unbelievers, all Spiritualists are supposed to be superstitious. Will you please define what you mean?"

ANSWER. We denominate all persons superstitious, who, with excessive credulity, and no absolute evidence, attribute unusual physical sensations to the work of spirits; also, they are superstitious who imagine that their own mishaps and discords were developed by the special intervention of the invisible. It is superstition to believe that a medium is influenced by any disembodied intelligence to do or say anything earthly and sen sual.

We hold every one individually accountable for all unworthy speeches and physical indulgences. Let all Spiritualists believe that "every good and perfect gift cometh from above," and reversely, that every discordant and miserable influence is generated beneath, in the regions of the flesh, and we will assure them that the " mediums for evil spirits" will number far less than at present.

True and False Hospitality.

We think that if friends and strangers would deal with each other candidly and gently, without dissimulation and hypocritical etiquette, they would never be driven from each other by distrust and enmity. It is the most malignant form of hypoc risy to invite persons to call upon you, while, secretly, you wish they would not; and it is, perhaps, not less injurious to extend the hospitalities of your house to individuals, while, in truth, you dislike them, and want them removed from your vicinity. But there is a higher development for you and all, namely, to feel the spirit of universal adoption, whereby, at all times, you can impart hospitality and kindness alike to friend and stranger, without violating the principles of self-justice and truth. It is, however, far better to be honestly and undisguisedly exclusive, than to be hypocritically hospitable for the purpose of acquiring a reputation for benevolence and philanthropy.

Would You Stop the Flowing River?

Many correspondents will find our answer in the following

lines:

"He who checks a child with terror,

Stops its play and stills its song,

Not alone commits an error,

But a great and moral wrong.

"Give it play, and never fear it,
Active life is no defect;
Never, never break its spirit-
Curb it only to direct.

"Would you stop the flowing river,

Thinking it would cease to flow?

Onward it must flow forever;

Better teach it where to go."

The Duty of the Skin.

Some curious facts were presented in a recent lecture of Dr. Thudicum on the Turkish Bath. The human body can bear 300° of heat. The perspiration from a clean skin has an agreeable odor or none at all, while a disagreeable one is the product of an ammoniacal salt, formed of urea and volatile acid. The ventilation of the bulk of tissue-cellular and muscular-is the peculiar duty of the skin.

Traveling as a Medicine.

The principles inculcated in our philosophy of Disease, are within the intellectual grasp of every reader; and we think that every patient is physically qualified to apply our rules of treatment. The scientific name of your disease is of no consequence, so far as the application of this philosophy is concerned. The state or symptoms are the all-essential questions. Life is worth nothing without Health as its crowning glory, and even this glory is worthless without those spiritual feelings which exalt

21 Jennurei jas the blood globules and Is eines i made a firmed—namely, by buds or cropping our from the parts, attaining to perfection, and then dropping of somewhat as apples fall from their proeing boughs. Among the infusoria there is no direct organic contact for purposes of reproduction; for, like most medusa and individual is hermaphroditic, having the reproduc f both sexes.

Value of Sunlight in Houses.

The following fact, says a good authority, has been established by careful observation; that where sunlight penetrates all the rooms of a dwelling, the inmates are less liable to sickness, than in a house where the apartments lose its healthinvigorating influences. Basement rooms are the nurseries of indisposition. It is a gross mistake to compel human beings to reside partially under ground. There is a defective condition of the air in such rooms, connected with dampness, besides the decomposing paint on the walls, and the escape of noxious gases from pipes and drains. It is strange that builders persist in doing violence to humanity, by still erecting houses with basements.

Enlarge your Thoughts and Perceptions.

Perhaps your experience is replete with items of imperishable wealth. Never expect inspirations of truth, however, until you ascend to the altitude of Principles. The eye that permanently contracts its scope to the points of diamonds, however valuable in themselves, is not capable of surveying the chemistry of elements, nor is such a mind capable of feasting upon that happiness which results from the grander and freer employment of the intellectual powers.

We hope and expect to impress hundreds of thousands with the belief that there is no antagonism between enlightened Reason and Nature's highest, most central Truth, which is Father God. If mankind will reverently learn the lessons of Nature, and become intelligently receptive, like the unconscious flower which unrolls its petals to receive the vivifying heat and light of Heaven, they may very rapidly bud and blossom into happy families and progressive Brotherhoods.

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How to Quiet Children.

Let them have a goodly supply of bodily activity during the day-time. Give them nothing sweet, except your smiles, after the second meal. Avoid domestic contradictions in their presence, and never give way to anger in their absence. Never give a child either tea or coffee. Many little ones crave and ask for stimulants, because of hereditary bias and the force of daily example. If your child is very irritable, give its body a good rub-down, as you would dress the limbs of a young colt, just before delivering it over to the safe keeping of the guardian Angels of the night.

Don't Stand on the Track.

The train, says a railroad gazette, may steal suddenly upon you, and then a little trepidation, a slight misstep, a slip of the foot, and we shudder to think of your crushed and bleeding body. So, in the journey of life, perils are around you on every hand. But don't plant yourself in their path and defy them;