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C O N T E N T S sFirst Pag* .— Gem s o f T h o u g h t i “ W h en ce , W h at,

Whither f ** by A llen Griffiths, F . T . S .; W hat is Spir*itnaKsmf

SlCOND Pag* .— T h e Freedom o f F aith , by J . W . M a ck ie ; Splints, by E lla L . M erriam ; C h a n ty ; Boston Letter, Publications, etc.

T n n P ag a .— A Surprise; Appeal for A id; P rofessional Cbrds, etc.

FOURTH P ag* .— (E ditorials) Editorial Fragments; Odd M in e 1* B a ll; Church and Stage; A Question A n­swered; Summerland N otes; D D.*s Disagree: N ot So Frail; M aggie's Wonderful Toe: Spiritual M eet­ings; Taken Id: Editorial N otes; Pension Hint; Fra­ternity Hall, etc.

F lm r P ag*.— Spiritualist Colony; Circular; Form o f Be- quest; Description o f the Blaeberry; Advertisements; Notices o f Meetings; Publications, etc,

Sutra Pag*.— From the Son Angel O rder o f Light; Pub­lications; Advertisements, etc.

S u o m i P ag* .— L etter from A da Ballou; T w o Questions; A '* Surprised " Reader I Spontaneous Spirit Phenom­ena; Fred Evans in A u stra lia , etc.

EtOMTH Pag* .—(P oetry) Lines; " Beyond the V a il;" The Beautifal "G o ld en Gate— An Acrostic: W hat to Do; The Future. O ur Question Department: D o Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before ? W hat of It? Advertisements, etc.

GEMS OF THOUGHT.

There are m any ech oes in the world and but few voices.— Gasthe.

Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend’s friftid has a friend; be discreet.

The place honors not the m an; *tis the man who gives honor to the place.

We must drink at the fountain o f knowl­edge to quench the thirst o f curiosity.

Only thyself thyself can harm.Forget it not! And full- of peace,

As if the south wind whispered warm.Wait thou till storm and tumult cease.

— Celia Thax/er.

There is no power in earth or heaven that can undo what has on ce been done.— Robertson.

The great law o f culture is: L e t each become all that he was created cap able o f being.— Carlyle.

There is nothing so strong or safe in any emergency o f life as th e a m p le truth.— Charles D ickens.

Life consists in the alternate process o f learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.

On Parent knees, a naked, new-born child,Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled,Solive that sinking on thy last long sleep Thou then may’st smile while all around- thee

weep.— S ir W m. Jones from the Persian.

When any calam ity has been suffered, the first thing to be rem em bered is how much has been escaped.—-Johnson.

Give not reins to your inflam ed pas­sions; take time and a little d elay. Im ­petuosity manages all things b ad ly .— Statius.

When the m ultitude applaud you, seri­ously a&k yourself what evil you have done; when they censure you , w hat good. — Colton.

We have our missions; cannot change.As I have learned to th in k of late ,

The predetermined bent and range Of human life—nor antedate

The subtle forces, that arrange And stamp upon its dial-plate,The lines of Karma or of fate.

— E lisa A . P it t sing er .

The man who is suspicious lives in a . constant state o f unhappiness. I t would

be better for his peace o f m ind to be too trustful than too guarded.

You may set it down as a truth, which admits o f few exceptions, that those who ask your opinion really want your praise. — D r. Oliver W endell H olm es.

It was the policy o f a good old gentle­man to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the w orld; and 1 value this delicious hom e feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. S Washington Irving.

Don’t ju d g e a m a n b y th e c lo t h e s h e wean. G o d m a d e o n e a n d th e ta ilo r made the other. D o n ’ t ju d g e a m a n b y bis family, for C a in b e lo n g e d t o a g o o d fimily. Don’t ju d g e a m a n b y h is fa ilu r e in life, for many a m a n fa ils b e c a u s e h e is too honest to s u c c e e d .

| W ritten for the G o ld * * G oto.)

“ WHENCE, WHAT. WHITHER?”A Theosophlcal Consideration o f the Query.

R V A L L K N G R I F F I T H S * F . T . K .

W hence cam e man ? W hat is he ? W hither does he tend ? From what re­mote antecedent does he take his origin ? T o what destiny is he inexorably com ­mitted ?

Is he not a thought sprung from the bosom o f the Infinite, careering through illim itable space whose heritage is eter­nity ? Is he not possessed of an im ­m easurable capacity which includes all things? Is he not a spark struck from the central Are o f Existent and C reative B eing, whose goal is the attainm ent o f O m niscience and O m nipotence ?

Further back than the " ancient tim e ” by countless eons where now black obliv­ion reigns suprem e, the ego took its start upon a ceaseless and never-ending jour­ney. T o know A ll and to becom e A ll, is the prophecy o f its existence. Potentially , it is a ll things; in fact, it is but what it has be­com e. T h e m yriad phases and conditions which m atter assumes are but the measure o f its innum erable m anifestations. D eeper down through the grades o f inorganic worlds than conception fathom s, beyond the spells which wrap the hoary past un­til it fails to be, these manifestations be­gan . W ondrous an d transcendental as thought m ay be, it yet fails to shadow forth the ends held in the depths o f being which are destined to becom e the posses­sion o f the im m ortal ego.

O In con ceivab le D estin y! prom ise of what shall b e , th y veil, hung on the borders o f the ever-present, forestalls the view and narrows the confines o f human actio n , but holds not the unimprisoned spirit.

Individualization is pre-em inently one o f the ob jects o f existence. W hep the ego com m enced its course through m at­ter, its process o f individualization began. It is beyond the k en o f human intel­ligen ce to more than postulate the how o f that beginning, but enough that it is known that a beginning was. From sources o f o ccu lt know ledge it is known that the ego, in the beginning, was in such a state o f n escience that it m ani­fested in the m ost prim itive form s and m anners possible, and that those m ani­festations were so intangible that, to m an, they would appear as nothing. T h e se in­finitely inferior m odes o f m anifestation, beginning, as they did , upon the first rounds o f the evolutionary scale, were for a distinct purpose.

It is said, “ Y e sh a ll know all th ings.” N ow , to know im plies know ledge, and the possession o f know ledge is evidence o f having passed through the processes o f acquiring it. I t is said, ** Y e sh a ll kn ow ,” not that ye do know , a ll things. T h e n , how has the ego acquired what it does know , and how shall it further a c­quire ? Surely b y exp erien ce. T h e ego can actually know o f a given state or condition, in its entirety, on ly by having existed in that state or condition.

T h e ego is conscious o f itself, and o f its acquisitions, and being eternal, concerns itself with the eternal, but by the processes o f acquisition and unfoldm ent, through and by the various forms and phases o f m atter, it becom es cognizant of those forms and phases, and thereby takes on absolute know ledge o f them , so that when it shall have reached a given stage, it possesses the power, by an a ct o f m em ory, so to speak, to recall and know o f its en­tire past. H avin g, in its upward progress, experienced all the m ultitudinous phases o f manifestation to the present point o f its existence, it is all know ing to that ex ­tent.

T h e ego’s capacity to know all, and b e­com e a ll, constitutes it G od in potentiality, but the eternal future with all its possi­bilities must be exhausted ere it becom es

I G o d in fact— G od o f all and G od in a ll,— and since it is impossible for the ego ever to attain perfection and the Infinite, inas­m uch as those ends include immeasura­ble eternity, it never does becom e G o d in fact, but may in degree, and does ever more closely approximate the absolute.

T h e knowledge accruing from the abil­ity o f the ego, manifesting as m an, to exam ine, study, and analyze what o f the

I present, in whatever shape it m ay appear,

that com es under its observation, arises not from that which is inherent in what it observes and considers, but from the power bom o f experience vested in the ego itself. A given event or ob ject when considered m ay, and often does, start a train o f thought upon the line o f that event or object which causes the ego to draw from its own store o f acquired and accum ulated know ledge, and thereby understand each respectively; but the event or object offers no explanation or history, by which the ego gains know ledge; they simply serve to recall what already exists as a fact in, and forms a part o f, the ego itself. A com paratively high de­gree o f intelligence is necessary to per­ceive and understand even inanim ated nature. O f two rocks placed side by side, neither offers any hint or know l­edge o f itself to the other; but to man, the superior intelligence, as gaged by the standard o f acquiring experience and know ledge, the history o f the rocks is known in the exact ratio o f the power o f mem ory within him self to recall and grasp his 07on histoty. T h u s m an, in his con­sideration and study o f the m aterial, in all its phases, has exact knowledge o f only that part and portion o f it in which he has him self m anifested. In his consideration o f that portion which the ego has not manifested as or in , be can have as yet no absolutely positive knowledge.

T h is is not on ly true as relating to the m aterial, b u t' it is doubly so as regards the ego ’s manifestation as m an. A n ego o f this tim e constitutes and em bodies the aggregate and sum -total o f all its past, in w hatever phase it has m anifested, and as the sp iritu a l consciousness is awakened, it becom es able to know in detail all that past. A s the ego becom es w holly con- conscious o f itself, it o f necessity shall know everything pertaining to and o f itself and all else. E ven tu ally , the ego shall reach a period w here it will be able to review a ll its past. T h a t tim e is in the far future, though to a very lim ited extent, the ability m ay now be exercised; it is the interior m em ory, w hich , now and again, flashes for an instant, and then fades away before it can scarcely be recogn ized. T o those who aspire, these flashes becom e m ore frequent, lasting and tangible.

T ru e know ledge gives wisdom , and in­asm uch as the ego is not absolute wis­dom , just to that extent does it lack know ledge; furtherm ore, since it now lacks that which it has a cap acity for, it has yet to gain that which it has n ot, and this leads up to the point o f considering what other m eans o f acquiring and becom ing, i f any exist, are open to it. B y wisdom the ego is , an d b y know ledge, the hand-m aid o f w isdom , it shall become. Is there a w ay o f becom ing other than that which is known as exp erience ? It has appeared that exact know ledge, which begets wis­dom , is the resultant o f experience, but it does not follow that experience works in on ly one way. R elative or impartial know ledge is attainable b y other and dif­ferent m ethods, but perfect wisdom is the supreme result o f the highest, most com ­plete know ledge. W hat, then, if others there b e , are the m ethods o f becom ing other than what is known as past experi­en ce ?

T h e ego now manifesting in a higher state as m an, having evolved from pre­vious low er conditions, and reached a period in its progress which endows it with

i larger and m ore accurate m ethods o f un- | foldm ent and acquisition, at on ce utilizes the greater facilities, naturally, and as a m atter o f course, and one o f these new powers is the ability to project itse lf into the hitherto unknow n, and by conception and perception know and becom e.

B y the harm ony existing between and relating a ll that is, it is possible for the ego to com e into conscious com m union with a ll, and thereby have knowledge of the A ll. A realization o f this attitude and condition enables the ego to attain what was hitherto unattainable by it in the realm o f spirit. T h is is a vastly superior m ode of experience as com pared to any other which the ego has previously exer­cised and enjoyed. It m ay be known as a phase o f intuition. It is experience now acting on the spiritual plane, and gives corresponding and im m ensely su­perior results, infinitely m ore tangible, subtle and powerful than any conceivable on the material and physical plane. It is the action o f spirit in its own chosen fields, risen above the gross and material environments o f m atter. E ndow ed with the attributes o f ethereal existence, and

unhampered by the forms oi earth, it in­habits the realms o f lofty heights and claims kin with exalted powers. U n­loosed from the bonds of flesh, it soars through the abodes o f spirit, and mingles with its kind. From the elevated summits o f being it breathes the breath o f a new life, and partakes o f the waters o f the eternal fountain o f all Truth.

Aspiration, the m agnetic principle which| links the Absolute with its own, and draws to itself all that is in an ever onward sweep, is the relationship o f eternity! U n der the influence o f its potent spell the ego ascends the heights o f illim itable capacity which tend to the uttermost con fines o f infinite expansion. Finite con­ception becom es lost in wonder and amazement on the border-land o f im mensity when it attem pts to measure in­finitude— the habitation o f the U nspeak­able.

T h ese transcendent states, with all their possibilities, are the heritage o f the ego, and which it shall realize in its own tim e. T h e countless phases o f life and manifestation that shall intervene ere it attaihs the goal wearies calculation and tires all but in­finite aspiration and capacity

T h ere be orders o f high estate, who, at certain periods, impart impulses from their own exalted spheres to human­ity, which vibrate in- an ever-widening circle and ring the changes o f an ever onward progress. T h ese over-shadowing influences watch with the sweeping eye o f prescience the individual and the race. E ven ts which shape and m ould the des­tiny o f nations are the m eans and powers that serve their purpose. Officers o f transcendent trusts, they weave the webs o f transcient life to their ultim ate ends and play their part in the great schem e of being, them selves, in turn, subserving means to yet higher ends. Existing in the regular grades o f ascension toward the A b solute, they are the E ld er Brothers of the race, im bued with an interest and affection born o f human relationship which hold them in the bonds o f love to a ll.

U napproachable, except upon the cur­rents that bear high aspirations and pure lives, they exist not to the m any. H e who lingers in the shades o f meditation and feels the throbs that beat in unison with all nature; he who lives the life and walks the way that leads to higher things which the world wots not of; he to whom the whole race is as a brother; he whose every breath is a prayer for greater light and whose ey e seeks restless yearning until knows the real and the aspirations take hold on the E ternal, the E ld er B rothers encourage, aid and assist.

S a n F r a n c is r o , O ctob er, 1888.

the unseen with found; he who true, and whose

[Written for the Golden Gate.]

What is Spiritualism?

in the o f his

T h e person who believes only return to earth life o f the spirits deceased loved ones and friends, but has no desire to seek further into the pbiloso phy, is not a Spiritualist; or the one pre sum ing upon the credulity o f his spiritu- | are through, alistic friends, for his own personal aggrandizem ent, is no Spiritualist. N o one can know positively, notwithstanding the convincing tests or com m unications he m ay have had, from one source or an­other, and purporting tefbe from deceased friends, and all genuine, unless he under­stands the possibilities by which these tests were given. T h e y must understand as nearly as possible the laws governing spirit control.

T h e true Spiritualist takes nothing for granted, accepts no com m unication he cannot prove scientifically; for to be a true Spiritualist he must have a desire to search to the innermost for proof that it is a truth. T h e so-called Spiritualist thinks he believes in the philosophy, but there will now and then a doubt arise as to its being genuine truth, and not a delu­sion. T h e exposure of a fraud will for a tim e upset his belief, and leave him flound­ering in a perfect quagmire o f doubt and fear.

T h e person who cannot show a clean, pure life , or w ho, having been guilty o f indiscretions in his past life, does not try to better his condition, and live an upright and moral life, is an enem y to the religion o f Spiritualism. T h e y can have no possible excuse for vialating a social or moral law,

if they truly believe in the teachings o f Spiritualism. T h ey should hold their faith, their religion, as sacred as their own personal salvation, for they are setting an example before the rising generation, are laying a substantial foundation for the re­ceiving o f future principles and beliefs.N o matter though they cry continually their own honesty; if their outside life look suspicious; they have no right to allow suspicion to rest upon their own lives, or the religion they are endeavoring to teach, or pretend to accept and follow.

T h ere are too many in the ranks o f Spiritualism who are doing more harm than good, by using the philosophy as a cloak to cover their own short-comings, excusing themselves with the remark that

T h e spirits made me do so and so. I could not help m yself. T h ey made me rich or rem oved every other means o f a livelihood, to force me to do their work.”

Sham e on such an excuse, and on the one who would lay to the spirit world, whose mission it is to uplift humanity, that which they are ashamed to acknowl­edge o f themselves. N o mortal was ever forced, against his own inclinations to do anything. L ike attracts like always.

T h ere is no truer axiom than this one: B y their fruits ye shall know them .”

Show us the society a person keeps, and we will show you the class o f spirits sur­rounding that person.

T e ll a drunkard he is controlled by a drunken, obsessing spirit, and that he is not responsible for his habits, and he is ruined; he is delighted to think he has found some one upon whom he can throw the responsibility o f his detestable inclina­tions; but rather teach him that an earnest, prayerful request to the spirit world for aid to overcom e the appetite for drink will m eet with a quick reward. E du cate the mind out o f the lower walks into the higher, and the desire for stimu­lants will disappear, so will the saloons, but never by abolishing the saloons while the desire for liquor remains.

So it is with any other vice, pamper and indulge it, and it becomes a ruler. F ill the mind with clean , beautiful thoughts and the soul rises m a marvelously short tim e so far above the earth plane as to be unapproachable by anything debasing. B u t, you say, when we are living in the physical, the physical must be attended to. Business would soon stop, and all the filth and mud slinging now necessary to e lect a ruler over the people o f our glorious U n ited States would be forgotten. W hat a dire calam ity that would be! W hat a mass o f people would be thrown out o f em ploym ent! A n d the Press, the enlightener o f the people, the partial educator o f the rising generation would be— what? A blank sheet, except a few “ wants.” O h , horrible thought; all those beautiful messes o f filth and crim e, dis­asters and outrageous murders that are so glowingly dished up to us twice a day, would be gone and done away with. T h e thought grows too m uch for our feeble brain; we will desist.

G od speed the tim e when we can sit down to our breakfast and the paper with­out having our stomachs turned before we

G od speed the time when every man, woman, and child on this broad earth shall strive their utmost to m ake their lives pure and spotless. It seems a long away ahead, but the tiny drop o f rain started the copious showers that saved a dry and parched country. L e t the tiny drops begin to fall that shall forever quench the sinful, blood-thirsty epidem ic sweeping over our fair land.

J . M . M .O a k l a n d , O ctober, 1888.

O f all the plagues that afflict mortality, the venom o f a bad book to weak people, and the charms o f a foolish one to simple people, are without question the deadliest; and they are so far from being redeemed by the' too imperfect work of the best writers, that I never would wish to see a child taught to read at a ll, unless the other conditions o f its education were alike gentle and judicious.— John R uskin .

T h e rich and the poor both bring evil upon us in these days, the one as much as the other. F aith , like power, should descend from the celestial and the social heights above us; nevertheless, in our tim e, the upper classes have less faith than the body o f the people, to whom G od promises in a future life a compensa­tion for their woes in this, if they bear them patiently.— B alzac.

GOLDEN GATE. November 888

TW Freedom of f l t t l I M M Iis inanii exterior

or

that this is the general c o n d i t i o n

re oi minds ? h or, as everything ate which is moved by an impulse to itself* so what is animated is

moved by an interior impulse o f its o v o ; for this is the peculiar nature and power of mind. And if that alone has the power of self motion, it can neither have had a beginning, nor can it have an end.*’

T i l a k e , Oct. s i . |S88.

Boston Letter.

. J. Davis, s “ Stellar much like

Is it not well that truth in any sens not dependent upon opinion* belie! creed 9 We may chink, talk, argue, de­nounce, get angry and quarrel, or we may hug any kind of delusion to our hearts and die happy or unhappy in its embrace, | yet truth remains the same, the constant I .V, / , without a sufficient equation toestablish its value.

We are all more or less anxious to know the truth; the G o i o n Gate and its] redBers are deeply interested in the .truth of the spiritual philosophy, but few of its readers, 1 imgaine, have profited so little i by its reading as to think that they have Ireceived all the truth o f this philosophy, I Now, while Spiritualism has given us or chat all they have received is absolutely liberty by giving us light, it does not fol- tjue. I low that its teachings are all true. And

The special mission of the nineteenth for fear that I may be misunderstood, let _ century seems to be to the masses, and me say that I am not charging the spirit wear your laurels modestly.

Now, it is remarkable that A lover twenty years ago, in hi ! Key,** taught something very that, as follows:

Benjamin Franklin, the philosopher and phi­lanthropist, has been recently seen in the city of New York. Yon would have pledged your solemn oath that he was present! And yet he may have been a million leagues from the place of “ chemical manifestation." To spirit power there b scarcely any limit. It would be difficult for any spirit to “ prove an j/ iii."

Splints.

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Nature is the world's bible.9 *9

Popularity is an alluring tyrant.9 *9

False pride is a foe to true knowledge.9 9

■Honest pride spurns us onward in every

laudable pursuit.W 9

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Use your talents conscientiously, and

• gospel of the nineteenth masses. But though a

Spiritualism is tb century tb the | gospel— good news of great joy, this spirit­ual philosophy did not come in the form] of a definite faith, beyond the simple dis­covery and demonstration that life is con­tinuous, and that no impassable gulf separated the life that is from the life that is to be— that spirit communion was pos­sible and open to all conditionally.

I grieve to see the tendency to embody Spiritualism in creed form, and that this tendency is evidently becoming daily stronger, generating consequent dog-J raatism, bigotry, sectarianism and strifel which are certainly not the works o f the] spirit.

When Modern Spiritualism first a n l nounced itself the world of thought was] breaking loose from its ancient mooringsf Only three hundred years before this] world was the center of the revolving uni­verse. But the printing press, the tele­scope, the discovery o f America, made all things, new. Conservative thought and creed had been receiving shock after shock, till faith in the old bad nearly de­parted. Chemistry, geology, and science in general had enlarged men's views, and though our world bad become an in­finitesimal point in the stellar system, yet it too had become larger than ever it was before; and so abiding doubts threw their shadows across certain interpretations of Scripture and sacred texts.

Phrenology, whether true or not, had taught men even to place the brain, the seat o f thought, subject to law; the vagaries and pretensions, mingled with undoubted fact, o f Mesmer and his fol­lowers had prepared thinkers to look for and receive new solutions of psychic phe­nomena.

When A. J. Davis commenced his truly wonderful career, the development theory was agitating the world o f thought, and the Vestiges o f Creation had made the idea the property o f the masses, and the impressible brain o f Mr. Davis received the impress o f the spirit o f the age, and gave Nature's Divine Revelations to a wondering world, a problem even now to the student o f psychical law. It was a revelation to the world, but neither fixed nor infallible, though Mr. Davis thought so at the time, but grew wiser. It was delivered in the ungrammatical language ■ of uneducated youth, and read now*we are as much astonished at the things he failed to know as at the wonderful things ihe did know.

