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I BORNEO'S BEAUTIES. NOT CHARMING, VIEWED FROM THE CAUCASIAN STANDPOINT. I Hut. on th# Other tliunt. They Itejrurri White Wmnrii and Their "Tninjery** with \Tonder mml <'nnt«*in|»t — Note® of Travel In n Fur Cmintry. It'opjrrlfht, 1832, by American I’rciM* Asm win lian.l HKN Mw. Ker , and I wmit ti • visit the Mahara jah of Juhore la Moham me<l an princa wlio reigns over the southern eatreuiity of the peninsula of M» lacea). at his beautiful palace on the seashore Wwe found that he was lisihed U[Kin with siime bus picion by his brother Moslems, as having lieen ifuilty of the alarming hetensloiy of hav tiiK only one wife instead of four Whether he did so from choice, from the effect of Ins intimacy with hi- Knalnih fieilthlsira at binnapore or simply tswauee he found even one wife unite as much as he could manaffe, I have never been able to Had oaf; but he did his best to make amends for flits anti-Mussulman sole dsm by fceeplnif the (ssir Maharnneo as completely sis-lnded as if she hail been an entire haicin In fact. throughout the whole of the Malay Arclnpidado (thauks to the su premscy of the Moslem creed sod its attendant usages) women are either lap- does or wolves--either the (letted, pain Js lril nseless toys of a wealthy Dliio- is arrt. or the hardy and weatherbeaten prowlors of the forest, hunting, rowing or marching along with thoir husbands or brothers, ami very < .ten even more ernd ami feroniotu than they. Of the first cl.ww. the invisible wives of such great native princes as the rajahs of Ilcli and Tetioin are probably very fair afenige spis-inu-ns; of the second, sam ples enough will have been seen by any man who has penetrated into the Ach -en iiMmntams in Sumatra, or made his way nt> any of the great rivers of north Hnrueo. lint in some parts of the latter island there is r kind of Intermediate class be tween these twoektremes, formed by the native ladles, wilo are too important to Is* allowed to run wild in the jungle like their hiinibler sisters, ami yet not ijllite important enough to lie immured for life amid Oh- luxurious idleness of a harem. It is by no means an uueiaumou thing fur the wife of some leading Dyak pcughulu (chief) to make a voyag "dowa stream" to one of the F.ngliso stalions. usually la order to reclaim a runaway female slave who has put her self under Iliilish protection. lilt whether sin- gets back her "contraband or uot the augu t visitor generally con trlves to "make a big tiling of it” by tie presents that she receives from the Eng lish traders and ufllcials. In this she is seldom fettered by any absuid scruples and does aol by any menus "beat aoout the IulsIi" tor some indirect method of asking for any object that may have taken her fancy. Shu simply points to it and says, "ijaya mow aiuhiiitit" (.1 want to take that), and ill almost every case she does take it. sooner or later But as a rule such gifts take the form of ail others most ncceylahle to a lady of Malay race, via., tobacco. Toward the end of last year two of these Malay countesses prusmiUtd them selves at the heipli|UarUirs of an English oHieial who was then makiug a kind of ••progress" through the interior of north Borneo. They had come down the river in a Ismt in pursuit of an escaped slave and applied to the "Kapalla Inggrox" (English head mau) to have her givun back to them Thu two proved to be mother and daughter, the latter being named after the favorite daughter of Mohammed himself, ‘Tatmeh, or Fatima (a name which, for that reason, is as common in the east as that of Mary in Christian lauds), while her mamma rejoiced in Ui* IHietieal title of Uhuluub (the rose). The young lady—who was still ijuite a girl in years—was rather pretty in spite of Iter course, lank hair ami coffee colored complexion; but the mother had evi- lit OXVC TIIF.V TOBACCO, dently (like Asiatic women in general) faded as rapidly as she had matured. The ladies did not sncceed in getting back their fugitive housemaid, tint a few packets of Chinese tobacco bestowed upon them by the British commissioner did away with all ill feeling, and at their departure they smilingly pronounced him to be “oraug bawnia bat" (a nun who was very good). But such aristocrats ns these are the exception rather than the rule in that dreadful "utan" (jungle) which fills np almost the whole interior of the island, amid