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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26
No Doctor REQUIRED.

Mr.. Edward Otto, 9N De Soto street,
st. Paul, Mimi, writes:
"I cannot say enough for Peruna. It
has done great workin my family, es-
pecially for my oldest boy. We had
doctored with three or four different
doctors and they did not seem to do him
any good.
awe gave up hopes Of cure, and 50 did
they, but we pulled him through on
Peruna.
awe had several doctors and they
said they could do no more for him so
we tried Peruna as last resort, and
that did the work. Since then we keep
1T In the house all the time, and no
doctor Is required ".-Edward Otto.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26
Make Good Wives.

The Burmese WON en- must make an
sxcallent wife. A Singapore paper
says ttat her highest ambition is 20
% inta'n her hu bap6 in lord]y idle.
ness and to supply hin with album
an, fu"Gp f-r Geek lighting, BULLOCK
cart racing and ganb ing. And mar ?
O the Burmese women do big d. ais IN
timber, h ying up In advance he
. 1dy" jops ~ a whole district, AND
80 n. on scale that require big
fnapo o2 E..-a
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26


Ashland Chicago, Treasurer Ladies'
Of Maccabees, writes:
medicine Grandmother mother
female complaints which has cured
when husband becomes out or catches
cold. couple doses cure him. ..-i
stomach disorders cures her.
medicine that
In the house. we Will all be
able tok in '-Thresa Rookie.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26
Pe-ru-na Protects the Entire
Household.

All smart up-to-date women Of today,
Kns,w how to bake, wash, sing, and 10
play;
W thout these talents wife is N. g.
~ less she takes Rocky Mountain Tea.
A. Calhoun Doyle, s. Co.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26
Notice of Ffuai Discharge.

DLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
L on the TIVE ;ty-tirst day of May
1905, the underSie ned will file their
final account rs executriX of the estate
of Henry W. Hancock. ceceased, with
the Judge of Probate for Orang burg
County S. c.. and will therenpon ask
for Letters DiSmis orv.
MARY W. LINDSAY,
Apr. l3, 1aO64 ANNIE f. MILLER,
Executfix of the Last Will and T. sta
ment of Henry w. Han Nck, deceased.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26
The Benefit Which the Children OF
the United States Have Received
From Pe-ru-na Can Never Be
puf Tnfo Wnrds

From Po-ru-na Can never 10
Put Into Words.
The chronic ailments it has prevented,
the suffering it has mitigated, will
never be fully recorded.
But at least this much can be said that
the coming generation owes o great
debt to Perrna, for it Is in the tender
years of youth that slight ailments are
liable to develop into lasting disease,
thus blasting the whole career of the
individual.
The mothers who are bringing up their
children to-day to believe in Peruna
are doing great work for humanity.
These children brought up to believe
in Peruna from the start, will, when
they become heads of families them
selves, use Peruna with unquesticning
faith. ~~
Pe-ru-na Protects the Entire
Household.
As soon as the value Of Peruns Is
appreciated by every household, both as
o preventive and cure, tens Of thousands
Of lives will be saved, and hundreds Of
thousands Of chronic, lingering cases Of
catarrh will be prevented.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26
Eges For s. Ie.

Eggs For lie.
A LJM TED SUPPLY OF BUFF
"A Orpington egg for sale at 3 90 per
setting of Is. One o. the hest ali rnu' d
fowls known. ock from "Willow
Brook Farm" Berlin, Conh.
Apply to V H. Bull.
4-19-6~ Orangeburg. S. G.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
Brothers Were Exposed in Los
Angeles and Driven From CITY

