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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22

The cotton planters Of this parish
are ret ID be 6eld picking Their
crop Some had gone sugar grind.
ing leaving ths picking ot their cot.
ton in the charge OF the family, and
aimee their return. they are all in the
fed picking The remainder Of il.
This ia he II u time in maps yea i
past, sh5t tbe cotton crop has gieji
ed 90 ali ndaniIv as to forced rick
ing in the middle Of January. And
we learn that some planters will
never be able TO pick all their crop.
The price Of their product is low, j.
is true. tst III s,-eason the CROP has
been abandaptly and extfaofdin q
y large which will compensate The
ow price. ST. MarsinviIle Messen
,er.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22

To the December Veteran you will
find much Of interest. The banquet
given to the editor of the Vetera II
will evidently result in much good.
Read the Veteran. Everything Is
as concise and as entertaining as can
be made, while the large, clear type
is well printed. Published at Nash
vile, Tenn. Price 81 per year.
We will club the Veteran and the
MERIDToNAL, both one year for
$3.50 cash
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
MOTHER SUPERIOR.
NOTICE.

q
The public are hereby notified
that the firms of Landers & Don.
nelly were dissolved BY mutual con-
sent ofthe partners on July Sd 1897.
and that proceedings are now pend
ing in the Eleventh District Court
in and for Acadia Parish for the ap-
pointment of a Receiver TO liquidate
and settle the affairs OF said firms.
Notice is further given that Fl. J.
Landers, late member OF said firms is
no longer authorized to collect, or
receipt for, any notes, or other debts
due said firms, or to dispose in any
manner Of the property assets or
credits Of said firms, appearing in
his own, or the firms name.
MAURICE DoNNELLy.
Uct. |, 1897.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22

Gallatin, Tenn, has the taIlest
man 10 the world. in the person OF
Bud Rogan" a negro man, who is
eight feet tall. Buds hands are l3a
inches, and his teet Is inches long;
When be stretches out his arms,right
aud left. be reaches 96 inches H.
esnpot stand Or, walk. aud is drawn
apout by span of billy goats. -Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
Lake Arthur Whispcrings.

EDITOR MERIDIoNAL:
| The school here has a good at
!, tendance.
Mosquitoes have been in evidence
but the wind is north today.
John Dupug was here on a visit
last week to his sister Mrs. Or. Eli
lott.
/ Joe Laurents visited the lake
Gouday be came on election busi-
ness
Several families from aear Abbe-
vile expect TO move or have moved
TO the lake TO farm rice.
A French gentleman from Guate-
mala (name not learned) was visit
ing Mr.. Lowe last week.
A big crowd went to Jennings
from the Vermiiion side Of the lake
Wednesday, a business trip presum-
ably.
Several schooners came up the
river during the past few days; they
have been carrying rice to Calves
ton.
DR. Hal came down several DAYS
ago and is al his place seeing abou,
the new canal which is being built
by him.
The election passed IF very quiet
y, au exceedingly light vote being
poIled The constitution from oil
accounts was saece tsful.
The rice buyers haYe been buay
till lately. Mr. Deschamps has
gone home to New Orl ans, MT will
relufn in . few daYs aid euY mesa
rice
Aa Watkins ecmps m arraY- |
jng fhair laad found thsl tae place
Of Jaseeii Beaoit VS. included il
their land which Decessitates his
moving.
The lake is still as beautiful as
ever, and continues TO attract the
thrift and industry Of the country to
its hounteous shores. Progressive
ness is the watcbword aud enter
prise il in evidence wherever one
goes.
Tie work Oh the new canal from
near Lakeside has been temporarily
stopped as the dredge boat was
nee ed elsewhere. Another boat is
and then the work will be
carried on day and night till the
canal il finished.
Jan. 13, 1898 ANGULAs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
Educate Your Bowels With casoaress.

Candy Cathartic. cure constipation
forever. 10c. IfC. G. C. fail. druggists
refund mouey.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
A sure Thing for Yosr.

