T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 11, 1897.
I In m an the external layer of gray vessels of the bra in causes ap- »¡»lexy.”
S IL V E R T O N
m atter,th e seat of thought activity, These tiling- are contrary to what
would occur if the m ind was in
E n T orch :— I w as very much com pletely covers the cerebellum , dependent of. and C nod exist w ith
BARBER SHOP.
interested in the a r tic le ;‘‘If a man while t his is not true of any other out the brain.
W e have seen how the m ind is
(lie shall he live again,” in a late • anim al. Then too, the
m ind
«■n
issue of the T orch . I have f o r ! depends very largly
t 11'* dependent on the hram lor its
existence and developm ent; how it
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correct answer to th a t question is ' or «b ra jn m antel” a s it is some! imes
is circulation and digestion a
an unqualified no. Relievers in a i called. These convolutions or folds product of the heart and stom ach.
W hen you w ant a tio-,,1 Sm ooth Shave
future life can give us no adequate ¡n lbe jlUI„an brain, in point of e x One function can no more exist
O r a F irst Class H a n -c u t Call On
independent
of
Hs
p
articu
lar
organ
reason for th eir belief.
tent, depth and num ber, far exceed
C h ristians will not attem p t t« U |,()SP (,f any other anim al. The th a n can another function exist
E. E. T A Y L O R ,
w ithout its p articu lar organ.
answ er the question
“ W hat is fa r Hier you go from m an down to tht*
J. P. Me C luskey .
soul or sp irit? ’’ S piritualists how- ditVerent classes of an im als the
Riverside, Iowa.
ever (at least some of them ) tell us niore ra pi<lly do these convoluti<»n*
S ecu lar S ocieties.
th a t th e spirit of m an, th a t p art decrease,
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■ you get ■ as “ far
OLLGON.
and • when
SILVERTON,
th a t lives after death, is his mind. down th e scale as fishes, they en Mrs. E. B. Moffitt S e c ........Metz Iow a.
. “ Newton
W h at is m ind? Merely the ca tirely dissapear, and are nearly J . B. V a n c o u rt,..
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“ .... Riverside “
Daisy Kesler, . .
pacity for thought, the ability to ex tin t in birds, while in a n ts and B.C. B rew ster,
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Mrs.
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think. Can the ability to think bees they are quite num erous.
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exist after the brain, the organ of Then again, the sam e thing occurs Robert C arsner,
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colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ”
“ .............. . .V ale “
F d u in .Jo h n so n ,.
thought,
has ceased to
exist? in
individual
hum an
brains Roxie
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L a u g h lin ,.
D yes \\ ill m a k e b e a u tiiu l C ar-
T h at the brain is the organ of —the
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greater
th e
develop A 'ta Dewey.
pets a m i R u g s, a m i, u n lik e
. M cM innville “
Daniels,
thought,
m ent
of Z. the r gray . -----
m atter - -----
and Maggie
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t h e r d v e s, th e co lo rs o b ta in e d
r-, Z and th a t the m ind, or the ...V
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Miss Lora Aines,
ab ility to th in k depends whole upon t }l(; convolutions the greater the F irst Secular C hurch of P o riln n d , C lara
wi 1 n o t w a sh out o r la d e .
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T hey a re sim p e and econom
the q u ality and the q uantity of
! jjaeitv for thought i. e. th e greater Bailey,
First S ecular C hurch of M cM innville,
ical to use. am i th e new “ P e r
m atter com posing the brain, is as k j 1H m jn(j
W illiam L am bert, Sec.
fectio
n ” C otten Dyes are esp e
evident as th a t the stom ach is the I J)r . W agner found the aggregate F irst Secular C hurch cf Silverton, m eets
cially ad ap ted for lings am t Lag
every o th e r Sunday, 7 :30 p. in. M r. Jo h n
organ of digestion. Mind can no i surface o f the brain of an <»rang- Hicks. Sec.
C arpet m aking.
The
Silverton
Secular
Sunday
School
m ore exist independent from B^ ioutang to he only one fourth th a t m eets ev ery Sunday in L iberal H all, at
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p a rtic u la r organ th an can
| of the average hum an brain, and a 2 p. m. You are earn estly invited to a t
D R U G G I S ’i S .
separated
from
its
p articu lar ! m an who worked at m an u al labor ten d and h e lp in our g reat work ot a d
vancing the cause of science and m o ral
organ. T here
is throughout the jiat| a brain w ith 52 square i n d i e s ity.
J . F . H osmer ,
G U I5S & SON,
Lora
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es.
S u p t.
whole anim al
kingdom a grad- ¡egg surface th a n th a t of
two
W holesale Agents.
S e c ’V.
ual progression from the lowest ' wejentists.
He also found th e
SILVERTON, - - - - -
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to the highest
organism s, of brain conv,,lu tions ,,f the
brain
of
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q u ality , corresponding to th eir c a - 1 Heethovan th em u sician to be “ twice
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pacity for thought. Man, who has ag j ePp a n ,J num erous as u su al.”
