8 T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , SIL V E R T O N O REGON , JA N U A R Y 11, 1900. S ilv e rto n T h o u g h t Exchange. stories as th a t of seeing a fence through the ghost of a dead m an NEW S AND NOTES. Continue«! from 6th page. walking, or seeing the “ em enation” )0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O o o o o o o < speaker. He had as a stu d en t of of a living m an in another city Mr. D. E. Sw ank, of A um sville, medicine and physiology found it from th a t in which he was living, Ore., visited the L. U. O. M onday. too plain to dispute th a t the m ind were only instances of the subject The G erm an class has m ade a was the action of the brain. How ive im age, m ade w ithin the excited good start and the stu d en ts are could any one explain aw ay the brain, being projected as of an ab- deeply interested. fact th a t as the brain was part- jective form outside the eye. All C an’t you help us to double the ly injured the m ind ceased, and I senses were subject to this inver- Torch of Reason subscription list when the brain ceased to act the tion. T his was the cause of all the mind wholly ceased? As to the ghosts or spooks ever seen, and before the close of Vol. 4? im m ortality belief, there was no ev there was now no m ystery about Miss Georgia Davenport entered idence of it. It accom plished no th at. T he belief in im m ortality, the Business D epartm ent of the good purpose, and was the one thing founded upon these spook stories, Liberal U niversity this week. th a t arrested progress on this E arth. was one of the worst of their evil Miss C lara W akem an, instructor Then the venerable gentleman consequences. I t prevented any in Art in the Liberal I Diversity, returned to the charge with anoth- realization of the true position of visited in Portland the first of the er long detail of facts, such as ‘’spir- man in th is w’orld, or hope of m a k week. it em enations,” so th a t after a m an ing possible an ea rth ly paradise. The dram a, “ Topsy T u rv y ”, is died he was plainly seen walking The speaker became quite spirited being rehearsed by home talen t and beside a fence with a body so tra n s in some of his rem arks, and finally will soon be staged a t Liberal H all. lucent th a t the fence could be declared the whole spook brood and plainly seen through his legs. E m consequences as so much rot, from W atch for the date. enations of living persons also oc which every healthy m ind should We had a very pleasant visit curred so th a t a person could be keep clear. T his was said with a from Mr. H a rry Bailey of P ortland, seen in one city while actually liv stam p of the foot as if to shew them last week. He is very favorably ing in another, etc. The Society out of the hall. A nd did they go? impressed w ith Silverton and the for Psychical Research had proved The lecturer said he did not know surrounding country. “ no end of facts,” and were still at w hether he was alive and in the Mrs. Em ily L. W akem an will it. flesh or not after Prof. W akem an’s read a paper on “ T he H istory o f 1 T his last budget of facts seemed diatribe. H e th o u g h t the word rot W om an’s Suffrage” at the T h o u g h t' to have been too m uch for P rof . was no argum ent; but as his wife Exchange Sunday evening. A gen W akeman . had told him not to indulge in s a r He backed up against the stage casm, he would let the Professor go eral discussion will follow. and “ went for” the whole sp iritu al H e questioned Pres. M aster Thom as C arter and his business w ithout gloves. H e was this time. sister M argueritte, late of S alt Lake u tterly astonished at the old talk H osm er’s charge of confusion, or C ity, U tah, arrived from Spckane, he had heard in the intelligent city anarchy, ag ain st the spirits, and W ashington, Tuesday noon and en of Silverton. The scientific discov Mr. Geer’s query how, if the soul rolled as stu d en ts of the Liberal ery th a t life was the action and re was not dependent on the brain, it ceased acting when the brain was U niversity. action of the vital processes of pro injured, by saying th a t the spirit toplasm had ended the m atter. C aptain Geer gave first program was dependent on the brain p a r of the term a t the Y. P. S. S. C. last This discovery stood ju s t like the tially for its m anifestation, a t the F rid ay evening. C aptain D aven Copernican A stronom y; the discov sam e tim e it m ust exist indepen port is working hard to win and ery th a t heat and light were modes of dently of the