A transaction in which you cannot lose
is sure thing. Bilionsness, sick head
ache, furred tongue, fever, piles and a
thousand other ills are caused by consti-
patton and sluggish liver. Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. the wonderful new liv-
eT T stlmulant and intestinal tonic are by
refunded. G. G. C. are sure thing. Try
q box today; 1Oc, 25c. Soc. Sample and
booklet free.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22

Emile Garans, formerly of this
place, last Monday night shot two
men iD saloon row in New Or
leans. From the newspaper ac-
counnts, the shooting seems 10 have
been justi6able. New Iberia Enter.
prise.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
Isverybodly = avs DO.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most
pleasing and refreshing to the taste, act
gently and positively on kidneys, liver
and bowels, cleansing the entire system,
dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habit
ual constipation and b1liousness. Please
buy and try box of C. G. G. today; 10,
b. 80 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure
by all druggists.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22

A health journal is telling people
how TO lie when asleep" If it could
pursuade them to tell the truth when
awake il would be doing real ser.
vice.-TrlAes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
Reauty is BLOOD Elee1.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Casearets. Candy
Cathartic clean your blood and keep it
clean. bT stirring up the lazy liver and
driving I'll impurities from the body. Be
gin today to banish pimples, boils, ,blotch-
es, black heads, and that siekly bilious
complexion by taking Cascarets, s,-beauty
for ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction
guaranteed, 10c, 25, SOC.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
SATURDAY JANUARY q, 1898.
JACK SONS LIMBLESS
COTTON

r eport of the Ieterstate Cottol
Growers Association on the Jack
son African Limbless Cotton, that
met in Atlanta, GA, Dec. Ii, 1897
We, the undersigned committee
appointed by the Interstate Cotton
Growers Association, held in At,
lanta, Ca, December 18th, 1897, to
investigate and report on The Jack.
son Limbless Cotton, beg leave to
submit the following report:
After thorough and careful ex
animation and investigation made OF
the cotton in the field, which we Wis
tied in person, and carefully looking
into the matter, we uDhesitatingly
pronounce it the best variety of cot
ton ever grown 10 the South.
From what the Committee learn.
ed from a conversation with MIR.
Jackson. it seems that the cotton,
with careful cultivation will yield
three bales per acre easily, and the
evidence of su ch fact has presented
itself to US after said investigation
The cotton itself is absolutely
without limbs, the bolls maturing on
little prongs two or three inches
long. known as fruit spur" with no
other limbs; there being from two to
five botls on each spur. The stalks
in the field, examined by as, are from
four to ten feet tall, according to
the fertility of the soil, as fruited
from the ground up.
We found on great many stalks
boils which contain FIVE aud six
oeds, which We consider very un-
usual, The size OF the bolls being
very fine average; the lint and sta
pie being Gne aud silky, an average
OF one to one aud half iuches.
L is the opinion Of your Commit'
tee. that no cotton Of this variety
has ever been grown in the South
before, and is of superior quality to
anything we have ever seen grown.
The land upon which the cotton
was grown is ordinary rad gravellY
upland, well mauufed
VIM. P CALHOUN. Chairman, Ga
RICHARD eHsATHAM, Committee.
Miss. |
When your Committee visited the
Jackson farm, the following gentle
men. members of the Atlanta Con-
vention from the states designated |
under their names accompanied your
Committee, all being practical farm
ers, and endorse the above report, las
evidenced BY their signatures.
M 7. LEACH, North Carolina. |
JOHN 3 BRADLEY,
". J. BRADLEY South Carolina.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22

nad q constant fUtter-
ing Of the heart and
severe paipitation and
pain in the left side.
She took three bottles
Of Dr.. Miles New Heart
Cureland was complete
ly restored 20 health
and mas not taken a
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
DENTaST.
AEGULAs

DR.. J. a. Derbanne, is now perma-
nently located in Abbeville. He is
prepared to execute all work at short
notice. Artificial teeth a specially.
Consultation in French and English.
Office over q. Bourque's store.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22

Dear Sirs: Ship us as soon as posi-
bic 2 gross Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonis. Ny customers want Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic and will not have
any other. In our experience of over
20 years in the drug business, we have
nevel sold any medicine which gave
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
J.. S. BROWNE &c Co,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-22
Two Millions n Wear.

