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_@ C_YC__I!TI tt5 NR HON, GEORGE D, TILLMAN NOrPD STA'EIVVAN 'ASSUS AWAY. Sage of Clark'n 1111i-Ono of tile Ablest Ale t Ills Age After Lonog aid flosiorable service in National Ilouse of Bey resenlativen Pases to Rest Peacefully at I1s Unuln try loile--Funeral service Sunday Afternoon. [Special to the Chronicle.] Clark's Hill, S. C., Feb. 2.-Hon. Geo. D. Tillman died at 7 o'clock this morning after an illness of some weeks' duration. Col. Tillman a short time ago took a twenty mile drive on a cold rainy day to one of his plantations. He got thoroughly wet and slept in his damp clothing and stood around on' the wet ground overseeing some car. penters while they were erecting some tenement houses. From this exposure he contracted c) stitii or in flamation of the bladder and suffered greatly. le passed away at 7 a. n., all the family except Liout. Tillmai, 7th infantry, now statioued in Alaska, were present. Senator Tillman and his family arrived here from Wash ington this afternoon. The funeral will take place hero Sunday at 2 o'clock. A large delegation from the general assembly will be present, in eluding Gov. McSweeney. He was a soldier in the second expedition to Nicaragua under Gen. Walker and was woundod at the siege of Rievas. He with Walker and Wheat planned the expedition. SKETCH oF IION OEO D TILLMAN. Edgefield, 8 C. Jan. 2 --Every. body knew "Unclo George," the "Sage of Clark's Uill," who has livi d so many years ii Edgefield, and who has been all of his daNs at prominent. figure in the politics of South Caro lina; a man wh . has not only been prominent, but a loader who had the interests of the State at heart, and who lead in ;uch a fearless manner as to mako his political enemies fear and respect him. Every man in the State who reads the foregoing will know without be ing told that reference is made to Hon. George D Tillman, a man true and fearless. Mr. Tillman was horn on the 21st day of August, 1826. His father was Benjamin Ryan Tillman and he is a brother of United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman. - The brothers are both noted men. In 1863 Mr. Tillman married Miss Margaret C. Jones, and has seveii living children-Mrs. Dr. G. A. Bunch, Mrs. 0. W. Buchannan, Lieu tenant Governor James H. Tiliman, Mrs. Dr. A. RI. Fuller, Mrs. T. B. Bailey, Lieutenant Benjamin J. Till. man of the United States army anid Mr. George D. Tillman, Jr.-as well as a number of grand children. The Tillman family came fronm Virginia many year' since and is therefore one of tbe oldest families in this county. Mr. George D. Tillmnan lived at Clark's Hill, in Edgefie'ld County, and as stated above hi' was known us the "Sage of Clark's Hill." H.' is tall, large and has a comrmanding ap pearance and would attract attention anywhere, not only by reason of his commanding appearance, but by hi.t conversation andl the evidences that he gave of a broad and well stored mind. He is quick mentally arnd never failed to make his opponents fear and resnect him. He received his early eduicartion at Pnulield, in Georgia, and at Green wood South Carolina; anrd his col legiato educnti ,n at HarvardI, though he did not graduate After leaving college, he dlecideld to~ make law his profession, and he came to Edgefield Court House and read law under Chancelior F. 11. Wardlaw, and was admitted to the bar ina 1848, and'Jo cated at Edcgefield. He practiced law till the wvar between the States broke out. Between 1850 and 1861, he was for six years a member 6f the lower house of the general assembly of South Carolina, where he distin guished himself. He entered the war as a private, first, in an infantry regiment, and t,ben in the Second regiment of Sout b Carolina artillery. Hie made a good soldier. After the war, in 1865, he was a member of the South Carolina recon. struction constitutional convention in which he took a very prominent part. In a book, "The South Since the War," published in 1806, the writer of that book describes Mr. Tillman, in part, as follows: "A man of immense frame and very considerable abilities, genial and off hand, who quotes philosophy from DeTocqieville, and historical maxims from Gibbon. The man who makes friends with everybody, and is a genuine Red Republican in his disregard of what is called ancient rtghts and privileges. Sitting with great blue gray eyes, that seem al ways half asleep, he is always alert and wide awake, slouching along with a rolling gait, he is careful and earnest; utterly wanting in the power