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In The soda ci M ideal food [| Biscuit arc III soda cracke: M the I ? I soda craci W made in the Lrightly prol last and all t In a a moistw NATIONAL BIS< fy"9 ' * i ??? $ 5 fihe Wings of The Morning By LOUIS TRACY Copyright, 1W1G, by I>1 ward .T. Clotle O O Continued from page ' ). vi (wis;.ni, on ino watc.* supply or too pitcher plant?he knelt to peer into the excavation. The well Usui been properly ni;ulo. Ten feet down lie eould see the reflect ion of Ills face. Expert hands had tapped the secret reservoir of the Island, lly stretching to the full extent of his arm he managed to plunge the stick into the water. Tasting the drops, he found that they were quite sweet. The sand and porous rock provided the best of filter beds. lie rose, well pleased, and noted that on the opposite side the appearance of the shrubs and tufts of long grass indicated the existence of a grown over path toward the cliff. lie followed it, walking carelessly, with eyes seeking the prosjwjpt. Jws^nd i;p;JpY?n' Looking down, he was horrified to find he was trampling on a skeleton. Had a venomous snake coiled its glistening folds around his leg he would not have been more startled, lint this man of iron nerve soon recovered. He frowned deeply after the first involuntary heart throb. With the stick ho cleared away the undergrowth and revealed the skeleton of a man. The bones were big and strong, hut oxidized by the action of the air. Jcnks had injured tlie left tibia by his tread, hut three fractured ril?s and a smashed shoulder blade told some terrible unwritten story. Henoath the mournful relies were iragmenis 01 decayed ciotn. it was blue serge. Lying about were a few blackened objects, brass buttons marked with an anchor. The dead man's boots were in the best state of preservation, but the leather had shrunk, an l the nails protruded like fangs. A rusted poeketknil'e lay there, and on the left breast of the skeleton rested a round piece of tin, the top of a canister, whioh might have repose; 1 jn a coat pocket. Jenks picked it tip. Some curious marks and figures were punched into its surface. After a hasty glance he put it aside for more leisurely examination. No weapon was visible, lie could form no estimate as to the cause of the (loath of this poor unknown nor the time since the tragedy had occurred. Jenks must have stood many tnintutes before lie perceived (hat the skeleton was headless. At lirst he imagined that in rummaging about with tho stick lie had disturbed the skull. Hut the most minute search demonstrated that it had gone?had been taken away, In fact ?for the plants which so etToctu- I ally screened the lighter bones would not permit the skull to vanish. tThen the frown on the sailor's face became threatening, thunderous. Ho j recollected the rusty creese. Indistinct i memories of strange tales of the China sea crowded unhidden to his brain. "Dyaks!" lie growled fiercely. "A ship's ofllcor. an Englishman probably, I murdered by head hunting I?yak pi- i rates'." If they entne once they would come again. Five hundred yards away Iris Iieane was sleeping. He ought not to have! Infl- l,n> .. I,..,? ? ...1 41.-.- 111 41 I ?' iv II* I ilHMIV, llll'll, Willi lllff ' devilish ingenuity of coineidpiiep, a revolver shot awoke the echoes and sent all manner of wild fowl hurtling through the trees with clamorous outcry. Panting and wild eyed. .Teaks was at I the girl's side in an inconceivably short space of time. She was not beneath the shelter of the grove, but on the sands, gazing, pallid in cheek and lip, at the group of rocks on the edge of the lagoon. "What Is the matter?" he gasped. "Oh, I don't know!" she wailed brokenly. "I had a dream, such n horrible dream. You were struggling with some awful thing down there." She pointed to the rocks., . . . , ' I HMHEB 1 racker is an |l Uneeda M | i the ideal [|] rs- Indeed, II ily I :ers rightly I ! first place, w ;ected first, |( he time. I fust tight, [$f) re proof package. [if :U!T COMPANY 1 "I was not nonr the place," he said laboriously. It cost him an effort to breathe. 11 is broad chest expanded inches with each respiration. "Yes, yes, I understand. But I awoke and ran to save you. When I J cot here I saw something, n thing j with waving arms, and tired. It van1 ished. and then you came." The sailor walked slowly to the rocks. A fresh chip out of the stone showed where the bullet struck. One I huge bowlder was wet, as if water had j been splashed over if. lie halted and | looked intently into the water. Not a tish was to be seen, but small spirals of sand were eddying up from the bottom. where it shelved steeply from the shore. Iris followed him. "See!" she cried excitedly. "I was not mistaken. There was something here." A creepy sensation ran up the man's finlun ami reiuoiul lilci r?