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" * A WITCH OF ENDOR. " A Type of the Fallacies of SoCalled Modern Spiritualism. / WITCHCRAFT \ND SORCERY, j Dr Talmage Warns People Against I What He Terms the Re- ! ligion of Ghosts. Ia this discourse Dr. Talmatre dis casses a theme never more under exploration than at this time and warns people against what he ealis a religion of ghosts; text, I Samuel xxviii, 7; ''Behold, there is a wou;an that hath a familiar spirit at Eci-dor. And Saul dis- j gaised himself and puton other raimeni and he went, and two men with him. and they came to the woman by night." Trouble to the right of him and trouble to the left of him, Saui knew not what to do. As a last resort he concluded to seek out a spiritual medi- J urn or a wit^h or anything that you piease to call her?a woman who had I communication with the spirits of the eternal wr.rld. It was a very difficult thins to do. for-Saul had either slain all the witches or compelled them to atop business. A servant one day said to Kttg Saul, "I know of a spiritual medium dowu at the village of Ecaor." vDo you?" said the king. Xight falls. Saul, putting off his kingly robes and Duttingon the dress of a plain citizen, with two servants, goes out to hunt up this medium. Saul and his servants after awhile reached the village, and they say, "I wonder if this is the hcuse," and they look in, and they see the haggard, weird aed shriveled up sptiritual medium sitting by the light and on the table - sculptured images and divining rods and poisonous herbs and bottles and vases. They say, 4 * Yes, this must be the place." One loud rap briogs the woman to the door, and as she stands there, holding the candle or lamp above f her head and peering out into the darkness, she says, "Who is here?" The tall king informs her that he has come to have his fortune told. When she hears that, she trembles and almost drops ihe light, for she knows tiicre uu ciiaace for a fortune teller _ or spiritual medium in ail the land. ? ? But Saul having sworn that no harm shall come to her, she says, ''Well, who shall I bring up from the dead?" Sdul says, '\uring up Samuel." That was the prophet who had died a little while hefore. I see her waving a wand, or stirr-vfg up some poisonous herbs in a caldron, or hear her muttering over some incaa- j tations, or stamping with her' foot as she cries out to the realm of the dead: "Samuel, Samuel!" Loa-the freezing horror! The floor of the-tenement opens and the gray hairs 'float up and the forehead, the eyes, the lips, the shoulders, the arms, "the feet?the entire body of the dead Samuel?wrapped in sepulchral robe, appearing to the astonished group, who stagger back and hold fast and catch their breath and shiver with terror. Thcertead prophet, white and awful from the tomb, begins to move his ashen lips, and he glares upon KiDg Saul and cries out: 4*What did you bring me up for? What do yeu mean, KiDg Saul?" Saul, trying to compose __ - and control himself, makes this stammering and affrighted utterance as he sa>s to the dead prophet: "The Lord isagaiDBt me, and I have come to you for help. What shall I do?-' The dead prophet stretched fonh his finger to King Saul and said: ''Die tomorrow! Uome with me into the sepulcher. I am going now. Come, cuine with me!" And, lo, the floor again opens, and the feet of the deaH prophet disappear and the arms and t!.e choulders and the forehead! The ftO'-r c'oses. Oh, that was an awful scene! We are surrounded by mystery?before and behind us, to the right of us, to the left of us, mystery. There h a vast reaim unexplored that science, 1 have no doubc, will yet map out. He who explores that realm wiil do the world more service than did ever a Columbus or an Amerigo Vespucci. There are so many things that, cannot be accounted for, so many sounds and ap-1 pearances which defy acoustics and investigation, so iuany things approxi- i mating to the many ^{feets ! which do not seem to have a tuft: ietit j cause. TV? -nnlat-fTi t?nor hpfweon tli<* present state and the future state all | the fingers of superstition have been busy. We have books entitled "Footx falls on the Boundaries of Other Worlds;" "The Debatable La. Between This World and the Xext." ".Researches into the Phenomena of Spiritualism" and whole 'libraries of hocus pocus, enough to deceive the very elect. I shall not -take time to rehearse the j history of divination. Delphic oracle, J sibyl cr palmistry or the whole centuries of imposture. Modem spiritualism proposes to open the door between this worid and the next and put us into commuuicawith the dead. It has never yet oifered one reasonable credential. When I r. >*i Saul in my text consulting a familiar spirit, I learn that spiritualism is a very old religion. Spiritualism in America was born in the year 1847, in Hydesville, Wayne county, N. Y., when one night there was a loud rap heard against the door of Michael Weekman; a rap a second time, a rap a third time, and all three times, when the door was opened there was nothing found there, the knocking having been made seemingly by invisible knuckles. In that same house there wa3 a young woman who had a cold hand passed over her face, and, there being seemingly no arm attached to it, ghostly suspicious were excited. After awhile Mr. Fox with his family moved into that house, and then they had