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When the fat ThttnkKgiving turkey's not a tObbIin" -tot c ohhling: And the butcher's just u-lookuIg 'round for fun--'ronntd for fun. And the dinu,ter gueia t,er r-wetrneats are a squnbh:nun-rre i ' qunbbllny, Thn a turk<y's ait" i, not a l.nppy 0110 ha pyone. ien itie doir rito'e shinintr high abovo his hrother-'h,v,, hi Lrotlher, Anl the h u,u ry ni ws of grasps the sugared - bunl--K i Bar-<il bull, Taklng cno )msitdoration n ith another-with nuothor A turkuy's lot 13 nt a happy one. BAB'S TURtKEY. A Ttiank,givli g Story. "Barbara! Barbara Frick!" Mrs. Pot tingill's voice rang out sharp andshrill on the summer air, far above the hum of crickets and grasshopp ora in the grass; and the little pink sunbonnet down the road camo to a sudden stand still. "Barbara, come back here a moment.9 "Yes, Mrs. Pettingil)," and the own or of the sunbonnet quickly retraced her steps to the farm gate, where stood the tall, rather gaunt woman with the shar voice. "The young turkeys have all wand ered off into the woods yonder," she said," "and a shower is coming up fast. Would you mind driving 'em up - for me, Bab? I've just got my baking in the oven. Tho men folks are all down in the lower meadow, and the young brood will surely be killed if they got wet." Barbara glanced doubtfully from the heavy cloud risin'g in the west to the woman's anxious f:ce, and then, being a good-natured girl, said: "I think it will rain in ton minutes. Mrs. Pettingill, but I'll do the best I can.'' "Tat's a good child! Bo spry and I'll give you a loaf of fresh bread and a pail of miik to take home to your mother." So, thus encoulraged. Barbara set forth across the plowed field, where the wheat and corn were sending up tender green shoots, uniml sho reached the little tract of wooiland back of the farm. Still nothing was to be sceit of the truant turkeys; and the thunder now began to rumble overhead and hashes of vivid lightning to play about the (dark clouds, making Barbara tremble wit,h fear, for she had great droad of being out in a thunderstorm. "Oh, dear!" she sighed, "where can they be? I am11 afraid it will rain be fore I gut back." Just then a low, mournful ''pool) Peep!" made her look round. Some thing was Ilutt.ering in the long grass near an old, tumble-down rail fence, and going nearer she found it was one of the little turkeys, that, in attempt iig to squeeze between the bars, had stuck fast, and was struggling in vain to got free. "You poor little dot!" she cried, "how came you here? and where have your mother and brothers all wandered to?" But the turkey only answered with its sad little "peop! peep!" and help ing it through the narrow space, Bar bara poppetd the woe, ttowny thing in to her apron, and stumbled on through the underbrush, where she felt suro that the speckled hen and her turkey children must have hidden themselves. "Dear me!" cried Barbara. in dis may, "they will never get over such a wetting as this. And what will Mrs. Pettingill sayP" And sho was half afraid to meet the farmer's wife, to whom the promisino young had meant a new black silf dross at Thanksgiving. And Mrs. Pettingill was angry enough when Barbara drove the (Yis consolate-looking brood into the farm yard, and exclaimed in temper: "It is all your fault, Bab, for not having senso0 enough to look in the old p)astulre first'' (for angry p)eople are apt to be unreasonable). "T1hey are sure to pine away and die now, so I shan't bother wvith oem any more. You needn't, have troubled yourself to take care of that one forlorn little thing, for one isn't worth raisingo." "Then take it homo11, BIab, and see what you can do wvith it," said good natured Farmer Pettingill, who came in In time to hear his wife's words. "Never mindi Nancy; accidents will happen, you know, and if these die we can set the old browni hon, and have plenty more tulrkeys in a mlonth." To which Mrs. Pettingill only tossed her head, muttering: "Late turkeys never (10 amount to * ~ anythling, and these would have been all right now if I had gone after 'em * myself and not sent a careless chit like that,'' with suchb a scathing glance at Barbara that she wvas glad to beat a hasty retreat without either tile p)roml ised bread or a p)ail of milk, and she walked slowly homewvard with tears ini her brown eyes and the baby turkey -still rolled up in hor apron. The Widow Friek, with her son Hans and daughter Bar'oarn, or Bab, as she was usually called, lived in a rickety little cottage at thu foot of Long ILil 1, where everything was shabby enough, but clean and neat as a no0w pin; al though the poor woman had often a hard time to provide food and clothing for her little family, especially since an attack ol malarIa In the sprinlg had left hor very weak anti miserable. "Hal lo, Bab! what have you got thereP" called Hans, from the door aop, asO his sister entered the gate; "anti you look as solemn as old hblack 1Peter's horned owl." lo oen "I guess you would lo oen -.and cross, too, If you had chased over three rough fields, torn your clothes, scratched your hands, an d been cooped ump in a hollow 01(d tree during a terrif zio thunder-storm, and .then, after all, enly get a scolding for your pains," retorted Bab, thus giving vent to her wounded feelings. "Poor Babblo-de-bab! Did you bring * ~ home tihe scolding in your aprouP laughed Hans. "No, indeod! I was glad enough to leave It behind me. This is a poor * little turkey." And Bab produced tho woo, tremb ling bird. 