of oratory or rhetoric, he has made more points than any other of the convention, and has carried all of them but one, and that of minor importance. He is the leader of the advance line of the up country, dele gated, not so much by election as by the iiburent force of ne, sit), for be fights independently, and leaves them no choice but to follow." The foregoing description was given of Mr. Tillman when he was a member of the South Carolina reconstruction constitution constitu 61ial convention Twenty five years after the above was written. Amos J. Cummings wrote as follows of Mr. Tillman: "He is quaint and hnest and makes speeches that touch the mar row. In appearance he somewhat resembles Greeley. But there is a wanly ring in his voice, as well as virility in his arguments. Once con vinced that he is right, neither per suasion nor force can drive him from his position. * * * * * * * Detecting jobbery in legislation, he flies at it like a bulldog, and there is nothing, left of it when he gets through with it." In 1806 Mr. Tillman was a mom ber of the South Carolina State senate. Some time after 1866 he went to Central America and joined General Walker of filibuster fame. He was wounded in the fighting then going on, and was taken prisoner, but by promising not to meddle any more with the institutions of the country, he was released. He then came back to South Carolina and settled down on his farm at Clark's Hill. After the war Mr. Tillman did not attempt to practice law, but turn ed his attention to farming. His active mind would not permit him to remain quietly on the farm. lHe soon after his return entered politics. He entered the race for Congress against Robert Small, and unsuccessfully contested his seat That was for the Forty-fifth Con gress and was elected and took his seat, but he was finally forced to give way to Small again. He finally secured a seat in Congress and re mnained a member for seven terms, and until he was defeated in 1892 by Mr. W. Jasper Talbert. During the time he was in Congress he was a member of the commnittee on patents and was part of the time chairman of the committee. Amos J. Cummings. continuing his remarks about Mr. T'illman, says: "He usually maken two or three speeches each session, and they are s-peeches that command not only the attention but the admiration of the Hiouse. He belongs to the old school of statesmen, now almost extinct." In 1898 he again e,ntered poli-ics, and ran for governor, b>'it was de. feated. Since t.henm ho ';as been liv ing quietly en hime farmi at Clark's Hill.. Mr. Tillnman was a man of undoubt ed bravery. In 1879 lie slapped the face of D. H Chamberlain at aph tical meeting where there were only about two hundred white andl( several thousand ne'groes, when politics were red hot in South Carolina, and it.required a mn of ner-v.' to r-unl for office lie ne(ver backed an inch from iny man. Amuon g t he mnost not able spheeches 0f Mr. T1ilbmnan wvhile ini Congress were his silver speech that wass se highly complimented by 13ryau, his tariff speech, and the one he dlelivered on the reapportionment of representa. tion from South Carolina was in creased from five to seven. Mr Tillman has always b)een fav. .rite in Edgelield county as well a9 throhont South Carolhna. IESTII'S COTTON STATENIENTM. Tot,I Nualnbor of talen Unuxlt Into Migt 7 500.01arp, Agail,"t 6.812,177 LikI Yor--Fur i.'o Expo,rto for thw Pasot Five Mlonetihn 3,94:3 (193 nHle, an Incren-ta of 610,14'Z OVer 1,11st sealloll. (News and Courior) Now Orleans, La., February 1 8ecratary -estoer's Now Orloans monthly Cotton Exchango statement, issued to day, shows an increaso for the month, in round figuros, of 27,000 bales. The total for January was 982,128, against 954,679 last year. The movement from the 1st of September to January 31 includes total receipts at all United States de livery parts 5,342,027, against 4,770, 056 !ast year; ovorland movement by railroads across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers 852,814, against 917,004 last yea r; 8outhern mill takings, exclusivo of quantity consumed at Southern outportsi 735,879, against 747,045 last year, and interior stocks, in '.xcess of tbose held at the commencoment of the season, 658,895, against 437,412 last yoar. ThRo mako the total amount of the cotton crop brought into sight during the five months ending Jnni ary 31, 7,590,015, against 9,812,177 last year. Northern spinners took during January 216,443 bales, against 245, 866 last year, increasing their total for the live months to 