WITCH OF ENDOR1.
A Type of the Falacies of So
Called Modern Sp ritism.
WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY.
Dr Talmage Warns people Against
What He Terms the Re
ligion of Ghosts.
In this di-ourse Dr. Talmage dis
cusses a theme L ever a(Te under ex plO
ration t, -in at this tie and warns peo
)le agair-t what he cals a rc]en of
ghosts; text, I Samuel xxviii, 7:
hold, there is a woman that lath a fa
miliar spirit at Ea-dor. An~d Saul di
guised himself and put' i ther rai nt
and he went, and two ii. i wi, . -
and they came to t!:e wonlYan LY
Trouble to the rji.t Vof lt:n anc
trouble to the lc!t 'f 1,1, Saul k'-tw
nOE What to (3. As a last hrt he
concluded to se k out a spiritual :Dcdi
um or a witoh or anything that you
please to call her-a wonlau who had
communication with the spirits of the
eternal world. 1z was a vety diffiguk
thing to do. for S-' -ul had either szetn
all the witcl es or coibp-elled them lo
stop busi!ess. A servant one day sa:
to K:r'g Saul, "L know of a spiritua
metdum down at the village of Edor.'
"Do you?" said the king. Night falls.
Saul, putting off his kingly robes ane.
Dutting on the dress of a plain cimzen.
with two servants, goes out to hunt up
this medium.
Saul and his servants after awhile
reached the vilage, and they say, "I
wonder if this i, the house," and they
look in, and they see the baggard,
weird and shriveled up sptiritual medi
um sitting by the light and on the table
sculptured images and divining rods
and poisonous herbs and bottles and
vases. They say, - Yes. this must be
the place." Onc loud rap brings the
woman t- the door, and as she stands
there, holding the candle or lamp above
her head and reering out into the
darkness, she says, "Who is here?
The tall king iin!rals her th;at he. hi
come to have his fortun;e told. When
she hears that, she trembles and a!
most drops the light, for ,he knows
tEllre is Ao ehance for a fortune teller
or spiritual medium in all the land.
But Saul having sworn that no harm
shall come to her, she says, "Well,
wh:> shall I bring up from the dead?"
Saul says, "Bring up Samuel." That
was the prophet who had died a little
while before.
1 see her waving a wand, or stirring
up some poisonous herbs in a caldron,
or hear her muttering over some incaa
tations, or stamping with her foot as
she cries out to the realm of the dead:
"Samuel, Samuel!' Lo, the freczing
horror! The floor of the tenement opens
and the gray hairs fi at up and the
forehead, the eyes, the lips, the should
ers, the arms, the fet-the entire
body of the dead Sa uel-wrapp d in
sepulchral robe, app'earing to the aston
ished group, who stagger riack and hold
fast and catch their tbreath and shiver
with terror.
The dead prophet, white and awful
from the Lomb, begins to move his
anhen lips, and he glares upon King
Saul and cii s out: "What did youi
bring me up for? What do you mean,
King Saul?" Saul, try ing to compose
and control himnself, makes this staim
mering and affrighted utterance as he
say a to the dead prophet: 'Tbe Lord
is against me, and I have come to you
for belp. What shall I do?" Phe
dead prcphet stretched forth his finger
to King Saul and said: "Die tomor
row! Come with me into the sepul
cher. I am going uow. Come, notme
with me!" And, lo, the fijor again
opens, and the f'ee of the dead prophet
disappear and thbe artns and the should
ers and the forehead! The floor closes.
Oh. that ,vas an awful scene!
We are surrounded by mystery-be
fore and behind us, to the right of us,
to the left of us, mystery. There is a
vast realm unexplored that science, I
have no doubt, will yet map out. lHe
who explores that realm will do the
world more service than did ever a Co
lumbus or an Amerigo Venspucci. There
are so many things that can not be ac
counted for, so w'iry sounds and ap
pearances whieb defy acounties and in
vestigation, so many things approxi
mating to t-he 5lpex.?, 'e* many i eets
which do not seem to imve a ~ujl ient
cause.
To unlatch the door betseca the
present state and the future state all
the fingers of superstition have been
busy. 'We have books entitled "Foot
falls on the Boundaries of Other
Worlds; ""The Debatable Land Be
tween This World and the Next'""e
searches Into the Phenomena or Spirit
ualisin" and whole -libraries of hocus
pocus, enough to deceive the very elect.
I shall not -take time to rehearse the
history of divination. D~elphie oracle,
sibyl or palmistry or the whole centu
ries of imposture.
Modern spiritualism proposes to
open the door between this world and
the next-and put us into commntnea
with the dead. It has never yet offered
one reasonable credential.
When I find Saul in my text consult
ing a familiar spirit, i-arn that spir
itualism is a very ohd religion.
Spizitualism in America was born in
the year 1847, in Hbdesville, Wayne
county, N. Y. when one night therc
was a loud rap heard against the door
of Michael Week man; 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 invisi
ble knuckles. In that same house
there was a young woman who had a
cold hand passed over her face, and,
there bcing seemingly no arm at tached
to it, ghostly suspicious were excited.
After awhile 31r. Fox with his fami
ly nioved into that house, and then
they had hangings at the dour every
night. One night -1r. F-a cried out.
"Are you a spiritT' Two raps-an
swer in the affirmative. " Arc you an
injured spirit?" T wo raps-answer in
the affirmative. Then they knew right
away that it was the spirit of a peddler
who had been murdered in that house
-years before'and who had been robbed
of his $500.J Whether the spirit of the
peddler came back to collect his $,U
or his bones I do not know.