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 22.-The Ar
nold-Dickson spiritualists, who con-
Quoted their business at 4491s South
Spring street, were exposed and their
fake methods shown up by the Los An
geles newspapers In June, 1902.
The room they rented was fitted up
with black curtains and their cabinet
from which the spirits issued was a
framework surrounded by black cur
tsins. and built up against the window.
At the climax of the meeting all light
was excluded from the room except a
little which came into the cabinet
from the window.
They advertised extensively and
every night some forty or more people
gave up a half dollar each.
The men in charge of the meeting
handed every one a pad OF paper upon
which they wrote the name or names of
the dead friends they wanted to speak
to. The paper was then torn off by
the writer and he could destroy it or do
anything he wished with it. The spirit
ualists were supposed TO know what
they had written through some spirit
messenger. There was piece OF trac-
ing paper, however. in every tablet
which transferred all the writing to an
other sheet
The two first rows OF seats were al
ways filled with dummies, people who
had been there before and knew exact
ly what to do.
When everything was ready for the
seance to begin the lights were turned
down to the lowest capacity, a boy
started a music box and the medium
went into the cabinet and fell into
trance. The noise the music box made
drowned all sounds in the cabinet.
The medium with a sheet over his
head then parted the curtains of the
cabinet a trifle and said in a sepulchral
tone:
Dummy Helps Game.
This is Howard Smith" A dummy
in the first seat cried:
my darling husband And il is real
ly you who have come back to me after
all these years." Thus it went on. the
medium showing himself in several
different guises, and each time some
one of the dummies recognizing him as
one Of their relatives. BY the time
seven or eight OF these dummies had
talked to the dead the rest of the audi
ence were convinced OF the reality of
the thing whether their friends had ap-
peared or not.
On this particular evening, the one of
its exposure, the reporter had grad
ually changed seats until he had
wormed his way a couple of rows from
the front.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
How to Make Spirit Photographs

you may deceive the human eye
say the advocates of spirit material
ization, 'but you cannot deceive the
eye of science, the Photographic cam
era. Then they produce the spirit pho
tograph as indubitable evidence of the
reality of ghostly materializations."
With this paragraph, Henry Ridgley
Evans in his Hours With the Ghosts
opens a complete exposition of spirit
photography.
To the persons who are astraddle the
fence, the spirit photograph sometimes
fulfills it's mission of convincing the
doubter of the truth of spiritualism.
Mediums advertise extensively their
power to take spirit photographs. One
picture used by the Arnold-DicksOn
brothers" is reproduced here.
The flmy spook standing in front of
real live men looks as if he had come
from spiritland just to have his picture
taken. The objects which show through
him add to the effect. How can you
doubt when you see here the work of
camera, a thing of mans invention:
mechanical contrivance?" ask the spir-
itualists. Look at the spirit in the Gus
tomary flowing robes. Look through
him and see the objects behind him.
Is il not convincing
To the person who wants to believe or
to the person who is ready to believe
the spirit photograph is convincing. To
the investigator, the trick is simply a
trick. like other marvellous stunts per-
formed in the materializing room.
The following terse explanation OF
the methods used i'm obtaining a spirit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

earlier in the evening. The other de-
ceptions played upon Err. Evans when
he first appeared in the room were done
with the aid of a mechanical contriv-
ance hidden underneath the table and
a musical box set inside the guitar
The reverberation of the guitar strings
made the music realistic.
Sealed Letter Reading.
Sealed letter reading is an age-worn
stunt with sDiritualists. The medium
has some one in his audience write a
question on a piece Of ordinary white
paper. This is folded by the writer and
placed in an envelope, which is sealed.
The medium takes the envelope, ana
walking to the platform answers the
question written inside the envelope.
Marvellous? Apparently. Easy? Most
assuredlyi A small sponge saturated
with colonial spirits or ordinary alcohol
is all that is needed to perform this
trick. BY passing the sponge quickly
across the surface OF the envelope the
writing inside becomes visible. The al
cohol evaporates quickly and leaves no
marks on the envelope. The medium
can make the trick a certain success
by furnishing the writer with light,
glossy paper and a black soft pencil
He must instruct the QuestioneI to
Write III DOlu HedNy nanO SO the
spirits will be able to see the ques-
ton. This is one trick where Spirits
really have a hand in the perform
ance.
Some of Homes Games.
d. d. Home. the master of mediums
astonished his friends by flying through
dark room to the ceiling, where he
wrote his initials. He also had habit
of taking red-hot Goals from a blazing
fire carelessly and carrying them
around in his hand or. on a piece of
paper. These were his strongest
stunts. What he seemed 20 be doing
and what he really did were entirely
different and distinct things. Instead
of sailing through the air he removed
his boots, and walking in his stock
inged feet among his sitters touched
them lightly upon the heads with the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