1,351,942, against 1,681,990 lastyear. Foreign exports for the first five months of the season have been 3, 912,693 bales, showing an incres,W over last season of 010,142. Stocks at the seaboard and the twouty nino leading Southern mar kets on January 131 were 1,665,620 bales, against 1,690,850 the same date last year. Including port and interior town stocks left over from the previous season, and the number of bales of the current crop I-rought into sight during the five months, the supply has been 7,712,549, against 7,491, 015 last year. In addition to the monthly figures, Secretary Hester has issued to-day a statement of the weekly movement for the seven days ending February 1, inclusive, showing total brought into sight this year 238,965 bales, against 229,137 for the seven days ending February 1, last year. THE WORLD's VISIBLE SUPPLY. Now Orleans, February 1-Secro tary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton shows the total visible is 4,224,700 bales, against 4,140,152 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 3, 301,700, against 3,361,152 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 863,000. against 779,000 last year. The total world's visible supply of cotton shows an increase, compared with last year, of 85,548 bales. Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Eu rope 1,975,000 bales, against 1,911, 000 last year; in Eg3 pt 176,000, aizainst 304,000- last year; in India 419,000, against 328,000 lasL year. and in the United States 1,555,000, against 1,697,000 last year. sINOIERWS LAsT SisNGS. [Baltimore Americain.] American audiences like fair play. When a singer makes a slip the audtience is ready to believo any statomo)nc, to the effect that the artist apperared against the doctor's orders. It is eveni eager to give the unfortu nate one' another chance. Had such an accident as befell a singer at the Metropolitan Hlousu' recently occured in one of the great Enropean music centr(s-in Naples, Milan or Paris-it is lung odda that no more would have been beard of her as a singer. In Europo people take their art more seriously and less tolerant than here. Dupreza, the French tenor, in his own day an idol of his countrymen, broke dlown one unight. His voice fnilarl hirn na he wna inging ne of the parts with which ho had been gloriously identified. lie knew hilk caroer was run. Quito as painful was the disaster which overtook Etolka Gorster, while still in the heydey of her short-lived, but resplendent, popularity. .Do you not remember tho controversy that ragod at the timo as to the causes of that. lamentablo collapse? Those best coipetent, perhaps, to decide the question woro of opinion that Gerster had given her glory for the j )h of motherhood. Of all the many tales of famous ilngers who have como to grief none has more interest than the strange story of our American soprano Marie van Zandt. "La Fauvette," as they called her, had risen with enviablo rapidity in the French operatic firmament, Patti and Nilsson had stood sponsois for her at the Opera Comuique. Delihes, then ailmost ats popular in Paris as Gounod and1 Maissonet, had coimlposmi his "Lakme" for her. One evening "La Fauvotte," the spoilet darling of the boulevard, w: s billed to appwir for the first, time in "Lo Barbier." All Paris, in the exclusive and theatrical sense of the words, had assemubled at the Opora Comique and it was confidently ex pected that next morning thxe news paper Mhroniqnurs would have one moro viciory to add to tho young American, Gialtinod was among the distinguished Frenchmon "in front." When Marin van Zandt made her entrance she was slightly Ilushed. Prvsenitly tht hvusi noticed other abnormalities in her appearance. Something seemed wrong with the diva's wig. Her walk, her look, her voice, her smile, all seemOed [,eculiar. 'he audienct tittered, sneered, an( then-as suspicion gradually dawned on them that ber favorito might. have been dining too veil-brok( nto wild hoots and j-ers. The curtain fell on one of the most cruel scenes ever witnesed in a theatre; and Gounod acting (let us hopo, impul sively) as the interpreter of outraged public sontiment, dragged a French singer, who happened to be in the audience, on to the stage, to replace the American "Rosina." The true cause of "La Fauvetto's" singular conduct may neve r have been published. That a singFr who had been treated like an adopted child of France should have delib erately meditated disrespect to a Parisian audience was, on the face of things, incredible. Yet that and much more