The excitement spread. There was
a universal rumpus. The Hion. Judge
Edmonds declared in a book that he
had actually seen a bell eart from the
top shelf of a closet, hecard it ring over
the people that were stin, int the
closet; then, bwung by in'.i-ible handis,
it rang over the people in the bak p'ar
lor and fioated through the fuluine
doors to the-front 1'rior, rang over the
people there and then dro;pped onl the
floor A senator of the Uuited States.
afterward governor of Wisconsin, had
his head qunte turned with sp:ritua
istie demonstrations. The tabkts tip
ped and th bstaools tilted, and the be i
steas rae an the chairs upset,
it seemed as if the spirits everywhere
1:,(- gine into the furniture business!
Well. the people said: "We have got
,g new in this country. It is
a tew rcligiou!" Oh, no, my friend,
hindsn'i of years ago, we find in our
text, a '-piritualist
Nothing in the spiritualistic circles
of our cay has been more strange, mys
terius and wonderful than things
which have been seen in the past cU
turies of the world. In all ages there
have been; ntcromaneers, those who
oensult with the spirit of the deparit d;
charmers. tiose who put their subjects
in a uesterie state; sorcerers, those
who b. taking poisonous drugs see
evryrthing and hear everything and
tell ev.rviyhirx: dreawrs, people who
in theirlee 5.ing tImomrents can see the
utire world arid hold consulat'n with.
mi yos., before he time . Christ,
Ie ,.amans went through all the
table morvg, all the furniture excite
: ih the spirits have exploited
in our day, precisely the same thing
:er and over again, under the matiipu
lation of the Brahuians. Now, do y ou
.ay that spiritualism is different from
these? I 'answer, all these delusions I
iave mentioned belong to the same
fatuily. They are exhumations from
the unseen world.
What does God think of all thcse de
lusions? lie thinks so severely of them
that he never speaks of them but with
livid thunders of indignation. He
says, "I will be a swift witness against
tire sorcerer.' Ile says, "Thou sbalt
jout suffer a witch to live." And lest
:ou tight make some important dis
tiaetioo between spiritualism and witch
craft God says in so many words,
"Thcre shal, not be among you a con
U tr of familiar spirits, or wizard, or
.romai.-r, for they that do these
things are an abomination unto the
Lord." The Lord God Almighty in a
score Cf passages which I have not now
timan to -,ite utters his indignation
atainst all this great family of delu
sions. After that be a spiritualist if
you dare!
Stl: further, we learn from this text
how it is that people come to fall into
spiritualism. Saul had enough trouble
to kill ten men. Ile did not know
where to go for relief. After awhile
he resolbed to go and see the witch of
Ea-lor. le expected that somehow
he would.afford him relief. It was
.is trouble drove him there. And I
have to tcll you now that spiritualism
tinds its victims in the troubled, the
bankrupt, the sick, the bereft. You
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
in 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
lo-e a friend The trial is keen, sharp,
suffocating, almost maddening. If we
could marthal a host and storm the
ternal world and recapture our loved
one, the host would soon be marshaled.
The house is so lonely. The world is
so dark. The separation is so insuffer
able. But spiritualism says, "We will
open the future world, and your loved
une can come back and talk to you."
Though we may not hear his voice, we
may 'hear the rap of his hand. So,
ear the table. Sit down. Put your
hands on the table. Be very quiet.
Five minutes gone. Ten minutes. No
motion of the table. No response from
he future world. Twenty minutes
Thirty tainutes. Nervous excitement
all the time increasing. Forty minutes
The table shivers. Two raps from the
future world. The letters of the alpha
bet are c-iled over. The departed
friend's name is John. A t the pronun
iation of the letter J two raps. At
the pronunciation of the letter 0 two
raps. A t tire pronunciation of the let
te H two raps. At the pronunciation
of the letter N two raps. There you
have the whole name spelled out -
J o h n, John. Now, the spirit being
present, you say, "John, are you hap
py?" Two rap; give an affirmative an
swer.
Prctt y soon the hand of the medium
begins to twitch and toss and begins to
write out, after paper and ink are fur
nished, a message from the eternal
world. What is remarkable, the de
parted spirit, although it has been amid
the irluminations of the heaven, cannot
spell as well as it used to. It has lost
ll grammatical accuracy and cannot
.nite as distinctly. 1 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
ad get improved in their orthogriphy."
Nosv, just thirnk of spirits, that the
Bile represents as enthroned in glo
Iry, coming down to crawl ur-der the
tabe and break erockery and ring tea
bells before supper is ready and rap the
window shutter on a gusty night!
What cons-'Ltion in such miserable
stuff as cormp:.r-' 'with the consolation
o our departedi !i-nd-s free from toil
and sin a~d pairr are forever happy and
that we will join them, not in mysteri
ous andi half ut terance which makes the
hair s-i~ o; end and makes cold chills
creep tir': '. , but in a reunion most
blessed and hrappy and glorious!
And none shall murmur or misdoubt
W hen God's great sunrise finds us out.
I learn still further from this subject
tat spiritualism and nec:omancy are
atirs of darkness. Why did not Saul
o in the day ? Ile was ashamed to go.
Beides that, he knew that this spiri
tua 'medium, like all her successors,
prfored her exploits in the night.
The Diavenports, the Fowlers, the
Foxes, the spiritual mediums of all
ages, have chosen the night or a dark
eed room. Why? The majority of
their wonders have been svindles,
and deception prospers best in the
night.
