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L WILLIAM At stock-taking time, whenever that may I der long and deeply over the evelgts of the fins should understand what has contrlbuted to t at - L---“ Luann ‘AQQ Ollvu‘u _â€"__ crease 01 prosyerity; able to stop the leak. if there have .'shed the work of taking stock, and the result of our coqita- tions over the past season 5 business will bear fruit during the new year We have reason to be deeply thanktul to our many patrons tor the vety large trade enjoyed and our gratitude is sincere. As to our resolves for the r business secrets, and cannot be d3 know that no effort will be spared t of goods, and whenever possible Our guiding princlple in the past be over of Stock,” and it staysâ€"it has We invite families us a trial, satified that i year’s trading. Rooms Over KINDS OF PRZN UN 0 Make this resolve NEW YEAR’S RESOLVES. and Saturday. - f ' Zancy Job Printing promptly attended to. J OS. COOPER, THE entered upon : They are in a sense It will suffice our many patrons to hem better service, the highest grade ver possible reduce the price to the lOWCSt living figure. in the past has always been “Small profits and rapid turn- - 1 1 . , LL- _-a.:n£‘nn+;nn n4. nnr mmtnmerg res for the next year cannot be divulged. ll be spared to give t 3 who have not tried us for their we can do better than others b) it will be a good start for the new year. whenever that may be, See them be- . CAMPBELL. J “Airy-J- â€"_', worked to the satisfacfion of our customers. that may be, the merchant invariably pon- )f the business yearâ€"if fairly successful he ed to that success in ordervto gain an in- been losses, he mus: trait; uh: :asse to be CITY PRICEb Proprietor. THE WATCHMAN 1.3x“ FAMILY Gâ€"BOCEE REAL ESTATE INSURANCE. FINANCIAL AGENTS. FIRE INSURANCE- The Aetna. 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O;Iicc, Hohncy Block, Kent street. g’rofessional' @arbs. N UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF B. Dean, BARRISTER, SOLI . DE VLIN. BARRISTERSO- Terms to suit borrower. MONEY T0 LOAN. Q’bvskians. Accident Insurance. MONEY TO LOAN at, lowest R I \TL‘LAU‘J III IN HUGH O'LEARY 31680110! Ionveyance i York Kent 1 Ly, Out. I T,BAR{ s, etc., etc.[ isav. ' STEWART ; $TERSOW vv All-Incv 'v It would seem that these teachings have been lost to the comprehension of a modern civilization, that, immersed in the pursuit of wealth and power, material in its aims and life, selfish and even brutal in its methods, practically ignores the misery at ' its door, and to the purhlind vision of a. petrified theology that substitutes iron-clad dogma for the simple doctrine of Human Brotherhoodâ€"contention for charity and logic for love. THE QUESTION ANSWERED BY AN IN- VESTIGATOR OF THE SUBJECT. uion of and 3 rat * nu griuuzn- Inuu. he m3 ~ . zzzzl play of in: trier- velloum mzrmnicstion IS cunt and uni'w-zmé. The Wrrld ‘ . ioubt- less, and « Letter place to lluz - - i abun- dred years ago. But is the sun. ,,; human happiness the greater? Perhaps. Is the sum of human misery the less? Ales! Probablé not. Disease and death, sorrow and an ering, sin and selfishness still nflict mankind, while the means of ameli- oration are in the main withheld from the masses who cannot purchase them. We of this favored land, where is room for ell, where harvests are ebundsnt, and e livelihood is esrned with comparetive ease, scarcely realize the conditions in the older“ nations. Increase of population and industries produces wealth, but to what extent does the worker share it? Wealth nuns cute. Concentretion means over- crowdin , end overcrowding, misery and vice. he struggle for bsre existence be- comes desperate, and the weaker morally, intellectually and physically are trodden into the mud. n-vv v v ---_ London, the capital of the world, with its 4,000,000, counts its submerged tenth of the utterly destitute, the degraded and the dangerous, whose lives are crushed with hopelessness or defiant with despair, and their souls shrunken with famine; as though the fair pyramid of civilization rearing its apex high and yet higher into clearer skies, but bears with the more merciless and in- tolerable oppression upon the writhing mass of human atoms at its base. v5 saâ€"u--â€"--- w-.._-- Has statecraft then no remedyâ€"religion no panacea? It would seem not, since these conditions exist and are developed in the: broad light of day, under enlightened rulers and in the very shadow of abounding churchesâ€"in so-called Christian nations, that, disregarding the wretchedness at their doors, exhaust their revenues in covering the earth with armies and whet their knives for one another’s throats. All Christendom is building war ships and materials of war, while one among them in the faee of an appalling famine that may go nigh to dis- rupt the empire, in the name of orthodox religion, is hunting the helpless and wretched offspring of its own soil as terriers hunt rats. 'H‘AT IS THEOSOPH’Y? To QJhetv extent does all this represent the teachings of the Founder of that reli- gion2 _who eighteen centuries ago claimed all ...1. AAA OnnAlAi‘nfi+ 5w", ....