Mr. Davis was spared the temptation of becoming another religious center and leader, for close upon the heels o f his revelation came the Rochester revelation that spirit communion was common prop­erty, the birthright of man.

Pardon a parody on Paul, but you and I and thousands believers and unbelievers rejoice, in the liberty wherewith Spiritual­ism hath made us free, for its light and liberty has extended far beyond what may be claimed as its limits. And I, with Paul, cry out: “ Be not entangled again with the yoke o f bondage,** bondage to even the mildest of creeds.

We all admire the Harmonial Philoso­phy. I do now. We were in love with the spiritual philosophy, with the new light it threw upon theology, our present duties and future destiny. Compared with what we had been born to receive, it was simplicity and sublimity combined;I love it now.

No better resume of these teachings has been given than that by our steadfast spiritual friend, C . A . Reed, in a late number of the Golden Gate:

First—That there is a spirit form that belongs to the individual “ I; " that this spirit form is an entity filling the natural material body com­pletely and has control of the same; that It is .itself a fine material substance; that it survives the change called death, and is then, as now, the clothing of the soul, even as our material (So-called) body; that a t the change called death the spiritual body is as objective to those in the spirit realm as our material bodies are in this life.

Second—That when spirits return, or those who remain on ■ the earth plane, they come with bodies, spiritual though they be, but that really do come to all intents and purposes, I have been led to believe from the testimony o( spirits themselves as well as sound philosophy.

But I fear our friend, like many others, looks upon a change of, or addition to this “ faith once delivered to the saints ” as something akin to sacrilege* I judge so from what follows his conclusions:

Now, in these latter days we arc called upon to believe a new idea, something like this: The individual after passing through the change called death, goes immediately to the home of the soul.

I world with falsehood. But communion with the spirit world, like communion with our own world, depends upon condition^ A dozen persons may read the words I am now writing, and each vary as to my meaning and motives. This difficulty in communicating ideas Is intensified when| applied between the material and spiritual {worlds. Spiritualism is not yet a science | beyond those proofs which have been] ] given o f spirit power and spirit entity.

In the G o l d e n G a t e just received]_read an editorial, headed, " Where is the) Remedy ?** in which complaint is made] o f the unreliability at times o f even hon l

jest, reliable mediums, and from the] standing Rules for a Spirit Circle ” | clip the following:

And let it ever be remembered that trance speak] ers, no less than mediums for any other gift, can] never be influenced by spirits far beyond their] own normal capacity in the matter of the inf telligence rendered, the magnetism of the spirits] being but a quickening fire, which inspires the brain, and, like a /hot-house process on plants,! forces into prominence latent powers of the mindf but creates nothing. Even in the case of merely] automatic speakers, writers, rapping, and other forms of test mediumship, the intelligence of] the spirit is measurably shaped by the capacity] ̂and idiosyncrasies of the medium. All spirit power is limited in expression by the organism through which it works, and spirits may control^ inspire, and influence the human mind, but do] not change or re-create it .— Emma Hardinge-\ Britten.

So in the face o f these acknowledgments: I feel at liberty to differ in opinion from any] spirit or any number of spirits or their mediums, even while paying great respect to their utterances, and even permitting my opinion to be swayed to a great extent by them as they assimilate with my own] intuitions.

So I have dared to be a Theosophist[ Not that I know anything o f G od, on whether there be a G od, but I believe in| the divinity o f man, that there is nothing above him that he will not be, as there is nothing beneath him he has not been. I have reached that conclusion by a method of reasoning which is my own, and I can] not see why any Spiritualist should be o f! fended at it, or love me less.

All views of spiritual truth are only props or scaffolding upon which the spirit may climb nearer truth, and become stronger and more complete by the exerfl tion, at least so I think.

I believe my soul to be eternal, J monad, indestructible and eternal, that! all souls are in that sense Gods, and have] always been active in some form of l i f e . |

A t the same time I do not feel called] upon to bend the knee to India, though similar ideas are held there. I am not under any obligation to accept the exist]” ence o f shells or astral forms till I have] good reason to do so, and if I have to choose between American and Indian dogmatism, I will prefer the home-made] article.

I f this paper is not already too long, let] me add the following from C icero, as ex-| pressive o f theosophic reasoning:

Know , then, that you are a god— for] a god it must be which flourishes, and] feels, and recollects, and foresees and governs, regulates and moves the body] over which it is set, as the Supreme Ruler) does the world which is subject to him.I For as the Eternal Being moves whatever] is mortal in this world, so the immortal mind o f man moves the frail body with which it is connected. For whatever is always moving must be eternal, but that] which derives its motion from a power; which is foreign to itself, when that mo­tion ceases must itself lose its animation.]]

“ That alone, then, which moves itself] can never cease to be moved, because it can never desert itself. Moreover, it must be the source, and origin, and prin­ciple o f motion in all the rest. There can be nothing prior to a principle, for all things must originate from it, and it can not itself derive its existence from any other source, for if -it did, it would no longer be a principle. And if it had no beginning it can have no end, for a be­ginning that is put an end to will neither be renewed by any other cause, nor will it produce anything else o f itself. All things, therefore, must originate from one source. Thus it follows that motion must have its source in something which is moved by itself, and which can neither have a beginning nor an end. Otherwise all the heavens and all nature must perish, for it is impossible that they can them­selves acquire any power o f producing motion in themselves.

“ As therefore, it is plain that what is moved by itself must be eternal, who

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in the road will test our wis-

Added burdens determine our strength, it

Agreeable to many warm and earnest invitations, 1 beg to send you kindly greeting, and perhaps a little sketch of how matters spiritual progress here inj

I Boston, which is perhaps one of the places I where the “ new thought ” has come to]

stay, and already holds a strong and abid- I ing place in the hearts of many

In many directions, the signs augur I well, and if there could only be a long I pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether

there is no doubt but what Spiritualism would take its place among the earnest thinking people o f the land, as a pow to be honored and respected; but human kind has much to learn, and at present there is the same fault here as elsewhere — a lack o f unity and true brotherly feel ing. Possibly, with larger experience with more development o f mind, and fuller comprehension o f the divine pur pose underlying our truth, we shall learn to be less critical and become more genf erous.

W e welcomed our good friend, Mr. \V J. Colville, back home, with manyj friendly word and handshake,and were glad to see him looking as strong and well as pos

While searching within, we are not dis- sible. H is services have been secured by covering our neighbor's faults. | the First Independent C lub, under whose]

auspices he will speak for the next monthf* *

While criticizing our neighbor’s errors ours may get the best o f us.

9* *Self-conquest is an arduous and long

continued struggle, but, oh, the victory!♦

* *Would you overcome your enemies and

accumulate friends? U se no weapon or] instrument but love.

*♦ *Is eartb-life with you a chapter o f dis­

appointments and discouragements ? Re- member its brevity!

whenagain.

he departs for the Pacific Coast_The Club was started some fe|

months ago, for the purpose of studying Spiritual Science and suppressing scandall its motto being, “ Speak no E vil.” | has grown rapidly, until now it holds Sunday afternoon lectures, and a Wed] nesday afternoon and evening meeting] when much good and charitable work done. From those who have never at] tended a meeting, I have learned muchl in regard to the working of this bodyl which, as a member nearly evei since started, I had not heard; but then that] not remarkable, for the less some people] really know, the more they are able ■

While yet the boughs are wet, after I tell. A s a matter o f fact, the C lub is in H the storm, the birds sing. Mortals may happy, prosperous state, and means to try] learn o f them a lesson. and have charity, even for the lack which]

L os Angeles. October, 1888. |we find in othersIt is this body before whom M r. C ol

C h arity . I ville is now speaking with flattering sue]cess. His first Sunday was well attended[

editor of goldbn g a t e : I despite th6 inclement weather, and the]Again comes to me the precious paper secular papers spoke in complimentary

laden with good things; words o f cheer, terms o f the “ Inspired Orator.”o f love, o f encouragement; like “ apples h»v« ,kno.wn M r- C ° lvi11? both sides

- . . . . . - . . . . . o f the Atlantic, seen him in London,o f gold in pictures o f silver, bnnging where eminent minds were only too glad near to my heart friends'of other days, to sit and listen to him; have lived in his dear, familiar names, correspondents, con- house for months, when he was first here tributors and readers. Sometime in the a? d under a11 circumstances have found. • . , . . . __. • j him .to be one o f the clearest thinkers andbright future- we all shall meet, walk and „ ..,r . . . , ,5 . * most versatile teachers it has ever beentalk o f earth and its scenes, its changes, I my good fortune to m eet, its truths, its shams, and all that has made By the way, as I am writing, the distin what to us has been life as it now is. W e guished scholar and poet, Mr. Gerald shall forgive all enemies, forget the tongue Massey o f England, has just called. H e of slander ever injured us, or that we, in has only just arrived in America, and our blindness, injured another. We shall seems to look as young as he did fifteen know that, though we suffered affliction, years ago, when I heard him lecture in loss o f friends or wealth, all was fleeting as Music H all upon, “ W hy D on’t we K ill a bubble, that glitters for a moment with the D evil ? ” T im e has whitened his hair, its glorious dyes, breaks, and, like the given him a line more or less, and perhaps baseless fabric of a vision, leaves not a brought some realities a little nearer home wreck behind. Then how sad may be but then, in that respect, time has not our reflections that we warred with mortal forgotten any one of us, but it has still] clay, that our cloak of charity was not left h*im the great mind, the grace o f large enough to cover what to us appeared manner, and the culture o f experience a multitude o f sins. which particularly distinguish Mr. Gerald

Oh! my brother, make your dear paper Massey from others. H e stops in Boston the compendium o f truth, containing only a day, and after taking a flying visit naught that may savor o f injustice or I West, will return to speak for the Inde­malice, that we may herald its coming to pendent C lub, November n t h aud i8th, our happy homes, knowing the words it which is a great card for the Club. H e contains bring to hearts tender memories, will probably pass the winter in a warmer loving thoughts and large desires to spread I clime. You will, without doubt, hear his to all [around the “ feast o f fat things” brave words in California ere the season you spread so amply for us, and so iden- closes. Why doesn’t your camp-meeting tify and incorporate honesty o f purpose, secure him as a drawing card ? uprightness o f character, truth, nobleness T h e lectures by the ever pleasing Mrs. o f manhood and womanhood in its every I Lillie are also very well attended. She is line, that no one shall say o f its beautiful destined to be a favorite everywhere, from appearance, that it is as the “ apples o f her universal kindness o f heart, quite as! Sodom.” much as from her rare ability as a speaker.

M y heart turns to you, and our dear I What a blessing it is to have a kind heart,] paper I watch eagerly, that all shall be to be ever ready to help the unfortunate, so guarded by bright spirits that others and to encourage those who faint and fall seeing shall read, understand, and •• walk by the way. I believe in speaking kindly in the light,” that they may say of you, and, more than that, in feeling kindly.] Honor stands on the watch-tower, Chari- No man is ever saved by proving what a ty guards its portals, Truth is in its right sinner he is; it is only by encouraging the hand ready to reach to the uttermost ends I good, instead of enlaiging the evil, that o f the earth, and beneath its foot lies the we redeem the unfortunate. This error! serpent o f distrust, o f falsehood, of deceit, o f continually fighting our fellow workers,( Charity towards all, malice towards I is being demonstrated every day. No]

none.” And as you ride triumphant on I one seems more in the line of this harmo the waves o f time toward the blest shores I nious teaching than Mrs. Lillie, o f our beautiful home, you shall be fol- 1 Mrs. Foye is here, before the Phenom- lowed by the plaudits o f our feliowmen, lena Association. I have not yet had the with well done, brave and faithful advo- pleasure o f seeing her, but she seems to cate o f truth. Truly yours, I have met with pleasant success. The

P. G e o r g e . I hall is quite small, and probably wouldLos A n g e l e s , October 23, 1888. | not accommodate the number that would

like to attend. A public reception is There is in some a dispassionate neu- 1 being considered for the lady,

trality o f mind which, though it generally Among the recent " stirs ” has been the passes for good temper, can neither gratify I “ confession ’’ o f the Fox Girls, that all nor warm us; it must, indeed, be granted I the manifestations occurring through their these men can only negatively offend, but I mediumship have been the result of hum- then it should also be remembered that buggery and fraud, giving as an excuse they cannot positively please.— Grevilte. | that their sister “ made them do it,” a

rather strange explanation for forty years We ought not to judge people by their I of wicked cheating, and one that will

beliefs, because we do not know how | scarcely be accepted by the world at large,who long ago forgot the existence o f these early mediums, whose manifestations were always o f a common character, rarely getting beyond a few raps, or some illegi­ble writing. They were accredited with

mountains— moments | being the originators o f this demonstra­tion, but whether they were really so is a 1

matter o f considerable question. Then are thousands o f persons now, all the world over, who have since then demon, strated their claim to the spirit power in private homes, where the name of pn> fessional mediumship has never been heard.

Are we to believe that Mrs. Richmond’i matchless oratory is all a trick? 11 $0 many a minister would like to learn u! Are we to believe that our eminent scien­tific men are all so stupid that they an captured by a few clumsy tricks ? Of course, if these two girls are confessed frauds, their first effort will be to return the money which Spiritualists have on various occasions subscribed for them, because they were mediums. I may say that the announcement made a ripple. One or two of the papers here, thus far, printed an editorial, but aside from tbit, the work goes on, because the knowledge o f Spiritualism is one o f individual expe­rience, wherein the five senses are per­mitted to be used to their fullest capacity, and if every medium in the country should turn apostate, yet the truth of im­mortality would remain; for despite what is said or done, Spiritualism moves on, and will, until the knowledge of spirit re­turn becomes a part o f every man’s expe­rience, and dependent upon the interven­tion o f no outside influence.

Yours in Truth,J o h n W i l l i a m F l e t c h e r .

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A s exceedingly pleasant surprise «ras| igedered to a number o f the feithful o f this beautiful inland tow n, the evening o f ibe 19th o f ib is m onth. T h e surprise *as the celebration o f th e ninth a n n n f o a r y o f the birth o f a daughter to M r ! C^own. who, with his estim able wife, has] b— 1 with us the last three m onths. T h is sweet marvel o f human life , whose short I sojourn o f two m onths upon this plane of] existence only served to aw aken in th e l patents’ hearts a food and idolatrous love and was transferred so early to the bright] Summeriand, through the m edium ship of] her auntie, as she calls her papa’s present! companion, gave out the invitations herselfA and said she had hoped to have given ben papa a greater surprise by producing upon] a date a picture o f herself as she is now .j

The pleasant room s o f th e parents were] tastefully decorated with beautiful flowers,! and the happy, genial faces that m et our] riaoo as we entered seem ed to sen d out! cordial greetings to a ll, both visible and ■ visible. T h e little o n e, bright, happy and joyous, through tb e lips o f M rs. Brown, whose fa ce p erfectly reflected the happiness o f the ch ild spirit, ga ve a ll a sweet and c hildlike greeting, then retired , as she told the com p an y that a lad y had sooMthmg to read w hich con tain ed som e* thing about her. M rs. L . H . C h am p ion then read the follow ing:

I k i i F U e s d s :— We have met rh»« evening to I tw m x o o te the birth into the spheres of coo- momuess, or upon what is termed the physical! jh u d existence, one that seemed all too soon madefied to the higher and more exalted spheres! b o a this bourne from which we long hare been -A c* that no traveler e'er retains, this sweet g B comes into oar midst and bids ns all a badly welcome to her birthday party. Bat, my] iear faends, do we fully realize the beauty, the maacoMeu: and sacred truth revealed to us by r i sweet spirit child in this kindly invitation to] oamemonte her birth into mortal life? Do are] wafioe how vast the importance to each one of us s t fe demonstration of an immortal conscious] ciwlrurr, of an individual life beyond the borders of the tomb?

Tlmk, my friends, of this sweet prattler that •m borne to the starry realms of infinite life ere she learned to lisp the endearing word, “ papa,” mw coming back at the age of nine years, and p w j r i e philosophical and scientific lessons,■ which one, whose heads show the sflvexy bloom rfimny winters of earth-life, listen with rapt mention and inexpressible deference. She comes to us, the little spirit philosopher, with

jP ** wisdom o f a sage, yet so cheery MB bright that all can feel tbe beautiful and Iw m rimng influence of her angefir presence, as she holds anode in sweet control. -She brings Km her bright spirit home words o f d v w and cordial greeting, and a holy and sacred benedic­tion. I She tell ns, in her childish, innocent turpliniy* of the spirit realms wherein her child- 4 is rapidly unfolding, and where she is being aagfat ail that makes up the a m total of knowl­edge- She proves that her progressive unfold- I neat is much more rapid there than it could hue been upon this plane of existence. She tells a ri the booties o f that realm to which those who strive to be good and true are borne when the death angel calls to them to come up higher.She teQs us that only through a just appreciation B §jm K e and its blessings can we hope to attain ahigh degree of happiness, or rise into the more cektfiil spheres when we pass hence. She tells a rf tbe beautiful flowers, the sweet music, the p u d harmony, the vales and hills, the meander- ■ g rivaled that adorn and beautify our spirit banes. A few short years ago how different were tbe descriptions of that life and its sur- n o fisgs.

Hus little darling brings us tidings o f our fined ones, and tells us o f their continued sym­pathy and tender and devoted love. She tells of the beautiful homes they are building for those •ho still linger here. H ow sweetly cheering are aB her teachings to the sad and weary ones who ] noam for those who have preceded them! W hat I wondrous— yea, mysterious— power she mani- | Secs, when she writes loving messages to her papa on both slates and paper.

This sweet child spirit, in thus celebrating her awtb into mortal life, is commemorating events flfiaraIrritable interest to all mankind—events that Bag been the harbingers o f a revolution in hu­m s thought, and in the promulgation o f greater gefiaots liberty, that is without a parallel in all human history. It is commemorating events that have dried the tears of the sorrowing and iwcomciUte, and have borne the spirit into arigfoer and fairer realms— events that have written in letters of living Hght upon the tablets ■ em y ha man life, the indisputable fact that if a was fie be d u ll surely live again.

Then let us all join in songs o f thanksgiving to tbe Infinite Giver of all good, for his divine rev- 3 that was demonstrated as a fact by inno- w t guileless children, forty y e a n ago, and is tom so sweetly confirmed by the spirit baby of owgemal bast and hostess. L et us each and all jom in a kindly greeting to this angel child, and tbe host of invisible friends, as well as the visible, who hare gathered here to-night to contribute to ow happiness, and that of our kindly host, hast­en, and «V«r angel child, in commemoration o f a naul day long to be remembered by all here {ueaesT.

T h is was fo llo w e d b y m a n y e v id e n c e s given o f th e p re s e n c e o f fr ie n d s a n d c h i l ­dren, w ith w re a th s o f b e a u t ifu l f lo w e r s , crowning e a c h g u e s t , a s t h e y d a n c e d around th e a n c le fo r m e d . D r . H e le n U nderw ood, D r . T r i p p , M r s . D r . B e n t le y and oth ers, c o n tr ib u te d t o t h e e n jo y m e n t of the ev en in g fro m th e ir s to r e s o f s p ir it­ual gifts. T b e h o u rs s p e d b y a l l t o o r a p ­idly, as e a c h s e e m e d t o fo r g e t t h e p a s t , with all o f jo y o r so rro w th a t it h a d c o n ­tained, a n d a ls o t o fo r g e t t b e m o r r o w , with its a p p ro a c h in g c a r e s a n d b u r d e n s , and to e n jo y th e p re s e n t t o t h e u tm o s t .Y e t ev en w ith o u r j o y w a s m in g le d t b e a d thought th a t s o o n th e in v is ib le w e r e to from o u r m id s t o u r g e n ia l h o s t a n d has estim able w ife ,, w ith h e r w o n d e r fu l gifts, th rou gh w h o se m e d iu m s h ip w e h a d been e n a b le d to h o ld s w e e t c o m m u n io n with lo v ed o n e s fro m a c r o s s t h e r iv e r , Mr. H . B . C h a m p io n a n d o th e r s w ritin g their nam es o n t b e s la te h e ld b y M r s . Brown, in th e ir o w n fa m ilia r a n d r e a d ily aecognued h a n d -w ritin g . T h e y w ill b e in San F ra n cisco s o o n , a n d I b e s p e a k fo r them a h e a rty w e lc o m e , m a n y p le a s u r e s ,

and a hose o f genial friends in your beau­tiful c ity . Yours T ru ly .

M r s . L . H . C h am pio n .S a x J o s e , O ctober 2 7 , 18SS.

A ll m eans o f action— the shapeless masses, the materials — lie everywhere about us: what w e need is the celestial fire to change the flint into transparent crystal, bright and d e a r .

H e who respects his work so highly and does it so reverently that he cares little what the w orld thinks o f h , is the man about whom the world com es at last to think a great d eal.

R U LE S FOR TH E SP IR IT CIRCLE.

The Spirit Circle is the assembling together o f a number o f persons seeking commnnion with the spirits who have passed from earth to the world o f souls. The chief advantage o f such an assembly is the mutual importation and reception o f the combined mag n rtw n o f the assemblage, which farm a farce stranger than that of an isolated sabject— enabling spirits to com mane with greater power and developing the latent gifts o f arrfrnmhip.

The first conditions to be observed relate to the persons who compose the circle. There should be, as fsr as possible, o f opposite temperament,

positive and negative; o f moral characters, pore and not marked by repulsive pointsI of either physical or mental condition. No per-1 son suffering from disease, or of debilitated phy-1 sique, should be present at any circle, unless it Is formed expressly far healing purposes. I would recommend the number of the circle never to be less than three, or more than twelve. The best number is eight. No person o f a strong positive temperament should be present, as any such magnetic spheres emanating from the circle will overpower that of the spirits, who mnst always be positive to tbe circle in order to produce phe­nomena.