'Where did youi gehtP". asked Mrs. FrJ, apearng n te orway. And,'sitting dlown; flarbara related her morning's adventure at the Pettin gill Farm, "But the tusli~ey won't live," said Jans, when 6she had finished. "They are the hardest things in the world to to raise." PC "I shall try, anyway," said Bab, no gently smoothing the soft, yellow ut down. And she make the little fellow a We coop in one corner of the yard, and fed Pe and tended him with such care be throughout the summer, that, contrary trc to all expectations, he lived and as thrived, and grow into as fine a turkey gobbler as any one would wish to see. rol Mrs. Pettingill's, however, fulfilled an her prediction, took cold, and dwind- gi led away, until not one was left of all tl the ton. of Bab named her bird Christopher Co lumbus, because he was such an explor- sa or, always diving into odd and unex pected places. pu Now he tried the cupboard, next in- all vestigated the oven, while, a moment by later, he was foraging among the cab- th, bages, and once almost singed his bill an poking it into a pan of hot ashes. a He was devoted to his little mistress, l'l and hopped after her, up and down stairs, and around the garden, and, on like Mary's lamb, oven "followed her wl to school one day." vi "lHe is the clearest, sweetest pot that ro over lives!" Bab would exclaim, hug- an ging Christopher around the neck, and gil showering his head with kisses. "And did you over see more lovely feathers th4 -all green and blue and gold?" to: At which he would spread his tail, in swoll out his throat, and strut around as though he knew he was being ad- th mired. m "Your one turkey beats mine all hol- gr low," said Farmer Pettingill one mol- sn low October day, stopping to loan over th the fenco and chat with Bab. "Al- bu though the brown hen has replaced Speckle's brood, I have none as big or an fat. He will bring a nice littlo sum at ou Thanksgiving." bit "What! Sell Christopher Columbus? n Never!" And Bab's eyes flashed indig- os nantly at the idea. "My darling pet shall never be roasted and eaten, but op' dio of old age, like a respectable bird." t'a "Why, tho money he would bring 9t would get you no end of ribbons and tre lace," continued the farmer, teasing ly. "And girls love finery more than to anything I know." sol I would rather go in rags, and keep I Christopher Columbus," said Bab, wi firmly, picking a caterpillar oil' a cab- 1"J bago, and presenting it to the turkey, who mado way with the dainty morsel Oil in a twinkling. ter Mr. Pottingill laughed heartily, and an passed on; but ho thought: he "She is a spicy little thing. I wish she was my daughter. How she would ha brighton up the old homesteadi" fo 'The cold weather came very early that year, and the first part of Novom- an ber Mrs. Frick had a severe attack of he her old complaint, and was unable to loavo.her bed. cri It was hard lines, then, for Hans and at Bab; for though they stayed home from school, and worked all the odd jobs s" they could get, they daily saw their fo mother growing thinner and paler, and the small supply of silver in the pr old blue woolen stocking that served on them for a bank rapidly waxing less on and loss. pie The doctor looked grave when he cid was finally called in, but said he no thought rest and good nourishing food lit would do a great deal for Mrs. Frick, and, above all, she must have a certain tonic, which le mentioned. the "It is expensivo-throo dollars a bot- mo tie," he said, at parting, as he button- she ed up his heavy fur coat, "but it has h worked wonderful cures in thcso ma larial cases, and I am sure is just what clo she needs." sm, And ho nodded "good-day" and em rode home to his dinner of roast beef wvi and oysters, leaving poor, hard-worked Ha Hans and Bairbara gazing ateoach other asha im dismay. ", brother! what shall we doP" or asked Bab. "There Is only one dollar sell and a half loft in the stocking, andi I do: am not to be paid for the soeks I am knitting until they are finished, while boe there is nothIng In the house to make Fri broth of, and as for wine for t'ie moth- lt er, that is out of the question." wo "I don't know," aaid Hans, sadly, going to the windlow, and looking out "Y into the little garden, where Christo- liet phor Columbus was marching up and down, making deep tracks In the pure bal white sno0w. "1 wish I did." Bab was crying softly, the big tears 50t running downi bor cheeks, and drop- the ping into the bean soup she was taking from the lire, when Hans suddenly re- pal marked: "Babi, do you know it only wants sal three days to T1hanksgiving?"' foll "Yes; but we need not trouble our- the selves about, our Tihanksgivin g dinner. th: It will be only bread and beans, as sh< usual. Th'ei other vegetables must be ye1 saved for~ mother.'' Ce "Bab, Chrisi.opher is very big and be, fat-almtost the biggest turkey I ever s