Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" ■ ■ ft garlinslon ^co. Pdblishkd Evkrt Thursday Morhino. JJenrv J, Jhommom, PROPRIETOR. TERMS—11 Per Aonmo in Advance; SO cents for 0 months; 23 cents for 8 months. Advertising Rates: One Square first insertion |1.00 One Square second insertion 30 Every subsequent insertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted upon the mast reasonable terms. A LAZY FELLER. FOREST PROTECTION. LAWS FORBIDDING THE DESTRUCTION OF TIMBER IN EUROPE. HAIR RAISING FRIGHTS. Mishtr fond o’ flshln. Good as good can be. But I keep a-wlehln That the rlrer’d come to me. Like the weather eunny. When the bees are all alive; Wisht they’d bring their honey To me an not the hive. Hunter's horn a-tootln. Powder on the shelf. Like to go a-shootln If the gun would load itself. Fond o' turkey eatin— Mighty good an sweet. But It's overheat i n When you have to cut the mcaL World—I never doubt it— Has a lot to give; Only trouble 'bout It Got to work to lire. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Sneering Out the Wedding Party. The Rev. R. R Hawker, in the course of some reminiscences of au aged friend of his, quotes an anecdote which this friend, himself a clergyman, was fond of telling. It i/i uhiut a marriage cere mony and a pinch of snuff, and in the narrator’s own language runs thus: “It was always the ousted in those days for a clergyman after the marriage to salute the bride first before any other person. Well, it was so that I had just married a very buxom, rosy young lady, and wMea ifwas over I proceeded to observe th» Usual ceremony. Rut I had JiMt tuksn an enormous finger and tbumhfnl of snuff. So do sooner had the bride received my kiss—and I gave her a smart kiss for her good looks—than she began to sneeze. Th(f bridegroom kissed her, of course, and he began also. Then the ‘best man’ advanced to the privilege. Better ho hadn’t, for he be gan to sneeze awfully, and by and by the bridesmaids also, for they were ail kissed in turn, till the whole party went sneezing down the aisle, and the last thing I heard outside the church was ‘Tchu, tchu, tchui’ till the noise was drowned by the bells from the tower. ” —London Tit-Bits. Paper Tlrn For Bicycles. The writer has visited the experimental shop of the parties who are working out the idea of making tires from paper for bicycles. A pressure equal to lib) pounds was brought to bear upon a rubber tire wheel in the presence of the writer, and the tire sunk in at the bottom. Then the same kind of a wheel was treated in the same way as regards pressure, but the tire was made of paper. The same weight did not cause the tire to sink in so mnch as in the case of the rnbber one. Thus the paper tire can be run over cob blestones, sandy roads, mnd, etc., and be less affected. The continual squeezing together and inflating of the rubber tire has a tendency to wear the rubber and cause a fracture. The paper tire, being less liable to flatten or sink in, is not sub ject to this wear.—Boston Commercial Bulletin. A Natural Hurprlor. Information was given to the police authorities at B that a master tailor certified to bo dead and buried with due solemnity many years ago was still in the land of the living. For the purpose of a gigantic swindle a doctor had been bribed to make out a spurious certificate in order to obtain payment of the insur ance money, amounting to 80,000 marks. Further inquiries having established the accuracy of the facts as alleged, the cof fin was exhumed and was found to con tain nothing but a stout ironing board. At the sight of it a policeman standing by exclaimed in astonishment, “Colly, how he has altered I” — Dent sober Reichsboto. Aged Horses. With moderate care and good usage a hone’s life may be prolonged to 26, 85 car 40 years. An English gentleman had three horses which died in his posses sion at the ages of 86, 87 and 39 yuan respectively. The oldest was in a car riage the very day he died, strung and vigorous, but was carried off by a spas modic colic, to which he was subject A horse in use at a riding school in Woolwich lived to be 40 years old, and a barge horse of the_ Mersey and Irwell Navigation company is declared to have been in his sixty-second year when he died.—London Answers. Ww<i on the Canarjt A little West Somerville girl was punished one day for something she had done which she was told not to da While her eyes were wet with tears she demanded of her mother, with a pout, “Well, who told you?” “Oh, a little bird told me ” As the mother left the room she heard the child turn toward the innocent ca nary which hnng in a cage near the win dow and with infantile spite say, “Mean old tattle tale, tattle talel" The “little bird” story worked well that time surely.—Somerville Journal HI* Sole Regret. “You ar© not afraid to die, are you?