Never let the apartment be over-heated; the room should be well ventilated. Avoid strong light, which, by producing motion in the atmos­phere, disturbs the manifestations. A subdued light s the mast favorable far spiritual mag­netism.

I recommend the seance to be opened with I prayer or a song sung in chorus, after which snbdncd, harmonizing conversation is better than wearisome silence; bat let the con versation be directed toward the purpose of the gathering, and never sink into discussion or rise to em­phasis. Always have a pencil and paper on thel tables avoid entering or quitting the room, irrele- I vant conversation, or disturbances within or I without tbe circle after the seance has com­menced.

Do not admit unponctnal comers, nor suffer tbe air o f the room to be disturbed after the sitting fnm mwifw Nothing but in­disposition, or impressions, should warrant the disturbance of the sitting, which should never exceed two hours, mi less an extension of time be solicited by the spirits.

Let tbe seance extend to one boor, even if no results are obtained; it sometimes requires that time for spirits to form their battery. Let it be also remembered that circles are experimental, hence no one should be discouraged if phenom­ena are not produced at the first few sittings. Stay with the same circle for six sittings; i f no phenomena are then produced, you may be sore you are .not assimilated to each other; in that case, let the members meet with other persons until you snccccd.

A well-developed test medium may sit without injury for any person, but a circle sitting for mutual development should never admit persons addicted to bad habits, strongly positive or dog­matical. A candid inquiring spirit is the only proper frame of mind in which to sit for phe­nomena, the delicate magnetism of which is made or maned as mnch by mental as physical conditions.

Impressions are the voices of spirits, or the monitions of the spirit within ns, and should always be followed out, unless suggestive of wrong in act or word. A t tbe opening o f the circle, one or more are often impressed to change seats with others. One or more are impressed to withdraw, or a feeling of repulsion makes if pain­ful to remain. L et these impressions be faith­fully regarded, and pledge each other that no offense shall be taken by following impressions.

I f a strong impression to write, speak, sing, dance, or gesticulate, possess any mind present, follow it out faithfully. It has a meaning i^you can not at first realize it. Never feel hurt in your own person, nor ridicule your neighbor for any failures to express or discover tbe m in in g of the spirit impressing you.

Spirit control is often deficient, and at first imperfect. B y often yielding to it your organism becomes more flexible, and the spirit more ex­perienced; and practice in control is necessary for spirits as well as mortals. If dark and evil- disposed spirits manifest to you, never drive them away, but always strive to elevate them, and treat them as you would mortals, under similar circumstances. D o not always attribute false­hoods to “ lying spirits,” or deceiving mediums. Many mistakes occur in the communion o f which you can not always be aware.

Unless charged by spirits to do otherwise do not continue to hold sittings with the same parties for more than a twelvemonth. After that time, if not before, fresh elements o f magnetism are essential. Some o f the original circle should withdraw, and others take their places.

Never seek the spirit circle in a trivial or de­ceptive spirit. Then, and then only, have yon cause to fear i t . L

Never permit any one to sit in circles who suffers from it in health o r mind. Magnetism in the case o f such persons is a drug, which operates] perniciously, and should be carefully avoided.

Every seventh person can be a medium o f some kind, and become developed through the judic ions operations of the spirit circle. When once mediums are fully developed, the circle sometimes becomes injurious to them. When they feel this to be tbe case, let none be offended if they with draw, and only use their gifts in other times and places.

All persons are subject to spirit influence and guidance, but only one in seven can so externalize this power as to become what is called a medium; and let it ever be remem be red that trance speakers, no less than mediums for any other gift, can never be influenced by spirits far beyood their own normal capacity in the matter of tbe intelligence rendered, the mag netism o f the spirits being but a quickening fire, which inspires the brain, and, lic e a hot-house process 00 plants, forces into prominence latent powers of tbe mind, but creates nothing. Even in the case of merely aatomalic speakers, writers, rapping, *«wl other forms o f test mediumship, the intelligence o f the spirit is measurably shaped by the capacity and idiosyncrasies of the medium. A ll spirit power is limited in expression by the organism through which it works, and spirits

l may control, inspire, and influence the human mind, hut do not change or re-create it.— Emms*

1 H ordinge- Britten .

A p p e a l fo r A id .

Em t o i o r C a a a a G at o s

T h e Fourth Association o f Spiritualists o f Philadelphia, P a ., are now endeavor­ing to build a hall on th e cam p-m eeting p o u n d s o f tb e First Association o f Spir­itualists, at Parkland, Pa. T h e corner­stone was laid on the 4th o f July last. It is tb e desire o f the Fourth A ssociation to have the hall built and ready for dedica­tion by the tim e th e next cam p-m eeting season opens at Parkland.

In order to further this enter prise (for w e d eem the hall a necessity for Spiritu­alists in general, w ho atten d the ca m p ),I tb e Fourth A ssociation , a t their last m onthly m eeting, h eld O cto b er s d io a t., | authorized their S ecreta ry to ask o f the Spiritual Associations throughout tb e land, for a id for this special purpose. W e w ould suggest that sp ecial co llectio n s be taken u p b y th e Spiritual A ssociations. A lso benefit sean ces b e h eld for this fu n d , and individual contributions w ill b e than k­fu lly received. K in d friends, n eed w e say m ore ? W ill n ot this appeal be enough to insure you r hearty co-operation w ith os, a n d w ith you r a id finan cially , b e­lieve m e, this hall is an assured feet. A ll contribution s to b e sent to o u r m edium , D r. C . S . B a te s, 1230 N orth F ro n t street, P h ilad elp h ia , P a ., o r the S ecreta ry .

H o p in g for go o d returns,F ratern ally Y o o n ,

H a r r y T . G r e e n w o o d , Secretary F o u rth A ss ’n o f Spiritualists.

810 L attim e r S t . , P h ila d e lp h ia , P a.

P R O F E S S I O N A L O A R D S .

S PEE D EVANS.

P R O F E S S I O N A L C A R D S .

C . A . R O G E R S ,

PORTRAITS PAINTED FROM 1 1.— 1 ■ »■ — P W m y hi ot hhI i

IN D E PE N D E N T | mMS p i r i t P b o t o g r o p b a l a U r i t d

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Stcd w N o- 3 1 7 M >■— St ,

LIFE. OR EM- caress of any U U , . i a A b k , C a y aa

3 S T U R M A N . M . D-,

O r n c a St . A a C i Sc il m b c .Co*. N a d la a i l l iy ...... U m m jg j*» T M Plow,

San fiABcsaco.OSes Hem > 10114. x.. I U | r.M.

h a i a l n a o n b o a p m U U t r w i — 11 of W jcco m 4 CUim 1

F em a le D i m e s a d O a c n m S pecasfcy.

Caacem C o a i o if r a th t U L C m u o or C u e o .

D m fa a C C kda. Treaday tad fiatoj n o a p , aa i Thursday M ar. M-. 33 com.

C h in am a Exaaiaarioa. iadadmg Medium's Chan, byl o g o f h a ir . or or W i r e i ^ ............................................ . J a on

Q t i n a i a n D a p a a , By leek of ban. o, a t a r a i a ic c d t ia f B a t a a a

OSca Ho— , from 9 a. m. to 4 t. Sc=>d*j* n a p i Jaagij if

j^D D IE SWAIN.

K n o w led g e w ithout d iscretion is lik e force w ithout d ire ctio n — n eve r u sefu l b u t b y a cc id e n t.

P R O F E S S IO N A L C A R D S .

A r tis t .

D » * J* WHIPPLE.MAGNETIC HEALER.

W standi fa— d a Wan rd to bit wmm' he aaali ha 1

OSca in 8a Hath Street.----Oppamas Ires I iy Depot.O i t u a a

The D o d a haa a U * ia <CcM XatM B (rtt.

Fnwraha E a lap d Ipom small yia a a cf aay kind to any ana desired, ia 02 . Water Calor. C r a y or PaateL

S p ir it P h o to g r a p h s E n la r g e d .

Order* executed far a l daaaaa of Art Work, prempelj and M aeaaoaahlc p ic a .

Scad Chsiataros orders early. CnnupnriVact wifirisi 1*.

850 Bmaoxat, O w u a a Roams and n . _______________ o a M

M E T A P H Y S I C A L C O L L E G E ,

tad M c A B a a Screes, San Fraacaco.

AM DREW JACKSON DAVIS.

S e e r in t o t h e C a u ses a n d N a tu r a l C u re o f D is e a s e .

Haxing penaaneatly become s ataea of Boston, Ma. Davis may be cnasaked by lecer or in person at hit office.

0 8 W a r r e n A v e n u e , B o s t o n , M a a a ,Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, from 9 to ta a. m.

M R S . M. J. HENDEE.

PSYCHOMETRIST AMD TEST MEDIUM, ELEC­T R O MAGNETIC PHYSICIAN,

f and Friday I t e a a p .Developing ( r Evening.

Srm nos D a i l y .

106 Sixth Street,.................... San Francisco

MRS. SARAH A. HARRIS. F. T . S-, Coadacatthe School is Theosophy. Scnday at r p 9. \

S eat* F re e . l i l ftrr I s i ' r a faprd

U O M E COLLEGE

OF SPIRITUAL SCIENCE,Mat . M. E . Cannon. - P a w

Screes. Saa Fi

t3T He is remarkably successful ia the treats* at of every variety of chronic disease, either physical or mental,

; remedies to meet tbe pi 1 nil a tii 1 and reqmrc- each case.

CoBsoItatkn, with special directions far cere. Sc each snhaeqoent interview, $». Simple rrmedirs if needed, extra

Mr. Davis would be pleased to receive the fall name and address of liberal persons to whom be may, from time to time, mail annrnmnrmrnts or orrnlars containing desira­ble infra nut ion.

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) R - DYER.

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC HEALER,

h £ R S .T . M. DIXON,

CLAIRVOYANT, TEST, a s d BUSINESS MEDIUM

Diseases Diagnosis .

Sittings daily from to c m. n 5 r . a .

No. 1242 Howard street. Bet. Eighth and Ninth.

Sax Fra*cisco: jubH f

y f ISS GEORGIA HALL,

TEACHER OF MARSH'S SYSTEM OF SHORT­H AND.

Residence—233? Bosh Street, comer of Pierce,

S a x F r a n cisco .

Treats Acme and Chronic Diseases.

Office at 5 5 8 Sixth Street, ............................ Oakland.

Get off at Broadway Station ocjt- H

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X3T Gasses in Metaphysics and Mimal H o ia | .T I Tuesdays and Fridays. I H ons for Tmatmem.

At a and Bp. m_ I F n a a . a . B i L S ,By the President. | Daffy. --y aanday

^ E T E S IA N WELLS LOCATED

'J* HE LITTLE BOY,HARRY WHITE,

Will, far a short tame, give sittings for business and ether purposes to honest seekers after troth, through

a child median.

Daily (except Sat redeye and Sundays*,from rj£ an 4 r. a .

At No- 61034 Polk Street, Saa Fxancsco. oc6-xm”

B y S p ir it D ir e c t io n s .

For P a tira lm and Terms, address

ADAME DaROTH.

TH E PSYCHOMETR1ST,

Will hold Pnbfic Carries on Wednesday aad Friday Even- iags, at her residence.

Box;A. B. FULLER.

Tndock, CaL

2 0 0 4 Market Street^. -Saa Francisco

V f RS. D . N . MAXWELL:

TRANCE. BUSINESS A N D HEALING MEDIUM,

No. 106 Taylor Sneer, San F ancies.

l in e r s P«yrhnmemud and Sar^fa.-rrey Aaswes f i n s

Admission to C bd-s, 50 cents far Gents. 25 cents fiar Ladies. Private Sittings given da2y, prior St jo .

~\fR S. E . V . UTTER,

Office horns from so a. a . Bo 5 r. is. (cphifrta*

CLAIRVOYANT. CLA1RAUDIENT A N D TRANCE MEDIUM,

Has moved from 1040^3 Twenty-second strrrt.

To 9 0 6 T hibthsxth St . ,..........................Saa Fiaadsco

Satings Daily. sepxs-rf

S EALED LETTERS ANSW ERED.

V ffR S. F. SAGE. M. D .

2=2 Stock tox Stxkkt, FsLasasca.

DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

SPECIALTY.

Office boars, from 5 to wm. m_ t so 4, and - so S p. a

M 5 5S- F . A. LOGAN.

X |R S . S. S. MESSER.

CLAIRVOYANT AND

Near Fifth,

PSY CHOMETR1ST.

905 F o lsom S t x b b t ,

- - - Saa Francisco,

Gives readings of character, and diagnoses dtsravr from lock of hair.

Circles Tuesday and Friday Evenings.Sittings Daily. ayip-tf

|^ R S W. WEIR.

TELEGRAPHIC M EDIUM,

Controlled by tbe late Mrs. Breed,

C F T h i W o n d e r f u l R a f f in g M k d iu m .T 51

1562 SEVENTH STREET, WEST OAKLAND.

Center Station. < Sittings Daily.) dec.ro

REMARKABLE OFFER.

SE N D TWO a-CENT STAMPS,

Lock of hair, state age and sex, and give yoar name in foil, and I win send you a C l a ir v o y a n t D ia g n o s is of yoov disease, Frrx. Address,

T. C. BATDORF. M. D .,Principal Magnetic Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

O x f o r d ,

By MRS. ELIZA A. MARTIN.

Terms Srxc and two a-cent szaa septB-sm*

M a s s .

MRS. L. M. BATES.

METAPHYSICAL AND SPIRITUALBanai 23 and *4.

841 Market St ...........................Saa

HEALERS.

FtanoKa

C edes. TnevdaY aad Friday evenings, for flr 1 VTpmrafi Mrs. C J^Mycrs s i f be pteseK to give namet aad

may aad rn J. Myees aid

Teas, in aichina to the ah me. Admittance,.......................... 23 Cents.

LIZZIE FULTON. M 1̂ D. X . PLACE,

AUTOMATIC A N D IN D E PE N D E N T SLATE- W RITER A N D TEST MEDIUM,

9*555 Mission Street,..............................Saa Francisco. CaL ;

Developing Circles, Tuesday aad Friday evenings.

Office Hours 9 to 12, 2 to 5.

TRANCE. INSPIRATIONAL AND HEALING MEDIUM.

Circles Friday ai 2 d- cl, aad an Saaday anc Taesday | at B p. a .

Sini;«gs Daily, to to 4 (Wednesday aad Saadsy eacepted.

IO I Grove Street, corner P o L Sax Fuaxcxsco. opp. rear Mechanics* PavSoa.

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J- P . DAMERON.

ATTORNEY AT LAW,

MRS. M. E. AYERS.

PSYCHO-MAGNETIC PHYSICIAN.

2 3 0 M o n t g o m e r y S t r e e t , - S a x F r a n cisco , C a l .

Room as.jab«*tf

Take Elevator.

Residence , taro Toeaty-ergtak Street,

Oakland, : t : : : : s“ P 3

Cal.

LIBERAL OFFER.

RELIABLE CLAIRVOYANT A N D MAGNETIC HEALER.

Send four a-cent stamps, lock of hair, name, age aad sex. We wiD diagnose your case fkee, by Incepenaea! SpiritWriting.

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Address.DR . J. S . LOUCKS,

Worcester, Mass.

J^ |R S . EGGERT AITKIN,

CLAIRVOYANT,

MAGNETIC HEALER A N D TEST M EDIUM,

N o. 830 Mission Street,

Between 4th aad jth , - • - > Sat1 Francisco

1 «f« mday Evening.Public Circle San-

g E A L E D LETTERS.

ELEANOR MARTIN

Now makes a specialty of Boaness—:$5.F o il spiritul message— Sr

7 8 L a x b A v e n u e , C o lu m bu s , O h io .

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H R . A. W. DUNLAP.

CLAIRVOYANT A N D MAGNETIC HEALER.

Baa M ission Street,

Diagnoses disease without questions; all kinds cf disease treated; root and herb medicine used: eyes, cancer, turn on, e tc . successfully treated: has had twenty years* practice u a Healer ia this dty. References at office.

BvADVICE OF HER GUIDES,

MRS. JE N N IE CROSSE.The Great Basin- Medinas.

| Has removed to W. Cm Is ad, Maine, where she w3 a riane to give life reading for Sx, aad two m a p s .

Sixqnesaans answered fiar 50 cents and

j a l i r i a * XW Disease a specialty.

M. M ILLER, V fR S . DR . BEIGHLE,

MEDIUM, Has moved iaso the

Meetings—'Taesday. Thursday aad Saturday evening* Sittings daily, Sz.ce.

xx4 Turk Street, between Taylor aad Jones.

F lo o d B u i ld in g . . On M a r k e t S t r e e t ,

Room N o . 37.Admssssoa to Pnbfic Che Us,. -*5

MB. D ELPH I,

SEERESS. * 1

| , |R S . C. J . MEYER,

I CLAIRVOYANT, TRANCE. BUSINESS A N D D E ­VELOPING MEDIUM.

By aid of a real Hindoo crystal, gives the mart wondetfal revelations of the part aad coming events.

Sitting- daily. S in s . • Office bores. 9 to 5.

Few electrottrstmiaij given.

151936 Market Street. Opposite Van Ness Avenue. jolaS

| Teat CSrcks Tuesday aad Friday street. Admission. 25 cents.

given. At home dafiy.

at S4X Market : spirit friends

S tr in g . S i.

J ^ R S . S A U N A PULS1FER.

M INERAL PSYCHOMETRIST.

Webster Street. East Saa Jose.

Small specimens of reck may be seat by letter.1 examine tioas made. Terms, $8.50.

Prompt Iaagi3

MRS. J U U N A JACKSON. M a g n e t ic H k a l e b .

Diagnoses diseases withod quesrinnrag.| 251433 Sutter Street. - • - Saa Francisco,

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V fR S . SARAH J. PENOYER,

PSYCHOMETRIST,

| Address I ts Johnson Street. - • East Saginaw,

Michigan.Delineates Character by Lode of Hair and Writing.

Readings, • One Dollar.Also translates ancient character

One Dollar.Teems far each

| November 3, igggg o l d e n g a t e .

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S A T U R D A Y , N O V E M B E R 3 . i * M .

BXXTOB1A L FR A G M E N T S.

Wealth builds its palaces as though its (coasts

would occupy them harass. It shats itself ia

fswai the great world of humanity, of which, ia

the order of nature, it is a part, and to which it

owes its very existence. And h r what, and for

how b ag ? An empty shadow and a day. Death

laughs at all human distinction The worm nods

no daintier hod ia the king than in the beggar.

There is no monopoly of sweetness ia corruption.

What grand h * * * of life and duty, what sub­

lime principles of enriched manhood, of abiding

trust, of upright and noble living, do we not

hear continually from oar spirit helpers sad

Can the man aha doAm ant to I h wife- whh

I reprimands Am her o t a a g W W i * *mhy ■ a he* Jam dwe as an ogm l partner m the bras, ar

, of what ha spends Am hia aww pmmwal gratihca-

I tioa, have anyaaa hat hhmaAf to blame when h*»

I children grow op to be thieves -made «w by the

pro-natal impulse of the mother to help M l

I la a Hide needed change ham her husband s

I pockets, while ha • asleep1 The child bora in

I an atmosphere of ;ast, generous, and loving

I thoughts, starts oat with a heaven ia this life am

I complished, ami ant with a hell to overcome.

* *How exquisite in design are all of Nature's

j works! None of them are too rosignilicant for

the display of infinite skill and wisdom ia their

const! art ion la all her marvellous methods

and varieties she slights nothing, leaves nothing

unfinished or incomplete ia this life, save and

except man himself, and she will make a perfect

job of him before she is through with him. She

weaves into the butterfly’s wing the azure aad

gold of her sunsets, aad she paints the lily aad

the rose with the glory o f her blushing downs.

Aad then how nicely she adapts means to ends.

The mole blindly burrowing begeath the sod, the

sea bird skimming the mighty wastes o f ocean,

the cricket dramming its love notes at the hash

of day— all are cared for as foodly and tenderly

as the mother caves for her babe. What a field

for study— what suggestions of Masterly Purpose

ia the plan o f the universe! H ow can man

grovel in lowly thoughts and things, in a world

of such matchless splendor and possibilities as

A Q U E S T IO N A M 8 W B B B D

The qaeariaa Is ahoa ashed of Spiritualists by dbrptics. Why a At that an much rascality aad

hand aro pmcrimd by year public mediama'

from the lamentable tact that same mediums

will occasionally practice deception, the skeptical

weald is led to conclude that ail mediums are

more or Ima dishonest, which As far from the

truth. From these promises a further conclusion

b apt la he reached, v h , that mediumship Is

conducive of dishonesty, a conclusion which ia

| d u an wale of the mask as the farmer.

It is well understood among all careful in­

vestigate** of psychic phenomena that medium-

ship As no more dependent upon morality than ia

music or mathematics. The spirits, who are

ever eager to establish communion with mortals,

arc obliged to use such avenues of oomm unicat ion

us they can find.

-It Is also an undisputed fact that many me-

druaistic persons will not sell their gifts to the

public. They axe, perhaps, able to live without

it; or from fear of social ostracism, or at the

behest of influential friends, they prefer to hold

themselves aloof from any public recognition

o f what they may think would belittle them ia

the eyes of the world.

Thus, the spirits are compelled to find me­

diums with no such scruples— mediums, often,

whose inducement to enter the field o f public

work is the money it will bring them. O f

coarse, " th e laborer is worthy of his hire," in

mediumship as in the gospel ministry, or in

educational work of any kind. But with somefriends, through lips touched with their inspira­

tion. Who lives up to their teachings will live

as close to the heart of God as it is well possible

to get. The fruit is not ia Spiritualism, but in

ourselves, that Spiritualists are not always exactly

what they should be.ft

“ I don’t know,1* is the language of holiest

doubt; ** I know you don't know,” that o f intol­

erant bigotry. Why can’t we respec t each other

in all matters of opinion, even remembering that

what none of us know is to the sum of our abso­

lute knowledge, as the big. blazing son to the

mote hacking in its rays. Let us delight to dif­

fer, and love each other in our differences. If we

all thought precisely alike, life would be too flat

and insipid for healthy growth.

