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STAR of the MAGI_______ A Monthly Journal of Occult Science. Art and Philosophy.

Vol. I. No. 2. CHICAGO. ILL.. DECEMBER I. 1809

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OCCILTISM.A Lecture D r l lv t r t t In Handel Nell. Chicago. Illinois.

S u n d a y . O cto b er 19 th . I I M . L y Dr. T . I . B c tlcro .C reed P receptor of the Oriental Magi.

(ooecL.i'DBO moat u r m ere.)P la to , t i n r c i . E rast aa. Avicenna, Avetrea. Albert u*

Magnus. ( 'uspalin . Cardamon, Cornelius Agrip|>a. Rck- hart hausen. and many o thers, wrote about palangeni- •Jm of p lan ts and animals.

K ire her resurrected a rose from its ashes, lu the presence of IJueen Christina of Mwedea, In HINT, The au tra l body of aa individual form remains with the rem nants of th e la tte r until these rem nants h a re been fully decomposed, and by certain m ethods known to alchem ists it may he rsclothed with m atter and be­come visible again.

T H K A S T H A I. I .K 1H T

The A stral L ight la the quintessence of vibration, rendered m agnetic by the sta rs. It will be well for the studen t to try and com prehend, as far as possible, th is vast, liv ing sea of universal fluid I t is difllcult to explain, a s there ia nothing in the whole world to com pare w ith it. The A stral L ight, aa a ll o ther as tra l forces, so com pletely transcends all th a t tile human mind has been accustomed to conceive th a t unless one has had ac tua l experience with as tra l phenomena, ex- p ianations fall short and leave the mind mystified and confused

Mesmer recognised the A stral L ight during his m ag­netic experim ents Aa it was new to him he named it th e U niversal Fluid and thus describes it. The uni­versal fluid is sim ply the sum of all the series of m a t­te r ia the h ighest s ta te of division, th rough the move­m ents of its particles.

By it the universe is fused and reduced to one mass. A il th a t can be aflirmed of it Is th a t H Is fluid by p re­em inence and consequently it siust in particu lar gov­ern transm ission of mot,on more subtile than those affected by o ther and better known fluids W ater can give motion to a m ill: the a ir transm its sound vibra­tions; the ether, ligh t vibrations, and the universal fluid transm its life vibrations. Each of these series answ er to a degree of phenomena, and the vibrations o f each of these cannot be perceived nave ia a co rre­sponding degree of the organisation of n u tte r

The last sentence contains a tru th of g reat im por­tance to occult student# or investigators. One can

realise Impressions only through the medium of v ib ra­tions with which he la In accord.

Many persons come to me seeking developm ent for some special phase. It Is beyond human |siw er to tell the exact phase which may m anifest In one. Yet, It may, to a certain ex ten t, he controlled hy the will. Indeed, If the human will was atrong and aided hy an unfaltering faith, the phaae could, w ithout doubt, be determined.

! am not before you to re la te theorlea. however faa. cinating they may he; I shall confine myself to facts only, and muat adm it th a t the ordinary atudent haa neither the will nor the faith to m aterially a lte r hla vi­brations in character, although they may he readily raiaed or lowered. One may dealre clairvoyance and a tta in clalraudlence; another may aeek to divine and become a healer Inatead. etc.

A stral L ight ia the prim ordial Ruld. It ia dllTuaed through infinity and rnnstitu tea all subatanre, bring e ith er volatile or fixed. Through the medium of th is subtile agent the Impressions of the Inner man become universal. It la by meana of the as tra l ligh t th a t one mind Is enabled to Impresa another a t a distance.

MYHTr.KIKM OP TRI.KI’ATHY.Two |iersons, com municating te lepa th lcally , are

known aa the agent and |>errlplent. The former arnda the message and the la tte r receives It. I will mention, for the satisfaction of skepllca, th a t the |nm- sib llity of te lepathic communication has been as firmly established as any o ther scientific fact. The facts re* corded of the Psychical Hoeiety of femdon, England, thoroughly confirm it. To those desiring to read facts perta in ing to the subject I would suggest " P hantasm s of the L iving," published by the secretary of said society.

T elepathy can be most easily accom plished when both the agent and the percipient are in the sub-con scions or trance sta te . The aoclety also publish facts to show th a t, under certain conditions, transference of thought is even possible between strangers.

My experience w ith the subjects has b rrn en tirely confined to those who have had a previous m agnetic acquaintance. This does not imply th s t e ither must have been m agnetised by the iplh»f. In a ll the o rd i­nary association* of life the m agnetism of every being w ith whom we come ia contact ac ts upon us a* we, in torn, react upon others. The phenomena of a ttrac tio n and repulsion may be sligh t and, to many, im percepti­ble, but they are ever present, The acu teness of

K T A H O F T I I K M A O I .

|M distinct km of thisM i M M HIiiM f*. which. in tarn. de

i either Mature or develo pment Havs you not w a r times hart fe> memory at aa oM acquaintance flaab u|«m you? Home w yon had not thought of for awrutlia or, perhaps. year* Aad bar* yau M l. a fan moment* I a U r, awl Ibr Individ sa l or beard bia rap upon Ibr door? Mrkratiata i ; a l a ta ll an th a t such a coincidence. aa Ibry call M. la dor aoialy to Ib r Ian af chance, A aan ara lra t but n ra b aaplaaatinn.

Yon recall Ibr acquaintance because bia thought* bavr rra rb rd yon through tba vibcstMm* of Ibr aatral light Tbia uonally ocrnra n b ra nor la in a quiescent atata. hnown aa a day dream

Thr subconscious lunar man or apirit rural la tb r lamlllar vlbrailona of by game months or yaara. and memory Anally prraanta tb r Image of tb rir author

T rlr |ia lh k communication to much more common than tb r norld suppose* Much of tba phenomena raca|>ra not Ira aa It la a ttr lb u lrd to rcdncMaorr. A a real number of rap rriM ra ta a rr kept a re rrt on ac count of tb r potency of antagonistic thought* Mur craa dr|mnda u|Nm tb r abtllty of hotb agent and per rlp lrn l to merge Into tb r anb eonacloua or Inner man. T br Inner man, bring negative, la not aggravate* Thu*, bring surrounded by a numbrr of prm ona oho doubt or dlabrlleve the |namlblllty of tr lrp a th y , would br an ra c rllrn t reason for failure.

Kur th is reason person* wholly m atrrtallotlc In tb rir Idraa rarely wltneaa |mychlc or o rrn lt phenomena of tb r higher order. T brir aatagnaiam not only erect* ano|M que wall between th rm a rlrra and tb r light, but ao dlaturba th r arrrn lty of tb r vibrations aa to render denk mat rat Iona lm|Mmatblr A atral light In a t once m atter ami motion, a f t id and a p rrp rtu a l vibration The Inherent force which |iuta It In motion In called magnetism In the InAnlte thi* unique *nbatance in ether or ethertard light la the atar*. which it ran der* mHgm'li,, It become* aatral light la orgaaiard creature* It la magnetic light or la id , la man It forma the aatral body or plastic mrdkatur. which ia a aw gact tha t drawn or repels tb r aa tra l l ig h t under pressure of the will.

The aatral light, transform ed a t the moment of con ception into human light, hi the Nrot eavelopr of the soul, ami It la in combining with the moat aubtile iu ida th a t It forma the ethertard body or sidereal phantom It ia the aatral light which catated before the dawn of creation Hy refulgence it obeyed the word of tb r Logos, which said, " L rt there br light, and there waa l * h t "

Impresstona of all actions, aa well aa the sounds ofall uttered words, and disturbances caused by impure thoughts, are indelibly recorded ia thw vast sea of Vitalised Ituid

Voder certain .onditkoaa these su rd s, sounds and re Arc t km* may be reproduced. aa the as tra l light is alw ays responsive to the trained wilt, when acting according to natural laws.

Thus it is dangerous to indulge in impute, wicked or vengeful thoughts, a s thoughts which assim ilate with ami ac t upon th is subtile Aukl. unless received by the

which they serttoag a ctrcl*. invariably return

“ Corses, lik e d is another saiversal aa occstt tru th .

Especially are has attained the table farces af evil or of bear ia mind tb r dangers of evil desires, whether fi

alw ays ( ■ w h ic h is th r ea

hy owe whoof concern?rat*

Yet nil rh n h a ttend tb r form ation

malice orThe tendency ofsatisfy a s ssrigh teous ambttkm.

everything th a t moves in the a hy a personal mind, tends to desert he a circle. The circle in the emblem of perfection aa well as e tern ity , without beginning or without end. It has also a more occult or bidden meaning, which will he given to the more advanced student of thin science The Mun aad Mona, aad a ll the worlds known and swknown a re spherical The orbits of a ll the planets e ither d e ­scribe a circle o r a a ellipse wo w ith thoughts, whether good or evil, aa they vibrate through the a s tra l light also form a circle. If g ives suA cieat time they will again reach the source of tb r ir origin, bringing bappi ness and Meanings or injury and destruction according as they are good or evil

a r m s o r a a r n a i . w u M a

Thoughts also iadu racr and determ ine the nature of the aura, in which every bring r u s t* Mach em ana­tions are called A atral Colors. Prom the b ra ts of a ll persons there constan tly em anates a s aura, the b rig h t­ness aad colors of which a r r wholly dependent upon th r prefecthm of tb r ir liven. These a s tra l colors can only hr area hy persona who are eithei hy nature or development upon tb r aa tra l plane. Chriet, tb r greut In itiate, waa favored w ith aa aura of g rea t brilliancy, hat it waa only visible to hie disciples.

Truly good men. everywhere, live continually in aa aura or halo of br-antifal colors. Wicked and inferior mortals also have as tra l colors, bat they are quite dim and diger entirely from the farmer. When owe has attained to the power of aa tra l vision they are e n ­abled to know a t once the time character of iadivid- uals. regardless of sny deceit hy which they Buy seek to dieguise the ir real natures. The m ystic colors of the aura indicate tb r tem per and disposition; the i Illation* also betray transient changes of

T V etherised or as tra l body of snaa never, a t any time previous to dinsolation, com pletely sep ara te s itarlf from t V physical. I t may V projected to any p ari of t V earth , or indedaitely upward tow ard the sourer of it* origin and return Yet, when t V mag artW connection or silver thread is once severed it can seeer again return to t V same body, nor does it desire to do so. I'aconaciuus projection of the a s tra l ac ­counts for the phenomena of sleep walking. I t in t V intelligence of t V inner a u a th a t t V physical T V principal danger which th re a t sleepw alkers is th a t during such i

• f i r i t ia s triv iag to separa te itself from tbe physical.T here la a t a il tiaw a aa opposite a ttrac tio n of sp irit

a»d m atte r Dwriag the phenomena of sleep walking the sp irit has. for the tim e, the ascendancy, and such sub jects a re much nearer death a t th a t time than Is f ta e ra l ly supposed, f o r th is reason it in extrem ely dangerous to ab rup tly aw aken our in th is s ta te , as the M g w e t i c connection might he se rr ie d and death result

OOCrt-T TREATMENT o r DISEASE*There are many drug leas system s of healing. It la

also a well known fact th a t a ll such m ethods record nuweroiM cures.

T heir success may be accounted for as follows:f i r s t , by an a ll wine provision of providence Nat

are alw ays s trives to effect a cure la a disordered or d ierased body, and If left to herself will often accom plish it.