Still futher, I learn from my text
that spiritualism is doom anid death to
its discipr!es. King Saul thought that
he would get help from the "medium,"
but the first that he sees makes him
s~oon away, and no sooner is he resus
ciaed than hre is told he must die.
Spiitua;su is doom and deathbto every
'we that yields to it it ruins the
body Look in upon an audience of
spirtual ists -cadaverous, we-ak. nerv
ou. exhausted, hands clammy and
cold. voices sepu chral and ominous,
bewider d with raps. I never knew a
confirmed spiritualist who had hea:.hy
nervous system. It isiricipient 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 world have
but little strength left to bear the hard
raps of this world. A man can live
with only one lung or with no eyes and
be happy, as men have been under such
afictions, but woe beto the man whose
nres are shattered! Spiritualism
s~ies first of all, and mightily, against
thl nervous system and so makes life
mnisrabe.
A man in Bellevue hospital dying
from wonods matde by his own hand was
aked why he tried to commit suicide,
Parent3 have strangled their ciurcn,
and when asked why they did it re
plied, "Spiritualism demandcd it." It
is the patronizer and forager for the
madhouse. .Judze EdImonds.in Broad
way tabernacle, New York, delivered a
lecture concerning Fliritualim, admit
ted in so many words, "There is a fas
cination about consultation with the'
spirits of the dead that has a tendency
to lead people off from their right jud
ment aid to instill into them a fanati
cism that is revolting to the natu:al
wi id."
It not only ruins it3 disciples, but it
ruins the mediums also, only give it
time. The Gadarene swine on the
banks of the lake of Galilee no soner
became spiritual mediums than doa n
they went in an avalanche of pork, to
the consternation of all the herdsien.
The office of a medium is bad for a man,
bad for a woman, bad for a beast.
I bring against this delusion a more
fearful indictment-it ruins the soul
immortal. First, it takes a man a
quarter of an infidel; then it makes him
half an infidel; then it makes him a
whole infidel. The whole system, as I
conceive it, is founded on the insuffi
ciency of the word of God as a revela
tion. God says the Bible is enough
for ou to know about the future world
You say it is not enough, and there is
where you aad the Lord differ. And
althaugh the Scriptures say, "Add
thou not unto his words, lest he re
prove thee and thou be found a liar,"
you risk it and say: "Come back spirit
of my departed mother, of my compan
ions, of my little child, and tell me
some things I don't know about you
and abaut the unseen world."
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, de
pend upon it. Spiritualism is adverae
to the Bible, in the fact that it has in
these last days called from the tuture
world. Christian men to to testify
against Christianity. Its mediums
call back Lorenzo Dow, the celebrated
evangelist, and Lorerzo Dow testifies
that Christians are idolators. Spirit
ualism calls back Tom Paine, and he
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 religi'-,.
which he all his life gloriously preach
Andrew Jackson Davis, the greatest f
all the spiritualists. comes to the fr'.it
and declares that the New Testamcat
is but "the dismal echo of a barb.!;e
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 care
chism has these questions and answe:,:
Q. What is our chief baptism? .
Frequent ablution in water
Q What is our inspiratior? A.
Fresh air and sunshine.
Q What is our love feast? A. Clcar
conscience and sound sleep.
And then it goes on to show that a
great proportion of their religious ser
vice is a s3 stem of calisthenies, Then
when they want to arou-e the devotion
of the people to the highest pitch, they
give out the hyuan on the sixty-lifth
page:
The night bath 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 advantage to hear from the fu
ture world? Don't you think it would
strengthen Christians? There are a
great many materialists who do not be
lieve there are souls, but if spirits
frm the future world should knock and
talk over to us they would be persuaid
ed." To that I answer in the ringing
words of the S>n of God, "1f they be
lieve not Moses and the prophe's,
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 spir
its." Audiences in this day need to
have reiterated in their hearing the
passages 1 quoted some minutes ago,
"There shall not be among you a con
sulter of familiar spirits, or wizard, or
necromancer, for they that do these
things are an abomination unto the
Lord," and "The soul that turneth af
ter such as have familiar spirite I will
se myg& against them, and they shall
be cnt:'otf from their people."
But 1 invite you now to a Christian
seance, a noonday seanee. This con
eregation is only one great famile.
Here is the church table. Come around
the church table; take your seats for
this great Chr'atian seace; put your
Bible on the table, put your hands on
top of the Bible and then lis.ten and
hear if there are any v,-mca cain
from the eternal world. I ti~ ii a e
are. Listeni "Secret thiu .a
unto the Lord, our God, but thizi'. tH"
are revealed belong unto us and oc
children." Surely that is a voie from
the spirit world. But before you rise
from this Christian seance I wart you
to promise me you will be satisti d 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 sir down at table rap
pines either in sport or in earnest.
Teach your children there arc no
ghosts to be seen or heard in this world
save those which walk on two feet or
four-human or bestial. Remember
that spirituahiem at the best is a useless
thing. for if it tells what the Bible re
veals it is a superfluity, and if it tells
what the Bible does not reveal it is a
lie. Instead of going out to get other
people to tell your fortune tell yoiur
own fortune by putting your trust in
God rd doing the best you can. I will
tell your fortune: "All things work to
gether for good to them that love Godi."
nsult not your departed friends by
asking them to come down and scrabb e
under an extension table. R'-memiber
that there is only one spirit whose die
tation you have a right to invoke, and
that is t he holy, blessed and omnipotent
spirit of God. Hark! He is rapping
now. not on a table or the floor, but
rapping on the door of your heart, and
every rap is an ivitation to Christ anc
a warning of judgment to come. On,
rieve him not awayt Qaench him no:.
