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VOL, X VI. 1'1UIKF;Ns S. U. 111 RS)AY, JANUARY ,187NO1. TilE LAWS (F 1s. A Li"T 01" Tril-: Ac"'5 PASl:la lV' lil (eENI';KA:t. Assl:MnIJly. Niw 1{tlroatds, New ilant l 1ati New' il is". Unllt TlnII--A Rev'.Ie of (1theI Wol)Lit I, I1 I.eglalut ture. Below will be found a classified list of most of, the Acts passed at the recent session of the General Assembly-one hundred and f)rty-one in nubther. There were twenty-four public or general Acts, live appropriation Acts and thirty Six Acts relating to county afliairs. Be sides, there were sixteen Aeta relating to railroads, twelve to nutnicipal chatrters, twenty-uine to lliscellanleots chatters, soven to stock law exe"mptions, two cou stitutional amleitdnients, four relating to the salo of liquor and six of a mliscellaanc " ous character. APLIttol'lIA'Ti')N:. An Act to make appropriations for the fiscal year conumencing Novenber 1, .1886. An Act to make approriatiolas for the paymtent of tle p er dium and mileage and stationery certiticates of the mem hors of the Ueneral Assembly, the sala rtics of the subordinate oliicers and em ployees thereof, and for other purposes 4 herein named. Joint Resolution to p'ovidte for the payment of the expenses incur'red by the board of visitora of the South Carolina Military Academy in repairs of the Cita del buidigs. ioint Resolution rclat ing to the ser 'ict( of the ittorney general in the reve nue bond serit) cases. An Act to raise siupplies and umke ap >ropriationts for i he tiscal year beginning Covember 1, 18INl. An Act to e"xenpt ,'a!:aiit pa. rtions of 4,olletnit county fron the ot'erationt of the stock law. An Act to amend Cipt.er ". N.V II of the (kueral Statutes, relating to the gen eral stock law and fe acing to k. Au Act tO exemnlpt certaint l rctionls of Haamjptonl cointy} fron the opj tat ion of Chapter XX VI of the (iene'r Statutes, relating to the stock law. Anl Act to repeal an Act e titled an Act to prohiIt the sale of ih it tous or malt liluors within the counts of 1ar1n wtll, approved D ?cecenb,r 21, I 88:3. An Act to am(nil a .'.et at itlial aw Act to prohibit the sale oi .tpir"itlloul8s liquors in1 th' to",1 i of Unllioln, aalplrOV'e d D>ec ile 'r 2:i, A. .1). I '$I Aet to submuii the tltuec,tion lf' licese for the, tk, of ;'pirituou , nlii t or i it oxi eating 1iiquor. in1 Ande'ruln mii lIaurlens co aunties to the etaliitd electo r, thaer.of andl prUvidling peu!lties for the violation r1 eu to 11 or at Lit c \i'h n1 of the+I lurohii bition law if a imaajtit , of said Clector Vote inl favor rterof. An Act to authormizc thel satle" of ingtun in Berkeley antd B3eaufort ill its. An A\Ct to 1innend an1 .\c'i p,'a;elribill4 the llude of divt"4iiig the irighlat o dowt - of 5isane tat'ied wuloaln. Joint Uesolu tion to 'xtdi tlie Ii me 1o' the paaymntlet of the ta:s for tihe Ioeatl yetar Comuleneing Noveniiwr I. I . An Act to provide for tile fotatttii of certain corl,orations 1inider tie gelntral laws. An Act to regulate tue timl ' for col lecting taxes 1by cxeuttiotn or disitre(5. An Act to plunish the stuaing of mnelons anl f'utt. An Act to c'rea.lte a fund ,h ft. he.' desia nated "'Th e Tr'easuiry I a-sen t' F'und atnd to proidel fot' the ciintrel of1 the .An' Act toi r~gulatte the issuing ad Lser-.. vice of warrtantsi in nriminail caies. An Act to amend Se'ction 41i8 of the ( Ieneral Stattutes of' South Catrolina, re lating to the r'epatirs ot htiltvavs. An Act tto amendiI( an Act ntit tled ''An Act tto amend'1O Secttioni 1,8.0 ot t,he (Geu eiral Sttuttes, ini relation(3 to patit tion," at pproved De)tcember 20 I,. An Act to pr'0oid for' litrnsporting( pers'ons5 coltvicted toI It 11niten iar h vl'' tihe plenitentiar'y gutards. An Act t) estalitihs tile S tut hi Carol it A gricurl ilFr and Stattion' . Ati Act t) repealt SIectioni 1,111p) antd t amtend Setc.tion 1,4,12, (Chatpter NN, of thle Generoal StaitutIes, nmt it led "( )f the Anu Act to amneml Sectionli 2?:14;o to juries. An Act to lix the fel' for dietiing pr'is oner1s in 4outy' jails. Act A t'tIo amnend et'tion Il .;'7 of theii G eneral Statatles rehaltinug to thle huttti ng of deetr. t AlCilMe o ,4 d I An Acttoa ndecin, ifth Glienra Statuites~ of Sothtl Carollina in relatioin to setting Iire' to, grass. An Act to retguilatte thet pub11 litprint ing mn this State. An Act to mnendLII Ietio I,I h tieneral Sttte ts, as t) thle 141nn1ing (it triains oin Siundarv. Anl Act to atnxeid tan Aet entitled "'An Act to itmiend ani d A to enitledt 'A. n Act( to itcor'potetthe111 Ilhetto IRa.jIitla (nmpany. appr'ovted I )eeuimbert 2 , I 8.8," appr'ovedt I )eeemlber' 24, A. I.. An Act to ('onfer eertajin rights upiion the l'ort lRoyatl and \Vestra (Grioli111 Rauil way Company, t.o wvit, to m otgatge its cor'porate.properi(ty andl frt ntehises, tt extenid its rltwayV and to lealse connjieet - ing r'ailway1l. An t to amemti'llI'I an Act etild otin D .ecemiber' :d , 18. '"I""e An Act to chattri the yeoos.