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i ( ..^*0*0*0*00*0o0o0?0?0 i ! wigwag's \ t fat e LEWIS |- o ^ O Copyright, 1003, by T. C. McClure 0?0*C30*0?0*CO*0?0*0*0*0< B Wc wore beading off the Indians i K they raided the Kansas frontier wht n we found Wigwag coucealed In tl K willows along the banks of a creek. II R was a boy of twelve, and his fathe mother and two sisters had been uiui B sacred. He was handed over to :i tean ft ster and taken to Camp Supply, an ^B but for the excitement of 'campalgnin, |g? he would have been sent off somewher soon. As it wns, he liung about wltl the toauistcrs for several weeks, no on< SB* giving liiui any particular, attention and then a sutler took hlin on. Wig wag was not enthusiastic over horses K guns or uniforms; but, queerly enough R lie took to the signal corps. From tin R first moment he saw the -men talking HI with each other through the medium Hp of the signal flag Ids admiration' wo< IvAuica, aud lie began to pick lip the system. He got little encouragement from any one, as all had enough to see to, but the lad had a head for the work, and he picked it up uqtll within four or five months his (lags could "talk" as well as any. Spring came, and we set off 000 strong to give the Indians a rub. No V one was greatly surprised after we had left the forty miles behind us to find Wigwag on hand."He had "Jumped" the sutley, "lifted" a mule and followed after, and there was 110 sending him back. There wasn't a private soldier or teamster who wouldn't have shared rations with him, and such officers as knew of his presence winked at the breach orders and. said nothing. The boy bad-made signal flagft for himself and bad, them with Jflm. but they wore looked upon *ns playthings hy most of y th5 troopers: 1 We swept across the valleys ofx the 1 Big -Forl^ and the Big Sntt. scattering the host lies whenever they made a Stand, agd n't length crossed the Canadian river and for<yd the red men back r on the Wichita mountains, down on the 1 Indian Territory lino. We had them on the run nud meant to keep them going. Just at sundown one evening as we were nfmost undoa the shadow of the mountains .Wigwag was cut off and captured* His inule had gone lame and was lagging behind. An effort was made to rescue him, but his captors got nwny with their prisoner, and many a heart sorrowed that night over 1 HE HAD CAUGHT SIGHT .OP PEAOS WIGWAGGING IN THE CLEAR ATMOSPHERE* 1 the boy's fate. OUr long and\ I pusoit had maddened the Indians, and tuRfi^uld certainly put their prisoneraiflHfeprturc. In wiping the mountains the redskins must fall back through Trapper's pass In the foothills. We knew It to be ! a bushlike gorge, and at the south end It debouched upon the plains. We made camp within half a inile of the entrance of the pass, nnd every trooper knew that we had driven at least 2,000 warriors ahead of us. Would they continue their flight or wait for us on the plains beyond and havo it out? The general Idea was that tho morrow would witness a big tight, and daylight had scarcely dawned after a night without alarm when our camp c * was astir/1 But for the Indians being - HALF-WAY POINT. | Hundreds of Union Citizens Know Where 1L Not sick enough to go to bod. No well enough to do your work. Itchin/ Piles irritftte you all the time. Eczera or any itchiness of the skin mukes lit a misery to boar, i Ws Ointmer cures all itchiness. IV %ty of proc \ that,this is so. Read w\'t a Unio r Citizen says: T L. U^^pjPtoaker and confectioner c Mr'"' afreet, says: ''I have use 4 Doi.i's Ointment and found it to be t represented, it is the only remedy c the face of the* earth that I know w cure itching pjles, one of the most 'tr ing and irritating afllictions there i loan's Ointment procured at IlolnfC Pharmacy will cure the affection ru do it at once. You are welcome to u my name as one who can speak to tl effect from experience." For sale by all dealers. Price 50c r bdx. Foeter-'Milburn Co.,Buffalo, N. * sole agents for the United States: 1 member the name?UOAN'S?and ts HO other. O too cute we should certainly have fal O on into the trap they had sot (or ui ? We were almost ready, for boots an saddles when a score of warriors cam ^ i riding out of the pass to defy an< O taunt us. A troop was sent agalns ? them, and they retreated In