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[The following lines have never been published in any periodical to our knowledge. They were sent by a lady to a friend who wrote frequently to know where she had been for several months, that she had not written to her. She had beeu to the gates of the grave in a long and severe Illness. We have the consent of Dr. John Hall, Pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, of this city, to publish them. See foot note.?Editor.] The Border Land. 1 have been to a land,a Border Land, Where there was but a strange, dim light; Where shadows and dreams, in a spectral i band, Seem'd real to the aching sight. I scarce bethongbt me how there I came, Or if thence I should pass again ; its morning and night were mark'd by the flight. Or coming, of woe and pain. But I saw from this land, this Border Land, With its mountain ridges hoar. That they looked across to a wondrous strand, A bright and unearthly shore. Then I turned me to Him, "the Crucified," In most humble faltb and prayer, Who had ransomed with blood my sinful soul, For I thought He would call me there. Yet nay; for awhile in the Border Land He bade me In patience stay And gather rich fruits with a trembling hand. Whilst he chased its glooms away He had led me amid those shadows dim, And shown that bright world so near. To teach me that earnest truth In Him Is "the oue thing needful" here. And so from the land, the Border Land, I have turned me to earth once more; But earth and Its works were such trifles, ' scann'd <. By the light of that radiant shore. And O ! should they ever possess me again Too deeply, in heart and band, 1 must think how empty they seem'd and vain, From the heights of the Border Land. The Border Laud had detphs and vales, Where sorrows for sin was known ; Where small seem'd great, as weighed in scales, Held by God's hand alone. 'Twas a land where earthly pride was naught, Where the poor were brought to mind, With their scanty bed, their tireless cot, And their bread so hard to find. But little I heard In the Border Laud, Of all that pa ised below; The once loud voices of human life To the deafen'd ear were low. I was deaf to the clang of Its trumpet call. And alike to its gibe or Its sneer; its riches were dust, and the loss of all Would then scarce have cost a tear. 1 met with a Friend in tbls Border Land, Whose teaching can come with power To the blinded eye and the deafen'd ear, In auction's loneliest boar. "Times of refreshing" to the soul, In languor, oft He brings, Prepares it then to meditate On blgh and glorious things. 0 Holy Qbost ! too often grieved In bealth and earthly haste. 1 bless those slow and silent bours Which aeem'd to run to waste. I would not but bave passed those "depths," And such communion known, ' As can be held in the Border Land With Thee, and Thee alone. I have been to a land, a Border Land ! May oblivion never roll O'er the mighty lessons which tbere and I then Have been graven on my soul! I bave trodden a path I did not know, Safe in my Saviour's band; I can trust Him for all tbe future, now I bave been to the Border '^and. (One of the most exemplary Christian physicians with whom I bave been conversant was a member of the First Presbyterian Cbnrcb, Armagh, Ireland. He was once seriously sick, and I, of course, visited him. One day he put into my hands tbe following lines, which a lrlend had sent blm, and b?gged me to read them to him. They did tbe reader good, and I bave since put them into the bands of many, and many have been helped by tbem in like manner. They will always be associated In my mind with the honored name of my friend, I>r. Thomas Cuming.?J. Hall.?N. Y. Christian Advocate. The 8even Womler* of the World. \ 1. The Pyramids of Egypt. These buildings are supposed to have been commenced about 1500 JB. C. The largest, which is 400 feet high, measuring in a perpendicular line from the summit to the base, is said to have been built by Cheops, 1082 B. C. 2. The Mausoleum, or tomb, built by Artemisia for her husband, Mausolus, King of Capia, in Asia Minor. This famous tomb was erected at Halicarnassus, 250 B. C. The statue of Mausolus was brought from Halicarnassus in 1857 and placed in the British Museum. 