~ 1( Waiteroro Il ai 41lroa.hnse n it Act toI amendit ani Act It iharteri t Chentster' and t :iamte Ic ilroad~j~ nal Au Aolt~ t hangef l the( nameit and1 atuimn thte ebiar't.r of then 14 Cl.tter, Greenw1tod anid AbbetvilIe Raiilrtoao mpanlity. An Act to inco'lrpoate the Ed (isto andu Aui Act toE amendlt an Acot to 'ieorpor-it ato ihe INewberiry tOnd I autrenls liailri'n Comipanty anid to) validtoe al ol Acts aind contr'acts madt(e in pulrsiunc ofIl the sa'ume. loUNF'Y At'rAiI:.. An As't to enlar'ge the b oundiesit4 of schtool district No. 17, I"airilat 'ountly Ani Act toi amend ant A ct entIitle. I 'Xi Act to provide for the establishment of a now school district in the county of Daarlington, to be known as the school district of the town of Timmonsville, an(d to authorize the levy and collection of a special school tax thereon." An Act to reduce the number of trial justices in Kershaw county and make the oflico a salaried one. An Act" to limit the number of. trial justices in certain counties in this State. An Act to prescribe and iix the amount of the bond of the Probate Judge of Williamsburg county. An Act to amend the law in relation to county conmmissioner? and county scliool eoniinissioners. Au Act to authorize and require the county cmunnissioner: of York county to ii bmit to the tluali'ied voters of Ihoad River township and Bullock Creek township the question of trans ferring the sul)scription heretofore voted to the Georgetown and North "arolina Norrow Gauge Railroad to any other company after a limited period. An Act to create a school district of that portion of 13ariiwell county lying within the corporate limits t)f the town of Baruwell. An Act to prolibit the county com missioners of York county from granting aid to the outside )0o except as herein provided. An Act to limit. the number of tiial justices in York county, fix their terri torial j urisd iction, and to provide for their compensation, and to provide for two trial justices in the city of Spartan burg. An Act to authorize the town council of Winnsboro to issue additional bonds for rebuilding and repairing Mount Zion College. An A ct to authorize the county con nissioners of C arendon county to bor roi mgoney for Iuilding and repairing bridges and for the support of the poor. An Act relating to the reasseasment of real property and the colleetion of taxes in certain portions of the counties of ('harleston, Berkeley and Col k ton. An Act to create a new school district ?itlun the township of Barnwell, in Itarnwell county, to 11 known as the '"sarnwell Gra led School J)istrict", " and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein. .1oinI Rtsolutioi authorizing and i <tiring the county school coniiissioner of W%illiumsburg county to pay to W. ID. K nox his school claim. An Act entitled 'An Act to incurpi>r ate tlhe town of liuumphville, in the coui Iv of Col leton, ' approved )eccniber 2;, A. 1). 1885h.' Aa Act to alter anti anil ti chart r of the Iown of IJaiuren's. An Act to amend an Act to in'orporate the town of 1;tiamptoi. An lecl to renew antd aincud thet: char ter of the toivnt of Wiunsboro. Act to amend Section I of an Act en titled ''An Act to incorl orate t lie I own i of .Uniawel'i,"at)lioved llarci I. IN7 . An Act to charter the town of York ville. An .Act to :tue)ul the clarter of tin towa n . (f 'mst i, ratiii ed and approved I )eeeml er 22, IS$5. An; Act to aueitd th:e charter of the towit of Kiing tir. i\n .\ct to coifir ceri'tan aw ers am Ion the townaa cotunci1 of 1lodges in \bheville Au A.ct to incorportatt the 1;aimiberg Iaikiug iipany of .amniberg, S. ('. Au Act to recharter llollev's 1"errv across Big Sahuida River in 'Edgetiell (0 iuty. An Act to charter the Bank of Green W ood . An Act to ebai~tter the Spatrtanburiig aEnmpment A4ssociation. Ani .\tt to) incorp)oraIte the (Congarco Conustructio,n Company. Ani At to alter aind aunend the charter tf the h onnug 3Men's Loan iio'l Trust Company of tRock li ill, and to change the name thereot. .\n Act to ratify tie amndmtuent to A rticle I I of t h Constitution tof South Carolina by adding thereto a stection, to i e kn fown ats Seetionm 4 thereof, ini lieu of Sections 4 antd 5 of said Article as it now Ani Act to rat ify thet amend mtent to Sectionu I iof A rticle of the Contstitu tion of thle St ate. ur Act to aluiend Sect ion 481i o f the G ienenial Stat ites of Ithe St at.e If Southi C orilinua, ini referen i ie to th it salary~ If theo Lieutltuit-(Governolr. AXn Act to provide for the issut of a deimcemen'y bon lort stock to O)ctaivius A. White', in satisfactioni of the guaranutAee oIf the State Oin a certain bond of the Spaitanburig and Union IRailroat Con p)any. A -.\Act to cancel the niitriculaition obltjiti.Iw tof 0. ,1. I ondt anti 'flis. P'. It hirrison to the Iboaird (of visitors of the ilitary Aeademuy anid tio tdefine the muan her In wihiich the said Iboard may herte after deail with like cases. An .