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Letter, * Note ~H~1TTniTiiQr^'TTT*<li Bill Hads Or any other kind of Job Work Neatly and promptly excuted at the Times Job Office. Beef, Mutton, Pork ?1\ S;A<on \T? B.G.'BAILEI S4MEF*.!!AI!h ' I I alaoihaudle'Fresli. Vegetal/ i full line of IF a y awlF\ncv i> ccriea. First Class Restaurant With polite Sevan's. Wh^iof aoythii>i ^siti on H. G. Bailey. YMiQ noriiK ^ M T A.1 Jk. v, ;i ?I have just received a let FANCY XMAS GOODS, TOYS, FIREWORKS, E.c Call and iusped my stock befoi^ 1 bu^) ing elsewliere. Claude C. Gregory, SANTUC, S. C. BACON, FLOUR, HAMS, BANNED GOODS I and FRESH GARDEN VEGETABLES AT LOUIS D. SMITH, The Housekeeper's 'Friend DR. J. GARNER, Pli YSI'JIA. S WO Stft.OiClN Will practice m ?'1icin^ii]*'3ll/' ?*! bf*>chtM. OM.* mfiw to'-court horeddencfe on South street. Phon. N... W. 4-1 v. SAY! LOOK HERE!! My place is Headquarters for Heavy aud Fancy Groceries, JPruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Fancy anil Plain Candies, Tobacco and Cigars. I Lave just added a handsome line of line harps, also hair brushes, tooth brushes and combs. Also a full lide of Fire Works. I will discontinue! handling bread for the present. J. T. SEXTON. COME UP TOWN JLnd ?uv? from 15 to 25 per cent, on jour DRVGOOU8, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HAI'S, CAPS, BR0CER1ES, TBMCC'J, CIGARS, MAADWA3E, ETC. You can save^/noney by buying from me. GEO. W. GOING. Rooms to Rent. HILL HOUSE to rent for 1000? as a whole or in apartments. Other houses and rooms to rent. fcf J. Cu>vn Wallace. .f HEAT FROM THE SUN. HOW LITTLE OF tT WZ GET IS ALMOST DEYOND CELIZF. Scarcely One Snnlirnm In Two Thoo und >1111 loi.a AIIkIiIx I'poll This Uorlb?A I'cu Picture of (he Actual Condition of the Fiery Orb. The sun is for tlie most part simply wasting bis beat?flinging uway tbe golden rays tbat are tbe life of tbe world witb a recklessness beside wblcb all butnan waste is mere parsimony. It is almost beyond belief. Scarcely one sunbeam In 2,000,000,000 alights upon tbe earth, and allowing for the wbole solar system not more tbau one In 100,000,000 ever bits anything, so far us wo I'uu usivnuiu. Sir Itobcrt Ball's comment on this waste of the sun's beat is: Suppose a uiau with nu Income of $1,000,000 a year. He spends for useful purposes 1 eeut and throws the rest away. Ills wastefuluess is no greater than that which this old prodigal the sun has practiced for untold ages. The untold amount of heat which thus leaks away through the cracks in the sky cannot be expressed by llgures. It is only by considering what it might do that we can get any conception of It. This is probably the most striking Illustration, and is given by an eminent astronomer: Suppose a solid shaft of ice two miles square to be extended like n bridge across the gulf which separates the earth from the sun. If a track were laid on its surface an express train running at full speed would require 1 more than 150 years to traverse It. Yet, if the whole heat of the sun were turned upon it for a single second it would be melted, and in a few seconds mora all, even to the railroad iron, would 1 drift away ax yapor. But what is tin* source of this lioat i that flows into space fis the gulf ! stream pours Into the Atlantic, warm* 1 inar the earth and other planets like lit- i lie Islauds in its course? What keeps up the supply? If the suu were merely a white hot ball, gradually cooling, our grandchildren would indeed get a chill; or, rather, neither they nor we would ever have seen the sun. The flnal frost would have fallen long ago. Nor can the heat be maintained by fire, as we understand the word?such Are as warms aud now and then consumes our houses. If it were a globe of flaming coal it could have lasted but a few thousand years; it would have been burned to ashes long before we were born. All the coal on the earth would hardly keep the sun going for one-tenth of a second. A falling meteor gives out great beat. Just we a bullet Is heated when It strikes the target. Some have eonjec tureil that a vast stream of these little j hailstones raining upon the sun supplies j its fuel. But if the whole mass of the , moon tvere put into a stone crusher, broken up and thrown ngalnst the sun, if would barely furnish heat for a single year. And no such weight could possibly approach the sun without our knowledge. Yet, In Its own chosen way, the sun really has its fires. With proper In- i strumems