THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JULY 27, 189».
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the world. It didn’t hurt his con
For th u s such reverence is lent
T H E CALF PATH.
To
w ell-established precedent.
science to receive Girard’s charity, One day th ro u g h the prim eval wood,
but he is too good a Christian to ' A calf w alked hom e,as good calves should A m oral lesson th is m ust teach,
W ere I ordained an d called to preach.
ut m ade a trail all bent askew ,
give even ten cents towards a work B
A crooked tra il, as all calves do.
For m en are prone to go it blind
of art in memory of him.
Since th e n two h u n d red years have tied, I In th e calf-p ath s of th e m ind,
The next point of interest I visit A nd, I infer, th e calf is dead.
And work away from sun to sun
ed was the park and zoological gar But still he left behind his tra il,
To do w hat o th e r m en have done.
den, where I saw the greatest con A nd th e re b y hangs my m ortal tale.
T hev follow in th e beaten track ,
il was tak en up nex t day
Ami out and in, and forth and hack,
gregation of animal life I ever ex T By he a tra
lone dog th a t passed th a t way.
pect to see in one park. There are And from th a t day, o’er hill and glade, Ami still th e ir devious course pursue,
. . . IS A BOOK O F . . .
To keep tiie p a th th a t o th ers do.
birds from the canary to the eagle, T hrough th o se woods a p a th was m ade.
Liberals profess to know better
vulture, and ostrich; mammals from And m any m en wotfnd in and o u t,
S ix ty
the mouse to the buffalo and ele A nd dodged an d tu rn e d and ben t ab o u t, than to follow blindly after those
A nd u tte red words of righteous w rath
who have gone before us, yet we
phant; and reptiles of all descrip Because ’tw as such a crooked p a t h ;
E x c e lle n t
tions. Mr. Carson was very kind B ut still th ey followed—do not lau g h — sometimes are disappointed to find
professed Liberal friends, who bold
to me, and I am pleased to have T he first m igrations of th a t calf,
C h a p te rs
qiade his acquaintance. He showed And th r o ’ th is w inding woodway stalk ed back and use the same expressions
B ecause he w abbled when he w alked.
we have heard the oithodox fol
me his entire menagerie, and ex
his forest p a th becam e a lane,
lowers use*. They sav such things
th e follow ing and
plained it all. Of course Mr. Car- T And
b e n t and tu rn e d and tu rn ed again ;
k
in
d
red S ubjects :
have never been done before and
son is an evolutionist. He couldn’t T his crooked lane becam e a road,
live with those animals and study W here m any a poor horse w ith his load therefore never can he dorè. They
seem quite contented with condì-; S e l f C o n tr o l
them as he does, and then accept Toiled on b en eath th e b u rn in g su n ,
the account in Genesis. The study A nd trav eled som e th ree m iles in one. tions as they are. In other words, i S e l f R e s p e c t
nd th u s a c e n tu ry and a half
they seem to be asleep or dreaming,
of nature and natural things is T A hey
trod th e footsteps of th a t calf.
regardless of the young people who W h a t is M o r a lit y
bound to make converts to Secu T h e y ears passed on in sw iftness fleet,
need their help, council and protec
T he road becam e a village stre et,
larism.
___________
W h a t is Ig n o r a n c e
tion.
But
those
who
are
awake
and
And th is, l>efore th e m en w ere ware,
The Need of a Liberal Education. A
alive to the stern realities of life, F ra u d a C r im e
c ity ’s crow ded th o ro u g h fare.
must not wait for such people to
And soon th e cen tral stre e t was th is
Continued from let page,
Of a renow ned m etropolis.
arouse themselves. Push forward! H a b it , 2 n d N a t u r e
this, and in time many other
Crowd all obstacles out of.the road! P o lite n e s s
A nd m en two c en tu ries and a half
schools of this kind. People a,re Trod in th e footseps of th a t calf.
Men of thought and men of action,
always asking us what we as Free E ach day a h u n d re d th o u san d ro u t
clear the way! Think of hut one W is d o m
thinkers have done. For years we Follow ed th e zig-zag calf a b o u t;
thing—humanity needs our assist E t c , e t c . , e t c .
have shouted “Hurrah for Liberty A nd o ’e r his crooked jo u rn ey w ent
ance now, today, while we are here,
and the causel” But what has the T he traffic of a c o n tin et.
O ne of th ese c h a p te rs is
so let us make the very best use of
W orth m ore to
cause done to help do away with A h u n d red th o u san d m en were led
the
present,
before
we
lie
flown
to
Young ami old th a n th e
sin and suffering? The Christians By one calf n e a r th ree c en tu rie s dead.
Price of th e book.
that last sleep from which there is
T
hev
followed
still
his
crooked
way
have their societies for the young A nd lost one h u n d red years a day.
no awaking.