When people buy, try. and buy again
the United States are now buying Cascar-
cts Candy Cathartic at the rate of two
million boxes q year and it will be three
million before New Years. 1t means mer-
rit proved, that Cascarets are the most
delightful bowel regulator for everybody
Ghe year found. All druggists 10c, Csc, soc,
a box, cure guaranteed.
The herald., 1898-07-06
SAN FRANCISCO MARKET
Call Board Dealings and Prices Of
Produce

Produce
MISUNDERSTANDING 1o.5Oa2o.5o per ton;
bran, 15.00M16.0O.
Hay--Wheat. 175O6D19.5O; wheat and oat,
165OI1S.50; alfalfa, 12.50G13.50.
Dry Beans-Pnk, 2.50N2.60 per Genital;
small white, 1.70Gp1s0: large white, LOG
small white, 1.75dll9O; large white. LOG
$50.
observation-disclosures, 4Odl50c per GENITAL;
green peas. 1.50M2.50 per sack; asparagus.
1.50M2.O0; tomatoes, 1.256l1.75; string beans,
1M1tac per h.; rhubarb, 50g75c; squash, 500
Coo per box
Fresh Fruits-Strawberries, 100000 per
chest; gooseberries. 1Gi11ac; cherries, black.
30p40c; white and red, 15I30c; cherries, 04
40c basket; plums, S5@50c; peaches, 25450c
basket
Citrus Fruits-Navel oranges, 1.50@30O;
Mexican lines. repack. 6.0oM7.0o; common
California lemons. -; choice. 2.ooas0o;
bananas, 1.O0u2O0.
Butter Fancy creamery, 1sc per lb
do. seconds, lie; rancy dairy. 16416hc; do.
seconds, 11l9M15hc.
Eggs-store, i2alS1sc per dozen; fancy
ranch, 14l16hc.
Poultry-Turkey gobblers, 1o@1lc per ID.
ers, 6.00dl75O; small broilers, 2000S 90; large
broiers. 3.50G4.O0; flyers. 4O0@5.00: hens,
3.00M4.50; old ducks. 3.00Q3.26; geese, 75c@
100 pair; old pigeons, 1.25; young pigeons,
l,5O
The herald., 1898-07-06

bringing out his 5000 900 company to cor
ner the fish market Of the world; John w.
Hughes of the old Hilton-Hughes firm.
while the presence of Charles Frohman
Frank w. Sanger. Marcus Meyer. Teddy
Marks. Charles L. Dillingham;, Maurice
Barrymore, Sidney Drew. George Fortes.
cue, Odell Williams, Harry Davenport and
the various other members. male and fe.
male of 1.-THE Belle of New York." TOO
Much Johnson and 1.-The Heart of Mary
land" companies constantly remind the
homesick New Workers of Upper Broad
way. And then, to crown everything
DR.. Chauncey M. Depew arrived In town
last evening.-New York Journal.
The herald., 1898-07-06
Mining Notes

