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* w THE DAUHHTOIi HEEALD PUBLISHED WEEKLY F>Or Tlao Poople —I5Y- TIIRBEV1LLE k WILLIAMS. WALTER D. WOODS, • Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (PAYABJ.E IN ADVANCE.) One Y«nr .... Jl.iO Sin Months .... .50 Three Months - - • .25 ADVERTISING RATES: Transient Advertisements 75c. per. t><iunre for ttrst insertion, and 50e. per s'l'iare for each suriseijufiit In- sertron. Business Notices 10 cents per line for each ineertion. Liberai. Discount made on con'rTtl or standing advertisements. BlM£ for transient advertisements will be promptly presented. Bii.l kor Contract advertisements will be presented every three months. Remit by Express Money Order, Check Fostofflee, Postal Note, or Registered Letter. Address all communications and re mittances to THE DARLINGTON HERALD, Darlington, S. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1894. NOT INFALLIBLE. Occasionally some of onr friends express their disapproval of eome- thing that appears in the editotial columns of The Herai.d, and so far from objecting to their criticisms we are really grateful for them and trust that eyery reader of the paper will feel at perfect liberty to take us to task whenever it is thought that we are wrong in any of onr utter ances. The earnest intention is to be, at all times, perfectly fair and truthfnl in our utterances, and we would not under any circumstances, write anything to the contrary, but we are not infallible and this being the case wc will sometimes, despite the utmost care, say something that it might have been best to leave unsaid. The ambition of both the editor and the managers of The Herald is to make it a reliable newspaper and one that will he a welcome visitor to every family, and while its political sympathies are well known this does not close its columns to the discussion of any question that affects the public welfare, and it is as much at the seryice of those who differs with us on political questions as to those with whom we are in perfect accord. There is only one thing more we wish to say iu this connection, and that is that while we invite and ap preciate criticism, we can fully ap preciate a little ‘ncourngemeut also, n .er expecting to reach that point d* human pride and perfection when we would be indifferent to the good opinion of our friends. FRIITOF THE DISPENSARY. One of the most outrageous things in connection with the Dispensary law is the foisting of State barrooms on towns that have had prohibition for a number of years, and whose citizens were almost unanimous in support of it Marion fur nishes a striking illustration of the iniquitous workings of the Dispen sary system. This place had been without a barroom for ten years, and while its people did not claim that no liquor was sold, they did main tain that the plan worked well and^ there was less drunkenness than be fore, yet their wishes were of no" avail, and they are compelled to haye the business carried on in their midst in the name of the State, and the evil resulting from it is already apparent in a case of murder that can l)e directly traced to the influ ence of whiskey purchased at the Dispensary. Marion is one of the most quiet, law-abiding and moral places in the State and while it has no large enterprises and not a great deal of wealth, it is rich beyond measnre in the intelligence and vir tue of its citizens, and in these re spects holds a position that many larger and richer towns might well emulate. It would be extremely dif ficult to find a town w here such a large proportion of the people attend the service at the different churches on Sunday, and the general good ob servance of the day is a subject of favorable remark by all strangers who visit the towu. It was one of the first towns in the State to adopt the graded schools and the building erected for this purpose, by its public-spirited cili sens, would do credit to a place ol three times its population. INFAMOUS AND INEXCUSABLE. On Friday morning there was per petrated, in the name of law, one of the most contemptible and high handed outrages that it has ever fallen to onr lot to mention, and of which a bare recital of the facts will bring a glow of indignation to the breast of every self-respecting man, irrespective of his political sympa thies. On Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. Young, an elderly conp'e from Co lumbia, arriyeil here on the Coast Line train for the purpose of visit ing a sick daughter. They rode to her residence, leaving their trunks at the depot. A short time after they sent for them. One had been delivered and placed in the baggage wagon, but just as the haekman had given up the check for the second one, Mr. J. I. King, one of the local spies, seized it and demanded the key. On being told that the key was not there, he sent the haekman for it, but before he could get back with it and the owner of the trunk, it was broken open by King and its contents thoroughly overhauled. Ou finding nothing but wearing ap parel and a few household articles he gave up the trunk and allowed it to be carried to its destination. The above is a simple and truth