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Don’t submit to a private medical examination!Don’t go to a Sanatarium or hospital and be swindled out of youi1 money.Don’t submit to be operated upon by a high-priced Spccialisf and be ruined forever.THERE IS A BETTER WAV. A way that will cause von neithei humiliation, suffering or loss of time and only a very-small expenditure of money. We don’t care how bad your case is or of how long standing

O f i ^ B V K i V E T H E GREA T FEMALE SPECIFICw ill s p e e d ily re lie v e find c u re y o u o f n il fe n m le tro u b le s . T h is rem ed y Contains nopotwm" :' d ru g s o f a n y k in d , b u t is a food p u t u p 111 th e fo rm o f a su p p o s ito ry w h ich is applied direct­ly to th e a ffe c te d o rg a n a n d w h ic h s t r e n g th e n s th e lig a m e n ts w hich hold the womli in plae. th u s ra is in g it to Its p ro p e r p o s itio n . I t a c t s a s a s o o th in g h a lm on th e inflamed and uU-tr a te d p a r ts a n d q u ic k ly re lie v e s a n d P O S IT IV E L Y c U ltlv S in flam m atio n . lulling nf the w o m b , u ic e ra t io n . le u e h o rrh e u , I tc h in g o f th e p a r ts am i a ll d isch a rg es . It lifts you from th e d e s p a ir o f a life s h u tte re d a n d sp o ile d b y su ffe r in g . It g ives you h ea lth in place of .sick­n ess , s t r e n g th fo r y o u r w e ak n e ss , a m b i t io n for y o u r d esp o n d en cy , a n d buoyancy ft>r youf jruin. N o su ffe r in g w o m a n o f s e r io u s t h o u g h t w h o ta k e s n il In te re s t in h e r own welfare »mJ th a t o f h e r fa m ily w ill n e g le c t to s e n d fo r t i l ls w o n d e rfu l rem e d y a t once. '1 ills remedy h

SOLD UNDER A GUARANTEEto d o a ll w e c la im for I t o r m o n e y re fu n d e d . Oil v en e has been in use for over thirty years a n d in a l l t h a t t im e w e liav e n e v e r fo u n d a s in g le c a se th a t it w ou ld n o t cure. 'Jins is » ire* o rd th a t c a n n o t be e q u a l le d by u tiy o th e r re m e d y In th e w orld .

Brice, $2.00 for box containing thirty day’s treatment.

Read What Other Women Say After Using !f.“ 1 w as c u re d o f u lc c rn lio n a f te r h a v in g b een c o n fin ed to th e bed fo r eighteen ninntlis and

h a d b eeu g iv e n u p by th i r t y o f th e best, d o c to r s m y h u s b a n d could find in this part of tie- w o rld . T h r e e m o n th s t r e a tm e n t o f y o u r w o n d e rfu l re m ed y c o m p le te ly cured me. Seveul y e a r s h a v e no w e la p se d a n d I r e m a in u s w ell u s e v e r . 1 w ill a n sw e r a ll letters of inquiry If s ta m p Is e n c lo se d fo r r e p ly .”

M ils. A. A. I It ETON, Mullen,Set).

‘•I su ffe re d u n to ld a g o n y fo r se v e ra l y e a r s fro m u lc e ra tio n a n d d isea se peculiar tn my sex. D octo rs d id m e n o g o o d a n d 1 h a d g iv e n u p a ll lio jie o f e v e r lie lng a n y ts-tter until iiSuut a y e a r ag o I u sed y o u r O i.iv k n h a n d t he e ffec t s e e m e d lik e m a g ic for a f te r taking only err m o n th 's t r e a tm e n t I w as c o m p le te ly c a r e d . W o u ld to O od e v e rv sufTeting woman in the w o rld k n e w o f y o u r w o n d e rfu l r e m e d y a n d w o u ld g iv e it a t r i a l .”

M r s . N o r a T w o m l y , Q u incy . Midi.

For Thirty Days Only.In o rd e r to g iv e e v e rv su ffe r in g w o m a n a c h a n c e to be c u red w e m ake the following

S P E C IA L O F F E R :T o e v e ry su ffe r in g w o m a n w h o w ill s e n d u s th e n a m e s am i a d d re ss e s n f five other woiih'u w ho a re s u ffe r in g w ith fem a le tro u b le s w e w ill s e n d a fud-si/.'-d ls»x n f n l.l I'A’.VA' for iwr- >111 If tlie re g u la r p rice , o r ?l.tio. R e m e m b e r y o u r m o n e y w ill Is- re fu n d ed if it does nolti" a l l we c la im for it. T ills o ffe r is g o o d fo r t h i r t y d a y s o n ly a n d you sh o u ld send in ynurur- d e r a t o n ce .

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HINDU SACREI) LITERATURE.

SWAM! SADANANDA M U K I l E R J E A .

Up growth of Orientalism in the O ccident has been rem arkab le . M agazines papers, books, and teachers ou “ New T hough t," “ Esoterics" and th e M ystic phi- Ibophrof the ancients are ever on the increase. One discerns how ever in some of them adulterations of modern, yea. W estern ideas, revealing th e ind iv iduality anduften the nationality of the writer. Very little , if any, d is tin c tio n is made between the practical and theoretical teach ings of the E ast. M ythology is oft merged into allegory and attem pted philosophy leading to u n te n ab le conclusions, lisucecriticUais and anathemas from th e scholastic world of O rthodoxy. J ad- ait the abnormal demands of the m odern C hurch , for s tr ic t O rthodoxy means the skin of Truth set up and stuffed, although some of th e ir denunciations might have been merited. T ru th recognises no lim ita tions of O rthodoxy, scorns the timidity of conservatism and enjoys the e ternal freedom of th e Infinite. H u . unity i* prone to dwell too much on th e F in ite , th ink too m uch of w hat may hart us, thus our souls being tilled with fear we cannot enjoy th e inna te perfect lore that casts out all fear.Western egoism may ignore Eastern lore but. the an tiq u arian has proved con-

