Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-27
LAWYERS. The question wheth-

LAWYERS question wheth-
er women should be admitted to practice
law in Oregon has been decided in the neg
ative by the Supreme Court of that State.
Similar decisions have, within a few years,
been rendered in several other States. The
general rule is to exclude women from the
legal profession simply because they are
women, without any reference to their
qualifications. The Supreme Court OF lii
nois, some years ago, refused to grant the
application of Mrs. Myra Bradwell, so con-
STRUNG the laws of that State as to exclude m
women from the bar. Mrs. BradWell car
ried the case to the Supreme Court of the
United States, which ruled that the power
of State to prescribe the qualifications for
admission to the bar of its own courts is un-
affected by the Fourteenth Amendment,
and that the Supreme Court could not in
quire into the reasonabeness or propriety
of the action.
DEATH WITHOUT PAIN.-A person struck
by lightning does not know it, the fluid
being much quicker than thought. The
nerves which convey pain are rather slow
in their power to convey their information:
Stick pin in the tail of an elephant and
quite perceptible interval occurs before
the noble animal gives his opinion OF the
man or boy at the other end Of his nervous
system ON trial. Lightning does its work
before the victim knows anything. Two
men were struck while taking refuge under
a tree. Both were carried into house and
laid out for dead. One of the men revived,
and after weeks of terrific suffering and
infrmity, he got out again and is still liv-
ing. He said that he knew no more about
was conscious of having lived before the
food. 1t was all news to him when told of
the fact.-Chicago GuTent.
A SNAKE SToRY.-Some days ago II. J.
Donahue who carries the mail between this
place and Mccormick had quite an adven-
ture with venomous coachwhip snake.
Shortly after leaving Wellington he observ-
ed the snake following his bugguy about 80
yards in the rear. He stopped and so did
the snake. 1t coiled itself, made a spring,
went over his shoulder, landed in front of
his horse and prepared for battle; ne
jumped out, seized huge stick and killed
the reptile, which proved to be 8! feet IN
length. It was close call for a Donahue
and he was considerably frightened, but
escaped unhurt. He proposes to carry a
gun, dynamite or some other destructive
hereafter. The farmers of Bordeaux hav-
ing cleared their crops of grass it is sup
posed the snake did not know where to 60.
Ab6euue Medium.
ha5n The tragedy of modern life is the mys-
terry which comes through not being able to
pay your bills. 1t abates all talent, mil
dews enjoyment, destroys self-respect and
wears away the sharp discernment of what's
honest and what is dishonest. How many
men are tricky, false and dishonest for the
lack of strength to resist temptation to in
cur debt, or being in debt lack the moral
courage to look their troubles square in the
face, and the resolution to overcome them
by mean shifts and promises that are nev-
er meant to be fulfilled. Sorry are the eva
sions, mean the tricks and many the lies of
certain people, and the sorriest of all is
that the meanest are so often those who
have considerable income, but like idiots,
live as though their resources were mex
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