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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-06
By Maud walker.1

Little Junie was five years old. She was the baby of the family, her sisters and brothers all being older than she. Her home was on big farm two miles from town. It was not often that little Junie got to go to the town, for her mamma was a very busy woman, looking after her household, the chickens, calves and dairy, and found it difficult to leave hene v~ry often So the older brothers and ssters-two of each-attended to the business of shopping in the big stores Lat abounded in Pearsyille, the busy county seat. And the big brothers and sisters also attended the Pearsyllle school which took them from home all day, be- ginning With Monal hloiA1ns aL4 ea1 ing on Friday evening
 Though little Junie had much with which to occupy her mind and pretty dimpled hands all day long she felt lonely when "bruver Tom an Flank an siser Nell an Min were away; and It was the supreme hour of the day for the little tot when Tom, Frank, Nell and Minnie were seen descending the long slope that led into the beautiful valley farm where ln the bay window of the big, comfortable farm house little Junie was watching for them. And if the weather was not too severe her mamma would wrap her up and allow her to meet the big brothers and ss- ters halfway up the lane which led 10 the main road, quarter of a mile away.
 These meetings were full of delight
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Matilda of Scotland, queen of Henry l. of England, was a descendant of Alfred the Great. She was born about the year 1079, but the exact date is not recorded. No other Scottish princess has ever shared the throne of a king of England. She was known as Matilda the Good, inheritlng her noble-as well as royal-motherss pious and charitable nature.
 While quite yorDg the Princess Matilda and her noble saster and brothers were left orphans. Al uncle took them to Eng land, caring for them at his own expense. The two princesses were placed In the nunnery of >Romsey where their aunt, Christina, was the abbess. Here they re- mained many years, becoming well edu- cated and trained In the gentlest and highest manners as became princesses Of their blood. For a time 1t was thought they would become nuns, for they had no home to go to on leaving the convent.
 But the thought of becoming a re- ligleuse was most djstasteful to Matilda. Once when she was a little girl her mother-who secretly hoped her daugh- ters might become cloistered nups-put upon her head black veil, after the fashion of a nun. Matilda's father, the king. became angered at the sight of hls daughter in such garb and, snatching the veil from her head. tore 1t Into shreds, declaring vehemently that he intended to bestow her hand in marriage and not devote her to a cloister."
 This act of her father made deep and lasting impression on Matilda's young mind, and years afterward when every influence was brought to bear in an en- teayor to induce her to enter the cloister she emphaticaly refused, and repeated her fathers words regarding her destiny.
 But while In the convent of Romsey to ha Tk veil of votaress to protect herself against the too ardent advances of the lawless Norman nobes who greatly ad- mired her beautiful face and charming manner. But Matilda's own account of wearing this thick black veil Is on rec ord She says that she wore 1t with signs and tears when in the presence of her stern aunt, the abbess,' but the mo- ment sue was alone she tore it from her
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think 1t worth while to look there, for a fence ran along both sides of the road, cutting the timbered land off from the thoroughfare.
 I'm goin' to town to meet bruvers Tom an Flank, an sisters Nell an Mln." replied the little Miss.
 'Ah. jump right In, my pretty pink" said the man. bending over to give her hand. "Yes, we'll take you to town. little sugar lump" said the woman, making room on the seat beside her.
 Junle. being both cold and tired. de- cided that thls would be the wiser way to finish the long journey to town; so she handed up her nun and was setting her foot on the wheels hub to climb Into the wagon when a voice from the woods to the right called out: Look out, there. Junlel What are you doing there2' And from behind a clump of dry shrubs and matted vines came Tom. Junies big brother.
 In another minute the woman had thrown the huff to the ground and the man had whipped up the lame horse. that went down the road at n gallop. Then Tom, followed by the other brother and sisters, came over the fence, Tom taking Junle Into hls arms. After the surprised little one could tell how she came to be there, Tom told her that she was almost in the hands of a pair of gypsles. A whole band of them were camped on the river, and this couple were doubtless about to see what they could steal
 Junle was so frightened at this informa- ton that she promised then and there to never go beyond her own dooryard without one of her elders was with her. Then t occurred to her to ask heg TcE: and the others had come to be In the woods near the roadside.
 This Is short Friday, dearle." Tom answered; 'and we got out of school half an hour earlier, you know. So we thought we'd spend that time In gather ing some of the red berries that are thick round that hill yonder. We had just gone round there when we heard you and the gypsles talking. Coming cut to see who was there, I saw our baby
 But I didn't see you coming on the road" said Junie.
 through the pasture that leads Into the woods." explained Tom We don't come by the road; It's too long"
 Then each big brother and sister had to kiss Junle who said: I'm glad the gypses didn't get me. Let's hurry home and tell mamma about it.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-06
BY HELENA DAVIS.

