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m to Darlington Jlkrcs. PUBLISHKD EVKRY THURSDAY Mornino. JIbnrv J_ Jhompson, PROPRIETOR. TERMS—11 Per Annuni in Advance; 50 cents for 8 mouths; 25 cents for 8 months. Advertising Rates: One Square first insertion $1.00 One Square second insertion 50 Cvery subsequent insertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. DEGENERATE CAPTIVES. Where waters tremble Into hillside tights From rocks crevices and shaded pools The wild stag pauses, watch, fulwblle he cools His shapely limbs. His prond head towered the heights He lifts to look In contemplative mood On his companions feeding freely there From nature’s lavish feast, spread every where, And asking no man’s friendship or his food. Where men betake themselves In tacit shrifts Of city foulness runs a deer glen girt With close set barriers. Here, tame, Inert, The deer caress men’s hands for paltry gifts. —Clara Dixon Davidson In Godey'a POINTERS ON THE GRIP. A Description of the Disease by One Who Has Suffered. Ever had the grip? I will give you a few pointers. Vou will imagine you have a bad cold, and you can wear it out, hot you need not try it. The grip has fastened his fangs onto you and will not let go. Yon have got to give np, go home and go to bed. In a short time yon will realize Beecher's dream af bell. You will think your head has boon re moved and an old beehive with the empty comb left in its place. Your mouth will taste like a pail of sauer kraut. You have the grip. The doctor comes, looks you over, puts his thermometer in your mouth, finds your temperature 104 degrees in the shade, your poise going at the rate of two miles and three laps to the sec ond. He orders you to stay in bed and gives you medicine that is so strong and sour that simply setting the bottle on the clock shelf stopped the clock. He will tell yonr wife that she may give yon warm drinks and try to get yon to sweat and take his leave. Now, all wivea are family doctors by right of their position in the bonse, and as you have gone to sleep, delirions and ex hausted, she begins her treatment by putting a belladonna plaster across yonr lungs, a flaxseed poultice on one side and a mustard poultice on the other, a hot flatiron and a jug of hot water to yaar feet, and a sack of boiled corn In the ear, piping hot, to your back. Yon sleep and dream of being away to the far north in search of the north pole or out in the center of some beMiiti'il sheet of water, like Lake Superior or the lawn tennis skating rink, helpless and alone, with the ice breaking all around yon and yon slowly sinking. Yon finally awake, burned,bliatered and baked. The doctor cal la, finds your temperature about 80 degrees at the north side of the house aud your pulse normal, not needing a pacemaker. He pronounces yon bettor, convalescing; orders beef tea, chicken soup, gruel and toast us a diet. Yon take the big rocking chair exhausted, tired, dis couraged and ugly; you feel like lick ing your wife, kicking the dog and breaking up the furniture, but you won’t do anything but sit there day after day weak, helpless and tired.— Wiqona (Minn.) Herald. Making Hilliard Cuahlons. The making of bfllard cushions ia an important indnatry, but la carried on by two or three firms alone, and while the story of the difficnlty which has been overcome in preventing the ball from sinking into the robber and thna destroying the angle desired to be taken la an Iniereeting one it has been told before and will not be repeated now. In the early days of the indnstry the manufacturer employed valve rubber and obtained a mneb better price for it when it waa worked np into the coah- ion. Then the cnahion maker set his wits to work to get the valve robber cheap ly. bat in those days it was strongly held, and none was allowed to pass to that Industry nnleaa It paid the en hanced royalty. Finally the combina tion was broken by a firm In Pittsburg ordering the valve robber ostensibly for ordinary nae, bnt shipping it back to New York for the intended purpose. So skillfully and patiently waa thia done that a great quantity was accnmn- lated, and the valve robber man threw up the sponge. Now billiard cushions are made of molded rubber, an evolu tion which came along later.