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CiTY CHILD3EL'. When the level sun is linking And all t ie world is still, And gloar.v.r.g falls ami drowses On every eastern hill. When a -eagle breath of coolness Tells the c-Iosing of the day? Then all the eit> children Flock forth to shout and play. Poor, little ciiy c hildren I jshnt in the stifling town. Not for them the shadowed woodland, Nor theirs the hay-field brown. The cool, green sea-waves thunder _On many a summer shore? ;Yet for them the data bring only i The city's dust and roar. r But see them when the twilight i Fills everv roaring street: There's a call of little voices And a rush of little feet. And a gust of happy laughter Through all the surly town; For the children have their hour When the twilight gathers down! ?A.B. dc Millc, in Life. | MRS. BASSET'S BOARDER 11 ?RS. BASSET was dismayed ' to the verge of tears. "I never thought you'd take it so hard, sir," she said. "How long have I boarded with you. ' Mrs. Basset:" "Seven years corue September, sir." "Quite right. During that time you ! have occasionally accommodated men who wished to board here, but never women. I understood that no woman was to be received here. For the last i year I have been the only boarder, and ! the solitude has been delightful. Now, j this woman?" "I'm that sorry!" The emotion in her voice was genuine. "When she wrote +/* In* Imp nnnin T enfri uuu iisivru uiv i\j in ini w>uv & , yes right off. Once, sir. a lon^ way j back, before John and me were mar- j ried. I was in service with Miss Jean- j ette's mother. They were rich folks j then, and held their heads high. All j that's changed now. It's me and John I that have done well and got money out. Her parents arc dead. She supports herself. She teaches schoolnight school. Site wouldn't be hero in the evenings at all." "She attends clubs. I suppose," he ventured. "She is President of one and Secretary of another. She is bright." He groaned. His opportunities to study the progress of women had beeu limited. "When is she to?to honor us?with her presence?" "Not?cot before to-morrow afternoon, sir!" He muttered something about twen<>f r?i-o/.r> wont off to IJ'lUUl UVU19 VI WW ? v. J his big. beautiful front room, wherein i ? were gathered together his accuniula- I tiou of literary ami artistic treasures, j An hour later he opened his door in response to a tentative knock. "I'd ! like to ask you a favor. Mr, Freer, j sir.'' began Mrs. It asset. "I've just got j i a telephone message that my sister, j s * who lives 011 the west side, has eorne j down with pneumonia. She's the only slrter I've got. and I'm worried to know how had she is. 1 thought?seeing you were staying in. sir " "Yes. That's all right." "But it's Thursday, and Delia is go- j Ing qut. The new housemaid was to come at 3. I thought?if it wouldn't be asking too much?if you'd let her iu when she rings " "Certainly. Any directions?" "No. She won't need to do auymiag ; till I got back. Thauk you. sir." She took hor portly person away, and ! Alexander Freer wcut back to bis ? book. He left liis door wide that be might hear the ring. lie did boar it an bour after Delia's crackling skirts on the stairs had indicated her festive departure. He wcut down, opened the door. The girl in the vestibule wore a trim black gown, a tan jacket, and an audacious little spring hat. She has rippiiug reddish hair and the milkwhite skin that goes with it. a searlet mouth and eyes of forget-me-not blue. Something^'singularly* youfhful and fragile about the slight form'.*] something lonely it: the lifted eyes, a^- f pealed to him. . "Mrs. Basset was obliged to go out." J he explained. "The cook is also ab- j sent. You are the new housemaid. I believe. Come iu. Mrs. Basset desired me to mciUion tin re would .be no task for you until her return." For ^ uiouicn.t slip regpru?tt n1 m t blankly. Then Iter lips dro.o^TO.% "I j am sorry." she said, advancing.* She j tool: off*her hat .-ad .lackeyed hung tliem uf*. "I counl do a.gjtfd deal if I knew what was to bo dbatr.V . To do! Hadn't ho *ooc:lGraving off and on since breakfast at the dusty books on his topmost shelves. Had he not been cherishing a secret plan of flight? But he could not pack his precious possessions himself. "I wonder," he cried, in a somewhat ! voicnn:c fashion, "if you would be J gccl enough to help mc pack my books I ar.d etchings? 