the deadly swamps and gloomy thickets of which the deer, and the ser pent, and th.» bnffalo, and the fierce, long armed, tawny “orang Titan” (man of the woods) may atill roam at their pleasure. The few hninau tenants of this hideous region are in perfect keep ing with the grim solitudes which they inhabit, and it would tie hard for any outsider, when looking for the first time at a group «f Tinguras or Tnnbunwhns to decide whether the palm of ugliness should be awarded to the women or to the men. A few months ago. when the British governor of one of C.e coast settlements was paying a visit, accompanied by nis wife, to the penghnln of Doin'ngnl—a large Dyak village several days' jonruey from the soa—a party of Tinguras came down the Kwarmotch from a region in which no European has ever set foot, the navigation of the higher river being obstructed by the Malay Niagara, which has lately berm christened Alexandra falls, where the whole river plunge* headlong over a precipice of 120 feet The English oflkial hearing of their coming, sent to invite them to a con ference with him, but the Tingara gen tlemen. who had evidently been doing something that would not lienr inqury. held a “hicharn” (an nntranslatable Malay word answering to the west African "palaver”) to consider the mat ter. aad finally decided, by the advice of • shrewd old chief, to keep their own •kins ont of batm's way and send a dep utation of. women is their stead. Accordingly the ladies of the forest appeared in a tiody early one fine morn ing outside the Englishman's tent, ami a very queer sight they were. Thoir toi let was not elaborate,consisting chiefly of a gray monkey skin around tlie loins, but its scantiness was amply atoned for by the profusion of native ornaments which they wore. Every woman of the group carried enough brass wire ills ml her to fit up a telegraph station—brass wire around her neck, brass wire around her waist, trass wire around her wrists and ankles, and more brass wire still twisted in her hair, thrust through the lobes ot her ears or fastened around the place where her forehead ought to have been if she had hapjiened to have any. One of the Tingara beauties—who, being the wife of a chief, probably set the local fashions—seemed very proud of her headdress, which was a kind of coronet or tiara of large colored beads strung upon wires, placed on the crown of the head and hanging down like a fringe over the upper face. The same VIRWISO Tint WTIITR WOMAS. lady had her shaggy black hair done np at the hack in a kind of club, and, ns if this were not enough of itself, supple mented it with a bona fide chignon of dried grass almost as big as a yonng cocoa mi t. None of them having ever seen a white woman before, the Tingara ladles were aroused to a high pitch of excitement by their first view of the English lady, around whom they crowded with eager curiosity, pointing and chattering like it gang of excited monkeys, and examin ing her as closely us if she hail been some newly discovered kind of wild boast. They inspected minutely the ar rangement of her clothes and hair, and eyed both with an air of wondering con tempt which plainly showed how vastly superior they considered their own toilet to be. But to the eye of any ontsido observer this confidence would have seemed very 111 founded. The gaunt, long armed, apelike forms of these Malay beauties; their greasy, dark brown skins; their course, straight, black hair; their bony, high cheeked, skull-like faces; their small, deep set, cunning, restless eyes, and their teeth, black as coal from the constant chewing of betel, were all hideous to the last degree. Nor was their aspect much improved by the frightful deformity of their ears, which, as is the custom with nearly all the in land tribes of Borneo and with some of the Sumatra Malays likewise, had been gradually dragged down by the weight of their heavy earrings of beads and brass wire till the tip of the fleshy part actually touched their shoulders! But in spite of their hobgoblin aspect these unwashed Eves of tile Kwurmo;ch turned out to lie very simple, harmless, good humored creatures,as easily amused as children and with even more than a child's love of sweets of every kind. They were hugely delighted with the supplv of well sugared tea which was promptly set before them by their hostess, and de voured witli every murk of satisfaction three