\ct to~ a.low personis who shall have resided within this State for ten ytears simee the war, amnd whlo have lost theuir legs tor arms1 orf havet bleen pernma nient ly dlisabledl in the legs doing miii luary service, to ibiin theLiu benitjs of the Act to pr'ovid e atiiial limbs11, ke . The litIn, or. the lioness if yo~i upleaise, (If the Amer.'icantclon in l'aris is Mrs. ,bne Brown5Ihtjvi P1otter, (If Ni' Y ~ork, w.hio is now a gned. ini the Ionie of her uncle, the .\mer icon .\Jliiter Mcanie. So numerouiI)ti have the calls upon her time bectomie I hat sheoha I~t [cen comptelld to IH lhas, of (sourse, iiianoed tier 11hat1 tis holy) to tdt? Thle unthinking I ari sins, kepit thirustingp honolr after honouitr up~on her, nieveir pausing to thinki howi onierousi Oven holnois bueome 'Then', just to tbink, a .Fren'ichi coaunt w hio melt Mrs. P otter during his visit to America tde votes a whole' chapter* to her in the, book oftavels he has just pulblished! Mr us. n ot ler a irst '"farewell'' appe))arantce cani no>e p)ostponed much lnger'. All alpprehuensions touchn til sft of stoves using gasoilne fo' fue the set. at redl b~ th in u)'veu n absro setd in thi( Frtnt Vapr ov t Vobsrerval Ipal ticuilara, Sete ad(vertma euor frtte I'INil ThyO . At Story of inte r,"t in tile ( :am,e of 'm',u - A drunken man catne staggering along village street. As he rcaohed a corner, IW saw a group of boys watching sone thing across the way. He had not en tirely lost his senses, so ho wondered what they found so interesting. ''Vha-a-ar-yer-yor look in' a-at?" "Well, old fellow," answered Billy Dorr, "we're looking for a beauty to come out of tlt door over there." ''A beau-tie?" ''Yes, a beauty; but go ont, there is no use o' lingering to see Pink Boots; your old, red eyes can't see half across he street." But ti.e rude boy was mistaken; the red eyes were not quite so blood-shot as usual, and they were looking with as much interest" as the younger eyes at Pink Boots, who just then opened the door of the store opposite them and cane out. Pink Boots was a beautiful girl of ten years, and her hands full of flowers-roses, lilies atnd carnations. She walked a half dozen or more steps down the walk, and was just stepping into a handsome carriage when another little girl came in sight. For a brief nonteut tho two children stood in strong cott trast---Florence Burr, with glowing, hap py face, and Celia 1Hunt, with her pale, distressed one. Florence was dressed in in elaborately embroidered pink cash - mere and her feet were encased in beau tiful pink kid buttoue I boots--for Flor ence was going to a tea party. She wore also a broad-brimmed hat with nodding pink plmnes. As for Celia, she wore an old faded dress, so shabby that it revealed her bruised ankles, which were bare like her feet. An old veil tied about her pinched face did dity as head protector, but no wrap covered her thin shoulders, although one was mouch needed this chilly day. 'The carriage dlrove away with Fl 'r ince, and Celia stood gazing tter it. Of "ourse the drunken mant saw the poor hild, so did the boys. The latter laughed, and Billy 1)orr said: '"I. tell you it pays better to sell iluor than it does to drink it. What's your opinion, Daddy Hunt?'' "Daddy limit ilid not :tttswer; Is stood stupidly gazing at his Ibarefootcd, weary-faced child. ''I say, old fellow, di'l you by Celia's all outfit at the same store that I'ink ! l3oots' father bought hers?" ''Shut up, now, v.ill vou? f you lon't, I'll neck the rcath out of it.' 'T'lu" runkard spoke savagely an,d raisc:d lhs haunl to eXecte his threat, when suddenly a litte arut I euch hi::, tud a voice said "oaxingiv: "Comn, father." 'I'ltc man suitli'ered himuself to be l d twa' f,om the la'uttless grot; cro I liilly singng after tlem: '"O father, itcar fathe', come hone. It was : long walk to tae Oruit kard's hem.'. 1efaore lie n,'ached it. h wt sr. 'Celia,'' hte said, "'woh!clun't you like some pink 1boots?" "No, fat.her, I wot'Ub not want th':" ''Why not?" '''hey 'onlaldai't c'orrespondtl with myt v Lags,' the child said bitterly; 'and I wotuldn't Wear Florenace .urr's pitak loats if 1 had silk diresses to wear with tlhen,'' she added savagel v. Again ier fat her ieiuctioned: y\\ ty ntot?"' ''Because they were bought witht mioney that ought to have lamght Ireal tad meat for poor starving chihilren ail heir crying mothers.' "Who toll you so?" ''Nobody told me, 1 found out for uyself." ''You're a strange child, Celial." "Yes, perhapas am, bt 1 hove you, Latheri.'' Andl Celiai put her cold hanid wit hini tier father's. "I dono't knowy haow you cnn," he sail, shaokingly. "'I guess it's because you're imy fat bi r"was the innuocenit anliswer. As fatheri and dlaughter entered tiew hIouise, the mothaer arose, put the sleco ing bsaac in its wretched eradle and1( saidl: "'Comai to sauppJer."' Such at suppiler foir ia famaaily ofi six Dnly IL pait of a shale loaLf of biread and someW x"eak tea. The latdient wear'y wifea w-ouhal not I m~ve b eena suirprised at her'a bioubandl lamd h' thirownt the briead, ai(roass the rooni at the wall and hmrled the tenI p)ot atfter' it, cuarsinig her at the samea timle, asslie laud donie often before, baut she was surprisedl when lie rose from the talel jaist after