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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1900)
1H E TORCH OF R EA ^O *7 __ _______________ S ' î V '- 'O T D Y ö i k y i s k w n , OREGON, MAY 17, 1900. 3 For the Torch of Reason. han d , wap fit to be classed with the “ wild man of Borneo” , and not even the most vicious snake of the BY JO H N PRESCOTT G U IL D . jungle would dare “ reveal itself un- (“ I t is b e tte r to w ear th e rags of honest " j " ' “ in 9 P i r a t i o n ” » » < » poverty th a n to w ear th e p u rp le robes of c o in r a o d d y b re w e d by the ignorant !'y ! ^ r ' s.- ;a n ', .",<‘''- i t - to so dow n and superstitious, or else bv t h e d e - F reethought Self-poised. save bv those who honor a m an for d ar- I T * * },i8 honest th o u ? h b th an to th in k for one m om ent of sacrificing n a tu re ’s choicest gifts upon th e blood- ^taine-l a lta rs of bigotry an d supersti- tion. aratrran .l tio n .” —A nonym ous p ara g rap h h .) $3 G R E A T S P E C IA L OFFER $3 A PHYSICIAN P ra v e c * wise, who used it as a m eans to rob, subdue and control the iff- . , vum rui m e ig- n o r a n t a n d s u p e r s t i t i o u s ; th a t the advocates of the “ divinelv-revealed R;k1 „ , , re v e a ie il Bible have alw ays opposed sci f l Dew family medical Work F ear not to th in k th y th o u g h t ence; th a t the nam es and deeds of The th o u g h t th y sense descries. His reason sta n d s for n o u g h t, all th e fearless investigators and bv Dr. 3. B. greer, Cbicaao W ho dares not use his eyes. H IS book is up to d a te in every p a r honest searchers for T ru th will be ticu lar. J r Be bold to speak th y th o u g h t; loved and revered long after everv It tells you how to cure yourself D issem ble not a jo t. priest and preacher th a t ever lived, The m an who c a n be bought i»v sim ple and h arm less hom e rem edies. — Is n o th in g b u t a blot. now lives, or m ay hereafter live, It recom m ends no poisonous or Be stro n g th y th ro b b in g b rain . shall have been erased from m a n ’s . dangerous drugs. Stay not for feeble h e a r t s ; m em ory forever; th a t posterity will “ ethodg in For th in e shall be th e gain W hen bigotry d e p arts. refer to them as th e great and fear th e su rg Z o Irs kn1fer e e ‘la ' lger0U8 e I Perim ete w ith less deliverers of h u m an ity , and to V\ h at though th o u a rt alone And “ g u v e d ” by all th e th ro n g ? priests and preachers as treacherous methods^69 h°W '° Save health and Ii,e b-v “fc A lthough thou gnaw a bone, I t t i 2 L re'y iree fron‘ “ '«'hni. al ru b b ish . stum bling blocks in the way of th a t Be not th y actions wrong. how to avoid d ^ n " r th i“ “ is b e t,e r ,o k » °» delivery, who delayed hum an h a p as a cu re 1 dleeHSe ‘b an to tak e any m edicine Can sta n d alone th e ju st, Mid hypocrites u n k in d ; piness for untold centuries behind ho,lb tt r e v e n ! S 'V y1Pl.'° i<,,a n ' 1 otl.‘er ,evere can b j And though he chew a c ru st, a cruel curtain of darkness, su p er thpri* • *( cured, and gives th e best 1. ------- T hink w ith a full-fledged m ind. I t is’nnt 11 * ‘ons.u ,n P ti°n , ap p en d icitis and tre a tm e n t for la g rip p e , dip- stition, chicanery, plotting, th rea t- D ttu b an ad v ert>sement and has no m ediei <ry o th e r disease. * F \\ h a t boots th e foolish b o asts— enings and m urder. \ ast flocks by e rro r won? m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaednat? 