The feature of the evening came now.
The lights were all turned out and
there wasn't a ray of light anywhere
except faint reflection in the cabinet.
which came from the street outside.
In the darkness a young woman got
up from the front row of dummies and
slipped into the cabinet unseen by the
audience. The reporter. also aided bv
the darkness. slipped into her seat as
soon as She left it. He was thus right
beside the cabinet. so close that he
could hear the breathing of the two oc-
cupants and hear their low whispering.
Sees Ghost Dress.
Through a tiny rift in the curtain he
watched the medium help the girl into
luminous garment and then get into
one himself. When they appeared
there were Abs and Obs of appre-
cation from the rows of dummies and
the darkness and weirdness OF the
whole proceeding easily fooled the rest
of the people
Immediately afterwards the girl came
timidly out Of the cabinet TO regain her.
seat before the light was turned ON. She
was Mortified to find some one In her
seat and she had to squeeze onto a seat
with one Of her companions to make il
look all right.
Inc IcDOIltT 0dQ brought several
friends along and they all handed in
fictitious names. When the supposed
owner of these names appeared they
tried to get to them. Each time a wo-
man sitting near the entrance to the
cabinet would put herself In the way.
so that they could not get by her. When
they finally did succeed the spirit re-
treated into the cabinet and the reason
was given that the spirits would not
stay II the people were at all irreVeUeQt
All this time the medium was sup
posed to have been in a trance, but this,
reporter could hear him moving arounda
and changing his costumes.
Medium Is Exposed
When the lights were turned on the
medium came out and sticking from
one of his pockets was the filmy stuff
which the two had arrayed themselves
in. The reporter caught hold OF the
end of ii and started to pull 1t out.
The medium grabbed II and ran and
locked himself in another room.
The people that night realized the
whole fake that had been practiced
upon them, but the thing had been
going on for several months and the
men had grated quite bunch IF
money.
The takers lost so much prestige by
the exposure they gave up and left Los
Angeles i'm disgust.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

photograph is taken from Hours With
the Ghosts" ITO be explicit, there are
two ways of producing spirit photo
graphs; by double printing and by dou-
bic exposing In the first the scene Is
printed from one negative and the
spirit printed in from another In the
second method the group with the
friendly spook in proper position is ar
ranged and the lens of the camera I'M
covered. half the required exposure
being given; then the lens is capped,
the person doing duty as the sheeted
ghost gets out of sight and the ex-
posture is completed. The result is very
effective when the spicture is printed;
the real persons being represented
sharp and well defined, while the ghost
is but hazy outline, through which
the background shows"
Amateurs Sometimes Make Them.
Amateur photographers who forget
they have already exposed a plate and
take second picture upon it are un-
meaningly taking spirit photographs.
and often get excellent results. a
young photographer, using his camera
1or the first time, snapped a group OF
young men who were laughingly puff-
ing at corncob pipes. The amateur a
few hours later snapped a church ON
the same plate, and when developed If
helo an amusing picture. Dim and
navy but in plain sight were five grin
nlng faces appearing through the roof
or the church, which appeared to he
on fire. The smoke curling from the
corncobs made this most realistic. This
was spirit photography.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23

SHOES Using ventriloquism with good
effect he made the flight more decap-
i've This done he stepped on to hIz
PLATFORM and using a collapsible rod
with charcoal tip fastened in it's end
wrote the message on the ceiling. His
red-hot coal was nothing more than a
piece of spongy platinum on which he
directed current of hydrogen, OBJ
tanned through a small tube runnjnp
from small reservoir held under tbe
plt OF his arm to the edge of his cutf.
Inc hydrogen made the platinum an
pear TO be coal a white heat TIE
SKIN was not at Ill injured by this
trick. 'NiS
Rope Tying Tricks.
Rope tying tricks are as Old as ,ba
NILS. False knots, ropes made OF cot
ION ana other devices are used. but "a
IheSe Tricks are known to a large ma
Jority of ordinary mortaIs time and
space need not be devoted to them
Blows administered to sitters while
they nave hold of the mediums two
ndhus nave always been convincing to
the most skeptical. Madame Blayatskv
was at one time at the head of all fe-
male spirituaiists. She would sit at 4
table with her guests at the opposite
SIDE They would hold Madame Rla
Vatsky's hands. To simplify the ex
PLANTATION Of several tricks one sitter
"a person participating in a seance Is
called sitter viii be called A and the
other b. Madame Blavatsky would place
che hand over AS and another under
BIS, thus having both her hands to-
gether. While holding hands the sit
ters would be struck blows on the
cheek in the dark. Bells would be rung
and things thrown through the air.
This is the way the medium with the
long name did all these things. BY
practice she learned to slip one hand
loose without discovery A would have
one of her hands beneath his own and
A one above his own. She would re-
move one hand and A could still have
one of her hands beneath his own.
and B lone" OF her hands above his
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
Another Musical Trick.

