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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Momlny, November 30. SENATE. Although thc Senate calendar re corded at noon to day nearly thirty measures, all but halt a dozen were disposed ot* before two o'clock. There was very little speaking. Nobody seems to hs ve been thoroughly (hawed ont yet. Debate is at a discount. There actually was not a word of argument on the joint resolution pro posing a constitutional convention. Tho special order for the day was thc (second rending ol Senator You man's joint resolution calling a Con stitutional Convention. Thc report of thc committee had been favorable. There was no debate. Tho yeas and navs wore demanded, and (he vote resulted: Yea*., 17; nays, 14; not voting, 4. The Chair announced that the joint resolution had passed its second read ing. Senator Smythe made inquiry wheth er tho resolution could come up for a third rending, having failed to secure tho two-thirds constitutional majority. The Chair stated that in his view the constitutional provision applied only to the tinal passage of thc resolution. The yeaB and nays had not been called to-day nuder the cotistittutional man date, but at thc demand ol two mem bers. On tho final rending the Chair would order tho volo by yeas and nays as rcqnirod by thc Constitution. In thc view of thc Chair the requirement of a two-thirds majority did not apply to the votes during the transit of the resolution through thc Senate, but only to tbs last vote when the question of passing it must arise. After a short executive session, in which tlie Governor's nomination of a supervisor ot registration for Aiken county was confirmed, the Senate ad journed. I lei si: OK 11BPRB8KKTATIVES. Tlie entire day was spout after thc usual formula of tho morning hour in the discussion of the bill to utilize thc labor of prisoners confined in county jails and thc insurance bill. Thc first named was passed and thc latter de feated. Thc convict bill was taken ur firs!. Tho bill in brief provides thal all courts and municipal authoritiei which under existing laws have powci to sentence convicts to confinement it prisons other than thc penitentiary shall within their discretion impost the further punishment ot herd labor and thc convict so sentenced shall ht required to labor upon thc highways roads, bridges and other public work of tho county, or upon the streets o other public works within thc limits o tho city, the work to be. under tin supervision of tho county commission ors or tho municipal authorities, as tlv case may bo. Mr. G. W. Brown, tho author of tb bill, supported it in a short speech, ii which bc showed thc advantages of tin measure. Then followed a long discussion am the usual tinkering of tho bill. Mr Douglass, of Fairfield, advocated it passage ?n a very clever and carne* speech, in which bc pointed out th nccossity which existed for thc passag of snell a law. It would give, h urged, to thc counties and municipal! tics an increased laboring force, and i the House panted Hie bill he wonl seek so to amend it that thc pe ni lc I tlary would be relieved of quite number of short term convicts, wh 'could bo utilized lo solve thc vexe question of nobile roads, which had ? long agitated thc public mind in Sont Carolina. Mr. Ansel, of Greenville, who hil just arrived at tho capital, opposed tl bill in his usual vehement style, would, he said, encumber thc cou nth with the cost ot building stockade hiring guards, etc., and ?is predict result a fi cr all would bc lo commit tl State to tho principle of working ll Ilabile roads by taxation, and he dido iclicvc that thc people of the Sta were ready yet to commit ttiemselvi to the theory. Mr. Haskell, of Columbia, said tb tho moro bc looked into thc bill ll more ho was convinced that it won bo a fruitful source of trouble lo tl State. Ho moved to recommit it. Mr. Draw ley doubted whether tl measure would bc of economic vail in its practical operation ; that, bc tai was the judgment of tho judicial e Ullin i I lee last fCSSioil, Hlld tllllt W _ the reason it had been reported u favorably. With certain amendment however, he thought tho