AN ADVOOATB OP* S P IR IT U A L IS M A.S A. SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION,

V o l u m e 7. CINCINNATI, OCTOBER 26, 1890. Nu m b e r 17.

E a ( e n 4 the Po»i-office i t d n r in a A ti, O hio, u f c M o d - C lu i S u tter.]

T H E B ETTER W A YU XSSCED BVW tY S A T V IIU T

T H K W AV PUBLISH ING OO.. PROPRIETORS, Southwest Cor. Plum u d M c P u l u d ttu.,

Cin c in n a t i, Onto.M. O . Y o c v a x *. President,

J. II. W u e n r , T N u u rrr,C C. S i u w k u . Skcjlkt* * v.

C lW C JN N A TI O c t o b e r as. l89°

C O N T E N T S .

P i n t P a c h - n p i___ „ . . .itu a lism K xplsiued , b y PL w . W allis; Spir­itual C ogitations, b y J. W etherbee.

Sitcaem P ac. o—Satu rd ay M | b l , b y Ju d ge M. P. M osccrans; The P ersecution o f S p iritu al- i*m . b y Dr. J . H . Buchanan; S p ir itu a l lu- m ira tio n , S. A. G arb er; R egret* in th e H ereafter, R . A . Rcyd.

T iim o Pa c k — A C abinet Seance; H om e M e­dium s; M easuring E le ctr ic Power; M odern Science; Kbb and Plow ; U n ita ria n s and S p ir itu a lis ts ; A Q ueer L e g al D ecision; Sleep; Advs,

P o o t h Pa c k — E d ito ria ls ; N a tu ra lis m ; Mod­ern H ducation; B u ried A live; B e lie f and K now led ge; H ig h or L o w T ariff; P o l and K ettle; L o cals an d Personals; N ew s Item s; L iterary .

F if t h Pa o b — So c ie ty Correspondence; A dver­tisem ents.

S ix t h P a o b— La d ies ' Departm ent: M edium - ship, M rs. L . A . Coffin; N o th in g P ra ctica l, H lia M. M erriara; T h e Poets S in g; Form and Subatancc, M attie P ulsifer; T ro u b les o f a Poet; P ick in g s; M eetin g N o tices; A d v er­tisem ents.

SfrvKjrrK Pa o b —T h rou gh th e C ru cib le; Sr. CAstclar; T h e R am bler, No. 3; A C ontem pt Case; H ow T h e y T e stify ; A dvs.

E io s rra Pa o b —Medium sh ip M nst be Sustained: D r. Dobson; P u n g e n t P ra grap h s; M ove­m en ts o f M edium s; Advs.

Miscellany.S p e c ia lly R eported fo r T h e B etter W ay.

S U M M E R LA N D C A M P M E E T IN C .It is tw o years sin ce i t w as o u r good

fortune to attend a cam p m eetin g in California. A t that tim e w e acquainted the readem of T u b Bkttkr Way with* the new s occu riu g a t th at g ath erin g at San Bernardino; th in k in g perhaps the m any readers o f th e Way -may have a desire to kn o w w hat w e are d o in g in the Sum m erland; beautifu l Sum m erland, we w ill g iv e them w hat w e see in the w ay w e see i t

Sum m erland is a beautifu l spot, n ot one h a lf has been said in i t praise. T o be su re E astern people w h o have been accustom ed to w oods and shade trees are disappointed in th e sca rcity o f their adornm ent o f b eau ty, b u t th is is not on ly con tin gen t to Sum m erland but all a lo n g the coast o f Californ ia. T h is is easily rem edied as trees g ro w so very rapidly th at all th ey req u ire is a little attention and irrigation . In Pom ona w e sow the gum tree o r eu calyp tu s o f four years gro w th , fifty feet in h e ig h t and fifteen inches th ro u g h at th e b u t t A s nearly all those w ho h ave located here have set o u t trees, in a few years th ere w ill be shade su fficien t Sum - nterlaod is com posed o f a succession o f h ills com m en cin g a t th e shore o f the Pacific and en d in g in m ountain peaks tw o and th ree m iles from th e c o a s t N o on e can sh u t o ff h is n eigh bo r’s view . Can yo u im agin e a m ore beauti­ful spot than m ountains to th e N orth, m ountains to th e E ast and to th e South, and W est th e gran d o ld Pacific, dotted here and there w ith islan ds in the dint d istan ce w hich are d iscem ab le o n ly ic th e clearest o f w eather. W ith all th is im agin e a clim ate th e m ean tem perature o f th e year averagin g 6o°,and th e hottest w eather in sum m er n ever exceed s 8o°. Is n ot th is sum m erland? A ll th is has lieeo to ld b y able w riters and w e w ill g iv e a few n otes o f o u r cam p m eeting.

Saturday, O ct 4th, th e o p en in g ser­v ices com m enced. President W illiam s, th e b u sy m an o f th is place, as b e is w anted b y everyb o d y and exp ected to be everyw h ere a t th e sam e tim e, i f h e were n ot th e best natured and m ost harm oni­o u sly con stitu ted h e w ou ld su rely lose h is patience. B ut h e alw ays has a happy g re e tin g and pleasant sm ile fo r every one. W e w ish th e w orld w as blessed w ith m ore o f su ch m en. P residen t W il­liam s called th e m eetin g to o rd er and introduced Prof. L o veland w h o delivered a speech o f w elcom e. H e was follow ed b y Dr. Dean C lark e, Prof. T a tu m , D avid Davis, E sq . and M rs. E d ith E . K. N ick less.

A tent 40x100 has been erected for the lectu re room w ith se a tin g ca p acity o f one thousand. I t has been taste fu lly decorated w ith palm s,pam pus,evergreens and p rcscu ts a v ery p leasin g appearance. T h e m usical d ep artm en t is u n d er th e m anagem ent o f Prof. G . E n g la n d and Mrs. W illiam s.

Sunday, O ct. 5th. M o rn in g service, vo l­

untary b y Prof. E ngland, poem , son g “ N earer m y G o d to Th ee.” Prof. L o ve­land gave th e op en in g lecture on the

I “ M ission o f Spiritualism ." I t was rich in th oughts and conclusive in a rg u m en t It was an an inspirational production and showed inclusive o f the broad and com ­prehensive expanse o f th oug ht o f the lecture; all w ho heard it desire to hear it again, and Prof. Lo velaud has been requested to p u blish it in p am p h let A fternoon: voluntary. Dr. D ean C larke was introduced as the lecturer. H e re­cited th e poem “ M ore N ature wthan G race" in a v ery acceptable m anner; so n g "S tran g ers Y e t ," b y M rs. W illiam s. T h e su bject o f Dr. C larke’s lecture was “ W hat are w e H ere F o r." T h e doctor's sojourn am id th e m ountains o f Santa C ru z fo r th e past year has given him som e o f h is old tim e v igo r, ond he show ed th at th is m eeting w as fo r the benefit o f ourselves a s w ell as all assem ­bled b y g iv in g a m ore com prehensive and th orough kno w led ge o f Sp iritualism and th e practical application o f these p rin cip les in all o u r relations o f life . A t th e close o f h is rem arks he exh ib ited tw o p ictu res drawn under sp irit pow er b y th e H azeu sisters, o f B on n y Doon, Santa Cruz m ountains. E ve n in g services, M edium s M eeting, M rs. M ary E . W righ t, nee W eeks, addressed th e m eet­in g u n der con trol o f “ Sun beam ," g iv in g som e plain ta lk iu h er un ique Indian way. M rs. N ick less in terested the audi­ence iu g iv in g d escrip tion s aud m es­sages. S h e w as con trolled b y E d . W heeler w h o sp o ke w ords o f ch eer to all, and m ore esp ecia lly to h is old frien d and co-w orker, D r. C larke. In sp e a k in g o f -Mrs. N ick less ’ test .g iv in g pow ers the R econ stru ctor says: " S o fa r as e xp re s­sion w as g iv en , th ey arc th e m o st em i­n en tly sa tisfacto ry to th e recipients. F rom a som ew hat exten siv e acqu aint­ance w ith our p latform m edium s, I am in clin ed to p lace h e r in th e fro n t rank. T h e p o iu t w h ere sh e com es sh o rt o f som e platform te s t m ed iu m s is nam es, w h ich she d ocs n o t u su a lly g et, b u t she is so clear in resp ect to relationship and o th er p articu lars th at th e nam e hardly appears to be o f a n y , special consequeuce; at lea st th e y arc as dem on­strative sp irit se e in g o n th e p a rt o f th is m edium as I have e v e r w itn essed in the E ast o r here.”

M onday, O ct. 6 th . A ftern o o n w as d e­voted to Conference. P rof. Lo veland open ed the m eetin g, ta k in g for h is su b ­je c t "C o-operation." A n in terestin g and pointed d iscu ssion w as th e result, participated in b y D avid D avis, E lla W ilso n M archant, D r. T . B. T a y lo r, Dr. Dean Clarke, Prof. T atu m , M r. S le ig h t, and Prof. Loveland. In th e even in g M rs. N ick less gave a seance in L ib ra ry H all w h ich w as a su ccess in every particu lar. M any co n vin cin g p ro o fs o f departed frien d s present w ere g iv e n to th ose w ho w ere in som e d o u bt a6 to th e certa in ty o f sp irits h a rin g th e p o w er to return. S u n d ay m o rn in g F a cts m eetin g. T h e m eetin g was open ed b y P rof. L o veland se ttin g forth th e o b ject o f a F a cts m eet­in g. F act m ee tin g s are p ecu lia r to Sp iritualism , as it is th e o n ly ism th at deals in facts. H e m en tion ed th e fact o f G en. R . E . L e e co m m u n icatin g the accoun t o f h is tran sitio n in B oston at nearly th e sam e hour, o r very soon after, it transpired . F acts w ere g iv e n w h ich had been realized b y th e speakers, Dr. T . B. T aylo r, D avid D avis, M r. S le ig h t, Prof. E n gland , M rs. E d ith N ick less and Dr. J. N ickless. T h is w as a v ery in ­terestin g m eetin g and th e stu bbo rn facts enum erated w ere m ore con clu sive than all th e th eories and fa ith ever g iven th rou gh out C h risten d om o f th e im m or­ta lity o f the soul.

A fternoon service. A fte r th e co n g re­gation had su n g “ S w eet B ye-and-B yc," M rs. E lla W ilson M archant read a poem , “ T h e Stars are in th e S k ie s all D ay," In ­vocation, b y M rs. E d ith N ickless; M rs. M archant’s lecture, “ M an and h is Rela- lotions," w ere listen ed to w ith in ten se in terest and show ed great research and in every particu lar w as a sch o larly pro­duction. M rs. N ick le ss closed th e ser­v ice s w ith tests. O ne test, a m oth er’s m essage to h er d au gh ter, b ro u g h t tears o f gratitude n ot o n ly to th e d au gh ter’s eyes, but to nearly all w h o w ere present.

In th e e ven in g Prof. T atu m , o f M obile, A la., cu tcrta iu cd u s w ith a lectu re on “ P h ren o lo gy and its R elation to S p ir it­u alism ." T h e m eetin g w as open ed w ith a so n g b y Dr. T . B. T aylo r. T h e lectu re

was very in terestin g and th e professor gave m any new ideas on th is o ld subject, aud kep t the audience iu a good hum or w ith bis w itty say in gs aud qu ain t illu s­trations. l i e exam ined a few crauium s m uch to the am usem ent and edificatiou o f h is hearers, aud from th e fla tterin g description g iven i t show s th at th ere is m ore in som e people’s heads than ever com es to the surface.

T h e speakers on th e gro un d arc Prof. Loveland, M rs. E d ith E . R. N ickless, M rs. E lla W ilson M archant, D avid Davis, Dr. T . B. T a ylo r, Prof. T atu m and Dr. Dean Clarke. Chas. Dawbaru is exp ect­ed th is w eek. T h e o u ly m edium s for private and p u b lic w ork are M rs. N ick- less, platform test m edium ; M rs. M. E . W eek-W riglit, private- test m edium ; H en ry A llen , the in estim able d ark seance m usical m edium . O th ers arc exp ected .

O u r g ro u u d s are lig h te d b y natural gas; th e y have these w ells s u n k and the su p p ly is m ore thnu sufficient fo r all lig h tin g , h eatin g and c o o k in g purposes. T h e p ro sp e ctin g fo r 'g a s and o il is in th e h an ds o f a syn d icate from S au ta Bar­bara. T h e y are u n d er th e e u lire exp ense, b u t o n e q u arter o f a ll th e profits there from go es to Sum m erland. A large d elegatio n from S an ta Barbara cauie to th e g ro u n d s on T u e sd a y e v e n in g last to see the g as w ells. A sp ecia l tra iu co n ­ta in in g som e o f th e d ig n ita ries o f the Pacific R . R., stop p ed la st w eek . T h is fin d in g o f g as has caused q u ite a sensa­tion . It w as found u n d er s p ir it d irectio n .

A sp iritu al so cie ty w as o rg an ized in S u m m erlan d la st w eek , w ith th e nanie>

T h e F ir s t S o c ie ty o f S p ir itu a lis ts o f S u m m erland ." T h e fo llo w in g officers w ere elected: P residen t, P rof. T. S. L o v e ­land; V ice-P resid en t, C . C . V au ce; S e c re ­tary, G . B. Cornell; T re asu re r, C. B. Pct- ters.

A co n stitu tio n and b y-law s w ere adop ted, and tw en ty-fo u r p erso n s b e­cam e m em bers b y s ig n in g them .

A m o n g th e u ew com ers th e p a st w eek w e n o tice M rs. R uffin and Jan ies L . Taffe, o f C in cin n ati, O hio; R . E . L a F etra, T o rt A n geles, W ash in gto n ; M rs. F . F . Cam pbell, A rlin g to n , N eb.; M rs. D u n k lee and M r. E sp en m illcr, o f B ostou , M ass.,D . S . Chaffin, w ife and d au g h ter, o f V in ton , Iowa; M rs. E . E p p erso n , W aln u t, 111.; J. C . F ren ch , w ife and th re e ch ild ren , S t Josep h, M o.; Prof. T a tu m and w ife, M o­bile, A labam a; II. B. C a rn e ll, M rs. R ose C arn ell, G . B u rd ette, W illia m H ., P e rle and O liv e C o rn ell, from B elverdere, Neb.; Dr. J. R . N ick le ss , M rs. E d ith E . R . N ic k le ss and M alicl N ick less , late from S an D ieg o , C al. C a lifo rn ia is fu rth er represen ted b y A . D . V an B ureu, M rs. M ary A . E . S w eet, D ow ney; M r. and M rs. D. D . Jo h n sto n , N o rw alk; Jam es A . W il­co x , San D iego; W . C o o k anti S o n , V en ­tura; J. W . M ain au d S o n , P orterville ; G .C . F o ste r aud w ife, L a M oore; M rs. W ar­ren L ib b y , M rs. M. K . W e e k -W rig h t and D r. M errill, Pom ona.

T h e w e ath e r is ju s t d e lig h tfu l. I f i t w ere n o t fo r th e ocean b reeze it w o u ld be o p p ressiv e ly w arm . W ith a p le n ty o f ocean b reeze and g o o d b ath in g , a ll are m ade com fortable. M ore anpn,

S e l k c i n .

S P IR IT U A L IS M E X P L A IN E D .BY li. W. WALLIS.

S p iritu a lism is n o t p o p u lar b ecau se it is n o t u n derstoo d and has been very m uch m isrep resen ted. A S p iritu a list, b roadly sp ea k in g , is one w h o k n o w s that u n der certain co n d itio n s com m unication can be estab lished betw een th e m en and w om en o f sp irit life aud th e d w ellers on earth . I t is n ot b elief, faith o r hope, but ascertained facL

P rofessor A . R. W allace, F . G . S ., L .L .D., tru ly says, "S p ir itu a lis ts ob serve facts and record exp erim en ts, and then con­stru ct h yp o th esis w h ich w ill b est exp lain aud co-ordinate th e facts, and in so d o­in g th ey arc p u rsu in g a tru ly scien tific course. T h e y have n ow collected a u en ­orm ous body o f observatio n s tested and verified in e v e ry p o ssib le w ay, and they have determ in ed m an y o f th e co n d itio n s n ecessary fo r th e p rodu ction o f th e ph e­nom ena. T h e y have a lso arrived a t cer­tain gen eral co n clu sio n s as to th e causes o f these phenom ena, and th e y sim p ly re­fuse to reco gn ize th e com peten ce o f those w h o h ave no acquaintance w h atever w ith the facts to d eterm in e th e valu e o r cor­rectn ess o f th o se co n clu sio n s."

E v e r y hum an b e in g is m ore o r less su scep tib le to th e iu fiu en ce o f o th er p er­sons, and som e arc e xtrem ely sensitive,

takes stro n g lik es o r d is lik es to o th e r persons, and are swayed, som etim es dom ­inated, b y people w ith w hom th ey com e into contact. T h e exp erim en ts recently made in m esm erism .(under th e new ituuie, hypnotism ) hnve dem onstrated be­yon d shadow o f dou bt that in th e sleep or trance th e su bject m ay becom e clear- seeing, and even w ith closed eyes look into s m an's body aud describe th e actual condition o f th e v ita l organs; d istan t places are v isited and described, a l­th ough th e body rem ains stationary, and in a variety o f w ays th e existen ce o f super-sensuous p ow ers in m an has been abundantly proven.

Clairvoyance, trance, th o u g h t transfer­ence, apparitions o f th e departed, the phenom ena o f lia iin tin gs, w arnings, dreatus, prem onitions o f co m in g d an ger o r relief, h earin g o f voices, irresistib le im pulses to d o o r sa y certa in th in g s w h ich have been exp erien ced b y in ven ­tors, com posers, authors, statesm en, travelers, aud b y p eop le in th e ord in ary gro oves o f b u sin ess and so cia l life , all p oin t to th e sam e d irection , and are in ­exp licable save on th e g ro u n d s o f th e existen ce in m an o f sp iritu al facu lties am i Ills c lo se relation to th e unseen but ever*op«»rant realm o f sp iritu al existen ce and causation.

M odem S p iritu a lism is based upon th e fact th at s p ir it p eop le have influenced (mesm erized) m en , w om en and ch ildren iu th is w orld , and th u s m ake th em selves m anifest to th eir fr ien d s th ro u g h the m ed iu m ship o r in stru m en ta lity o f these sen sitives w h o are ca lled m edium s.

' M ed iu m ship i s n o t a new fact; i t is o n ly a rev iva l o f an o ld-w orld , every-d ay SXjFfftionce, T h e seers o r p r o p h e ts o f o ld w ere m edium s;' Sam u el h eard vo ices, saw cla irvo yan tly , and sp o k e as h e w as im pressed. E lija h , E lish a , D aniel, E zek ia l and o th ers had s im ila r exp erien ces. Jesus, P eter and P au l in l ik e m an n er h ealed th e s ick , sp o k e as th e y w ere m oved to d o b y th e sp irit, h ad v isio n s, dream ed <1 ream s, fe ll in to trances, w ere v is ite d b y sp ir its and h eard th em speak; th e sp irits w ere regard ed as m essen g ers o f o r from G o d , and are sp o ken o f as “ m en.” T h e se “ s ig n s and w o n d e rs " w ere prom ised to co n tin u e , and i f th ey occu rred in p a st ages th ere is n o reason w h y th e y sh ou ld n o t recu r n ow , as th e sam e law s o f n atu re op erate , and th e sam e G o d e x ists , w h o, w e are assured, is “ u n ch a n g in g " and “ n o resp ecter o f p er­son s."

S p iritu a lism g iv e s p resen t day e v i­d en ce o f th e e x isten ce o f sp irits; estab ­lish es com m u n ication betw een th e tw o w orlds; reveals th e fact th at sp irit people are hum an still; life h ereafter is sequen ­tia l to life o n earth , and p ro gressive. T h e sp irits th em selves affirm th at th ey reap as th e y h ave sow n; th at th e y are th em selves. T h e con seq uen ces o f th e m otives and deed s o f earth life affect them o v er th ere, and th e ir p ilg rim ag e to the h ig h e r co n d itio n s and m o re p erfect states o f sp iritu al e x is te n c e is co n tin u ed th e ir p ro gress b e in g a ccelerated o r re­tarded, a cco rd in g to th e ch aracter o f th e ir ea rth ly th o u g h ts, p u rp o ses and ac­tions.

I have n ot en tered u pon th e question o f w lia t S p ir itu a lis ts b e lieve o r d isbe­lieve. T h e first q u estio n is as to fact— is it tru e th at com m u n ication s can be re­ceived from th e “ in te llig e n t o p erators at th e o th e r en d o f th e lin e " o f th e spiritu al telegraph? and th at qu estio n is n o t open to debate. I t is a m atter o f exp erim en t and in vestig atio n . E x p erien ced in vesti­gators, w h o w ere m ateria lists w h en th ey com m enced, b u t becam e S p ir itu a lists as th e re su lt o f th e ir e xp e rim e n ts claim th at th e sp iritu al exp lan ation o f th e facts th ey h ave w itn essed is th e o n ly one w hich w ill co ver th e w h o le gro un d . T h ey say to a ll w ho are in terested, “ e xp eri­m ent fo r yo u rse lf, la y a side prejudice, d on ’t d ictate co n d itio n s, ob serve the phenom ena, and le t th e facts sp eak for them selves; i f y o u are patien t, k eep a level head, and ju d g e for y o u rs e lf (after a fair, fu ll and im p artial investigation) yo u w ill u n do u b tedly be con vinced that death d o cs n o t en d a ll, and that, u n der certain favorable con d ition s, intercourse w ith th e so-colled dead is n o t o n ly possi­ble, b u t lias actu ally been carried o u t ” — C arrier D ove.

I t is easier to tic a k n o t in a co rd o f wood than to d o an evil deed and g e t rid o f th e consequences.

W ritten for T h e B etter W ay.

S P IR IT U A L C O G ITA T IO N S .1 u T w o PA rts.

P art 1.

BY JOHN WKTIIBIHIKK.

T h e Bible te lls us to "S e e k first the k in gdom o f heaven and all o th er th ings shall be added u n to y o u ." T h a t was then ond is now ,"a g litte rin g generality;" b u t in th e readin g o f a la ter inspiration and in a m odified form it is n o t lik e this; seek first th e affirm ation o f a future life and all o th er th in g s shall be added unto you; th is is n o t a g litte r in g generality, b u t !b th e m ost im portant qu estion ever offered to m an kind fo r so lu tion . I t be- iu g settled absolutely th at th ere is a fu ­tu re life for th e d w ellers o f earth , then th is m ortal life is w orth h av in g, n o m at­te r i f "m an is born to trou b le as the sp ark s fly upw ard," it is a p riceless boon, fo r i t is th e o n ly avenue to th at future life .

M odern Sp iritualism m eans a sensuous p r o o f o f th at fact. T h ere in i t d iffers from o ld re lig io u s ism s. T h e y a ll be­lie v e in a fu tu re life , as a m atter o f faith; n o t v ery stro n g, b u t th at is th e ir claim . T h e ir fu tu re life has gro w n from a dubi­o u s aud unattractive prosp ect in to a to l­erably a ttractive one. H um an in tu itions aud hum an hopes h ave p roved th is arti­c le o f-fa ith elastic, so as to follow the tren d o f m odern t h o u g h t I t has been m uch aided b y th e d aw n in g lig h t o f 1848, w h ich is in and sp read in g in th e m ental atm osph ere and as reachable b y sen si­tiv e and p ro gressive m inds, as electric­ity is; and p o ets sp ea k in g w ise r than th ey kn o w p u t i t in to b eau tifu l language, for w h ich th e y h ave no B ib le auth ority and i t fin d s a resp onse in th e h u n g ry 'hurt n o r heart; b u t itT S -w u & '-th cm J 1 an u n so lved problem , b u t th e y feel th a t i t o u g h t t o b e tru e b u t its b asis is o n ly fa ith and hope. T h e p ractica l id ea is th at from th at bourn no traveler returns. M odern S p iritu a lism proves th at depart­ed sp ir its d o retu rn and m ak es L o n g fe l­lo w ’s p o etry tru th and fact as w ell as p o etry, w h ere h e says:

“ I | a a v en u e sA re op en to th e u n s e e n fe e t o f phantom s T h a t co m e a n d g o a u d w e p erceive th em n ot, S ave b y th e ir in flu e n ce .”

T h e vario u s re lig io n s should n o t g iv e th e co ld sh o u ld er to M odern S p ir itu a l­ism , fo r as th e R ev. M. J. Savage says, and h e is n o t a S p iritu a list, th at "th ey o n ly o ffer p o s itive p r o o f o f o u r every day assertion s." T h e y d o n o t g iv e it the co ld sh o u ld er as m uch as th ey d id; som e o f th e p o p u lar m in isters are q u ite re­sp ectfu l and even h osp itable to i t now fo r th e ir a isles and pew s are a n k le deep w ith i t and th e tid e is ris in g . I t w ill n ot be m an y years before i t w ill b e adopted as th e ir ow n evan gelica l th u n d er and find p r o o f o f i t in revelations.

I t is n o t c la im in g to o m uch fo r M od­ern S p iritu a lism to say it offers p ositive p r o o f o f a fu tu re life and i t d oes it th ro u g h th e sen ses, w h ich is th e on ly k in d o f evid en ce th at satisfies th e niue-

; teen tli cen tu ry and th e scien tific m ind S cien ce d oes n o t tak e an y sto ck iu faith and th erein it is w ise. E n o u g h p r o o f has been offered, says P ro fesso r W allace, to se ttle th e question. I lik e , however, th e testim o n y o f fair m inded outsiders, so M. J. S avage and H eb cr N ewton have said th e sam e, and th at to estab lish its claim “ th ere is a body o f evid en ce that w ou ld be regarded as con clu sive p ro o f o n a n y o th er prop osition w hatsoever." T h a t adm ission is en o u gh to settle the cla im fo r a tru th fu l basis; w h y w ait for m ore evid en ce w h en i t is adm itted there is enough? I t answ ers the grea t ques­tio n o f th e a g e s affirm atively and it n ever w as answ ered u n til M odern S p irit­u alism answ ered it.

In te llig en ce, u sin g the d iction ary m ean in g o f the word, is hum an in its g e n esis, an A g n o stic w ill n o t d ispute t h a t W here th ere is in te llig en ce there is a m an, i f n ot from a m ortal m an in the fo n u , then it is from a departed sp irit w h o is a m an o u t o f the form . T h e re is n o th in g p roved in th e w h ole field o f physicul scien ce m ore dem onstratively true, than th at the in telligen ce to w hich w e re fer conies from departed spirits. It m ay o r m ay n ot conic from th e special sp irits claim ed, b u t that is u ot th e im ­p o rtan t point, but there is no question th at it con ies from sp irits w ho on ce lived on th is m undane earth. I t d o cs not m ake any difference, or detract nt all

m ay in them selves seem undignified and to the superficial it m ay seem ludicrous for people as w e rem em ber them to be associated w ith such trifles; but we m ust rem em ber th ey are on ly the "tickers," the in telligen ce is a t th e oth er end o f th e wire. W e m ust rem em ber th e d ign ity and su b lim ity is in th eir source. G oats, scorpions and crabs becom e sublim e w hen h u n g u p as s ig n s in tlic zodiac.

T h e intelligence back o f these trifles proves th at mau survives the death o f h is body and it is through th is phenom ­ena th at g iv e us p ro o f o f that fact, th e p h ysical m anifestations and sensuous p ro o f o f it, aud M odern Spiritualism re­duced to its low est term s m eans p h e­nom ena and n o th in g else, for i t is its. on ly d istin gu ish ing feature and that puts, kn o w led ge in th e place o f faith. E ve ry ­th in g excep t th is sensuous p ro o f is com ­m on property, w ith all form s o f religion. E lim inate th e p henom ena from th o cause and Spiritualism w ould be a lo st art in a generation.

