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m garliniglon POBLISHRD EVKRT THURSDAY MoRNiwa. |(bmrt J, Jhompsom, PROPRIETOR. TERMS—$1 Per Annnni in Advance; 60 cents for 6 months; 26 cents fc 3 months. Advertising Rates: One Square first insertion >....$1.00 One Square second insertion 50 Every subsequent insertion 80 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. COAL TAR PRODUCTS. REMEDIES THAT HAVE BECOME FA VORITE MEDICINES. Daring the Past Ten Venn Many New Draft nave Been Brought Into Service Por Dleentet and Complaints Which, Though Common. Were Hard to Trent. Only a few years ago coal tar was looked upon as a "waste product.” At the present day, however, it is no longer treated as such, for through the almost ceaseless activity of the German chem ists enough new remedies have already been obtained from coal tar to fill a good sized pharmacopoeia. Abont the first one of these products to attract any considerable attention was antipyrine, which made its appearance some 10 years ago and became popular ly known during the epidemic of la grippe of several years ago. This was soon followed by antifebrin, which, al though it had a new name, was an older drug than antipyrine, having lieen known for several years as ocetanilid, a name derived from the substances from which it was made. It is prepared by the action of acetic acid on anilire oil. The acetai-ilid is now used by many doctors in preference to antipyrine. The principal features in its favor are small ness of dose, lees danger of a depressing effect on the heart and cheapness. The pnce of acetanilid is hardly one-tenth that of antipyrine. Phenacetine is another drug of this class which has met with much success and apparently deservedly so. It has been used with excellent results in the treatment of influenza, the hypenesthe- sia or soreness of la grippe and rhenma- tism, both muscular and articular. The drug is often combined with salol and qninine in the treatment of the above mentioned affections, and the results re ported are invariably of a very satisfac tory nature. One of the most interesting of the coal tar derivatives is saccharin, a substance that is 280 times sweeter than sugar. The medicinal properties of this drug are an tiseptic and sweetening. As a substi tute for sugar it is used In the dietary of gout, diabetes and all diseases in which saccharine foods are contraindi cated. It has also been used to disguise the taste of medicines for children. To give one an idea of the sweetening power of saccharin it is only necessary to say that one grain of the drug.will sweeten an ordinary cnp of coffee. If eqgar were used at least a half ounce or a table spoonful, would be necessary. In the treatment of mental disease sul- phonal is considered a very valuable agent The drug could hardly have achieved success had it been introduced under Its chemical name, which contains just two letters more than the entire al- f abet. Diethylsulphondimethylmethan the "jawbreaker” by which it U known technically. The value of sulphonal as a hypnotic seems to be pretty well established. It has been used with marked success in the treatment of sleeplessness caused by fatigue and worry. It is also said to be of equal service in cases of acute mania. Imbecility, melancholia, dementia, epi lepsy, hallucinations and acute alcohol ism. One observer stated that in every case treated “the slumber was accom panied by no disturbances of circulation or respiration and lasted from* t^vo to five hours or longer.” From 13 to 80 grains are usually given as a dose. Even in very large doses the digestive func tions are not disordered, and there are no disagreeable after effects beyond a slight drowsiness and a feeling of lassitude the next day. In combination with hyoscine hydro- bromate, sulphonal is said to form a very good treatment for the insomnia and reetieesneea of opinm habitues. When a coal tar product is introduced, it can al most be taken for granted that one of the four medicinal properties is claimed fer It. The four properties are antipyretic, analgesic, antiseptic and hypnotic. Trional, which hails from Elberfeld, Germany, is bronght forward as a candi date for therapeutic favor. It possesses the last named property. Brie of Bonn has found trional of valne in treating in somnia or hysteria and neurasthenia in of great obstinacy and which had failed to respond to any other treatment In maniacal excitement and paralytic mania, he reports excellent results in 90 per cent of the cases treated. Salophen, although hot distinctly a “coal tarderirative,” is partly so, as one of its component parts, carbolic acid, is derived from coal tar. It is said to be a valuable remedy is the treatment of ar ticular rheumatism. The dose is from 