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hood or capote, to draw over the head in 

 severe weather. Knickerbockers of the same 

 material as the coat are worn ; a knit sash to 

 draw the coat closely into the body; a long, 

 knit tuque, heavy stockings, and deer-skin or 

 oil-tanned moccasins, complete the attire. The 

 general colors of these suits are white, blue, 

 or red. The ladies' suit consists of a short, full 

 skirt, which falls midway between the knee 

 and ankle, a close-fitting waist or jersey, with 

 either a jacket or a long ulster, with a sash 

 and hood for an outer garment. The tuque 

 and moccasin are also worn. 



The Scandanavian skee or snow - skate is 

 practically a snow-shoe. It consists of a light, 

 straight-grained piece of wood, six to twelve 

 feet in length by three to four inches in width, 

 turned well up in front. The general length is 

 six to eight feet, and the wood used is one 

 capable of taking a polish, as fir, pine, cedar, 

 or spruce. Where the foot rests, which is 

 never forward of the middle of the shoe, the 

 wood is an inch and a half thick, but from 

 there it tapers down to a thickness of about 

 half an inch at the ends. On the under side 

 of the shoe a narrow groove is cut, which 

 tends to prevent slipping sidewise. The best 

 skees are curved up in the middle, so that 

 when placed on a flat surface only the ends 

 touch. This tends to distribute the weight 

 of the walker more evenly. 



These shoes are chiefly used in Norway and 

 Sweden, though within the past thirty years 

 they have been introduced in the western part 

 of the United States, especially in the Rocky 

 mountains, where they have been found to be 

 of great utility. Owing to the peculiar gait 

 acquired in their use, traveling on skees is 

 much more rapid than on the other varieties 

 of snow-shoes. It is best described as snow- 

 skating. The distance covered by an expert 

 skee-runner is from fifty to sixty miles a day, 

 though some records exist of over 100 miles. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. State Government , The 

 following were the State officers during the 

 year : Governor, Hugh S. Thompson, Demo- 

 crat ; Lieutenant-Governor, John C. Sheppard ; 

 Secretary of State, James N. Lipscnmb ; At- 

 torney-General, Charles R. Miles; Treasurer, 

 John P. Richardson; Comptroller- General, 

 William E. Stoney ; Superintendent of Educa- 

 tion, Asbnry Coward ; Adjutant and Inspector- 

 General, A. M. Manigault ; Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, A. P. Butler; Railroad Commis- 

 sioners, W. L. Bonhnm, E. P. Jewey, and D. P. 

 Duncan. Supreme Court: Chief- Justice, W. D. 

 Simpson ; Associate Justices, Henry Mclver 

 and Samuel McGowan. Governor Thompson 

 having been appointed by the President an 

 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, on the 

 10th of July resigned and was succeeded by 

 Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard. In December 

 the officials chosen at the November election 

 assumed their offices. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature met on 

 the 23d of November and adjourned at the end 



of December. The acts passed number one 

 hundred and forty-one. There are twenty -four 

 public or general acts, five appropriation acts,, 

 and thirty- six acts relating to county affairs. 

 Besides, there are sixteen acts relating to rail- 

 roads, twelve to municipal charters, twenty- 

 nine to miscellaneous charters, seven to stock- 

 law exemptions, two constitutional amend- 

 ments, four relating to the sale of liquor, and 

 six of a miscellaneous character. 



The two constitutional amendments, "which 

 had been approved by the people in Novem- 

 ber, related to the bonded debt and the census. 

 No adequate measure of assistance for the 

 earthquake-sufferers was passed. 



Financial. According to the report of the 

 State Treasurer for the year ending Oct. 31, 

 1886, the receipts during the year aggregate 

 $81 9,276.1 1 . The expenditures during the year 

 were $855,973.82, leaving a cash balance, Oct. 

 31, 1886, of $96,808.70. 



During the year there were funded under the 

 acts of December, 1873, and subsequent acts, 

 bonds and interest aggregating $21,788.91, 

 which were exchanged for consols maturing 

 July 1, 1893, amounting to $10,304.01. The 

 condition of the public debt on Oct. 31, 1886, 

 was as follows: 



Stocks $2,062,412 97 



Bonds 4,071,000 00 



Deficiency bonds 440,900 00 



Total $6,580,312 97 



The amount assessed for State purposes upon 

 a valuation of $151,495,000 was $833,630, to 

 which was added $17,558 of penalties, mak 

 ing in all $851,188. Errors and nullabonas 

 amounted to $22,792, leaving $828,396; of this 

 amount $805,768.71 was paid into the State 

 Treasury. The aggregate valuation of prop- 

 erty for 1886 is $2,625,934 more than that origi- 

 inally returned. The average value of land 

 for the whole State is $2.72 an acre, against 

 $2.84 an acre last year. The lowest valuation 

 is in Horry, 93 cents an acre; and the highest, 

 except in Charleston County, is Anderson, at 

 $4.97 an acre. 



Education. The number of school districts ill 

 the State for the scholastic year ISSS-'Se was 

 557. The number of pupils enrolled for 1884- 

 '85 is shown by the following table: 



And this is the corresponding table for the 

 scholastic year of 1885-'86: 



Number of first grade teachers, 1,881 ; second 

 grade, 795 ; third grade, 1,159. Teachers hold- 



