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AN ORDINANCE

In relation to physicians giving prescriptions for
wines, sprituous liquors, and bitters Of
which spirituous liquors form an ingredient,
within the corporate limits Of Yorkville, S. c.
WHEREAS the Town Council Of Yorkville,
w S. c., deem it necessary and proper for
preserving order and good government in the
said town, to forbid the promiscuous giving of
prescriptions for wines, spirituous liquors, and
bitters Of which sprituous liquors form an in
gredient therefore,
Be ii Ordained by the Intendant and Wardens
Of Yorkville, S. c., in Council assembled, and
by the authority of the same:
|. That it shall be unlawful for any physician
to give a prescription for wines, spirituous
liquors. or bitters, Of which spirituous liquors
form an ingredient, within theincorporate limits
of Yorkville, S. c., except when actually in bona
fde attendance upon a patient.
3 Thatany physician, violating the provisions
Of this Ordinance, shall be imprisoned in the
guard house not less than five days. or be made
to work on the streets not less than five days, or
to pay fine of not less than ten dollars, nor
more than fifty dollars
g. That this Ordinance shall go into effect on
the first day Of August next
Done in Council, this 23rd day of July, 1885,
f.. ST. under the corporate seal of said town.
JOHN r. ASHE, Intendant.
II. A. GILBERT Clerk.
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COLORED MEN IN THE CONFEDERATE
ARMY.-Thomas j. Murry, in the Wash
ingtOn Republican,, says: | said that |
would give individual instances Of the he
roism of colored men attached to the Con-
1ederate army. For instance, there was a
colored man John Downs, believe his
name waS) a cook in one Of the COM
panies of the Seventeenth Virginia regi-
ment. Just before the brigade was ordered
into the fight, and they were almost starved,
he came to the front while the men were
nugging the ground preparatory to a for
ward movement with too big pots OF soup
swinging from his shoulders by a bar.
He had scarcely reached the line when
a round shot struck one Of the cans and
smashed it into pieces. With q comical
look he took off his hat and said to the cap
tain of the company in whose service he
was: l suppose you'll have to 60 on half ra-
tions again. These Yankees don't want
US to eat nothing. That's the best soup
that ever was split" Now, although this
man was under heavy fire at the time
bullets whistling all around him.-he stop
ped and told the boys what Il nice mess of
soup he had made for them, and how he
had managed to get the onions, vegetables,
ETC., which went into its component parts.
He seemed utterly oblivious to the danger
he was in, except to look toward the Federal
batteries and shake his fist at them for
knocking over his soup pot. You may be
sure that John was Il lion in the regiment
afterward.
Another instance. We used to have a
colored man, who rejoiced in the name of
"Zip." He was generally liked throughout
the regiment for his courteous bearing and
his ready wit. He was servant of one of
the officers, but at this date forget which.
At the battle of Antietam, when the fight
was at it's worst for the Confederate side,
Zip" crept up to the battle line above the
stone bridge where Burnsde's corps charg-
ed over, and he found one of the Seven
teenth regiment propped against tree and
fast bleeding to death from a wound in the
femoral artery. He did his best to stop the
flow of blood; and when Gen. a. =. HIPS
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DOG DIGNITY.-Sr Walter Scott declared
that he could believe anything of dogs. He
was very fond of them, studied their lido
syncracies, wrote much in their praise, and
told many stories of their strange habits.
Once, he said, he desired an old pointer of
great experience. q prodigious favorite, and
Steady in the field as a rock, to accompany
his friend Daniel Terry, then on visit to
Abbotsford, and who concluded to 60 on a
sporting excursion. The cog wagged his
tail in token Of pleased obedience, shook
out his ears and led the way with conf
dent air, and began ranging about with
most scientific precision. Suddenly he
pointed and up sprung numerous covey.
Terry, bent on slaughter, fired both barrels
at once, aiming in the centre Of the covey,
and missed. The dog turned round in utter
astonishment, wondering who could be be-
hind him, and looked Terry full in the face,
but, after pause, shook himself again and
went to work as before.
A second steady point and Il second fusil-
lade followed, but with no effect. The dog
then wheeled about and trotted home at
leisure, leaving the neutrality-suspicious. to
find for himself the rest of the day. Sir
Walter was fond of repeating the anecdote,
and always declared that it was true, while
Terry never said more in contradiction than
that "it was very good story"
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NEW FURNITURE STORE.
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J. ED. JEFFERIS,
JOHN r. ASHE.
January Isl, 1856.
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kingdom which God has in reservation for
all his people. All earthly Kingdoms are
temporal? They are subject to changes and
no matter how strong, may be brought to
nothing
England has undergone many changes,
and the day may come when the House of
Brunswick will be remembered only in song
and the British kingdom be no more. AS
a matter of fact all human governments will,
in the future, be dissolved, their crowns
and crown jewels perish, but the kingdom
Of Jesus Christ is an everlasting kingdom.
AS many as received Jesus Christ, that is
all who believe in Jesus, Christ have all
their sins-past, present and future-pardon
ed and are taken into the family of God and
made heirs and iointheirs with Jesus Christ.
No matter whether the believer be regarded
by men as rich or poor, as base born or of
royal descent, he is q son of God-not SIM
ply by creation, but a son Of God by an act
of God s free grace. "Fear not, little tlock,"
says the Saviour, "it is your Fathers good
pleasure to give you kingdom"
Ba5" If you cannot pray over thing, and
cannot ask God to bless you in it, don't do
that thing. a secret that you would keep
from God, is secret that you should keep
from your own heart.
aa5n My life's concern shall not be about
the place which Jesus is preparing in heav-
en- for me, but that, with the whole force OF
my being, | may now prepare place on
earth for him.
aay~ AS for flatterers, they may be named
Satan's upholsterers; they no sooner see men
troubled at their sins than they are for lay
ing pillows under their elbows.
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sa% Cecil says that the JOY of the Spirits
a delicate, sacred deposit, and must be kept
in a pure casket; an unholy breath will
dim its luster and fade its freshness.
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aeg" Hunger of soul, the desire for more of
God, for holier life, for deeper communion,
for fuller Transforming of character, is the
only hopeful state.
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NOTICE