—Hard ware. La Fontaine’s Opinion of Himself. ”La Fontaine,” aaid one of the most brilliant critics and wits of the famous fnbla writer's time, "is such a fool that he does not know he has more genius than ASsop or Phaedrus.” In troth, he was a severe critic of his own work. He attended the first presen tation of his ‘‘Astree,” and sat near some ladies who did not know him. At soma of the important paseagea he ex claimed: "That ia wretched! That ia absurdl” When they protested that it was good, and that it was by the great La Fontaine, he rejoined: "That makes no difference. The piece ia bad. I know tnat La Fontaine you are speaking of. He's a stupid fel low. He’s myself.” Then he went ont, entered a cafe and went to sleep in a corner. Some of his friends found him there and inquired why be wasn’t listening to "Astree." “Ob,” said the author, rousing bim- •elf and stifling a yawn, "I jnst came away. The first part displeased me greatly. No one agreed with what I said about it, bnt I didn't care to hear more. I admire the patience of the Parisians." —Youth's Companion. Coyots sad Eagle. W. C. Plummer of Prineville onoe witnessed an exciting fight between an eagle and a coyote. The eagle bad canght a rabbit, and the coyote under took to take it away from him. The eagle defended his prey manfully for some time, bnt the coyote was too much for him and finally got away with the rabbit, bnt not until after the eagle had clawed several handfuls of hair ont of hit back and left him somewhat disfig ured.—Portland Oregonian. THE CHINESE AT HOME MANY OF THEIR CUSTOMS ARE THE REVERSE OF OURS. How They Compare With ths Japanese. Whet Constitutes an Education—No He reditary Aristocracy la China The Peo ple Vary la Dlffereat Sections. The samples we get of China in onr country give ns very inadeqaate ideas of the people. We have here to contem plate a civilization entirely unlike onr own, bnt in itself much more complete than onrs. In the presence of the Chi nese, all Enropeans and Americans are parvenus. These people burned coal before the Christian era. They invent ed printing 1,000 years before Guten berg and Fanst flourished, and they knew the use of gunpowder when onr forefathers were using bows and ar rows. In most things which appear on the surface they are onr antipodes. They raonnt a horse from the right side instead of the left, read from left to right, say west south instead of aonth- west, their mariner’s needle points to the south, the men wear petticoats and the women tronsers, they shave the fronts of their bends and not their faces, shake their own hands instead of each others as a greeting, write their family names first and their given names aft erward, have their marginal notes at the top of their books, place a distin guished guest on the left and are care ful not to nncover in his presence, wear white for monrning, the men aew and the women work in the fields, and soon to the end of the chapter. We shall find in China the origin of mnch that we have seen in Japan. The position of womw in the family and so ciety is about the same, except that the Japanese women do not cramp their feet, and therefore can go abont more freely. The domestic architecture is similar, so far as external constroction goes, bnt tlie Chinese honses have no mats, and the {leople do not sqnat on the floor. Both wear loose, flowing robes, which the Chinese button, bat the Japanese do not. In the conversa tion of the people the Chinese indnlge in honorifics as much as the Japanese. It is the correct thing to ask yonr friend to condescend to come from his elegant house to yonr miserable hovel, or to al low his distinguished enp of tea to de scend to yonr nn worthy self. The Chi nese classics are also the classics in Ja pan, and the Chinese ideographs are need by Japanese writers. Education ia mainly etiqnette. The Chinese have 8,000 rales of behavior, which the edu cated man must know. If a man have bad manners, they say he ia not edu cated. The Chinese sages, like Confacins, Mencius and others whose works are classics, enunciated a high grade of ethica. Confacins stated the golden rale, thongb negatively, thna: "If there is anything 1 do not want done tome, 1 will not do it onto another." His eth ical teachings take rank with thoee of the Greek and Roman moralists and the Hebrew prophets, bnt are without reference to a Supreme Being who re quires us to keep his commandments. The family customs are similar to the Japanese. Society is patriarchal. The family, not the individnal, ia consid- ored. Marriages are arranged as in Ja pan to perpetuate the family, and go be tween! are employed to settle the terms. There is only one wife, bnt concnbinea are taken into the honae at will. The wife finds life burdensome when she is the servant of the honsehold, especially of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, bnt when she becomes a mother-in-law she gets her own innings and makes it warm for her danghter-in-law. The Chinese have as