T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, S E P T E M B E R 13, E.*M. 300 (1900.) apprehended and become as com- m onplace as electricity, and we shall use it, every one of us, for the benefit of ourselves and th a t of hu- m anity. . But u ntil the common people und erstan d it, they would better leave it alone. I do not think I would care to go into an establish- , , . . , m ent where electricity is m anufac- , , , , , tured and recklessly place my hand on the dynam o. I would first pre fer to learn a little, about the laws of electricity and the voltage of the generator. Lacking th at knowledge, I had better keep aw ay from it. he shall behold the god th a t never forsakes him , th e god of himself and the universe— the only god he ever shall know, for in him inhere undream ed of possibilities, whose e,l^s are divine and whose com pass *s infinite. 3 is now for the first time told to in B EA T-TH E-W 1R LD P R IC ES! dividual man by the Science of Psychology, to Social Man, by the In 3 o r 4 e tts te in ’s ounce silver- Science of Sociology, and to both in e cases : arranted “ T renton ” , by the Science of Morals. Now atches •‘S ta n d a rd ” , th a t we have really discover'd o r ‘C e n tu ry ’, where we are at, and what we can 7 jew els, $3. E lgin o r W alth a m , best 7 jew els, non-catchable h a ir-sp rin g , $4.80; know and do, and what is to be sam e, 15 jew els, $0.50. T he H a m p d e n , come of us, the next thing on hand 17 jew els, a d ju ste d , $9. E lg in , “ B . W . D .. . . . .. <tS R ay m o n d ” , 17 jew els, full a d ju ste d , g ilt, The Religion of A tten tio n ; Na- is to take an account of slock; then $16; sam e, nickel, $20. T he W alth am n tural, Human and Rational to conduct our lives according to ‘‘V a n g u a rd ” , E lgin “ 149” , “ 160” ,“ 181” o r th e “ O tto W ettste in S p ecial” , all 21 vs. H ypnotic and ¿pook our m eans, the actual facts of the jew els, full a d ju ste d , e x tr a fine th ro u g h Religion. case, and the future which lies be out, $25. The above in 4 oz. coin silv er cases or in best 20-year filled gold screw- fore us, as m an and as M an . cases, $4.50 m o re; sam e, h u n tin g , $6.50 BY T. B. W AK EM AN. [N ote, man m eans the in d iv id u al; m o re; in 25-year cases, $6.50 an d $9 m ore. All p rep aid , Man or M an m e a n s th e race, H u L a d ies ’ G old W atches .—In gold-tilled “ The im p o rtan t th in g ’’ in all our m anity.] And th a t is a safe injunction in life tu rn s out to be attention . S trange as it may seem to us at regard to hypnotism . Do not And upon th a t im p o rtan t light is first, th at sim ple m ental act, fact Lra These in trouble yourselves about it, unless • , , i “ nest filled gold 25 year cases, f 1.50 more, , . . throw n by th e foregoing remark* and process, A . ttention , is the key All a rtis tic h a n d ch ased , la test stv le, in . t. . . . , , . able articles from the great French to the whole hum an business. If plush cases. M a n u fa c tu re r’s g u a ra n te e tific investigation and learn the m ine accom panies all tilled cases, Pnysiologist, R ibot, and the astute we learn to use th a t key rightly , and and w atches k ep t in o rd e r one year. laws and nature of its operation. Liberal Preacher and Observer of we are lords of ourselves and of our For solid gold or w atches n o t listed But, on the other hand, do not re correspond w ith m e. I can posi New York, H enry F rank. In th a t fate. It is m an ’s fault if, as Bvrou above tively save you 20 p e rc e n t, on D iam onds, gard it as some m ysterious and word, atten tio n , with its auto-sug said, “ Lord of him self— th a t heri O pals o r o th e r fine jew elry . m onstrous bugaboo conjured from Send for price-lists of Ingersoll spoons, gestion and H ypnotism , they give tage of woe!” A ttention is the E re e th o u g h t badges, am i m y fam ous the d epths of hell to produce death , , . . ,, us concisely some of the most prac- rudder, and