saeatinig himnself-andl said huaas ki ly, 'o "Ia 1 hisiserable satuiY if yon e-.mi, [poor' things! F muiist be gone.'' lie star'tedl foi' the dloor weak and faint,I but determined. i s wife followed im n becseechuing, ''Oh! don't go o'ut aigain to night, Fredl., don't ; the babl y is sick, She said no more for wvithi the words: '"Thle little fellow is sick, is hie?'' th e 'ather' weaat back to the cradle, s'toopead ind kissed his infant child for the first time, andl airose with tears gl isteninag ni >ni is eyelashies. "Pm'n not go 'inag out toi driink, M'l ar . DJo not be wor'ried ; ll be b ack bay nim :'elock, aind if thle clii ld shoaadd( get worse, Celia will Iiiid me aLt Seirgeanit ''What dlo you suppojase it ualI mieanis, aaothier?'' asked Celiia, as sooni as the Latther was gone. "I on't know, clhi hl ;but paerap s it. meains there is ao blessing conunag oni us dll. Pray to God thlat it miay lbe so. 'Mother,"' said Celba, " fathera asked me this afternoona if I won mted piank hoots. What do yelu thuik of that?' "'It was a straange qulest ionl, ehI ihl. .1 'd be thankful if ha'd save eniough~ to Ibuay you seime blIia'k onies. Yourii feet tare halue withi cohl." iAtine o'clack aL face pire d tin-iaa.hi [he' little curitaiaie.,s wiuiaow oif the kit. 'lien. 'The eyes saw it idisolatae pitelaii it was this : a hare i'obbllookiang roo'm ;a baiggarid wonmanh hending over a siak hahba; t l ittla sad(- facedl giirl falleni aisleep onal the haird floaor while ba'tvely " waitinag for fathier,"' iand two pale-faced baoys asleep an at low bad against the wall. tpon the boys' faces ware traces of t(eari, for they were only little fellows af foar and u t six, andi hadl cried t hemiselves to sleep lhe. caiause they wir huIilngry. 'hie faLe moived frona th e wi al ew, and' m helian t(a whomi it b elonged openedo t lie 'looi' anid w'alkedl in. "Wif, aae said, beondinag aduwni to kiss hiis wvife''s worna face for the first timae ina y)eiars, "'I'vau baeena an idliot anid ma brute, iandh 1'll not. i'l: yi,u t" fuorgviva meir to i!Zght. I'll watit unili tri ioi tha(l that I am! Ah! Celia, you're waking, child. Florjnce Burr willnever buy any more pink boots with the money that belongs to the little ones. I'vo been over to Sergeant Wright's, working hard at blacking stoves for four hours, and while I,blackened the stoves ito whitened my heart a little. (hod bless him! He paid me, too, a good proio and to-morrow I'm to begin work in his tin shop. Wake up the poor little boys, Celia, my dear little girl. Tell them their father, and not a brute, hits come home, and l)rought such a mpper that they'll shout for joy." itt-:v'.'Trl1:4). 1.. ('t.:lt, it. I), Ii i. I't.itiurt--() (hat "..e. EInu a i1i(it t I),-. ('uv Iur'.nt' o-(ten AVi,ti 1(1 ho' Fre. My temperance creed is very short, and lily course is very straightforward. I ielieve in total abstinence from mak ing, drinking, oil'cring, or selling any and all intoxicants. I shall fight the drinking isages of socicty by pulpit, pen, and tontgue as long as God gives me life ; and ( lod's word and 11is gospel, and the prayers and labors of God's people, are indisl)ensable helps to our success. Righteous laws demand a public COn scientce behind them ; our Society aims to crtate and qluicken that conscience. I abhor all dram-dens, and am ready to join ltittils with all honest prohibitioi ists, of every party and Sect, in mall wise efforts to suppress the rum oligarchy. 'TIt' .3n1("a urentet"t i t (lii' y1art'. '1'he length of the year is strictly 3t;5 days :, hmirs 18 mtimites 4!) seconds and aeven-Litths of a second--the time re (liiretl for tlie( revolutiont of the earth round I:he sun i. About -5 II. C., Julius Cwesar, iby the help of Sosigines, an Al ('xandrian plhil%,sopher, camie to a tolera bly cler tunderstandiig of the length of a year, and decreed that every fourth year should be held to Consist of 3; lays for the iupose of absorbing the otl hours. Iy this rither cliasy atr 'ang'm entt the initural time fell behind [ite reckoning, as, in reality, a day every +turth year is too iucl by II inuiates 1I seconds anid tliiee-tenths of a second; 5') it ir'uitably followed1 that the begin tiug of the year moved oiwird alcad of the ptoint aI which it was In the days of (:tsar. Irom the titie of the Council f Nice, iii :12; A. I)., when the vernal (<1iuox lell correctly it the 21st of Mareb, l'ope (;regory found, in 1582 i )., that there hind beeti an over-reek tnting to the extent of 1II days, anal that the' vernial equinox fell on the 1tli of 3lit ci. I' correct the mist errtri", he l(cre t hat the it hi of (ctol rI of tint y ear' slio ad I reckoued as tI' 15t Ii, and, to h'p tihe ye"ar right in future tlth oveit'lits 1 u'g i htour-i :' mintes in( I t "t"consd iii a ('cntutry-he ori'ered th:t1 eV( 'IV ("tnteial iil year that could hot he dis iltl itv foiir (i 'ilt), I 't), 1;IOil, 21t , 22* iii sht ot14 nt Ihe b.issextile, as it othcrwise would ie; tii us, iin short, dl p ing Ih extra day t! th re i tos every I() year. While in Catholic e trtties thet Orgoriiut style Wis readily adopteld, it was not so imt 'rotestait. niationit'. lin lritai: it was tnot ;aopted until I'5'i2, 1v uhlieh tImI thei dliserej;mier' b'tween thn' ,J uliian and (7regoriani perciods mu tonnte(d to II d dvs. An act. of .'arlianutt was 1 pa srel diet atin tulit the :I of Sepiteu ber that' yai' shtouldi he reekoiul the S1h, andt thit three of every four eon tetniial years slt"ttld he leap ycai . 