The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, June 25, 1896, Image 3
A LION ADVENTURE.
Tbe Haoter'a Gan Wu About m Ouc*r-
oua the Booat.
The hero of this ml venture is B..
F. Kelso of Juniper Flats. Junincr
Flats is away dotvn in Riverside
county in a nest of tangled, brush
covered hills between Lake View
and San Jacinto. Kelso is a big,
burly, bearded man, with a good hu
mored smile and an honest face. He
makes his living by digging manza-
nita and grease wood, which is haul
ed to Riverside and sells for $7 a
cord. One day ho had his load ready
to start on his weary drive across
the plains, when the family heard
the dogs barking up on the hill back
of the house. Kelso went for his
gun.
Now, this gun of Kelso’s is a fear
ful and wonderful weapon. It had
once been a single barreled shotgun,
hut it had the misfortune some time
in the misty past to have the whole
stock smashed off. The hammer
was left, it is true, hut it wouldn’t
stand cocked under any circum
stances, and everything abaft the
hammer was gone. Some of my
brave readers who are not afraid to
pull a trigger may think it an unde
sirable job to hold up the hammer
of Kelso’s gun with the thumb,
stick the whole thing out at a safe
distance from the face, shut one eye,
take aim—make ready—and let the
hammer slip—bang!
Not so with Kelso, however. He
took his fragmentary relio and
strode away through the brush to
see what tbe dogs were raising such
a row about.
The rocks on the top of this hill
are huge cubes and rectangular
blocks as big as houses fresh flung
from the hand of God. The dogs
wore barking about the crevices of
one of thpse. Kelso climbed labori
ously to the top of it, so as to look
down and find the wildcat or what
ever it might be, when, as he scaled
the crest, a giant mountain lion made
a rush past him close enough to
touch, and stood glaring down sav
agely at the yellow dogs, switching
his tail with an uneasy, nervous en
ergy.
The lion made, a spring down
among the dogs, struck them off to
right and loft and wont in great
leaps down the mountain side that
slopes toward San Jacinto. The
dogs pursued, and after them flew
the excited Kelso. Down, down
they went for a mile or more
throngh brush, over rocks that
would have cost the life of any one
but a mountaineer.
At last the big cat, harassed and
confused by the folio wing dogs, took
refuge in his lair, a have among the
rocks, some distance above the Fico
springs, and when the man arrived,
the dogs wore fiercely barking into
the mouth of the cavern, and the
lion was at bay. Kelso pushed in
among the dogs in the thick of the
fray. Suddenly the middle dog shot
like an arrow at the lion and seized
him by the throat. At a word from
his master tho.hound rushed in and
seized the great cat by the jaw, and
the fyste followed suit by worrying
his prey in the flanks.
The scene was indescribable. Fur
and blood, yells, growls, howls,
snarls, demoniao cries and shrieks
filled the echoing cavern. Kelso
hold up the hammer of his ancient
shooting iron and pointed the muz
zle in toward the fearful din. He
crept in till he was actually stand
ing on the lion’s tail. As the groat
brute raised bis head above the
struggling dogs the hammer was re
leased. For a wonder the cartridge
exploded, and the whole top of the
lion’s head was blown to smither
eens.—Los Angeles Times.
Wood Prenerving In Switzerland.
A simple, effective and cheap way
of preserving wood from decay is
practiced in Switzerland in the prep
aration of posts for the telegraph
service. A square tank, having a
capacity of some 200 gallons, is sup
ported at a height of 20 or 25 feet
above the ground by means of a
light skeleton tower built of wood.
A pii>e drops from the bottom of the
tank to within 30 inches of the
ground, where it is connected with
a cluster of flexible branches, each
ending with a cap having an orifice
in the center. Each cap is clamped
on to the larger end of a pole in
such a manner that no liquid can es
cape from the pipe except by pass
ing into the wood. The poles are
arranged parallel with one another,
sloping downward, and troughs run
under both ends to catch drippings.
NVhon all is ready, a solution of sul
phate of copjjer, which has been
prepared in the tank, is allowed to
descend the pipe. The pressure pro
duced by the fall is sufficient to drive
tlie solution, gradually, of course,
right through the poles from end to
end. When the operation is ended
and the posts dried, the whole of
the fiber of the wood remains per
meated with the preserving chem
ical.—London Work.
Her Pet Corn.