dosivelyand irrefutably tha t the gentle G uatam a 's theory of consciousness an ­ticipates hy nearly thirty centuries the h ighest resu lts of m odern scientific psy­chology and the multitudinous New T h o u g h t discoveries of A m erica.As Hindus we belive in the divinity of man and the re su ltso f h is m ental labors

ar looked upon as the fruit or incarnatious of his soul facu lties, therefore they are considered sacred. Every though t, word and ac t divinely fit* in to its appoin­ted plaee constructive of the whole. All o u r lite ra tu re is sacred , differing only in ■ egret. We divide our sacred hooks in to two classes term ed S ru ti and Sm ri/i. Sruh means hearing, and denotes d irec t revelation th ro u g h the phychism of the auditory nerves. By sacrifice, self denial, devotion, concen tra tion of thought and passivity, exercised according to our teachings, th e resis tan t a t tr i­butes of the s o u l sheaths are destroyed and the receptive q u a litie s of the tru e -mlliberated nod so developed th a t tho divine Voice can be beard controlling, gaidingand leading us. Under the In sp ira tion of th is Voice B rahm in sages of old produced the Vedas, H iahmanas and the Upanishads.

2 T H E PHILOM ATH IAN.

S m r iti m eans recollection or th e productions of Memory. Memory i* onp ol th e gunas or qua litie s of th e in n e r soul (the subjective mind). The Ohjevtive m ind is th e o u te r sh ea th s of the soul which keep in bondage the true soul. M emory can also b# so developed as to open to our mentality not only our p resont p as t o r th e past occu rrences of the present life but our past lives as well. U nder th e m ystic illum ination of Srruiti was written the VeJangos. Satros, R arnayana, M ahabhaia ta , P uranas ‘Dharmashastras, and the work? of >Ianu. G otam a, Yajnavalky.a, and o th e r anc ien t Hindu law givers.

Tho teach in g s of the above sacred books and inspired authors with literaj tran s la tio n s in extenso, w ith o th e r occult and mystic revelations of the Brahmins will be given in th is d ep a rtm en t of fu tu re issues of this magazine.

T H E PURANAS.

N um erous quo ta tions from tho fam ous Puranas of India having appeared io tho various O ccult and M ystic jo u rn a ls of America it is necessary for our readers to know som eth ing ab o u t th ese im portan t Sanskrit Classics. Vuzon mear> anc ien t, hence P u ra n as m ean m em ories of olden times. They were compos'd a f te r th e incom parab le E pics “ R arnayana” and “ Mnhabharata”. The epics treat of the deeds of o u r heroes as men of old and men of renown, while the Puranas deify th e ir sp ir its ns gods or sp ir it beings of a high order. Amara Siuha. a lead­ing auc ien t S a n sk rit lex icographer, defines n Purana as n work which ha* five d is tin g u ish in g topics. (I) C rea tio n of tho Cosmos. (2) Its dissolution and ren. ovation. (3) Genealogy of sa in ts an d heroes. (4) Reigns of the Manus formin'* periods called M anw antaras. (5) H istory of solar and lunar races of kings. These are th e paneha lakshntins (five signs). There are 18 Puranas, all written in versos in th e form of a dialogue. Ln addition wo have 18 Upa-Puranaftorsuh- o rd in a te w orks; m ost of these a re not procurable in written form. The Vishnu- P u ra n a is th e most im p o rtan t as well as the most popular in India to-dav. The following synopsis will be helpfu l to those interested in our literature and phil­osophy.

1. B rnhuia P u ran a som etim es called Adi-Purana. (Adi-first) contains THt verses. G ives the life of K rishna , dup licated in the Vishnu Puranas. Philoso­phical nnd historical.

2. P ad m a P u ra n a , C on tains an account of the world when it was a golden lotus. C on tain s 55,000 stanzas. M ystical.

3. V ishnu P u rana . S tu d ies in th e V ishnu Purana will be given in the neit issue of th is m agazine in th is departm en t.

4. V ayu P u rana . C outains 24,000 verses and treats of the laws of Deity. S peculative.

5. B h ag av a t P urana. T he H indu version is known in India as Prem-Sagaror ocean of love. Philosophical.

6. N arad a P urana. T he S ad h u N arada in this work gives th* duties that were observed du ring the age of B hak ti or faith. Ritualistic.

7. M arkandeya P urana. T h is P u ran a is wholly legendary and is daily sun? in ou r tem ples in India. T rad itio n a l.

8. Agni P u ran a . C om m unicated by Agui the deity of fire to the Muni (Saint V nshish tha.

9. B havishya Purana. C on tains 7000 Stanzas. Bhavishya means future, and th is P u ra n a is often called “ the book of prophecies.”

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Irahmawaivarthn Parana. Contain* 18000 stanzas descriptive of Vrinda- Kiulukha. Historical.

lioga Puraon. 11000 verses of mystical lore. M aheshwara (The Great , pprars in a lioga of tire and explains Virtue, W ealth and Pleasure. Oc*I Mystical.ar*ha Purana. Narrations of Vishnu in 10,000 Stanzas. Mythical, kanda Purana. Fragments of bu t lo.OOO verses are left. Originally are contained 81,000 stanzas. Philosophical, auiana Purana. Contains 7,000 mythical stanzas.arms Purana. Supposed to have been delivered by Vishnu in the form of *. Mythical.3t?ya Purana. Supposed to have been given by Vishnu in the form of jives an account of the flood in 15,000 stanzas. M ythical and Mystical* aruda Purana. Descriptive of sacred places. Trouts of Astrology, Palin' *cious stones, Talismans, etc., etc. rahmanda Purana. Not procurable.■ Puranas consist of J00,000 slokas or 1,000,000 lines. Voluminous and lnderstanding are our Puranas, eneh person studies only t>he subjects rest him the most. Even the study of a part cannot b u t enable the de- la to at rnct the po'ent influences of the surrounding e jsm ie energy il- ag his mind with a clear knowledge of the Occult M ysteries. Though laid down by our Mahatmas and Kish is are difficult yet they are prac- by no means unattainable. D isappointm ents in pu rsu it of the mystic's

idue to wrung motives. In many instances failures can easily be attribut- mixfure of self-interest and envy in the puro teachings of our holy tike a full l»I uvn Entiis the true Sadhu conveys to h isC helas the beauty an.;e of the divine in nature, which he receives but to im part to rceep- k

WITH T H E KISH IS.