10I)t) not b eing a t-alt year, the new :an1d ol styl's nioV differ 12 days, our- 1st of dJanuary ibeing e(uivaleit to the 13th old style. lin Ihussta atone of (tristian count ries is the old style retainue 1. The old style is still retained iii the Trieasury acounts of (reat .1ritain. l old times the year wa; held to begin on hie 25th of 'A1arch, and thlii usage, or' jiece of .anti uity,1 is1 als t till observe'd in thie Sompqutaitions1 of tin heClmicellor of the British I '.chiequer. Sc the first- day of the i finial year I is the1( 5th tI April, ail of Educationi. (Ilogy', mreni tiredl by l.'roessor A bb1e on Friday evenling at tIe Franiklin Ilasttute hlctr is thie conunilion belief thait the dest riietioin of forest s reduces the amflounIt iif the rainifall. In this lie directly conl triibuites the testimony (of [lie (-orestry Associationi. '['le h'rofessor stiated that a very slight elevation oif thie surface ab1ve th4[le sea1 level by cosraic changes wais thle probabl1114 caulse (if anIy (chan1 ges which hai occurtired1. lie did no(t refer t o t hie 1moditient ionl or t hie dist I ibultioni oiver [lie years of rainfall, but nierely to its total amounott. .in this oeciimttioil it mainy lbe noted t hat [te cenisuis oif the Un~iited Staites ini tIme volhime oni Sociail Statistics priints ai diuignim of the~ amounit of raimifall in I'hilaldelphiia for the paist 1 ; yearlls, as8 kepit aIt the Peninsyl vaiai lIospitail, wvhich shows ma gradm'dii, hut genieral, increase ini thei annual pr'ecip)itai I.ion, atlt houlgh it will be1 generally aicknowledhged thluit the ire 1111 b eeii a great (destruietioni of timber for hu Indreds of' miles ablout Ithe city ini thait tinie. '11e4(8 n. 'JTagar'deni, almost e'ighit yearis itl age, tiled suit ini the Circimt 'lerk' ice14ve'ster'day for I ivoc fr4(om1(41 hiis w ife, Saral1h Tea'igard(en, who1( is seveni ty-tive, and1( n1 ithi whomi lie tias lived foir tifty year-s. TIo-moirrow w~ill Ib' the fiftuIth anniiversary r of thiei r marriedl life, for' on I )ecemberI 2f, I S:hi, they were united in a littlh Ohio village'. In 18i; they renii>ved hier', andi the agedl e<oiple lived very juii-t.ly togethler, tIhe petition Say nil-, li ai1 shortt tim agTe tro 4 li i4u pel'ling~. A air. tigu' T liiaie to sleep on t he thei Iloor4' i abv'. Slie did t his, lie siavs, teited4 iu;i~st buriiglars, but hie beganl to snTieel .that it. last , af'terii fifty y'ear s of c.ompiaiiionup, 14 she laid growni tired (It 1him. F iiindly his :siclions5 were sub.. sI tntid ()iie moingii~f Mrs. Tleagar den' left ithie house and ne(1liver r'eturn:ed iaain, and' noiw hie wanits ia divor'ce. - hxi'n- (Cty (30.> 'Timues, I)e.' 21. .411d 'i44 i' sieems t us thiat. ibiis i-s a and, t4 keep a)) ihoringL iou--. ''41 . ou nt. to ai~m very low when'i yout :, huo)ing the Ibisonl," said1 an old Imonier. --Iloiw liow?"7' asked thei te-nderfoot. '"'hoiit f[ii' retpliP-t thle obi hunter withot M11(ORiIs 01" 'ill. Itl)LII)A v SEAsON IN 'lii i l).s iWEi Oi: 'I'ii; W.\lt. Ilowt fl c I'allil1{"I ,%'Watl 1ih lort" e)'y andi I ow i'ht.y I":n,joyetl It Itten It ('aini,'. (b ii,ul I arlun(l in ti,e (: C i- -.iurnd.) In the days that are no more, the legal Thanksgiving daty was not known in Virginia. Nor yet New Year's day, as kept by Knickerboeker barghers. The Twenty-second of February was cele brated by college orations; the Fourth of July given over to political barbecues; Christinls-time was th' reservoir into which debouched the flush tide of faumi ly, social and national rejoicings. Witlh lofty as with lowly, it was a wakh-to'.wer set on the hil:, the benign light of which, like the Ilamin.. sword guarding ]den, flashed every a ay. Backward rays from Christmas g<ne met and mingled with1 the dawn of Christunts coming. We began to count tie duys yet unfulfilled with the reddening of the rock maples. The opening of the ch1in(luain burr: the apple harvest; the fall of the leaf; the change from pucker to sugar in the pulp of the persinmuops - were way marks, ipatiently mulbere I, in the procession ol montli; and weeks toward the culminating glory of the year. Housekeepers ccomm tllenced preparations for it in sober earnest by the last week of November, ulecially inl the country. The traditbis of oinri Eiiglislh ancestry told mightily iin modeling our habits of life. "l'llhil'snui IS 'owN' was deprecated with a dast o comlas siornate contempt ly plantt'rs ,dil their families. 'l'hey kept open in uuses at that season with h'artilness that look; to us nlow like bootless extravagann'. 'he premises werC set in order early' in De cenlber as for royal nuuptial; ad court banquets. 