I t proves th at there is a future Ufe- a fter th is life ’s fitfu l fever is over, and it opens a 1000 doors o f lig h t, life and hope th at w o u ld be closed w ith o u t it and o n e closed to th e agn ostic and these opened doors, m ake in tuitions, visions, scrip­tures, hope and sentim ents, and m uch m ental phenom ena, collateral evidence, w h ich w ould be id iosyncracries but for th is d istin g ish in g feature and w ith i t we kn o w the spiritual w orld lie s all about us and o u r departed friends arc th ere in all th e ir activity.

In anoth er article I w ill consider this an in troduction and speak o f phenom e­nal Spiritualism .

R ep orted fo r T h e B etter W ay.

Psyctifo Researc h SocietyA g a in I find m y s e lf in th e fam iliar ro le

o f Secretary to o u r beloved society, th e P sych ic R esearch S ociety, b liss K ru ck e- m eycr, the efficient S ecretary o f the p ast s ix m onths finding h er duties as teacher in th e p u b lic schools absorbed all h er tim e and th o u g h L O ur w ish es for su c­cess in h er new w ork g o ou t to her, and w e w ill try to con tin ue th e w ork for the society she has so successfu lly begun.

O ur Sunday m eetin gs at th e D ou glas* H all continue to call o a t and in terest the strangers and in vestigators o f psychic law s, w h o are privileged to ask ques­tion s to th e gu id es o f our speaker, M rs. A dah Sheehau, w ho is a lady possessed o f a very h ig h order o f spiritual g ifts , g o in g upon th e p latform Sunday after Sunday, w ith no preparation w hatever, d ealin g w ith q uestions o f the deepest re­lig io u s, m oral and scien tific im port. W e are con stan tly m ade to feel th e G od p rin ­cip al a ctin g in ourselves. T h is speaker has been engaged b y th e G ran d Rapids* people for th e m onth o f January, and as a society w e dread to see the interven­in g tim e slip p in g away, as it m u s t L et­ters con tin ue to p ou r in from different points, so lic itin g engagem ents w ith this lady, and too w ell w e realize that we, as a society, cannot retain th is source o f in«. spiration and kno w led ge w h olly for o u r­selves.

T h e entertainm ent given b y th e Ladies. C lass for P sych ic Culture, on W ednesday even in g, O ctober 15th, was a grand su c­cess, a b o u t. one buudred couples bein g in attendance. T h e so ciety w ill repeat th e entertainm ent again N ovem ber ia th v

E. S agmastbr, Sec.

T ID B ITS .N o law in th e un iverse is ever sus­

pended in its operation, but th e develop­m ent o f h ig h er forces m akes the opera­tion o f h ig h er low s m anifest to o u r con­sciousness.— W orld ’s A dvance ThoughL.

A m an sh ould n ever be asham ed to. ow n h e has been in the w rong, w hich is b u t sayin g, ill o th er words, that h e is w iser to-day than h e w as yesterday.— G olden Gate.

T h ere is as m uch presum ption in be­lie v in g oth ers w ron g, how ever unfit th eir theory m ay appenr.os there is in be­lie v in g ourselves alone right. T h e on ly absolute kn o w led ge w e possess is w hat w e k u o w o f self. Denial proves nothing. - — S.

A man, after b ein g sent tw o m iles dur­in g th e n ig h t by h is physician s for a pre­scription w hich w as w ritten in Latin, asked th e d ru g g ist w hat it was.

Brandy!” "B randy!” yelled th e cu s­tom er, “ and that internal quack scu t me

from th e evid en ce th at th e raps, d an cin g I here for brandy and 1 a w holesale liquor tab les o r o th er m aterial m anifestations dealer!"

2 THE BETTER WAY. OCTOBER 33, 1690.

W ritten for T he Better W ay.

S A T U R D A Y N IG H T .Jl'DGK M. r . H ODIXUm i.

P o r tunny yearn we have m ad e it a ru le , w h en n o t o th erw ise em p loyed, to s it in ottr office at th e c lo se o f th e w eek , on S atu rd a y n ig h t, and th in k o v e r th e iu ci- d e n ts o f a b u sy life aud t iiu s co n sid e r th e g ra n d m oral lesso n s th ese li t t le In ci­d e n ts h ave ta u g h t us. T h e n w h en a n y o n e o f th ese w o u ld seem w o rth y o f n o te vre w ould tak e o u r p en in h an d a n d p u t th e sam e in form o n p ap er and se n d it o u t fo r p u b licatio n in so m e g o o d m oral p aper th at o th ers m ig h t rend i t a u d c o m ­p are th e *sam c w ith th e ir o w n e x p e r i­en ces, and b y so d o in g b u ild u p fo r th e m ­selves a m o re g lo r io u s m an ho od and w om an hoo d. T o n ig h t th ere c o m es to o u r m in d th e s to ry o f

T H E POOR 0 1 .0 PAUPER.

O n e d a y w e m et an o ld m nn o n th e street, h e w as le a n in g on a ca n e , h is s te p s w ere sh o rt, w eak and to tte rin g , h is b o d y w as w orn to th read s b y th e co n sta n t fr ictio n a tten d an t on a l ife o f d issip a tio n ; it w as feeble and s h a k y . W h en w e cam e in to h is p resen ce h e reach ed o u t h is o ld w ith ered han d a n d said:

“ H ere is m y h an d i f y o u a rc n o t to o p ro u d to sh ak e th e h an d o f a p au p er!"

“ A fra id to sh ak e y o u r hand! N o, o ld o ld frien d ! W e a rc g la d to s h a k e it, an d w h ile s h a k iu g it w e w is h w e co u ld sh ak e y o u in to b e lte r a n d h a p p ie r c o n ­d itio n s o f life! W e w is h w e co u ld sh a k e y o n in to a g o o d p leasan t h o m e, w h ere are sw eet, lo v in g associa tion s! W e w ish th at w e co u ld s h a k e y o u o u t o f th e c o n ­d itio n s th at y o u n o d o u b t in h erited from th o se c a u se s th a t b ro u g h t y o u in to th is w o rld o f cau se an d elTcct."

S aid .he: “ Ju d g e , y o u h ave k n o w n m e fo r a n u m b er o f years, I w as o n ce a s tro n g , h e a lth y m an, a g o o d w o rk m an and com m and ed g o o d w ag es, b u t I in ­h erited th e d e s ire fo r to b acco a n d s tr o n g d r in k . M y fa th e r w a s a d ru n k a rd a u d used to b acco to e xc ess, an d I in h er ited m y d es ire fo r th o se v ile p o is o n s from h im . T o b a cco b e iu g fash io n ab le , I w as soon led in to th a t r i le an d n a sty habit.T h e n i t w as easy to ta k e th e tw o n e x t s te p s o n th e road to ru in , and 1 b e g a n to d rin k and g a m b le and y o u s e e th e sad resu lt. M y m o th er, G o d b le ss h er, w as as g o o d , as k in d and a s lo v in g in h e r n atu re a s an a n g e l, e lse s h e co u ld n o t h ave to lerated su ch a filth y b ru te o f a h u sb a n d and fa th e r as w as m in e . A ll th at i s g o o d in m y n atu re w as im p arted to m e b y h er. D ru n k ard a s y o u h ave k n o w n m e I w as n o t e n tire ly b ad — I h ad in m y n atu re som e re d e em in g tra its o f ch aracter. M an y and m an y a d o lla r o f m y h o n est e a rn in g s, th a n k G o d , h as fo u n d its w ay in to th e h a n d s o f th e p oor, u n fo rtu n ate and su fferin g . O h , h o w I w ish th at m ore h ad g o n e th e sam e w ay, a n d w ere it n o t fo r th e c u rse d a p p e tite I h ad fo r th e th ree w o rst e v ils th at ever d eb a sed and ru in ed h um an b e in g s — to ­b acco , ru m and g a m b lin g — h o w m uch g o o d 1 co u ld h ave d on e, and how* m uch h a p p ie r I w o u ld b e to-dny. B u t no, m y m o n ey w as lo s t on fo o lish g a m e s o r w as p aid o u t fo r th e cu rsed p o iso n th at s to le from m e m y h ealth , m y h ap p in ess an d d eg rad ed m e below th e b ru te , and to -d ay y o u see iu m e th e sad e ffects o f a ru in td life a life a lm o st e n tire ly w asted .M an y years a g o y o u saw m e a s I w as reco v erin g from th e sad e ffe cts o f a d ru n k en carousal. Y o u cam e to m e and to o k m e b y th e h an d and lo o k e d in to m y e y e s so k in d ly and w ith 6uch a sad exp ressio n on y o u r fa te . W ell d o I re­m em ber w h at you sa id to m e a fte r th e lap se o f m an y years: ‘ M y poor, d ear frien d , h ow sorry I feel fo r y o u in y o u r sad and d ep lorab le con d ition ; h o w sad it m ak es m e feel to se c su ch a n o b le life as yo n rs w asted , to s e c a ll th e g o o d , th e pu re, th e in te llectu al in y o u r n atu re sw allow ed u p b y th e ra g in g a p p etite fo r th e v ile st and m o s t 'd is g u s t in g p o iso n s th e w o rld e v e r s a w - th e d em on alcoho l and its tw in p artn er, th at lo ath eso m c fou l, n asty narcotic, tobacco. Y o u a re a m an o f g o o d m en tal a b ility w hen sober, y o u are cap ab le o f m o v in g a m o n g and w ith in th e so c ie ty o f m en and w om en o f c u ltu re and refinem ent. I f y o u d o not ch an g e y o u r m ode o f life and abandon th e e v ils th at arc lea d in g yo u d ow n lo w ­er and lo w e r in to th e cessp o o ls o f v ice and d egradation, abandon th e com p an y o f th e gam b ler, th e d ru n k a rd , th e so t­tish in th e ir revels and d ru u k en o rg ies , th e p o o r h ou se w ill becom e y o u r h om e, and yo u w ill d ie un lam cn tcd an d fill a pauper’s grave.

“ •W ere you a prophet? M y answ er was: I p ay fo r m y poison and i t c o s t you n o th in g ; you lo o k o ffer y o u r bad h ab its and I w ill a tten d to m ine. I k n o w when to d rin k an d w hen to soticr, I am n o t th e 1 fool y o u tak e u ic to b e, i t c o sts you n o th in g , so atten d to y o u r b u sin ess. Oh! h o w 1 w ish I had m inded w h at y o u said to m e th en , so fran k ly and so k in d ly . H ow 1 w ish 1 had lived a clean, m anly, so ­b e r and in tellectu al life . B u t l d id n o t— 1 ' am a w reck on th e greut ocean o f hum an life — 1 am n earin g th e o th er sh o re, w here a ll is darkn ess, 1 h ave n o o il in m y lam p to gu id e in c on m y lo n e ly w ay. I exp ect to soon 1 ave w ritten on m y to m b stone in th e p o tter’s field, th e w ords, lie lived a uM-li hs niul ruined life , h e died a pau­p er and lie s in a pauper's grave; liis e n e­m ies w ere ruin, tobacco and gam b lin g, and th e y k ille d h im . M y g o o d friend,

■ d o a ll yo u can for poor, d eg rad ed h u ­m an ity , and i f you can o n ly save one p o o r w reck su ch as 1 am from tobacco, rum , gam b lin g nml o b scen ity and th eir attendant evils you w ill not have lived in

vain , fo r th ere is s u r e ly g r e a t j o y in h eaven o v e r o n e p o o r v ic tim th a t h as re fo rm ed and ca st o f f h is v ic e s a n d re so lv e d to be a in an .’ "

T o -n ig h t, iu co n tra st, w e th in k o f a n ­o th e r m an w e k n o w . H e h as a w ife and tw o ch ild ren ; lie is n o t a r ic h m an , o n ly a w o rk e r, b u t h e is k in d a u d fu ll o f h ap ­p y th o u g h ts; h e is lo v ed a n d resp ected a lm o st adored b y h is h o m e o n e s , lie la u g h s w ith th em , ro m p s w ith th em , and h e lp s th e lit t le o n e s to m ak e n ic e to ys; h e s|>ends h is e v e n in g s a t h o m e w ith th e lo v ed o n es w h en lie is n o t aw a y at h is em p lo y m en t; lie w e a rs clea n c lo th e s w h en n o t a t lab or; h e p u ts h is d ir ty a p ro n and ja c k e t a w a y in th e c a r and ta k e s p a in s to g o h o m e w ith clea n h an d s an d face and w ith a g la d lo o k ; h e rends to h is l it i le o n es, h e te lls th em sim p le s to rie s t ill th e lit t le o n e th in k th a t iu a ll th e w id e w o rld th e re is n o t a n o th e r m an s o g o o d , so k in d a n d lo v in g a n d so futl o f k n o w le d g e ns is th e ir fn tlicr. H is h o m e is v e r y b e a u tifu l an d h arm o n io u s, l i e sta rted r ig h t y e a r s a g o . H e n e ve r sp e n d s a n ig h t o r d ay in d iss ip a tio n , h e n e v e r sm o k e s o ld , n a s ty p ip e s o r p o iso n s h is w ife aud c h ild re n w ith th e ir d is g u s t­iu g fu m es; lie i s w a lk in g a s s tr a ig h t to e v e r la s t in g h a p p in es s a s e v e r b u lle t flew to th e c e n te r o f a ta rg e t. W h e n th is m nn d ies te ars w ill b e s h e d o v e r h is co ffin a n d h is g r a v e w il l b e w reath ed w ith flo w ers, w h ile h is s p ir it w ill b e m et a u d w elco m ed to th e S u m m e r L a n d b y th e b e au tifu l a n g e ls .

R ut o il, w h at c a u w e s a y o f th e p o o r o ld pauper? W h a t c a n w e sny o f th e o n e, th a t l ik e th e s lo th fu l se rv a n t, h a s b u rie d h is ta len ts b en eu th th e m u d an d m ire o f d eb a u c h and b e a s tly iu to x ic a tio n ? S o o n h e w il l g o o u t on th e w a v e s, o u t o v e r b it te r a u d tro u b le d w a te rs , h e w ill g o o u t in search o f th e s h o re w h e r e n o la m p o f lo v e w ill b e b e a m in g fo r h in t. T h e an ­g e ls w ill k n o w h im b y h is h a g g a rd lo o k as o n e th a t h a s s p e n t h is e a r th ly l i fe in d issip a tio n . H e w ill g o g r o p in g h is w ay th r o u g h th e th ic k d a rk n e s s s u r r o u n d in g h im .

C a n o u r re a d e rs se e a n d 'p r o fit b y th e g re u t co n trast? M ay th e b le sse d a n g e ls th a t lo v e h u m a n ity s e e k o u t th is p o o r o ld p a u p er in h is d a r k a n d lo n e ly road an d lead h im u p to h ig h e r th o u g h ts aud a im s th an th o s e s u r r o u u d in g th e sa lo o n , th e b ro th e l, th e d en s o f p ro stitu tio n , th e h e ll o f th e g a m b le r , le a d h im u p to th e p la n e o f p u r ity , h o n e s ty a n d .tru e n o b ili- ' ty o f so u l, an d m a y a ll o u r ren d ers b e im p re sse d b y th o se g o o d a n g e ls to sh im d iss ip a tio n an d it s a tte n d a n t e v ils , w h eth e r th e d is s ip a tio n b e th a t o f to b ac­co , ru m , g a m b lin g , th e r u in in g o f v ir tu e and th e m a k in g o f h o m e s sa d a n d d es o ­la te , as w e ll as th e f i l l in g o f m ad h o u se s and p r is o n s — th a t th e ir e n d o n e a rth m ay -not b e th a t o f th e p o o r o ld p au p er, b u t ra th e r th a t th e y m a y s te p o u t in to th e lig h t a n d b e w e lco m ed b y th e b e a u ti­fu l, th e k in d a n d lo v in g , w h en co m e s to th em a ll, a s ’ i t s u r e ly w ill , th e fin a l e a rth ­ly S a tu rd a y N ig h t .

T H E P E R S E C U T IO N O F S P IR IT ­U A L IS M .

To the Hilitor o f The Better Way.

I t is a m o r t ify in g c ircu m sta n ce to th o s e w h o re g a rd S p ir itu a lism a s th e re d e e m in g p o w e r o f th e a g e th a t a m o n g th e h u n d re d s o f th o u s a n d s o f S p ir itu a l-

| is ts th e re s h o u ld b e s o l i t t le g e n e ro s ity | a s is in d ic a te d b y th e sta te m e n t o f M r.

M o u lto n th a t n o t h a l f th e n e ce ssa ry fu n d s to d e fe u d o u r r ig h ts in c o u rt h a v e b een ra ised .

I f w e a lth y S p ir itu a lis ts a re w i l l in g to a llo w th e case o f R e id to stan d as a final a d ju d ic a tio n th a t a n y m ed iu m p r o fe s s in g to h o ld c o m m u n icatio n w ith s p ir its is a se lf-e v id e n t frau d , und w o rth y o f a y e a r ’s im p riso n m e n t— a frau d so g la r in g th at n o n e b u t fo o ls o r d u p e s w o u ld d e n y it, and th erefo re n o t e n title d to o ffer a n y e vid en ce to p ro ve th a t -it w as h o n e s t o r th at i t w as su cce ssfu l, I w o u ld v en tu re to s u g g e s t th a t th o se w h o w o u ld n o t sp are a d o lla r to d efe n d th e ir d ea re st r ig h ts d o n o t d eserve to b e p ro tected .

T h is is n o t a m a tte r a t a ll p erso n a l to R eid . H is ch ara cter o r c o n d u c t lias n o th in g to d o w ith it. A s th e e d ito r o f th e A re n a rem ark s, “ N o p r o o f w as even o ffered to sh o w th at R e id e v e r fa iled to p r o p e rly an sw e r e v e ry le t te r o r re fu n d th e m o n e y ." H e w as co n d em n ed o n th e o p in io n o f J u d g e J a ck so n , “ I t is pritna- fncic fraud an d re q u ire s n o p r o o f." T h e Ju d g e d escrib ed th e s p ir itu a l p h en o m en a as tr ic k s o f m o u n te b an k s an d ju g g le r s , w h ich h e w o u ld n o t b e lie ve in i f sw orn to o n a p ile o f B ib le s , a n d u p o n th a t b ru ta l o p in io u con firm ed th e sen tence w ith o u t th e le a st reg a rd to a rg u m e n t or evid en ce.

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I so n c la im s to d o a n y th in g w h ich in th e op in io n o f th e co u rt is im p o ssib le or su p ern atural, p r o o f th at th e d efen d a n t m ade su ch cla im sh a ll be p rim a-facic evid en ce o f fraud. T h e p ro secu tio n need not p ro ve th at h e can n o t o r d o cs n o t d o as lie cla im s. T h e ru le o f p resum p tion reversed in su ch cases, and th e burden o f p ro o f u pon th e d efend ant. 2. T h e q u es­tion w h eth er w lia t d efen d an t c la im s to d o is im p o ssib le o r su p ern atu ral w ill n o t be su b m itted to th e ju r y ns a q u es­tion o f fuct, b u t w ill be d eterm in ed b y th e co u rt a p r io ri, and w ith o u t a hearin g. ’ T h e co u rt w ill n o t s tu lt ify it s e lf b y ta k ­in g testim o n y th ereo n.’ "

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a ssu m p tio n th a t S p ir itu a lis m , b ecau se fu d g e s S e v e ra n c e an d J a c k s o n a re to o ig n o ra n t o f its p h e n o m e n a to k n o w th e tru th , m u s t b e tre a te d a s a p r o v e n fraud a n d a ll w h o re c e iv e c o m p e n sa tio n fo r s p ir itu a l s e rv ic e s s h o u ld b e p u n ish e d b y im p riso n m e n t. I f th e S p ir itu a lis ts o f th is c o u n try h av e s o lit t le e n e r g y o r self- re sp e c t as to a llo w s u c h a d ec is io n to s ta n d u n q u e stio n e d a fte r b e iu g reached in no la w le ss n m an n er, in a tr ia l iu w h ic h la w nud ju s t ic e w ere tra m p led up- o n b y d o m in e e r in g ju d g e s , w h o se d c c is io n s w o u ld n o t s ta n d a m o m en t b efo re a n y h o n o ra b le trib u iia t o f ap p eal,-th ey d e s e rv e to lo se a l ib e r ty th e y a rc n o t w illin g to d efen d .

I t is p it ia b le to flm l a n y ig n o ra n t o r ill- in fo r m e d S p ir itu a lis ts e n d e a v o r in g to d e lu d e th e p u b lic in to p a t ie n t su b m is­sio n to th is o u tra g e b e cau se th e y th em ­se lv e s d o n o t k n o w e n o u g h o f th e case to s ta te it c o rr e c tly , as i t b u s b een fu lly s ta te d b y th e c o m m itte e o f S p ir itu a lis ts w h o h av e en d e a vo red in v a in th u s far to s e c u re ju s t ic e , a n d n o w a rc s e e k in g it by a u ap p eal to a m o re h o n o ra b le Inbn n al. N o lib e ra l th in k e r w h o lia s s c e u th e fu ll an d fa ir e x p o s it io n o f th is cuse iu th e J u ly n u m b e r o f th a t e n lig h te n e d and a b le m a g a z in e o f B o sto u , th e A rena, c o u ld fa il to r e a liz e th a t i t is o n e o f th o se ca se s iu w h ic h a fr e e m an , w h e th e r l ie be­lie v e s o r n o t iu s p ir itu a l sc ie n c e , sh o u ld b e on th e a le r t to r e s is t th e a la r m in g en ­cro a c h m e n ts o n lib e r ty b y ju d ic ia l u su r­p a tio n — tlic u su rp a tio n i t s e l f b e in g a p er­v ersio n o f a la w w h ic h is u o t i t s e l f re a lly c o n s titu tio n a l.

T h e w h o le en se is a d is g r a c e >to ju r is ­p r u d e n c e , fro m its b e g in n in g to it s en d. I t is u o t a u a tta c k u p o n a n in d iv id u a l fo r frau d , b u t nil a tta c k u p o n th e r ig h t o f a n y

m ed iu m to u se t h e U n ite d S ta te s m a ils in c o n d u c t in g a u y s p ir itu a l b u sin e s s . I t w as p ro m p te d an d in s t ig a te d b y a b ig o tte d p o s tm a s te r-g e n e ra l. I t w a s c a rr ie d on b y a u in d ic tm e n t a g a iu s t R e id fo r frau d in fr a u d u le n tly p r e te n d in g to g e t s p ir it­

u a l c o m m u n ic a tio n s . T h e la u g u a g e o f th e in d ic tm e n t a ccu s ed h im o f th e fraud th a t h e “ d id th en a n d th e r e k n o w in g ly an d w r o n g fu lly p r o p o s e t o s e c u r e co m ­m u n ic a tio n s fro m s p ir it la u d ." T h i s w as th e o ffe n s e c h a rg e d , a n d h e w a s u o t a l­lo w e d t o p r o v e iu a n y w a y th a t n o frau d o c c u rre d — th e c o m m u n ic a tio n s b e iu g a c t- . u a lly re c e iv e d a n d r e c o g n iz e d . H e w as th u s c o n d e m n e d a n d p u n is h e d fo r a c tin g a s a m e d iu m a n d u s in g th e m a ils to an­n o u n c e h is b u s in e s s , a n d th e a tte m p t o f J u d g e S e v e ra n c e t o d is g u is e th is fa c t is b u t u s in g h y p o c r ic y t o co n c e a l a crim e. T h e p r o s e c u t in g a tto r n e y d isre g a rd e d th e r e s tr a in ts o f la w a n d in d u lg e d in s c u r r i lo u s a b u se , d r a g g in g iu m a tte rs n ot iu e v id e n c e , a n d th e j u r y w a s m is le d b y th e c o u rt. it •

In a th o r o u g h ly e n lig h te n e d c o u n try s u c h j u d g e s co u ld u o t e sc a p e im p e a ch ­m en t, an d i f th e c a s e is c a rr ie d u p to a h ig h e r c o u r t t h e ir d is r e g a r d a n d v io la ­tio n o f la w w il l b e m ad e e v id e n t. T h e S p ir itu a lis ts w h o h a v e p u t u p fo r ju s t ic e a s k th e co -o p e ra tio n o f th e fr ien d s o f lib e r ty to m eet th e h e a v y c o s ts o f an a p ­p ea l, fo r ju s t ic e is au e x p e n s iv e lu x u r y , w 'liich th e p o o r nud u n p o p u la r c a n n o t co m m a n d . I tr u s t th a t M r. M o u lto n w ill re c e iv e a s a tis fa c to ry re sp o u s e to h is ap p eal; h e lia s b een a g e n e r o u s d efe n d e r o f t l ic r ig h t , an d h is s e rv ic e s w ill u o t be fo rg o tten .

I t is u tte r ly v a iu t o h o p e fo r a n y c le m e n c y o r ju s t ic e fro m t lic b ig o ts at W a s h in g to n . T h e y w ill h e e d n o ap p eal. I f e v e r y m ed iu m iu th e lan d w e re im ­p riso n e d to -d a y b y th e sam e p ro ces s th at w a s e m p lo y e d a g a in s t R e id , i t w o u ld be q u ite a g re e a b le to th e ir o rth o d o x b i­g o tr y . T h e le tte rs , p e t it io n s a u d a p ­p e a ls to th e o ffic ia ls a t W a s h in g to n h av e k ee n tre a te d w ith c o n te m p t. In stead o f a c tin g u p o n th em th e y w e re re ferred , as sta te d , to th e d e p a r tm e n t o f ju s t ic e ,

i w h ic h I s u p p o se m ean s t lic a tto rn e y w h o d ec id e d th a t T o ls to i 's n o v e l sh o u ld b e e x c lu d e d from t lic m a ils , a n d th e d e ­p a rtm e n t o f ju s t ie c re fe rre d th e m atter b ack to th e s c u rr ilo u s p r o s e c u tin g a t­to rn e y a t G ra n d R a p id s , w h o w as th e m o st a c tiv e an d m n lic io u s a g e n t in th is o u tra g e . T h a t w as th e e n d o f it . I f a c i t y ju d g e b e fo re w h o m a p o licem an w as a rra ig n ed fo r b r e a k in g th e s k u ll o f so m e w o rth y an d pencnblc c it iz e n s h o u ld d is ­m iss th e m u tter b y re fe r r in g t lic case b ack to t lic p o lice m a n fo r h is d ec isio n u p o n it s m erits , h e w o u ld b e fo llo w in g th e p r e c e d e n t s e t a t W a s h in g to n . I t is q u ite ce rta in , h o w ev e r, th at th is a d m in ­is tra tio n w ill n o t h a v e an o p p o rtu n ity o f re p e n tin g its o ffen se, fo r i f its h ead sh o u ld b y a n y s tra n g e a cc id e n t b e n o m ­in ated iignin, e v e ry e n lig h te n e d sp iritu a l v o te w o u ld be ca st a g a in st h im .

