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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
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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
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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«
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Prophecies”. The greater the in­
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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
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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
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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
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The last extract is the verdict of
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Liberty.
French scientists and philosopher^
as
to how the sentiments of the old
The latest news from Lexington,
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immortality should be Do you take the
the Freethought seat of war in Egoistic
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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
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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 . England and America the scientific
is th e best news pa[>er in O regon. . fu rn itu re , nor
You get six teen pages of good read- !
Mr. Moore is now taking the right method is concordant on this sub-
ing
m a tte r each w eek, in clu d in g all A n y Other W oodw ork er, should be
course. He has retained the best ject, both as to the old and new
th e news of th e n atio n and th e j w ith o u t it.
counsel, and Dr. E. B. Foote, Jr., Immortality, is the best proof of
w orld, for only $1.50 a y ear.
No. 120 Lexington Ave, N. Y . City, the coming Unity of Humanity,'
AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS ONEQUALED.
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for blasphemy, and gained a signal Earth to be their because its
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