scheine mig bc worth trying. Tin; amendment I suggested provided that such convie should bo employed as labor only those counties or tOWUS where it shu be mndo to appear lo tho satisfacth of ihc Court that suitable provisit can be made for the use of such lube The amendment was lost. Mr. Douglass odored an nmendme authorizing thc superintendent ot't penitentiary to lum over to the sher of a county such convicts as ure sc fenced lo terms of less than one yen upon the demand ol the county coi missioners. Agreed to. After some further disotisssion I motion to kill the bill was lost, ay 46, nays ?7, and after undergoing soi additional amendments (bc bill w passed and ordered lo bc engross for a third reading. After an extended discussion, which a number of Repr?sentatif participated, a motion to tablea moll to reconsider the volo was then ado| cd-> caa f>7, nays f>.*>-Which put Parliamentary estoppel on the vain ?mlicy bill, so far us thc House teprcsentftlivcs is concerned, for tl session at least. Tiiesdny, December 1. SENATE. Tho dist measure up for a third rca lng was Senator Yeoman's joint rei lotion proposing a constitutional cc ve ni ?on. its author made a strong a ingenious speech in its favor. Ito e plained that the purport of tho resol lion was not lo call a convention, h (ogive tho pooplo au opportunity . say wheiher they favor one or ni li? elevcrly appealed to tho sympathi of those members who dosired su reforms as have recently been propos in tho Constitution and laws, iudici ing to them that the formation ol new Constitution embodying tho < sired changes would be a short cut the attainment of thoir desires. 1 argued earnestly against thc cont in ance of a Const it ut ion which tho wo people of the State bsd had no part framing, which was n hotch-potch the provisions of constitutions of oth States unfitted to our people ami u respected by them. Ho claimed th the cost of a constitutional oonventh would not bo oxcossive and urged th the' Democracy of South Carolina wo now so firmly in control of the Sta that their induonce in the conventh weald be transcendant. Ahcr some further discussion I Senators Sligh and Mnuldin, tho yeas ami nays was called, which resulted as follows: Yeas, 17; nnvs, 14; not Tot ing, 4. All Hie other third rending bills were passed and work was begun on tho general orders, when tito hour tor the joint asscutblv arrived. Tho Senate repaired to the Hall of tho liouso of Representatives, where tho president of the Senato presided over the Joint meeting. The business bet?re the Assembly was the election of a com missioner of agriculture, two members of thc boatd ol agriculture, two direc tors of the penitentiary and a registrar of niosue conveyance for Charleston. First came thc election of a com missioner of agriculture: Mr. Mciver, of Darlington, in very titting remarks, nominated the present incumbor, Col. A. I*. IJutlor, which was seconded by Senator Youmans. Senator Moody nominated Mr. II. Ls Donalson, of "Greenville, seconded by Mr. Hoggs, of Piekcns. The roll of thc Scnnte was first called. Commis sioner Butler's strength was soon shown by thc drift of the vote. Twen ty-four Senators said "Butler," whilo only stven 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 his opponent. The total vote was: Butler 97, Donaldson 49. Necessary to a choice 74. President Sheppard announced tho election of thc lion. A. P. Butler to tho office of commissioner of agriculture for tho ensuing tenn of two years. Nominations for two members of the board of agriculture being in order, Mr. Hutson, of Hampton, nominated the Hon. W. D. Johnson, of Marion, one of the incumbents. Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, nominated for re-elec tion the Hon. A. S. J. Perry, ol Charleston. There wero no other nominations, and the two gcntlemcu received thc total vote of the Goneral Assembly- 137. Next in order came tho election ol two directors of thc penitentiary. Thc nominating speeches were vcrv brief. Mr. G. W. Brown, of Darlington, nominated Mr. John S. Scott, ol Marion. Mr. Spencer, of Chesterfield and Mr. Blue, of Marion, seconded th? nomination. Cel. Simonton, of Charleston, norn inated Mr. E. B. Murray, of Auder son. Mr. Aldrich,of Aiken, seconder thc nomination. Mr. Thomson, of Spnrtanburg, norn inated Mr. E. S. Allen, of Spartan burg, formerly an efficient director Mr. Mas-ey, of Y'ork, seconded tin nomination. As his name was called each mombo voted for two of thc nominees. There wero 142 members voting au< 72 votes were necessary to a choice Mr. Scott received 119 voles, Mr. Allci 89 and Mr. Murray 74. Thc two high est were elected. The election of a registrar of mcsm conveyance for Charleston followed Senator Buist nominated the ?nenin bent, Mr. Charles Kerrison, Jr., am Mr. Burke seconded the nomination Mr. Kerrison was unanimously rc fleeted, receiving 127 votes. At the dissolution of thc joint as sembl} tho Senators returned to thci chamber. U0U8B or REPRESENTATIVES. At 12.16 tho special order for th day came up, this being the bill t provide tor the submission to thc qua i lied electors of Abbcvilo county c the tines'ion of license or no license i the incorporated towns and village of thc county. After tho first scctio of the bbl had been read Mr. J. Ai erinn Simons moved to amend the bl by adding Oconce county to thc bil This was promptly laid upon th table. Mr. Simone then moved t amend thc bill so as to include all til counties in tho State, and obtaiue thc lloor tor the purposo of urging hi amendment. We have, he said, a la' in this State which prohibits tho sal of liquors outside of incorporate towns. Ile saw no reason why Abbi ville should be accorded this spccii privilege. A motion to table thc ojnendinci was carried. Mr. Kennedy, of Charleston, move to amend thc bill so as to provide fe the payment of election expenses I tho comity instead of by tho tow nt Amendment was tabled. Mr. Graydon the only Anti-Prohib tion representative from Abbcvilli moved to strike out the enacting clam thus bringing it up ou ils merits. 1 wa; opposed to the bill because a m jority of the voters of his county d not desire its passage. Ile opposed because "prohibit icu does not prohibit and in support of this proposition, cit? an umber of States and comities noni nally prohibitive, but really under tl dominai iou of men who sold liquor wit out license. He said he wnsatempc ance man, but believed that this lei donny to legislate paternally and toi ter fere with tho right? of the poop would result In reaction, which wou do Hie cause more harm than good. Mr, Parker said that while he W; not a Prohibitionist, he had mule taken to engineer this bill, and I would not shirk (he responsibility. I admitted that on sale days' it was ne essary to employ un extra police fon to keep order when the barroon were crowded with people. He r viewed the course of prohibtivc legi latlon and stated that in no case had repeal been asked for At the close Mr. Parker's speech the House a jonrned till IO a. m. Wednesday. H i IIIH MIM V . I>oc?mlier a. SENATE. Tho Senate to-day was distinguish) more for the work it postponed thi for (lint which lt accomplished, ai yet there was a session. Many new measures were iutrodu ed in tiie Se?alo to-day, including usury bill, a bill to giro the Charle ton police Jurisdiction over Chariest* Neck as far as tho county line, ttl joint resolutions to amend the Corm tut ion by allowing the Federal censi to be taken for the apportionment representation, and a bill to appr pi late $20,000 for continuing tho wot on tho Columbia Canal. A bill reduce the Lieutenant Governor's BI arv to $10 a day during the sessk and mileage was killed by a bare m jority vote. The Patterson bill rois ing te forfeited lands wa*, after son* discussion, made the special order f< to-morrow. Only half the bills on tl Calendar were disposed of, and tl Sonate will hereafter meet at ll a. m Or earlier HOUSE OP RBPRRSKNTATIVKS. A pitched battle was fonght on tl floor of the House of Repr?sent?t In to-day between the Prohibitionists ar tho Anti-Prohibiflontsts. The speechi of tho advocates of both sides wei characterized by earnestness and v hemenno and were listened to with 1 ll m i BtltB^feWMMi.