many genuflex ions as the Japanese and nnmerons grades of obeisances to be employed ac cording to circnnsttnces. Three prostra tions, each with three knockings of the bead against the floor, are supposed to be abont the extreme exhibition of respect. The people vary a good deal in the dif ferent sections. The aonth of China ia monntainons, and the people there are smaller, more volatile and brighter than in the north, where the crowded dwellers on the plains and paddy fields are heavier, leas excitable, not so quick to see or act. There is no hereditary aristocracy in China. All the people are bound to obey the will of the em peror and have no rights he is bound to respect. There is no caste, as in India. The people are classified as nativea and aliens, the latter being subdued peo ple In the provinces; conquerors and conquered, with special reference to the prohibition of marriages between the Mantchoo and Chinese, and freemen and slaves. There are no laws against slavery. Every native is allowed to purchase slavee and retain their chil dren in servitude, bnt the number of slaves is small, and their condition is comparatively easy. Probably there are no better mannered people in the world than the educated Chinese. They are also very competent business men, and as such enjoy an excellent reputation.— Cor. Boston Herald. Maori Women. The Maori women are a potent factor in Island life and must not be forgot ten. Liquid dark eyes, soft voices, af fectionate and merry dispositions, light brown skins of ivory smoothness and gracefnlneM in every movement are their most striking characteristics. Sel dom are they to be seen in a passion, and not a single “caas word" for man 'or woman is to be found in the vocabu lary of this charming people. In the most furions rage they can only call each other cat, bollock, dog, goat, aheep or pig. The most deadly is wild dock, implying a child whom nobody will own.—Fortnightly Review. Chawl.g Gam sad Mai da Mar. An English woman baa made a dis covery which she communicates to a magaxine aa follows: "I wonder how it is we know nothing of the wonderful America chewing gum aa a remedy against seasickness. The other day, when cro«ing the terrible si’-Ter streak, an American lady kindly offered me a piece which ehe had obtained in New York. It was of a wafery looking con sistency, flavored with pepain, and it carried me safely over from Dover to Calais with perfect comfort. ” The prisons of Morocco are the worst i ihv world. No care or attention ver is given to the prisoners. ii> y are left dependent ou their friends for food, and If they have no friend* the government provides only a bit of bread or a handfnl of grain daily to keen them alive. TEACHING CANARIES. •oW Occupation of Sevan Hand rad Fami- lloa la a Small Town of tmmomy. In a small town called St. Andreaa- berg (Saxony) some 700 familiee are en tirely engaged In the task of rearing and educating good canary singera. A great proportion ef these singers is sent abroad, fai or near—to London, to Aus tralia and to the United States, where one single firm ships 100,000 birds each year. These canaries are the inferior birds, the sebreir, as they are called in Germany, on account of their notes. These schreir, which are bought from 70 to 80 cents in the Harz, are sold for $2, $8 or $4 in America. The best birds are kept in Germany, where they are called bohlroller. A good bohlroller cannot be had under $8 or $10—in the Harz—and $20 and $25 are no nnnanal prices. Bnt Bach birds are certainly splendid singers. The Germans have quite a number of words, each of which applies to a different sort of tune, or intonation; the benlrolle is in minor key; klingerolle applies to silver tones; koller to a warbling which reminds of the murmur of water, gluchrolle is similar to the nightingale's notes, and one may say that every detail of the canary’s song has been named, and that for every one there ia a standard of per fection which the expert fancier knows perfectly well. The song of all canaries is not exactly similar. Each race has its special 'mints, and while the one is great on benlrolle, for Instance, it is weak on glnchrolle, while the case is reversed with another race. Of conrse singing is a natural feature with canaries, but the influence of edu cation is considerable. The educational curriculum begins in May for the yonng canaries, and they are, as soon as possi ble, separated from their parents. Ed ucation is all in this: Keep the yonng bird from bearing any bat excellent singers. Borne 15 or 20 yonng canaries are put in one cage with an older bird, an especially good singer, and