TlIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Carrying Concealed Weapons and IncreaaitiK the Chnln Gnngs. in the House of Representatives ou Saturday there was a general light ovei the bill of Mr. Cooper of LauroUB to re gulate the Bale, manufacture and carry* iug of firearms. The bill prohibited the carrying of pistols, concealed or exposed, less than 'M inches In length and weighing less than three and a half pouudi. Mr. Cooper answered a number of i|UC8tions put to him by members of the house. lie bad carefully considered the constitutionality of the bill aud bad consulted member of the circuit court. These hud all told him that the b 11 is constitutional, and does not violate the fundamental right of citl'/.OUB to bear arms. Mr GaMucbat saw merit in the bill. 1? is constitutional. Mr, J. 0. Robertson favored the hill It .would keep rullhvns from going to town Balesdays with pistols Btiappod around them. Nobody but "niggers and cowards carry pistols." Mr. Beamguard spoke in its support He wanted to oiler an amendment that a man could carrying p.atol on his own premises Mr. McQowan favored the bill. Mr. Spears opposed the measure He refuted the charge that nobody but cowards carry pistols. Brave men carry them to protect their persons. Asa magistrate, he had been forced to sen tencu peoplo for carrying concealed wea pons, and he bad always done so rcluo tantly, knowing that the Inf? rinant was prompted by prejudice. The bill in question will create a re gular system ot espionage. Mr. Sinkler and Mr. Hardin favored the bill. Mr Sinkler. who had Intro duced a bill to this effect two years ago and had investigated the constitutional! ty of Mr. Coopei's b It, pronounced it sound Mr. Fr?ser biiid that the bill had been reported unfavorably not to sanction the carrying of weapons, but to give law abidiug citizens a chance to protect themseves against those men who carry weapons concealed, and will continue to do so. There are cases of dire necessity, when a man must arm himself, for in stance, when a mad dog is going . around, or iu the case of a county treu BUrer or other such men carrying large suniH of money. ' Mr. Cooper exp'ained that the prosid ing judge could throw out the case if it be Bhown that circumstances jusiithd. I Mr. R. B. A. Robinson said that n , pistol in ( ne pocket and u bottle of liquor in the other is a bad combination A man with two iirms and two legs don't need a pistol. He can tight or foot it (Laughter) Mr. J, C Robertson maintained his 1 statement that nobody bat a cowaru cir- i lies a pistol habitually. The man who i continually carries a pistol must be ter , ribly afraid somebody is going to hurt ? him. Mr. Morgan said that this bill would strengthen the law against concealed. 1 weapons. Mr. Weston said that all measures against this evil had fallen short He I believed in absolute prohibition of the < sa'e of pistols. This bib would force . people to go to a great deal of trouble to . get them. Mr. Dorrob opposed the bill because the people who now carry pi tols con ceftled will continue to do it anyway, and good cit zeus will not be allowed to I carry them in any way. < Mr. Richardson said that the bill is | not altogether perfect, but some features , of it were excellent. . Mr Dodd, of Bpartanburg, made quite a speech in favor of the bill, lie touch ed up lawyoi s a little bit iu his remarks Tho vote, ou the motion to strike out, ; resulted ,'tO to US against the motion and ! iu favor of the bill. I Those who voted in favor of the mo < tion were : Speaker Stevenson and Messrs. Uacot, Hanks, Butler, Dean, de > Loach, Dominick, Dorrob, Du rant, Frascr, Oourdln, Haile, James, Keels, , Lever, Lido, Logan, Mauldin, Mc Laughlin, Morrison, Moss, Murchiaon, Patterson, Rucker, M. L. Smith, Spears, ! W. J. Thomas, Wells, Whaley and Wil son. ! Those who favored the bill and voted i against striking out the enacting words | were: Messrs, Ashley, All, Austin, Hates, , Beamguard, ?ivens, Holts, Brooks, Brown, Hryan, Campbell, Carter, Cog gcBliftll, Colcock, Cooper, Cosgrove, Croft, Cruin, Dant/.lor, DoHruhl, Dennis, Dodd, Dunhar, Elird, Elder, Estridge, Fox UastOn, Oalluchat, Ounter, Hardin. i Bill, Hollis, Humphrey, Jarnigan/Jobn* son, Kibler, Kinard, Kinsey, Little, Lock wood, Lomax, Lyles, May son, Mcbcod, McQowan, MoMastor, Jno, Misboe, Morgan, Ncabitt, Nichols, Parker, VV. L , Prince, Richardson, Robinson, lt. Ii. A., Hobertson, Stackhouse, Sinkler, Smith, J. B.,Strom,Btroman, Theus,Thompson, Vincent, Webb, West, Weston, Wiugo, and Woodw rd Mr. Beamguard offered an amendment prescribing the limit to the size of the weapons which were outlawed. This amendment was adopted, and keeps a man from carrying even it rilile or a shotgun except on his own premises iu accordance with another amendment offered by Mr Beamguard. Mr. John McMaster moved that the proviso exempting ? oacc ollicers bo stricken out. This motion was voted down. Mr. Butler moved to strike out the clause offering one hnlf of Hie lines and forfeitures to informant. This was voted down. The bill as amended by Mr. Beamguard then passed second read ing. TUB CONVICT QUESTION. The Houso then took up Mr. Btrom's bill rolatlvo to the eligibility of convicts to the select society of county chain gangs. Mr. Btrom