3. The Temple of Diana, at Ephesus. This temple was 425 feet long and 225 feet broad. It was destroyed by fire on the night of the birth of Alexander the Great, by a man named Erostratus, who perpetrated this reprehensible act in order, as he said, that his name might be handed down to posterity. 4. The Walls and Hanging Gardens of the city of Babylon. Thesegardens were raised In terraces, one above another, on tiers of arches, and reached by flights of stops. Flat stones were laid on the arches, and these were cemented together by bitumen, and covered with thick sheets of lead. The gardens were five in numberand in the form of an amphitheartre. 5. The enormous brazen image of Apollo, at Rhodes. It was erected about 200 B. C., and was thrown down by an earthquake about seventy years after. It stood across the entrance to the harbor, with each foot on the extremity of a mole. It was hollow, and a winding staircase up one of the legs and through the body gave' access to the interior of the head. tt. The statue Jupiter Olympus. This statue was the work of Phidias, who flourished 438 B. C. It was made of ivory and gold, and measured thirtynine feet in height. 7. The Pharos, or Light House, built by Ptolemy Philadelphus, King of Egypt. This tower was erected about 280 B. C. It was built of white marble at the entrance to the harbor of Alexandria, and a fire was kept constantly burning at the top of it to aid the sailors of the Mediterranean in steering direct for the bay.?Jewish Times and Observer. Nlnnic Words and lMir?*es. "Duu" is a word now whose ruean ing is known to every one who under stands the English language. About the beginning of the century a constable in England named John Duu became celebrated as a collector of bad accounts. When others would fail to collect a bad debt, Dun would be sure to get it out of the debtor. It soon passed into a current phrase that when a person owed money, and did not pay when asked, he would have to be "Dunned." Hence it soon became common in such cases to say: "You will have to Dun So-and-so if you wish to collect your money." Until the nomination of Franklin Pierce for the Presidency the word "outsider was unknown. The Committee on Credentials came in to make its report, and could not get into the hall because of the crowd of people who were not members of the convention. The chairman of the convention asked i f the committee was ready to report, and the chairman of the committee answered: "Yes, Mr. Chairman ; but the committee is unable to got inside on account of the crowd and pressure of outsiders." The newspaper reporters took up the word and used it. If you are not sure of your text, don't grapple with it in the pulpit. People don't enjoy seeing their preacher in a wrestling match on Sunday, especially when there is so much uncertainty aa to the result. Matclie*. We are going to talk about some of the little things thai till great needs in the world, and the first of these little thiugs will be "Matches." 1 I wonder if grandmother can remember the funny days when she was a little girl and there were no matches. J should like to know how grandfather used to light his pipe, shouldn't you? But I suppose he did as all the other old gentlemen, carried around a little box in his pocket called a tinder box. I can assure you it must have taken a great deal of time and patience to 'get alighC." After awhile the chemists manufactured something they were very proud of. They had little metal bottles made containing phosphorus, fine cork and petroleum wax, which they stirred about with a red-hot wire. These much-talked of littie "Briquets Phosphoriques" were sold with one doxen little splints tipped with phosphorus, and cost seven and six pence each, and when these were gone you bought more in little penny bundles. The splint was dipped into the little bottles and withdrawn, and the chemical action of the air ignited or set it on fire. Many different inventions followed this, and it was not till 1820 that matches to light themselves were manufactured, aud it was still teu years after this before the horrible lucifer matches were manufactured. Sweden mauufactured a safety match, aud for mauy years supplied nearly all