The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 16, 1906, Page 6, Image 6

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L'.^gtgSsSi ll To Be Fr I you have i a eaten a true w. until you ha1" fi Une | Bis; I The only s M which is all IM always goo< II from strange Ldust tight, n proof packag NATIONAL BIS r> r. B/?e of VJ * > The Morning Cy 1.0UI3 TRACY Copyright, 1003, by Edward J. Clode L 1 O Continued l'roni t .">. '.vi i:i t .: i < . i!: . i > n;; I: at tlai'trl in evrvc I tliulit '?.( . i! * '.oi.T'' ::11 1 fallen on top of their proieein-iT shield. 'I.et. us sec what the nnnic is." okclaimed tin; sailor, lie crept to the hack of the JoiljiC and drew himself up until In? coukl roach over the slioet. lie returned, carrying In his hand a couple of tiny arrows. ' There are no loss than seven of these thine-! sticking in the canvas." ho said. "They d >u't look very terrible. 1 suppose that is what my Indian friend meant l?y warning nie against the troes on the riirht." He did not tell Iris all the Moham mcdnn said. There was no need tt alarm her causelessly.' Kven wliih they examined the curious little missilt another tlew up from the valley ami lodged on the rOof of their shelter. The shaft of the arrow, made of sonu extremely hard wood, was ah nit. ten inches in length. A Mixed to it was I> tinted tisli b ?ue. sharp, but not barbed atnl not fastened in a manner sou gestive of much strength. The arrow was neither feat here-1 nor gre>\.nl f.v. * a bowstring. Altogether it seemed It: be a childish weapon to be used h.v men etpiipped with lead :>!i<I steel. .lenks could not understand the an peartince of this t ?y. Evidently 1 lie l?yaks believed i:i its eflh-aey or they would not keep on pertinaciously drop ping an arrow on the ledge. "IIow do they tire itV" asked Iris "I>o they throw it':" "I will soon tell you," lie replied reaching for a rille. "Ho not go nut yet." she enti'e.ite ! him. "They cannot harm us. I'orhap f . J L U Tlic last, arrow till, //>i// he yjn'int'j I H./l M.I tl... IMI/ / r 'jx t ?/y Mi< ii/ii;/' wo may learn more l?.v keeping qniol They will not continue sii ??t 111the.things all day." Again a tiny arrow traveled towjin tlioui in a graceful |>:ii;iI> >l.-i. 'l itis on fell short. .Mis-ing the tarpaulin, it al most dropped on the girl's outstretche. hand. She picked it up. The li.sh lton point had snapped by contact with th lloor of the lodge. She sought for nni found the small tip. "Sce,': she said. "It seems to hnv been dipped in something. It is quit discolored." I Jenks frowned peculiarly. A star tling explanation had suggested itsel l\ * to him. Fragments! of forgotten ion jL were taking cohesion in his mind. MtiL, . 'Tut It down. Quick!" ho cried. ank I really never soda cracker | ye eaten yJ teda 1 suit 1 ;oda cracker I . good and W d, protected ^ ; hands by a | loisture e. ' ? CUIT COMPANY ft i Iris obex oil him. with womior in her e\ os. 1le spilled leaspoonful of champagne into n smstll hollow of the roelc iiml steeped one of the lish bones in the liquid. Within a few seconds the champagne assumed a greenish tinge ami tiie bono became white. Then he knew. "Coed heavens," he exclaimed, "these are pais mod arrows shot through a blowpipe! 1 have never before seen one, but I have often read about them. The bamboos the I)yaks carried were . sumpitans. These lish bones have lieeu steeped iu the juice of the upas tree, i Iris, my dear girl, if one of them had so much as scratched your linger nothing <m earth could save you." She paled and drew back in sudden horror. Another tap sounded on their t'rriee welcome covering.. Evidently the I >yaks would persist in their efforts to get one of those poisoned darts home. .leaks debated silently whether it would he better to create a commotion, thus inducing the savages to believe they had succeeded in indicting a mortal wound, or to wait until the next arrow fell, rush out and try