18 to 20 grains three or four times a day. The very latest in the long line of coal tar products is gallanol. It is prepared by boiling tannin with aniline. It is in- A BATTLE STRANGELY WON. tgpduced as a substitute for pyrogallic ktige of being non- add, having the advant toxic and nonirritant th the treatment of skin affections it has been used with Cazeneuve, the introducer of the drug, reports great success in treating psoria sis by painting the spots with gallanol suspended in chloroform and covering them with a solution of gutta purcha in chloroform, called traumaticin. —New York World. ' An Army Pat to FII(ht by On* Mas and With the Loss of Only Ono. It was probably one of the most re markable battles that was ever fought. The advance had been well planned by the attacking force, the idea being to surprise the enemy at the dead of night Every detail had been carefully consid ered. The advance would be hidden by a wood, and the first the enemy would know of it would be when the troops' swept ont of the wood and carried the eamp by storm. There were apperently no pickets in the wood, and there seemed to be no possibility of a failure. The colonel in command was gloating over his ex]>ected victory, when one of his officers called his attention to a bright light some distance to the left of the advancing column. "What is it?” asked the colonel anx iously. “I don’t know,” replied the officer. It flashed np there only a minute ago.” “Well, if any one suspected we were here he wouldn't go along swinging a lantern to make a target of himself," as serted the colonel. The column had barely begun to move again when a light appeared on the right and a little to the rear of the one that had just disappeared. Another halt was made, and the colonel was tempted to order a volley in the direction of the light, but of course that would betray the exact whereabouts of the column and would be almost suicidal. 'We are being surroundedr exclaimed one of the officers excitedly. Then a light appeared in the shrubbery immediately ahead of the retreating col- umn. The first man yslled “Rifle pit!” and cleared the whole thing at one bound The second man was not so for tunate. He stumbled and fell, and as he fell he instinctively made a reach for the light. He was the only man killed, bnt his death completed the panic. Ranks were broken, and the retreat became a wild race to get out of the wood. And the lights seemed to dance here and there, appearing at the most unex pected points and adding to the confu sion. When the excitement was at its height, a man climbed out of a pit some distance in the rear of the retreating force. He stretched himself and peered after the fleeing soldiers. “Hanged if I wasn’t cramped in that hole,” he said. “I suppose I might as well turn a cannon or two loose just to wake the boys up and scare those foot racers a little more.” He lay down on the ground at theedge of the pit, reached his hand down to some keys on a sort of switchboard, and In an instant cannon boomed out Then he raised himself to a sitting posture, lit a pipe and chuckled to himeelf. Two or three men ruehed up and breathleesly inquired what the trouble was. ' “Ob, I had s little brush with the ene my,” replied the man with the pipe calmly. “They tried to surprise the camp.” “And you beat them?” “Why, they’re running yet" Quite a crowd from the camp had gathered by this time, and one of them cried, “Three cheers for the electrician!” but the man with the pipe raised hU hand to stop them. “The credit is not all mine,” he said. "Remember my able force of linemen who ran wires through this wood and made it possible for me to win this vic tory.'* Just then some of the men who had gone into the wood after the retreating enemy returned with the new* that one man had been killed. “What!" cried the electrician, jump ing up. He hurried to the place where the body lay. “Too bad! Too bad!” he said regret fully, “but then accidents will happen, even in a battle. He had no business to catch hold of a live wire.” “Oh, well, there's no use feeling bad about it," put in one of the officers. “A victory has been won, and only one life has been lost.” “But why have one loetr asked the electrician. “Of course it was tiresome work in that pit, and when I got them on the retreat I was glad of it, bnt I never supposed any one was going to grab bold of the light It’s too bad!" And the man who had won the victory could not be consoled. —Chicago Tribune. Choice Woods on the Form. There is money in the choice woods of the farm. A letter from a prominent New Jersey tool manufacturer offers $30 per 1,000 for beech seasoned one year and $80 for apple wood.. Birch, maple, cher ry, elm and hickory also sell for much more than they are worth at the wood- pile. The wood must be sawed in some shape and can be sold in a great many directions, principally for making plane and other toed handles.