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OUR WAN Drawing 3ST< When one sets out! OD a journey to .onie distant place one is not likely to hink a great deal about his destina lion during the earl* part of the jour He is interested in the scenery through which he is] passing, in the omforts or discomforts that surround bim, in bis fellow passengers, and in the progress that is *nade day by day. ?Vii these things BO occupy him that be has but little time to spare for dwelling upon what he will find at bis journey's end, or what he will do after he arrives there. But as day after day passes and the miles multi ply behind him his thoughts begin to turn to tho future, and he dwells more and more on the reception that awaits him in the k.range place whith er he is bound; what will be the man ner of bis arrival, whom he will meet there, if by chance there shall be any of bia former acquaintances or friends to bid him welcome, and of how muoh value will be the credentials that he id carrying with him into the new life upon which he is so soon to enter. The little incidents of the journey do Dot matter so much now that- he has these important subjeots in his mind. Sometimes he is confident and full of hope; at other times hi? spirits sinkst the prospect of what he must en counter and his thoughts turn baok with mournful longing to all the pleasant things he is leaving behind, to the dear friends from whom he must part forever. Not inaptly does this exemplify the feelings with whioh one passes through life, so busy with the crowding inci dents of each day, and with the joys and sorrows they bring, that he can not spare time to think of the end, that end which in youth and health geeuis so very far off. Although we daily see others who are not so old as ourselves cut down by disease or acci dent, and dying before their prime, we never really take it to ourselves that stich may also be our fate; we have a secret feeling that we shall be spared to see a ripe old age, and so we do not trouble about the end of life or about what lies beyond it for us, except in a very general way. Even when we bring ourselves to speak of it we do so without any very deep earnestness in what we are saying and think of it as a remote contingen cy. It is wonderful how our views change with regard to old age as we advance in years. In boyhood we re gard 21 as quite a mature age and sometimes foolishly long to reach that period when we shall nominally be come our own master. When that period arrives we look on a man of 40 as being old, and we have lost onr desire for time to hasten its flight so -S to endow us with the mature pow ers that belong to that age. If we reckon life by the Biblical measure of three soore and ten, we have passed the meridian when we reaoh 10; but under favorable circumstances the fire of life burns with un diminished vigor for several years longer, after which it begins to slacken and grow more and more feeble, until it finally flickers out; or else is suddenly ex tinguished ny a strong gust of wind, in the form of some sickness, whioh we coulu easily have resisted in youth. Old age does not come upon us sud denly, but is so subtle in its approach, stealing on us with little furtive day by-day enoroaohments that we hardly notice it. until the faot that we are growing old is forced upon us in some unpleasant way. It may be difficult for us to perceive any difference in our feelings between the ages of 45 and 50, but all the same the summit of our journey has been reached and passed, and our pathway henceforth trends downward to the end. It may be near at hand, or still in the hazy distance) but the dim portal we must enter is somewhere before us, and our path leads through it to the unknown land beyond. Then, too, though we may not like to recognise them, we have daily re minders of our waning life. Not only do whitening looks and deepening lines bear their mute testimony, but every sense, onoe so keen and alert, commences to ^row dull. We are fre quently weary or ailing, and have no longer thc elasticity of spirits that enabled ns to throw off fatigue and illness, lt is true many persons maintain their youthful feelings and appearance long past, the meridian of life, so that they seem many years younger than they really airej but if great trouble or sickness come upon them their fictitious youthfulness is suddenly gone. Fortunately with the advance of old age our hold upon life usually seems to weaken, and we ding less to the things whioh have given us pleasure in fermer years; end, as one after another of tho friends of youth P*?a away,'and no new friendships of equal strength come to replace these ING LIFE. aar the ISnd. broken ones, there is less reluctance in our mind? to approach the end. The mere act of dying is one that seldom affrights a reasonable being, and it is rarely that a death-bed soene is otherwise than peaceful and sol emn. Whctever terrors it may have had for the imagination when it was remote and uncertain, when