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,
C re sc e n t(>kla.
Mrs.
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s,
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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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hill
“
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 . -----
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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
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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
onetary
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,
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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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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.
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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
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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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