Hecoad, there la aa ia tim ate relation batween the physical and sp iritna l in man. If he has faith in any medicine or system of healing, by his act of faith or expectancy a suggestion w made to the subjective mind th a t a cure will be made, and aa the subjective mind has control over the nerves, involuntary muscles, resphratiou. e tc ., it will be seen th a t a g rea t aum brr of ills will prom ptly yield to th is form of arlf-hypno tiem. T his also includes im aginary ilia which, of coarse, d isappear aa soon as the apprehension ia re ­moved The regular physician seldom cures a patien t I who has no confdence in him. >_

The drug less system will a t least do no violence or obstruct the efforts of N ature In a ttem p ts a t correction We reg re t to say th a t the name cannot alw ays be said of the foen^r On the o ther hand, many evils caa be traced to the em ploym ent of an unlearned healer or “ sc ie n tis t," in well understood diseases, where delay stay be fa ta l, or the risk of exposure may be great. Thus we would advise a ll who intend to follow the healing a rt. of w hatever belief, to obtain Aral a know l­edge of physiology, anatom y and hygiene. It ia also accessary to become fam iliar with the patbognomic lesiona which characterise disease.

N either will it be wise to spurn the e d u c a t i o n of trained physicians, although you M y not believe in the efficacy of drugs

r a r u m '* o r the n .A srrs.The human body, when in a s ta te of perfect health ,

r ib ra tea is unison with the p lanet under which one M y be born. These harm onious v ib ra tions, used In conjunction w ith an im al M g n e tism , have the pow er to relieve pain aad cure disease.

Aa p lan e ta ry influence determ ines the individual vi­brations. we must seek the aid of astro logy to deter mine w hat manner of vibrations we possess.

Those born under th e influence of Mercury will be . ac tive business ru shers, w ith short, in terrupted, hot powerful vibrations.

Under the p lanet Venus, the voice is usually soft and p leasant, th e disposition lovable; the vibrations a re rap id , yet weak and smooth.

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Mara, the flery planet of war, gives a determined character, with the stamina to tight the tiattlea of life. The vibrations are irregular, hut have great force.

Jupiter, the 'argent and most stately of all the planetn, cause* ,n r to be proud and dignilted under all circumstances. Much vibrations are smooth, regular, ami of medium force.

Maturn causes one to look U|iou the dark aide of life and always fear the wont. The vibrations are atrong at times, and at other times so weak that the native thinks he cannot exist, that life la hardly worth living.

Uranus provides the Ideal vibrations and gives one a line spiritual nature. Most all successful mediums are horn under the influence of thla planet. Hitch vi­brations are not atrong but exceedingly rapid. Tbe vibrations of the physical are alow and atrong, those of the spiritual are light and rapid.

When one has the vibrations pertaining to Uranus they are then on the spiritual oraatral plane. Home- times one who has extremely alow and matter of fact vibrations may, by an unusual circumstance, have their vibrations temporarily Increased to aucii a de­gree that they can for a time see thr Invisible world with Its myriads of strange brings

Neptune causes ime to love travel. The vibrations become very low when the native resides too long In one place. They become high and active while trav­eling, especially by water.

The vibrations can be kept normal by cultivating good health and by the development of tile latent |H>wer. One must be chaste, refrain from tobacco and Intoxicants, as well as all forms of dissipations.

THR ANI'IRNT MAO!.I claim that mankind has left tbe narrow path and

la daily wandering farther away from the Kattier. Many of our Institutions are all wrong, and have been so for centuries. Tile ancients were guided by teach­ers or wise men In Kgypt, Persia, India, and all countries of the Orient, during the days of their glory ami power, there existed a society of wlae men wliose duty It was to live x life of such perfection that they could receive communications direct from the Creator or read his will by the signs of the heavens, They were called the Magi, In the ancient days of which we apeak tbe Hast Indiana were advised by tbe Hurys- Itrans In the present day their teachers are railed Llamas. From time to time in China, ami also India, Hoddhas (which means saintly or learned) have ap­peared. These are believed to be Incarnations of the great Creator. Their teachings were mainly directed against the tyranny of the Hrahmlns. The most noted among the Buddha* are Hakya Mouni, known In China under the name of Fo, ami the Buddha Outamo, who lived 2.500 yearn ago.

In Kgypt the wise men or inspired teachers were called Hierophants. In Persia ami A x p la they were called the Magi. Referring to the sacred Bible we And that three of these Magi, or Wise Men of the Kaet. were guided by the Htar of the Magi to the birthplace of the infant Jenos, bringing presents corresponding to their color and nation. These sacred emissaries

ItHTAR OF TH E M AO 1.

h t a h o f t i i k m a g i .

cam* tr im tk r three know,. part* of ik r w«fM The *W t» HMD brought gold. rm htrm of the Hun. cm light; fbe brown man brm ght frankincense awl the block man offered myrrh What an e loosest In a ra la em- b«Hied la Ikr rkall of ih rar th r r r mem It wan Ik r homage of Ik r ro a rro tra ted « M o a a t all aallowa to Mr wko waa to rrrla la i Ik r * « M and afterw ord hr rom r Ikr principal llgurr in earth • rfarbrat tragedy

II waa a message to au n k lsd to recngsisr the ( V ta t aa Ik r messenger of Ik r tree O n l, witbowt regard In rare. rotor or rond ltlra

A a mankind became retrograde Ikr (weerpte of Ikr Magi Wrrr ignored When I k r j wandered atlll further tr im Ik r IlgM Ikia grand body of wlar lookrd upon with suspicion Aa auinklad hrram r atorr and more engrossed la aril and secular affair* I hey tu rard farther away from Ikr spiritual m ill Ik r world a l large hn tnw a m ore tb rag b t and ra r r N|am Ik r physical, wbirb ran endure a t brut hat a frw jrrart, than they do u|»m tha t ImprrtnhaMe spark of Divinity. Ik r human aral. which ha* laatrd from th r hrglnnlng and will h r Ik r ego a t th r end id l i a r

The Magi, however, who had learned to know find and lo love him aa the F ather and t 'r ra to r of all. did aid dlahamt, by aay mrana, though they w rrr a t laat c o m |a * ll e d to meet la secret For their mutual pro te rtian they arranged r rr ta ln algna and paaaworda whereby they might know each other They no longer attem pted to inatrurt the nation* nor were they th r advlaora of king* They were alwayn ready to wel­come Into th rir circle tin we who volnatarily and *ln rerrly *ought th r light id wiMlom.

The am-iety of the Magi haa alwayn ra la trd alnrr th r ilaya id Iheir power. Hornet I me* th r lr num brr haa hern amall, Init worthy one* w -rr alwayn found to hear the knowledge which waa dent lord to reclaim mankind. At the present day throe hearers id wis­dom eila! In various |mrt» id Kuropr and the Orient They are regarded hy those who hear at them only aa black magic la na, amt men who have formed a part with the evil one Itut their faith and covenant In and haa always been with Ood alone

The laat days id thla nineteenth century is cow*id eretl n time moat propit loo* to Invite those who desire to come forth and Join ua. *• Ye attall know the tru th and It shall make you free " wa» the mysterious In script ion on the Peristyle. It waa a prophetic herald tha t thla g reat city of Chicago waa to be the atavting |H>lnt of the true religion, which la destined to aweep through the length and breadth el the new world

TMK MUOtOM o r TMK MAUI.

The faith la not new. an our te a t book in the Holy Hlhle Within the pages of th a t g reat hook we >wd the knowledge which in to save. Oar religion bring* with it a sign we teach the development of the inner man whereby those whit will live the life of the true Magu* will receive absolwte ami irrefutable proof of tiod amt the great invisible world w ith which we a te surrounded The thin veil which separates the m ate rial from the immaterial may he rained hy he who will Those who are interested iw our rem arks and who ate

searching for the light are cordially tweM*d U> unitewith ns. __ ,

A lthough I am huwwn throughout th r ! » « < * • ateacher of hypuottum and occultism. I did r a t Ares* it wine to dem onstrate in public for the reason th a t in order to make a dem onstration of hypnotic o r pnychic phenomena interesting we mwst make such great phys­ical and psychical dem ands upon the "abject as Jeopardise his health. Also, yon are more • familiar with the name

Occult phenomena is entirely too sacred fan exhibitions, as one who does not believe in its Mlity would H ill remain unconvinced They

likely class the operator an a clumsy im itator of Keller. H e rm a n or HradCa.

All. however, whn Jnin na may ao develop them selves th a t they will be able to a ttra c t health , bappi aesa and longevity in tb ia life; to relieve paia and cure the ilia of family or friends, and to personally rom r la contact w ith the great unknown and larisiM e world of force with which we are »errosaded And, g reater H ill, all who an desire can take advantage of th is incarnation for tk r d rre to p m rn t of the inner man. ao th a t when th r ineritab ie tin oar paanovrr we shall he prepared to en ter eternity. _

REINCARNATION.Evidences of the Evolution of the Soul thr-ouRR

Rebooted Llvos.

«*«i ai m a a w*m** |The kerne e f Hf* kata many c tTea caanet my at Iks *sal, H akall k*. *r k* aknat ta be. sr la

te W ken-niter. It la a tkine w ttkest Mrtk. — tiiAVAOQera.As the laheettaace at s s

aa k h ra s the aenee at d sty la every aeMe a s nee. a belief la

Intensify Ike reveres, c etth which the deathless principle la r« garde*. Wu x j a u Kamar.

The grwstcet thing* la this sssti are ant Me rivers, lakes andamt poiseee. Sane at these

MU MAH* ATtOM imnstCD A*t> ex pla in ed .Keim arwatwc •* aa extrem ely simple doctrine i

in the assurance of the soul * indestructibility . It ex- (dainw a t once th r descent and the destiny of the soul by ao natu ra l and forcible a method th a t H haa not

H T A H O F T 1 I K M A G I n

ntoat perm anently influential of a ll philosophiesReincarnation teaches th a t the tool eater* th is life,

not a» a fresh creation, bat a lte r a loag coarse of pee viow* rlis te n e r* on thin ea rth and elsew here, ta which It aeqaired it* present inhering peculiarities. and th a t It inoa the way to future transform ation* which the •owl la now shaping It claim s th a t isfaecy brings to earth . a blank *crull for the beginning «»f • • earth ly record, nor a mere cohesion of atom ic forces into a brief personality soon to dissolve again into the ele ment*. bat th a t It I* inscribed with ancestra l histories; some like the present scene, most of them unlike it and stre tch ing back in to the rem otest past. These iascrip tions a re generally undecipherable, nave aa re s e a l 'd in the ir moulding influence upon the new career; bat like the invisible photographic iawgen made by the Hun of a ll it sees, when they are properly devel­oped in the laboratory of consciousness, they will be d istinctly displayed. The current phase of life will a laabn stored aw ay la the secret vaults of memory for its unconscious effect u|*m the ennuisg lives. All the qualities we now pi war** la body, mied xml soul result from oar aae of ancient opportunities. We are indeed “ the heirs of all the ages, " and are alone ro*|s>n*ihlr for our Inheritances. For these conditions accrue from d is tan t causes engendered by our older selves, and the future flows by the divine law of cause and effect from the gathered momentum of our past impe­tuses. T here is no favoritism in the universe, but all have the same everlasting facilities for growth. Those who are now elevated In worldly sta tion may hr sunk in humble surrounding* in the future Only the inner tra i ts of the soul are perm anent companions. The w ealthy sluggard may be the beggar of the next life, and the industrious worker of the present la sowing the aeeda of future greatness. Muffering, bravely en ­dured now, will produce a treasure of patience and fortitude in ano ther life; hardships will give rise to streng th , self-denial mast develop the will, taste* m l- tivated in thin r im te n c f will somehow bear fruit in coming owes, and acquired energies will assert them selves w henever they can by the few p i o i w s i e upon which the princip les of physics are baaed. Vtre reran, the sacoascioos habits, the uncontrollable impulses, the peculiar tendencies, the favorite pursuits, and the soal-stirring friendships of the present descend from far reach ing pervious activities.

