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THE SUN’S CARBON. It* Ebb Rod Flow on tho Sarfoeo of «M Grent Lnminnt]r. Even at tbe risk of telling what every schoolboy ought to know I will say that carbon is one of the commonest as well as one of the most remarkable substances in na ture. A lump of ooko only differs from a piece of ELEA NORA OUSE'S STORY. Ho* tho Grant Italian Aotraw Loaraod That Sho Has a Haart. “Tea,” said Eleanors Duse, aa quoted in Today, "I have bad many experiences—too many, bat they are t more like trials; trials that have ' cost many tears and the remem- , branoe of which makes me cry, cry, carbon by the ash cry. TALES Cf AN OLD TIME CAPTAIN. which tho coke leaves behind when burned. As charcoal is almost en tirely carbon, so wood is largely composed of this same element Carbon is indeed present every where. In various forms carbon is in tho earth beneath our feet and in the air which we breathe. This sub stance courses with tho blood through our veins. It is by carbon that tbe heat of the body is sustain ed, and the same element is inti mately associated with life in every pbaso. Nor is the presence of carbon merely confined to this earth. We knew it abounds on other bodies in spaoe. It has been known to be emi nently characteristic of the compo sition of comets. Carbon is not on ly intimately associated with arti cle-; of daily utility and of plenteous abundance, but with the most ex quisite gomsof ‘‘purest ray serene. ” More precious than gold, more pre cious than rubies, the diamond it self is no more than the same ele ment in crystalline form. But the greatest of all tbe functions of car bon in the universe has yet to be mentioned. This same wonderful element has been shown to be in all probability the material which con stitutes those glowing solar olouds to whose kindly radiation our very life owes its origin. There is no known metal and per haps no substanoe whatever which demands so high a temperature to fuse it as does the element oarbon. A filament of carbon—and a fila ment of carbon alone—will remain unfused and unbroken when heated by the electrio current to the daz zling brilliance necessary for effect ivo illumination. This is the reason why this particular element is so indispensable for our incandescent electric lamps. Modern research has now taught us that just as the elec trician has to employ oarbon as the immediate agent in producing the brightest of artificial lights down hero so tbe sun in heaven uses pre cisely tho same element as the im mediate agent in the produotion of its transcendent light and heat. Owing to tho extraordinary fervor which prevails in the interior parts of tho sun, all substances there pres ent, no matter how difficult we may find their fusion, would have to sub mit to bo molted—nay, oven to be driven off into vapor. If submitted to tho heat of this appalling solar furnace, an iron poker, for instance, would vanish into invisible vapor. We can now understand what bap- pens as tho buoyant oarbon vapors soar upward through the sun’s at mosphere. They attain at last to an elevation where tho fearful inten sity of the solar heat has so far abated that, though nearly all other elements may still remain entirely gaseous, yet the exceptionally re fractory carbon begins to return to tho liquid state. At the first stage in this return the carbon vapor con ducts itself just as does the ascend ing watery vapor from the earth when about to be transformed into a visible cloud. Under tho influence of a chill tho carbon vapor collects into a myriad host of little beads of liquid. Each of those drops of liq uid carbon in the glorious solar clouds has a temperature and a cor responding radiance vastly exceed ing that with which the filament glows in the incandescent electrio lamp. When we remember further that the entire surface of our lumi nary is coated with these clouds, ev ery particle of which is thus intense ly luminous, we need no longer won der at chat dazzling brilliance which, even across the awful gulf of 93,000,- 000 miles, produces for us the inde scribable glory of daylight—Mo Clare’s Magazine. “It was ten years ago in Bio. The ' yejlow fever went from bouse to t house, from palace to hut gathering I in viotims. One day at rehearsal Diotti appeared with the pallor of death on bis brow, tired, hardly able to stand on his feet.” " ‘What ails thee?’ I asked. ‘For God’s sake tall.’ “ 'Nothing — a strange feeling. My head is not right But come, let, us make a start’ “And he did begin. I saw he was not himself. I saw him tremble as it shaken by intense oold. “ ‘Do not attempt the impoeelble,’ I said. 'I am going to oloee the theater.’ ” ‘And thy fortune?’ he made an swer. ‘All thy fortune is at stake. I will be better tonight Let us pro ceed with rehearsal ’ '‘Suddenly, in tbe midst of an ex citing situation, he broke down. It was the fever. We had to play be cause we were under contract while he was lying alone, deserted, fight ing tbe battle of death. “On tbe first evening—‘Fedora.’ The house was, as stated, sold out, and I—a failure, in all that word Implies. Tbe tbeator-^a great, im mouse struoture—I myself small, in- significant, a person of no oonse- quenoe. My voioe—great God, how should my voice penetrate into the parterre? I believe 1 might as well have said, ‘Loris, I love thee,’ aa ‘Loris, leave me.’ Nobody would have known the difference. Add to this that there were continuous whispering and murmuring in all parts of the house, in tbe boxes, in the galleries, everywhere, all the time, from the beginning np to the curtain’s fall. My heart, my head, my voice, they scorned not to belong to me. I had no power over them. I was thinking of him all the time —of him alone. “Next day—intermission. Wo played only three times a week. Tbe newspapers gave their final decision. They said I had something about me that attracted attention, bnt my voice—well, half of what I had said they could not hear, and the other half they were unable to understand. The following day we bad our sec ond performance—‘Denise.’ Tim theater—that immense barn—eibp- ty! Only three or four rows of seats were taken and to tbe right and left two or three boxes. “Comedy indeed! Is there any thing more tragio than life? And thoro before those footlights I pray ed: ‘O. Madonna, save my friend! Save him, for be has a father and a mother whose only hope in life he is. Save him and take me in his stead. Let me die. Let me lose ev- erytbing—my renown, my talents, my future—hat save him. ’. “Two days later, and all was at an end. And we continued playing comedy. As for myself, I heaped success upon success, and every tri umph I earned increased my sorrow, made me more wretched. Why bad heaven refused the offering of my poor self? * “On the evening of Diotti’s death day I played ‘Fernando,’and then and there I became what I am. Then and there I felt for tbe first time that I had a heart; that I bad soul aud blood in that heart Then and Bteka of ttw atwabra* IlUnalk tod ortu or HI* Ou-rar. Tears and years ago, when Chios- was in a state of infanoy, and ch* World's fair, with all its magnifi cence and grandeur, and the drain age canal, and trolley oars, and sky scraper buildings, *ith a hundred other wonderful things, had not even been dreamed of, and when nearly all tbe traveling and trans portation of every kind were accom plished by steamboats and sailing vessels, which plied np and down the great lakes, there were many singular incidents, not to mention accidents, which, if published, would make volumes of interesting read ing. Many of the steamers were oom- .manded by good natnred, jolly cap tains, who were nearly always on familiar terms with tbe passengers after tbe first day out of port. Even the little children were made tbe ob jects of their attention in such a way that whenever the captain ap peared, it was a signal for a regular stampede to see who would be the first to greet him. There woe MeFadden of the Modi- 1 son, Kingman of the Empire State, 1 Stone of tbe Keystone State, Cham berlain of tbe Planet, a Lake Supe rior boat, and many others, but not the least of these and the meet eo- : centric one of all was old Captain Bloke of the steamboat Illinois. Poor man, he was taken with chol era at tbe time it raged so fearfully in Chicago and other towns, and that was tbe ending of his eventful Of bis early life there is little known except that he was a native of a seaport town of New England mid had bis first experiences of sea manship upon the ooean. He was cool under all oironmstances where the occasion required it ami was re markable for his self restraint and dauntless courage in extreme peril. His manner was always reassuring to the panic stricken passengers in a storm, no matter how high the waves were rolling. Ho would say: “Son,” or “Daughter, don’t ho frightened. We’ll be uil right in the i morning.” He addressed nearly all young people as “son” or “daughter.” There were occasions, though, whore his wrath got the better of bis self control, and then—oh, my, how ho would stvear! It was just terrific. He was of a portly build and bad a commanding presence. One sum mer afternoon he took a seat on deck, and feeling drowsy soon fell into a sound sleep. One of the hoys, bent on mischief, lighted a match and held it as near the captain’s nose as possible. In a moment he jumped to his feet and shouted : “Bear up! Boar up! I smell .” 