(T w fn sla tio n ).

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ra-a great ltishi, famous for his Austerities. He lived a thousand years i-ts of the Himalayas. While on the banks of the C birio i a little fish be saved from falling a prey to the larger ones in the stream . Mauu in it out and placing it in a water vessel tended it as his child. As the Manu took it out and placed it in a pond. After a while he removed

le pond into tin* river Ganges. Finally the sage caused it to move into . The fish in gratitude warned Mauu of a flood th a t was to sweep over , lie was told to build a large and strong ark furnished with a long i »w to enter it with seven Rishia taking with him different kinds of rhen Manu entered the ark it was tossed about on th e surging ocean I reeled about like a drunken man. The fish then appeared like a rock

with a horn on the back of its bead. When Manu lowered the rope the fish a t­tached it to his horn and towed the ark safely to the highest peak of the Hima' vat. Nothing was seen during the flood bu t the waters, the ark and the fish. (Thisaccount antedates the Mosaic by several scores of centuries).

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4 THK PHILOMATH IA if.

IIThe Rishi M arkandeya alone of all created being* bad been privileged to-ee the

oourse of the universe during the four Yugas (Ages.) A description of them be­ing asked him by King V udhisthirn, he answered: Four thou.-and years are said to oonstitute the Krita Yugn; its eve and dawn each comprises four hundred years. The Treta Yuga com prises three thousand years; its eve and dawn each comprises three hundred years. The D ^apaia Yuga comprises two thousand years; its eve and dawn ouch two hundred years. The Kali Yuga comprisesone thousand years; its dawn and eve each comprises one hundred years. After the Kali Yuga a space then the K ritn comes again. One Cycle of the Yugas com­prises twelve thouaaud year*. A full thousand of such Cycles constitute a day of Brahma. People a t the end of the Yugas, become worse and worse. A drought extending many years then occurs; seven blazing suns drink up all the water- and consume everything in the natu re of grass and wood. Then a terrible tire breaks forth consuming the universe with all in it -gods, asuras, gaudharvasare all purified. Then great clouds arise in the sky pouring down volumes of water for twelve years, they quench the Hames. A mighty wind then arises from the four points of the te rrestria l universe which disperses the clouds. Then the Self-existent One perm eates and renovutes the universe cut tf hi» own di­vine substance. (Mystics will read above carefully.)

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The sage of Mithilu noticing th a t able and intelligent men were often un-uc. cessful while others were prosperous without much exertion said to hi* (.'betas (Disciples): The diseases from w hich man suffer arc tiie result of thsir o».i Karma. Many persons are born under the same star but their lot is very dif forent. Actions in previous existence bear fruit in the present life. The soul is eternal, bu t the body is sub ject to m utation and destruction. When this hap­pens, the soul wedded to its uctions travels elsewhere. The spirit dies nut, simply changes its dwelling place. W hatever a person sows he must reap its consequences, By virtuous actions the spirit attains to the state of the god-; by a m ixture of good and evil it becomes human; by indulgence in passions it is born in lower animals. The man who has attained the perfection of spirit­ual wisdom becomes indifferent to pain and pleasure. Spiritual wisdom is the chief requisite in man for salvation, By this he obtaius liberation and gains the objects of his desires.

O U IEN TAL BREEZELETS.Weighing Kings.—Jehangir, the (Irand Mogul of Delhi (1GP5-1G27) observed his

birthday by a curious custom. In a room iu the palace o r 'in a spacious tent pitched for the purpose, a large pair of scales was set up. The scales and the beam were plated with pure gold. When preparations were complete the noble.- of the land were all invited to come and see him weighed. The king sitting in one scale, was first weighed against silver, then against gold, and finally against precious stones and jewels. The object of the ceremony was to find out the state of the emperor's health. E ach year’s record was carefully noted. The val­uables were returned to the treasury after the ceremony. Should the Kimr< weight have decreased very few would inform him of the fact for who would

TilK 1MIILOM A T I I I a N . 5&retosay that the king had boon weighed in th e balance and found w anting?Ibeking would sometimes d istribu te th e silver aga inst w h ich he had been weighed among the poor of the realm. S ir Thom as Roe, th e E n g lish auibassa- dor to his court about 1018 witnessed th is ceremony.For nobler reasons the present M aharajah of T ravancore w eighs h im self a-

cainst gold every year and distributes i t am ong tho poor B rahm ins of th e p ro­vince. The writer witnc ssrd the cerem ony throe successive years. T ho p ro ­vince of fravancoro is in the extre no sou th-w est corner of In d ia and ab o u t the szt of Rhode Island. A little less boing 7000 st|uare miles in a rea w ith a pop- uia'ion of twu and a half milllions. T he coun try is rich in n a tu ra l productions and pay? £85,000 annually to the B ritish Crown as tr ib u te . N ever has experien- erdafamine. The Maharajah is a H indu and, in addition to h is an n u a l g ift of cold,supports various charitable in stitu tions. T he coun try is free from deb t tith an annual revenue over the expend itu re leaving n su rp lu s each year.Vetwe are told that benevolence is born of C hris tian ity and prosperity tho

result of Western Civilization!