Hcieace explain* the idiosyncrasies of plant* and an iiM ls by the environm ent of previous generations, and ca lls in stinct hered itary habit, ia the name way there ia a a evolution of individuality, by which the child opens its new era w ith characteristics derived from an te rio r lives, and adds the experience of x new personality to the sum to ta l of his treasured traits. Is its passage th rough ea rth ly personalities the sp ir it­ual self, the essen tial Ego. accum ulates a fund of iadi- vidual character, watch rem ains as the perm anent th read string ing together the separate lives. The soul ia therefore aa e te rna l w ater globule, which sprang ia th e beginning less p ast from m other ocean, |

and ia destined after an unrec konablr course of mean­dering* ia cloud and rain, snow and steam, spring and river, mud and vapnF. to at last return with the gar­nered experience of *•', lonely existences Into the Cen­tral Heart of all. (hr. rather. It Is the crystal atrram running from a heavenly fountain through one contin­uous current that often halts In favorite corners, sunny I mol* and shady nooks, muddy |Ninds and clearest lakes, each delay shifting the direction and altering the complexion of the next tide as It Issues out hy the |»ath of least resistance.

That we have forgotten the causes producing the present sequence of pleasures and |iaina, talenta ami defect*, successes and failures, la no disproof of them, and doe* not disturb the justice of the scheme, For tem|s>raryoblivion lathe anodyne by which the kindly physician ta bringing us through tile darker warda of sorrow Into perfect health.

We do not undertake to trace the iletalla of our earlier *top|iage* further thun la indicated in the un controvertible principle, th a t aa long aa the soul la governed by material desires U must And Its homes In physical realms, and when its Inclination is purely spiritual it certainly will inhabit the domain of *plrlt, The restless wandering of all soula must at last con­clude In the peace of Ood, but that will not lie |ioa- slble until they have gone through all the rounds of ex|ierience and learned that only In that (Inal la satla- faction. That men ever dwell In borilea of beasts, we deny as Irrational, aa such a retrogression would con­tradict the fundamental maxima of Nature. That phi­losophy Is a corruption of Kelncarnatlon, in which the masses have coarsely masked the truth.

Granting the |termanence of the human spirit amid every change, the doctrine of rebirth is the only one yielding a metaphysical explanation of the phenomena of life. It Is already accepted in the physical plane an evolution, and holds s firm ethical value In apply­ing the law of justice to human ex|s-rience. In con­firmation of It there «tanda the strongest weight of evidence argumentf<ry, empirical and historic. It untangles the km tty problem of life simply and grandly. It meet* the aeverest requirements of en­lightened reason, and Is in deepest harmony with the spirit of Christianity.

The soul I* not horn; It doe* not die; It was not produced from any one: nor * u any produced from It. Km r s so s .

Nature la nothing less than the ladder of resurrection which, H ep by step, lead* upward or rather I* carried from the airy* ol eternal death up to the ape* of life. flCMLMlMs

The soul, If Immortal, r lis ted before our birth.What la Incorruptible must he ungenerahle.M etempsychosis Is the only system of Immortality that Phl-

loaophy ran hearhen to. H r nr.Ijmk Nature through: ’tls revolution all,A!1 change: no death, flay follows night, and night The dying day: stars rise and se t, and eet and rise.K»rth takes the exam ple. All to rrHourlsh fades.As in a wheel all sinks to rrascend;KrnMems o f sm s, who passes, not expire*.

Yormi.The experiences gained In one life may so t be rrmemOerrd Is

their details ia the next, tart the impressiews which they produce

aaly dom inated the iwyewanua minds of a ll the prim i­tive races, ha t has become the most widely spread and

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The religion nf the chwrvbes. called th r is tle n ity la In many earnest ana la a dry Iran* The g # " 'e a s t kernel of tru th aa II ram# fmm lh» Iounder <r> Uhria- tlanlly , when It la discovered under all Ita h arrra wrappings, la Indeed nu S c lent to feed aa hr#a<i of life. II answers all lb# practical an ait p#«iplr eves with lb# busks llut It leaves rlla I questions unanswered which impel aa to desire something more than J#awa taught not (nr mere carl unity, hut aa Inin! for larger growth The divlae law which promise* to till every vacuum, and to g ratify a t laat every aspiration, baa ant left aa without auraas nf grasping a portion nf then# grander tru th s

The commonest Idea nf the son1 throughout Chris tenitom seems to he tha t It la created specially for Idrtli on this world, and after Ita lifetiahr here It goes to a permanent spiritual realm of ia ln lte continuance This la a very com fortable belief derived from the a p | tea ranees of things, and those holding It taay very pm prrly say, “ My view agrees with the phenomena, and If you think sSitfrrently the burden of proof rests upon you." We accept th is responsibility. Hut a careful oharrver knows th a t the true eap laaatlnu nf facts Is aa a rule very different from the appearance Ptolemy thought he could account for all the heavenly motions on hia geocentric theory, and bin teachings were a t once received hy hia contemporaries. Hut the dee|ier studies of Co|irrnlcua and G alileo had to wait a century before they were accepted, although th ry Introduced an astronom y of Immeasurably nobler scale la It so t a relic of the old couffdeuce la appearance* to consider the physical orbits of human souls as limited to our little view ol them?

The theologian seeks to explain life, with Its Is- equalities. Its miseries and injustice*, hy a future cow it It ion rewarding and punishing a n for the deeds of earth . He concedes tha t bene ro le m e and justice can not he proven in to s t hy w hat la sees of Hia earth ly adm iaintratioa. The In a l law of creation in aaid to be Love, hut the ala and suArriug bequeathed to must of the race through no apparent fault of the irs annuls th a t dictum In the w orld 's real thought, and compels men to regard life as a ceaseless struggle for existence in which the strongest win* and the weakest fails, and the devil takes the hiudermost. Hat eves if the future life will straigh ten out thin hy a just judgment la ir ness demands th a t a ll shall have an even chance here, which only reincarnation assures.

The m aterialist takes a more plausible tround On

__________________ with the present ex istl h r regards all tbe 'develupm ru ta af IHe an resu lts Hud natural force* He aaya th a t the varie ty of

dualities accounts lor all the d ivergen cies o fhvaH'jl. mental and moral But he ra a give a* why the saase particles of m a tte r« mrb stupendous varie ties “ ^

the am teria ihd 'a gospel, instead of diapcaiug of ymy- cbic fac t* In studying and classifying them a s a new branch of swpersrmiunws k revs ledge, as w itness th e publication* of the Society cf Psychical Research of Ixudoa. Must i si and New York. These i=realign Hams will a ltim ately initiate Hciewce into the sweety of now physical thing* Already a strong advance la th a t direct low bmm bees made hy Isaac T a y lo rs - Physical Theory of a Future Life. S tew art A T a il * "U nseen Universe, and Hudson's well knows - Law of Pay chic Phenomena. ** The enuerptiou of aa Inffuite Per sociality overwhelms a ll the narrow groove th is k ing of every mechanical school, and rises suprem ely in the

sclewtiffc philosophy of all tiam th a t of S trangest of all. Evolution, the rae rriau philosophy, is merely a

paraphrase of reincarnation There are seven a rgum ents for K eiucaruatioa which

seem conclusive1. T hat the idea of im m ortality demands it. t T hat analogy makes It the moot probable S. T hat science couffrms it.4. T hat the nature i f the soul requires It. k T hat It an sit com pletely answers the theological

q nest hum nf "o rig ina l sin and future punishm ent." t T hat it explains many m ysterious experiences.7. T hat it akm r solve* the problem of iajnstice and

misery which broods over our world.

t- Im m ortality dem aads it:Only the positivists and some allied schools of

thought, comprising a very small proportion of Cbrio- tendom, doubt the i is m ortality of the soul But a con­scious existence afte r death bus no better proof than a pre natal ex is truce It in an old declaration th a twhat begins ia tiaxr must end ia time We have no right to aay th a t the soul ia eternal on one aide of its earth ly period without bring « on the other. P a r more rational is the view of certain sc ien tists who, believing th a t the soul originates with th is life, a iso declare th a t it ends with th is life. T hat ia the logical outcome of the ir premier If the soul sprang in to e x ­istence specially for thin IHe, why should it cowtiwwe afterw ard* It ia precisely as probable from a ll the grounds of reason th a t death ia the conclusion of the soul a s th a t b irth ia the beginning of it. As C'wdworth points out. it wa weight with the G reek ]

lity have led a ll la ter generation* They the e te rn ity of the aanl m <

its imm ortality. Por. they held, aa i

vanish into nothingness, and as they were irtain afthe ir exieaence. it was impoeaW e th a t they <

Ihecember. 18W. 7H T A B O F T 1 I K M A G I .twd a temporal beginning The present life must be oaly one stag* of a vast number. stretching backward and forward.

Our instinctive belief ia immortality iaipliea a aub conscious acceptance of tbia rlew. We are certain of a persevering life outlasting all the changes of time and death. Hut birth, aa well aa death, ia one of the tem|M>ral ahifta belonging to the tranaitory aphere which ia foreign to our spirit*. It ia only because our backs are toward the earlier change and our facea to the latter that we rrfuae to rraaon about one on the prinriplea aaed about the other. If we lived in the reversed world of Pechner's •* t>r Mi era," in which old things grew new and men begin life by a ravened dying and end by a reveraed birth, we would probably deviar arguments for pre-existence aa aealously aa we do now for future eiiatence, and that would lead to reincarnation. For all the indicationa of immortality point aa unfailingly to an eternity preceding thia ex iatence the love of prolonged life; the analogy of nature; the prevailing belief of the moat apiritual miada; the prrmanenee of the ego principle; the In­conceivability of annihilation or of creation from nothing; the promiae of aa extension of the preaent career; the injustice of any other thought.

The ordinary Christian idea of special creation at birth Invoivea the correlative of annihilation at death. What the origin of the aoul may have been does not affect thia subject, further than that it long antedates the present life. Whether it be a spark from (fod himself, <w a divine emanation, or a cluster of inde prndent energies, its etrrnal destiny compels the in­ference that it is uncreated and indestructible. More­over, it ia unthinkable that from an infinite hiatory It enters this world for ita first and only physical ex|«eri- ence and then shoots off to an endless spiritual exist- ence. The deduction ia rather that it assumed many forma before it appeared aa we now nee it, and is hound to peas through many coming liven before It will be rounded Into the full orb of perfection and reach ita ultimate goal.

2. Analogy ia strongly in favor of reincarnation. Were Bishop Butler to work out the problem of the career of the human soul in the light of modern sci­ence, we doubt not that his masterpiece would advo­cate this "pagan " thought. For many centuries the literature of nations has discerned a standard simile of the soul's deathleasnraa in the transformation of the caterpillar into the bntterfly. But it ia known now that once all the caterpillars and butterflies were alike, and that by repeated incarnations they have reached their bewildering differences. When they started off from the procession of life on their ra n road from one or a few similar species, the progeny scattered into various circumstances, and the at rug glen and devices which they went through for their own purposes, being repeated for thousands of years in millions of lives, has developed the surprising bet erogeneity of feather-winged insects And aa each undergoes his rapid changes in rehearsal of his long pedigree, we may trace the succession of his earlier lives ^

The violent energy of the present condition argnea a previous stage leading up to it. It is contended, with gre«t force of analogy, that death in but another and higher birth. This life Isa groping embryo plane implying a more exalted one. Mysterious intimations reach us from a diviner aphere

*' I .Ik.- h in ts ami echoes of th e world To sp ir its folded In th e womb,"

But subtle Indications rearward at gne that birth Is the death of an earlier existence. Kven the embryo life necessitates a preparatory one preceding It. No com plete a structure must have a foundation. No swift a momentum must have traveled far. As Emerson ob­serves; •• We wake and And ourselves on a stair. There are other stairs below us which we seem to have ascended; there are stairs above ns many a one which go upward and out of alght."