he teaches them the elements. They try to Imitate him, and hence comes his beneficial in fluence. In Angnst each of the yonng birds is pat in a small cage and kept In the immediate vicinity of the cage of the teacher. At this time the fancier tries to gather some idea of the prog ress achieved and of the aptltnde of the different birds. The best are pat in the nearest vicinity of the teacher. In or der to prevent the yonng birds from getting disturbed their cages are wrap ped with cloth, so aa to prevent them from seeing what is going on aronnd them, and in order to encourage sing ing the cages are generally shaped in form of a dome; this shape intensifies the sound, and the birds are pleased with their own mosic.—Popular Science News. Swedish Men and Women. What enormous fellows and what leviathan persons some of these Swe dish men and women are! Nowhere will yon see snch noble specimens of adult humanity as in Stockholm’s streets. The feature seems to pervade all classes, thongh it is not least striking among the nobility. Six feet ia a common height for a man here, and really 1 do not be lieve I exaggerate in saying that men of 6 feet 8 or 4 inches are as abundant in Stockholm as men of 6 feet with ns. The tallness of the women ia jnst aa noteworthy. Yon remark it leas, how ever, because they are so well propor tioned. They say it is easy to tell by the size of the boots ontside the doors which rooms of a hotel are occnpied by the Swedish fair. This is a very endor- ablehit at the Swedish ladies. Thongh they do wear sixes or sevens in shoe leather, no scnlptor would find fault with them on professional grounds. Moreover, they have most winsome complexions, and of conrse bine eyes are nowhere more Intensely bine than here. It is comforting to know—I speak on the evidence of one of thepensionnairea —that Swedish maidens have a great admiration for English bachelors. They read French novels, bnt they believe in English bridegrooms. The blood bond still exists, I suppose, between them and ns.—Cornhill Magazine. Tkc Scat af tha Brain. At a certain 5 o’clock tea the other day one dashing creature demanded: “Do tell me, Mabel, what organ we think with? 1 know we love with the heart and bear with the ear*, bnt I’ve entirely forgotten how it U abont thonghts." Mabel’s pretty face was suspended over the samovar, “Papa saya I think with my tongue.” “Impossible!” breaks In a college sophomore; "it is done with the mind.” "Oh, I know better than thatl" frowns the dashing creature. "The mind is what yon make np when yon want to do things." "The head, then," insists the sopho more, "if yon like that any better—the seat of the brein. ’’ "Oh, dearie, mel” sighs she at the samovar, "that explains something. I didn’t know brains had aaeat. It mast be, then, that mine never get up.’’— New York Recorder. Haiaaa Clocks. "You know," said a man, "there are some people who seem to be able to tell the time of day without the aid of a timepiece; I don’t mean by looking at the sun or that sort of thing, bnt right offhand. If you ask one of theee people what time it is be says, ‘Twen ty-five minutes past 4,’ or 'Twenty minutes to 12,’ or whatever it may be, and he gets within five minntes of right It teems aa though time had left upon their minds some impress of its flight’’—New York Pree* Under Crass Exaniinstloa. Counsel—Yonr age, signorina? YonngLady (bashfully)—Ok, I hard ly like to tell yon. Counsel—Yet I mast insist on know ing It. Pray tell me how old you were 10 years ago. Young Lady (cheerfully)—Oh, 28!— Fanfulla. HU Vic* of tho Coco. The editor of a daily to his reporter, who looks savage, “ What ia the matter with you, friend?" "The matter? Jnst thia: 1 was told there had been a collision on the west ern line—10 killed, 20Injured! I wired for particular*. Notbing;nottbesHgbt- eet accident—isn’t it vexing?”—Pa triots Normand. Rather Premature. In the first number of a new German periodical appeared a letter to the edi tor signed, “A Snsbcriber of Many Years’ Standing. "—Hamburger Frem- denbiatt. i 1 - WHNTED! 