06 to 8e,L One w ith th e tr u th is h o sts— o o k 00 ° re<1 P,laiea 8h°w ing d ifferent U8e of a ftti' to x ine. Agnostics realize th a t it is nobler a n T d h « iih « « i f ? c a n n o t f a d to please vou. If VP* ts ° f the. h u m a n body. F re eth o u g h t can sta n d alone. Dr 1 r 7!e a n s ’ (I° not delay g ettin g it. ’ are i°°k in g for h e a lth by th e sa fe s t to do som ething for the benefit of The wise can sta n d alone, - J . H. G reer, th e a u th o r, is a p rem iet,n m an while he lives th an it is to Though m u ltitu d e s a ssa il; th e false shall tie o ’erth ro w n , chisel a lying epitaph on his tom b And tr u th a t last prevail. rnt.F. V. H. C ook , for thirty years Dean o f the l°* M edicine aild Surgerv P h v a i e i a n i,L stone; th at the eating of bread is ... ‘w‘bc iiarvardgM<rdicft?rin saHutX H.>uIJ ' - ' a ^ ? “ , ,?” !hyoD’l r b O ak ’ ? P h ^ ic U " «" th e » t h e n r , ‘, L ? ' t S ° f V iiI U e U better and more wholesome th an a th e profession a n d public. ror the Torch of Reason. i " * " , * " A h its c o n te n ts a n d h e a n h , 7 n y ,ha ' ,' ilV ;h ' ’uM k n o w how to c are"fo Rr * h e belief th a t one is eating it, or a T his hook h as 800 pages, is neat) d i n h Ÿ’f , h ,’1u ';ho!d. w h ich is a h u m a n r i g h t an d bound m cloth w ith g o ld !? tU r8,and wii S uperstition, In sa n ity, Ignor ■ i . «mi b o o k g iv e s th e in f o rm a tio n n e e d ed anti In faith th a t one m ay eat some in the ...... .. <-•’ - « - l i . y u n d t r s U i . d I con ance. c se n t p o stp aid to any address on re h '. t ’ i / ' ” * , , o t n a " i i’ig th e u se o f a n y poison future; th a t it is better to realize ed le? th * "t r .,CtIy to t h “ use P o i s o n e r rem-’ oeipt of price, $3.00. « m. n r / ; n H tTUe p r in e iP |(‘ ‘ h a t sh o u ld g u id e a l th a t this life is a certain ty th an it a<1— d BY C. S. SPARKS. SPECIAL OFFER BL ^ cla ^ l rcer’ w e o i,e’ is to mope around like a chicken PHYSICIAN IN THP Y o u rs tr u ly , OF REASON n J h HOUSE and the TORCH D r . w . h . C ook .” for °ne one year yrar for only QJJ I . . l . K c A S O N Tor with the cholera and wait for a th e price of the book alone. Agnostics are u n acquainted w ith lovely hereafter th a t is a decided “spirit m an ifestatio n s” ; the “ de uncertainty. I parted” never “a p p e a r” to them , Our Job Department Agnostics know th at, according neither in their w aking nor to the Bible, “ God” m ade hea veil i ----- ALWAYS GIVES- in th eir sleeping hours. In and hell, and th a t he m ust be a their “ m in d ’s eye” nothing but very bad indiv id u al to bave m ade the real appears; gods, ghosts and the latter, and th at association with phantom s give them the go hv and him at either place is to he avoided. seek more congenial com pany in Between the two, it is likely, on a c - ' HONEST S T n r ir the m in d ’s eye” of the credulous. count of the distance from the ‘ ' CK» F<NESi INK AND EX C ELLEN T W O R K flA N SH IF Spirit rap p in g s” never occur w ith “ m aker’s” abode, the la tte r w o u ld ' 2 ' " “ in their hearing; they are the crea be the choice of the greater num ber. . F o rs tn e r’s- tures of the “ W itch of E n d o r”, and I B E A T-T H E -W O R LD P R IC E S ! Agnostics know th a t by reason of In 3 or 4 go in the sam e com pany as they e tts te in ’s ounce silver- their investigations thousands upon (hd in her time. “ H eavenly songs” ine cases : arranted “ Trenton ” , are never heard by the Agnostic, thousands have left the graves of atches “ S ta n d a rd ” ’ , ' is .......