The grand order of creation la everywhere pro­claiming. aa the universal word, "change." Nothing is destroyed, but all la (Missing from one existence to another. Not an atom but la dancing In lively march from Ita present condition to a different form, running

; a ceaseless cycle through mineral, vegetable, and ant- mal existence, though never losing its Individuality, however diverse its apparent alterations. Not a crea­ture but la constantly progressing to something else. The tadpole becomes a fish, the flsli a frog, and some of the frogs have turned to birds. It was the keen perception of this principle In Nature which gave their vital force to tile (irettk mythologies and other ancient stories embodying the Idea of transmutation of personality through many guises. It was this which animated the metamorphoses of Ovid, whose philosophy is contained In these lines from his poem on Pythagoras, which we quote from Bryden's excel­lent translation!

“ D eath, m ra iled , la but old m a tte r dreaasd In some new form. And In a varied re s t Prom tenem en t to ten em en t, though tossed,T! e soul Is still the sam e, th e flgurr only lost And, aa th e softened w as new seals receives,T his face assum es, ami t n s t Im pression leaves,Sow called by one, now by an o th e r nam e,The form Is only rh an g ed , th e waa Is s till th e same.Then, to be horn Is to begin to lie Home o th e r th in g we were not form erly.T h a t form s a re changed, I g ran ts th a t noth ing can C ontinue In th e figure It b egan .”

Evolution ban remoulded the thought of Christendom, expanding our concept ion of physiology, astronomy and history. The more it la studied the more universal la found ita application. It seems to be the secret of frod's life. Now that we know the evolution of the body, It Is time that we learned the evolution of the soul. The biologist shows that each of us physically before birth runs through all th* phases of animal life- polyp, ffah. reptile, dog. ape, and man —as a brief synopsis of how the ages have prepared i n ' ten ements. The preponderance of special animal traits in us is doe, he says, to the emphasis of those particu­lar stages of our physical growth. Ho in infancy does the soul move through an unconscious series of eaist

U T A H O F X I IF M A G I.races. recapitulating da long Hwe of descent. until * I. fastened la m aturity A*d why to it ant true th a t our anal Ira it.' a r r Ik r relics of b a a r r ac tiv itie s’ K volution proves th a t tb r pbyaicsl part of m a n i. the prod a r t of a loa f arries of c ha ages. la a h lrb each « t » r la both tka r f r c t of paat iadararr* ami Iba raaaa of aorrratling kaaaaa »»naa ant tba M U part of a a a ra«|uira a development egnslly vsat? Tba fa r t of aa IntallartBal aad antral evolution proceeding hand ia band with tba pb /sica l can only ba captained tba arranaajr of Nature by a aarlaa of reincarnations

IS SLEEP EVER DREAM LESS?

ad tboar th a t a r r pwadacad a t tba women! oft r y

fe rre t cbaractar Tba chaos of drrania ra llad by Grwtbwiare, ia a I Moat ahaant la traa aM rh aaa* to ba d .rrctad by a certain logic, by a t tra tK * and by will: a . well a . by th a t iw d rfaab fe •n o rth in g th a t escapes tba sraaaa and th a t nak ea aa tb iah of tba draani ima.ges of which A rintntle apraba Tba mental s ta te of tbaaa dreama way be compared with tba aacoaacioaa mental work of w aktag

Light baa jaal bran thrown on tba old ga gaoling tba rontinaily of draaawi daring sleep, by a long arrlra of Inrratigationa made la a Preach bnapi tal. Tbaaa rapport tba rirwa of tb<aM> who maintain that then- la no such thing aa a drraailaaa d e e p , and that, on the contrary, array one drearm continuously While aaleep. although generally only tboar drraam are raatrmhareil that nrrar at tba nwnnrntanf going to aleep or waking Henri dr Parvllle, editor of tba Psna journal, Uu .Votarr. giraa tba following account of in vratigationa made by II. Vaacbide Hr aayai

•• Manv |n-rrona imagine that they aearr dream. Thta la aa llluohm. It la probable that we aiwaya dream, area without knowing It, from the moment whan wr fall aalrep to that when we awabr. Thin Idea la an old one, for It waa put forth by ttearartra. Icibnlti. and lie bet Deacartea aaid clearly that there waa no aleep without a dream

" Wr may hare mime doubtaof thin, ea pec tally aa no one of ua, when be dreama. ban any notion oa waking that he ban bran dreaming all the time ba waa aalrep. Nrtrrrthelrra, M. Vaachide haa taken up the problem at the laboratory of raperimental paycbobigy of the Hal|ietrierr. and haa nmcluded from hia inrentigatioaa that ilreama are certainly continuoua. IW more than I f f yearn he haa watched thirty ala subjects. aged from one year to eighty yrara, and be haa checked hia own obaervationa by theme of forty ala other perrona. The method conaiata in eaamining the aubjrcta all night, ami noting carefully all changes of repression, geaturea and movements, aa wrll aa worda apokrn in aleep and dreama related by the alerpera themselves, determining each time the depth of the aleep by tbr well known method* ol Koiachutter. Hpitta and Mich etaon The principal com-1uatona of M. Vaachide arr aa fwllowa;

** Wr dream during ail the time of aleep, even during the moat |irofound aleep sleep that rrarmbtea aya cope. The true |mycbic life ol sleep, like the true life of dreama. abowa itarlf only when tbr aleep begins to be profound Dreams that occur during deep aieep show the processes and the existence of that uncon ackooa brain work to which we owe. to our great aaton iahment. the aolutton of probieom that hare long occupied our attention, which appear suddenly and aa If miraculously

“ Under the name ol dreama hare been sim^ed the 1 »Hoc mat ion* that come at the moment when we fall

A clone relation rersta between the natnre of the dream* and tb r depth of the sleep The more pnv fmtnd the s ir *p in. tb r more the dreama b a re to do with an earlier pnrt of nwr eamtence. and tb r fa rther they are from the reality On the o ther band, the more auprrtlcial the sleep in, the more the sensations of every day life appear, aad tb r awwe the dream re tec ta the preoccupations and emotion* of w aking bonra. M Vaachide ia gaite in accord on them points with tb r wrll known psychologist. Dr P ik a

-T h e persona who do not dream. nr. ra ther, aaya M. Vaachide. who pretend tha t they never dream , are the rk tim a of an illusion of psychic analysis The aub- jrc t does not remember or perceive anything hecanae ordinarily wr ran eaerciar arIf inspection only when going to aleep or awakening, and with certain prraowa these phases paaa ao rapidly th a t they escape notice completely.

*' In the trwr drenm. tha t of profound aleep, it seems that there ia continuity of concept ion W ith a subject who ia awakened several tim es ia one night, a certa in order of ideas may be rem arked ia bia dream * a strange correlation connecting dreama th a t are a p p a r­ently the mo*t separate.

“ To sum up, tb r investigations of M. Vaachide ce r­tainly will not satisfy tboar who want a good key to dreama tboar who ‘ believe i a ' dreama; these will learn nothing a t a ll from them. Ia a m atte r ao difll- cult we caa sot be hasty. Hut even though lim ited to anmr special facta, th ra r rap rrim ra ta have the ir la te r rat. Wr may already conclude from them th a t we alw ays dream th a t the hrain to aiwaya w orkiag. aad tha t sleep to not. aa Homer calls It, ‘the brother of d ea th ,' bat rather, aa thin ia paraphrased by M. Va- nchide, - tb r brother of life .' ”

Draws a Geographical Line.There is one rem arkable tb ieg about tb r seventeen

year locust aad th a t is th a t by means of hia appear aace a t d,Merest places during tb r yrara owe ia able to trace the Maaoa aad Diaoa lia r nearly aa accurately as though hr used compass aad theodolite. The in­sect fam ishes ia the South aa well aa ia the N orth, bat. strangely enough, the instant the la titude south of the famous line mentioned i . reached septem derim becomes tridecim. or the th irteen year locust. T here to absolutely ao d ifereace ia the appearance, ha b its or aiae of the northers aad sontbera im u s ts They are the same aperies, bat the one whom bed ia warmed by the southern com e, to m aturity lorn years ea rlie r tb aa his more coldly lodged so rt kern brother

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TO OUR M A N Y F R IE N D S AND W E L L W ISH ER S .

T n later rat lap lecture oa < trcultlam by P r o f . T h o m a a J. Hrtirro. concluded la thla number, will hr followed by other* that he deliver* weekly la the < hur. h of the Magi. Handel Hall. < k k a fo . every Munday after- mam to appreciative audtrarra.

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W e wlah to th an k th r many friend* who have p lven ue e ip r rs a lo n sn f pmal will and th a t *p rrd and have com plim ented im In rarinu* way* on th e aup rrlo r r a r e l l r n r e of th e m a tte r , m ak r up and ty |* ip raphy of th e Mt a r . Many of them have ta k e n th e tim e to w rite im le tte r* and p m ta l card* for th la oh* purpnsr ar.Ig. Tn theae la t te r friend* we caper tally d ra lr r to espreaa mir thank* and a t th e *am r tim e rem ind them th a t we would a p p re c ia te th e ir pmal word* very, I*r» milch more If acrom |m nlrd with th e ir auharrlptloiM .

DnuMleaa M a r have thnuph t th r Mr AM Intended aa a free paper, to h r |iuhllahrd w ithout money and w ithout price, and th a t th ey would receive It juat th r aam r w hether th ey subscribed or not. However n a tu ra l th la h e llrf. It la re r ia la ly errone- oua. I t may hr known to *01 n r o f our friend* th a t th e publlahrr h financially a Me to laaur and r i r r u la t r th r paper rep* a la rly for an Indefinite \mrirJt w lthtait dr- p rnd inp on aubarrlptlon* or ad v rrtla fn p to pay th e Mila, hut he wlahra It d la tln rtly understood th a t *urh I* not hi* purjmar.