hangings at the door every night. One ni*ht Mr. Kox cried out. "Are you a spirit?'' Two raps?answer in the affirmative. ''Are you an injured spirit?" * Two raps?answer in the affirmative. Then they knew right away that it was the spirit of a peddler j who had been murdered in tha: house ! years before and who had beeR robbed I of his $500. Whether the spirit of the I peddler came back to collect his $500 J or his bones I do not know. The excitement spread. There was!. a universal rumpus. J lie lion. Judge Edmonds declared in a book that be had actually seen a bell start from the top shelf of a closet, heard it riDg over the people that vere bunding ia the j closet; thee, swung by invi>ible hands, j it rang over the people ia the back par- j lor and floated through the folding | doors to the front parlor, rang over the \ people there and then dropped on the j floor. A senator of the United States, afterward governor of Wisconsin, had j his head quite turned wiih spiritual- j isiic demonstrations. The tables tip- j ped, and the stools tilted, and the bed- j steads raised, and the chairs upset, and it seemed as if the spirits everywhere had gone into the furniture business! Well, the'people said: "We have got something new in this country. It is a new religion!" Oh, no, my friend, thousands of years ago, we find in our test, a spiritualist .Nothiag in the spiritualistic circles of our day has been more strange, mysterious and wonderful than thiugs which have been seen in the past centuries of the world. In ail ages there have been; necromancers, those who consult with the spirit of the departed; charmers, those who put their subjects iu a mesmeric state; sorcerers, those who by taking poisonous drugs see everything and hear everything and tell everything; dreamers, people who in their- sleeping moments can see the future world and hold consulation with spirits. Yes, before ..he time of Christ, the Branmans went through all the table moving, all the furniture excite ment, which the spirits have exploited ' our day, precisely the same thing over and over again, under the manipulation of the Brahmans. Now, do jou say that spiritualism is different from these? I answer, ail these delusions 1 have mentioned belong to the samo family. They arc exhumations from the unseen world. What does God think of all these deI lusioHs? lie thinks so severely of them [ that he never speaks of them but with livid thunders of indignation. He says, 4'I will be a swift witness against the sorcerer." Ilesa^s, "Thou shalt nut suffer a witch to live." And lest \nn michfc make sortie important dis tioctiou between spiritualism and witchcraft God says iD so maDy words, "There shall not be among you a oonsulter of familiar spirits, or wizard, or necromancer, for they that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord." The Lord God Almighty in a score of passages which I have not now time to qav-.e utters his indignation against all this great family of delusions. After that be a spiritualist if you dare! Still further, we learn from this text how it is that people come to fall into spiritualism. Saul had enough trouble to kill ten men. He did not know where to go for relief. After awhile he resolved to go and sec the witch of Ea-ior. He expected that somehow she would afford him relief. It was his trouble drove him there. Ard I have to tell you now that spiritualism finds its victims in the troubled, the bankrupt, the sick, the bereft. You j lose your watch, and you go to the for tune teller to find where it is. You lose a friend;- you want the spiritual world opened, so that you may have,.communication with him. In a highly wrought, nervous and diseased state of mind you go and put yourself io that communication. That is why I hate spiritualism. It takes advantage of one in a moment of weakness, which may come upon us at any time. We lose a friend The trial is keen, sharp, suffocating, almost maddening. If we could marshal a host and storm the eterna! wor'd and recapture our loved one, the hoot would soon be marshaled. The house is so lonely. The world ia so dark. The separation ip, so insufferable. But spirituali.-m says, "We will open the future worid, and your loved one can come back and talk to you." Though we may not hear his voice, we may hear the rap cf his h?tnd. So, clear the table. Sis down. Put your hands on the table. Be very quiet. Five minutes gone. Ten minutes. No motion of the table. No response from the future worid. Twenty minutes. Thirty minutes. Nervous excitement all the time increasing. Forty minutes The table shivers. Two raps from the future worl 1. The letters of the alphabet are exiled over. The departed / - ? J- A * *1.