haste, bu as soon as the bugle blew recall tb O warriors wore mocking us again. I O was a scheme to get the entire com ? mand on the movo and after then without having taken due precautions is It was so Interpreted by the general >n and he ordered a scout to climb up c 10 ' spur of the mountain and see what Co could be seen. When the man had r^ reached a height of 1,500 feet he siga naled for a flagman to come up to him. i- Looking away to the south, he had d caught sight of flags wigwagging In g the clear atmosphere of the morning, e The person waving them was stationed ti on another and hlghor spur, and for 0 some time It was looked upon as a i, mysterious proceeding. The slgnnl man - had scarcely climbed up beside the , scout when the mystery was solved. . It was our Wigwag trying to open a > "tnlk" with his flags. When his signals ; were answered he went at it and 1 ! ' <jnt the words: 1 _ "I got up here In the night. Don't en ter the pass. There are a thousand Indians 'in ambush there. The whole force is about 2,000 strong." "Have you escaped 7" asked our signalman. "No, not yet," cnine the reply. "Tho Indians are below me, and I can climb no higher." "Can't you get away to us before we move?" v "No, but I shall hide here until the Indians lenve." ' I "What sort of an ambush hare they prepared?" "Indians in the btishes on both sides of the pass. If you ride in not a man will get out alive." "Is there any other way to attack, them?" was asked. "I think 1 can mnko out a pass two or three miles to the left. If it is one it will bring you in behind the reds." It took- an hour or more to get this information, and then we acted on it and flanked the Indians out of the pass i and smote them hip and thigh as they 8treamed*eut on the plain. When the light was over we went up the pnss to look for Wigwag, but our search was in vain. We found, however, that his flags had prevented a slaughter. Every rock and bush for two miles had sheltered an Indian, and once into the trap we could not have retreated. I Though we hod to ride away without I news of the lad, we hourly hoped to be ? Joined by him, but he did not come. It * was.n year later before we knew his fate. What we got came from one of s the Indiun3 who were there. The only a good news was that they had wbt'tor- : tured the boy, being too busy'with' oth- n er affairs. In the night he had mani* [ho gorge, he had climbed up tne moun- j tain with the hope of opening commu- ? alcatlon with us when daylight came. t This he successfully accomplished, and f he had flagged the Information recgrd- , ed above befoiy the excited Indians be- , low had caught sight of him. When they saw what he was up to a warrior was told off to bring the boy down with a bullet. They feared to discharge more than one rifle at a time, as we might suspect some ruse. The warrior had a fair mark, though far above him, and he had coolly llred a score of times before his bullet found its fillet.* It seemed as if Providence was shielding the lad until he could tell all he had te Bny. "Tell the general that the reds"? he had flagged. And then the white waft went down to rise no more. He had lost his own life, but ho had saved 600 men from slaughter. The Flrat Gold naih. I The voyage of the argonauts, the date t wlileh Is uncertain, was professedly a rush for gold, to be collected In fleeces placed In the torrents flowing down the flanks of Mount Caucasus. But older much was the westward movement, which Chaldean records of 8800 B. C. chronicle, to the gold bearing land of Melukkha, afterward known as Mldlan. Later on, but still at a very early period, there was a rush from Egypt I to a spot Inland from the present Sua- | kin. Long afterward this was described by I)iodoru8 Slculus, who left a map, stin extant, showing the wells provided for the gold seekers between the Bed sea and the mines. About 1000 B. C. there seems to have been another rush of miners tn sear^i of gold Into South Africa. Its numbers can only he guessed at from the extensive remains that still exist, but It has been calculated that at least $350,000,000 was secured by these early adventurers. In modern times the first rush was that to California In 1848-49. Story and Everett. > Chief Justice Story attended a pub* lie dinner in Boston at which Edward a Everett was present Desiring to pay 'e a delicate compliment to tho latter, the >t learned judge proposed as a volunteei 'f toast: H fAllAtvti mnrlf whaPA EvAPfitl r (uuu iuiiv ?? u LUU& *?, ?. MV.W _ goes." Tho brlllinnt scholar arose and re lH spoil (led: ,n "To whatever heights judicial learn ill lng may attain In this country, it wll never get above one Story."