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In sp ira tio n al s p e a k in g o f th o u g h ts , as w ell ns in sp ira tio n a l w r it in g o f th e sam e, is u o t o n ly h u m an , b u t o f th e n atu ral, d iv in e , sp ir itu a l la w s o f life . I t is s p ir it­u a lly n n atu ra l o u tflo w o f th e c o n stan tly g ro w in g fa cu lties o f th e race. T h e v ery creatio n o f th e w o rld , ns w ell a s e v e ry ­th in g th a t is a fractio n th ereo f. T h e b ird s o f t l ic a ir, t l ic fish o f th e sea , th e w orm , w h o se n atu re i t is to b o re d eep dow n in to th e d a rk d ep th s o f th e earth , is an in sp iratio n . A ll auiu in l and a ll veg etab le life is in sp ired . T h e in sp ira­tion al so u l o f th e p o et se cs th e h arm on v o f a so u l m ate in e ve ry b u d and flovrer. L ife lias a n atu ra l en d o w m en t o f th e sp iritu al o r nit in sp iratio n a l p a rt o f an

in fin ite b e in g w e c o ll G o d . I t ia th is s p ir itu a l in s p ir a tio n , w h ic h i s n a tu ra l, th a t w ill c a u se th e t in y s e e d p la c e d in th e e a r th u n d e r th e w arm ra ya o f th e a u n , a u d th e d e w a o f th e n ig h t , to b r in g fo r th a p la n t, th a t w ith th e s e c o n d it io n s w ill, g r o w an d e x p a n d . u n fo ld , ‘u n ti li t b e co m e s a b e a u tifu l flo w e r, A il in g a ll th e a tm o s p h e re w ith its s w e e t p e rfu m e , a n d th e d e lic a te , t in te d le a v e s , is a n o th e r s p ir itu a l in s p ir a tio n , a c o m b in a tio n o f c o lo r s , to te a c h th e e y e s th e b e a u ty nud gracefulncH H o f n a tu re — G o d .

T l ic c r e a tio n o f m an is b u t a n o th e r im p e rfe c t a d d it io n a l p a r t to th e w o rld , w h ic h is a p e r fe c t w h o le . T h e n m nn b y v ir tu e o f h is s p ir itu a l o r n a tu ra l e n d o w ­m en t, w as in te n d e d b y nu a ll-w iB c P r o v ­id e n c e to ru le ntl th e e le m e n ts o f n atu re . A n d d a ily in th e s c ie n tific w o r ld w e h a v e n d e m o n s tra tio n o f th a t fa c t. H e n c e th e v e r y rest iv e u e ss , th e o b s t in a te u n w i l l in g ­n e ss, u n se ttle d , d is s a tis fie d lo n g in g fo r a s o m e th in g w h ic h every* m an fe e ls , n o m a tte r w h a t h is c o n d it io n s in l i f e m a y he. B u t is i t u o t w e ll th a t th is is so , fo r i f w e d id n o t p o s s e s s th a t o b s t in a te , d is ­s a tis fie d lo n g in g , th a t r e s t iv e u e s s an d d e s ir e to e x c e l , a u d to re a ch th e h ig h e s t p in n a c le o f re n o w n , a u d t o g a in th a t s o m e th in g w h ic h is l ik e th e w ill-o '-th e - w isp s , e v e r b e fo re o u r e y e s , a n d y e t u n o b ­ta in a b le , p r o g r e s s io n w o u ld s to p , a n d a r e v o lu tio n o f th e w o rld w o u ld ta k e p la ce , ''or m en w o r th y o f th e n a m e a re c o n ­

s ta n t ly s t r iv in g t o b e lt e r t h e ir c o n d i­t io n s iu life . T h o s e u u tu to r e d a n d h a l f c iv iliz e d b e in g s w h o a r c c o n te n t t o e x is t fr o m d a y to d a y w ith o u t a th o u g h t o r c a re fo r th e fu tu r e a re n o t in c lu d e d , n e ith e r a rc th e w e ll-d r e s s e d lo a fe rs w h o s e p a r e n ts huve b e c o m e p o s s e s s e d o f s u ffic ie n t m e a n s to e n a b le th e m to l iv e in id le n e s s , a n d w h o h a v e n o t a c a re oth er, th a n d re s s . T h e y s tu d y t h e fa s h ­io n p la te s m o r e th a n e th ic a l, w h ic h m a r k s th e t r u e g e n t le m a n . B u t th e

o rk e r? T h e r e is a d is c ip lin e o f t h e in ­te lle c t (sp ir itu a l) a n d e m o t io n s w h ic h c o n ie s to o n e b y u s in g th e h a n d s in n u v k in d o f h o n e s t la b o r. I t is w r o u g h t in to th e fib e r o f t l ic c h a ra c te r , a n d b e c o m e s a p a rt o f m a n h o o d , a n d th o s e w h o h a v e it a rc th e n o b ility o f t h is e a r th . T h i s i s a s p ir itu a l o r n a tu ra l in s p ir e d e d u c a tio n , a n d n o o n e lia s a r ig h t t o c a l l i t b y a n y o t h e r n am e . T h e in flu e n c e u p o n th e c h a r a c te r o f lu b o r in g -w ith th e h a n d s is s o g r e a t th a t i t d ig n if ie s a m an in h is o w n ju d g m e n t. H e lia s m o re r e s p e c t fo r h im s e lf a u d b e lie v e s m o re in h i9 o w n m a n h o o d . l i e s e e s th e f r u it o f h is lab o r. B e h o ld s th a t h e i s m a k in g an h o n e s t e ffo r t to earn b re a d fo r h im s e lf a n d th o s e

h o a r e d e p e n d e n t u p o n h im . H e h a s h is fa m ily to p r o v id e fo r , a n d l i is h e a r t

fu l l o f h o p e a n d a m b itio n . S u c h a m an is t r u ly th e n o b le s t w o r k o f G o d . H e is a m a n in th e d e e p e s t, t r u e s t an d n o b le s t s e n se . H e is n o t m e r e ly a m ale b e in g , b u t a ty p e o f t h e h ig h e s t s p ir it- in s p ir e d d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e h u m a n race . H e s e e k s t o b ro a d e n h is o w n s p h e r e o f u s e fu ln e s s , a n d h e in s p ir e s a n d e n c o u r ­a g e s o th e r s b y l i is e x a m p le t o d o lik e -

is c . In th e b re a s t o f s u c h a m an is im ­p la n te d d e e p ly in s p ir a t io n a l th o u g h ts o f

s p ir itu a l g o a l to b e re a ch e d o r to b e o n . G e n e r a lly b o th , b u t c e r ta in ly o n e. T h e y o u th , a s h e b e g in s h is c a re e r ,

lo o k s fo rw a rd u o t m o re h a p p ily t o o c c u ­p y in g a re s p o n s ib le p o s itio n a u d u s e fu l m em b e r o f s o c ie ty th a n d o e s th e s u c c e s s ­fu l m a n u fa c tu re r to w a r d s a d d in g m o re w e a lth to h is a lre a d y la r g e fo r tu u e . N o a m b itio u s m an is o r s h o u ld b e q u ite s a t­is fied w ith h is lo t. N o m nn w a s e v e r so r ic h in k n o w le d g e o r c a sh th a t h e d id n o t w a n t m ore.

T h is , th e n , is th e tr u e s e c r e t o f p r o ­g re ss ; i t is an in s p ir e d la w th a t g o v ­e rn s a u d s u rro u n d s u s l ik e th e g e n e ra l a ir , a u d in o u r s a d d e s t m o m e n ts is o ff im e s m o st fe lt w h e n th e s e n s e s le a st d is c o v e r it . I t is th e fu n d a m en ta l p a rt o f o u rse lv e s , i t is t l ic s p ir itu a l, a n d it b e lo n g s to o u r g e n e ra l m ak eu p . I t is in th e v e r y a ir th a t w e b re a th e , i t len ds and g u id e s u s e v e ry w h e re , i t l i f t s u s fro m th e lo w e s t p it o f d e s p a ir w h en o u r s p ir it is u tte r ly cru sh e d . A n d w ith n ew a n d in ­s p ire d c o u ra g e , a h o p e th a t is b o r n o f su cce ss. I t le a d s u s o n a u d o n , a u d a w a y o u t in to th e w o rld , w h e re w e se e k fo r g re a tn e s s , b u t o ff im e s fin d fo r g e t fu l­n ess. P r o g re s s i s th e tw in b r o th e r o f su cce ss th a t lends to h o n o r a n d fam e. It c lin g s to u s from t lic c ra d le to th e g ra v e , l ik e th e in fa n t to its m o th e r 's b reast. A n d th en a t th e g r a v e i t b e g in s a n ew , b o rn , as it w ere , in to a n e w l i fe Hint h a s n o en d . D a rk h o u rs a u d b lu e d a y s a rc e n co u n tered , w h en fe a r an d c a re in va d e th e b ra in a n d h eart. 'T in th e n th a t t lic c o u ra g e o f th e tru e m an a s se rts its e lf, nud w ith a ju s t d ete rm in a tio n th a t is w o rth y o f th e ca u se , and to th e illu s io n o f o u r sen ses, lie w ill g i ld d efeat w ith triu m p h .

In th is , th e a lm o st aoth c e n tu r y , y o u w ill fin d th ere is n o t so g r e a t a d iffe re n ce b e tw e e n th e m em b ers o f th e le a rn ed p r o ­fe ssio n s and th e co m m o n p eo p le , ns th e u n ed u cated m an lias an o p p o r tu n ity in li is o w n o r ig in a l w ay to th in k fo r h im ­se lf, e ven i f h e is n o t p o lis h e d an d to n e d d ow n b y in te rco u rse w ith c u lt iv a te d so . c ie ty . l i e h as a d e s ire in h is o w n b ra in to h arm o n ize th e k n o w le d g e th a t h e h as H e re a lizes th a t th e o ld cre e d s , th e d o g m as an d s u p e rstitio n is a th in g b e lo n g ­in g to th e d a rk a g e o f th e p a st, an d Hint th e ca u se o f in te lle ctu a l p r o g re s s can n o lo u g c r b e d e la y e d b y su ch co n d itio n s, fo r th e in te llig e n c e o f th e w o rld i s far b e tte r d is tr ib u te d to -d ay th an e v e r b e ­fore. A ll d isc o v e r ie s b eco m e a lm o st im ­m ed ia te ly , th ro u g h th e m ed iu m o f o u r

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th e d o u b le p a r lo r s , a s t h e fr o n t d o o r o p e n e d in to th e r o o m s fr o m th e s tre e t .

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h o ld th e p o r tie r e c u r ta in s s tr e tc h e d o v e r it; th e s e c u r ta in s a re s e c u r e ly ta c k e d to th e fr a m e o n th e s id e s , re a r , to p a n d b o tto m s o th a t n o m o rta l c a n g e t in u n ­

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e m e rg e . T h e c o m p a n y c o n s is te d o f e ig h te e n la d ie s a n d g e n t le m e n — re fin e d a n d c u ltu r e d p e o p le , e v e r y o n e — a n d a ll b e in g se a te d in c h a ir s p la c e d s o t h a t e a ch c o u ld d is t in c t ly s e e e v e r y t h in g in b o th ro o m s. I sh o u ld fu r th e r sa y , th e c a b in e t w a s p la c e d in th e c e n te r o f th e b a c k ro o m . T h e d o o r s le a d in g in to th e ro o m s w e re a ll lo c k e d , o n e o f th e c o m p a n y b o ld ­

i n g th e k e y s .

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se a t a n d s ta te d th a t s h e w o u ld u o t p r o m ­is e a n y th in g , b u t th a t w'e m u s t a ll r e s t a s p a ss iv e a s w e p o s s ib ly c o u ld a n d a w a it re su lts . S h e th e u tu r n e d d o w n th e l ig h t s ,

n o t s o lo w b u t th a t a n y o n e c o u ld e a s i ly b e d is t in g u is h e d in a n y p a r t o f th e ro o m s. T h e m ed iu m w o u n d u p th e m u s ic b o x a n d sta rte d i t to p la y in g fa m ilia r a irs . S h e w a lk e d t o a n d fr o in fr o n t o f th e c a b in e t In a fe w m o m e n ts th e c u r ta in p a rte d in th e c e n te r a n d a fe m a le s p ir it s te p p e d fo r th , a n d b e c k o n in g th e m e ­d iu m to h e r, a s k e d fo r th e p e r s o n s h e w an ted . T h e m e d iu m c a m e in t o th e fr o n t ro o m , a s k e d fo r t h e p e r s o n th e

s p ir it w an te d , a n d th e p e rs o n re s p o n d ­in g to th e co ll th e m ed iu m to o k th e c h a ir m ad e vacan t. T h e la d y w h o w a s c a lle d h e s ita te d , th r o u g h fear n o d o u b t, b u t fin a lly a p p ro a ch ed th e s p ir it w h o c a m e o u t o f th e c a b in e t to m e e t th e v is ito r . T h e m e e t in g b e tw e e n th e tw o r e s u lte d in a v e r y c o rd ia l a n d a ffe c t in g o n e , and a s th e la d y re tu rn e d to h e r s e a t s h e w as p e r c e p tib ly a ffe cte d , ju d g i n g fr o m th e c o p io u s te a rs sh e d fro m h e r e y e s . T h e s p ir it s h e m et w as th a t o f h e r d a u g h te r . T h is s p ir it n o s o o n e r d isa p p e a r e d th an a m an s p ir it c a m e fo r th , w a lk in g o u t a t le a s t s ix fe e t fro m th e c a b in e t, m a k in g a v e r y s t r o n g e f fo r t to re a ch t h e fr o n t

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d isap p e ared , b u t so o n a p p e a re d again * s e e m in g d e te rm in e d t o re a c h th e fr o n t ro o m . T h e m e d iu m t o o k h im b y th e h an d a n d g o t h im a s fa r a s th e th r e s h o ld o f th e fo ld in g d o o rw a y , b u t h e s h o o k h is h ead a n d l ik e a fla sh , d isa p p e a red .

A lm o s t in s ta n t ly a fe m a le s p i r i t a p ­p e a re d d r e s s e d in f lo w in g w h ite ro b e s w ith an e x c e e d in g ly r ic h la c e v e i l p e n d ­in g fr o m h e r h e a d — r e a c h in g t o t h e flo o r — t r a il in g a t le a s t a y a r d . S h e se e m e d t o h a v e a v e r y a n x io u s lo o k o n h e r face , w h ic h w a s r a th e r p r e tty . H e r a n x ie ty se e m e d t o b e t o re a c h th e fr o n t ro o m , b u t fa ile d in h e r fir s t a tte m p t, a s th e

' m o le s p ir it d id . S h e s e e m in g ly re tire d to th e c a b in e t to g a in s tr e n g th , a n d a g a in s a llie d fo r th . T h e m e d iu m w e n t to h e r a ss is ta n c e . T a k in g h e r b y th e h a n d , th e tw o a d v a n c e d t o th e th r e s h o ld o f th e fo ld in g d o o r s . T h e y s to o d th e r e fo r s e v e r a l s e c o n d s , w h e n s h e s u d d e n ly v a n ­

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s te p p e d o u t f r o m . t h e c a b in e t a n d m e t u s , a n d e x t e n d in g h is b a u d s t o o k u s b o th b y t h e h a n d s a t th e s a m e in s ta n t. W e r e c o g n iz e d h im a t o n c e — in fa ce , as

so o n a s w e s a w h im . H is h a n d s w e r e v e r y c o ld , w it h n o w a r m th a t a ll. H e g r e e te d u s in th e k iu d e s t m a n n e r a n d c o r d ia lly s h o o k o u r h a n d s . H is fa c e w a s r a th e r m o re p a le th a u w h e n I la s t s a w h im , a n d a s I p u r p o s e ly p la c e d m y fa c e

c lo s e t o h is m o u th w h e n h e s p o k e , I c o u ld u o t p e r c e iv e a n y m a te r ia l b re a th .

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th is m a n n e r , a n d in t h is w a y , A p p a r ito r ,

c o n fir m a ll th a t y o u h a v e l is t e n e d t o

fr o m m e h e r e to fo r e , a u d ' c o n v in c e y o u s t i l l s t r o n g e r in t h e t r u th o f im m o r ta lity .I am a b le , b e in g a c o u t r o l in g s p ir it , t o h o ld m y s e l f in t h is fo r m a n d c o n d it io n

lo n g e r th a n o t h e r s p ir i t s , b u t I c a n n o t

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t h is e v e n in g a n d w i l l a p p e a r t o y o u i f

t h e y c a n g e t t h e s t r e n g t h . T h e y a re s ta n d in g a t y o u r s id e n o w , b u t I m u s t g o

n o w , g o o d b y e , G o d b le s s }#o u !" Q u ic k e r

th a n t h o u g h t “ W ilb u r T h o m p s o n " v a n ­is h e d , n o t in t o t h e c a b in e t , b u t in th e

a ir , b e fo re o u r e y e s , s o q u ic k , w e w e r e g r e a t ly s ta r t le d , a s h is h a n d s m e lte d iu - s ta n t ly in o u r g r a s p .

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c a re -w o rn e x p r e s s io n a s i s la b o r in g u u -

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c it y , w h o la b o r e d h a r d to c o n v in c e m e o f th e im m o r ta lity o f th e s o u l. G o o d ­b y e ." H e s a n k o u t • f s ig h t a s h e h a d

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sa w w a s tr u e a n d g e n u in e m a te r ia liz a ­t io n , a n d t h e p a r t ie s p r e s e n t c a n v o u c h fo r w h a t I h a v e sa id .

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m onious o r a discordant effect, and by w atching th is c losely h e learns o f her laws, o r forces— man and nature bein g one.

Self-know ledge led Socrates to a h igh c r com prehension o f nature and through th is means discovered h is ow n duality o r spiritual counterpart. W hen we are convinced o f the existen ce o f o u r own soul as an independent en tity, w e do not need gh o stly phenom ena o r sp iritu al m anifestations to convince us o f a here­after. But as th e latter is an easier m ethod for people w ho care not to th in k for them selves, it is preferable. But there are also people w hom no kind o f phenom ena could convince, aud so the science o f self-study o r self-kn o w led ge is a salvator to them . It is a school that is open to all classes, a ll grades, and all ages o f people. It requires n eith er prep­aration nor exam ple. A sim p le desire to know is sufficient. N ature rep lies to our m ental queries i f we b u t g iv e nature a chance. W h eth er th is is a n y evidence in favor o f nature b c iu g G od o r in te lli­gent, w e don 't know . B u t such is the

BELIEF AND KNOWLEDGE.

H ugh O. Pentecost, editor o f Twen­tieth Century says in h is magazine:

I believe there is no personal G o fl..I believe there is no proof o f conscious,

personal human existence after death.I believe the Bible contains itiany words

o f w isdom and truth interm ingled with legends, m yths, and errors.

I believe that, apart from his superna­turalism , in h is general conduct and teaching, Jesus is the ideal man.

H is first b elie f m ay he well-founded, as no p ro o f ex ists as to a personal deity or any oth er deity. But when lie believes there is no p ro o f o f conscious, personal human existen ce after death, we know lie has n ot exercised liis present con­scious existence to investigate o r ex­am ine into the m any proofs that do ex­ist in favor o f im m ortality or a conscious personal ex isten ce after death so-called. Y e t he believes th e B ible to contain 'truth interm ingled w ith m yths. N ow , >vliich are the truths and w hich the m yths, since he believes Jesus to be the ideal m an A ccordin g to th e latter Jesus is no m yth I,ik e oth ers w h o com e from the church he believes o ld records before convincing

POT AND KETTLE.

W illiam Near, alias Bill N ye, says: “ M arriage, i f not carried to excess, is a

wise provision and a sacred obligation.” H ow does he know when he has never

tried it?— Boston Investigator.T h a t’s nothing. ■ T h ere arc plenty o f

other folks who ta lk as confidently o f th in gs they know nothing about as does this B ill Nye— notably the B. I. w hen it says Spiritualism is not true or that there can be no spirits— uo im m ortality.

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fact, nevertheless. A n d i f nature is in- I h im se lf o f the m any facts that ex ist all te llig en t, she becom es an a lm ig h ty and I around him ; and lik e m any w ho have om n iscient detective in crim e and w ron g | torn asunder th e sh ackles o f orthodoxy d oin g. W hat i f the ch u rch ta u g h t th is I h e go es to th e o th er extrem e— den yin g instead o f a narrow th eory o f a personal I not o n ly a go d , hut even th e im u)ortal deity? aud th e fo rg iven ess o f s in s th at I nature o f m an. w hen th e sp iritual science reason te lls us is an im possibility? I is every day p ro v in g the con trary. Re

A rational p h ilo so p h y o f th e h erea fter I m em ber G allileo. and self-kn o w led ge is a ll th a t is needed I C om e back Mr. P en tecost, and take a fo r m an's salvation, and th e so o n er th is I m edium road. T h e la tter w ill lead you

a I to a b e lie f— nay, to absolute know ledget o speculation and tem pts them lik e an-evil g e n iu s to risk m uch on th e hopes o f I is b egu n the so o n e r w e sh a ll reachh a v in g it a ll stra ig h te n ed o u t b y a little I state o r period o f tlie w o rld ’s h is to ry I o f a hereafter. A . R . W allace, naturalist; C, sham repen tan ce and professed fa ith I w h ere crim e has ceased to be. L e t h e ll V arley, electrician and F . R . S.; Mr. a fter th e bank accou n t is en larged be-1 rest; w e have en o u g h o f it here. L e t I C ro okes o f th e R o yal Society; W . F . B ar yo n d any m ore fear o f financial cm bar-1 naturalism be su b stitu ted in p la ce o f a ll rett, P rof, o f th e R o yal C o lleg e o f Science, rassm enL | th eory, w hether o f th e past o r presen t. I D ublin ; Prof. W eb er o f G ottin geii; C

] F lam m ariou, astronom er; G erald Massey,H e ll-p rea ch in g has even a w orse effectthan th is now -a-days on h alf-w ay en -I m w w w m . u w w v n . i j B ish op C larke , and scores o f o th ers,lia v elig h te n e d people, even i f un educated in I 1,1 a . PaPer ° n “ F o rm ative In flu en ces” I con d escen d ed to in v e stig a te into the a literary sense. F o r b e in g a d ire ct u n - I F re d eric H arrison te lls in th e-F o ru m o f I facts presen ted b y S p iritu alism a u d tes- trn tb , it w ill n ot ta k e root, and cau se s|.h is . train in g: “ T h a t, h ap p ily , | tified to th e tru th o f im m ortality; audp e o p le to reject b oth th eories— a ccep t-1 b oth a t sch ° o1 and at co lle g e , w e w ere I w h y sh o u ld n ’t you? I f l ife is w orth in g n eith er tlm t o f u fu tu re rew ard n or Ieft p retty free to learn w h a t w e pleased lH v in g at a ll, i t is w o rth k n o w in g i f it is •of p u n ish m en t, w h ich is equal to h a v in g I (®° tlia t we d id ie a lly learn), an d to c u l- im m ortal o r not; and a p ro p er investiga- n o b e lie f w h atever in a life hereafter. I tiv a tc o u r m in d s as th in k in g b e in g s an d I tion in to S p iritu alism w ill prove i t ab- F ro m th is c lass s p rin g th e crim in a ls, I no1 as t^ c h in e s . I so lu te ly— n ot b y th e o ry as m aterialismlaw -b reakers, rio ters, etc., su ch b e lie v in g I T h is w as a t O x fo rd in 1S50, an d stra n g e I tr ies to p ro v e th e b e g in n in g o f life , b u t by th a t death en d s a ll, and th a t life h ere I to s° y 11131 ll lls P ollcy *s b e in g u rg ed to -1 ta n g ib le u n d en ia b le facts. A m an o f sh o u ld be en joyed , e v e n . at th e ex p e n se I a f so m e th in g n ew and a m o st needed I y o u r ca lib re and w o rth o u g h t to be o f o th e rs ’ lives; fo r w h at is th ere to fear | p rin c ip le o f o u r sch o o l system . I b lessed w ith th is k n o w le d g e . “ S eek and

B u t h e co n tin u es and says: *il a lw ays th o u sh a lt find. K n o c k and it sh all be fe lt co m p lete in d ifferen ce to prize-w in- I op en ed u n to y o u . n in g in a ll its form s, an d I w as h ap p ye n o u g h n ot to b e p ressed in to th a t s i lly I B U R IE D A L IV E ,w a ste o f tim e b y p aren ts, tu to rs o r I T o be b u ried a liv e is su p p osed to be frien d s.” | an d th o u g h t o f as h orrib le. A b o u t tw en ty

in th e h erea fter w h ich is n a u g h t for them . A n d every t h ie f o r m u rd erer e x ­p e cts to escape d etectio n h ere to be able

‘ to en joy th e fru its o f h is crim e.E x a m p le in stills n o fear in them . It

rath er ten ds to create a m orbid ta ste for •crime, and to try a s im ila r feat, g o in g a b ou t it w ith a heroism a u d h op e th a t it can b e accom p lished m ore p e rfe c t ly and free from detection . I t seem s to h arb or a tem ptation fo r ch am p ion sh ip . A n d th e n th e ex p ectatio n o f e sc a p in g o n a te ch n ica lity o r th ro u g h a sym p ath etic ju r y , aud o f b e in g lio n ized , etc., e m b o ld ­en m a n y to ta k e th e ch an ces. W h a t then is le ft as a hope, o f sa lva tio n i f p u n ish ­m en t b y ex a m p le does not lesso n crim e o r d e te r o th ers from sp e c u la tin g o n th e c h a n c e s o f it as g o ld b ro k e rs d o in th e m o n e y m arkets!

A p ro m ise o f fo rg iv e n e ss o f s in s cer t a io ly d o es n o t d im in ish th e c rim in a l record . S c a r in g p e o p le w ith hell-fire 1m s lo s t its ch arm , o r its d esired effect th ro u g h gen era l e n lig h te n m e n t— m ore tra d itio n a ry - than self-earn ed; fo r th e •school b o y a lrea d y ex p re sse s a d is b e lie f in th e h e ll d o c lriu e , and h e c e rta in ly has n o t ga in ed it from b o o k s o r n ew sp a p ers. T h u s th e idea h a s th e sta rt o f a ‘g e n e ra tio n — so m e th in g w h ic h th e com in g o n e h as no m ore to u u lcarn , an d in

c o n se q u e n c e can ta k e u p a h ig h e r study;. n atu ra lism .

N atu ralism co m p rises se lf-s tu d y , self- k n o w le d g e , ratio n a lism , hum an n ature an d th e cau ses o r m o tiv e s p e rta in in g to o u r in d iv id u a l acts and em o tio n s. S tu d y in g th e se w e arc s tu d y in g n atu re d ire ct — n o t th ro u g h p rin ted . fo rm u las w ith m o re o r less in d iv id u a l o p in io n , id io cyn - c ra c ic s o r p re ju d ice s in cu lcated , even th o u g h w e a re s tu d y in g th e m a teria l sc ie n ce s . F o r th is is n o t a ll fact, e ith e r , h a v in g m u ch theory- co n n e c te d w ith it, an d th e o ry , h o w e v e r co rre c t i t m a y p ro v e in th e en d , is n eve r a b so lu te tru th for h im w h o w ish e s to k n o w b y ex p erie n ce.I f m an can learn o f a p h y sic a l o r s p ir itu ­a l law th ro u g h h is o w n b e in g (man b e in g a m icrocosm o f n atu re e n tir e a n d th u s a b le to m a ke d isc o v e rie s th r o u g h h im ­s e l f as w e ll a s w ith p ic k a n d sh o v e l a n d o th e r a p p lia n ces in sc ie n tific in v e s­tig a tio n s) h e k n o w s i t a s a fact a u d not a s a th eo ry. B u t it b eco m es a th e o r y fo r a n o th e r u n til th e .o th e r lea rn s i t in th e sa m e w a y. A th o ro u g h k n o w le d g e o f o n e ’s o w n n atu re in v a r ia b ly lea d s to a b e l ie f in im m o rta lity o r a fu tu re life . | N a y , m ore, i t Opens u p a w o rld o f cau ses t o th e s tu d e n t— lik e a ttr a c t in g like ; a s tn d y o f c a u se s b r in g in g to h is u n d er­s ta n d in g th e in n e r w o r k in g s o f n atu re a n d w ith i t th a t w h ic h p ro v e s to h im th e re is n o death.'