Europe and England, but now it is different. I wish I could show you through one of the match-making establishment in England. You would fiud it very large and a great mauy people working there; whole shiploads of the very best Quebec pine are constatly imported for this one firm, to be made up into tiny little matches that we use every day with scarcely a thought as to how they are made or where they come from. They use a wonderful machine for making matches called the "block" machine. After the wood has been cut into nice little blocks and splints just twice the length of a match, a row of blocks is placed in the machine and passed swiftly across a row of sharp knives which cut way into the block; then when they return they pass another set of knives that cuts them across in the opposite direction and the block falls to pieces iu a shower of little slicks. A girl or boy quickly gathers them out of the way and passes them into another, who gathers them into bundles. They hold them endwise for just an instant on a hot iron plate to slightly scorch the ends aud make them very hot. Now the mix boy takes them and dips them into a Bat pan of melted paraffin, which the hot wood quickly absorbs. The bundles are next put into a large circular frame and cut iuto halves by a tine circular saw, then they are ready for the hopper, which keeps them conK/mninnr or?rl QAr.n inmnu thum SUHlblJ UUpj^/lug, MIiu vuwU. out where they are pushed forward into a frame, a long piece of wood like a lath 1b placed between each row of splints, and when about G,0i)0 are in place they are screwed tightly in and sent to the dipping room. Here is another funny sight: Lots and lots of girls stand before stone slabs spread like butter with with'dift'erent colored paste, red, blue, yellow, etc.. and dips the ends of the frame lull of splints into the paste. The frames are then then carried oft' to the dryingrooms, with the dipped ends hanging down; when they are dry they are taken to the packing-rooms and emptied into greatslate compartments, where children are employed packing them into the little boxes where you first see them. Now, boys and girls, shall you take any more interest in the next match you light??Aunt Catherine, iu Christian at Work The "White-C'oated l'kiloMopher." The statue to Horace Greeley given by printers has been unveiled. Some one lias had the meanness to set afloat a letter which Mr. Greelsy wrote to Abraham Liucoln, proposing a compromise and a peaceful adjust of the war, and on the basis of it charges Horace Greeley with being a coward aud a traitor. This is thequiutessence of meanness. Horace Greeley was a great and well-intentioned man, but to an unusual extent a slave to his temperament?a man of sleepless nights, and when be wrote that letter had not slept any for seven nights. The closing part of his career furnished much evidence of brain exhaustion, if notorgauic disease. John G. Whittier's letter, herewith published, is the best portraiture of his character and career: Newburyport, Mass., March 28, 1892. To Horace Greeley Statue Committee : 1 am sorry it is not my power to be present at the unveiling of the statue of my beloved and honored friend, Horace Greeley, one of the wisest, ablest, and best of men. I do not think it possible to overestimate his character in public or pri vate. For nearly half a century lie had been the educator of the people iu the principles of honesty, industry, temperance, economy, love of counrry, and kindly dealings with all meu irrespective of race or creed. Many years ago 1 spoke of him as "our later Franklin." It seems to me that the appellation was just, and that the name of the great editor should he associated with that of the great prinler and patriot. His memory desrves all the honors that a grateful people cau bestow upon their benefactor. Yours truly, John G. Whittier. Why a Girl Can't Throw a Stone.? The difference between a girl's throwing and a boy's is substantially this : The boy crooks his elbow and reaches back with the upper part of his arm at about right augles with his body. The direct act of throwing is accomplished by bringing the arm back with a sort of snap, working every joint from 9houlder to wrist. The girl