- - JWMWLUI closeness (hat has raroly boen soon lu the hall, which, is an indication that tbe members aro ?loo pl y unpressed willi the importance of the issue bet Core them. It is the opinion (bat th? Abbeville bill is beaten beyond resur rection, although the voto was criti cally close, it is doubted if any of the other bills will puss. 'I here scorns to bc a growing leeliug that thcro ls al rowdy MI AV-io m Prohibition legislation or. thc statue books and that in having tho privilege ot' ordering an election in any municipal incorporation, as j they have now, the Prohibitionists have all that they could i easonbly expect Thc Abbeville bill, which was under I discussion, sought to order an election in thc whole county to determine i whether thc town council of Abbeville I should bo allowed to grant licenses after tho voters of the town had al I ready decided by an election to license the salo of liquors. Thc whole day was consumed in the discussion of ibis measure. The Abbe ville delegation was itself divided on tho subject. Thurndnjr, Deicentbor 8. StNATB. The Senate to day worked hard to suppress its gradually rising Calendar, and succeeded fully. A great many measures of minor interest were dis posed of. On haifa dozen bills there was a good deal of debate. Tho tax exemption section in tho Mason Cotton Gin Company's charter passed by a vote of nineteen to thir teen despite Senator Hobo's opposition. This looks Uko a test vote on the ex emption of manufactories from taxa tion, but Senator Hobo is confident thal thc Senate will later repeal thc law. Thc proposition for a constitutional amendment allowing Judges to charge juries on questions ef fact wns defeated, 9 to 23. J Thc stenographers' bill for ibo Third I and Fourth circuits was unexpectedly I successful by a two-thirds majority. I The forfeited land bill was portpon I cd until to-morrow. New bills continue to pour in. Prop ositions to amend thc Constitution hav< I been very numerous, j Thc Senate concurred in thc Housi I resolution to elect Judges in join1 I assembly at 1 o'clock to-morrow. The House devoted five hours to-da> I to the disposition of work on ?ls Cal j dar. No measures of public inter?s J were considered. I The Phohibitionists evidently realist I their defoat and to day made ? formn J surrender by withdrawing tho bill t( I provide for a Prohibition election ii J Aiken county. j Thc judiciary committee of the Stat? I last night answered tho Governor's re I commendations in regard to the mun j ber of Circuit Judger, aud agreed ti I report a bill increasing the numbc I from eight to ten. A sub-committe I was appointed to draught a bill. Ii I some way the House resolution prc I vidiug for an election of Judges tc I morrow was concurred in by tb J Renate before the sub-committe coull I arrest action. The Senate bad pic I vlously declined to enter into an elec I tion until thc Governor's recommend* I tiona us to an increase of Judges uhoul j bo considered by that body. Tb J election to-mwrrow will bc for Chi? I Justice and for Judges of the 1st, 2t' I 4th, 7th and 8th circuits, now preside lover by Judges Pressley, Aldricl I Hudson, Witherspoon, Wallace au I Cothrau. No opposition is manifeste I to thc Incumbents in any of the ci I cuits except the 2d, where dud) I Aldrich will have au honorable cou I petilor in Gen. James W. Moore, th I Senator from Hampton. Gen. Mooro I friends think that he will have a lurg I vote, and arc hopeful. It is imposs J ble, however, to suv what is thc rel; j tive strength of tho candidate, bccuui j members arc, as a rule, very reticen I and many have not niado up the I minds. I Tho following bills received tho j second reading: To prescribe tl I width of public highways (twen j feet) ; to change tho date? flrod for tl I meeting of boards of equalization Ins to conform to the time of Italit I property for taxation; amending tl I General Statutes relating to rsi I rot I corporations by adding a section ; I authorize defendants in uctious tor I cover land to set up claim for improv I mont; relating to thu formation ai I proceedings of the Col leg o of Elector ! joint resolution to amend tho Count i i J lion relative to justices of the pea? land constables; to repeal Section 3' jami amend Section 311 of the Code I Procedure with