Someone has wisely said: " The danger of

" riches increases with their increase. Abun*

“ dance serves not as water to quench, but as

“ fuel to augment the fire of covetousness.” And

Sp the acquisitive man comes in time to think

that the more be has, the more he needs; and

this thought is apt to cling to him long after he

has accumulated vastly more than he can wisely

use for his own needs, even down to the last hour

of mortal existence. But is it the best thought

to carry into the other life?

Happiness is a condition of the spirit— a some­

thing that belongs within,— and is dependent

only to a very limited extent, if at all, upon ex­

ternals. Martyrs have gone to the stake with

their souls aflame with gladness, while kings,

whh the plentitude of earth at their command,

have moped in melancholy misery. There is

more solid comfort in an ounce of contentment,

than in all the wealth of the Rothschilds. The

happiness that is dependent upon wealth, can

last only while the wealth lasts. There will come

a time when the check of the millionaire would

not purchase the handles to his coffin. Then

what?

When .you wake up, dear reader, in the morn­

ing of that new day, to a consciousness that yon

have crossed the river of death, and that all of

your earth life, with its accomplished good or ill,

is behind you forevermore, what condition o f the

spirit do you imagine will then afford you the

largest measure of satisfaction? W ill it be, do

you think, the realization of the good yon might

have done to your fellow beings, but did

not? How empty and vain will then appear the

''pom p an d circumstance ” of earth— the bauble

of wealth— the tinsel and sham of fashion, and

the mockery of feme! Only the pure gold of

character will be current " over there.”

|K •We have no time to waste in pothering with

those who persistently affect to misunderstand

the purpose and policy of this journal, and who,

in every small way known to small souls, seek to

destroy the influence of our paper. We believe

in a Spiritualism that is infinitely above all per­

sonal spite, that can move on calmly and stead­

ily to^lhe end of man’s spiritual unfoldment— a

Spiritualism that can scorn to do a mean or un­

worthy act, even to those who would betray it, or who would drag down its holy standards into

the dust and mire of their own ignorance and

grossness. With truth for our guiding star, we know that, though we may err at times in our

judgments, and loss our way amid the clouds of doubt and uncertainty, that the star ever shines brightly above the clouds, and that it will guide our feet into pleasant ways, •' when the mists

shall clear away.”

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C H U R C H A N D S T A G E .

A thousand things attest the growing liberality of the times, and somehow the word "liberality” always applies particularly to religious matters; in this respect it has more significance than in other ways, because the world has been so long creed-bound that man's nature, however tainted with old orthodoxy, revels in the liberality of opin­ion.and action that is being left more and more to individual judgment and discretion. This ev­olution of free thought has gone a great way when clergymen o f most denominations take the priv­ilege of not only attending the theatre, but of discoursing upon its merits and mission.

Those ministers who still think it best to dis­parage the stage to their flocks, do not attempt any longer to restrain their members from attend­ing the play; partly for the reason that they know it would be useless, but more because they do not in their hearts wholly condemn the theatrical stage. And, moreover, the modern devices for raising church funds are so very similar to stage doings in many cases, that it puzzles a conscien­tious man where to draw the line that condemns the one and sanctions the other; so honest clergy­men keep silent, if they do not wish to endorse both.

Most clergymen who attend theatre occasion­ally, do so at f i r f on the ground of recreation. Then they come to look upon the stage as a school, in which they learn much of humanity that they could in no other way. It sweeps away the illusions that are apt to take lodgment in the minds of those who trust to books only for their knowledge of human nature, and the objects and motives that move it to good and evil deeds. They see enacted the highest ideals o f life; see justice and right triumph over wrong and might in one short evening, just as it will in the end­less eternity o f God.

They go forth, these H is servants, from the drama, with new life, new patience, new hope, and a new purpose. The theatre does this for the clergymen, and for it they should thank the Christian members o f their various churches, for by their presence at theatres the stage has been elevated to that height of propriety and morality that the former not only find pleasure, but profit, that does not die with the glare of the footlights, but lives to inspire them in all coming work.

We affirm that these mediums, slate-writers, clair­voyants, clainuxdients, and seers, male and female, one and all, are vulgar impostors and mercenary frauds. We would be pleased to see them all where they belong—in jail.—Los Akgblbs Times.

No doubt you would. And had you published your paper in Jepisalem, in the days of the Apostles, you would probably have advocated their imprisonment for declaring that the mate­rialized form of their’ risen Master appeared to them ," in their midst,” in an " upper chamber,” where they were assembled. You would doubt­less, in later times, (if possibly you have done so yet,) have been the last to give up the idea that the world is flat. In the light of the scientific experiments of such men as Dr. Hare, Judge | Edmonds, Profs. Crooks, Wallace, and Varley, ! Baron Hollenback, Baron Carl du Prel, J. H . Fichte, Lord Brougham, Camille Flamarion, D r. Robert Chambers, and a host o f other great lights we could name, the extract from the Times reads verily as though it had been written by

O dd F el l o w s’ H a l l .— Mrs. J. J. Whitney’s public seance at Odd Fellows’ Hall, last Sunday evening, was not only unusually large, but it was also of peculiar interest to many strangers pres­ent, who there, for the first time, had their eyes opened to the surprising fret of spirit intelligetace from the other side of the river of life, made manifest to their astonished understanding. Mrs. Whitney seems to be especially called to the work of convincing skeptics and doubters, as in her public, meetings she invariably gives the most wonderful tests to this class. And yet, she is equally good in private, very rarely failing to satisfy the doubts of the most obdurate skeptic. Remember her next meeting to-morrow (Sun­day) evening, at the same hall. Admission only ten cents.

mediums on a low moral piano, the money their

mediumship brings is of far more, importance to

them than any purpose to do the work of the

angel world, or to uplift or benefit humanity in

any way.

If mediumship was welcomed, or considered

desirable, by people of high moral character, and

social standing generally, who is there that

would not give them the preference?

Now, we would not be understood as saying

that many of our mediums are not o f this class,

for indeed they are; but it is a sober fact that

many really excellent mediums in private life

would not, for any consideration, allow the

fact to go out to the world, much less would

they consent to become instruments o f the spirits

for general work.

When mediumship shall become entirely re­

spectable, as gauged by the commonly accepted

social standards, then we shall hear no more of

dishonest mediumship.

S U M M E R L A N D N O T E S .

The lots in the new town o f Summer land, for the proposed Spiritualist colony, are 25x60 feet, instead of 62H feet, as at first stated. I f these lots are small, it must be remembered, also, that the price— $25— is alike small.

Summer land will contain tw o public parks, both bordering the ocean, as may be seen by the plan which we present on our 5th page.

The names o f the streets o f Summerland had not all been agreed upon when the map was sent to the engraver. The streets will be named mostly for prominent Spiritualists.

Four lots in Summerland, price S100, will give the owner 50x120 feet— a size sufficiently ample for an elegant residence.

W e think it can be shown that for a family of three or more persons from the East, desirous of spending tbe winter in our lovely Southern C ali­fornia climate, that they could purchase a lot in Summerland, erect a neat cottage thereon, and j live in their own home, at less cost than they | could stay at the hotels, and then have a valua­ble property in the bargain.

A beautiful background o f rugged mountains— the Santa Inez— shut out the north winds from Summerland.

W e have received orders for fifty-eight lots in Summerland during the last few days, even be- for the publication of the plan o f the town site.

When the sale of five hundred lots in Summer- land is assured, steps will at once be 'taken to convey the property to purchasers, and the real work of founding the Colony will begin.

Send in your order at once for a lot in Summer- land.

Twenty-five dollars invested in a lot in Sum­merland will be like " bread cast upon the water ”— it will return to tbe owner in a few years increased many fold.

D. D ’s D IS A G R E E .

Tbe old earth tells a tale of long progression, and some there are who read the great truths from her books of stone; occasionally one of these is a clergyman, and be is straightway brought to task by his brother divines for believ­ing tbe evidence of his own senses and reason.

The squabble of the Southern Presbyterians at Columbia, S. C ., has been going on for some time, after a short lull, that has recommenced with new vigor. When Rev. Dr. Woodrow was re­moved from Columbia Theological Seminary a resolution was passed forbidding all criticism by the members that would reflect upon the action of the General Assembly condemning Woodrow. But it now turns out that this precaution was use­less, as the State Synod now arises in its superior power, and denounces the action of the Presbytery, commanding it to re-convene and amend its proceedings. Ready obeyance is not expected, and tbe future prospect is of a vigorous rebellion.

Tbe Scriptural account of creation and tbe

rorofrtioro o f geology are in too strong opposi­tion (e be pieced together by ■ ere concessions as to the significance o f the six days allotted to tbe Buck. Ministers are allowed to tell their f jet* that thaw days represent periods greater than our twenty-four hours; but when they dare im 11— the revelations of n fe n liic frets, they

'get beanght up with a turn of the old theological •crew, that very forcibly reminds them of the

1 cha>m yet to be bridged bet ween science andreligion. _

M A G G IE S W O N D E R F U L TO E .

In the report of the account o f Maggie Fox’*

alleged exposure of Spiritualism, given recently

before a New York audience, we read: 44 Dr. C ,

“ M. Richmond, who is managing the expose, 44 invited doctors to co n e open toe stage. Three 44doctors knelt down, took hold of Mrs. Kane’s •* big toe, aad assumed a grave air. They then •*declared they could hear rappingt which were •* produced by the toe. Mrs. Kane finally stood “ up to let the audience hear. As she remained “ motionless, load, distinct rapping* were heard, ** now in the flies, now behind the scenes, now in " t h e gallery."

Thus it will be seen that the doctors by kneel­ing down, and of course placing their ears close to Maggie’s big toe, “ could hear rappingt which " were produced by tbe toe, but which the audi- " c n e e did not hear." But when she stood up and 44 remained motionless, loud, distinct rap-

pings -were beard, now in tbe flies, now behind' " t h e scenes, now in the gallery.” A wonderful toe, that! W hy were these loud raps not heard when the three doctors had their somewhat ample ears applied to tbe aforesaid toe?

And so the wise doctors, church dignitaries, and the enemies of Spiritualism generally, con­clude that the foolish • confession o f this poor, weak woman, who is a slave to strong drink, has now dealt tbe final blow to Spiritualism! But what becomes of tbe thousands o f other mediums, and the millions o f honest investigators who know that tbe toe-joint explanation is foolishness condensed ?

N O T 80 F R A I L .

There is something inspiring and refreshing in

the courage and independence o f our girls of

to-day. Whatever they undertake they do, never turning back or growing faint-hearted either at visible or prospective obstacles and hardships.

The Portland Oregonian tells of a woman mail- carrier, whose name is Miss Minnie West man, and twenty years o f age. Her route is from the bead o f navigation on the Sins law river, over the Coast Range Mountains, following up the river, to H ale's Postoffice Station, within fifteen miles of Eugene C ity , twenty miles 10 a ll. If lies right in the heart o f tbe mountains, where all the dangers and adventures incident to such an occupation abound. She rides on horseback armed with her own prowess and a trusty revolver, and has no fear o f man or beast. The bears seem to stand in awe of tbe strange appari­tion of a woman in tbeir wild haunts, since she one time road through a trio of them without molestation; and this, after catching and remount­ing her runway horse, who had become frightened by tbe creatures and threw her off. L ike tbe rest o f Uncle Sam’s servants in this department o f public duty, this young woman rides night and day, faithfully and fearlessly discharging her trust in all weathers.

The world has a great deal less to say of " frail women ” now than it bad twenty years ago; and well it may, since not only those who are forced to engage in hardy pursuits, but even the wealthy daughters o f the land are cultivating their muscles.

S p i r i t u a l M e e t in g s . — The meeting at Wash­ington H all, Sunday evening, was largely at­tended, and highly appreciated by tbe intelligent audience. The exercises consisted o f music by Mrs.* Jennie C lark, which is always pleasing; reading o f a poem by Judge Swift, in an impres­sive manner, entitled, " Selling tbe Truth for the Sake o f the Pay,” by Lizzie Doten; followed by a short address by Mr. Swift, in which some strung hits were made touching spirit frauds and spirit guides, which he fully demonstrated should not guide, citing instances where they were known to misguide. The most interesting feature o f the meeting was the platform tests given by Madame De Roth, consisting of over thirty tests, and all. recognized their correctness. Madame De Roth’s phase is of a dual character, being psychometric and prophetic, and the easy and graceful manner in which she gives her tests is very pleasing to an audience. In accordance with the expression of the meeting, taken on motion of D r. Mead, the Chairman, it was de­cided to continue them hereafter. Madame De Roth will be in attendance at tbe next Sunday evening meeting, and will give her usual won­derful platform tests.

Taken In .—The Rev. John Alex. Dowie," Healer through faith in Jesus,” etc., etc., who has been exposing his ignorance to the San Francisco world, for some weeks past, by derid­ing and misrepresenting Spiritualism, has stranded his craft upon a rock, much to th ■ amusement of

I all thoughtful people. Dr. J. D. MacLennan, in | a two column article in the Post% of Monday last, and also in other articles in other papers o f this city, shows up the pretender in a way that squints at annihilation. And then, to cap the climax, he invites the reverend asaailer of Spiritualism to a public discussion, which leaves him no alterna­tive but to take up the Doctor’s glove, or admit himself an ignoramus.

— A good audience assembled in Fraternity Hall, Pythian Castle Building, 913 Market St., Sunday evening, to listen to Mrs. F . A . Logan’s poetical lecture on ** The Past, Present, and Fu­ture.” Miss Lina Crews furnished some excel­lent music. Mrs. George F . Perkins and Mrs.C . J. Myers gave a large number of testa from the platform. Mrs. Logan expects to hold meet­ings at the same place every Sunday evening.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

—-W . J . Colville speaks in Denver Nov. m i

— Mrs. Swift has our thanks for a copy sf fe Koran lor our Free Library.

— Mrs. M. Miller, who has born serionflj a fore some time past, is slowly recovering.

— Mrs. Eugenia Beste is in Philadelphia m t short visit, but will ret are to Bostso hr fe Winter.

— We are patiently waiting the arrival of Mr. Colville’s new book. They are on their « g somewhere as slow freight (very slow).

— Mias Downer, the inspirational writer 1*4 speaker, who was injured in a railroad acctdcK at Port Costa recently, is out of danger, sad in. proving finely.

— W e take pleasure in calling attention of the afflicted to the notice of that excellent healer. Dr. Dyer, published in these columns. His office is at 558 Sixth street, Oakland.

— We are indebted to Mrs. Carrie Grintei Forster, for a copy o f her late husband’s excellent book, " Unanswerable Logic, a series of Spirited Discourses, given through tbe Mediumship of Thomas Gales Forster."

— We are pleased to learn from one of the bondsmen of Mr. S . B . Clark, Treasurer of tbe Society o f Progressive Spiritualists, that i|< accounts between him and the said Society hive been amicably aad satisfactorily adjusted.

— W e learn, from the Santa Ana papers, that Minnie C ., wife o f Bro. D . Edson Smith, of that place, passed on to tbe higher life, of consump-

j lion, on Sunday, O c t. 21st. Mrs. Smith was a native of Illinois, but resided for many years is Iowa.

— On Wednesday next, Nov. 7 ^ ^ °P® monthly meeting of the Home College will be held as usual at 324 Seventeenth street. All interested in Metaphysical subjects are invited to be present. Interesting addresses will be delivered and ex­periences related.

— Harmony, for November, tbe new monthly recently started in this city by Mrs. M. E. Cramer and E . F . Coote, is before us with a rich table of contents. N o spiritual minded penon

j can well afford to be without this excellent work. It is published for $1 per year.

— W . J . Colville addressed a very large audi­ence in Berkeley H all, Boston, Mass., on Sunday, O ct. 21st, the subject being,"Rome and Reason.” In the evening o f tbe same day he also appeared in - Brockton with tbe same degree of success. These lectures are given under the auspices of the

I Independent C lub. Mr. Colville’s engagement closes N ov. 4th. H e will be followed by Mr. Gerald Massey, the great English scholar, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, J. W . Fletcher, Mrs. Lillie, and others. The regular week-day meet­ings of this clnb begin N ov. 7th in Wells’ Memo­rial H all.

— Mrs. Logan’s meetings, in College Hall, 106 M cAllister street, continue to increase in interest and in numbers. O ver one hundred tests were given from tbe platform last week by Mrs. Meyer and a German lady, which were responded to most heartily by strangers and friends. These meetings in fact might be termed schools for de­velopment . They draw together investigators and skeptics, as well as various mediumistic persons, who hitherto have been unnoticed in a public capacity. Mrs. Logan has concluded, however, to hold the public meeting Thursday evening only o f each week, at her rooms, 23 and 24.

— Our Free Library has just been made tbe richer, by the contribution of tbe following choice books by Samuel Moote, of this city; " Beyond the G ates,” "Dealings with tbe Dead,” "Im m ortality, and Our Employments Here­after,” '* The Gadarene; or. Spirits in Prison,” "A n gel Voices from the Spirit World,” one vol­ume of Beecher's Sermons, bound volume of Phrenological Journal, " T b e Life,” "Beyond the Sunrise,” " The Diet Cure,” " The Brother­hood o f M an,” 44 The Sacred Word,” "Spiritual Spheres,” and a number of excellent pamphlets. Bro. Moote has our thanks for this valuable con­tribution. _______

Pension H im .— While the pension system was instituted mainly for the benefit of soldiers and soldier's widows, it should be equally applied to all infirm and disabled citizens who have in any way rendered special service to their country, and who have not, in tbeir old age, friends or children to assist them, and render that ease and comfort that all useful lives have justly, glori­ously earned. A most worthy subject for our Government’s bounty is John L . Porter, tbe de­signer and constructor of the Merrimac, the first ironclad ever built, and by which the system of naval warfare was entirely changed. Although Mr. Porter is now nearly eighty years old, he is working like a common laborer in the navy-yard at Norfolk, wielding a broadaxe, that should be swung by younger hands. We do not believe there is anyone now enjoying the Government^ reward for military service, more deserving than this old man, so closely connected with its per­fection and efficiency of naval defense. When Fate turns against one, brother man should lend his heart and sympathy to soften the asperity of her decrees, so far as possible.

Fraternity HallE d it o r o f G o l d b n G a t h :

The Progressive Spiritualists of Oakland met at Fraternity Hall, Seventh and Peralta streets, last Sunday evening. There was a large number in attendance, it being our monthly social for tbe benefit of the Association. Tbe audience was entertained with songs, recitations, and piano solos. Another equally interesting meeting is expected next Sunday evening. We hope oar friends will come and visit us, and investigate for themselves. Wishing you success in your efforts to spread the truth, I remain.

Yours Fraternally,M r s . Da v is . SccY-

O a k l a n d . O ctober 30, 188S.

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S A T U R D A Y . N O V E M B E R 3.

Now exquisite in design are all of Nature’s works! None of them are too insignificant for the display of infinity skill and wisdom in their

=rr= I construction. In all her marvellous methods ■ 888. I and varieties the slights nothing, leaves nothing

" I unfinished or incomplete in this life, save and I except man himself, and she will make a perfectE D ITO R IA L FR A G M E N T S.

hough its tenants I Job Mm before she is through with him. SheWealth builds its palaces awould occupy them forever. It shuts itself in I wcaves *®to lbe butterfly's wing the azure and from the great world of humanity, of which, in Bold ®f her sunsets, and she paints the lfly and

the order of nature. It is a part, and to which it the rose wilh the R,orT of her blushing dawns,

owes its very existence. And for what, and for I And then how adaP*s means lo ends-how long? An empty shadow and a day. Death IT * * mo,e blindly burrowing beneath the sod, the laughs at all human distinction. The worm finds bird skimming the mighty wastes of ocean,

no daintier food in the king than in the beggar. the a ick et drumming its love notes at the hush

There is no monopoly of sweetness in corruption. I of daF“ al1 are « fe d for as fondly and tenderlyI as the mother cares- for her babe. What a field

What grand lessons of life and duty, what sub* f for study— what suggestions of Masterly Purpose

lime principles of enriched manhood, of abiding I in the plan o f the universe! How can man

trust, of upright and noble living, do we not grovel in lowly thoughts and thiogs, in a world

hear continually from oar spirit helpers and friends, through lips touched with their inspira­

tion. Who lives up to their teachings will live as close to the heart of God as it is well possible to get. The fault is not in Spiritualism, but in ourselves, that Spiritualists are not always exactly what they should be.

of such matchless splendor and possibilities as

this!

O H U R CH A N D S T A G E .

** I don’t know," b the language of honest doubt; “ I know you don't know," that of intol­erant bigotry. Why can’t we respect each other in all matters of opinion, even remembering that what none of us know is to the sum of our abso­lute knowledge, as the big, blazing sun to the mote basking in its rays. Let us delight to dif­fer, and love each other in our differences. If we all thought precisely alike, life would be too flat and insipid for healthy growth.

Someone has wisely said: " The danger of " riches increases with their increase. Abun- ** dance serves not as water to quench, but as **fiiel to augment the fire of covetousness." And sp the acquisitive man comes in time to think that the more be has, the more he needs; and this thought is apt to cling tp him long alter he has accumulated vastly more than he can wisely use for his own needs, even down to the last hour of mortal existence. But is it the best thought to carry into the other life?