rs hereby given to all whom it may concern ;
4 to all and singular the creditors of WESLEY
G. GRAHAM, deceased, and to II. G. Culp, Ad-
mnistrator of his estate: That S. Elmna Gra-
ham, widow, and John H., Minnie b., Elder and
VIM. 4. Graham, children, of Wesley G. Gra-
ham, deceased late of the county of York. State
of South Carolina, have applied to have Home
empton out of the personal estate, of said Wes-
ley q. Graham, deceased, set apart and assigned
to them as the family of said deceased.
York c. H.. S. c., Dec. 81, 1895.
JOS. f. WALLACE, {. c. C.Pls. and G. S.
january At
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sFg" Every man living shall assuredly meet
with an hour of temptation, certain criti-
cal hour which shall more especially try
what mettle his heart is made Of.
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NOTICE..

LII NOTES, ACCOUNTS AND UNFIN-
N ISHED BUSINESS of the estate of r. l..
HOPE, deceased, not settled by the FIRST
MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, will be turned
over to an Attorney for settlement.
j. w. p. HOPE, Administrator
January If > st
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ANIMALS LONG SLEEP.-There is on
record the case Of snail that went to sleep
on the 9th of March, 1917, and slumbered
until March I, 1850. 1t was picked up in
the Egyptian desert and having retired to
the topmost recesses of his shell, it. was
stuck to piece of cardboard as if dead. 1t
was labeled and sent to the British Museum.
For four years it showed no signs of
life, when some one thought they saw it
move, and warm bath was ordered. This
aroused his snailship and he cautiously put
his head out of his shell and walked on top
of the basin. In Africa there is found a
mud fish that has the faculty of remaining
a long time in state of torpidity. 1t is
found on the shores of the Gambia River
which, during the hot months of summer,
is dry, but as if anticipating the drought,
the Lapidosiren, as it is called, crawls down
into the soft mud and there remains. The
mud around it bakes into a solid cake. BY
the natives it is esteemed a genuine epicu-
rean delicacy, though it would hardly suit
civilized palates. The animal leaves a
small hole from the cell to the outer air,
which the naturalists say is proof that in
its state of torpidity the fish still breathes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-21

sssy~ The true proof of the inherent noble
ness of our common nature is in the sympa-
thy it betrays with what is noble wherever
crowds are cOllccted.-Bu BuI'rer LWfOH.
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ROOFING AND GUTTERHNG.

