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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-11
INDICTMENT OF ANIMALS.
Jurisprudence of Middle Ages Recalled
by Jersey Ordinance.


by Jersey, Ordinance.
N[onclair's new ordinance against
barking dogs has some resemblance
to a singular feature Of the jurispru-
dence of the Middle Ages, when anil
mails were indicted for injuries int1ict-
ed on human beings. The cusom was
not abolished in France until the mid
die of the eighteenth century, and the
French Court records show that at
least ninety-two such trials took place
between 1920 and 1741.
An early instance Of the custom was
in 1914. when a bull escaped from
farm yard in a village Of Noisy, In
the Duchy of Valois. and gored a man
to death. The Count of Valois, being
informed of the case, directed that
the bull be captured and formally pros
ecuted for homicide. This was done,
and evidence was given by persons
who had seen the man attacked and
killed. The bull was thereupon SEN
fenced to suffer death, which was in
ficted by strangulation, after which
the carcass was suspended from a tree
by the hind legs.
In 1886 a SOW was executed in the
square of Falaise for having caused
the death Of a child, and three years
later a horse was condemned to death
at Dion for having killed a man. In
1857 a SOW and her six young ones
were tried at Lavegny on the charge
Of having killed and partially eaten
q child. The SOW was convicted and
condemned to death, but the little ones
were acquitted on the ground of their
extreme youth and inexperience, the
bad example Of their mother, and the
absence of direct evidence of their
having partaken of the atrociOus feast.
One of the most grotesque of these
trials took place at Basle, when
farm-yard cock was tried on the alb
surd charge of having laid an egg.
1t was contended in support Of the
prosecution that eggs laid by cocks
were Of inestimable worth for use in
certain magical preparations; that a
sorcerer would rather possess a cocks
egg than the elixir of life, and that
Satan employed witches to hatch such
eggs. from which proceeded winged
serpents most dangerous to mankind.
The prisoners advocate admitted
the facts of the case, but contended
that no evil intention had been prov
ed and that no evil result had taken
place. Besides, the laying Of an egg
was an involuntary act, and as such
was not punishable by law. Also there
was no record of the devil having
made a compact with an animal. The
public prosecutor stated in reply that
the evil one sometimes entered into
animals, as in the case Of the swine
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-11

WHAT HE FoRGoT-"At a dinner in
Philadelphia" said a clergyman, u
once heard the lamented Bishop Potter
talk in a most amusing manner about
the artistic temperament.
First he described the contradictions
in the character of Whistler Poe
Hawthorne and other great Americans
Then he turned to LandOr, the great
Englishman.
"Iandor, he said, was at the same
time the most violent and brutal and
most delicate and sensitive Of men,
He adored flowers. The gardens Of his
beautiful villa in Florence were full of
flowers, and the poet walked among
them daily, never plucking them, only
bending over them reverently to admire
their loveliness and their perfume.
"Landor's cook one day served him
a wretched dinner, and in his rage the
poet threw the man out Of the window
into a bed of splendid roses.
"As the cook writhed with a broken
leg below, LandOr from the window ex-
claimed in a horror stricken voice:
Good gracious, l forgot the ros-
esn n"-WashingtOn Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-11
Humorous department.
Inquisitive Edwin.

Inquisitve Edwin.
Say, nav"
We'll Edwin?"
why do little boys have to go to
SCHOOL,"
ITO get an education. dearie."
How long do l have to go to
school,
Till you are grown up"
Then do l get my education?"
NO. You get it while you are 60
ing"
Get it all the time I am going?"
Yes"
Huh. I'd rather get it now and
not go to school,"
But you can't"
Did you get one, maw?"
II did, but I have no use for it."
What's the matter with you CIV
ing me yours, them"
Tut. tut, child. Every person has
to get his or her own education"
Hum. Who's got paw's?'
why, he has
Gee. nobody'd think he had one'
would they?"
Your father conceals a great many
of his attainments, SON."
Whats an attainment, maw?
Something one has acquired in the
way of learning or accomplishments
1 believe"
II think l know about accomplish
ments. NAV. l heard Mr.. Bingle say
paw was accomplished"
Are you sure? Mr.. Bingle is or
dinarily very accurate in his state
ments."
Yes, I'm sure. He said paw was
a accomplished liar
"Ah we'll, Mr.. Bingle hasn't gone
back on his record. Now, run away
Edwin. and let me finish reading A
College Girls Unhappy Wifehood; or
She Was Taught More Higher Mathe-
matics than Housekeeping
But, maw."
But bother! What now?''
"'Spose I don't get an education?
Then you wouldn't know anything
when you become man."
20, that's all right, NAV; 1 could
be a juror."-Chicago Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-11