and Mr. Btnckhouse spoke in favor of it. Mr. Wingo made a good speech reciting the necessity for skilled labor in operating machinery on public works. '1 his labor is usually employed, when convict labor would do as well. But convicts, if sent up for short terms, are discharged by the time they get to working well- The counties which have tho court oxpon8cs to bear should got the proper return in labor. Mr Tatnm said that his opposition to tho bill came from a sonso of humanity Dr. l'opo who was for 22 years pb) sician at the ponitontiary Bays that convicts oaniiut live for ton years on a county chaingaeg. If tho camps bo properly equipped it might bo foasib o. Mr. Minn.' askod if it would not result in camps boing made hotter if moro con victs bo sent to theso camps and tho per manency of the systtm assured. Mr. Weston said he would offer an amendment to make it optional with the judge whethor or not tho convict ho son tencod to tho chain gang or tho peniten tiary. Thero aro about i ,0ti0 convicts in tho penitentiary. Employment cannot be found for all of them. What dispo sition shall be made of tho overplus ? Shall they be turned over to individuals or to counties f In reply to Mr. Tatum he said that ton ^^^^u^^ch^m^j^^ro would not t I couviot He trusted Iiis own observation I us nine)) hs that of Dr. Hope Mr I'rince, who hud opposed tho pro position t j stop leasing UOUVictB to iudl duals, said that if the burs are to he let down then let them down entirely. What is the use of counties SCUdiUK con victs to the penitentiary and then hiring them hack ? Sentence them to the chain gang at once if they can he cared for humanely. Mr. II. J Kinard stated that Or eon wood, a new county, had adopted the chain gang Bjstem in the outset, and anybody who would see the work would agree tied it is eminently successful Three years ago the roads werf* in had shape, and now a man can trot his horse net OSS the county The convicts aro well cared for in Uroenwood Mr. Strom stated that they arc wc'l used and well cared for in Kdgclicld, too The hill passed second reading, and as amended will read : Section 003. That from and after the passage of this act all the courts of this State and municipal authorities which, under existing laws, In.ve power to sen tence convicts to confinement in prison, w ith hard labor, shall sentence all aide bodied male convicts to hard labor upon the public works of the county in which said person Sba'l have been sentenced, am: in the alternative, to Imprisonment in the county jail or State penitentiary at hard labor, etc. Provided, That no convict, whose sentence shall be for a period longer than Ion yeais, shall bo so sentenced CHICKAMAUGA MONUMENT. The Work is Practically Complet ed and May 27th Will ho Unveil ing Dny. The Chickatnnuga monument com nission held a meeting in the execu ivc chamber at Columbia on the 2?'.h nst. Gov. McSwcency, (Jen. Walker, leu. I'lovd, Col. .1. Harvey Wilson ind Mr. Henderson were present. The work 011 the South Carolina nonumeut and the markers for the Jhlckamauga battle Held was reported ill done, except the bronze palmetto ice, which caps the large monument. L'his last is well under wav and will 0011 be east. All will he shipped and reeled in ample time. The day for the unveiling was llxed or Monday, May 27th, 1001, the day icl'ore the Memphis reunion coin- 1 iieiues. The veterans attending the ilemphis reunion will have the oppor- 1 unity of taking part in the ceremonies, t is proposed that the trains carrying ' he viterans and others attending i ?ber to the Memphis reunion or the : tnvcihug ceremonies only, will leave I he State on Sunday alternoon and ar- | ivo at Chattanooga on Monday about < o'clock. 1 After time lor breakfast there the ? rains will he run down to L) tile's 1 I at ion, which is about half a mile. I roui the po?ii ion of the South Carolina 1 iionumcut. Tin; trains will return to 1 'baiinnooga in the afternoon and the 1 isit trs will cither go on to Memphis I r return home. ; The following order of exercises has i ieeu decided on : 1 Gov. McSweeiiev presides and opens 1 Iis meeting, and alter prayer by the ; baplaln ol the South Carolina Hi vi- I ion, Key. Dr. Thorn well, the Gov- ' rnor will slate the object, etc., of the I nlhering. : Historical address by Genoral C rvine Walker, commander of the < ioulirCarolina Division, United Con- I edorato Veterans, and one of South 5 'arolina's gallant olllcors, who served I to the battlefield. I Address by Senator D. S. [lender- 1 on, of Alken. 1 Address by Representative .J- liar- 1 ey Wilson, of Suinter. 