?Success. 8. " Net on the Square, ad "This country merchant writes thi "j? he Is In business on the square." . "Don't you believe it; I know bin >er i He is on the beat." i., ? ie- You have a good many faults of yoi ike own. Why are you so hard on tt , fault* of other*? ' Hair Splits t ; "I have used Aver's HairVigoi e for thirty years, it is elegant 101 t a hair dressing and for keeping the hair from splitting at the ends."? ~ J. A. Gruenenfclder, Grar.tfork, 111. Hair-splitting splits | Friendships. If the nairi splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting F- - -?? * mm ucgun, it will stop it*J1.M a bottle. All drug{Uli. If your drngcist cnnnot supply you, sond us ono dollar nud wo will express you a bottle. Ilo snro ami rrtve t.lio name of your nearest express olllce. Address, J. C. AY Kit CO., Ixmell, Mass. Mnn'v E??uy on l'ope. From Armstrong's "Teaching of S( entitle Method" we extract the follo> lng: "If the proper study of man (si be man?as the highest dignitary < our church some time ago asserted etc. This is not simply due to a nati ral confusion between A. Pope and tl pope. It conies of a poet's having tw Christian names, including one for hi surname, so that the student of tli "Dictionary of Familiar Quotations" i apt to be betrayed by the description o bini as Pope, Alexander.?Punch. i Wo, of Connie Not. He paused for n moment at a bus crossing Just as a truck laden wit kegs of fresh maple sirup backed lieav lly against the curb. Down came i tub from the topmost tier and broki with a dull, sickening thud nt bis feet He looked in dismay at ids sirup cov ered feet and trousers and exclaimed: "Here's a pretty mess!" "Well," responded the driver, "it's not on me."-rPhiladelphia Ledger. Cures Eczema, Itching Humors. E-pecially for old, chronic cases take Botanic Blood Balm. It gives a healthy jlood supply to the affected parts, heals ill the sores, eruptions scabc, scales; tops the awful itching and burning ot cz??ma, swellings, suppuiatir.g, watery o~es, eic. Druggists, SI. Sample free ,nd prepaid by writing Blond liui Wins Pa ?o doing them. Tor instance, I asked dr. Arid man to dinner tliis evening, ind Incidentally I remarked that your uotlier would entertain us on the plino. Mr. Arldmnn said he was so sor y he couldn't come. ? Boston Trnn?cript Mniinffement. "I don't see, Ella, how you tqunage with your housekeeping money. If I give you a lot, you spend a lot, but if 1 don't give you so much you seem to got along with it." "Why. that's perfectly simple, Itudolpli. When you give me a lot 1 use it to pay the debts 1 get into when you don't give nie Vo much." H He Gets It. Man wants but little here below. A lucky thing, because, you know * That, though he tolls and fumes and frets It'a mighty little that he gets. 1 Saved From Terrible Death. The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbit, o Bargeton, Tenn., saw lier dying an< were powerless to save her. The mos skillful physicians and remedy used failed, while consumption was slow] but surely taking her life. In this tei rible hour Dr. King's Now Discover for Consumption turned despair int joy. The first bottle brought immed ate relief and its continued use con pletely cured her. Its the most certai cure in the world for all throat an lung troubles. Guaranteed Bottles 5< and $1.00. Trial Bottles Free at Dr. 1 C. Duke's Drug Store. An Offlelnl Mystery. Years ago. when I.ord Anglesey w lord lieutenant < f Ir.Iiu.d, ho said on of the Irish secretary of that day, "M Stanley nnd 1 do very well together companions, but we differ so total about Ireland that I never mention t subject to him." Just how they trni acted official business remains a n>; tery. It one ml) Inn com. "Everybody says the baby looks II you. Doesn't that please you?" "I don't know," replied Popley, "1 I tell you what?I'm glad nobody tliii , of saying I look like the baby?'