death is inevitable human nature seems to summon all its courage and dignity to meet it calmly. The child, the youth, vigorous manhood, old age, thc great est sinner, or the purest saint, all meet it bravely, even when conscious ness remains to the last, some of them upheld by^a firm faith in God, others by the stoicism that will not yield to fear. But in the majority of deaths we believe the. mind is so dulled by illness that it does not fully realize that the end has come. Wi en comparing life to a journey we spoke of the anxiety that naturally comes to one, as ho draws neal his destination, concerning the value of the credentials he is oarrying with him into that new plaoe. In the same way as we draw near death we oannot but think at times of what awaits as beyond the grave, and question our selves as to the reasonableness of our hope that we may win eternal life. The man who has led a comparatively moral and upright life too often flat ters himself that upon tbis ground he may expect that his existenoe will be ; extended throughout eternity; ignor ing the fact that-either wilfully or through ignorance of the truth-that , nothing we can do is sufficient to in sure a gift which is only to be won through faith in God and our Saviour. Time and sgsis the Bible tells in ; nearly the same words that it is only by such faith eternal life is secured ; then all our works are but a* thank offerings laid on the altar out of grati tude for all that has been done for us. ?s a rule the good works we regard with so much self-satisfaction, and upon which we build our hope of Heaven, have not been done because they were pleasing to God, but be cause we were naturally upright, pure minded and charitable, and it was pleasant to ourselves t do such deeds. Speaking to a nation that depended too much on works the Prophet Isaiah said: "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," and .strong as the term is; it is none too strong to de scribe the poor, pitiful little acts that we dare to think should entitle us to immortality. - Charleston Sunday News. Negroes Don't Migrate. There were 6,500,000 colored per sons in the United States in 1880, 7,500,000 in 1890, and 8,800,000 in 1900. A general movement of oolored inhabitants from one State to another or from one seotion of the country to another, due to economic, politioal or hygienic reasons, has been declared to be in progress at intervals of two cr three years since the close of the civil war. But the figures of each succeeding census prove that the oolored popula tion of the United States is by no means migratory; it ohanges little year by year except as the result of the or dinary inorease in population. Vari ous ambitious projects of leaders to oolonize certain States have failed en tirely. _ Corea Rheumatism *?d Catarrh-Hedi* oise sent Free. Send no money-simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex ! pense. Botanio Blood Balm (B. B. B.) kills or destroys the poison in tho blood whioh oauses tho awful aohes in back and shoulder blades, shifting pains, difficulty io moving fingers, toes or legs, bone pains, swollen muscles and joints of rheumatism, or the foul breath, hawking, spitting, droppings in ybroat, bad hearing, specks flying before the eyes, all played out feeling of catarrh. Botanio Blood Balm has cured hundred of cases of 30 or 40 years standing after doctors, hot springs and patent medicines had all failed. Moot of these cured patients had taken Blood Balm as a last resort, ?i ia especially advised for chronic, deep seated cases. Impossible for any one to suffer the agonies or symptoms of rheumatism or catarrh while or after taking Blood Balm. It makes the blood pure and rioh, thereby giv ing * healthy blood supply. ' Cures are pbrmsment and not a patching up. Sold at drug stores, $1 per large bot tle. Sample of Botanic Blood Balm free and prepaid, also sp?cial, medical advice by describing your, trou ble and witing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. A personal trial of Blood Balm is better than a thousand printed testimonials, so write at once Sold in Anderson by Orr Gray Drug Co., WUhito & Wiihito and Evans Pharmacy. / ' _ - In dealing with women the wise man will back a pearl necklace against all the logic of the ages. - The eight muscles of .the haman jaw exert a force of about BOO pounds. The Mourning for Moses. Oar re ce at studies in tho Sabbath sehool hare brought fresh to miad the chief events io the life of Moses, j Under trials whioh few, if any, have ever faced he was faithful to God and true to Israel. Bearing without cont" plaint their murmurings and threats, interceding with God for them when they sinned, teaching them the way of truth and life, their general, their judge their prophet, their leader, for forty years he had borne thorn on his heart. And at his death Israel sus pended their march md mourned for him thirty days. He deserved to be honored thus if ever man did. And how they spoke of his noble life I One would speak of