He has been all around you this morn
ing. He was all around y ou last night.
He has been around you all your lives.
[ark! There comes a voice with ten
der, oermastering intonation, saying,
"My spirit shall not always strive."
Gainesville. Ga.. Dec. 8, 1599.
Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator in my
amily and am perfectly that it is all,
tnd will do all. You claim for it.
Yours truly,
A. B. C. IDorsey.
P. S.-I am using it now myself.I
[t's doing me good. Sold by 1'he Mur
ray Drug Co.,'Columbia, S. C-. and all
THE SIEGE RAISED.
'I
Ladysmith Free After Being Lock
ed Up Four Months.
GREAT JOY IN ENGLAND.
Scenes of Wild Joy Never Before
Kown in This Generation
Mark Relief of Little
South African Town.
The British war office received the
following dispatch from Gen. Buller
Thursday:
Lyttleton's Headquarters, March 1,
Gen. Dundonald, with the Natal Car
bineers and a composite regiment,
entered Ladysmith last night. The
county between me and Ladysmith is
rcported clar of t he enemy. Moving on
Nelthorpe. I have just returned from
Ladysiith. Except a small guard
north of Surprise Hill, the whole of the
enemy lately besieging the town have
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 maa per day and sup
plementing the meal ration by horses
and mules. The men will want a lit
tle nursing before being fit for the field.
When the news of the relief of Lady
smith became generally known London
literally went mad with joy and
throughout England the scenes wit
nessed have no parallel in the memories
of this. generation.
The lord mayor ot London imme
distely 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 re
moved. The lord mayor showed him
self at a windo4w 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
relived" to the roaring throng. All
thought of business was forgotten
Nothing could be done on the stock ex
ehange but sing "God Save the Queen"
and cheer Business on 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 may:r ordered a holiday for
the city schools. The great bell in St.
Paul's was rung this evening. The
stately foreign offee so far forgot itself
as to display large Unio1ij ecks from the
windows A cabinet metcing was held
atid as the ruem-wrs met at the entran-e
to the foreign office they exchanged the
warmest congratulations.
Cro-Ads blocked the war office lob
bies, struggling te see for themselves
the announcement and cheered the
Brtti~h enerals in South Africa to the
echo. (Juitide Marlborough house, the
London residence of the Prttce of
Wales, a large and jubilant crowd as
senmbled.
Ate Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham
Edin!burgh. atnd in fact, in all the cities,
big and little figs flew everywhere,
whbistles teoted, bells chimed and
crowds paraded the streets, singing
patriotic songs. Business was given up
for the day, the schools were clost d. in
the harbors all the-vessels dressed ship,
and at the military and naval depots
scenes of the wildest enthusiasm pre
vadled.
At Liv'erpool, addressing a crowd of
20,000 people assembled around the
town hall, tGe lord mayor said: "1
thank the At mighty God for the glori
ous news. We have awvaited it patient
ly. We are satisfied that under tb~e
humane laws and government of this
country, the Boers in a very short time
will oe loyal iiitizens of the British
empire."
Tne queen has telegraphed her con
gratulations to Gen. Buller and Gen.
White, and the Prince of Wales has
telegrahed congratulation to Gen. Bal
1cr.
All day long cheering thousands kept
up the incessant roar before the man
sion house, and all traffic in what is
London's busiest concourse ceased.
Patndemonium 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! wo
men, boys, and all sorts and conditions
of people. Silk hats flew into the air
and smtall fights we re of fr. ' :- n t on.
currence. T'he policemen on the spot
had their hands full, but as long as the
enthusiasm of the crowd was only con
fned to horse play, the officers did not
interfere.
'Tons of fireworks are being bought in
preparation for elaborate celebrations.
tt several provincial towns effigies of
irsident Kruger and Gen. Croi-je
a're paraded through the streets and
mak:Itr v. At Glasgow an effigy of
Presi.l'1i j" nwer was subjected to in
aignities at tne foot of the queen's
statue. Over 1,000 university and col
eee students paraded the streets of
Lndon eineiing "Rule Britannia" and
cheeri nz.
A Pitiful Gase.
There is a white woman named Marie
Marno. w 4, is lying almost at the oo
of death i n' house of a colore-i wo
man n-cu'd CTharlotte Smith, on Wf
ford Street. Amid squalor and envi
ronmettt of utter degradation of choice
of habit. this woman, who claims that
her pepole live at Graniteville, is fast
approac'hinig the end of a dissipated
ife. I'n tile county jil are lodged Eva
Stkes, Mame Robinson and John
Wood ward, all white, who arc charged
with inflicting serious injuries on the
prson of M1arie Martin. From the
facts gleanned by the reporter from
Chief of Police Vernon it rppears that
sveral days ago a fight occurred at the
house of Eca Stokes, in which Marie
Martin, Eva Stokes and Matme Riobin
son figured. in the nia lee the Marin
woma'au was struck on the~ left arm sev
eral iin wi'h a heer bottle. After
this i--htt ii the course of a day or two,
Ae c:te. that a white man named
John Wood ward struck her with an
iron polker. On Monday Chief of Po
ice Vernon was notified that the Mar.
i woman was dangerously sick at the
ome of Charlotte Smith, colored, on
\oford street. ie investigated the
ae and summoned a physician to the
sick woman. This woman now lies at
the point of death from blood poison
n,~and it she dies the persons above
entoned will remain in jail on charge
f murder and if she lives they dill be
red for assault and battery with in
tent to kill. 31arie Martin is a woman
bout 301 years of age, of medium build,
ud a brunette. She is of comely ap
earance and cla'ms to come from a very ]
espectable family near Charleston.
