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'{JncleWalfe xSiori/v^-& k ?jL, Sip gay old men II(QAM J AG WAY was trying to be O funny, this morning," related Jie horse doctor. "He saw some boys rarning handsprings, and undertook 50 show them how the trick used to be done in the halcyon days, and the doc*0 r s a ys b e HI. fflll than he was forty N .. years ago," com? V ^ men ted the village 8iWays being! tempted to do some Idiotic thing, and i J^fcbave to suppress such impulses with mailed fist It's all the outcome of ^ranltv. A man hates to admit that he's a back number. He wants to j assure the plain people that, notwltb- ; standing bis gray whiskers and string- | I halted legs, he's a four-horse team vrith a dog under the wagon, when it comes to athletic skill. was In the livery barn the other evening, when young Fretslnger began explaining that he had been taking boxing lessons from one of the old masters. He had learned all the tricks of the game, and was just suf- ] faring agonies because there was no- j body pres?it who would stand up and j exchange scientific swats with him. "In my younger days, if I do say it j myself, I was a star performer in j the ordinary knook-down-and-drng-out j form of combat, but I never was worth shucks at boxing. Nobody knows that better than I do. Why, then, did I inform Pretsinger that I would be glad to spar a few rounds with him? It surely was vanity and nothing else. T had an Idea that, wnue ne migni 4 have plenty of the fancy stuff on , hand. 1 might land one of my old-time haymakers; in whioh case 1 felt sure the town would soon ho ringing with j the story of sd old man's prowess. * "So I took off my long jimswlnger coat, and my vest, and stood up for battle. If anybody tells yon. my i ^ Mends, that Fretslnger doesn't know wfeld his hands, you may re- i |ng IlSIL P I Splem i % ' ^ ? j,| Sift I KINGSTREE $ jfewmmfHHHMtffi garn me story as a roorback. T never saw fists so numerous as on that occasion. I couldn't see anything else for a while, and they landed on me in many unexpected places, and I don't remember a time when 1 was so embarrassed. "Fretsinger explained afterward that ho merely tapped me gently because I was a vere rahle man. old enough to be his grandfather. In that case 1 never want to" become involved in an argument with bun when he Is in earnest. I had a black eye for a week after this recital, and my nose ha- never sa*' -fied me since. Fvcry !'i e I came downtown. I had to < xplnin to a thousand people that I blackened rny eye while splitting kindling, or that I dropped a sad-iron on It There is nothing more humiliating ban a hlnck eye. and T made up my mint! that I'd try to realize my advanced age thereafter, and behave my :-;elf like a grave and reverend man. "But no sooner hud my eye recovered than I was in trouble again. I saw some young men wrestling, and paused to point out that they didn't know the rudiments of the game. I assured them that in my younger days 1 was a holv terror, and I didn't think that my hand had lost its cunning. It would afford me genuine happiness, I said, to show them how wrestling was done in the palmy days of Muldoon and Whistler. "So 1 removed my coat and vest and went into executive session with a husky yonng man who had no respect for gray hairs. I am not sure about what followed, but I think he must have thrown me over his head. Anyhow. I made a great dent in the earth with my person, and 1 was so sore for two weeks that I had to take myself around in a wheelbarrow. Of course. I am determined to make no more bad breaks of the bind, bnt I haven't much confidence in myself, and tomorrow you may see me climbing a tree half a mile high, tc show some boys how to rob birds' nests." Economy. "Here is a fine tonic which will quickly bring back your husband's ap petite." "Pear me, doctor. I've been getting along so fine with my market money since he lost his appetite."?Boston Transcript. The Compromise. 'iw?es your wife object to your playing golf?" "No. we've made a compromise." "That so?" "Yep. She's perfectly willing to have me play the game, but she insists on my not talking about it after I get home." o Everything in Baggett's Store is offered at reduced prices, preparatory to movirlg January, 1st V EjM\V did Line at Pric< /criaai > -J H wJ Twins Strangely Linked. Albert Grierson and Walter Grierson, St. Louis twins, were members of tbe same company, and each wore a small diamond ring ;in?l a watch and chain In France. Albert l"<t the stone of his rinp and a few days later Wal- i ter lost the stone of his-. Then Albert i lost his watch and chain and soon af- | rerward Walter's disappeared. Then j Albert was wounded and Walter fol- j lowed suit. And now they Intend to i marry 'win sisters. Geraldine and i Blendine Smnlley of Sheldon, 111.?Indianapolls News. j ?. All Depends. "Cnn TO, 1 onnnort mv dnxmhter In I the style site's been accustomed to?" asked the father of the young man j who sought his daughter in marriage. ; "Well." replied the young man 1 thoughtfully, "is she strong for a $500 baby grand piano or a $5 talking machine?" A Good Wish. Candidate?Election day is also my birthday. Friend?Good! I hope you will have many happy returns. o WcH. It's a Fire Phrcs.'. If lie v.ere aware ot the phrase the pursuing motorcycle cop might inform you some rime, as he drew alongside, that the race is not always to tha Fwlft.?Mohawk Messenger. o Feminine inconsistency U by is it that the girl who wont even lei a mart <it on the same sofa with t r>r> win mm rum m-i a strangle hold <itt her mi a danit* floor and squtw/.i- Iht until you can't tell the corset ribs from the other kind??Florida Times-TTninn Just received, a carload of Red Rust Proof Seed Oats. Nesmith-Flowers Co., Kingstree, S. C. 11 -4-tf. Rub-My-Tism cures bruises, cuts, bums, sores, etc. Cora-Fed Hots Wanted. I will pay highest market prices fov corn-fed hogs. See me before selling. H. A. Miller, Proprietor People's Market 9-23-tf. 666 breaks a cold quicker than any remedy we know. flASnT.T? aVSTTTFVTS Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Comput; ing Scales, Floor Scales, Show Cases, Account Registers, Rebuilt Cash Registers, Safes, Store Fixtures. ' THE HAMILTON SALES CO., Columbia, S. 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