** asked the weeping watcher by the bed side. “No,” Whispered the chronic kicker, "but it does worry me to think that I shall soon be with the silent majority, when all of my life 1 have so enjoyed being in the noisy minority. ”—Indian apolis Journal Some of the bricks found in Babylon indicate by the stamps upon their sur face an age of at leset 6,000 years. The art of brickmaking was well developed at that time, for no bricks are better made than these. A single match requites from one two- hundredths to one one-hundredth of a grain of phosphorus for its production, yet the consumption of matches is so largo that it is estimated that the total of 1,200 tons is leu than the amount consumed in Europe In their manufac ture. Government. Hove HnpervUlon Over Pri vate n> Well n. National ami Communal Forest.—Refore.tlns Carried on i»r Ka- tmblUhed PepnrtwenU. In Germany the various governments own and manage, in a conservative spirit, about oue-third of the forest area, and they also control the manage ment of another sixth, which belongs to villages, cities and public institutions, in so far as these communities are obliged to employ expert foresters and must submit their working plans to the government for approval, thus prevent ing improvident and wastefnl methods. The othw half of the forest property, in the hands of private owners, is man aged mostly without interference, al though upon methods similar to those employed by the government, and by trained foresters, who receive their edu cation in one of the eight higher and sev eral lower schools at forestry which the various governments have established. The several states differ in their laws regarding forest property. Of the pri vate forests 70 percent are without any control whatever, while 80 per cent are subject to supervision, so far as clearing and devastation art concerned. The tendency on the part of the gov ernment has been rather toward persua sive measures. Thus in addition to buy ing up or acquiring by exchange and re foresting waste lands—some 800,000 acres have been so reforested during the last 25 years—the government gives as sistance to private owners in reforesting their waste land. During the last 10 years |800,000 was granted in this way. In Austria, by a law adopted In 1852, not only are the state forests—compris ing less than 80 per cent of the total forest area—rationally managed, and the management of the communal for ests—nearly 40 per cent—officially su pervised, hut private owners—holding about 32 per cent—are prevented from devastating their forest property to the detriment of ad joiners. No clearing for agricultural use can be made without the consent of tho district authorities, from which, however, au appeal to a civil judge is possible, who adjusts the conflict of interests. Any cleared or cut forest must be re planted or reseeded within five years. On sandy soils and mountain sides clear ing is forbidden, and only culling uf the ripe timber is allowed. In Hungary, also, whore liberty of private property rights and strong ob jection to government interference had been jealously upheld, a complete reac tion set iu some 15 years ago, which led to the law of 1880, giviug the state con trol of private forest property as in Aus tria Under a law adopted in Italy In 1888 tho department of agriculture, in co-op eration with the department of public works and in consultation with the for- estal committee of the province and the respective owners, is to designate the territory which for public reasons must be reforested under governmental con trol. Tho owners may associate themselves for the purpose of reforestation and for the purpose may then borrow money at low interest from the State Soil Credit institution, the forest department con tributing three-fifths of the cost of re forestation upon condition that the work is done according to its plans and within the time specified by the government In Russia until lately liberty to cut, burn, destroy and devastate was unre stricted, but in 1888 a comprehensive and well considered law cut off, so far as this can lie done on paper, this liberty of vandalism. For autocratio Russia this law is rather timid and is in the na ture of a compromise between commu nal and private interests, in which much if not all depends on the good will of the private owner. A federal law was adopted in Switzer land in 1876 which gives the federation control over tho forests of the mountain region embracing eight entire cantons and parts of seven others, or over 1,000, • 000 acres of forest The federation itself does not own any forest land, and the cantons hardly 100,000 acres, somewhat over 4 per cent of the forest area, two- thirds of which is held in communal ownership and the rest by private own ers. Tho federal authorities have supervi sion over all cantonal, communal and private forests, so far as they are “pro tective forests,” but the execution of the law rests with the cantonal authorities Under tho inspection of federal officers. In France not only does the state man age its own forest property, one-ninth of the forest area, In approved manner, and supervise the management of for ests belonging to communities and other public institutions, donble the area of state forests, iu a manner similar to the regulation of forests in Germany, but it extends its control over the large area of private forests by forbidding any clear ing except with the consent of the forest administration.