aw."' lou ''What doc you moan?'' cried Barba- mi< ra, stopping ini the middle of the floor, fari suce-panl ini hand. a Hans11 turned very rod, and lhe did rul not look at his sister, but staninired: an "Ah, Blab, we can't let the mother ho And thou lie ran out of the room and no the house, slammling the door after wh him. Bab set downi the i vessel, tu dropped inito a chair, and covered her dor face with lier hands, and she never i mioved unitil her mother called her from the adjoining bed-room, wheni she e answered the summons with pale Fri cheeks and swollen eyes, but a now het look of determination abc.ut her rosy ' lips.. crc $he found Mrs. F"rick feelinug much Clh worse, and wvas busy with her until yoe Hans came back to dinner. Barbara gif could not eat, but a loud "gobble! gobble!" outsido told tha.t Christophior an< Was hungry, and she carried out her co: uharo of CM meat for him. She watched wh hinm enjoy is untIl -the last bean had lik disappeared, but, as she plekedt up the hisi empty dish, cried: r "Oh, Chris, Chris! dear Chris! I'm an afraild you will hale to go, after all," . n And, throwing her arms around the bird's slepder neck, she isobbed as though het @ibrt would break, hai TIhe turkey pwcked at her cheek af- be< feotionately, and it'ied to follow her in- VI doors, but she shut him out, and going all straight to hqr brother, said: loi "hans, you may take Ohristopher to O Farmer Potngm amto"uih .n a u... carry hi-'' t. im...k.. t ' ..1 hiq mv ultry to-ma. rr ' " w;ich Ila dded assont. tu. d d ou>. venturi I tor a sitl'.?iu w 'ur I. So it. h-"1.4ntd ttant thle _"o I farman is sur; rised til:." nii;ht bty the Ial arance it t 51tn.- .: ii'. I 'in% go ttriyt.b Lit tt ,. . - i, .-1;t.1 wti ltintm entt. t11 1 <t" . -h - t1 :, ti i t thou .. e .1 'w 1 ... ..,r I: .i It Was a s.id . -,: , it it 1Ia,1-i h tt 1 iato, umd . a. bi...w 1iv nlO. d i"l. "P' r tilt it e i, i o .r , tt t.' ""ever :1 tIm1e.: <1tr.,, : .,to r" mti:, )Uil h is 1)e*t'tr-itlt, I i",[u lhn 11r1,t1 I!l e i .. i rV iuit r"I '-.Juti ii,,., p1..r ..>iic.-l Thev uuin u up avtault1g ti. a raint .1av." But to 1,ro1i1is- I to di isp a'.,v!of l:I or "Uxplorir," who. Witi his g l0 departu.l, now lay hrli,iiesiy t the legs, and to bring Irout tow 3 required uidic:uu for the invitlit d the lad was sunt hoin.' l.doln wit ack of meal and a iat, ta i;ot of ai is fromn the farm. il'he next two days were very s. us to Bab. Sauo lani"iod hr poL over' lure, and was constantly haunted I ions of Christopher, divested of I Ial pluuago, and served up, brow d smoking, to grace some Thank ring fo.st. 5s:1 picked upl a few little feathers i 3 yard and watored them with ht trs us she laid thom carefully awt a box tit contained her tre:asnre But she was somewhat consoled h , 1ot.d th11+ to:lic suoted to dio 1o )thor, alin.,t 11 imediately, and w: atoful for ih.- ex i a iwo : \ d l,il:r Fa ,r Potting-i .:il:.1 in,tll het; h.tut a price of It:-or C.ari.,tti;lor Colun s. I'hanksgivin. wuurnilg dlawed cle; d cold, and the cnurch bolls ran t clear and sweet on the frosty ti Iding the good people from far an ar coio and join in the groat liar l11i1m Festival. t1.rry family partis dashed in larg on sieighs, and youung folks in hol y attirt trooped down t,h hil , to 1l Mint old chuich hilddt:e amuiog Li us. Ba;b join"td the throng;, leaving Iial take carte of their mother, and croj tly into a back beat; but bor heat 8 heavy and h' r voice was broke en si.o tried to sing tihe lThlanksgii "arit'r I'etting ill n:i ll, whift stoo the porch at si1 canuti out, the Ia respilendant in t naw black sill I the farmler sllouk 13 tu's han trtily. saying: Cher ill, little one. It may be ppier 'Tanuk.iving than you thin after Ili." B3ut the :irl only shook her heat d drawing her thin shawl aroun r, lurritdcl down the path. "Good cheer, my 13:tbble-ie-Bab! ed Hans, as ho throw open tio doc her knock. "'.Juist look there!" ad Barbara opened her eyes in gia :prisu at the least of good things s( th on the old pino table. largte, phny turkey, drussed an )pared for roasting, was flanked o t side by vegttables of all kindi-, an the other by t wo tinc and pumpki S, while rosy red apples. uts an or all pronised a iThan ksgiving di: such as hail not been known in th lu houso for many a long year. 'Oh, how nice!" cried iab. 'The Pettingills brought them o: ir wiy to church," sit id ians, "ait thor fouls so much better, site think will comuo to the tabl to-day. S, ry Up and get dinner ready." LI was nearly rua Iy. aid a deli Us, appetizing odor pervading Li all kitehtun, wtou suddunly tLi lIe vantishedc from Ba b's fatce, anl ha look of horror. shti turned t us, who was setting the table, an :ed etarnestly: 'Hans, tell mo1! Do you think Farx Pettin gill would be so cruel as t dus back Christophor Columbut id and stufled?"' t was a dread ful thaought, and tool h their atppetites away. So) Mrt ck was quite dlistr.4sed to seo hot he they seemuod to care for the uri nted good things. 'No turkey, Bab!" sIho exclaimied (hy, how is that?" as the girt ltho head and puashed asido her plato. 'It wouldl choke me," sobbed Bat ra; "for it mazy-it may be Chris." at that moment, however, ait cli and without brought them all t dr feet. 