T h is , o f co u rse , is th e o ry to th o se w h o d o n o t k n o w b y e x p e rie n c e . B u t as it re q u ire s n o c o n d itio n s , n o ca sh , n o in ­s titu te s , n o teach ers, to p ro v e it, it can re a d ily b ecom e a fa ct to a ll w h o d esire t o m a k e it su ch . I t is s im p ly a m a tter ■ of tim e an d w illin g n e s s 011 p a rt o f th e s tu d e n t to b eco m e a p ro fe sso r in th e art; fo r as h e b e g in s to u n d e rsta n d h im self, h e u n d e rsta n d s o th e rs , o r k n o w s m ore o f th e m th a n th e y d o th e m s e lv e s , an d as h e k n o w s h im se lf, h e k n o w s an d u n d e r­s ta n d s n a tu re a u d h e r law s, fo r e v e r y a ct a n d e v e r y e m o tio n o f m an v ib ra te s m o ­m e n ta r ily w ith n atu re , e ith e r fo r a b ar-

O h, co u ld p aren ts, tu to rs o r g u a rd ia n s I Vea rs ago» D aven p ort, Iow a, 221 S co tt. . . . _ , . .. „ . L . t street, a y o u u g w om an tw e n ty years oldo v e r ch ild ren b u t rea lize th e d a n g e r th a t I 1: 1 , , V / ,. . r _ . d ied o f h ea rt d isea se a u d la id o u t as is

lies in th is vain im p u lse to see th e ir usual. T h e fu n era l w a s se t fo r 2 p. m. c h ild re n h o n o red a t sch ool. Im b e c ility I W h en sh e had b een d ead n in eteen hours iu y o u th , i l l h ea lth an d e a r ly g ra v e s fo r | !ier »ma11 b ro th e r p laced a g la ss o v e r h^rth e te n d er b lo ssom s o f th e resu lts .

H i | 1 (ace, w h ich , upon b e in g taken off, wasF I fou n d to h a ve so m e m o istu re up o n it.' Dr.

T h o s e th a t su rv iv e are I A tk in so n w as sen t for, and fo u r hours be- sapped o f v ita l force a u d c rim e tem p ts I fore th e tim e s e t had th e .p lea su re o f dis-r them to ga in a liv e lih o o d w ith o u t labor- a p p o in tin g th e fun eral.' T h e deceased i v fo r it I <lunn£ th o se nin eteen h o u rs k iie w all,n ^ * • . . . , th a t w a s b e in g said aud d on e, b u t had .116

M u ch h a s b eeu sa id a b o u t o u r m od ern o r d esire , a s is u su a lly supposed,sch ool system ; m an y p ro te sts m ade; b u t I T h is w om an w h o th u s d ied tw e n ty yea rs w itlv w h at effect? P eop le p a ssiv e ly su b -1 af>° ls n ow M rs. D r. P alm er. 1 lie I’.duea­rn it to th e ty ra n n ica l, a rb itra ry an d u n ­w ise r u lin g s o f sch o o l boards, w h ile th e la tter p a ss iv e ly su b m it to th e ab u se b e ­cau se th e y th in k i t th e w iser plan. D e ­fen se m ig h t a d v e rtise it, a s i t w ere— b rin g th e rea l tr u th o f th e m a tter to th e n otice o f p aren ts, etc., a u d th is w o u ld en d th e o ld code. ;

A s a p a r tin g sh o t w e w ill c lo se th is ch a p ter b y g iv in g a n o th e r e x tra c t from th e sam e p a p e r, th e re b y a s s u r in g th e reader th a t w e a re n o t th e o n ly o n es th in k in g thus:

“ I h a v e n o w an e x p e rie n c e o f som e fo rty y e a rs as stu d en t, teach er, an d e x ­am in er; an d it fo rce s on m e a p ro fo u n d c o n v ictio n th a t o u r m od ern ed u ca tio n is h a rd e n in g in to a n arro w and d e b a s in g m ill. E d u c a tio n is o v er-d riven , over- system atized , m o n o to n o u s, m ech an ical. A t sch o o l an d a t c o lle g e , lad s an d g ir ls a re b e in g d rille d l ik e G erm an re c ru its— forced in to a re g u la tio n sty le o f le a rn in g o f th in k in g , a u d even o f w r it in g . T h e y a ll th in k th e saffic th in g , an d i t is ortifi

ial in a ll. T h e ro u n d o f en d le ss ex a m in ation red u ce s ed u ca tio n to a p ro fe s sio u a l “ cram ,” w h e re th e rep e titio n o f g iv e n form u las p a sses fo r k n o w le d g e , and w h ere th e a ccu ra te m em o ry o f som e teach er ’* “ t ip s ” ta k e s th e p la ce o f th o u g h t. E d u c a tio n o u g h t to b e th e art o f u s in g th e m in d an d o f a rra n g in g k n o w le d g e ; i t is b e c o m in g th e art o f sw al- o w in g p e lle ts o f sp e c ia l in fo rm a tio n

T h e p ro fe sso r m a sh es u p a k in d o f m en ­ta l “ p ctn m ica n ,” w h ic h lie ram s in to th e lea rn er ’s g u lle t . W h e n th e p u p il vo m its u p th e se p e lle ts , i t is c a lle d “ p a s s in g h is ex a m in a tio n w ith h o n o rs.” T e a c h e rs and p u p ils cea se to th iu k , to lea rn , to en jo y , to feel. T h e y b e c o m e c o g s in a h u g e re­v o lv in g m ill-w h e el, w h ic h n ev e r ceases to g r in d a n d y e t n ev e r g r in d s o u t a n y­th in g b u t th e d u st o f ch aff. In th ir ty y e a rs th e a cad em ic m ill, w h ic h ru n s now a t h ig h p ressu re , l ik e a C a n a rd lin e r rac­in g h om e, h a s n ev e r tu rn ed o u t o n e s in g le fre sh m in d o r o u e fe r tile idea. F ro m th is c u rse o f m od ern p e d a u try , m y co m ­p a n io n s an d I w ere h a p p ily sa ved .”

A t R o m e th e C a th o lic s a re e n ra g e d at th e p ro d u c tio n a t th e T h e a te r C o sta n zi o f mi “ im p io u s d ra m a ” c o n ta in in g an “ in d e ce n t p a ro d y ” o f a r e lig io u s p ro ces­sio n .— E x .

H o w ev e r e n ra g e d p e o p le m a y b eco m e a t re lig io u s o r s p ir itu a l dram as, i t is a l­w a ys an a d va n ce in c iv iliza tio n o n e n tire p ro h ib itio n , as i t w a s d o n e in th is c o u n ­tr y ,w h ereb y S a lm i M orse w as ru in ed .

P syc h o m e try , th e g re a t revelato r o f u n ­seen th in g s , w e sh o u ld th in k , m ig h t be m ade a u se fu l a g e n t in te s t in g cases o f th is n atu re. T h e d ia g n o s in g o f d iseases b y se n sitiv e s is an effe ct o f w h a t is sen sed o r fe lt sy m p a th e tica lly in a liv e hum an body. A n d a b o d y th a t is iti tran ce as th e ab o ve w as, is c e r ta in ly n o t a dead body, and sh o u ld m a n ifest so m e d e g re e o f sen ­s ib ility iu th e p sy c h o m e tris t w h o could e s ta b lish a rap p o rt w ith it. A g e n u in e d ead b o d y, w e a ll k n o w , w h o arc in clin ed to su ch se n sitiv en e ss, cau ses a sh u d ­d e r o r a d e g re e o f h o rro r to cou rse th ro u g h o u r sy ste m w h e n ap p ro a ch in g to o ntfar— a fe e lin g s im ila r to th a t w h ich is e x p e rie n c e d w h en re g a rd in g a n y o th er d e c a y in g a n im a l m atter. N ow , w h y sh o u ld u o t th is b e a ccep ted as ev id en ce o f death? B u t w h en th is is n o t th e dase (ex cep t w h ere th is k een co n scio u sn ess is lo s t iu g r ie f , as it is p o ss ib le b y th o se w ho arc lin k e d to th e d eceased b y tic s o f a f­fectio n o r re latio n sh ip ) m ay th is n ot be ta k e n ns a h in t to b e w a tch fu l, o r th a t life is n ot y e t e x tin ct? O f co u rse , uou - s e n s itiv e s c a n n o t ju d g e in th e se m atters, as th e y w o u ld p ro b a b ly fee l in d iffe ren t u n d e r e ith e r c ircu m sta n ce . B u t go o d p c y c h o m e tr is ts m a y b e a b le to s e n s e ; so m e th in g , w h e re th e re is a d o u b t e x - 1 is t in g , th a t m ig h t lead to a n ew d isc o v ­ery , a n d o n e th a t w ill p re v e u t su ch a th in g a s b e in g b u rie d a live.

People w ho are fond o f seein g their photo-“ scratchcs” displayed in connec­tion w ith newspnper advertisem ents, run the risk o f being caricatured or represent­ed as escaped lunatics, crim inals, or the villinns o f d im e romances, etc., nt som e period when their advertisinents have e x ­pired. N ew spaper cuts are generally preserved b y printers in tlie event o f be­in g reclaim ed b y owners. But should a human face be needed in the interval to H/i^rcprescnt som e one as above hinted, these cu ts arc used. L yd ia Pinkhatn, w ell know n b y new spaper readers, though som e years departed from th is m aterial sphere, has been often used for such pur­poses; and latterly W . L. D ouglas, still in tlie fiesh, has been m ade to represent a Mr. K . A usterliauscn in a com ic tale, and M rs. P in kham h is wife.

In P enn sylvania th ey have an “ Infant Insurance C o.” w h ich does a th riv in g business am ong th e poorer classes. It w as how ever soon discovered th at m any o f th e in su red in fan ts w ere brutally treated aud th at tuauy w ere m urdered for th e in suran ce m oney. A b ill was in ­troduced in tlie P enn sylvania L egislatu re to abolish ch ild insurance, b u t was n ever m ade a law. It is stra n g e th at a state w h ich professes so m uch re lig io u s fer­vor, and produces so m any h o ly m en should be so antithetical in crim e. Or, is th is an effect o f orth od o x C h ristian ­ity w h ich k eep s its con stitu en ts iu such u tter d arkn ess and ign oran ce, th at peo­p le n ever rise to m oral responsibility? It seem s so.

R e v ie w in g M rs. L u cy C olem an ’s book, a pap er sa y s a m o n g o th er th in g s in its com m en tary: “ M rs C. w as at first a Uni- v e rsa list, th en a S p ir itu a lis t, aud is now a F re e th in k e r .”

W e d o n ot b elieve th a t M rs. Colin an w a s e v e r a S p iritu alist. S h e m ay have in v estig a ted Sp iritu alism . B u t had sh e in v estig a ted w ise ly aud p atieu tly , she w o u ld h a ve b een o n e now; fo r o n ce a S p ir itu a lis t a lw ays one. W e o b ject to an yon e sa y in g a person 7vas a S p iritu a l­is t . I t is a th in g im possib le. H e c ith er is o n e o r h e n ev e r had th a t honor.

In th e “ A g n o stic jo u rn a l,” Ju n e 21, A . F.. T y n d a ll, P res id e n t o f th e L o u d o n O c­c u lt S o c ie ty , says: “ In sp iritu a lis tic p h e­nom en a. th e re '-is a so lid r o c k - o f facts; p r o v in g th a t m an e x is ts a lte r th e death o f th e b o d y; an d for T h e o so p h ists to ig u o re th is, o r to tr y to exp la in them aw ay b y w ild an d p rep o stero u s theories, is to f lin g aw ay th e su b stan ce and grasp a t th e sh ad ow .”

F re e th in k e rs ore p ersecu ted for b las­p h em y i f th e y d en y th e m iracles o r

p ir itu a l m an ifestatio n o f th e past, w h ile S p ir itu a lis ts o r m ed iu m s a rc lik e w ise treated w h en th e y en d ea vo r to prove them . W h a t d o es C h ristia n ity w a u t an y­way? I t a cts lik e a v e ry s ic k ch ild .

F o rtu n a te is h e w h o can lo ve o r sy m ­path ise , fo r lie sh a ll n ot be w ith o u t i t in ad versity ; b u t e q u a lly fortu n ate is he w h o can n o t, fo r h e w ill n o t need it dur- r in g th a t tim e.

T h e ta le n t o f su ccess in n o th in g m ore than d o in g w h a t y o u can w ell; and d o in g w ell w h a tever y o u do, w ith o u t a th o u gh t o f fam e.

N o actio n w ill be co n sid ered a s b lam e­less u n le ss th e w ill w as so, for by th e w ill th e a ct w as d ictated .

S E N D U S N A M E S O F S P I R IT U A L

I S T S O R F R I E N D S W H O A R E IN ­

T E R E S T E D IN O U R C A U S E T H A T

W E M A Y S E N D T H E M A S A M P L E

C O P Y O F T H E B E T T E R W A Y .

H IG H O R LO W T A R IF F ?T h e reta il p u rch aser— th e lab orer, th e

m ech an ic, th e sm a ll trad esm an — care n o th in g fo r rec ip ro city , ta r if f law s, d ip ­lo m a cy o r g o v e rn m e n t p ro fit, as lo n g1 ns th e y a re en a b le to o b ta in th e ir w ares at lo w figu res, ev en th o u g h p ro te ctio n in ­su re s h ig h e r w a g es and co n sta n t em p lo y m en t as is c la im ed fo r it. A w ar tariff, as it n ow e x is ts , is n o t w an ted , ev e n b y p ro te ctio n ists th em selves; fo r it can n o t be th a t nil, an d o n ly th e p o o r a rc an ti p ro­te ctio n ists . I f su ch w ere th e case it w ou ld b e ca p ita l vs . lab or, o r r ic h vs . poor. B u t law m akers, too , a re lia b le to err, even i f th e y a re fo rg iv e n b y th o se w h o m th e y in ju re in p o c k e t— p e rh a p s u n w illin g ly an d in a b lin d e a g e r to serve o r h e lp o th ers. M an y ca ll th is c lass le g is la tio n — a lth o u g h it a ssu re s m a n y la c to ry h an d s em p lo ym en t. B u t b e i t os i t m ay, th ere n eve r w as a g o o d th in g a ccom p lish ed y e t, th at, w h ile i t b en e fitte d o n e, d id n ot in ju re a n o th er an d tim e m u st d ecid e w h e th e r a h ig h o r lo w ta r iff w ill b e th e b ette r w ay.

P E R S O N A L S A N D L O C A L S.S .— T h a n k s fo r advice: b u t as m u ch as

w e can d o is to rev ie w th e b o o k s sen t to us free for th at p u rp o se w ith o u t p u rch as­in g o th ers b esid es.

J. W .— T w o artic les received . T h a n k s. B u t d o u ’t b e d isco u ra ge d , even i f w c are a lit t le ta rd y o ccasio n a lly . A su rp lu s o f m atter an d w on t o f sp ace is th e cause.

F ir s t w e w ere cen su red w ith th rea ts o f b o y co tt fo r n o t p e rm itt in g a certain m easu re to b e ad vocated th ro u g h o u r co lu m n s. S iu c e w c h ave b eeu p e rm it­t in g it to be d o n e, th e cen su re and th reats h ave com e from th e o th er side. W h y can n o t p e o p le b e c h a rita b le and lib era l en o u g h to le t e v e ryo n e th in k as h e p leases. A re w e b igots?

J. D. B.— A ccep ted w ith thauks.

N e x t issu e w ill co u ta in a lik e n e ss aud sk e tc h o f M r. E d g a r W . E m erson .

Dr. A . S. H ayw ard , th e n oted h ea ler o f B oston , su d d en ly passed aw ay o n S atu r­d ay, th e n t h in st., w h ile a t w o rk in h is lib rary , w r it in g u p a sy n o p sis o f a re­c e n tly atten d ed lectu re . H e art fa ilu re is a scrib ed to h a ve b een th e im m ed iate o r p h ysica l cause, a lth o u g h w e th in k a sp ir­itual r ip e n in g w o u ld co m e n ea rer th e tru th . T h e d o cto r w as an a rd en t w o rk e r

in a good cause and earned for h im self a laurel wreath that h e w ill be able to wear in place o f the traditional golden crown in h is new abiding place.

Dr. J. C. Street, holds classes for prac- ticaU instruction " in 1 spiritual science in Boston.

It is cluimcd that the spirits are w rit­in g m essages by a type w riter independ­ently, through th e m edium ship o f M iss L izzie Bangs o f Chicago. T h e tvpe w riter is placed upon a stand, a circle formed around it; M iss B angs in the cir­cle. T h e room is m ade dark and the typ e writer, untouched by hum an hands, w rites m essages.

A seance w ith Mr. W illis w ill be re­ported in the n ext issue o f T h k Be t t e r W a v .

Prof. Van H orn is still in the c ity and room in g at the Sherw ood H ouse. He go es from h ere to N ew Y o rk , h is old headquarters, to resum e his sp iritual la - ! bors there.

T lie R elig io Philosophical Journal says: “ T h e Journal congratulates T h e B e t t e r W a v on its great and steadily in c ica sin g im provem ents both in sub­je c t m atter and typographical appear­ance. Such progress is a hopeful sign .”

W e had th e pleasure o f a v is it from Dr. J. L . Zell* o f D ayton, Ohio, at o u r o f­fice last w eek. H e is a gentlem an o f cu ltu re and refinem ent, and an earnest advocate in th e good cause.

W hen w e ask^our correspondents and con trib u tors to be b r ie f iu sta tin g facts o r ex p ressin g th e ir ph ilosop h y w e don’t m ean less paper b u t less words. C row d­in g th e ir pages does n ot lessen th e space taken u p in our colum ns, aud is bad for the p rin ters ’ eyes.

H on. W arren Chase, th e venerable lec­turer, is q u ietly liv in g iu h is little co t­tage at Cobden, Ills.

M rs. S eery, now o f D ayton, O hio, has taken a h ou se a t 220 H erruiau avenue,

that that contract was giv in g him rob! concern. B ut the sp irit friend whow trayed th is secret also gave some needq advice and com fort which was tim ely. T h e possessor o f the-cm tZ acknow ledged th e sp irit descriptionifi be correct and that h e had the papers W ferred to in h is pocket. A healthy plause w as accorded Mr. Emerson, or M control, for th is wonderful test o f spit} power aud sp irit clairvoyance.—SuimU m orning w itnessed a full house, ju overture from th e orchestra greeted fU audience and produced a harmony p4 • pitious to th e speaker. An excellent m in on was th e result, preached from tu Bible te xt con cern in g spiritual gifts! Cor. ch. i2)r th o u gh lie opened the am vices b y reading th at beautiful and J thetic poem from Paul H. Hayne, end tied “ Face to Face,” followed by a bigtyj inspired invocation. A fter the add res a num ber o f tests w ere given whirf proved extrem ely satisfactory to the m cip icu ts as report confirm ed. The t « n in g services w ere as usual well attends and exh ib ited a hearty appreciation J Mr. E m erson’s talents o r g ifts o f o m um ship. _______________

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e u t. S h e h old s regu la r seances fo r phe­nom ena, w h ich are w ell patronized. She is h ig h ly sp oken o f b y D ayton citizens. — M rs. C issn a is located at th e corn er o f R o e and T h ir d street in th e sam e town. S h e is o n ly h o ld iu g private c irc les at present.

M rs. U lric lis o f N ash ville, T eu n ., is in th e c ity , b u t ex p ects to return hom e sh o rtly w h ere sh e is very m uch needed on accoun t o f h er m anifold g ifts o f th e sp irit.

“ K n ig h ts o f th e O rie n t” is an organiza­tion w h ich a d vertises in th ese colum n s th e n ature o f th e ir b u sin ess here. Dr. B aldw in is th e local a g e n t and w ill fur­n ish particu lars. S ee adv. in an oth er colum n.

P o sta ge stam ps a re n ot available cu r­ren cy to us- an d th erefore can n o t be ac­cepted in p a y m e n t' fo r b o o k s o r adver­tisem ents.

M rs. J. H . S to w ell, a fter an absence o f tw o w eeks in th e E ast, h a v in g visited P h ilad elp h ia aud N ew Y o r k in c o n n e c ­tion w ith o th er places, h as return ed to th e c ity and w ill be p leased to see h er fr ien d s socia lly and profession ally.

T a k e care o f th e L yceu m . In it lies th e secret th a t w ill lea d to organ ization .

T h e N e w C o l l e g e o f M a g n e t i c s . — T h is in stitu tio n , located a t 78 F a s 10th street. N ew Y o rk , and p resid ed over b y D r. B abbitt, is a ch artered co llege,an d has fo r its p u rp o se th e sc ien tific u n fo ld ­in g o f M a gn etic M assage, in c lu d in g m eth od s o f d ev e lo p in g m a g u c tic pow er, a lso su n -h ea liu g , and th o se basic p rin ci­p les to w h ich D r. B abbit h a s g iv e n im ­m en se stu d y , aud w h ich h a ve g iv e n him som e rem arkab le secrets o f cure. A gen tlem an w h o lind gra d u ated a t H ar­vard U n iv e rs ity an d M edical S ch o o l, and stu d ie d tw o y ea rs in E u ro p e, called at th e B an n er o f L ig h t B o o k sto re and pur­ch ased I)r. B ab b itt’s “ H um an C u ltu re and C u re,” P art I. H e was v e ry m uch a sto n ish ed , ns h e says, to fiud th ere in a so lu tio n o f m any m ysteries o f w h ic h a ll th e m edical sc h o o ls arc ign o ran t. T h e fall term o f th e in stitu tio n com m en ces on Oct! 28th, pud th o se in terested sh o u ld sen d to th e D o cto r for h is c ircu la r .— B anner o f L ig h t

E d g a r W . E m erso n s till co n tin u e s to a ttract go o d au d ien ces aud e a g e r listen ers to th e w o rd o f th e sp irit. O n W ed n es­d ay e v e n in g , th e 15th in s t , an e x tra ses­sion w as h e ld a t G . A . R . H a ll, and th o u g h th e w e e k e v e n in g sessio n s o r serv ices a re seld om tro u b led w ith lack o f e lb o w room , abou t 125 t ic k e ts w ere taken in at th e door, th u s p re se n tin g a g o o d fro n t to th e sp e a k e r a t a ll ev e n ts— th is n u m b er ta k in g u p a b ou t o n e-th ird o f th e se a tin g cap acity iu th e lo w er hall. A s th e re w ere tio q u estio n s p resen ted , th e c o n tro l fo r g iv in g te sts m a n ifested , and a fter a few p re lim in a ry rem ark s p ro ­ceed ed to b u sin e ss— th a t o f te ll iu g w h a t in d iv id u a l sp ir its had to say. T h e te sts w ere u o t o n ly p e rfe ct b u t in te re stin g to th o se w h o had to c o n te u t th e m selve s w ith lis te n in g to w h at o th ers w ere g e t ­t in g — som e o f th em b e in g rem ark ab le en o u g h to c o u v iu c c a n y u n b iased stra n g er th a t a m y ster io u s p o w e r w as o p era tin g th ro u g h th e m ed iu m , o r th a t M r. E m erso n w as a rem ark ab ly g ifte d in d iv id u al. H e n ot o n ly g a v e th e n am es o f d ep arted sp ir its b u t th e re la tio n sh ip e x is t in g b etw een tlie s p ir it an d th e p e r­son to w h om th e sp ir it cam e, a n d th en w en t in to th e p riv a te affairs o f th e m or­tal b e in g , te llin g o u e th a t h e h ad a c o n ­tract iu h is p o ck e t th en an d th ere , and

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ated, so th a t h e can h ard ly w alk aboa the fields, b u t h e is n everth eless engaged on a new novel.

W in. P eters, o f L u k in , 111., said he m l g o in g to d ie on F rid a y, th e 10th inn H e d ied w ith in 20 m in u tes o f the tin] predicted . W h o says p rop h ecy is not* J

T h e 1 m un icipal a u th orities o f Vienm have vo ted 5,000 florin s fo r th e fund for th e r e lie f o f w o rk in gm en w ho may l■ throw n o u t o f em p lo ym en t through thl op eration o f th e n ew U n ited States taril law.

T h e ch o ir b oys o f a ch u rch in Phill d elph ia have stru ck for h ig h e r pay. T l a w an t n iu ety cen ts a m on th, w h ich , qqb s id e rin g th e en orm ou s p rices paid ti P atti, T am ag n o and o th e r professions s in gers, seem s reasonable en ou gh .

T h e re is a M en n on ite se c t in Lancastei co u n ty . Fa., w h o raise tobacco, but esl teem it a sin to u se it them selves. l t d a rro ga n t en o u g h to preach, .“ d o as I i n — n ot as I do,” b u t th is is a selfish bit ■ arrogan ce th a t beats iL

T h e e d ito r o f th e R u ssia n official jonrj nal w an ts th e C za r to su p p ress all otbefj 'papers save liis ow n . T h e re are some]

1 p eo p le in th is c o u n try w h o w ould like to] sec a ll th e papers su p p ressed save those] o f th e ir o w u re lig io n o r party.

“C a r ie s ” is a n ew d isea se w hich causal th e te eth to decay*, is con tagiou s, trans-j ferable b y b a c illi, an d is ea s ily conveyed] th ro u g h th e m ed iu m o f a k iss. Ladieu w h o are e sp e c ia lly ad d icted to this habit,] a rc in th e g re a te st d a n g e r o f th is disease.]

T h e first fracas th a t occu rred in Con*] g re ss w as in th e y e a r 1798 between •] m em b er from V e rm o n t and Connecticut* S h o v e l an d to n g u e s w ere used to settle] th e d isp u te , w h ic h urose d u rin g the; q u estio n o f im p c a ch in g a m em ber from

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A n Id ah o b an k , on w h ich there was a ' ru n , p ile d u p o n th e co u n te r what tn i su p p o sed to b e $40,000 in gold. This s to p p e d th e run and b ro u g h t in depoai*] tors, an d w h en th e tro u b le was over the] g o ld w a s ta k en d ow n . T h e package*! co n ta in ed iro n w ash ers c u t to the thick­n ess an d s iz e o f $20 g o ld pieces.

A d v ice s from P o rtu g a l are o f the ut*| m o st gra v ity . A revo lu tion that would j o v erth ro w th e H o u se o f Braganza may b re a k o u t a t any* m om en t, and the] ch an ces w ou ld b e v e ry m uch in favor of]

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H o w la T h is ?W e offer Oue H undred Dollars reward h t

any case o f Catarrh that cannot be cured by 9 ta k in g H all's Catarrh Cure.

F. J . Chunky & Co., Prop's., Toledo, a J W e, the un dersign ed , have known P. J. Che* 1

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tv w . K i t e and- w ife h ave s ta rte d a S p i r i t •n.'iat «»*«ion at jo* X . Broad « t i w t th ta c ity . u-ccrr th e y w i l l bo ld p u b lic n ie c tia g s c a c h S u a - day s ig h t .

T he lo c a lity is ce n tra l an d th e h a ll w r j 1 p ic a n a t and w e ll fitted. W e fee l assu red that tuocb good w ill en su e from th e m eetin g*. T h ese w o rk ers h ave m an y fr ie n d s h ere w h o w ill jfia d ly supp ort them .

T h e fa m ily o f B roth er Brow n (fath er o f M ra. KAttti a lt ta k e p art, th e m oth er a n d s is te rs fu rn ish in g the c h o ir serv ice . W ith go od m u­sic, earn est m ed iu m s, an d a n a c ce ssib le locm-

. tton th ese m eetin g s w i ll b e a n a ttra c t iv e a d d i­tion to the p u b lic w o rk in th is c i ty .