Hindu Babies.—Infants cry very little in India. Thoy obey sp ir itu a l law as a Hover. The lotus bud lying on n straw m nt in the room, su c k s its toe and seems dreaming of the pranks of baby K rishna and solving problem s of th e universe. As it grows older it is very tiuiid and shy in th e prescnco of its c id ers and s t r a n ­gers. It feels the religious awe around it and trained to he culm and q u ie t does Mgrow boisterous during tho family pujas and daily sacrifices. T he hum ble households are happy for much love dw ollctb therein. T hey a re all-in-all to each other and seek nothing outside oithor in society or triv ia l am usem ents. Jn I n ­dia children are the crowning glory of womanhood and th e d iv ine g ifts of m an’s life. Beautiful characters arc developed in obedience to o u r law though th e surrounding.; be modest and tho homos lack the luxuries of tho W estern world-

Test of Innocence. In sonv» of tho in te rio r villagos of H in d u s ta n wo have a strange way of testing the innoccuce of an accused person. T h e man is given a handful of dry rice to chew. It takes a groat d9al of chew ing to reduce a m outh falof dry r ic e into a tn istica tel g lu tinous m ass like gum and th a t is tho con­dition th e accused is required to get it in to w ithin ten m inutes. I f you are calm and not afraid y o u succeed, but if you are nervous and seared you fail. F ear ha«astn>ng affect on tho salivary g lands, it provonts them from secreting saliva. The.-rared prisoner, inevitably fails in th is test as it requ ires a trem endous flow of saliva to c h e w dry rice. U nhealthy om otions of fear, anger, jealousy and en ­vy affect tho salivary glands and tho gastric fluid th u s im p jv e rish in g tho b lood.

APHORISMS FROM THE EAST.“True religion is the perfect faculty of perfect love.”

"The world is a bride superbly dressed; who weds hor, m u s t for a dowry payhis soul.”

•The best way of worshipping God is by love to allay th e d is tre ss of the tim esand improve the condition of m ankind.”

First, genius sees; then reason system atizes; then learn ing tills o u t in deta il; whence general intelligence gathors its odds and ends of in fo rm ation , and by word and act impresses the general mass.

6 TH E P H IL O M A T H IAN.

<P)ia h o l i s m .

BY R. SW INBURNE CLYMER, PH. D ., M. I>.

In 1901, an attem pt was made by one Dr. W. B. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, Ind.( “the well-known specialist and physioian.f?)’' assisted by two other medical men of the same city, Drs. VV. A. W ishard and A lbert Sterne, to have a bill passed by Congress, for the establishm ent of an “experimental hospital,” where con. demned crim inals were to be vivisected for the “benefit of science (?)” This was distinctly along the lines of the a ttem p t made in the Ohio Legislature, Nor. 3, 1894, by Dr. J . S. Pyle of Canton, Ohio. The Indianapolis Sentinel, in comment- ing on the subject, said:

“Dr. F letcher has expressed the sentim ent of other prominent medical men over the country, who, if the hum anitarian instincts of the people could be over­come, would bring about a great epoch in the progression or medical science."

This Dr. F letcher here adm its th a t it is only the people, or rather the senti­ments of the people, who ure able to hold them back from their foal and hellish work. He fu rther adm its tha t he him self is totally without any human instincts and is therefore lower than any anim al th a t ever trod the earth. If such men would be allowed to rule, no one would be safe, as I doubt very much whether there is any manhood or honor in such a being. Dr. Sterne said:

“I t andeniably would be a cruel practice, but we must look at it from a high standpoint.”

He made a mistake, he should have said “a low standpoint,” the standpoint of hades aud diabolism. I do not believe th a t anything in the form of a man, with the slightest human instinct, with a soul the size of a pinhead, could ever advo­cate the vivisection of any human being, whether criminal or otherwise. The dog, though an animal, and sometimes called a beast, will not hurt his fellow being, unless it becomes necessary for him to do so in self defense. It is true that wc sometimes see dogs fight, b u t such are usually the ones who have been domesticated, or made pets of, and are to a certain extent “civilized.”

Dr. W ishard said: “The thought of it is cruel enough, hut in science the hu­manitarian instincts must be left ou t of the question.”

Dr. W ishard, is really the only one of three who says what he means, and no comments are necessary, except the question : “Is it not rather lisky businessto go to such men for treatm ent? W ould you or I feel satisfied to take any of our children to such men (?) for treatm ent? I hardly think so, and as long as there would be an old woman around th a t understood the use of a few herbs, such men would not dare to come into my house to attend anyone near or dear to me.

Dr. F letcher said (Dayton. O., News, Dec. 4, 1901.): “Material for such vivi­section should be furnished by intelligent CJovornments, who have condemned men nnd women to die for politibal or crim inal offenses.”

In quick and merciful extinction of a crim inal’s life, these exponents of a “hiph standpoint ’ claim tha t “no benefit has been attained.” The man has been, as it were “wasted." He, or she, is regarded as a lump of matter, as a mass of so much substance, to be reduced in the furnace of the scientific inquisition. “Con fine the doomed man in the hospital prison and experiment on him till death en­sues,” said the Sentinel. “From behind the barred doors and windows of this

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k'pifil, the voice of the prisoner will not com e.’ W ho is4 th e m ore to blam e,Hchdegenerate men as FVtcher, W iahard and S terne, or th e d e g e n e ra te ed ito rs 1/?Tithnewspapers? This is a serious question , and I believe if o u r new spapers tfteilittle more clean morally, than they are, such men w ould be u n ab le to do tie mischief that they usually try to do.‘Vivisection of men condemned to d ea th is J U S T R IG H T ,” sa id Dr. C h a rles

G.Roehr,of Harvey Medical College, com m entinff on th e In d ian a p o lis m ovem ent •When once a man is executed by law he is of no use to anyone. ’ A ud D r. C has.J. Whalen of Kush Medical College , added : “T here is n o th in g so h o rrib le inhuman vivisection if one looks a t it right.*’ I have no d o u b t b u t th a t th e re is Dotting so horrible to one whose very m ind is degenerated to su c h an ex ten t that sympathy for the suffering of hum anity dues no longer find an y p lace th e re , ii But the mind that is attuned to N atu ro und to (Jod secs d iffe ren tly , and Ms for suffering humanity.■I am in favor of ANYTHING th a t w 'll advance the know ledge of sc ien tis ts .”

aid Dr. D. R. Brower.It will be seen that all this is in ronaotiance w ith th e fam ous rem ark of P rof.