W hile wllllnp a t a ll tim e* to ro n tr lfw tr liberally to th e " pmal of th e rau ae " and do hi* sh a re toward* th e d ispensation of lipht and knowledpe for th e up llftln p of hum anity , be la not puMlahlnp a paper solely pa a hpnevolrn t o r |ihllaothr>rpir c h a rity , hwt aa a lep ltlro a te hualneaa en- te rp riae which la r a p r r te d to stan d on Ita m erit* and pay Its own way. Indeed, arm- mam equ ity tow ard o th e r puMIshers. who depend wholly upon th e ir suhmrrlptlon Hat, oMipe im to t r e a t a ll a lik e . T here fo re (hoar of our friend* who wlah oa well, and a p p rec ia te th e ra lo e o f sock a puM Icatlon a* we a re produriap . and will con tinue to produce, a re hereby noticed th a t they a m t not only *o karri h r hut pay fo r the W an o r TN«t Ma« i o r th ey will not h ere ­a f te r receive It. Many who received aaa* P > coptea of th e N ovem ber laoue will alao

rece iv e th e O rcem her num her, hut aa m an sam ple cupie* will he p lven aw ay a f te r thl* m onth to th«i*e who have already re ­ceived It. Mulanrlptlim* (Including p re ­mium) one do llar per year, In advar.cei •In* le copies, te n cen ts . Mend In your auh- M-riptUm lo-dny to-morrow never cornea,

AN A ST R O LO G IC A L FO REC A ST .The Hner-K.ii*ll*h w ar tn Mouth A frica

ctim m encrtl when Mara crossed th r m erid­ian of Meorptn Inti; th e Aery house of Hag- ttta riu * . Mince th r u th e Kngllah nppeur tn have Iw-en p e ttin g th e worst of It. Mal­u m ami t'ran u * In M aglttarlu* deno te th e Month A frican Hepoldlc and th e U ruuge F ree Mtate, and Mara In house conjunct Ion w ith these p lan rta show* th e ir p resen t w arlike condition. Ju p ite r In Menrpln In­d ica te* th a t Kngland I* In a treach ero u s IKMltlnn, m ir as tro loger *ay», but Itrin, and I* not likely to lie d riven liy th r Hurra. T h r d e p a r tu re of Mar* from Ita p resen t conjunction w ith Mnturn and I 'ranua , when It c r im e s over In tn I 'aprleorniM, th e th ird of Ih-crm her n e a t, h r r a p re t* will ahow a change In th r tide of w ar. ynd th r lloera will h a v r aern th e ir heat ilaya of th e con- Diet. T h r K.ngltah advance , tlunign atirr, will h r alow and very atuldairuly cold ra ted . T h r rg rra* of Maturn from M aglttnrlua In­dicate* a fu tu re division of th r llorr* and th e ir allies, ami th e Ingreaanf Ju p ite r Into th e sam e house n ea t M arch ahowa th e Huai trium ph of th e Kngllsh force* a t th a t tim e.

SE X KN O W LED G E FOR THE YOUNG.T here la one d ep a rtm en t of th e W om en's

t 'h r la tla n T em perance I 'n lon which pills llahra a li t t le paper, The N nr Vnunulf, ed ited by Mary Wood A llen, whose ch ief purpose !« to persuade p a re n ts to Im part to th e ir ch ild ren co rre c t know ledge re ­g ard in g th e more secre t fiinctlm .a of life. A publishing house haa la te ly beet: s ta r te d In I’h llad rlp h la to puhllah a se ries o f hooka, w ritte n by Hylvanua MtaH am i Mrs. Allen, w ith th e sam e g en e ra l purpose In mind. T he auhject seem s to fat ga in ing more and more of a hearin g ; and In Tlu IrtrrwilUmMt Journal of Klhlrt th laau i.lec t la considered hy K l ,y ttle to n , who reach es th r sam e conclusions concern ing th e im ­portance th a t th e ch ild 's first knowledge should be co rre c t am i dissociated from vu lgar accom panim ents.

Mr. f/y ttle to n tak e* acco u n t o f th e mis­g iv ing which d e te rs th e te ach e r o r p a ren t from lni|>artlog Inform ation im th e sub­jec t a so rt a t In stinc t th a t such Inform a­tion 1# Urn HaMr to fie tu rned In to poison. T h is false reserve Is responsible for th e fa c t th a t boys, In p a r tic u la r , a re le f t to g e t th e ir knowledge th rough th e co n fer - nation, freq u en tly vu lgar and pool 11 re ly im m oral, of th e ir com panions. Anothea Injurious re su lt Is th u s described

" M oreover, and th is Is p erh ap s th e most serious fa c t of a ll, th e p>dnt o f view ta k e n hy hoy* If le f t to them selves m ust In ev ita ­bly be ec lish . T h is will be seen a t onc* If th e second o l th e tw o conditions Incident to facybood be ta k e n In to acco u n t th e norm al g row th o f an im al deetres, fag

to MTAI! OK TIIK MACil.

i»rf»

hi tb* M l# than la the female, aayhwo la Ragtuad. Al -ary lag ageethrm

make l la a a » l» a l*H, Jo a 'r e r fmother «#* i m m m m * >*prt'warty, . faayaM a trrrrtellM, ordlnarllr

at a fter* aad rtatrea year* «f age, Ito *111 power bring rtIH *rak. Ik* lertlly dr- dr** ar# aimart at tkrlt M |M : H «b*r tar re am later aa. a* dura the |<w rt af will a a* the a a r «f prwdrwr*. ea that, a a - atallr. the daagar* *f mtoam art eerrater* tear* awward K it , tMa faet af growth by MaaM, ***M atahr H ! « • rail far a hay la rtmlempUt* ahal he baa hrant i»f etaaal ralattoaa, paternity. m«- ual ladolgratr. a ah to Itath. fr:aa mmj- thla« httl « mldah fail at «f rk w At Ik* Date af polwrly, myrterbtwrtr a d rttortly Ike (rea l fact a# prraaaallty, lb* eeaae d tgi.lani a merle llm lf, and aftea produce, a pouting *kraem and a raaarr* ahich Manet late* *tf«((le* far atlaranre hat caa ant Kn4 It. Tbl* r a tari Ik* *1#* of III* I t ha rotor ed and Interpreted by the r la .a a af ta ll, a ad t* thl* I* to he altrihatad the ant tart u acorn m*m lager lata kmymrarg laeanlt t at tkla pertod, akirk manlfart* I tar If •* ta rf rarloaa and aftaa. af raaata. loam wow Imam rowdlaem, mmrtlne**. Illrat-r ate. hat nrraatoaally la dacap- tltanam. dlehtttteett. area*. baatlcM* ar eukkk Hal haw Much Mart laatllaM r I* tkla aallab coloring (Iran I* the fact* af aaa, ate., ahra au abalraMa* cuortarhal* anrlttf knot ledge af any blad akatatar la (laaa, hat akaa **rrj rtngk *oggr*tk.n and klat ua the *ob|*rt baa rant* frata lhata aha are aader the anm* daatlaallag latueacr* uf i(aaraarr, rurtoally, aad the rlaitaa of m lf It la algnlkcart t* Bute that til no other euhpwt akatatar car <hi* ha aald. It *111 hardly ht dU|mtrd that of all Ikr an ful rella which attend the etola- tlon of a* Huai Muralltt ueed In It* htnnd tat >«n*e by far the larger portion are due ta Ik* Inltlatltrr aad nnttita potter mi the melt aaa. If. then, tha raaauning la Carre, t ahlvh ptdnla tn Ik* Ik ana* af a t a a* do* to tha falarnraaol thair caarapttuna af all m io o l matter* front childhood m- wanl. It talll ht arva ho* trrmemhnm I* the I ml l> Intent to hr hruu«kt eaalnet Ik* •t ill common prat Ik r af taaalag t a n ta (athar la a I t ful aad uncertain fndtlaa h a tbrnmrl*** *tray fragment* of eltlatad Information on tha moat »Ital and anal la* timet* af all troth* nf tha natural nor Id."

The writer hruiUtca to apeak with tha ■ame coaddeacr ta regard to tha reaaltr nf parental rvtkaac* upon glrta, hot think* that It m e t entail a arrtau* Intellr. tual tana, though tha moral tom m et ha kta.

Mr. I ^ l l h t d . ta coochirta*. atnoorlv urge* two potnt-.

“ Tha ttr»t la that m etier la an* aeU. Tha lima honored doctrine which affkww the . oatrary la, It k true, let* caaM ratly e lated thaa formerly, aad tha ladoaoce of Chriatton trachlag oa tha dretlay of tha human body aad tha atarrele ad p kjdcal BCterne hae* combined to m e* a* flam any fo rm u la ted theory la thaa* day*. Yat It ramalrn a tact that la the popular t h r of th b auhyect there la much that

hy alt thrIt le a rec ore tot ad roc la <type aad embod iment a f law: aad It mar really

that laapM eaf the(oaaratlaae there k H _ ___

____ Hy c m HtHated cMbT* aad became p ip ih r thi lagh ia t Italy: andodad which return, to take la the ewkp-ct the knd Hae af thr .eoprr* wa* reduced from Ihk padat a f rtaw. prweldod that the ta the *tagk waad “ Itowunrc hy whtcb rfgkf paeeeatatma of M to the I lag can h* mar* Important tha thaa* U la aaary cMM a n o tle , cttrtoartr C H R I S T I I N K l l P t C I ARRAIGNED eaararatag tarry reralatme. af IMa. which [t*. (h a rk * A. L. Heed, a f ttack m att. Iradatotb* drat teacblag ahawt m atendty l<LLuU , n t i k i d l h i an f i an fr l t m a y •ad graeialtow being tag arty ehaaohed ,g m called "ckrtatlaa actaara " l i aaad demit -Umpad apoa the ml a* at Ma , M M , r tka, M . w t l n mem unnhk ta

roraydltaag* It I. n oth in , A m t af i P m r . A m*tar hy Man. Rddy. tat the appalling ta raaHm tbtadm pk paychadar I g ^ e Yarh /too. wa* taken op by Da. Read k a l fact, add loan to raffari am » . m aa ! fhr ^ M J u M rT t, u d . a . art-la a b k h tha d children haw dtrty-mladrd arhnal hay*.

■a I tad. m l m i af ana that Jfr*. Rddy am her ha** aa-

m — u — - r e — — fall* rhmea bar aya* to tha fact tha t ah* tb* prtaaa thaa ImMhad a*aar gait* ^ ^ the paaltler. tm the cam-m the aretam Tha arty e a r e p t to . to X n r f ^ „ M.neT»M«d , . , a . r . rart *a- rtd* ar* tha rary rur* ca*a* la *h k k ^ darlara*m M a r m gotta oaahfa ta taka ray thM. ,a d that t* me and I* a ,r * r t a * * t

l>r I teed'* latter ta certainly to tha |*M>rt. woo at aa e o n j . jg „ bM y coma* Into tb* I

age may ha - .fk la o t ly darted t d a d w charactartatk hraradoaad Claatlt rachkm to talk »f them H-may* yim worM la yaaaa a aagattea. tar what pallia tire* may ha ayyflad M d folly rlaaao bar aya* to tb* fart tha t aka oa. tha pulwm thaa ImMhad araar yalte ^ ^ laar Ihktha ail ad arrma yulte mmhta ta lab* anyIntarrat la tha matter: aa I aware at. tat . . ■ - . . . . . . __ _fa n . aa te ha L p e a e tr .M t dull, and chi I-d r e . - *af.«uardrd p o a c h y m m .I l » vlM , rr „ „ |h , rWt lM w , ^ TJa mnrtty at thacart -d .c e r ta in 'a tr lh c lm l M l m i M . t a n rrary d a , ut.eraacea

"Tkla, then, ta the rtm prtaclpk to h .

«*• - h * .