—Detroit House hold. • Th« Goliath of Big Batin. In Big Basin, Santa Cruz county, Cal., there are thousands of giant redwoods that will measure from 10 to 28 feet In diameter. Bnt the Titan of them all is a giant known far and near as “the Goliath of Big Basin.” This monstrous vegeta ble growth is 28 feet in diameter at the ground and is perfectly solid, a fact noted as a rarity in these colossi of the foreet. Goliath is a fraction over 200 feet in height, the lower 100 feet of the trunk being free from branches or unsightly excrescences. Experienced woodmen de clare that the tree would weigh more than 100,000 tons and that it would “cut” 1,500,000 feet of clear board measure lumber, besides 100 cords of wood that could be gotten out of the limbs and waste.—St Louis Republic. Astounding Memories. Horace Vernet is the beet example of visual memory. He could paint a strik ing portrait of a man, life sue, after hav ing once looked at his model. Mozart had a great musical memory. Having heard twice the “Miserere* in the Sis- tine chapel, he wrote down the full score of It There are soloists who during 24 hours ran play the composition of other masters withont ever skipping a note.— M. Biuet in Revue des Deux Mondes. Street* Terra* President*. A little Buffalo miss, when asked by her schoolteacher to name the presi dents of the United States in order, be gan glibly, "Washington, Jefferson, Mad ison, Monroe, Adams, Watson, Kmslie"— Here she was checked by the teacher, who remarked that she seemed more fa miliar with the streets of her native city than with the presidents of har country. -New York Times. DECOYING FISH. SKILLFUL INDIANS OF THE NORTH HAVE QUEER METHODS. Tbey Cat m Hole In the lee. Build u Hat Over the Hole nnd Let Down « Decoy Through the Ice—Fooling Innocent Crea tures of the Deep Lake*. “You have heard of shooting game by means of decoy birds often enough no donbt,” said an old sportman the other day, “bnt I donbt if yon ever heard of fishing by means of a decoy fish, where the decoy was not used for bait. I never saw it done myself till I visited Geor gian bay, a part of Lake Huron, in Can ada, one winter. There I found that the half breed Indians erected huts on the frozen bay and fished through hole* cut in the ice by means of a queer decoy. “In order to facilitate matters, some of them had little stoves in their huts to keep them warm while they fished. The huts had only one opening, a door, and when the fisherman had entered and closed the door no light entered the hat except what came up through the floor, reflected throngh the ice outside and the water underneath it. This mado it pos sible for the fisherman to see deep down into the water and difficult for fish to see him in his dark hut The fisherman has a chair or bench to sit npon, food and drink to keep life in him during his long watch and a little stove to prevent chill. Now comes the decoy bnsineas. “The half breed takes out of his kit a queer looking stick, painted and shaped roughly to look like a fish, he avers, though it would hardly be breaking the second commandment to worship it, for it is the likeness of nothing in the heav ens above, or on the earth beneath, on in the water under the earth: but if the fish think it is the main object is accom plished. This woollen counterfeit of a fish is loaded with lead, so that it sinks and lies in the water the right way when suspended from the middle of the back by a string attached to a short fishing pole. The Indian lets this decoy down into the water and by means of the string gives it a series of short, sharp jerks, which make it a dart hither and thither in a remarkably lifelike manner, al though, of course, its range is exceeding ly limited, abont a yard in any direction. “The thing is provided with tin fins and tail and is weighted with lead most heavily at the head. The string is at tached nearer the head than the tail, upon the back, and the skill with which these fishermen make the queer thing shoot about in a triangle under their feet, through a hole in the ice, is truly remarkable. I did not succeed in ac quiring the art myself. I should say from trying it that it is rather more dif ficult to learn than fly casting. “Presently a few fish, noticing this decoy darting about as if in active pur suit of his food, swim that way to see if there is not something there for them also. They may be fresh water herring, salmon, trout, whitefish or less valuable game; but none of them, big or little, is refused by the half breed. Fine fish he sells; the coarse ones he or his dogs or his children or bis squaw eat readily. ‘Pulling