^ M.? ineau s name liouuu. xvv piuuuuciation of the letter J two raps. At the pronunciation of the letter 0 two raps. At the pronunciation of the letter H two raps. At the pronunciation of tlie letter N two raps. There y.m have the whole name spelled out ? J o h n, Jorn. Now, the spirit being present, you say, ''John, are you happy?" Two rnps give ac affirmative answer. Pretty s-jon the hand of the medium begins u> twitch and toss and begins to writs out, after paper and ink are furnished, a message from the eternal world. What is remarkable, the departed spirit, although it has been amid the illuminations of the heaven, cannot spell as well as it used to. It has lost all e?ammatical accuracy and canuot wxitc as distinctly. I received a letter ! through a medium once I sent it back. I said, "Just please to tell those ghosts they had better go to school and get improved in their orthography." Now, Just think of spirits, that the Bible represents as enthroned in glo1 ^ 1 J Il_ ry, coining aown to crawj unuerme table and break crockery and ring tea bells before supper is ready and rap the window shutter on a gusty night! What consolation ia such miserable stuff as compart with the consolation of our departed J fiends free from toil and pin and pat:i arc forever happy and that we will join them, not in mysterious and half utterance which makes the hair stand on end ana mak*s cold chills creep thy o :?-k, but in a reunion most blessed and happy and glorious! And none shall murmur or misdoubt When God's great sunnse finds us out. I learn still further from this subject that spiritualism and necromancy are affairs of darkness. Why did not Saul go in the day? He was ashamed to go. Besides that, he knew that this spiritual medium, like all her successors, performed her exploits in the night. The Davenports, the Fowlers, the Foxes, the spiritual mediums of all ages, have chosen the nigbt or' a darkened room. Why? The majority of their wonders have been swindles, and deception prospers best in the night. Still futher, I learn from my text 1 * t , . 1 that spiritualism is aoom ana aeatn to its disciples. King Saul thought that he would get help from the "medium," but the first that he sees makes him swoon away, and no sooner is he resusciated than he is told he must die. Spiritualism is doom anddeathto every one that yields to it. It ruins the body. Look in upon an audience of spiritualists?cadaverous, weak, nervous. exhausted, hands clammy and cold, voiccs sepulchral and ominous, bewildered with raps. I never knew a confirmed spiritualist who had hea'thy nervous system. It is incipient epilepsy and catalepsy. Destroy your nervous system, and you might as well be dead. I have noticed that people who are hearing raps from the future rorld have u? UUC llttiC dLiCLlgtU ICll tV JJtai LUC uaiu raps of this world. A man can live with only (ne rang or with no eyes and be happy, as men have been under such afflictions, but woe be to the man whose nerves are shattered! Spiritualism smites first of all, and mightily, agaiost the nervous system and so makes life miserable. A man in Bellevue Losoital dying from wounds made by his owe hand was asked why he tried to commit suicide, and he said, "The spirits told me to." Parent3 have strangled their children, and when asked why they did it replied, "Spiritualism demanded it." It i3 the patronizer and forager for the madhouse. ?J udge Edmonds, in Broadway tabernacle, New York, delivered a lecture concerning spiritualism, admitI ted in so many words, "There is a fas! fthmifc consultation with the spirits of the dead that has a tendency to lead people off from their right judgment aud to instill into them a fanaticism that is revolting to the natural mikd." It not only ruins its disciples, but it ruins the mediums also, only give it | time. The Gadarene swine on the banks of the lake of Galilee no sooner became spiritual mediums than down they went in an avalanche of pork, to the consternation of all the herdsmen. The office of a medium is bad for a man, bad for a woman, bad for a beast. 1 bring against this delusion a more fearful indictment?it ruins the soul immortal. First, it makes a man a quarter of an infidel; then it makes him half a? infidel; then it makes him a whole infidel. The whole system, as 1 conceive it, is founded on the insufficiency of the word of God as a revelation. God says the Bible is enough for 5 ou to know about the future world. You say it is not enough, and there is where you and the Lord differ And althaugh the Scriptures say, "Add thou not unto his words, lest he re prove thee and thou be 1'oudq a liai," you risk it and say: "Come back spirit of my departed mother, of my companions, of my little child, and .tell me some things I don't know about you and abaut the uoseen world.1' If God is ever slapped in the face it is when a spiritul medium puts down her hand on the table, invoking spirits departed to make a revelation. God has told you all you ought to know, and how dare you be prying into that which is none of your business? You cannot keep the Bible in one hand and spiritualism in the other. One or the other will slip out of your grasp, depend upon it. Spiritualism is adverse to the Bible, in the fact that it has in these last days called from the tuture world. Christian men to to testify against Chrisiianity. Its mediums call back Lorenzo Dow, the celebrated evangelist, and Lorenzo Dow testifies that Christians are idolators. Spirit?t?ti? t>?;? v,? uansill UiallS U<tVA xuu i tuuc, auu lib testifies that he is stopping in the same house in heaven with John Bunyan. They call back John Wesley, and he testifies against the Christian religion, which he all his life gloriously preacht Andrew Jackson Davis, the greatest ? f all the spiritualists, comes to the front and declares that the New Testament is but "the dismal echo of a barbaric age" and the Bible only "one of the pen and ink.relics of Christianity." I have in my house a book used in spiritualistic service. It contains a catechism and a hymn