3£1xe ©pcniitg (Pmpters Ex-Governor W. P. oonsin Is on old frtond leans, notwithstanding the foot hie first acquaintance with Mm and Ito attraction! woe mat peculiar ciroomstanoea. Itwae ing tbe time that triad men’e soula —when tbe foroaaof the Union were encamped at the outer gatm and tbe Confederate troope wen eerionely thinking bow beet to get oat of tho warm location. General Lovell, who was in oommond of New Or leans when the Federate, in ohorge of General Butler, were knocking for admittance finally concluded that the beat thing to do under the circumstances was to evacuate and by his action turn tbe city over to tbe tender mercies of the opposed forces. Governor Hoard was among tbe Federate who constituted the troops of Butler, and whan this general, with bis soldiers, marched into tbe city, Governor Hoard masobed with him. It was then that the govern, or—be was not then a governor—re- oeived bis first impressions of a oity which at that time hod achieved greatness among tbe commercial centers of the country. These im pressions have never died in hie memory. “Why,” said Governor Hoard, was one of the mowt surprised men in the whole world. I hod beard of fairy tends in which tbe riven ran wine and tbe hills wore mode of greet of which are to jbe pub lished in these ooluAns on March 6th. Yoar attention will be chained from the very start. STATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Countv of Darlington. By W. B. HooU, Bog., Probate Judge. WHEBEvS, P. B. Griffin mode suit to me to grant onto him Letters ^ of Administration ot the Estate of lumps of sugar, but I had never con- ! ‘J? 8 ¥ dc [*f ,e 4 : oeived of a city whose streets were monUh ^ the kindred and creditors of tbe said B. M. Grif- knee deep in sweetness. Yet this was just the oase when we entered New Orleans. I absolutely waded ankle deep in sugar, and that in tbe streets along tbe river. While the affair has become a matter of his tory I shall never forget the eight flu, deceased, that they be end ap pear before me in tbe < onrt of Pro-, bate, to be held at Darli-gtoo, 8. on Feb. 26th. next after publication { hereof at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, j to show cause, if any they have, why' the said Administration should not: Yen see the fact of the blockade of! be (r ^ t ^ d . r my H(lnd> thii la dliy the port had caused a vast quantity 0 f Februaty, Anno Domini 1696. W. B. Ho< »LE. Judge of Probate. of the products of tbe south, chiefly j sugar and cotton, to pile up in the I city, and the inability of its owners I to ship the stuff resulted in tbe < warehouses being filled to overflow-1 ing. When General Lovell realized 1 that he must give np the fight and | leave tho city, ho determined to ren- j der it impossible for the Union sol diers to make nse of tbe aooumula- tion of stores. To this end be gave ; orders for its destruction, and hun dreds of hogsheads of new sugar i were violated uml their contents cast . into the streets just like so much river sand. It was a useless com 1 roodity for the time being, and ; great masses of the stuff were piled np where the destruction oocurred. . When we marched into the section ! of the oity where.the sugar had been stored, we literally waded in ; sugar. I never saw such waste in all my life in this respect, while all Feb. 18—21. YOU NEED NT GO TO CHICAGO To place your order with The steamboats of that period had ; , .. . . . .. . a frightful habit of racing, and a . long tbe . f™? fr0Dt W . Bre . th s e . e , n ' IT." : dances of the burning of the dbtton sometimes bad accidents oocurred, but that did not pnt a stop to the practice. Tbe rivalry seemed to consist more in getting into port ahead of time than to gain a reputa tion for speed. Captain Blake bad a deep rooted dislike to tbe captain of tbe General Wayne aud never lost a ohanoe to make the Illinois get ahead of that steamer if possible. Whenever his boat gained tbe vic tory, his exultation knew no bobnds. During one particular trip tbe lakes were rough tbe whole distance from Buffalo to Chicago. The Illi nois was tbe first to leave port, but the Wayne got ahead somewhere on Lake Huron. Then Captain Blake gave orders for more steam, and it was not long until the Wayne was burning which bad been stored there wait ing for an opportunity for shipment to Europe."