up his decoy, the fisherman lets down a baited hook and tries bis luck on the newcomers, seldom in vain. These men fish with all sorts of queer bait. I saw one man make a splendid haul one day, using for bait only a big white bone button without any book. The fish swallowed It greedily, and he would jerk them out of the water before they could get i t out of their throats. By and by a pike or dogfish, seeing the shoal of fish aronnd the pole, darts after them. They scatter in a hurry, and the fisherman lets down his decoy again to attract the pike. “Now all the skill at his command must be employed to make the decoy work well, for if it lags in the water long enough for the pike to suspect its genuineness he will turn away in dis gust. If the decoy deceives the wily pike he dashes at it, and the fisherman jerks it away before the pike can grab it in his strong jaws. The pike tnrns to pursue, and as he halts to turn the fisher man drives at him with a long forked spear. If his aim is accurate, the pike is transfixed and is brought bleeding to the surface in a jiffy. “These men are skilled hunters and know many carious habits of the crea tures they pursue. They say that musk rats, for instance, are able to swim long distances nnder the ice in this manner: Taking a long breath, the muskrat dives from his pursuer and swims as far as he can. When he can go no longer withont a fresh breath, he comes np under the ice, and pressing his nose against it breathes out all the air in his longs. This forms a big babble nnder the ice, and the Indians say that the ice has the power of making that bubble of air fresh again, oxygenizes it in fact, and that the little fellow then breathes it in again and dives once more. This he can do half a dozen times, the Indians say, before the air he took with him becomes so foul thst the ice cannot freshen it again. “Whether this property of the ice is true or not I cannot say, but the Indians firmly believe it, and 1 know that musk rats can travel a long way nnder the ice, and I have seen them come np under the ice, press their noses to it awhile and then dive again. Perhaps some scientist might explain the case.”—New Yoik Tribune. Th« Snnlharner at Home. The southerner at home is prone to neglect his headgear for the sake of hav ing his feet well shod, and he will go about in public place* wearing a bat tered and soiled slouch hat, but scrupu lously neat as to his footwear. The pe culiarity perhaps arises from family pride, a besetting southern sin, conpled with the belief that aristocracy is evinced in the shape and size of the feet. It is worthy of note, however, that the south ern slouch hat is often a costly article of the finest and most durable felt. Such a hst for winter and a costly and inde structible Panama straw for summer are the proper headgear for a southern coun try gentleman.—Chicago Herald. Kansas farmers have reaped more wealth off the earth's surface In grain than has been dug out dt its interior in precious metals in the same time in all the states and territories west at her. Nash, s writer of the sixteenth cen tury, says, “If a hogge loseth an eye, be dyeth presently." Also, “Goats take breath not at the month and nose only, but at ye earse (ears) also.” Turkish toweling iu pure wbite is con- the most correct thing for the of chairs and couches in the The first European bank, founded at Barcelona in 1401, issued no bank notes. The first ones circulated in Europe wet* from the Bank of Stockholm in 1808. Tran Levs Sid* Tracked by an Orange. A young lady said the other day that she hated oranges because one had come between her and her lover. He had called on her one evening, and after sit ting awhile had produced a couple of bright Florida oranges out of his pocket and suggested that each eat one. She now s»ya that she cannot drive out of her mind the sight of his nose, cheeks and chin dripping with jnice, and he has been whispering something horribly rim ilar abont her. Evidently yon cannot love a girl and a citrus aurantinm at the same time,—Pittsburg Dispatch. WHNTEDI Our customers and friends throughout the county to know that we have just opened the Largest Stock of Goods We have ever had the pleasure of offering to the public, and that ti'ese goods were bought with a view to the present hard times, which means that in order to sell this large stock, we pro pose THE “CALIGRAPH.” TO WORK OK SMALLER PROFITS. We ask the people of Darlington and adjoining counties to sustain us by giving us their patronage and we will not disap point them. Remember, our stock embraces everything in the way of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats. Hardware, And Groceries. Respectfully, BRUNSON, LUNN & CO. J.D. “The Furniture Man” Will