respect to lien of jud I ments and executions and tho mode I enforcing thc ?ame. J The concurrent resolution to adjou J sine die December 19 was postpon I temporarily-yeas 18. I Unfavorable reports were made I the bill to re-establish the usury la I the bill to establish the office of couti j solicitor, the bill to abolish the depo j meut of agriculture, and the Hoi I to utilize the labor ol'jail and muni I pal convicts, and they were placed I the Calendar. I I ol'SK or HKIUIKSKNTATIVBS. I Thc House devoted five hour? I work and managed in that time to ; I rid of four page? of tho thirteen-pn I Calendar which now confronts I Thcro were no debates of a startli I character and no measures of gn j public interest passed. I Mr. Massey presented the preiei I ment of thc grand jury of Lsncusi I cornily on thc subject of tho sale I liquor in thc town. The report at I that either tho ?nie of liquor by dri I gists be stopped or that the Prohib? ti I law be repealed. A bill will be inti I duced shortly repealing tho law, t I people of Lancaster having evlden I found that Prohibition does not pi I Iiibit. A p?tition was also present I from thc citizens of the town of Ch I ter praying the repeal of the Act pi I bibi ting the sale of liquor in that tow I Thc following were among tho tm [important new bills introduced: I Mr. Popo, bili to repeal tho Act rt ulating the hiring out of convicta. Mr. Richardson, bill to charter I Chadbourn and Conway Kail road Horry county. Mr. Donaldson, bill to provide I an election in Greenville county on I prohibition ot the sale of spliltuc liquor. Mr. Thompson, bill to apportion a distribute the school tax between t school? for whit? and colored childi of the school districts. Mr. Brown, bill prescribing a mc of devising tho right of dower of sane married ?women. Of tho bill? on the Calendar dispoi of those of public Interest were: A1 to charter the Greenwood. Abbevi and Elberton Railroad; to Incorpon the Troy Cotton Seed Oil Com par to incorporate the town of Waterli In Laurene connty; to ?harter ( ? Savannah Valley and Elberton Ri road, and to prescribe the priorities certain liena. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Peanut flour. No doubt, ?re lonjf, "peanut flour" will bo an important product of tue Soul h. Virginia is set down thin year for 2,100,000 bushel*, Tennoesee for 260,000, and North Carolina at 135,000 bushels, thone being the chief States engaged in their cultivation, and (hose in which it was first introduced from Africa. In Virginia they are called "peanuts;" in North Carolina, "ground peas;" in Tennessee, "goobers;" and tn Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi "plndors." Virginians are beginning to turn the peanut into flour, und say it makes a palatablo "biscuit." In Georgia there is a custom, now grow lng old, of grinding or pounding the shelled peanuts and turning them into nail rv, which has somo resemblance, both ni looks and taste, to thatof cocoa nut, but the peanut pastry is more oily and richer, and we think healthier and better overy way. If as somo people bcliovo, Africa sont a curso to Amer ica in slaver?, she certaiuly conferred upon her a blessing in the 'universally popular peanut, whicli grows so well throughout tho Southern regions that we shall soon bo able to cut otT tho now large importation altogether. Savannah Telegram. Peanuts produce ns well lu Missis sippi and Alabama as anywhere, yet we import from other States nearly all the peanuts sold by venders in these two Slate?. Tn thc aggregate, ii? sum paid out in large. Peanuts ai ri rely raised in tho section? named, sec )t111 very small patches; very rare do wc hear of a? much as an acre or even a half acre being planted. Thc 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 Tennessee. Mid Virginia mid North Carolina monopolize the peanut busi ness 'I Let us nt least raise enough for home consumption, ami a few bushels to sell. In those small crops, proper ly managed, there is moncv, sud it is money we aro all striving for. Try an aero in peanuts and sec if you cannot find a nice protlt in this crop.-E. Si. in Live Slock Journal. The Kout h ni ii I ?ul i-) .-.