against the church. In 1856 Titus Oates
was sentenced to be pilloried for five
days in every year during the rest Of
his life. Another famous sufferer was
Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson
Crusoe," who stood for three days in
the pillory in Cheapside. 1t happened
on occasions that the offender died
while undergoing his sentence. During
the time of exposure the condemned
man was not allowed to receive food Of
any sort or description. The last oc-
casion on which a pillory sentence was
passed was in 1S14.-LOndOn Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-11
THE PlLlORY.
Titus Oates and Daniel Defoe Both
Suffered In it.

In the year 1887 the British parlia-
ment passed an act that put an end to
punishment by pillory. Previous to
the conquest this particular instrument
of correction was in use in England
and went by the name of the stretch
neck" 1t consisted of a wooden frame
erected on stool in which were three
holes for the head and arms. For days
together offenders against the common
law were thus exposed to public view.
From historic accounts it appears that
this particular form of punishment was
meted out to those convicted Of frauds
of every description not only in Eng
land but in nearly every country in
Europe. In the days Of the star cham
ber. when religious feeling ran high,
the pillory was the ordinary punish
ment meted out to those who offended
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-11

FATAL QUEsTIoNING-Ju Judge-Have
you been arrested before?
PrisOner-NO, sir.
Judge-Have you been in this court
before?
Prisoner-NO, sir.
Judge-Are you certain?
PriSOner-I am, sir.
Judge-YOur face looks familiar.
Where have l seen 1t before?
Prisoner-Tm the bartender in the
saloon across the way, sir.
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which drowned themselves in the Sea

which drowned themselves in the Sea
of Galilee.
So the poor creature was convict
ed, not as cock, but as e. sorcerer,
or perhaps the devil in the form of
cock; whereupon the bird and the egg
that was attributed to it were solemn
ly burned at the stake.-New York
Evening Post.
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GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette. September 8: A
new copper circuit has just been COM
uleted by the Piedmont Telephone and
Telegraph company between Gastonia
and Yorkville, s. c., distance OF
some twenty miles This gives a
greatly improved service over this
long-distance line which the public
will greatly appreciate. Prof.
Edgar Long left yesterday for Due
West, S. c., to take up his work as
teacher of English in Erskine college.
Mr.. E. G.. Carson will also go this
week to resume his studies in Frs
kline Theological seminary after sup
plying the paStOrate of Villa Heights
church. Charlotte, during the sum-
mer. gentleman who lives in
the Point section of the county is au-
thOrity for the statement that the
damage to crops along the Catawba
first thought. from the recent high
waters Farmers along the Catawba
did not suffer so heavily as did those
along the South Fork. Rev. j.
Lee Oats, returned to his home at
Hickory Grove, s. c., yesterday. He
came up Saturday to participate in
the dedicatory exercises at Pisgah AS
sociate Reformed Presbyterian church.
1900. Sunday the congregation of the
Royce Memorial Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church at Kings Noun
tain elected Rev. Raymond A. Young,
of MOreland, Ga, as pastor to sue
ceed Rev. J. NJ. Garrison. who went
to Fayetteville, Tenn, to accept a pas
torate the first Of the year. Rev. Mr..
Young is a graduate of Erskine COL
lege and Erskine Theological semi
nary. having finished the course at the
latter institution last June. Since that
time he has beer serving New Hope
and the historic Brick church in
Fairfield county, South Carolina. He
is a young man of ability and the
Kings Mountain church is to be con-
graduated on securing his services.
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The Editors.
In the course of week or two the
report of this expert was received
In a word, it shows that the article in
question was a gross exaggeration and
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were considered so marvellous, were
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Published Tuesday and Friday

PUBLISHE EKS
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A. M. GRIST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
VIRGINIA VOTE CANVASSED.
Certificates Awarded Nine Democrats
and One Republican.