throws with her whole arm rigid, the boy with his whole arm relaxed. Why this marked and unmistakable difference exists may be explained by the fact that the clavicle or collar bone in the female anatomy is some inches longer and set some degrees lower down than in the masculine frame. The long, crooked, awk ward bone mterieres witn the lull and free use of the arm. This is the reason why a girl cannot throw a stone. A minister had preached a simple sermon upon the texi, "And they brought him to Jesus." As he was going home, his daughter, walking beside him, said, "I lite that sermon so much!" ** "Well," inquired her father, "Whom are you going to bring to Jesus?" A thoughtful expression came over her face as she replied, "I think, papa, that I will just bring myself to him.' Teacher?"Now, children, I have told you that we have five senses. Johnny, you may tell me how we may use them." Johnny?"To buy soda-water." i ' r . . ' *{ ' i P Rosenberg & fjo ARE Headquarters FOR Clothing, Shoes, * Hats, Men's Furnishings. THEY CAN FIT YOU IN A SUIT OF CLOTHES EQUAL TO A REGULAR GARMENT. BUYING FROM THE LEADING CLOTHIERS OF THIS COUNTRY THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE VERY LATEST STYLES, MADE IN THE BEST GRADE OF ??? wormansnip. . They are showing an elegant line of Boys Clothing, BOYS SUITS,panto?1"" From 4 to ].r> years, In all grades made In the Latest Fashions. Having one of the largest assortments of SHOES, both Men's and Ladles, In the up Country, and In all grades, they can always tit the feet and pockets of their customers. EVERY YOUNG MAN LIKES A NICE STRAW HAT. Tn thin lino fhpv arp chnrolnir a whlnh surpasses all previous seasons. THEIR STOCK OF CRAVATS Takes the eyes of the YOUNG MEN. Having everything in this line thai is New and Staple they can suit the tastes of all. THEIR SELECTION OF blip Sit la superb, containing all the fabrics sulta ble for SUMMER WEAR in desirable patterns for old and young men. THEIR STOCK OK Dry Goods IS FULL AND CONTAINS SOME RARE BARGAINS. It muet also be remembered that they always have a complete stock or GROCERIES, which they sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. WHEN IN NEED OK ANY IN THE MEItCANTILE LINE CALL ON P. ROSENBERG & CO. THEY GUARANTEE SATISFACTION ro EVEKY CUSTOMER. House and Lot for Sale. T OFFER FOR SALE MY HOUSE find LOT on Moseley Ferry road In the town of Ab bevllle. Terms easy. Appiy 10 w.?. iwiuran, J. Allen .smith, or to me at Ureenville, S. C. T. P. COTHKAN. March 15,1893, tf CHANEYMT JONES, FIRST CLASS REPAIRER OF|SHOESand BOOTS, has his shop in the office once occupied by Colonel Orville T. Calhoun, where he will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of work In his line, which he will do In satisfactory manner, on short notice, and at low price. [Feb. 13,1893, tf Notice ! Rage your At Home. We have Just bought a fine young JACK. Parties wanting will ploaoe call on us. SCOTT & DEVLIN. March 28,1694. , Verdery, S. C. m ? ? m (Are (You? [ Sout of employment, or in s a position that you do not s 5 like ? Possibly the solic-jj siting of Jyife Insurance is 2 ijyour special forte. Mail}' : people have, after trial,? 5been surprised at theirs z fitness for it. To all such sit has proved a most con-: : genial and profitable occu-<j 1 fpatiou. The Management: -of the : | Equitable Life j sin the Department of the: Carolinas, desires to acid 2 Eto its force, some agents: 5of character and ability.* : Write for information. : u : W. J. Rodder Rock Hilt, 5. C. t J. C. MILLER, Special Agt., Abbeville, S. C. WM. H. PARKER, President, JULIUS H. Di The Farmers' Bai DEPOSITS I |? ft tit iurplu? Does general banking business. llonB. A Savings Department ban been wardf. interest at 4 per cent, payable quarter lngs Increase rapidly. SPEED'S Di With a LARE and w DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES, OILS, WINDOW PUTTY, COMI GOODS, PEI The demand of this market can be supplied. Headquarters for fine CIGARS and TOBAGO ed to. Prescriptions carefully compounded at Vou are respectfully invited to call. P. B. Proprietor. | NEW Abbeville .Successors to J A full Una all U^uuv ^pnnorlai! I Y?ri1 R Molasses, Syrups. A bargain in 23etR Molass A line of Sugars, Coffees, Klce and Grits of pound of our 50cts blended Tea. IN CANNED GOODS^We are full In all tl can lOcts. We sell the Itlchmond stove Co.'s Stoves at TIN WAKE.?Everything In a line of Stapl of everyklnd. Cheaper than ever before. TOBACCO?Two new brands In 9 inch .Vs a and price our goods. W. D. BAR r %%%%%%%% * B. K. Be A DEAL ^ T 1.