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PERHONAL IMMORTALITY SILVERTON JOURNAL If anything it> absurd—if <ything can be absurd it 1» th« wide spread belief that when men and women die that they are »till alive. A very «mail power of reasoning ought to teach every man and every woman that life is up-to-date, with NEW, MODERN MACHINERY. and death are opposite condition»— We do “QUALITY" job printing promptly and neatly. the living man ii conscious, and the dead man la unconacioua. The preva lent delusion that the death of man ia a continuation of hia personality, had . its origin in the brain of our aavage i ancestors, and thia superstition ha» come down to us through heredity and , tradition, and ia now one ut the I «trongeat citadel» of a heartier'- li ne» t hood that conatantly prey upon ' the peace und happiness of the human i race. When thia citadel ia overthrown by | selene« and Reason the power of priestcraft will be broken, arid the hu man family will ceae to lie enslave 1 by an unscrupulous ecclesiastical hie rarchy which haa been man’» moat deadly enemy through all the cheer less and bloody centtPiea. Th‘a per sistent and pernicious superstition is the foundation of Mohametaniam and i Christianity, both of which have red dened the earth with b'ood, and both ’ of which are stupendous barriers to the further progress of humanity, anu their power for evil can never be broken until Rationalism drives from the brain of man this ancient and nancies» belief in personal immor talTy. If any thing ia true— if anything can be true—no human being ever had any existence on this earth until he or site wao conceived in a mother’s womb; prenatal personality is absurd —it is unthinkable—it is inconceiv able, and a» inconceivability is the very highest test of the falsity of a proposition we can confidently alii rm that no human being ever had any personal existence until their body was organised. Uns doctrine of the incarnation of a preexisting human spirit floating aronud in space is not only foolish but INTERTYPING SOLICITED preposterous, and can not be enter tained by any sane mind, because It is better than Linotyping the terms of such a proposition can not be framed into a mental concept. This doctrine Had ita origin during the infancy of the human race before Reason had ful'y dawned and when the whole world was supposed to be tilled with spirits eagerly waiting to be clothed with flesh and blood, and it is still taught by mystics and dreamers who- have no knowledge whatever of the laws of nature. If the preelistence of personality and the incarnation of spirits is ab surd, unthinkable and inconceivable, Beautiful Womanhood Joyful Childhood wiiat shall we say of post mortem per < » sonality ? Reason and science both “All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance.”—Gibbon. compel us to say that personal pre existence and post mortem personal existence must stand or fall together; if a bodily organization was the be ginning of a personal existence which every sane man knows Is true, the dis organization and disintegration of the Man’s liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes body must be the end of personal the curse of his neighbors.”—Farror. existence. Happy Old Age Noble Manhood This is the uinversa1 experience of the human race; this is the teaching ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ of science; this is a necessity of ra tional thought; thia is the voice of Reason, and Reason is our only guide in our search for truth. When men and women learn the fun damental truth that the universe em bodies all causes and all effects, and that Evolution and Dissolution are eternal laws of Nature, a belief in personal immortality wi'l disappear, and priests will cease to ride on the weary shoulders of the toiling millions and peace and happiness will till the earth. Personal immortality is a super stition of vast financial value to the priesthood, and as priestcraft is man’s deadliest enemy it is the duty of ail good men and all good women to give freely of their time, money and enei- gy for the overthrow of the pernicious delusion of personal immortality, which enables a heartless priesthood to make slaves of the human family. The overthrow of this insane super stition is iniinitely more important to the-people of the United States than banks and tariffs and treaties, for when priestcraft ceases to rule man kind a golden cestus of clasped hands will encircle the earth, and the angel of peace will spread her beautiful white wings over a happy world. T. J. Bowles, M. D. PRINTING OFFICE SEND US YOUR WORK! Silverton Journal, THE FREE PRESS VOTE 1914 OREGON DRY 1914 A BIG BARGAIN in a business building and a small lot with go d building a'ready for business can be had by applying at the off'ce