XertM-’tot i r r x i t ^ n r r - ^ v , r r !' “ r r * * — the w a r mar he r le .r lr d r a .T l

r t l r t X - p tw r ^ k a ^ r ^ „ kr ^ . to . r t bar d e c la « t ta - cmrtmftm.-

Wa abookl art. therefor*, n agket thl* - u r, _ _ . \moat Important doty of Imparting cmyoot t la a In I t . laat and complrt* knowledge to aaary child aa hring anmllr < thl* altal aobfret Ho hay m girl «h*old j grnooechr pertained to roach thr age of tea year* nolle age It* nhatxirtl»t(Tn he rmm-ta lgaornnce rt tha dfrtaa m k a ttfc troth eeteM dtarateraotml te m tm -y abort tha organ* of reprudoc tloa aad thetr , . o n . , ' .full phyrtrtmrkal fuartlada. , n . t a , Z ^ e f r t l l tha Z - ! T

We ahauld I * ------------------- -------It od rfHut.

thta declaration aa ta k a .

of the moral aad phyakal iUa -offered by I ' - Mn.mankind. Neither thmdd o e forgot that #Mt , caaerr t h a t ________________ _____all troth ta dteine truth, aad tbar*twee g tn, seek aa to |- tn* taga lw ante

z z *Xrti“tJx™ "Tiizr1

STAR OF THE MAO! 11

that will g ive H I hr To thto n i If

M lactn aati. I will place at

ml • cancer. «ad cases ml • cart so . banes.' NKr •kail fear* them under .dmrrtatom for ■ark t ia r am she k a l i determ ine i a f ahc

I d ictate all deta ils a f M r « a a ( . Thev akall. howrrer. hr under the

k a il; sherrvattoo af a com petent a s ! dte- interested prawn af a y choice. hat who •kail harr am voire la tkrlr m a a r e m r a t. and who akall rlatt th r a only la krr pre* aarr. If akc, hr her Christian acirarr. akall rata aav af them I akall prurlala her

the h«wwt..|». aak If mr erea half ml tb e a I

■bail rheerfally crawl aa my haaka aak haewa that I a a ; hart touch the h e a ml her walking dress. If M will he a o re to the ca»rea*eare of Mr. Kkky aak ake la art J - r -sok to haaar am with a <M t, I akall take pleasure la endeavoring. through bit fr ien d . to a a h e a a ia llar arrangement far to r a t Rellcvae mr mama* other Mew York hospital. If Mr. Kkky will accept this challenge aak care ear or a r t a f the cases. ake will thereby keaHwwtrate that ■be a a r to na a r t hlng a o r t than either a conscienceless speculator ea h u aaa cre­dulity or aa wafortaaatc r lr t ia of rgotto- tic alieaattoa."

THE U N IT O f O R G AN IC L IF EThe " rell." a atrartare having walla

which are ktfferratly caaatrurtek fr o a the lac Back a a to r ia l. ah a having a aarleua. la w ike It regarkek m the wait o f orgaair life . Hat recent ataky with the a Ik of the heat aicrwacapra. ahnwa that the aw ire or l e a c om plicated ce ll la hailt ay fro a . aak proha My by. a a trartarelea w totan ce ciillrk prntoplana krat fo r a i. IM hear dew ribas N am hoaagraroaa. aak am aaklf- frreatiatok am to parts. a la a aniatloa of starch mr th e a ib a a ea of an egg. hat a t-

I o f It paaaea all the distlnrt- I praperttea that are to be

«eea la the largcat aak naat coaollcatek living strar tares. It hao the power of or- gaalalag keek foak la ta a a t te r like aak the ability la move A lto It

ty . mr h a . the ability to

Ita own way. aak not under m e gen­eral ktrsettoa. aiare there are rebel, aak tra itor, a n aag I he a coantaatly working lor the beartruettoa of the organlaa aa a whole, am well am the patriotic ones who light for the prewrreatioa of the phyaical union. I'rrhapa the Investigator* yet will arrive a t the latereoting coaclualoa that the oft waged c o a h a t . between th.we ca leaking parties. w . ltlng la the ratlnctlon of Billion, oa lo th «tkea of the fray, are am e a e a t la l to gunk health la the general organlaa aa la eeternal opposition to the kerelopiBrat of the Individual ank polltt-

1 cal agitation to the welfare of a people.There w w la andaoM that the bacteria,

which op to a few yeara ago were uni- fora ly allukrd to aa la la ica l to all othrr organism .. really do far aurr good than barm la the great ■> h e a r of Nature.

SI N IsTlYlD BLUE.True Tints of Heavenly Bodies

Show Stars or All Hues.

Tka Alm oaphara D lilo rta C o lo r*

S h y la Roa lly Black.

I*. I-angley. Hrcrrtary of thr Ian Institution, aaya: “ If wr

could rtoe above the rarth'a stmnsptirrr to view It. the Mon moat hare a decidedly hlulah tint to the nak'-d eye. The |imprr color of the rtun la Mart not merely hlulah, hut positively ami distinctly blur."

"There can he no doubt of the correct- nena of l*rofraaor I .angle V". oplnom that thr Nun la really Mar and not yellow, aa we m e It." aald l*rofessor T. J. t . Nee ml the Maeal iNwrreatory at Waahington. who haa made hlamelf famous recently aa the discoverer ml " double .ta r . " In num­ber. hitherto undreamed of.

"Y ou harr only to Imagine the atmnic pherte enrelopr of the earth, which hin­der. vlnion. removed, and the heaven, arr revealed to the eye In aa altogether new and unfam iliar aoprrt. The aby la broad daylight la Mack, and the anon. If above the bortaoa. la no longer yellow hwt a brlll- Iaat white. Though the Mue Non ahlnra ahare. the atom are much brighter and morr diatlnctly area than errr hrforr on the rlenrrwt night. Kiirthermorr. they differ m a k in rotor, aoar of them being red. o ther . Mur. other, roue-rotor, other, violet, and yet o ther , green.

"A at range aaprrt o f the universe thla would a r e a to he: aak yet aacb to Ha true appearance, wherraa we are accmrtoaMTl to be hoik It altered to the rye by the In­terference o f the atanepbere. Am la well kaowa. the aby look* Mae hecauoe of the breaking ap of the Hght by particles of dust aak aototore a * est la the air. Take away this hindrance to

Ieager will diffusion of the view of the

of which wila the Madmens of apace.

M X .TASK AMR Mt'NR." T h e hlue Ntm. under p rcarn l c ircum ­

stances, look, yellow hrcaiim- Ihe hltic Hgh; -vtya. hav ing .h u r t wave Irng lha, do no* iv-.tlv p rn c tra te Ihe a lm oaphrrlc coat o f th e e a r th . T he yellow w ave, a re much longer, ami have a h e lle r chan ce to g e t Ihrtnigh. hence th e Kun la yellow ami aun- light to yellow,

“ Now. aa to th e differing l i n t , of th e •ta ra , wr muat m n lcr.tan d th a t th ey vary In th la re a p e d w ith th e ir ag e . I 'll In-gln w ith. It la neceaaary to rea lto r th a t , b a r­ring th r moon and a few p lan rta of nor own system . vtothle hecaoar th ey a re near, a ll o f th e c e lra tla l Inallea one area In th e h ra v rn a a t n igh t a re auna many of them hundred , of t im e , aa litg aa our own Nun. T h r ao-calletl m ilky way to a congrraa of •una. In which our or It of dny to n rn th e r In ferio r lum inary .

" 1‘lam-ta In g rn e rn l, being d a rk and ex- tlngulahed bodies. cw.id not |roaalhly h r vlalhlr hy th e ir own ligh t: and au we muat perceive th a t every a la r which tw lnh lra In th e vault above ua a t n igh t to a win. Hy th e aid of a pow erful te lescope I have dto- covered a hr nit a doaen . ta r a th a t a r* a c tu ­ally m ade vtalhle hy th e reflected lig h t of th e auna a h a i t which th ey revolve, hut th ey do not Im portan tly concern th r g en ­e ra l pro|Mmttlon.

UTAH TIMTn liRPRNII ON HkAT." T h r color of a a ta r o therw lar to lie

te rm ed a d la tan t aun varlea according to Ita a g r . In Ita youth It to yrllow : In Ita old age It to hlue. The t in t to a m a tte r of te m p e ra tu re : th r h o tte r a a ta r th r bluer It g r ta . hecaoar g re a t h ea t m ean , an nr- tlv lty th a t rn g rn d rra hlue lig h t w ave.. Mrlu* to a b lur . t a r , aa . r e n th rough th e teleacope, simply lie, altar It la ao hot. P robably Hlrloa g iv e , out a hundred tim e , aa mueh ligh t aa oor Nun, though It la only th re e or, p rrh ap a four, tlm ra aa large . Veg i, In th r , o n a trlla tlo n L yra, hundred , of tim ra aa big aa our Huu, la b lur, aod th r in r r r n c r la th a t th r h r a t It rm lta to t r e ­mendous.

“ f hare been apraking of thr appear­ance of thrae afar, aa rlrwrd through thr medium of oor atomaphrrf. Thrlr eolora. In m a r caara, arr an rlvld aa to exhibit marked dlffrrrnrra; hut If thr alr-rnvrlopr of thr earth were taken away thrlr vary­ing tlnta would hr much more noticeable. From what I have aald you will have un- drratood that thr auna of thr unlvrrae go through progrraatvr a lteration , o f hue aa they grow older, fair own Hun to hrroa- ing atraklly bluer, hrraoae H to g'nwtng hotter. Kerry atar, or aun. grow , hotter and hotter up to a certain point la Ite hto- tory, and then enuto. Our Nun, through the contraction o f He gaaeoue leafy, to atlll gaining tem perature, while lorinr he Ik at the rate of ten Inrher in diam eter per d i* a . It will be tea Inc hea leaa thick t o morrow than It to tod ay .

n n r ro n r o r m m wcm." However, oar Non haa nearly reached

the llarit o f He lacreaoe la tem poratnre, aad before tong H will begin to coat off.

V 4

Mr M M 4 t. that «MM« three IDm m M f»»f< tto

H T A I I O F X I f K M A O I .

I Mil M *111 U*m dreldrdit Mar « l » a* arm It im fH «Mthereafter N wW *hne •*#»- to 4 m a < ,a it» raph llr. aad ■ t e a V o r p wt* to

, M k o .M the r * n .w i t o to a a a gap- < •,)„* *-a to I to* to tlto rort h. toequator,

" Mo far aa a# are aMr to percrirr. k M ax (to to A nt roped rerataaMp to «to p ro g r r* . to roto. a (to Hi a p , :«Ma*. I to

HM | ( l » Hager. < trlgloollp. a# nawor, M • t o a (totalla. n a a ia t o to r«dd part trie*, r klrdt door alto atoalf ■radar(to Ttoar particle*. gathering together to amtaal attraction for Bed a bdtr Hi which toat war M ir t o r t o Hr t to falling together to tlto partklea . iwapielBg M. (Marr Ito* ( to Mf i i t o f i •bringing L la Ilia* U f r l t o i to Ito partlrba Ha- rrwaHed I* t to ealeolnn to toat.

•< H la araait Ihlrt t-tati a l l l t o i n n atarr thr Bin toraa ta tolar, a a* ar a n fraannaHtf r i p n • that M will f ir * warmth raoaati t* aatoala HH aa t to rarth far a alllH a rrarataroato. I to aat thlak that a r raa uniat ttpaa a Bar* r i l r a M tow- rlral far t to h u aaa race

MtaatTT nr r a a t n u i <«a“ Hitherto aa ahnordip B btabva atolaa

arraw taharr hern accepted regardli* tto auihrup ul Ito Man, which haa hrra *up-

ta to a Hnan^ ra ca a i taalt. equal la hr Halt r throughout Aa a aaittrr to fact, while Ita material la lighter than aar awa alatie|iH iri aa Ita awrfacr. t to latrrtar la aairh dearer thaa tto hrarlrat hawwa rob ataacra that f a In rum pier Ito rarth. la fact, I to aalar orb arar Ita crwtrr. ta a la all three l l a n aa denar aa a r r ’. r j

•' Aa f«w thr futarr to thr Non. wr a a t aappox- that fur a while after cooling It will tociaar haMlaMr Hr llrlng fur an. aa Irani a ad trgrtaM r; Hal thrar ar* not llhrlr la to detrluped hlghlt or to radar* fiw aar length to t la c . laanaai k aa Ito Bight* (Hito wilt to r* ao n tr r a a l aware* to toat to dr prad opua.

u Mlrtwa. aa I Harr aaM. I* a Mar alar. Hrta. la I to toah to thr , iwi.trllaiiioi to thr Mwaa. la a doaHhr a w . aar to Ha aara- tora l* i it* pate rrlhiw. a ad t to at tor deep Mar. Thr torr rrd «aa of Ncurplo la llahrd with another tale that la aaaall aad free* . Ttoar daaHHr d a n ar* trw* coaaalc twlaa. aad «a caaiuaallr triplet* appear, thatur. ta tieaUat. la a pair to w o . each to whH-h la lanrrr thaa rur arh to dot aad It V- to ­ll r rrd that Ike greater to t to two rerwleea a naiad a third glgaatH aad tartalMr hade, t to preaeac* to whk-h la wiggewtrd Hr the awa.Ttat wwirenorata to t to a ig h tr loam - arr ta a neat tun.