his fear lessness in the face of langer; an other of his uprightness ss a judge; another of his love for the people and his patienco and meekness; an other still of how he had been hon ored of Jehovah as a friend with whom He talked face to faoe. "Greater and more honored of God than even our father Abraham." "The world has never seen his like before. O, that we might see his faoe again." Frequent no doubt were such excla mations during those thirty days. But the mind turns baok. With deep grief they mourned for Moses now that he was dead, but how had they treated him while living! When they had no water they murmured against Mos CB. When they were in need of bread they murmured against Moses. It was Moses who was blam ed because they didn't have the onions and garlic and flesh pots of Egypt out there in the wilderness. When the spies brought baok an evil re port about the land, it was Moses they went about to stone. All the hard ships of that journey through the wilderness were oharged against him. Murmuring, murmuring his ears were accustomed to hear. There were Joshua and Caleb true and loyal. A few others perhaps who grieved his heart but seldom. But from Israel as a body he received but few tokens of esteem and confidence, and heard but few words of encouragement and praise. So it seems from th? record. These things were kept for the day of mourning, A picture of human nature. A bit of history repeated over and over again in many communities, in many homes. Perhaps it is some pa tient,'self-denying wife and mother. Many are the wishes that are carried to her. She sees frownB and hears complaints when they are not grat ified, but only silence when they are. Living an unselfish life, not minis tered unto but ministering until the eyes are olosed and the hands folded in death. Then, suddenly, the veil is lifted, her excellencies are discover ed, loving tears are shed, and the grave covered with flowers. Perhaps it is some toiling father, anxious that his children have all possible advan tages in life and enjoy its comforts. What he provides they enjoy, not with grateful loving hearts but rather with a selfish longing for more. He grows accustomed to it and expects nothing ehe, but after a while he is given his full m easer* a love and praise-in the days of mourding. Or it may be some true hearted son or danghter, brother or sister, speaking words of cheer, doing deeds of help fulness and kindness-so common that they aro taken as a matter of course, like the air and the sunshine, with no thought of appreciation or return nntil it is forever too late. We believe in proper honors for the dead, but let not all the flowers be kept for the grave. Let not all the words of appreciation and esteem be saved for the days of mourning. Use some of your precious ointment of love and tenderness before the hearf is still in death. Thirty days of mourning were a poor atonement for for forty years of murmuring.-A. R. Presbyterian. Stops the Cough and Werkt off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets oure a cold in one day. No cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents. Don* ts for Mother? pf Baye. Don't keep nagging your boy. Don't treat your boy as a hardened criminal if you discover him in sin. Don't forget that if you make your boy think he is going to the devil he won't be likely to dit appoint you, but by treating him like a gentleman you Will do much toward making him one. Don't make his room a sort of junk shop for all the odd? and ends of fur niture too shabby or old-fashioned to be used anywhere else in the house. - Forty-eight kinds of house fly have been classified by naturalists. - The most valuable by-product produoed on the farm is tho skim milk. - JameB A. Booty, an American citizen sojourning ia Brazil, has made a discovery whioh is a revelation to the Brazilians regarding thejresouroes of their own forests. He has found a tree called balata, growing near Para and for thousands of n?'4s. along the Amasen river, the julee of whioh promises to rival rubber in the world's markots. "??* t?s? QOLD BUST twins do your work.? This would be a cleaner, brighter world if 4 every housekeeper used GOLD DUST It Muitfpifes-your pleasures; Divides-your efforts; Subtracts-from your cares; Adds to your life. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Chicago. New York. Hilton. St. Louis.-Maker* of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. I GROWING! WE have enlarged our Store room and added lo our (Stove aud Tin huei ness GLASS and CROCKERY, and would be pleueed to have ynu call aud inspect GoodB aid get price*. We sell the beet Cook Stovis, Ranges and Heaters on the market. Would call special attention to the Air Tight Wood Burner. It will burn knots, chunks, chips, corn cobs, roots, trash of any kind, and gives the greatest amount of] beat with less fuel than any Stove in ex* ietence. Bgfc, We contract for Roofing, Gut tering, Plumbing and Electric Wiring. Yours for business, ARCHER & NORRBS. Growers TAKE NOTICE. Do not Fail to try our Specially Prepared 8 1-2 2-2 Petrified Bone Fertilizers for Grain. We have all grades of Ammoniated Fertil izers and Acid Phosphates, also Kainit, Ni trate of Soda and Muriate of Potash; all put lip in new hags; thoroughly pulverized, and no hotter can he found in the market. Ve shall he pleased to have your order. ANDERSON PHOSPHATE &ND OIL CO. $&Udm????Gr maQ SS Matt to C. J. MOFFETT, M. C 8T. LOUIS. MO. Cy"Vrr ff wi &kii~a-**? ATLAKTA, GC, NOT. 19. \ooo. Vf ? ti'*.?