Ill orders for Roofing and Guttering, in
y town or country, promptly attendedto by
GEO. n. SCHORB.
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THE HETHIsTLE.-TheS Scottish thistle said
to be one of the most ancient badges on rec
ord-claims our attention. The following
legend accounts for its adoption as the en-
blem of Scotland. On one occasion in an
cient times an army of Danes landed un-
observed on the Scottish shore. Find
ing that the Scots were encamped at lit
tie distance, they resolved, contrary to their
general rule, to endeavor to surprise them
by night. Stealthily advancing on the en-
emy's camp, they had nearly effected their
purpose, and victory seemed nearly within
their grasp, when one of the barefooted
invaders trod upon thistle. lie was un-
able to suppress cry of pain. The alarm
was given, the Scottish warriors flew to
their arms, and fell upon their assailants,
whom they defeated with great slaughter.
In gratitude to the plant which had thus
guarded the sleeping camp, it was hence
forth assumed as the ensign of Scotland.
The device, with the appropriate motto,
Memo me mapu1ae lacessit, distinguishes the
Order of the Thistle, instituted in the six
teenth century. Dunbar's poems are said to
contain the earliest mention of this flower
as the Scottish emblem. His poem, "The
Thrssel and the Rois," was written in 1868,
on the occasion of the marriage of James
w, to Margaret Tudor. Unfortunately it
is impossible to determine which is the
true Scotch thistle Chambers Journal.
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p9 Client Ito lawyer)-"I am afraid the
physicians testimony will convict me-"
Lawyer (reassuringly)- be alarm
ed about that. I'll read up a little about
poison in the stomach, and in ten minutes
III have that doctor in cold sweat, and
make the Judge and jury think he isa hired
periurer. ."-NeU York .Stm.
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nss- "That was pretty mean, the way Miss
Blank served Jack Space. After presenting
her with diamonds and a gold watch, and
taking her to the opera night after night,
and all that sort of thing, she up and"
"Rejected him?''
"NC-she married him. - E,rch0Hgp.
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nss~ Learning is not education. Half OF
all the fools in the world are "educated." i"
Learning gives the means of acquiring that
which, correctly used, enlightens the mind.
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iOING SOUTH

CCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
y from Newton, n. c., to Chester, S. G., taking
effect at y O'Clock, Noon, Sunday, November
Sth, 1855.
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Mntnoruns department.

s% In the slavery days an old lady living
in Alabama had a number of slaves. She
was Presbyterian of the ultra old school
type and had brought her people up in the
same vigorous belief. AS she grew older
she became so feeble that she took a likely
girl, named Malvina, as her body servant,
and in short time the girl was indispensa-
BILE. Malvina and Cuff, one of the boys of
the place, were anxious to marry, but the
old lady would not hear of it; so Cuff went
to see her.
"Miss Helen," he said, II reckon you
knows I'se pow'ful gone on Malvinie, an
Malvinie haint onwillin'?"
81 know it, Cuff" the old lady answered,
'but can't spare NAL"
"But, Miss Helen, I'se bound to have
Malyinie, and Malvinie's bound to have
me-"
"You may think so, but say positively
you shall not have her, and that ends it,"
"Oh! Miss Helen," he said, pleadingly,
"don't talk dat way. Use no intention be-
in dis'pectful, but we'se jes' boun' to hab
each udder, an Miss Helen, you amt gwine
to go agin' TO o'o'dination, is yer?"
Miss Helen couldn't argue against the tes-
timony, and Cuff got the gal:-Merchant
Traveller.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-21

THE PLEASURES OF COLOR.-SOme seers
there are by birth on whom no grace or pc
culiarty of nature is lost, but the vast null
titude of men are as blind to all the bcauti-
full color effects in the world as though they
had been born with filmed eyes. ThOus-
ands of children do not know one color
! from another-not from defect of eye, but
from the general unobservingness of their
natures and because their attention is new
er called to it. Many grown people are
quite as dull. They may have faint sense
of there being different colors in land
scape; they may know the cOarser hues by
name, but not one man or woman in 4
thousand gets the pleasure out of color
which they might derive if they were
taught to appreciate itand their senses were
educated in that direction.
1t is an infinite pity that such should be
the fact. OF all pure and lasting delights
of an unsatisfactory world there is none to
compare with the satisfaction one may de-
rive from love of nature and an educated
sense Of her charms. This is an inheritance
that nothing but blindness can deprive us
of while life lasts. Almost all of the pleas
ures of youth fall upon us as we grow older
but this enjoyment is but deepened and
intensified by time. Every added year it
strengthens, every morning it is renewed,
and every varying hour of the day brings
with it new satisfactions.-Hattie Tying
| (IiSrOH
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-21

YOUTH, AGE AND KNOwLEDGE.-"Yes,
sir" said Jones to Smith, ''as men grow in
age and experience they advance in know
LEDGE"
II don't think so, replied Smith.
"Don't think so? That's rather singular.
The opinion I hold on the subject is the
universal opinion"
"It may be, but have my own opinion,
nevertheless, and it is that the younger we
are the more we know. When l was a
youth knew twice as much as my father.
Now am aged and I don't know half as
much as my son."-BoSton Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-21

p@A good old deacon in Central Illinois,
who lost all his big drove of swine by hog
cholera, took the matter so lightly that his
wife felt called upon to reproach him.
Deacon" said she, 81 should think you
would be ashamed of yourself 1t looks to
me as though it was judgment sent on you
by the Lord" "My DEAR" said the good
old man, "if the Lord wants to take out his
judgment in three-cent pork, into which |
would have to be pouring good thirty-cent
corn if they lived, let us not grumble."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-21