- "we”, u mankind as His brethren, whose Lendei‘est sympathies went out most. of all to him who most needed them, and in whose name such cruelties are today at the close of this enlighLened nineteenth century suffered and committed? w IV IV 5v. .v.-. aply comes in the o eration of a. cyclic law, that towards the close of each century rouses anew the dormant spirituality of a material world and working in the secret fibers of being touches the soul of mankind with a sense of unrest and unsatisfied aspirations. :- ,\ 0 ', As-s____-.LA-... Tn The evidence of this is everywhere. In I the impatience of' earnest minds with thel crackling of the dead husks of dogmas ; in i the awakening of the broader spirits in the l churches; in the election of Phillips Brooks l to an episcopat-c; in the declaration byl Heber Newton of the universality of the church ; in Lyman Abbott‘s profound asser- tion of “belief in the power of the human‘ soul to discern spiritual truth ;”' in Ediw son's subtle suppositions that atoms are intelligent and immortal; in Dr. Lodges speculations as to the exxstence of other spheres of being and potency than the one of which we are conscious, and yet with which we may be in contact; of Prof. Crooke‘s researches into the higher condi- tions of matter and his faith in thch- istences of enormously greater natural forces than those with which we are familiar ; in the thorough exploration the dangerous secrets of hypnotism are receiving", and the general investigation by scientific men of the more recondite powers of nature; in the spread of a mistaken “spiritualism ;" in the wonderful sale of Bellamy‘s book, preaching statecraft founded on equality, simplicity and common obligation; in the instant thrill of” recognition of the sweet- , 4 --,_s...(....‘ “An.“ “'th LIIDU‘LHU tang.-- '- _ ‘V V ness and light of thatoexguisite poem, “The E Light of Asia,” an almost purely theo- l sophical treatise; in the growth of the Sal- vation Army into a power that Cl\ ilimtion has developed, showing itself equal to the task of rescuing those beyond the pale, working through the instrmnentulities of human sympathy and personal contact with the most debascd. In short, in the general awakening of a. de- sire for individual spiritual freedom and en- lightmeut and in especml of a. Conscious- mess of the Brotherhood of Humanity and the urgent need and duty of all to partici- pate in the task of raising and encouraging mzmkiml to emerge from the slough and to attain a. higher level in VleW of the common fate in which allow bound. 1‘ I‘I A~AJ LELLU Lu Hun,“ u... u..- ~-fi Most profound and searching of all, and dammed to overspread the world with its elevating and potent influences, comes the‘ osophy, Lhc parent and source of all religion and the exponent of all science, from the simplesv. to the most recondite. ’ " ' - ‘ H 7“. . . . ‘__ .. n...» ,.1.umunn i’ll'nfessing to be nothing new, cumming indeed an antiquity and universality far be- yond the utmost bounds of human history. theosophy embraces every department of thonght and knowledge, physical, psychic, mental and spiritual, and constitutes in itself a. complete philosophy on all planes of existence. it is in faet the ancient wis- domâ€"religion which has existed from the remotest antiquity and contains in its se- cret archives the history of mankind and 1 \VGA'G 7‘ 10 g‘miu be nothing new, claiming u: 2: ‘Jtt‘ expan- V ‘ 1' “Very’ 0f t-h. .-ment the origm and structure on)» umv igmthat the Divine Spirit '3 all in 3.11, tint nothing is etcmd nu spirit, that all else 13 passing manifutation, trund- 5|- tory, impermanent and illusory, it “:3 forth a fiestiny to man the grandest moot ennobling thet can be conceived. Animated by a aperk from the Divine. ' in alike men’s duty and his privilege to i this spark to a. glow, the glow to warmth, warmth to flame and flame to a. oonsu ' fire that burning within him shali 23:23 95:20 his complex constitution of every meat that is grace and material, until finel- ly, titer, it my .he, ‘long seen: of develop- 7 , -LAII L-____ L:- 1,, “we, all nun-J w, av... m.- -- ..-V ment, pure spirituality shall become his heritage, s oneness with the Divine his re- wsrd. ”What scheme of destiny can surpass tb splendor of this, what utmost aspirations c potency of bliss unfulfilled? Self must be conquered. The way is long. the path thorny, trials and temptation: will ssssil, the foot will be bruised, the heart will fel- ter, courage yield, fortitude fail; again: sud min, mayhap. the dificult ascent must he retrodden and the weary steps be driv. forwsrd by sheer force of will; but the god il eecure, and though successive he' 'htl tower rank on rank beyond each other t em in the sustaining glory of conquering endeav- or, and the end is immomfit , omniscienoo sud eternal puticipation in t e Divine u- some fifteenr years ago: and spreadir' rapidly in civilized countries, already has a large and influential membership in Amado c?,bE.urope, India and other portions of the o . 