— in v a l d a b e to their dead w ithout shedding a tear w.wi.wu« siJcuumg » i e a r ---------------------.---------- .,r ‘i’e and to the dying one C hrist never or ‘C e n tu ry ’, of fear for their welfare; th a t it has ? jew els, $3. E lgin or W a lth a m ^ h e s? 7 C a r p e n te r s a n d Jo in « ™ f, appeared with outstretched arm s. '“ t ? PrÎÏB’ “ ¡W; h, l,«ks,'as it takes th’ Strange, is it not? but it is true. been alm ost two thousand years since the C hristians have dared to jew els, a d ju s te d ,'|9 . Elgin, " '¡ P W.’ P “'æ «( chisel and gouge; to He mingles in the sam e society as claim th a t a single soul on earth ¡::t.vrnon‘1” ’ 17 je '' d p; fl,n ad ju sted , gilt, C a b in e t Mi M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow of old. i has seen their God or had any V a n g u a rd ” , E lgin ” 149” , “ 150” ,“ 181’ knot« PT i a tc h in g , rem oving sp lits ant Agnostics know th a t “ conver- direct com m unication with hitm ail 2 i k n o ts. U - In ,n “ fact, « • no sion” is an acknow ledgem ent of be- th at he “ revealed him self” only out,¿>5. The’ a’» « ‘int ™oz?coh,r7dve; M ak" ,n»nufac‘ui hpf and faith and a su rrender of when the world was in the throes tl»e au th o rity of one’s own m ind, of darkness and ignorance, and if m o re; in 26-year cases, $0.50 an d $0 ire, nor and th a t “ sanctification” is an evi the education and present attain - : " t T m a i ' f e ^ s s . - I n g o M . f l i W WoodwOTk8r’ ’bouid b dence of illiteracy, and is born of a . . . . . E a d ie s G old W a t c h e s .— In g o ld -fille d n m ie ent n t of a n r rem e m a ains in s at a t th« hi«h 20-year 20-vear cases, pa««« 7 7 jew els, $10; 15 ic .- jew ___ els, ,.u tn o u t it. of m man the high consuming fear of “ bell”, and th a t - o ------— -------- , «..V. k«,«v fltandard of todav he w ill h e s e e n J.1/3’ 16 a d ju s te d , $10; th e “ O tto 0 the intellig en t the word is en- i . , ' , .. ettstein , 17 jewels, full adjusted, ex- AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS tJNEOUAIFn tirelv - u l . * • v , ar,d heard no rnore5 th a t th e tim e tra fine throughout, $22.50. These in UPlhyUALED lions'nf b ' ; , 1 m' a n ‘nf ; th a t mi1 m ay come, when a belief in the A H T r d s t ^ K a n d ’! -5!’ ,?,O' e- 11’’ the on|y round bit in the world aer fie d b renf ” CT" e " y S u p ern atu ral will be an evidence of U' ^ d ^ » ^ V A R K HOI.K has tr ! b “d CentUr 8 m ight ipfiani‘y> as “ ” ‘be a ”d , a" d° na8 trium phed over rig h t, all for • . j a n ” * at( hes k e p t in o rd er one year. the “alnrv of Pzwi» »k 7 v intelligent, an evidence of ignorance. F or solid gold or w atches not listed „o.™ . correspond w ith me. I can posi- j of fiv« a u r P^ ^ E’ ‘oe glory of G o d ’; th at K ing Da- above lively save you 20 p e rc e n t, on D iam onds, < L i i LH d? ffefren.t IH,J!« ’.P<*tpaid . .$ 2 .« ■ ; was a delightful subject for a Opals o r o th e r fine jew elry. Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. & !, a ! th a t John the u rn v .ik -v , « aiam gue oi a n m e th a t John the A descrip^v )» atalogue of all the OTTO W E T T S T E IN , ____________ ’^pfiat, who came down out of the best Fre.etut/-.* j h t works free on ap- R o c h e lle III R o c h e lle , III. Biyuntains with a girdle about his plication to F ltilquest & Andrews, ,, ><?nd for price-lists of Ingersoll spoons, and a chunk of honey in one Secular Booksellers, El Paso, Texas, i trS /'^ T h c -isrin ^ th e ciu’cible” / ? ^ “8 Address, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO, SILVERTON OREGON. . -Satisfaction w