book. Tne catechism has these questions and answers: Q. What is ourAchief baptism? A. Frequent ablution in water. Q. What is our inspiration? A. Fresh air and sunshine. Q. What is our love feast? A. Clear conscience and sound sleep. And then it goes on to show that a great proportion of their religious service is a system of calisthenics, Then when they want to arouse the devotion of the people to the highest pitch, they give out the hymn on the sixty-fifth page: The night hath gathered up her silken fringes. Or, on the fifteenth page: Come to the woods, heigh ho! "But," says some one, "wouldn't it be of advaotage to hear from the fa tare world? Don't you think it would strengthen Christians? There are a great many materialists who do not believe there are souls, but if spirits from the future world should knock and talk over to us they would be persuaded." To that I answer in the ringing words of the 3-jn of Grod, "If they believe not Moses and the propheis, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead." I believe these are the days of which the apostle spake when he said, "In the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits." Audiences in this day need to have reiterated in their hearing the passages I quoted some minutes ago, "There shall not be among you a consuiter of familiar spirits, or wizard, or necromancer, for they that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord," and "The soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits I will set mybe'f against them, and they shall be cut off from their people." Bat I invite you now to a Christian seance, a noonday seanee. This congregation is only one great famile. Here is the church table. Come around the church table; take your seats for this great Christian seace; put your Bible on the table, put your hands on top of the Bible and then listen and j hear if there are any voices coming from the eternal world. I think t'm're are. Listen! "Secret things belong j unto the Lord, our God, but things t r?:?t j are revealed belong unto us and our children." Surely that is a voice from the spirit world. But before you rise from this Christian seance I want you to promise me you will be satisfied with the divine revelation until the light of the eternal throne breaks upon your vision. Do not go after the witch of En-dor. Do not sit down at table rappings either in sport or in earnest. Teach your children there are no ghosts to be seen or heard in this world save those which walk on two feet or four?human or bestial. Remember that spiritualism at the best is a useless thing, for if it tells what the Bible reveals it is a superfluity, and if it tells what the Bible does not reveal it is a lie. instead 01 gomg out to get otner people to tell your fortune tell yeur own fortune by putting your trust ia God and doing the best you can. I will tell your fortune: "All things work together for good to them that love God." Insult not your departed friends by asking them to come down and scrabb'e under an extension table. Remember that there is only one spirit whose dictation you have a right to invoke, and that is the holy, blessed and omnipotent spirit of God. Hark! He is rapping now. not on a table or the floor, but rapping cn the door of your heart, and every rap is an ivitation to Christ arc a warning of judgment to conic. (Jb, grieve him not away! Quench him no;. He has been all around you this morning. He was all around jou last night. He has been around you all your lives. Hark! There comes a voice with tender, overmastering intonation, saying, "My spirit shall not always strive." Gainesville, Ga.. Dec. 8, 1899. Pitts' Antiseptic Iovigorator in my family and am perfectly that it is all, and will aoali. you claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorscy. P. S.?I am usiDg it now myself. It's doing me good. Sold by The Murray Drag Co., Columbia, S. C-, and all druggists. tf THE SIEGE RAISED. Ladvsmitli Free After Being Lock ed Up Four Months. GREAT JOY IN ENGLAND. i Scenes of Wild Joy Never Before Kown in This Generation Mark Relief of Little South African Town. Tbe British war office received the following dispatch from G?n. Bailer Thursday: Lyttleton's Headquarters, March 1, Gen. Dundonald, with the Natal Carbineers and a composite regiment, entered Ladysmith last night. The county between me-and Ladysmith is reported clear of i he enemy. Moving on Nelthorpe. I have just returned from Ladysmith. Except a small guard north of Surprise Hill, the whole of the enemy lately besieging the town ha?e retireded in haste and to the south of the town the country is quite clear of them. The garrison were on half a pound of meal a man per day and supplementing tbe meal ration by horses and mules. The men will want a little nursing before being fit for the field. When the news of the relief of Ladysmith became generally known London literally went mad with joy and throughout England the scenes witnessed have no parallel in the memories of thi3 generation. The lord mayor ot London immediately telegraphed his congratulations to Gens. White and Buller. When the queen received the news at Windsor the bells on the curfew tower of the castle were rung in honor of the event. The strain that for 118 days had kept the nation in terrible anxiety was removed. The lord mayor showed himself at a window out of which hung a