LtSlosson. in the New York Independent of Dec. 12, 1895: “ I f e a ts and gui-tetpigsean be put to Any higher use th a n to advance sc ience w e do no t know what it is. We do not know of any h igher use we ean p u t a m an to .”It is a preat pity that these men, who m ade such rem arks, c a n n o t be placed on

the dissecting table for a few hours, and allow th e s tu d e n ts of som e College to Turk on them with the impression th a t they are w orking on som e poor, condem ­ned criminal. I believe that such talk w ould thrfh take an end . 'l’u all th is di- aholical business, J. M. Greene, in “T h e A nim als D efender,” o f F eb . 1903, says: “What we especially wish to em phasize here is the fac t th a t th e se sen tim en ts

uethe natural and logical results of th e trend of a ce rta in d e p a r tm e n t of m od- id opinion a ml practice for the past q u a r te r of a cen tu ry , in o th e r w ords, since “Bacteriology" began its “trium phal m arch .” T here ure in th is and o th e rc o u n - triesa certain class of investigators, call them “R eform ers” if you will, bo th lay and medical, who, in the face of oppoaitiou and derision, have ea rn es tly and u n ­nerving)}' maintained that the experim ental sp irit, so far as i t c o n ta in s an in- d.tference to the sufferings of lower anim als, is d is tin c tly lead in g to a hard en in g of the sympathies of man for man. And now once again we havo, vividly d is ­played, a prof positive of that proposition. I t is idle to d isg u ise th e m a tte r, wo have not only the desire confessed, b u t even th e candid s ta te m e n t th a t th e “ hu* manitarian" sentiments of the people alone s tan d in th e way of i ts fu lfillm en t.’.

But there is more to ooiue. As we exam ine th e m otives of th e se m en, we d is . cera"a wheel within a wheel.” For cen tu ries th e cruel v iv isec tion of th e dum b, helpless animal has been going on for th e “ benefit of sc ience.” P o n d ero u s books have been writteu describing certain “ resu lts" of these ex p e rim en ts , and o th e r ponderous books written directly d o n trad ic tin g those “ re su lts .” A nd when op­ponents of these barbarous and unscientific und b arb a ro u s p ra c tic e s have p o in t­ed to these eternal contradictions, they have been m et by th e sn eers of the “sc i­entist" on the one hand, and the indifference of th e pub lic on th e o th e r. R u t, at last, a certain part of hum anity is w akiug up and a rray in g itse lf ag a in st cru- (I’y and diabolism of every kind, and it will be a tigh t to th e d e a th . P o ther th e small part of humanity th a t represen ts hum ility and all th a t is nob le and good will win, or the great majority who ca re for no th ing so long a s they can get w hat they desire, even by shedding the blood of th e ir fellow-m en, w ill win th e b a ttle .

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B ut ruethinks it will be a case of ‘‘the survival of the fittest.’-When, however, in his opinion, it pays the vivisector to throw off the ma'-k. ha

comes boldly forward in the full acknowledgement of his purpose. The words of Dr. Pyle in 1896.* “T hat p art of medical science which refers directly to the human organism CANNOT B E S T U D IE D UPON ANY OTHER CLASS OF ANIM ALS”—are duplicated in the words of Fletcher ami Sterne 1901. Said Dr. F letcher (Dayton News): “T he only way we can solve the mysteries of in­sanity and crim inality, or obtaiu knowledge of cerebration, will be through experi­ments on healthy human subjects." Said Dr. Sterne: “These (the weapons to tight disease) we DO NOT NOW PO SSESS. Wc cannot combat yellow fever, for instance, were it to get a foothold in the land, except by strict sanitation and disinfection” (as if there could be a better preventive or remedy. Any Physio- medical ist, could do more, a hundred tim es more, than all these shallow-brained experim enters combined, and th a t w ithout thinking of cutting up their fellow beings,) and adds: “The conditions of disease at the present time are the veryworst, and unless something is done the time will come when such fearful plag­ues as the bubonic, yellow fever and small-pox will in all their horrible intensity, sweep across the land.” And only a few short years ago the medical press was glorifying the “wonderful advance of modern medicine,” mostly “through ani­mal vivisection,” including experim ents on the brains of dogs and monkeys, by monkeys, and proudly informing its hum ble hearers that the physical ills of life had largely been “robbed of the ir terrors ” and that other like diseases were fast falling a prey to the “antitoxins" and “serums."

“Tho eurta in has boon raised a lit tle higher yet and the calcium light has been thrown upou tho central figure. I would call attention to tho words of Dr. Sterne, given in the Sentinel of Dec. I, 1901, as bearing out in their startling candor all th a t I hnvo claimed for the ir originator and associates. “The crimi­nals to be incarcerated (in th is vivisection prison) ought not to be those who have com m itted a first or second olfencc, those just starting out on the high road of vico, bu t those of the more pronounced type, who have a chronic form of the disease eriminale, and for whom nothing in the way of reformation can be accomplished. CR IM E IS B R E D IN CLASSES AND THE INSTINCTS OF IT ARE HEREDITARY. Low classes will propagate low cla sses, no mat­ter what tho environment may be. R are is the man or woman who can over, come the stress of evil circum stances and lead a moral life."

Need anythiug more be said? Tho light has been thrown by the vivisector himself, and the public can sec the man who, possibly in an incautious manner, has revealed tho innermost feeling of his heart, who calmly advocates the death torture of his brother man, while in tho saino breath describing the helplessne>s of tha t brother in tho grasp of “Disease," nnd his u tter inability to break from the fetters of crime. When tho verdict of public opinion is given, which shall be branded as the greater crim inal?

