Danvers
a town of Essex co., Mass.; on the Boston and Maine railroad; five miles N. W. of Salem. It was a portion of Salem till 1756, and embraces the Salem village parish where the witchcraft excitement broke out. It is the seat of Peabody Institute, founded by George Peabody, a resident of the place, who in 1852 donated $200,000 for the promotion of knowledge and morality among the inhabitants. It is also the seat of Danvers Insane Asylum, built at a cost of $2,000,000, and has extensive manufactures of shoes, bricks, and carpets, foundries, rolling mills, tanneries, churches, high school, weekly newspapers, public library, and National bank. Pop. (1910) 9,407; (1920) 11,108.
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Danville (Borough and countyseat)
a borough and countyseat of Montour co., Pa.; on the Susquehanna river, and the Lackawanna, the Philadelphia and Reading and the Pennsylvania railroads, 154 miles N. W. of Philadelphia . Danville is in a district abounding with iron-ore, limestone, and anthracite coal ; and contains the first establishment erected in the United States for the manufacture of railroad iron, and still ranks among the most extensive in the country. There are blast furnaces , iron foundries, rolling mills, churches, 2 National banks, a State asylum for the insane, and daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 7,517; (1920) 6,952. emy
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Danville (City and county-seat of Boyle)
a city and county-seat of Boyle co., Ky.; on Dick's river, and the Queen and Crescent and Southern railroads; 42 miles S. of Frankfort. It is a stock-raising center, and the seat of several educational institutions , among them the Danville Theological Seminary, the Central University of Kentucky, Kentucky College for women and the State Asylum and School for Deaf Mutes. It has churches, public schools, 2 National banks and newspapers. Pop. (1910) 5,- 420; (1920) 5,099.
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Danville (City and county-seat)
a city and county-seat of Vermilion co., Ill.; on the Vermilion river, and the Wabash, Chicago, and Eastern Illinois, the Chicago, Indiana and Southern and the "Big Four" railroads; 125 miles S. of Chicago. It has a National Soldiers' Home for Disabled Veterans, with over 3,500 immates. Its chief industry is coal-mining, which is carried on extensively on the bluffs of the river. It also has large railroad car and machine shops, iron foundries, planing mills, carriage and wagon factories, organ and furniture factories, churches, a high school, 5 National banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. (1910) 27,871; (1920) 33,776. Pop.
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Danville (City and county-seat) (II)
a city and county-seat of Pittsylvania co., Va.; on the Dan river, and the Southern railroad, 140 miles S. W. of Richmond; is the seat of Randolph- Macon College, Roanoke Institute, and Danville School for Boys. It has good water-power , cotton mills, flour mills, grist mills , foundry, and tobacco factories. It is the center of the fine yellow tobacco section, and 30,000,000 pounds of leaf-tobacco are sold annually. It has a high school, water works, newspapers and 2 National banks. Pop. (1910) 19,020; (1920) 21,539.
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Daphnia
a genus of Entomostraca, pulex is the common water-flea. The head is large, rounded above and in front; superior antennæ very small; the head produced into a more or less prominent beak: beak; eye spherical, with about 20 lenses; jaws composed of a strong body ending in four horny spines, three of which curve inward. The antennæ act as oars, by which the animals project themselves by a series of jerks through the water. They are frequently very numerous in ponds and ditches, which they often color, especially when the water is stagnant, with an appearance of blood. D. pulex is a favorite and interesting microscopic object.
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Daphnis
A Sicilian shepherd, son of Hermes (Mercury) by a nymph, was taught by Pan to play on the flute, and was regarded as the inventor of bucolic poetry.
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Daphnomancy
Divination by means of the laurel. A branch is thrown in the fire, if it crackles in burning it is a happy sign, but if it burns without doing so, the prognostication is false.
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Darbhangah
the chief town of Darbhangah district, in Behar province, India; on the Little Baghmati river, 78 miles N. E. of Patna by rail. It has large bazaars and a handsome market-place, extensive tanks, a hospital and the maharajah's palace, with fine gardens, menagerie, and aviary. There is an active trade in oil-seeds, food-grains, timber, salt, iron, lime, etc. Pop. (1901) 66,244.
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Darby
a borough in Pennsylvania, in Delaware co., on the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington railroads, and on the Darby river. Its industries include woolen, silk, cotton and worsted mills, and there are manufactures of water filters, wooden tanks, augurs, and bits. Pop. (1910) 6,305; (1920) 7,922.
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Darby and Joan
dar'by and jon, a married couple, John Darby and wife, said to have lived in the eighteenth century in the village of Healaugh, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. They were famous for a long and happy married life. The couple were celebrated in a balled called "The Happy Old Couple," by Henry Woodfall. The names are sometimes used figuratively to describe a peaceful but uneventful married life.
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Dardanus
A son of Jupiter , who killed his brother Jasius to obtain the kingdom of Etruria. He built the city of Dardania, and was reckoned to have been the founder of Troy. 2026 Editor's Note: While this text identifies Dardanus as the founder of Troy, mythological accounts more specifically credit him with founding the city of Dardanus at the foot of Mount Ida. Historically, this city was a member of the Delian League and minted coins featuring a fighting cock motif between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. Though the text claims he killed his brother to obtain a kingdom in Etruria, other traditions state he was born in Arcadia and later migrated to the Troad after a great flood. (Ed: BR 2026-06-13)
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Dardistan
the name given to a region of central Asia, bordering on Baltistan, the N. W. portion of Cashmere. The country, which consists of lofty mountains and high-lying valleys, is little known, and its limits are variously given; but its interest depends mainly on the fact that its inhabitants, the Dards, are an Aryan people, speaking a Sanskritic tongue mixed with Persian words. They had been called "Stray Aryans in Tibet," and are Moslems converted from Buddhism at a comparatively recent period: the Rajah of Cashmere is constantly endeavoring to subject them completely to his authority. The chief districts are Hasora, Gilghit, and Tassin; some authorities also include Chitral in Dardistan.
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