. . . IT SHOULD BE IN .
people, their orphan homes and
schools. What have we had to1
OFFER— $3
show? Nothing before. Have we $ 3 — G R E A T S P E C I A L
been idle in the past? No, far from
it. When the Christian» wish to
raise money they come to the saint
$ 0 , ® @ a n d re c e iv e a
and sinner, Jew and Gentile, be
u
*
n e a tly c lo t h -
liever and unbeliever, and they
bound co p y, post p a id .
generally succeed in getting what
they want. Many a church and
A G E N TS WANTED.
denominational school has been
erected with infidel money. But
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who gets the credit? The Christian
fl new family medical Work
organizations do, and then they
by Dr. 1 fi. Greer, CWeaao « « « « ••« a «
point the finger of scorn at us and
S ilv e r t o n
-
O regon
say, “ By their fruits ye shall know
H IS T»ook is up to d ate in every p a r
ticu lar.
them.” I tell you, my dear Liberal
I t tells you how to cure yourself
friends, it is time we planted our
by sim ple and harm less hom e rem
. . . F o r s tn e r s ’s . . . .
edies.
own seed in our own garden and
I t recom m ends no poisonous or
harvested our own fruit. Then and
dangerous drugs.
then alone can we be independent I t teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in
accordance w ith n a tu re ’s laws.
and raise the kind of harvest we It does not endorse dangerous ex p erim ets w ith
IS INVALÜABK TO
th
e
su
rg
e
o
n
’s
knife.
wish, uumixed with the tares of I t teaches how to save h e alth and life hv safe
C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g ,
superstition. Then and then alone m ethods.
such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e
It
is
e
n
tirely
free
from
technical
ru
b
b
ish
.
place of chisel and gouge ; to
will we be given credit for our work
I t teaches p rev en tio n —th a t it is b e tte r to know
C a b in e t M a k e rs , for inlaid w ork, dow-
and respected. Then and then how to avoid disease th a n to tak e anv m w licine
elling, patch in g , rem oving sp lits and
u re .
alone will we be able to accomplish as I a t c teaches
k n o ts. In fact, no
how typhoid and o th e r fevers can be
much toward freeing the world.
both prevented and cured, and gives th e best know n tre a tm e n t for la g rip p e, dip- W agon or P attern M aker m anufactur
er of pianos, organs, sew ing m achines,
Dear friends, if we are real, live, in e n a , c a ta rrh , co n su m p tio n , ap p en d icitis and every o th e r disease.
a g ricu ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash blinds,
I t is not an a d v ertisem en t and has no m edicine to sell.
awake Liberals, we will not be It m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaccination and th e use of a n ti-to x in e .
fu rn itu re , nor
afraid to try to make better condi i t has lb colored plates show ing d ifferent p a rts of th e h u m an Ixxly.
A n y Other W oodw orker, should lie
ns book can n o t fail to please you.
If you are looking for h e alth by th e safest
w ith o u t it.
tions. We will not be afraid of and e asiest in e a n s, do not delay g etting it.
being laughed at, we will not even l>r. J . H . <iree r. th e a u th o r, is a p racticing physician in Chicago, is Professor of AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQOALED.
u
flie n ito -V rin a rv Diseases in th e College
%
R C d CflC President > Cestintony.
L,f M edicine am i Surgery, Physician-in-
be afraid of failure. If we are
It «8 th e only ronnd bit in th e world
W k . H. C ook , for th irty years Penn o f th e f
C hief to th e H arv ard Medical In stitu te ,
th a t will Ix n ea SQ U A R E H O LE
afraid to step out of the trodden C P in bof
c in n a t i P h y n lo -M e d ic a l C o lle g e , w rites to
anti
has
w
ritten
m
any
works
of
value
to
and do all th a t any o th e r
a~. follow »
path and make improvements all th *• e a I u h th a v o e r exam
In- profession and public.
b it will do.
in ed your book, ‘ A P hysician In the
H ou se.’ and am m uch pleased w ith its co n ten ts and
along the line, we are as bad as the tone.
T his hook has 800 pages, is neatly
E very fam ily should know how to care for the
P R IC E S .
h ealth o f th e h ousehold , w hich is a hum an rig h t and
liound
cloth w ith gold letters,a n d will Ret of five,different sizes,p o stp aid . <2.60
heathen Chinese, or some other d uty. Y our b ock g iv e s th e in fo rm a tio n needed and in lie sen t in jiostpaid
to any address on re Single b it, p o s tp a id ..................................60
th e people can readily understand. 1 con
othodox people I might mention g la ra n g tu u la a g te e you
on n o t n a m in g th e u se o f an y poison, ceipt of price, $3.00.
but ad herin g str ic tly V, the use o f non-polsonous rem-
ed ies—th e on e tru e p rinciple th a t should gu ide all
nearer home.
^PFPIAI flFFFR By *P«c»«l arrangem ent
C i L u l M L W r e n w ith D r. G reer, we offer
trea tm en t o f d isease, and w hich I h a v e advocated In
P H Y S IC IA N IN T H E HOUSE and the TOUCH A ddre», LIBERAL university co
We are as foolish as the people m y p ra ctice for forty years or m ore.
OF REA SO N fo r one y ar fo r only
• Your, truly,
Da. w H C ook .”
$3.00
the price of the book alone.
S il v e r t o
O regon .
in the poem:
RIGHT
LIVING
EVERY
HOME)
A PHYSICIAN
IN THE
HOUSE
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