The reader may think th a t th is is past nnd has nothing to do with the present but it is only an introduction to w hat is to follow. Human vivisection is not a new thing by any means, as it has been practiced in France, Germany, and every other country whore “regular-’ m edical colleges are to be found. A case in mind is tha t of Dr. Doyen of France. To a hospital in France a poor woman was brought oue day suffering from cancer of the breast. An operation was necessary: she consented, and was put under the influence of Chloroform. After the operation nnd while the patient was still unconscious from the effect of the anaesthetic,

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tkojmting surgeon. Dr. Doyen, carefu lly inserted a b it of th e cancer he hadjust removed into the healthy breast of th e victim . T hen , Home w eeks la ter, she foaod.doubtless to her unspeakable h o rro r and despair, a new c a n to r in th e op- peate breast; and the crime was R E P E A T E D . I will leave i t to my readers to <avif there could be a more dam nable or diabolical crim e co m m itted by a being, «th« human or Satanical. A poor, tru s tfu l woman goes to a physic ian whom she thinks she ean trust, and is then trea ted in such a m anner. W ords canno t express the disgust that one feels for such th ings in th e sh ap e of men. A nother human fiend, Dr. Sanarelli, an Ita lian , inoculated hosp ita l p a tie n ts u n d er his care, vith the poiron of yellow fever to find o u t if they w ould ta k e it. A gain coeDr. Schreiber exj>erimpntcd on some forty-one new born babes, “ B E C A U S E THEY WERE CHEAPER THAN C A L V E S .” These are b u t a few of th e hor- hiblecrimes committed by men, known as physicians, and w hose w ords a re ta k ­en as lav tod gospel truth in so called regu lar m edical circ les.

Duriog the session of tbo L egislature of th is year (1903) a m em ber of th e Michigan legislature had introduced a hill providing for th e k illing by e lec tri­city of all feeble-minded children. L ucky for him th a t su c h a law was not in force at his birth.

Commenting on this bill. Dr. E. E. S onnanstine, in h is p ap e r “T h e P in k Ic o n ­oclast,” said: “Michigan has now m ade a record for herself, by e lec ting the son ofa monkey mother to n seat in tho leg isla tu re . Thero m u st have been a th o r ­ough canvass of the state to tind the m ost villainous m u rd ere r th a t ever escaped mob violence to accept the position of fa th e r to a bill like th is . T he foul b lo tc h ( the vile carbuncle on the community why, th e vocabulary is sh o r t of words to express the contempt and loathing of such a being. H is p lace on e a r th could bo tilled by the contents of an old vau lt o r cess pool, and be of m ore benefit th a n he, that purposes such a horrible ann ih ila tion of the poor, help less, and defense­less children.”

I admit that this is radical, and I nm unable to say n n y tliin g ag a in st o th e r tbau himself, but I agree with Dr. B onnanstine, th a t th e re is no nam e for suoh a THING that will father such u bill. T here was also a b ill before the M ich­igan State Legislature to legalize th e execution of im becile an d hopelessly in ­sane persons of that state.

Immediately on learning of the ex istence of th is bill, I w ro te to J . M. Greene, editor of the “Animals defender” of Boston, and he sen t th e follow ing le tte r to the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Telegraph, b u t i t never appeared in p rin t.

THE NATURAL SEQUENCE:Open L etter to th e M ichigan L eg isla tu re .

It has been lately announced in th e public press th a t D r. W. B. F le tch er, of Indianapolis, “The noted alienist,” has expressed him self, in a le tte r to the Mich* i^n Legislature, as favoring tbo k illing by th e s ta te of th e hopelessly insane" To anyone endowed with ordinary com m on-sense the re is, o f course, no neod of dveiling at length op the m anifest ob jections to th is a b su rd proposition:—for instance, the danger of killing, by wrong diagnosis, th o se n o t incurab le ; th e murder, not by mistake, for private ends, of those not in c u ra b le ; th e incentive to m ak e people insane who are in som ebody’s “way;” th e no to rious incapacity of the medical profession to decide who is and who is not in sane; th e aw ful pow- eralready far to great, which would then be pu t in to th e h a n d s of doctors; th e vanous kinds of “hopeless insanity ,” from th e fairly co m fo rtab le k ind to th a t of

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raving m ania;—all these possibilities show, without further argument, the inher­ent silliness (to say the least) of th is proposal. The writer’s present object,how­ever, is to call the attention of the Legislators of Michican to the fact that this Dr. W. 13. F letcher is the same notorious individual who, in Dec. 1901, in com­pany with other doctors of Indianapolis, attem pted to establish an “experimental hospital,” where condemned crim inals could be vivisected,—that is, slowly put to death, a t the pleasure of “physiologists," with all the ingenious devices of “Science,” ns now dumb animals, be it said to the shame of “civilization" are treated in medical laboratories. T h is man came out in cold type (see Indiana­polis Sentinel, Dec. 1, 1901) in sanction of this hideous scheme, endorsing in doing the sentim ents of another doctor, J . S. Pyle, M. D., of Canton, Ohio who in Nov. 189*3, made a similar a ttem pt in the legislature of that state.

Thus is seen the natural result of inveterate habit. The “scientist" who seizes upon the helpless, dumb creatures, and with pitiless torture racks its sensitive body, (hoping by this unscientific and mediaeval method to save himself and his fellows from the just deserts of the ir bodily vices, follies and crimes), soon be­come wearied of this unsatisfactory, and in time, stale pastime. It is then that his thoughts turn to “m aterial” more appropriate and enlivening, and his degen­erate mind calls up the spectacle of the poor, condemned wretch, man or woman whom relentless fate has cast, w retched and hopeless, on the shores of life. And he is eager to round out th a t m iserable existence, for the “benefit of science.’ with the pangs only the vivisector knows how to give; balked so far of his prey his mind, always in tho same channel, prompts another suggestion. This time it is the lunatic; and, with melliflous phrases about “civilization," he argues for “ending the misery” of these unfortunates. Hut behind the mask the vivisector is still a t work. Granted the existence of such a law as proposed,—then will come forward some “noted A lienist” who will dilate on tho shameful waste of such splendid “m aterial” as insane patients, by their being simply killed and buried, and t h a t ’s all,—and will dwell on the immense advantage to “science" if these unfortunates could only be turned over to the physiologist, and “under anaesthetics” be mude “painlessly" to contribute to medical knowledge. The hab it once begun, the results are easy and in progressive ratio; this truth a] plies not only to the action of the hum an mind but to the inroads of Legislature on sacrod rights. Ohio, in 189-1, narrowly missed tho disgrace of sanctioning the torture of human beings a t the bidding of a vivisector. Let Michigan give her answer with no uncertain sound.”

