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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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.
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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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Dares
A priest of Hephaestus (Vulcan) at Troy, mentioned in the Iliad, to whom was ascribed in antiquity an Iliad, believed to be more ancient than the Homeric poems.
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Darjeeling
or DARJILING, a district of India, in the extreme N. of the lieutenant-governorship of Bengal; division of Cooch-Behar; area, 1,234 square miles. Tea, coffee, cinchona, and cotton are cultivated more or less, and the cultivation of the tea-plant and the making of tea is now the staple industry. Pop. about 250,000. DARJEELING, the chief town in the district, is a sanatory station for British troops, and than 36 miles from the plains stands at though little more an elevation of 7,400 feet above sea-level, side, in a bleak but healthy situation. on a ridge with deep on either There is a residence of the lieutenant- Pop. about 17,000, much increased in the governor, barracks, a sanitarium, etc. hot weather.
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Darkness of the Sages
(See Philosopher's Stone.)
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Darley
FELIX OCTAVIUS CARR, an American artist; born in Philadelphia, June 23, 1822. His illustrations of literary masterpieces gave pleasure to thay thousands and made him famous. His best work comprises his drawings to accompany the text of "Rip Van Winkle"; "Sleepy Hollow"; "Courtship of Miles Standish"; "Scarlet Letter"; "Evangeline"; the novels of Cooper, Dickens, and others, besides many special pictures. His book "Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil" (1868) is well known. He died in Claymont, Del., March 27, 1888.
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Darling
GRACE, an English heroine; born in the Longstone Lighthouse (Farne Islands, coast of Northumberland), of which her father was keeper, Nov. 24, 1815. In 1838 the steamer "Forfarshire," with 41 passengers on board besides her crew, became disabled off the Farne Islands during a storm, and was thrown on a rock, where she broke in two, part of the crew and passengers being left clinging to the wreck. Next morning William Darling descried them from Longstone, about a mile distant, but he shrank from attempting to reach the wreck. His daughter Grace persuaded him to make the attempt and to allow her to accompany him. Father and daughter rowed to the wreck and rescued nine perwas Grace Darling's heroism sons. widely praised and a purse of $3,500 pubto her licly subscribed was presented . She died Oct. 20, 1842.
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Darlington
JAMES HENRY, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, He graduated born in Brooklyn in 1856. from New York University in 1877 and from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1880. He was ordained priest in 1882. From 1883 to 1905 he was rector of Christ Church of Brooklyn. In the latter year he was consecrated first bishop of Harrisburg. He served as lecturer in New York University and as chaplain of the 47th Regiment of the the New York National Guard. During World War he was a member of the Committee on Public Safety in Pennsylvania and was head of the Serbian Relief Fund in the United States. He received several decorations from foreign countries for work done during the war. He was a member of many learned and patriotic " societies. He wrote "Pastor and People (1902) and published several volumes of sermons.
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