^ 1^, Bl, -IJ\] 8-, L i, B , WIltE NGING Nl> SC %1 KEROSEI The Oil we sell is pos: Simply Try it ail 15 CENTS 1 12 CENTS AJ 5 Gallon Tic These Prices for CAfc H. W. Law RICHARD GANTT, Is now prepared to do all work In bis department in the best manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly customers shaving, hair cutting and sham-' poolng SI per month. Rasors boned and put in the best condition for 25 cents each. i .1. T. PARKS. $ ? * ?n ' W \ # Fire, Life & Eeal Estate Agent ? 0 Cotbran's Brick Office, Main Street. # r FOR MALE. # # Settings of Indian Game Fowls 82.00 # 4 Settings of S. C. Brown Leghorn, 1.50 4 J Abbeville, S. (J., Feb. 7,1KSM. j %%%%%%%** E. F. GILLIARD, .'.TAILOR, HAS moved, and occupies the room recent-1 ly occupied by J. L. Clark, the gun-' smitb. and Is now prepared to do all kinds of repairing and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes I on short notice. I Samples of 6ulls always on band. Charges reasonable Vocal Lessons. MR?. STANLEY desires to teach a singing class, and will give Instruction on the st favorable terms. Of her ability and her sweet slneing Miss Sosnowski, Principal of the Home School in Athens, Ga., says: "I am happy to speak most favorably of Mrs. Lllen Stanley. She always gave pleasure In Athens by her beautiful singing, and besides the Instruction Bhe received at the Home School, she had the great advantage of Instruction In vocal culture In the Boston , Conservatory of Music." 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS1 TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT THE jCITIf Mil M In order to advertise and bring before tlie public tbe stock of goods at the CITY DRUG STORE. EACH PURCHASER WILL BE entitled to choose a present worth 20 CENTS j ou each dollar's worth of gooods purchased Io tie Dpi Store Department from this day UDtll this notice is withdrawn. I PKICES guaranteed to be as LO W as the J LOWEST, and all goods as represented. Marcb 8,1898. tf A. W. SMITH, Vice President. iPRE, Cashier. ik of Abbeville. SOLICITED. $65,7901 5,000 Buys and Hells Exchange and makes Collec established. Amounts received of 81 and up ly,-January, April. July, October. Small say [March 1,1393,12m [I'G STORE. ? ? 1 A 1 1_ _ _C ell Beiectea otoc-k ui paints, glass, prepared 5s, brushes, fancy tfumes, stationery, &c O. Orders by Mat 1 or hand promptly attend all hours. SPEED. FIRM. | Manager. Supply Co. . H. LATIMER. ejecjcdefss s ran, Hay, Meal, Bacon, Salt, Cotton Heed Meal, es. also in a oUcih Syrup. all grades. Cheese of the fluest. Try one tie staple goods. ('aimed Peaches, two pouud id Ranges. K.very one warranted. !e Tiuware. Nails and Builders' Hardware 12fx:ts per pound. Hive usachance to show KSDALE, Manager. kiUUWVI sacttam, i ER IN 6 >ors, Blinds, # I atlis, Lime, Sliin- J nilders' Hardware. 5 CHAIRS, W ? "K I BAHKKTS, rijASTEKS ^ I IttEENS. AND HAND RID- W\ LES, AND ALL KINDS OF f WIRE GOODS. 5 ME OIL! Ltively the best made.; id be Convinced. RL GALLON. JALLON EOR 0==? =--? 5 Gallons or over. I kets 60 Cts. SIX Only. rson & Co.i W. R. WELSH,! Btone Cutter and Quarrynian, , Uuarry P. 0., S. C. IS prepared to till u11 kinds of orders on short notice for firm class granite of every ! description, either rough or dressed. All I granite delivered on board cars. Prices given on application. Work enaran , J teed to he satisfactory. [Oct. 2U, 1893, 12m J J. H. COTHKAN L. \V. IM'.RRIN | ] -T. R COTHRAN.? CflTHRAN.PERRIN&COTHEAN Attorneys at Law. Abbeville, S. C. TERRA COTTA WELLS AT PRICES to SUIT the TIMES. IN THE FUTURE I propose to sink the eel-, e bra ted Terra Cotta Wei Ik at. a great re-' duel ion In my former price. So parties destr- j ing an everlasting supply of good sparkling ' water at a low price would do well to confer I with me before making other arrangements, j as I propose to make It to the interest ol all to do so. WATER OR NO PAY?is my mot- j to. I have In ten years experience standing testimonials In six counties. Address C. M. CALHOUN, Greenwood, S. C. March 22, 1S0S, tf R fj^ lr A National Bank Atobevi] Capital, Surplus, O fH c J. ALLEN SMITH, President. BENJ. S. BARN1 lliirec VVM. H. PARKER, Abbeville, S. C? L. W. WHITE, Abbeville, S. C., BENJ. S. BARNWELL, Abbeville,S.