The Rand district in South Africa in
March produced a total gold value OF
Ell 1861, equal to over 81, 900 900. In doing
that, 4769 stamps were used, averaging 4.5a
tons of ore daily per stamp. The ore yield
ed under stamps s6.43 per ton, while the
tailings, treated mostly by cyanide, yielded
$S.H per ton.
The Sonora Union-Democrat comes to
the front again with the following claim
for Tuolumne county as q gold producer:
1--WE do say. and that most emphatically,
that this county has more paying proper
ties in actual operation, more discoveries
of value being found per month. and a
greater output of gold per year than any
other county on the Pacific coast"
The Greenhorn blue gravel mine, near
Yreka, still continues to yield handsomely.
and is worked day and night, with eight or
nine drifters to each shaft. The water sup
ply continues to hold out we'll.
In 1897 one-tenth of the 11,67S 900 ounces of
gold produced was due to the cyanide pro-
cess. Only within the last ten years has
the knowledge been utilized that gold is SOL
uble in solution of cyanide OF potassium.
Collaborating ore and sands of low aver
age can be profitably worked by this process
alone, and the increasing yield of the metal
is in part due to the fact. In South African
mine ore containing over 60 cents Of gold per
ton is profitably worked. At first two pounds
of cyanide per ton was used, but the guam
tity required now is half pound. the opera
tons having been greatly improved.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Planet-Saturn mine at Fools gulcl,
will again begin operations and already Su-
perintendent Clark has begun pumping.
This is considered rich mine, but the COM
pany got loaded up with lot of machinery
not fit to work that character of ore. The
process will be changed to harmonize with
the demands of the rock and In the near fu-
ture the Planet-Saturn will be among the
producers.-Phoenix Enterprise.
The herald., 1898-07-06
Local Quotations

BUTTER-Extra local 32-ounee squares.
471aGS0c; fancy creamery northern. ~ o.
squares. .Se; dairy, s2,of 4sh%ASci Sss,iry'
vi s:sI SsE York eA 20!
per lb.. '1sc; eastern. fuil crsam.. per ~ -:
i coast full cream. per H. iiHs; osii9eini.:
America. per ID. l3it: do. alb; hand; Per h.,
u fSTss,f sw Go.e per Hens s as sso
a4oo; broilers, 1.75@2.5O; flyers, a0O9s.5o;
ducks. 4.5Od5.0O; turkeys, alive, per pound,
i0 PPo4xr66 9ssse snFsssk s5c@l; new
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. per 100 lbs, soc:
cabbage per 100 lbs eo@Se c aHcc Pr 100
lie, 5ds; onions, sOc@l 90; do. green. per doz.
zoe; green peas. sG4c; turnips, $50; pars-
GREEN FRUITS-Bananas, bunch, 1.5o9
225; Strawberries, COM, 5@7c; fancy. 100
12Ac; blackberries, 4@Sc; loquats: 4q6; cher
ries, white, 50a55; do black 45Q6o; apricots,
per box, SOC; raspberries. per box. S@7c;
gooseberries, per pound. 1904; currants, per
box, 4O@45c; Logan berries, per box, 4@6c;
figs, per box, 5OW6Oc; peaches, per box, 700
RA1sINs-Fancy clusters, so-lb. boxes.
per box, 1.35; 2-crown. loose. In sacks. per
s 81 GROWN 'G pes saSss s si n
seedlings. per lb.. 7M@se; In boxes. No
EtARD-Rex pure leaf. tierces. &c; spe-
'' Citrus rfitIs FRUiTs~Fancy nayels. 2oo@
2.2 per box; fancy seedlings, 1.25.
Lemons: Cured fancy, 1.5002.00: choice,
RS: green lemons. 100; grape fruit. per
i b5RtEssED MEATs-,Am, psr H.: Beet,
No. l, 6Nc; No. Q. GNc; hind quartrs. No. !.
&c. hind quarters. No. 2, 7c; ribs Of beef
1 pS4. vs ons 7s e nu'tsn polk 81
spare ribs, &C: pork tenderloins. l5c.
LIvEsToCK-Per ID: Beeyes, s@lh;
hogs ne: cw lambs gsT n CAVES SsF
CURED MEATS-Rex hams, 1okc; pic
mic hams. 51ac.; No. 2 SIC; select mild cure,
14lkc; smoked tongues. soc; dry salt clear
bellies. 1920 av., SIC; dry salt clears, 5000
az, ne GI salt clear # b sHt,s ne.
NC; do. calf, 15c; bulls. &c. salt steers. no
b1Ac; DO. stays ana bulls. sM04c; cows, ~
eISshi 1 ssssP %Np bs ssS pHAsp,ns .sss
Ss5o; small white, 2tO92;s o; green aeid
ys a5 sa;tis' caiot sns'; 100"
phEp FR sUand sRS :Ss Hss
fancy, sgsc; spricots, fancy sG choice 90
fancy evaporated. sWioc: ptums. pitted.
choice, sl1Oc; prunes. choice. boxed, 5000;
Choice. sack, 7H9Sc: boxes: s@ioc nss, ca.
ifornia white, per ib;: s@7c; California
h. 7Alloe; imported smyrne. 1all9lbc.
per shells, 12@1sc: hard shell. 1850; peeahs
SG12c: flberts. 12@12ltc: Brasils. u0l2ci
pinons, 10011c; peanuts, eastern, raw. ~
G7c; roasted, sGsXc: California. raw. I06c;
roaated. 64k67c.
MILLSTUFFs-Flour, local mills. $50
per. bbl. Stockton BRANDS, 6:S; Oregon: so;
rolled barley, per 100 lbs. 10; cracked corn,
per 100 lbs, los; feed meal per 100 lbs. 1.10i
bran, per ton, 2l.00; graham, per 100 lbs. I,
2.70.
HAY-wheat, per ton, 1sooat2.co; barley
17OOQ1S00; cat. 1700Q2o.0o; alfalfa. balsd,
HONEY AND BEESWAX~Honoy In
wax. 20Tpz6c per Id.
GRAIN-Wheat, No. 4. 1.ss; No. Z. 40;
corn, small yellow, 1.25: large yellow, los;
barley, common, LBS. .-.--
The herald., 1898-07-06
y THE AMERICANS In 1ONDON
How the War Has Affected Foreign
Travel