<-< -lion. Northern people have never yet got au accurate conception of the possi bilities of the South. This may bo partly owing to ibo prejudices which the war engendered, and which make it next to impossible for those who en tertain such prejudices to lorm a can did investigation of thc 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 bud letters which rather ridiculed thc iden. The fact is that tho South is en tering upon a now life. Things have changed since tho war. The people have been compelled lo adjust them selves lo the new order of things, and in a measure they have had their prog ress retarded because their surround ings were new ami strange. It hus been a very natural thing for many of them to feel irritated over the emanci pation of their ?laves ?nd no doubt that many of them have spent valua ble lime in chafing when they should have devoted themselves to improving their condition. Hut they have made improvement notwithstanding, and art making moro every ?J*?y. The im poverishment of thc South, us thu re sult of the war, liai not been au un mixed curse to them ai they will yet seo, if they have nut already sees it. Their section is neutrally fertile Nat urally they have a great deal of good land, but much of it has been abused, and it has not been made to produce itu beit. Cotton and tobacco have been tho ruin of lite South. That u a curious remark to make in view of generally recognized facts, but we hellevo it is true. And further many in the South have been led to iee ii. They have Hccu that general farming will pay them better than eternal cotton and tobacco growing More will see it, and the live ?tock of the South will im prove greatly in the next twenty-live years as a consequence Among the industries that are to prove prof table in that section u thc dairy. They have all the surround ings to make dairy profitable; and haying a climate that favors uluxurous ff row ttl of grass, and a soil which can >e mude to grow it luxuriantly even though in scctionu it may now be run down, why should the diary not find a ci un tu i tuttle home there? It is assort ed that there is now better grass there than there is at thc North. There crab grass grows well, grows every where that it has tho chance, and makes ex cellent pasture and excellent hay. Clover and timothy. Henry Stewart recently said in the American Agricul turalist, do better than they do in the North. Oat grass flourishes. Enough Im? been said to show why the dairy Should do well in that section. Choy can grow all that is needed to feed the cow ; she can run out in the larger portion of the section, all tho year round ; food can be produced cheaply and if the business of dairying cannot bo made to pay there, If properly mau* aged, it cannot be made to pay any where, lint tho South, taking it alto (rether, must get better Htock, und tere will be one of tho most lucrative fields to operate in that our breeders have ever found.-So. Lire. Stuck Journal. "Whai'1 th? Mnttor Willi You." "Well, not much in particular. Hut I'm a little ailing all over. I don't sleep well, and my kidneys aro out of order, and I cuu'tenjoy my meals, mu) I've a touch of rheumatism, und once in a willie a twinge of neuralgia." Now, neighbor, you seem to want a general fixing up, and the thing to do il ieJJrown's Iron Bitters. Mr. A. J. Pickrell, of Ennis Texas, says, "I was a sickly man. Brown's Iron Billers mude mo healthy and strong." * , -Ferdinand Ward's work hhs been lightened in Sing Sill}.'. ImMcad of grinding ?tove castings he acts as an errand boy or porter, carrying cast . lugs from place to place in the build ing. _ A ?Um* *?4Wan???. Kiss Minnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost her hearing, her sight and sens? of last?