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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
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Boycott
all
women
who
won’t
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only thing that is necessary for an
idiot to do to be called saved is to this strike. Soon all Damps would L
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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
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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
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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
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don’t give them food they will in
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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
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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.
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