ful statement of the occurrence and what we wish to know is whether such acts, even if done under the form of law, are to be tolerated in a country that boasts of its progress and freedom ? It is but a step from the invasion of the sanctity of our homes and the search of our private belongings, to the rifling of the mails, which would be done without any hesitation, but for the fact that they are made secure by the mighty power of the Federal government, which, happily, has not, as yet, been brought under the influence of Gov. Tillman’s tyrannical acts. In the face of an outrage of this character, what becomes of the Governor’s as sertion that it was never contem plated to search private houses and invade the sanctity of the home? A great many people would like to know the difference between searching a private house and break ing open the trunk of a respectable and law-abiding citizen. The mere fact that, this old couple were stran gers does not in thejeast detract from the jnfamy of the act, but rather adds to it, for the reason that the laws are presumed to be framed more for the protection of the weak than the strong, as the latter are always able to guard themselves from any invasion of their liberties. If this vindictive and irresponsible spy had the right to break open this particular, trunk, then he has an equal right to search the baggage of the most prominent citizens of the town or the State, the only difference being that if he were to attempt it with some people he might very soon find himself in u kind of trunk that is very long in proportion to its its heighlh, and is always carried foot foremost It is a truly deplorable condition of affairs when, after over one hun dred years of free government a pri vate citizen has to resort to violence to protect his liberties, but this is just the condition that confronts us and is one of the gravest concern to all good citizens, it matters not how much they may differ on other ques tions. What impression would be made on the mind of an intelligent foreigner, who had heard of the boasted freedom of our country, if he should get off the traiu iu South Carolina and have his trunks broken open and searched ? What satisfac tory explanation could we give him for the outrage, or how divest his mind of the impression that liberty with us was * "t a sham and pre tense? These are serious questions for our people to consider and we cannot, even if we would, evade the respon sibility that rests upon us to meet tnem with the spirit of good citi zens, but at the same time witj the inexorable resolution to preserve our rights at any cost and against any odds. ODD PEOPLE OF ASIA. THE CABIN ON THE CLAIM. IT IS TRUE. If is true as published, that, a State constable broke into a lady’s trunk over in Darlington, searching for whiskey. Gov. Tillman should remove him at once.—Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The above is from a paper that, lias defended tbe Reform movement in almost everything, and has been conducted on the principle, so far as the governor is concerned, that the king can do no harm. To Newspaper Men! We have a pair of 8-column chases in good order that wc would like to exchange for 7-column chases. PI O'JLIAR RACE OF DWARF SAVAGES IN THE NILGIRtS. A Remarkable Country with Many Re markable Creatures — An Interesting Story of the Creation and the First Hu man llelnga—A Weird Burial. With ijnetr insistency the English resi dents in India call the Himalayan ranges •‘hills”—not only these immense moun tains, but also the tremendous chain which runs parallel to the Indian oconn snd sends its feelers, us it were, into the center of south India. ••Hills” indeed is the generic term for those stations in which the weary civilian and his wife, the soldier and his family betake them selves t •> rest during the woeful heats of suiiihK r. Simla isnat v Ti'ly the grandest of these summer capitals iot it houses the im perial government; Naini Tal shelters that of the northwest provinces; Bengal retreats to burjillmg and Madras to that most delightful of all stations—Utaca- nmnd. in the Nilgiri hills. The Nilgins are perhaps the most beautiful of the many beautiful moun tain ranges in India. They do not show an amazing growth of forestine giants, but they are most verdurous. Their sides are covered with vast beds of rhododen drons, whose dark leaves and enormous scarlet flowers often make them look as if on fire. V/ild roses flourish with un wonted luxuriance, which, clambering over woods of ilex and eugeniu, make impenetrable floral thickets. Nor is the country alone remarkable for its lovely landscapes or interesting for its ngrie .itnral possibilities, ns enter prising coffee planters have set out im mense orchards of this cherryliko tree, but chiefly so for the queer races which find shelter in their wooded and well watered canyons. Some years ago the writer was in the Nilgiris in connection with government work, and had there the opportunity of seeing the small savages who live iu the most impenetrable parts of this moun tainous country. Those are dwarfs and have never been tempted to partake of the benefits of civilization. They