-. Hore* ?orered her body and limbs, lier Joint? wftro swollen and painful, her limbs paralysed, appetite lost, and she wan oking out a miserable life. Six battles of H. B. ll. raitoiod ker tight and haarlng, relieved all aehes and pains, added flesh and strength and sit? ls new a well woman. Writ? lo her. A prominent Alabaras physician said: "A patient who wa? almost dying from lim affect* mt Tertiary Syphlllis and who had keen treated hy several noted physicians without b?t?flt, used one dozen bottles of B. B. B. and was entirely cured. He had u leers en his arms and the bones protruded through the flesh and skin at th? elbow, and death seemed inevitable." . I>KPA RTMtKNT A?. UKPOHTS. Vntereatlnp; Kxtrnote from DooitrueiitH Pre imrotl for tUu UNO of Congres?. Tho annual report of the (hird ns sistnut postuioster-guierul show? that thc totul revenues during the year were $12,060,813, expenditures, uotutti and estimated, including compensation to Pacific Railroad, $00,842.416, leaving an excess of the estimated cost of tho service over the gross receipts ol $8, S81,n71. Tho estimated doflolooov for the next flscul year ?R $7,418,1/14. Tho gross rece ipts ai e $7(55,114 or 1.7 per cent, less than tho year cutting Juno SO, 1884. A pan ol' the decrease is attributed to Hie increase ot the mdt of weight on second class inattnr from two ounces to four ounces without change in thc rate of postage; but tho more potent factor was tho stagnation of business throughout tbe country, Tho amount required for the compen sation of postmasters during tho year exceeded tho amount appropriate*!, by $2411,818, which must bc provided for in thc deficiency appropriation bill, while in other items there were ex cesses of appropriations over expendi tures aggregating $1,074,861. Tho loss that will result from tho reduction of postage un second-class matter ("mailed by publishers) during the next U6cal year is estimated at $1,200,668. SHU A lt Mil.UKO. Thc annual report of tho commis sioner of agriculture states that the experiments undertaken willi tho pur pose of chocking thc present enor mous waste of sugar-fully one-half in the milling process, met with high ly gratifying results so far au thc di rect purpose was concerned, ninety* eight percent, of the sugar present in the plants subjected lo experiments having been seen rfd. FOOD ADULTERATION. An important series of In vestigatioui in food adulterations has been com menced. Tim work so far han been chiefly with butter Mid honey, but it is proposed to extend it until uniform methods of examination and standards of comparison are established. THF. IMITATION BUTT Kit KU AOL'S. The commissioner describes tbe re sults of the work of microscopical di vision in thc discovery of a method of I detecting counterfeit butter, and in this connection says: The unparalleled increase in thc past few years of the manufacture and salo of various com pounds of animal fats, vegetable oils and other substances, which aro fi aud ulontly represented to thc public as butter, threatens tho destruction of the legitimate dairy interests, which arc of the largest inagniludo and aflccts all sections of tho cauutry. lt is not, he says, competition with dairying that ?R deprecated, hm the stimulation of true dairy products, the deception of a misleading name, the use of impure substances nial the dishonest Kale at high rates of products othcrwiso of little value, practices which demoral ize trude, dclraud honest industry and deceive thi buyer. To protect thc public from these deceptive practices he earnestly recommend* the prompt passage of n stringent law by Congress to prevent the cont i nuance of this bus iness, except under Mich regulation as thc necessities <?t the caso demand. The enforcement of this law, if thought advisable by Cungrosv, is io be placed under the control of the internai reve nue department. roKKloN MEDICINAL PLANTS. The commissioner, referring to tho request of the American Pharmaceuti cal Assentation that the commissioner of agriculture take meas uros fur *iho introduction into cultivation in this country of such important foreign med? cilia! plants ns would be adapted to our climate in order that they might bc readily obtainable in a fresh state, and thal another industry might bc be-added to our country's resourcos, says there is no doubt that many of thc most important medicinal plants are adapted to our climate and could be cultivated in perfection; ami it would seem well that means should bo taken to give them a proper trial. Fears are expressed, he adds, that some of these plants are becoming ex terminated in their nativo stations, and in respect to some of them, as for in alance the gi using plant, thc time hat come when they univ probably bc madn objects of profitable cultivation. OH! MY BACK KT.TJ ?tra?a or Mid attarka that weak back .sd nearly proa trat?