« Ahroi. t to amcalbd IH now. Mar. haa each a hud* rrro lr la t around It. ahuttlaa «df Ita llth t aoaato make It glare aad tadr • t alternate inter, ab . I hare dtacorerrd a doara trea t Mar* that are a l a t o Mach, ahlalag arrrelt hr redacted light fro*, ■wffhtoring ww* What worhhi ther n o t to, to to awre. aad how atraagw t to ton*

that to c ltard H a a b afe Hrtog 1

Ibta potot to rtrw Mo Hr a n that If wo

WHOM cat op tot* I.XHMM* ptecra. each "oar aa ta r t' a* t to rarth oa which wr tta*. j »*' “ ■If. to the wap. t to do* wrrr a 1

to aatkracMr coal. ignited Hi |M waaM horn aat I* LI

•• The ataw p hrrc to Ito *aa ta • ta hr t r r thawaapaaed to rartawa (M r , and rapar* to ala. A* atorrrr Ha aw facr ta ewarrad with far**, apparent!* doatiag la aa arraa i grartah dotd Throe are c hwab. ca ant to water, to t chtedr to ca aa t to rlrctrtctaa ilag Ito Iwlthtrat t o arttdclal light*.— the M „ t a l phllaoopheracall " dead to n ea*pint* t to aaae agent I* t to anno- rod art M ta laatlart with Ilf*. Afactarr to Ha traaareadrat light aad heat. . , | t « r. M Klommerbp, tr lb aa la

"The Moo'* e land I ar* aiadr ap to *■*— to IH|ald carhaa. wbtcb hare a r aat Ip r Breeding t to ghaw to t to I ta aa rbctrtr b a p . ' When, a* a faonwi. aatroaaatri aapa. ' o r rraaradwr that thr entire airfare to t to hagr b a lance b canted with three . trod*, creep particle to which h thaa Internal, ao laager o(Water at tto arm which, erea aertao t to a a fa l galf to | alartr-thrrr allium B ib s | tto lacoacelraM e gbrp t

■■haa a u r w iu . a* 1

“ T to grea t*at aad1 ration to to aad e la t t o B e a t c r o to n I waacaa Hi t b b gewrral plan which t to ao* will to a a a c k ltr foe atartwg t t o to a t to at a Ithe Naa aad traaaforadag H I at,, electric- | *»rr. ate aalp apparent: tip caatli Hr ar *BI other fo r a wtitahtr Mr rradr lareotlgatb ai, wo pwrcrlrr that tto p I r a p b r a i at. T hb to a t. which la now ato t to chaacr ro—, qoi acre o f tr w ttw r y prnaHtrd to go ta wato*. will hr applied canarw. ttop are Mato la an organic chain, to Ito rwaalag to a l lb . t to wanning to aadtrd hr prrcbr bow. aat aatp with aar hwtmrw. aad rrrr t other |rarrgr b util lord It h worth a r w lw lm 1 M. Khaow«*hp i la I hi* coa arctloa that terry to t to Naa'r a irfare r heat rpoal ta that to a •oailag aar two to coal rtrrr Thr heat g iro * oat Hr t to i oar *ecuad oooM rwbr l l * . a a a i . ahl* w ile- to W* cold water to t to polot. aad to thia heat t to rarth recrlre* oalr l i 'w i ' iK t a t i part.'*

™ " tolagp. la twaMtp, Ha Hf* b much B areb o prcoHu r * far ao . . a . „ l u J , * 4 Mr to daphght.' a . .-«Bporrd ta t to Ilf* to a Mrlag organ-

SIGNIFICANCE o r THE CROSSThr trwr nwnalag to t to crow b gtrra

to groB rtrt aad d o t , H b t to rode*

ctocatottoa aad pabatloa. Wr to r * far a

not liar to tto fo n t to Baa. and H petal* pwi^ren- ,*# 1 _* Iffla aH t to Ma direvttaaw to tto err attar T to b i r a n . according!*, o a n fe ta at ttaaa. With t to coseicttoa that three pal-o a r t to total dirretiwaa to apace. Ita toad patata to t to aratth. Ito foot ta t to nadir, Ita hach to t to north. Ma lac* aa t to

**,to** towr*"** *** ** ^ c>Mractart*'

wwilh. it- left a r * to thr rant it* rigOta n a to t to weat. t h e tt eapScHtp dr-

S T A R O F T I I F M A G I 1 8

i angel* and they took aw ft*"* ■ ; Iktker’a sheep; hr i n l a M me

i !■ mercy from hla un.ti.rn

N a u tc ua y hrvthrrn; and

a y father's house. 1 kept

~ My hands a a d r tbr o r f » aad a y »tv _ Hrtmrr ^ — . . . . I thr psaltery.

___ ” "’J X ' J J J S " 2 * 2 " 2 1 »■ Aad a ho declared uatn a y l*wd He.* * ' ' * , , * ™ the land, he heard all thing..

* * -* • «■ «H see ass a salat la the aadihratioae of

d the - U r radtatlan, as the e , * , ir^ t ^ rmMy

>-a. T W ^ L ^ t e r ^ ^ T p C !graphically, geaer- atary ca rses which up of la e r aadala-

It la a a r t af psslae bes t of the physical life. These slla ra tlo a at* h a a redertlpa of the saried p u lsa tio a that

l the whole aalTerse a slhrate la all > perse m e la a alga af

M s.' la the elta l aystea. a f oar planet, aa la

a Hslap orpaalaai. the d lsers fua.tl.HH and r le B e a t , a r t clearly ceaaected by cer­ta in laws.

•• Aa la the llslap orpaalaai there la ceo- atar.< asutatlonof the e lta l forces, so la t i* uri aaiaatkw o f oar planet we see aa sala- trr-aptrd e sc ha ape af rarrpy. hroapht ahovt hy m echanical, catarldc aad » Metric

“ Like a Helap orpaalaai. the earth la Ita ladleldual life rrdacta the influence af ea- tertor ape ita fee ls the ladweare of the 4 o n , to which It la waited hy tbooaaadaa f ties.

“ I refwac to repara the earth aa aa an- tom ato Ppare that rscelees fraai withaat the caw p i. ted for no. o f phenomena No! It la aalw ated hy aa ladieldaal ealatcace: It posaesaes Ita ow e persona l physlopaowy. Mas* of Ita processes are hora aad worked awt la the lladtow f Ita wwa atmosphere- '•

This slew a f the earth as a quasi llslap arpm alan which Ita awthar repards as a new Idea, will pewfnaadly affect, he thinks

1 1 . ■ sreat to w eet the |p la a t| straaper aad he cursed me by all hla Idols

1. Hat | .m ote off hta head with hla owa draws sword; aad I Matted oat the re­proach of Israel.

W IRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

UMd hy South American Indian* and Orient*! Trlho* for Many

Yoors T c t i e ' s Discovery.A system of wireless tr!spraphy has

beea prac ticed hy Hnuth American Indians for a great mans yearn, lamp before thr white man ca n * to this western continent, before the tradition of thr Indians can trace, the “ malorca " was In use. Among tbr Aymyra and gulchua Indians It Is known, hut among the < ataqulnaun Indi­ana, on the Hollslan border, la southeast­ern lk»ltsla. H Is to-day the prevalent awt hod of communicating at a distance. The “ main. , a n la used to communicate at a distance from ten to fifteen miles, aad when elevated points can be found, with no Iwtrrsrnlnp obstructions, thr dis­tance caa hr autrrtally Increased.

IJke the boomerang. It Is quite a crude affair, and yet constructed <m scientific principles. The support of the •• m slo c a " la a special species o f palm, hollowed out and embedded In sand la a hole in the

| T h i s palm stem Is half-llled with . *rmly oresseddown. The " malocca "oor Ideas a f thr physical science*. No one

h a. I . particular .a y right to r e p e a l . ‘V * * ? " * ? ^ cUI fm'm'l b a rs done w t U n c o d s e about three fee* kmp and eighteen inches

i far the laeaatipatloa of petty de­tails. sech as the circulatkm in a frog's

le earth k> aa organism parts are la relation o lth

each other and with the whole, none can he too p etty for the cloorst study. " Fruta this poiot of slew ." hr says, " science has

> that arc uninteresting or un-1

Th* Hundred and Fifty firs t PsalmVour HI Me. If H Is a f the regulation

. clawns th e Bank of Psalam with the la the fireeh HI Me. however. there

IS another en titled •• A Haulm of David A fter He Hud M ala U nllath .” Athanasius praises It very highly la Mo “ Oyaopais of the Holy .Scripturns It was versified by ApoiHaortos Alexandrine. A. D. * » . aad a Latin translation of It m as be found ia the -a rk s a f F abrics.. V a t II,

tkick. with a Urge cavity scooped out at each rad.

The cacique, or ch ief, who does the com ­municating. uses a series of taps, some thing lihr the Morse code, and the knowl­edge of this rode in a part of thr require­ments of his other The taps upon the " m alocca" at thr other station are re­produced in reply. How this production of the sound Is effected. Dr. Jose Harh, the Argentine egplorer. who reports it. could not understand, as at a short dis­tance from the " malorca " he could hear nothing, either o f the transmission or of the original, which was some ten miles away.

Dr. Harh says that, standing right at the "m alocca." he had no difficulty in hearing *hr taps upon the other " *-a- lorra ~ repeated upon the one before him. He adds that the wood of thr palm was peculiarly resonant and way in some sseaa-

ls hy Hariap-fioBld, are account for thr phenomena, hat that ■> this alone would not account for all of the

phenomena. If la probably needless to add that the Indians hath u|um it as of h supernatural character ami as a part of the office of thr cacique, or ch ief.t r |U M . a w t T K I.m iU A I*M \ IN TH K O H IU N T.

' Tt»e army and navy might avail them ­selves of a system of wireless telegraphy perfected In an entirely unsuspected quar­ter of thr world," said a well known pay- chic the other day. " It Is a system des­tined to become universally employed for m ilitary, commercial and social communi­cation.

“ The other day there arrived In this country u little yellow hmik, hy lUchartl Kerr, Fellow of the Itrltlsh Orographlcal Noclely, entitled ' W ireless Telegraphy,' which treats of thr history of that art which now has the civilised world hy the r a n .

11 Here are fflvrn well authenticated facta concerning myatrrlime war signals snd reports nf movements of troops des­patched hy certain Kaatrrn natives across distances :>f hundreds of miles without visible electrical or other m echanical ap­pliances. The facts are presented on au­thority nf many nfllerra of Kurppran ar­mies engaged In Kaatrru w an.