,Sambr Eaid.
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. m. 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 en
emy were fusilladed at a range of 5%)
yards. The Canadians gallantly worked
forward and occupied the edge of the
trenehes along the river, entirely en
filading the Boers. This movement was
followed by a cessation of the fire, ex
cept an occasional solitary shot.
Suddenly a regiment stationed on the
crest of a hill perceived a white flag
and burst into cheers, thus first an
nouncing the surrender of Gen. Cronje.
Shrotly afterward a note reached
Lord Roberts bringing tidings of the
Boers' unconditional surrender, Gen.
Prettyman was sent to ac.:ept the sur
render.
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. Crovje's
approach, Lord Roberts went to the
front in the modest cart in which he
sleeps and ordered a guard of the Sea
forths to line up. A group of horsemen
then appeared. On Gen. Prettyman's
right rode an elderly man elad 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 mo
tioned Gen. Cronje to a seat in a chair
which had been brought for his accom
modation and the two officers con
versed through an interpreter.
Gen. Cronje afterwards breakfasted
with the British officers.
Cronje's face was absolutely impas
sive, exhibiting no sign of his inner
feelirgs.
Lord Roberts was surrounded by his
staff when Gen. Prettyman, addressing
the field marzhal, said: "Commandant
Cronje, Sir."
The commandant touched his hat in
salute and Lord Roberts saluted in re
turn. The whole group then dismount
ed and Lord Roberts stepped forward
and shook hands with the Boer com
mader.
"You male a gallant defense, sir,"
was the first *salutation of Lord Rob
erts to the vanquished Boer leader.
LESLIE E KEELEY'S MEMORY.
Resolutions A 'opted by the South
Carolina Institute.
At a recent meeting held in the club
rooms of the Keeley Institute, Colum
bia, the following resolution was unani
mou-ly adopted:
Whereas we have heard with pro
found sorrow of the sudden death of
Leslie F; Keeley, N1. D., LL D , at
hia winter home, Los Angles, Califor
nia, and whereas we, the patients of
the Ke-eley Institute in the city of Co
lumbia, South Carolina. aseembled, de
siring 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 djolumbia,
South Carolina, find words inadequate
to express our deep gratitude to the
distingu'shed deceased for the inesti
mable blessings vhich we, in common
with nearly four hundred thousand, en
joy in being cured from inebriety and
opiumismn; that we will ever hold in
love and reverence the mernory of Dr.
Leslie E. Keeley as a distinguished
scientist, philanthropist, Christian and
scholar who, sacrificing positions of
honor and trust, devoted his life in per
fecting a cure for alcoholism and mor
phineism, in doing good to his feliow
man and the cause of suffering human
ity. -________
A Terrible Scene.
The greatest fire Newark, N. J.,
ever experienced swept through the re
tail dry goods district Wednesday night,
destroying a score or more buildings.
The fire broke out about 6:30, p. in..
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 ferce and similar employes may
have been in the building. The flames
spread with terrible rapidity, the entire
building being enveloped before the ar
rival of the firemen. Only one man was
seen, and he was at a window on the
second flootr in a frenzy of par. The
firemen raised a ladder, but before they
could scale it the man swung himzelf
through the broken window and on to
the ladder. As he reached the ladder a
rush of 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 un
der side and grabbed him to prevent
hm 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.______________
Garden Work for March.
This is the active month for sowing
all kinds of hardy seeds, and the 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 Cab
bage seed, Onion, Celery, Spinach,
Leek, Parsley, Lettuce, Radish, Beet,
Asparagus, Carrot, Parsnip, Salsify,
tc. Umler ass, sow Tomato. Pep
er and lEg-Plant seed Plant Irish
I Ut?.A , Agparagus an d Rhbubarb roots,
nion sets. etc. Set out Cauliflower,
abtag", Onions and Lettuce Plants,
com hotbeads, after they have been
ardened by leaving the glass open at
ight. Sow Herbs in a warm barder.
repare Melon, Cucumber and squash
ills for later planting. Sow the hardy
inds of flower seeds, as they will flow
r earlier. Sow Lawn Grass Seed.
For the Fat m.-Sow winter and
pring oats, Canada Field Peas with
ats, Clover seed. Grass seeds of all
orts, Tobacco seed. Plant Artichoke
or hogs. Sow Dwarf Essex Rape.
ly your seeds from T. W. Wood & 1
ons, Richmond, Va.
The prospects of a good fruit crop<
ppear bright at present. The recent~
ad continuous cold weather, unusual
s it has been for this time of the ;ear, I
zas kept the trees back, so that they 1
tan probably endure any later freezet
ANALYSIS OF 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
tax on fertilizers to 10 cents a ton. But
he was more successful with his bill to
provide that a purchaser of chemical
fertilizers may have the same an
alh zed free of cost at Clemson college.
The act, which was approved by the
governor on the 19th, reads:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen
eral 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 commer
cial fertliirs or manures, shall have
the right to have the same analyzed by
Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical
college, by taking a sample of same from
at least 10 per cent. of such fertilizers
in the presence of at least two disinter
ested wi:neeses, one to bhe chosen by
the purchaser and one by the seller,
who shall certify that such sample was
taken from such fertilizers or manures,
which certificate, with the vample,
shall be sealed by a third disinterested
party in the presence of said witnesses,
and directed to Clemson Agricultural
and Mechanical college.