It is a curious fact that nearly ev
ery one has an aversion to giving
away some one thing. Matches are
the great meanness of one of the
richest women in this country. She
hoards them as if each stick were
studded with diamonds. She will
give one or two und<ff- protest, but
she buys them by the gross and
lights and relights them until the
last charred bit falls off, leaving her
often with burned fingers and a re
gretful wish that she could have
used that one onoe more. When her
ohildron oome of age, she gives each
of them $200,000 with the greatest
possible cheerfulness, hut rf they
were to ask her for a whole box of
matches she would feel that she was
impoverished.—Augusta Chronicle.
PECULIAR CHOPPERS.
Th. Crmnky Old Ocntlam.n and th. S.U-
l»h Lady Are Types.
' Vi o have some queer characters
oome here—people who do such odd
things that to tell about them sounds
like exaggeration. ’ ’
The salesman shut with a snap
the jewel case he held, a smile of
amusement played about his mouth,
as he reached into the showcase and
set straight a row of glittering rings
that had gotten out of order.
“See this brooch?” pointing to a
small gold leaf with vivid, glowing
berries. “We sold one like ft to a
middle aged lady who lives not 100
blocks from here and enjoys the
reputation of being wealthy. If
those berries were rubies, it would
be a costly brooch; but, being gar-
nets, it is worth only $20. The day
after the brooch was sent homo a
tall, austere looking gentleman came
in and addressed himself to me.
" ‘You sold this brooch to my
wife, 1 believe, ’ he said, producing
the brooch. I told him that was the
case.
“ 'I want you to take it back and
refund the money.’
“ ‘Is there anything wrong about
it?* I inquired.
“ ‘No, but' my wife had no right
to oome to an expensive store like
this to buy jewelry. There are
plenty of other places she could have
gone to. ’
‘‘I explained that the sale was
made; that the lady had paid for
the article, and that the firm did
not take back goods under such con
ditions. He got into a passion, ar
gued the question at some length,
and finally, when convinced that we
would not comply with his demands,
pitched the case out through the
open door into the middle of tbe
street and took himself off.”
‘‘And did the lady lose her pur
chase?”
“No. One of the hoys ran out
and picked the case up from under
the very feet of a cab horse. We
packed it carefully in a new case
and sent it round to her address. ”
“What do you suppose led the
husband to act like that?”
“Simply crankiness. He is one
of the sort who object to their wives
making any disposal of their money
without consulting them.. He is
close fisted.
“That was a cranky man. Now,
how about this for a woman? Two
days before Christmas, just in our
busiest time, when the store was
packed with shoppers, a lady came
in and asked to look at novelties, al
so silverware. She was interested
in only tbe expensive goods, and I
took great pains to show her our
best line. Several people whom I
am accustomed to serve were in tho
store during her stay, but I let oth
ers wait on them and devoted my
time to her.
"Alter inspecting everything and
taking up an hour of the busiest
time of the day she coolly remarked
that she had a son who was at pres
ent in tho south on a hunting expe
dition. ‘He expects to be an usher
for a wedding in June,’she went
on. ‘I will write him about the arti
cles! have seen, and doubtless when
he comes back he will look in at
them himself.’
“I could hardly believe my own
ears.
“ ‘In Jqne, madam?’ I gasped.
'Are you looking at those things
now for a wedding in June, and all
these people waiting here to get
things for tho day after tomorrow?’
“ ‘Why, yes,’ she answered, not
tho slightest bit embarrassed. ‘I
thought all your prettiest things
would be on exhibition now, and
that it was a good time to get sug
gestions. ’
“ ‘Suggestions for a June wed
ding,’ I whispered to one of the men
as my customer swept out to her
carriage, and then the laugh was on
me, because all had expected to bear
of an $800 sale, at least I counted up
and found that I bad lost just $1,000
worth of sales while that inconsid
erate woman was in the store.”—
New York Tribune.
Origin of tho Architect.
The earliest architecture be
queathed by ancient nations was an
outcome of ancestor worship. Its
first phases were exhibited in either
tombs or temples, which, as we have
long ago seen, are the less developed
and more developed forms of the
same thing; hence, as being both
appliances for worship, now simple
and now elaborate, both came under
the control of tho priesthood, and
tho inference to bo drawn is that the
first architects were priests.
An illustration which may be put
first is yielded by ancient India.
Says Manning, “Architecture was
treated as a sacred science by learned
Hindoos. ” Again we road in Hunter:
“Indian architecture, although al
so ranked as an upavoda, or supple
mentary part of inspired learning,
derived its development from Bud-
didst rather than from Brahmanical
impulses.”