TIE TICKING OF THE CLocK.-Slight
though the ticking of acock may be, says a
writer, its sudden cessation has a wonder
full influence upon the inmates of a room in
" hich the chrOnometer is located. A dim
realization of something wrong steals over
the senses-a feeling as if something of val
ue had been lost, ora friend had gone away
perhaps never to return, or as if some of
the children were sick, until suddenly
one looks up and excaims, "Why, the
clocks stopped!' And Immediately the
ill-defined forebodings dissipate, the little
shadow of gloom melts away, and the
wnding-up process completed and as the
CHEEKY ticking commences, the family cir
Gle regains its wonted bouyancy of spirits,
and the members wonder what it was that
made them feel SO gloomya a few moments
before
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men came to the rescue, it was found that
he was still holding the bandage to the
wound of the dead man, and he had himself
been wounded in two places. You may be
sure that the fellow never wanted for any
thing either in the hospital or when he re-
Joined us that is was possible for us to give
him.
Another case. There was young color
ed man who followed his master from South
Carolina At the battle Of Cold Harbor,
after the Wilderness fight, where his mas
ter was ensign of his regiment, when the
fight was the heaviest and thickest, the
ensign fell and the colored man, who had
been lying on his face in the rear of the
fighting line, as soon as he saw the flag fall,
rushed forward and snatched it from the
hands Of the color guard whose duty it was
next to bear it aloft, and he was permit
ted to hold it up as he stood behind the
earth work with one foot on either side of
his dead master.
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Ra~"How was ourcrooked friend buried?'
I asked DIR. Raven. ave buried him." re-
piled the doctor "with a prayer in one hand
and fan in the other. In case the prayer
is of no avail, the fan may allay his discom-
fort -
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sg"I see by the paper, Mr.. Dusenbury
that man fell dead the other day because
his heart was on the right side. Isn't that
remarkable ?"
= "No, I don't think it is. Your heart is
on the right side, my DEAR
ooh, it is, eh? And you expect me to
believe that? If it's true, you don't seem
to worry much about it,"
"My dear, because your heart is on the
right side is the reason why l don't worry
about it. If thought it was on the wrong
side should send for physician at once"
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HE TUIllC IIIWS.
An Act to amend Section 1854 of the General
Statutes, relating to Game Birds.
SECTION /. That Section 1864 of the
General Statutes, relating to game birds,
be, and the same is hereby, amended SO
that the said section shall read as follows;
'SECTIoN 1904. 1t shall not be lawful
for any person in this State, between the
lst day of April and the 1st day of No
vember, in any year hereafter, to catch,
kill or iniure, or to pursue with such in
tent, or to sell or to expose for sale, any
wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock or
pheasant; and any person found guilty
thereof shall be fined not less than ten dol
lars, or be imprisoned not less than ten
DAYS, which fine, if imposed, shall go one
half thereof to the informer and the other
half thereof to the school fund of the coun-
ty wherein the otfense was committed"
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-29
To Harper's Ferry.

At the last convocation of Industry Lodge
No. . A. o. U. W., it was determined that
an excursion should be given to Harper's
Ferry. In order that arrangements
to this end should be perfected COM
mitee was appointed consisting of Messrs. j.
W. Defenlorf, W. N. Mccormick, W. F.
Robinson, W, H. Pierson, W. G. Farra,
Warren Harper and II. G. Snitcher.
Mr.. q. r. Mackenzie, the General Passen-
Agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
had a conference with the above committee
at paror No.2 Clayton House on last Thurs
day evening, and Thursday July 29lh was the
time appointed for running tile excursion.
The completion of the B. & o., through
Delaware makes it possible to spend six full
hours at Harpers Ferry and guarantee re-
turn home by the usual retiring time.
OF the historic and romantic surroundings
Of Haiper's Ferry no intelligent citizen need
be told, suffice it to be said that it possesses
| an intense interest to all who care to be in
formed concerning the martial history which
was written between 1861 and 1865.
Every inch of the soil around about Har-
per's Ferry has been made sacred by the
blood which flowed there that you and
might enjoy the goodly heritage of this
land. The surging Potomac in this locality
at iimee was literally crimsoned with hu.
man blood.
Every man, every woman and every child
has living interest in Harpers Ferry and
its surroundings, and it is safe to predict that
'Iud ustry Lodge will take, Thursday July
29Ch the largest excursion ever run out OF
Wilmington. ..s
angements have been perfected to run
the train in sections SO that all may he com,
fortably accommodated, ...."