?Ph1 j delphia Public Ledger. He who Is most slow in -mnklni t promise is the most faithful in its | forpinnce.?Rousseau. A Very Close Call. r II "I stuck to my engine, although ev nerve was racked with pain." writei W. Bellamy, a locomotive Hreman Burlington, Iowa. "I was weak pale, without any appetite and all down. As I was about to givo ut>, 1 a bottle of Electric Bitters, ana a a. taking it, I felt as woll as I ever di my lire." Weak, sickly, run down pie always gain new life, strength ir vigor from their use. Try them. 8 ia faction guaranteed by Dr. F. C. D Price 50 cents. > t - ??? * mm - k Humor <ntf Philosoph, ' By DUNCAN M. SMITH m 4 . Copyright, 1903, by Sampsondiodges Co. THE BOGUS BEAUTIFUL. ? A fellow once printed a poem And called It "Tho Beautiful tlnow," m But I1" left no address, and It's luck; guess, 1 For him that the public don't know The number and street of his quiet reti I Or the proper directions te go. n When the weather Is way below zero 1 And drifts are as high as the trees, 3 Tou labor and puff to shorel the stuff, d Your neighbors impatient be please; I You wish that the bard were out In ^ g yard 1 At work In the drifts to his knees. . It may l>o that nature Is charming When dressed In her garments of whit V- But when from your nose clear down 1 C) your toes - Jack Frost feels around for a bite ? It comes to your mind tho poet to find And tell him you're out for a fight. For ladles the snow is alluring Who have a gallant with a sleigh, ? But that kind of talk don't suit those wh ig walk, 1C And most of ur travel that way; . Which makes It quite hard the man to re '8 gard ?f With favor who printed the lay. Where She Pulled Up. "His wife drove him to djiuk." y "Terrible, Isn't it?" h "lie thought so. She pulled up the - horses In front of n sofla water foun' i tain." i? Time Limit Had Eieitwd. "You told mo you did not drink before we were married." "I didn't drink?before we were mari ried." Express Yourself. If you don't like the Bllppery way A single tiny bit, To show you disapprove you may With ease sit down on It. Not Seasonable. "Miss Jennie Is a cold proposition." "Then you would better save ber for a summer girl." Both Fly. I W.hen you are waiting on a glil, | Jgra-. and it ia express In stocks and bonds." His Daily Task. if.J; asfc "Has your son a mechanical turn?" "Well, he makes a train every mornlns, hut sometimes lie bus to miss bis breakfast to do It." PERT PARAGRAPHS. Any one wbo thinks that foots nn<! children tell the truth is not very lntl mutely acquainted with children. f Marringe Is not always war; often 1 i is au armed truce, t ? i, No woman thinks that her plctur y docs her justice. p i If la nncloi. fnr rf'mnmnn trt live wit! ? a man without a heart than a ma 1. without a stomach. n ? id If nature never made a mistake ) )c would only send earthquakes Into hid ory nut countries at the time the cro was ripe. Chickens do not always come hon )IS to roost when a colored man lives ce mile or two down the road. Ir. ? as When a man wants to make a Ne Uy Year's resolution that he can keep 1 j10 swears off swearing off. as- ~~ y8. If a man has the last word It do him no good, because the woman asleep by that time. Ike Teople who live In glass bout should pull down the blinds. >ut ? iks We cannot take any of onr weal lla- with us when we die except the fllll in our teeth. c ii It must provoke our multobilll< irr nlres that the earth Is so awkward shape for fencing. To get the best result why not pn corn doctor at the head of the agrh ,ery tural department? a ( * ? , of Would you call kissing free trade and reciprocity ? run ? 80t It Hi-a lucky man who can nmoke y?r year round cigars as good aa those j>e<> w,fe K,ves *1,m at Christmas. and "7 / . atis- N? patent medicine man takes uke. medicine. He can afford to hi] doctor. VV1 ?* LEROY BALL* J. CLAUDE CAU y BALL & OAUBLE, CONTRACTORS. Plumbing Corner Halt (las and ^ and Ente Steam Fitting prise Si UNION, S. C. ServlcM Guaranteed. Prices Reas na r, i Final Discharge, N >tioe is hereby given that I. Frf Mt Peake, Clerk of Court, Administra of the Estate of Hallie riart, deoeaa has applied to Jason M Greer, .lu l?rProbate, in and for the county of Unit for a flual discharge as such Admit trator. "u* It Is Ordered, That the 8th day February, A. D. 1904, be fixed for he ing of Petition, and a final settlement said Estate. Jabon M. Gueku, Probate Judge U. C., S. C. Published in Union Times Jan. 81 1904. 