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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1899)
THE T0RCH 0F REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30, 1899. without auditory organs no sound, ever these relations have been left — G R E A T S P E C IA L O F F E R - and without brain and nervous sys- to the jurisdiction of the most con- tem no thought. All these then servative classes of men the laws are a necessity to the existence of have been wholly to man’s advant- rnan. age. But now Spiritists affirm, and the Such men as Milton, John Stuart Professor from New York is going Mill, Robert Dale Owen, in all to prove (?) that man can exist times have protested against the during eternity in full possession of cruel bondage of an unhappy mar his form, senses and functions, riage. As woman is the greatest without this entire physical organ sufferer, her chief happiness being ism as well as with it. All of in the home and with her children, which implies nothing less than and seldom having resources of her H new family medical Work that a man made of nothing—no own, prevented by family cares bv Dr. 1 fi. Greer, CMcaao« flesh, no blood, no organs, no ner from doing business in her own vous system and brain—can exist name and enjoying the dignity of H IS book is u p to d a te in e v e ry p a r tieu lar. -forever in the possession of all the independence by self-support, she is It tells you how to cure yourseif attributes and functions and form even more interested than man can by sim ple and h arm less hom e rem edies. of the physical man, or in the ab possibly be as to the laws affecting It recom m ends no poisonous or sence of the physical man! And family life. dangerous drugs. this the gentleman proposes to A national law, making all states ! ac4da“ ^ method8 in prove from the fact that some triv homogeneous on these questions, is 11 does not endorse dangerous ex n erim ets with ial circumstance he can not explain not to the interest of women. The 1 th e su rg eo n 's knife. meth<xlshe8 h ° W tO 6aVe h e a ,th and liie by 8afe “can not be explained in any other liberal states are to them what way”. And this has been the meth Canada was to the negro in the old It is e n tirely free from technical ru b b ish . J H teaches p r e v e n tio n - th a t it is b e tter to know od of the “Society of Psychical Re days of slavery. L a c u re. d ’8eaRe tb an t0 U k e any Iliedicine search” from the beginning: In She can now leave New York, It teaches bow typhoid and o th er fevers can be stead of going to the root of things with its restrictive legislation, aud ^ 2 ? a n d c n r e d - and gives th e best k, and using scientific methods to ex by one or more years’ residence in la grip,,e' plain the mysteries of the seances, either of the liberal states can se they have takeu for granted the cure a decree of divorce and thus ,O° k ,n g f° r h e a ,th by th e 9afe9t existence of spirits, and thus “ex escape from an uncongenial and and easiest m eans, do not ielay ^ g ettin g P . 'V° U - — • H . G r e e r ,_the a u th o r, is a p ra c tic in g p h y s ic ia n in C h ic a g o , is Professor of plained” (to their satisfaction) the unholy relation. mystery! B College President’s Cestlmon- " IG i ^ e ' ^ n ito U -U r i n rin a ary r y D iseases in th e College Collegi» One of the objects of marriage is I?*, M?d ’c*?e an d Surgery, P hy sician -in - e rf But what are all the “proofs”, the care and training of children, C in c in n a ti P h y s io - M e d ip a l C o lle g e , writes to '( l & X t.n T thn ’ *• • - a.s follow « and has w ritten m any works of value to “unexplained mysteries”, premoni but they cannot be well born in un the *'I au h th a v or e exam ined y o u r book, ‘ A P hysician in the ‘th e profession and public. House and am much p leased w ith its co n ten ts and tions and prophesies in comparison happy, antagonistic relations. Alas, tone. Every fam ily should know how to care fo r th^ T his book has 300 pages, is neatly health or the h ousehold, w hich 1 hum an ritfht and to that startling mystery of all for the children brought up at the duty. bound in cloth w ith gold lette rs,a n d will Your k pivea th e Inform ation needed and in be se n t to any address on re lan gu age th e people can reaoily understand. Ic o n mysteries—how a man cau survive hearthstone where the fires of love g. atu a te you on n ot nam in g th« u se o f any poison ceipt of postpaid price, |3.00. but adhering stric tly to the use o f non-poisonous rem the destruction of himself! ed ies— one true principle th a t should gu id e all have all gone out. A state of half treatm en t o f disease, and which I have advocated in SPECIAL OFFER arran®emeB# for forty years or m ore. orphanage outside the home is far my p ractice ™K H0L'5i- *nd ts. ' to r c h Yours tru ly, D b . W . h . C .” S S JS iS & .X S 'W S r ,or $3,00 A National Law For Divorce. better than the cold atmosphere of distrust and dissension. Locke, the English philosopher, BY E L IZ A B E T H CADY STANTON. said that “every child is born into T h e P a s t W e e k There is much discussion just ^ie worid like a piece of blank has made a big reduction in our stock of now in both church and state in PaPer, y°u may w’rite thereon what- favor of a national law for divorce. ever y°u wiH.” Ladies’ Jackets and Capes.A fine line of Bishops in the church and judges ^ ay> nay»” said Descartes, the in the legal profession, alike, pro- ^ renc^ philosopher, “the child Fur Collarettes arrived. pose an emendation of the canon comes int° the world with all its New Dress Goods in novelties. «and civil laws. From the conser- Possibilities, you cannot add one vative opinions held by these dig- new faculty; y°u can simply de- Kid Gloves in the popular shades. Ladies’ nitaries they would not favor the V€doPe wliat you find there.” Belt Buckles- a big assortment. liberal laws passed by recent legis- ^n Prenatal education we decide lation in many of the western the future character. Every thought W E G U A R A N T E E T O G IV E YO U S A T IS F A C T IO N states, but make the National law and feelin8 of the mother, her corn- far more restrictive than those in panionsbip, her environments are Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent Free on Application. what we may call the free states. indelibly impressed, for weal or Before the discussion is closed woe, on the new being The only One-Price house in Silverton: Man can only contribute to the and the national law passed bv a constitutional amendment women perfection of this new life, by mak should take part in the discussion ing the surrounding!- of the great S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N and inform themselves in regard to artist as harmonious as possible. S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E . PRODUCE TAKEN The intellectual, moral and spir the laws and -- » — ' liearing on tJI marriage I«« J. M il v* A divorce, each in their several states. Uual attitude of the mother at that It is a good sign now that in so ^ me decides the future status of T h e G re a t many of the clubs women are inter- tbe man- esting themselves in question of Woman is the great factor in law in regard to their property and race building, and in the full de social status as mothers and wives, velopment of all her powers we lay the cornerstone of a higher civili- No Need to Suffer from A ny Disease. Miss Helen Gould, in managing zation. Ler estate, is setting a good exam- Whoever seeks to oegraue degrade me the nu v . . . ’ t uwver «eeas E lix ir Die to her countrywomen in this raolher of tbe race> to destroy ber B acteriacid e V IT Æ -O R E Eucalyptus Oil respect self-respect and self-assertion, to O re -O lin e As women are equally interested limit her opportunities for educa- M e d ic a te d Soap ib the questions of marriage and ^ OD’ more liberal thought, and a divoroe they should have a voice in J P ^ re °f ac,ti?“- ¿’“ J*8 PEARL W GEER Agent ebureh and state as to the final ad- ” an ? deYeloP“ e° ‘> a"d b< ^ ’ th>‘ wheels of progress for the entire Sll.V K R TO N , O R E O O S. justment. Wherever and when- race. A PH YSICIAN in the HOUSE m a ho. th e ook DREYER C R A IG Vitæ=0re Remedies