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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER 7, 1899. 3 torment at the hands of a celestial man souls in disguise, and so the $ 3 — G R E A T S P E C IA L OFFER —$ 3 Torquemada, he offered the pain- , Malay addresses them as “grand less return into the infinite alembic father” to allay their wrath and avoid direct reference to them. of nature. “Ingersoll tried to destroy belief Crocodiles also are often regarded in all the religious and secular fa- as sacred, and special charms are bles of antiquity; he denied that a used in fishing tor them. One such, miracle had ever taken place. In given by Maxwell, is as follows: return, he offered the proposition “O Dangsari, lotus flower, receive that the universe is governed by an what I send thee. If thou receivest order whose sequences have never it not, may thy eyes be torn out!” been broken, and that all life is | —[From Malay Folklore, by R. f l new family medical Work part of a regulated system. In Clyde Ford, in Appletons’ Popular bv Dr. 1 fi. Greer. Chicaao place of belief in the efficacy of Science Monthly for December, prayer, Ingersoll gave us self-reli H IS book is up to d ate in every p a r W o m a n ’s Reason. ance, knowledge, science; be offered tic u lar. It tells you how to cure yourself work instead of worship, dignity in bv sin .p ie an d h arm less hom e rem Dr. von Holleben, the German stead of groveling servility. For edies. It recom m ends no poisonous or the worship of the Bible, which be ambassador to the United States, d angerous tried to destroy, he taught that we was a witness of the quick I t teaches sim ple com drugs. m on-sense m eth o d s in were to believe in its truth and to wit of the German empress accordance w ith n a tu re ’s laws. I t does not endorse dangerous ex p erim ets with reject its errors. In place of the which saved a man’s life just before th e su rg e o n ’s knife. theory that God came upon this the diplomat’s return to this coun I t teach es how to save h ealth and life by safe m ethods. earth at Palestine, and that the try. I t is e n tirely free from technical ru b b ish . At an imperial family o. nquet in I t teaches prev en tio n —th a t it. is b e tter to know brutal savage called Jehovah was how to avoid disease th a n to tak e any m edicine worthy of worship, Ingersoll gave the palace at Potsdam, the doctor as a cu re. us the knowledge of natural law and Count Eulenberg, who is men- I t teaches how typhoid and o th er fevers can h e ____________________ p rev en ted am i cured, and gives th e best known trea tm e n t for la g rip p e , dip- and natural proceses. In fact, In- tinned as the next imperial chan- both th e ria , c a ta rrh , co n su m p tio n , appendicitis and e v e r/ o th e r disease. I t is not an a d v ertisem en t ano has no m edicine to sell. gersoll had done so much to help cellor, were present I akes uncom prom ising war on vaccination and th e use of a n ti-to x in e . ' During the first course the count It t m the orthodox church get rid of its h as 16 colored p lates show ing different p a rts of th e h u m an body. cruelties and crudities that it owed suddenly began to strangle and T his hook can n o t fail to please you. If you are looking for h e alth by th e safest and easiest m eans, do not delay g ettin g it. him a mighty monument, and cough. The emperor sent for the D r. J . H . G reer, th e a u th o r, is a p racticin g p h y sician in C hicago, is Professor of G e n ito -U rin a ry Diseases in th e College ought in this way to acknowledge court physician. The count became B College President’ s testlmon" of M edicine and Surgery, P h ysician -in - the aid it had received from him.” rapidly worse and it was feared he P rof W m . H. C ook , for th ir ty years Penn o f th e C hief to th e H arv ard Medical In stitu te , C i n c i n n a t i P l i y B i o - M e d i c a l C o l l e g e , write* to would choke to death. R epo r ter . and has , w ritten m , any works of value to th e a u th v r 6-i luilows« , . I h a v e exam in ed you r book. ‘ A P hy*lclan In th e t h e p r o f t S sio tl a n d p l l h l i t . The empress, laying aside all H uu*e,* u u .i a n t m u c h p le a d e d w ith in» c v i i l e l i t a a m i ativ This l>ook has 800 pages, is neatl 1 k n o w h o w t o c a r e f o r th e considerations of court ettiqutte, to h e n a e l . t h E o f v e th r y e to lm m u ily i h o t-hou hound in cloth with gold le tte rs,a n