or four big dishes of native cakes made of rice (tour, sugar and eocoanut paste and strongly flavored with cinna mon. They expressed great surprise and delight at the prompt action of some wax matches which were shown to them, their own most nsual way of striking a light being to aora|ie a dry chip of bam boo with a broken potsherd, and their joy knew no bounds when the lady pre sented them with a box of the wonder ful "lire sticks" which they had just been admiring and had hailed with loud cries of "ilniul ilmn!” (inagic, magic). Finally, after having received as a parting gift two or three handfuls of cig arettes and a number of guy eolorod handkerchiefs, the “Uhu'khido Susans" went off in high glee. At their departure there was a general chorus of "Orung- orang. liooti oning-omng bid" (the white men are good men), and, as we afterward learned, they gave stn h a glowing ac count of their reception that I am daily expecting to hear of Die opening of an Auglo-Tinguru trade. David Kmc The HaiiiMuo. In the eld church of Ara Celia, near ;he top of tie cupitol steps, in the .lity of Rome, is a little treasury room whore the sacred vestments are kept, iml where, in a wonderful little respos- itory. lies a wooden doll called the sacred sambino, representing the Holy Child Jesus, tto strong is the siqierstition with regard to this child that in eases of ill ness it is sent for and taken in great state by some dignitary of the church to the bedsides of sufferers who believe in its miracnlons power to heal and bless. In this old church, around the altars, are the offerings of those who claim to have boon healed of their infirmities by the wimculons power of this wonderful child. Here are repetitions in wax of maimed limbs: pictures of people rescued from burning houses; of children who fell from windows, receiving no harm; of men drowning in swollen streams, saved by the sight of this littlochild appearing on the brink. Before the altar may always be - eon a kneeling throng, for the hearts of a great many of the people hive opened and taken in a love for and a faith in this wonderful little wooden doll. At times there have lieen rumors of the bambino having lieen stolen, or, because of its displeasure at the sins of the peo ple. having withdrawn itself from sight —Harper's Bazar. RELIGION IN CHILI. A COUNTRY IN WHICH RELIGIOUS FERVOR 18 STRONG. I>«llrtite Women flavo Known to Crnwl on Their IImikIm mmI Knee® to l*la«*on of Worship—l*«H»r nml Itlrh lion Together In Devotional Kxerelfte. No people iti the world are more de- vont than those of Chili, and surely if self inflicted punishments, fasting, roa fessions and donations will take one to heaven, a vast throng (though mostly women) will go up from Ihut little re public. It is no nncniumou thing fur delicate females to go to the shrine of worship u(sin their knees, over the flinty itoiioe that tear the flesh, and then lieat themselves with leather straps tipjied with nails. The Isslies are often thus punished until the blood nins profusely and wlien the jssir creatures can <lo no more they deposit all the money and trinkets of value iitmn the altar ami go home happy, thongh suffering. A few years ago no man dare ride through tlie stnsds of any Chilian city <n Hood Friday. Even the cars were not allowed to run: all business was stopped ami no sonnd of wheel or ham mer or hiiinmi lalsir distnrlied the reli gious silence. In these day* of lilieral- sm. although the (icople still dress in lisqs-st mourning and most of the shojis ire shut, the car* and public carriage* go als 'ill a* usual and some business mi.y ne transacted. The strangest and mo»t impressive cart of holy week came on the night of IihkI Friday, when it long lineof female •vorslliper*. led by the dignitaries of the ■hnrch and joined by a very few men. rept to the cross on their knees. They irst kmlt in the front yard of the church tud slowly crawled on their knees lirongli the gravelly courts, up through 'he long hull, until they reached the bu lge of the crucified, ami each in turn kiasetl the wounded foot. Mo solemn was the scene that many l*rotestants and iiersona of no particnlur oltgiotiK Isdief. who came merely to uok. joined in the worship. It brought •■n il and poor, aristocratic ami plebeian. ■II the same level—servants ami ladies •1 high degree, liotli wrapped in mantas, •ule by side. CKt.K.nitATINO HOLY