conclusions 1 with dumdum bullets against the sumt pilau blowers. He decided in favor of the latter course, lie wished to dishearten his ) assailants. \ > cram down tltclr throats the belief that lie was invulnerable and could visit their every effort with I a deadly reprisal. Iris, of course, protested when he explained his project. Hut the lighting i spirit prevailed. Their love idyll must yield to the needs of the hour. lie had not long to wait. The last | arrow fell, and he sprang to the ex| trenie right of the lodge. First he | looked through that invaluable screen > j of grass. Three 1 tyaks were on the i ground jiiki a i<mii 111 ui i ;ii? iui iv *il a ; trie. Tltoy were each armed with n blowpipe. lie in the tree was .just titling an arrow into the bamboo tube. The others were watching him. .lenks raised liis ritle, tired, and the warrior in the tree pitched headlong to the ground. A second shot stretched a companion on top of him. One man jumped into the bushes and got. away, but the fourth tripped over his unwieldy I Minipitan. and a bullet tore a largo ; section from his skull. The sailor then amused himself with breaking the bainboos by tiring at litem. lie came back to the white faced girl. "I fancy that further practice with blowpipes will be at a discount on liainbow island," lie cried cheerfully. ItnI iris was anxious and distrait. "It is very sad." site said, "that we are obliged to secure our own safety by the ceaseless (daughter of human beings. Is there no offer we can make them, no promise of future gain, to tempt them to abandon hostilities?" "None whatever. These Borneo I>yaks are bred from infancy to prey on their lVllow creatures. To be strangers and defenseless is to court pillage and massacre at their hands. I think no I more of shooting them than of smash j inir n clay pigeon. Killing a mad (log is perhaps a bolter sijuilo." "But. Itobort <loar, bow long can we bold out?"' "What! Are you growing tired of me already?" lie hoped to divert her thoughts from this constantly recurring topic. Twice within the hour hud it been broached and dismissed, but Iris would not permit liiin to shirk it again. She made 110 reply, simply regarding hint with a wistful smile. So .leaks sat down by her side and I rehearsed the hopes and fours which perplexed him. lie determined that " , there should l?> no further concealment ! between them. If they failed to secure ' j water that night, if the I yaks nuriue t ained a strict siege of the rock throughout 1110 whole of next day, well d ?they might survive it was problee malieal. Best leave matters in (Jod's I- hands. I l. [to ok continued.j e [1 Ills Exiirrlciirr. First Artist? But you love art for its e own sake? Second Artist?Why, yes. o I'm coming to the conclusion that that's all there is in It.?Brooklyn Life. f The language denotes the man. A e coarse or refined character finds Its expression naturally In a coarso or ro| fined phraseology.?Bovce. . ??itmmmmm \ mm . i ^ *. y ^ Q O A Diamond Transaction O (Original.] A number of gcntleuieu were sitting in n fashionable club in Paris talking over the revolutionary movement, in ltussia. Count Maximilian tie Iti:u> court expressed tlie wlsl> that the movement would not end till every i bureaucrat in the empire had been swept away. "Why, count," said one of the party, "do you wish our allies such misfortune? It is not many years ago that you were hand in glove with one of the czar's suit.'' The count smiled a peculiar smile. "Vou don't know the incidents of that intimacy," lie said, "nor does any one else. ] have kept them locked up. fearing to give them on uccount of the high stauding of the parties concerned. Since they are not so powerful as they were, 1 don't mind if I let you hito ! tlie secret." | IIvery man drew closer, eager with i curiosity. i ".Ilist before the czar's visit to Paris when die treaty was signed"," tho k-onnt continued, "I bad a chance to tR.u large diamond from South Africa for much less than it way worth, whether the man who offered it to me isrne1 by it honestly. I don't know to this dtiy. lie claimed that he was in great straits for ready money. 