1 Address by Gen, (now Ihshop) EUl- I on Capers. I Unveiling by four young ladies, one < eprcseuliug each Korshaw's Brigado, ] he Tenth and >,'inetecuth South Caro lin! regiment, the Twenty-fourth South l Carolina regiment and Culpepper's 1 lattery. (iov. McSwOOnoy will then turn the nonumeni over to the Chickamauga >ark commissioners, and it will be rc eived by Gen. II. V. Boyuton, chair uan. Arrangements had been perfected o lay tho cornerstone in advance of he unveiling, by the Grand Lodge A. 7. M. of Georgia, but the committee lecided that there would hardly be hue for the proper Masonic cere UOniOS and it was decided that they VOUld be obliged to omit Ibis function. The Senate and House, of Repiesen alives of South Carolina were invited .0 take part in the ceremonies and the formal invitation will bo extended by .he chairman and secretary. invitations to take part in the cere monies will in due time lie extended lo all t.ic citizens of South Carolina, to the veterans of South Carolina, and to (Jen. Gordon and all the United Con federate Veterans and to the South Carolina Congressmen. A special invitation will be sent tho South Carolina volunteer troops, through Gon. Floyd. It Is hoped many companies will ho enabled lo he present on this spot sacred to the valor and bravery of their fathers. Gov. Cnmllcr, of Georgia, will also he invited. The Chickamauga and Chattanooga military park commission will be most cordially invited. All arrangenionls which could he made at this meeting of the commis sion have been made, and everything promises 11 most successful occasion. South Carolins, through the liberality of her Legislature, places in eternal form the tribute to her sons who fought and who died at Chickamauga. Ducks are probably more easily fat tened than any other class of fowls. They aro great foragers on beeile and 1 insect and consume a regular ration of feed also. Wo do not report them as being ac nico as chickens but they are richer, more savo-y, and just about us popular in our markets as chickens and I uro much more easily raised.?7* arm (mil Home. The Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives is the youngest mem ber, and is named McKinley. OA8TOTIIA. Bears th? /7 "* KM You Hare Always Bonflt I IUI,:, A RP ON WEDDING BELLS I - Discusses Marriage in Interesting Manner and Speaks of the Trous seau. Wedding bells have been ringing around bore for some time. Their music always excite the good people and everyl)od) t ilks about the cotniug nuptials. Mothers, wives and daugh ters are specially interested for it is the bride who lias most at stake, and is about to surrender t vorylhing to her lover. But hope is stronger i hau foar and the women all rejoice in it and wUh the good woik to ?o on. They dissect and discuss every phase of the new relationship and crowd the church or the home whore the knot is to be tied with anxious and eager interest. The blidal trousseau and the wedding gifts have especial consideration ami are carefully inspected. What a dif ference between man ami woman about such tbiuge. What a duTorenco be tween wife my and I. It was of small concern to me whether tin; bride's ap parel cost a thousand dollars or a bun dled. .Just so she was dressed in good taste and wore a few pretty ornaments was enough for inc. 1 liko to see a pretty woman dressed in a way that you can tell pretty well how much of nor is clothes and how much is llesll and blood. I'adding and petticoats may fool a man in a new acquaintance, but a home girl can't fool anybody. We see them ride and walk and stand up and sit down and run around and wc can measure them up like David Harum measured a horse. The modern style of dress is much more pleasing to men than the. old style of hoop skirts and bustles. Nothing is lacking now hut to shorten up their walking frocks so that they won't drag behind and sweep U ) the sidewalks with all their tilth of cigar slumps and quids and bacteria and expectorated genus of ex pcctotaled consumption. When I see ii girl's skirt dragging along I suspect lhal she is pigeon-toed or box-ankled mid wains to hide it. My wife never wore a dress that way in her life for die wears a number two shoe and sleps ike a deer. But it is a woman's nature to love irnameut. sin- cannot help it and it is no sin. .lohn Wesley tried to cure her )f il in the discipline, but he couldont i lisciphno about ornaments ami jewoliy ind other linery is a dead leitet. I nave suspected that maybe he was loo liard on his wife about stub things I did that is why she quit him. What i miserable time those women had in .> .ho days of the Puritans when a pretty t girl bad to wear a plain black dress to :burc)t; a home made straw hood ] diaped like a coid scuttle on her head, iud not an ear-ting nor abreast pin < lor even a string of glass beads around I ior neck. The creator adorned the t ?aith with lloWOIS and studded the r leaveus with stars. He gave the birds ] heir beautiful plumage and taught 1 hem to siug for our pieasiire. There ;? ire diamonds in the mines and pearls i Ii the ocean and of course they were t nade for women. We men carenolli- ( ng about such tilings. 1 wouldent t Mvc ten dollars for a bushel of them, 1 tut ni) wife goes into rapture over t hem and would give everything she I ias got for them, except her children \ iud maybe, me. I Woman is a cuiious and peculiar \ Mention. 1 have been studying them t or sixty years and don't lully under- \ iland them yet. They arc very near o us and very dear to us, but very tin- I ike in their devotional nature; their c ove of the beautiful; their long sui- ' cring under trial and adversity. They i ro willingly and eagerly to the mar? i iage altar when they know that theirs c s all the petil and theirs to be all the | >ain and care and giiof that inevitably i iOinCS to a wile and mother. 