Annie had another musical trick,
equally as mystifying as the accordion
stunt. This is exposed by Asprey We're,
an investigator of spirit phenomena
Annie would place n music box on a
plate Of glass suspended from the CELL
ing by four cords, one tied at each
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
EIaborate Liahtina system.

The control Of the lights was always
I'm the hands OF Arnold. who was sta
toned beside the door leading into the
furnace room. Dickson was stationed
on the platform, and was supposed to
be under control for the production
SO the spirit forms which were 10 play
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
SECTION TWO.

Some Details of the Methods En-
ployed by the Precious Brothers"
and an Expose of the Sham.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
Dickson a ventriIoauIst.

IT is not at all unlikely that Dickson.
who was the "trahce medium was a
ventroloquist, and was able to disguise
and throw his voice TO other parts of
the stage than where he was located.
This is a common trick with spurious
materializers, md one that is effective.
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-23
Arnold's Hymn.

Spirit Divine. essence of all,
With humble hearts to thee we call,
We pray our every thought to bless.
And lead us on to righteousness,
Thy divine hand in all we see.
In every mountain. vale or tree.
Let all the earth rejoice and sing,
Hosanna to cur heavenly king.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-21
C0NNELLY MAY
Be IDENTIFIED
PROBABLE THAT HE ONCE
LIVED IN HARNEY COUNTY.
Letter From Drewsey Party Gives q
Description Which Closely Tallies
With That of the Man Shot Down
by McCarty-Connelly or "Conley"
Was Demented and at One Time
Was Detained I'm Jail on That Ac-
count.

Sheriff Taylor received a letter yes
terday from David Miller, Of Drewsey,
Harvey county, asking in regard to
John Connolly who was killed at
Pine City a week ago. and buried here
without being claimed by friends or
relatives. In the letter Mr. Miller,
who is a merchant, says that a man
named John Conley' formerly lived
there and the description which he
gives tallies closely with that Of the
deceased sheepherder.
According to the letter Conley was
somewhat demented and had gone
from Drewsey to Baker City, where
he was held in Jail for a time on ac-
count of his mental condition. From
this fact and the description given,
there is little doubt but that Conley
and Connolly are one and the same.
Nothing was said in the letter con-
cerning any relatives of the man, but
information was wanted because the
Drewsey man had some property at
that place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-21
ATTEMPTED SELF-MURDER.
Colored Woman Could Not Stand Hus-
bands Dissrace.

Mrs. Frank King, colored attempt
ed suicide about o'clock last evening
by taking a dose of blue vitriol. How
ever a sufficient amount was not
swallowed, and the patient is now re-
covering from the effects of the same.
An antidote and an emetic were adj
ministered about 4:3O by DR.. R. e.
Ringo, who was summoned to the
house by the woman's husband.
From indications Mrs. King was
prompted to the deed through despon-
dency over the actions of her husband,
who is the colored bootblack at the
John Schmidt saloon. On Saturday
night he did not return home. and
yesterday morning was found in the
bad lands" by his anxious spouse.
Upon the arrival of the physician
last evening Mrs. King at first refused
to take the antidote, and declared It
was her own business what she had
swallowed. However, a hypodermic
injection was given by DR.. Ringo, and
the woman was soon out of danger.
The family lives near the ball grounds,
in the last house on Alta street
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-21