In Tonnent’s “Ceylon” there are
passages variously exhibiting the
relations between architecture and
religion and its ministers. By many
peoples the cave was made the
primitive tomb temple, and in the
oast it became in some cases largely
developed.—Popular Science Month
ly
Earlj The.tr!0.1 Benefits.
They say tho first benefit was
granted to Mrs. Barry on Jan. 16,
1687. But what does this sentence
of Sir H. Herbert mean: “The bene-
fitt of the winters day from the
Kinges company upon the play of
‘The Moor of Venice’ cornea, this 2J
of Nov., 16207 unto 91. 16s. Od.?”—
Poston Journal
A COSTLY FAD.
that of Collecting Be.aMf.1 Gcme,
graved Stone, .nd Cumm.
A passing pretty fad that costs a
passing pretty penny is the collect
ing of gems, engraved stones and
cameos. A great collection one*
seen, and it is all up with the hap
less wight who has taken in the»
germ of the fad. He will want the
heavenly city of Revelation itself.
Rare and distracting objets d'arjt of
this order may be seen in tbe
Louvre, British museum. South
Kensington museum, UflQzi gallery,
in Florence, and the National mu
seum at Naples. The ancient lapi
daries were as clever and artistic
craftsmen as heart could wish. The
more examples I saw of their skid
th' more I admired and marveled
at it. Until such an exhibition of
seals and rings as may be found
among the priceless treasures of the
Louvre is seen you cannot appreci
ate the skill of the ancient Egyptians
in this fascinating department of art.
A favorite medium to display in
beautiful form tbe craft of the art
ists of earlier centuries was a rock
crystal, a. substance that in the
shapes of vases, cups and various
exquisite devices is one of the typ
ical articles of enrichment in the
cabinets of European museums. In
more pretentious form you may see
this petrified sunlight constituting
the massive chandeliers that hang
in some of tbe gorgeous chambers of
the palaces of Versailles and Fon
tainebleau. But engraved gems for
me. Amid the great Florentine col
lection begun by Lorenzo de’ Medici
you shall rave with cause. The an
cients knew a thing or two. Supe
rior gem engraving flourished as far
back as Alexander, tho world beat
er, and was a perfected art to the
time of Hadrian, or the seoond
century after Christ. It shared in
the subsequent renaissance of tbe
arts and received honorable place
again in the skill of Italian, Engjish
and German artists of the eighteenth
Century.
Naples boasts the largest cameo
known, said to have been found in
the tomb of the Emperor Hadrian.
It is a shallow cup or dish, in diam
eter at least six inches, showing a
superb bead of Medusa on one side
and eight figures on the other. Re
membering that these compositions
get their light and shade from the
stratified colors of the onyx, one bet
ter appreciates the beauty and rarity
of this curio. If you would study
jade outside of the orient, drop into
the South Kensington museum.
Jade is a precious and passionless
mineral, but infinitely chaste and
elegant when wrought into artistio
form.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Medicine taking may become quits
as engrossing a habit as gum and
tobacco chewing, opium eating and
the like. Just observe the number
of medicine takers that one encoun
ters in railway travel, In the street
oars, the elevated trains, and, in
fact, under any conditions where the
public eye has an unrestricted op
portunity to gaze upon the private
individual. Medicine takers are
mostly women, though the habit is
by no means confined to them alone.
Many men may also be seen popping
small pills and dumping little pow
ders between their paws at all too
frequent intervals. All medicine
takers do this mechanically, how-
ever.almost automatically,as though
they had no particular motive in so
doing beyond the fact that they were
the victims of a hi hit. Another sig
nificant thing about the medicine
takers is their apparent good health.
If bright eyes, clear skins and un
troubled countenances are any gauge
of physical welfare, the medicine
taker does not need his medicine.
Of course not all possess these wel-
oome characteristics, but so many of
them do as to justify the conclusion
that medicine taking must ha a
healthful habit.—Chicago Post
A LU Boaawhera Around.
It is related that a father onoe
charged his little boy with breaking
something. The child denied it but
the father did not believe him, ac
cused him of falsehood and gave
him a whipping. Afterward the fa
ther discovered that the breakage
had been inadvertently done by him
self. Then the small boy stood be
fore his parent and said soberly,
“Papa, there is a lie somewhere
around, and I did not tell it”—New
York Recorder.
NIm PUoa to Lira.