1 have | Hindered over all this and if 1 was a | IV01 nan and had only a man's instincts , iud emotions I would not marry any 1 nan upon earth. It is the (Jod given t maternal instinct that persuades and forces a woman to marry. She will i launch her boat upon the stream and j Lake her chances to jump the water falls. She will marry even against her j judgment and the pleadings of her i Iiiends. She does not realize the force I of this maternal instinct, but it impels i and controls her. My little grand* daughters aro perfectly happy with their dolls. They play with lhc.il by day and sleep with them by night. A little four-year-old said to me last night, M Ganpa, don't take dolly away from me lill 1 got fast asleep." Little boys cure nothing about dolls. They want balls and drums and lire-crackers and guns -something that will make a noise. A man loves a woman and marries her, but there is not a particle of paternal instinct influencing him. The young mother hugs her llrst born to her bosom and ist happy. The young father takes the advent of the child as a mattor of course, but not of choice. In course of time the little one grows into favor ami he becomes attached to it, and even proud of it, but there is no paternal Instinct. The true woman loves to be a mother. She is not content with one child. She wants another and another and an other. TWO chil Iron double her lovo and Ihereforo her happiness and finally when she haa no mote little ones to fondle, her maternal love laps over to her grandchildren, and she would claim I them if she could. Mrs. Wilcox wrote a lamentation on the " Decay of the Maternal Instinct in New England," asserting Unit the women up there did not wish for children and there was hardly a household that hud more than one or two?just enough to inherit the father's estate. When that decays everything else decays. A town or city or a State without children?a natural comple ment of children?in on the down grade To arrest or impede the com I in" of children is u violation of the law | of God. The earth must he peopled by honor able marriage. Milton says ?' Hail wedded Love?true source of human offspring." And again ho says of marriage, " It is tho sum of earthly bliss." Othor cynical old poets make sport of it and call it a "lottery." "An institution whore those who are out wish to get in and those who are in wish to get out." Some of our modern poets ask'tho quostion, " Is marriago ?? fallnro?" and discuss it in prose and poetry. Well, suppose that It is, what is to bo done about it. Who is going lo st<>|> it ? How shall the earth bv peopled wbon wo till die off? What Kind of incubators do they propose t< substitute? Emersou says " All tbe world lovoi a lover,"aud that is why tlif good peo ple of every community (lock to wit ness a marriage corcmouy. Every body loves the happy couple then and wishes them joy. Will lie be kind to her, and there is a smothered thought in every mother's mind. Dr. Gaines, of the Annes " mit In stitute, gave us a discourse tue othoi b that I was rich so that 1 might enable every gootl gill lo get a higher education than she can get at home. When will wo have a legislature that will have, heart enough to give lo wo man all of her rights? The marriage able girls ought to form a trust ami vow to marry nobody until theil lights were recognized. II' it wasunl for llie maternal instinct they would. Hi i.i. Alt P. rilE GREAT PASSION PLAY. Origin and History of the Bavarian Drama of World-Wiae Fame. The origin i f the Passion Play dates tack to 1 i'?.T.?. When the long Thirty lVars' war was devouring Uei'inauy, a lovore attack of plague broke out, do mstatillg the cities and villages of the bavarian Tyrol, PailOUkirchon and Vlittcwald. When eighty-four of the inhabitants >f the vi l?ge of Oberammergau had )cen swept away in a single mouth, he hcarl stricken survivors met in as sembly, praying Almighty Cod for the (reservation of their hearths and ionics. In their agony, the ttrrror itrickcn peasants resolved to perform hen and every leu years afterward, villi tho deepest reverence and sol minity, n play which would et forth be life, death and medl lion of the Lied einer. History and tradition say hat their vow was heard, and that r m that moment there was not one , icliin, and the plagUJ wa - stayed for decade after decade the simple dllagcrs have contiuued i > perform he play, except once or twice when var rendered it impossible. Obcramiuergau is a village of per iaps 12,000 people, men, women and shildroii, situated in the Bavarian Tyrol. i'he spurs of the Alps form a lalural amphitheatre, while the Am nor river, a small stream of the clear* >st, brightest water, w.nds lazily around he converging h.lh. There are three liai 11 approaches to the village : the irst and most obvious by Munich and ho north ; the second from the. south ?ast and I'artenkirchen, which gives a icautlful wooded ascent to I'.ltal, with mtrance by the mo intain gateway of Kofcl: the third and most picturesque roulo from llcutle by the Plan Sec, massing through the fair pastures of \mmerthnl, aud outerlug Oboranimor jr,U before the great gray throne of rock which springs out of the Kofel tierg woods, and is marked by u cross it the summit. Not far distant from the village is Lbc celebrated Boncdiclino monastory, which was built by the king ol Havana in l:.'