After the holidays quiet reigned once more in the Perkins household. Brick top and The Twins starting to school In the greatest study-mood after their nlce long rest of several weeks.
 Their teacher, Miss Quick, was In the hest of spirits. and the entire school was cheerful and glad to be at work again Indeed. there were few unruly spirits In Miss Ouick's school, for she was what might be termed the ideal teacher, lov- ing her work--and most of aii, her boys and girls.
 heavy snowstorm was prevailing. having come with the New Year, and staying as if determined to cover every thing under a few feet of flakes before giving over At noon recess many or the children who were In the habit Of going home for luncheon remained in the schoolhouse, preferring to go without food rather than brave the storm, which towards noon became very severe. But those who carried baskets and boxes of luncheon most generously shared their proyender with their luckless comrades, who might have been pretty hungry be- fore time for supper had 1t not been for the thoughtfulness of Bricktop.
 tons of desks, and a regular picnic was had though none had really enough to eat for about dozen lunch baskets and boxes had to supply about twice that many hungry children. However, there was enough good will and merriment to i'll them up. ana not one boy or girl complained about the shortness of the noon alIowance,' time when school chill dren are empty to their boots, and when a square meal is most welcome
 Bricktop could not be prevailed upon to remain aud partake of the picnic dinner spread upon the desks, saying that he ,rould doubtless make such ha voc with inc meal that others would have to fight for a morsel of bread; therefore. to avoid my such trouble, he would run home. fiji himself with fine. hot dinner and return with a basket stuffed to the top with goodies for The Twins and any others who might have appetite lert after the banquet now being set out
 But Lettie and Bettie did not walt for Brick's return, the sight of the appe- tizing food proving too much for them to resist. So they enjoyed their appor- tioned share of the picnic spread, feel
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a few minutes before. and Mrs. Pipps had baked tiny pie on top the stove for her.
 She flew down the road till she came to the ascent. then she went more slowly. for climbing was not so easy. Never once did she look back towards the house, for fear she might behold Mrs. Pipps or her mother on the porch watching after her and wondering who the little girl was that was going up the hill. Junie had an idea that they would not recognize her unless she turned about so they might see her face.
 By the time she dropped on the other side of the hill, thus getting out of sight of her own home, little Junle began to feel both tired and cold. But she would not think of turning back, for that would mean defeat, and she might have to walt two years before being allowed to go to school. So she pushed on toward the town which she could see so plainly. It looked very close, Indeed, but Junle had no idea how long the road was till her little feet had travelled about half way. still the town seemed no nearer.
 Then she had to rest. She just could not go another step without 1t Her nose and toes tingled with the cold. Although there was some snow on the ground. many wagons and pedestrians had tram pied 1t from the road. Yet the little ones feet ached as if they had been going on ice
 To one side of the road was farm house, and Junie decided she would go In and ask to warm her feet and nose; but as she turned into the driveway dog came, barking, toward her. Forgetting her weariness. she turned and ran down the road at the top of her speed, only stopping when she was out of hearing of that terrible barking.
 Then she slmpiy gave out and sat down n rock at tine roadside. How long she stayed there she did not know, but soon came along a strange-looking wagon, drawn by thin, lame, old horse. man of very dark ylsage was driving, and n woman of the same type sat on the seat beside him. On seeing little Junie the man drew the horse to q stop and asked: 'Where is the pretty one goingY" Where upon the dark woman leaned from the wagon and said: Come, pretty dear; I've n string of beads for you. Tell me your name, pretty doll"
 Junie, liking their friendliness, went up to the wagon, saying: My names Junle. I'm mos five years old. My blrfday tonnes nex' monf.' And where are you going?" asked the man, looking up and down the road, as if to see whether anyone were within sight. On and rock hills, and he did not seem to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-06
A Glance at One of Na-
 lures Strange Kind.