'What's that?" cried Biab, tturnin 0. 'It sounds remarkably familiar. di Hans, its a loudh gobble! gobbl< l on their ears, and made at datsh fu i windlow, whoro lie satw someothin it causedt himt to danc'e for joy. as ht muted: "Oh, Biab! Batbl as sture ai i'ro alive, here Is oldi Christophe Iumbus, as big and saucy as ovet fging to comoi in." cJod I say thatt bo hiad net to be g, but in another insteant wats in thi idle of the room, with the whol caily laughing andtu crying over himi >erfect ecstat y of delight, while h >bod his head against their cheeki I seemed equally as p)lease.1 to be a flo OnIce luoro. Counid thei turkev's neck was5 tied ce, addressed to Miss Barbara Frick lch shte road aloud: ear hIah--Peeonsicceept this T1hanksgivin key in pitce of the bread anid msilk 1 fai'c rivo yon1 inst SmIinmer, tu d I ask your pit I for alhl I ny haeve c Id onI that day: L' as awful iniind at the. losd of the broot N%.'W Y PETTTNGILL. *Thatt is just Iliki i'er,"' laughed t ek, "ron..t a'.u impuptlsivo, bitt I. ind trted undier ithl." 'I ami so sorr1 I ever called her ss oid thinmg, 'said Bab; "for, oh ris! this pay3s for everything, an< Sare the very best Tiha:nksgiving tLI could ha:ve hacd.'" it the dhinneur was a stuccess after all I M,rs. F'r:ck hiad now no reason t, up~linI of her child ren's a 9ptotites lIe Ch'ri.'iophoer ColhumbuC .bohavec u a canini 1a' picking the bones c unfor'tuiuato fellow turkey with thi .1 choor reugned ins the little cottag hor the hill.--Agnses (arr .Sage. L step towardl abtolishiing the igi flnuilsance iat the theatre has jus mn taken by ithe manaigomeont of ilnai plaiy house, which orders the female patronlizers mtust either wes r head-gear or forego the pieasur arts-ndance at the uorformanenL 1 T1lE IIME O T1'II1: ChESTNUT Is _ o It is a matter of reproach to our so clal sciuntists that the habits and cus r tows of the jok have received so little - a. tention. It is an error of the vulgar a to suppose that a joke is a literary me i teor that llar,htes across the intellectual d sky for a moment and then disappears ,. forever. ' voin trained observers have o been deeivedI into expressing much eto the samo opinion; and a celebrated . scientist, whose services to mankind justify us in concealing his name in i connection with the charge, was hoard to declare that a joke was "an instance ir of intellectual abei'ration unworthy of serious attention." Nothing could be a further from the facts. Leaving asido yv any discussion of the first cause of the i joke, which would involve us in the n obscurities of metaphysical discussion, I, we may state boldly that the joke has ti woll-doined habits and peculiarities, - and a study of its history and develop ment is well worthy the attention of d the foremost minds in science. It is evident to any observer that the y joke may be accurately divided into is races and nationalities. No one who 11 had paid the slightest attention to the g. subject could possibly mistake a Ger man joke for a French joke, or a n French joko for a British joke. In fact, ,r they are as plainly tnarked off from y each other as any two broods of dogs. 4. and each undoubtedly has its different v habits. An adequate discussion of the ir subject can not even be outlined in this is column. Nevertheless, as a small con - tribution to an important subject, we offer the following account of a single member of the large and interesting family known as the American joke: r It is eight months or more since the chestnut joke first saw the light. Its r, birth is involved in obscurity, in spite of earnest efforts to trace its ancestry. In the early days of its existence it gave no sign of coining greatness. We know the story of the school at Brien ne, where Bouriunno took the prizes over Napoleon; BIourienno is now re e ineibered not as tie "prize boy," but as Nepoleon's secretary. In a like manner the tin-pan joke or the nigger t baby joke of oven date with the chest. nut seemed surer of fame. At the time the chestnut appearod the paint-the town-red joke was at the height of its fame. Its monthly appearance in Jan nary was twenty-six thousand seven hundred and forty-six, which is sur passet. only by its unprecedented No d vember tacord of thirty-eight thousand nine hundred, due to the local disturb a ig cause of a Democratic victory that k month at thu polls. For the same month the chestnut appeared in public but a beggarly one hundred and eleven t times. Previous to that date it was so insignif cant as not to seem worthy of record. Starting from this point, we r see the gradual rise of the chesnut and the corresponding declinu of paint-the town-red. In February the chestnut appeared twelve hundred and forty four times. andt the p:aint-the-town-rod appeared twensty-fivs thousa111d nine hundred and fourteen times. This do. s not necessarily indicate any falling uff in the popularity of the latter, for the d effect of hard times was most severely . felt that month, the total output of a jokes being six per cent under that of January; but the increaso of the chest nut joke under snch unfavorable cir cumstances is truly signilicant. ''he following month