{0 to bo a temple of the Holy (irail, With an rdorof knightly monks I and priests lo guard the little sacred . statute of the Madonna and Holy Child. | Near the village the hills are covered with the evergreen pine, the bluffs are dense with oak, ash and hickory, the fields abound in richest grasses, while the Ammer, its banks studded with wild sycamore, flcWS ever through green pastures. The. Passion Play at Obcram:i crngn was meant for its citizens and the peasants of adjoining districts. Not until thirty years ago hud it obtained world-wide fame. The method of en lortaining the Visitors is marvelous, whon every hotel in Munich, a oil} of 360,000 people, is crowded beyond ca pacity from May until September, and JO trains daily run to Oberaminerguu and return. Although the latter place contains little over 1,000 inhabitants, (i'JO people lake part in the play. This is the only honor known to a villager ?a part in the cast of the, great Pas sion Play. The only surely to this honor is by living a pure and upright light. One's whole life must be pass ed in Christian humility and gentle ness. The actors regard themselves as tak ing part in an act of devotion, their sobs aud their tears show the depth of their sincerity. Many of tlieni kneel down to pray on entering the theatre, as they do when they go to worship in church. Modern methods of facial make-up, singe lighting and stage man* Ogement are lacking; h it criticism is dolled. The effect of sincerity in act ing is more powerful on the audience than any linishcd actor could give. It does not .u'Cin to he tho tragedy of the' crucilixion in mimicry, hut the histori cal incident in actuality. Formerly the play was given in tho open air within the graveyard. Thirty years ago a rude theatre was con structed, having a seating capacity of 5,000 people, mid this will douhfless ho used for mnuy years. In anange mont, the thoalro is not unlike an American playhouse, except there arc ; no galleries or boxes. Tho most expon ! sivc scuts, Btraogoly, arc in tin- rear . In America, at such a lime, tin- upper ? tuniths for hotel ami ticket speculutioi would in; euornious, but by a ?iiuph i system, rigorously carried out, Ihc pco pie of the village have . lade such prac Ines impossible. All tickets for every perfortuauct dining the entire season arc divided among the villagers, in proportion tc the Dumber of beds they have been aide to set Up ill their houses, shops, barns and hencoops, for the entertain ment of their guests. There is no box ollices and each ticket of iuliuissiou goes with the bed. Therefore,there is no money transaction .iththe theatre. A village law llxes the p ices of beds nd seals. Tickets vary from 50 cents to $2.50, while the beds are about $11, Guests at a hotel could not obtain a ticket if they stayed a year. The economic, phase of the l'assion IMay is almost as interest inn as the piay itself. The IhM performance last year was given of all, the expenses of the play. The actors' salary is extremely small. Ant.ui Lang, the Christus, Anna Plunger, the Maria, Peter Kendl, the Apostle .lohn, receive $250 each for their year's salary, while the salaries of the others tun down to about 812.60 pur annum. "The remainder of the money goes to the treasury, to meet the expenses of the little city. Obci aUMUergatt knows no taxes. The. Pas. sion I May supports its hospital, its gas works, paves its streets and lays its sewers, cares lor its poor and supports its jail and contributes to all the other institutions for the public good. Thi' school children are taught with the money which conies through the glori fication of God in their play, and the burial expenses of the pauper is met by the same fund." Kaeh villager has Dnly his personal oxpoudifures to meet ituriUj. he intervening 1(1 years. Tin; actors, even those taking the most prominent parts, wait on their boarders at all limes, doing the mean est labor. A hired servant is unknown, ll is wonderful how generations of Christian culture in people of rustic simplicity have pro.luccd, in face and manner, looks and qualities that so closely resemble the popular idea of Christ and his associates. 1 chanced to see Anton Lang," says II. 1). Uawnsley, "at early mass on the morning of the performance. He seemed rapt in the service, ami When he loll the church he walked as in a dream ; otheis chatted, hut he walked straight on without a word, and it seemed that, men moved aside and left a way lor him as if they fell thai he were almost mote than a man; at least he was moving in another world and they knew it and felt it.'' The Virgin Mary of the play is im personated by Anna Plunger. She is HI years old, and a great beauty. It is said that there is no ac'ress on tho American or English Mage today who could clothe the character of the Vir gin with the sweetness, spirituality, womanly dignity and devotion which this unlettered peasant gui imparts to it. Vet she has never seen a theatre phi) in her life. Truly there must be a divinity thai shapes the end of that village, that generation after genera tion there should be horn into il men who can look, as well as act, the tra ditional pails of C list and His he loved disciples. ICmOIIY A. [IOLI.KIt. _^_ DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS To Be Divided Among Counties Towns and Cities Ilavhig Dis pensaries. Mr. Gunter had a bill to change the percentage of the profit s of the dis pensary. He wanted 58 per cent of ihe profits to go to the counties and wauled to force the counties to give 10 per cent of their Ril per cent to the county schools. The chief difference was ill it ho proposed to reduce 11)0 State profit to 2 per cent. Only the j net pt oil Is arc roforrod to. Mr. Croft urged that those, counties that enforced the dispensary should get the profits. Mr. Prince said the bill was con stitutional atid fair, and the plain words were that tin: dispense!y profits should go lo the counties thai make the profit. Mr. DoLoach said there was no dis pensary in his county and his people did not want a din .