1 in a"!gaged my, es> tales that had been In iho family for centuries to buy it and made the dc.al. "Soon after I fiVnight the stone along came the czar. It occurred to me thdt 1 might sell my diamond to Ills'majesty. In this club 1 mot. atuong others of his suit. Prince Hulgourki. lie was a bloated aristocrat who had lived like the rest of the Itussiau royalties, by plunder. It did not take me long to interest him in my diamond matterindeed. he grasped it at once with great avidity. 1 took the gem to his rooms for his inspection. He told me that ho would speak to the czar about it and the next day sent me a noltf'to bring the diamond to his rooms again, when a lapidary appointed by his majesty would inspect it. "The lapidary was there wlteu 1 arrived and, taking out his glasses, commenced to examine the stone. Instead )f being one of (he principal diamond merchants of Paris he was rather a disreputable person. 1 kept lny. eye.on the stone, not losing sight of it for n moment, till I lieani a crash directly behind me, when I instinctively tg'rned. A cabinet containing brioa-UMic bad fallen forward. I turned agnlu-to the diamond. I did not sec if, hukxlid see the lapidary standing, a revolver in each hand, with his hack to t hp, (loaf. " 'Excellencies,' he said, 'follow* me at your peril.* lie covered urfwiltf his weapons, hacking into the hall, watere ue was out of sight. I made a uiotaou to follow, bill the prince hold ino, say!ng: 'Your life, ui'sieu! It is wqrth more to you than a mine of diamonds/ "Almost from.the iirst I detected,,iu the robbery a plan to transfer the diamond from my possession to that .pf Prince Dalgourki. Iiad it not been necessary for him to overturn We cabinet to attract my attention from the diamond I might have boon deceived. As it was, I was confident that the prince either had or would have my diamond. "I kept track of diamonds offered for sale in Paris till after the czar's .departure. The stolen gem did not appear. I resolved to recover it or die in an attempt. Instead of putting the police of Paris to work on the case I went myself to St. Petersburg. Disguising myself as a diamond merchant, I went about the gem stores of the capital looking for an extra large diu-< nioiul suitable for royalty. It was not long before I got 011 the track of a stone which answered the description of the one 1 had lost. "So unblushing was Dalgourki, so sure of his position, that lie was attending to the sale of therein himself. A diamond broker told me that the mViiw would not let it out of his sight, and if I cared to see it I must go to Ids house. I went to a palace and found Palgourki. My disguise was complete, and he did not recognize me. I told him t'.ns.t 1 was but an agent and If ho | would give me a price I would tele! graph my royal master and get an iia; mediate reply. lie gave me tigm'es 50 per cent above what the article was worth, aiul I retired. "I made several visits to his home and took note of the room in which ho always received me, including access and egress. At last 1 accepted his terms and made an appointment to take the stone and pay in accepted drafts on my sovereign. The sovereign desiring that lie should not l?o known in the transaction, we were to be alone. "The diamond was on a table beforo ' us. I took out my wallet and, picking out a black substance the size of a pea, threw it into an open grate. Jt exploded. Nihilists were everywhere in the capital, and the prince turned white as a sheet. lie found voice enough to ask what I was doing. I threw in another, which niso exploded. Then, turning to the prince, I drew from my pocket n powder canister and sa 111: " 'I nin not here to buy diamonds, but ! to cany out tlio orders of my chief. Wo dio together.' i 1 "I threw the canister into the tiro. The prince darted from the room and could not soon have stopped running, for I deliberately made my exit with the diamond by another way and?well, I didn't stop till I reached Paris." "The explosion!" exclaimed one of the listeners. "Didn't the canister ex plode?" "I didn't wait to see, but 1 think not, since It contained nothing explosive." 