still live in holes in the ground or in hollow trunks, are absolutely naked and quar rel with the monkey over wild fruits. Nowand again they venture to the lower levels and barter honey for glass beads and other worthless gewgaws. They hunt with bows and arrows and are re markably skillful iu the use of these primitive weapons. Another tribe equally as interesting are the Todas, who since 1600 have at tracted the attention of Europeans. The Portuguese thought they were Christiana and sent to their morel assist ance a Jesuit father, who, however, soon discovered that they were the most ig norant heatheus. Much argument has been wasted upon the origin of these people, some asserting they were ab original to southern India, others insist ing they were of the lost tribes of Israel and others that they were Manicheans. However, only 600 or 700 remain, and the little settlements are scattered over the most picturesque portions of the Nilgiris. Their only worship is the buf falo, of which they have large herds, and whose care and the gathering of wild honey constitute the sum of their daily toil. Their story of the creation bears some resemblance to the belief of the ortho dox Christian, for they tell how a man created a fellow man out of the earth and finished the good work by making a woman, not out of his own ribs, but the other man's ribs. They have a trinity, consisting of a father, son and a kite. The last was bom of a pumpkin, the offspring of the first woman. They, too, indulge in a heaven and a hell, and as the mountain streams are in fested with leeches which make their passage uncomfortable, the Todas say hell is a river inhabited by these awful creatures, spanned by a single thread, over which the righteous can pass safely, but too frail for the traffic of the guilty. Tho Todu's dead body is swathed in a new cloth, his toes are tied together with red thread, earth is thrown over his corpse, and two of his buffaloes aro sacri ficed. They impose the dead man’s hands upon the animals' horns and la ment with hitter cries his passage to the unknown world. After removing the skull and finger nails the body is burned, and the ashes are scattered to the four winds of heaven. The relics of the departed are taken to the mourning house and stored with those of others who during the year have passed the great divide. Around this house are hung the utensils which were used by the deceased and those articles which he most valued during life. Wom en are jealously excluded from tho in terior of this house of woe, but are j>er- milted to peep through the crevices at the assembled mourners, which a year later jierform the last rites. They lio on the floor, giving vent to the most hideous howls, beating their breasts and exciting each other to tho flow of tears. On the turf outside the house other Todas maintain an exciting dance, call ing out their loud huh-huh-huhs, stamp ing their feet and dancing to the unin spiring music of the pipe and a buffalo hide drum, blown and beaten by the car rion eating Kotos, who furnish music on all these dismal occasions. Nor are the ceremonies yet over. Tho sacrifice has to bo performed, and this is done in a characteristically brutal fashion, for the mild Hindustani can work himself into the most fearful of religious frenzies.— ban Francisco .Chronicle. A Bowery Sign. A Bowery sign which has added to the gayety of the travelers on the Third avenue elevated for some weeks has re ceutly disappeared. Men forgot bind ness and politics for a brief moment while contemplating it, aud careworn women eased their burdens long'enough to smile as they were whirled past it. It was large and lurid, telling in big letters that within tho first convention of "Lady Pie Eaters” was in session, three guyly dressed females, nearly life size, witij abbreviated skirts and French gaiti rs and each holding a lingo triangle of pie. illustrating the type of members. Fur tber than tins their idet ly was not established.—Now York Times. Lunt-ly. you say, with mighty arch Of sky so grandly bending? By bright huud clouds and glittertag el&rt A tender message sending/ Joyless? When out of crimson cloud The sunrise pours iu glory. Morn after morn repeating well Aurora's cheerful story? Peaccleas? When night with noiseless feet. From Helds of herbs nutl (lowers. Sweet odors in iter mantle dark Hears to tl is cot of ours? Like faintest soundscf distant seas Pounding some castle itoary, Wc hear tho gr.iat world’s roar and fret And truce her changeful story. As far awoy.white gleaming sail. Turning a bend of river, A noble deed with radiant flash Makes every hnartstrlng c.uiver. Bo, thankful, where the kindly stars Bpanglc the blue w 1th beauty. We look and breathe the fervent wish That all may do their duty. —Boston Transcript. Unconscious Feminine Cruelty. “Let me off at Thirteenth street, con ductor,” said a woman as she paid her fare on a Broadway car at Cortlandt street. The car was packed, tho place jnst two miles away anti the woman a New Yorker. From 50 to 100 people would get on and off, half a hundred stops were to be made and something like a half to three-quarters of an hour would be con sumed before reaching Thirteenth street Yet this woman, who bore evidences of more than ordinary intelligence in her face and from her easy self assur ance every indication of being able to take care of herself, expected the con ductor to remember her request and to pnt her off at the right street The Broadway conductors are the hardest worked, most abused and criti cised railroad officials iu this city, hut this is the sort of thing they are called upon to endure every honr in the day. It is usually at the hands of women, and is unnecessary, foolish and cruelly in consic’ ate.