2-4t Citation to Kindred and Creditor: ' Stale of South Carolina, I County of Union. ) By Jason M. Greer, Esq., Probate Judji Whereas, W. D. Hope ltas made si to me to grant him Letters of Admit i tration on the Estate of aud effects < Theo Branon, deceased, e, Tliese are, therefore, to cite and a< t? monish all and singular the kindred an creditors of the said Theo II Branon deceused, that they ba and appear Itefm me, in the Oourt of Probate, .to be h ! at Union C. II., South Carolina, on 'h 30th day of January, next after publi c 0 tion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if atty they have why the said Administration should no i- be grauted. Given under my hand and seal thi 14th day of January, Anno Domini lo-ri Jason M. Gkkku, Final Discharge. Notice is hereby give.) tliut C r Law sod. Administrator of the Estate Annie Law son, deceased, has appled to Jason M. Greer, .Judge ,,f Probate in and for the County of Unio:?, f..r u n'nal discharge as aucii administratrix. * Febrna'y? a'D1b^foXf .> . , T J,aSON M. < if EE It I robate Judge, Union County, S C 1 ubhshed ib Tiie Union Times' January 15th. 1904. 34% Final Discharge. Jl?Xv !lM?b!' K'VW1 "mt Thi.m-m McNally, Administrator of the Estau ot Catherine MoNally.decenst ,1.1 ,s,, , a,; rn?M',VrMr- 'I'rubiu i the Wouul^of Union, fur a hu d Probate Judge. Unhn County, S C. Published in The Uni -s Times, b? > uvy 15th, 1904. 1 House to Rent-Lands to Rent lloiue at the folk of she Syiulanburu f.nd CiUnn SSpriugs iond to ren' A'so 35 ituica of laud >^ i tin e i. o n a li n < of the to vu of Union t> retit i n lar d will be lented in pave U as sm tl! as ten [10J acres to goad pn:i.**. App'y lo ;i-3t J.CLOUOil WAUiAlT.. Notice to Taxpayers. I I will be at the follow ii.g places :? i designated tor me purpose 01 ;axm* returns: At Union in Auditor's < fllee, fr. ui January the 1st to 10th, 1004 Buffalo, Milla, January llih, 1004. Went Springs, January 12th, 19u4. I Gibbs, Binder's store, January 13th. forenoon, '004, Sanford Wilburn's store. January 13th, afternoon, 1004. t Croes Keys, H. G. Wilburn's store January J4ih, 1904, Sedalia, January 15th, 1904. e Goshen Hill, Black Hock, Januan 16th, 1904. Ivxikliart Mi ls, January lrtth. 1904 . Adamsbuyg, January 10 h. 1904. KelUui, January 20 b, 1004 n Joneevllle, January 21 v. BKI4. Union, January '2iid to 2301. 1004. Fish Darn, Januaiy, 2rt-.li, 1904. Satnuc, January 27cli. forenoon. 1 '.K-4 Union in ollloe from January 2-dl. t 'P February 90th, 1904, when the time ?x pires for milking returns for lVren ; Properly. After that date 50 per ceo le will t>e added. a Please take notice and fail not to ni^l your returns. , John G. Fakk w 52-tf, Auditor Union Uuuu - ("Wa . ' I ill Uvli |J j S-J Twenty-f.vo y r.rs practical e:cies I pcrioncc, a-<1 t!;C feet th: t weilc |l thelargo&ll.usinc: i i Sicdwin tlu M Southern S.att y, e ;;al l ; > in tc Ith I supply ovcry rcquir . ntin "* ? GARDEN H.'2 FA3M SEEDS J to the very bo?t ?v.l vantage, bolt on- I aa regards "quality .an-1 j . ice. 1 fl | Truckers and Farmers 9 requiring larpo qunntith 3 of Seo.l a _ 0 are request*il to v i i\?r specie . " | H prices. If \<>u lmvo rcveivci 1 P| a copy of \\'OOi >\S ^ i 1!D UOOl a for 19:M, wrii" (or it. 1 litre is no another publication anywlicr i or 3 that approaches it in the useft I and practical information tba It gives lo Souther ?i farmer the 1 an<* ?ar<Ic,:cr5. .. a Wood's Seed Mcok will fie idiIU J frci nia 1 en rrqu >t. Write to-i!oy: el lo not delay. ?? | T. W. Wood & Sons, Saedsist; re k ? o Dr. Alexander S. Foster* Surgeon Dentist, J0NESV1LLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. lioouos over J. F. Alman'a Store. r- *" CROWN TORRENCE. M. 0. * ble. - Office Hours: ink Special attention to diseases of tQ( Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. 25-8na "?< SCA1FE & HAMBLIN, UP, is* ^ATTORNEY8AT LAW%-, ;i'^ Foster Building. Union, 8. C. J7CLOUQH WALLACE. ATORNEY AT LAW. S. Room 12 up stairs Foster Building. S. MEANS BEATY, lit " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. s* 0f No. 3, Raw Range. Money to Loan. 1 liave money to loan in amounts of (. $3(J0 aud upwards on improved farms ,1 at 7 per cent interest. 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