T h e first m eetin g w as h eld la s t S u n d a y eve* a i e g , an d w as a h ig h ly su ccessfu l in a u g u ra l.

T here are a nu m b er o f o th e r re g u la r m eet-1 ing*> here, a l l w ell attended; b u t a y o u n g e r and I u»:*e active in flu x w i ll add m ore li fe an d seal. [

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G ra n d R ap id s . M ic h . f>ur co rresp on den t, H. F . B .. w r ite s that M iss

J e n n ie II. H agan is re c e iv in g la rg e r audiences a t each su cc e ssive m e e tin g , a n d th a t th e local p ap ers a r e v ic in g w ith each to ex to l h e r w o n ­d e rfu l w isd om a n d in sp ira tio n . O. H . Rich* m oad o f th a t c i ty is exp ected ly sh ortly to m ake C h ic a g o b is home.

T h e p eople o f th is p lace are a w a k e n in g to th e lig h t b re a k in g in up on th em th ro u g h th e tnedturajihip o f M iss Jen n ie B . l la g a n . T h e a t­

te n d a n c e w a s v ery la rg e la s t S u n d a y e v e n in g .«< tob cr loth. T h e h a ll w a s o verta x ed , m an y g o in g aw a y, n ot b e in g a b le to o b ta in seats. M iss Jen n ie B. H aga n c lo se s h e r en g ag em en t w ith th e so cie ty n e x t S u n d a y , O ctob er z6th.

M iss C ora D en n v, o f D ayto n , O.. m u sica l m e d i c a . is ex p ec ted h e re in th e n e a r fu tu re.

i f l S a tu rd a y e v e n in g n e x t a lite r a r y an d m u­s ic a l e n te rta in m e n t w i ll b e g iv e n b y th e soci*

•ety. a s s is te d b y S q u ire ’s o rch e stra . W ith b e st w ish e s , H . F . B.

B o sto n . M ass .T h e K ch o S p iritu alists* m e e tin g s con ven ed at

A m erica H all. 714 W a sh in g to n s tre e t, la s t S u n ­d a y , as u su al, w ith Dr. W . A . H a le a s c h a ir­m an . L a rg e a n d a p p re cia tiv e a o d ie n c e s w ere in a tten d a n ce a t a l l th e sess io n s, w h ic h w e re h e ld re sp e ctive ly a t 10:5c, ::jb a n d 7:30 E x ce p tio n a lly an d in te r e s tin g re m a rk s w e re in d u lged in b y th e ch a irm an a t each sess io n . A m ong th e o th er sp ea k ers o f th e d a y w e re M iss N ettie M . H olt. M rs. J . K . W ilso n , M rs. M ag­g ie F o lsom -B u tler, M rs. B a ile y , M rs. D r. S teers, M rs. Dr. B e ll. D rs. K a m s a n d C h arles W .C a p ell.

A la r g e n u m b er o f c le a r ly re c o g n ise d te sts an d p sych om etric re a d in g s w ere g iv e n , an d m en ta l q u e stio n s a n sw ered — th e la tte r b y Mr. C ap ell.

D r. H ale d elivered a s c ie n tific le c tu r e o f 45 m in u tes ’ d u ra tio n in th e e v e n in g . H is su b je c t w as “ M a g n etism ," a n d form ed th e b a s is fo r a n in te r e s tin g d isco u rse , a n d m u st be b e a rd to be ap p reciated .

O a r u su a l w eek -d ay se rv ice s ta k e p la c e on T h u rs d a y aftern o on at 3 o 'c lo c k a t ab ove h a ll. G ood m u sic a n d te s t m ed iu m s a lw a y s p resen t.

M . M . H o l t , S e c ’y .

H a v e rh ill , M ass .V a c a tio n s a n d ca m p m e e tin g sea so n s have

p arsed , an d th e m u ltitu d e s w h o h ave ava iled th em selves o f th ese o p p o rtu n itie s t o recu p er­a te th e ir fo rces a n d e n e rg ie s h ave re tu rn ed to th e ir ca rio u s fields o f labor.

T h e le c tu re co u rse opened a s u su a l o n O cto­b e r 51b. a t w h ich tim e D r. R oscoe. o f P ro v i­d en ce . R . I .. addressed th e F ir s t S o c ie ty o f S p ir itu a lis ts in th is p lace, a n d M rs. R. Shep- ha’r'l L'iltie occu p ied the R ostrum o f th e S p ir it­u a l F ra te rn ity on O ctober 5th a n d izth .

• s c a r A E d g a rty . o f N ew b u ryp ort, w ho h a s | becom e q u ite p op u la r a s a le c tu re r , a n d d id I mtcb good w o rk in N ew Y o r k la s t season , w a s I hen- an d le c tu re d an d ga ve te s ts fo r th e F irs t S o c ie ty on th e izth .

H averh ill an d B radford, w h ich is ju s t o ver th e r iv e r , h a v e seve ra l m ed iu m s, in d ifferen t s ta g e* o f d evelo p m en t, an d I b e lie v e th a t th e tim e w ill co m e w h en th e S p ir itu a lis ts o f th is p lace w i ll not be d ep en d en t o n m ed iu m s from a d ista n ce to d o a ll th e ir w o rk fo r th em a s spir- ual teach f rs.

A o effort w i l l b e m ade soon to o rg a n iz e a I m ed iu m s’ so cie ty : its a im s an d o b je cts to h ar-1 m osize an d s tre n g th e n e a c h o th er, a s w e ll a s I b in d to g e th e r s o c ia lly , th o se w h o a r c cr it ic is e d 1 b y p eop le w h o ca n n o t u n d ersta n d m ed iu m s.

T h k B k t t k k W a v h as rea ch ed us r e g u la r ly | •lu rin g o u r lo n g p erio d o f s ile n c e , a n d h as I com e to us in a n ew a n d n e a t a ttir e , w h ich -p ea k s a s te p in advan ce u p th e la d d e r o f p ro ­gress. F ra te rn a lly , V i x .

M u n c le , In d .T h e In d ian a S tate A sso ciation o f S p ir itu a l­

is ts m et in In d ia n a p o lis on th e 9th o f O ctob er, an d an en jo y a b le tim e had b y a l l those p resen t. W c bad the p leasu re o f l is te n in g to several good le c tu re rs, a m o n g w hom w ere M r. E d g a r W . E m erso n , M r*. C o lb y L u th e r, M rs. H eU n S tu a rt-K ic h in g s, M rs. L e n a B ib le , M r. Ur. C la rk , o f N ew O rlean s a n d P rof. A . B. A tch iso n , o f In d ia n a p o lis . S e v e ra l good m e­d iu m s w ere p re se n t a lso .

T h e le c tu re s w ere a l l fu ll o f tr u th s o f S p ir it­u a lism . an d M r. E m erson ’ s te s ts w e re so a c c u ­rate th a t no one th a t w a s p re se n t co u ld doubt b u t th a t th e y w ere g iv e n from th e o th er side «*f life .

T a k in g the m e e tin g th ro u g h th e fo u r d a y s it w as a d ecided su ccess. T h e su b je c t o f the cam p m e e tin g w a s d iscu sse d an d a co m m ittee ap ­p oin ted to lo cate a s ite fo r tb c sam e.

T h e re w i ll a lso be tw o tw o q u a r te r ly m eet­in g s held; the first w i ll be h eld J a n u a ry 1, 1S9Q, a n d the secon d in Ju n e. 1890.

T h e officers e lec ted fo r th e e n su in g y e a r w ere: Ur. J . W . W csterfic ld , o f A n d erso n , P resid en t; W arren M. S m ith , o f F ra n k fo rt, first Vice- p resid en t; L . N . B la c k le d g c , o f P en n v ille , sec­on d V ice-p resid en t; Ja m es M illsp a u g h , o f A n ­d erso n , T re a su re r , nnd th e w r ite r . S ecreta ry.

T h e n e xt a n n u a l m e e tin g w i ll be h e ld In A n ­d erso n . H op in g th n t w e m ay e s ta b lis h a cam p m e e tin g an d m ak e a su cc e ss o f th e sam e, w e w ould l ik e th a t th e O h io V a lle y A sso ciation to jo in w ith o n th e cam p m e e tin g q u estio n . W ish ­in g su cc e ss to a l l in th e ca u se o f S p ir itu a lism , J rem a in as e v e r fo r tb s tru th ,

J . E . C k o m f i k l o , S e c ’y.

D e tro it * M ic h .T h e P eo p le 's P ro g re ss iv e S p ir itu a l S o c ie ty is

an o rg a n iz a tio n o f e a rn e st a n d h o n e st S p ir it­u a lis ts in th is c i t y . N o d o u b t yo u a ll k n o w that the b e a u tifu l c i t y o f D e tro it is n ot a g re a t p la c e for sp ir itu a l m eetin g s; iu fact fo r som e years hack i t .h a s been m uch o fte n c r w ith o u t than w ith a n y s p ir itu a l m eetin g s; b u t last M arch w e o rg an ized o u r li t t le so c ie ty , fu lly d e­term in ed to h ave o n e p la c e w h e re in q u ire rs in to o u r b ea u tifu l p h ilo so p h y sh ou ld b e w e l­co m e an d p a rta k e o f w h a te v e r w e h ad to la y before them , an d In s p ite o f d o u b ts a n d d iffi­c u lt ie s w e have done it . T h a n k s to o u r k in d frirn d s, both in an d o u t o f th e form .

We h ave m et e v e ry S u n d a y, e x ce p t J u ly and A u g u st, an d now w e h a v e o p en ed u p a g a in w ith renew ed v igo r. W c h ave a n ice c le a n m e e tin g ' place, w ith a g o od , h e a lth y Influence, an d we tjold tw o m e e tin g s e v e ry Sun day; a ftern o on s ■ * ) and e v e n in g s at 7:30 p. tu., o u r m e e tin g

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b e in g a t R o w e's H a ll, 163 M ic h ig a n A ve., n ear F o u rth s tre e t , n o t fa r from th e c e n te r o f the c i ty , an d w e s in c e r e ly tr u st th a t w h e n e v e r o u r frien d s from a d is ta n c e are In th e c i t y th a t

.th e y w i l l k in d ly lo o k u s up, afld* a lstf m ake th c g is e lv e s k n o w n .

L a st m on th w e h ad w ith n s th e H on. L . V . M ou lton , from G ra n d R apids, M ich ., w h o, b e ­s id e s g iv in g tw o v ery e lo q u en t ad d resses to d e­lig h te d au d ie n c e s , a ls o la id b efo re o u r p eop le a c o n c ise a n d tr u e sta tem en t o f th e ce leb ra ted R eid c a se , a n d I am p leased to s a y th a t in c o n ­seq u e n ce o f th is , seven ty d o lla rs w a s a t on ce g u a ran teed tow ard s th e fu n d th a t is b e in g ra ised fe r th e p u rp ose o f ta k in g th e ca se to th e S u p rem e C ourt; a n d w e do th in k th a t th is is d o in g p re tty good c o n s id e rin g w h a t D etro it is, b u t w e don ’t in ten d to s ta y ev en a t se v e n ty , i f w e ca n h e lp it; w e are a m b itio u s to m a k e it a n even h u n d red before w e gq t th ro u g h , fo r w c recogn ize th e se rio u s fact th a t o u r b eloved S p iritu a lism is on tr ia l, even m ore th a n W a lter K- Reid.

T in t B l t t k r W a v is w e ll th o u g h t o f a n d v e ry m uch en jo yed b y m an y o f o n r m em b ers, au d w c hope am o n g o th e r p ro g re ssive m easu res, th a t o u r p eop le w i ll g e t in to th e w a y o f becom ­in g co n sta n t s u b scr ib e rs to th e good s p ir itu a l lite ra tu re .

In co n clu sio n a llo w m e to s a y th a t 1 w i ll be v ery m uch p lea sed to h e a r fro m a n y g o od m e­d iu m s th a t arc c o m in g th is w a y . W ill th e y p lease w r ite ahead, j u s t a s e a r ly a s p ossib le , to y o u r s fra te rn a lly ,

ElKiAK ScTTO N .Sec'y. j t M onroe A vc.

D a y to n . O .P er in v ita tio n la st e v e n in g I b ecam e on e o f a

p a rty o f th ir ty o r m ore to v is it M rs. S c e ry , fo r­m e rly o f C in c in n a ti, b u t re c e n tly , perm a n en tly lo c a te d h e re , a t a o H erm an av e n u e . A nd as th e g a th e r in g w a s in th e n a tu re o f a su rp rise on th e o cca sio n o r th e o p e u iu g o f h e r re s i­d en ce to th e p u b lic a n d s p ir it fr ien d s, i t be ca m e a h o u se w a rm in g o f y e o ld cu d a y s .

A fte r th e p re se n ta tio n to th e h o stess o f in ­s tru m e n t co v e rs , su ch a s a r e u s u a lly u sed b y D r. S h a rp a n d m an y o th er loved o n e s to d em on ­s tra te to a s u ffe r in g a n d ig n o ra n t h u m a n ity th e ir p o s it iv e e x is te n c e b eyo n d th is v a le o f te a rs . T h e n u m b er w h o ca n te s t ify to re c e iv ­in g th e l ig h t o f tr u th th ro u g h th is n o b le li t t le w o m a n 's in s tr u m e n ta lity a r e le g io n . A nd as re m a rk ed b y-o n e p resen t, w h o w a s im p ressed to w r ite a b e a u tifu l a n d im p re ssiv e p oem , ded i­c a t in g th e sam e to M rs. S e e r y an d s p ir it co n ­tr o l, D r. S h a rp , th a t h e hoped th ere w a s n o one p re se n t s o se lfish a s to d e s ire h e r w o r k to be co n fin ed to th e lim ita t io n s o f B u c k e y e o r Hoo- s ie rd o m , b u t w it b ed h e r G od sp eed w h ereverjth e a n g e l o f lo v e tuay c a ll , w ith m an y fit t in g an d g e n e ro u s re m a r k s b e c o m in g th e o cca sio n . W c w e re e n te r ta in e d w ith v o ca l an d in stru m e n ta l m u sic o f a h ig h ly in tc r c s t iu g ch a ra c ter , th ro u g h th e o rg a n ism o f M iss C o ra D e n n y o f th is p la c e , w h o h as o n ly r e c e n tly d eve lo p ed in to su ch w o n d erfu l m u sica l p heu om en ou th a t w i ll n o t soon b e fo rg o tte n b y th o se w h o w ere fo rtu n a te e n o u g h to b e th ere .

W e rep aired to th e d in in g room w h e re k in g s w o u ld n ot b lu sh to h a v e b e c u , a fte r w h ic h w e a d jo u rn ed to th e sp a cio u s p a rlo rs w h e re d a n c­in g a n d so cia l in te rco u rse w a s h ad u n ti l th e w ee sm a ll h o u rs— u n til t ire d h u m a n ity w as co m p elled to re p a ir to th e ir h o m es w h e re sw eet m orp h iu s, in h e r drea m s, co u ld p ic tu re e te rn a l p le a su re s , s u c h a s th is .

M ay sh e b e sp a red m a n y lo n g y e a r s o f m u n ­d a n e e x is te n c e in h e r g ra n d a n d n o b le w o rk fo r h u m a n ity , is th e p ra y e r o f m a n y k in d au d lo v in g m orta ls .

I hope to b e a b le soon to w r ite som e lu te r e s t­in g a r t ic le s o n th e p hen o m en a o f th is g ra n d an d g lo r io u s tr u th , in i t s d iffe re n t p hases.

T U B T R l'M P B T SONG.

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G u id e w i l l in g m iu d s to k n o w T h e tr u th th a t h e re is found.

T h o u g e n tle le a d e r o f th is band.B r in g to k e n s fro m th e s p ir it la n d .

B low y e , th e tru m p e t b low .Y e p ow ers fro m ab ove.

T h e b u td en ed h e a rt s e t f ie e W ith m essa g es o f lo ve .

N o w w a k e th e s o n g o f ju b ile e .P roclaim o ’e r d e a th th e v ic to r y .

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W elco m e, d e a r s p ir it fr ien d s.W elcom e, y e a n g e l band;

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T o Dr. S h a rp an d M rs. S c ery ,D r. J . L . Ze l l .

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th is v e ry p le a sa u t to w n , w h ic h is s itu a te d on th e lin e o f th e C. K . I . a u d P. R . R „ a b o u t o n e h u n d red an d fifty m ile s w e s t o f th e M iss is ­s ip p i riv e r. I t c o n t a iu s a p o p u la tio n o f ab ou t tw o thousand, is su rro u n d ed b y a fa r m in g c o u n t iy , an d is n o ted fo r its n u m erou s m in eral s p r in g s , w hose li fe -g iv in g w a te r s a r c so u g h t b y the p eop le from n e a r ly e v e ry S ta te iu the u n io n . T h e p eople, a s a ru le , a r c p ro g re ssive , a n d a re c u tt in g loose from th e a n c ie n t m y th s an d su p e rstitio n s a n d a t e r e a c h iu g o u t fo r th e m ore p rog ressive id ea s o f th e 19th c e n tu r y . S e v e ra l la rg e an d fin e ly fu rn ish e d h o te ls a r e filled th e g re a te r p a r t o f th e tim e w ith p eop le w ho com e n o t o n ly fo r p le a su re , b u t a ls o in search o f tha* g re a te s t boon to m orta ls , h e a lth , w ith o u t w h ic h a l l e ls e is v a n ity an d v exa tio n o f sp ir it. A m o n g th e se in s titu tio n s th e re a re n one b etter th a n th e s a n ita riu m o f D r. O. G . W . A dam s, w h o , fo r m an y y e a rs , has had g re a t su ccess In tr e a tin g th e v a rio u s a i l ­m en ts to w h ich h u m a n ity is su b je c t. T h is sa n i­ta riu m is c o ro p a ritiv e ly n ew , an d is arran ged to g iv e th e g re a te s t a m o u n t o f com fo r t to the g u e s ts a n d p a tie n ts w h o Wi»h to ta k e ad van t­a g e o f th e s u p e r io r fa c ili t ie s offered. It is d e­lig h t fu lly s itu a te d , co m m a n d in g a m a g n ifice n t v iew o f th e su rro u n d in g c o u n tr y , a n d a t th is season o f th e y e a r w h en th e fro sts are c h a n g ­in g th e le a ve s o f th e fo re sts In to a l l th e co lo rs o f th e ra in b ow , a n d w ith a n u n o b stru cted v iew o f g lo r io u s su n sets , th e e ffect is d ecid ed ly ch a rm in g. Dr. A d a m s is in e a rn e st an d p ro­n ou n ced S p ir itu a lis t , a n d o w es m uch o f h is su cc e ss to the fa ith fu l co -o p era tion o f h is sp irit g u id e s , to w hom h e c h e e r fu lly g iv e s cr e d it, l ie p ossesses vario u s s p ir itu a l g if t s , a m o n g w h ich are c la irvo y a n c e , c la im u d ic n c c au d th e g i f t o f h e a lin g . H e is a ls o a fine p sy c h o m c trlst an d a n e x p e rt In d ia g n o s in g d ise a se . A ll h is rem e­d ie s are p u re ly v eg eta b le , a n d are p rep a red b y a com peten t ch em ist in h is ow n la b o ra to ry , l ie has a corp s o f v a lu a b le a ss is ta n ts , am o n g w hom is M rs. F ra n k H teinhart, con n ected w ith the office ns co rresp o n d en t. T h is la d y is a th or­o u g h S p ir itu a lis t, a fin e p sy c h o m c trlst , au d is a m ost v a lu a b le a id in co n d u c tin g th e w o rk o f th e san itariu m . S h e is a s is te r o f O lllc A. Blodgett, the noted te s t an d s la te -w r itin g m e­d iu m , o f D avenport. D r. B ow ers h as c h a r g e o f th e b a th room s, an d w e ca n te s t ify from e x p e ­rien ce th a t h e th o ro u g h ly u n d ersta n d s h is b u sin ess. T h e Indies’ d ep a rtm en t is iu ch a rg e o f a Indy w M is a lso th o ro u g h ly com peten t. H e is in d a ily rece ip t o f le tte rs from th e A t­la n tic to th e Pacific co a st, se n d in g h is rem ed ies to thousnnds w ho have n e v e r seen h im . an d is not o n ly d o in g s gra n d w o rk In c u r in g th e s ic k , b u t is e q u a lly in te n t in sp re a d in g th e g o sp el o f th e n ew sp ir itu a l d isp en sa tio n , g iv in g lib ­e r a lly o f h is tim e an d m ean s to th a t en d . l i e i s a fa ith fu l frien d o f m ed iu m s, au d e v er lias

an e n c o u ra g in g w ord fo r a l l w o rk e rs in the ca u se. A lth o u g h th e re i s n o o rg an ized socie­ty h ere, s t i l l th e re a re a few fa ith fu l on es w ho h old th e fo rt an d a r c in te n t u p on * le t t in g th eir l ig h t sh in e fo r th e b en efit o f h u m a n ity . A m on g the w o rk e rs an d m ed iu m s a r c M rs. P carcc, M rs. C o rn eliu s, M rs. A llen a n d o th e rs w h om we did not h ave th e p le a su re o f m e e tin g . M rs. O. A. B lod g ett w as a lso a g u e s t o f D r. A dam s an d h e r s is te r, a n d w h ile h e re to o k a d v a n ta g e o f the sa n ita riu m to im p rove a som ew h at im paired co n d itio n o f th e p h y s ic a l . She ga ve , how ever, w h ile here, a n u m b er o f p riv a te s it t in g s , her co n tro ls , a s u su al, g iv in g th e g re a te s t sa tis fa c­tio n . W i l l c . l lo n o i: .

B ro o k ly n , N . Y .A s stated to y o u som e tw o w e e k s a g o B roo k­

ly n seem s to b e favored w ith a s p ir itu a l w ave ju s t a t p resen t.

W e h ave th e re g u la r S u n d a y se rv ic e s a t C on­se rv a to ry H all, m o r u in g a n d c v r n in g . W e have a T u esd a y n ig h t co n feren c e a t B rad b u ry H all. 190 F u lto n street, a n d th e In d ep en d en t C lu b m eets a t th e sam e h a ll e v e ry F rid a y e v e n in g , an d w e h a v e th e re g u la r B ro o k ly n C on feren ce a t E v e re tt A sse m b ly R oom s, c o rn e r o f B rid ge an d W illo u g h b y s tre e ts , S a tu rd a y ev e n in g ; a lso M rs. B la k e h o ld s a r e g u la r Su iu la y e v e n in g se rv ic e a t h e r p a r lo rs , >K| F r a n k lin A v c ., nnd at each an d a l l o f th em th e ro o m s h ave b ccu cro w d ed to o ve rflo w in g o f la te ; a n d the a t ­tra c tio n s o re M rs. Isa W ilso n P o rter, w ith fire te sts au d rea d in g s; M rs. B la k e , w ith fu ll nam es a n d te sts ; M rs. M aud L o rd D ra k e , w it li h e r d i­versified m e d iu ra is lic g i f t s o f in sp ira tio n and tests ; an d la s t b u t n o t le a s t, w e h ave w ith us th e s la te -w r itin g m ed iu m . M rs. M ott K n ig h t, th ro u g h w h ose tu ed iu tu sh ip w e h a v e b een h a v ­in g s la te w r it in g on o u r se v e ra l p u b lic p la t­fo rm s, in th e p re se n c e o f a n d w ith e a c h ill- s ta n ce a co m m itte e se lec ted from th e a u d le u c e . W ith su ch m e d iu m istic ta le n t i t w o u ld b e a l i t t l e re m a rk a b le i f th e re w a s n ot m ore th an th e u su a l in te r e s t m a n ife ste d .

A t e a c h o f th e d iffe re n t m e e tin g s th e p ast w e e k th e re w a s go od s p e a k in g a n d te s ts , that in a lm o st e v e ry in sta n c e w e r e reco g n ized , m a n y o f th em b r o u g h t hom e to th e p a rt ic u la r p erso n s fo r w h om th e y w e re in ten d ed , w ith a fo rce an d d e ta il th a t w a s m ost u n m ista k a b le .

O u r o ld fr ie n d a n d co -w ork er, Bro. C h a r le s R. M ille r , g a v e th e e v e n in g a d d ress a t C o n se rva­to r y H a ll, o n T u e s d a y e v e n in g , O c to b e r izth , an d , a s u s u a l, h is le c tu re w a s w e ll rece ived . Y o u r fo rm e r co rre sp o n d e n t, M r. G eo rg e D ele- ree . g a v e u s a sh o rt le c tu re fro m th e sam e ros­tru m in th e m o r n in g , w h ic h w a s fo llo w ed b y s la te w r it in g , w ith M rs. M ott K n ig h t ns m e­d iu m , b o th b e in g v e r y s a t is fa c to ry .

M rs. Isa W ilso n P o rte r w a s w ith M rs . B la k e a t h e r p a r lo rs o n S u n d a y e v e n in g , a n d both g a v e re a d in g s a u d te s ts to la r g e au d ien ces ,

’w h ic h crow d ed th e room s. In o n e in s ta u c c , a la d y an d h e r d a u g h te r , s tr a n g e r s to n il p resen t, i t b e in g th e ir first v is it to a s p ir itu a l m e e tin g , re c e iv e d a te s t w ith fu ll n am e a n d o th e r fa c ts o f a p e rso n a l n a tu re , th a t th e y a c k n o w le d g e d to b e tr u e , fro m th e h u sb a n d a n d fa th e r w ho h ad p assed to th e b eyo n d . Do c t o r .

F r a te r n it y R oom s, B ed ford A ve . a n d S ou th S eco n d s tr e e t , S u n d a y , O c to b e r iz th , o u r h o u se w a s w e ll fille d , g r e a t in te r e s t b e in g m a n ifested in th e v ie w s a n d e x p e r ie n c e s p re se n te d b y th e m ed iu m s, d r a w in g p e o p le o u t o f th e o ld th e o lo ­g y , w ith i t s cram p ed an d tra m m eled co n d itio n , in to th e b ro a d, e x p a n s iv e p h ilo so p h y o f S p ir­itu a lism . A g r e a t s p ir itu a l w a v e seem s to h ave s e tt le d o v e r u s , a u d m in d s .a r e a w a k e n in g to t b c g t c a t n e e d o f th e h o u r— a n e w b ir th , a n ew d isp e n sa tio n .

W e w e re m u ch p le a se d to h a v e w ith u s M rs. P a y liter, o f B r o o k ly u , w h o d e liv e re d a v e ry fine in v o c a tio n , th e n n o t ic in g M r. N u ta ll am o n g th e a u d le u c e , h e w a s c a lle d to th e p la tfo rm , a n d a lth o u g h u o t a p u b lic s p e a k e r , y e t a 'v e r y e a r n e st-w o rk e r. •• H e- r e la te d h ia - ’exp crie itees* a n d h o w th ro u g h th e d e a th o f h is tw o ch ild re n h e w a s b ro u g h t to a re a liz a tio n o f t h is b le sse d tr u th , b y t h e ir b r in g in g to h im e v id e n c e o f l i f e b e y o n d th e g ra v e .