Happiness is a condition of the spirit—a some­thing that belongs within,-—and is dependent only to a very limited extent, if at all, upon ex­ternals. Martyrs have gone to the stake with their souls aflame with gladness, while kings, with the plentitude of earth at their command, have moped in melancholy misery. There is more solid comfort in an ounce of contentment, than in all the wealth of the Rothschilds. The happiness that is dependent upon wealth, can last only while the wealth lasts. There willtcome a time when the check of the millionaire would not purchase the handles to his coffin. Then what?

When .you wake up, dear reader, in the morn­ing of that new day, to a consciousness that you have crossed the river of death, and that all of your earth life, with its accomplished good or ill, is behind you forevermore, what condition of the spirit do you imagine will then afford you the largest measure of satisfaction? Will It be, do you think, the realization of the good you might have done to your fellow beings, but did not? How empty and vain will then appear the “ pomp and circumstance ” of earth—the bauble of wealth— the tinsel and sham of fashion, and the mockery of fame! Only the pure gold of character will be current " over there.”

We have no time to waste in pothering with those who persistently affect to misunderstand the purpose and policy of this journal, and who, in every small way known to small souls, seek to destroy the influence of our paper. We believe in a Spiritualism that is infinitely above all per­sonal spite, that can move on calmly and stead­ily tojihe end of mjffifs spiritual unfoldment—a Spiritualism that scorn to do a mean or un­worthy act, even to those who would betray it, or who would drag down its holy standards into] the dust and mire of their own ignorance and gross ness. With truth for our guiding star, we know that, though we may err at times in our judgments, and lose our way amid the clouds of doubt and uncertainty, that the star ever shines brightly above the clouds, end that it will guide our feet into pleasant ways, "when the mists ■ hall clear away."

A thousand things attest the growing liberality o f the times, and somehow the word "liberality” always applies particularly to religious matters; in this respect it has more significance than in other ways, because the world has been so long creed-bound that man’s nature, however tainted with old orthodoxy, revels in the liberality of opin­ion.and action that is being left more and more to individual judgment and discretion. This ev­olution o f freethought has gone a great way when clergymen o f most denominations take the priv­ilege of not only attending the theatre, but of discoursing upon its merits and mission.

Those ministers who still think it best to dis­parage the stage to their flocks, do not attempt any longer to restrain their members from attend­ing the play; partly for the reason that they know it would be useless, but more because they do not in their hearts wholly condemn the theatrical stage. And, moreover, the modern devices for raising church funds are so very similar to stage doings in many cases, that it puzzles a conscien­tious man where to draw the line that condemns the one and sanctions the other; so honest clergy-, men keep silent, if they do not wish to endorse both.

Most clergymen who attend theatre occasion­ally, do so at fir# on the ground of recreation. Then they come to look upon the stage as a school, in which they learn much of humanity that they could in no other way. It sweeps away the illusions that are apt to take lodgment in the minds of those who trust to books only for their knowledge of human nature, and the objects and motives that move it to good and evil deeds. They see enacted the highest ideals o f life; see justice and right triumph over wrong and might in one short evening, just as it will in the end­less eternity o f God.

They go forth, these H is servants, from the drama, with new life, new patience, new hope, and a new purpose. The theatre does this for the clergymen, and for it they should thank the Christian members o f their various churches, for by their presence at theatres the stage has been elevated to that height of propriety and morality that the former not only find pleasure, but profit, that does not die with the glare of the footlights, but lives to inspire them in a ll coming work.

Wa affirm that these mediums. Slate-writers, clair­voyants, clairaudients, and seers, male and female, one and all, are vulgar impostors and mercenary frauds. We would be pleased to see them ell where they belong—in jail.—Los Angblbs T imbs.

No doubt you would. And had you published your paper in Jerusalem, in the days of the Apostles, you would probably have advocated their imprisonment for declaring that the mate­rialized form of their* risen Master appeared to them, " in their midst,” in ah " upper chamber,” where they were assembled. You would doubt­less, in later times, (if possibly you have done so yet,) have been the last to give up the idea that the world is flat. In the light of the scientific experiments of such men as Dr. Hare, Judge Edmonds, Profs. Crooks, Wallace, and Varley, Baron Hollenback, Baron Carl du Prel, J. H. Fichte, Lord Brougham, Camille Flamarion, Dr. Robert Chambers, and a host of other great lights we could name, the extract from the Times reads verily as though it had been written by

A Q U E S T I O N A N S W E R E D

The question is often asked of Spiritualists by skeptics. Why is it that so much rascality and fraud are practiced by your public mediums? From the lamentable fact that some mediums will occasionally practice deception, the skeptical world is led to conclude that all mediums arc more or lean dishonest, which is far from the truth. From these premises a further conclusion is apt to be reached, viz., that mediumship is conducive of dishonesty, a conclusion which u quite as wide of the mark as the former.

It is well understood among all careful vestigators of psychic phenomena that medium ship is do more dependent upon morality than is music or mathematics. The spirits, who are ever eager to establish communion with mortals, are obliged to use such avenues of communication as they can find.

-It is also an undisputed fact that many me­dia mis tic persons will not sell their gifts to the public. They are, perhaps, able to live without

It; or from fear of social ostracism, or at the behest of influential friends, they prefer to hold

themselves aloof from any public recognition of what they may think would belittle them in

the eyes of the world.

Thus, the spirits are compelled to find me diums with no such scruples— mediums, often,

whose inducement to enter the field of public

trork is the money it will bring them. Of

course, " th e laborer is worthy of hit hire,” in

mediumship as in the gospel ministry, or in

educational work of any kind. But with some

mediums on a low moral planet the money iheir

mediumship brings is of far more, importance to

them than any purpose to do the work of the

angel world, or to uplift or benefit humanity

any way.

If mediumship was Welcomed, or considered

desirable, by people of high moral character, and

social standing generally, who is there that

would not give them the preference?

Now, we would not be understood as saying

that many of our mediums are not of this class,

for indeed they are; but it, is a sober fact that

many really excellent mediums in private life

would not, for any consideration, allow the

fact to go out to the world, much less would

they consent to become instruments of the spirits

for general work.

When mediumship shall become entirely re­

spectable, as gauged by the commonly accepted

social standards, then we shall hear no more of

dishonest mediumship.

revelations of geology are in too strong opposi­tion to be pieced together by mere concessions as to the significance of the six days allotted to be work. Ministers arc allowed to tell their

flocks that those days represent periods greater than our twenty-four hours; but when they dare discuss the revelations of scientific facts, they get brought up with a turn of the old theological screw, that very forcibly reminds them of the chasm yet to be bridged between science and religion.

M A O O I B ‘8 W O N D E R F U L T O E .

EDITORIAL NOTES.— W . J. Colville speaks in Denver.Nov.

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— Mrs. Swift has our thanks for a copy 0f .. oran for our Free Library.Koran for our Free Library

, — Mrs. M. Miller, who has been seriously a fore some time past, is slowly recovering. ,

— Mrs. Eugenia BCste is in Philadelphia 0n ^short visit, but will return to Boston for tv. Winter.

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In the report of the account of Maggie Fox’s alleged exposure of Spiritualism, given recently before a New York audience, we read: " Dr. C .

M. Richmond, who is managing the expose," invited doctors to come upon the stage. Three

doctors knelt down, took hold of Mrs. Kane’s " big toe, and assumed a grave air. They then * * declared they could hear rappingi which were

produced by the toe. Mrs. Kane finally stood " u p to let the audience hear. As she remained

motionless, loud, distinct rappings were heard, now in the flies, now behind the scenes, now in the gallery.”Thus U will be seen that the doctors by kneel­

ing down, and of course placing their ears close to Maggie's big toe, " could hear rappings which

were produced by the toe, but which the audi­ence did not hear.” But when she stood up

and " remained motionless, loud, distinct rap­pings -were heard, now in the flies, now behind' the scenes, now in the gallery.” A wonderful

toe, that! Why were these loud raps not heard when the three doctors had their somewhat ample ears applied to the aforesaid toe? '

And so the wise doctors, church dignitaries, and the enemies of Spiritualism generally, con­clude that the foolish?confession of this poor, weak woman, who is a slave to strong drink, has now dealt the final blow to Spiritualism! But what becomes of the thousands of other mediums, and the millions of honest investigators who know that the toe-joint explanation is foolishness condensed?

— We are patiently waiting the arrival of Kr Colville's new book. They are on their somewhere as slow freight (very slow).

— Miss Downer, the inspirational writer agj speaker, who was injured in a railroad accident at Fort Costa recently, is out of danger, and la. proving finely.

— We take pleasure in calling attention of tfe afflicted to the notice of that excellent healer, Dt. Dyer, published in these columns. His offices at 558 Sixth street, Oakland.

— We are indebted to Mrs. Carrie Grime: Forster, for a copy of her late husband's excellent book, " Unanswerable Logic, a series of Spiritual Discourses, given through the Mediumship q( Thomas Gales Forster.”

— We are pleased to learn from one of the bondsmen of Mr. S . B. Clark, Treasurer of the‘Society of Progressive Spiritualists, that.til >. accounts between him and the'said Society'have been amicably and satisfactorily adjusted.

. — We learn, from the Santa Ana papers,, that Minnie C ., wife of Bro. D . Edson Smith, of that place, passed on to the higher life, of consump. tion, on Sunday, O ct. 21st. Mrs. Smith was a native of Illinois, but resided for many years in Iowa.

N O T 80 F R A IL .

S U M M E R L A N D N O T E S.

O d d F e l l o w s ’ H a l l .— Mrs. J. J. Whitney’s public seance at Odd Fellows’ Hall, last Sunday evening, was not only unusually large, but it was] also of peculiar interest to many strangers presl ent, who there, for the first time, had their eyea opened to the surprising (act of spirit intelligebce from the other side of the river of life, made] manifest to their astonished understanding. Mrs Whitney seems to be especially called to ihe work of convincing skeptics and doubters, as in her public, meetings she invariably gives the most wonderful tests to this class. And yet, she is equally good in private, very rarely failing to satisfy the. doubts of the most obdurate skeptic Remember her next meeting to-morrow (Sun day) evening, at the same hall. Admission only ten cents.

The lots in the new town of Summerland, for the proposed Spiritualist colony, are 25x60 feet, instead of 62 J6 feet, as at first stated .. If these lots are small, it must be remembered, also, that the price— $25— is alike small.

Summerland will contain tw o public parks, both bordering the ocean, as may be seen by the plan which we present on our 5th page.

The names of the streets o f Summerland had not all been agreed upon when the map was sent to the engraver. The streets will be named mostly for prominent Spiritualists.

Four lots in Summerland, price $100, will give the owner 50x120 feet— a size sufficiently ample for an elegant residence.

W e think it can be shown that for a family of three or more persons from the East, desirous of spending the winter in our lovely Southern C ali­fornia climate, that they could purchase a lot in Summerland, erect a neat cottage thereon, and live in their own home, at less cost than they could stay at the hotels, and then have a valua­ble property in the bargain.

A beautiful background of rugged mountains— the Santa Inez— shut out the north winds from Summerland.

W e have received orders for fifty-eight lots in Summerland during the last few days, even be- for the publication of the plan o f the town site.

When the sale of five hundred lots in Summer- land is assured, steps will at once be [taken to convey the property to purchasers, and the real work of founding the Colony will begin.

Send in your order at once for a lot in Summer- land.

Twenty-five dollars invested in a lot in Sum­merland will be like “ bread cast upon the w ater”— it will return to the owner in a few years increased many fold.

There is something inspiring and refreshing in

the courage and independence of our girls of

to-day. Whatever they undertake they do, never turning back or growing faint-hearted either at visible or prospective obstacles and hardships.

The Portland Oregonian tells of a woman mail- carrier, whose name is Miss Minnie West man, and twenty years o f age. Her route is from the head of navigation on the Sinslaw river, over the Coast Range Mountains, following up the river, to Hale’s Post office Station, within fifteen miles of Eugene City, twenty miles in all. It lies right in the heart of the mountains, where all the dangers and adventures' incident to such an occupation abound. She rides on horseback armed with her own prowess and a trusty revolver, and has no fear of man or beast. The bears seem to stand in awe ot the strange appari­tion of a woman in their wild haunts, since she one time road through a trio of them witnout molestation; and this, after catching and remount­ing her runway horse, who had become frightened by the creatures and threw her off. L ike the rest o f Uncle Sam’s servants in this department of public duty, this young woman rides night and day, faithfully and fearlessly discharging her trust in all weathers.

The world has a great deal less to say of " frail women ” now than it had twenty years ago; and well it may, since not only those who are forced to engage in hardy pursuits, but even the wealthy daughters of the land are cultivating

1 their muscles.

D. D 's D IS A G R E E .

The old earth tells a tale of long progression,! and some there are who read the great truths] from her books of stone; occasionally one of these is a clergyman, and he is straightway ̂brought to task by his brother divines for believ| lng the evidence of his own senses and reason.

The squabble of the Southern Presbyterians ot Columbia, S. C., has been going on for some time, after a short lull, that has recommenced with new vigor. When Rev. Dr. Woodrow was re­moved from Columbia Theological Seminary a resolution was passed forbidding all criticism by the members that would reflect upon the action of the General Assembly condemning Woodrow. But it now turns out that this precaution was use­less, as the State Synod now arises in its superior power, and denounces the action of the Presbytery, commanding it to re-convene and amend its proceedings. Ready obeyance is not expected, and the future prospect is of a vigorous rebellion.

The Scriptural account of creation and the

S p ir it u a l M e e t in g s . — The meeting at Wash­ington H all, Sunday evening, was largely at­tended, and highly appreciated by the intelligent audience. The exercises consisted of music by Mrs.* Jennie C lark, which is always pleasing; reading ©f a poem by Judge Swift, in an impres­sive manner, entitled, “ Selling the Truth for the Sake of the Pay,” by Lizzie Doten; followed by a short address by Mr. Swift, in which some strung hits were made touching spirit frauds and spirit guides, which he fully demonstrated should not guide, citing instances where they were known to misguide. The most interesting feature of the meeting was the platform tests given by Madame De Roth, consisting of over thirty tests, and all recognized their correctness. Madame De Roth's phase is of a dual character, being psychometric and prophetic, and the easy and graceful manner in which she gives her tests is very pleasing to an audience. In accordance with the expression of the meeting, taken on motion of D r. Mead, the Chairman, it was de­cided to continue them hereafter. Madame De Roth will be in attendance at the next Sunday evening meeting, and will give her usual won­derful platform tests.

— On Wednesday next, Nov. 7th, the open | monthly meeting of the Home College will be held as usual at 324 Seventeenth street. All interested in Metaphysical subjects are invited to be present. Interesting addresses will be delivered and ex­periences related.

— Harmony, for November, the new monthly recently started in this city by Mis. H. E. Cramer and E. F . Coote, is before us with a rich table of contents. No spiritual minded person can well afford to be without this excellent work.It is published for $1 per year.

— 'W . J. Colville addressed a very large audi­ence in Berkeley Hall, Boston, Mass., on Sunday, O ct. 21 st, the subject being,"Rome and Reason.”In the evening of the same day he also appeared in • Brockton with the same degree of success. These lectures are given under the auspices of the Independent Club. Mr. Colville's engagement closes Nov. 4th. H e will be followed by Mr. Gerald Massey, the great English scholar, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, J. W. Fletcher, Mrs. Lillie, and others. The regular week-day meet­ings of this clnb begin Nov. 7th in Wells Memo­rial Hall.

— Mrs. Logan’s meetings, in College Hall, 106 McAllister street, continue to increase in interest and in numbers. Over one hundred tests were given from the platform last week by Mrs. Meyer and a German lady, which were responded to most heartily by strangers and friends. These meetings in fact might be termed schools for de­velopment . They draw together investigators and skeptics, as well as various mediumistic persons, who hitherto have been unnoticed in a public capacity. Mrs. Logan has concluded, however, to hold the public meeting Thursday evening only of each week, at her rooms, 23 and 24.

— Our Free Library has just been made the richer, by the contribution of the following choice books by Samuel Moote, of this city; " Beyond the G ates,” "Dealings with the Dead," "Im m ortality, and Our Employments Here­after,” " The Gadarene; or, Spirits in Prison," "A n gel Voices from the Spirit W orld,' one vol­ume of Beecher’s Sermons, bound volume of Phrenological / ournal, " T h e Life," "Beyond the Sunrise,” " The Diet Cure,” " The Brother­hood of Man,” " The Sacred Word,” " Spiritual Spheres,” and a number of excellent pamphlets. Bro. Moote has our thanks for this valuable con­tribution.

T a k e n I n .— The Rev. John Alex. Dowie, " Healer through faith in Jesus,” etc., etc., who has been exposing his ignorance to the San Francisco world, for some weeks past, by derid­ing and misrepresenting Spiritualism, has stranded his craft upon a rock, much to th ■ amusement of all thoughtful people. Dr. J . D . MacLennan, in a two column article in the Post, of Monday last, and also in other articles in other papers o f this city, shows up the pretender in a way that squints at annihilation. And then, to cap the climax, he invites the reverend assailer of Spiritualism to a public discussion, which leaves him no alterna­tive but to take up the Doctor's glove, or admit himself an ignoramus.

P e n s io n H im .— While the pension system vu instituted mainly for the benefit of soldiers sod soldier's widows, it should be equally applied to all infirm and disabled citizens who have in any way rendered special service to their country, and who have not, in their old age, friends or children to assist them, and render that ease and comfort that all useful lives have justly, glori­ously earned. A most worthy subject for our Government's bounty is John L . Porter, the de­signer and constructor of the Merrimac, the first Ironclad ever built, and by which the system of naval warfare was entirely changed. Although M r. Porter is now nearly eighty yean old, he a working like a common laborer in the navy-yard at Norfolk, wielding a broadaxc, that should be swung by younger hands. We do not believe there is anyone now enjoying the Government reward for military service, more deserving than this old man, so closely connected with iu pen feet ion and efficiency of naval defense. When Fate turns against one, brother man should lend ha heart and sympathy to soften the asperity of her decrees, so liar as possible.

Fraternity Hall

— A good audience assembled in Fraternity Hall, Pythian Castle Building, 913 Market St., Sunday evening, to listen to Mrs. F. A. Logan's poetical lecture on " The Past, Present, and Fu­ture.” Miss Lina Crews furnished some excel­lent music. Mrs. George F. Perkins and Mrs. C. J. Myers gave a large number of teats from the platform. Mrs. Logan expects to hold meet­ings at the same place every Sunday evening.

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The Progressive Spiritualists of Oakland me at Fraternity H all, Seventh and Peralta streets last Sunday evening. There was a large n ab c in attendance, it being our monthly benefit of the Association. T V as “ entertained with songs, recitations I solos. Another equally interesting is expected next Sunday evening. We friends will come and visit us, and invest in themselves. Wishing you success In roost to spread the truth, I remain.

V o w Fraternally,- . . t M r s . DavSO a k l a n d , October 10, t SSS.

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I t h a s long been the desire of many Spiritualists th at a S p iritu a lis t C o lo n y , o r p la c e o f p le a s u ra b le a n d e d u c a t io n a l resort, m ig h t b e lo c a t e d a t s o m e c o n v e n ie n t p o in t o n th is C o a s t— a place w h ere th e S p ir itu a lis ts o f th e w o r ld c o u ld m e e t a n d e s ta b lis h perm anent h o m e s , a n d e n jo y a ll th e a d v a n ta g e s , n o t o n ly o f o u r " g lorious c l im a t e ,” b u t o f th e s o c ia l a n d s p ir itu a l c o m m u n io n th a t such a sso cia tio n o f S p ir itu a lis ts w o u ld in s u r e .

S u m m e rla n d o ffers a l l th e a d v a n ta g e s fo r s u c h a c o lo n y , lo c a t e d as it is upon th e s e a s h o re , in th a t u n e q u a le d c lim a te o f S a n ta B a r b a r a , and b u t fiv e m ile s fro m th a t m o s t b e a u tifu l c i t y ,— a s p o t w h e re th e sun e v e r s h in e s , o v e r lo o k in g th e o c e a n , e x t e n d in g e v e n to its s ilv e r e d shore, w ith a b a c k g r o u n d o f m o u n ta in s , w h ic h fo r m s a s h e lte r fro m the north w in d s , in s u r in g w h a t th a t c o u n t r y h a s th e r e p u ta t io n o f e n ­

jo y in g — th e m o st e q u a b le c lim a te in th e w o r ld . I t is lo c a te d o n th e S o u th e r n P a c if ic R a ilr o a d , n o w c o m p le te d b e tw e e n S a n ta B a rb a ra a n d L o s A n g e le s , a n d o n w h a t in th e n e a r fu tu re w ill b e th e m ain lin e o f th a t ro a d .

T h e s ite c o n s t itu te s a p art o f w h a t is k n o w n a s th e O rte g o R a n c h o , o w n e d b y H . L . W illia m s . I t fa c e s th e so u th a n d o c e a n , g e n tly s lo p ­in g to th e la t te r , w h e re a s fin e b a th in g g r o u n d e x ists a s c a n b e fo u n d o n th is C o a s t . A fin e b e a c h d r iv e e x te n d s to a n d b e y o n d th e c ity o f S a n ta B a r b a r a . B a c k , a n d tw o a n d a h a l f m ile s to th e n o r th , e x te n d s th e S a n ta I n e z ra n g e o f m o u n ta in s , fo rm in g a b e a u tifu l a n d p ic tu r­e s q u e b a c k -g r o u n d . A m o s t b e a u tifu l v ie w o f th e m o u n ta in s , is la n d s , o c e a n , a n d a lo n g th e c o a s t , is h a d fro m a ll p a rts o f th e s ite . T h e s o il is o f th e v e r y b e st.

O r d e r s fo r lo ts in S u m m e r la n d m a y b e m a d e th ro u g h th e o ff ic e o f

th e G o l d e n G a t e . N o m o n ey n e e d b e p aid u n til th e o w n er co n ­c lu d e s to g o a h e a d w ith th e s c h e m e ,— w h ich w ill d e p en d u pon th e in terest ta k e n th e r e in ; b u t o rd ers tor lo ts w ill be re ce iv e d a n d e n ­te r e d , a n d th e lo ts s e le c te d a n d lo c a te d b y th e ed ito r o f th is jou rn al, w h e re p arties c a n n o t b e presen t to s e le c t for th em selves.

