THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, APRIL 5, 1900. 3 of this century than we have ever prosecution and ought to be sat had in the world’s history, and, as down upon with a vengeance. I)o $ 3 — G R E A T S P E C IA L O F F E R a natural result, w r have more who •'.our P " 1 right aBay- There ia n0 are able to see the fallacies of dog matic faith. Yes, Im m o rta '— B ut How? There is no period of time in the history of man that even compares with the number of great men of The immortalities of man have a the present century, except the singular interest for the average fifth century before the Christian human, so we have to keep venti era, at which time there were many lating them. In this Torch you fl new family medical Work brains whose mental vision pene find the report, as far as we could give it, of Mr. Davenport’s lecture, trated away beyond the God of the bv Dr. 3. R. Greer. Cbicaao Mr. Wakeman’s reply on the sci Bible. H IS book is u p to d a te in every p a r ence of it, and some important ex A man who cannot mentally see tracts, all relative to the “immor tic u la r. I t tel Is you how to cu re yourself beyond the star of hope is to be tal'’ subject. The extract from bv sim ple a n d h a rm less hom e rem pitied. edies. Winwood Reade is one of the finest It recom m ends no poisonous c Faith is a diet on which one will touches of prose in the language, d angerous d ru g s. and beautifully states the question. starve for intellectual fact. I t teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in . , The extract from J. B. Alexander w ith n a tu r e ’s laws. A man who lives on a hope ( let gjveR thescientific answer, in which accordance It*does not endorse d angerous ex p erim e ts w ith will think hope thoughts. the some hundred authors, to which th e su rg e o n ’s knife. A brain that is satisfied with he refers in his preface, generally I t teaches how to save h e alth and life bv safe m ethods. hope and belief will produce pho agree,and largely form thescientific I t is en tirely free from tech n ical ru b b ish . world. But it is not by authority I t teaches p rev en tio n —th a t it is b e tte r to know tographs of hope and belief only. of numbers that this question is de how to avoid disease th a n to tak e any m edicine A fact is not born of hope, but is cided, but by the facts under the as a cu re. It teaches how ty p h o id and o th er fevers can be ________________________ _ the child of cause and effect. scientific method. Those w’ho are both p rev en ted and cured, an d gives p ie best know n tre a tm e n t for la g rip p e, dip- The God of the Bible is a photo special scientists or who abandon tn eria, c a ta rrh , c o n su m p tio n , ap p en d icitis and every o th e r disease. graph of the brains of those who science and betake themselves to I t is not an a d v ertisem en t an d has no m edicine to sell. It m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaccination and th e use of a n ti-to x in e . brought him into existence 'and is theology, metaphysics or senti 16 colored p lates show ing differen t p arts of th e h u m an body. ment, when they reach this ques I h is . ? book can n o t fail to please you. If V°u a re looking for h e a lth by th e safes but little higher than themselves, tion, can not be considered as hav and easiest m eans, do not delay g ettin g it. supposed to be all powerful. ing any scientific weight in regard Hr. J . H . G reer, th e a u th o r, is a p ractic n K p hysician in C hicago, is Professor of ’y ^ to - U r i n a r y D iseases in th e Collega He was selfish, cruel and unmer to it. This is the case with A. R. H College President’ * testimon*' M edicine a n d Surgery, P hysician-in- Wallace and all of the “scientists” ciful to some; kind and generous to PROF W m . II. C ook , for th ir ty y ea rs Penn o f the ^ ' ,ie f to th e H a rv ard M edical In s titu te , referred to by Spiritualists as on C in c in n a t i I ’ h y a i o - . Y I e d i c a l C o l l e g e , w rites to an<* h as w ritten m any works of value to others. as fo llo w s their side. The truth is that, great the *• author I have exam in ed y o u r book, ‘ A P hysician In the j th e profession an d p u b lic. He was the echo of the wish of as they may be, they are not scien H ouse.’ and am much pleased w ith its co n ten ts and T his book has S00 pages, is n eatly tone. E very fa m ily rhould know how tu e a te fo r th e those whose ideal he was. tists on this subject, because they health of the hou: (h o ld , » tileh is a hum an rig h t and bound in cloth w ith gold le tte rs.a n d will Y our bo< k (rives th e in fo rm a tio n needed and in be se n t postpaid to a n > address on re They were perfectly satisfied with give up the method of science; just duly. 1 n g u age th e people can readily understand. 