senseless calumny was p)rinted about her at the time--possi bly, and indeed, probably,' at the instigation of her rivals. Had she not been a foreigner an apology and a few trills might have wiped out the diva's presumed offence, together with tihe recollection of her extraordinary break down. As it was, months elapsed before M. (Carvalho thought it prurlent or adlvis able to announce another appoarance of his Amerioan star. When he at length advertised a revival of "Ljikme" and the rentree of the unlncky artist at his house. Paris hlad hysterics. Would M. Carvalho dare to defy his follow citiztens by allowing an American who had insulted le grand nationl on the stage to Ilout t hem a second time? Nay, then, Paris would teach both manager and sin ger. On the night tixAd for the "Lakme" performance thle- Opera Comique was crowded from floor to ceillng. Every other man in the parterre and gal. lories had bumght a key or whistle with him. And when Van Zandt wVas soon bondI(ing her heand as thouhh mutely appealing to the chivalry anid mercy of her nadience the storm arosa Thie savagery of lier foes, hi >wo ver, put t.he sing.' on h) r m .tile. S3no wvas in slendid voice tant night arid, after the first sho(ck, she sang so faultlessly that she won not only thr sympathies, bIut also the applause of the vast majority in the theatre. Meanwhile 10,000 rowdies, among them several hunidredl students fromi the Latin quarter, wero laying Hi0o4 to the building shouting exercrattonsL ant the insolent foreigner and charg ing frenziedly at the Municipal Guards, who barred the entrances. Had they got hold of the American that evening it would have gone har( with her. Bunt she escapedl by a sid< door. That wass her last public appear anne in Parn. GONE BACK TOCANNIBALISM. THIP FA'lrT Or iHI NI'OICO IN VIAVII FREICID FRIOM Wfiti I tULIE. Voocio Noritry-Iemostiacil Jilien wit. stimi-d by Governieiat 4vi-whom its iit hayti -A'"Ist I [ielli Itsmi Witelivi'-aft M12ighe-di It. T. Stiln. of iso Uititel stantem itivo loglesit Iurvoy, lism a s Orts ue Fx p--rIestet,-Tli.s MsaIer H c. caf t i' 'Ooat Wvithout Vlortio"-4prpeiit Woar hiip att Ito Wilet- T 1 i tti Druma t 11' Dvlth Wa,hington), Jaumary 2).-Spo cial: Prof. Robert T. Ib ill, the famous Governmont explorer, has just ro turned to Washington with i a giuo some story from Hayt i, where he had the romarkablo privilego of witnoss ing it Voodoo cormonial-onlo of those domonlileal orgivf; whlicl, on that island, celobrato thle worship of the Great Yollow Smrpont. This sern)(nt, reprotsvinted at the festivals ol tho devil's cult, by a harmless nalt I ivo species of snake, is Hupposed to bM nll incarnation of the arch ionwd hliISelf, possessing ill knowledge, but approachable only through his priests an(1 priestessms-th witchers at the shrino of Oboah, who is other wiso known ats Ju jl, Muml)ojlll)o, or Vaudoux, tho last, of thsoi num's boing commonily corruptedin to Voo doo. "Cannibilism is i colspicluouls feature of these rites," said Prof. Hill yesterday. "It is uui(pestion ably a fact that largo itimuers of young childron are offered up an nutilly in Hayti as sacrifices to (te Great Yellow Snike. Indod, it, is known that mothers frequently do dicate their infants at birth to this plurpose, iho fatal cereiony beinlg postpoed ordnarily until the victim hias rotebed the ago of about 2 years. Invariably the ritual winds up with a feast, the details of vlich are too horrible to be describod. Only when human prey is not obtainablo is a black goat, which must not have a white spot. on it, or a white cock, used as a substituto. The cock chosen for this purpose is always one of thoso froak chickenis which havo their feathers growing the w%rong way. "You see. THIS CULT O1' VAUI)OUX is ox1reolly ancivnt, representing the most primitive forin of religion. It is serpent worship, with all the incidental of witchcraft, just as it prevails in the darkost parts of Africa. The sodality of sorcerors, the smoll era out of witches, are a ;,videspread priest hood, whose organizi. tion and forms of ceremonial (late back to a remote antiquity. One finds their Order rep)resent ed in our own count ry by so called Voodon (doctors, who deal in charms andl 'hoodoo' spells, and have an extensive practice among the colored people. The 'buck anud wing' dancing of our nigger minstrel andl vand(eville stage conmes directly from the ceremoniial dancing of Vau dotnx, and its 'p)igeon-wings' and1( other peculiar capers have a special significance in connection with the rite~s of Obah. "The religion of Vaudoux seems to PRIEsRaivED) IN HIAYTI1. with more of its pristino purity than anywhere else in the world, not even excepting Africa. The Hepublic of Hayti, in fact, is nothing more nor less than a pi(co of the D)ark CJon tinent set down near our shores. Its population, numbering about 1,000,. 