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H1HF! T 1704 and 1706 MAIN ST. Falland V\ ^ Dry Goods, Not and Boys, Ladies' Squares and Rug: We invite our fi / J\ V^fl fnn anH thp siirrni Bbia see us for y are prepared to sa stock. We never or cheaper. Notice we preps wards to your ne; will pay half your [ of 50 miles, provit r $30.00, and at the same time to see us for your wants. Ladies' Suits from $10.00 t< Millinery this fall. Grand va $18.00. A big assortment of We guarantee everything \ LOWEST PRICE. tA strong blast, wit! BUFF/ The ideal po r-fv i imdi a tppi 1\ VV4yWi?U#M* WW * M > Time to Soi Now is the time to sow Fall want. We have good Seeds?Se We have a big stock and can fill < i i Early Winter and Oats, Winter Rye Essex Rape, Seei , Seed, Grass Se* We also have about four car bushels of APPLER OATS ai RUST PROOF OATS whicL WRITE Ft Lorick & Lo ' COLUME ITh?s beautiful soi made for service, k g our Lexington ?rssnc5j 1 The Lien F & Ask for Catalogui lectors. Pipes. Valves and Fittings, Light S Cane Mills in stock. LOMBARD II COMPANY, Aususta, Get. ?. HREE-ABCH STORE 1 COLUMBIA, S. C /inter Wear * ions, Clothing for Men, Youths Tailored Suits, Millinery, Art F riends and patrons from Lexing- A mding counties when in Colum X_ u u..,.:? \\Tr> our warns ueiuru uuymg. wc ive you money from this big had a better stock to show you I( ty all orders from $4.00 and up 4 arest express office. Also we a railroad fare within a distance u ling your purchane amounts to buying at the lowest price. Cal ? 3 $27.50. A grand display of * lues in Men's Clothing, $5.00 to Boys' Suits, $1.50 to $5.00. g ve sell to be GOOD and at the p a i little effort, can be procured with a b iLO 625 FORGE I rtable forge for outdoor work a ' It V. rite for pncea Y CO., Columbia, S. C. f, n Fall Seeds : b Seeds. Let us sell you what you eds that will reap a big harvest. h o orders of any size of a fl ? Hairy Vetch, Seed ,e : and Barley, Dwarf d Wheat, Clover ed, Onion Sets. loads of WESTERN OATS, 2,000 id 1,000 bushels of CAROLINA i we are selling at close prices. 3R PRICES iwrance, Inc. HA, S. C. ? i < , iColumbia, S. C. | j 1 ff, l E PA I RS ' fit I, RIBS, Bristle Twine, Babbit, &c., far any make ' n ENGINES, BOILERS and PRESSES j Kk Repairs for .same.' Shafti^RuUeys^ Beltiag, la? J. iow, Shingle, and lath Mills, Gasoline" ffngfnfes; RON WORKS AND SUPPLY M _ .. * t J MJIE FINDER {is Bricht Dream of Arctic Glory I Fades. IE IS STUMPED BY MRS. B. .nd Km to Listen to Some Wifely Advice About Proper Preparations For Piercing the Frozen North?A i Cell by Two Explorers. By M. QUAD, ropy right, 1900. by Associated Literary rraut-j MR. BOWSER was puffed up. He was chesty. He was pompous. Mrs. Bowser looted at { him across the din tier table nd feared the worst. His week was p. and he had developed a Dew crheuie. "Has?has anything happened at the j ffiee todayT she tremblingly asked fter awhile. "Oh. a trifling thing." he answered s he looked over her bead and swelld out bis chest. "But just what?" "Well, fifteen or twenty scientific entlemen organized a new arctic exlorhig club and elected nve president f it." | "You don't mean it!" "Mrs. Bowser. 1 never say what I on't mean. The honor surprises you. nt I can't say that It does me. 1 may 1 ay that I have been expecting some J ucb thing for the last two years. I m considered something of an author- i y on arctic matters, I believe." "But?but what do you know about ' hem? You may know winter from ! amtner here, but you cant possibly now anything of arctic conditions." "Madura, we will not 6iscuss the abject further." be said, with a wave f his hand. "But as your wife I should tike to ear all about it " Bowser Explains. Not another word could s she get, owever, until they bad finished diner and returned to the family room. Ir. Bowser ignored ber exlsteuce for' ' re ratootes aod tbeo condescended to iy: I -Perhaps ft may surprise you to saru that 1 bare posted mys&f oa evry expedition (bat bas ever searched ( BOWSXB PBACTICI.NO POLE SEEKING. )r the pole. I bare rend up on tbe 'nl*4 rv?^? 1 f-w 1 r*. v Ka/\I\ f/\ f KJV (9/ >/t u r>H iS&Jlllll?*. 1 un?f IWTU U' HIV CAAJ nuu I ?en the polar bears. i have can-it*! walrus tooth in u?y coat pocket for je last two years. Sis months before ( >r. Cook discovered the north poie I , redicted he would do it. Three loDtbs before Peary came out with ( Is news 1 predicted that he would be jccessful." , "You have kept these things very ulet from me." replied Mrs. Bowser j ) a hurf voice. "It you have rejnl up a the expeditions. Then tell me what j ear Sir John Franklin sailed from j upland?" ] "l>o*?'t worry me with foolish ques- j ons. As president of the Arctic Ex- l lurers' chib 1 must do a heap of . linking." , "Then tell me how far north Peary . Bhet rated o?