*irc \ f this snot the drowned Lascars wore lying. I.iko an inspiration canto tlie kn-?\v1c<1lo Unit the cuttlefish, the <lron<lcil octopus, altouiuls in the China sea. His face was livid when ho turned to Ills. "You are overwrought by fa* Jlcvcalcd the skeleton of a man. tMiss Pernio," lie said. ''What I you saw was probably a seal." He know the ludicrous substitution would not bo questioned. "Please go and lie down again.*' "I cannot," she protested. "I am too frightened." "Frightened! By a dream! In broad j daylight!" | "But why are you so pale? What has I alarmed you?" "Can you ask? Did you not give the agreed signal?'* "Yes, but"? Her inquiring glance fell. He was breathless from agitation rather than running, lie was perturbed on her account. For an instant she had looked into his soul. "I will go back," she said quietly, "though I would rather accompany you. What are you doing?" "Seeking a place to lay our heads," lie answered, with gruff carelessness. "You really must rest, Miss Deane. Otherwise you will bo broken up by fatigue and beeoinc ill." So Iris again sought her conch of (?nml. and the sailor returned to the tkcleton. They separated unwillingly, each thinking only of the other's safety and comfort. CHAPTER IV. rT-lcrtOSH the parched bones lay I LX I *',e s,'r'i discarded by .Teaks IAA I In his alarm. He picked it up 1 ' and resumed his progress along the pathway. So closely did he now examine the ground that he hardly noted his direction. The track led straight toward the wall of rock. The distance was not great?about forty yards. At lirst the brushwood impeded liliu, but soon even this hindrance ^isapjieafsd, pjtd a. well deQucd passage 1 Mr wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm meandered through n belt of trees, ( some strong and lofty, others <iuite im- ' mature. . _ More bushes gathered at the foot of the cliff. Behind them he could sec \ the mouth of a cave. The six months' old growth of vegetation about the en- ! trance gave clear indication as to the time which lind elapsed since a human foot last disturbed the solitude. A few vigorous blows with the stick cleared away obstructing plants and I leafy branches. The sailor stooped and 1 looked into the cavern, for the opening . was barely live feet high - lie per- j' ccived instantly that the excavation ! was man's handiwork applied to a , fault in the hard rock. A sort of nnt- j urnl shaft existed, and this had been extended by manual labor. Beyond the entrance the cave became more lofty. Owing to Its position with reference to the sun at that hour Jenks imagined that sufficient light would be obtainable when the tropical luxuriance of foliage outside was dispensed with. At present the interior was dark. . With the stick lie tapped the walls and roof. A startled cluck and the rush of wings heralded the flight of two birds alarmed by tlic noise. Soon bis eyes, more accustomed to the gloom, made out that the place was about thirty feet deep, ten feet wide in the center ami seven ov eight feet high. At the farther end was a collection of objects inviting prompt attention. Each moment he could see with greater distinctness. Kneeling on one side of the little pile, he discerned that on a large stone serving as a rude bench were some tin utensils, some knives, a sextant and a quantity of empty cartridge cases, lietween the stone and what a miner terms the "face" of the rock was a four foot space. Here, half Imbedded in the sand which covered the floor, were two pickaxes, a shovel, a sledge hammer, a line timber felling ax and three crowbars. In the darkest corner of the cave's extremity the "wall" appeared to be very smooth, lie prodded with the stick, and there was a sharp clang of tin. lie discovered six square kerosene oil cases carefully stacked up. Three were empty, one seemed to bo half foil, and the contents of two were untouched. With almost feverish haste he ascertained that the half filled tin did really contain oil. "What a find:" he ejaculated aloud. So far as he could Judge, the cave uaiDoivd 110 iuriner surprises. iieiurning toward the exit, liis boots dislodged more empty cartridges from the sand. They were shells adapted to a revolver of heavy caliber. At a short distance from the doorway they were present In dozens. ; . "The remnants of a fight," he thought. "The man was attacked and defended himself here. Not expecting tl > rrJrnl " * 1 . V. .. Mifi-e'of'food or water. He was killed while trying to reach the well, probably at night." lie vividly pictured the scone?a brave, hardy European keeping at bay a boat load of Dyak savages, enduring manfully the agonies of hunger, {hirst, perhaps wounds; then the siege, followed hy a wild effort to gain the life giving well, the hiss of a Malay parang wielded by a lurking foe and