1 can bring my packing boxes out of the basement. I am golpg to change my quarters. We would have a few hours before Mrs. Basset gets home." he went on. hastily. "I shall be glad to pay well for the assistance." j 'i'Lt- milk-white rkin grew pink under Iiis glance. For a moment slic did not reply. "I will help you." slip consented. Somewhere in the kitchen regions she found and donned a big blue check apron. She presented herself at the lirst room of his suite. her sleeves rolled up, a soft old cloth in one hand, a feather duster in the other. The woman-hater watched her as site worked with an anxiety that linnlfe* merged in complacence. llow well she knew how to handle a book! "I feel like a criminal," he told her. laughing. "I know now how men feel who go off leaving their board bill unpaid. I tried to tell Mrs. Basset this morning that I would leave, but I lacked the courage. The dear soul.' It will be many a day before I find a place that suits me as this does." "Why are you leaving, then:" she asked. "You may not think mine the best of reasons. I am leaving because Mrs. Basset is to receive another boarder? a woman." "Yes?" Clearly olie expected him to say more. "I understand she is one of those appalling creatures they call new women," lie went on. unconsciously glad of a confidante. "She supports herself, you know, teaches school, and even writes?books on abstruse subjects." "Dear! Dear!" ejaculated the pretty housemaid. Sympathy is sweet. If any one had told Alexander Freer that morning lie 1-1 1 1 ~1.. .1 J?a rrifl firtm I WOU1U na? f ut'tru ^iiiu ui ii.t "?" a housemaid ho would have boon incredulous. But here he was. hugging it to his flattered soul, and fishing lor more. lie told her how he had never known a real home since his mother died, when he was a hoy of ten. After that there were schools and colleges. Then travel, hotels and boardinghouses. "Hero." he concluded, "I've been comfortably anchored for seven years, with leisure for my own interests and pursuits, and quite secure from interruption. But now I must give it up. I can never face that gaunt creature in spectacles, who will talk pendantically to me across the table thi^ee times a day!" "Does she wear spectacles?" Freer lifted his head out of the packing case. "I'm sure she does. Tljey all do?the clever ones. She might expect me. to take her lectures. She might induce me to take up municipal | reform. She"?the sweat of fear breaking out on his forehead?"might give me worsted slippers?or a birthday edition of poems?she might!" "That's so," assented a solemn little voice from the ladder. In the silence that followed they heard the hall clock strike. "Four!" Freer exclaimed. "So late! Mrs. Basset may be back auy minuteHark! Isn't that her now?" He stumbled to his feet, looking like a detected schoolboy. "There!. One box is ready, anyhow. You must let me thank you. Miss?Miss?" ... "Jean," she prompted. "Miss Jean?and .take this." There was a seuad of .the door, which had been opened with a latchkey, swinging shut again. A heavy step cathe up the stairs. "You are welcome, but I cau't take any money. Here is Mrs. Basset!" And there, indeed, was tnat wormy woman, leaning against the open door and. staring,hi wild astonishment at the scene presented. The packing cases ?tlie'beaped up hooks?the confounded owner of^the latter?the girl on the ladder." "Jeauettel" she cried, "My dear! What doee this mean?" "I did not intend comiug until tomorrow." Miss Jeanette Wallace had descended ,froni her elevated seat and was greeting her'frie'irtf warmly. "I changed my mind at the last minute? and came. Now Vjn going to change it again?and go away." "Mr. Freer." pleaded the embarrassed landlady, "what is all this about?" "My blunder, madarariho cried, re, niorsefully.-. "Took thj? j%uiig lady for ri^e housemaid and- :^?fd#ii?r,,to help me pack mv^tfcoks. I beg^xuj p'ardodfc 'I'nf'hurc!" ' * Worn v.ri coinc to r>UL?JKIWY.,.0. .. ^.V. ? ? leave? Oh, Mr. Freer! And all on account of " ' r > "Of me:" cried Jcaunctte gnyly. "But I shan't be your"bo4ftTlerf Mrs. Basset. Mr. Freer wiA's^W.** Whereat Mr' WKer immediately developed n'fwA eltraordinary coutradictori^es*? ?K, Ht "Not* un!es? jxju do!" he deelr.reJ. stubbornly'. Mrs. Basyi looked helplessly from one to the otuer. "Well, it's .all l ight now." said Freer contentedly, "and I'm going to unpack these books and put th"in back where they belong." ,?. It was pourijgftffia one afternoon a couple o^.inonfgl*later when Jeanette Wallace chme forth from a meeting of the Woman's Club. An umbrella was raised as she stepped out. and a familiar figure walked beside her through the rain. "This is rash!" she cried. "It is almost as bad as taking me to lectures! But I haven't given you worsted slippers yet?nor a birthday edition of poems!" - - . - ' y Ale~nndrr Freer held the umbrella lower?leaned closer. "No. hat there is a gift I'd dearly love to have, little Jean?and only you can give it to me!" "Oh!" said Jer.a softly.?Chicago Tribune. VALUABLE WALNUT TREES. One Cut in North Carolina Said to Ilava Oroucht SCO,COO. There Is more wealth in our forests than in gold mines. If the timber is nrnnerlr en red fnr One walnut tree. cut in Haywood County last week, brought $1000. The people who live