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vfhe Ilarlington Jfua. PCBLISHKD KVKlir Thcksoat Morsiiso. literally cxpenenoe i «rer nan wa< the attending of a high mam at St Peter's in Rome. Bat now I mast own that the sweetest smell I ever smelled wait the horning of a maharajah’s fu neral pile. ” fiEHKY J. Jhompson, "THE GAME WORE ON." PROPRIETOR. TERMS—11 Per Aniinio In Advance; 50 cents for 8 months; 23 cents for 3 mouths. Advertising Rates: One Square (Inst insertion $1.00 One Square second insertion 50 Every subsequent insertion ...50 Contract advertisements inserted npon the most reasonable terms. METEMPSYCHOSIS. tf I were a poor little tippet mink, I think That of all kind fates it would seem Ihe beet To it. t Round the slender while throat of *»<-■ ' 'naria Ah, n.O [ would bend caressingly to her will Pntil She'd lean her cheek tenderly down . n nn- llar!-. You'd waato each Joy on » » oor 1111 '' k - —M. D. Hatch iu New Yor» Mm. HINDOO CREMATION. THEY BURN THE BODIES OF THEIR DEAD IN THE OPEN AIR A Btrange and Sanitary Mode Which Haa Il4H*n Practiced by Them For Thounand* of Yean —The lib *m d State From the Hindoo .Stand|M>int. Although wo arc beginning to believe more and more every year in cremation and think ourselves accordingly ad vanced, the Hindoos have practiced it for thousands of yeara. Tlte fntieral pile of a rajah sometimes costs lacs of rupees. A Hindoo body is sometimes burned when 8 ru]>oes cover the entire expenses. The rich Hindoo may be somewhat ex clusive. The Hindoo masses do every thing pimply, and openly. They bathe hat of dons, they pray out«f doors, th<7 cook Ont of dtstrs, they die 1 out of doors and their bodies are burned ont of doors. There are three hunting ghats in Cal cutta. A writer to the Pall Mall Budget tells very entertainingly of a visit she made to one of the cheapest and most primi tive of these three. Just as she entered into the inclosnre where a burning ghat was in full ope ration there was a crack—a sharp retort like a pistol. The heat had jnst broken throuirh a dead man's skull It was the last human part to protest against the extinguishment of death. The funeral pile of a poor Hindoo looks like an ordinary kitchen yard wood pile. Bnt if yon go up close to it you discover something very like a hu man form, a glowing, charred muss, dis tinguished from every other shape, ani mate or inanimate, for the Hindoos lit erally purify their dead hy fire. The body is burned until absolutely nothing remains but a handful of ashes, ashes wholly free from any unclean or poison ous matter. As the writer was closely observing the glowing pile a new body was brought iu and the rite begun. Two coolies carried the body upon a rude litter, woven from coarse grasses and hold together by outlines of bamboa Two of the dead man’s brothers follow ed, chatting pleasantly. Four stout sticks of wood were driven upright into the ground, at the corners of an imagi nary parallelogram about six feet by two Between these four posts were loosely laid sticks uf dry, cheap wood. When the pile was a little more than throe feet high, the body was laid npon it A dirty piece of crash, of the quality the coolies wear about their loins, partly wrapped the dead. One of the brothers , stepped up and ponred about four ounces of oil over the body. This insured a quicker cremation, hut was something of a luxury and not a universal practice. The oil must have cost about three pice. The other brother paid the coolies, who shouldered the light empty litter and marched gayly out More wood was piled upon the dead. A thin stick was lighted at the other funeral pile, which was now flaming finely, the second pile was lighted, and the cremation of the newcomer was be gun. The two brothers appeared very Interested in the igniting and decidedly pleased when it was accomplished. They squatted down upon the ground, just so far from the pile that they might feel that their scant, filthy garments were fairly safe from the sparks, bnt near enough to watqh all the changing phases of the cremation and to see easily when ft was consummated. They untied a dirty rag from about a ■mall bundle one of them hud brought with them. They took ont a small earth en bowl. It was clean and shining, and so was the brass chattoe each lifted from his filthily turbaued head. The chattees held water. The bowl held curry and rice. They fell