3lince-mcatt w as arealv made, noistened witlh p each b11'adyIV iit <quantity and (iulity sutlicielt to setasi it against must and mould, then packed down in huge jars, nod lblaiders lied over the mouths. \Witlh the iirst litrd frost eauic "+hog killing,'' providing hams, spare ribs, chimes ald sal:sages of deliciousness iniinlituble, and to tlu-n who never tasted thIlt,, ullilu;t mtnl,he. P-ot., of lardl, "'tintd ut"t' tinto nlOwVy hardness, were ranged onl the store-roti shelvt's, dlestined to liureish hIt bth for the broods of smunanw'I chtickene, couopedl up, andt fatltnd (n ;'l.;t:; mttd Imluslh. I'eis were bulill for stately tur keys and pompous 3Lseovy lueL:, aund the tenants fed ats regularly :md 1bunt i. fully as were tile chtildtren who hoped t" eat them. Later' <m, camue :'nk muakinig, never intrust ed to the haul of hireling.;: fruit eake, with .pst 0tougth Ithnr wrought into it- to hol togethter the fat and liberal soul; poundit cake, :ta wiose Imlanufact ure sixteen ounre N of each in gredient. was righteously 'tomp,umided; ging('1r cakes, ;trnauttedl to hee) 1r mtonths; spice and+ Ii'nmnl cake'-, a~nd, in, the last dlays of joyous aeti iit v, sp onge cake, molded ni id frosted in to st . bal as big 1s the til, ld llowing tlair n y ant being to eggs and elbow,v-lowe', wit h not so much as a dust of baking pow ders. .English plumn ptlding was Ino made in every faimly. (On the threshold of tlhis mprise, (litl,ient houlsewives andl ease-loving cooks paiused, drt eding amuti daunted. Only ve teruldiver., ph1gin into the depths if anucestrid recipes, brought utp success andl established a culinary repu)ltationl vaunittallby childrenl and chIidren's chilidren. A s I )eeember111 nlighlts grew towaVlrd thleir longIst and0 D1 ecembler days neared the b'rmefest of t he clalenldar, feathler-bed'ls were bleatenl for ten minutes . ath, 1by the f lhii ik arms of colored houltsellliids. uziubr' the eye (If tile mlistre~ss 01 her facetotlln, and( pIrovision of bhmnkets, shleets, & te., mallde for templorary sleeping-pIlacles. Ona rainy or snowy day, an1 lIamful of strlaw, fastened to tlhe 'ndl (If a1 ple, wasl thrust uip tile throat (1 'evry inilIy to burn11 out the encerusting soot. liI ns, ineitted to tile fuIll measur o(f their duty by~ ats ' pleculiar to colored 1111ultryW keepers yi4ellded eggs by tile hunlldrells 101r iud dings and1( pies, withl esplecial r'esen-e1s forl egg-nlog. ev'ery panltry wasli pac(ked to groam ing; comets of flamne and11 a galaIxy (If spalrks streamled froinl thei kitenl chlimnlet: every e ligible inn>1k hel a b ed ; Ia doI/e youlng gir'ls waith alttendanlit galtan ts suri round1(ed1 tIme drawinIg-r1o41omI Ire; thei sponsive to thle sweepI of uhliit ii nger's. City guests were1t Illways hiddenl 14nd1 al ways camelI to thle lanlitationl Chr'istmais frolic. "C(omnpany"' was nIl troubl1eI: hiospitallity wats ias naural and I 1 a1 a i s l wasiL the crielam oft w~'ele toI till- visiti ri. "th 15Oflie i the yard,' andIl as It 1any( thle homellsteadi, nobod1lIy felt . cro1wded.t blankets, gr'eat store (If linein hleirlo ils that requiired tIle will' of t.wo gen'iteral tionls to ma1lke 11,hem thin1, and11 big fills venltilaLtions. Sulpper' woldi Ill servedi at 5 o'clock. perhaps141 later. A repailst of hot1 tried fnur Or1 ljve kinis ofI 4(<dd inIlit:; Wil I baIttreakes, wafers- I 111 a II> a liptper, tell, cotfee and grIat pitcherI ofI nil withi all the creamli left on1. InI spite oft the hiixutriou;; abundancelll o wvere seldom11 go)rmandiItiz.er. Th.ere uIx a aephted ias a 1par1 t oftheir daily I liing and14 even)i Ihigh feants werIe Inever Im1ereI "'feeds."' If they' lilgllred ov'r th1ir suppIler 44n this (eening It wail ill 4' 1ilv 4cre atur 1e com11forts . Tanl- PLANr.molS I iu>.It:n was in' his plale Itt 1.ho( top (If tIlt 1l1o1 11 raw~inlg- rionm wYhl4an14 ih 111;~ .iO CI14. h1lle of the pirt., iad his wife was som111etimes ii is 'i;1 a vis. Churchly olders who hid 5crpllelt"s about dancing in gen n'l w'eI' o (xed i itO taking the flo or this "oice a year.' As the clo struc(' 12, tht' joined lluis in a wide eiicle aindl san g, ".11uh11 I,mg Syne," or, <liitio as often, "P'rais (God froin Vhoml all lilesings Flow." They were not ashml el to name Iliim to whom all 1)is0 b),el( )ngs in1 tioe brave, simple I ys--tlaut are no more! One more set --tle Virginia reel, danoed on Christ Inns night in the Mother Country to this tine. imider the name of Sir Rtoger do Coverley- --and the wassail bowl of egg lg -vas Ibtuiiht" in. A toast to the hcaltl atnd happiness of p)resent llad ab sent friends was drunk, and th' girls betook themselves to the cheery, crowd et chambers overhead, leaving the men to smuoke and talk polities about the drawing-room hearth. . efuo suurise every sleoper (1 the 1hintation was arourel by the deafening 100111 of the ''Christmas gull.'' A heavy blast of giunpow(der was rammed into a hollow Itree an1(ud fired at day break. )o tointtiolls of lesser force followed, from 1 lgs riddled with auger-holes and stufled with powder, gnus, pistols, amnd ''1)01) (rtker;,'" while the outcries of ''Chris'inis-gif' my marster!" "Chris'mas gif' my mistis!" under windows and in halls, rivaled the '"baksheesh' yells of the l)edowinl. Noblody in thtt region and time said Merr,y C)hristinas," but always ''Christ inlas Gift.'' The st-rife as to who shou!d got it (utt first was, with children and servants, a claim upon the liberality of the latter sp)eatker. What was undoubt edly the' primal sign ificance oh' the greet lug was solemn tand beauttiful--nothing less It lamia ltlultionl of the unspeaka 1ble (Gift herabled by the iiugels' anthemn iaLovc the plains of llethleh0m. 