paint-the-town-rod nearly held its own, appearing twenty five thousand sovon hundred and nine teen times, but the chebtnut increased to thirty-two hundred. The following nionth it increased by eleven hundred, whilo the paint-the-town-red declined ithe same number. But in the month of May the chlestnlut leaped Sat one astonishing boiud to fourteen thousand sevemn hundred and eighty ap peCarancees, its only one rival coming down something lessm thlan tile same f igure. It is seaurcely necessary to go further into deta:ils. The0 AuIgust returns give a totaul ol mlore thani twenity-ninme thons and appearancees for tihechyptuunt,while 'its rival i1 all but as extinct as Mr. Crawford's "dado." Tfhe reports for the first half of the present month in dicate that the total will fall little if any below that of August. although tihe return-of-thoe-sumnmer-boarder has acted as au disturbing element. We r may aissume however, from the fore Sgoing figures that the chestnut has reached its full development, and is doomed to a speedy decline. It is dan gerous to generalize from but two or three instances, but from the obvious 'similarity of the carcers of the success r ful American joke, it is alnmost certain that their existence is deteIrmined by fixed and immutable laws. We have not the figures at had to verify this rstatement, but we pronounce it in all contidence. We may suipposo, therefore, that tihe ,chestnut mulst follow the path already trodhten by paint-the-town-red and its Spredecessors, and, after seeing the rise of some sucessful rival that is oven now in the obscure throng,will become extint in bout it months. Its rise has taken an equal length of time. In spite of a few well-known exceptions wvhoro a joke has been able to survive in a toothless, mumbling condition for 'two or thrco years, we may safely state that the average life of tihe sue i cossful American joke is sixteen or, at -thie most, eighteen months. The sub Sjoot is one of much intorost,and should attract some young and enthusiastic social scientist. - "I am a very timid man," writes a subscriber in Ohio. "1 ami nervous, a constItutionally timid; a very coward, ,in fact. I am ashamed of it, but I I can't help it. Nowv, what profession ( or occupation can I adopt in tple p rae tice of which I will bed most perfetly safe from harm or dangerP Go to France, my son; go to France and be ,a duelist. Or youl Trpiht renmainl in I A merica andi be a pugilist."-Larooklyn f Eagle. S Thore'll be a pretty how-do-do among New Jersey lalwym's if the courta follow iup thel precedent e'stab lished by Vice-Chmanenilor Bird in his decison that at lawyr will induces a clotagive an $8,000 mortgago for $975 and then sells it hiimselt for $4.200 must turn .the profit Qver to) them client rntado pcetn it imso!f. Jersey being lawvyers if th.-y have~ to ben asl hloneust as othier me'ln. -- .bnuo enI (l'as. Uurin uv (1. Irt. "What Is that euriuus-looking por piece" asked a reporter of a )r in old coins. "That is the Roman Aes, a which was in uso in Rome about 1 yoari ago. It is an original; it c lot bt spurious. :ai for thu rc that though the coin itself, so far I utward shapt" is concern. d, muigh 3ountorfoited, it would he impos :o imitate the red patina, or coa apon it. You t'. thi4 coin has otingas of colored mt tr-ono g tid the other rel. Well, the g an bo imitated by umoth-ru ingen Jut the red stuff t'al not. be Iut t 3ountvrillit coini by :,ny 1)roec presont known to the world. ' ""Vhero do you get thoso an :oins thatt weroe in umLI :.)lulllmy Ago? Vhere aru ti) lo)ln 1?" "'Well, you 800. P Iegle in those 3iont tilos did not have banks ank vaults to depl)-it their wialt for safu-keepin,_. As you Low, Ltomans wore almost constanti ivartaro with others, andl thou .a tad money would freque0ntly hide Ahe earth or secure it in the wall thoir dwelling, whe they wenlt te lvars. Those who were killed luito often, no trace of where vealth was hiddon, and so it rom: to be resurrected by some modern iunter. A great many ancient Lavo been found also in river bud think that in many instances they put into rivers by peopl who wi to have their history remuembore the coming ages. There have 3oins found in the Thames near London bridge by which we can 1 many of the Roman omperors. lact that they have thus been f( in order scoms to clearly indicate they were deposited on purposu by ions desirous of perpetuating samos of the rulers. Thus, by i oins of ancient Rome, many tI pertaining to that great empire w ruled as mistress of the world are u known to us. Many things are in bly impressed upon the mind by g: ing at these coins and afterward !oming interested in the subjec to not believe there can be a b 3ducator of the history of any cot than a collection of its coins. ;ymbolic devices and inscriptions 1 them have a priceless value in fi upon the mind the great facts and )chs to which they refer. Not loos this apply to ancient coins; squally true of modern ooins. He ;omething that to the thinking ma licatos a great social and business slution in the manner and custon: the people who use it, for here yo a specimen of the largest coin known to be in use anywhere." The reporter was struck with