—Century Magazine. A Gnat Scheme. “Scribble has a great scheme on hand.” “What is it?” “He’s getting np a book that is bound to sell well and be popular with the la dies.” “What is nr* “It’s the last chapter of 20 different novela So, no matter where it's opened. It will be the last of the book. ”—Chi cago Inter Ocean. I. the “Sioodlus om Fed" Seamtlea a er ■■ I mas I aery Om»f As a general rule unscientific opinions on a scientific subject are of but little value to the student and the investiga tor. Tet to be permitted to ask such questions appears to relieve one to a cer tain extent, even though the answer be far from satisfactory. There is a variety of opinions among the authorities concerning the subject of the hair “standing on end” in time of extreme fright, some of which are tena ble and altogether probable, other* ridic ulous in the extreme. The notion, if no tion it be, that the hair occasionally raises and lifts the hat is of extreme an tiquity. In the oldest book in the Bible (Job iv, 14-16) I find the following: "Fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. ” Do you remember what Virgil says about his hero in the celebrated vox fau- cibua hoeset passage? I read from Con- ington’s translation: Whtl* tbua In o«ony I pressed From house to boose the endless qneeL The pole, sod specter of my wife Confronts me larger than In life. I stood appalled, my hair erect. And fear my tongue tied utterances checked. Macbeth relates his experience as fol lows: Why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid Image doth nnflx my hair? And again in Hamlet we read: I could a tale nnfold whose lightest words Would harrow up thy eouL free*# thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stare, start from their spheres. Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to eland on end. Like quills upon the fretfnl porcupine. Similar instances of “hair raising” being mentioned in literature could be multiplied, but the above are sufficient, even without scientific corroboration, to prove that the phenomenon is not a freak of the imagination. One of the authorities before me gives this opinion: “Plainly stated, the hair raising notion is without a substantial basis In short, the sensation is only an imaginary one.” Hildreth says, “In snch cases the bair actually stands erect, a result of a sud den contraction of the follicles ” Wilson's "Normal Condition of the Hair and Skin" says “The phenomena of hair standing erect in cases of extreme terror cannot satisfactorily be explain ed.”—St Louis Republic. Do You Realize How Important a Part SHOES ■KU Play in the Appearance Of a Person? They are the most noticeable article you 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. MtarMngton Shoe Store, Woods & Milling, Prop’s April 12— Beardless Physician*. It i* an almost fatal obstacle in the building up of practice for a physician to wear a youthful face. Any doctor will corroborate that I remember an amusing incident in my own experience after I had graduated from hospital service and put up my shingle and start ed practice. It was terribly slow work getting patients. I had a friend who was a medical student in my office. He was very dark oomplexioned, and though only 20 years old had a big black beard. A woman called at the office one day and asked to see the doctor. My student an swered the summons and said that he would call me. I walked into the recep tion room. The patient, who was a stranger to both of us, looked at me im patiently. I had a very adolescent mus tache at that time. “I want to see the doctor," she ex claimed rather sharply. “I don’t want to see a medical student I wish to see the gentleman with the beard. ” To save myself the loss of that patient I had to apologise and call my student back. 1 was present, heard all that was said, and I was the author of the prescription given. The woman didn’t know that, however, and went away perfectly sat isfied. It was simply an amusing illus tration of the prejudice, unjust enough, to boyish looking doctors, and incidents of that kind occur every day.—New York Sun. Uncle George — Are you learning mnch at school? Little Nephew—Yes, indeedy. I’m learning to sit still, an not talk, an not make any noise, an get np an sit down, an march, au lots of things. 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 Goods 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 in Darlington county. Respectfully, BRUNSON, LUNN & CO Town Tai Notice. OTIOE is hereby given that the XM Tax Books of the town of Dar lington will be opened for the pay ment of Town Taxes, at the Judge of Probate’s office, on April 28 and will remain open until May 28, 1894. apr!9-tf J. W. EVANS, Clerk. BANK OF DARLINGTON, DARLINGTON, 8. C. t Capital, — — 1^00,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits, — 146,973.80 DIRECTORS: J.D. BHIRD “The Furniture Men” Has a large and varied stock of Fancy MHTTING THE “CALIGRAPH.” ++++ ■H'4'l I 'I ’I 1 4 1 'I 1 4’ ’I 1 'I' I 1 'H 1 4'4"H"F It is now Thirteen years since the Calioraph” 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. lor 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. SOLD OUST E-A-STT 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. What is Castoria is Dr. 