RICHMOND, Va, November 23.-The
state board of canyassers met here today
and awarded certificates of election to
nine democratic and one republican repre-
sentatives.
John M. Parsons, defeated in the fifth
district by Judge E. w. Saunders, filed. a
demand before the board that Floyd
county, cut out of the fifth and placed N
the sixth district, be counted in the fifth
district, holding that the redistricting was
contrary to the state and federal consti-
tutions. The paper was filed.
Bryan received s2.956 and Taft 52,574
while the total congressional vote was
SO, 756 for the democrats and 4S,445 for
the republicans
Oregon's Official Vote.
PORTLAND, Ore, November 23-The
following is the official vote Of Oregon
for presidential electors, November 3:
Taft, $3.50: Bryan, 3S,O49; Chain,
2,6S2; Debs. 7,430; Hisgen, 2S9.
Official Vote of Wisconsin.
MADISON. Wis, November 23-The Of
fetal vote for President in Wisconsin is
announced today as follows: Bryan. 1885,
7O7; Chain, 11.579; Taft. 24S673; Debs,
Is, 146. Taft's plurality, S1,966.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
PRINCE GEORGE EXPLAINS.
Tells Head Of Russian Empire Pres
emit Position Of Servia.

Special C8bleEram to The Star.
PARIS. November 23.-Prince George
of Seryia has given an interesting account
of his visit to the Petit Parisien's CORE
spondent at st. Petersburg. The object
OF this journey. he said, has been ito ex-
plain personally to the head of the Rus
sian empire the present position of Servia,
and the painful consequences for my coun-
try of Austria's arbitrary infringement
of the Berlin treaty. I have been sent
not only by my father, but by the entire
people, to express its feeling toward the
sister nation. We reckon on Russia to
support tine Servian nation and to defend
its vital interests by every possible means
at the present moment. We are told to
keep calm until the conference assemblies.
I'VE are waiting, but Servia will never
consent to perish silently. She will EN-
ploy all her moral and material strength
to assure the possibility of her national
In this she will have the
support of Montenegro, which, in presence
of the danger threatening the Servian
nation. is united to us by indissoluble
links. We know that the Servians OF
Bosnia and Herzegovina are at one with
us We also see with gratitude that
public opinion in Russia has been deeply
moved by the blow which has been dealt
at us. So I am sure that our just and
good cause must triumph"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
FRENCH PORT|A SWAPS COURT
SCORES ANOTHER LEGAL TRI-
UMPH IN PARIS TRIBUNAL.
Pretty Breton Girl Acquitted of
Killing a Faithless Lover-Jury
Moved to Tears.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, November 23.-Mlle. Helene Mi
ropolsky, the handsome Portia, has scored
another triumph in obtaining the acquit-
tai Of pretty young Breton girl. named
Marie Thepault, who. in a moment of an
ger, had plunged carving knife into the
breast of = faithless lover named Maurice
Dubousset
II was the ordinary 'crime passion
nellie" Dubousset met the girl i'm Brit
tany, where he was undergoing his mill
tary service. When he was discharged
from the army, Marie Thepault left her
home and followed him to- Paris, bringing
with her $16O, which she had saved up.
Dubousset, when the money was gone.
treated the girl with great brutality, and
ultimately told her he wished to have
nothing more to do with her.
The jury was sympathetic. Tue per-
suasive eloquence of Mile. MiropOlsky
moved them to tears, and the result was
no longer in doubt. Members of the jury
stopped the advocate. and said they did
not wish to hear her further. as their
minds were made up. For mere forms
sake they retired TO consider their de-
cision. Five minutes later they were
back with the verdict OF not guilty, which
the foreman blurted out in the intervals
of drying his eyes.
Reaching from the prisoners bench. Ma
RE Thepault put her arms around the
neck Of Mile. Miropolsky. who was sit
ting Just beneath. and kissed her on the
cheeks. The president dug his pen Vi
ciously into his blotting pad in order to
conceal his emotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
BRAKEMAN KILLED IN WRECK.
Freight Trains Crash Near Nanse-
mond, Va.-Engines Demolished.