if we learn to steer tr a c t: “ Theism in th e C ru c ib le ” , free. and destruction to all who tam p er , r tical results of perhaps, the most even tolerably well, we shall find wonderful of the Sciences, m odern life well worth living, and if we O tto W e t t s t e in , Let us understand th a t nothing Psychology. The great uses of the steer tiret class, life becomes physi R o c h e lle , I I I . exists in all the universe a knowl o ther Sciences, from the sublim e cally the most exquisitely delicious, edge of which is dangerous. There A stronom y, the far-reaching cotre- and psychically the most blissfully Q A M P I P copies o f IOC d iffe le n t Leading is nothing, however, m ysterious at Jation of Physics, C hem istry, and ecstatic state of existence we can O n l Y l i L L N ew spapers and M agazines sent tx> any address upon receipt of 10 cents to pay for present, which the intelligence of the evolution of Biology, was to im agine. T he old “ H eavens” are m ailing. U . s S u b s c r ip t io n A g e n c y , 126 N . Liberty St, Indianapolis, Ind. man will not some tim e apprehend. form the grand pedestal upon out of the count. The Peoples th a t Man is th e unconquerable m aster which M an could stand to receive were, only had a confused idea of of nature; man will become the ul-1 hj8 Hnal explanation. As Sir Wil- what they w anted, and th eir re he W iley B. tim ate conqueror of th e universe; liam H am ilton used to keep say Allen Co. ligions (including the C h ristian ) and there is not a sta r so d ista n t ing, “ There is nothing great in the we?e the most m istakenly absurd T h e O ld e st! th e in yon nebulous d u st but w hat W orld but M an, and in Man L arg est ! M usic notions of how they were to get S to re. L ead in g P i some time sh all cross the plane of nothing great but M ind;” and now anos an d O rg an s. th a t— nowhere, or up in the sky? his telescopic vision and be grasped it is shown th a t attention is the 209-211 F irs t S t ., But now correlative Psychology PO RTLAND, oREO and analyzed with scientific pre- feeder, sustainer, executor and sub- says: J t has taken the Infinite cision, as is the com m onest sub- stance of m ind, with all its aston- Universe infinite tim e to work out stance of this earth . Let us under- ¡ghing powers of m em ory, reason the speck of protoplasm wherewith lot stan d th a t there lie concealed no and judgm ent. But what all of you started . Its first iife was h u n old hen UST AS NATURAL old! and a fro<d deal more reliabla. Doran I break lU egga or make it* chicks looey. gods, or God Suprem e, w ithin the the facts in this dom ain of Man ger, the feeling of need of som e Doesn’t stay the neat and allow the egra to ch ill but hatches every egg that can ba bosom' of N atu re’s m ysterious and m ind really were, it only be hatched. THE thing to absorb and assim ilate— so forces, whom man him self—the came possible to know since A. D. A INCUBATOR as to keep going. Hence chemical b sbwlately perfect u to PETALUM lncab.tore«entlal.— p r o p e r a p p li c a only redoubtable god in the u n i 1600; and only has it g radually be io n a n d a l . t r l b u t t o n o f h e a t a n d r a o l . t u r —, r e g u affinity produced tttra c tiv e longing t l FREIOHT a t i o n a n d v e n t i l a t i o n . F o r 60 to 360 eggs. WE P A I I" t h e U . 8. H a n d * , m e c a ta lo g fre<£ versal pantheon— shall not success come known since Lorenz Oken to its foods; but there were dangers P e t a l u m AHVWHERE a In c u b a to r Co . B o x . P e ta lu m a , C a L fully challenge to remove the m antle Goethe and L am ark, in or about and hurts, too, and they left a feel of m ystery th a t su rro u n d s them . 