1 * ? , xo&t 53AXLOBD. I I l?l Bll^. . - - I l| I || L - Wlien (he State Fixed Hotel Price*. ' Before, during and for n time after tlte. Revolutionary war the courts of the couiuipuweulth used to tlx the prices of tavern board and liquor, so wheu the sojourning stranger from nfar struck Richmond he could pretty nearly know what "horse feed and breakfast" cost. There was also an assize of bread as well as of drink. < The price of bread was regulated by the price of wheat. A fourpenuy white loaf, a twopenny white loaf, a fourpenny brick loaf and a fourpenny i brown loaf had each to weigh so much, according as they had other ingredi- j euts mixed with llour. In those days a "Boston biscuit" costing 1 cent had to weigh six ounces and two drains and so on. The connection between a loaf of bread and sixty pounds of wheat at so much per bushel has grown beyond the grasp of the modern mind. However, in the old time in Virginia the custom of regulating the price, or, rather, the weight, of a loaf of hropd by the price of the wheat of which it was made was universal. So far as liquor wa ; concerned, the courts used'to fix not only the price of a siu gle urmu, a quart or a ganou 01 me stuff, but also "a goruui of punch-."? Richmond Dispatch. " Wlicn Krlcntln Arc Enrmlcii, "Olio of our greatest troubles is to prevent patients from being killed by kindness," said a trained nurse in one of the'public hospitals. "On visiting days,'-when relations or friends are admitted* we have in many cases to exercise* oxfreme vigilance. The amount of improper, even dangerous, food which one nblebodied relative can smuggle in under cover of a satchel or a voluminous cloak is almost incredible. "Only-a few weeks ago 1 captured and carried away from the bed of a convalescent typhoid case a pasteboard box containing two big green pickles and a itfcee of exceptionally rich cocoanut cake. It fvns the boy's mother who brought the dainties, and presumably she did not wish to shorten her son's days in the land. "This sort of thing is of frequent occurrence in a hospital. It is strangely illustrative of how little the average man or woman understands the delicate mechanism of the stomach and stomachic disease."?New York l'ress. The (Jronl ICnatern. The Great Eastern was 080 feet long, S3 feet beam, 28 feet draft when loaded; 23,000 tonnage; paddle engines, 1,000 horsepower nominal; screw engines.. 1.700 horsepower nominal. She was corrimeneetl to be built at Millwall in the-Spvlng of 1834 and was launched after many difficulties on Jan. 30, 1838. " The history of the Great Eastern ? was from the first financially an unfortuunteone. She made several voyages to the United States at a great loss to her owners, but in 1803 and 18G0 ! she somewhat redeemed her character . jby successfully laying the Atlantic cable. Subsequently, owing to her vast size, she was instrumental In laying most of the important cables across the Atlantic, in the Mediterranean, through Ilie Hod sea, etc. In 1S88 she was sold nt auction in Liverpool to bo broken up, bringing the sum of $280,720.?London Globe. The Iluiunn Dody'it Tlroleim OrKnim. Man has within him a stationary engine called his heart, which, with its veins and arteries, constitutes a perfect system of hydraulics, compared With which man's best work is clumsy, intricate and wasteful. The lungs are a working bellows, the most perfect method of sanitary ventilation. The stomach is a working vat of marvelous perfection. The brain is a wondrous condenser, and the