Thus, it will be seen, tha t not only was one bill introduced a t tho bidding of degenerates, but two of them. M ethinks th a t it might have been well if the bill for tho killing of feeble minded people bad passed and then been strictly en­forced as the first to fall under its rule would have been the ones to vote for it and such degenerates as would indorse it, and by the time those would have been put out of the world, and therefore out of mischief, theppople would have been ready to repeal the Act, and a g reat deal of good would have been aeenin- plished.

Vivisection is immoral and unjustifiable, as well as ejuite useless ard very dan­gerous, and I feel assured that, unless a determined stand to made against i , human beings will be used for th is purpose instead of animals before long. Hu­man vivisection, as vve all know, was practiced on slaves in ancient times, on criminals during the Middle Ages, and on unsuspecting patients throughout tho “civilized” world during all of tho last hundred years, and lately, the attempt

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ftbonsrh fortunately unsuccessful) of having criminal vivisection legalized in theState?- of Ohio and I ndiana.Once let this diabolical crime be legnlized and there will be an end to all se­

curity. The supply of condemned crim inals would bo far too sm all for the re- qoipmpnts of the degenerate experim enters, and other sources would assuredly besonghtand found. First, perhaps, lunatics, then paupers, then any poor and friendless person who might come to band. Finally, no one would be safe, no more than a poor person is safe to go Into some hospitals for treatm ent.

This is a terrible prospect, and is the most powerful nrgum ent for the total oppression of vivisection in every shape and form, since appeals directly to the selfish feelings which hitherto havo been enlisted in defense of vivisection in the hope that something tieneticial may th u s bo discovered. The great major­ity of hnman beings are, 1 fear, so selfish and callous th a t no ordinary considera­tions have any effect upon them when they think their own interests lie the other way. Hut if you show these people th a t they may run some risk of being vivisected themselves, it will alter the ir views, amazingly, and mako them quite deaf to the vivisectors’ promise of new cures and prevention of disease.

T I k o l ‘ t h e (1? r i s t .HKa RV j . h a r t o n .

During the past ages of the C hristian C hurch it has been claimed th a t Christ nas the only begotten Sen of Cod; a t the present day the sam e church goes far­ther and claims that he is the Cod of the universe. If we carefully investigate tbc basis upon which the claim rests wo will tind th a t it resolves itself into threepropositions, viz:

1st. The immaculate conception.2nd. The performance of miracles.Jrd. HU resurrection from the grave.'Hie first of these propositions no man or sot of men, howsoever learned he or

they may be, has over bei?a able to m ake square with reason or common sense. This part of the story of the C hrist was evidently borrowed from the ancient mythology. fur they wore accustomed to affirm the fatherhood of some God for each and every one of their noted heroes: for example, Hercules, was claimed to be the son of Jupiter and Alctnena, a Theban woman, Helena the daughter of Le- di by Jupiter. Horner’s Iliad is full of the names and deeds of heroes who claimed some god or goddess as th e ir parent. Contrast these tales with the account of the creation of nmn in the second chapter of Genesis: “And the the LordGod formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

It appears when God determined to create Adam and Eve th a t a little dust and his own breath was all th a t was necessary for him to accomplish his pur- jiose, but when it came down to a la ter tim e God seems to have lost his prim i­tive power and found it necessary to have the assistance of a Jewish maiden be­fore he could raise up a Son and heir to his kingdom. W hat an absurd libel on the power of God!

God created, by the masculine and feminine principle contained within him­self, all things in the heavens above and the earth beneath , and the woman’s

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dress and robes which the Catholic Clergy wear, today, personifies this my feminine a ttr ib u te of God. The O ccultist recognizes the motherhood as well as the fatherhood of God.

We claim th a t the story of the immaoulato conception is no proof of the di­vinity of C hrist. But no doubt our C hristian brother will now fall back upon the miracles of C hrist as a proof of his godhood. Let as see what the ancient Jewish writer, Josephus, has to say about miracles.

Now the sagacity and wisdom which God had bestowed on Solomon was so great, th a t he exceeded the ancients; insomuch that he was noway inferior to the Egyptians, who are said to have been beyond all men in understanding; nay, indeed, it is evident th a t their sagaeity was very much inferior to that of the king’s. He also excelled and distuinguished himself in wisdom above those who were m ost eminent among the Hebrews at that time for shrewdness; those I mean were E than, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dada, the Bon of Mahol. He also composed books of odes and songs, a thousand and five; of parables and sim­ilitudes threo thousand; for he spoke a parable upon every sort of tree, from the hyssop to the cedar; and in like m anner also about beasts, about all sorts of liv­ing creatures, whether upon the earth , or in the sens, or in the air; for he was not unacquainted with any of their nature, nor omitted inquiries about them, but described them like a philosopher, and demonstrated his exquisite knowl­edge of their several properties. God ulso enabled him to learn that skill which expels demons, which is a science useful and sanative to men. He composed such incantations also by which distem pers are alleviated. And he left behind him the m anner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons, so that they never return ; and this method of euro is of great force unto this day: for I have seen a certain man of my own country, whose name was Eleazar, releasing people th a t were demoniacal, in the presence of Vespasian, and his sons, and his captains, and the whole m ultitude of his soldiers. The manner of the cure was this; he p u t a ring th a t had a root of one of those sorts mentioned by Solomon, to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which ho drew out the demon through his notrils: and when the man fell down immediately, he adjured him to return in­to him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed. And when E leazar would persuade and demonstrate to the spectators th a t he had such a power, he set a little way otf a cup or basin full of water, and commanded the demon as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to Jet the spectators know th a t he had left the man: and when this was done, the skill and wisdom of Solomon was showed very manifestly; for which reason it is tha t all men mny know the vastness of Solomon’s abilities, and how he was beloved of God, and th a t the extraordinary virtues of every kind with which this king was endowed, may not be unknown to any people un- dor the sun; for this reason, I say, it is th a t we have proceeded to speak so large­ly of these m atters.

I t appears th a t miracles wero performed long before the time of Christ.B ut what as to his resurrectioa? We claim tha t this is no proof of bis divin­

ity.1st. Because the account was w ritten about two hundred and fifty years af­

ter the death of Christ.2nd. Because it was written by parties who had a motive in distorting the

real tru th .3rd. Because our modern sp iritualistic materializing mediums have produced

just such wonderful phenomena and have been called frauds by these same Christian fakirs.