the last despairing struggle before death came. lie might be mistaken. Perchance there was a less dramatic explanation. But ho could not shake off his first impressions. "What was the poor devil doing here?" he asked. "Why did he bury himself in this rock, with mining utensils and a few rough stoics? lie could not he a castaway. There is the indl- | oiition of purpose, of preparation, of method combined with ignorance, for none who knew the ways of Dyaks and Chinese pirates would venture to livs here alone If he could help It, and if he really were alone." There was relief in hearing his own voice. lie could huin and think and act. Arming himself with the ax. he attacked the hushes and branches of trees in front of the cave. He cut a fresh approach to the well and threw the litter over the skeleton. At lirst he was inclined to bury it where it lay, but lie disliked the idea of Iris walking unconsciously over the place. No time could be wasted that day. He would seize an early opportunity to act us gravedigger. After an absence of little more than an hour he rejoined the girl. She saw him from afar and wondered whence he obtained the ax he shouldered. "You are a successful explorer," she cried when he drew near. "Yes, Hiss I)eane. I have found water. implements, a shelter, even light." "What sort of light?" I TO HE CONTINUED. J v.? . -r- vjc / PERT PARAGRAPHS There uiay bo quantities of content* wont, but thoy are usually minus quan* tltiea. It Is better to tear out than to be thrust out. Hpeak well of your friends. Their nemlcs will do all tlie knocking necessary. < Other people's money always seems made for spending. What nils most people seems to be an excess of appetite. Don't listen to the voice of trouble, . for trouble is npt to be a liar anyhow. \ Women's rights may bother uien a < great deal, but If they nre Inclined to- 1 ward athletics their lefts are Just as * annoying. j j The best way to economize Is to fix t things so you won't need to economize. ] ,) i SOUTHERN RAILWAY 1 j rHE SOPTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. j Jnexcelled Dining- Car Service. ! Through Pullman Sleeping-Cars i on all Through Trains?Convenient Schedule on all Local Trains, i Winter Tourist Rates are | ~ now in effect to all Florida | points. For full information j as to rates, routes, etc., consult nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent or BROOKS MORGAN, R. W. HUNT, A. G. P. A., 1). P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. | Union & Glenn Springs D Railroad Co. Time Table Effective Aug. l; 1905. 5( Union 7 n 111 I OO 4 (Kt nnd $ 8.10 p. m. Arrive Buffalo 7.15 a. in. 1.15, -1.15 and r "5 p. in. Leave Bui. o 8.15 a. in. 1.45, 5.00 and J 8.30 p. m. Arrive Union 8.30 a. 111. 2.00, 5.15 and t 8.45 p. in. F Leave Union 9.00 a. m. and 5.25 p. 111. _ Pass Neal Shoals 9.50 a m. and G.IOp. m. Arrive Pride 10.15 a. m. and 6.35 p. m. Leave Pride 10.35 a. in. and 6.50 p. m. p Pass Neal Shoals 11.00 a. m. and . 7.10 p.m. Arrive Union 11.50 a. in. and 8.00 p. m. L All trains daily unless otherwise noted. Week days only. J Saturdays and Sundays only. Connection made at Pride with Seaboard Air Line through trains South bound in the Aorningand North bound in the evening. Interchangeable mileage sold by the 1 Seaboard Air Line will be honored by the U. & G. S. R. It. M. B. SUMMER, E Gen. Pass. Agent. PAIR EXCHANGE. A New Back Por an Old One?How it is Done s In Union. The back aches at times with a dull, indescribable feeling, making you weary and restless; piercing pains shoot across the region of the kidneys, and ' again the loins'are so lame to stoop is agony. No use to rub or apply a plas- * ter to the back in this condition. You 1 cannot reach the cause. Exchange the J had back for a new and stronger one. ' Follow the example of this Union citi- , ^rr~K.- Porter, printer, employed on a Progress, living on South Cnurch St., a say6: "1 have never felt better in my a life thali I have since I used Doan's 1 Kidney Pills. I was a great sufferer a from backache for a number of years. ^ My trouble was right across the small { of my back and ?he pain was sometimes ' so severe that I thought mv back would *' break in two. I have plastered it, and * rnkhpH tl nnlil if n?oo oil ' . .V i V nno nu i a H <11111 U11U mass pf blisters, but in spite of all 1 could do nothing seemed to help me. I ! read about Doan's Kidney Pills and not 1 them. Half a hex relieved me, and the use of two boxes entirely cured me." 1 For sale by all dealers. Priee 50 j cents Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, '' New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. Tax Assessment Notice. The time for taking tax returns begins on the 1st day of January. 