to eating with gusto A»d. pray, why not? They were eating to liva Their brother was bunting to five—to live in Hindoo paradise. From the Hindoo point of view this state was for more blessed The cremation which was in full blast when the writer arrived was finally completed Two distinet kinds of ashes were left The human ashes were care fully gathered into an old chattoe. The authorities do not allow those ashes to be thrown into the river, and they are never thrown there in the presence of Europeans. The ashes of the wood were ■wept swiftly away. The bits of wood not qnite bunted were frugally collected to be utilised in the next pile. The correspondent also tells of a visit to a burning ghat after sundown. “Night, ” she goes on, “is the time of Hindoo leisure, as indeed it is of most primitive peoples. The iuclosure was crowded with burning piles. “We sailed down the Uangca Tlte outlines of the attendants of the dead and of the funeral pile were sharply ■HhonctUd against the black background erf the dark night hy the flames at the grerwsome death fires. And from that part of the shore sacred to Hindoo wor ship came the shrieking and the songs of many thousand half mad devotees. “In r. primitive part of interior India I once saw a maharajah’s funeral pile. It had cost ft positive fortune. It w&s built of expensive spicy woods and sat urated with costly oils. It was richly gilded, and the dead wan wrapped in embroidered silken sheets. For mill's the air was sweet and pungent and tld t: with the perfused smoke. 1 remember fearing thought when a. child that the YH» Earning Work Ended to the Entire Satiftfuetion of the Hanker. Tin* #aiw* wore on. The banker, who sat at the head of the table, was kept busy selling stacks of chips. The betting was heavy, and there were bnt two men who seemed to be wimtiug anything. The bine chips all came their way. It was simply a case of bullheaded lock. If a man held four kings, one of this pair would bob up with four aces or a straight flush or something of the kind and spoil all cslculati' us. It was exasperating, but it couldn’t be helped. Meantime the two locky players con versed che* rfnlly about their lack and What they intended tr do with the mon ey. “I shall, ” said one, “go down to a for store and buy my wife that cape she has been wanting so long. I know it is rather late iu the season, bnt this is an experience of a lifetime, and I don’t think that it will spoil hy the keeping. ” “I shall” said the other, “take part of mine and get a new spring snit With the rest of it I intend to take a trip to New York. I haven’t been down there in a year, and I’m jnst about dne for some fun. ” The game continued to wear on, and the other players cursed their luck be neath their various breaths. It came to he midnight, and 1 o’clock and 2 o’clock, and the game was still in progress. The two men were still win uing. Nothing could stop them. At 8 o’clock everybody was tired, and it was decided to quit The table in front of the two lucky men was covered with chips. The banker pushed back his chair and said, “I am ready to settle, gentlemen.” It didn’t take long to settle with the men who had not been lacky. Then it come to be the turn of the lucky ones. “How mnch have you got, Jim?” asked the banker. ’’Three hundred and forty,” replied Jim. “And you. Bill?” “An even 400. ” The banker took a slip of paper and did some figuring. Then he dove down into one of his pockets and produced some thin white slips of paper. ‘‘Here’s years, Jim, ” he said, pushing two slips across the table, “and here’s yours, Bill” “What are these?” asked the two lucky men iu concert “L O. U.’s,” the banker answered sententiously. The two lucky men gasped. They looked at the papers and saw that the signatures were genuine. Then they tore them up and stalked out together. “By George,” said the banker, “I thought they would never get enough won to pay off those L O. U. ’a ” “What do yon mean?” asked the stranger iu the game. “I mean,” said the banker as he smoothed ont a big wad of bills, “that * it’s dinged tiresome work dealing big hands to two jays like them jnst be came they stuck yon once with their pa per. ” And the stranger in the game saw a great light.