M rs. L e w is , from B o sto n , th e n to o k th e p la t­fo rm a n d w ith te s ts a n d r e a d in g o f h a n d k e r­c h ie f g a v e c o n v in c in g tr u th s a s w e re a c k n o w l­e d g e d b y th o se re c e iv in g th em . T b l k a ,

N o w Y o r k .T h e a fte rn o o n m e e tin g fo r m a n ifts ta t io n s

th a t is h e ld e v e ry S u n d a y a t A d o lp h ! H a ll, in c o n n e c tio n w ith th e m o r n in g a n d e v e n in g se r­v ic e s o f (h e F ir s t S p ir it u a l is t S o c ie ty , is p ro v ­in g m ore p o p u la r , a n d f io m th e fa c t th a t th e p ro c e e d in g s a r c m o s tly d evoted to th e p re se n ta ­tion o f th e p h e n o m e n a , th e in te r e s t d isp la y e d b y th e a u d ie n c e s is v e ry m a rk e d .

M rs. M . E . W illia m s o cc u p ie d h e r cu sto m a ry p o sitio n o f p re s id e n t at th e S u n d a y m e e tin g , a n d h e r o p e n in g a d d ress w a s a fo rc ib le , c le a r a n d in c is iv e p re se n ta tio n o f S p ir itu a lis m , w h a t i t h as a c co m p lish e d in th e p ast a n d w h a t m ay b e e x p e c te d o f i t in tlie fu tu r e . A t fre q u e n t in ­te r v a ls sh e b ecam e e lo q u e u t a s s lic d ila te d on th e g lo r ie s o f its p h ilo so p h y a n d th e adnm ant- iu e fa c ts o f it s p h c n o irc u a . Site w a s lib e r a lly a p p lau d ed b y h e r d e lig h te d h e a re r s , a n d th e g c u c r a l co m m cu t w a s fa v o ra b le to h e r v iew .

In th e c o u rse o f h e r re m a r k s sh e sa id thn t S p ir itu a lis m is d em on strated b y s c ie n tific nnd n a tu ra l la w s , an d i t is th e b e a u ly , ju s t ic e and tr u th o f its te a c h in g s th a t h a s b ecom e n u n iv e rs ­a l ly a c k n o w le d g e d fact. S h e m ade a v e ry s tro n g , e a r n e st ap p e a l to th e p eo p le to b e m ore e n e r ­g e t ic in th e c a u se , m id d ep lored th e la c k o f co n ­ce rte d a n d re so lu te a c tio n th a t w h ic h a lo n e is w a n ted to m a k e th e r e lig io n o f S p ir itu a lism th e m ost w id esp rea d in th e w o rld , an d h ave its re a l v a lu e p ro p e rly a p p re cia te d a n d s c a tte r it s b le ss in g s o v e r g r a te fu l p eo p le . M rs. W il­lia m s t h in k s th a t i f S p ir itu a lis ts w o u ld | su b m e rg e tr iv ia l d iffe re n c e s au d a ll w o rk in u n iso n fo r the a tta in m e n t o f th e on e g r e a t g o a l w h ich a c tu a te s th e a m b itio n o f a l l , th a t th e p ow ers o f th e w e ll-o rg a n ize d c h u r c h e s w ould lie in s ig n ific a n t in com p a rison ; b e c a u se , ns sh e said , p eo p le h ave b u n te d fo r G od in va in before th e y ad op ted S p ir itu n lsm . O f a l l th e p eo p le on th e im p eria l fo otsto o l, w h o h a v e th e In estim able b le ss in g o f th a t b e n ig n in flu e n c e w h ic h b in d s so u l to g e th e r nnd b r in g s a h o ly b a p tism w ith It, S p ir itu a lis ts a r c th e favored o n es.

M r. T . P. Dunce sa id th a t th e p o p u la r m in d is b e c o m in g c h a n g e d from “ ch a rtered b e lie fs ,'' a s w a s n m p ly testified in J u d g e H o a rd 's o p in ­ion in th e A n d o ver h e re sy ca se.

M rs. S c h e fle lln , o f SchelTcIlti P a rk , L o n g B ranch, co m p lim en ted th e p re s id e n t on h er v ery e lo q u e n t sp eec h , an d h e r a d m ira b le ex a m ­p le in p ro v in g thnt sh e had th e co u ra g e to g iv e e x p re ssio n to h e r c o n v ic t io n s , l l c r ad ­v ice to p erson s w h o h ave not been to m a te ria l­iz in g sean ces is to lo se n o tim e in jo in in g n c ir c le fo r su ch p u rp ose, a s th ere th e y ca n learn th e h ig h e s t p rin c ip le s o f l i fe from th o se w ho h ave g o n e b efo re au d rest on th e p eacefu l fie ld s o f th e h erea fter. T h e re is n o re lig io n thnt d e a ls a lo n e w ith fact* b u t S p iritu a lism , an d th e p oten t y e a s t Is d o in g its fr u it fu l w o rk . C h r is tia n ity h a s b een th e lad d er up on w h ich w e to ile d fo r e ig h te e n h un dred .yea rs, a n d to ­d a y w c sta n d face to face w ith the g re a te s t p he­n om ena w h ich h as e v er se n t a th r i ll o f aston ­ish m e n t th ro u g h a w o n d erin g p eo p le M ra. S. referred to so n ic o f the m a te ria liz a tio n s before the ca b in e t o f M rs. W llllsm * . an d ch a ra c ter­ized th em a s b e in g m arvelou s an d co n v in cin g . She co u n se led a ll to in v e s tig a te th e phenom e­n a w ith p u re h ea rts an d good In ten tion s, and th e tru tli o f a new life b eyo n d th e g ra v e w ould be e s ta b lish ed sa tis fa c to rily .

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it is h x p e c te d h e w i l l be ab le to id e n tify h im ­s e lf m ore a c tiv e ly am o n g th e w o rk e rs fo r the guo4 o f th e ca u se . H is t f c s e n r c h as been ca u sed b y a n a c c id e n t w h ic h W f r l t i i m d u rin g the V acation, au d . w h ile n ot o f a se r io u s ch a r­acter , o f su ch a n atu re a s to p reven t h im from assuSnlng an a c tiv e p art in th e p roceed in g* o f the im e ie ty .__________________ W .

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B ible, a y o u n g w o rk e r, a t th e State C onvention, th is c i ty . Sh e h as a fine flow o f la n g u a g e , and lllu a tre te a p ra c tic a l su b je c ts . A t M erid ian H all on e q u estion a sk e d o f h e r co n tro l w as: “ Can s p ir its acco m p lish th e re fo rm s d e sire d u n d er o u r p resent econ o m ic s y s te m ," to w h ich a m oat e m p h a tic " n o " w a s g iven .

Sh e afterw a rd s sp o k e iu M ansard H a ll, and th e co n tro l to o k th e ab ove q u estio n a s a su b ­je c t fo r d isco u rse , an d h an d led i t a b ly .

N ow , In co n tin u a tio n o f sa id q u e stio n , w o u ld l ik e to a s k th e ren ders o f T u b Hk t t k r W a v a n o th er: “ i f sp ir its en n u ot a c co m p lish th e re­form s d e sire d u n d er o n r p r e s c u t econ o m ic sy s te m , are n ot th e q u e stio n s o f ca p ita l an d labor, w ith k in d red to p ics , p rop er su b je c ts for s p ir itu a lis t ic p latform s, an d d o n o t th e se so cie­tie s m a k e a m is ta k e th a t ru le th em o u t, a s ants d o n e at th e cam p m e e tin g 1 a tten d ed the p ast sum m er? i t seem s to m e th a t th ey db, fo r 1 have so th o ro u g h ly s tu d ie d th e su b jec t thnt I kn o w M rs: B ib le 's co n tro l w a s co rre c t in h e r rep ly .

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1 W e are h a v in g n g ra n d tim e here. O n Inst T h u rsd a y e v e n in g w e h ad a n o th er o n e o f those p leasa n t 'm e d iu m s ' m e e tin g s . T h e g u id e s o f B roth er R ip le y g a v e a le c tu re , a fte r w h ich th ey g a v e p sy c h o m e tric re a d in g s , som e fifteen or s ix te e n in n u m b er, a l l o f w h ic h w e re recog­n ised .

B roth er V an H orn w ax p re se n t an d g a v e som e e x c e lle n t te sts . ,• L a st S u n d a y th e s o c ie ty m et in M a n su r l ln ll , w ith Bro. F r a n k T . R ip le y o n th e p la tfo rm , w h a sc g u id e s le c tu re d from su b je c ts h an d ed in b y th e au d ie n c e , w h ic h w ere d iscu sse d in an a b le m an n er. A fte r th e le c tu r e th e y g a v e p s y ­ch o m e tric re a d in g s ; n o t f a i l in g on ce.

W e h ave a g o od c h o ir th a t g iv e s u s e x ce p tio n ­a l ly good m u sic . T h e a u d ie n c e s a r e la r g e nnd h arm o u io u s, a n d th e s o c ie ty is g r o w in g in n u m b ers; so e v e r y th in g lo o k s b r ig h t fo r the fu tu re . M ore an o n . Aj a x ,

" V ic to r ," a m o n g o th e r th in g s c o n c e rn in g the c o n v e n tio n , w r ite s : " I t w a s soon m ade m an i­fest th a t a n im p o rta n t m a tte r to b e b ro u g h t b e ­fore th e c o n v e n tio n w a s th a t o f e s ta b lis h in g a ca m p fo r th e S p ir itu a lis ts a n d F ree T h in k e r s o f In d ia n a . S u b je ct m e re ly in tro d u c e d u n til D. A. R a lsto n to o k th e floor a n d p re se n te d th e fo llo w in g re so lu tio n , ns n e a r a s I c a n rem em ­ber:

K eso lved , T h a t w e s e le c t a co m m itte e o f fifteen g e n tle m a n th ro u g h o u t th e s ta te , to lo o k fo r a lo ca tio n s u ita b le an d to le a rn th e p ro b a ­b le c o st o f th e sam e. A ls o to in v e s tig a te an d see W hat fin a n c ia l a s s is ta n c e c a n b e h ad ; a lso to lo o k a ft e r th e v a s t atn ou u t o f w e a lth th n t is d a i ly d r if t in g a w a y from o u r ca u se b y u c g le ct on o u r p a rt , fro m b e q u e a th s , e tc ., a n d th a t th e s e c u r in g o f sa id g ro u n d sh ou ld be fre e o f a n y s to c k o r s h a re s h e ld b y a n y p erso n o r p erson s. T h a t th e sam e sh o u ld b e lo u g to th e S p iritu a l- i s t s o f In d ia n a , to b e co n tro le d e n t ir e ly b y the In d ia n a A sso cia tio n o f S p ir itu a lis ts , a le g a lly in c o rp o ra ted body.

T h is m otio n w a s c a rr ie d w ith o u t a d is s e n t­in g voice; a co m m itte e se le c te d o f w h ic h D . A . R a lsto n Was m ad e c h a irm a u . L a te r h e m ade rniothefr-lttO tiou to h a v e fifteen la d ie s to a c t c o n jo in tly a s a n a u x il l ia r y co m m itte e to w o rk W ith th e f irs t , w h ic h m otion w a s ca rr ie d . M rs. Colby. L u th e r w a s m ade c h a irm a n o f th e la d ie s ' C om iuiU ?c.

T h e M e d iu m s' Home* S o c ie ty o f Iq d ia n n p o lls , h a v e ju s t c lo se d th e ir first m o n th 's w o rk u n d er th e g u id in g s ta r , M rs. A . M . G la d ih g , b y a s o c ia l a n d l i t e r a r y e n te r ta in m e n t, co u p led

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S o yo u se e hotv w c a r c situ a te d . W e a r e p a­tie n t ly w a it in g fo r th e tim e to com e w h en ou r ca u se w i ll b e a r c r it ic is m .

In th is c o n n e c tio n I nm g la d to n o te thnt o u r w o rth y P re s id e n t o f th e F irs t S o c ie ty o f S p ir it­u a lis ts , M r. J. V . M . C a in , h a s a p ro je c t on baud b y w h ich h e h o p e s to b e a b le to o w n a lo t o f g ro u n d o n w h ic h to b m ld a tem p le to be u sed b y S p ir in a lis ts . S u ch a tem p le w o u ld a t­tra c t a tte n tio n an d w o u ld se t p eo p le to in qu ir- j in g . In ad d itio n to th is , su ch a tem p le , w h en le c tu re r s w e re p re se n t, w o u ld d ra w crow d s to h e a r th em , an d th u s seed w o u ld be c a s t in to fe r t ile gro u n d an d w o u ld b r in g fo rth fru it .

C ou ld you u o t in d u ce y o u r S o u th ern readers to a id thin ca u se w ith a sm a ll c o n trib u tio n . T en c c iits from e v e ry S p ir itu a lis t w o u ld do the w o rk , an d w c w o u ld soon h ave a sp len d id e d i­fice to w e r in g tow ard s th e s k y — a v erita b le w ed g e th a t w o u ld s p lit itn w a y a n d do m uch good, I w ill add thnt M r. C a in is a w o rth y , hon­e st, c o n scie n tio u s m an, a n d tru stw o rth y in e v e ry re sp ect.

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T h is O rd er i t w e ll esta b lish ed and on a lib ­e r a l p lan e, w ith b ea u tifu l ce rem o n ies o f in it ia ­tion , a n d is p erh ap s th e o n ly benefit so c ie ty o f w h ich the S u p rem e an d G ra n d O fficers are u n i­fo rm ly S p ir itu a lis ts . Both m en an d wom en are ad m itted to m em bership.

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Y o u ca n send a p ostal ca rd to D r. S . S. B ald ­w in , 143 W est F ifth street, C in c in n a ti, O ., and he w ill sen d you a ll needed b la n k s an d fu ll in ­stru c tio n s. T h e tim e req u ired to g e t o p a loco co u n cil need not in terfere w ith yo u r o th er buslncsM. T h e m em b ership o f lo cal co u n cil* , o f co u rse , need n ot b e confined to S p ir itu a lis ts alon e.

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rem arkab le p henom ena—w hich b rin g b e tte r financial1 C onditions—th e m ore tlisaatisfied th ey .become w ith th e ir s u r ­ro u n d in g s . Positive b a tte rie s a rc p u t in ac tion , each tow ard th e o th e r o f th e sam e phase o f m ed iu m sliip —m ore especially iu physical m an ifesta tions. W e d o n o t b lam e them fo r w hat th ey are , fo r i f th ey w ere n o t sen s itiv es th ey w ould n o t be m edium s. T h ey a re like .an eo liau h a rp When every b re a th Of w ind m ay p lay upou th e b ra in o f th e m edium , liv e ry person s i t t in g in th e sam e room w ith a sens itive w ill p e rh ap s sen d o u t th o u g h ts w hich a re m ore o r less po in ted . W atch th e effect; I t m ay be a re s tle ss an d d is ­tu rb ed fee ling th a t takes possession o f th e m edium , o r i t m ay b e a q u ie t, res tfu l influence. H ere an e n tire opp o site in ­fluence is th ro w n o u t. W hen m ed ium s feel th e influence o f a sp ir it , enu th ey d raw th e d iv id in g line? C an th ey te ll how m uch ou ts id e pow er co n tro ls them ? A re th ey n o t o ften co n tro led an d d o n o t realise it?- M edium s are n o t th e o u ly persons w ho are lik e th e sen s itiv e p lan t. O ur ce leb ra ted o pera s in g e rs a u d m usic ians luive d eep e r fee lings o f m is tru s t and jea lousy th a n w hen I n th e ir p rim ary o r rud itp eu ta l days, w hen each w ould ass is t th e o th e r persona lly w ith k in d ly w ords o f encouragem en t. I t m ay be th a t m ore advanced co n d itio n s b r iu g a h ig h e r te n ­sion o f th e n ervous system , au d b it te r th o u g h ts an d b ick e rin g s are th e resu lt. In fo rm er tim es o u r s in g in g schoo ls and ch u rch ch o irs h ad th e ir l i t t le troub les , b u t harm ony w ould soon com e again. M usic w ould ten d to m ake all h a rm o n i­ous again.

W e b lam e none fo r th e ir o rgan iza tion o r sen s itiv e cond ition . M edium s are bo ro , an d developm ent is a n a tu ra l o u t­g ro w th o f p ro p e r su rro u n d in g s . M oney c a n n o t develop q u a litie s you d o n o t pos­sess in em bryo. T h e n a tu re an d deg ree o f 'd e v e lo p m e n t dep en d upon th e germ in h e re n t in th e n a tu re o f th e person ; i t

. is n ever w holly acquired .T h e ty p e o f w*hat we a re to be is d e­

te rm in ed befo re b ir th . C ond itions fav­o rab le o r unfavorable lie lp to fo rm o u r character, a n d m akes u s an g u la r o r sym ­m etrical in o u r sp iritu a l un fo ldm en t. C haracter itse lf is b u t th e accum ulated reflection o f c ircum stances an d cond i­tion^.

from filling ever}' h o u r w ith b enefit for som ebody. N ot o s ten ta tio u s ly , n o r w ith h o p e fo r e a rth ly ga in , b u t because i t is o u r d u ty , o u r in es tim ab le p riv ilege , to fill th e m easure o f o u r days w ith th e rich est tre a su re s o f e a r th an d heaven. T h e n ub lo n g e r can th e sk ep tic a l o n es look o n d is in te re s te d ly a n d say,*" W e g e t u o th in g p rac tica l from S p ir itu a lism ."

T h e P o e ts S in g .T h e r e 'll n o th in g no k i n g l y n» k in d n e s s ,A n d n o th in g no r o y a l a s t r u th .— A lic e C a r y .

Never a tear bedims the e y e 'T h a t t im e a n d p a tie n c e w i l l n o i d r y .

— B ret lt a r t e .Self-case fa pain; the ouly rentIs la b o r fo r a w o r t h y e n d .—J . t i . W h it t ie r . .

W e ll a u d w in d y s a id th e G r e e k ,B e th o u fh itb fh t. b u t u o t fond;

T o th e a l ta r 's fo o t t h y fe l lo w s e e k ,T h e fu r ie s w a it b e y o n d .— R . W . E m e rs o n .

L e t h im u o t b o a s t w h o p u ts h is a r m o r o n A s h e w h o p u ts i t o ff, th e b a tt le d o u c .S t u d y y o u r s e lv e s ; a u d m o s t o f a l l u o te w e l l W h e r e in k in d n a tu r e m e a n t y o u t o e x c e l.

— II. W . L o n g fe llo w ,

A h , le t u s h o p e th a t to o u r p r a is e G o o d G o d u o t o u ly r e c k o n s

T h e m o m e n ts w h e n w e tr e a d H is w a y s , B u t w h e n th e s p i r i t b e c k o n s ;

T h a t so m e s l ig h t g o o d i s a ls o w r o u g h t B e y o n d s e lf- s a t is fa c t io n ,

W h e n w e a r e s im p ly g o o d in th o u g h t , H o w e 'e r w e fu ll in a c t io n .—J . K . L o w e ll.

W r it te n fo r T h e B e tte r W a v .

N O T H IN G P R A C T IC A L .B Y E L L A L . M K H R IA M . , •

T b e p ass in g th ro u g h th is e a rth ly stage o f ex is tence is o f vast im portance . And y e t t o see th e la rg e m ajo rity id lin g th e ir precious- m o m en ts—o r, w orse, . filling th em w ith deeds o f vio lence an d crim e w ould seem a conv incing con trad ic tion .

T h e o th e r day I m e t an active, ea rnes t m ale acquaintance o f p rog ressive p ro ­clivities, an d deeply in te res ted in th e im provem ent o f th e p re sen t cond itions am ong h is fallows. T h e conversation 'somehow* d rif ted in to o r touched upon S p iritua lism . I rem em ber w ell one o f h is rem arks:

“ I have never had m uch in te re s t in th a t d irection , because I have seen n o prac­tica l results.'.’ *

Now, as so rry as I am to acknow ledge ■ it, th is is too true . A nd why? Because

th e v ita l im portance o f every golden m o­m en t o f life, h as n o t been one th o u s­an d th p a rt .realized by on ly a m eager few. W hy, w hen we th in k o f o u r advan­tages over those w ho are stum b ling

• a long in sp iiitu a l darkness, g ro p in g in th e b lind , narrow , ch illy p a th s o f th e ir forefathers, w hile we receive th e l ig h t by d ire c t com m unication and in sp ira tion from th e sp irit world, w hat excuse have we th a t we are n o t indiv idually aud col­lectively a sh in in g m ark o f in teg rity and virtue?

Above and beyond th e tr iflin g m is­takes th a t we as m orta ls m u s t needs m ake, ou r lives should prove m arked w itnesses o f th e benefits—practical bene- fita—o f ou r philosophy. Kvcry m om ent, no m atte r w hether weary, d iscouraged o r ill, no m atte r if m isunderstood, unapp re­ciated o r unloved, th e im press o f ou r th o u g h ts and m otives is be ing indelib ly stam ped upon o u r lives, to m eet every retrospective gaze, and decide o u r posi­tio n in tbe w orld to . come. W e have learned from undeniable sources th a t

■ th e h ig h es t fulfillm ent o f every know n■ obligation is no t to please o r appease a

vain and vindictive deity , no r h is m ar- ty red son, b u t as ou r h ig h es t du ty to ■ ourselves and to others.

B ut few o f us, perhaps, have m ore o f th is w orld 's goods th an we really need, b u t, oh! th e inexhaustib le w ealth o f our sp iritua l treasury , w hen once begun in earnes t to develop it! And to-day th e w orld needs such assistance, m ore than i t needs dollars and ccuts. So m any h ea rts are unfed, so m any m inds tro u ­b led and overburdened, so tuanv are ill treated , unloved and u n thoug lit of. Do such dem ands upon u s im poverish ourpossessions? O h no! On th e contrary.T hey fill o u r sp iritual cups to overflow­in g , and lend an additional joy to our guard ian loved one “over there."

Oh, to be on ou r guard and prepared for every changing circum stance th a t we m ay n o t even accidentally l>e deterred

W r itte n fo r T h e B e t te r W a y.

F O R M A N D S U B S T A N C E .B Y M A T T IE r V L S I F B R .

W h at a tr iv ia l o ld w orld is ou rs , io be su re . In th is ag e o f so-called C h ris tia n ­ity , i t seem s th e m o s t p re p o s te ro u s m ockery th a t any one sh o u ld b e c e n ­su re d for uon-obscrvance o f fo rm , b u t i t o ften happens.

N o t lo n g ago th e B ishop o f L inco ln w as p ro secu ted in th e K n g lish civil c o u tts 'fo r a n u m b e r o f " h ig h c rim es and m isdem eanors," a m o n g w h ich w ere th e follow ing: H e a llow ed l ig h ts to b u rn upott^ th e a lta r w h ich w ere u o t needed fo r th e il lu m in a tio n o f th e place; h e faced th e e a s t w h ile re a d in g th e p ray e r o f co n secra tio n , th u s p re v e n tin g th e com m u n ican ts from se e in g h im b reak th e b re a d a n d b less th e w ine; th a t h e d id n o t rev e ren tly e a t th e b read a n d d rin k th e w iue th a t rem a in ed a f te r th e com ­m u n ican ts hud b een -served, a s recom ­m ended by th e rub ric .

A s h o r t d is ta u c e from th is scene o f persecu ted ch u rc h n o n -e tiq u e tte , nam e­ly, in P aris , h a s been in s ti tu te d w h a t is te rm ed a "M useum o f R elig ion ," d e s ig n ­ed to illu s tra te th e g ro w th o f th e various sy s tem s o f re lig io n by m eans o f collec­tio n s o f p ic tu res , books an d o b jec ts o f w orsh ip . G rea t in te re s t w as sa id to be m an ifested in th e idea.

W e d o n o t d o u b t th e alleged in te re s t in th is o b jec t tcoch ing , because ch u rch - an ity —w e w ill n o t say C h ris tia n ity —is b eco m in g to o s tu p id an d in d o len t w ith m u ch lo llin g o n v e lv e t cu sh io n s to be in te re s te d o therw ise .

B ut th e th in g i t il lu s tra te s is n o t re ­lig ion , i t is su p e rs titio n ; an d th e re fo re i f carried in th e r ig h t d irec tion , an d illu s­tra te d b y liv in g sub jec ts , j t m ig h t do som e good.

T h e re is , how ever, to be found th e C h ris t s p ir i t in th e ch u rch es , b u t i t is n o t coufined b e n e a th th e ir g ild ed spires* i t rad ia tes a s G od 's su n sh in e in to th e

i devious p a th s o f h u m an life.A tru e an d sw eet follow er o f th e M as­

te r is H elen C halm ers, th e d a u g h te r o f th e n o ted d iv ine. S he lives in one o f th e low est sec tio n s o f th e c ity o f E d in b u rg h , th a t sh e m ay b e a m oral an d sp iritu a l he lp to th e m en an d w om en o f d ru n k e n ­ness, poverty an d su ffering . E very night* finds h e r o u t in th e lan e s and alleys o f th e city w ith a la n te rn , n ever re tu rn in g to h e r q u a rte rs w ith o u t one o r m ore g ir ls o r w om en sh e h a s tak en from th e s tree t.

T h e re is a re lig ion th a t needs n o books uo r p ic to ria l il lu s tra tio n s to rem in d its possesso r o f i ts grow th . W hen re lig ion w orks i t h as no tim e to look back upon itself; i ts gaze and search is forw ard. N either h as i t tim e to critic ise o th e r w orkers.

Souls supposed to be p e rish in g for th e bread and w ine o f life p e rm it n o tim e to study th e m an n er o f d isp en sin g it.

T h e good B ishop o f L incoln o u g h t to im itate H elen C halm ers by tran sfe rrin g h is services to L ondon cast-enders, w here h e w ould find m ore h u m an love, if less critical eyes.

I t is C h ris t's re lig ion . H e shunned h ig h places to proclaim to th e public from h ighw ays an d hedges, seek in g th e lam e, b lind , and th o se possessing m oral infirm ities. H e h as m any apostles do ing h is w ork, b u t they are all too few for the m u ltitude w alk ing th e "broad road."

T h e chu rches are closed. T h e ir m as­sive w alls and en ch an tin g s tra in s o f the organ sh u t o u t and drow n th e noise o f th e clam oring th rong .

T h e Salvationists are do ing good w ork outside, and w ould do b e tte r b u t for th e ir m ilitary d rills , w hich ten d to p ro ­voke ridiculo and d isg u st in m any m inds th a t w ould o therw ise give respect and aid. However, th e re com es a tim e when th e m oat s inners are convinced th a t if these Salvationists w ill persist in ge tting down on th e ir knees in th e d u s t aud foul o f th e s tree ts to pray for them , there m ust be sincerity and d isin terestedness o f purpose, to say the least. W hen, too, they consider th a t th e churches have no room for such as they (the hoodlum s) they th iu k r ig h t for once.

T H E T R O U B L E S O F A P O E T .B Y M A X A D K L H K .

W hile C olonel B angs, e d ito r o f th e A rgus, w as p itting in h ia office one day, a m an w hose b row w as c lo th ed w ith thun* d e r, en te red , f ie rc e ly se iz in g a chair, h e slam m ed h is lm t^m rtlie tab le , h u rled h is u m bre lla o il th e floor an d sa t down.

"A re you th e ed ito r?" h e a sk ed . _ •"Y es?" • 1 V,"C an you read w riting?"."O f course .""R ead th a t , th e n ," h e said , th ru s tin g

a t th e co lonel an enve lope w ith ' an iu* sc rip tio n o n it,

"B ------," sn id th e co lonel, try in g tospell it.

" T h a t 's u o t a B. I t 's an S ," sa id th e m an.

"S , oh yes, I see! W ell th e wOtd&Jaok a li tt le like 'S a lt fo r D in n e r,' o r 'S o u ls o f S in n e rs ,' " sa id th e colonel.