WRICK. Later, there was a weird torchlight ina-ussion. led by the chanting priests n black robes, followed by a concourse if people who bore in the midst upon lieir shonlders a company of life size mages representing all the saints, each -lothed in flowing velvet robes. Among hem was the blessed Virgin, arrayed in .vhite tarlatan, attended by four living muds of honor—little girls with long urls. artificial wings on their shoulders, iml garlands of flowers upon their heads. I'he holy sepulcher was represented by i large Isix drains) in white muslin, half fvetthug a recumbent figure. All these vere surrounded by devotees with lan- ems and candles, and followed by an in wholesome iKlible, miming, jostling tud pushing on every side. On Mat army morning, the last of holy reek. esiss ial services were again held n all the churches, which were still gloomily draped in black. The priests •ntered in priaession, and there was a treat ileal of extinguishing and lighting >f candles, tinkling of liells and other •eremonies whose import we did not -oiupruhend. until 10 o'clock, when sud- lenly the black veils which shrouded lie altar* were drawn aside, displaying lie shinies ablaze with cumllmticks and tblnom with flowers; a peal of triuin- ,ihant music burst from choir, organ, nand and bells, and the glad cry arose, •Christ is risen." The cannon of the fort thundered the joyful tidings and the national ships-of- •var re-echoed the sound. Closed doors lew iqieu, vehicles once more thronged he streets ami business W;is resumed .vith its accustomed noise, while the ex ited |Kipiihice. as if the tragedy of •early 1.W0U years ago were just enacted, ceutisl their pious rage upiii effigies of Indas Iscariot. Boor Judas was made to suffer every punishment that human .iigeiniity could invent—he was drowned in the sea. dragged through the streets, burned at corners, hanged, impaled and torn piecemeal on the hillsides. VOWS OR KNTHUSIASTS. Many devout Chilians take a vow that if the Virgin will do certain things for them—such, for example, as to restore a sick friend to health—they will perform tins or that ceremony, or dress them selves or their children in a certain color for a certain length of time. One day 1 met in the streets of Santiago a hand some, middle aged lady, dressed entire ly in white woolen, and ujion expressing a surprise at her unsuitable choice of color was informed, in a tune of pro- fouudest rexpact for the matron in ques tion. that she was tlie wife of a well known wealthy citizen, who, having lost several children, vowed that if her last balw was spared she would dress not only it. but herself, in nothing but white for ten years. The child lived snd the vow is being religiously ful filled. There are many other pions observ ances in Chili that attract the foreign er's attention. There are hundreds of giKxi people who have a custom of expi atmg their sins for a whole year by a nine days' period of jieuaiice during Lent. In every town there is a house provided expressly for the purpose and in charge of priests, wiiere tlie penitent *|ieiid their nights alternately praying and thrashing one another. Those who are bx> infirm to use the scourge punish themselves by reciprocal piuchings. The lights are extinguished, and at a signal from the priest the penitents change places and begin scourging the nearest sinner with a vim that cannot leave any doubt of the sincerity of their contrition.—New York Advertiser. A Family Tree. A pretty cnatoia which was at one time cuniiaoti in some parts of New England w as the getting apai lot a "fam ily tree.' Thai tree was uot of a dry genealogical kind, bat was always one of the finest in the orchard, selected with a view to its apple bearing abilities and its liinnty. In one little village many of the or chards have trees of this description, and tlie older inhabitants can refresh their memories as to the number of children ui tlie fauolie* which hare occupied farms at different times, provided the period of occnpancy was long enough to make the setting np of a “family tree" worth while. On one farm there is a large old tree which liears seven different varieties of apples: Baldwins, Jeremiahs, summer sweetings, winter pippins. Astrakhans russets and gillyflowers. The grafts on this tree were made, not one at the birth of each child of the honsehold. as was sometimes the custom, but when each boy or girl grew old enough to cbixiso his or her special favorite among apple*. The tree is now more than sixty years old. and its present owner shows it with great pride, and gives sample* of its fruit to the children of the neighbor- timwl with a free hand.