—Buffalo Express. fe-elns Plants Grow. In the lalioratory the growth of a plant may be rendered visible by attaching a fine platinum wire to the stem or grow ing port The other end of the wire, to which is fastened a pointed piece of char coal, is pressed gently against a drum. The drum is covered with white paper and kept revolving by clockwork. Of course if the growth is stationary a straight line is marked on the paper, but even the slightest increase is shown by the inclined tracing on the paper. By a simple modification of this ar rangement, the growth of a plant can be rendered audible. The drum must be covered by narrow strips of platinum foil, say one-eighth of an inch wide and one-eighth between each strip. If the strips of platinum be made to complete the circuit of a galvanic bat tery to which an electric bell is coupled up, then the boll will continne ringing while the plant grows an eighth of an Inch, followed by silence while the pointer is passing over the space between two strips, for the next growth of an eighth of an inch, and so on. The growth of some very rapidly grow ing plontssuid the opening of some flow ers, such as the compass plant, can be heard direct by means of the micro phone. By the above means it has been proved that plants grow most rapidly between 4 and 0 a. m.—New York Jour nal Kept Her Wont. Two young ladies were walking in the woods one day, when they were accosted hy an old and much shriveled gypsy, who politely offered to show them their husband’s faces in a brook which ran near by for a slight remuneration. So, paying the smn, they followed the hag to the brook, as they vuire very curious to see how she could dffao wonderful a thing and also anxious to see their fu ture husbands. Bnt instead of beholding the faces of the men they so fondly hoped for they saw their own. "We can see nothing bnt our own facts,” said one. “Very true, mem,” replied the sa gacious fortune teller, “but these will be your husband’s faces when you are married. ”—Exchange. A Modern Proposal. Young de Style—Aw—congwatulate me, my deah fellah. I’m the happiest man outside of Lunnon. Friend—Eh? Is it about the lovely Miss de Fashion? Yonug de Style—That’s it I awsked her to share my twenty thousand a yeah, and she said she would.—New York Weekly. Tb. First European Almanac. The first almanac printed in Europe, or in the world for that matter, was the “Kalendarium Novum,” compiled by one Relimontanus and published at Buda, Hungary, in the year 1476. Bnt one perfect copy is known to be in exist ence, and that is one in the British mu seum.—St. Louis Republic. A Decided Dlrod rontaxe. Toacher—Now do yon see the differ ence lietwren animal instinct and hu man reason? Bright Buy—Yes’m. If we haj in stinct, we’d know everything wo need ed to withont learni ig it, but we’ve got reason and have to study ourselvee mot’ blind itr be a fiml Good News. ONl> ONCE LUCKY, A Millionaire Tell. How Ho loot *37 Wbaa a Bor and Found It Agulu. “What is the luckiest thing that ever happened to yon?” somebody asked of the millionaire. “Do yon mean sheer, unadulterated luck, something that just happens with out any seeking on your part?” replied the millionaire, throwing away a half smoked perfecto and taking another ont of his case. ’’Well yes, let it go at that ” “I am generally accounted a very lucky man by the thousand and one peo ple who know more about me than I do myself. But, on my honor, what I call a genuine piece of good luck happened to me only onoe in my Ufa It didn’t amount to much, though it meant mnch to me at the tima It was when I was filling my first job—that of an errand boy at $3 a week—and I tell yon I have never since felt so rich as when I carried home my first $3. “I had beengivena check to cash and a bill to pay. After paying the bill I had jnst $37 of my employer's money left I had jnst crossed Broadway when, happening to look back, I saw two men fighting in the street I was enough of a boy then to take a keen interest in any thing like a ’scrap. ’ I retraced my steps to see what it was all about To my amazement and surprise I discovered that the two men were fighting abont the $37 and the receipted bill, which in some mysterious fashion had dropped ont of my pocket A policeman happen ing along at that moment, I was able to prove that I had a better right to the property in dispute than either of the two combatants and recovered it forth with They had each grabbed far it at the same time, and each was bound to get all or none—luckily for me. I have often speculated upon what might have happened If they hadn't quarreled. 