Children, do you know that the little fittermice and bats are one and the same? Well, they are; and for four or five months each year during the cold weather they hide away in caves, dark crevices of rocks or deep, snug, hollow places inside trees. And there, in their winter quarters they hang, head down. ward, to the walls, sleeping, as the great bears sleep through the wintertime.
 But when the first warm weather comes, when the sun sends its good. cheer even into the caves, crevices and hol- lows of trees, then Mir. and Mrs. Filter mice and all the little Fllttermices awake.
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The Alphabet Family Is for Arthur, so full of glee: B is for his baby brother; c is for Carrie, their sister of three; D Is for their dearest mother. Is for Edward, a cousin of ten: F is for their own beloved father; G is for grandpa, the best of old men: II is for happy grandmother: I is for Irene, a cousin also: ] is for big uncle Jim: K is for Kate, their aunty, you know: l. Is for lank brother Tim: And each of the other alphabet folk Stands for different kindred and kin: But I'll not name them now, 1t takes too much talA, And talking 100 much Is q sin.
 M ".
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ing, however, that Bricktop's promised basket would not fall amlss-
 And neither did It. When that young man, red of nose and numb of hands and feet, came numbering through the snow drifts half as high as himself. he brought not one basket. but two. And The Twins found more than they had dared to hope for As they, with the assistance Of sev- eral little girl friends unloaded the good things Bettie asked her brother how ne had managed to carry such an abundance of food. There were great slices Of bread dripping with honey; round. sort, ginger cakes-just size to fit the mouth Bricktop dcclared-sliced cold meat, pc kles. graham bread, buttered, and Let tie's fayorite cake chocolate layer!
 Mrs. Perkins had not prepared Just Tor her little daughters, as you must nave thought in reading over the contents or the baskets. Bricktop had said: "Momsy, there're about two dozen haif-fed klds mn there at the school so put In every thing you can find that's eatable' then fill up with the scraps. N hen Mrs. fer- kins wanted to know what Bricktop car ed 'scraps," he replied: "Oh, potato nea,,ngs and apple cores" Whereupon Mrs. Perkins laughed at the humor or ner big. good hearted boy.
 The afternoon woie away. the snow coming heavier and heavier, falling so
 
 thickly that 1t became like great white we'll, shutting everything in On the streets men could scarcely see hai1 block ahead of them, and tramc was stopped by the drifts that piled half as high as q horses head. As o'clock drew near parents became very uneasy about their children who were at school and many bundled themselves and start ed out to meet them on their homeward way.
 Mrs. Perkins stood In the bay window that looked toward the scnooihouse' watching eagerly for her three treas ures." I'm not uneasy about them,p she kept assuring herself, for Bricktop is go capable that hell bring Betue and Let tie in safety" However, though the good lady tried to make herself believe there was no danger of the children becoming lost in the snow, she did not take her eyes off the dark spot she could see through the white veil, and which she knew to be the schoolhouse- Once sne thought of going to meet them, but fearing she might miss them, she deter
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had gone there at different times in the buggy, sitting between her papa and mamma, and the way had seemed very snort, indeed. And Junle was now q big girl, no longer Il baby like she had been once a long time ago Why, just last Christmas she was baby as compared with what she was now. And Christmas was not so far in the pastl The dolly she got fin her stocking-or beside her stocking, rather, for 1t would not go into twas very clean and new in appearance yet. Not till her Christmas toys were soiled or worn out did Christmas seem long time gone.
 One afternoon when Junie's mamma had gone to the COW shed to look after pretty pink-eared calf-named for Junie and belonging to her-the little miss sat the floor in the midst of her toys. But she had been playing alone all day. and now she was weary of Noah and his many animals; also. of dolly. who would
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not speak a word but just sat and stared at you as if she hadn't bit of sense.
 You're not good company" said Junie, shaking her finger at the dolly. Nor you, nor you ;' and she included Noah and hls ark full of animals. Then she got up and went to the mante to look at the clock for her mamma had taught her how to tell the time pretty accurately, although she sometimes could not count the minutes. But she could tell about the hours by the position of the short hand. It was now pointing It's finger right at the figure 3, almost two hours before her brothers and sisters would come.
 Then an idea came into little Junie's head. She would go to meet them. h. deed, she would reach the schoolhouse be- fore school was out. She knew where the big redbrick schoolhouse was, for when they rode into town her mamma would point to 1t, near to their left, and say There's where brothers and sisters are,
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Queens of England.
SHORT SKETCH THE LITE MATILDA SCOTLAND.