—New York Herald. Modern Matrimony* Jones (calling on Smith in the even ing)—I thought I would find you at home. You don't go out much at night now? Smith—No. I'vegiven npall my clubs and societies. I should be glad to have yon come up and spend an evening with me occasionally. Jones—But your wife might think me in the way. Smith—Oh, she’s never home at night till late. Tonight she's at a meeting of the Ladies' Society for Supplying Thim bles to tho Destitute Poor. Tomorrow night she goes to the (jueeu’s Daugh ter.!, next night to the sociable of the Royal Women, and so on every night. Come up and see a fellow. It's awfully lonely to be macried, 1 can tell you.— New York Press. An Important Appeal. Advertisements, especially of the per sonal kind, will frequently reward the searcher for unexpected anticlimaxes. Tho following appeared in a New York paper not long ago: “Willie, return to j your distracted wife and frantic chil ■ dren! Do you want to hear of your old 1 mother's suicide? You will if you do not let us know where you are at once. Anyway, send back your father's colored | meerschaum!”—New York Tribune. Suffocated by Sweet Odors. The Sybarites slept ou beds stuffed with rose leaves; the tyrant Dionysius had his couch filled witli them; Versus woulu travel with a garland on his head and around his neck, and over his litler he had a thin net, with rose leaves inter twined. Antiochus luxuriated upon a bed of blooms even in winter days and nights, and when Cleopatra entertained Antony she hand roses covering the floor to the depth, it is said, of an ell. We are told that Heliogabalus sup plied so many at one of his banquets that several of his guests were suffocated in the endeavor to extricate themselves from the abundance—victims of a sur feit of sweet odors.—Philadelphia Times Ammonia In Coal. Some 13,000,000 tons of coal are burned in London yearly. About 4,000,000 are utilized by the gas manufacturing com panies; 0,000,000 are burned in house hold and industrial lire grates. Each ton contains sufficient ammonia to pro duce, if treated witli sulphuric acid, twenty-two to twenty-eight pounds of sulphate of ammonia. The total loss of this fertilizing agent is therefore, say, 0,000 tons. As the price of sulphate of ammonia is £0 10s. the ton, the mone tary loss is £04,905 every year. If we were less wasteful we should not be so much obliged to ransack Chili aud Peru for artificial manures.—National Re view. A Rewart of $500 Will be paid for any case of Rheu matism which cannot he cured hyi Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Remedy. This offer is made in good faith by the proprietors, and there is no reas onable excuse for any one to suffer longer. Any ordinary case will be cured by one treatment, and it is poor economy to suffer when relief can he secured so certainly. The price of a month’s treatment—two bottles— is $5, and that is the cost of a cure. Full particulars and tes timonials of wonderful cures sent to any address. Drummond Medicine Co., 48 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. (Juv Marfftts, The Number “Three'* in the Bible. When the world was created we find it and its surroundings composed of three elements—air, water and land — the whole lighted by the sun, moon and stars. Adam had three sous mentioned by name, and so did Noah the patriarch. Daniel was thrown into a den with three lions for the crime of praying three times. Shadrach, Meshach and Abed- nego were rescued from the fiery fur nace. Job had three special friends. There were three patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Samuel was called three times;'Elijah prostrated himself three times oh the dead body of the child; Samson deceived Delilah three times be fore she discovered the secret of his great power, and the Ten Command ments were delivered on the third day, Jonah was three days and nights in the whale’s belly. “Simon, lovest thou me?" was repeated three times. Paul makes mention of the Three Graces— Faith, Hope and Charity. The famons allegorical dreams of the baker and but ler were to come to pass in three days. Then we have the Holy Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Ghost; tbe «acred letters on the cross were three in number, they being I. H. S.; so also the famous Ro man motto was composed ..f three words —viz., In hocsigno.