skin is a great working evaporator, with reserve automatic appliances, ready for extra work in moments of need. All these are in action at all times, day and night, tireless. unceasing, self winding and repairing, for seventy years or more. Ilrniiintlc Death*. . What is a dramatic death? Of course ' the most dramatic death ever recorded was that of I'lacut, who dropped dead while paying a bill. Then there was the doath of Fa hi us, who was choked . by a hair in some milk; that of Louis VI.. who met his doom because a pig ran under his horse and caused him to stumble; that of Salifeius, who was poisoned by the albumen in a soft boiled egg, and that of Zeuxis, who died from laughter nt sight of a hag he had painted. Her Feet Too. "That new saleslady," said the blond nt the ribbon counter, "lias false hair and teeth." "Yes," replied the brunette, who condescended to sell handkerchiefs ocea?nrwl cnnmn tl.nt'u rinf- Dir. PlUIIUIIJi UIJVI H. 111(11 rt I1WI 1IIU only tiling. I licard her complaining that she hadn't had a chance to get ofT her feet all day." Slie Work* lit llome. Hicks?I understand Mrs. Bias has learned how to keep her husband at home. Wicks?Nonsense! Bias is out With "the boys" nearly every night. Hicks?You misunderstand me. I mean the work she does at home keeps him. She's a dressmaker, you know.?Philadelphia Ledger. I nn vn 11 i hi; Pursuit. "Don't he so sweeping in your judgments. There's that prominent man I mentioned just now, who I am sure has always pursued an upright life." "Tllllt mfl** 1 to hut ho'a tiarni* /tnnrrhf tip with It."?Bftltlmoro American. SnrcRatln. First Medical Mnn?My practice lias doubled since I cnme to this town. Second Medical Mnn?Oh, so you have got another patient? The absent are like children?helpless , to <lQfeu<l themselves.?Reade. , BOS?sc3aa??4>D3a?c?s#B<?afo: HAIR S IDISNn ? " Crown, Bridge work am Office over Mutual Dry m naaieaasBSffBttaessaaetsasBct || DR. J. MONRi m E N |H7 W(/J Crown and Bridge Work . A Specialty. ? Phone ' Well Worlh Trying. \V. II Brown, the popular pensjioi attorney, of Pitts-Hold. Vt..sn)is: "Nex t?? a pension, the l?est thing to get i l)r. King's New l.ife I'ills." 11* writes: "they keep my family in splendid health." Quick cure for Headache, Constipation and Biliousness 25e. fiuarnnteed at Duke Drug Co. THE New York Sunday Herald GREATEST PAPER W'RLISIIEI). Issues a Special Southern Edition with Exclusive News front all Sections of the South. This edition is a complete Sunday Newspaper, and is full of interesting facts front all parts of the World. TIIE N. V. SUNDAY IIEUALD. Comic Magazine Section will interest old and young. Get a copy of the New York Sunday Herald and learn what a wonderful amount of information and interesting facts can be contained in an up-to-date newspaper. The New York Sunday Herald is on sale at our Agent's store, E. II. Seaife. ll-4t. Administrator's 'Notice. The creditors and debtors of the estate of Jackson Hard*-, deceased re speetivelv, are requested to tile iheii claims against and t<> pay debts du< aid e-t ite to the undersigned or his> attorney a Beaty & Walker. Dr. M J. Hardy. 10-Bt. As Administrator. Meeting of Stockholders. Notice is hereby given that-ft meet ing of the stockholders of The Rice Drug Co. will be held at tin* *jffiee ofthe said company in the'^Town oi Union, South Carolina. oif-the 24th day of March, A. D., 19CU, at 12 o'clock noon. That the purpose of said stockholders meeting is to increase the capital stock of the said The Rice Drug Co four thousand dollars, so that the capital stock of the said The Rice Drug Co. shall be ten thousand dollars. By order of the Board of Directors. F. A. Rick, W. N. Cr.ymen, Pres. and Treas. Secretary. 