huge City Imperial Volunteer flag and the crowd yelled itself hoarse. Staid magnates grabbed flaring posters from newsboys and branished ''Ladysmith relived1' to the roaring throng. All thought of business was forgotten. Nothing could be done on the stock exchange but F.iog "God Save the Queen" and cheer. Business oa the Baltic wheat market for cargoes closed at 1 o'clock. No one wanted to trade on such a day as this. The stores put up their shutters and gave their employes a holiday. The lord maysr ordered a holiday for the city schools. The great bell ia St. Paul's was rung this evening. The stately foreign offce so far forgot itself as to display large Unionjacks from the windows. A cabinet meeting was held and as the members met at the entrance to the foreign office they exchanged the warmest congratulations. Crowds blocked the war office lobbies, struggling to see for themselves the announcement and cheered the British generals in South Africa to the j echo. Uutside Mariborougn house, tne i London residence of the Prince of Wales, a large and jubilant crowd assembled. At Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham Edinburgh, and in fact, in all the cities, big and little flags few everywhere, whistles tooted, bells chimed and crowds paraded the streets, singing patriotic soDgs. Business was given up for the day, the schools were closed, in the harbors ail the-vessels dressed ship, and at the military and naval depots scenes of the wildest enthusiasm prevailed. At Liverpool, addressing a crowd of 20,000 people assembled around the , town hall, the lord mayor said: thank the Almighty God for the glorious news. We have awaited it patiently. We are satitfied that under the humane laws and government of this country, the Boers in a very short time will De loyal citizens of the British empire." Tne queen has telegraphed her congratulations to Gen. Buller and Gen. White, and the Prince of Wales has * * ? i . ? n n i teJcgranea congratulation 10 uren. x>uxler. All day long cheering thousands kept up the incessant roar before the mansion house, and all traffic in what is London's busiest concourse ceased. Pandemonium reigned. The news of the mansion house demonstration had spread to all quarters of the city and there poured in a stream of hoodlums and fakirs, laden down with flagf! women, boys, and all sorts and conditions of people. Silk hats flew into the air and small fights were of frequent occurrence. The policemen on the spot had their hands full, but as lorrjz as the enthusiasm of the crowd was only confined to horse play, the officers did not interfere. Tons of fireworks are being bought in preparation for elaborate celebrations. In several provincial towns effigies of President Kruger and Gen. Oooje were paraded through the streets and i rnnltreated.. At Glasgow an effigy of j President Kruger was subjected to inaigni'ios nt tbe foot of the queen's status. U.cr 1,000 university and college students paraded the streets of London singing "Kule Britannia" and cheering. Garden Work for March. This is the active month for sowing all kinds of hardy seeds, and t Vie sooner most of them are sown the better, if the weather is favorable. We name them in the order in which they should be sown, viz: Garden Peas in varieties for succession, Cauliflower, Early Cabbage seed, Onion, Celery, Spinach, Leek, Parsley, Lettuce, Radish, Beet, Asparagus, Carrot, Parsnip, Salsify, etc. Under glass, sow Tomato, Pepper and Egg-Plant seed Plant Irish Potatoes, Asparagus and Khubarb roots, Onion sets. etc. Set out Cauliflower, Cabbage. Onions and Lettuce Plants, from hotheads, after they have been hardened by leaving the glass open at night. Sow Herbs in a warm harder. Prepare Melon, Cucumber and squash hills for later planting. Sow the hardy kinds of flower seeds, as thev will flower earlier. Sow Lawn Grass Seed, j For the Faim.?Sow winter and snriDg nit*. Canada Field Peas with I oats (%>v- r seed. Grass seeds of all frtns. lulucoo seed. Plant Artichoke lur hog?. Sow Dwarf Essex Rape. Buy your seeds from T. W. Wood & Sons, .Richmond, Ya. Shot at a President. Daring the carnival procession "Wednesday a Venezuelan fired two shots at President Cripiano Caracas without effect. The president was afterwards acclaimed by the populace. The city is quiet. Gen. Castro became president of Venezuela last October as a result of the successful revolution against President Andrade, who fled from the republic. But, Castro was not recognized as president by the United States until .Nov. 20, 1S99. He is about 36 years of age, has been a strong supporter of the Liberal party. HOW THEY MEET. "You Made a Gallant Defence, Sir." Said Gen. Roberts. In describing the surrender of Gen. Cronje to Gen. Roberts a dispatch from Paardeberg says at 3 a. in. the British camp was awakened by the continued rattle of rifle fire at daybreak and the news arrived that the Canadians, while building a trench quite close to the enemy were fusilladed at a range of 50 yards. The Canadians gallantly worked forward and occupied the edge of the trenches along the river, entirely enfilading the Boers. This movement was followed by a cessation of the fire, except an occasional solitary shot. Suddenly a regiment stationed on tne crest of a hill perceived a white flag and burst into cheers, thus first announcing the surrender of Gen. Cronje. Shrotly