T h e size o f s in g le lo ts is 25x60 fe e t , o r 2 5x12 0 fe et fo r a d o u b le lo t , th e la tte r fro n tin g o n a fin e w id e a v e n u e , w ith a narrow street in th e rear. B y u n itin g fo u r lo ts — p rice $ 10 0 — a frontage o f 50 fe e t b y 120 fe e t d e e p is o b ta in e d , g iv in g o n e a v e ry co m m o d io u s b u ild in g s ite , w ith q u ite a m p le g ro u n d s for flow ers, e tc .

T h e p re se n t p r ic e o f lo ts , w ith c h o ic e o f lo c a tio n , w ill p rob ab ly b e o p e n o n ly fo r a sh o rt t im e , a s th e v a lu e o f th e p ro p erty w ill in ­cre a s e ra p id ly a s th e in terest th ere in in crea ses.

DESCRIPTION O F T H E B L U E B E R R Y .

The Blueberry is a valuable fruit and is a relia­ble fruit to grow in our northern States where the more tender varieties of fruits winter kill.It is perfectly hardy, having stood 40 degrees be­low zero without showing any injury to the most tender buds. It ripens in this latitude about the 1st of July, and is borne in clusters like currants; shape, round; color, reddish purple at first, but becomes a bluish black when fully ripened. The flavor is equal to the raspberry, a very mild, rich sub-acid, pronounced by most people delicious. It may be served with sugar and cream or cooked sauce, and is splendid canned for winter use. The plant seems to flourish in all soils and is a prolific bearer. It grows very stocky and makes a nice hedge. The shining dark green leaves and the blue fruit making a pleasing contrast. The demand for the fruit is great, and usually brings 15 cents per quart. They commence bearing the first year after setting out, and yield a full crop the second and third year after setting out. They are propagated from suckers and root cut­tings. The plant is about the height and size of the currant bush and very stocky, holding the fruit well up from the ground. Plants should be set in the Fall— October and November— in rows two or three feet apart and five or six feet be­tween the rows, making a perfect hedge, and no grass or weeds should be allowed to grow between rows.

PRICE list :I Dozen Plants by mail, 60 cents. 2 Dozen

Plants by mail, $1.00. 100 Plants by express, ^2,56. 1,000 Plants by express or freight, $15.00.

HOW TO SEND MONEY.I would prefer to have money sent by Ameri­

can Express order; all sums of $5.00 and under coat only 5 cents, and if order is lost, money will be promptly refunded to sender. If not conven­ient to obtain express order, money can be sent by registered letter or postoffice money order or postal note, drawn on Portland, Mich. Postage stamps will not be accepted only from our cus­tomers that cannot obtain an Express Order— only those of one cent denomination wanted.

Plants are carefully packed in damp moss and delivered td express or freight office, for which I make no extra charge.

Address, D elos S t a p l e s , Portland, Ionia C o., Mich,

FO RM O F B E Q U E S T .

To those who may be disposed to contribute by will to the spread of the gospel of Spiritualism through the Go l d e n G a t e , the following form of bequest is suggested:

1 1 give and bequeath to the G o l d e n G a t e Printing and Puolishing Company, o f San Fran­cisco, incorporated, November 28th, 1885, in trust, for the uses and dissemination of the cause • f Spiritualism, — — dollars."

A d r lc * t o iH o lfte r* .M«*. Wi{jtLow’n tioornmo 8rnup*hould always be

uand When children are cutting teeth. I t relieves thelittle fuilhrer at onoc: it produces nutural, quiet sleep

H U iB little oherupm relieving tbe child from pain, end the little oherub awakne m bright ne u button. I t le very pleasanttoUate. It soothes the child, softens the gums, alleys ell njffiy relievo* wind. reb ates the bow«*T-, nnd le thebeet known remedy for diarrbuse. whether arising from

or other causes. Twenty-five oents a bottle.

C IR C U L A R .

The Egyptian Magic Mirrors!These Mirrors may now be obtained of the

undersigned, at San Francisco, California. They are made of the finest and best material known, and are equal to any in the world. They are made after the old Egyptian form nla% obtained by me, nearly twenty years ago from an ancient treatise on magic.

Having manufactured a few lately, as an ex­periment and pastime, I placed them in the hands of a few friends, for trial. Their perfection and power for spirit seeing, will be better understood by a perusal o f the letters o f recommendation published herewith. There is a secret in their makeup, known only to the manufacturer, that gives great magnetic assistance in the cultivation of clairvoyant sight. Send for circular and terms.

Address the undersigned, R . B. H a l l ,A t 2333 Bush S t., San Francisco, Cal.

Price, $15.00. ---------S a n F r a n cisco , Sept. 29, 1888.

Mr. Hall -I have been looking in your Egyptian Magic Minor, which 1 consider equal to any in existence. Immediately, I began seeing visions both prophetic and otherwise; and by desiring it, 1 see a friend in any part of tbe world, and learn their state of health and surroundings. It is a great aid in developing clairvoyance, as by looking in it steadily, mental pictures form, and spirits appear easily, as tbe mirror is adapted to aid them in so doing.

It is truly a magic mirror, and I would not be without one. Mrs. L. M. Bates,

108 McAllister Street.

San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 7,1888.R. B. Hall. Esq.—Dear S i r I have given your

" Msgic Minor ’* a thorough trial, and I take pleasure in saying^ that it is just the thing to develop clairvoyant sight or spirit seeing. It took me but a few weeks to see p o- phetic visions, landscapes, and spirits in it; and I take pleasure in sending to you this unsolicited recommendation, believing that most any person who will follow your direc­tions wifi make a success of it. Very truly yours.

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N O T IC E S O F M E E T IN G S .

COCIETY OF PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUALISTS meet every Sunday at 2 r. m., Washington Hall, 35

Eddy street. All are invited. Admission, free. The Li­brary and Reading Room of this Society is located at 841 Market street. “ Carrier Dove " office, and is open every week day from 9 a. m. to 5 p m.; also, Saturday evenings, Meetings by same Society, at same place, every Sunday evening, at which a choice musical and literary entertain­ment will be offered, for benefit of their free spiritual library. Admission, xo cents.

MR5;,S. F. A LOGAN’S MEETING IN PRATER- nity Hall. Pythian Castle Building, Nos. 909^ and

913^ Market street, between Fifth ana Sixth, over Cur­tin's store, Sunday, November 4th, at 7:30 p. m. After rhort speeches a circle will be formed forthose who would like to become mediums. Tests will be given. Also an opportunity for the afflicted to be healed. Admittance, 10 oents. Those unable to pVy will please call at 841 Market street, and receive complimentanes. Also, meeting at College Hall, 106 McAllister street, on Thursnay eve ng

'T H E CHILDREN’S PROGRESSIVE LYCEUM 4 will meet every Sunday at 10:30 a . m.« in Fraternity

Hall. Pythian Castle Building, Nos. 909% and, 913aMarket street, between Fifth and Sixth. The hall is com modious and weU arranged for this purpose. Stran all those interested are respectfully invited to atten

NIO.N SPIRITUAL MEETING EVERY WED* nesday evening, at St. Andrews’ Hall, No. in ,

Larkin street. Interesting addresses, followed by tests by Mrs. Ladd Finnican. Admission, free.

p iR S T PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUAL ASSOCIA> A tion of Oakland, meets every Sunday at Fraternity Hall, corner of Seventh and Peralta streets. Meetings al 3 and 7:30 p. m.

r \P E N MEETING.—ON AND AFTER SUNDAY November n th . at 2 o'clock, a Bible Class will be

held at the Home College, 324 Seventeenth street. All will be welcome.

*T*HE SOCIETY FOR THEOSOPHICAL RE- search meets rcgulary every Friday evening at 106

McAllister street, at 7130 sharp. Free library an d free ad

M R S . J. R. WILSON'S CLASSES IN SPIRITUAL Science, at rod McAllister street, on Monday and

Thursday, at a p. m. zm'

A D V E R T IS E M E N T S .

MRS. J. J. W HITNEY,

P la tfo rm :Te st: Medium!No. 120 .Sixth St,. San Fran cisco,

Will hold public meetings, at ODD FELLOWS' HALL this dity,

E v e ry S u n d a y E v en in g , A t 8 o 'c lo c k .

Private Sittings, doily, from 9 a, m. to 4 p. m.

SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS!M R 8 . L. G A R T E R

Will, for a short time, take Spirit Photos, at her old place,

615 SEVENTH STREET, BROADWAY STATION Oa k l a n d ,

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W ILLIA M : E M M E T T E : C O LE M A N .

P ro lego m en a .TABLE OF CONTENTS

ay 11Magnetic, Natural and Spiritual forms of In­duction.

II. Mediumship; Its Physical, Mental and Spiritual Conditions.

III. Mediumship (continued): Its Foundation, Develop*ment. Dangers and Advantages.

IV. Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft.V. The Natural, Spiritual and Celestial Planes of the

Second State.VI. The Soul World: Its Hells. Heavens and Evolutions.

VII. Life. Development and Death in Spirit-Land. A ppendix,—Answers to Questions.

The above lectures were delivered to Mr. Morse’s private classes in San Francisco, Cal.,aduring October, 1887, and are now published for the first time. The two lectures upon mediumsnip are especially valuable to all mediums and medlumistic persons. Cloth, 11 mo. pp. 159. Price, $1. Postage, s cents extra.

To introduce this G reat S pieitual Work into every Spiritual family, and to those that read for advanced thought. I wish to appoint an agent ( lady or gentleman) in every city and town in the United States, Canada, and foreign countries.

For sale by publishers of the Golden Ga t e , 734 Mont­gomery street, San Francisco, Cal,

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Those that will accept this position will find it very pleas­ant work. A few hours each day devoted to the sale of this book will bring you a nice income. Aside from this, yon are doing a great spiritual good in distributing to the many the advanced thoughts in the book.

With little effort the book can be sold to nearly every Spiritualist that dwells in your city.

V3LONLY ONE AGENT to each town or city is wanted. Those that desire the same will please advise me at once, and I will mail them full particulars as to prices, etc.

Tbe book is well advertised, and tbe many sales we have made is proof that this is the proper time for a book like this

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S P I R I T E O N A 'S L E G A C Y T O T H E

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EXPERIENCES OF THE SPIRITS EON & EONA

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C h i ld r e n , S a id ie w o u ld th a t th e v a lle y lj la n d s f la lm h e r o w n n o lo n g e r . S h e w o u ld th a t e a c h c h i ld w h o tru sts th e lo v e o f S a id ie , p u t a n e w th e ir s h o u ld e r t o th e w h e e l, a n d , w ith n e w r e s o lu t io n s , tr e a d m o re firm ly th e p a th w a y of a n g e ls . T h i s is th e s h in in g p a t h w a y , s h in in g w ith th e lo v e o f th e a n g e ls , s tre w n w ith th e ir b le s sin g s , e 'e n a s w a y s o f e a r th g le a m w ith th e n e w -d r o p s o f h e a v e n , w h e n th e s u n I sh in e s in its b r ig h tn e ss th e r e o n . Y o u r I p a th m a y n o t b e s m o o th , b u t , c h i ld r e n , h e a r a n d tru st th e v o ic e o f S a id ie w h e n I s h e s a y s : S m o o t h , e a s y p a th s w ill n o t g iv e ! to y o u th e e x p e r ie n c e y o u s e e k . T h e r e m u s t b e b itte r d r o p s in e v e r y c u p . A s th e p o e t h a s s a id , ** I n t o e a c h l i fe s o m e ra in m u s t f a l l . " T h e r e a r e h e a r ts w h o n e e d th is d is c ip lin e ; m in d s w h ic h m u s t s e e k th e re a lm o f p e a c e th r o u g h th e w a r ­fa re a n d th e s tr ife . I n th u s w a rr in g w ith th e le s s e r g o o d , y o u fin d w h e r e in lie s y o u r s tr e n g t h , w h e re lie s t h e fo r c e s o f y o u r n a t u r e , a n d w h a t y o u m u s t g a in e r e y o u s ta n d o n th e s u m m it o f p ro g r e s s s id e b y s id e w ith m a s te r fu l in t e l l ig e n c e s who| w e a r th e d ia d e m th e ir l i fe h a s w o n J th ro u g h e x p e r ie n c e a n d tr ia l.

S a id ie lo o k s o 'e r t h e le n g th a n d b r e a d th o f th e la n d ; s h e b e h o ld s th o s e s h e w o u ld c a l l h e r o w n h e r e a n d th e r e . S o m e h a v e b e a r d th e v o ic e o f S a id ie , a n d e n t e r e d th e v e il w h e re lo v e d o n e s m e e t th e ir o w n a n d a r e b le s t . O t h e r s s t i l l r e m a in in i th e s h a d o w s , w h e r e , s o o n e r o r la t e r , t h e y w ill b e a r th e v o i c e o f lo v e , a n d t h e y , t o o , w il l f in d th e l ig h t e d p a th s le a d in g to th e F a t h e r 's h o u s e . T h e r e a r e o th e r s w ho| h a v e h e a r d S a id ie 's c a l l , to w h ic h th e ir h e a r ts r e s p o n d ; b u t w e a r i ly , s lo w ly t h e y w a lk th e p a t h s o f r ig h t a n d ju s t i c e .

S a id ie w o u ld s a y t o o n e a n d a i l : T h e p a th o f e x p e r ie n c e h o ld s m a n y a b le s s in g u n s e e n . B u t t o th e p a t ie n t , t i r e le s s w o r k e r th e s e a r e m e t e d o u t . T h e r e is m a n y a g e m o f w is d o m n o e a r t h m in d h a s gT asped . T h e r e i s a m in e o f k n o w le d g e fr o m w h ic h a n g e ls y e t m a y g le a n f o r e a r t h b r a in t o a c c e p t . B u t firs t y o u m u s t h a v e w ill in g h e a r ts , r e c e p t iv e m in d s .

S a id ie a n d t h e B a n d fr o m t h e h ig h e r c o u n c i ls w o r k d i l i g e n t ly ; w e w o u l d h a v e o u r c h i ld r e n d o l ik e w is e . W e h a v e g l e a n e d fr o m r i p e n e d g r a in s t h e s e e d w e s o w in e a r t h f ie ld s , a n d w e s o w t h a t i t m a y r ip e n a g a in , a n d y o u r s o u ls m a y r e c e i v e a s y o u g a r n e r in t h e j g r e a t e r h a r v e s t o f t h e y e t t o b e , a fa r r i c h e r b le s s in g .

H o m e ! h o w s w e e t s o u n d s t h e w o r d t o th e w e a r y h e a r t ! H o m e s o n g s a r e w a it in g t h e c o m in g o f th o s e w h o w i l l s in g w ith u s th e m e lo d i e s y e t u n s u n g . C h i ld r e n o f S a id ie 's lo v e a n d c a r e , b e n o t lo n g d e ­l a y e d in t h in e h o m e - c o m i n g . E v e n n o w S a id ie 's h e a r t c a t c h e s t h e e c h o e s o f a fa r a w a y s o n g b o r n e t o h e r o n t h e z e p h y r s o f t h e b e t t e r la n d , d o w n t h r o u g h t h e s p h e r e s w h e r e S a id ie h a s w a t c h e d , w a i t e d a n d w o r k e d d u r in g t h e a g e s j u s t c l o s e d .

S a id ie 's h e a r t c a t c h e s t h e r y t h m o f t h e m u r m u r in g t i d e s , w h ic h w a it t o c o n v e y u s fa r a w a y ; fa r a w a y a n d b e y o n d t h e t u r ­m o il o f e a r t h , i t s s o r r o w s a n d i ts s in s ; fa r b e y o n d t h e u n r e s t , h e a r t - a c h e , a n d t h e p a i n ; f a r b e y o n d t h e c l o u d s a n d c h i l l i n g m is t s ; fa r b e y o n d t h e s o u n d o f i n c a r n a ­t io n 's c a l l ; f a r b e y o n d t h e d i s c o r d a n d u n h a p p in e s s o f e v e n t h e h a p p ie s t e a r t h h o m e ; e v e n t o w h e r e a r e j o y s u n s e e n a n d h a p p in e s s u n k n o w n .

S h a l l S a i d i e 's v o i c e r e m a in u n h e a r d ?W i l l n o t h e r a p p e a l s in k d e e p i n t o t h e h e a r t o f e v e r y c h i l d ? C h i l d r e n c o m e h o m e ! C o m e t o t h e s u n l i g h t , r e s t a n d p e a c e , o n l y f o u n d in t h e h i g h e r s p h e r e s . C o m e w h e r e s o r r o w is u n k n o w n ; w h e r e h a p p in e s s , l o v e , a n d t r u t h a l o n e r u l e t h e l a n d ; w h e r e f lo w e r s b l o o m ; w h e r e t h e r i v u le t a n d l a k e e c h o t h e s o n g s o f h a r ­m o n y ; a n d w h e r e t h e h i l l t o p s , s u n - k i s s e d , e m i t t h e l i g h t o f o u r F a t h e r 's lo v e .

L e t S a i d i e 's v o i c e b e h e a r d , f o r s h e s p e a k s in t o n e s o f l o v e , w h i c h a r e u n ­m e a s u r e d , a n d w i l l g u i d e y o u s a f e l y t h r o u g h t h e v a l l e y l a n d . H e e d n o s ir e n 's v o i c e , w h ic h w o u l d l u r e i n t o b y - p a t h s , fo r b i t t e r i s t h e c u p fr o m w h ic h y o u m u s t d r in k w h e n y o u r r e t r a c i n g s t e p s w o u ld f in d t h e b e t t e r p a t h w a y . F e a r n o t t o w a lk w h e r e a n g e l s h a v e w a lk e d b e f o r e y o u . L o o k e v e r t o t h e h i g h e s t a n d h o l i ­e s t , a n d y o u r p a t h w a y s s h a l l b e b r i g h t , e 'e n t h o u g h t h e y m u s t b e r o u g h .

I n t h is t im e o f c o m m o t i o n , i n c o n s e ­q u e n c e o f t h e a g i t a t e d s t a t e o f t h e p u b l i c m i n d , S a i d i e w o u l d t h a t h e r c h i l d r e n m a r c h s t e a d i l y o n i n t h e p a t h ^ o f p r o g r e s s u n d a u n t e d b y a n y i s s u e t h a t m a y 1 b r o u g h t b e f o r e t h e i r m in d . W a y s w i l l o p e n b e fo r ie t h e m in d o f t h o s e w h o s h a l l r u le t h e l a n d , w h ic h a r e u n t h o u g h t o f n o w . T h e a n g e l w o r ld h a s n o s y m p a t h y

w ith th e p a rty sp irit w h ich rages high th ro u g h th e le n g th a n d b re a d th of th e la n d . T h e r e is n o t s o m u c h a s p ir it o f

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| p o se . A n d s h e w o u ld h a v e y o u u n fo ld I th e s p ir itu a l, m a k e y o u r s e lv e s r e c e p t iv e to th o s e in f lu e n c e s o f w is d o m , w h ic h s h o u ld g o v e r n e a c h a n d e v e r y li fe . L iv e fo r th e h ig h e s t g o o d fo r th e p re se n t a n d th e fu ­tu r e . W ith a p e n ite n t h e a r t , u p r o o t e v e r y w e e d w h ic h re a rs its h e a d in th e g a r d e n of your h o p e s , a n d th o u g h te a rs m a y fill th e e y e s a s y o u th in k o f t im e g o n e b y , w ith n e w re s o lv e s fo r th e d a y s t o c o m e , l iv e in th e p re s e n t, a c t iv e ly , f ir m ly , l o o k ­in g to th e w isd o m g u id e s fo r k n o w le d g e , a n d y o u s h a ll s e e th a t d a i l y , h o u r ly , y o u a r e s te a d ily m o u n t in g th e h e ig h ts w h ic h a r e g lo r y - c r o w n e d .

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tke heart of the great d ry by the lake, gith its thousaod voices o f industry, Chicago, where, for a moment's pause,

or circumstance, brought imme- contact with an old contestant, who,

3CT3£ eighteen years or more ago, was the crposing side an a discussion on " T h e Immortality o f the S o u l," in Joliet— the jrnaV earnest, scholarly, and gentle-1 oaaly opponent, B . F . Underwood, late c o s t of the index.

We met at the office o f the R eligio-\ fkuesopkical Jou rn a l, and after a few words over the old even t, be pot the query very abruptly, “ D o you still believe as arndy in the immortality o f the m a n ? * and waded at the quick reply, " W hy yes! more. D on't you ? ”

If ever doubt had an honest disciple, here is one, and yet if tact were lather to the hope, then here, I am sure, is evi­dence.

From here, then, we boarded a special train, in company o f the G o o d Arm y Foss o f Chicago, bound for the annual Grand Encampment at Colum bus. O f all people in the world to create and enjoy a good time, the old soldiers carry the palm, and no ooe who wears the badge o f the veteran, but finds fraternity and friends whereve r be finds a like badge. A ll the railroads leading into C olum bus were so packed with cars crowded with human freight, it seemed almost an impossibility to enter the city, which we did not until after several bouts d elay, and then to find it ablaze with the tricolors o f our nation's pride, in thousands o f flying flags, and gbnering badges and uniforms, spangling every street, while bands o f m usic, in all directions, revived the ear with martial music, and quickened the tread o f the '* old boys o f ’60 and '6 1 ,” as m em ory o f the long marches with drum and fife kept them in drill in the old days o f war times.