> his sixth expedition." < Mr. Bowser waved her aside. "How far did the Greely party go?' ^ Another of the same waves. At Last Bowser Turns. i "Whom did you make the prediction 1 ) that Cook and Peary would lind ?lie nleV When you read of it in the pnE>rs you stomped around this room ad said it was all a bcax." 1 "Mrs. Bowser, do you know whom au are talking to?" he demanded as 5 p turned/at last, and the back of his eck grew red. 1 "Certainly i do. You are Samuel ' owser. and you are pie for everything * mt comes along. This explorers' club usiness Ls another hoax. You set up ir l>eer for all hands, didn't you. after *in?z elected V" "To me?such talk to me!" ho .uroan1 as lie strxxi and jrlnred at her. Mrs. Bowser. I now understand how wife can drive Iior husband to murivinp her. Sny no more lest 1 lose introl of myself." "In what degrw is the north pole hintedT she asked, paying no atteuon to his bloodcurdling threats. Silence on Mr. Bowser's part. i I "What has the tooth of a walrus ynt 1 > do with itr | ] More silence. I "if roti have r.atd nr. on tin4 RsUi j ? ' 1 <>s. what about them? Are they I.j11 i J dark? Are tiny dense or inteiil- ! ^ mt? Are they short or in!! 7" -T- I _ i _ . .i i I i uo i.e>o k vuu Awful 'sIIptk'c4 and awfn! glares on r. rov.s*ir's i>an. He \\ Is bed l.e bad nerec taken the president?/ ot the ' club, but It was too late now. "And, if you went to the boo and law an old polar bear moggiag around, what bas that to do with the north pole?" continued Mrs. Bowser as she looked him straight in the eyes. "Can you communicate with your lawyer by telephone the first thing in the morning?" be dually ftsked. "Aooui Givorce auu anuiouy: ies. i think 1 c&li. As president of the Arctic Explorers' club do you think ot going on au expedition to the north pole? If ao I want to get your shirts and socks ready." "Woman T* "It La quite on the cards that neither Cook nor Peary discovered the pole, but put up a job on the confiding puplie. Won^ the club want you to go and bring the pole home with you?" "Ajid she is talkiug to me?to Bowserr be gasped. Advice to the North Poio Findor. "You will probably start next spring, and you shouid begin to harden yourself up now. Begin tonight by sleeping with your feet out of bed. lomorrow morning [Hit on your summer clothes. Tomorrow night lie out in the buck yard with the buck of your neck on a cake of ice." Mr. Bowser couldn't say a word. He tried and tried and tried, but his toDgue wouldn't work. "And you want to begin on your diet." continued Mrs. Bowser in perfect good nature. "You will have to eat seal, musk ox. whale blubber, and so on. Better get a can of lard and some rusty salt pork and have your appetite all ready." Mr. Bowser closed bis eyes and wondered if it was ail a dreum. "There is ice up at tbo north poloplenty of ice. If you are going there to pick daisies you will be disappointed. Bang a round our refrigerator as much as you can and get used to ice," "By t bunder, wotnnu. this is not to be borne.'" suddenly shouted Mr. Bowser as be emerged from bis trance. More Conjugal Advice. "And you'll bit re to make use of dogs and sleds up there, you know. 1 think you'd better get a couple of dogs and sleds and begin practicing in the back yard as soon as snow comes. It may take you months to learn to ftrlreL* Mr. Bowser sank back into bis helpless state again. "And there's the arctic night, you know. !t*s sis months long. They say ft strikes an amateur as uncanny. Why floot you sit up In the dork garret about four Dights out of secen (bis winter?" Human nature could stood no more. Mr. Bowser walked down tbe bail and donned his overcoat and hat and ptooged out into the night, it was not an arctic night. It was just a common. erery night night. Tbe stars shone, the winds moaned, and tbe oW woman selling two lead peoctts for a Dick el was just passing tbe gate. The president of rbe explorers' club mode bis way to tbe drug store, hoping tor consolation, but the druggist was busy with a preacription and could only say: "Well. Bowser, anything new?' "Tbe north pole, you know." "You let It alone. Go out and flisnr*rram n irrtrtA?hllrt: -If mil Q'AOt fiVHK*." CaJI by the Explorers. Mr. Bowser then took a we{fc around the block to figure out bow.^be could crash Mrs. Bowser, and wbetf.be irnbed his owu gate again be saw two men oo the steps and Mrs. Bowser talking to thenn. The men were muffled up otM they looked like sukiil haystacks. As he reached the steps Mrs. Bowser said: "Mr. Bowser, here are two members Pnxu your explorers' club. They have [ ailed to- inquire about arctic cooditiofis lu this neighborhood." "Misber Bowsliec, it's cold." said [me as he turned. "Yeslu Bowstiec, awful cold." added the other. "And what in bkizee do you want here?" thundered the president. "Beer. P.owsJier?beor!" "Beer. Bows-tier? beerr* Mrs. Bowser was the only living witness <?t what followed, and she will never be ciear as to how Mr. Bowser those two explorers over the tence | ind ran them two blocks down the street. All she remembers is that when be returned milling aiMi Wotting ?be asked: "Did you reach the ninetieth decree ?" "None of your business!" be growled is he passed upstairs to sit and sulk rill time to "o to bed. Spotted. "I'll bet that is an eloping couple in rbe rear car." said the conductor. "Why do you think so?" queried the niburu coinplexioned braketnau. "Because.", explained the ticket luncher. "tbey haven't got that hunted ook as if a tuob armed with rice and >ld shoes was chasing them."?Chicago Sews. Keeps Mer Guspicions. "Mrs. Closeperiny has lots of trouble J with her laundry." "Is tbat rightV" "Yes. 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