we pi.ay see the red flames spouting from Its edge, sometimes to a height of 400,000 miles?higher than the moon floats above the earth. To some of them our world would be uo more than a water drop falllug from a fountain. ' To gain any idea of the almost lnex- ' hnustlble reservoir from which the sun I draws Its bent we must first picture Its actual condition, Matter there is In a state tinlike anything ever seen upon earth. -It1 is neither solid nor liquid nor in any familiar sense gaseous. The 1 sun is a boUJug, seething, flaming mix- I ture of the gases or vapors of all the < elements condensed by the tremendous | squeeze of solar gravity until it Is ; thicker than pitch, and so hot that Its vaporized iron nilgai ue usea lor steam power if them were any boiler fit to > hold it. It lias uo definite (surface, but I almdcs away from this incandescent : paste, through leaping flames of blood j red hydrogen to the faint streamers of | the corona. a? filmy as a comet's tall. | This writhing mass, heavier on the average than water and yet as uu- j stable a3 air, does not even rotate like ; oilier orbs, but swirls around Its axis. I In the terrific tension of these gases 1 is stored up the energy of the sun. As j this escapes in gushes of heat they do not cool, but slowly contract. It Is quite possible that they even grow hotter as they thus settle downward and compress themselves Into a denser fluid. A total shrinkage of 220 feet a year will account for the whole expenditure, and so small a change in the size of the disk could not he detected until it had been watched for thousands of years. Tliis will go on until the substance of the sun ceases to be essentially gaseous. Then will come the beginning of tbe end. for from that time forth the actual temperature of the sun will decline. This, however, will he in some far distant (lay. for careful scientists assure us that our race will enjoy undiminished sunshine for at least 5,000 years, and perhaps for twice 6,000. Then, while the sun slowly reddens nnd darkens, our earth will die. After that comes the night of ages.?Charles Kclsey (James in New York World. To Catch Him. Paddy- I want to get acquainted with Moskius. but I hardly know how to go about it. he's such n queer ilsli. Daddy?A queer tisli, eh? Why don't you drop lilni a line??Boston Transcript. The Persians In 516 B. C. Invented a transparent glass varnish, which they laid over sculptured rocks to preserve them from bad weather. This coating has lasted to our day, while the rocks beneath are honeycombed. A DANGEROUS TRADE. A PERILS THAT BESET THE MAKING OF NITROGLYCERIN. j 6 Methodh I act! In (he Manufacture of \ Thin DmiKvrotiM Kxploaive ? The g Care That Una (o lie Kxerclsed In g the Paclorloa. ( Nitroglycerin and its peculiarities 1 are little known, even in localities ^ where it is made. People generally jj give it n wide berth, and even a less r number know how It is mauufnetured. c Probably lu no place in the United c States Is there such a great amount of $ the explosive used as in the ludlauu n oilllelds. Iudinua has four nitroglycerin f factories, and they are seldom visited t by curious people. .. u The explosive is made from a cotnpo- 11 sitiou of acids and glycerin. Itisgener- B ally pale yellow in color, and quite col- ^ orless when pure. It is odorless, and e has a sweet, pungent, aromatic llavor. If touched by one's tongue, or even * brought into contact with the sklu, it ^ will produce a severe heudache. A a large tank, called an ugitator, Is where t the fluid is mixed, and the mixture is composed of equal parts of nitric and * sulphuric nckls. Inside the tank are * several paddles, like those of a churn, ? and It is here that the real danger In a llio mniinfn/.tiirn nvlsta Tim nnrldlcs nre put In operatlou ?u<J a steady 8 stream of sweet glycerin is turned IntQ 8 11 vat until 250 pounds are tliorougiily n mixed with the 1,500 pounds of acid. n The chemicals coining In contact pro- ? duce an Intense heat, and In order to obviate tlie danger cold water Is run e through pipes encircling ami running 0 through the vat. At 85 degrees 1?