| London,-One year ago today this big
town was bullying out with Americans.
Pretty tailor-made girls, In tan boots and
sailor hats; portly papas, with bales OF
bank notes and benevolent dispositions;
| fond mammas, regardless of expense;
bridal couples, assorted variously in all
ages from May to December inclusive;
dudes in the largest plaids London could
produce; statesmen in frock coats and
straw hats-from every part Of the United
States-were all over the place. They
| swarmed in the hotel porches, on coaches
and omnbuses; they beamed from han
SONS and four-wheelers; they elbowed each
| other from the top of the Nelson monument
| and the tower; they jostled each other in
Westminster abbey, st. Pauls, and the
| Olde Cheshire Cheese, while hotel porters
and cabbies wore out the rims of their hats
| in the acknowledgment of gratuities, and
walters and chambermaids suffered under
| the daily accumulation of sixpences, shill~
| irgs and half-crowns. Today all is changed.
The stately head porters in gold braid and
buttons stand grimly at the doors Of tho
big hotels as the passengers arrive from
the transatlantic steamers and gaze dis
painfully at the steamer trunks and valises
that come in on the tops of four-wheelers
in place of the loads of Saratogas, dress
baskets, bonnet boxes and bicycles of las
year and the previous years.
| Nevertheless, there are few Americans
in London, just the same. Paul Water
man of New York arrived in town on Mon.
| day from his annual visit to Cairo, and sails
homeward today. With him came DAVID
Garrick Longworth, once of Chicago, now
| the editor of the Cairo Sphinx, proprietor
| of the American bar in the same town, and
| likewise the owner of the biggest bill
| board in the world on the banks of the
Suez canal; Harry Resented, another Chi
cago boy, who has q European reputation
| by reason of the fact that he broke tho
bank at Monte Carlo five or six years ago
came over from Paris to the Derby. He
has just returned from visit to the ma
haraiah of Kharthurpalia at that poten
tate's palace, and is thinking of writing
book on the Indian famine Another youns
American traveller who is in London on his
way home from India Is Isidore Morse son
of the late ex-Congressman Leopold Morse
of Boston. Other distinguished Americana
who are to be seen daily about the Hotel
Cecil in London are Pat Sheedy, the grea'
faro expert; the Hon. Joe Hickey, the emf.
nent chemist; Senator Don Cameron, Louis
A. Durham and Martin Newhouse Of Den.
YER. Edwin Corbin Of Chicago. who is just
The herald., 1898-07-06
CHICAGO MARKET
Prices and Prospects Of the Trade In
Cereals