afterward a note reached Lord Roberts bringing tidings of the Boers' unconditional surrender, Gen. Prettyman was sent to accept the surrender. At about 7 o'clock the small group of men appeared in the distance crossing the plain towards headquarters. The latter being apprised of Gen. Cronje's approach, Lord Roberts went to the front in the modest cart in which he sleeps and ordered a guard of the Seaforths to line up. A group of horsemen then appeared. On Gen. Prettyman's right rode an elderly man clad in a' rough short overcoat, wide-brimmed hat, ordinary tweed trousers and brown shoes. It was the redoubtable Cronje. His face was almost burned black and his curly beard was tinged with gray. Lord Roberts walked to and fro in front of the cart until the Boer general arrived, when the British commander advanced gravely and kindly saluted the Boer commander. He then motioned Gen. Cronje to a seat in a chair which had been brought for his accommodation and the two' officers conversed through an interpreter. Gen. Cronje afterwards breakfasted with the British officers. Cronje's face was absolutely impassive, exhibiting no sign of his inner feelirgs. Lord Roberts was surrounded by his staff when Gen. Prettyman, addressing the field marshal, said: "Commandant Cronje, Sir." The commandant touched his hat in salute and Lord Roberts saluted in return. The whole group then dismounted and Lord Roberts stepped forward and shook hands with the Boer com* maaer. "You made a gallant defense, sir," was the first salutation of Lord Roberts to the vanquished Boer leader. LESLIE E KEELEY'S MEMORYResolutions Adopted by the South Carolina Institute. At a recent meeting held in the club rooms of the Keeley Institute, Columbia, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Whereas we have heard with profound sorrow of the sudden death of Leslie E Keeley, M. D., LL. D., at i t ? a i - _ nig winter nome, u03 angles, viaiuornia, and whereas we, the patients of the Keeley Institute in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, aseembled, desiring to unite with our fellow patients in this and foreign countries in paying tribute to the memory of Dr. Keeley, therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the patients of the Keeley Institute of Columbia, South Carolina, find words inadequate to express our deep gratitude to the distinguished deceased for the inestimable blessings vhich we, in common with nearly four hundred thousand, enjoy in being cured from inebriety and opiumism; that we will ever hold in love and reverence the memory of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley as a distinguished scientist, philanthropist, Christian and scholar who, sacrificing positions of honor and trust, devoted his life in perfecting a cure for alcoholism and morphineism, in doing good to his fellow man and the cause of suffering humanity. A Terrible Scene. The greatest fire Newark, N. J., ever experienced swept through the retail dry goods district Wednesday night, 1 destroying a score or more buildings. J The fire broke out about 6:30, p. m., after the several hundred employes had left the building which was then taken charge of by a number of sweepers. It it thought that some of the engine room force and similar employes may have been in the building. The flames spread with terrible rapidity, the entire building being enveloped before the arrival of the firemen. Only one man was seen, and he was at a window on the second floor in a frerzy of fear. The firemen raised a ladder, bul before they could scale it the man swung himself through the broken window and on to the ladder. As he reached the ladder a rush ol flame came through the window engulfing him. It receded in a moment, and the man was seen on the ladder wrapped in fire as his clothing burned. A fireman ran up the ladder on the under side and grabbed him to prevent him falling. Then others went up on the upper side and began tearing the burning clothing from the man. They did this with their naked hands and were themselves burned. Thousands of people witnessed the thrilling scene. The burning clothing was torn from the man and with it came portions of the flesh. The man was taken to a hospital. The War Still 0a. A ci--pafch from Manila says: A hundred insurgents seven miles from San Fernando deela Union ambushed ten men of the Third cavalry who were escorting a provision train. The AmerrofnrnTtfT fA 1UAUS auu nung iwuimug, w camp, one man Wis killed. The insurgents captured four horses and a quantity of provisions. A subsequent reconnaissanco of the localiiy developed the fact that there were entienchments there and a force of Filipino*, estimated to number 800 men. The Third cavalry is preparing to drive the insurants oat. The recently purchased n:iVrt! irwisport Alava sent to Regay in the Gulf of Liberate, for Spanish prisoners, has returned here, bringing 500 persons, including priests, officers, soldiers and civilians and 10 .Americans. The navy officers being informed that the prisoners were carelessly guarded, hurried the Alava to Ragay, manned by 20 bluejackets. Six officers from the Brooklyn and five marines accompanied the transport. Killed His MotherGeorge Williams, a young Negro man, killed his mother while they were following the corpse of the husband and father to the grave near Pleasent Hill, Ga., Wednesday. The