It must be pleasant living in Hon
duras, to judge by the report of
Richard Harding Davis. “There is
nothing green that grows in Hon
duras,” he says, “that is not satu
rated and alive with hugs and all
manner of things that creep and
crawl and sting and bite. If you
walk 20 feet into the bushes, you
have to be beaten with rods as if
you were a dusty carpet and when
the insects have onoe laid their
claws on you you feel at night as if
sleeping in a bed with rod pepper.”
Clerk—No. 46 says that 1 I'had the
best dinner here that he has had for
fonr years.
Hotel Keeper—Good 1 Charge him a
quarter extra.
“And No 64 says it was the worst
bo ovor saw. **
"So? Make bis bill half a dollar
more for kicking. ”—Indianapolis Jour
nal
Th* Modern Kmbnsmdor.
Tommy—Paw, what is an embas
sador?
Mr. Figg—He is used ohiefly as a
ohip which the other country knocks
off when it wants to declare war.—
Indianapojis JourpV-
The Discover Saved I
Mr. CK Gnillouette, VriMget,
Beaversville, 111., 8aysfF«fDr.
King’s New Discoveryfl owemy
life. Was taken with Grippe
and tried all the physicians for
miles about, but of no avail and
was given up and told I could
not live. Having Dr. King’s
New Discovery in my store I
sent for a bottle and began to
get better, and after using three
bottles was up and about again.
It is worth its weight in gold.
We won’t keep store or house
without it.” Get a free trial at
Dr. J. A. Boyd’s Drug Store.
Uncle Hays—“ ’Member the
Hawkins boys who ran away
to jine a theater company?’,
Aunt Marthy— ‘‘Why. yes!
What about ’em?”
Uncle Hays (quietly)—“They
’s walked back.” Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale at Dr. J. A.
Boyd's drugstore
'FAT;
i fit at.
By order or the
, Wl
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TASTELESS
CHILL
TONIC
18 JUST ABOOOD FOB ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE OOots.
C-l, Mcdloto# CV, *<"'*“*-
QEOVE™TA8TEi!bm CHl£L%*»C l aad^aTO
bought thro* gross already thla year. In all o«r ex*
perience of 14 years. In tbe drun beslneM. have
uever sold an article that gave such universal aatle
taction as your Tonic. Tours truly,
▲Bnr.CAKx *Cc
For sale by O. B. DAVIS and all
Druggists.
June 11—6 in
A'sr s a ajartii
the aete Cfreait oa April 1. UN,
CoUUag elaintt or deamiaaTaa^r
•ore against the estate of J. C. WU1-
deeessed, to file the a—in mr
„e on or before the first day df
Jy. ISki. and in default thereoftbey
111 be forever debarred froai parilei-
;ion in the asee e of said estate.
11 am required to take all tefitt-
ay in establishment of said eiaiais
lemands.
R. K. CHARLES,
Master.
Oso. G. Thompson, Esq ,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
April 10,1806-8m.
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Here is the article that you are looking for in the way
of a mosquito net. The famous “ DIXIE,” which created
such favorable comment at the Atlanta Exposition. The
price is the same everywhere, $3- You save express by
buying here; Other styles m abundance, $2, $2.25 and $2.50.
You Can Make No Mistake
in giving us your trade. Special prices to July customers.
We will positively meet any prices you may have offered
you. A certain Charlotte firm is frightening the people
to buy now as “all manufactures will advance price* this
Fall.” This is not true; only an advance of 50 per cent,
has been made by the railroads on Chairs, and this was
done last January; but our Chairs remain the same.
Furniture Will Not Advance
soon, yet you can positively get unapproachable bargains
in Furniture from our big store for the next 30 days. •
TELE MOHSTETT T^ILIKIS WITEC TJS.”
ML. J. 61811,1. D„
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
Office over Boyd’s Drug Store.
Offici Hours:
11 am to 1 p m; 4:30 p m to 7 p m.
LAW CARDS?
J.J.WARD,
Attorney at Law,
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
Will Practice 1> Ike Cearts ef the
Fwrth Circa!!.
Mch5 , 06—lyr.
E. O. Woods. Robert Maofarlaa.
WOODS i MACFARUH.
(Successors to Wood* ft Spain.)
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Darlington, 3. C. 0
Offices over The Bank of Darlington.
Janl0’96—lyr.
R. W. Boyd. G. W. Brown.
BOYD k BROWN- .