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 5.-Wheat started
weak and remained in that condition until
the end of the session. Improved crop re.
ports and fine weather where harvesting IL
In progress brought out a large line by
people who bought in short last week and
were anxious to get out again. The weak
ness of continental Europe also had some
effect. The pressure here came mainly
from local professionals and st. Louis
There was a slight rally from bottom
prices near the close on the steady adj
vance at Liverpool, which showed an adj
vance OF 1&@4d. over the previous close
Statistics were bullish. Exports since Fri'
day were liberal-1160. 900 bushels July
closed with loss of &c, and September de-
clined 2A@22sc.
There was fair cash demand for corn.
Prices ruled weak, with wheat, however
and on the early liquidation Of two or three
large lines. July closed nc lower. j.
Oats sympathized with wheat and corn
July lost nc on the day
Better prices for hogs at the yards start
ed privisions higher. The advance was
soon lost, however, on moderate selling by
packers. Pork lost &c, lard 10c and ribs
50i7lpc.
The herald., 1898-07-06

All who march, walk OF stand should
shake into their shoes Aliens Foot Ease, a
powder. 1t cures aching. tired, sore, swol-
easy. 1t absorbs moisture and prevents
chatting. hot, smarting, blistered, sweating
feet. All the regular army troops and
navy men use it. Volunteers in hot ell
Aliens Foot-Ease Is sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The herald., 1898-07-06
Visible Grain

NEW YORK, July 5.-The statement OF
grain in store and aflOat Saturday, July g.
as compiled by the New York produce ex-
change, is as follows:
Wheat-14, 900 bushels; decrease. 1885,
900 bushels
Corn-22 574, 900 bushels; increase. 10000.
Oats-6 ,05S,0 600 bushels; decrease, 5000.
Barley-330 900 bushels; decrease, So 900.
The herald., 1898-07-06
A Ruling on Stock Transfers

The commissioner of internal revenue has
made an important ruling relating to the
construction to be given to that portion OF
the war revenue act, Schedule A, imposing
q stamp tax on original issues of certlhcates
of stock of companies or corporations ana
on sales, agreements to sell, or transfers
of such certificates. The decision holds
that where in any case a certificate held by
any person is presented to the company for
the issuance of another certificate or GER
tificates in lieu thereof, each new certificate
thereupon issued is within the meaning of
the act an Original ISSUE" on which the
tax must be paid In case of sale, where
the evidence of transfer is shown only by
the books of the company a tax of two
cents is required to be paid on each 500 Of
face value or fraction thereof, and the
stamp representing this is required to be
placed upon such books. Where the change
OF ownership is by transfer certificate, that
is to say, executed authority to transfer is
contained on the back of the stock which Is
to be transferred, the stamp must be
placed on the transfer certificate-that is,
upon the surrendered certificate containing
the transfer. In case of agreement to sell
or where the transfer is by delivery of the
certificate assigned in blank. there must be
executed memorandum thereof, to which
the stamp is required to be affixed. This
proposition was stated to the commission
err suppose d man was the owner OIL II
certificate for 100 shares of stock and he
wishes to sell ten of these. The result
would be that one certificate would be is
sued for the ten shares sold and an addi-
tional certificate for the ninety shares still
retained in his possession" The commits
sioner in response, says: "In this case a
stamp representing the full amount of tax
on the certificate for ninety shares must
be affixed thereto such certificate being
n ha n ioty oil wit in 4 ba
meaning of these words as they are used
IN Schedule a, and that stamp must also
be affixed to the certificate for the ten
shares for the amount imposed thereon as
an original issue and in addition to this
tax must be paid for the transfer of the
certificates for the ten shares sold. In case
man has several certificates for shares of
stock aggregating 100 shares, and for his
convenience asks the company for one GER
tificate covering the 100 shares, 1t is held
that the new certificate issued for 100 shares
Is to be regarded as an original ISSUE"