oughly disgusted with this farce of have assuredly been made a law. prohibition, ibey saw that so far Wo bad soon, while living in Georfroin liquor drinking decreasing, that j,ia, prohibition tried, and knew that it wuh eontantly growing, while their jt would do anything else than proeity was deprived of the license from |,j|)it Wo Urged 80m0 of tho leading barrooms. So another petition for an Itc formers to lot the thing alone, and election was gotten up, and boon it be- aj0|,t high license, with strict polieo came apparent that the county would Hurveillanoo over bar-rooms, with no go hy an overwhelming majority for all|CM to ho inado after sundown, tho ll<luor. license to bo divided between the The State University is located in n? iv~ i?>? ,..,u uv. <-.? >< j \.uuuiij y? u uuiiuvuu Athens, and tho Legislature threaten- that this compromise could have boon cd that if i)iir rooms wore voted back olTocted, but tho members from some it would withdraw tho appropriation ()f our large cities would not hoar to from that institution, which would ho- any division of tho license foes with rlously injure tho town. Many citizens tho country, and neither would they and property-owners did not desire eon sent to restricting tho number of this, but thoy also saw that tholr cause |,ourM. Wo stated to a loading Kowas lost unless something could bo former that did this Legislature pass done to divide tho liquor voto. Hut the Kopor bill it would bo farewell to thoy wore at sea. the Farmers' Movement, for tho next Tho senior editor of I ho Headlight (jontost in our State would bo fought was living in Athens at that time, and on tho uDO ?f id(,uor vs. Prohibition, one day, while walking up Col logo aud there wouldn't bo enough of tho avenue, wo wore called to tho L. I. inform movement left to wad a gun Smith corner by Hon. I. W. Ituekor, a | with. prominent lawyer of that city, and Seeing that no compromise would now Assistant District Attorney in ^)0 rnade. wo wrote to Hon. 11. C. Tuck, Georgia, who was talking with Lapt mayor ()f Athons, Ga., to send us at John W. Hrumby, a leading citizen of Oneo a copy of their dispensary act. Athens. Doth those gentlemen had Ho did so, together with a nound volsupported tho prohibition cause, and Vmio containing a number of laws euthey were vitally interested in the ( acted in that State to regulate liquor, prosperity of their city. This book we presented to the State, Mr. Kuckor stated that unless some-1 !tn(| ;t. |u ,,..,u?oYu? ....... in ?uv , .v. M.uwwvii **/?* in wuu uumry itiin^ was done that liquor would curry jn Columbia. tho election by a thousand majority, We carried this luw toUovATlllman, and that it would pull down the ni- who seemed Impressed with It. Ho versity and soriously injure the future i,uq a conference with Hon. .John (?ary of Athens, lie said ho had devised a Kvana, then In tho State Senate from plan by which he thought a com pro* Aiken County, and the result was tho miso could bo made, and wanted to withdrawal of tho Kopor prohibition got our opinion thereon. He then | ^ill and tho substitution of our present outlined tho dispensary scheme, stat- I <Hnpensary law ing that he bplieved the people would j While the bill was on its final readbo satisfied with this. V\ o heartily jn4, in the Senate, wo called Senator agreed to his proposition, as ikewfc l-ivans into tho rotunda, and told him did Lapt. H' Uinby, and Mr. Kucker at t() take his knife and cut all of that red once went to ins ofheo and drew up a tttp0 fpom around his bill and simplify bill to bo subnaittod to the Legis aturo, . . that there was no necessity for tho and got the promise of all the leading constable feature, for if the State went prohibitionists in the county to work jnt0 the liquor business she must oxfor its enactment. l!,",t' ^oro wo i poet to competo wth outsiders. Senawill state that this dispensary suggos- tor |rvans partially agreed with our tion was dov Bed by Mr. Uuokor before vloWtJ< hut romarkv-; tliat tho bill was ho had hoard of the Lothonburg sys- compromise thoy had to make with torn, and it is entirely original with j th3 prohibitionists in tho Legislature gentleman, .. . . , and to amend the samo would be Ihe campaign was at once started equivalent to its defeat, on new lines, and tho prohibition Well, the bill passed, and is now a speakers all began to talk dispensary. : jHW ln youth Carolina. Of course it met with bitter opposition ; _ from the advocates of barrooms. Hon. * " I'opo Harrow, ex-United States Sena- ?Tboro is a clerk in Marne, France, tor, und now ono of tho leading law* | who him truuln 17 nnannpnaafui uanmnij ... %?MMMV\yvooi u> nwvUill|'VO yors of Savannah, denounced the to commit suicido. proposition from the stump, and sa'd j ... he would risk his legal reputation that! such a law would not stand the test of tho Supromo Court. Capt. W. Li.; I Jill | Burnett, and other brilliant lawyers. a W v l? O 1 Ills, fought tho proposition from every5 sy t jg stump in the county. But tho idea J\ 11 took with tho people, and many ^ a ?i? I changes wore made. Tho election ?H caino olT, and both sides woro at the I 1V0I- |||Q | polls, l'ljo vote vas oloso and hotly *IIO? contested. Mr. Will Dorsoy took olT j .. his cout against the dispensary, anil I rCVCntlOfl had ho been suppoitod strongly would Ijcttct* tlvm niff fTiitt'1* T ivrr have carried the day. liut when the ,)( LU-1 luan cur?* luitiU\cr 4 vote was counted It was found that the j Pills will not Only Clire, but if liquor men were dofoatcd by only . , ... Hcvon majority. t^kon in time will prevent In accordance with their prorniso a c? s 1 i_i a COmmittoo of Athenians went to At- olCK I lCcKlclCIIC* lanta to (,'nt their dispensary bill .1 vsnrtisiA bilirtiiQn#*^^ mil/iriA through. Hero again they met with "y^pepbia, umousncss, malaria, I opposition, but as the members were constipation, jaundice, torpid assured that it was a compromise 1 1 1 1 i? measure, and the will of the people, it liver and kindred diseases. 1 was made a law. and the lirat dispell- r-pj T'TVT,?C' | } DII I vl sary In America opened its doors. 1 U I 1 o L^lVCI* IL.L0 j liut there Is some difference bo- ARQHI liTFI V Pi I DC I tweon that Athens bill and our South UDoUUU I ^LI UUnb. y