Attanays and Opusalan at Law
Office in S. Maroo building, op
posite Court House.
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
Janl’96—lyr.
T. H. Spain, R. T. Thompson.
SPAIN A THOMPSON,
Attorneys at Lav,
Darlington, - - - 8. C.
Offices in Darlington Gfiardt 1 Armory
bonding, first loor.
Special attention given to practice in
the Probate Ceart.
Mch26’96—yr.
Breeden's...
Alim..
Newtou
Arrive Gibson.
Train No. $7—Daily exe
Leave Gibson —.
Newtonrllle
A Urn —... • —.«•
Breeden's.
Benneuevillo
MandevUle ... 6Mam
Robin's Neck.— 7II am
Mont Dime TMam
Darlington— - 7 0$ am
Byraeoae -8 IS am
Lamar........ —8 $8 am
Elliott 6 48am
8t. Charles 8 68am
Oswego. —...—$88 am
rive Sumter — A Mia m
No. tS —Sooth Bound Loeal FMight.
(Mondays, Wednesday* and Fridays.)
Leave Somtor...—8 SO a m
Oswego— — 1018am
St. Charles —. 1848 am
Elliott’s 1106 am
Lamar 1148 am
Bymense.. —— —- 1888 p m
Darlington — 1 00 p m
Mont Clar > — 1 'S pm
Robins Neek —$00 p m
ManderviUe - 8SO pm
Bennettsviile SS8pm
Breedens 414 »m
Alice 4 86pm
Newtonvflle 808 pm
Arrive Gibson - • 618 p m
No. >1.—South Bound Loeal Freight.
(Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday*)
Leave Gibson —
Newton ville
Alice ......
Beeden .....
Bennettsviile—-
ManderviUe
Robins Neek 1810 pm
Mont Clare 12 SB pm
Darlington —.... 205pm
Syracuse— - 2 40 pm
I jttTiMr 818pm
Eliqtt’* - 8 SB pm
St. Charles — 4 18 p m
Oswego ——• 4 88 pm
Arrive Sumter..—- ....— 8 88 p m
NOTE.—Train No. 68 makes ekwe
connection for Columbia via Darling
ton and Sumter; aad tor
via Florence; and for all pot
Bx-Judge J. H. Hudson,
Special.
B. L. Dnrgnn
HDM&DMKHI,
Attorneys A Counselors at Law.
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
SPECIALTIES:
Real Estate, Corporation and Commer-
ciai Law.
Pretice in 3rd and 4 th Circuits.
Sept 18116 -lyr.
For Correct Styles In
MILXJNERY
cml, o«r
Miss Maggie Jones.
Railroad. In effect Jan. j
e
No. 68.—NORTH BOUND.
6<
Leave vtorenee.............
Palmetto — $06.
Darlington
Floyd’s...... .......
^Jove's.——.—...
Society Hill.
Cash's.—.
Cheraw........
ReParian....
Moreen's—
Bennett’s
Arrive Wadeeboro.
•••••••ee••••••
940,
loosam
loaopp
10 88 am
-11 Main
. 1188 ato
12.40 pm
12 65p
. 1.10 p
1.80 p:
No. 68. SOUTH BOUND.
Leave Wadeeboro ..
Burnet Vs ••as
Train No. 681
at Florence from Charleston and from
all points North and at Darlington
from Columbia.
Pi
ORTH EAVfBKN RAILROAD.
Dated June 2nd, 1806.
Trains going south.
Xo.85 No. 23
•
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a m
Le. Florence
. 824
“ KingBtree
862
Ar. Lanes
. 488
812
Le. Lanes —.
. 488
912
Ar. Charleston—
. 625
Hit
?15
880
Trains going north.
No.78 No.82 NoJ»
•
•
•
am
pm
am
Le. Charleston
458
400
700
Ar. Lanes..
700
582
881
Le. Lane*.
790
652
“
790
-W-e
Ar. Floreno*
890
720
* Daily, t Dally except Sunday.
No. 88 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of S.C.
AWTILMINGTON, COLUMBIA*
W AUGUSTA RALROAD.
Leave
Leave!
Arrival
Arrive Sumter <
Leave Sumter—..
Arrive Columbia..
SHEPHERD SUPPLY COMPANY,
£32 MEETING STREET, - -
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Stoves," i
House Eurnistiings,
Tin Plate, Sheet
Iron-Tin Supplies
CHARLESTON, S. C.
STATE AGKNT8 FOR SALH OF
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