( J. ALLEN SMITH | rvOES a General Banking business, provides JLJ i^opUBiwra. AO icaujr at auj auu au i/imco I as our county affords. 188 | We are still at the eld stand, and will tr fully and faithfully during '94 as of tbe past. With us you can al Dry Goods, Clothing, Ha Kinds, Woodenwa Dress and .small check GlDghnms, 5c yard. I Good yard wide Sea Island Homespun at 5^ cts. Beautiful line of colored I'rugees, Dotted Mnsllnes, Epcrlines, Cambrics, Lawns, Calico. etc., Just opened. Bacon, corn, oats, meal, bran, bay, lard, cheese, mo asses, &c. Come in and trade with us, We1 W. JOEL SM] Citizens He Fine J( Scarf Pius, Lace Tins, Ear Rings, And Weddi] We sell only for C1 beneiit of the Low Pri Give the olil relial) rees: Attention You are Invited to Pa: & MAltTi: We want to show y?u *nme bargains In KM FANS, GLOVES, LADIES HANL SELLING REGAI hs we want to close out this line ol our I Gents, Ladies and We are headt] Gents Underwear CROSS <& Cross A, Martin have h pretty line of cliil-j dren and misses slippers, consisting of buckle sandals, oxlord and ankle ties. \ \ Cross Martin have in stock a beautiful line of Qent's Bella, also the well known ' ti.ietuli gaiter. 1 V Goal! Coal! Wood! Wood! i. M. HILL & SONS I 1 I ? ? IIIBiBl w? ? ? HAVE opened a COAL and WOOD YARD and are ready to receive your order* 'or (V'lnter. Call and get cheapest rates. Terms -Casta on delivery. July 27,1892, tf Registration NOTICE. 11HE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION will he opened in my office on Law Range, as the law directs on tbe First Monday in Each Month, until first Monday In July, 1S1U, when tbe law requires ihem closed antll after the next general election. This Is for the purpose of registering all persons who have become of age. or entitled to register since last election; to transfer persons from this to another county; and from one township to another,or from oue residence to another. All this must be (Inno hefrirn nr on Ihfl flrxt Monday In JulV. 1*91. Lost certificates may be renewed to within SO days of the election, and tboRe who beromc of age between 1st July ?ud the election, may register at any time before election. Those who Refused or Neglected to Register before the last election, cannot register until the law Is chunged. J. D. CAR WILE, Supervisor of Registration for Abbeville County. [Dec. 6,1ISSW, tf Granite Halting & Moments, ON FENCING, NWOOD, - S. C. : of Abbeville, Lie. S. O. - - - 875,000 - - - 15,000 'djcm x W. C. McGOWAN, Vice-President. WELL, Cashier. s J. C. KLUGI1, Abbeville, S. C? W. JOEL SMITH, Abbeyille, S. ., 2., W. C. McGOWAN, Abbeville, S.C. !, Abbeville, S. C. the greatest security and convenience forlU to make loans based upon sucb safe collatera Sept. 11. 1892. ly 3MJfcI y to serve our friends and customers as k.nn ttirnnnli tliu 1r>tlcr V'PftN V*C ua vc l/Ul uug ii LUU ivug - _ ways find what you most need. B ts, Shoes, Groceries of all I re, Ilardvvaie, &c. Dixie Hoy plow, wheeloarrows, well fixtures, garden and farming tools of all kinds. We carry a blj? stock of shoes, hats, clothing, and can give you what you want. Hull Dog breeches, Elghmle shirts and Means shoes are specialties with us. Trunks, valises, harness, saddles, bridles collars, <jfcc. will be glad to see you. [TH & SONS. ^quarters M. >R ? Bwelry. Bracelets, Clocks, Watches, tig Presents. \.SII and give you the ices. le Jewelers a call. E & DuPRE. Ladies! Y the Store of CROSS V a visit. [BUorOEKIKS. CORSETS, WHITE GOODS. ii'ni{rlllRi>'s. pii?. thiit we nitt 1DLESS of COST business. We also carry a full line of Children's Shoes. luarters for ami Neckwear. MARTIN. Harris l.ithla water ou.draft at Speed*, lladdou's are offering special bargains lt? vhlte goods, colored cblua silks and oiber vasb fabriques. I bave Just received a large lot of fly paper [ will soli cheaper trtaa any tiy paper sola la own P 6 "Speed.