* han?lmA T>r Moff?U'o TEHTHIKA ?T*eUUn? Powd?ri) wrer sine? lu Amt introduction to tho pnolM KrtasTol&m*^ counteract* th. ifftetl o? th. .aram?', fe* toa or orercome. IO qohmlr th. trouble ^"??^?R^m OBUO co.. Who!.?l. Dro?UU. I AUB LIMEIS I WE Uve prepared for Hard Times by buying the LARGEST Stock of FURNITURE Ever in Anderson, and have bought at Hard Tiroes Prices. There will be no Hard Times for you when you buy from UB, for we have the prices lower than you have ever heard of them be fore, and you can now buy two dol ?ais worth of Furniture for one. Come to see us and we will convince you of the fact that you can SAVE money hy buying any price of Furni ture from us. LARGEST STOCK? LOWEST PRICES, BEST GOODS. G. F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street. UNDERTAKING and EMBALMING. BLACKSMITH AND WOODWORK SHOPS ! THE undersigned, having succeeded to the business of Frank Johnson & Co., will continue it at the old stand, and solicits the patronage of the public. Repairing and Repainting promptly executed. We make a specialty cf "Goodyear," Rubber and Steel Horse Shoeing General Blacksmith and Woodwork. Only experienced and skilled workmen employed. We have now ready for sale Home-made, Hand-made Farm Wagon I.that we especially invite your attention to. I We put on Goodyear Rubber Tires. Yours for business Church Street, Opposite Jail. JV P. TODD. Nothing gives us such genuine pleasure as to offer to our Customers One Hundred Cents worth of Value for every Dollar ! WE make just as good a profit on au article that is worth the money as wo do on one that is not worth carrying home. Tho first makes U3 friends and new customers, while the last keeps us continually in hot water. For this reason, in buying our ?EW STOCK OF DRESS GOODS and SHOES, We left off the usual side lino of "shoddies" and bought only the very best quality of Goods for the price. For instance, our long experience in Shoe Buying and Shoo Selling taught us just what our best trade demanded in Shoes, and we bought aooord ingly, so that we arc enabled to offer tho Newest, Best, most Substautial and Shapely line of Ladies and Gentlemen's Shoes Ever brought to this market. Wc havo an cxcollent combina tion Brogan and Dress Shoe for men that wo offer for $1.75 that can't be duplicated elsewhere for $2.00. We have a Lace Wa ter Proof Calf, half boot, for $2.00 that makes us friends every day. We have a most comfortable heavy Kangaroo Man's Calf lined, that is as full of value at $1.50 as it is full of solid leath er. Our Stook of Women's Shoes is equally as varied and com plete as the men's, and we confidently offer them to tho trade aa honest, well-made goods. We have recently added to our Stock a handsome lino of TRUNKS, From a oheap packer to tho best $5.00 Trunk. Prospective brides and grooms, and young ladies and gentlemen starting to College, will observo that goods-boxes havo gone out of dato since our new prices on Trunks went into effect, and that tho style now is one of Dean & Ratliffo's Trunks. Speaking of style, there never was a time since the foundation of the world when DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR Wasn't in style. It is still in style, and tho people just cry for it. Any one who doubts it can sec for himself by watohing whero all the wagons load. The people will havo our stuff, and that's what makes us the busiest Store in town. DEAN & RATLIFFE, THE HOTTEST OF THE HOT. Why Not Give Your Honed a Coat of MASTIC PAINT ? You can put it on yourself-it is already mixed-and to paint your house would not cost you more than.- - - - - F*ive or ?ix Dollars! SOLD BY Orr-Gray & Co. HOME SEEKER EXCURSION RATES VIA. The Western and Atlantic Railway and Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railway, To points in Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Missouri. 8olid vesti buled trains between Atlanta and Memphis. Only one change of cars to piincipal western cities. Very low rates to all points North, Northwest and WeBt. Best service and quickest time via the Scenic Battlefield Route. For schedules, rates, maps or any information, write JOHN E. SATTERFIELD, Traveling Passenger Agent, No. 1 Brown Building, Atlanta, Ga. Sept IO. 1902_12 _ Gm ?-? ? S M 0 5 2 2 S a 5 C 2 ggfs 25 ?S .sgs * i r-r-i CELEBRATED Acme Faint and Cement Cure Specially used on Tin Hoofs and Iron Work of any kind. ?Tor sale by ACME PAINT & CEMENTtm Reference : F. B. GRAYTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson} S. C.