000 souls is composed of remnants of hundreds of savage tribos, brought thither during tihe slave-dating (day)s to work on the plantations. They we're savages when they arrived and( they are savaig's still, retain0ing their incient, customs LIdI inistituttions. "The cult of Oboab is a secret so diuty, into which members are in itii:ted with complicated rites. Its ceromonials couisist largely of dances, which are accompanied b)y drums, and(1 ach particular solemnity or rituial is accompanied by its own 'tune,' if such a terma may be usedl. Ever) where through the mountains or Hayti the traveller hears the drums constantly sounding, and to the ear of a stranger the noise wvould be nothing more than torn tommiing; buOt to a member of the organization e'ach kind of beating has~ its own pe ouhiar meaning. Thus on a core ionial occasion, when the drui. m6ri mt,rik the 'theme,' the particip Mts know 0le (ance 1111and song which go with it. Thvro are from 3(0 to -100 diffiierent. dances. "'The coremlonials e1110 RalTlALS (1' WIT nl\I' llT and are hold for tihe purposoof gain ing various favors froim the Grmat. Yellow l4erpolt, such as the I uro of seikness, the bringing down of evil uponl vlellies, anld even the callsing of doith to porsonls who Illay havo given offence to the soiety or to individual montoers. As tOh dances progress thtly becomio moro and moio furiouls, usually ending in a frenzy that overcomleis ill 1110 participflts, who becomo or zy for the timo being, [mnly of thei falling into a sort of eltlleptic condition. The culm1inil tion of the orgy is the sacrifice of a living animial anIld the drinking of its blood, whiell iA paSel around for that p uI)OS inl I jtg, MiXed With ruinl. Finally the victim is boiled inl ia pot and vatell. "The drums ied to accomp.my tho dalevs are an importanlt folatlro of the ceremoiaills,. Usual)ly they Ia employed inl groups of threv, vach group having ita pvcuiliar color and signi n -e. 'lho dramis, for examplo, Como into ply only oIn twso o1110o0 Heriols occlaiols wholl t10 rituld hap11I)I)eS to IIIve for its spociil Objket tho brlgilig dlown of Wratlh 11ponl a pilrso who 111113 lIVe beon to unllfort unato a1s to excito the ill will of the sciot y. This set of drums is knoNi IIS tho 11rio of dolath, rud being the color approprilito to dolathll and the saeI clor of the Valudoux. Wh.n baellnl I th Ie are Sipposed to (xc ito Nvilviiveent - liger* of the Evil Spiril, which is to ho di rected agalinst. the i ndividdlil aillwd lit. "Ealch Voodoo ceremony113 is prosid od ovor by a iorcerer in chivf, known ats the Pap'loi, who is I sSist(d by i witch WOma1 cliiled th MIIVIeIi. Theso persoiges have attainod their high rank in the society, Im it is un dorstood, through the long practico of extraordinary wickedness, and usually they ire of hideous aspect, the notion being thut their sup1erna11 tural powor varies diritly with their ugliie,fl. Nobody dares to diuiobey thei!M, illI.1much1 11s to do 0 would bo to invite the most (ireadl con BecumiC0s, 1anfud they am() Ible to do vote thoir nt iro timiv) to ovil doing, being maintainod Iy gifts which their followers bestow uponi them in the nominal shap of offerings to the "These priests and1( priestesses lire usual11ly d11iingnishied by ai pecu1 lir. K NOTITIN1 01" TI'l KIllKINKY VwooL. but ill Jlayti any13 Old m1im1 or wVoman0 of strainge app)jonranifc( is ap1t to be( suspected of being a P1apoloi or Mamiieloi. They nn Idoubltedly pos)0 110s5 a romallrhalol knowledge of the mfetlicinall proporties of plaints, (espo einlly ats to po0isonous lebrihfuiges. So greait is tihe faith in1 them as meidicl p)ractitioniers that ini casos of seriouls illness they aire commonly called ill even by p)"rsons ouitside tIhe 1)al1 of the VOOdOO orgaizationI, and( todlay by3 regular phlysicianI, 1no maitter how notwithstanlding the nulmber of droad fill disonnes wIch pre'vail 0on the "T1he wvitch doctors of V'adoux lire known to ho p)oisoners and' in this cap1acity they may13 wvell be dlreaded( by3 pesn who1 ha1ve no0 fmlth ini their sulpornaiturail powvers. It is said( thati they3 lare aiuninte1 d (1wit h certin ox trac'ts and1( decoctions~ of plants~ wvhich, being aidminiistered in 8111all doses5 at intervails, will induilco a grad iual deucay of the victimi's inld, re (lacing him to a stalto of idliocy. 