an mont when informed that the squaro copper plattor-liko affair w coin. Proceeding, the dealer said "Yes, it is a Swedish piece and orally weighs from 6 to 7 pounds. one weighs 6 pounds. It is 1O} in wide by 9,t inches long, and is a raro coin. It was made during reign of Frederick, king of Swedo the year 1723. In the center of piece, inclosed in a circle, you see stamp '4-dolor,' and underneath words 'Silt mynt' (silver monoy), in each of the four corners, and in dr to prevent the coin being cli: they were stamped with the royal Af urms. "-Bosion G.obc. Lotrd1 Houl -n1' Vecinit."t As a poet it is easy to lunderrate Houghton, and it is equaily e;ts verrate him. With him it was a life to live, if not a:i of 'deathi t< l'o such tIe hn r:chst feenam t ails oCf lal inspjiratione :0-o m-ever ole-mct ruay be dloub ted w;; er a1 pomi Jc uSis 1ime, howvever, tuneoreei qt1 i1e; rcssed what and ali of wvhat hi itd wvished to say. P r.sons of d uil positions andi things oi a m:or oss dlisorderly chlaracter haud a strm ascination for his muse as8 they ha ilmiself. He felt as lively a eeri Lo know a pheomenally L,ad lran >henomenally good onle, pahrl ly, iaps, because according to convenCI dl standardis the latter are the r R'othing human or inhumianx Ilay be ho rlanlgo of his curiosity-a p).-eu ty which 1 01nc0 hoardP illu-eirate ,be following story. W~hether ti iot, there is notihing imprl)obable a t. A criina:l was to be hung aut >'clock, the event to bu anuniuicee he public by the firing of a gun. a me at Uoughltonu's breakfast tabb nar1kud that it was afl or 1ino and ;u had not been fired; the e'xecu herefore, mu tst havt~o beeni postpt( 'Oh.n, promp)(ihltly replied his si 'thu man11 ha:s surely been hung >r3thecr would halve had himi her >rtakfast."' Whether from a. sp)im ~enorous toleration, or ciharity, or' >f fair play, or sympathy for LIhe w r party, or a curious taste for )aradoxical, or all these comlbined 11us8 scomodt to have been conscei to the def"?: oef peopele andit con hat wv-: -,a the dieeive. Th< 30! r . eng wvithe tIe great poets o. vorld, Lord lougyht.i anohng befor heath had secured for I hinself an luring placo amlong thle polets of : and.--lion. Jolku iyclow, en llarj fIagazine for .eo'vem,,ber. Watet E~liz:abeth, Anyway, Hecr afections5 center upon a vhioso namoli--theO lonigest, her to: ~ould framie at tile Limlo it, was bos Id-is Elizabeth. F"or some mn iuanor of unJusual gravity this~ y< ad y was sent i,o bed at an early km mad in the WOO attending the inflii af this~ punIlislhet she forgot to w~ithi her the cherished liizabeti hare her cotuch. Reallaing 13cr ation she summuonedl her mlothet salls from the chamber: "Mammal I want Flizabeth, P: lring Elizabeth up to mel" T1his mitigation of the penalty fonled; but the dlemand was repm hach refusal being followed by a :nore petulant reqtuest, until i sheo came a suggestion of the las Jort of maternal disciplino: "Nellie, I am~ afraidl I shall hav ome up and punish you." Quick ca'me the responsa, punb id with sobs: "WVull, whena you come up, p bring Elizabeth i"-.-stona Rec..d THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Cop- Both Branches of our LegIslative Depart leal- ment Get Promptly to Work-Some Meas ures to be Conaldered. coin (Condensed from the Netos and Courier.) 1,200 Pursuant to law, the General Assom ould bly of South Carolina met in Colun ason bia on Tuesday the 24th ult. The ,s its. Senate was called to order by Lienten t 0 ant-Governor Sheppard and the House siblo by Speaker Simons. iung. The annual message of the Governor two was received, read, and referred to roen appropriate committees. roen Owing to the intervening of Thanks uity, giving Day there were, last week, but p1on four working days for the General As s at sembly. These were well spent in the introduction or consideration of vari Li"eit ous measures of public importance. ,ars A brief statement of these will prove of general interest. an- The House passed to its third read a ing (Introduced at the last session, by Ih m Mr. Brice, of 1"airfield) the joint reso the lution proposing an amendment to the at Constitution, touching the distribution who of the two-mill school-tax. After it "f some debate the joint resolution was t ordered to be engrossed for a third the reading in about the following shape: left, "SECTION 5. The boards of county thdir commissioners of the several counties iod shall levy an annual tax of not less rolie than 2 mills on the dollar, &c., for the 0ius support of the public schools in their . respective counties, which tax, &c., were shall be held in the county treasuries of shed the respective counties and paid out by exclusively for the snpport of the pub bon lie schools as provided by law. There old shall be assessed on all taxable polls The in the btato the annual tax of one dol Tnd lar on each poll, &c., for educational that purposes. The school tax shall be por- distributed among the several ton, n te ships of the counties, and in counties hose where there are no townships among ings the tax districts, in proportion to (lie hicl anount of taxes paid by said town ships or tax districts." deli- .l the Senate, the House bill to nro