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 these goods were bought with a view to the present hard times, which means that in order to sell this large stock, we pro pose TO WORK OH 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, Hard-ware, And Groceries. Respectfully, BRUNSON, LUNN & CO. IF NOT YOU SHOULD! Come in and see the BEST SPRING FOR COMFORT, DURA BILITY AND CLEANLINESS in the world. They have 120 oil- tempered spiral elliptical springs and each of these is braced in such a way that they will last a lifetime. We will make a Special Price of $5 On these beds for the next 30 days only and you should not fail to get the width of your bed the next time you come to town and get one. Remember, One-Third of Yonr Life is Spenf in Bed! and if you buy one of these beds you will never regret it. J.D. BHIRD “The Furniture Man” Jan 4— Eftablifhed 1858. Re-Established 1889. Insure Your Property WITH IF. EL nSTORMEIETT, Who represents the lut m ms camis is tee tod i Satisfaction Guaranteed. Represents Twelve First- class Companies. September 11,1890 Watches Repaired AND WARRANTED, — AT — MASON'S JEWELRY STORE. Feblfi—tf rout of employment, or in| s a position that you do not: | like ? Possibly the solic-: siting of Life Insurance is: | your special forte. Many | • people have, after trial,! sheen surprised at theirs | fitness for it To all such | sit has proved a most con-s • genial and profitable occu- • s pat ion. The Managements §of the : Equitable Life j in the Department of the | Carolinas, desires to add: to its force, some agents s of character and ability. • Write for information, s W. J. Roddey, Manager, j Rock Hill, A. C. ■ •■■■■kiMaia$MitaM$MaaaisaaM««Baaai< CAUTION.—-If » dealer offer# W. I* pODgUu shoes at a reduced price* or tap# he hat them without name atumped on bottom* pat him down at a fraud. W. L. Douglas S3 SHOE thVworld. We Is. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fit ting, tad give better satisfaction nt the prices ad vertised .min any other make. Try one pair and be coavitead. The stamping of W. L. Coughs' name and prfc* on the bottom, which guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers who push the cxlc of W. L. Doovla* pii„ customer,, which he o, to incroiM Ihc u]r* on their full line of rood,. They can aftorf to ael) at a leas profit, and w. believe yea can nave money by hurmraU yoor foot vest of the dealer advaniacrl below* A.. J. BROOM, Darlington, S. C. Febl—5m w Invited, Darlington Lodge No.7, Knight* of Pythl! ns, meets on let and 3rd Tuksday Evenings In each mouth, at ( astte Hall, Florence street, oitvos'I'* Broa l. Vhit- iag brothers fraternally THE “CALIGRAPH.” I It is now Thirteen years since the “Caligraph” Typewriter was first put upon the mar ket and in all that time has responded faithfully to what is required of a first-class writing machine. The Caligraph is recognized everywhere 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 lE-A-SY TBBMS which can be ascertained by applying at The Dar lington News Office. C. Irvine Walker, Jr.,<feCo., GENERAL AGENTS, 6 BROAD STREET, - - CHARLESTON, S. C. mmaammBmmm What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infaat* and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It Is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria is the Children’s Panacea —tho Mother’s Friend. Castoria. "Caatoriaisso well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” H. A. Archer, M. I)., Ill So. Oxford £t., Brooklyn, N. Y. 4 ‘ The ugo of * Ca-storia 1 is so universal and its merits no well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach.” Carlos SIartyn, D. D., New York City. Castoria. Cutori* cons Colic, Constipation. Sour Stoaiach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, KiUa Worms, gina sleep, and promotes <U- gestlon. Without injurious medication. “For several years I have recommended your ’ Castoria,’ and shall always continue to do so as it has is variably produced beneficial results. ” Kotin F. I'usdkk, M. D., 12&th Street and Ttk Av«„ New York City. The Cnrriim Court nt. 77 MoaoaT Sruarr, Net Took flux LAW CARDS. R. W. BOYD. GEO. W. BROWN BOYD BROWN- ' Attorneys and Counselors at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. R, S 0. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. G. W. DARGAN. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Darlington Guards’ Armory building, lower floor. DarlimHon, S. C' R. O WOODS. T. H. SPAIN WOODS 4&SPA1N, (Successors to Wat J & Woods,) Attorneys & Counsellors at Law. Offices formerly occupied by Ward & Woods, over Bank of Darlington. Practise in State and Federal Courts. Prompt personal atten tion to all business. To Ovr Customers of the Pee Dee Section: 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, S. C. Dec28—ly a AN AFFECTIONATE FAREWELL SCEWB FROM OVR NEW SERIAL A Story of Love 0 # and Adventure ON THE RUINS OF ARIZONA OKU ITOQD® PatPlOB B. F. CAMPION. Old Furniture Made to Look as Well as New. WORK SOLICITED. Exchange street, in rear of Dar- lington Guards’ Armory. DARLINGTON, --.HO Feb8—if Sewing Hachi Some of them almost as goo. are now offered at the D the White Sewing Machine (