in such a country are rich if they ouly know it. This recalls an interview with Mr. S. L. Rogers, corporation commissioner, which recently appeared in the High Point (N. C.) Enterprise. We quote: ' Railroad Commissioner Rogers, who was here Saturday, was talking about the value of North Carolina timber. He said that he had only one story to relate, and that was a big one. A man in Western North Carolina was selling standing timber?walnut trees. The man who was buying came to one very handsome tree. He told the owner he would pay as much as 850 for that tree. This excited the owner. He did not sell, but sent for experts. The owner got $1300 for the tree (curled walnut) as it stood. The man who cut it down realized $3000 for it on the cars. It was shipped to Now York and veneered one-sixth to onehalf an inch. The sales were watched and estimated as the best that could be done, and when all was disposed of it turned out that the tree brought near $00,000. The point is tliis: We h;vo no idea as to the value of our timber, much of which is being sent North for a mere song. Wo can become rich in North Carolina if we TvorK our raw material as umna it for us."?Raleigh News and Observer. WISE WORDS. Breed is stronger than pasture.? Geor.ce Eliot. If things do cot turn out as you wish, let us wish thein to turn out as they do.?S. Basil. Blows are sarcasms turned stupid; which is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.?George Eliot. The sowing of evil seed Is an irreparable evil; none can tell where the wind will carry it. and unexpected crops are found far and wide.?George Moore. The chief crosses and self-denials we have to put up with do not come from the contradictions of the bad, but from the unintentional fretting and wearing cf the gocd.?A. H. Mackonochie. Right is right, in all simplicity, and either the teachings of the great prophets are raise, or mey are iu uv reckoned with daily in all the common affairs of human life upon the earth. ?W. J. Jupp. Girls should be veritable sunbeams, not only to the members of their own family circle, but also to everybody with whom they come in contact. Every room they enter should be the brighter for their presence.?Ruskln. Our private sorrows will look smaller when we accustom ourselves to care for the larger life of the world, for the good of the community, for the public welfare, for the spread of truth and righteousness among mankind.? Charles G. Ames. We cannot but discover how in our very griefs there were hidden angels reaching up to hide, within the dark experience, some treasure of patience or trust we could never have possessed, had the angels only descended on us, and our life been one long joy. ?Robert Collycr. To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend less; to.make upon the whole a family happier by his presence; to renounce where that shall be necessary, and not to be embittered; to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation; above all., on the same grim.conditions to keep friends with himself?here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy. ? Robert Lopis Steveason. . . A Leaning Tower in England. The famous leaning of Pisa fias a rival in the fflemple Tower of Bristol, in England^;4t is a square tower of early Gothjc architecture. All its parts still presej^o^their normal relative positions without cracks or fissures. The tower/vrtitch is about 11feet high. is five ffW'or.t of perpendicular at the sc.mail*. There are no records to show whether the inclination was part of the architect's design. or whether it is the result of an earthquake or of slow changes in the inclination of t,l?e soil. For many years there has'beep^no change in the slope of the tower." O * Ice a? an Insulator. It has been demonstrated by ^tual test on Mount Blanc that a telegraphic wire laid directly on a glacier will work satisfactorily without insulation. In the test referred to a naked galvanized wire was laid 0:1 the ice and messages were sent over it between points more than a mile distant from each other. -r I j BUELL & ROBERTS' CASH | i DRT GOODS SHE ?Ye continue offering Inducements to elosa out our Summer Goods. We cmq mention onty a few of the many goods reducedi Ladies' 8c Uuderveuta for 60. 10c Ties and Bows for 8c. U6o 'ilea and Bows f- r 16c. Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 3., embroidered, 3 In a oox, lor 19c;25o goods. 16c Men's Black initial Slik Handkerchiefs for 1 Do. Men'* large White Flmued, Drawn-Stitcb, JapoDet Handkerchief for 15e; worth 25o. Si* Lark'" White Fine H. 8. Handkerchief* for 60c. In fancy b< x; cheap at 75c. Three large White Fine H. 8. Harfdkercnlef*. In fancy box, for 40e* worth We. Black-bordered Linen Handkerchief* for tfo; cheap at 15c. Good Mourning Handkerchief* for4a. Haudkercblefa for lo. Handkerchief* for 2 1-ta. ? ndkerchief* for 8o. 88-ineh Madras for 7 l-2ci worth 10c. 86-in h Madras for 6 l-3c| worth 8c. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR LESS THAN COST. 8hlrt Waist* for muoh lee* than It cost to make them. BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. 40c Pique Skirt* for 25c. 68c Crash 8kirts for 81e. Ail Bummer Goods are being sold at r? duced price*. NEW GOODS. One case Lonccloth 5c; no starch. Fine Black Henrietta at 50c. TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE, BALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and lOo. FURNITURE DKPARTJ1ENT. 10-piece Walnut Suit* #78 to #100. 10 piece Solid Oak Suit* #18, #22, #25, #80^ 85. #40. #50. #55. Oak llall Racks, French Plate Glaaa, #7, AO rft AO * A ?O.JV, V.W. Wardrobes 18 to $25. Bod Lounges $9 to $15, Bedateada $2.25 to $10> Iron Beds. Iron Oriba. Parlor Salts $58 to $50. Baby Carriages $8.60, $7, $7.50. Floor OUclotb 80<x Halting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20, 23, 28, 27 and $$e. 18-pleoa Chamber Seta $2.19 to $8. Window 8hadM 11, 16,80, 35, 40o to $1.2& Stores $8.60, $7.60, $10 to $11 l Trunks $168 to $8.60. \WA_m Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive organs. It is the latest discovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia,, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea. Sick Headache.Gastralgia,Cramps,and all other results of imperfectdigestion. Prepared by E. c. DeWltt A Co, Chicago. I Our fee returned if we fail. Any 01 any invention will promptly receive ou ability of same. "How to Obtain a I secured through us advertised for sale Patent taken out through us receive The Patent Record, an illustrated an* by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for samplo copy FREE. Ad VICTOR J. E\ ? ' [Patent At Evans BuNding, Labor Savins Busy Men an $3.00 a year I Tip I JT A cent a day JL X 1 J-i % A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrate) of world-happenings every week in brief is the Editor-in-chief, and Hamiltoi .1 a r; o s a . R i i s ! The author of " How the Other Half Live* " will give in T4s Outlook an intensely human and vivid account of his experiences as a child'.in Denmark, an immigrant in America, a workman, a traveller, . ft reporter, and finally a student of tenement bouse xrohlems. and an efficient atd to Theodore Roosesrlt Nil reorganizing the New York police. Mr. Rii* writes with simplicity, humor and vigor. a LYMAN ABBOTT) will contibute a series of important paperson funds menial political principles as applied to twentieth century problems. It wfO be called "Tat Rights o? Man, and will define lad?tilal. educational aod religious, as wcO as poUricsl, rights sod dories. Atlantic Coast Line. Condensed Schedule. Dated May 2Gib, 1901. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No.35 No. 23 No.53 No.51 ? A 51 DM AM Lv. Florence 3 00 7 55 9 40 Lv. Kiiigstree 3 54 10 56 Ar. Lane* 4 11 9 11 P. M 1116 Lv. Lanes 4 11 911 713 1116 Ar. Charleston 5 40 10 55 8 60 1 00 A.M P.M. P.M. P.M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No.78 No.32 No.52 No.50 AM P M AM PM Lv Charleston 6 45 4 46 7 00 4 IS Ar Lanes 8 17 6 10 8 35 6 00 Lv Lanes 8 17 6 10 .... 6 00 *Kingstree 8 33 .... Ar Florence 930 7 20 7 30 'vAM PM AM PM ' Daily. | Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. IL of 8. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville?Short Line?and make close connection for all points North, Trains on C. A D. R. R. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9 50 a. ra., arrive Darlington 10 15 a. m., Hurtsville 915 a. m.f Cheraw 11 30 a. m., Wadesboro 12 35 p. m. Leave F oreuce daily except Sunday 8 00 p. m.. arri e Darlington 8 25 p. m., Bennettsvllie 9 22 p. m., Oibson 10 20 p. m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9 50 a. m., arrive Darlington 10 15 a. m. 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The offioe of the Superviior of Registration Will be opebed on the firei Monday in every month for tho purpose of the registering of any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have beeu a resident of tho .State for two years, and of the county one year and of the polling preriut in which the elector offers to 7ot? four mouths before thedsy oleleot on.and shall have paid,six months be* ore any poll tax then due and payable, f ind who can both read and write any -ectiou of the Constitution of 1895 -nhmirted to him by the supervisors, i?f registration, or can show that he i * *1 >wu8, ami baa paid an i?xes conecuiot* loriuj? the present year on property in h'? State assessed at three huudred 1 llur? or more. J. J. EADDY, Clerk of Board. iMima 10 sending sketch and description of r opinion frco concerning the patent'atent" sent upon request. 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