"T his wonderful system was noticed particularly during the recent war In Af­ghanistan. W henever the llrlttsh ulHcers conveyed to their subordinates pnrtlrulan as to their Intentions to operate at * cer­tain point fifty or a hundred miles away, the natlrea In those distant quartern were Immediately acquainted with all of their plans. This fact was proved hy constant repetitions of the feat, and It was seen to our satisfaction that none of our m echan­ical methods of rnmmiiniratlon nr trans­portation were used.

"T hrre werr no connecting nil I rood or telegraph lines, and not even the fleetest horseman could have made the trip In the space occupied by thr mysterious trans­mission of Intrlllgrnrr. The outlying hill- top-, were watched day and night for pos­sible signals, but disclosed nothing,

nm utn tv*u . kho"A fund wasruhrerlhrd among th* Hell­

ish officers with which to bribe the natives. Although they acknowledged their power, money could not purchase thr secret. They said It was a religious heritage, which could not be Imparted to the here­tics o f the W est.

"Kerr publishes statem ents of Hrltlsh officers Dust on the day when Kngland lost the Illustrious fleaeral (Jordon at Khar­toum severs) people In the streets and la - saars o f Cairo knew of his death. Yet there was no railway or telegraph between these c ities. The distance In a direct line was one thousand miles or more.

“ A Dutch official, M ie la Amsterdam, la quoted as saying that In the (hitch Kart Indies thr natlres of any one Island knew everything of Importance that occurred la any of the other Islands, situated, as they all were, miles apart. If there oc­curred aa earthquake or storm Involving shipwreck and Warn of life , or if a murder

14 HTAK OK THK MAGI December, 1W9.

had been com m itted many miles away.I h r n a t l r n on th e island on which thia official resided would know all of th e par- ttru la ra Iona hr tore th e tid ings could hr conveyed by the o rdinary channrla.

" My exp lanation? Well, It la th e aame aa th a t of I’rofraaor K rrr . He «ays th a t th rae O rien tal m rthoda of wlreleaa teleg- raphy muat rra t en tire ly upon a highly tra in ed m ental effort. T hat la juat it In a outahrll. f a n you ra tlm a te th e value which a corpa of thoar K aatrrn wlreleaa te leg rap h ers would be to our governm ent ?

" T o he aure, th e O rlrn ta la f i r e more a tten tio n to thla kind of m ental tia ln ln g th an do the O ccidentals, and It la aa a re- ault of thla peculiar tra in ing alone th a t they a re aide toarcom pllrh the wonderful fea ta of te legraph ing a ttr ib u te d to them . O f courae th e re la a claaa of Ignorant acrptlca who brand a man accep ting ru rh a hyputhrala aa a aplritualla t or a gullible convert to voudoo a r t , but ghoata ami a|NMika ami haunta, or w h a trv rr you chaoae to call them , have mi h ra rin g upon thla question a t all.

" It will tak e ua prrhapa y e a n to learn thla new a r t , hut Inatrum rnta fur aurh p rac tice and tra in in g have already hern devised. Ilctw een them thoughta and In­telligence can lie tranam ltted w ithout re ­gard to dlatance and In tervening m a tte r by meana of Inconceivably m inute and rapid e th e r wavea. I t la almply an exten- alun of th r well known n a tu ra l law under which sound la conveyed by v lhratlona of th e atm uaphrre and light la tran am ittrd by thuae of th e th in n er e th er.

EXPRHIMENTH OP INTEKEHT."O ne of theae Inatrum rnta la a de lica te

l i t t le acale I h i lance, aomewhat like thoae for weighing le ttera . Ina trad of th e Hat aland feu- »up|a>rttng th e le tte ra th e re la a dlak covered with a th in m em branous m a­te ria l. A recording p o ln trr m oveaagalnat a revolving cylinder of record paper and w rltea In a waved line, auch aa la under- atoud by scientists.

"H lr W illiam Crookes, th e ce leb ra ted kingllah chrm lat, carried on some experi- m enta with th la and proved to hta aatiafac- tlon th a t the hum an mind, exerted a t a dlatance. could will th e dlak to move up or down. The subject waa only a few fee t aw ay, to he aure. tail th ia waa only th e be­ginning. Why could not th e re be made an Instrum ent w ith aulHdent delicacy to c a tc h every vibration of th e Iwaln. juat aa Mar- conl'a 'co h e re r ' catchea hta e lec tric wavea, llkewlae throw n out In ether?

“ T here a re m echanical nn-ana for the p rac tice of concen tra tion and re laxation , th e one condition needed by th e tranam lt- t e r am i the o th e r by th e receiver. O ar of th e more in tereating tran am ittln g devicea consist. of an a lphabet p rin ted in huge black le tte ra upou large c ircu la r diaka of w hite cardboard , a b lack acreen and a a u a ll p ro jrc tu r fur throw ing ligh t ray*. A dark en ed room la eaaent ial to thorough con­c e n tra tio n . Suppose you wiah to tranam it th e meaaage 'f u m e ' to your receiver. You would ta k e each le t te r a t a tim e and han g i t upon th e c e n te r o f th e black

aerrea . w ithin focnaof th e projector, which may be a very atrong bull'r-eye lam p throw ­ing a circle of ligh t like th a t of a atereop- tlcon. T he mind is concen tra ted upon each le t te r until all ex te rn a l conaciouaneva la definitely elim inated.

•The receiver, w herever he may be. vita j In a alm llarly darkened room, keepa hia j mind in a perfec tly paaaive a ta te and gaaea Mindly in to apace. G radually th e re ap- peara before hia eyea a wavy cloud fol­lowed by a pale. Muiah light, very b righ t In th e cen te r. Aa he con tinue , to gaxe. th e le tte ra im prraaed upon th e mind of the tra n a m ltte r focua them aelvea in to view.

•• P er ha pa money will aometime hoy the accrete of th e wlreleaa te leg raphy of the O rien tals. o r p rrhapa we Occidental* ahali ouraelvea become m aatera in an equal a r t of our own perfection . A t any ra te , th e day la not infinitely d ia tan t when all auch m echanical devicea aa employed by M ar­coni. Teala. and th e o th e r w orker, along th e e lec tric line, ahali have become ohao- I rte and corpa of aelected o p e ra to r, will tranam it our m ilita ry , com m ercial and no­d a l d eap a tch r. w ith no o th e r in a trum en t. th an th e ir own hrada. and w ith no expenae aavr th a t of th e ir own g ray m a tte r ."

TKHLA MOI.VBM THR PROBLEM.Nicola Teala, who opened an experi­

m ental a tatlon In < 'olorado Spring .. ( ol.. In May laat fur th r purpuae of m aking aci- entifle m raau rrm rn te and ohaervation . w ith wlreleaa te leg rap h y In high altttudea. c la im , to nave auccraafuily concluded hia work. He will aoon re tu rn to New York C ity to continue Me work th e re , having perfec ted a m achine by which he Intenda to .end m eaaage. to P a r i , nex t y ea r w ith­ou t th e uae of a wire.

EDITOR'S TABLE.

HmilNNINU with th r Jan u ary num ber we will In augura te a d epartm en t en titled “ Hea l t h and H yu ibn e ," in which we will give m edical notea w ith b r i-f a new er, to m edical quratlona. h in t, on health , pre- acriptiona. e tc . I t will be an in terea tin g and valuaM e fea tu re .

*P hehekve your Sta b o r t h e Maui and

keep i t an file. W e will have a .p e d a l binder made for th r purpuae of handily binding them , aa aoon aa needed, a t a very m oderate emit. Kach volume will con tain more rea l occultlam th an you can afford to miaplace o r throw aw ay.

*Iff you w ant to receive th e St a r and a re

too pour to arnd ua a do llar for your aub- acription. g e t four of your frienda to aub- acrib r who a re aM e to g ive you a dollar each fo r it. aend ua th e n am e, and money and we will g ive you an annual paaa.

*W e aincerely th an k thoar who have aent

u . nam e., aa requested . for .am ple copie* of th e Sta r . W e hope a ll who have not a lread y done ao will are to i t th a t we a re introduced to th e ir frienda. L e t th e good work continue. T he la rg e r our Hat the b e tte r will be our journal.

Di d It e v e r n r e u i u« you th a t a p ap e r worth borrowing and reading ia one w orth aufaocrihing for? The price of th e St a r ia ao low th a t it cornea w ith ia th e re a c h of a ll. I f you deaire. you may ruhucribe fo r rix m onth , for fifty c ra te , o r th re e m ontha for a q u a r te r. But thia. of courae, doea not include our prem ium , a book well w orth a dollar, and which c o n ta in , m ore valuable occult t ru th th an any o th e r book of tte vise ever prin ted . I t ia invaiuaM e.

*Failure of the Leonids.

Much .pecu la tio n haa been indulged in regard ing th e fa ilu re of th e expected ahower of the Leonide. I t ia ev iden t t h a t astronom er., like th e ir lea. reg ard ed b u t fully aa acholarly b re th ren , th e as tro lo ­gers. a re som etim e, m istaken, both in th e ir ca lcu la tio n , and deduction .. Among the many opinion, th a t have been given by th e as tronom er, th e follow ing « e « w orthy of note:

E lias C olbert, a C hicago as tro n o m er, aays th a t a f te r nex t y ea r we shall hav e no more m eteor dow nfall, from th e Leonid rad ian t and th a t " th e fam ous th ir ty - th re e y ear show rrs will pan. Into histo ry , because the pa th of th e n u t t e r which h ith e r to haa furnished them will have been ca rr ie d o u t­side th e e a r th 's o rb it.”

Dr. B. J . See. one of th e moat noted as­tronom ers in th e serv ice of th e U nited S ta te , governm ent, aaya th a t th e ahower of Leonids has been announced a y e a r too aoon and th a t nex t y ea r th e ce les tia l pyro­techn ics will equal If no t su rpass th e dis­plays df 17PM, 1(03 and lfittti.

P rof, i irmond Stone of th e L eander Mc­Cormick O bservatory a t th e U niversity of V irginia. In exp lain ing th e absence o f th e showers of m eteors expected , aakl: “ P e r ­haps th e e a r th 's o rb it doea not any longer in te rsec t th e denser portion of t t e m eteo r stream , and the. g re a t show ers occu rrin g every th irty - th re e years a re now a th in g of th e past. S ince th e show ers o f ’fifi. th e m eteor atream haa approx im ated clone to th e tw o la rg est p lan e teo f th e aolar system . I t was near S a tu rn in A pril, 1870, and n e a r Ju p ite r in A ugust of laat y ea r . T he a t ­trac tio n of theae g re a t bodies haa in th e n a tu re of th e case changed th e o rb it o f th e a tream .”

P rof. Howe, of th e D enver, Colo., U ni­versity , rep o rts s ix ty -th ree m eteo rs ob­served in fifteen m inutes, on th e m orning of Novem ber Id.

O bservers a t Boston. W ash ing ton . New H aven, and a t th e Lick and Y erkes Ob­servatories. rep o rt a lea. num ber. V ienna, London, P a ris and o th e r E oropean p o in ts also rep o rt d isappoin tm ent, a lth o u g h a " m arvelous d isp lay ” ia reported , from Russia, continuing fo r th re e nigh ts: and in th e in te rio r of Russia and N o rth ern C hina th e re waa much ex c item en t am ong th e ignoran t and su p erstitious people, who believed th a t an aw ful ca tac ly sm waa a t hand.

I t seems to be th e consensus o f opinion of astronom ers th a t in A m erica, Europe and India a g re a te r p a r t o f th e show er

I pawwd in the day tim e or was d iv erted from

December, 1899. 1ftSTAR OF T H E MAGI.th e e a r th 's o rb it by th e prox im ity and m agnetic influence o f Ju p ite r and S a tu rn .

*The D ecem ber H arb inger of Dawn.

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