THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MAY 24, 1900. 3 The bey which he furnishes us to ed arrayed as a bishop. Here OFFER- $3 these strange problems presented comes in what has so astounded $ 3 — G R E A T S P E C IA L by medieval art is mainly the old many travelers—the apparent ob dogmatic relation between nature scenity of some of the representa and scriptures. In the early church tions. «. ien tifie truth ceased to be~st_udied_ More_ and ^more,__frequently ior truth’s sake, but was used to tnrougnoui Europe we nave havi in ascertain and illustrate the mean- sculpture the figuresof foxes preach ings of the Bible, and to establish ing to fowls, with other foxes lying I the dogmas of the church. The in wait behind the pulpit to catch book of nature was held more and the congregation, of asses wearing more to be the counterpart and, rosaries; of donkeys playing upon B new Tamilv medical Work therefore, the interpreter of the book the lyre; of pigs playing upon bag bv Dr. 3. R. fireer, Chicano«*««*««««* of Revelation. The visible creation pipes; of foxes confessing birds; of H IS book is up to d ate in every par was held to be a mirror of the spir wolves confessing sheep; and these tie u lar. J * appear not only in sculpture but in itual realm. I t tells you how to cure yourself by sim ple and h arm less hom e rem Very early in the history of the other forms of art. edies. church appeared tho treatise known The special value of Prof. Evans’ It re c o m m e n d s no poisonous or dangerous dru g s. as the Physiologus. In this, vari book lies in the fact that it enables . ii i C teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods ous objects in nature were made to the American reader to get really accordance w ith n a tu r e ’s laws not endorse dangerous ex p erim ets with interpret and to be interpreted by into the thoughts of his ancestors th e It su does rg eo n ’s knife. who worshipped in the cathedrals, I t teaches how to save h ealth and life bv sale various passages of scripture. Early in the third century, Ori- revealing more and more clearly m ethods. that all progress in thought is the It is en tirely free from technical ru b b ish , gen laid down a great doctrine, as result of evolution, which is b y no t teaches p rev en tio n —th a t it is b e tter to know to avoid disease th a n to tak e anv m edicine follows: The visible world teaches means to cease in our time.—[A. I). as iow a cure. us cmcerning the invisible; the White, in Popular Science Monthly. I t teaches how typhoid and o th er fevers can be^ ~ _______ -• en rrh ted , and cured, gives th e Iiest earth contains images of heavenly tb e n ) a prev , c a ta co n su m p tio and n , ap p en d icitis and kn t v e r V \ ft f e a ,,Ji.vnt for la 8 r iPPe . d iP- T he D iscovery of G od ?— This It is not an ad v ertisem en t and has no m edicine things. As God made man in his thsea8e- It m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaccinati , , • own image and after his own like important event has just occurred k has 16 colored plates show ing different. ¿ % " ? n,d.*he. u 8e of a n ti-to x in e . is b o o t . • a n n á 'i a i H o í a J e vó!Í'r' r 7.!t Part8‘ " f « « h u m a n body. ness, so he created the lower ani in the State of Texas. It is report T 1 h his book can n o t fail to t ° (^ please y o von , , n I , yuu are |o o k .Iig for |ie a lü ; , )y th e >afe8t mals after likeness of heavenly ed in “The Examiner”, issued at 8 l l r ^ J 1 «' ’/!ean 8 ’ do not oelay g etting it. _______G reer, th e a u th o r, is a p ractic i ng ph y . sician in C hicago, is Professor of Paris, Texas, bi-monthly, bv R. prototypes. [G e n ito -U n n a ry D iseases in th e Colleg» B College President’s te s tim o r* The animal which had the earli Peterson (25 cents a yeai), one of I*R J WM h . C o o k , fo r t h i r t y y e a r . D ean o f th e E J“ » M * . '* edicine 7 '" **.l v “ an *, d u S s u urgery, rg ery , P m h y y s sician i C i a i l -in - i n - - < iuciiniati Phyttio-Mcdicai College, writes to met to the Harvard Medical Institute t h ie f th e H arv ard M edical In s titu te , est, and perhaps the greatest sig the closest and most merciless dis th e a u th o r a j fo llo w s » a n d h a a »■> »•» 4 In * . —. — i. e « . * and has w ritte n m any ____ works of value to nificance was one which existed sectors of the theology superstitions “ I h a v e e x a m in e d y o u r book, * A P h y sic ia n In th e th e profession and public. H o u se.’ an d am m u c h p le a se d w ith its c o n te n t- and fa m ily sh o u ld k now how c a re f o r th e neither in the Bible nor in nature. extant. The Sybiline lady through h to e n a e. lth E o f v ery T his hook has 800 pages, is neatly th e h u tirc h o ld , a h ic h is a h u m a n r i g h t a n d bound in cloth with gold le tte rs,a n d will k g iv e s th e in f o rm a tio n n eed ed an d in This animal was the Phoenix; it whom this discovery was made, d I u n ty g . u a Y g o e u t h r e h o p o eo p le ca n re a d ily u n d e rs ta n d . I c o n sen t postpaid to any address on re n o t n a m in g th e u se o f a n y p o iso n ceipt of price, $3.00. was made to teach a world of church arose “sudenly from her chair, and g b - u a t tu a d l a h te e r in y o g u s on tr ic tly to th e use o f n o n -p o iso n o u s rem-’ etlie s—th e o r e tr u e p rin c ip le th a t sh o u ld g u id e all doctrine, and was stamped upon throwing her arms wildly about, tr e a tm e n t o f d ise ase , a n d w h ich I h a v e a d v o c a te d in SPECIAL OFFFR my p ra c tic e fo r f o rty y earn o r m o re. OF REASON *7 ™ E » < ^ ri i d ete£ ; TORcS the coin of the first Christian em exclaimed: ‘God, to me, is the all- Y o u rs tr u ly , " D r . w . h . C ook .” K fcA b O N fo r one v r a r fo r o n ly M HP th e p rice o f th e book a lo n e . fu iU U pervading something that controls peror. In the 12th century we have, as the universe!’ ” Thereupon the an outgrowth of the Physiologus, Examiner threw up the sponge a*'d Our Job D e p a rtm e n t the Bestiaries. These developed “bowed itself out”. The Torch is -ALWAYS GIVES- this theological learning still fur not so easily satisfied. What is ther, and now it came in with a this “something”? Is it the uni full tide—the sculptures of cathe verse itself, that is, the process of drals, the paintings on stained changes going on in and of itself? glass, the illuminations of manu Is it an “entity” outside of, or sep- ---- BECAUSE IT GIVES___ scripts, the embroideries of vest urate from, the universe? Is it ments, are filled with phoenixes, simply the name that a surviving HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKHANSHIP unicorns, salamanders, as weli as fetich worshipper gives to the inco with the whole range of animals herent fancies and illusions of his BEAT-TKE-WORLD PRICES! .F o r stn e r ’s. ignorance? Will the Examiner having real existence. In 3 o r 4 The lion was perhaps most fre further inquire and report? e tts te in ’s ounce silver- ine cases : arranted quently sculptured. . . “ When “ Trenton ” , atches IS INVALUABE TO the lion perceives that he is being “ S ta n d a rd ” , Do you ta k e th e o r ‘C e n tu ry ’, pursued, he erases his footprints! 7 jew els, $3. Elgin o r W alth am , best 7 C arpenters a n d Jo in e rs, for m ortising, with his tail, so that he cannot be T orch o f Reason? jew els, non-catcnahle h air-sp rin g , $4.80; such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e I t is only One D ollar a Y ear, and sam e, 15 jew els, $6.50. 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