/ * THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 189' a sneaking way of saying “inde give no food nor clothing to any pendence of the priest,” and the who use intoxicants or tobacco F 5" E. M., 2Q7« Boycott all women who won’t j"in b only thing that is necessary for an idiot to do to be called saved is to this strike. Soon all Damps would L , open his mouth and swallow what be starved into total abstinence and ► the advocates of the Signs of the work; then their brain would b •- p (heathen) Times tell him are the come active, conscience would L SILVERTON, OREGON. brighten, they would become J words of God. Kind friends of the Holy Spooks, ashamed to beg, become industrious be not so deceived. What the and prosper, and secure a home and ’< Enclosed fin d .................................... Dollars to a ssist in the child wants is independence gov a wile. Second:—Every woman must p erned by reason. Do not crush the highest development out of the make and enforce prohibitory laws ► Construction of the Liberal U niversity at Silverton, Oregon. child. Let the parents teach the in her own home. Cook no food, ’ Yours for Progress, children to love them aud their wash, nor sew, for husband, brother ► very independence will be a bless or son till they give up using all in- ' 1 hey will ► ing. Don’t lie to the little children toxicants and tobacco. C ut this o u t, or copy it; enclose and tell them that there is a God rebel and perhaps retort, “give up w h a t you can, and fo rw a rd to and a devil. You do not know7 that your tea, coffee, patent medicines J. E HOSMER, President, there is, and think how cruel it is and corsets.’’ Well, these are hurt S ilverton , Oregon. to rob the innocent ones of their in ful, set bad examples, and are no ► herent independence and teach harder for women to give up than ► them things as divine truths that for men to give up liquor and to OO0 0 0 0 0 -0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOÔ ’ bacco and women should abs ain you are as ignorant o f as they. therefrom. Men will l»e obliged to A Lesson in Scientific M orality become total abstainers when th- women have sufficient courage and and Hygene. perseverance to enforce this prohi By t liza Mo ry Bliven. We live on the main road be bition. T h ird :— Women must study tween two manufacturing cities, foods, and cook only what are Danielson and Willimantic. Near health-promoters and allow none the house the road forks. There is to overeat. Hurtful materials in no guide-hoard, so, many travellers foods, or overeating, clpg some or stop to inquire which road to take, gans and overwork and weaken and tramps ask for something to other», thus creatiug nearly all eat. Last Monday a big, fat, rag diseases, as well as the hankering ged dirty tramp of the most appetite for liquors, medicines and repulsive type stopped. He asked tobacco. Hence woman’s cookery for work and food, but his looks is responsible, and women must 1. showed how little he would work learn what to cook to stop drunk I gave him a plate of food, which enness, and the use of tobacco, and he ate on the door-step, then asked all the crimes, poverty and other Such for more. He knew everybody evils resulting therefrom. around here, and talked contin lessons in practical ! cientihc Mor ually while eating. My husband, ality and Hygene should be printed “ Keep th e Torch of Reason B urning ” i in every paper and taught every going by the door, halted a few where, every Sunday and every minutes and advised him to give day, that all the masses may be- up liquor, but it only led him to | come wise and righteous. The women themselves can, and must talk of his own, his father’s and others’ drinking, in gossiping style. do this. Somehow women expect men to do what they will not do He hung around some time, then j and both expect God to do the shambled off, leaving a mass of needful things, that they will nut broken food, half-chewed itpplc, try to do thems *lves. Is this as it water and mud all over the lower should be? Let us each do all we step which I had to clean up. My can and encourage others to do husband advised me not to give likewise. food to such hereafter. My thoughts took this direction: We women are responsible lor The above shows the exact size of the little song book we tramps. We fe* d and clothe them, have just completed. It contains thirty-two pages. I'he songs while they spend what little they are aet m familiar tunes and should be in every I reethought can earn or beg tor liquor a n d to Salem , Oregon. home and Sunday xehool. Send us an order. Price, 10 cts. bacco Women are afraid ’f they LEADING SEWHPAI’RR, DAILY AM, don’t give them food they will in WEEKE'i. <»F WE-IEKN OMWMI jure something, just as men are afraid if they help stop the bquor Its d aily consists of eig h t pages and its weekly of tw elve. The traffic drinking men will injure A weekly p ap er for th e young people. E n tirely free from s u p e rsti weeklv is recognized as th e leading L iberal U niversity C om pany, A> A . A . A A A A . .A - a a a a A a A a A a A A A A -A. -A. -A- A A A A A . . A . . A . . A A A. A . A A A . .A -A. A - A A A A A A . Aj ^pri’ch of S ong Book The S ta te sm a n . T h e T ittle C a n d le th eir p ro p -rty . B-th are cowards. Let 'is cultivate courage. Praying and preaching do very little to stop the use of intoxicants and tobacco. Courage and de, d* a r e the neces sary weapons. Women are it— pponsihle f»r t he conti nutnc of both vices and for all the»r bad results because they can themselves make all necessary prohibitory laws and enforce them also; ami t e e\ ils will continue till they acquire courage and wisdom enough to do it. Firsf.-Stop le» ding tramps; fau n paper of its section. The daily plays second fiddle to no paper in th e Unite,! S tates p rin ted in a city of S alem ’s size. Its circulation is grow ing con sta n tly . It is read and valued highly by a w idespread c o n stitu e n c y . It h a s a b a t t e r y of lin o ty p e s a n d o p e r a te s a p h o to -e n g ra v in g p la n t. Its a d v ertisem en ts are regularly read bv th e m asses, lajcause they read th e S tatesm an for th e news it c o n ta in s, an,I th e accurate and In terestin g m an n e r of its telling. C. B. IRVINE, Manager tio n . Devoted to Secular Sunday-school w ork, and co n tain in g les sons for each S unday. P er y ear, 25 cents. TORCH OF REASON A W e e k ly S e c u la r P a p e r fo r S e c u la r is ts A re vou a S e c u la ris t? A re you a S u b s c rib e r? $ 1 - 0 0 p e r Y e a r.