1 should never have recovered the money, and in consequence I should certainly have lost my situation. That might have changed the whole current of my career, and instead of being a rich man I might today have been a poor devil, or I might have been twice as rich as I am Who knows? Anyway I regard it as the only piece of downright, simon pure, unmis takable piece of good luck that ever be fell me. Bnt any Tom, Dick or Harry * that yon chance to meet will be able to tell yon lots of Inckier things that have happened to me—some of them things that I had worked at for years. ’’—New York Herald Earthworms. Darwin says in ’ ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mold:” “If a man had to ping np a small cylindrical hole with such objects as leaves, petioles or twigs he would drag or push them in by their pointed ends, bnt if these objects were very thin relatively to the size of the hole he would probably Insert some by their thicker or broader end The guide in his case would be intelligence. ” He then goes on to show by reports of actual experiments that this is the method pur sued by earthworms. Not only do they adapt the leaves of the trees of their own country to their needs, bnt the leaves of foreign trees are dealt with in a similar way. The following words of Mr. Dar win are remarkable: “If worms are able to jndge, either before drawing or after having drawn an object cloee to the months of their burrows, how best to drag it in, they most acquire some no tion of its general shape. This they prob ably acquire by touching it in many places with the anterior extremity of their bodies, which serves as a tactile organ. ‘ ‘It may be well to remember how per fect the sense of touch becomes in a man when born blind and deaf, as are worms If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and of their burrows, as seems to be the case, they deserve to be called intelligent, for they then act in nearly the same manner as would a man under similar circumstances. ” Persians dump their household refuse Into deep cesspools dog inside at the house. These cesspools have no outlet and help to account for that country be ing the hotbed of cholera. Town Tax Notice. mi OTICE is hereby given that the i. M Tax Hooks of the town of Dar lington will be opened for the pay ment of Town Taxes, at the Jndge of Probate’s office, on April 23 and will remain open until May 23, 1804. aprlO-tf J. W. EVANS, Clerk. BANK OF DA8LINGT0N, DARLINOTON, S. C., Capital, — — $100,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits, — $45,973.80 o DIRECTORS: W. C. Coker, J. L Coker, R. W. Boyd, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver, A. Nachman, Bright Williamson. Transacts a General Banking Business. Savings Department. Deposits of $1 and npwards received. Interest allowed at rate of 6 per cent, per annnm from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of Jannary, April, July and October. For further information ap ply at the Bank. Accounts in both Depart ments solicited and will be given careful attention. L. E BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President. . WILLIAMSON. Dec. 81—tf Cashier. Attenion Mechanics! All persons in need of babbitt meta can purchase It cheap at thb Dae uMGToar News oSce. Do You Realize How Important a Part SHOES Play in the Appearance Of a Person? They are the most noticeable article ybu wear, and you cannot be well dressed without good shoes. Our Spring Stock has arrived and we have the very latest styles for street wear in Russets and Black Shoes, while for evening dress we have every thing in the Shoe line, from Patent Leathers for men to the prettiest, daintiest Slippers for ladies. Darlington Shee Store, Woods <fc Milling, Prop’s April 12— THE “CALIGRAPH.” 