\ a 8 red vapor, almost like (Ire. arises. If 11 cutting pff the supply of glycerin in the ? ngitator does not lower the temper- ? Rture, it is time to say fu rowel J. Before ^ i)0 degrees are reached nothing but ntotns of the structure and its contents a are left. In its ruanufacturo water is used to c flood the workroom, slneo n drop falling on the floor might lend to an explosion. Xot a nail Is to he found in the j floor of the factory, and the visitor Is cautioned not to drag his feet. Those who make the dangerous fluid say that j, a jar will ppt eause an explosion; that ^ friction and lire are J hp ouly agencies < by which it can he discharged. One v may pour a barrel of nitroglycerin ? from a high building (o g cemout walk j, below and it will not explode, hut a a small quantity or it dropped troni the 0 same height in a can will blow the n building down. A sharp concussion In- ^ stantly touches it off. Factories be- q come useless after a few years' operation anil have to be destroyed. The timber becomes saturated with nitroglycerin and an explosion is imminent at any time. The average production of nitroglycerin front 1,500 pounds of acid and 250 pounds of glycerh} Is about 150 > quarts. About 100 quarts constitute- an average } shot for an Iudiuua oil well. While g magazine explosions are not rare, the g real cause of the blowing up never bocomes known. Titose who are close a enough to see the cause always go up j with tho building. The average time t for a shooter or nitroglycerin maker to ^ remain in the business does exceed 0 live years. Death is instant, and no c one has ever recovered from a nitro- 0 glyceriu nppjdent. Itodies are torn to t atoms no larger lhaq b|ts of sausage. ^ The wages of employees of tbp ftic- i tories range from $125 to $150 a mouth, t Colonel Wlllium A. Myers of Bolivar, b N. Y., was the man who made and ex plodetl tlio first pound of nitroglycerin ^ in an oil well. He built the first fae- ^ tory in the United States near Titus- r yilje, Pa.. In 1SG8. Up to that tluie ^ powder hud Jteen used to torpedo oil t wells. It was tlien Uia/ i}U explosive f that could bo discharged nuclei-'Valer ? was found lu nitroglycerin- Colonel Myers' father was a Philadelphia chemist und taught his son how to make it. a The first well torpedoed was on Colo- r ncl Mills' lease, near Tltusvlllo, and the t pharge consisted of only two pounds. 1 Oil wus jvortb $0 a barrel tljcn, and a t torpedo that would donlde the produc- e tlon of a well was worth n)mopt what f the maker chose to ask for it. Coloiiel } Myers built 12 different factories in c different parts of the oil regions from \ 1S(?S to when lie retired from the f business. Only one of the original fac- ? torlcs stands Ifitact toduy. Myers made i several fortunes and ?pcu,t ids niouey c like a prince, but. fortunate^ f?jr J/iin, 1 he still has a sung sum InMjl .by, ? Well shooters spin great ,yarns of ? their cxperienees, and the stories are 1 of the biiir raining order. Well shooters generally ore fatalists to a considerable degree in their belief, and it Is probably one reason wliy they do not t fear the fluid. They state that when t one would think it was tiie most dan- t gcrous the explosive is tLilianfest. fl The smallest drop can be placed on an ? anvil aui) struck by tlie heaviest ? sledge baminer, and the baminer will ^ bound back over tbe' shotildey of the x striker, no matter how much be may 1 try to bold it. Some claim that it will 1 tear the arm off, but tlds is exnggeru- t tiou. Transporting the explosive from t a magazine to a well is not as danger- i ous as tint id people think, according to ^ tbe shooters. It Is transported in square cans such us urg pse^ for varnish. In preparing for siiooting a well, ? a long tin shell is suspended in the tub- ( Ing, and the shooter pours tbe fluid t In as if it was water. It is not un- ^ usual for 2U0 quarts to be In a well shooter's wagon on one trip. A slight j leak In a can may l>o touched off by friction and explode the eutlrp load. If It should explode In the center of a town, every building would be reduced ( instantly to debris.?Indianapolis Jour- , nal. The word Asia is derived from the 1 Sanskrit (/alias, meaning JJie land of the morning dawn. < ^ ) SHELVED HIS INVENTION. in Kxprrlrnce Which YaKRlii (!if Mrclianicnl Uxprrt n liriKim. One of the best mechanical eugineers a Now Orleans told an Interesting tory apropos of the tribulations of Ineutors. "About three years ago," lie mid, "I got up a little device that [reutly simplified the working or a :ertalu type of pump. I took out intents that cost me in the neighbor* iood of $300, including attorney's fees, ind finally submitted the thing to a Ig manufacturing concern in the lorth. The proprietors at once eon eded the merit of the invention anil iffered me $500 down nud a royalty of 125 on each one used. The cash pnvaent amounted to nothiug, for it really ell short of covering my time and oxtenses, but the royalty was generous. ,ml I figured it out that It would yield ue an income of $3,000 or $4,000 for evernl years?perhaps longer, it delended on how soon something better utered the field. "Accordingly, I accepted the proposllon and transferred all my right. Now, iow much do you think I actually reel ved? Not a penny! No. I haven't >een cuenieu; ai least, nil lue nceouuis lave been perfectly straight. The rouble is they never put tlie device ou he market. They simply stuck the atents and drawings In a pigeonhole nd there they remain to this duy. "Why did they do it, did you ask? To ave money. The public la very well uited with their pump us it stands, nd it is doubtful If they could get any nore for It with my Improvement addd. Such a step woiilu merely cut down he net profit, so they prefer to let well nough alone. It was necessary, of ourse, to get my invention safely helved, or It might hove been taken p by some enterprising rival, aud Hie nly earthly reason for spending $o00 n the thing was to put it out of the ' ray. It was rather rough on mo, to e sure, but the experience was valuble, aud I won't get caught that way gain." ?New Orleans Times-Demorat. GLASSES FOR THE EYES. 'he Renaon Tliey Are Worn l?y So Jliiuy Persona Nowmluya. The question is often asked, part leulrly by those who can recall the eusnma nml nmniMmmna af vnnro ntr.i Why do so ninny persons nowadays rear glasses?" The answer Is easy. The increase in the number of specacles worn is pot to bo regarded as n evidence of modern degeneration f the eyes, but rather that a long felt icccssity has been met." For it sliouid ?e remembered that within the past luarter of a century much has been earned about the value of glnsses, and he range of their application and useulness has been enormously extended. )f course the eyes need more help now hau formerly, as the amount of work hey are required to do is much greater ban at any previous period In the vorld's history. The sewing machine ind many other inventions of Its cluss aye the lubor of the hands only to idd to that required of the eyes. New employments, now amusements md new fashions are continually beng introduced to Increase the exneious laid upon these sensitive and lelieate organs. The steady decrease f illiteracy, together with the general heappess of literature and a spread f a taste for it, the enortpous clrculuion of novel, magazine and newspaier, the ever increasing use of artificial Humiliation, all combine to overtax he eyas and to weaken or possibly detroy the sight unless the required nld 11,1 ?l,v Oit.vnlhwl1' mu iliu?;v.uuil Ut" OU|#|JllU'U llitUU&ll (very tneous at our disposal. Thus It mppeus that the some tltpc luxury of >roperly adapted glasses has come to >c recognized aud understood by very nany of the present generation ns one if the real necessities of their lives.? ilpp|ucoit'?. Pmrllih Officer* Wear Arnfpi^. Many ottUwt'S of the British army ire wearers of armor. As a general ule the mall Is Inclosed in a leather using, which Is sewed Inside the uulc, so as to be Invisible unless the garment Is picked to pieces. Aud the tame with helmets?a similar device Is lxed In the lining, so as to give nddlJp/inJ protection In case of need. Some ifflcers are not ifbovp wearing mall rnutx lmiliM'iwn f ii tnfifi'd nttil n?i. 'ectly oblivion* of their comrades, who, dtliough tliey may scoff In times of >ence, would only be too glad to don >ne themselves when In the middle of lostilities. The majority of the makcustomers are officers, because the iults are vdty expensive, costlug about .0 guineas each.?RegimentA Cnrloua Ilnttle. An interesting spectacle was wltlessed the other day on the banks of he river Soar, near Hathern. by a genleman resident In the district. (Icing ittracted by a peculiar cry^ie turned inlde and came upon a young otter and i huge eel engaged In a deadly strugtie. The otter had evidently enucrht lie col, which had retaliated l>y wlndng tightly round *the former's leek. The light lusted several mlnltes, the otter eventually freeing Itself ind making off with a part of the ee), vliich It had bitten In two,?London relegraph. A Shook to Rnaton. An English woman, n visitor, grieved ill Boston by Irreverently asking a citzen, as she walked through the Coniuon and saw the cherished gilded lome of the statehouse, "Beg pardon', ilr, but what building Is that with the irass top?"