Sec. 2. The said college shall have
the said sample anal3zed free of cost,
and within three mouths after receiv
ing the sample supply the purchasers
of -uch fertilizers or manures with a
certificate giving the per cent. of the
different fertilizing ingredients of
same. signed by the chemit of Clem
son Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege, which certificate shali be admis
sible as evidene. in all suits relative to
!uch fertilazers or manures, whether
the same be instituted by the vendor
or purchaser of same.
Sec. 3. That any vendor of commer
cial fertilizers or manures whose goods
or wares fall short to the extent of 10
per cent. in any fertilizing ingredient
guaranteed b'y the analysis on the sack
or vessel holding same, when delivered
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.
See 4. Be it further enacted: That
if any seller or vendor of fertilizers or
commercial manures shall refuse, de
cline or neglect to cloose a witness, as
provided in section 1, after having
been notified or requested by the pur
chaser 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 herein
before provided. All samples of fertil
izers 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 incon
sistent with this act.
Sec. 5 All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act be, and the
bame are hereby, repealed.
WINTHROP'S DOREITORY.
FREE BLOOD CURE
An Offer Providing Faith to Sufferers
Eating Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are
all curable by B. B. B. (Botanic Blood
Balm,) which is made especially to cure
all terribie Blood Diseases. Persistent
Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes,
Scrofula, that resist other treatments,
are quickly cured by B. B. B. (Botanic
Blood Balm). Skiht Eruptions, Pim
ples, Red, itching Eczema, Scales,
Blisters, Boils, Carbuncles, Blotches,
Catarrn, Rheumatism, ete., are all due
to bad blood, and hence easily cured
by B. B. B. Blood Poison producing
Esting Sores, Eruptions, Swollen
glands, Sore Throat etc., cured by B
11 B. (Botanic Blood Balm), in one to
five months. B. B. B. does not con
rain vegetable or mineral poison.
One bottle will test it in an case. For
sale by draggists everywhere. Large
bottles $1, six for five $~>. Write for
free samrplebottle, which will be sent,
prepaid to Times readers, describe
simptoms and personal free medicaf
advice will be given. Address Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
A Postmaster in Trouble.
A dispatch to The State from Marion
says Leonard L. Owens, postmaster at
that place, was arrested Wednesday
under a warrant is-sued by United
States Commissioner J. W. Johnson on
a charge of embezzling the funds of the
postoffice. The warrant was issued at
the instance of Postuffice Inspector
.Moyer, who for several datys has been
investigating the condition of the office
and has discovered -a deficiencylin 'the
postmaster's accounts iamounting to
over $1,000, Mr. Owens was appointed
several months ago by President Mc
Kinley, to succeed Capt. Douglass Mc
lnryte, whose term had expired. The
catastrophe that has overtakn the
new postmaster in so short a time is
very surprising, in view of the fact that
he performed faithful and creditable
servicc as a deputy of his predecessor.
Owens waived examination and gave
b~nid for appearance. several responsi
ble gentlemen becoming security.
Two State Governments.
Two state governments, completely
officered and each claiming to be the
reular and legal offici tls, are in Frank
fort, Ky., now and will remain, each
claiming the right to administer the
affairs of state until the question is ad
judicated in the courts. As antici
pated the banks refuse to recognize
either of the contending factiobs and
as a result both are without money,
and the state funds are as securely tied
up as they could be, Legislators, coun
ty as well as state officials, and all kinds
of contractors .with the state will have
to wait until somebody is authorized by
a decision of the court to pay them and
the state will have to wait on what is
due it until the courts say who is au
thorized to receive it. The Democratic
state ofiicers have opened offices in the
State hotel. The charitable and penal
state institutions are among the suffer
ers.
The W ar Still On.
A dispatch from Manila says: A
hundred insurgents seven miles from
San Fernando deela Union ambushed
en men of the Third cavalry who were .
escorting a provision train. The Amer
cans scattered, and while returning to
samp, one man was killed. The insur
gents captured four horses and a
luantity of provisions. A subsequent
reconnaissance of the locality devel
>ped the fact that there were entrench
nents there and a force of Filipino*,
istimated to number 800 men. The
Chird cavalry is preparing to drive the1
surgents out. The recently purchased f
aval transport Alava sent to Regay in C
he Gulf of Liberate, for Spanish pri. ~
oners, has returned here, bringing 500 8
ersons, including priests, officers, sol- U
iers and civilians and 10 A mericans.
he navy officers being informed that j
he prisoners were carelessly guardedi,
urried the Alava to Ragay, manned
y 20 bluejackets. Six officers from
he Brooklyn and five marines accom
URE
icious and wholesome
ER CO., 4EW YORK.
HOW TO WEAR SHOES
CHARACTER LEARNED BY MEANS
OF THE FOOTGEAR.
This Refers to Women But it Will No
Doubt Apply to Men As Well-Thi
Man Who Is Patiently Looking for
The Ideal Girl.
"It gets me," said the man, "to know
why women and girls are not more
Wp-ticular about the way they dress
their feet. If they knew how much
people noticed them, they would take
more pains in buying their shoes than
they do in buying their gowns. Every
one knows that'the man is more par
ticular about the way he keeps his
boots and shoes than a wcman. As
for me, the woman I marry must have
pretty, well-dressed feet. I have nev
er found any one yet who came up to
my standard of excellence, and that's
why I'm not married, I suppose.