San Francisco, May 21.-The impa-
tience of business men to provide
quarters to recommence business in
this city has led to continuance of
building operations at many places
yesterday. On Van Ness avenue and
Sutter streets many retail stores were
pushed toward completion.
One hundred fifty men were put to
work this week inspecting $4,000
chimneys, for which a fee Of 81 each
will be charged.
1t is expected street kitchens will
soon be things Of the past in the res
idence districts.
The bread line is growing shorter
each day. The number Of rations is
sued daily now is about 10000. 1000
being fed at soup kitchens. The food
and clothing distribution is now well
systematized. and an ample supply of
each is on hand for present needs.
In all, $4,000 cars of supplies have
been received. The total of the relief
fund is s6,533,247.32.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-21
KNOCKED FROM TRAIN.
o. II. & N. Brakeman Injured by Mail
Crane at Wilbur.


A. w. Ray. an o. r. G. N. freight
brakeman of the La Grande division,
was knocked from a car by the mail
crane at Wilbur, 80 miles east of here
last night and seriously injured
He was found by a following train
and brought to this city from where
he was sent to La Grande on train
No. s.
AS Ray was coming over his train
from the caboose to the engine, he
climbed from flat car to high box
car, and as he swung around the
corner of the high car the mail crane,
which was extended with the mail
sack in readiness for the morning
train, struck him on the side of the
head and shoulder and knocked him
from the car to the ground, where he
lay in a dazed condition for some
time, when he walked to a farm house
nearby and received assistance in
dressing his injuries. He tagged a
following train and was brought to
this city. His own train crew, be-
lieving him on the train somewhere,
did not miss him until reaching Bing-
ham Springs.
1t is not thought that his injuries
will prove fatal, although he is seri-
ously bruised.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-21

Washington, May 21.-The United
State supreme court has decided
against Senator Burton of Kansas.
Burton, who is the first United
States senator to be convicted of a
crime while senator, must serve six
months in Jail and pay $4,000 fine on
one count and $500 fine and six
months in Jail on the second count.
He was indicted on the charge of
appearing before the departments for
personal gain in government proceed
ings.
The court prohibits Burton from
ever holding an office of trust OF
profit under the government. Bur-
ton ceases to be a senator when his
sentence begins.
Burton was given so days to file
motion for a rehearing. Judgment
was suspended until the motion is
heard.
Rate Bill In the House.
The house committee considers the
rate bill as passed by the senate, to-
night. -
SmoOt Case Postponed.
The senate committee has post
poned indefinitely voting on the Smoot
case on account of Burrows indis-
position.
Batch of Appointments.
Reuben A. Emmons of Bakersfield,
The president has nominated the
following consuls: Gen. William T.
Fee of Ohio, at Mukden; Leo Allen
Berkholset Of New York, at Canton,
China. -,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-21

acknowledgements. The Indictment
charges directly that attempts were
made to secure over 10000 acres of
land and that the defendants have OBJ
tanned possession of from 5000 to
5000 acres of government land
through fraud.
The warrants for the arrest Of each
of the IS alleged conspirators have
been placed in the hands of deputy
United States marshals and they will
be served at once. The amounts of
bail have already been determined.
Jones, Cross, Goodwin and Hedderly
must furnish $4,000 each to secure
their freedom Could Stewart, Kerr,
Miller, Dennis and Stearns are to be
held in bonds of $4,000 each, and
Smith, Hynes, Riley, Myers, Huntly,
Johnston, Gillelen and Kenny are 10
be held for $1,000 each.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-21

st. Petersburg, May 21.-It is ru-
mored the military court of investi-
CATION of the Port Arthur surrender
has condemned to death Lieut.. Gen.
Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogat-
off, commander of one of Rojestvens-
ky's squadrons.
The douma adopted a resolution IA
voring a law guaranteeing inviola-
bility of their own persons.
The douma refused to accept the
cars challenge to fight when Mou-
romtsef reported the douma's reply
to be presented to the minister, and
proceeded with the order of the day.
The radicals denounced the resolution
and insisted on the representatives
personally addressing the car, a priv
ilege which the czar refuses.