9-4t POSTl)PPICED!REaORY. Hours of Opening-, Closing and Delivery of the Daily Malls at the Union Post Office. Post office opens at 8 o'clock every day (except Sunday) and closes at*6 o'clock p. m. Post office open for delivery of mail on Sunday from 12:30 to 1:30 p m. Mail for train No. 9, due here at 9 a. m., closes at 8:45 a. m. Mail for train No. 14, due here at 11:35 a. m., closes at 11:10 a. m. Mail ror train iso. 13, due here at 2:35 p. m , closes at 2:10 p. in. Mail for train No. 10, due here at 8:53 ji. m., closes at 8:15 p. m. each day. Persons should remember and observe these hours in order to be ao commodated at the post office in re ceiving or sending mail matter through this office. Feb. lf!00. J. C. 'Huntrr, Post Master. MORE CHEAP RATES TO TEXAS Arkansas and the Southwest. i One-way tickets at haff fare plus plus $2. Round trip tickets at less than one-way fare. From Memphis via Cotton Belt Route. MARCH 6 TO 20. Stop-overs both ways and 21 dayreturn limit on round trin tickets. Write for map, folder and pick your date and say when and where you want to go and wo will give you full information by return mail. L. P. SMITH, T.P.A., Cotton Belt Route, 203 f(|utlable Bldg. Locust Fence Posts The Best in the World. Locust House Pillars Prompt Shipment. Apply to SALUDA TRADE CO., I tMt 8ALU OA, N. 0. . . L.. lOMMIIMIMICBtlNNAN. J Sk HAIR, i nsTs. - | ^|v 3 Regulating a Specialty. " Goods Co., Union, S. C. X ..........................s ~ OE WALLACE, I TIST.^c> || Offices: Rooms 1 and 2 VA\ 117. Nicholson Building. Mf; SOUTHEM RAILWAY THE SOOTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. Unexcelled Dining Car Serrvlce. w 1 Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains?Con venlent Schedule on all Local Trains. Winter Tourist Rates are now in effect .to all Florida points. - For full information as to rates, routes, etc., con-t suit nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent or BROOKS-MORGAN, R. W. HUNT, A: G. P. A., D. P. A., '. Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. Union & Glenn Springs Railroad Co. Time Table Effective Aug-. 1, 1905. Leave Union 7 a, m., 1.00, 4.00 and wr $4.10 p. ill. \rrive Buffalo 7.15 a. in., 1.15, 4.15 and $3.25 p. in. Leave Buffalo 8.15 a. in., 1.45, 5.00 and $8 3 ) p. in. Arrive. Union.8.80-a. 111., 2.00, 5.15 and $8.45 p." m*. :j Leave Union 9 00 a. in. and 5.25 p. m..' Pass Neal Shoals 9.50 a. in. and G. 10 p. in. Arrive Pride 10.15 a. m. and G.35 p. m. Leave Pride 10.35 a. ill. and 0.50 p. in Pass Neal Shoals 11.(X) a. ill. and7.10 p. in. Arrive Union 11.50 a, ? in. and 8.00 p. m. All trains daily unless otherwise u>ted. Week days only. $Saturdays and Sundays only. r' Connection made at Pride with Sea-'" board Air Line through trains South oound in the morning and North boun4 in the gyejiing, * w : Interchangeable, mileage sold by the ieabofljrd Air Line will lie honored by Uie U. & U. S, B. R M B. SUMMER,. (jcn Pass: Agent, F. C. DUKE, .topresenting the Best and Host Liberal Life, Health and Accident insurance Companies in the world, OFFICE: Room 4, Nicholson Building1. SCAIFE & HAMBLIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. FOSTER BUILDING, UNION, S. C. J. A. BROWN, DEALER IN _ REAL ESTATE, STOCKS AND BONDS. HOUSE RENTING AND COLLECTING A SPECIALTY. OFFICE ON BACHELOR STREET. BOILERS AND ENGINES. Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pipes, and Sheet Iron Work; Shafting, Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes, ? Mangers, etc. Mill Castings. J Cast every day; work 200 hands. Lombard Foundry Machine and Boiler Work and Supply Store. Augusta, Georgia. % I I SAW MILLS. LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK ENGINES AND BOILERS AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. , ' ASK FOR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE ] PLACING YOUR ORDER. .1RRFR MAf.HINFRYPOMPAWV 1 WVI-W iiiriVlllKI.il WITII nil I I y ffft. PAKKu.\ j HAIR CALL. "/! Clr*no<-9 aii'k bxautlfixa Uio hatr. Fro moras luxuriant gTuwlh. N"vor Falls to Reotopo Gray Hair to ltu Youthful Color. 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