1800, put forth the “ U r-schleim ” or ing— the sense of repetition, again- Then shall we be able to apply Protoplasm , as the only life exhib- ness, expectancy, awarness ; the bi - all the potencies of n ature, not iting substance. Since then, how ginning of memory, the m other of 00 Worth of only for physical benefit and relief the W orld and Man have been laid reflection, and then of the conscious from tem porary disease, but for re- open! We seem never to have Eg<>, the F ath er of wants and jo y s; lief flora m ental and m oral dis- known an y th in g certainly before, hence attention , com parison, re a “ S ecular S cience asd C ommon S ense ” points orders, and all those cram ping and C ertainly nothing reliable about son, judgm ent,w ill, conation, action the way to the goal ol your am b ition . A m aga narrow ing conditions which harrow “ the secrets and m ysteries,” the and telesib , which is the final a d zine o f Advanced Free T h o u g h t, Liberal and the h eart and bedim the spirit of norm al sanity as distinguished ju stm en t of m eans to effect pre Modern Ideas of R eform and N atural Law. m an. As in N ature, all forces are from abnorm al insanity, the spasm s desired and thought-of purposes, Devoted to p ractical dem onstrated truths. H um anity is und ergoing im portant p h y sica l, but the expression of a single prin- and terrors, which used to m ake ends and objects of life. In a word, in tellectu al, and social c h a n g e s. P rogress de m ands the rending of sla v e r y 's ch ain s. T h is ciple, so there is in m an him self a horrid sport over the thoughts and th u s through the Ages the U ni m agazine is a step p in g-ston e to su ccess in all of tife’s undertakings, as it d evelop s power of power th a t harm onizes him with feelings of Man. The hum an past verse and H u m an ity have pro in tellectu al perception so that laten t and active energy w ill be properly directed, in su rin g a head in a sound body. N oth in g lik e it or the universe and m akes it possible had a few ‘ green isles in the dark, duced m an, “ the th in k e r,” a se n ti clear half so good and practical. T h is rare treat sent a whole year, together with sam p les of over 50 for him , as universal conqueror, to wild sea of agony,” and so the sur- ent, reasonable and purposeful be other valuable papers and m a g a zin es o f »5.00 for o n ly 5I.00 rise to th a t m ountain height of vivors have m anaged to live ing, and the finest, loveliest living value, Send at once a s th is otfer is lim ited . S am ple with an in terestin g book o f over ICO pages achievem ent where he shall learn through. They were compelled to statu e, whose activities give the copy tree for 12 cents in stam p s. A ddress th a t nothtng unknow able exists, continue their species by the life highest m ind, soul and “ s p iritu a l” SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE th a t infinite knowledge but aw aits instinct, but darkened by horrid power known to exist. W hat shall P.E. 932 Atlas Blk, Chicago, III. the apprehension of an infinite superstitions and stained by the the Lord of this wonderful, this m ind, and th a t all knowledge blood of m urderous wars, m iracle-exceeding “ heritage” of a achieved is for the u plift of hum an- Now, the Sun of Science has m indful body do with it? “ A t ity and the betterm ent of the indi- arisen, and for the first tim e thrown te n tio n ” is the word (ad, to, ano ! vidual. On th a t far height he a saving light over the lot and fate tendo, I stretch , is th e L atin of it ) the individual and his race, That is, to w hat shall “ I stretch The ablest publication of the kind in the World. shall behold, not some undiscerned of man . . I , Sixty-four panes. Illustrated. Published Monthly, and undiscoverable god buried in th at is, m an and Man. W hat we to ;” to w hat shall I go out; th a t Price »1.00 a year. For twenty - fivb cents the abysm al bosom of space, but are, How we are to be saved, J is, w hat shall I become devoted t o , ¡ X I ? free tho V ch T I u ” “ / ? Nni O N T t,S ’ w T o ft MflGflZIN&S FREE! The Free Thought Magazine introspecti vely discerning himself, | \\ hat we m ust do to be saved, 1 Continued on 5th page. | B -In d ia n a St., Chicago, i l l