-.usury, lie ex plained the history of the dispensary at Tir/.ah. If this bill was intended to drive York County to the dispensary it ; was an outrage and a wrong. Mr. Croft asked if York County was so righteous as not to want a dispen sary, would it not be fair for it not to want the profits of counties that paid for tho policing of this very trouble some traffic. Mr. DoLoach insislod that the dis pensary was a SlnlO and not a county law. Mr. .1. II. Kinard said he lived in s count)' without a dispensary and want ed the money to go to the schools. He thought the counties that had dispOD - saries should get the proIiis. Mr. Prince, in reply to Mr. DoLoach ? said he did not believe in forcing dis pensarios on any one, but he Insisted that lho80 who bought the liquor should got the profit. lie honor ed (hose who would not have liquor for sale, hut that was not the issue. Mr. DoLonch asserted ?.hat if this bill was to force dispensaries on his people its purpose was ignoble. Mr. L'rinco could not see why lb >S0| who so seriously opposed the tralie should want the profits from the obnoxious business. For three yeais I his people made $18,000 for Hie dis Ipensary, and did not get a cent of that prollt, for it was said the county al iciuty had its $8 per capita. Mr. Robinson proposed to give the towns in lhckens County 20 per cent and the county 7!J per cent. Lost Mr. Hates wanted the cities to have 40 per cent instead of 4.r>. The bill as finally ordered to its third reading provides: i Section 1. That on and after the / Ilrst day of April, 11)01, Iho uct profits deiived io tin* Slate from the salts ol spirituous, malt, in- vinous liquors, in cluding all beers, wines, etc, now -old uutl 'i the dispensary law, be, ami the same ure hereby, apportioned as fol lows: Two per eenl of said UOt pro 'its to go to the Slate, to i>e distributed as now provided by law, \'< per COllt of llie said net prolllS to f" > l0|lllQ several towns and cities in which thedtspeu series are located, and V! per eenl to go t<> the several counties ill which the dispensaries are located, and to be dis tributed by the several county board of commissioners as provided in tln^ At less than 10 pel cent of said profits to bo applied to the public schools of said county, and the balance of S'lid prollls, whatever the same may be, to be distributed for the Uses and benefits of s;iid county, as the county hoard of commissioners then ni may bco lit. Section :>. The county treasurer shall be requited to make monthly settlements of the profus going to the counties and cities ami towns, and place to (he credit of the counties, e'ities and towns their respective amounts by Iho 15th day of each mouth. Section 4. Thai all Acts and parts of Acis inconsistent with thi* Ac! be, and the same are hereby, repealed. BUYING A COMPETING LINE Railroads Must be Wholly With in this State to be Debarred. Judge Richard C. Walts lias filed his decree with the clerk of Couil at Aiken in the case of McNeil vs. tin- Soulhofll Railway company. This is an action brought by McNeil to recover a penally against the Southern of $100 per day for leasing and operating an alleged Competing and paraUel ro.nl. The case arose out of the Southern's lease of the South Carolina and Georgia, which Iho plaintiff claims was con trary to the constitution and the statute laws of the Stale. When the case was heard the road, through its attoi nevs, Messrs. B. Ii. Abney, oi Columbia; I. W. IJarnwcll/of Charleston, ami the 1 lenders uis, of Aiken, interposed a demurrer. This was resisted by Messrs lioykitl Wright, 7 was unconstitu tional, but held that the word compel in" must be construed in a broad am liberal sense, following the decision ol tho supremo courl of Georgia in tin state vs. the Central Railway, 35 s. K Reporter, and thai in this case sutllcicii competition had not boon alleged l< Iconstitute a cause of action; thorofon lie declared that the complaint was di. tnissed for both of the reasons givei above. Arrangements are being made lor (ho establishment of schools of agriculluro in (lie Philippines and men arc being called for in this country who will study tho agricultural conditions there and teach the heat methods of cultivation. CASTOR IA The Kind You Have Always Bought For Infants ant' Children. Boara tho Signature of A SPLENDID EULOGY OF I. EE One of the Finest Tributes Eve Paid to the Christian Patriot At (he celebration of (Jon. Hoher IS. Lee's birthday in the city of Angus la, Ga., there were congratulalory ser vices in ho tor of