boy ordered his mother to stop her manifestations of grief. She paid no attention to him and then he shot and killed her. A kingdom for a cure . You need not pay so much. 1 A twenty-five cent bottle of L. L. & K. { Will drive all ills away. * * See ad. and try it?never fails. < t ANALYSISIOF FERTILIZERS. Text of the New Act in Regard to the Subject. Mr. Ashley failed to get the senate to pass his bill reducing the privilege ta* on fertiU^^^ 10 cents a ton. Bat he was mcre^wcessful with his bill to provide that a purchaser of chemical fertilizers may have the same anal \ zed free of cost at Clemson college. The act, which was approved by the governor on the 19th, reada: Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina: That from and after the passage of this act, any citizen of this State who shall purchase any commercial fertilizers or manures, shall have the right to have the same analyzed by Clemson Agricultural and Mechanicr.1 college, by taking a sample of tame from at least 10 per cent, of such fertilizers in the presence of at least two disinterested witnesses, one to be chosen by i l - 1 it - --11 tne purenaser ana one oy iue sener, who shall certify that such sample was taken from such fertilizers or manures, which certificate, with the sample, shall be sealed by a thirl disinterested party in the presence of said witnesses, and directed te Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical college. Sec. 2. The said college shall have the said sample analyzed free of cost, and within three months after receiving the sample supply the purchasers of such fertilizers or manures with a certificate giving the per cent, of the different fertilizing ingredients of same, signed by the chemist of Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical college, which certificate shall be admissible as evidence in all suits relative to such fertilizers or manures, whether the same be instituted by the vendor or purchaser of same. Sec. 3. That any vendor of commercial fertilizers or manures whose goods j>r wares fall short to the extent of 10 per cent, in any fertilizing ingredient guaranteed by the analypis on the sack 1 L.IJ! __i j _i: A or vessel uoiuiug same, wucu uciivcicu to the purchaser, shall forfeit one-half the sale price thereof, to be recovered by suit or set up as a counter-claim to an action for the purchase price of such fertilizers or manures. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted: That if any seller or vendor of fertilizers or commercial manures shall refuse, decline or neglect to choose a witness, as provided in section 1, after having been notified or requested by the purchaser so to do, then he or they shall have forfeited their right so to do, and the purchaser shall select two witnesses, who shall select the third witness, who shall proceed to take samples as hereinbefore provided. All samples of fertilizers drawn under the provisions of this act shall be subject to such other rules as may be prescribed by the board of trustees of Clemson college, not inconsistent with this act. Bee. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. A Pitiful Case. There is a white woman named Marie Martin, who is lying almost at the door of death in the house of a colored woman named Charlotte Smith, on Wof ford street. Amid squalor and environment of utter degradation of choice of habit, this woman, who claims that her pepole live at Graniteville, is fast approaching the end of a dissipated life. In tne county jail are lodged Eva Stokes, Mame Robinson and John Woodward, all white, who are charged with inflicting serious injuries on the person of Marie Martin. From the facts gleanned by the reporter from Chief of Police Vernon it appears that several days ago a fight occurred at the house of Eva Stokes, in which Marie Martin, Eva Siokes and Mame Robinson figured. In the melee the Martin woman was struck on the left arm several times with a beer bottle. After this fight, in the course of a day or two, she claims that a white man named John Woodward strack her with an iron polker. On Monday Chief of Police Vernon was notified that the Martia woman was dangerously sick at the home of Charlotte Smith, colored, on WoSord street. He investigated the case and summoned a physician to the sick woman. This woman now lies at the point of death from blood poisoning, and if she dies the persons above mentioned will remain in jail on charge of murder and if she lives they *ill be tried for assault and battery with intent to kill. Marie Martin is a woman about 30 years of age, of medium build, and a brunette. She is of comely appearance and claims to come from a very respectable family near Charleston.? Spartan burg Herald., A Postmaster in Trouble. A dispatch to The State from Marion s*ys Leonard L. Owens, postmaster at that place, was arrested Wednesday under a warrant issued by United States Commissioner J. W. Johnson on a charge of embezzling the funds of the postoflbe. The warrant was issued at the instance of Po3toffice Inspector Moycr, who for several days has been investigating the condition of the office and has discovered-a deficiency in the postmaster's accounts amounting to over $L,000, Mr. Owens was appointed several months ago by President McKinley, to succeed Capt. Douglass Mc* * i i _ s mi intyre, wnose term naa expireu. ace catastrophe that has