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bat t h e f j s a n d ^ t > e a l § .

BY “ C H E T A . ”

T H I 'M I I H , C O N T I N U E D .

A “c l u b b e d ” t h u m b is called s u e h because of th e large d ev e lo p m e n t b f flesh at the eod. Itisoften termed the M urderer’s T hum b . A lth o u g h i t is o ften found on the hands of persons who have com m itted m u rder, y e t i t is also found obthe hands of many who have not and who never would co m m it su ch a deed.!t indicates that the owner has a t tim es a violent, u n c o n tro lla b le tem per, and that while in a passion he is apt to do m a n y th in g s th a t h e w ou ld a f te rw a rd s re ­gret. The owner of such a thum b has no contro l over b is p ass io n s o r em otions. H« might kill in the heat of {Mission b u t he would never p lan o r p rem e d ita te to ■order anyone. At all other tim es h is d isposition m ay be very ag reeab le . T hese extreme fits of passion Mem to arise from a defective h e a r t a c tio n a s these p e r­sons often die while in a rage.

phalakoes. The first (or end) phalango shou ld be tw o-fifth s th e e n tire le n g th of tbe thumb, and the second phalange shou ld be th ree -fif th s , o r one fifth lo n ­ger than the first phalange, to be norm al.

If th« seeond phalange is w aist-shaped, th a t is, tap erin g a n d sm all ab o u t th e middle, it denotes a love of tb» in te llec tua l, a qu ick b r illia n t in te lle c t; also m e n . tal power and tact.

The development or non developm ent of the jo in ts have th e sam e ind ica tion as in the fingers.

H A N D S .

Some hands are soft, some elastic and some are h a rd . A so ft han d alw ays denotes indolence and an an tipathy lo nny physical labor. I f th e palm is soft and flabby tbo owner is inclined to laziness and self-indulgcnco , b u t aro o ften imaginative and intuitive. W hat th e ow ner knows is roceived th ro u g h in tu itio n b e ­cause he is too lazy to think or reason it ou t. They will le t o th e rs do th e w ork and they will reap the benefits. In th is case where th e h a n d s a rc so ft and flab ­by the intuition would be slow because the whole system is slow and indo len t. In more energetic persons the in tu itiv e im pressions w ould be perceived m ore rapidly. Remember this when giving readings.

When a hand is firm and elastic under a sligh t p re ssu re of th e finger and thumb, moderate physical and m ental energy is show n, possib ly more m en ta l than physical.

A hard palm shows an energetic person aud a good w orker who never tire s so long as there is anything which needs to be done.

In shaking hands with a person you can tell if th e h a n d is so ft or h a rd an d whether the person accomplishes h is pu rpose by h is own e ffo rts o r w h eth er ho takes it easy and makes o thers do th e work for him .

You can tell to a degree of ce rta in ty the person’s ch u n c es for success by th e softness or hardness of tbe palm, as it requ ires a co n s id erab le am o u n t of e n e r­gy to be a success in the world.

T Y P E S O P H A N D S .

Thera are six distinct types of hands. All o th e r h a n d s a re mixed as th e y

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are composed of some or all of the pure types. These six types are the Psychic or Idealistic, the Conic or Emotional, the Philosophic, the Square or useful, the Spatuiate or active, and the Elem entary hand. A mixture of any or all of these types is called a mixed hand.

The type is determined by the shape of the ends of the fingers. Beginning with tha t type of hand which is loast material we will follow down the scale to the lowest typo.

T H E P S Y C H IC O H ID E A L IS T IC H A N D .

This band is long and sleuder, with long smooth fingers that taper to a sharp point, with pink almond shaped nails. The skin is white and the paltn soft with many lines. The thum b is long and slender, while the Mounts of Moon and Ve. nus are well developed.

This hand is beautiful but very rare. The owners of such hands are too spirit, ual for life in a world of material th ings as they live in cloudland aod have a very imperfect perception of real life. They look for the divine everywhere. They are very idealistic. A mental process of reasoning would be impossible for them and they are guided solely by impulse and irapressson. They love art, especially those picture which are the creation of the artist’s imagination. Thoy love poetry of the idealistic kind and music that appeals to the soul. They are gentle and quiet, confiding and trusting , therefore easily imposed upon. Thoy can not be business like, have no order, punctuality or discipline. As their in­tuitive faculties are highly developed thoy make good clairvoyants and natural mediums, but being deficient in m ateriality they do not use their talents for mouey-making purposes. Their affections are changeable. They love intensely for a time b u t their soul soon visits spheres where their mate cannot follow them and their love soon dies. They are always attracted to the mysterious and ure endowed with mysticism and ecstasy.

C O N IC O K E M O T IO N A L H A N D .

These bands are a littlo broader and shorter than the psychic. The finger-; are smooth, full a t the base where they join the palm and taper slightly to the ends. The palm is somewhat soft in texture and tapers slightly. Nails are long and curved.

The owners of the conic hand possess many of the characteristics of the psy­chic but are more material in their tastes. Beauty and pleasuro rule their lives. They are emotional, impulsive, enthusiastic and sentimental, also luxurious and indolent. They will be of ono mind today and of the exact opposite tomorrow because thoy are governed by their emotions. They may be in the happiest mood one moment and in the depths of despair the next. They desire constant excitmeut and find regular domestic life dull and uninteresting. They make poor students because they cannot concentrate their mind on anything. They have strong likes and dislikes and usually carry them to extremes. When angry they speak their minds freely nnd without discrimination. They attach morn importance to passing glory than to permanent success. They are selfish so far es their own personal comfort is concerned but are easily moved at the sight of tears, or a tale of woe. If the palun is bard and elastic and the thumb strong, thoy may be successful as actors or actresses, singers, orators, or any calling where mere emotional ability is required. If the thumb is weak the owner will lack control over his sensual appetites and pleasures.

( C o n t i n u e d n e x t M o n t h .)

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