1 con g ia tu ln te you on n ot n a m in g th e t ir e o f an y poison, ceipt of price, $3.00. as the great Newton did when he but ad herin g sti i^tly to th e m e o f non-polaonoua retn- him, because he was their ideal. ed ie— the o r e true p rin cip le th a t should (tuide all _ _ _ in P SPECIAL OFFER t ’entnient o f d isease, ami w hich 1 h ave ad _ vocated He was the limit of their mental went to speculating about “The . my y ears or m ore. practice for forty year« H Y IC IA N N T H E HOUSE and the TO R C H Prophecies”. The greater the in tru ly . b . W. H. C ook .” „ OF R E A ON fo r one y e a r fo r o n ly M An Y ours tru ly. , D vision. . u H .C . | | < * <OiUU tellect, the greater the drrkness V___________________ He was both good and selfish, when it enters the shadow of super the mental statuary whom his stition. This conclusive answer of science shows that spooks are not, sculptors worshiped. How to Make He does not satisfy the brain of and that ends the whole business. the wisest, nor is he the fulfillment The trances of mediums may puzzle Prof. Hyslop, and the tricks of slates of the hope of the best. ry>. A a - * ' M » e g * a He is not our ideal; he occupied may amuse our Prof. Buff or Mr. * T he G o v e rn m e n t natio n alized th e P ostal S ystem , why n o t also Davenport, but all “spirit phenom an unnatural loftiness. th e M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELTO N B L A N C H A R D We insist upon having an ideal ena” are at an end, and become in h is book e n t i t l e d ................................. which is natural, and from the simply abnormal natural phenom mental pictures of our brains we ena to be in time properly investi UNCLE A M ’S may create something far superior gated and explained in the scien tific method. Science has proved H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E to the God of the Bible. that there is no spook element in >------ Postpaid for 25 Cents the business — only illusion, delus All profits on th is lx>ok will lie given to th e L io eral U n iv e rsity C. C. Moore and the Price of ion or fraud. Should be in th e h a n d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all o rd ers to The last extract is the verdict of The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon Liberty. French scientists and philosopher^ as to how the sentiments of the old The latest news from Lexington, . F o r s tn e r ’s- immortality should be Do you take the the Freethought seat of war in Egoistic transformed into the new—the Al-| Kentucky, is that Mr. Moore, the truistic and human immortality, i Torch of Reason? editor of the Blue Grass Blade is These words have the weight of the I t is only One D ollar a Y ear, and IS INVALDABB TO c o n ta in s reading m a tte r th a t you can being seriously prosecuted on highest intellects of France back of not get elsew here for th re e tim es th e C a rp e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , charges old and new, but which, them, and should be pondered ac m oney. I t com es ev ery week, too. such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s th e from a rational point of view, are cordingly as the fitting answer to place of chisel a n d g o uge; to simply absurd. This is a proeecu- the pathetic inquiry of Winwood { Do you take the tion to suppress Free thought and Reade as to the loss of that “sweet j C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- g , p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and Oregonian ellin speech. The price of Liberty in hope,” which has been the illusory W eekly k n o ts. In fact, no such cases is not simply “vigilance,” mainspring and consolation of so I t is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , o re., and co n tain s m ore an d b e tle r infor- j W a g o n or P a ttern M aker m anufactur but vigilance must be in the shape many—indeed of all of the past, (nation in regard to th e Pacific | e r of pianos, o rgans, sew ing m ach in es, of means to secure the best defence The fact that in Germany,France, N o rth w est th a n any o th e r pa[**r,and ' a g ric u ltu ral im p le m e n ts, s a s h : b lin d s, possible, and that means money . 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Send all o rd ers for su b sc rip tio n s a n d for Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. >0 no crime. Now they are trying to P. 8.— The extracts referred to sam p le copies to i --------------------- effect the same object by calling it are crowded out of this Torch, A d d re ss , LIBERAL U N IV E R S IT Y P, “abuse of the mails”, obscenity, etc. Next week they will challenge your. T H E T O R C H O F R E A S O N , S ilv e r to n . O regon. SIL V E R T O N , O R E G O N . It is simply a Christian sectarian 1 attention. A PHYSICIAN IN THE db HOUSE ook th e p r ceo f the a one Good Times for all Time