SUFFOLK, Va, November 23-Two
freight trains crashed together early yes
terday near Nansemond, an Atlantic
Coast Line station. few miles east of
Suffolk. Front Brakeman H. X. Shovel of
SIT 46th street, West Philadelphia, was
caught in the wreckage. which immediate
ly took fire, and was burned to death. En-
gineer w. w. Buchanan of No. 274, who
was entrapped, was rescued just in time
to save him from incineration. Other train
men who jumped were not dangerously
hurt. Both engines were demolished and
tWenty-one cars heavily laden with cot
ton, peanuts and timber were piled in a
shapeless mass and with their contents
were burned down to the wheels and cast
inss.
An engine from the Suffolk fire depart
ment was taken to the scene on a special
train and by pumping water from a near
by branch helped to cool the way for
Wrecking crews. The accident was
caused by a misunderstanding of train
order by Engineer w. p. Kicks of the
southbound train.
The trains were ordered to meet at
Nansemond siding. but he misread the or
der as Nurney siding. a thick fog COM
pleted the wrecking conditions. The in
jured men were taken to a Norfolk hos
pital and the body of Shovel was brought
here and prepared for shipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
BADLY scALDED IN WRECK.
Two Men Injured When Train
Crashed Into Camp, Cars.

CUMBERLAND. Md. November %
John B. Stewart of Timberville, Va, and
Jesse Stickley of Bowmans. Va. two
members of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road track repair gang. who were asleep
in their camp car at the west end of the
Kingwood tunnel, near kingwood. w.
Va, were badly scalded in a wreck at
that point yesterday shortly after the
midnight hour. and are now in the Allie
gany Hospital. Cumberland, in serious
condition. the result of their injuries and
shock.
The second section of train No. 4, a
solid express train. was coming east with
a helping engine ahead. At that point
the helper is generally detached and run
in on the siding, where the two camp
cars were lying. By some mistake the
entire train was run in on the siding,
crashing into the camp cars and smashing
them to pieces against the walls of the
tunnel. The escaping steam from the
engine scalded the men. who were thrown
up near the boiler. There was only one
other occupant of the camp cars IAN
Italian. who was only slightly scalded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
"Mau is AS Old
AS His Stomach
This Persian Epigram Is the Real
Gauge of a Mans Life.

The Persans were very sagscious people,
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The above epigram shows the wisdom Of their
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The stomach gives tons upon tons Of goo1.
rich blood every year TO the system and draws
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If. however the food which 1t receives cannot b
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
PEER WINS SEAT BY RATTLE
UNUSUAL CEREMONY IN THE
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Clerk Decides Contest Of Two Candi.
dates for Vacancy by Drawing
Slip Of Paper.

Special Cablesram to The Star.
LONDON. November GA seat in the
house of lords was rallied with solemn
ceremony for the first time in history in
that chamber a few days ago. The
winner of the prize was Lord Ashtown,
the Irish peer, at whose county Water
ford residence the mysterious bomb out
rage took place last year.
When the lord chancellor had taken
his seat on the woolsack the clerk Of
the crown and Hanaper, a grave Irish
official. appeared at the bar Of the house.
Out of all keeping with the historical
character of the scene he was In Ordi-
nary twentieth century morning coat.
The lord chancellor, in his full-bot-
toned wig and long robes rose from the
woolsack and asked him his message
He announced that he bore the writs
for the election of an Irish representa-
tive peer to SIT in that house in the
room of the late Lord Rosso. Two Irish
right had received exactly the same num-
Der of votes for the vacant seat. They
were Lord Ashtown and Lord Farnham.
Peers looked up with an air Of pug
zled interest. What was to be done?
syhe lord chancellor soon settled the
question. He rose and announced that
such a contingency had been provided
for In the act of union. That act pre-
scribed that in such a case the clerk of
the partiaments should write the names
Of both peers on separate pieces of paper
exactly alike in shape and size and place
them in a glass on the table while the
house was sitting and draw out one
therefrom. The peer whose name was
drawn out would be the one elected.
The clerk OF the parliaments. Sir Henry
Graham, In his wig and gown. bent over
the table slowly and gravely. He took
up a glass. 1t was one Of the vessels
ordinarily used by peers for drinking
water, or such other liquor as they pre-
fer. In the midst of long speeches-a
glass goblet with a stem.
The clerk of the parliaments drew out
slip and read it out. 1t was the one
with the name of Lord Ashtown
The lord chancellor then pronounced
Lord Ashtown to have been duly elected
a representative Irish peer to sit in the
house of lords.
Both peers were in the precincts of
the house while the drawing was in
progress.