"N o , s ir ," rep lied th e m an , " u o th in g o f th e k ind! T h a t 's m y nam e, S am 'l H. B ru n n er. I Whew yo u c o u ld n 't read . 1 ca lled to sec y ou a b o u t th a t poem o f m in e you p r in te d th e o th e r day, ou th e 'S u rcease o f S o r ro w .'"

" I d o n 't rem em b er it ," sa id th e colonel."O f co u rse y ou d o n 't , b ecause i t w eut

in to th e p a p e r u n d e r th e in fam o u s title o f.'S m earcasc T o-M orrow .’ "

"A s tu p id b lu n d e r o f th e com positer, I suppose ."

"Y es, s ir; an d th a t 's w h a t I w an t to see y ou abou t. T h e w ay in w h ich th a t poem w as m u tila te d w as s im p ly scandalous. I h a v e n 't s le p t a n ig h t since. I t exposed m e to ■ d e ris io n . P eop le th in k 1 am an ass. L e t m e sh o w y ou ."

"G o ah ead ," sa id th e colonel." T h e f irs t liue , w hen I w ro te it, read

in th is w ayt'L y i n g b y a w e e p in g w i l lo w u n d e r n e a th a g e n ­

t le s lo p e .'

" T h a t is beau tifu l, po e tic , affecting. Now, how d id y o u r v ile sh e e t p re s e n t i t to th e public? T h e re i t is! L ook a t that! M ade i t read th is way:'L y i n g to a w e e p in g w id o w to in d u c e h e r to

e lo p e !1

"W eep in g w idow , m in d y o u t A widow! O! th u n d e r an d lig h tn in g ! T h is is too 'm uch! I t 's c u o u g h to d riv e a m an crazy!"

" I ’m so rry ," sa id th e co lonel, " b u t—"“ B ut look a -h ere a t th e fo u r th verse,"

sa id th e p o e t. " T h a t’s w orse ye t. W hat I sa id was: • .

P IC K IN G S .I f a p erson sw allow s an y po iso n w hat

ev e r o r h a s fa llen in to co n v u ls io n s fron h av in g overloaded h is stom ach , an in s ian tun eon's rem edy is a h e a p in g ten- spoon fu l o f com m on sa lt an d os inucl g ro u n d m u sta rd s t ir r e d ill a teacu p o< w ater, w arm o r cold . I t is scarcely dow i befo re i t b e g in s to com e up , b r in g in g w ith i t th e re m a in in g c o n te n ts o f lib stom ach; an d le s t th e re b e an y re tn iian o f po ison , how ever, le t th e w h ite o f an e g g o r a teacup o f s tro n g coffee be sw al­low ed as so o n ns th e s to m ach is qu ie t, because th e se very com m on a rtic le s uul- ify n la rge n u m b e r o f v iru le n t po iso n s.— H all’s Jo u rn a l o f H ea lth .

T h e ce leb ra ted K ru p p C om pany of E ssen , G erinnuy , h a s ju s t fin ish ed th e la rg e s t g u u ev c r m ade; i t is th e p ro p erty o f th e R u ss ian g o v ern m en t, an d is m ade o f co st s tee l, w eig h s 235 to n s , an d h a s a ca lib re o f 1 3 ^ in ch es , m id a b a rre l 40 fee t in len g th ; i t fires tw o sh o ts p e r m in ­u te , a n d each ch a rg e co s ts $1,500.— E x.

Jew s have beeu re tu rn in g to th e H oly L an d iu con sid e rab le n u m b ers , an d now th a t th e y m u s t leave R u ss ia th e influx in to P a les tin e w ill increase. T h e re tu rn o f th e fe r til iz in g ra in s , said to have beeu w ith h e ld s ince th e B abylonish cap tiv it) • is tak cu as a n o th e r s ig n o f th e revival o f th e Is ra c li tish k in g d o m . R c-nationali- zn tion o f th e Jew s w ill fo rtify th e i r re lig - o u s fa ith ,hu t deal a sad blow to th e C h ris ­tia n s ' cu sto m o f c it in g th e d isp e rs io n o f th e race th a t c rucified th e i r sav ior.— T ru th S eeker.

M E E T IN G S .

'C a s t t h y p e a r ls b e fo r e th e s w in e a n d lo s e th em in th e d i r t . ' I .

MOHTOM.D w ig h t H ull. M l T re m o iu s tre e t, op p osite Ilerlce*

le y . S p ir itu a l m eetin gs n l 2:30, w ith d ev e lo p in g c ir c le u t II 11. 111. (luud sp ea k ers an d m.-dlum*. M usic b y P rof. P e a k . M rs. D r. H e a th , con d u ctor. O fflco H ote l H lm onds,2U7 H haw m ut nve.

T h e K c h o S p iritu a lis t* M eetin gs w i ll bo bold In A m e r ic a H a ll, 724 W a sh in gto n s tre e t, a t I0:3«, 2:30, 7:30 an d T b u r sd a y a t .in . in. U n e xc e lle d te s t an d

M usic.■ peaking m ed iu m s. . . . . ____T w ilig h t H a ll H plrltual M eetings, 7 a n d 9 W ash

D r. W . A . H a le .9 UK. Cobb,Ington s tie e t a t 10:30a - m . a n d 7:30 p . in.

co n d u cto r.E a g le H a ll, 010 W a sh in g to n street,

m e e tin g s a t 10:30, 2:30 a n d 7:30. c o n d u c to r.

F irs t H plrltual T e m p le , N e w b u ry streo*- Hr bool n t II a . m ., a n d 2:45 p .m . P u b lic In v ite d . H eals free.

H plrltual F.. W . M a th ew s.

1IH O O K I.Y N , N. Y .C o n se rva to ry H a l l , B ed ford a v e n u e c o rn e r o f

F u lto n s tre e t. P u b lic m eetin g s a re h e ld Hundaya a t 11 a . m . a n d 8 p. m . W . J . B a n d , Her.

T b e In d ep en d en t C lu b m eets eV e ry F rid a y e v e ­n in g a t N o 'c lo c k a t B ra d b u ry I la l l , 290 F u lto n st.. w h ere a l l a re w elco m ed . D an iel C oons, Pres.

T h e P ro g re ssiv e S p ir itu a lis ts h o ld th e ir w e e k ly co n fe re n c e a t E v e re tt H a l l , co rn er o f B r id g e and W illo u g h b y s tre e ts , e v e r y S a tu rd a y e v e n in g a t b o ’c lo c k . A l l In vited ; sea ts fre e . 8 . B o g a rt, P res.

A C o n feren ce M eetin g Is a lso h e ld e v e r y T ues-................... ........... ............ „ ........... ............. . . . r y T td a y e v e n in g a t 8 n 'c lo ck a t B ra d b u ry H a l l ,N o . 29u “ “ G ood sp e a k e rs a n d m e d iu m s. "

" I w ro te th a t o u t c learly an d d is tin c tly in a p la in , ro u n d h an d . N ow, w h at docs y o u r c o m p o s ito r do? D oes h e ca tc h th e sen se o f th a t b e a u tifu l sen tim en t? D oes i t s in k into* h is soul? N o, sir! H e se ts i t u p in th is fashion! L isten!'C a r t t h y p i l l s b e fo r e th e s u n r is e a n d lo v e th em

i f t h e y h u r t ."

“ N ow, is n ’t th a t a co ld-b looded a p t- rag e on a m an ’s feeliugs? I ’ll leavq.jf to y ou i f i t is n 't ."

" I t 's h a rd , th a t’s a fact," sa id th e col­onel.

"A nd th e n tak e th e fifth verse . In th e o rig in a l m an u sc rip t, i t sa id , p la in as d ay ­lig h t:‘T a k e a w a y th e j i n g l i n g m o n e y ; i t i s o n ly g l i t

t e r in g d ro s s! '

"A m an w ith on ly o n e eye, au d a c a t­a rac t o v e r th a t , co u ld have read th e w ords co rrec tly . B u t y o u r p ira te u p ­s ta irs th e re , d o . you know w h a t h e did? H e m ade i t read:‘T a k e a w a y th e je e r i n g m o n k e y s ; o n a s o r e ly

g lu n d e re d b o s s !'

"By G eorge, I fe lt lik e b ra in in g h im w ith a firc-sliovcl. I w as^n ev er c u t up so in m y life."

" I t w as n a tu ra l, too ," sa id th e colonel.“ T here , fo r in s tance , w as th e s ix th

verse. I w rote;*1 a m w e a r y o f th e to s s in g ! o f th e o c e a u ns it

h e a v e s .'

" I t is a lovely liue , too , b u t im ag ine m y h o rro r and th e an g u ish o f m y fam ily w hen I opened y o u r p a p e r And saw th e line tran sfo rm ed in to :

F u lto n at.- G ood sp e a k e rs a n d m e d iu m s. N o a d ­m ission an d a ll w elcom ed . M rs. 8 . S m it h , Pres.

S p ir itu a l U n ion , F ra te rn ity B oom s, c o r . o f Bed fo rd a v e n u o a n d Hotitlt S eco n d street. M eeting;. S u n d a y e v e n in g a t 8 o 'c lo c k . H ervlcea b y good sp e a k e rs a n d m ed iu m s u n d er th e a u sp ices o r tfe L a d le s ' A id S o c ie ty . M rs. M . E v a n s , Pres.n u i v o m u n w i v % / • m m , u ? n u n . a i v n ,

M eetin gs a r e h eld e v e r y S u n d a y e v e n in g a t 8 o 'c lo c k In the' p a rlo rs o f M rs. D r. B la k e a t WHF ra n k lin a v e n u e n ear D e K a lb .

' C I N C I N N A T I , O.T b e P sy c h ic B esea rch S o c ie ty m eets e v e r y Sun

d a y aftern o on n l D o u g la s C a stle H a ll, n o rth w e st co rn er S ix th uud W a ln u t, a t 3 o 'c lo c k . A dm ission free. G ood sp ea k ers . A l l In vited .

T h e H uclety o f U nion H p-rltuallsts m eets a t O . A B . H a ll. 116 W . S ix th s tre e t, e v e r y S u n d a y m orn Ing a t 10: <0, a n d In tb e e v e n in g a t 7:30. Good sp e a k e rs a n d tnus|c. M o rn in g se rv ic e s , free ; e v e iiln g . 15 ce n ts.

T h e S p iritu a l P ro g ressiv e S o c ie ty m eets a t E n g le r t H u ll, 87 M a rsh all a v c u u e . C a m p W ashington, on th e first a n d th ird S u n d a y o f e v e r y m on th .

A m e rica n H e a lth C ollego. F re e co lle g e . Full In stru ctio n . P ro f. J . It. C a m p b ell h a v in g estab llshed bln su p erior V lt a p a lh ic sy s te m an d erected b is c o lle g e .n o w fu rn ish es co lle g e In stru ction free to p repared stu d en ts. A ls o proscribes for tb e s ic k fre e a*, th e A m e rica n H e a lth C o lleg e . F a lrm o u n t, C lu c lu n a tl, O h io . A lso H u n d a y free re lig io u s m eet lu g s fo r e v e ry b o d y .

C H IC A U O , I L L .M edium s' S o c ie ty , D o u gias H a l l .T h lr ty - l l f th a t .

n e a r In d ia n a a v e n u e . L ectu re at 2:4 p. in .P ro g ressive S p iritu a lis ts . B r ic k la y e r s ' H a l l , 03

S o u th P eoria s treet on S u n d a y a t 8 P . m.‘ ' litP eo p le 's s o c ie ty . H rlck la > ers ' I la l l , US South P eoria n treet. a t T. .0 p. in.

M a rtin o 's I la l l , 55 S o u th A d a street, M rs. C o ra L . V . R ich m on d w ill le c tu re at 10:15 a . m . an d 7:45.

M e tc a lf H u ll, 1.19 T w en ty-seco n d street. D e v e l­o p in g c irc le In th e aftern o on an d testa a n d pay- c lm m e try in th e e v e n in g .

F ifth A ve n u o H a ll, 118 F ifth a v e n u e . M eetin g a t 3 p. m . e v e r v S u n d a y .

C O L l’ M B t'H , o .

T h e F irs t S p ir itu a l L a d le s ' A id S o c ie ty hold th e ir m eetin g at M ason ic T e m p le on T h ird street, W ed n esd ay e v e n in g . M rs. II . C o lt . 1'rvo.

'I a m w e a r in g o u t m y tr o u s e r s t i l l th e y ’ re o p en a t th e k n e e s l '

" T h a t is a litt le too m uch! T h a t seem s to m e like ca rry in g th e th iu g an inch o r tw o to o far. I th in k I have a co n stitu ­tio n a l r ig h t to m u rd e r th a t com positor, d ou ’t you?

" I th in k you have.""L e t m e read you one m ore verse. I

w rote:

CAM IllUIM tUI'OUT, MASS.C a m b rid gep o rt A ssociation o f S p ir itu a lis ts m bet

e v e r y S u n u a y e v e n in g a t Odd F e l lo w s 'I la l l , MS M ain st.

K T. W O B T II, TEXAN.T h e F irs t S p iritu a lis t S o c ie ty h as been organ

lio d . T b o L a d le s ' S o c ie ty m eets e v e ry W ed n esd ay ....................... “ *U E ast F ifte e n th st.aftern oon . W . II . R o llin s, MU I

1 NIIIA XA POLIN , IN O .Tli© In d ia n a p o lis A sso ciation o f _S p iritu a lis ts

try N undav m ornl g a t 10:30 an d In th e ev e n in g nt 7:45. a t M ansuu H a ll. cor. W ash in gton a n d A la b a m a streets . T h u rsd a y e v e n in g a t 7:48

C . W . C o lton , P resident, T h e M edium s' H om e N o d d y m eets s t E n g lish 's

H a ll, N orth M eridian street n ear tb e C irc le . Nun- d a y m orn in g at I0:3n an d In tb e e v e n in g a t 7:30. T u esd ay e v e n in g nt s:U0 o 'c lo c k . D. A . R alston .

M IN N K A PO LM , M IN N .M in n eap olis A sso clstlo n o f H plrltuallsla m eets

e v e ry H undav at «2I H ennlpln aven u e. C h ild ren 's P rogressive Lvcount 10 s . nt., fa r t m eetin g II a . m . an d lectu re s i N p . nt. N o adm ission to a n y o f the m eetings. Miss A . A . Judson. P res., • 11 I s ta v e .H .

DRW Y O RK , N . V.T h e Toople 's H plrltual M eetin g e v e r y S u n d a y

e v e n in g at Mrs. M orrell's p arlor, 110 W est F o rty- e igh t street. M edium s' m eetin g T u esd a y * p. m .

T h e N ew Y o r k P sychic*! N o d d y m eets e v e ry W edn esday ev en in g atAtoH Ixtb aven u e. H^teakeni

'I s w e ll th e f ly i n g e c h o e s iss th e y ro am am o n g th e h il ls ,

A n d I fe e l m y so u l a w a k e n to th e e c s t a c y th a t th r i l ls . '

"Now, w hat do you s’pose y o u r m iser­able ou tcast tu rn e d th a t into? W hy, in to th is:'I sm e ll th e f r y in g sh o e s a s th e y ro a st a lo n g

■ th e b u lls ,A n d I p e e l m y so u l m is ta k e n to th e se c r e ta r y

th a t w h ir ls .'

"G ibberish , sir! Awful gibberish! I m u st slay th a t m an. W here is he?"

"H e is o u t ju s t now ," said th e colonel. “Come in to-m orrow ."

" I w ill," said th e poet, "an d I w ill conic arm ed."

T hen h e p u t on h is h a t, shouldered his um brella, and d rifted off dow nstairs.

M esm erism was changed to hypnotism , which denotes sleep. T here are none so wide aw ake as many o f those said to be "hypnotized .“

T he Sandw ich Is lands alphabet b as la le tters; th e Burmese, 19; Italian , ao; Ben­galese, a t; H ebrew , Syrian, Chaldee am i Sam aritan, aa each; F rench, 23; G reek, 34; Latin, 35; G erm an, D utch and E ng lish , 26 each; Spanish and Sclavonic, 27 each; Arabic, 28; Persian and Coptic, 32; G eorg­ian, 55; A rm enian, 38; R ussian , 41; Mus­covite, 43; S an sk rit and Japanese, 50; E th iop ic and T arta rian , have 202 each.

and m edium s a lw a y s presi*at. T h e p u b lic lu v lte d . “ “ ‘ ' ‘ >*it.3B "

ty ol i-.3<> a.

j . It. Sn ip es,p resid en t. 20 llro ad w a y. T h e F irst Hoclety o f M plrituallsts con ven es

• v e r y Hunday a t IO-.Su a. m .j 2:45 an d 7:30 p. m . at A d o lp h l I la ll , corn er F ifty-secon d street and llro a d w a y. (loud sn eak ers an d good m usic m orn­in g and e v e n in g .' F act m eeting In tb e aftern o on .

I 'l t lL A O R L P lIIA . PA T h e F irst A ssociation ufH pIrituallsts m eet e v e ry

Hunday a t 10:30 In tb e m orning and 7:Bi In tlie e v e ­n in g a t tb e co rn er o f E ig h th and Mprtng G arden.

Joseph W ood. President.K eyston e Hplrltual Conference m eets ev e ry Hun­

d a y afternoon at 2:30 a t th e northeast co rn er N in th an d n p rln g Harden st. J. H. Ilow hotham , Free.

T b e Second A saoclatlou o f H plrltuallsla m eet at th e ir clm rob on Thom pson street below Front e v e ry Hunday £30 p . m . Conference an d L yceu m .

W in. A b b o tt,S ec reta ry .Fourth Aosoclatlon o f sp iritu a list* m eets every

Hunday even in g a t 7:30 a t K eyston e H a ll,T h ir d and G irard a v e . Mrs. M. Ilrow u. l'res.

C ircle and conference r v e flf Hunday a t 2S and 7S p . m . at southeast corn er T en th su d sp rin g G arden streets. Mrs. ttya n . l'res.

e ir r a a u a u , p a .T h e F irst S p iritu alist C hurch o f P ittsb u rg has

lectu res ev ery Hunday m orning at 10:4 -and In th e ev en in g s t 7:45. ch ild re n 's Lyceum s t 2 p . m . at th s lr b a ll,S S ix th street. J . II . L oh m eyer, Hess.

PROVIDBNCB, H. I .T h e P rogressive A ssociation m eet e v e ry Hunday

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SA II ATOKA. N. V.T h e F in d Society m eet ev ery Hunday m orning

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T H R O U G H T H E C R U C IB L E .

A n In s o lr a t lo n a l S to r y .• V J . W H I T T I V O I I , M. D.

CHAPTER XVII.(Continued.)

Ju s t as soon as I could g e t a p roper disguise, by th is w om an’s assistance, I took the child and lefL I knew no th in g about the country , b u t I w ent first to Bos­ton. T here 1 fell in w ith a F rench g irl, who was cham ber m aid a t th e ho tel w here 1 stopped. She advised m e to go to Dover, N. H., and gave m e a le t te r to one o f h e r friends, who kep t a k in d o f ea t­in g and lodging house. I was spend ing ray money and w anted to find a place to work. 1 took my little boy and w ent som e distance in to th e co u n try and stopped near a 'river—I never can recall its name. T here I left m y boy w ith the wife o f a m an who fished iu the river. 1 left m oney enough to take care o f the ch ild for som e m onths. I then w ent back to Dover to seek em ploym ent, But 1 was taken sick on the day o f my arrival and was carried to the hospital aud was sick a long tim e. Part o f th e tim e 1 was delirious. They took a large p a rt o f my m oney m ore than they o u g h t—b u t left m e my watch and chuin. I d on ’t know, even now, how long 1 was in th e hos­pital. I cam e o u t very p oo r and weak, b u t I ga ined rapidly. As soon as I was able I w ent to find m y boy. 1 found the house, b u t i t was vacant. An old woman who lived n o t far away to ld th a t a woman an d h e r son, w ho resided som e d istance u p in th e coun try had taken th e child away, and th a t th e old people o f th e co t­tage had gone to parts unknow n. T ha t l>oy, o f course, were you. I soon traced yon onL 1 found you w ere well trea ted and seem ed very happy. You had grow n so m uch th a t 1 was convinced th a t I had been ill longer th an I had been th o u g h t for. By a com parison o f d a tes I m ust have been in th a t hosp ita l m ore th an a year— nearer tw o years th an one. I w ent back to tow n and found a good place to work. I never heard th a t you w ere in any troub le u n til I heard th a t you w ere in prison. 1 soon found o u t all th e par­ticu lars and k ep t track o f you. W hen yon came to w ork in th e co tto n factory 1 often saw you, and go t acquain ted w ith yon r boarding m istress, M rs. F oste r. I told-her th a t Dr. H ilton w anted an office l»oy, and she recom m ended you to him .At th a t tim e I w ent by th e nam e o f Joan l.e Verry. A fter you had been w ith Dr. H ilton about a year. 1 becam e acquainted w ith Mr. F risby, an in te llig en t F ren ch ­m an, and soon a fte r becam e h is wife. A few m on ths a fte r we rem oved to troy.

Now my tim e for th e n ig h t is up—the Inst ferry boat will soou be gone. I willtry .an d come ta-m orrw v evening. ___

W ith a good n ig h t she hastened away, llr . H arvey was le ft in a k in d o f dazed s ta te o f m ind. H e hard ly m oved un til h e had th o u g h t th e stran g e sto ry all over in every particu la r item , and fixed even* detail in h is m ind. A p a rt o f it he knew to be tru e and he lpul no reason to doubt the rest.

He was born, then , in th is c ity th irty - th ree years ngo to-day. B oth father and m other a re dead. W ho w ere thev? He

definitely to becom e h is w ife as necessary arrangem ents could be m ade. She had several m on ths e n ­gagem ents to fill in h e r public labors. N o defin ite time- was flked. T h is was th e h app ies t day o f Dr. Han*ey’s life, vet he cou ld n o t now tell her th e s to ry th a t w eighed so heavily on h is m ind T he n ex t m orn ing follow ing th is engage­m ent, th e m orn ing papers had th is item o f news:

“L ast even ing Mr. Ju lian G ran t was taken sudden ly and dangerously ill at

I h is hotel. A t h is own request h e was carried to th e residence o f h is m other. H is sym ptom s are said to be very grave

I and alarm ing. T h e doc to rs call th e disease uervous spasm s o r fits.”

On the sam e day th e ev en ing papers report:

“A bout noon to-day Mr. G ran t had an ­o th e r spasm m ore serious th an before and a t th e tim e o f o u r issue rem ains u n ­conscious."

N ext m oruing:“Mr. Ju lian G ran t rem ains very low,

b u t he s lep t a litt le last n ig h t. H e is now fully conscious and able to converse a little a t in tervals."

T h e sam e evening:“ Mr. G ran t is abou t th e sam e as th is

m orn ing . H e is very weak b u t m ostly conscious. W e unders tand th a t Dr. H. F. H arvey h as been called in counsel."

T h is new s th e doc to r read before the m essage reached h im . W hen i t d id com e he hastened w ithou t delay to hia bedside. H e had n o t one th o u g h t o f be ing called in th is case and w ould have p referred to be excused.

As soon a s H arvey arrived G ran t asked to see h im alone. T h e sick m an spoke w ith difficulty, b u t ve tv earnestly .

“ H arvey, fo r G od’s sake save me! You b ro u g h t m e o u t all r ig h t in Paris, and i( you W’ill again now you shall have a m illion ."

"1 am n o t he re for money, Ju lian , b u t I sha ll do all in m y pow*er fo r you. You m u s t be calm an d n o t g e t excited . T h e m ore q u ie t you keep y o u r m in d , the be tte r."

"D o you th iu k you can save me, Harvey?"

“1 hope so, b u t I. can ' te ll tom orrow m o re abou t i t a fte r.I see th e effect o f th e m ed icine." . ^

(To be continued.)

space. S om eth ing b rig h te r th an ligh t, sw ifter th an electricity , m ore active than heat o r m agnetism .

"Y es, th e n p tr i t , th e hum an sp irit, and w ith in it a sun w ithou t se tting , w hich is called th o u g h t, and au incom parable force w hich is called liberty . And when we believe th a t th is su n and th is force belonged to u s as we belong to ourselves, very part and parcels o f us, ty ran ts and conquero rs com pelled us to pass in to uu ion fellow ship th ro u g h an o th e r path o f sorrow*, th ro u g h o th e r suffering , even g rea te r th an th e su ffering in passage th ro u g h th e several m aterial changes o f species. A nd we have been paria s, sudras, helo ts, slaves, servan ts, som e­th in g for th e g ra tification o f an o th er, au in s tru m en t o f labor for th e advantage o f ano ther, every th ing excep t free beings, u n til th e re arose th e p rophe ts , th e m ar­ty rs, th e heroes, th e redeem ers, am i re ­vealed to u s o u r ow n real be ing and b roke th e cha in s from o u r hands, and took th e th o n g s from o u r backs, and anew created us, g iv ing us, as i t w ere, a. second sp irit, w ith th e idea, o f b u r r ig h t A nd, indeed , we a re c itizens, a victory w hich can n o t sa tisfy u s , because a fte r hav ing fulfilled o u r d e s tin y o n earth , a fte r hav ing realized o u r idea in tim e, a fte r having labored for th e good o f h u ­m an ity and its p lanet, w e have s till to b rea the a lo n g in g for new w orlds,for new* horizons, for new* heavens, for th e h a r­m onies o f o th e r and m ore beautifu l k inds; fo r th e p rin c ip les o f a n o th e r aud m ore p ro fo u n d science, fo r th e love o f th e in fin ite , an d we have to lab o r an d to fight, ascen d in g th e scale o f p rog ress, covered to-day w ith blood, to red o u n d w ith lig h t, u n til we m ee t fucc to face o u r creato r, o u r G od."

tim es a week for th a t especial purpose; and to fu r th e r th is, a circle o f fr iends o r persons in .h a rm o n y -w itf t each o ther m eet a t one place o r a lte rnately a t each o th e r’s houses u n til som eth ing definite has been accom plished. T h is is m an i­fested by th e phenom ena a tta ined , be it slate w riting , m aterialization , tab le tip ­p ing , rapp ing , tru m p e t m anifestations, independen t voices, sp ir it lig h ts , the b rin g in g o f flowers th ro u g h closed doors (the passage o f m a tte r th ro u g h m atter) o r o th e r o f th e m any phases, and o f w hich we w ill tre a t later.

However, S unday is a p leasan t day am ong S p iritu a lis ts iu C incinnati, b u t for th e p resen t adieu . H a w k k v k .

W ritte n fo r T h e B e tte r W a v .

R E M A R K S O F S R . C A S T E L A R . From K c v i s t a d e h '.s t u J io s f ' s i c o l o g i -

c o s , d e Barcelouia, th e em in en t S p an ish tribune , th e o ra to r o f g ran d ilo q u en t sty le , h e w ho flames w ith passion w hen he declaim s, lik e a sp eak ing m edium , allow ing h im se lf to be carried a\vay by th e in sp ira tio n o f g en iu s w hen n o t ob­scured b y th e passions o r terrors o f p arty po litics. Sr. C astelar, in h is rem arkable d iscourse before th e C i r c u l o d c l a l H i o h

M e r c a n l i l , o f M adrid, upon th e "Social question and th e arm ed peace in E u ­rope,” has u tte red w ords w hich we are pleased to rep roduce, because th ey con­tain m any sp iritu a lis tic ideas.