overtaken the new postmaster in so skort a timel-is very surprising, in view of the fact that he performed faithful and creditable service as a deputy of his predecessor. Owens waived examination and- gave bood for appearance, several responsible gentlemen becoming security. i WOOD'S HIGH GRADE j ! Farm Seeds. $ Our business in Faran Seeds i-j t p to-day one of the largest in this f P Country. A result due to thdfact f p that quality 1ms always been our A p first consideration. We supply a ^ all Seeds required for the Farm. 2 P GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS, \ f Cow Peas, Cotton Seed, f ( Seed Oats, Seed Corn, 0 0 Soja, Navy & Velvet ? } Beans, Sorghums, ) 0 Broom Corn, Kaffir t f Corn, Peanuts, 0 ) Millet Seed, i J Rape, etc. i r Wood's Descriptive Catalogue f A gives the fullest information about M r these and all other Seeds; best methods T p of culture, soil best adapted for differ- 4 r erent crops and practical hints as to \ ? vrhat are lively to prove most profitable m r to grow. Catalogue mailed free upon T fl request. 4 I, W. WOOD & SONS, \ ^ SEEDSMEN, - Ricjaocd, fa j WHITHEf: 'lAlflUM) _ j ^ iyfy\ Their Anti-Frictioi Wheel Easteuer, f heir Patent Foot Brake, Thf>ir Rrthher Tire Wheel. to<??th^r w\ih o* ive styles, easily place them ahevl of all o-np We.have been exclusive sale* ag^n- in cnto announce tint nearly all dealer-} are a >w se with the attractive styles, goo i w >rlcniaihip. a Should yoa need a carriage ask your deale not take one "jmt a^'goid," out a<k him to g* Yours truly, Royall & -01 Prepare to I Prices of paper and paper ba if you will tell us your troubles Colombia Sta ^Wholesalers of Bags, ^ C0LUMB1 PRACTICAL 1 xne uemana or tne rimes. sa( MacFeat's School ofShor COLUMBIA W". H. MacFeat, Court St Terms reasonable. 1 Complete Power Plants fori . Factories and Mills. Engines, Corliss-Automatic, Plain Side Valves. Boilers, Heaters, Pumps. Saw Mills, from small plantation mills to the heaviest mills in the market. All kinds of wood working machinery. Flour and corn milling ma- . chinery. Complete 8-inning Systems? ; Lummus, Van Winkle and ! Thomas. Engines ? Boilers ?Saws ? Gins in stock for quick deliv- : ery. II A DnJInini V. V. DaiUMUli, 1326 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. ( f Ortman Pays ; the EXpress t Steam Dyeing of every deecrintioii. Steam. Nai> f jr i i tha, French Dry and 2 - a chemical cleansing. Send t for onr new price list and ] circular. All work gnar anteed or no charge. ? Ortraan's Steal Dye Works! 1310 Main Street Columbia, S. C . A. L. Ortman, Proprietor. 8 PITTS' ANT1SEFTIC MBOUTOI! Cures La Grppe, dyspepsia, indigestion, and all itomach and bowel trvub'es colic or. sholera morbus, teething troubles with -t *1 3 _ . *_? J A 1 J VI.. J 3 ! J CDiiaren, siaoey iroaoies, oaa oioou ana all sorts of sorea, tisiDgs or .felons, cuts and boms. It is as good autiseptic, when locally applied, as anything on the market. Try it and you will praise it to others. If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. THE KEELEY CURE \ CUBES INEBRIETY. ? J Alcoholic, Opium (Mor- b phine), and other narcotic b drags; also cigarette and other tobacco habits. Address or call at The Keeley Institute, 1109 Plain Street. R Columbia, S.C. No Gther in the state. Jno. S. Reynolds, J Attorney at Law, C] Columbia, S. C. 1! - V;'i A leEs'irmmms"^ *irktn*ng,iip, and the mewl attrastatitors. i territory far ei^ht yetn, and are pleased Us? Wiitney Cirria^ej, being impressed . * I c'j-jip orices. r tor * ^Uitnay." If be haso'i any do t c-ttalojfixs, or ?rrite to ui. , Borden, GOLDSBORO, fl. O. NO"W"" >> 't4 i? Shed Tears. Lgs are rapidly advancing, bnt we may be able to "help yon. itionery Co., Paper, Twines, etc. -A., S. C." EDUCATION. "dm jh is the Training afforded at o thand and Typewriting, ' - ; M L, s. c. na enographer, Principal. Write for catalogue. ?r | OLD NORTH. STATKUiiNTMENT, the Great Antiseptic Sealer, cnres Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Granulated Eyelids, Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, _ Bnnions, Ingrowing Toenails, [nflammatory Rheumatism, A.ches and Pains, Chappei^ Bands and Lips, ErysipeJaq^-n ft is something everybody J aeeds. Onceused always used. For sale by all druggists and iealers. At wholesale by rHE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. . VjUMBER. COTTON. [he South's Leading Prodaets. We are headquarters for the jest line of machinery re[uired for preparing the above or market, naving a complete md extensive line of Saw Mills tnd Saw Mill Machinery, Coton Ginning Machinery and Engines and. Boilers. The equipment of modern ginneries with the celebrated Murray Cleaning and Distribiting System a specialty. j H. H. Gibbes & Co., 104 Gervais Street, 7 COLUMBIA, S. C. .^IJI Near Union Depot. - ' i Man s strength^; lies in his 'I stomach. A poor, weak'digestion debiliates and impoverishes the body. io need confining one's self to erfcain'simple diet, on this acount, when with the nse of 'Hilton's Life for the Liver and Sidneys" any kind of food may^JI e eaten with comfort. 25c a fl iottle. WholesaleJby TIE MUIT DRUG GO.. COLUMBIA, S. C. ? I0NEY19 LOAN On improved real estate. Interest eight per cent, payable semi-aantiaUy. Time 3 to 5 years. No commissions charged no. B. Palmer & Son, | BSTEA.L NATIONAL BA.JJEC 205 Plain St., Columbia, S.C :