*) yon. THE ? BEST TONIC P K> rrncrthrn* tile Mnaclea, H tc .dira the Nerve?, ! nrlchri tile Blood, ?Ivre New Vigor. DB J. I.. MT EB? V.lrfloM. low?, aa/a: "Brown'* Iron ilutara la tho boat Iron medinina I hara known la mv 90 rear*' practica 1 bare foond ll .pool al tv ben.fl i-lal In nanoo! or pliyalcal eihaua lion, and In all datillluting allman!, that hoar ao heavily on the ayatem.Uae it freely lu ray awn family." Oentlina ha* trade mark andrroaaed rfd UM. a i n wrapper. Take no other. Mado only by ll MOWN CBKMICAt. CO., llAl.TIMOKK, Kl?. IjtDira' LU?D BOOR-oaeful and attractive, con taining Hat of prire* for raoipae Information about cuna, et?., given away by all dealer* in medicine, ur mailed to aa/ eddroet on receipt of to. ?tamp. TUTTS ILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. rho Qreettert Mtdlcal Triumph of the Ag?! SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. LoeaofftppeOt*, Ilnwrle mai Ivo, Pata la the head, with n doll avtoantlon la tho hnrb Mrti Pain ?ador the ehoaleVr Made, Pa If noaa after online;, with -*d!a Incllaallon te exertloB of body or miad. Irritability nf temper, I .OTT ?pirita, with a feellaajof harlnt? neglected ?orno detr, \V'o?rlnr<it?, I) I/.al noaa, Flulterlag at the Heart, Dot? before the eyce, Headache ave/ the right eye. Reetleaaaeae, with .Ufad drenan?, lllghf y colored Urine, ead CONSTIPATION. TUTTP'B PIIaLK aro CRi>eotnUy adapted to euoh eaaea, ono doge ctToots anoh a .Jiange of feallngM toagtonleli the sufferer. rOH GOUGHS AND CROUP UM Tho j ?tit raT, u fathered fro? ? UM of td* ?.ow rn nv?, fr?wlo| ?K.n? th* ?malt ilnui ID <M Snthara Bul?, wMilii a iJmaUUof .ipeolorant prto. I pk (hat toeaea* tk??hUf>a prowMlag th* ?arly moral.f celt?, ?ai aUtoa lau? th? atilt to throw off th? fal M raimbrm (a troop ?a? whooplac coath. Whoa eomMaod wit* tho atolla, mod lajlnom prinelpl. In th. mullel, plaal of lilah! tutea, pr.* .??ti lei Tttwa i Cauom RmariT ov flwawr flow ABB Winiam th? ?nut koowa rt rae-? 7 foi Coaihi. Crvaa, Wbo.nlof-Co.ih and Conmmptlon ; aa? a? palautl?, aa jr child ll pleated to la*, lt. A ?a tour dr antill (hr ll. FTtM, WfefafiBS WALTyK A. TAYXOK, Attaat?, Qa. UM UR. HiaaiRS' HUCK LCR BRR Y CORDIAL rot PUrfhca. D/MoMrr and CMldt.n lMtblaa. ff VT MO. bj ".^ dr ali li ta. YOUR KIDNEYS. They Need Your Immediate At tention. HERB'S A CASK. For six IOIIK. dreary years I luwo been a Bufferer from a complaint of my kidney?, which failed to he cured hy physicians or advertised rem?di?s. 1 began to feel i could never secure re lief, as I haditpent two hundred mid fifty dollars without success. The disease was so excruciating that lt often prevented lae from performing my dally duty. I was advised to try the effi cacy of ti. H. H., and one Bingle hettie, eostlnt?$t, gave me more relief than all thc combined treatment 1 had ever re ceived. Its action on thc kidneys is simply won derful, and any one wno needs a real, speedy and harmless kidney medicino should not hesitate to give H. Ii- H. a trial. One hollie will convince anyone. C. ll. RODERTS. Atlanta Water Works. HERE'S ANOTHER. I am a merchant of Atlanta; and am near iii? years of agc. My kidneys have been inactive and irregular for many years, attended with excruciating pall? in tho small of the hark. At times 1 became too nervous to attend to business. My case hud all the attention that ninney could secure, but only to result in a complete failure. 15. ii. H. was recommended, and to say that us action on inc. was magical would he a mild tenn. One bottle nuule nie. feel like a new man-just lil'?; 1 was young again. In all my I i fu I nev ' used so pow erful and potent a remedy. For the blood and thc kidneys it is the best I ever saw, amt one bottle will force any one to praise lt. A. L. 1). Sold by all druggists. HAGAN'S Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beauty. 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