The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-05-17
fRoM DeAvfRWEAD VALLEY.
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9piros NEw NoRrs.wEsr-
The editor Of New York paper has =
three column sIiicie. "b.'ut IN interview
with . ccich,sed ''Tysnre medium" IL
describes hUw ihe tab e. ID chairs wal'Md
about the rOm and how >laie Ms ~ntien
upon IN = ysteri"us and uLaccoun,sbl'
correspondent intends to make, he proppses
u 60 u the foundation. ~ to speak, Of II.
agency pretended to bc invoked in aid "i
spirituslism and kindred supcrsiit",ns, To
vii, the soul of man. Whs, isii !! The learned
Rsbbins among the Jews contendet lha; III"
o. a"crum (sacred bDne) the last JOINT In tn.
spinal column, sometimes called the to-
bone, Was the immortal part Of man. La,e,
il has been maintained aud Is generally b.
licvcd, that the soul is the mind Or nnentn
strength. If tits bc true. the mind II,
function Of the brain. the SAINT . appetite IL
function Of the stomach. Derange til,
stomach. and the appetite IL ders"ged. d.
range The brain. and the mind - dersnge,
Thus We zee persD"s wh" have bccu l,Ur
viii, dcfOr,nr,i brains nre idiots. AID PIT
s.,"s VIM havc lived to adult wye and 10,
had their brain injured by physical " mri
tai CAUSES. remained forever sitter idiot,
BY this analysis Of reasoning, We are led l..
the conclusion that if the brain 10 dcsir0ye,
the mind is also. and that the brxin and u.
fms 0f0SNn tn 81 N1 nNs
Suppose that man cs'uld be instantly en-
cssrd in fin, glass vase forty feet in thick
mesa, and the g's.s be Immediately envelOp
I'd with forty feet Of Spalding's hest glue.
i, is reasonable to suppose that the ms'
thus encxscd would smother, and die ~ {"
very short spsceof time. Then out through
the glass and glue would lave to pass Thu
soul VI the man. Would il not have to h.
exceedingly thin, tho thin to write witt.
slate pencil. or make fOrcib'c de'nOnstra
ti,rs sucb M whirling tables about xn'
rxpping upon them? It is the mind that
supposed 10 control and call to its aid. til
physical parts Of the human structure. D.
vested Of these IL 10 sh"rn Of NIL that
know Of the appliances for the drm"ns''a
,iOn of ply steal force. Anything in,anr'"l
is iU, thin 10 he even conceived. much L..
understood. 'rwrre Val" t. sly hit H.
mini. pnin, or other like things re rv,d.'
ccs If the existence Of intangible thing.
when We say they die with the cn,'scs ID
! pr.siucc them. II the a!'uvc VA generally
I. S.ss N1s,s l.a.}
| different conclusions i" rgsr 10 III. ma"
asen,cnt of many If the ~f irs If mr' .
! Prof. Tym'xIi's suggestion # lie rs'b
lisl,ment Of ..rt Vi ''P aver Gauge" me
with deri.io" fisn these ~h" nrc ''par r>.
cellencc" the ones, claiming 10 know mo-
a'mu, praying. and why?. Are they NOR
Il .rned than Tyndall, or d. they feel that
thu thing for which 10 much pnasncy ha'
been claimed by them, 10 ton thin tn he. sus
cepiible Of decentralization To the ''unr..
gencrnied" the prayer business Looks lik'
n sort of . preliminary nonsense usualI.
scsnried 10 Al the c0mlnenc, meni Of all gr'.s'
undertakings. whether If pence, NJ VI war
But these same undertakings always have Il
be gone through with very different spp|'
] xss0Ss. ~ sisikinse iIlaAts~tisss ut which Va
witnessed at the lava beds when . veirr",
General and veteran SOllier Of the CrOs,
were irrachcr0usly murdered. II were i'm
piOus tn say that there was fii theatre II"
the inter yeniiOn Of Divine Providence, bu
Ills true To say that 1t Was nut then and Their
displayed MAY b. ut that time Beechc'
was praying for Capt Jack and his pen
up wrongs..) II the same Immediate mani
testaii0ps of Divine aid in answer 10 prayer
could be witnessed now. that are claimed Il
have been shown If old, what On amount u
life and treasure could be ssyed. If il'
prcsense 10 not tor thin v uld It n'' I've vel
enough far the slvot~ies 1T prayer 10 ''pu
up Or shu, upl" Surely II tl,.xe pretending
10 BE- Cots. m,nistem were to unite in pray
ing for the siol,iion Immediately IT SOM
manifest evil. for instance intcmperSnce, ~
surely could have their p,tency cvtncet
without remaining in doubt oil OF our lives
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