head and stamped her feet upon it."
 Doubtless 1t was during Matilda's stay in the convent that the young Prince Henry saw her and fell desperately in Love with her, for only a few months after his accession to the throne "he asked the hand of Princess Matilda, daughter of Malcolm, King of Scotland, land.'
 The union proved to be happy one, and Matilda was not only beloved by her royal husband, but adored by her subjects, who called her Matilda, the Good"
 The portrait which accompanies this sketch Is from copy of miniature that is still to be seen in the British Museum.
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Baby
 Running up stairs Junie put on her cloak-though she got che sleeves very much awry-and her hood. Then she wrapped veil about her neck, put her little hands into her white fur nun and came hurrying down to the front door, She would not go to the cowshed to tell her mamma of her intention, for she would certainly meet with a refusal. Her mamma would declare that the distance was too great for her to walk, and the weather too cold. And as she wanted to prove that such was not the case, her only way to do so was to run off while no one was about to see her go. Then, when she should come back, how surprised they would all be, and the next morning she should be allowed to go to school with the others.
 As she passed by the kitchen door she crept softly. for their woman of all work was there baking pies. Junie had been in
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It's time to be getting up,'' says Mir. BHttermice, stretching himself. 'The warm weather Is here again.
 And Mrs. Flittermice calls to her ba- bles, for she Is a thoughtful mother, to ''comc, get on my back, and let us be out of here" And how you would laugh could you see those little baby bats catch their sharp. strong little claws into Mamma Bats furry coat, where they hang on for dear life as she opens her wings and files away. And once out un- der the cover of night, their eyes become very bright, for. like the owl, they see only through the dark
 They are very hungry. and 1t takes great many gnats and mosquitoes to fur nish a meal.
 But who would not be hungry after several months of fasting, prayY
 I'm sure we would, wouldn't wei
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-03-23
More About Participants in
Kimball-Stephenson Trag-
edy.

Rock Hill special in Charlotte
Observer: The report of the
homicide at Griffths Sunday
night, which appeared in Mon
days Observer, was read with
interest here, Kim ball having
made this his home until last fall
For awhile he was the bicycle re-
pairer for w. @. Reid & Son,
and it was while working in that
capacity that he got into some
kind of trouble with MIR Will
Bailey, who was also running a
bicycle shop. The two came to
blows, but Klmball finding Bailey
a much better man than himself,
he resorted TO his t,usty barlow
knife, inficting wounds that put
Bailey in the hospital tor repairs
AT one time 1t was thought the
cuts would prove fatal, but he
got well. Kimball was tried and
a heavy fine placed upon him. -
After this trouble he went into
the bicycle repair business on his
own hook, at a stand on Depot
street. His place was raided by
the constables several times, as
he was supposed to be running a
"blind tiger" as d side line
Things got too warm for him and
he sought greener fields. He
seemed a peaceful enough fellow
the only trouble he had here
was with Bailey, and that prof.
ably was forced on him.
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ton toNget up to start weeder,
but drive right on; it will help
the cotton to get up and kill the
first crop of grass.
Reader, if you are a farmer,
and your land is suitable to the
use Of the weede,, get one.-for
the children's sake, if nothing
else. 1t will save them many a
hard days work. A boy and a
mule will destroy as much grass
in a day as a dozen hoe hands.
With the use of the weeder, har-
row, and expanding cultivators,
and other labor-saving tools, we
are running our farm with half
the force we formerly required.
T. J. w. Broom.
Union Co., n. G.
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Proceedings ofthe Meeting Of
the Colored Teachers As
sociationAPlan to Help
Rural Schools.
Reported for The News.

Reported for The News.
The Lancaster County Teach
ers' Association for colored
youths met March 18th, in tae
Institute Chapel. 1t was largely
attended. Prof. Banks gave us
an interesting address. Plans
have been set forth to increase
the length OF school terms in the
rural districts by means of self
help. People may expect to put
their hands in their pockets to
supplement the funds before the
desired end can be reached -
Many of the trusl ees were pres
ent and are proud of the idea TO
assist them in lengthening their
school terms. Our city schools
are doing good work but our
schools In the rural districts
must not be neglected, for in
them the masses of. our people
are to be educated. We are in
formed that there will be no sum
mer school this year, but the
Lancaster teachers association
(colored) has decided 10 have
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-03-23
One Of Tillnan's Jokes.

(From the Brookland Eagle.
Senator Tillman was discus g.
ing a recent quarrel among fin
anciers.
"Those men threw a good deal
of mud at each other" he said,
smiling, "and most of the mud
stuck. 1t was an interesting
squaSble. 1t reminded me of an
incident in Southern jail.
"There were two prisoners in
this Jail. One was in for steal.
ing COW. The other was in for
stealing q watch.
Exercising in the court yard
one morning one prisoner said
tauulinglv to the other
'What time is it9'
"Milking time, was the Ietort"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-03-23
THE DEAD MAN.

Fort Mill special in the OBJ
server: Jim Stephenson, better
known as Stinson, who was killed
near Charlotte was very we'll
known here. In fact an indict-
ment is resting against him for
disOr6erly conduct here ore night
while under the influence of
whiskey. He was reckless fell
low. His family lived 3 or 4
miles east of here until last fall. T..
His father lives in lower Lancas-
ter county. A married sister lives
here now.
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one, if the State does not give
one. We shall appeal to the
county board of education to
make an appropriation, and the
teachers will supplement if me-
cessary. The next meeting will
be the third Saturday in April.
M. d Lee, Chr'm.