'nn.-: ior.)ri A l1:iU. .I aakilast wats not- over 111t ili 14 o'eloek, liiin was served at 2 or 3 o'cloclI in the aternooni. Neithe:r soul her fish was reg.l dtl15 as 1ii (ssentiil to the feast. 1iotst tuiir!ey at- the head of the table was 1balanced I bI loall turkey with oyster 1aCili'e at I I iot. .1>ast goose, lidnway 1be't w(ei) flh' tIwo, mingled fragrant steauin wit i risiug iln tliI >f roast dulc I 11 the uthter side f' ie eastor; chicken, lamb, n"ist.1 1)I"t 1'f and ' >h mt "--perhapi s a suck iug pig haked wh !e--untd the inevitable Iboilecd aiun, \ cIt scparated I by vegeta bles, 1pickles, catsups mid sauen-s. :Fanily silvr rfleeteul the sunslline of happy f,(c 5; (it-; liis' itS old aiiswered in sil Iry \him1 1s tht I '.ieful clamor ef yotulg vtoices. the h' courtly fashiio. of taking wine to ;, thieu 1iit 1Id iidl inltere,t to theI rtVetl. lite urlllane 1It. Was t'1er tin the 1ookut for o1.1poitinlitie. to setI the tleantiie aloIg, with "\liss A., \r. It. isks l h Ileasuri of titl iig a gfass of Wliw wit you." 'ten the graceful lift - ot glases, tht exchan"1llge of bows "0i) IIr li, oial, hIi comp1imiientairy l.it' Iom lt"o, tie smile of at'cknowl (dg1iel4It t.om the other - it is lill old hiiSllutid now, lt. it was far prcttier Ilhni the ocust'lls taIt. have driv'l!en them ""Js:!ts 11u11 fsentlemen'1!"eiall-ed out ithar otl \.\i.ir \. lrui the head f thel tal)e ii the llot,t-tiId(' ti ii' (l istmuas uI Ut))il. "'I ("rlt" l- ave'II t tli'r at 11)ast.!" . Hi-- plaiittion sir't(1ed till Aponni(.tt(ox i. 1, whichi hit he ween I'owiant iolai \noli:t <t(Iii'sie . .\t his right at his htv 'it neihbor, I.'wla'ta I,., who WaS leirotIi i to Aueliat ('., a I lorida b1(ll14, nt p rt"Ienlt tt,-luy. '". tlastr: ! r)eted the hoIst. rising, )llinitliu~ tuu ltbltr in handlt, his ('yes Ibrimingml withi in 1111 foldness. ''I gioe yt' The A)piiaittox! M\ay it inay l I foreve.r un;ited.' Ah! t hat wa the sort oft thing they did in thle olId Virgin ia bays, blefore war budh tir p n'a leasi t places wastE. Ipe(opIle wat4'lhl for ('haucesl' to turin phra'lses hiandsomt ely , stild ied the' (apalitiles of lajlgiige tt gi ve pleaisur'e to thirl auiltors. FJeognitionvrsation was a Jtll:dar ac'omph lshmnati. Now, it is ll iition.' tI acii .I.hove - n s n i o i f Christ nmls weekI. To limit itm It-st ivalI h> a single daiy wvouhld intve b)eenrk n -l a nmint g ott their tarl';ying biy apointlnint- al <hay at this, toiight. at that11, tlling, diulin ig, dr'iv iiig, walkig, singing, htle.m-nuking.in suchil ni'ccIy of idelight as is ptossib le to nonue bult ilh' y ng. Now and thea onJ the4 han-1 oaenei filitir tf al imrnl-lik(e ainal thi in-liggtt tabbll as thlit wide, for at ni~iht 'iiroli' wa unfp:ointedl, win iat i i inl rudy hciIng chait1, h irchi ing Inward;y Itrough ri i,ual two feet de,init on r c -nl uio roads thait wuMt u: lIt 11ha111( t-hithO'ts fr their Vi Hn ! Iw hn \, i t pir i l i 'd li "'IVtt I ' t r"a I'tiiii f i ; 5f<~'~n mi fery w tlt tid br5 I liltin mll4 whobi -subd runni ie iai totlyhd he wasm-bw \, LIi iiimali -h(is ' uCiy .Yit(iaybj I it 4 a It A ( uinlti&ioew (ay ice. The' It' I lint t f II t h. l; t I lni sit y w-o'i -e44 an'o i 'A.j.t ulI i '- lkpat wi a 4:i::1 ht .4 IiI f trunni u ith brlighlt 'I dio on 5 b i ui pic \h was no'mthy (Jlieit ii(d rdopd that lt Vhe had beenili tae ACTS OF THEI LEISLATJIr. Sone Mutaters or Special Intelt, to tha Peopl le of the State. The following Acts are among those passed at the last session of the Legisla ture apd all relate to matters of special interest: SUNDAY FIIEIUIIT TRAINS. SE(rION 1,476 of the General Statutes, in relation to running freight trains on Sunday, as amended at the recent session of the Legislature, reads as follows: "It shall be lawful for said corporations or persons to run on said day during the months of April, May, June, July and August trains laden exclusively with vegetables and fruits, and on said day in any and every month their regular mail trains and such construction trains as may bo rendered necessary by extraor dlnary emergoucics other than those in cident to freight or passenger traffic, and such freight trains as may be in transit which can reach their destination by 6 o'clock a. in." Si:'. 