The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, January 06, 1887, Image 1
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