Maj. Win. T. Car) for Iiis untiring off its in securing tin acceptance of tin- Soldier's Home l>\ the Legislature of Georgia., In re sponse to tiu cougratulalious tendered in bis own behalf, Maj. (Jury made an eloquent end appropriate spe eh, which was reported as follows ; When Major Gary arose he was greeted with a storm of applatlS), Illillglcd bile and there With the rebel yell," and it was several min utes In lore he was allowed to begin. With bis commanding igure oiecl and eyes ll isbing, the old lime rebel lire'' ol dclinnco, in ' voice cleat ami dis tinct , Major < !ary Ba d : Daughters of the Confederacy,Com rades, Ladies ami Gentiemc i We h ve nssetnbled to celebrate the birthday ol ItobcttE. Leo, (applause,) the patiiol, Christian, si fesman, doI dior and hero. ( Applause.) I' .. BScd of a hearl which was brave and true ; endowed with a mind wh eh was i igoroua and strong; guided by a genius which knew no superior, lie, made for himself a character which was witho i a blomisb. Ilouored by his countrymen, idoli/.od by his soldiers and loved by all, his presence was an inspiration and his praise a bencdU t ion. Horn a leader ol men, God's stamp of nobility was upon him. Honor, genius, chivalry and patiiol ism were bis by inheritance, and the Diviuo-implauted love of couslilulional liberty, which was the inspiration at llunnymcdo, at Itostou and at Port Sumter- -an e ternal vestal Uro which has survi cd the attacks ol sectional ism and of tyrants ami which vet lives to perpetuate the memories of ita mar tyrs and will never die -furnished the occasion which gave, lo his inherited gills a .splendid halo of glory. Faithful tint') death, he won the i iown ol life ami a wreath of immor telles of glory gailands his memory. ( Applause.) The gentle How of God's spirit into his own, made bis life illustrious and its end sublime. In bis grave, rosts as true a man, as noble a patriot, and as brave a heio us ever consecrated bis life to the cause of constitutional liberty. (Applause.) After patri itism ami honor and gen ius and bravery had accomplished all [bat was possible, the inevitable came, Iml the- cause ye t live s lo guide a id in spire Iho Hbcrly-loving pntrio a of every land. ( Appl use.) We ha e assembled ben also to re j dee that our beloved Stale has paid Us debt of luve and that a bouse has liceu provided, for all our Confederate li r ?es am', patriots, who may need it. rhe banners of war arc furled; the -word is sheathed, and we are willing lonssbl in "loving a nation intopeaco, honorable alike to the: victor and the vanquished,*'bill we w ill continue to pay oiii irili .to of love and to feel and express our debt of gratitude to the noble Confederate soldier.- -the em bodiment of patriotism, heroism, love dI com.try and constitutional liberty. (Applause.) The (ottering crutch, the empty sleeve, and the s iffcrings of the survivors will continue lo cans our eyes to (ill with tears and our hearts to sigh, in loving sympathy. The Soldie:'s Homo represents I ho thought which is the progress of our Stale and the gratitude which is Hie sentiment of our people. A nation without sentiment is a na tion WilllOUl hope. If it is given to the: dead to know wind is transpiring on earth, we may believe that the-open ing of the Confederate Soldier's Home will cause a smile of approval and a shout of joy. When the doors of the Soldier's Home an- opened lo receive the- heroes, it should in- remembered that to no otic is more honor due for thai event than (he noble women of our Siale, and especially to the Daugh ters of iho Confederacy, of A Hun la and AllgUSla. (Applause). And 1 may add ih.it lo n ine of them was l more indebted lor advice, assistance and inspiration than to Mrs. Kdwin ('. Weed and Mi-s Anna .Nb nlgoiiiery unless ii be to Mrs. M. 1'. Carroll, who came like a ra\ of Blltlsliinc e ven into the committee room of the Legislature lo held im- plead for it. (Ajplausc.) No man cm ry accomplished any thing worthy to live in history who did not id under the inspiration of some: noble Woman. There canned exist a nation of great men ami of gnat Iachievements unless it be a nation of noble mothers. The patriotism ami bravely, tin: sufferings ami heroism of the Confederate soldiers were only sur passed in the history of the world by mat of their sisters, thcii wives and their mothers, The South was rc decmcd from iho infamous State, gov ernments by which it was oppressed after the: war, by the kltlllionce of llie noble women ol the South. Their in? HuoilCO has caused the gi iss-caipoled mounds, from the Potomac to the Itio Grande, (bid's monuments to these heroes and patriots, lo lie annually strewn with Mowers which Iho dead may not appreciate; and it is but pro per that they should have inspired tin ere ction of a home for the living heroes ind patriots who will honor the home which gratitude has provided for them (Applause.) Ii uol a needy Confederate soldier ever enters this home, nevertheless, it will stand as a testimonial of Hie love and doVOlinn and gratitude of the grate ful people of Georgia, and ns a monu ment to the patriotism, the chivalrlo hravcry of our living ami doad Con federate soldiers. Me uortnls of marble and of br iss must crumble and decay hut the honors which are done to heroes and patriots give hope that the living will emulate their virtues, and hear evidence of the fact that virtue ami honor and patrio tism and gratitude yet abide in the land. May the Soldier's Home he not only an inspiration to the living, hut as well as a memorial to the dead, and may God Mess the living and the. dead. I cannot convey to you in words I he pleasure and satisfaction it affords me to know, that any act of mini could call forth from you, tho words: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Every :otton planter should write i( >r our valuable illustrated pamphlet, "Cotton Culture." It is sent free. ' s.