'I did think I had found her once. I
fell in love with one foot. That was
where I made the mistake. It was
some kind of an art exhibition. There
was a screen at the door from one
room to another, which was a few
steps higher, and happening to look
across the room, I saw below that
screen the daintiest, most ladylike
looking foot, slender and delicate and
refined, and wearing just the right
kind cf . !oe for that occasion-not
a great heav7 walking boot, and not
a danci ae. but just right. Of
course, yu aon't expect me to tell you
just what & was. I am not in the shoe
business. buw i know when a girl wears'
a shoe tnzt is In good taste.
"This root tnat I fell in love with
I saw just for an instant as the wom
an to whom it belonged drew it up to
the other step and the screen hid her
so that I hadn't the slightest idea who
she was, young or old, hideous or
beautiful. But I made up. my mind
I would find out. But you know how
it is in a room filled with people-it is
not always easy to get across it, es
pecially if all your friends are there.
By the tIme I reached the screen I
almost gave up my foot for lost Yo1
can't see a woman's foot in these long
skirts she wears unless she is on the
street. I suppose my divinity must
have raised her dress as she went up
the steps.
"I Cd find her after a time, but I
had made a mistake. A man shouldn't
fall in love with less than two' feet,
and he should see how they walk.
There is everything in the way a wom
an walks. The woman whose foot I
had admired-her feet were beauti
ful, too-walked in a listless way.
She drew one foot after the other, lan
guidly. That might mean that she
was selfish, indolent, delicate or a
number of other things. Just notice
women who walk that way and see If
I am not right.
"Then notice the woman who walks
not exactly with a heavy step, but
comes dow~n fiatfooted every time.
She would make a good business man
ager, and she might know how to man
age a housefu~ll of servants, but she Is
too aggressive to be a comfortable
person to get along with. It is all
right for a woman to have opinions of
her own; I like to see a woman who
knows her own mind, and I would
rather enjoy having her look after my
ideas if she cared to, but you don't
like to be knocked over even with
ideas.
"Then there Is the woman who has
rather a heavy dragging step. That
woman is sure to have round shoulders
and stoop when she walks. She has
to take time to think when she an
swers, and it takes her a long time to
see a joke. She has large feet, and
her shoes do not fit trimly. That Is
not the kind of woman I care to know.
Then there is the woman who shakes
the i-oom when she walks. She may
not be over plump, and she Is very
likely cheerful and jo'lly. You like
her, but her chubby feet-they are
sure to be short and broad-are not
for you. She is a nice kind of wife
for some other man, and you like to
go and take dinner with him occas
ionally when you are in the mood for
it, but she is not the Ideal woman.
"The ideal always wears trim, suit
able shoes, and she walks just as a
woman who has the ideal feet, Ideally
dressed, should. She is sure to have
rather slender feet that look flexible
and make you think, somehow of a
pretty slender hand well gloved. Her
shoes always fit her like a glove, any
way. She does not wear great man
nish shoes around the street all the
time because they are said to be fash
onable. She only wears those with
a heavy, rough walking suit. For the
street she has a medium weight, trim
looking boot, and for the house she
wears pretty, soft, thin ones or pretty
slippers, anything, according to the
occasion. There are times and sea
sons for all kinds of boots, shoes and
slippers.
"I was on the Broadway car down
near the Battery the other day when a
plainly dressed woman was crossing
;he street. When I saw her first every
>e in the car, men and women, were
,ooking at her. What was the trouble,
lo you suppose? She was holding up
aer skirts a little, and so exhibited a
air of what do you call 'em, with high
eels and a buckle in front?-Louis
Quinze slippers, isn't it?
"Now those are the prettiest thing
L woman with a pretty foot can wear
n an appropriate place, but they were
>ut of place down there, and there
v~as not a soul in the car that didn't
otice them, and there was nothing
tout the woman otherwise to attract
ttention. I remember seeing a woman
yearing low slippers on Fifth avenue
iot long ago, and every one who
assed turned to look at her.
"My ideal girl wouldn't think of
yearing a pair of shoes inappropriate
y. Her shoes always fit her so that
ihe walks easily and well, with a
ather quick, light step, and moves
ver the ground easily without .terki
ess. You know she is a nice girl to
tet along with. She goes through
if e as smoothly and pleasantly as she
alks. But she is not monotonous;
'ou know that by her quick lightness.
she always smiles at you and has a
ight answer ready whatever you say.
"I am looking for her and I shall
id her some day. But it is surprising
iow quickly most women can be cut
if the list when you have shoes and
heir cvacomitants as a test. You can
id girns with pretty and well-dressed
eet, but they are rare. and until I find
he one you may put me down for a
nchelor."-N. Y. Times.
T|JHShot at a President '
:Ding the carnival procession Wed
esday a Venezuelan fired two shots at
resident Cripiano Caracas without ef
ct. The president was afterwards ae
aimed by the populace. The city is
iet. Gen. Castro became president
Venezuela last October as a result of
se succes-ful revolution against Presi
ent Andrade, who fled fro~n the repub
c. But, Castro was not reognized as
:esidert by the Uuitesi States until
ov. 20), ISJ9. He is about 36 years -
ae, has been a strong supporter of
,C Lhbeel party.
Makes the food more del
BASED ON NOTHING.
Most of the Fears That Beset Fair
Maids and Matrons.
The cause tl'a implants the spirit
of fear in the bosom of the gentle sex
Is a subject that may well puzzle the
most devout student of human nature.
