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LEAP YEAR EPISODE. Can I forget that winter night In eighteen eighty-four, When Nellie, charming litWle p1: Came tapping at the door?,**' "Qood-evening, rpliss," 1 blui For in my hcart I knlv - And knowing, hting to t That Nellie came to W, Sh e clasped my big red ht ic iaij Adown upon her knees, And cried: "You know I love you well, So be my husband, please !" And then she swore she'd ever he A tender wife and true Ah, what delight it was to me That Nellie cane to woo ! She'd lace my shoes and darn mv hose And n(end my shirts, she said, And grease my comely Roman nose Each night on going to bed ; She'd build the fires and fetch t he coal, And split the kindling too. Love's perjuries o'erwhelmed her soul When Nellie cane to woo. And as I, blushing, gave no cheek 1 To her advances rash, She twined her arms about my ieck, And toyedl with 1m13' mflustaeble; And then site pleaded for a kiss, While I-- what could I do Ilt coyly yield to that bliss When Nellie came to woo? 4 I am engaged, and proudly wear A gorgeous diamond ring, And I shall wed my lover fai Some tine in gentle spring. I face my doom without a sigh And so, forsooth, woil you, If you but loved as fond as I, And Nellie caine to woo. - Chicago N -. -A few eveniings ago Richard Val entine, a well-to-do fai mer' of North IIempstead, Long Island. called at the housie- of a friend. Miss Annie Jack son. a cousi of the ho 'ess, renMrked to Mr. Valentine that it was leap-year, and that. if a young idlay asked him to marry her he would have to do- it or bumy lher a new dlress. ie said that was ight, and she then "'popped the quies ion."' 1ie touight it was btter to tmarry tirst and( then bu hy thle (dress after ward, so ha told1 her to pu't on her Iitings and1 comte. Thny drove to Rlos lyni, andt~ were marred the same even ing. 'I!Tohe rdegroom is a man of wealth, and( it. is getnerally conceeded LAoJ( OUT IFon{ lITM.--A fellowv has beenm swindling (the farmiers of 'Meck lenhburg - o., N. C., by sellir g t hem "farmt rights"' for' uing what. lie ca:tll " Soullit hrnFet ilizer."' For $2 hte gives. A re!cipe for miaking the a't mll'. A ch'nm ist hias 'earethly analyzeil the .com If thme fellow gelt a m'ontg tho farmewrs of Pickeuns tey shoul makle himt htinkl a li)tti dlog Was aft er' him. -A superstitions subscriber, found a spider in the copy~ of his paper,. anid wrote to know if it is consklie4red'ai bad3 omn41. Nothlinig of thme kintd ; t he spi der was muerely looking over thme col umns of the paper to see n hat mner.. chanit was, not advertising, so that he "0ould spint his web) across the st ore door MA. EWORS AAND N ALD), Prop'r. >f a11 kimis of Ma t mGasting-s made ne h oI(Isonk Ierr ca pat ;1alsoIt h wh Iichl I canI tit t o tIn I ier Tiv. *afesta a.i sII plest fi mea Of i bncing wvater wh to a bInfieanIortioi' 'Ierfully fu1nit swi on. pp ap ict ion. I have onl hal Steam Ganue. Valves and Steam Pipes of all szs My stock is first-class awl from the( Write for price.N R. -M. M A CDoN. 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S Respect flly o u rs Dec 21ni E.". Algrood. Leading Drug Store, F. A. WAlTER, PROPRIETOR-, Corl, fain auri Washington stx.t G . R 0 ENVIsLLE . S. C. P r wus. Medicin e, alin e. Oils. L Dyel 1:( Stu. Toet aurtilest hatent medictinsle et frandis Cof Setgars lite anehd tentvlrkwt ~Lu eit iladucmeni tots b forparons. Orillieof fo iesn t cano breenville, s we lieles fo or wife husbad,7seeSt Beart hl or riend ad alk at hot (om rice so.rDn'it fi go givemea 11Fcaaltn youl ae sure ogdet apy ie a m og WAet fochs Countywe oi 1h)lebraPted(~lC e 2 1. A.COOk t. I)FAl.EHr [N SC> VEJOm .. 1J~N ' Wi l P F'IRN IS II NG ;0Ds, &C., &C s C. Excelsior Cook Sto e ) fore y OU b'iy el -e w h er. 2i 're i/d J/01'(se Il'er /ingill Goods aet s /trterlOp rice.g. T I W A.114.4 a,. Nov 30-ly Y ews and Coulrieri Cl1ARlJSTI'ON. S. C. ) ily $10 a year ; Weekily $2 ay 'he Leading Paper of the South- Earf 4?argest Circulation i the Cottoi States. .Jan11tf Furniture House, EASLEY, S. C. OME ONE, CO ME ALL NI) furni1ish your I Ises in c'egIut style for t.h( siumer wit b) a ia lin Of Biedste:a1., Mattressevs., 11n eau~ Af.a b S t('hairs Ito)kers. if Lan)delseap.e thromo4 ini 22x30) inch r:nnes~.(,( 1r. & c.. all ready I fo r hanig. uig on) the~t wVall. A iso, on hmnui. a 11ine ~f cabinet, lpromenaIde, panel and( calrd ize' photograph fi'rms, all ini:i ari~-t ic tylei. Alway~s (on bandl~ a full line of UNDIERTIAK ER'S SUPP~LI ES. 'as.kets and ( coflus,. all sizes anud st yies. 1urial 1(obesz for' (ach sex Xall1 qua)lit ies nd( prices. .Ready at all hours t () wait my~ style', and( whIeni so d1es.ired, wvill he rinnned andt shipped' to an~y poinit on1 ta ilroaii free of' ex t raL cha rge. olicitinI g y'ouri fther pa trioniage, I am11 Respectfully yVourIs, A. M. RUJNION' feb S-8m THE COTTO.N @LA.NT, An 8-page 40-coluumn Agiculturail lournal, the only paper in South Car >lina published exclu.sirely in the inter 'st of the Farmer and Manufacturer. L'he best and cheapest Agricultural aper In the South. ONLV 6, OENT14 A YEA. L'he offlebl4 organ of the State Grange. Endorsed by the leading eitizens8 of he State, and~ by the best farmers In he State and the South. Send postal or s'pecimnen copies for yourself and 'our neighbors. Address, W. J. MCKERA LL, Marion, S. C. -Subscribe for THE Mu~smanni . SEWTNA(MA N]NP THE MOST POPULAR *OF* AL.e---- U SEWINE MAEHINW1 18 t e f 4HNINN HAS m AS E:QUAL AiNDLEYS K o. ep L7ST ' 7\ LI FETI M E C. SURPASSES VOTHERS 30 UNION SQ.NEW YORK CHICAQO ILL. e- -ma C- 0 RANGE MA3 S. J. T. ARNOLD, AGEIN'T POr the Couvntiem of' Poit-kengi, Oconec and part ot Anderson Will furnish Needles f'or all Machines, and xill kinds of Sewing M~achine Supplies. I will a so Repair ~Ia chines. Any work ~eft at the store of Hud 7ens & IHUdgenls will r'eceive prompt atten ~ion.. A suppl~y of Needles~ a n d Oil will be (founrd at the s'amre place. Feh8..tf