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Her Great Question. This desire to uplift the sisterhood has many drawbacks and discouragements. Mrs. Lysander John Appieton recently conducted such a meeting. She spoke of the blind groping of her sisters for higher ideals and the troubled questions "that obtruded themselves upon their subconsciousness all through the /day and night. "I would like to hear from you," she said. "Perhaps in your yearning for a solution of the problems that confront you I may be able to help you. Mrs. Boogs, tell us what is the great -question of your life." Mrs. Boogs rose, pale and trembling. "It is this," she said: "What shall I get for the next meal?"?Atchison Globe. ' . * > . A Delicate Proposal. A Scotchman who had survived three wives and who had a fourth in contemplation decided upon a delicate method of proposing to the latest object of his affections. Accordingly he took her to walk one afternoon, and before she realized where ai t? f Arvfl t Ar* /I A/-1 t Jt? O . n:cu icuuru ?i rived at the graveyard where his lost loves lay buried. Standing before the three tombstones, he said: "There lies Jeannie, there lies Grissel, there lies Maggie, and," he ' added, pointing to the nest vacant apace aDd taking her hand tenderly, "how wad you like to lie there?" ?v ~ I \ Asking Too Much. The mother of little six-year-old Mary bad told her a number of times UOt.to hitch her sled to passing sleighs, feeling that it was a dangerous practice. It was such a fascinating sport, however, that Mary could not resist and one day her mother saw her go skimming past the house behird a farmer's bob. 4 When she came in from play she was taken to task, her mother saying Severely: "Mary. haven't I told you tint yon most not hitch on to hobs? Besides, you know it is against the tow." ..Mary tossed her head. "Oh." she aid. "don't tail: to me about the law! It's all I can do 10 keep the Ten Comtoand meats!"?Woman's Home Companion. V J. 1 Don't Mention It. * Tfce politest tnau in Boston collided violently with another man on the street. The second man was angry. 'My dear sir." said the polite one. with a J&dw. *T don't know which of us is to> blame for this encounter. If I ran into you I beg your pardon; it you ran info me don't mention It "?Success Magazine. n if? n ElfcM ? waiifiiH PUP' ,M tft i*I ;(r mi > i < ' 1W* > > * * 1b i < Bp I I jffil j HE 1 ^ '' i * :: ,i 1 m I I j *1 N 11 *& ^ ' If'] Etmm ||? JE^3t\ ^ 1.1. ^A a"^>'* /C^~ Buried Where He Fell. Beneath the rock upon which he fell from the 500 foot plunge in his "home-made" aeroplane Saturday, the body of Walter Archer, the 17year-old inventor, was buried by his parents at Salida, Col., on Saturday, and on the grave they burned what was left of the wrecked machine. The burial of the lad at the spot where he met death was in accordance with his own wishes, expressed to his mother a few days before the accident. f? Trespass Notice. The law will be enforced against any one hunting, going on, or walking through the premises of the estate of ? /lanacrnr? xriHinnf. TIOT* O* X" # YT iJLX^CUU) UWVOOV/VV?V?*vmv ^-w? mission from some of the heirs. J. J. WINGARD, 4wl0 Executor. Ramon'9 Liver Pills at 25c a box at Harman's Bazaar. - I8BHMB?B? BBBMBHSSgg g CHRISTEAS PIANO' AND OR- f GAN BARGAINS. | Write Us it Once | If You Want to Pro I sent Your Wife and 8 Children With a (food I (Piano or Organ for a I Christmas Treasure 8 ? Good Upright Pianos I ? 17 QK iit> I J I'UliV ivy. wwuw h ! Organs from $55 to I $75 ] When you get a piano I or an organ from this I Ihause you t a\ h e n o I chances. TERMS TO 1 SUIT THE JJUYER g Don't delay, for only | a jew weeks till Christ- 1 mas. jJddrcss 1 HE'S II HOUSE 14 2? Mam St Columbia, S. C. 1 ESS nr. luiuiuntn . ' . i / * \ A CAR LOAI yO be plete 1 OllUCd, 1 Stoves Soecial j Nuts, . V r i yw'TV1 iP^P'y/y * !V m> m" __ A ifc A i l ikt> <4 torn. 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Motions, Gents Furnishings, Suit Cas trices on Fruits, Apples, Oranges, Bang Candies, etc, in box lots or at Wholes U. M. VA/INGJ i i" W 1 " WW LEXINGTON^ SOUTI ?W~~V ?^v^vw* 4P ^ n Him i - - fta ddfr?~?... *m mwn mhk , Jli _ aaaBauotJ ** *** *pTtirmnnrr>*"|' ^'m i. . /m . ??? u ? a. rrvM3 1 visit every home this sea- S ys and handsome presents. aQ pL Si ; at the BAZAAR where ||| lvited to call and make sel~ t?S *r made at Lexington. It is a treat to t|f not. Come and look before buying. J|r TM Thie Stnrlr Yrm PtnH P.vprvthina in A This Line, Dolls, Toys, Books, China, WM Glass, Valuable Presents, Useful Articles, VgT Soffit? And a Complete Stock of All Goods in This Line. This is the Most Complete vs: "&!rw Stock in the County, Come and See it ? | | Whether you Buy or Not. m 1 kinds, fruits, nuts, raisins, cakes and Jsjr all kinds. Come, see and compare jM )u will be convinced that you ? ere. We will certainly ap- . >ur trade and will treat you Fro 'S BAZAAR - - - - SOUTH CABOLINA. 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