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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 ■ ■
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Thirteen years since the
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.was first put upon the mar
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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.
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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