'They have other poisons which wvork in 80 subtle a fashion that no0 1harm1 is done by them ailparenItIy until, when thle sOuret athnzlinistraition of them is '3ud(denly stoppod(, the unIfor tluato dhios by reaisoni of their with drawval. Th'lo venom of the scorp)ioni and torantula, initoniioid by3 distIlla.. tion, makes the merest scratch of a dagger fatal, and if common report he credited1, a fluid( expressed from cortaina large crimson ants furnishes an1 equally (deadly agont. Where an individual who has offended the so. cioty cannot bo got at directly his servilit miy be terrorized into giving him ioison, in is ofieo, and it is evelI ass"ortd t(mt tho vitch doctor knlow. how to comiunicato germs of leproSy to ln unt inted human bing. "No wonder, i hI i, I hal \oodooi.,im 1:x11N) ivIN 1: IATN(Tix ovor the intitre popilhttion of JIllyti, t hose who iave no faitih in tho super. ntural igoncies bvinlg afraid to of fond the organization. Rather than do so thoy vill paty largely to havo rem)oved fromu. thliivIelves a 'l)011' of tho (i111ployment, of which they may have rveived lotico by some such ivans ats finding i littlo bag contain ing chickon bonis and at driod lizard or two att ached to I ho gate post. Some of the highost officials on the islald are known to belong to the mysterious cIt, whoso membership is by no imeins restricted to the lower ordeis, aind history records that. only - a few years ago a President of the republic wats institutod into tho or ganization and took part in its most fearful rites, bathing hilmself in blood and othorwiso declaring himsolf at believer ill Obah. "Th nominal roligion of tho peo plo of .1ttyti is R011t1man Catholic, but h111r0 ar) few pri.sts of that faith iirminetly rosi, -nt in their par ishos, and uring thoir absielco the c ores are commonly desocrated by the performanco of Voodoo rites. A entious iningiling of 4lAM USTI AN ITY AND PIAOANISMl in its worst form his como about, tho tomplets of Oboah being fro (Iieitly adorned with pictures of tho Virgin lary and tho saints. It is VNI Salid linth human sacrifices have been olff'rod up1) oil the altalirs of the chiurcho, the red druims of death being beten in the very sanctuary. It is worit m iontioning, by the way, that the kidnapping of children for si1rifico is not infrequent in layti, anld not long Ago t lady missionary testiiled that to her certain Iowl edge human flosh Was oftonl riold ill t.hi markmts of the interior towns. F1 1118t might soom incrediblo wora it not realizedI how well nigh univer sal is cannibalism in the Dark Conti nont, and that most of tho peoplo of I lItyl i are al most unmodifiod savages. "Red, ats I Iivo stid, is the snored color of t.ho Vaudois, as tho members of the sociOty C111 themselves. It appears in the red drums, in the red blood of tho i sacrifico, and in the red ha11ndoIrchillfs with wliichi the mitiates and h111t witch doctors, ma1lo and fe male adIorni themselves at the core umonial. On thle altar stainds a wood.. eni cego ontiinrg the yollowv snake, Hn1ppOsod to h)o ll iicarnation of the powersi~ of evil, whIich those who par icip)ato in the ritual desuiro to propi.. tit. findn all gifts of value acceptable, but1 is sattitfied onily with blood, and1 the blood munst be that of at human b)einlg if possil-particularly that of an infant. Like the Pythoness of old, the witch wvomnan is seized at, longth wvith an oracular frenzy, sho prophiosies for good and evil, but pasrticulatrly for 'the latter, and by her wvords arid( actions she rouses her auditors to a similar madness, untiJ, with tholi aid of unlimited supplies of ium, thle company assembled become fairly crazed. Then the sacrifice is miade, the blood is dirunk, the body of the animal oc other v'ictim is di vided( up anid eaten, and the orgy wVinds5 up with a revel too disgusting to describe. "One gets a notion of the antiquity of Voodoism from Ithe testimony of Pliiny, the historian, who writing in the century before Christ, mentions thfin asct 15s weill known in his time thait A frican slaves ini Rome and else.. where in Italy had a religion of their OWn), which, when permitted, they pra(ctice'l at night with horrid incan tations, the presence of a serpent bo ing considered necessary, and that there was a p)rIestess who woent into at speies of frenzy, giving utterance while in that state of oracular say ings." Rone Bache. Ci1. s!i T . A.. Bears the 100lb Klad You have Alway BaUgh) Bignature ~ '1 L~ of