F o r e and M atter, B uchner, cloth $1 00
\Y e g i\e the T orch cf R eason
4(1
the greatest m im i i. e., the largest
A child has a very laige brain Locke on H um an U n d erstan d in g “ . 1 60
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and 'bln* Freet bought M agazine
capacity to th in k also has the larg- ( om pared to the size of the body, A
risto tle’s Ft hies, < til lies, cloth . . . 1 40
for on«* vear lor tin* sm all sum of
est brain, absolutely and com para- ,H|| Die convolutions are very Tlie N atu re C ure, Dr. C onger,(new )
c l o t h ..................................................... 2 00
lively am ong all living beings. 1 ¡uiperfect an(j develope with the Same as last, in le a th e re tte ................ 1 UO $1.75. Now is tin* tim e to sub
It is-true, however th at a few ani- growtb ()f th eeh ild . Aside from the Y olnev’s R uins, clo th . 76c p ap er. . . 60 scribe.
20
V ital Force, A. C I.evannes. “ . . . .
mills such as a whale, elephant and gjze an(j convolutions of the brain A risto tle ’s Politics. E llis.clo th
00
W h o can th in k
dolphin, have a larger hulk of there* are other conditions such as T rials and Trium phs of L abor, Ber
o f som e sim p le
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nard}, p a p e r.............. ........................
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th in g to p a te n t?
b rain th an m an, but the excess jn| e rn a j structure, chemical com- H y p n o tism , How it is Done, its
P ro te c t v o u r Id eas ; th e y m a y b r in g you w e a lth .
W rite JO H N W ED D ERBU RN » CO., P a te n t A tto r
is in q u an tity in parts th at do not position, and density or firm m .-s
Uses and its H angers, Ja m e s R.
n eys. W a sh in g to n . D. C.. fo r th e ir $1 .»*) p riz e o ffe r
Mud n e w lis t < f o n e th o u s a n d In v e n tio n s w a n te d .
Cocke,
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have an y th in g to do with intelligence on which the mind depends very Dialogues of Plato, tra n sla te d by
but serve the nervous system of the largely.
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Del
M
ar’s
H
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ry
of
M
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body as centers of m ovem ent etc.
The brain of an intelligent person
System s, c lo th ................................... 2 00
while the parts of the brain th a t do is much more dense and firm th an R e n a n ’s Life of Je su s, p a p e r ............ 60
H ypothesis of N atu re.
have to do with the function of th a t of a week m indedone; and this M olecular
Lockwood..................................... 25
thought are not equal in size, f o r m ig tru e also of different races of H andlxxik of C u rren cy and w ealth,
60
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or q u a lity to th e corresponding nien>
‘‘.Just in porportion as the R a p h ea l’s A strological A lm anac and
Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat
35 ient business conducted for m o d e r a t e F ees .
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parts in m an. 1 he average com- distin ct fibers, the difference between
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O ur O ffice is O pposite U. S. patent O ffice
anguage of th e S tars ......................
p a ra tiv e weight of the brain of m an the w| )ite a n q the grbv m atter, the L
and wecansecure patent m less tune than those
W h ith er are We D rifting as a N a
from Washington.
60 i remote
tion, W iley, p ap er ......................
Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip
am ounts from one fiftieth to one jarger blood supply, tlieconvolutions
tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of
We keep up with the tim es in L iberal,
charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
th irtie th p a rt of the weight of the etc> become a p p a ren t— ju s t in
A P amphlet “ How to Obtain Patents,” with
Progressive ami Reform books, and ask
body, while in the dolphin it is only pot-portion as these develop«* <lo«*s vou for all vour hook o rd ers; will furnish cost of same in*the U. S. and foreign countries
sent free. Address,
th e one h u n dredth, in the elephant tfie niind, or
thought capacity von any hook you w ant at th e lowest,
th e five h u n d red th and in the whale j ncreage> W hileon th e o th e r hand as price. A ddress all orders, W. F . Jo n es,
O pp . P atent O ffice , W a sh in g to n . D. C.
the three th o u san d th part of the ag- t he brain grows old it shrivels up; the 291 A lder stre e t, P o rtlan d , Oregon.
gregate weight of their respective convolutions become fu rth e r ap art
bodies.
and sm aller; the space between
T he relative weight of brain in them abgovl,8 more w ater th an L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity P o p u la r S u b s c rip tio n
some of the divisions ot an im als form erly; th e color becomes deeper
a re a s 1.8 in fishes, 7.6 in
rep- gray; the blood supply less, and the
1897
tiles, 42 in
birds, 53 in mam- b ra j„ and
m ind retu rn s to a <5
mels, while in m an it is 277. T h at condition sim ilar to th a t of child
I hereby prom ise to p a y .................................dollars to
m an ’s m ind, or thought ability hood. It has been said th a t “ tie*
stands in about the sam e relative greatest th in k er of his age may in the Oregon State Secular U nion on dem and, for th e erec
porportion is a dem onstrated fact. a single hour of sickness loose all tion of a Liberal U niversity at Silverton, M arion county,
Bees and ants have a very large his intelligence.”
Oregon, provided, th at the sum ot live thousand dollars
b rain in porportion to their bodies,
“ If the blood circulates
too is subscribed hv good, responsible parties before said de
an d th eir superior intelligence is ra pi(Hy j,, the brain
tin the ideas m and is made.
well know n. However, it is not ¡M,come confused, if there is any
Name.
bulk of brain m atter alone th a t obstruction in the nerves of the
determ ines m ind, or thought ca- brain in san ity follows; if a drop of
pacity, but its com position and w ater passes into t"e cranium the
D<» all you can yourself, and get others to help.
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result
is
a
loss
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while
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shape plays a verv im portant part. ,
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drop of blood escaping from the R kasox .
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