Strings o f buckeyes, typical o f the old " Buckeye S ta te ," strung on cords o f red, white and blue, decorated the buttonholes of the visitors, while the breasts o f dele­gates were fairly curtained in badges, rep­resentative o f State, o f authority, orG. A . R . Post. U pon the writer was pinned by the Press C om m ittee, to whose kmd charge and hospitality her lot b efel, the tricolor, bearing the crossed pens, above which a San Francisco com rade placed the California bear.

Bat enough. T h e National E ncam p­ment met at San Francisco the other year, and all your readers know the item s inci­dent to all such jubilee reunions. It has passed now, and only the m em ory sur­vives. L ike all things which for a time gladden the heart, it left its impress for good, even though not unm ixed with m uch that was saddening.

From Colum bus to Indianapolis, where, under the escort o f M ajor M orton, a number o f us paid a visit to G en . B en j. Harrison, who received ns, as be does all visitors, with hospitable grace and a genial manner, full o f the dignified ease that be­speaks the gentlem an, as well as friend. His home is sim ple, though neat and comfortable, and tastefully arranged, with lawn in front, from which every vestige o f fencing has been carried by visitors, as mementoes o f their visits.

The General has a few words to each and a hand-clasp for a ll. M rs. Harrison ii a charming, m atronly, dignified woman, who does not hesitate to entertain the humblest or the highest, nor to do her own marketing. She will grace the W hite House as a typical A m erican woman, should she becom e the next matron of that establishment, as she seems now likely to do.

Reading in the Indianapolis papers a notice that the Indiana State Association of Spiritualists were holding their yearly meeting at Anderson, a few m iles distant, and giving way to o ld time recollections of another State Convention o f sixteen years ago, the writer took the Saturday evening train, and reached Anderson too late for that day’s sessions; but Sunday three meetings were attended, at one o f which— the afternoon— she was solicited to speak, and also to remain over, and speak two evenings o f the week.

Mrs. C . L . V . R ichm ond, who was speaking the Sundays o f the month in Cincinnati, had been there and spoken on Friday. M is. C o lb y , M rs. B uel, and a brother whose name I have forgotten, were still there, and did good work.

Dr. Westerfield owns and donates the hall, and, with his good wife, does all to make the cause a success, and the next annual meeting will be held here by com ­mon consent. Most noticeable among the audience tfere those of advanced years, there being fewer younger members than we see among our far western audi­ences, which is to be regretted, for to youth must we look for the perpetuity o f our good work in the future to a great ex­tent. Many of the forces we m et in the olden days were here on this occasion, while many of the workers are with the dent majority, or are not heard much from among the workers. T h ere we met with no Robert D ale Owens, the vener­able, Dr. Samuel M axwell, Agnes C ook, and Leo Miller; the former three have gone to their promotion, and might have lent their presence, as who shall say they did not, on that occasion ?

Anderson, like Indianapolis and other cities alone this belt, is singularly lit up and helled in cold weather by the natural

I which flows in such abundance, and I 10 indicate a perpe tual flow. ItI fe r n s itrin gr indeed to ic e flames issuing

from a small rod o b the street com ers, to I the height o f five or n feet, or to me the j grates of buildings aglow with this dc- I lightful seif-maoufactured gas, which is I free from smoke or disagreeable odor. I A n d here we see that moot wonderful I problem o f *’ setting the river ob fire "

brought into solution, far here it is most effectually done by running one o f these

I gas tubes out into the bed o f the river, I where it is lit and kept burning most o f I the tim e, while the water gurgles and I bubbles like a boding cauldron, reminding I one of the witches* pot in “ M acb eth ," as I it boils and bubbles, and flames to a great I height.

N ext, interspersing the journey with campaign speeches, am id the hurrahs o f m ultitudes, and a bait at that old-time M ecca o f Spiritualism, T erre H aute.

H ere, dom iciled at the home o f one o f the most earnest and m en firing group o f spiritualistic devotees the world has e ver known, at the hom e o f D r. A llen Fence, whose name has been a synonym for all that is faithful, in the investigation o f spiritual phenom ena, I m atch a moment to r o t and write.

B ut time has changed the drift o f phe­nomenal Spiritualism, which has trended otherwberes. P ence H a ll, once so freely dedicated and donated to the dear C ause, by its generous owner, has gone intoother

| hands, for other uses. T h e m ediums who I were centers, around which pilgrims from every land clustered, to see and bear from their celestial loved ones, have d e­parted to other countries, leaving their cabinets forlorn and vacant. " D eacon ” H o ok 's gray hairs find place am ong the politicians. “ T h e little doctor ” attends to his pills and his patients, while the little girl, Perdita, occupies, in more substantia] w ay, his hom e, form erly occupied by spirits o f the unseen, and Mrs. P ence is still the dispenser o f charities, as an active worker with the L adies' A id Society, and has a pew at church.

N othing averse to the political side, during the present presidential cam paign, am contributing m y little to help out from tim e to tim e.

O n the anniversary o f the “ E m ancipa­tion Proclam ation,'* Septem ber 22d, the colored people o f T erre H au te , o f whom there are m any, had a large turn-out an d celebration. A gorgeous “ G oddess o f L ib erty ** car, with the colored sisters in red , white and b lue, represented the sev­eral States. T h a t venerable, old-tim e fu­gitive, now the H o n . Frederick D ouglas, with other colored notables, addressed them . A lso , later o n , they were ad­dressed in a R epublican rally speech by one o f tbeir ow n , who gave them som e most telling ad vice ,— “ Broadaxe ” Sm ith o f Pittsburg, P a.

A n nie D ickenson, again at the front, received one o f the greatest ovations o f the season at the W igw am , on the o cca ­sion o f her speech there a short tim e ago. T h ou gh hoarse from co ld and constant speaking, she seems to have lost none o f her o ld vigor, and keeps her appearance o f youthful years rem arkably well.

B ut enough. M y hastily written letter, in the midst o f m any interruptions, is too long already, so will close with best wishes for your success in your new office, where I hope to m eet with you before an­other year steps into the shoes o f the departing. Sincerely,

A d d i e L . B a l l o u .

T e r s e H a u t e , In d ., O c t. 14 , 1888.

T w o Q u estio n s.

E ditor o r G o u n G a t e :

I did not have the pleasure o f listening to M rs. W atson's lecture on " T h e H ouse B uilt upon San d, or Fraudulent Spiritual­ism E xp osed ,” therefore am not prepared to m ake any assertions relating to it , but 1 read carefully D r. M orton's review o f the same. A s I understand his remarks, such o f them as were condem natory ap­plied not on ly to the “ sweeping ch arge,” e tc ., but to the m edium who gave voice to those sentiments.

I f the speaker is what D r. Morton claim s she is, a m edium , and if she lec­tures under control, or inspirationally, how can she be justly held accountable, or given credit, for words spoken involun­tarily, and at the dictation o f another m ind ? A n d however lim ited m ay have been the m edium 's investigations and ex­periences, m ay not the sp irit, to whose thoughts she was but giving utterance, have had extended experiences, and really have taken observations, '* from one end o f the land to the other ? ”

C l a r e n c e C h a c e .

O ctober 26, 1888.

T he Painlessness op D eath. — T h e art o f dying, it is now ascertained, is ab­solutely free from suffering; is really un­conscious, insensibility always preceding it. A n y anguish that may attend mortal illness, ceases before the close, as thous­ands who have recovered, after hope had been surrendered, have borne witness. Sudden and violent death, shocking to' the senses, m ay not be, probably is not, painful to the victim . Drowning, hanging, freezing, shooting, falling from a height, poisoning ot many kinds, beget stupor or numbness o f the nerves, which is incom­patible with sensation. Persons who have met with such accidents, and survived them , testify to this. Records to the effect are numberless.— Ju n iu s H . Brow ns in the October Forum .

A “ S u rp rfo e d " R e a d e r!

f i m m Ow — CumW e have been constant readers o f your

paper for some tim e. W e prize it more highly than any other publication. It is I like a white dove o f peace, and com es I with healing o b its wings. W e, and all I

oar friends who read the paper, feel great I interest in its teachings o b the subjects o f I T heosophy, Re-in carnation, and Karm a.

For some time back, I have been sur­prised, and I roust m y pained, a t the manner in which a writer, signing himself “ A . Y . E . , ” has been treating these sub­jects. It is indeed surprising, the vebe- mence with which be continues to cry out against these beliefs and those w ho hold them , when he has not o o e single argu­m ent to bring against them but his own ignorance o f them . H e characterizes esoteric teachings as “ unintelligible non­sen se." I f he has not the m ind to com ­prehend it, to him o f course it m ay be so; but to those who are more highly unfolded m entally and spiritually, an d therefore can com prehend it, it is full o f thoughts grand, sublim e, infinite, beyond ex­pression.

N ow , good brother, in your n ext so­journ on earth, you m ay be on a plane where you too can com prehend these things, and reach m any more grand truths which are now beyond your grasp. T hat is the beauty and ju stice o f re-incarnation. T hrough it each and every soul is given an equal chan ce, as each successive re-em -1 bodim ent places them on a higher plane, until they have at last reached perfection. B ut our brother speaks o f it as “ retro­gression.” H ow can b e view it in that light ? I f in his last earth life be had been a poor, ignorant creature, without means or desire for culture or enlightenm ent, is not his present life an im provem ent ?

N either do we think the Theosophists teach m any o f the ideas which he assumes they do. H e is surely m istaken when he accuses them o f using O ccultism as a " repetition o f the o ld sacerdotal dodge to elevate them selves above the superstitious m ultitude.” N othing cou ld be farther from the beliefs an d practices o f T heoso­phists than that. W h y does not our brother inform him self on these m atters ? It is surely an easy thing to d o . H e is evidently a believer in m aterialization; therefore b e bitterly denounces that asso­ciation w hich has declared its intention to " s ta m p o u t ” that phase o f phenom ena. H e n eed not be troubled. F acts , sub­lim e truths, are not to be " stam ped out ” by individuals or associations. B u t n ow , is it n ot, to say the least, a little inconsis­tent in him , because b e has no personal know ledge o f re-in carnation him self, to turn round and com m ence the " stam p­ing ou t ” process upon those who have ?

H e is a staunch Spiritualist. D o es he justify those w ho are ignorant o f its beau­tiful philosophy and have n ever witnessed any of its phenom ena, for their unjust and uncourteous attacks upon his b elie f? H e seem s to have constituted him self the cham pion o f Spiritualism . B u t w ho has attacked it ? I d o not know o f any b e­liever in K arm a and R e-incarnation who is not also a Spiritualist. H e cries out against those doctrines, declaring that Spiritualism is for the people. O f a verity, good brother, every good thing is for the people. B u t the people m ust be a b le to receive it.

A re there not thousands upon the earth to-day who are not sufficiently developed, or, in oth er words, have not passed through a sufficient num ber o f em bodi­m ents, to have reached a plane where they have the m ental and spiritual ability to grasp the plainest and simplest truths o f Spiritualism ? A re there not m any Spiritualists w ho are only able to com pre­hend the phenom ena, and have no under­standing whatever o f its divine philos­op hy ? M ay there not then be m any who know som ething o f its philosophy, but are yet unable to catch a gleam o f the divine effulgence radiating from the d o c ­trine o f K arm a and R e-in carnation?

I suppose it is generally conceded that the experiences o f earth-life are necessary for the growth and developm ent o f the spirit. N ow , how m uch growth and de­velopm ent do m illions receive in this life, even am ong civilized nations, not to m en­tion savages ? N ow , i f but this one fleet­ing m om ent o f tim e is alloted to each one.facan our brother conscientiously say that he believes fair and equal justice has been done to a ll ? I f n ot, why has this distinction been m ade ? I f each spirit is a spark o f the divine, why is not one as good as another, and entitled to as good a chance.

W ould he him self like to occupy the place o f an Indian, or any o f the poor, ignorant creatures we so often see, who seem to us scarcely human ? A n d yet he

I would not allow them another chance to clim b higher in the m ental, moral and spiritual life. W hat a glorious thought that these apparently miserable ones m ay, by long repeated re-embodiments, reach as high a plane as Christ and B uddha. A n d yet he speaks o f it as " disgusting; ” o f those who see these divine truths as weak-m inded, childish, foolish, and want­ing reason; o f their belief as " f a c t s ,” " ism s,” e tc . N ow , is this not a little egotistic and disrespectful to the most a d ­vanced Spiritualists, and the host of brilliant minds, educated, scientific, in­spirational and intellectual, who claim these " facts ” and " isms ” ?

A n d all this simply because he does not know these grand truths. W hy, is it im­possible for him to believe that others

I may know more than he does? H e says:I " Spirit Sarah Churchill says, • I have I never met a spirit who wants to come I h a ck .* " T h a t, with a few quips and stale | jests, is his strongest argument against

W ho is Sarah Churchill, that her assertion that she does seat know should weigh against the m any who do know }

H e quotes the sayings o f the " Spirit Benefice " as " authoritative." I f our good brother wishes to give himself up to the authority o f any spirit, he has a right to do so; but be has no right to try to force the yoke of that authority upon others.

T h a t savors too strongly o f priestcraft to suit advanced Spiritualists. Since be has been writing his articles, so m o c h 1 light 00 Re-incarnation, K arm a, e tc ., has been given in the G o ld en G ate by M rs. I Harris, and other writers, that ooe is in - 1 d in e d to believe his total ignorance o f all these subjects must be assumed.

I f so, bow puerile and silly to assume ignorance for the sake o f argum ent, or, we might say, quarreling!

I f he really is so ignoran t, why no t I cease writing until be has spen t some j years, o r a t least m onths, in investigating these g rand an d sublim e sub jec ts? All readers o f th e G o ld en G ate m ust th ink , as we d o , th a t its pages are too precious to b e filled with such things as do m ore harm than good , when so m any souls are hungering for noble tru th s, th e genuine w isdom , w hich are being dissem inated th rough its colum ns.

T h in kin g thus, 1 will not trespass further upon your tim e and space.

F raternally , N . A . Y .O c t o b e r 5 , 1 8 8 8 .

Spontaneous S p ir it Phenomena.

(C h icago f i s c a l

A n other o f those cases which are fre­quent o f late, o f spirit manifestations at unexpected tim es and places, is reported as having taken place at a farm house in Illinois, about eighteen m iles from C h i­cago, in a fam ily by the nam e o f C ure. T h e first indication o f the presence o f un­seen guests was S ep t. 14th. M rs. C ure had set the table for supper, an d went to the kitch en , rem aining there about five m inutes. O n her return she was aston­ished to find not on ly the table m oved from where it stood when she left it, but the dishes upon it differently arranged. Som e­w hat terror-stricken b y the unaccountable transform ation, she w ent to the barn and called her husband. U p o n both entering the house, the table and everything on it were precisely as M rs. C . had first placed them .

W hile M r. C . was laughing at what be declared to be im agination on the part o f his wife, the kitchen door flew open , and a pan o f roast pork shot out an d deposited itse lf half way across the room on the floor, an d the table transformation was repeated. T h e re was no more laughing by M r. C . H e sum m oned his son and hired m an and proceeded to discuss the events. W hile doing so, three or four cucum bers cam e through the window, and the m en hurried ou t, but failed to find any on e. R eturning to the house they lit a lam p, but the unseen opened the window and a gust o f wind extinguished it, and, too badly frightened to relight it, they sat in the dark a ll night, during which no mani­festation occurred.

T h e n ext m orning M r. C u re w ent to the barn, harnessed his horses to a m arket wagon, and went to the house for bis hat an d coat. U p o n his return b e found the horses unharnessed, the wagon pole dow n, and the harness hanging in its usual place.

M uch else o f a similar nature took place on Friday night and Saturday, and on Sunday a priest was called , who went through the usual form alities for the exorcising of spirits, by which it was sup­posed, as no demonstrations occurred tor the tim e being, that they had accom plished their purpose; but on the T u esday fol­lowing they again took p lace , and it be­cam e known that the c h ie f disturber o f the peace o f the house was Frederick C u re , a brother o f Peter, who passed from this life three years ago. T h e spirit on T u esday spent a ll his time in writing, asking to see his son, and in the evening the son cam e and held a long interview with the spirit, his father, who appeared satisfied, wrote, " G o o d - b y e ,” and de­parted. T h e next day M rs. C u re busied herself in putting the house to rights.

D on 't judge a man by the clothes he wears. G o d m ade one and the tailor m ade the other. D ou 't ju d ge a man by his fam ily, for C ain belonged to a good fam ily. D on 't ju d ge a man by his failure in life, for m any a man fails because he is too honest to su cceed .— N orth W ales, P en n ., Record.

O ld associations d in g to the m ind with astonishing tenacity. D aily custom grows up about us like a stone wall, and consol­idates itself into almost as material entity as m ankind's strongest architecture.

Y o u m ay set it down as a truth, which admits of few exceptions, that those who ask your opinion really want your praise. — O liver W endell Holmes.

T h e discovery o f what is true and the practice o f what is good are the two most important objects o f life.

T h e best preacher is the heart; the best teacher is tim e; the best book the world; the best friend is G od .

Fred E va n s in A u s tra lia .

K o rro a to G m aun G a t k

I am glad to say that we are at last set­tled down in Brisbane. O ur voyage oat, as a whole, was very pleasant. W ith such an honest, jovial man as C a p e Morse o f the " Alam eda, ” it could not well be otherwise; and then J . B . Sutton (purser) and all the other officers were so pleasant, that we all felt at home after being out a few days.

A false alarm o f small-pox prevented ua from witnessing any o f the beauties o f H onolulu. But the amusement caused by the " old grow lers," who could not get ashore, am ply repaid us for our dimp- potntmenf. W e m ade the islands o f T utuillia at night, so we were again doom ed to disappointment, in not seeing as m uch o f the place as we should have liked.

W e left T utuillia for Auckland at 11:50 p- m. , Septem ber 8th, and 00 Tuesday, Septem ber n t h , at 9 : 1 5 a . m . , we lost a man overboard, named M r. B olton. A boat was lowered, so d two hours spent in searching for him , hut he could not be found; so we resumed our course for A ucklan d, which we reached September 15th. W e were met by a party o f Spirit­ualists, beaded by M r. C o x and M r. Sin­clair. W e were handsomely entertained by M r. and Mrs. Sinclair, and found

I many earnest inquirers there, who offered us every inducem ent to stop. W e prom­ised to do so on our return. M r. C o x seems to be the prime m over in a ll spirit­ualistic enterprises. T h e newspapers there gave fine notices o f our arrival in A u ck­land, and announced our promise to return.

W e left A ucklan d Septem ber 16th, and arrived in Sydney Septem ber 20th. T here we were m et by a delegation o f Spiritualists, am ong whom were our o ld friends, M r. Bow ley and bis daughter, who kindly de­layed their journey to M elbourne, for the sole purpose o f welcom ing us to Australia. W e were shown great courtesies by M r. M unro, M r. Short, M r. A vis, M r. Downs, and last, but not least, M r. and Mrs. G a le and sons, who entertained us very n icely.

W e only stopped in Sydney one day, and then took the steamer for Brisbane, which we reached Septem ber 23d, after a short, but rough, passage o f fifty-two hours. T h ere we were m et, a t 11:30 p . m., by those whole-souled m en, M r. George and M r. Sam uel Smith (brothers), who, in m y opinion, are the most unselfish workers in the spiritual vineyard that I have yet m et. W e were escorted to a cottage prepared for us, and sat down to a very enjoyable supper. W e spent the next four days in securing a fam ished bouse, as the form er d id not suit us.

T h ree days after our arrival, a social was given in o a r honor by the Psycho­logical Society, in which we were wel­com ed, introduced, and entertained by a con cert, dancing, and supper. I have in­closed you newspaper notices o f the pro­ceedings. «

T o -d a y I invited the representatives o f the press to a test seance, numbering six different papers. A s there are no Sunday papers printed here, we will have to wait for the newspaper reports on M onday, and i f th ey com e out in time for the Am erican m ail, which closes on M onday morning, I will forward you a few copies. T h e news­paper men here a ll adm itted that the phe­nom ena occurring through m e was won­derful, and free from trickery and collu­sion o f all kinds. Som e believe that it is a power that even I cannot explain— some force in nature that is yet a mystery to scientists; while others are almost con­vinced that it is the work o f departed spirits. T h ere is a fortnightly journal to be published during m y stay here, called P sychic N otes, belonging to the Psycho­logical society, and edited by G eo . South.

M is. E vans joins with m e in sending kind regards to a ll inquiring friends, and we wish them to know that dear o ld San Francisco will always be our headquarters. M ore anon. F r e d E v a n s .

B r i s b a n e , Q ueensland, Sept. 29, 1888.

I cannot see bow any o f us, into whose consciousness has really entered even a faint conception o f the genius o f this great m ovem ent, can fail to recognize that the m inistenng angels o f the 'spirit-worid are constantly striving to push us on in the great work o f m aking our individual lives pure and sweet with human graces, recog­nizing our own divinity, and that in the expression o f it lies the only possible m ethod o f salvation from all the woes that beset hum anity. I most earnestly believe that nothing more is needed than a vital belie! in the glorious fact o f spirit- com m union, and a comprehension o f what grows out o f that fact, to constitute a " bond o f heart union,” that shall banish forever from our midst all " the sharp an­tagonisms,” all the " unfriendly criti­cism s,” a ll the " jea lo u sies ,” " r iv a lr ie s ,” and " scandal-mongering, ” that so pain and distract some hearts, disturb tbeir efforts, and lead them to fear that no worthy or winning presentation o f the vital relations o f our faith to practical every-day life can ever be given to the world.— D r . F . L . IT . ftH its, in Banner oj Light.

Nothing is surer, however, than that, if we suffer ourselves to be drawn into too close proximity with people; if we over­estimate the degree o f our proper ten­dency towards them , or theirs towards us; a reaction is sure to follow.