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 Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee Is thirty years’ uso by Millions of Mothers. Castoria Is the Children’s Panacea —the Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoria. "Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescriptien known to me.” H. A. Archer, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 44 The use of 4 Castoria ’ is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supe-eregation to endorse it. Few are tho intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy .each." Carlos Uartyn, D. D., Kew York City. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes gestion. Without injurious medication. “For several years I have recommended your 4 Castoria,’ and shall always continue to do so os it has invariably produced beneficial results.” Edwin F. Fardke, M. 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. Thk Ckntaur Comp/ yt, 77 Murray Strrrt, Nrw York ©nr LAW rAIUW. R. W. BOYD. GEO. W. BROWN BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys and Counselors at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTOS C H . S C PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. G. W. DARGAS. H. T. THOMPSON. AT DARGAN & THOMPSON. Attorneys at Law, Office in Darlington Guards’ Armory building, lower floor. DarlinAton, S. U" An Agreement. Fred—How are yon getting on with Miss Angoll? Did yon speak with her governor as you determined? Frank—Yea. Fred—And how did it come out? Frank—Sosa 1 said to him, “Mr. Angell I love your daughter. ” Said ha: “So do L Now let’s talk about some thing else. “—Boston Transcript W. C. Coker, J. L Coker, R. W. Boyd, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver, A. Nachman, Bright Williamson. Transacts a General Banking Business. o ■ ■ Savings Depaitment. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at rate of 6 per cent, per annum from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October. For farther information ap ply at the Bank. 15 c , 20°, 25° & 30 c 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— K. O. WOODS. T. H. SPAIN WOODS & SPA IN, (Successors to Wai J A 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. Eftablifhed 1858. Re Established 1889. BOWLES. Painter. New and Complete - LINK of- A man began to laugh immoderately over some amusing narrative and final ly, to his dismay, was conscious that he oould not stop The doctor hsd given him np and the family were gathering around in expectation of the end when a telegram arrived saying that his wife’s mother was coming to make a short visit He was saved and has laughed no more.—London Tit-Bit*. Insects inhabiting islands have either very short wings of vary little use in fly ing or no wings at all Accounts in both Depart meats solicited and will be given carefnl attention. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Cstshier. Dee. 81—tf Mtenion Mechanics! AU persons in need of babbitt nieta can purchase it eheap at raa Dab lihston News odea. Jpg lingry JUST ARRIVED. I occupy the store next to Norment * Co’s, on the east side of the Square, (formerly occupied by Mrs. Rotholt,) where I will be pleased to serve the ladies of Darlington and vicinity. Call and examine rav stock of Spring Millinery and Novelties, as It will give me pleasure to show them to yon. Yours for a pretty Spring Hat, „ v MISS MAGGIE JONES. Mcb22—4m Chinese v Black Lanxshans SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES My stock is from the best breeders in the South. Egg* for hatching fur nished at all times at (150 per setting of 18. Fowls a matter of correspond ence. J. A. HEARON, | F238m Cypress, 8. C. I F OK W/ O uP d 1a Th CpAKLi^/qr Jog Office 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, S. C. Dec28—ly CAUTION.—If a dealer offer* W. la Doutfae sboee at a red need prloe, or eaye he hoe them without name (tamped OB bottom, pat him down aa a fraud. jb ■42 W. L. Douglas 83 SHOE ThVworld. W# If DOUGLAS Shoes sre stylish, easy fiN ting, tuft gift better satisfaction at the prices ad vertised than ROY other P»ske. Try one pair ami be convinced. The stamping pf W. L. Douglas* name and price on the bottom, which guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars ennually 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 e leas profit, end we believe you can save money by buying ell your footwear of the dealer advertised below. Catalogue free upon application. Address, D. DOUGLA»r Brocktom, Mms. Sold bp A.. J. BROOJYT, Darlington, 8. 0, Febl—6m B. F. CAMPION. tit irisg Old Furniture Made to Look as Well as Sew. WORK SOI.HITKD. Exchange street, in rear of Dar lington Guards’ Armory. DARLINGTON, - - - S. C. Feb8—tf Great Bargains IN Sewing Machines, Some of them almost as good aa new, are now offered at the Darlington Guards’ Armory building by DAR- & THOMPSON, Attorney* for the White Sewing Machine Co. Jl8tf Invited. Darlington Lodge No.7, Knight* of Pvthi! a*, meet* on 1st and 8rd Tuksday Evenings in each month, at ( astle Hall, Florence street, opposite Broad. Visit ing brothers fraternally