The Washington herald., 1907-04-22

Darwin. lil his theory. traces the descent
of man TO monkey. but Prof. J. w. Nigh
goes the eminent British philosopher one
better, insisting that man found his origin
in a pinch of salt dropped into the sea,
which then generated living things which
improved physically and finally acquired
a mind. developing the orang-outang and
the chimpanzee, which the learned profess
sor claimed were the progenitors Of man
only in an intermediary sense.
The subject Of Prof. highs theme be-
fore the members OF the Secular League
yesterday afternoon was Evolution OF
Mind, and More" In the course Of his
discourse. he said:
1905, 900 Years, to BE Exact.
a thousand million years ago. in ae-
eOrdanee with plan, God made 3 myriad
creatures grow to evolute a man. A pinch
Of salt stirred in the sea is how life first
began, and squirming things soon came
TO be to evolute to man. Though life be-
gan in simple shapes in waters ebb and
flow. it steady upward rose through apes
till man began to grow. The object was
so man could pray to make for man 4
mind that he might tell the time OF day
to rob his feIow-kind. Birds were big
as great balloons, fish bigger than a
boat, reptiles were longer than lagoons.
and all could dive and float"
Referring to antedeluvian monsters and
their resemblance TO the man OF to-day,
the speaker said:
There are some men who live to-day
whose evoluted mind must have come
down by the way OF the pterodactyle
kind. These ugly things Of land and sea.
progenitors Of mind in man evoluted
through the chlmpanzee in accordance
with the plan, The oTang -outang and
chimpanzee each have a goodly share (of
EessOn) and got it from the source that
We got ours. But Bryan says it isn't 50
at least the Democratic kind could not
In the monkeys grow, for it isn't Of the
monkey kind.
Rnps Bible and SpirituHIism.
Witches and wizards" was the sub
Jet Of a paper read by Prof Chase Roys.
the secretary Of the league Mr.. Royg
reviewed the history OF witehcraft and
soreery, read extracts referring thereto
worlds most celebrated authors He
blamed the existing belief in witchcraft
and fortune-telllng to the Bible. which
the speaker signifed as "a monument Of
folly, Of antiquity. Do not change the
Bible, not one word Of IL, so p0sterity,
which is becoming more intelligent, may
read with their own eyes OF the great
gfurfafftf cf tn oors9fel7 opufars feocf
ers." The remarks Of the speaker were
heartily Endorsed by number of mem
bers, one OF whom styled the Bible as the
greatest lmpostor' the world has ever
produced. SpiTituaIism received It's meas.
IRE OF severe criticism at the hands OF
the speakers, and was placed IN the same
category as witches. fortune-tellers. and
others OF that ilk
Calls Evelyn a Witch.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is a witch. said
an Old man. jumping to his feet; every
goOd-loOking young lady is witch. II is
absurd 10 claim that witches were strictly
confined TO old women. who had not sum
Cient vitality 10 beWitch themselves into
luck and happiness.
In reply to the attacks on splrltualism,
Mrs Price, a member OF the SeeuIarites
stated that spiritualism was founded on
science and was tending for the benefit OF
mankind. She extolled the many virtues
Of the cult and claimed that "spirltualists
are well organized in every city In this
country; that there are recognized minis
ters among them, who attend to the spir-
itual needs OF mankind.
Cronnt Gets Message from Dead.
Or. Croffut, one Of the best known dis
oiples Of free thought in the country, to
the surprise of everybody seconded the
remarks Of Mrs. Price, and, TO Ill the cup
'of CONSERVATION. produced three plain
school states. upon which we're written in
muiticolored pencil messages from Hor-
ace Greeley, Jefferson Davis, and rela-
tives Of DR.. Croffut
II bought these states myself and
went 70 wefl-known medium in this city
20 investigate their claims as 10 messages
from the spirit world. / tell you. ladies
and gentlemen. continued DR.. Crofut,
nobody can fool me; ! held these states
in my hand. Nobody touched them; yes
and stood on the others, and in about a
minute and a half by my watch there APP
peared on both states fourteen messages
IN answer to six questions. One of them
Is from Horace Greeley. written in his IT,
iegible hand / can read four words. and
they ara change the political parties
Another is from JeffeI on Davis, while
other messages are from relatives OF
mine and other people don't know and
never met
Dr. Croffut's revelation started the spir-
itualistic ball rolling, and in q short time
almost every member of the Secular
League began to sing the praises Of spir-
itualism.