, 1882-03-01

ed as being only modes Of motion. They
are not things any longer but certain con-
ditions of things. just as an intiniteSsl-
NAL dose to-day is not a thing, but a con
dition of a thing, rendered immensely
potent in its action by the diffusion OF its
molecules over a larger proportion of space
represented by the medium through which
it is given. The researches OF that pa
tient investigator and distinguished scien-
fist, Mr.. w. CrOokeS F. r. S. have fully
demonstrated, that matter in an extreme
state of attenuation, or more properly
speaking, air enclosed in a glass globe and
deprived of an immense quantity of Its
molecules, becomes possessed OF Low and
extraordinary properties OF energy, and
when projected on diamonds and rubies
@ffh rapid streams, causes them to shine
' forth with intense brilliancy of colour,
green and red, and the glass under its
influence to become Illuminated with fash
ing phosphOreScence, while a rapid current
of its particles, which an ingenious lecture
table method of lighting renders visible
to all eyes, heats platino-iridium alloy to
beyond 1000 degrees, melting it like ice.
These elaborate experiments and the recent
discoveries of microsc0piStS and chemists,
like NJ. Pasteur and notably those OF DR..
Edwin Babbitt in Chromo-ChcmiStry and
Chrome Therapeutics where they prove,
contrary to the generally received opinion,
that even shadow is q substance, show
how much nearer is the world to a know
ledge of Natures finer forces than 1t was
before HahnCmann enunciated his own
glorious principles. | am well aware how
difficult it is to convince the ~unenlightened
mind-the mind heavy with the cares Of
dollars and cents, Of some Of these posi-
tive facts, which only become real to him,
whnO no wishes tO utilISA thnm for his own
pecuniary benefit or for the advancement
of his W peculiar interests. And | IN
still further aware of the risk l run OF
being laughed at for advocating such
theOrieS-the0ries that are not only III
direct opposition to all our precOncelved
notions, but Numerically opposed to
everyone of those powers that now rule the
world. But some one has to lead the van
in the West Indies, and as have inyestl-
gated some Of these forces myself, am
bold enough to publish the results in the
hope of sowing fruitful seed for hereafter.
To do this properly, let rs review man from
childhood. From the first moment that
he opens his eyes upon this plane Of
existence, he is supposed to be i'll.
Instead Of being considered a ~healthiIy
born infant, as he most undoubtedly would
be, had his parents led even a decently
respectable life with regard to hygiene,
he IS treated as a sick person. AS a
matter OF course he receives a primary
baptism of castor oil, sweet oil, or catnip
tea as soon as uShered into existence.
Passing over its incipient infantile SORROWS
of rhubarb and magnesia, SIENNA tea and
chlldren'S powder, teething powders, "dead
shot or w0rmkiSSeS-.he may be thankful
should he reach the modest age Of twenty
without the application of a leach or a Bills
ter. Should he unfortunately get a slight
illness, in the meanwhile, he c~onsultS a
physician, who, if he be of the old school
doses him to repletiOn, and if he does
bring him through what might have been
only a slight affair under proper diet and
nursing, he is never fit for much for the
rest OF his life-without "pick me up"
or stimulants. That this is not an over
drawn picture, too many of my readers
will acknowledge and that many people
are beginning to recognize the uselessnesS
of SO much medicine is evident from the
great progress that the Homeopathic
system is now making all over the civilized
world, and how eagerly they are seeking
for information Oh the best means of pre-
serving the health of themselves and their
children. One has but to look over the
report of the Bureau of Statistics made
to the American Institute of HOmeO-
pathy IN the present year, to verify the
above statement. Besides % State sOcie-
ties, there are go local or county societies
and z clubs, partly professional and
partly social. Of the SO homeopathic hos
pitfalls in that country, 80 report 1852 beds
which nrnVIHod in 4Lo JacA x-0u for