The mouse is considered one of the
harmless of creatures, and yet it has
been responsible for more cases of
hysteria than any animal many times
its size.
One woman, who all her Pfe has
searched beneath her bed before .:
tiring, at one time found herself in
possession of a folding monstrosity,
the intricacies of which she had first
to solve before taking her well-earned
rest. But such Is the force of habit.
After pulling down the bed she would
carefully look beneath it, for no other
reason than that she had done so ever
since she was a child.
A favorite illusion is that of having
one's legs seized, either from behind
in going upstairs or on getting into
bed. Women have been seen scuttling
upstairs in the dark setting at defi
ance all the laws of locomotion in a
ludicrous attempt to keep their legs
some distance ahead of them and be
yond the reach of a mysterious clutch.
Girls will also make flying leaps into
bed to eliminate the same improbabil
ity.
Many women search diligently in
closets, bureau drawers and all sorts
of Impossible places before resigning
themselves to sleep. An old house
keeper whose table silver, in two bas
kets, was always placed in her bed
room after the evening meal, was one
night awakened by what she consid
ered suspicious sounds from the lower
regions. Cautiously leaving her room
laden with the silver, she pitched both
baskets into the hall below, calling
out as she did so, "Take it all and
please go," then fled precipitately and
barricaded herself in her room. Need
less to add, she found both baskets
and scattered contents the following
morning, a little the worse for the
rough handling she had given them.
WORKERS AMONG COTTONSEED.
New Machine Which Is Designed to
Monopolized Their Business.
An alvfays interesting sight to New
Orleans visitors has been the large
gangs of darkies unloading cotton
seed from the barges at the oil mills,
piling the sacks of seed on the heavy
trucks and trundling them down the
wharf into the mill, singing lustily the
while. The picturesque side of the
old-time method of unloading seed by
no means appeals to the owners of the
mills, however. Such labor is very
expensive, and sometimes impossible
to obtain. Competition in the manu
facture of cottonseed products is very
keen, and unnecessary handling of
the raw material must be done away
with wherever practicable. The big
grain elevators, built right up to the
leep water, have long ago solved the
problem, but with the oil mills at
Gretna, built back of the levee, with
their wharves stretching a considera
ble distance Into the river, and with
these wharves sinking and twisting all
the time from the action of the cur
rent and the treacherous river bed,
the question how to unload their
barge and carry the seed back into the
mills at a low cost has been until now
a very difficult one to answer.
The Union Mill Company has re
ently ,installed at Its large Crescent
mill at Gretna a plant for rapidly and
economically unloading seed from
barges, which seems to meet all the
conditions. The main part of the sys
tem Is a belt conveyor, running on
trestle work along the wharf, and
thence under the roof of the milL.
Along this conveyor the seed Is car
ried from the end of the wharf, 230
feet to a point in the mill, where it is
weighed and either stored or distrib
ted direct to the crushers. From the
ime It Is taken from the barges until
t leaves the mill as a finished product
he seed Is not touched by hand .
The present capacity of the plant Is
aout 4,700 bushels (seventy tons) of
ottonseed per hour, but this can be
argely increased. It is estimated that.
he construction will pay for Itself In
ages saved In less than two seasons.
Saved From Prison by His Ears.
"I don't often see a thief or a bad
an with big ears," said Judge Wof
ord from the bench In commenting
on the physiognomy of Gilbert Clos
ser, a 15-year-old boy charged with as
aulting Frederick E. Moses. "I like
o see a boy with big ears." The boy
carcely knew whether the Judge was
arcastic or sincere, and he fumbled
his cap bashfully while his ears
urned red.
The spectators tittered, but Judge
offord continued sternly: "I am in
clined to give you a chance, my boy,
n the strength of your big mouth and
enerous ears. You've gotr a good Lace.
man with little ears, like a fox's or
a squirrels, won't always do. They
need watching." After warning Clos
ser never to carry knive:: or revolvers,
udge Wafford sentenced the boy to
the reform school and then paroled
him with instructions to report to the
ourt January 1.-Kansas City Jour
cal. _________
A Youthful Effusion.
Senator Thurston, who has taken
ood-naturedly the newspaper chaff
ng about his poem, "The White
Rose," decidedly objects to the un
iuthorized announcement that It was
ritten by his fiancee, Miss Purman.
e says It was a youthful effusion
rItten 30 or more years ago and he
;olemnly affirms that he discarded the
poetical role more than a quarter of a
:entry since
A Dog Shed.
Ida-Maud Beulah is going out to
ut all the fur trimming from her
May-Is it moth-eaten?
Ida-No, Indeed' But -her French
,oodle shed all his fur and Maud says
hell have to get rid of hers to h:ir
nonize the effect when he trots byv her
;ide.-Chcago News.
A Queer Place for the Bird.
The eagle which originally decora
ed the stern of the famous schooner
~acht America-which first won what
now known as the America Cup--is
Low the sign of the Royal Eagle Hotel
i Ryde, Isle of Wight, overlooking
he scene of the vessel's triumph over
er English competitors in 1851.-Tit
Killed His Mother
George Williams, a young Negro man, E.
lled his mother while they frere fol- 'D
,wing the corpse of the husband and I
ither to the grave near Pleasent Hill, f
Fa., Wednesday. The boy ordered his e
iother to stop her manifestations of
rief. She paid no attention to him
nd then he shot and killed her.
d
kingdom for a eure . li
You need not pay so much. P
twenty-five cent bottle of L. L. & K. ~
Will drive all ills away.t