8 Building no churches, founding no sect, allying itself with no denomination, hostih to none, absolutely catholic in spirit nfi purpose, embracing all humanity in it scope, re ardless of race or condition, tolerant 0 all faiths, exacting only that its adherents shall rec ize the duty of uni- versal charity, the mosophical Society has for its purpose the study and propagation of Theosophical principles and teachings. Adopting as its device, “There is no religion higher than truth,” it sounds the key-note of Altruism. and disregarding all side issues makes declaration of three objects, to wit: 1. To form the nucleus of a universal brotherhood of humanity without. distinc- tion of race, creed, color or con‘dipxon. 2. To prnmotc the study of Aryan and other eastern literature, religion and science and demonstnte the importance of that study. The society addresses itself to all who truly love their fellow-men and desire the eradication of the evils caused by human ig- norance and selfishness and by the barrier: raised by race and creed which have so long impeded human progress ; to all scholars,“ all sincere lovers of truth wheresoever it may be found, and to all philosophers, alike in the east or in the west, and lastly, to all who aspire to higher and better things than the mere pleasure and interest. of a worldly life and are prepared to make the sacrifices by which alone a knowledge of them can be obtained. The society, as such, is entirely unsecta- rian and includes professors of all faiths. No person’s religious belief is interfered with, and all that is exacted from each member is the same tolerance for the views of others that he desires them to exhibitto- ward his own. As a. condition precedent to membership, belief in and adherence to the first of the above named objects is required; as to the other two, members may pursue thenior not,as they see fit. 'The act of joining the society therefore carries with it no obligation Whatever to profess belief in the nracticability of immediately realizing the Brotherhood of Mankind, or in the su- perior value of Aryan over modern science or the existence or occult powers latent in man. It implies only intelligent and prac- tical sympathy in the attempt to disem- inate tolerant and brotherly feelings, to dis- cover so much of truth as can be discov- ered by diligent study and careful experi- mentation, and especially to essay the form- ation of a nucleus of a [fniversal ISrother- hood. m mosormcn. menu. The Theouophiul Society we} orguiul , 3:-.. What the society hopes and means to achieve is the bringing together of a large body of the most reasonable and best edu- cated persons of all extant races and re- licious groups, all of whom shall aCCept and put into practice the theory that by mutual help and a generous tolerance of each other-’3 preconceptions mankind may be largely benefited, and the chances of discovering hidden truth greatly improved. The society. sows the seed, leaving it to germinate in the fullness of time. It rep- resents all creeds, and every branch of science, believing true religion and true science to be one. It. is the opponent of bigotry and the foe of vice, together with whatever tends to its propagation. At the same time a man whose past has been bad cannotbe refused admittance if he has a sincere desire to improve himself while he endeavors to benefit mankind. Nor in its members does it look for saint-like perfec- tion, insisting only that each shall, as near- ly as can, live 11 to his best ideal. The third of tlie objects of the Society ap- peals to many persons, but not to the great- er number. There arc both esoteric and esoteric activities or Circles or groups at work in the society, and some persons are desious of seeking, that they may obtain psychic powers. Those who thus seal: 1 should know that within themselves lies i I the key to unlock the door; that the Very first step toward the place where the key may be found is the acquiremenc as a. livzng verity of the feeling of Universal Brother- hood, and that. the selfish desire to obtain psi’ehic powers is a bar to such attainment. t. suflices for the present. to state that the society charges but a nominal fee for admit- tance, and practically returns the small dues in literature. '1‘ he services rendcxed by all connected with the society are prac- tically gratuitous on the theory mat the largest beneficiary of good done to others §< the person who does it. Sc: ism fivwmc: 57 magic: Va E‘Emmrcm. "ich-o Rankin wants“ :L : SAX FRASCISCO, J an. (Srâ€"BL the well-known actor, has ‘ this city for divorce from his ground of deserzion. “Uncle Den" Dray“ Bos'rox, Jan. 6.--Benjamiu J. Wright, familiarly known to horsemen of the cnti countryas “Uncle Ben” \Vright, died at. Medford to-day frail a complication of diseases. He was born in 1819. ILADEIJPHIA. of colurel I s was. (menu: was pass-a1 :Hscrnnumtmn 1n 1‘; 1 110%: \tzslcrm u . n. icauur mknw that mm discrim- xed in :Catholic schools. Lat xu’ou m R. l“. Schools. Jan. t.â€"-â€"The third con- .‘athu‘. cs ut the L‘nited “us :1 :. n‘orce. 6. â€"31c Koo Rankin, r. has 18"1111 5‘“ ‘~ 1:1 mm his wife on $116