1,177, reading as follows, remains unchanged: "it shall be lawful for any train running by a schedule made in con formity with the provisions of this Act, but delayed by accident, or other unavoid able circumstance, to run until it reaches the point at which it is usual for it to rest on Sunday." LIQUOR LicENsI.:s IN BEA('1onT AND IIEiKELLY. An Act to provide for the issuing of license to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, malt and wino in Berkeley and Beaufort counties: Si:t:crox 1. That from' and after the approval of this Act, it may 1)0 lawful for the county commissioners of Berkely and Beaufort counties to issue licenses for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, malt and wine in their re spective counties to such persons as may conform to the provisions of this Act. Si.:'. 2. That before issuing such licenses the applicant thereof must be recommnended by six respectable free holders of the neighborhood in which the liquor is to be sold, and entor into a bond in the sum of one thousand dol lars, with three good sureties, for the keeping of an orderly house, and for the due observance of all laws relating to the retailing of spirituous liquors, and must pay to tho treasauer of the respective counties, to be applied Ito general county pirposes, the sum of three hundred dol ars. All licinses ti 'xpire on the :31st of Iecember in each ainid every year. Si:.. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the samo is hereby, repealed so far as Berkeley and Beaufort counties are con cerned, except as to the incorporated towns or villages iaa which tihe provisions of law as now existing shall romain in force. Fonlti;N iNstUn.\Nt'i: tOMrAN155. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the admission of foreign surety companies to do bnusiness in this State," approved I)cccmbor 26, 1884, so far us same alTcts clerks and ollicors of baunkM anud banking institutions and rail road companies: SirnoN I. That an Act entitled ''An Act to regulate the ralnnission of foreign surety companies to (do business in this State,'' approved I)ecenber 2;, 1884, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the followt ing Section: SI.. 11. '1'he provisions of this Act shall not apply to surety companies so far their giving surety for clerks and ollicors of banks and bankinig institu tions and railway companies is con eernled. THEn UNIViESlMT Ov c' :0 io ' A HAoLINAi. A n A ct to repeal Section 1,10 and to amiendl Section I ,()12, Chnapter XX, of thne General Statutes. entitled '"Of the University of South Carolina:' Si:rTics 1. That Section 1,0-42, in Chapter XX, of the General Statutes, eintiLlcd '"Of the U.niv'ersity of Southi Carolint,'' be amnended so as to read as follows: ''Section 1,042. Thne tuition fees shall lao forty dollars per annum, which fees shall be dleposited in the State treansury and r'epor'ted to the Leg islatur'e anniually ; andtine comp)ensation for r'onm reint, use of library and( dlam age's to propleity shall be regulated by tihe board of truistees, but shall not be less ten dollaris p'er amnmun: Provided, That no tuition fees shall b,e chargedi until after the expiratioin of the collegi-. ate year ]$88. 87, iand that all tuition fees in I lhe htw dopianrtmient, be stubject to tho disposal of thne trustees for' the pay menit of the salary of the law professor:. P rovideod, fuithner, 'Timt theo faculty of thne said t;mversity may gr- -, beneticia i'y schiolrsohips, without the paynment of uny fees, to such of thne comycitent and dleserving youths of this State ias may b)e unableI~ to pay the samlie, andl the trutsteeos oaf the said University shall pre scrib e such rules and regulations as may I e.prope'r to conti ne the enjoyment of this prliviloge to those whose necessities re<ure it. 81:o'. 2. That Seetioa 1,t)10 of the Gen eral Statutes bie, anid the same is hereby, Seniataori D)aniel, of V'iirgiinia, i te oator' of the old V'irginia style1 intro ohiced bay Patrick 11enry and transamittedl doawn through succeediig generations. A~ specimein of this histrioin ('locution was the oapeninig paragraph of a speech lay Mr. Djamil at P'eter'sburg dm-mrig a r'ecennt p)olitical campaaign : ''Fellow. citizns of the tab Coinmonwe'alth of \:l'giina: I come to you fromn tine fair do 'inaini of thne miothler of statesianen antd Pr'esideants. I comie froini I le val.cy oaf the' Shemiuidla, thet daughnte of the Stars. Tliere tIne riyei' iIawvs, y hislaoring to it's gr'assy bankils tihe inan.mof O Le beae, Leae! 'The rivialets, iu' wing down' thne inouniahtiin side to joitn tihe river sweepainng to tine 5o'a, whlisper tIme nam of Lee, L,ee, Leei ! A:M thne northern phunils, scarredct by thle lIerec feet of the god oaf war, look up the blue, toverarceh mug caunopy of hieaveni, andit call to it, iioftly thne name of Le', Leoi, LeoC!I caoe fron, the le:ttern) Sh(no, where tl' I le.waves of (ald ocean roll in upon the shiuinmg sands, and sun and seia and shore md bireeze iake gland the eye and heart, anid when I ask, WVhat are thle wild wavea sayiw'? thne answer Comes, lie, Leec g e " Ben. t'erley Thoore in tihe Bosto Pigs hay) better' than mInes for a steady hla'niess thne world over although both b ''salted" after dna