—Yonth's Com panion. Well DlM'iplincri Duck®. During our stay at Hankow we visited a duck farm. The process of keeping the ducks is very simple. A large wooilen shed stands near the edge of the river, whore the owner of the farm or an employee M|>ends tlie night with bis feathered friends. There must have been several thousands of ducks in the farm we visited. Before sunrise the door of the shell was o|iened, and out rim tho ducks, scrambling one over the other into tho river, whore they spend the day feeding. As soon as sunset approaches, from all parts of the river they come, for they wander far among the rushes and islands during the day. and there is still more hurry and scurry to get into the shed than there was to get ont at dawn. The reason is simple. Immovable by the door sits the Chinaman, a long cane in his hand, and woe betide the last duck to enter, for down on its Uick conics the loujf bamtsio with a pain inflicting thnd. In this way punctnality is insured among the ducks. .Children conld hardly have learned their lesson better than the ducks.— Blackwood's Magazine. How Mhii Sleep®. Adult man is. 1 believe, the only ani- j rial who ever elects to sleep ui>on his back. Home of the lower savages seem to sleep comfortably on occasion in a 1 crunching |Kisition. with the head bent down upon the knees, just as well as the common tribes of monkeys do. ' Among the qnadnimana it is not nntil 1 we come to the plaltorm building au- I thru|siid tyjic* that we find a recumbent [sisition habitually taken during sleep. The young oraugs and chimpanzees tha: j they have had at the zoological gardens slept with tlie body semi prone and with • the limbs, or all except one arm, which was tilled as a pillow, cnrleii nnder them. This is exactly the (sisition voluntarily adopted by SO per cent, of children 1 between ten and twenty months old i which I have bod opportunities of watching. 1 was told by the attendants ( at the zoological gardens that no apo will sleep fiat on his back as adult man often does.—Nineteenth Century, Kun, Moon and Earth. When the earth was yonng, says Dr. ( Ball, astronomer royal for Ireland, it ! spun around at such a rate that tlie day : was only throe hours long. The earth I was liquid then, and as it revolved at that fearful sjieed the sun eansed ever | increasing tides u|ion its surface until at last it burst in two. The smaller (iart became the moon, which has been i going around the earth ever since at an increasing distance. The influence of . the moon now raises tides on tlie earth, and while there was any liquid to j operate on in the moon the earth heaped np lunch greater lunar tides.— New York Journal. A Reninrkitble Modal. A gentleman of Canajoharie, N. Y., has a remarkably tine brass medal from J an Indian grave there. It is about an inch in length, and has on one side the head of Christ, with the wonls “Salvator Mundi." On the other side is the Virgin I Mary, with tlie words "Itegina Cadi." The engraving is bold and the medal is in a fine state of preservation.—Phila- | delphia Ledger. Ilmnur from the title of Man. In tho Isle of Man. os in Scotland, much of tlie humor depends upon odd turns of expression. “If aver 1 get to heaven pass'n" (parson), said an old i parish clerk, "it’ll he under your patrou- [ age.'' The notion here is funny enongh, ; giving a vivid glimiiseof the future state i ns depicted by a man who bad seldom been outside his own parish. Or the | humor may consist merely in the unex- ' pectod use of some particular word. A queer old character who had been j given a new muffler and kept it carefully wrapped np in paper instead of using it, replied to all remonstrances, “I’m not goiu fur to make a hock of it at all ’ | Upon another occasion he remarked to a visitor, who had been mnch benefited in health by a residence in the island, “Tor iss a mueh batter gentleman now till yon wans when yon came,” with which may bo compared the courtly minister’s “who pntteth her ladyship's trust in thee.”