brain. the program n ext F rid ay evening m otion; and th at lightning and the Then the choir gave a touch of will be interesting. “ th u n d erb o lt” waR not “ a th in g ” at W hen th e audience all. It was sim ply idle to keep on harm ony. The stu d en ts and teachers of the talking as though the sun revolved reached the door, behold it had L. U. O. gave a farewell p a rty °<> »round the ea rth , or light was a cor cleared up w ithout as w ithin, and Tuesday evening to Mr. Jo h n Steel- puscle, or thought a ghost or en tity the stars of love and hope were ham m er, who is soon to leave us for of some kind. N ature can never do shining as clear as ever. M innesota. All report a pleasant one thing in more than one way, Next S u n d ay Mrs. T. B. W ake- tim e, though a tinge of sadness was for the law of correlation, which m an wiH pPeak on “ The H istory of noticeable. was the fu n d am en tal law of Sci- W om an Suffrage, and its F u tu re .” )0 -0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O ( W hat we Have to Sell. Freethought: Past, Present tn d Future. Bv T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re an d life of th e a u th o r. P rice, 12 copies, $1,00; e a c h .......................... 1Q C Emancipation of Education. An In a u g u ra l A ddress, by T . B. W akeman , D elivered on th e in co r p o ratio n of th e L ib eral U n iv ersity . P ric e ....................................................... 5 C Photographs of the Faculty of th e L ib eral U n iv ersity , s u it able for fram in g . P ric e .............. 5 0 c Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2. 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In fact, no W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r er of pianos, organs, sew ing m ach in es, a g ric u ltu ral im p le m e n ts, sa sh , b lin d s, fu rn itu re , n o r A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, sh o u ld be w ith o u t it. AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. It is th e only ro n n d b it in th e w orld th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E a n d do all th a t an y o th e r b it w ill do. P R IC E S . T he p rin tin g office, now located 1 ence, m ade it even u n th in k ab le th a t 1 . x. y . z. Set of five, d ifferen t siz e s ,p o s tp a id .. $2.60 in the basem ent of the U niversity an y th in g could happen w ithout a Single bit, p o s tp a id ................ .................. 60 building, is being fitted up in first- correlative cause, which could never W oodw orkers, d o n ’t forget to send an class shape and everything will he vary. It followed th a t as life is o rd er for a set of th e F o rstn e r A uger A ddress, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO. so convenient th a t we will he able result of a known line of causa- Bits. P rice, $2.60 by m ail. See ad. SIL V E R T O N , O R E G O N . to tu rn out work prom ptly, Try tion — a process of correlative us and see. ¡known forces, thare could not possi- . . blv he a spook. T h at old explanation M any eubecr.ptione have expired wa8 300 years behind the age, ju st w,th this the first num ber of Vol. a9 much a9 (he o |J P to,enJaic As. üîg 4, and we hope there will be no de- , r0110mV) and shou,d be ,eft , o the lay in renewing. Please look at churches. the list of books we have for sale * „ . ,, . , . and include in yonr letter an order for yonr other reading m atter for the w inter t° ,tl?e 80 CH1 e . 8^lrltua ^acts had been explained by modern e have placed ©ui? fcirump Gaifd and tu©n. gee the fruits ©f- ©uif^ijand - teçg against- c©mbinati©ns and tru sts , . foy l j e a d i n b ©Ulf a d . in th e S llV e if tO n m ental Science, except in so far as ‘ 1 they were frauds or total m isappre- TL TATAPgl R em em ber, if you send us the hensions. Ten years of his experi- nam es and addresses of 25 of ence with a com m ittee of experts your Liberal friends and acquaint- had given him a result th a t such M ail Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent Free on Application. Hncces, we will m ake you a present supposed facts alw ays arose out of of a copy of the Torch of Reason either fraud, illusion, delusion or Song Book No. 2. T his will only disease. When subm itted to scien- cost you a few m in u tes’ work and a tific exam ination and teste there S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N two-cent stam p. j was literally nothing in them. Such 1 S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E - DREYER & C R A IG PRODUCE TAKEN