anc- vido stenographers for the tifth and be- sixth circuits caused some dCate. t 1 Various minor amendments were tter adopted. Senator Black tried to have ntr the section referring to the sixth cir cuit stricken out, and was seconded by Senator Clyburn. The agricultural 11)p Senators generally supportel the mo e - tion, but it was defeated by a vote of only 1G to 14, and the bill was passed. i There will be another fight on the ro is third reading. A message was raceived from the rev- Governor announcing his veto of the sobill passed last session "to make I see School District No. 1, Sumter county, ever a separate and distinct school district, and to require the school tax and fund aze- collected and received in the same to bugo be applied exclusively to school pUr poses in said district." The applica tio-: of the fund expressed in the title, gen- the Governor says, is in conflict. with This Article X, Section 5, of the Constitu ches tion, as amended, which declares that very "the school tax shall be distributed the among the several school districts of n, in the counties in proportion to the re the spectivo number of pupils attendiing the the public schdols." the Among the new measures introduc amd ed are the following: or- By Senator Smytlhe, to amend the ped law as to the sale of real estate adjudged coIt to be sold. By Senator Woodward, relating to the time of holding Circuit Courts in the sixth circuit. By Senator Bobo, to provide fees for Lord certain officers in casos offorcibleentry y to and detainer; to amend Section 1,741:3, 11 of Chapter 40, of the General Statutes, i ie. relating to licenses. e i By Senator Maxwell, joint resolut ion It to amenid the Constitution respecting t of the inumber of connty commissioners. y e~x- (Reducing the ntumber to one, aind toflt making him a salaried and bonded ofi1 mbllt. cr.) ., or ilThe Scr:ate has considered a good anigo portion of the very voluminous bill for I for the revision and( implrovemenit of the ity laws for the assessment and collectioni 23s a Ot Laxes. per- Among the newv bills introduced in tion- the House are: 11er. A bill to amend Section -181 of' the ronde General Statutes ini reference to the liar- salary of Lieutenianit Governor. [This tI by bill abolishes the salary at tachied to to or the oflce and( allows the Lieuiteniant bout Governor $10 per1 die,tmid mileage nino durinig the session of the Generial As I to sembly.] omo Bill to amnend the law ini relation tc re- the exaininaitiont of teachers. [This the bill waIs so loadled dlowin with aumnd tiont, mtents that it is someiwhuat difilicult to ned. follow them. Its object, htowever, it ster; may be stated1, is to give to graduates or of any chartered college or tuni versit y at ini the State permission to receive a -it of teacher's certificate from cithecr the lore State or conty board of examiniers oak- withtout undergoing an exailnation, the provi ded, however, lie or she hias a ,is good mnoral chtaracter.] tedo .Mr. JIemphlill introduced a bill to dnet abolisht thte oficee of supervisor of reg nugh istrationi, impose05 the duties of Saidl the ofilce upon the auditors of the several hiis counties aitd to provide for thieir com1 ont- pchsationi. Mr. Jiemphtill says that pthte pay of the sup)ervisors is altogetheri *e. a out of proportioni to the services whtich they mu-c called upon to perfor[m; that the wvork of prepar-ing the registration lists was heavy in the beginniing, but that, it Is niow ver-y light and not more (loll thain the auditors can attenId to for igue slight ad(ditionial compensat,ion. tow- Mr. RI. D. Lee, of Sumer-, gave s(1- niotice of a bill to cinable the Govermnor lung to provideo for the enumlerat ion of thte ouri, inhabitants of the State; $25,000 is the .tica amounit app)roprniatedl for thte work in tak tte bilil which, hiowever-, has not yet t o b)eent mtroduiced. Mr. Lee has n'lso eso0- givn otiee of o bill to chantge the by limnit of time 7th Congressionial dis tilt. This he pr'oposes to do by trns case ferr-lng Bleaufor-t frm thte 7tht to the 2d district, a change whic Mr-. Lee thimiks was will give the Democrats of the Black d,district a fighting chance to lie repre ytsented in Coitgress. re-l Thet bill to pt-event the exp)ortationt an rappimng and nettlig of partr-idges o to was killed in tie House by a vote of 43 to 41. tuat- Mr. Henry B. Richtardson, the new ly oeeted member from Clarendon lease county, was present in the House on Wednesday and qualified. He made his maideni speech later it 'tihn a when he introduced resolutions. of respect to the memory of Mr. Arthur IIarvin. his deceased predecessor, and supported them with a few well ehoseu and feeling remarks. The anti-Prohibitionists scored a victory in the indefinite postponement of the bill from the last session "to prohibit the sale of spirituous and malt liquors within the county of Colleton." There was no discussion on the sub ject. "A bill to regulate the granting of liquor licenses within incorporated cities and towns" was passed over without action, as was also a bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in the town of Jonesville, Union county. There are several other prohibitioi