—St. Louis Republic. A Tal* of Two llama. There was a man named Hibbs who bought a farm, built a large, stately dwelling at the end of a long, shady avenue of maples and settled down to enjoy the comfort and independence of a fanner's life. He bnilt a cozy little barn of logs and shingled it with clap boards. There was another man of the name of Hubbs who bought a farm in the same neighborhood, built a cozy little dwelling of logs, shingled it with clap boards and settled down to tbe hard, grinding monotony of a farmer's life. This man Hnbbs built a large, stately barn at the end of a long, shady avenue of maples. At the end of ten years Hibbs’ big house had broken him up, and Hubbs' big barn had enabled him to buy Hibbs’ stately dwelling for abont half price and move it over on his own farm. Hubbs has a big dwelling and a big barn and represents his county in tho state legislature. Hibbs lias a little log cabin and a little log stable and is try ing to sell out to Hubbs. He wants to quit farming and travel with a peddling wagon.—Toronto Mail. Cotton Market. Darlington, Feb. 22. Market steady. Best cotton is bringing 71 cents. Prices Current—Retail. [Corrected Weekly by Hlackwell Bros ] Coffee, Rio, per lb 20@25 “ Laguayra, per lb 27 Bacon, D S C R, per lb 81 Butts, per lb 7J@7J Sugar-cured hams, per lb 12(<gl2J Lard, simon pure, per lb 12 ^ “ refined, per lb 10 Corn, per bushel, 75 Oats, rust-proof, per bus. 70 Meal, per pk. 20 Grist, per pk, 35 Rice, per lb 5®7 Vinegar, per gallon, 40 Sugar, granulated, 6 “ extra C, 3J@5i (onntry Produce. Butter, per lb, 25 Eggs, per dozen, 10(3)12 Chickens, each, 20 Hens, each, 25 Cabbage, per head, 8(3)15 Dried fruit, per lb, 8®15 Peas, per bushel, 60 P. B. ALLEN, Merchandise Broker, Represents Leading Houses of the country. Will meet all legitimate competition. Solicits patronage of the merchants in this section. GUM-ELASTIC ROOFING costs only $2.00 per 100 square feet. Makes a good roof for years, and any one can put it on. GUM ELASTIC PAINT costs only 00 cents per gal. in bbl. lots, or $4.50 for 5-gal. tubs. Color dark red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron roofs, and will last for years. TRY IT. Bend stamp for samples and fall particulars. Gum Elastic Roofing Co., B9 & 41 West Broadway. NEW YORK. Local Agents Wanted. When you are iu Darlington, leave your work at MASON’S New Jewelry Store, ON PEARL STREET. W. F DAPGAN, Attorney - at - Law, DARLINGTON, 8. O. Office over Blackwell Brothers’ Store. E. KEITH DAliGAN, Attorney at Law, DARLINGTON, S. C. Nettles & Nettles, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, Darlington C. II., S. C Will practice in all State and Federal Courts. Careful attention will be given to all business entrusted to us C. P. DARGAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial Justice, DARLINGTON, S. C. Practices in the United States Court and in the 4th and 5tli circuits. Prompt attcution to all business entrusted to me. Office, Ward’s Lane, next to The Dar- ngton Herald office. PETER BOWLES DOES FIRST CLASS Paper Hanging. Kaisomine Work a Specialty. He solicits the patronage of Darlington. EAGLE BRAND THE BEST ROOFING U unequalled for House, Barn, Fa< lory or Out Buildings, ami costs half itie price of shingles, tin or iron. It is ready for use ami easily applied tty any one. KUMHr.K PAINT costs only <10 cems per gal. in bbl. lots, or $4.50 for 5 ,.d tubs. Color iark red. Will stop leaks ] in tin or iron roofs tlial will last for years. TRY IT. Send stamp for sum- j pies ami lull particulars. Excelsior Paint and Roofing Co. 155 Unaiie St., New York. N. Y. Feb. “ Dm. Stationary We endeavor not to be, and that we succeeded can be demonstrated by an inspection of our stock of Stationery. All the newest things in Papers, Pens and Inks, Books and Magazines, Rub bers, Inkstands and everything that goes to make the most complete stock of stationery in town. Book and Toy Co., Non-Stationary Stationers. mi! ITTENIMII Our Fail and Winter stock is now open and we will be pleased to have you examine some. Our line was before better, and we can now give you as many goods for One Dollar as any legitimate dealer in the State. We give you below prices on a few CLOTHING, ETC. Boys’ Suits, $1.25 to $(5.00. Youths’ Suits, $3.50 to $7.50. Men’s Suits, $5.00 to $15.00. Men’s Shoes, $1.00 to $5.00. Ladies’ Shoes, $1.00 to $3.50. A Nice Umbrella for $1.25. Men’s Half Hose, oc. to 25c. Ladies’ Hose, oc. to 25c. Calicos, 4}c. to 71c. Ginghams, 5?c. to 10c. leading’articles: GROCERIES. Bagging, 5jc. Ties, 90c. and $1.10. Flour, $4.00 to $5.50. D. S. Bacon, 12 !c. Shoulders, 12c Hams, 15c. Leaf Lard, 12}c. Coffee, 18c. to 25c. Rico, 4 }c. to 7c. Cheese, 12ic. to 13Jc BLACKWELL BROS- A HAPPY HOME • Is made doubly so by good music* So make the best of life am! procure a good Piano or Organ. Tt e im: in nvn zb e ir A on have onyl to invest once in a life time, provided you buy a good instrument. Don’t worry about hard times, as that has been the wail ever since Adam fell. Willi ii iti tllfiS* Wc can save you from $40 to $60 on PIANOS, and from $15 to $£0 on ORGANS, for we have no middle man to pay. TERMS: From ONE to TWO YEARS’ time granted to those not prepared to pay Cash, and only Eight per cent, added to cash price. Address, MAMILONEtnO. COLUMBIA, S. C. The Cleveland House, NEW MANAGEMENT AND NEWLY FURNISHED. AV. A. I’Cvnnw. lYImmft-ei*.