-M.l ii.um. nnil address to ?KKMAN KAI I Works, ,ti Nassau St., N. Y. This mark of distinguished considera tion IUI? my heart with a gratitude of thanks and 1 most cheerfully accept it. NATU iia w I'kah in IIorkks.? "While horses are UOl subject to 'nerves' like human beings, they are all more or less timid." remarked a fa mous horse breeder to a Washington Star writer. "Fear 111 horses is due to the fact that they are inclined to mag nify the unusual into the terrible, and night and twilight predisposes them to ilns nervous condition. Understand* ing or investigating these things, how ever, often removes nil tear In a horse's mind. Por instance, I have a pony which when first put into harness could not bo Induced to cross a rail road track until one day I urged the beast to touch one of the rails with his hoof. Finding it secure, he will ingly trusted the Mthor fool, and since then has never shown any tear of the glistening rails. On the other hand, I OUt e had a mare, which always jump ed over the long shadows of tree, trunks in the road and could never ho induced to lest whether or not the dreadful things were real or imaginary. Another curious illusion common among hoist's is that when one has once .-truck his head against the top of a stable door he can never quite got over ihc fear that there is something dreadful hanging about that door, realty to strike whenever he has to pass it. Perhaps horses have to livo on in this uninterrupted fear because they have so few organs With which they may experiment. The elephant's trunk and the monkey's tail are about the only organs in the animal kingdom which seems to have been created ex pressly for Iho purpose of finding out things that look strange or dangerous. Ill, liOOKKl)LlKi: IlAltKISOX.?The other morning a gentleman with while, beard, closely cropped, and quite an aldcrmnnic girth, walked down Penn sylvania avenue to ihe Capitol. On the way he stepped into a shop kept by .lohn Donhnm, to make a purchase. The shopkeeper looked at his customer closely. "Did anyone ever tell you," lie asked " that you looked ilkc ox-President Harrison?" '? Yes,'' was the reply;" I have heard it said very often. Do you think there is a resemblance?" " 1 should say so," answered Den hain. "l never saw General Harrison, but from his picture, I should say you were a dead ringer for him." The visitor gave a Mttle chuckle, as if he. were intensely pleased and then wonl out of the shop, proceeding on his way lo the Capitol. Den ham went to the door and looked aller him. Standing m the doorway was AI Heed, the District agent of tho Atlantic ('oast Dine. " Al,"sald Donham, " did you see that man who was in here just now ?" " Yes," said Heed. " l told him,:' said Donham, " thai he looked just like CX-President Harri son.'' "ill course he did '." exclaimed Heed. "That was Harrison himself." - Washington Post, "Ill- P'lNT."?The logic Of some Bible readers icmicds us of Iho story of till i lil colored preacher who made the assertion in his pulpit that every woman had seven devils in her. He was promptly challenged by the irate foihal ? members of his dock to make good his assertion, lie announced that 00 it certain Sunday he would give Scripture proof of what he said. When the lime came, he gave the proof as follows : " Brtlddors and sis ters, you have all done heard and rea I dat de Lord cast seven debbels out of one woman, Mut, brudders and sis ters, you bad not done heard and read dnl he cast de debbils out of any udiler woman. Dcrclore, ef de laud only cast de debbils out of one woman, ilen all de udder women has de debbils , in dem yet. So uCCOrdin1 to de plain , road in1 ob de Scriptures, obbery wo . man has seven debbils in bei. Dai's I ?iy pint." The North Carolina experiment sta tion has discovered that the Mavor ol cgogs is determined by the feed. After giving liens chopped onions for two Werks the. eggs became so disagreeable in llavor that they could not be used. Wheat shorts, cottonseed meal and skim milk increased the number of eggs laid, but tin: eggs had a disagree able flavor. Cracked corn and corn I dough resulted in fewer eggs, but larg er ones and of belle: llavor. Clean and pure bull er can only come from clean ami pure milk. Oi.ce lillh of any kind gets into milk, its 0880OC0 stays there. Straining, aeration, sepa ration, each docs something ami all may do much toward cleaning milk, but the only safe or satisfactory way is never let it get in. Purity is indeed cleanliness, und cleanliness is health. Maine has 17.r? factories in which lish and vegetables arc canned. CASTOniA.. Bonn tho 81guatort of a The Kind You Have Alwa>s Bought