1000, and expires on the 20th day of February. All real, as well as personal property, must be returned this time. It is the instruction from the Comptroller-General to positively charge the 50 per cent, penalty to any and all persons who neglect to make their tax returns as required by law. My advice would be, that every person who lias tenants, see that they make their returns, as I will have to comply with the requirements of the Comptroller General, and add 50 per cent, penalty to all who do not make their returns. I am giving due notice and you have ample time. Therefore, when the penalty is chargsd to you, do not blame me, but yourself. All returns not made directly to the auditor or his clerk, must be sworn to before some one competent to administer an oath. Want everybody to put a value on their lands ami remember lafid is worth more now than it was fouryears ago. Will be in the office at Union from the 1st day of January to the 13th, inelusive, after which time I will go to the following places: Buffalo January 15 West Springs " 10 Bennett's Store, forenoon " 17 " Harrison's store, afternoon " 17 Wilburn's Store " 18 Sedalia. forenoon " 19 Black Rock, forenoon... " 31 Adamsburg, forenoon... 22 Lockhart " 23 Kelton " 24 Jonesville " 25 Santuc " 20 Carlisle " 27 Monarch Mills, forenoon " 28 Aetna Mills, afternoon.. " 29 From the 29th of January to the 20th Jay of February in olliee. J. G. Farm, Auditor. 51 Ot On If/ X') Vearc HI/1 V/1 Y Mr* VI Of V-f IVJ W ' I nm only 82 years old and don't ex- g Dcct even when I get to be real old to I feel that way as long as I can get Elec- I ric Hitters, says Mrs. E. II. Hrunson, | >f 1 >nl>1 in, Ga. Surely there's nothing I )lse keops the old as young and makes I ,he weak as strong as this grand tonic I nedicine. Dyspepsia, torpid liver, in- I lamed kidneys or chronic constipation ire unknown after taking Electric Biters a reasonable time. Guaranteed by 3uke Drug Co. price 50c, . n r 'it'' f HAIR & DENT Crown, Bridgework and Office over Mutual Dry C CM I DR. J. MONRC m ent tjw Crown and Bridge Work $5 A Specialty. Phone li A. TOWNSEN!) BEN P. TOWNSEND TOWNSEND & TOWNSEND, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Union, S. C. i-iot 1 SCAIFE & HAMBLIN, < < I ATTORNEYS AT LAW. i OSTER BUILDING, UNION, S. C. j f. c. duke; : epresenting the Best and Most iberal Life, Health and Accident nsurance Companies in the world OFFICE: Room 4, Nicholson Building. J. A. browNj DEALER IN tEAL ESTATE, STOCKS AND BONDS. IOUSE RENTING AND COLLECTING A SPECIALTY. OFFICE ON BACHELOR STREET. Probate Judge's Sale. Itate of South Carolina, ) Court of County of Union. ) Probate. IX All) OK ASSETS. . Ct. doing 11s Administrator of the estate of I. II. Clark, deceased, Plaintiff, against Villiam Clark, ot. al, Defendants. By order of Probate Court for the 'OUnty of Union and State aforesaid, will sell to the highest bidder before lie Court House door, during legal lours of sale on the lirst Monday in February, 1000, (it beingsalesday) the v...wrrr,.gAiesennea real rstntTTsTtuare .lid beinc in Union Innrnsliin. (.nnni.v .nd Statu aforesaid, all the right, titl^ ,nd interest in and to all that certain ract oT land containing ninety-fiVo ,cros, more or less, belonging to I. H. /lark, deceased, interest in said tract 7-12) seven-twelfths, bounded by ands of R. R. Going, Joseph Skelton, . C. Ed wards, A. H. Foster, Sarah Irandon and A. H. Foster, Farr & Thomson. Terms: One-half cash, the balance ipon a credit of twelve months, with nterest from day of sale secured by >ond of purchaser and mortgage of he premises, the purchaser to pay for tapers. Purchaser or purchasers nave eavc to pay all cash. Jason M. (Irkkr, Judge of Probate. January 0, 1090. 2-3t " 1 Wood's Seeds. | Second Crop Seed Potatoes go further in planting than other Seed Potatoes, yield better and more uniform crops, and are in high favor with truckers and potato growers wherever planted. Our stocks are of superior quality, uniform in size, and sent out in full-size barrels. Write for prices, and Wood's 1906 Seed Book, giving full and interesting information about Seed Potatoes. T.W. Wood & Sons, Soedsmen, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. Wo carry the largest stock of Potatoes la the South. Maine. Northerngrown and Seoond Crop Seed. Write for prices. SAW MILLS. I IfiHT MPnilIM ANfl HP AW >?>?? p fBMk/ nun T WOOD-WORKINO MACHINERY FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK ENGINES AND BOILERS AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. ASK POR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE PLACINO YOUR ORDER. GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY COLUMBIA, S C. TiIe UnIon Times and Methopol- 1 an Magazine for $1.80 a year. -i * .. . ; HAIR, ISTS. | > Regulating a Specialty. 