11 n 111 ■ ■ 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. SOTuID OUST E-A-SY TEIRIMiS which can be ascertained by applying at The Dar lington News Office. C. Irvine Walker, Jr., & Co., GENERAL AGENTS, 6 BROAD STREET, - - CHARLESTON, S. C. ATTENTION! We beg to call the attention of the people of Darlington and surrounding country to the fact that our stock of Spring & Summer Goods is complete. Especial attention is called to our line of Ladies’ Wash Dress Goods. BLACK ORGANDIES, Plain and Fancy; DIMITIES, DOTTED SWISS, Etc. Large line of Staple Dry (woods At all seasons of the year. The following lines are also worthy of your notice: READY-MADE CLOTHING for Men, Boys and Children, Hats, Shoes and Groceries. We solicit your patronage and promise to do as well for you as any house iu Darlington county. Respectfully, BRUNSON. LUNN & CO J.D. BAIRD “The Furniture Men” Has a large and varied stock of Fancy •MATTING- AT 15°, 20°, 25 c & 30° A YARD. The latest thing out is our Matting Rugs. We have them in asssorted patterns. Just received, a large line of Opaque and Scotch Holland WINDOW SHADES mounted on the Hartshorn Spring Stop Rollers. We are pleased to state that we are selling the above goods much cheaper than they have ever been sold in this market. Come in and see us. Jan 4— E/tabli/hed 1858. Re-Established 1889. New and Complete LINK or—- Sprig llky JUST ARRIVED. I occupy the store next to Norment A Go’s, on the east side of the Square, (formerly occupied by Mrs. Rotholz,) where I will be pleased to serve the I ad lee of Darlfnsrton and vicinity. Call and examine my stock of Spring Millinery and Novelties, as it will give me pleasure to show them to you. Yours for a pretty Spring Hat, KISS MAGGIE JOKES. mmmw puv ■ Two most popular varieties Q Chinese „Black Langshans SILVER LACED WYANDOTTE8. My stock is from the best breeders in the South. Eggs lor hatching fur nished at all times at $1.50 per setting of 18. Fowls a matter of correspond ence. J. A. HEARON, F22 3m Cypress, 8. C. I rLvow isJOU-Kd. t^rt>61L _ o . 7h fp 0//J'CcWj ^ Jon Office What is Castorin is Zrr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, 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. Castoria Is the ChUdren’s Panacea —the Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoria. “Castoria is so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” H. A. Archer, M. D m Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. “Theusoof ‘Castoria’ is so universal and Its merits eo well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few ore the Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach.” Carlos JIarttn, D. D., New York City. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di gestion. Without injurious medication. “For several years I have recommended your ‘Castoria,’ and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.” Enwra F. Pardbk, X. D», 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. Thk Centaur Coup/ vt, 77 Murray Snunrr, New You 6nr LAW CAROS. R. W. BOYD. SKO. W. BROWN BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys and Connselors at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. B., S 0. prompt personal attention to ALL BUSINESS. a. W. DAROAN. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Darlington Guards’ Armory building, lower floor. Darlington. S. C‘ K. O. WOODS. T. H. SPAIN WOODS & SPAIN, (Successors to Ward Si 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 Our 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, 8. C. Dec28—ly CAUTION.—If • dealer offers W. Douglas Shoes at a reduced prloe t or says he has them without name stamped on bottom, put him down as n fraud. W.L. Douglas 83 SHOE THE* WORLD. W. Is. DOUOIeAB Shoes sre stylish, essy fit- ting, and give better satisfaction at the prices ad vertised than any other make. Try one pair and be convinced. The stamping of W. L, Douglas* name and pries on the bottom, which guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers who push the sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, Which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods. They can afford to sell at s less profit, and ws believe you can save money by buying all your footwear of ihe dealer advertised below. Catalogue free upon application. Address, W. JL. DOUGUtf, Brocjtteh, Hass. Sold bj A- J- BROOM, Darlington, S. C. Febl—5m B. F. CAMPION. Old Furniture Made to Look as Well as Hew. WORK SOM< ITEI>. Exchange street, in near of Dar lington Guards’ Armory. DARLINGTON, - - - S. C. Feb8—tf Great Bargains IN Sewing Machines, Some of them almost as good as new, are now offered at the Darlington ®“®vds’ Armory building by DAR GAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys for the White Sewing Machine Co. JlStf No. 7, Knights of PythiJ as, meets on 1st ana 3rd Tuksdat Evenings in each month, at Castle Hall, Florence street, opposite Broad. Visit ing brothers fraternally