?New York Times. Accommodated. "Vou haven't any smokeless tobac?o, huve you?" asked the smart young nan. "Lots of It," said the matter of fact >erson behind the counter, producing a mix of snuff. "How much do you vaot?" ( ?* > . S. S. S. Is a Great Blessing to Old People. It Gives Them ;SeP> but i New Blood and Life. from which t the remedy whioh will keep their syster t thoroughly removing al iug new strength and 1 the appetite, builds u] giving blood throughou " I am seventy years ol for twenty years. I addition, had Eczema doctor said that on ac well again. 1 took a do; completely, and J am h I feel as well as I ever Mr. J. W. Loving, of Colquitt, CJa., saj sen years I suffered tortures from a tie my skin. I tried almost every known re failed one by one, and I was told that tr sixty six. was against me, and that I cc to ye well again. I finally took 8. 8. 8.. my blood thoroughly, and now I am in ft. ft. ft. FOR THE I is the only remedy which can build up old people, because it is the only one wluc free from potash, niorcury, arsenic and < minerals,# Jt is made from roots and he In it. S. 6 S. cures the worst cases of Scr Tetter, Open Bores. Chronic Ulcers, Boils, t Books on these diseases will bo sent free 1 Photog Made at the old Scjuirc Gallery lie have the Gallery Well equipped for date Photogr Of all sizes and styles/ My pric guaranteed. I also do enlarging of all deliver the work in the most stylish an* latest mouldings. DON'T N EGLE THIS OPPORTUP" To get good work cheap. You** I tv ay and you regret that you havo no 1 ^COME A'] Prompt attention g N. K. McLANE UNION There I s In overexerting yoursel Ladies don't do it, use y THE PARLQF WIIEN YOXTNEEI FINE EATABLES, CA FRUITS, CAN VEGE TEAS, COFFEES 5 A fresh lot of Uneec * * i j , ? , Crown Cheese, Frc and Bottled Soda wat< Our up-to-date delivery w We are anxious to serve you. I C T/? I^9 4^0 1 U ^ THE PARLOR "-COTTON 8j Wo Lave a lot of PIANOS, ORG A? out at pi ices thut are eo far below regular i 8J? CENTS FOR ) Some have l?een used a little, other fresh from the factory. We have too man; opportunity of a life tjqie, OUR FURNITURE Is full and cheap.. Wo will save y <u t avly and get (1 est clioice. We also cai ry ti COFFINS ANt At (.lie lowest prices. A visit to our QUICK SALES AND our t HARRIS & JONJSSVII CROWN TORRENCE, M. 0., A , PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. " P Ofrice and apartments over Duke% Drug Store. U 6m. ] 8 I 0 OLD E CURED. * Age docs not necessarily nau feebleness and ill healtn, abd nearly all of the sickness anoBt people oan be avoided. Most elder]/ e are very susceptible to i lln?s& t is wholly unnecessary. By keep* d pure thev can fortify themeelvgS ape three-fourths of the ailmsats hey suffer so generally. 8. 8. 8. a ns young, by purifying the blpefe II waste accumulations, and impart* ife to the wholo body. It increases a tha energies, and sends new life, t the entire system 77 Broadway, South Boston, writes S d, and had not enjoyed good health was sick in different ways, and Is terribly on one of my legs. Tha count of my age, I would never be * a . t e n n n x t i. ^ ten Doilies 01 o. o. a. huu ?umi 7r v^that BLOOD ather^damaging rt>s, and has ro chemicals vhatmrpf ofula, Cancer. Eczema. Khcuwatwifc >r any other disease pf the blond, jy Swift Spociflo Co., Atlanta. Qa iR A PHS xt to new Bank Building. I now the latest up-to* aph Work, es are reasonable and t.atisfaution sizes and styles of finish, and can l a i-i - r -1 i ** .i uurmue mimes, aiso nanaie lAt %.*+ 'nends and loved ones are passing ate photograph of them. r ONCE.^-;iven mail order?. , Photographer, .j. . . s. c. " _ ? Danger If this hot weather, our phone, call up 76, ? GROCERY > ANYTHING IN^= TVT TABLES, SYRUPS, ETC., ETC. la Biscuits just in. *sh Country Butter er on ice. rill deliver goods promptly* Very truly, ivnsend, : GROCERY. ? CENTS.?* *3 and SEWING MACHINES to cloee uices that it gives you in round figure* YOUR CQTTQN. s are a llltlo slioy-wo n nnd|>ther* ere y of them and need money. This is en DEPARTMENT money on anything iu our line. Coin* f.ill line of ) CASKETS f.ioio will confirm all wo claim. SHORT PROFITS " ... w * TlOttO FOSTER, iL/Kt Sf C. < - . * HONEY! To be had on long time and eaay frms, secured by mortgage cn 1m roved farms. Apply to F. B. HOFFMAN, ^ 4 Bowling Oroon, New York CUw 4 ! 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