In various d iscou rses and in m any w ritings th e d is tin g u isu ed h is to rian has

I given u tterance to sp iritu a l ideas, above. . all in the artic les w h ich he sends to pub-

" IH l » '« « h c rd .v . H is step -m other , ic!llions o f Spal, ish A nierica. to such „still lives. He w ondered if s h e «»» s till deR„ e , h a l o u r b ro tb e„ bc).„n d ,be in New Y ork; she is a F rench w om an, should he ever see her? She had h ired th is woman to m urder h im , sh e had savvd h is life well, he m ust w ait to hear

seas reckon C astelar am ong th e believers in th e reasonable and conso ling doc­tr in e s com posed by K ardec. Indeed , in

. a book published in B uenos A yres, w ith ,° . ' T rrUW il v o M " 0 t | Ihc title , ‘'S p iritua lism Before Science

and L itera tu re” —Eel U s p i r i t i s m o a n t e

la C i c a d a v l a l . i t c r a t u r a — l\ i c p o rtra it 1**d for a little m uch needed rest. H e | o f th e cin iuen t tr ib u n e is found

W long to wait.T he doctor at a late h ou r c rep t in to

was soon asleep and dream ed th e story a l l over again w ith som e w eird additions. W hen he awoke in the m orn iu g h is m ind was in an in trica te tangle. W as it all a dream? Perhaps no woman has Iteen here a t all, I've ju s t beeu dream ing. T hen he w ent to w ork to un tang le the confused m ass o f th o u g h t filling h is brain. At las t he succeeded p re tty well in w inding the th reads o f th e real aud

am ongth o se o f Y ictor H ugo, A llan K ardec, F lam m nrion, G erarld M assey, an d Via- coun t de Lowes Soland, well know n S p iritua lists , g iv ing as p ro o f o f th is fact som e thoroughly sp iritu a l parag raphs, taken from th e w orks and d iscourses o f Sr. C astelar, w hich a re reproduced in th is book.

A part from th is , we d o n o t consider h im as a convinced fellow believer, al-

those of the dream on separate bulls, so th ough on certa in occasions he show sth a t he could discern the difference be­tween them . B ut the m ain p a rt o f the story was yet to come. H e could no t say a word even to M arian yet, w ith only a jsirt o f the story. She m igh t d is tru s t the w om an’s veracity, possibly even his. It would look to her as an invented prefix to the story h e had to ld her, he m ust wait.

He w ent to h is work and spen t the day

h im se lf in accordance w ith th e funda­m ental p rinc ip les o f S p iritua lism , aud h is sp iritua l songs appear like a con­vinced partisan o f o u r doctrines.

H ere arc the w ords to urhich we refer:"W e have been lig h t, heat, gas, in the

aerolitic am i com etary and e thereal course o f ou r p lan e t d u rin g its first fluidity. W hile it was loosen ing itse lf like red hair from ainoug th e locks o f the

as usual. In th e afternoon h is studen t I sun , we have felt o u r flesh condensing returned and took u p h is work. T he | in the warm leaven o f th e first condensa-yonng m an b rough t in the evening mail. Harvey was th in k in g Mrs. F risb ie will 4ocn be here. H e had already lighted

tion o f the earth , we m eet th e d eep est roots o f our body in fossils bu ried every­where, like le tte rs o f stone, which m ark

the gas in the consu lting room , so as to in e ternal stones and indelib le inscrip-lose no tim e. T he door bell rang, the young m an answ ered th e call. But im ­mediately re tu rned sm iling and said:

"H ere 's a boy w ith a le tte r, b u t he will not give it to me, he m ust see th e doctor.'

klsrvey stepped quickly to th e door, the boy said sm ilingly , "O yes, you 're the man, 1 know you; here 's a paper." And w ithout another word he departed . T he envelope was sealed b u t the outside was blank. On opening it th ere there was no address o r s igna tu re , b u t w ritten in French was the following, as we render it: "Sorry to d isappoin t you, b u t i t is necessary, m ust wait som e w eeks, may be a m onth, u tte r no nam es; b u rn ." T he

tion th e trium phal ascen t o f th e species. We grow w ith th e zoophytes, and we bathe in seas w ithou t d e p th w ith the sponges. We creep w ith th e cold rep tile over the earth after hav ing felt th e tr a n s ­form ation from th e insect, and e n te r full o f boiling blood, com posed o f lyric nerves, clothed w ith varied plum age in to the Im mense e ther, s in g in g w ith the sublim e choir o f b irds. We have striven w ith the wild beasts in th e desert and in th e forest. We have m oved w ith the lion and the tiger. We have ru n w ith th e horse and w ith th e deer. We have been, if you will, th e rid icu lous m on­key o f th e w orld, w ith the

doctor was never m ore d isappo in ted in orang-outang, and w ith th e parro t; bu t his life, bu t there was no rem edy. He from the m om ent we reach o u r organiza- must still w ait as he had w aited all h islife—maybe forever.

F ro m O u r R e p o r te r 's N o te B o o k .

T H E R A M B L E R . .NO. 1 1 1 . |

A S unday am o n g S p ir itu a lis ts in C in ­c in n a ti m ay be very profitab ly spen t.A nd m any people from n e ig h b o rin g tow ns, an d even from d is ta n t c itie s like N ashville , L ouisville , E vansv ille , etc., take advan tage o f ex cu rs ions to sp en d a S unday in th is sp iritu a lis tic cen te r, be­liev ing th a t so g re a t a m e tro p o lis— g rea t to th o se w ho h av en 't seen a g rea te r —m u s t con ta in th e b e s t o f th in g s sp ir i t­ual as w ell as m ateria l.

W ell, i t does in a m easu re—especially o f th e cverybody-m ind-h is-ow n-business p rin c ip le , an d w hich people from in te ­r io r tow ns app recia te once in a w hile— notab ly o n Sunday . In sm alle r tow ns everybody’s p riv a te affairs a re p u b lic p ro p erty , and th o se w ho w ould like to m ake S unday a day o f freedom m u s t be­take them selves to fo re ig n p a rts fo r a tim e being , o therw ise th ey a re in d an g e r o f lo s in g caste. S unday in * o n e 's native h ea th m u s t be devoted to a n y th in g b u t th a t n a tu re craves. D iscom fort is th e f irs t law o f th e S abbath iu a co u n try tow n , an d a com bat w ith te m p ta tio n a su b s titu te fo r o th e r pass tim es in a one- ho rse city . A cosm opo litan village like C incinnati, u n d e r th e se circum stances, loom s o p before these u n fo r tu n a te s like a haven o f com fort o r a so r t o f ce lestia l c ity w hich in v ite s them from afar to com e an d enjoy th e freedom it affords its inh ab itan ts . I f n o t by open saloons, a t leas t by a fair com prom ise th a t a libera l com m unity in d o rses. B esides b e ing able to en joy th e n a tu ra l and a rtis tic beau ties w hich C inc inna ti affords, S p ir­itu a lis ts find so m e th in g th a t th e ir own com m unity does n o t g ive in such variety.S p ir itu a lis ts a re a fastid ious se t o f peo­ple, as T iik Bk t t k r W av re p o r te r has d iscovered in h is m eau d e n n g s an d wan- [ —R econstructo r, d e rin g s , abou t tow n and am ong th e clan.T he m ajo rity can hard ly en d u re one and th e sam e sp eak er m ore th an a m o n th o r tw o a t th e h ig h es t, w hen th ey seek a change. H ow ever i t seem s to be th e new o rd e r o f th in g s , aud prov isions arc therefo re accord ing ly m ade—and a w ise p lan i t lias p roved. N ot on ly th a t it keeps them p osted on all th e new p o in ts in th e ir ph ilosophy , b u t p rev en ts fossil- ization . And th u s believers in o th e r p a rts always find a reason o r have au in ­centive for m ak ing frequen t p ilg rim ages to th e ir nearest Mecca.

C oining to C incinnati on a Sunday, they have q u ite a selection t-> tem p t them . O f course, th e I 'u io n Society at 115 W est S ix th s tre e t (G. A. K. Hall) has th e first choice, because, in th e first place th ey ho ld m orn in g services, and second­ly, have a change o f speakers o r lec tu rers every m o u th , en g ag in g th e liest in the field. N ext conies th e Psychic R esearch Society at D ouglass C astle H all, ho ld ing S unday afternoon services. Besides these two, th e re are several o th e rs w*hcre an afternoon uiav be passed lis ten in g to th e voice o f the sp irit. O ne o f th e recent add itions is th e P rogressive S p iritua l Society,w hich m eets a t E n g lc rt 's H all,67 M arshall avenue. T h is society ow es its o rig in to th e efforts o f Mrs. K nglcrt.w ho built, a t h e r own expense, an addendum to h e r dw elling house fo r th e especial benefit o f having Sunday m eetings held therein . T he society has a ch a rte r and will undoubted ly prove a source o f good aud add m any converts to the cause o f S p iritualism . Private circles are in n u ­m erable, b u t m ainly held d u rin g week evenings, w here special b ranches o f the sp iritua l ph ilosophy are taugh t. Devel- o p in g circles are “all the go," and where m edium s a ic m ade, so-to-snv. T ha t is. persons who have a tendency to medi-

T H E C O N T E M P T C A S E .T h e recen t "C on tem pt Cose" in San

Fraucisco , w here an ed ito r is fined and im prisoned because o f a critic ism upon a decision o f a ju d g e is au add itional con­firm ation o f o u r position , taken long since, th a t we are governed n o t by the law s we m ake, b u t by th e ju d g e s who in te rp re t those laws. In o th e r w ords, we tam ely su b m it to be ru led by the “o p in ions '’ o f ju d g es . G o in to our courts, o r in to th e offices o f o u r law yers, and w hat d o we meet? T h e op in io n s o f ju d g es , and th e s tu d y o f law is substan ­tia lly th e study o f th e o p iu io u s o f judges, and th e p rac tice o f law is th e sk illfu l a rran g em en t o f th o se op in ions. Very* rarely you hea r a law yer read in g th e s ta ­tu te s in court, b u t in s tead h e reads th e op in ions o f ju d g e s and from th o se o p in ­ions th e p re s id in g ju d g e m akes h is op in ion and calls law, we are com pelled to su b m it to it, o r p e rh ap s we appeal to a h ig h e r co u rt an d g e t a co n tra ry o p in ­ion and th a t becom es Jaw un less ou r adversary co n tin u es to carry* i t to s till an o th e r co u rt and g e t an o th e r op in ion aud th e n th a t becom es law. B ut no m a tte r how m auy tim es we m ay try we g e t only* th e op in io n s o f ju d g es .

Men a re in p rison , an d su ffering in d i­vers ways all over th e co u n try because o f th ese o p in io n s, a n d o th e r equally as capab le ju d g e s h o ld o th e r and v arian t op in ions. In y o u r h ig h e s t c o u rts w hat is law, is decided by th e bare m ajority , aud th a t m ay be oue m an, o f th e judges; aud th a t one p e rh ap s "de livers th e o p in ­ion o f th e co u rt," w hich op in ion (of four men) consigns you to poverty o r p rison , w hen -three, equally as ju s t and learned, p ronounce you gu iltless.

. L ook a t th e case o f Jam es H . Barry, he ld " to be in co n tem p t o f co u rt" and im prisoned th ere fo r. H as M r. B arry been tr ie d an d p roved guilty*? No. A certa in ju d g e declares th a t M r. B arry has com m itted co n tem p t o f c o u rt by p u b ­lish in g som e reflec tions u p o n th e said ju d g e . T h e n th re e o th e r ju d g es , fellows o f th e f irs t, g ive th e ir o p in io n in accord­ance w ith th e f irs t one. A nd th e y a ll ag ree th a t th e t r u th o f M r. B arry’s alle­g a tio n s have n o th in g w hatever to do w ith th e case. T h a t is , a ju d g e may kn o w in g ly falsify a reco rd o f h is co u rt to defea t th e e n d s o f ju s tic e , an d i f an e d ito r o r p u b lish e r m akes h is crim e know n, th e said ju d g e can fine a u d im ­p riso n th e w rite r, a s th e re is n o tr ia l, no ju ry , th e re is no red ress, because, in the op in ion o f th e associates o f th e first ju d g e , i t is. law an d righ t! B ut, is it either? T h e people th in k i t is n e ith er. In th e op in ion o f th e U u ited S ta te s Con- g ress i t is n o t rig h t; an d th e U nited S ta tes Ju d g e s can n o t th u s p u n ish for con tem p t. \Ve hope th is m o st flagrant abuse o f ju d ic ia l despo tism w ill 'a touse th e people to see th a t th e ir lib erties arc d ep en d en t upon th e op in io n s o f judges.

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I d o n o t in te n d to an noy y o u abou t th e W a lte r E . R e id case, b u t I find I am b e in g b lam ed fo r m y p rev io u s a rtic le by so m e o f y o u r read e rs because o f a mis* a p p re h e n s io n o f som e m a tte rs connec ted w ith th e case, so p lease allow m e to d e a r u p th e p o in ts w h ich m ak e sa id re a d e rs c o n sid e r m e in co n sis ten t.

I can u n d e rs ta n d th e fee lin g o f th o se w h o say w e sh o u ld s ta n d by M r. R eid , n o m a tte r w h a t h is ch a ra c te r a s a m an . T h e p o sitio n is a co rrec t o n e p rov ided i t w as m ed iu m sh ip th a t w as o n tr ia l, an d r ig h t h e re is th e p o in t o f difference,1 have y e t to A id th e f irs t p e rso n w ho k now s M r. R e id w ho w ill defend h im a s a m ed ium . T h e y d o n o t h e s ita te to call h im a rascal, a n d w ith su ch a reco rd is i t a w o n d e r th a t a ju ry sh o u ld decide a g a in s t him ?

N ow w e a s S p ir itu a lis ts sh o u ld accord to o th e r s th e sam e ru le o f tre a tm e n t w e d em an d fo r ou rse lves. W h en an a c t is su scep tib le o f tw o in te rp re ta tio n s w e sh o u ld g iv e i t th e b e s t o n e p ro v id ed th e w e ig h t o f p ro o f d o es n o t re s t o n th e w o rs t o ne , an d p a rtic u la rly i f th e d o e r o f sa id a c t d ec la re s th a t th e b e s t is in* ten d ed .

P lease , d e a r read e r, to w e ig h th e im ­p o r t o f th e above a n d see i f m y p o sitio n is n o t a c o rre c t one .

W e w ill no w scan M r. R e id 's tr ia l in th e l ig h t o f th e above p rin c ip le , square i t b y sa id ru le o f ac tion .

T h e in d ic tm e n t o f th e g ra n d ju r y w as n o t c o n sp ic u o u s fo r d e a rn e s s . I t cou ld b e in te rp re te d tw o w ays. T h e co u rt th a t tr ie d M r. R e id in te rp re te d i t o n e w ay, a n d M r. R e id 's co u n se l an o th e r . T h e c o u r t ru le d th a t m e d iu m sh ip w as n o t on tr ia l b u t th e m an , a n d p e rs is te n tly ig ­n o re d a ll te s tim o n y th a t b o re u p o n h is m ed iu m sh ip . T o b e c o n s is te n t th e c o u r t co u ld n o t d o o th e rw ise , a n d M r. R e id 's co u n se l, ta k in g th e g ro u n d th a t m e d iu m sh ip w as o n tr ia l c o n tin u e d to p re s e n t ev idence o f th e m an 's m ed ium - sh ip , w h ich w as o f co u rse re je c ted , fo r th e c o u r t co u ld i n o t, w ith o u t " s tu lt ify ­in g " itse lf, accep t ev idence u p o n a p o in t th a t i t c o n tin u e d to a s s e r t th a t i t w as n o t try in g .

T h is , a s I u n d e rs ta n d h im , w as w h a t J u d g e Ja c k so n m e a n t w h en re fu s­in g M r. R e id a new tr ia l. I am sa tisfied th a t Ju d g e Ja c k so n , ju d g in g from h is o th e r u tte ran ces , is a b ig o te d m an , b u t re m a rk s a b o u t th e c o u r t’s s tu lt ify in g i t ­se lf, tak en in co n n ec tio n w ith th e ru lin g th a t Ju d g e S ev ern s h a d m a in ta in ed th ro u g h o u t th e tr ia l, to w it, th a t S p ir i t­u a lism o r m e d iu m sh ip w as n o t o n tr ia l, i s ju s tly e n ti t le d to th e m e a n in g I have g iven it .

W e a re a ll h u m a n a n d m e d iu m sh ip is s o d ea r to u s th a t w e a re liab le to le t o u r fee lin g s ru le in s tead o f o u r ju d g e m e n t, so p e rh a p s 1 w ill b e b e t te r u n d e rso o d i f I g iv e a n il lu s tra tio n o u ts id e o f m ed ium - sh ip . S uppose a m an w as en g a g e d in a d v e rtis in g a book a n d s e n d in g i t th ro u g h th e m a ils to cu s to m ers , an d w h ile b e s e n t so m e b o o k a s ad v ertised , h e to o k th e m o n ey from o th e r cu s to m ers b u t n e v e r s e n t th e b o oks, a n d so m e one w h o failed to receive h is b o o k h a d th e m an a rre s te d fo r u s in g th e m ails to o b ­ta in m o n ey frau d u len tly , th e q u es tio n w o u ld £ n o t be , d id h e h ave th e b o o k s to sen d , o r d id h e sen d som e bo o k s, b u t d id h e se n d a ll th e b o o k s o r re tu rn th e m oney .

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S u p p o se sa id m an 's co u n se l sh o u ld in ­s is t u p o n p ro v in g th a t h e co u ld send books a n d th a t h e h a d s e n t b o o k s as ev idence th a t h e w as h o n e s t , r ig h t in th e face o f th e p roven fac ts th a t h e had ag a in a n d ag a in ta k e n th e m oney s e n t h im a n d n ev er a tte m p te d to se n d an y books.

C ould n o t th e ju d g e say w e a re n o t try in g h im fo r w h a t h e d id sen d , n e ith e r a re w e try in g to show th a t h e co u ld n o t sen d th e b o oks, th a t is n o t th e p o in t, a n d w e c a n n o t ta k e ev idence u p o n a p o in t th a t is n o t in co u rt; we a re try in g to find o u t i f h e concocted th is schem e t o defrau d th e p u b lic b y o n ly pa rtia lly fu lfilling h is p led g es a n d from in te n t an d p u rp o se to defraud .

T h e s tr ic t in te rp re ta tio n o f law in such a case w ould app ly to M r. R e id 's case. H e w as q o t b e in g tr ie d as to w h e th e r h e h ad o r cou ld an sw er sealed le t te rs , so w itnesses to prove th a t h e h ad answ ered sealed le t te rs , o r an o p p o rtu n ity to prove th a t h e cou ld an sw er sealed le t te rs was n o t in o rd e r in th e face o f te s tim o n y th a t h e h ad been seen to open le tte rs tak e o u t th e m oney a< d th ro w th e le t te r in to th e fire rem ark in g i f th e fools se n t h im th e m oney h e cou ld u se it.

T h e n w ho does n o t know th a t an o rd i­na rily sealed le t te r can easily be opened an d read , an d w hen a m an advertises th a t h e w ill an sw er such le tte rs fo r one d o lla r, b u t if sealed w ith wax o r stitch ed h e m u s t have five d o lla rs , and i t is p ro ­ven th a t h is g en e ra l b u s in ess record is bad , w ould n o t a ju ry n a tu ra lly decide ag a in s t th e h o n esty o f h is in te n t as to th e letters?

S uppose Mr. R eid had been a chu rch m em ber u p o n tr ia l fo r d e frau d in g the p u b lic by som e o th e r schem e, and th e ju ry h ad been S p ir itu a lis ts , w ould be have escaped conv iction in th e face o f equally duuinging evidence? N o t if I h ad been in th e ju ry box an d had had th e ca s tin g vote.

lie s th ro u g h h e r m ed iu m sh ip . H e r g e n ­era lly good ch a rac te r w as p ro v eu and sh e w as acqu itted . R e id w ou ld have been acq u itted co u ld h e h ave sh o w n a good record in o th e r m a tte rs—m atte rs w ith ‘w h ich m ed iu m sh ip w as n o t con ­nected .

I have y e t to find th e f irs t S p ir itu a lis t w ho d en ie s th a t M r. R e id is a m ed ium a n d th e firs t o n e to say th e y believe h im to b e an h o n e s t m an . H e is u n ­q u estio n ab ly a m ed ium , an d h a d h e been h o n e s t in i t s u se , i t is m y firm convic- tio u th a t h e w ou ld n ev er h av e been a rre s ted , m uch le s s co ndem ned . Hut w hy does th e S ta te A ssocia tion e n d o rse h im ? A h, th e re ’s th e p o in t, a n d th e S p ir itu a lis ts o f M ich igan h ave b een cu l­p ab ly n eg lig en t. I can acco u n t fo r i t in u o o th e r w ay th a n b y sa y in g w h a t is everybody 's b u s in e ss is n o b o d y 's b u s i­n ess .

O u t o f th e m an y th o u s a n d s o f S p ir i t­u a lis ts in th e S ta te th a t asso c ia tio n h a s n o t, I am to ld , a h u n d re d m em bers, n ea rly a ll o f th e m c it iz e n s o f G ran d R ap id s , an d th e n o n ly a p o r tio n o f th e S p ir itu a lis ts o f th a t c ity , p e rh a p s less th a n half, b e lo n g to it . I t is m ere ly a local affair, w ith a few s c a t te r in g in d i­v id u a ls re s id in g e lsew here . J u s tic e d e ­m an d s th a t th is fac t sh o u ld b e g iven to th e pub lic . W h ile in O reg o n th e s ta te ­m e n t th a t M r. R e id w as p re s id e n t o f th e S ta te A ssociation h a d g re a t w e ig h t w ith m e a n d m any o th e rs . I h av e u se d i t a s a n a rg u m e n t in p u b lic au d ien c es to sh o w how c h u rc h au d s ta te w e re p e rse c u tin g u s , a n d good an g e ls k n o w , I w o u ld n o t b e u n ju s t to sa ta n h im se lf, w ere h e an in d iv id u a l ex is te n c e , I c e r ta in ly d o n o t w ish to b e u n ju s t to e i th e r c h u rc h o r s ta te . W e sh a ll h av e e n o u g h to c o n te n d w ith in th is d irec tio n w ith o u t b e in g led in to false issues.

T h e g re a t m is ta k e in th i s w h o le m a t­te r , as 1 see th in g s , w as in M r. V in cen t’s ta k in g ad v an ta g e o f th e p o s ta l law s. T h is e n te r in g w edge a g a in s t th e l ib e r ty o f th e p re ss s h o u ld n e v e r b e ta k e n a d ­v an tag e o f to p u n is h an y o n e , n o m a tte r h o w g u ilty . T h e U n ite d S ta te s m ail serv ice is a p u b lic c a rr ie r . A s w ell im ­p riso n a m an fo r r id in g o n th e ra ilro a d to co m m it a c rim e a s fo r s e n d in g a le t te r th ro u g h th e m a il to fa c ilita te th e com ­m itt in g a c rim e . T h e re is a law a g a in s t g e tt in g m o n ey u n d e r fa lse p re te n se s a s w ell a s a g a in s t o th e r c rim es, le t th e m b e suffic ien t, a n d n o t e n d a n g e r th e lib e rtie s o f th e w ho le p eo p le by e s ta b lish in g a p o s ta l esp ionage . I h o p e th a t n ev e r a g a in w ill a S p ir i tu a lis t b e m is le d to ta k e a d v an ta g e o f th a t law in tr y in g to b r in g a n y o n e to ju s tic e . I am so rry to tro u b le y ou w ith th is m a tte r . I t i s n o t a p le a s a n t su b je c t o f co n te m p la tio n , b u t fin d in g so m u c h m isco n cep tio n re la tive to i t a n d n o t b e in g ab le to sa tis fy each o n e s in g ly , I h o p e y ou w ill g iv e m e th is o p p o r tu n ity to fu lly e x p la in m y reaso n s fo r w rit in g th e p re s e n t artic le .

I w ill s ta n d b y m e d iu m sh ip a s such alw ays, b u t w h en I am sa tisfied th a t u n ­p rin c ip led o r je s u it ic a l s p ir i ts u se equally u n p rin c ip le d m e d iu m s to th ro w co n ­te m p t u p o n o u r cau se , I can d e fen d n e ith e r th e m ed iu m n o r th e sp ir it , b u t i f co nv inced th a t i t w as th e fac t o f m e­d iu m sh ip in s te a d o f d is h o n e s t p rac tices u n d e r i t th a t w as b e in g p u n ish e d , I w ou ld d e fen d i t w ith m y life i f n eed be.

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M rs . A . H . C o lb y L u t h e r s p e a k s fo r th e M e­d iu m 's H o m e S o c ie t y , o f In d ia n a p o lis , In d ., th e S u n d a y s o f O c to b e r . S h e c a n b e a d d re s s e d a t 131 E a s t N o r th S t ., t h a t c i t y .

M is s b o r a D e u n y , o f D a y to u , O , w i l l g iv e a s e r ie s o f c o n c e r ts a t G r a n d R a p id s . M ic h ., c o m ­m e n c in g o n th e 23d in s t . , c o n s is t i n g o f p ia n o a n d v o c a l m u s ic , g iv e n in s p ir a t io n a l ly .

M rs . M a g g ie S te w a r t , p la t fo r m te s t a n d c la ir ­v o y a n t m e d iu m , 064 E a s t M a in S t ., P iq u a , O h io , c a n b e e n g a g e d fo r th e w in t e r m o n th s b y s o ­c ie t ie s in n e e d o f firs t-c la s s ta le n t . A d d r e s s aa a b o v e .

J o h n W m . F le t c h e r w i l l s p e a k in P r o v id e n c e , R . I ., th e la s t tw o S u n d a y s in O c to b e r; in B r o o k ly n in N o v e m b e r . H e w i l l p a s s t h e w in ­te r in N e w Y o r k C it y . A d d r e s s fo r th e p r e s e n t , c a r e B a n n e r o f L i g h t , B o sto n .

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P e rs o n s o r s o c ie t ie s in O re g o n , W a s h in g to n o r N o r th e r n C a lifo r n ia w is h in g th e s e r v ic e s o f M o se s H u ll , o r M a tt ie E . H u ll , o r b o th , fo t o n e o r m o r e le c tu r e s , c a n s e c u r e th e ir s e r v ic e s fo r th e la s t h a l f o f O c to b e r o r th e fir s t h a l f o f N o ­v e m b e r b y w r i t in g so o n . A d d r e s s , P o r tla n d , O re g o n .

H e le n S t u a r t - R ic h iu g s s p e a k s fo r th e M e­d iu m s ' H o m e S o c ie ty o f In d ia n a p o lis th e five S u n d a y s o f N o ve m b e r; fo r th e U n io n S o c ie ty o f C in c in n a t i d u r in g th e m o n th o f D ecem ­b e r, a n d d e s ir e s a n e n g a g e m e n t fo r th e m o n th o f J a n u a r y , 1891. A d d re ss : R o o se v e lt H o u se , lu d ia u n p o tis , In d ., u n ti l D e c . 1st.

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M r. L y iu n n C . H o w e w i l l le c tu r e o n th e S u n d a y s o f N o v e m b e r In N e w Y o r k , a u d d u r in g D e ce m b e r in P h ila d e lp h ia , Pa.. H e is y e t fre e to e n g a g e fo r S e p te m b e r a n d O c to b e r, w h e re v e r firs t c a lle d , b u t w o u ld p r e fe r e n g a g e m e n ts in N e w Y o r k , P en n s y lv a n in o r N e w E n g la n d , a s b e in g u e s r e r re la t io n s to N ew Y o r k a n d P h ila ­d e lp h ia . H e is a ls o fre e to e n g a g e J a n u a ry , F e b ru a ry , M a rch , A p r il , a u d M a y , 1891. F ir s t c a l l f ir s t s e rv e d . A d d re ss B ox 379 F r e d o u ia , C h a u ta u q u a C o .. N . Y .

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