— Loudon Saturday Review. Tho Select Ion of Fruit. Caro should ho exercised in tho selec tion of fruit, as it is just as easy and a* cheap to buy good fruit as the bad stock. Never bay a cat in the bag; or in other ; words, fruits or nuts that are placed in package* by the dealers, for the chances are against the purchaser receiving the same qiuility as is exposed to view. For instance, the wagon frnit peddler's profit is derived, not from the sale of short mensnre*. but from tho disposal of the | had and poor stock which he has. The peddler will search tho wholesale market through for a damaged stock of gra(«a or bananas which he can purchase cheap. After an hour or two of mysterious work ho has his wagon or handcart pnqierly arranged tor appearance on the public thoroughfares. Tlie first customers are almost sure to find themselves cheated after examining their purchnacti on thoir arrival at homo I The good stock is held to attract the j late trade. If you watch a peanut ped dler just after he ha* located on a comer for business yon will see him with a paper sack in hand picking out the dis- coloied nnts. which will go to the first customers, and so it is with all huck ster*. Pick yonr own goods and then yon are sure not to be cheated.—Inter view in SL Louis Ulobe-Democrat Nothliift N«w. In the Immense parlor of a Fifth ■venue house vast as a desert, where he mic t«|HKtnos, gilded candelabra, furni ture covered with antique damask, por traits of captains in white cravat*, and of austere ladies with scarfs of flowers, evoke vanished epochs, the grandfather whose hair is white as snow, declaimed, as is his custom every Sunday since the time when Polk was president "Noth ing ever happens," he said. “1 mean nothing having an a two lute character istic, for the man who was run over in Seventh avenne yesterday at 3 o’clock might as well have lived *.000 years ago and been run over in a street of Nineveh under the reign of Nebuchad nezzar. It is not the iiews|Ki|iers. but the newspaper men that I am interested In. Aren't you dazed by them* “Every morning, without a sign of fatigue, they servo ths public with the sublime, the ironical, the guy and the farcical. They have charming and en thusiastic phrases, irresistible argu ments. and. like a pianist with long fin gers of quicksilver, they make the en tire gamut laugh, murmur, sing and thunder endlessly. The things that they ignore they are bonnd to know, anil they know them: the things that they could not do. they do; from their ex bnnxted minds they draw inexhaustible inventions. They pot their hands ij their empty (lockets and withdraw them filled with gold. They have not the time to dream, and they are compelled to be universal.”—New York Times. The Neptune’® Head. Aliove a butcher's stall on the west side of prosaic Washington market stands a peculiar relic. It is a beauti fully carved idyllic head of Neptune, and once upm a time it graced the prow I of some long gone clipper. Covered with grime and festooned with cobwebs, j it looks down from its perch with the ! siime graven smile with which it once j met tempest and calm alike. It is cut | from a block of English oak, and the | craftsman who fashioned it was a mas- i ter liand, for it has tho breadth of treat ment and firmness of detail of an an j tiqne Grecian bust. Properly mounted it wculd make a moat effective orna tnent for a mantelpiece or center table, and in the hands of a curiosity collector who knows his business would undoubt edly bring a stiff price.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Fth* tlie next GO dnvs we will sell our en- * lire Stock of Men's, Youths’ and Boys’ Clothing HT COST, To make room for our Spring Stock. Call early and get 13 (Cr B All t) AIN&o them. They are constructed to .•''^“‘^rms of tbVKl LLOUOli lodge or school. They can lie purchased on easy teims u. MUBiC COMPANY. OABPBNTBR Organs are first class in everjr Tlre'E'! neat in design. \ ari^ coinhtnailwis to *uH Vermont, have L c H5rSrS2iSS^ iS&SS K«tS.*3SiS.lSf sraJ. «—«** "»•■*« m-- quality considei ed. Write for catalogue and price list. f & SANDERS DARLINGTON, S.C. Also a few Ps Ingrain Carpeting at Cost. afOwing toadaily increasing trade, wo have found it necessary to buy almost m entirely i\ciu jgitixk of (Goods from beginning to end. We have bargains in tlie Dry Gccds Department, such as it would have been impossible to get first of the season. We also find our Wholesale Grocery Department on the increase. We sold out 700 Bushels of SEEID O-A-TS in a very short tiineuud have another large lot. Thanking the public for their liberal patronage and assuring them that we hall do all iu our (lower to merit a continuance, We are respectfully, IIUO'SD.V, (,r v v & ('Do .U" Remember tlie place—North side Public Square, in the Hewitt 1 lock. Look Out! Look Out! ! For the Many Bargains Now Being Offered by MOORHEAD, COX & CO. Mr. Moorhead has just roturned from the Northern market. 