The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-20

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This il vssy naassialislis -, but thsss
! : lsne aaslao1 sWlo11Da AAses6ho102t
- sAass. Ths - ! = h1ss ssss = /
= Inn ~ eld-ips Unity 80 hplisf il /
,hosts ed witches, tAas - would abolish
ID banp II " could, snd hAvs iss placs %
,sr ssAlps plaia Issls q ! dspfussion, II.
Itsad. But orr heAds ars inherited they |
lrs fissd up. for % before " enter upon |
Heir occopassy, md ~ iave 70 take them
lsvs Asd them, bumps and oil. So " havs
IAa4 bump u Ws.Ass. Thoss thAt arc rath>
y glad that they hAvs il ssnt 10 crowds 70
hear Wihou. And those hat begrudgs 4
DkaIl roen vent % hear Curtis. The ssbjess
inter1ies I'll Of ~, OF - would havs staysd
Il hons from both.
We don ! intend specially to review Mr..
G. . lsstass. The subject i o. entsrtsining
oas Il iiseif and - vswiil o. sboss i h.
dspeadsstly. We put N. C.'s lsctsss =
: Asadsae. - ~ 1Ansss Of Aoss rs,tss-
On yto givss big ~ " vssts . Ne 49,
nsossnsat 4 their sasa1s ssd nats ~ fsr-
sAse refersscs 70 dor. " mail nss qaits
fellow tAsir sxampis, bst 'ntAfiy.
Mr.. Curtis commenced with good ems
mesasioa aad review Of the different spseies
Of he ssass-Truth. Following that With :
clear ard - assassioa Of the nature Of svi.
dsncs. fhsn % reviewed a length and With
treat acutsasss, humor, and severely logi-
ell anslyais, Prof Wilson, Andrew Jackson
Davis, and the 6piritaaiists and their phs-
aomena generally, TO show that those phs-
sonssa vsss outside Of svsfy just and sass
~ q ssidosse. His eeaclusion. aAss ;
fill review, vas NAT epiftualism hsA not
and could not furnish single authenticated
fact not applicable spoa scientific principles.
NJ. G. sAOaN hass treaAsd HI subject in :
series Of lectures II 10 would do himself and
il justice. He made mastery handling Of
% imnsass { shsns n % short time. His
points then would have had more apparent
logical complstion. Az j vas, We have this
iaals 70 dnd With his wednesday svs1ins's
lecture Il did mot disssiminass ssaleisstly
Isssssa ~ hsabs0ssy aAdtAs raj tests =
so-callsd Spiritual phsseasna; il did not
diseriminase - he different bent Of mems
ainds. II II. Carts has anything va'ua-
bls 10 knovlsles 70 impart 70 his auditors on
Ne subject d Spiritaalism, hs must not be
exclusive ~ NJ il he essays - correct
what may Be pubic error Of one hind, he
should corrsst public errors Of other kinds
relating 70 the ssee subject. Nov, bis hear
srs wore divided into two classss: those Who
think that everything which thsy eannos en-
plain 10 Supernatural; and thoss Who think
that svsryshias which they csnsot explain il
humhug. The former believe inssipenvsly
that The phsnonsaa ass the work Of Spirits
the latter deny the existence Of Ne pAsnon.
ems - toto. Ar. Carts gave many inssancs'
Of gross deception, and false presepss By
teachers Of spiritualism. That would sui'
those Of his auditors who utterly disbelievs
- 10 the whole matter. They cay u j. ju.
what they thought before-ths whole sAiaa
il mass Of falseboo1 and triekcry. WhiI'
he spi.i,aalissis p.rt Of he he.s.rs, sdmis
|,iag sAat there sas decspsioA in the irasn-
80 cited oil rive him many iassances ~her,
there va no discovsrabls deception, where
there were % sscrst tabss or secret instru
ments and bseaass these sases don't fal
within the explanations given By him, thu
part Of hia sudisnos deem his argument in
complete and snsatisfactery, and remain m
esnvincsd. So Ais audience maintains i'll
difference; the incredulous more nicredu
lous for the instances he gave the credulou'
still stubbcvnly credulous for the instance,
be didn't give. II does no good for Mr. G
% refer to Tacitus, and Galen, and the an
cientwriters to show that the phenomena o
20 called modern Spi-itualism were commo.
in former ages, ifhs stops with the state
nent Of tho fact. twill only prove to BIZ
Spiritualistic hearers that thsss we're Spirits i,
those days - vell as now. And upon th,
argument Il would be bard to show thei
deduction an inaps ono.
d We apprehead il Is desirable 70
the leseurer 70 do something more tha,
oil this. He shoalA sim 70 shsw The isersd
olous ~ veil - the crsdulous that there sr
more things 10 Heaven and Earth than
dreamed Of in their philosophy. II he leave
] the iaersauious NH the inprsssioa thas )
viii and nothing = oil his liis Ut saa b a
planned With his syss o. his fest o. his 6agsr,
M. Incrs1ality will - sights Or hear sound
} rome Of shess days that his eyes, and hi
feet and his drsers are incompetent to FL
plain, aud str1ishtvay Mr.. Incrsdulity vi
become sincere spiritualist, and must need
J be re-christened with tho " In = omitted fro.
his nans. That isn't the thing. The ma
} that talks about Spirituslisr, either for
} or against il, shoald constantly remembe
three points: To give facts, nothing bu
} fssas, and al the iacts 30 far ~ he can gath
J ss them 70 rs.ind himself and every on.
that it 10 only By scientific processes, and h
laws Of evidence which science recognises q
) valid, that the world has made any progres
in acquiring truth asd kno~lese and fnall
hat As 10 70 avoid hypothssis-if As coilss,
fAsss they Drsvs only thensslves they
ass and cannot prove theory. Let's tel
more on these points -bnt not now.
Car Il b posibls that over Five Milo
Bottles Of PLAs1ArsoE BIrTsRs have bee
: cold lurine ~ - yssi l. 10 almoss ia
credible, nevertheless i il absolutely tru,
and is the noss convincing proof OF their wor
desfhl nsdisipAl md hsalih-fessosing quail
Ties. Every family should b supplied Wit
thsss bit.srs, u Whatever cost or trouble
may b % obtain thsm. Be eA,eful that 70
gss The genuine, and thai you are not i'm
posed upon BY spurious article.
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We 6nd in the Tsfb&as Of Wednesday ID
following ninlisly Detailed account Of
Wedding which tsAnspireA q Chicaso q. II