—New Orleans Timeg- Demoorat. ~ * there I learned that life is not base; left behind. Tbe Illinois kept ahead | trtmk A 12,000,000 Frmac Diamond. One day in strolling through the Louvre, says a Paris correspondent, I stopped to examine and admire the wonderful diamond known as the Regent, which, with a few of the remaining crown jewels—including the crown of Charlemagne—is ex hibited in a glass case under the watchful eyes of a guard. It was originally purchased by Philippe d’Orlcans for 2,500,000 francs, but is now valued at 12,000,000 francs. only sorrowful and hard to bear. This I felt Do you call it an event? I don’t know whether it is impor tant enough to be so olaaaed by others. As for me, it was tbe mark- stone of my life. A life in a life!” It is nearly 1 1-4 inches Paris Correspondence. ■ square.— Pm tour. Pasteur was profoundly penetrat ed with the exquisite adaptation of means to ends in the universe, and each fresh revelation of his micro scope do open od his reverence. He once said, “When one has studied much, ho returns to the faith of tho Breton peasant, and if 1 ad studied still more. I should hav e faith of tho Breton woman.” A bit of borax tho size of a small pea allowed tu dissolve in tho mouth will remove hoarseness for a consid erable time and is very useful for those who have to sing or speak in public. At the lieipsio Stadt theater no one is admitted to his seat after a performance has begun except dur ing tho intervals between the sots. Oklahoma is said to have 195 per sons employed in manufacturing, and their annual product is valued at (180,445. Thoro was a time when the whole solar system was nothing more than n nebulous ball Bnathla#. Not one in ten adnlta knows how to breathe. To breathe perfectly Is to draw the breath it) long, deep in halations. slowly and regularly, so as to relieve the lower lungs of all noxious accumulations. Shallow breathing won’t do this. I have overcome nausea, headache, sleeplessness, seasickness and even more serious thrc itenings by simply going through a breathing exercise —pumping from my lower lungs, as it were, all the malarial inhala tions of the day by long, slow, am ple breaths. Try it before going to bed, making sure of standing Tvhere you can inhale ptire air and then darken your sleeping room com pletely. We live too much in an electric glare by night. If you still suffer from sleeplessness after this experiment is fairly tried, I shall he surprised.—Ram's Horn. Never Spent • Gent For Mmtehee. They say there is a man who re sides near Maben, in this county, who prides himself on his economy, and the other day, when discussing his favorite topic, he remarked that he had saved several dollars in matches. “Why,” he said, “when I came to Mississippi nearly 40 year* ago I bt&ught my fire with me, and I have kept tbe same fire ever since, never allowing it to die out, an 1 during all this time I have never spent a cent for matches.”—Stark- ville Times. B* Understood. “Walk right in, dear. Your sup- per’s ready, your slippers are right where you can find them easily, and your pipe and sobaooo arson tbs writing deok, bandy for you.” “All right, Molly," groaned the tired, suspioioua husband. “You can get that new dress tomorrow ” —Atlanta Constitution. after that and arrived sf Chicago on time, landed tho passengers and freight, loaded up again and was making the downward trip, reach ing Southport (Kenoaba) just as the Wayne was putting out for Chicago. Captain Blake stood upon the bow of the Illinois and sainted tbe captain of the Wayne in stentorian tones with these words: “There is* man in Chicago await ing • tbe arrival of tho General Wayne!”—Chicago Tribuna She Ins luted. I ran across old Job Holloway, the famous coach driver of half a can- ... _ tury ago, yesterday. Ojice I rode ^ ln< ^. Ia’tuIou Telegraph. Ska Didn’t Sail. A Liverpool lady bod an unpleas ant experience recently. She was about to sail by one of tbe Atlantic liners for New York, and she left one trunk to he peeked tbe morning of her start. They called for it about 6 a. m. She protested, bat the men declared it was her test ebanoe to get it on tbe steamer. The poor little woman was half blind with sleep. . She got np and flung tbe things into the trunk- towels, tidies, books, anything that came to band. Then she sat on the looked, popped into j bed and was fast asleep, before they ! got.it ont of the room. I In due time she awoke with just | an boar or so to get her bath at d 1 breakfast and gret down to the | wharf, and then she found that she l hadn’t a living stitch to her book but tbe nightgown she stood in. She went on her knees to tbe chamber- maid, she offered any money for an ulster and a veil, she begged the landlord for his mackintosh and a pair of boots—anything—anything, and she arrived at tbe wharf in time to see tbe vessel sail out of the dock. Her trunks—oh, they .pot off right enough, bnt she herself was left be- "TlBOYilTillM”! THERE 18 MONEY IN Tobacco