advertise something new in his line NEXT WEEK. Jan 4— IS NOW A complete line of every thing usual to a first-class Hardware Store. Also a full line of ipltual IntySsiit!, Spun’ Sqiiits, Mitliiuj, Stun -A.JSrr> TrETW-A-iRE, And will sell at the very lowest prices for cash. Tinning, Roofing & Plumbing Oct6—tf .A. SEEOI^CT-Y-. What is It is now Thirteen years since the “Caligraph” Typewriter awas first put upon the mar- "ket and in all th%t time has to responded faithfully what is required of a first-class writing machine. The Caligraph is] recognized every where as the most simple and most durable typewriter. It is easily learned, does beautiful work, and will last,a decade, if properly cared for. In speed contests it has repeatedly taken first place and in telegraphic work has nevei been excelled. For manifold work it has no superior. With interchangable parts the Caligraph is well nigh indestructible. The expe rience of business men, ministers, telegraphers, short-hand schools and government departments all go to prove that the Caligraph is without a peer. SOLID oust EAenr TEIRadiS which can be ascertained by applying at Thr Dar lington News Office. C. Irvine Walker, Jr., A Go., GENERAL AGENTS. 6 BROAD STREET, - - CHAftLUYON, S. C. E/tabli/hed 1858. Re BatobUshed 1889. Insure Your Property • WITH P 1 . E- IfcTO Who represents the ub m iiswe cm a the mi \ Satisfaction Guaranteed. Represents Twelve First- class Companies. September 11,1890 CQ CD O CD o ►rl CD co w 0) 5 ?T •o c o D* o 3 B 03 o c ►» CD s •v B C/3 cr+- PD c-*- CD c *1 o > a (D a > F F ► H (I) d H d HI 0 AN AFFECTIONATE FAREWELL JUST OPENED NEW Fill Him! Pretty Styles —AND- Lowest Prices. AT MMl 3 Oct 5—3m MllBlt! To Our Customers of the Pee Dee Section: Castori* U Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infimts and Children. It contains neither Opinm, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OH. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castorla is the Children’s Panacea —the Mother's Friend. Castorla. Castorla. “Caatartalaso w»Q adopted to children that I recomnand It aa superior toon,preacriptian known to me.’* H. A. Aacnzn, U. D„ 111 So. Oxford St., Uraokljm, N. Y. "Tksuxncf 'Castorla* la ao unirernnl aad IU merits to well known that it atvrna a work of iupt.wrogatlon to endorw It. Few aro the Intelligent famlllea who do not keep CaOorin will: in oe oy .eai h.** Ctooea Haktyk, D. D., Now York City. Castorla cares Ootle, Canatipation, Soar Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kin, Wonna, (ires rioap, and promotes X«tJon, V.'khout Injurious medication. For aemral yean I hara rocomnandod yoor ‘ Caaoria,* and BiaU always continue to do no aa it baa iarariably produced b—arisl Enwnr T. Peanut, JC. D, h*th Street and 7th Are., New York City. Tna Custab* Cowajtt, tj XcnaiT I r, Nrw Yon* Brer We have decided here after to conduct our business in your terri tory direct with buyers. We can thus better as sure you of prompt at tention, low prices, and clear agreements not liable to misunderstand ing and confusion as in past under a different system. To responsible and honorable buyers we will make it an object to correspond with us, and we want to deal with no other class. Write us for prices on any make or kind of machinery you want, and we will make an honest effort to serve your best interests. W. H. GIBBES, JR., * CO., COLUMBIA, 8. C. Dec28—ly SCX*4K FROM OUR NSW SERIAL av flp0offi[] o 0®3 KBmfl) A Stoiy of Love # and Adventure ON THE PLAINS OF ARIZONA OKI ¥0011© ffWEOe Auiitu'i Hitice. Auditor's Offick, i DARUsefcoR, 8. C., Dee. 1,1898. J T HIS office Will be open for the porpoee of listing nil — . , .^ — real and personal property aad poll taxes for the fiscal Jrefir comment ing Nov I, 1888, and ending Oct SI, 1894, from January 1, to Febrnarv,20, inclusive, excepting days required in fining the Jury box and days*named below?’ id In person or by dep- I will attend “fc Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. S. .I**®, Tneeday and Wadueaday, Jan. $ sad 1A ——-• , i, ,— ————,, an. 12. Stokeef Lydia, L HarisvlUe, Tuesday and Wednee- ItT ad, Friday, Jan. 18. • Bridge, Saturday, Jan. 18. , Monday, Jan. 18. day, Jan. 18 and \T Antioch, Thursday, Jan. 18. Leaveosworth, Friday. Jan. 18. BoetstyfHlU, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 18 and 18, by deputy. Jaepor, Saturday, Jan. 80,'by dep- Hill, Monday, Jan. SS.Jby'dep- nty. _ Meehanloaville, Tneeday. Jan. 28. existing would eeaee. The school fund would be inereaeed If all taxable >Hs could be entered. Male pe r.onn ’tween the agee of 31 and I between the agee of 81 and 60 years are deemed taxable polls except thorn incapable of earning a support W. H. LAWRENC*. Dec 7—4t “ - Auditor D. G. -A. l ■ ■ - ■■>V- ■ l