Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-19
for plaintiff the Supreme Court held the
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"By the Acts of 1872 and 1879 it was made
misdemeanor, punishable by fine, for any
person to sell or keep for sale any cemmer-
cial fertilizer which did not have label
affixed to each bag or other package, speci-
flying the name, location and trade mark of
the manufacturer. the chemical composition
of the contents of the package, the real
percentage of certain specified ingredients,
if each are present, the date of the analysis
and that the privilege tax of twenty-five
cents per ton has been paid"
Legislature in these Acts was not the mere
securing of the revenue, but the main
object was the protection of the farming
interests from deceit or imposition in the
sale of worthless article, and though the
Legislature has not in so many words de-
clared it shall not be lawful to sell any fer
tilizer in this State unless these regulations
have been complied with, still the court
hold such to be the intention and effect of
the Acts. The decision is good one and
will go far to protect farmers in the pur-
chase of an article now so extensively used
in the important business of farming.
How YOUNG DOCTOR BECAME FA-
MOUs.-About twenty years ago young
doctor, who had been established three
years in London without making an in
come, lost heart and determined to emf
crate to Australia. He sold his small house
and furniture, paid his passage money, and
week before his ship was to sail went into
the country to say goodbye to his parents.
Having to change trains at junction, he
was waiting on the platform when groom
in smart livery galloped up to the station
and calling excitedly to a porter handed
him q telegraphic message for transmission.
From some remarks exchanged between the
two men, the young doctor understood
that the Duke Of, a member of the Cab
met, had fallen dangerously ill, and that an
eminent physician in London was tele,
graphed for. The groom added that he had
ridden to the houses of three local doctors,
who had all been absent, and that Ellis
Grace was in terrible way" The young
doctor saw his opportunity, and at once
seized it. 81 am medical man." he said to
the groom, ''and I will 60 to the hall to
offer my assistance till another doctor ar
rives.n The groom was evidently attached
to his master, for he said: "Jump on my
horse, sir, and ride straight down the road
for about four miles; you can't miss the
hall; any one will tell you where it is"
The doctor went, was gratefully received
by the Duchess, and happened to be just IN
time to stop a mistake in treatment OF the
patient, which might have proved fatal
| if continued for few hours longer. The
Duke was suffering from typhoid fever ;
and when the eminent physician arrived
from town he declared that the young doc
tors management of the case had been per-
feet. The result of this was that the latter
was requested to remain at the hall to take
charge of the patient, and his name figured
on the bulletins which were issued during
the next fortnight, and were printed in all
the leading newspapers OF the Kingdom.
Such an advertisements always the making
ola medical man, especially when his pa
tient RECEIVERS, as the Duke did. Our pen,
niless friend received fee of five hundred
guineas, took a house at the West End, and
| from that time to this has been at the head
of one of the largest practices in London.
STRANGE ATTITUDES IN DEATH.-Pro-
fessOr c.. F. Brown-Sequard writes that at
the battle of Williamsburg United States
Zouave was shot directly through the fore
head, as he was climbing over a low fence,
the body crouching backwards. One hand,
partially clenched and raised to the level
of the forehead, presented the palm forward
as if to ward off an approaching evil. A
brakeman of freight car on the Nashville
& Chattanooga railroad was instantly kill
ed by a shot between the eyes, fired by a
guerrilla. The murdered man was screw
| ing down the brakes at the moment of the
shot After death, the body remained fix
ed, the arms rgidly extended on the wheels
of the brake. The pipe which he had been
smoking remained still clasped between his
teeth. The conservation Of the last atti-
tude can take place in other circumstances
than sudden death from wounds to the
brain, the heart or the lungs, although an in
Jury to vital organ is the most frequent
cause of that phenominOn. A detail of Uni
ted States soldiers, foraging near Goldsboro,
n. c., came suddenly on party OF Southern
cavalry dismounted. The latter immedi-
ately sprang to their saddles and after a
volley had been fired at them they all but
one rode away. He was left standing with
one foot in the stirrup; one hand, the left,
grasping the bride rein and name of his
horse, the right hand clinching the barrel
carbine resting on the ground. The mans
head was turned over his right shoulder
apparently watching the approach of the
attacking party. He was called upon to
surrender, without response, and upon a
near approach and examination he was
found rigid in death, in the singular atti-
tude above described. Great difficulty was
experienced in forcing the name of the
horse from his left hand and the carblne
from his right. On the battlefield of Beau
mont, near Sedan, 1870, the dead body of a
SOluleF WAS lOuIlu HILL SlelluS, iiali lS'n
on the ground, delicately holding tin
goblet between his thumb and fore-fin-
ger and directing it toward an absent
mouth. While in that position the poor
man had been killed by a cannon ball,
which had carried away the whole of his
head and face except the lower jaw. The
body and arms had been suddenly siezed at
the time of death by stiffness which pro-
duced the persistence of the state in which
they were when the head was cut off. Twen-
ty-four hours had elapsed since the battle.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION CAsEs.-Th
interesting railroad cases recently argued in
the Circuit Court, at Columbia, were impor-
tant as involving the powers of the Railroad
Commission over the railroads of the State.
The cases were heard on appeal from the de-
cision of the Railroad Commission, and both
of them were ably and elaborately argued
by Col. James II. Rion for the railroad COM
pany and Attorney-General Miles for the
Commission. Judge Kershaw filed his de-
creeS in these cases on the 3rd instant. In