15 where he purchased a (artfe and well assorted stock of Dry Goods. Notions, «c. We would like the public generally and the ladies •specially to know that we propose from this date to carry a fu. dock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods and Notions. Boots and Shoes. Our stock in this line is simply immense; and while we do n< •un strictly a shoe store we have as large a stock as any house ii lie city, and expect to sell them at prices that will please ever; >ne. Hats. Hats. Hats. This stock is extremely large, and comprises all the latest styles. vVe can suit and fit every man and boy in the county. Our stock of men, youths and hops’ OHjOTimSTO- is large, w is bought cheap and must be sold. t he stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries is larger than ever be p ore, and we are now duplicating Charleston prices on wholesah tots: also on Bagging and Ties. We have just received two car loads of New Crop Flour and one car load of Red Rust Proof Oats for seed, which we are offering very cheaply. We extend a cordial invitation to all to call and see us while it he city. Remember the place—Southeast corner Public Square, under the Opera House. Yours to please, MOORHEAD, COX & CO. Value of Cold Kponginff. Accustom yourself to the use of spong ing with cold water every morning on first getting out of bed. It should be | followed by a good deal of rubbing with a wet towel. This has considerable j effect in giving tone to the skin and maintaining a proper action in it, and I thus proves a safeguard to the injnrious influence of cold and sudden changes of i temperature. | Kir Ashley Cooper, the celebrated Eng lish physician, said: “Tlie methods by which I have preserved my own health are temperance, early rising and 8(iong ing the body with cold water immedi ately after getting out of bed, a practic which 1 have adopted for thirty yean without ever having taken cold."— Newport Observer. Bitggies, Surveys^ E a luettms, Road Carts, Wagons, Harness Saddles, fSrid.es, Collars, Halle ?, f.ap Robes, Curry-Combs, Brushes, Harness Oil, Whips, etc., eic. Leather, wll good machine made HARNESS complete, with Collar and Haines, for $0,00.,- We cun furnish any style of HAND MADE HARNESS, from (he cheapest single buggy harness to the finest poach har ness; also one and two-horse wagon harness. ES^ST 1 * Special attention is called to our “Young Men’s ’ Buggies at $65.00. N. L. Harrell & Co. Larcaat Producing Piano Factor!** IN THE WORLD. ~ SLL these CELIOPATtD PIANO* before purenosmg elsewhere. Manufactured by IEW ESGLASB PIAHO CO., BOSTON, MAOS. THE KILLOUCH MUSIC CO., FLORENCE, 8. C. General Representative*. HAVER Organs are aokl the world oyer acd are f< ? r the ‘ r •’i’? “ tone, handsome design and tinihli. Prompt ani eas) ac fared by Weaver Oigan and Piano Company, iork, Penn. W‘ THE KiLLOUGH MUSIC CCMPANT AIMS, FLORENCE, S. O. The Kiliough Music Company fr Bcs?Ix*ss Ui i.K-: Buy direct: Sell di ed; One price; Lowest price; Assume freights; Warrant all H,vi^twfied ej^mere or none. PIANOS— Behr Bros.. ISte uway, (Carnenter, Weaver, Kstey, New England. | Farrand A Vote), Kim iall. For any kinds of mush nl goods apply tons. Addle*- .HEKILLOUGH hiooiuCOrtiPANY.FURENCE.S.C. N. B. When in Florence call at our More m new hotel building. YOUlTSHIP”WILL COME The newspaper supplies the broad, swift channel of pub licity which enters the port of prosperity, and when you float your boats upon it you are sure of quick returns. Advertising in dull times is an anchor cast to windward. Tliorotijjk. Practical Instruction. Gradu- ates assisted to positions. Catalogue . PkF.I' Wnte to ■IBryist & Sent:: Susistn College, * LOUISVILLE, KY. w NOTICE TO INSUKKKS, Iet The Best Insurance For The Least Monet. THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON 4; 0LOBE INSURANCE CO., o' Liverpool, England, is the 1 irgest Fire Company in the world. THE VETNA, of Hartford, Connecticut, is the larged of all the