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Shs i* ant far away, na tan preacbar lirhltH ,—Only laid that poor, wont garment byTa don that poan robe tb*t the Inaw ttb made.That c m never grow kick, h d i nor die;No love*link h broken that bound her ta you.No thought tan CM nover return H u ever a moment been one bar l i horn, bn gladly the glide* through your loom

Unseen though her g k il ta year mortal eye, la her beamy she naan at bar will;With a n ta m d companion* and ft rinds that aha b t a , She roam ever mountain and hills She tings an »ba goes, and the ckup* her white hands. And shoots hack to loved ones oa shore,"O bi papa and mamma, could you »«e wbat I see.Yon would sorrow for me

• ' Tar my schoolmates and loved ones we always colled dead Were all here to welcome me home;And I tell yon, dear mamma, we never have died.And I will tell you the rest when I come.For the angeb who love yon will tench me just howI c m talk to you. so yM will knowThat I love yM and papa, and brothers so dear.The turn at ■ earth here below.**

And now, broken hearts, dry all your sad tears.And joy that your darling can come.Remembering fall well she it your guiding star Fima north to a happier home—To that home where no sorrows of earth can annoy When your journey in this life is does.Year Alice will stand at the gates left ajar And her sweet voice will welcome you *' come I **

Wmmt Oakland, CaL, 831 Willow street.

[Written for the Golden Gate.J" B eyond th e V ail.”

The vuil it lifted, and I post beyond Into the mysteries of the Silent Land;

Some impulse draws me 00; tome secret hood.Whose hidden strength 1 scarce can understand.

Binds me to this, the beauteous and divine.With glowing, burning cards of living fire,

And spurs me onward, while this heart of mine Bents high with purest, holiest desire.

I do not feel afraid to enter in,Tbo’ in my soul there dwells a sense of awe;

For it is good to soar away from an And tet the things no mortal ever saw:

To glean pure wisdom from pure lips it sweet,Amid the darkness of terrestrial night;

And sweeter yet, with eager, enriont feet.To follow onward op the steeps of fight.

Otar voices, like celestial music, breathe Into a y heart the principles of IKe,

And spirit-forme their arms around me wreath,And bear me bom these scenes of care and strife

To wondrous heights of glory so intense That breath is hashed and poises cease to beat,

And eonsdonsDcss of earth, and Time, and sense.Is font in rapture perfect and complete.

No hnrnan tongue can e’er find words sublime Enough to paint the treasures of the mind;

Few hearts have the temerity to efimb So Car above the level of mankind;

Yet to the spirit who will dare to soar Away from earth, nor ever hunt or fail.

For him is opened wide the mystic door—To him is given to pass " beyond the vniL”

_______________________ — St i l l a .

| Written for the Golden Gate.J T h e B eau tifu l '• G olden G ate.”—A n A cro stic .

by ella c . L trrn .

The kingdom of heaven is within you;How few these are who search this world through Brer come to know or to realize

Both the boundless depth and truth that lies Bepressed in these words of Jesus who fought And bravely died for the truths be taught? Unheeding)!1 they read them o’er and o’er.Their mighty depth* they do not explore;In searching for heaven they seek a home Her away where the bright angeb roam.Until in fancy the gate* open wide;Loved ones come to bear them o'er the tide.

Give them tweet reft and a bright crown to wear—Oh t the intense longing to be there ILook not without, dear friends, but look within;Do you sometimes feel yon have not been Bret patient and always true and tried 7 Hearing each day the gates open wide I

Go search for the kingdom within your soul.And every scene of life unroll;The gates of heaven are open (or youT Enter then, ye who are tried and true.

M iw>c*a *olis. I f inn , Oct. so, 1888.

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Liver and Blood Medicine 11 B O D Y - B A T T E R Y

A D V E R T IS E M E N T S .

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I p eo p le who arc in th e sa m e w o rk . T h e y l k n o w n o th in g w h a tev er a b o u t th e m , e x ­c e p t th e b a re fa ct th a t th e y d o n o t fly th eir p e cu lia r b a n n e r, i o th e y d e n o u n c e th em in th e n a m e o f o n e w h ose w h o le life a n d te a c h in g w as fille d w ith lo v e a n d c h a r ity , a n d n o t w ith gw//.

S o far a s 1 h a v e k n o w n th e o th e r c la s s o f te a c h e rs , th e ir a im se e m s to b e to sh ow fo rth th e p o w er o f tru th o v e r e r ro r , b o th in te a c h in g a n d h e a lin g . A s th e y g iv e less tim e to th e a b u s e o f o th e r s , o f c o u r se th ey h a v e m o re tim e fo r g o o d w ork s a n d k in d w o rd s; so I q u ite a g re e w ith y o u th a t th ere is a “ v e ry g re a t d iffe re n c e in th e m o ra l to n e ” a m o n g th e p ro m in e n t h e a le rs a n d te a c h e rs , a t le a st o n th is C o a s t , a n d th a t th e d iffe re n ce is in fa v o r o f th o s e y o u [would term u n ch ristia n .H Y o u c o m p la in th a t th e m an J esu s y o u

[w orship, a n d o n w h o m y o u w a n t to p ile a ll y o u r s in s , y o u r p a in s a n d a c h e s , y o u r fe v e rs , c o n su m p tio n s , a n d so re s , h a s b e e n re d u c e d to a p r in c ip le . Y o u h a v e b u ilt u p a g re a t m a n -G o d in y o u r m in d , a n d c o n s e q u e n tly th e a b s tra c t th o u g h t o f a n O m n ip re s e n t G o o d is u n th in k a b le . Y o u m u st m a k e so m e m a n G o d , o r o th e rw is e th e o b je c t o n w h ic h y o u p in y o u r fa ith , fo rg e ttin g fa ith is a sp iritu a l e n e r g y th a t w ork s w ith in y o u r o w n s o u l, th e v e r y •• s u b s ta n c e o f th e th in g h o p e d fo r , a n a th e e v id e n c e o f th e th in g unseen.** Y o u h a v e b ro u g h t d o w n u p o n y o u r d e v o te d h e a d s th e a n a th e m a s o f y o u r o w n c h u r c h e s , a n d n o w see m to w a n t to re ta lia te o n a c la ss o f te a c h e rs a n d h e a le rs th a t c a r e n o m o re fo r w b a t y o u s a y , th a n d o e s th e m o o n fo r th e b a rk o f a lit t le p u p .

H o w c a n a p erso n b e a C h r is t ia n , a n d n o t b e C h r is t - l ik e ? 1 h a v e see n m a n y C h r is t- lik e p e o p le , w h o le t th e ir g o o d w o rk s a n d k in d w o rd s te ll th e s to ry o f th e ir in n e r l i fe . A n d th e n w h a t is th is h e a lin g p o w e r th a t y o u d e c la r e is th e e s ­p e c ia l g ift o f s u c h a s y o u r s e lf ? I s it n o t l a n e v e r y w h e r e -p r e s e n t p r in c ip le , s u b je c t to la w , a s m u c h so a s a rc th e tid e s ? A l l th a t c a n b e re q u ire d is th a t w e s h o u ld c o m e in to h a rm o n y w ith th a t la w . T o c o m e in to h a rm o n y w ith th e la w , o n e m u st a b s o lu te ly fr e e b is m in d o f fe a r , g r ie f, e n v y , je a lo u s y , m u r d e r o u s th o u g h ts , a n d a ll th in k in g th a t c o m e s u n d e r th e h e a d o f se lfish n ess. L o v e m u s t b e th e la w o f th is li fe . T h is w ill sh o w its e lf fo rth in c h a r ity to w a rd a ll .

A tr u e h e a le r is o n e w h o w o rk s in th is s p irit, w h ile th e h e a lin g th a t is c h a r g e d w ith th e c o n tr a ry sp irit is o f d o u b tfu l q u a lity , n o m a tte r w h a t c la im s m a y b e s e t u p a s to c re d e n tia ls . W o r d s a n d a c tio n s sp ea k fo r th e m s e lv e s . W e s e e th e b e a u ty a n d sm e ll th e fra g ra n ce o f th e flo w e r , e v e n th o u g h w e d o n o t k n o w its n a m e . W e d o n o t s e e th is g r e a t n a tu r e , w h ic h is th e o u ts p e a k in g o f G o o d , a s k in g , “ W h a t is y o u r c r e e d ? * * W h e n s h e w o rk s to b less m a n k in d , sh e o n ly a sk s th a t th e y c o m e in to h a rm o n y w ith la w . M e n p re ­p a re th e so il fo r th e s e e d , a n d th e m an w h o d o e s th is th e m o st th o r o u g h ly , o th e r th in g s b e in g e q u a l, fin d s th a t n a ta re w ill re sp o n d in p ro p o rtio n to b is c a r e .

J u st so th e “ D iv in e L a w o f C u r e " w ill n e v e r fa il w h en a ll c o n d itio n s a re m e t, a n d so fa r I h a v e n o t d is c o v e r e d o n e c r e e d b e tte r th a n a n o th e r in th is w o rk ; b u t I h a v e fo u n d th a t lo v e a n d c h a r ity d is c o u n t c re e d s e v e ry tim e .

Y o u s e e , i f th e s o -c a lle d C h r is tia n s h a d th e ir w a y , w e s h o u ld fin d th a t w h en th e r e w e re sig n s o f ra in , th e y w o u ld re q u ire p e o p le to p u t u p a b o a rd w ith th e n a m e o f th e ir c r e e d in p la in le tte r s , so th a t th e ra in w o u ld k n o w w h e re to fa l l , a n d e v e n th en th e re w o u ld lik e ly b e s o m e d isc r im in a ­tio n b e tw e e n th e v a rio u s s o -c a lle d o r th o ­d o x c re e d s .

T h e h e a lin g p o w e r m u st a ll c o m e from! o n e s o u r c e , from th e A ll-G ood , a n d th is in h a rm o n y w ith la w . W e g iv e q u a lity , to n e , p u r ity , to th e h e a lin g . T h e q u a lity th a t h e a ls fro m c e n te r to c ir c u m fe r e n c e is lovi. H a tr e d , u n c h a r ita b le n e ss , m a y s tir u p th e c e ss -p o o ls o f d is e a s e , b u t d o e s n o t c le a n se th e m , th o u g h i t d o e s c a u s e th e m to em it th a t w h ich w ill b r in g d istre ss to o th e rs .

W h e n y o u sign y o u rs e lf “ C h ris tia n H e a le r ,* ' y o u m a y a rre st th e a tte n tio n o f th ose, w h o, lik e y o u rs e lf , a re b o u n d to so m e c re e d w h ich sh u ts o u t b y fa r th e la rg e r part o f h u m a n ity . B u t " D iv in e H e a lin g '* m a k es n o s u ch c o n d itio n s ; i f it d id , n o C h ris tia n c o u ld b e s ic k . T h e r e is o n e su p re m e la w — th a t o f Low T h is la w is w o rk in g in a ll , a n d th ro u g h a ll , w h eth er C h ris tia n o r o th e rw ise , to w ill a n d to d o G o d ’s g o o d p le a su re . T h e o n e in w h om it i t d o in g its p e r fe c t w o rk is th e o n e w h o is liv in g th e C h r is t- life — th a t o f c h a rity a n d lo v e to w a rd a ll

T o h e a le rs o f w h a te v e r fa ith I w o u ld say in a ll k in d n e s s : L e t u s sin k c re e d s ism s a n d o lo g ie s so d e e p in th is a ll p e rv a d in g lo v e th a t th e y w ill n e v e r c o m e to th e su rfa ce in o u r te a c h in g a n d h e a lin g a n y m o re th a n th e y d o w a n th e v a rio u s flow ers th a t lift th e ir h earts to th e su n sh in e

Y o u rs fo r T r u th ,S a r a h A . H a r r i s , F . T . S .

B e r k e l e y , C a l . , O c to b e r , 1888.

W e m en prepare sorrow w h e n w e c o m e in to th e w o rld , a n d la m en ta tio n w h e n w e

MOORE’S

•• W h a t o f I t ? ” I f M rs . K a n e c h o o s e s j to p e r ju re h e r so u l to p a n d e r to t h e ! e n e m ie s o f S p ir itu a lis m , w ill sh e o r th e c a u s e sh e M tj-re p re se n ls , su ffer b y i t ? L e t th e s k e p t ic ju d g e a s h e c h o o s e s , h u t to C h r is tia n s w e w o u ld s a y : T h o u g h J u d a s b e tra y e d h is M a s te r , a n d P e t e r d e n ie d H im , C h r is tia n ity s u rv iv e d .

I t is s a id th a t M o d e m S p iritu a lis m rests o n th e e v id e n c e o f th e F o x g ir ls a s its fo u n d a tio n a n d c o rn e r-s to n e . P e te r w a s th e '* R o c k ” o n w h ic h C h r is t p ro m is e d to b u ild H is c h u r c h .

B u t h a d n e ith e r fa ith a n y s tro n g e r fo u n d a tio n to re st o n th a n p o o r , w e a k h u ­m an n a tu r e , b o th m u st s o o n p e rish fro m th e e a r th . B u t C h r is t ia n ity s u r v iv e d , a n d S p ir itu a lis m , w h ic h re sts o n th e " R o c k o f A g e s ,* ’ ( th e s o u l o f b e in g )— th e c o m ­m o n fo u n d a tio n o f a ll th e re lig io u s fa ith s th e w o r ld h a s e v e r k n o w n — w ill n o t o n ly s u rv iv e th is e x p o s e o f h u m a n fr a i lty , b u t th e w r e c k o f m a tte r a n d th e c ra s h o f w o rld s .

W e fe e l m o re a n x ie t y fo r p o o r , fa lle n h u m a n ity , th a n fo r th e c a u s e o f S p ir itu ­a lis m , w h ic h w e k n o w is a b le to ta k e c a r e o f its e lf. T r u t h is m ig h ty a n d w ill p r e v a il .

A . C o m s t o c k .S a n B u e n a v e n t u r a , O c t . 28 , 1888.

Do Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before ?

E ditor of Goldrn G a t e :

I t is a n o ld a d a g e , *' I t n e v e r ra in s b u t it p o u r s ;" a n d w h ile th is s a y in g is lite r a lly tr u e in O re g o n ju s t n o w , c a u s in g f ie ld h n d m e a d o w , h illto p a n d v a l le y , to p u t o n th e a n n u a l g r e e n o f S p r in g , s o a ls o i t is tr u e th a t w e a re h a v in g re fre s h in g s h o w e rs in th e s p ir itu a l v in e y a r d , in th e w a y o f m e d iu m s , le c tu r e r s , tr a n c e s p e a k e r s , anc h e a le r s b y la y in g o n o f h a n d s , e t c . N o te c a m o n g th e m is D r . S c h le s in g e r o f y o u r g r e a t c ity ..

W e ll , th is is w h a t th e g o o d , sp iritu a c it iz e n s o f o u r g o o d c i t y h a v e b e e n p ra y ­in g fo r fo r a lo n g t im e . I h a d h o p e s th a t

l e e d it o r o f th e G o l d e n G a t e w o u lc la v e p a id u s a v is it th is fa l l w ith F re e

v a n s , b u t i t s e e m s th a t w e m u s t “ w a it l i t t le lo n g e r " fo r th a t g o o d tim e .S tr a n g e a s i t m a y a p p e a r , S p ir i u a lism ta k in g n o b a c k w a r d s te p , w ith a ll th e

e x p o s e s o f b o g u s m e d iu m s , a n d s o m e tim e s I fe e l th a t - w e a re a p p r o a c h in g th e a d v e n t o f s o m e g r e a t e v e n t , s o m e gran c

p h e a v a l o r c o n v u ls io n , in w h ic h th e n a tio n s o f th e e a r th w ill m in g le w ith u n i v e rs a l in te r e s t , in th e fin a le o f w h ic h lu m a n r ig h ts w ill b e m u c h e n h a n c e d .

M e n a n d w o m e n a r e fa st le a r n in g th e c a p a b ilit ie s a n d th e p o ss ib ilit ie s o f th e lu m a n s o u l. W h a t is g o in g to b r in g th e s e

th in g s a b o u t I a m u n a b le to s a y . W h e th e r b e w a rr io r , p r ie s t o r p e o p le I k n o w n o t;

w h e th e r th e e a rth is to b e d e lu g e d w ith h u m a n b lo o d , o r w h e th e r i t w ill b e o n ly

w a r o f id e a s , I a m u n a b le t o s ta te ; )u t th a t s o m e s ta rtlin g e v e n t is in th e

n e a r fu tu re I fe e l is a s c e r ta in a s th e s u n ­s h in e . C . A . R e e d .

P o r t l a n d , O r . , O c t o b e r 2 4 , 18 8 8 .

M e n c a n n e v e r b e n e u tra l in g r e a t re - ig io u s c o n te s ts ; a n d i f , b e c a u s e o f th e it t le w ro n g in th e r ig h t c a u s e , o r th e l i t t le

e v i l in th e g o o d m a n , w e r e fu s e t o ta k e th e s id e o f r ig h t, w e a r e , b y th a t v e r y a c t , s ile n tly ta k in g th e s id e o f w ro n g .

REVEALED REM EDY!

n & l V A N f c C H A l U f o *H

PRICEAND

IUPWARDS PATENTED Oct. 11, 1887.

FOR

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WOMAN.— POSSESSES ALL TUB VIRTUES —

O f th o s e P o w e rfu l M ed icines, M e rc u ry a n d Q u in in e , w ith n o n e o f th e ir

ev il q u a l i t ie s .

It is composed exclusively of Roots snd Berks some of which can be found only in Western

Washington, snd is therefore Purely Vegetable. It contains no alcohol

and yet keeps without ferment­ing in any climate.

This remarkable remedy bus ten characteristics to recom­mend its use to everyone:

1 »t—It contains no Alcohol.id—It contains no Mercury, Potash, Arsenic, Strych­

nine, Morphine, Quinine, or any poisonous drug or mineral whatever.

3d—It Promotes Digestion and acts as a tonic and appe­tizer to the stomach.

4th—It Regulates the Bowels to perfection, no matter what may be their condition.

5th—It Stimulates the Liver and therefore cures disease arising from a torpid condition of this important organ in the human anatomy.

6th—It Purifies aod Enriches the Blood, ytb—By feeding the brain on pure, nutritious blood, it

stimulates that organ to generate a greater Nerve Force, and thus gives added energy and life to the entire system

8th—It is a sure cure for any malarial disease, such as Chills and Fever.

9th—It will counteract the evil effects of Alcohol upon the system.

10th—It will break up any fever inside of ten hours.

REFERENCES:C. H. Shaw, Seattle. W. T., cured of dyspepsia and

heart disease, at a cost of $1 25.John D . Hewitt, Seattle, W. T., cured of asthma, six­

teen years standing, cost $2 50.J. Beardsley, Foreman Renton Coal Co., San Francisco,

cured of dyspepsia, dropsy and general debility, of years standing. Cost of cure %* 50.

J . A.ColUns, Esq., No. 1807 Jessie street, San Francis­co, relieved at once of chronic constipation, piles, and great neryous exhaustion, by Moore’s Revealed Remedy.

M- J. Henley, No. 16 Bond street, San Francisco, cured of torpid liver, impure blood, and constant heat in lop of head, at expense of $2 50.

Richard Willi*mi. New Castle, W. T ,, asthma seven years, cured by one bottle of Moore's Revealed Remedy.

Capt. Al. Taylor, Occidental Hotel, Seattle, W. T. cured of very bad attack of inflammatory rheumatism, at an expense o f %i 23.P r ic e , $ 1.25 p e r B o t t l e . T h r e e B o t t l e s , $ 3.25

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GALVANIC CHAIN BELT!-WILL POSITIVELY-

GURE DISEASE WITHOUT THE AID OF MEDICINE!

This Belt is the V e r y L a te s t Improvement la E le c tr o -T h e ra p e u t ic S c ie n ce , and is wamutti to be far superior to anything of a similar nature ever be fore invented. It produces from 2 0 to 9 0 dtmarf electrical power, giving M ILD. STRONG or REvERSt BLE currents, which can be INSTANTLY FELTbytht wearer. D R . PIERCE’S BELT is, io fact, a ample,

----- Portable Body Battery! —With special attachments or appliances for BOTH SEXES, for coring the following diseases, viz :

NERVOUS DEBILITY,KIDNEY COMPLAINT,

RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA,

CONSTIPATION,DISEASE OF THE LIVER,

FEMALE IRREGULARITIESA n d W E A K N E SS,

DYSPEPSIA,IMPOTENCY,

SPINAL DISORDERS, WEAKNESS OF THE

SEXUAL ORGANS, E x c . , E t c ., Etc.

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f A T T T T H M I DR . p i e r c e celebratedU 1 1 IV ! Belts and Trusses cannot be bad

from canvassers or peddlers; nor are they sold on anyu30D a y s ' T r ia l ,” " M o n e y R e fu n d e d ,” or saferschemes, calculated to deceive the public.

The following letter it a sample of hundreds uhicfc in ocnstantly being received:

E l e c t r i c i t y D id t h e W o r k I

F r e e s t o n e , Sonoma Co., CaL, I February if, tMM

D R . PIERCE ft S O N - Gentlemkn : - l ukc pm pleasure in writing you that the Electric Belt ih d l nought at your office last Fall, for mv boo, has cured hind a severe attack o f neuralgia, which toe doctors COOLS sot c u b e . They examined him and said he had the “fit disease,** o r something o f ’the kind, and that it would cos me from $400 to S500 to hav* him cured; but one of fta $10 Belts cured him, aod he is now a strong, healthy dot, with 00 sign of *' hip disease” or anything else the otas with him. Electricity is the remedy tor me ard the ran d my family. You will probably remember that one of fta Electro Magnetic Trasses cured me of rupture after 1 had suffered with the complaint for several years.

I consider Dr. Pierce’s Electric Belts and Trusses tabs the best ever mat ufactured, and heartily recommend thro to all sufferers. Yours truly, Chas S. Coluxl

FOR FULL PARTICULARS OF

D r * . J P ie ir o e ’ s B e lt ,Call on the undersigned, or

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