Groping, Good Piasters MskcFrSw STB to •aoo Per Acre. It TouWtot TO Try TWO Crop We Ora Help You. Send ug one dollar e«Mt we will > ■nd yon the ..Southern Tobacco week for eix months; aisea I ly III’ 'Py of ■*., * tie Tobacco Planters’ Guide A book which tells all about <®-‘' .beceo growing The t« complete outfit, worth hundred* > Of dolUrt to every beginner, asy they give the experience of cessful p' plinters. Address WINSTON, N. C. story in these weexi ii ♦♦+ I'CCl Importers of Fine Woolen Goods, and Proprietors of the largest Tailoring Establish ment on Earth;— — 1"M"HH'I f THEIR LOCAL AGENT. f CLAUDE MIlURG,;: T will take the order far 4. you after yon have se- + leeted what yon want t from tbe large and va- I ried assortment of sam f pies wbieh he earriee. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦be Clerk’s Sales. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLUS A. County of Darlington. IS OOMMOX P LX Aft. Abram Weinberg «s. Annie Daxopler etal. Order ot Sole and Partitkm. Pursuant to an Order of Bnto Partition made in the above tt ease, I will offer for ante in butte tho Court House ot County on tbe fitet March nest, the folio* real eetate, at the risk off parebasfcr, to wit; ■■ - A certain tract or parcel of ante, lying and bring ‘ County, Li snM State, hundred aeree, Store hounded north bp « Henry Melnto-h: east* sooth by Block Creek, luSSm msd ^>ca»AcswHsd by chaser to pay -11 pay toroSiuj will be , >,3 issue ot This celebrated honse believes in standing up to its motto of “Hi! Stir ‘it Unis, h Mid Uu W TUFIMK OF DMUKTUL DARLINGTON, 6. C. VPITVL - - - - -UUPLU8. - - - - *1*1, tor (50.00) SaYings „ apartment. tnterert allowed at rate of 5 per cent per annum from date of deposit —payable quarterly 00 tna firstmy of ‘January, April. July and October. Trgpsacts s General Bunking Business with him on the National turnpike | through Virginia. There were seven : passengers—six men and an old maid. The latter complained of sore throat one morning and inquired of the men how it could bo cured. Each said that he had boon a victim at some time or other, but had forgot ten bow he managed to get rid of it. Finally the oldest man in the party said that he had a bad case when he was young, hut that the cure he used wouldn’t do the old lady any good. At first she thought this was a reflection upon her ago, but, being of a sensible mind, she determined to press him for his prescription. “But there is no use telling you, madam,” he protested. “It won’t do you any good.” “I’m sure it will,” she urged. “Do tell ma. I will certainly try it at once.” Thus driven to it, he said, “I just tet my board grow under my chin! ’ —New York Press. A Thrilling Tate. It is currently whispered that Mrs. —, while cleaning house, asked her husband to nail np soma [}. Hs refused. She looked ff at him, told him his conduct was without a I, (hen bent him with her fiff” un til he saw**. He now lies in a .tooe state and may soon be n fit subject for disf. A men must be on * his Ufa in that way and pat a. to hia j ssMsma—Brittok Printer. r»Ut.i Tinkler*. As delioAcu siho Greeks r‘eyoung foxes caught in tho Lutum,), r .bins and sparrows and certain kinds of fish snared by moonlight. There ig a scrap of an old Grook comedy in which a cook boasts of frying a fi.-h so exquisitely that it threw hi.11 grateful looks from the pan. A fa mous Greek dish was the Trojan : pig, half ot it boiled and the other haif roasted. It wca stuffed with eggs, ortolans and thrushes. The Romans ate sre’ls—giant monsters —faitim'd u: nl ‘Loir shells held an incredible amount of snail. Tho kettle in a high Class Roman kitch en was often shaped like an ele phant's bead. The Water was pour ed through the trunk. Thegridiron m igbt be a huge silver apidor or a skeleton fish. Valtwbl* Advio*. A Boston woman who bad bought a mechanical toy of a street vender and found when she got home that it wouldn't work got aome valuable advice from the vender next day ahe took it back. "I didn't sell you that,” brasenlysaid the vender, “no I can’t change it, ot oouraa. I only began selling toys like that thte morning. But 111 tell yon what you ought to da Whan yoabaya from a fakir on tbe Mm hern hia votes assn seed n ttel, friendly tone "yon ha you gal the toy that ha DIKROTOIta oker J L Coker, . Boyd. f. J Ward. McKer, A. N'lchmon Brixbt WHHaiDvon. HK1HHT WILLTAMBON, President WU LI VM8ON, W.ALBI Feb. 8, 1886. . Swiff s Sate. STATR OF BOrTtt CAROLINA, County of Darlington. George G. Watoon va A. W. Parrott. By viteaeofthe tfcw'iosM directed, 1 front oLlhe court house ton eoouty, ttsase n»« I » t (extent in and to 1 scribed real estOM; All that "v. - A MEW BUGGY and a nice new