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.^^'176 ANCIENT AND MODERN TOOLISHNESS. . , to have the glorious sun come out in the mornin;^ and 'warm your chilled foones, it would cause you to adore the incomprehensible power of the sun. And as for , water, many of the American Indians worship ( springs for the water which is ejected therefrom, and/ why not? These who have observed crops and vege^ totion dry and shrivel up for the want of moistur'e can only realize what it means. Those who reside in large cities have no comprehension of the solicitude going-to-bed and waking-thoughts put upon the matter of rain in agricultural districts; and last, but more important, the denizens of a country sparingly watered, or the ship- wrecked mariner, realize it to be something deserving of adoration and even worship. ■ Again, the trumpery of the Indian medicine man, or high priest, and his flummery wiU be laughed at; but let us reason a moment and make comparisons. Yes, the fool (?) Indian doctor sets considerable' six)re by his medicine bag; weU, so does an Allopathist, Ho- meopathist. Eclectic, or any of the modern school of physicians, carry their medicine bag (case) wherever they go, and without it they would be at sea. Just consider the opposition and ridicule heaped upon the followers of Mrs. Eddy, who assert that mind can control disease, and those who are broad-minded know there is something in this. But the illiterate are the ones that usually condemn advancement. So what is the diflEerence between an Indian doctor cur- ing his patients by incantations, which work upon the mind of the afflicted, and the Christian Scientist who does the same thing? At this period in the world's history people are