American Eire Companies. THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, of Philadelphia, is the second largest of ail American Fire Oombiuiies THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York city, is the third larg est of all American Fire <'ompanies THE HARTFORD, of Hartford, Connecticut, is the fourth largest of all the Vmericau Fire Compau es. A" r>f Hie abova companies, end several other*, represented ir the agency IP. EL ISTOEIiyLElSrT, Da lii gton S G. September 11, 1890 OD COTTON M ELEVATOR Cleans,Dries,Improves theae Market Value 2 (oTjoN ♦v^end for.Boob^*~ DdDLEy E.J°7iE5 (5 /’fe* Little Rock-sArk*. Satisfaction. When a man says he is Satisfied, he means a great deal. One ol the policy-holders cf the Equitable J .ife Assurance Society, Mr. Charle A. Edwards, of New York, who, in 1B7I, took a twenty-year Tontine polici with the Equitable for $10,000, writes as follows: “/ am t.vtrrmelg we/l xatixfiu •nith thin result, obtnininy more than *(.000 in ex< r.s.s nf all the premiamx 'lanepaid, in ailditio’i In hat in j/ enjoyed the prdtccMm of my poh'i-y eturini he twenty years it has been in force I am loath to port frith Svidi an oh ■ r rievd as this policy has been to me, tmt in doiny so, 1 do vot propose to par company with the Equitable, ha tiny applied for another Tontine policy, th benefits under which I also hope to obtain duriny my lifetime." Another, Mr Nathaniel Wilson, of Washington, writes in relation to polici Vo till,Hit! as follows: "l took ont a Tontine policy in your Company for $20,000 The policy has been settled to my satisfaction. I hare since taken out policie. o f the same kind for f&o,000, because I am satisfied that the Tontine plan is U be preferred to any of which l hare knowledge." If those statements were from the widows or executors of policy-holders wh< nul died, they would be significant, or, if they were from policy-holders wh< were satisfied with their assurance because it furnished protection, and gnv< hem sufficient pence of mind to offset the burden of the continuing annua aremiums on their policies, they would be no more than reasonable assertions bit this satisfaction is something more than this: It is tlie gratification of met who have, over and above the protection from the assurance, kkauzku on t profitable investment. They line reason to be satisfied. For twenty yean riiey have lieen building up their business and accumulating fortunes anc meanwhile thejr families and estates have been protected against the disnstei which would have come, if through some accident they had died prematurely But these dangers have now been passed, and what is the result? Must the) say, " He hare paid out a great deal of money in premiums, but we have en joyed the protection of our assurance, and are satisfied that our money hat been well spent: we hare nothing more to expect, and have nothing further U ask." They might say this, anil be content, but they are able to say mud more that! this, thus: "We are more than satisfied because, in addition to tin protection triren for all these years, our Tontine policies hare turned nul to U good INVESTMENTS, as isprored by the fact theft the h'ljuiteible has returnee all that we have paid, with interest added ” IhinJc of it! A return of the totul amount expended in premiums, with compound interest at front o too per centum per annum added ijicreto, GEO. HENRY McKEE, Darlington, S. C., SPECIAL AGENT STOVES, STOVES, STOVES HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, TIN WARE, HARDWARE. PUMPS, PIPING AND FITTINGS, OF EVERY DESCRIP TION. Tin and Slate Roofing and Fronts a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed on all work Give us a call and you will surely be pleased. J. G. WHITE. Corner Public Square and Main Street J. (i. McCall's Old Stand. April 18-lyr Patronize Home industries. The Da.iington Ginning, Milling, Fertilizer and Warehouse Company are turning out the Finest Meal Made, ground from best, sound corn, and ab solutely free from adulteration. They propose to sell it as low as pure good* can he sold. Buyers, ask your mer chant for Darlington Meal and take no other; it is alwaysfresh and always reliable. Merchants, patronize your h me mill and give your customers the liest meal to be had. beside* cave writing, exchange on bills, and haul ing. Give us your order*. The Darlington G„ M„ F. & W. Cc- May 81-tf