5 ioods Co., Union, S. C. $ >E WALLACE, | Ofllcos: Rooms 1 and 2 yk 17. Nicholson Building. TO INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK. Union, H. C., December 'Mtf ID05. At a mooting of the directors of llniley Furniture Manufacturing Company hold at the office of said sompany in tlto town of Union, 8. C., >n December 28th, 1C05. the following resolutions wore adopted: Kesolvod, First. That the capital stock of the Bailey Furniture Manufacturing Company bo increased from 120,000 to $30,000 of which increase MO.OOO to be prefered stock, so that ho stock of the company shall consist >f $20,COO common stock, divided into two hundred shares of one hundred dollars each, and $!0,(XX) of prefered stock, divided into one hundred shares of $100 each. Resolved, further, That such prefered stock shall be entitled to dividends at the rate of seven per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, that it shall be the duty of the directors after paying the expenses of the said business, to set apart out of the earnings any balance which may remain, for the purpose of paying said dividend of seven per cent on the prefered stock. In no event shall any sum be carried to surplus or any other account until said dividend shall have been paid. In the event the balance so set apart shall not be sufficient to pay the entire seven per cent, at any period of six months herein provided, * then and in that event said dividend in arrears shall be a charge upon the prolits until the full dividend is paid; the intention being to make the charge of seven per cent on the prefered stock a prefered lien upon the prolits until the full dividend is paid: the company to have the option of retiring by lot or otherwise as the directors shall determine, all or any portion of the said stock at par after live years. At tho end of the live years any portion of said stock together with the amount" of all accumulated unpaid dividends, if any, not retired, shall be converted into First Mortgage Ciold Bonds upon the cpinuany'a property, and in liou of. J. dividends shall receive Interest at th$ rate of six per cent per annum for a period of ljve years from said date. Resolved, further. That. Hurino riia life of the preferod stock hereby authorized, the common stock shall not receive any dividends in excess of ten per cent per annum, and shall not be entitled to nny dividends whatever until the full dividend of seven per cent is paid upon the prefered stock as above provided, and that any and all earnings in excess of such dividends on the prefered and common stock, shall be held as a sinking fund to provide for the retirement of the prefered stock. Resolved, further, That in order to carry out the terms under which said stock is issued and received by the subscribers, that no encumbrance of any character be placed by the board of directors in the shape of a mortgage or lien on the property of the company unless the same shall provide for the retirement of the prefered stock with accumulated interest as above provided. Resolved, further, That a meeting of the stockholders of Bailey Furniture Manufacturing Company will be held in the oflicc of said company in the town of Union, S. C., on January 27th, * 1000, at 10 o'clock a. m., to act upon the foregoing resolutions T; K. Bailey, F. M. Farh, Kmhlik Nicholson, John A. Fant, 52-41 1 )\ rnofrvKa Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, ) Court CornCounty of Union. f mon Pleas, Thomas K. Palmer, plaintiff, vs Jamison G. Kelly, et al, defendant. In obedience to an order made in above stated case, I will sell at Union before the Court House door on Saturday, February 5th, 1906, during the legal hours of sale, viz., All that certain tractof land, situated in Union County, State aforesaid, . bounded by lands of Joseph Kelly on the North, on the East by lands of Thomas J. Gault. on the South by lands of It. N. Gallman, and on the West by lands of Willie Hart, containing tluee hundred and eighteen acres more or less TKRMS OK HAI.R. One half cash, balance on credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale, secured by bond of purchaser ??,i - * ? m?jn*ttKc 01 premises sold. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, with privilege of paying all cash. 2-3t C. H. Peaks, Master. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that Thos. E Bailey, administrator with will annexed of the estate of Leila C. Littlejohn, deceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in and for the county of Union, for a final discharge as such administrator. It is ordered, That the 17th day of February A. I). lOOfi, be fixed forbearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said estate. Jason M. Grkkr, Probate Judge Union County. S C. Published in Tub Union Tjmks January 10. 19C.fi. 3-4t The Metropolitan magazine ranks among the best published and The Times among the best weekly papers