, 1874-04-14

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much Hcorn az tho Eng]ishman did. The pub"
lishod lecture ia studded with facts In support Of
Ills theory.
England and franco both foil victims to
commercial dc1usion In 1871. LAWS Bank and
Mississippi achomca ruined Franco at tho same
timo TINT tho South scn bubble rutnod En-
gland. Both peoples ran mad. Joint-stook
companies needed hut nnrno to find dupea in
prodigal profuaion. Ono Of tlion,, announced rs |
IA Company for Carrying on an Undertaking OF
Groat Advantage, but Nobody to Know What It
1s," cleared E2, GOO In six hours. 1t tho pro-
jector had not been scared by hia own succoss !
into nbBoonaing with that amount, he might |
havo got much 1argor sum. Every panic is an
epidemic. Thousands Of troopa will often run |
II half dozen towards lend OH. Four breeds |
foar. Tho crisis Of 10 was prolonged for wooks
by tho contagion OF tImidity. Tor that matter,
tho contagion Of folly is proving itso1f now In
Congress. Because few battered bolwothors
loapel on tho Republican platform, tue crowd
followed like sheep.
Tho epiloncs Of crime lavc beon many. The
worlds ora of blood was betwoon 1858 aud 1886.
It's cont Of arnB waB dagger and a bowl Of
poison. Tho aaBaaBin'a dirk was poieed, like tho
! sword Of DhmocleB, over every man Of promi-
nenco within a century, Denmark has eoon an
epidemic Of infant!oido; within twonty years,
| franco haa aeon ono Of suicide, This last crime
is M especially catching ono. Anybody who
commits It in a peculiar way is suro to find imi-
tators. When person throws hitnRolf from
| a lofty tower, tho place must DO guard
cd for wooks to keep other fools away,
Epiaemiea Of religion ar especially frequent.
Potter tho Hermit threw Europe into frenzy.
Atultitudes Of children startod on pilgrimagcs to
tho Holy Bepulchro, and to starvation and
slnvery, Dr.. Mnrvin hae pasaoa over tho nota-
bic worlds revival Of the tenth century, when
tho universal beliof TINT tho ond of tho world
would como in tho year 1000 A. D. brought
Europe to tho feet Of the Church, WliteQeld,
crying in tho Wilderness Of deorgia: II
could wrlto damnation in tho dust that
covers your Bibles." scared tic baokwoods-
mon into repentance. Tho revival WAS
caused directly by tho proacher but indi-
rootly by tho storm of fooling that
had swopt over England aud blown a{ivo in
Thousands Of hearts tho dying embers Of faith
Coming down to later days, we have spiritualism
h1atortalis1n, q dozen tBuas which nations haVo
caught Us community catches disease. Re-
lieioua circles In East Tonnosseo wero once the
, Victims Of "tho jerks, =" under the influence oi
which Christians grotoaquelY contorted thom
solves for tho glory OF God. In kentucky
during the royival Of 1905, an old huntor be
, ca,ua conyertod and resolved to destroy tbs
devil. While attending mcoting, be would sud
, donly run at full speed in pursuit Of an imng
y mary fond. Tho contagion spread. Whole con
n gregations indulged in this drumming exercise,
Y Us It wns called. Tho " climbing exercise" cam
!, next. It consisted in climbing the tro
a tho deyil waa supposed to. hnve nseenaed
Il This mania lasted for months. tt WAS succoede
L. by othors, among which was maanoBs Tor playin
Il marbles aud other childish ga1noa during divin
:. service. The Womon'a Crusade, which haa bo
Il gun ainco DIR. Mnrvin wrote, is anothor nnnt.
epidemic. Founded npon tho enormous evil {
n incompetence, It has starting point sure to Oh
=. list tho sympathics and co-oporation Of d val
!. multitude, and it ia not to be wondered at.
=, WOW OF tho usual foaturos Of montal epidemic
- TINT it has developed many eccentricitiea