bills on the Calendar and several addition.l bills bearing upon the subject mle looked for (luring the session. NOTES OF TIE SESSION. Concerning the proposed census, it is naturally inquired how it will affect A, representation from the several con ties. Taking the United States cCnsu of 1880 as the basis of the now appor tionment, it was found that changes would occur in eleven counties. Tho counties which would gain Representa tives would be Beaufort, Edgefleld, Greenville, Laurens, Marlboro, Spar tanburg and Sumter, who would gain one Representativo each. Charleston and Berkeley combined, which now have seventeen (telegates, would lose four, and Aiken, Ilampton and Rich land one each. Under this schedule it is estimated that Charleston would have seven and Berkeley six Represen tatives, but this estimate would. per haps be increased by a new census in Charleston, where it is said that the population now numbers over 60,000. In this connection Captain Dennis, of Berkeley, was asked how about his bill to transfer the sea islands from Berke ley to Charleston. To this lie replied that the bill had been passed over at the suggestion of Col. Simonton with a view of having a conterence of the two delegations. The Berkeley dele gation fhvor the transfer (with one ex ception) and the Charleston delegation at present Oppose it. The are on the IHouse Calendar a number of what are known as "Liquor bills." One of them, a bill to prohibit the sale of liquors In Colletonl county, was indefinitely postponed without discussion or division. Mr. 1'etti grew's bill to regulate the granting of licenses in incor_orated towns and cities was passcd over temporarily. This bill takes a vay the power of the granting of licenses from the munici pal authorities and vests it inl the coun ty colnmissioners, the license fee-not less thanl $:300-to be paid to the use of the county. The bill to prohibit the sale of liquors in t he town of Jones ville, Union county, was passed over. The bill (Senator lienanun's) to repeal the Act to prohibit the sale of spiritu Ous liquors in Oconee couln y, has not yet been reached. It pa1ssed the Sell ate last session and fiiled by two) vo>tes in the House on a motion made on the last night of the session to take it up out of its order. A bill will be intro duced to repeal the l'rohibition law in Barnwell county. An attempt will also be made to pass bills allowing tho granting of licenses in Berkeley and Charleston counties. The Senate has decided to postpone the judicial elections for the present. There is no opposition to any of the present Judges save in two Cases. The 'riendsof Gen. Moore have determined to bring his name out for tle position of Judge of the Second circuit ogainst Judge Aldricl;. The friends of Judge Mahier, who is aL probable candidate, had deternmined not to bring himi 0111 igainist .Judge Ahh-lichi, bult, the action of (lie suplporters of (Geni. Moore miay tleterminie themt to a (dif'erent course. It is mentioned in the lobbies that Ccl. John1 F. i"ickenm may be b)roumght out as La canid(ate for thle licench in thle First circuit in opposition to .Judge Priessley, bu11t no0 athoritive anlnouncceent so that eflect 11as as yet been1 made(1. The ind(efinlito piostp)oinment of (lie divorce hill is inmfornmally disculssed1. Some signiIcance wvas 'attached 't this for the. reason tbat thie nut hor of tuehl bi, a young miemnber from Fair field, miade the mnotioni for p)ostp)one, menit. This was explainied by the fact t hat lhe has bcen married sinde thie last sessionl. Thonioauxis A. HIendruix. Thomas A. I lendricks, Vice-Pr'esi Lient of (lie United States died at his residlence in Indianiapolis, Ind(., oni lhe 2lthi inst. TIhe annomucemtent of tihe dd1oeni (deathi of t his statesmlani was a shiock to the whole nationi. Mr. 1101e(1ricks ha;s occupied a~ prom1 nieut place0 before thle 1)ubl)1ic for nmany years, amid throughout his long >ublic career lhe was notedi for his trict adherence to Demnocratic princi >les as laid dowvn by the Fater of Demnocracy, Tlhomnas .Jefferson. M-r. I lendricks was horn in Ohio, )mt whelin he was yet a child his father inovedh to Inmdiana~ with which State the mbhject of this sketch was alwvays dlentifled. hIs wvas at (lie age of wenty-six first called into pubmllic scr ,ice as a member of the Legislatur'e, mud since which time ho hais occuied farious prominent p)oitiolis, As :ommrissionier of Lands he wvon the >n1amen1dation1 of all. As a Congress nan and Senator while faithful to his State's interest he was always p)romplt :o give his best efibrts to (lhe promotion >)f (lie nation's welfare, Hie was nom linated for the Vice-Presidency in 1876 with Samuel J1. T1ildon, but by the most gigantic fraud( ever Perpetraited en a nation he was deprived of' his ofilce. Ini 1884, as the represenativo of the old ticket, lie was the nominee for Vice-President with Grover Clove. land as President. The - were elected and since the election Vice-Presidenl HIend(ricks hits discharged the duties of - this office with the samer integrity which has chiaracterized1 his whole'life. By (lhe death of Mr. Ilendricks -thu nation loses a faithful Servanlt and the. South a watrm frend.