d will ld , v h ic h i < a h u m a n r i g h t a n d Charm s and W itc h c ra ft. k g iv e * th e I n f o r m a t io n n e e d e d u n d in be sen t postpaid to any ad d ress on re stepped from her seat to the suffer d I u n t g y u . o Y c e o u tl r I»« e p e o p le c a n r e a d i ly u n d e r s ta n d . Ic o n - ceipt of price, $3.00. g i a t u l a t e y o u o n n o t n a n iin ir 1h» n e o f a n y p o lr o n er and pressed her forefinger firmly b u t a d h e r i n g i t ) ie t ly to t h e m e o f n o n -n o la o n o u * rem - The Malay is a firm believer in QDCPIAI HCCCD B y special a rra n g e m e n t e d ltj----th e t r u e p - l n e lp l e t h a t a h o n ld g u id e all U r r t n w it h D r . (Jre er, w e o ile r in his throat. A more violent t r e a t m e n t »’f <!l*cn.- a n d w h ic h 1 h a v e a d v o c a te d in P OrtblAL H Y S IC IA N IN T H E H O U S E and th e T O R C H the efficacy of charms. He wears m y p r a c t ic e f o r f r o t y y e a r* o r m o r e . O F R E A S O N fo r one y e a r fo r o n ly P O i l f l Y ours tru ly , , )K w H CooK... th e price of th e book alo ne. tJ u iU V amulets, places written words of cough than before then resulted in I the expulsion of a fish bone. magic in houses, and sports a tiger’s “I thought so,” said the empress, claw as a preventive of disease. If he is specially primitive and back- as she returned to her seat. “1 al T h e P a a t W e e k ways do that when any of my chil woodsy, when he enters a forest he has made a big reduction in our stock of says, “Go to the right, all my ene dren swallow a bone.” In emergencies women have often mies and assailants! May you not proven themselves superior to men. Ladies’ Jackets and Capes. A fine.line of look upon me; let me walk alone!” On this occasion the men all Fur Collarettes arrived. To allay a storm he says, “The ele stood still and looked at the suffer phants collect, they wallow across er. The emperor sent for the court New Dress Goods in novelties. the sea; go to the right, go to the physician, though the man might Kid Gloves in the popular shades. Ladies’ left, I break the tempest.” When have choked to death before his ar about to begin an elephant hunt, rival, while the empress, the only Belt Buckles—a big assortment. according to Thompson, he uses one present with her wits about her, j this charm: “The elephant trum W E G U A R A N T E E T O G IV E Y J U S A T IS F A C T IO N the lake by PrornPt actiou saveti tbe Inan’s pets, he wallows across The pot boils, the pan boils across life. It is a common saying that “wo Mall Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent Free on Application. the point. Go to the right, go to man’s instinct is more than man’* the left, spirit of grandfather (the The only O ne-Price house in Silverton: reason”, hut it is quite evident,from elephant); I loose the fingers upon many deeds of heroism, that the the bowstring.” gift of reason has been vouchsafed The Malay believes in witches S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N and witchcraft. There is the bottle to woman E. C. S. PRODUCE TAKEN S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E imp, the “Polong,” which feeds on its owner’s blood till the time comes rp^e term Atheism means with- for it to take possession of an ene- Tbei.-m, and as Theism, with T h e G re a t my. Then there is a horrid thing, exceptjOu of Pantheism, affirms the “Penangalan,” which possesses (luaj;ty or plurality of existence, women. Frequently it leaves its Atheism, being “without Theism”, rightful abode to fiy away at night must affirm Monism. This monis- N o N eed to S u ffe r fro m A n y Disease. to feed on blood, taking the form of ( ic view of existence is the basis of the head and intestines of the per modern science and philosophy. It E lix ir son it inhabited, in which shape it is consistent and logical, whereas B a c te ria c id e any form of dualism or pluralism is tvanrlpra arniinn V IT Æ - O R E Eucalyptus Oil Such beliefs may perhaps have not. The course of Theismi from the O re -O lin e M e d ic a te d Soap their origin in metempsychosis, which in other ways has some toot- MonisI11> from Polytheism, through Agent PE A R L W G E E R hold among the common people. Monotheism, to Pantheism. I he For instance, elephants and tigers next step — and the step which is S il v e r t o n . O reg o m . are believed sometimes to be hu- sure to'come—is Atheism.—[bel. A PHYSICIAN IN THE HOUS’ DREYER & C R A IG Vitæ=Ore Remedies