of the Cascade Real Estate Company. Price only $500. The location is on a prin cipal street and the terms are easy— just like paying rent. Th« above resurrection is for the purpose of asking you how many little booklets of cartoons with write-ups, which have appeared in the Journal, we could sell at 25 cents each. Suppose we get up a neat, little book with tasty colored cover. How many will purchase? These booklets would be fine to set people thinking, and that is what we want Write to The Silverton Journal, Silverton, Oregon. A fifteen room hotel for sale—in the best part of Oregon—Si’verton rent only $30 per month,everything goes, Furniture, piano, dishes, a lot of fine wood, carpets, beds—everthing— for only $1400. This ¡s a bargain as there is an excellent run of business right now and all the time. See the CASCADE REAL ESTATE over the Journal Office. CO., MATERL LISTS’ COLUMN. Edited by Eliza Mowry Bliven, Brook lyn, Conn. As a rule the great majority of the Bohemian» ar inclined to free-thought. That is chiefly due to the fact that on account of the Catholic religion they were deprived of their kingdom and property in Europe. Have you ever read the "History of Bohem-a?” We have two radical paper» in our language; one published in Chicago and the other in Omaha. Joseph M. Pe»ek. • • • A much wider circulation of the ideas of the abler writers on Social Science and general Reform topics can be achieved by giving only the pith of their writings and at low prices, a» most people are too busy to read long articles and too tired to di gest them. When the present so-called com- petetive state of society is superseded oy a san«- one where all will be com fortable and contended, and the com ing generations have been freed from tieiief in God and immortality—the cause» of ail the misery in the world —then every one will be occupied a reasonable time each day to earn proper food, clothing and shelter, and all will be able to read and write. Now about one quarter of our popula tion are illiterate and are incapable of thought. C. P. Somerby. • • » Christians claim their Bibi« to be the greatest promoter of morality in existence; and the majority of them use it in their arguments against drunkenness. Yet the Bible forbids it in only four places. Jeremiah 25, 27-28 says, the Lord commanded his people to “drink and b« drunken, and spew and fall.” Deut. | 14-26 declares that God’s children shall spend their money for wine or strong drink. Genesis 49, 11-12 makes Jacob say, in blessing his children, that their “eyes shall be read with wine.” Second Samuel 6, 19 says, Da vid when moving the “ark of the Lord,” gave his people wine in abundance. Paul prohibited water and recommended wine, 1. Timothy 6, 23. Christ's first miracle was to turn waler into wine for those who were already drunk, John 2, 3-10. Read your Bible, Christians! Charles F. Randall. • • • Animals, the non-human beings, are much like human beirgs. They eat and sleep, seek pleasure and try to avoid pain, cling vigorous'y to life, experience health and disease, get sea sick, suffer hunger and thirst, co operate with each other, build homes, reproduce themselves, love and pro vide for their children, contend against enemies, learn iron experi ence, remember and forget, have friends, favorites and pastimes, appre ciate kindness, commit crimes, are af fected by alcohol, strychnine and other drugs, see, hear, smell, taste and feel, are industrious, provident, manifest ingenuity, individuality, fidelty, affec tion, heroism, self-control, fear, love, hate, pride, suspicion, jealousy, joy, reason, resentment, selfishness, curi osity, memory, imagination, remorse, as humans do. — Prof. J. Howaid in “Dumb Animals.” • • • Lemarck first did the eminent ser vice of arousing attention to the prob ability of all change in the organic as well as the inorganic world, being the result of law and not of miracu lous interposition. His views were published in 1601-9-15. He upholds the doctrine that a'1 species, including man, are decented from other species; led to his conclusions by the gradual change of species, difficulty of dis tinguishing species and varieties, the almost perfect gradation of froms in certain groups and analogy of do mestic production. The means of modification he attributed to direct action of the physical conditions of life, the crossing of already existing forms, and much to use and disuse, that is, the effects of habit, as the long neck of the giraffe was developed by browsing on the branches of trees. From Charles Darvin in “Origin of Species.” • • • Since all vegetation, anima's and human beings are composed of proto plasm-cells, the question arises, where and how did the first protoplasm-cell originate, capable of growing and multiplying. A brief lesson deducted from Alexander’s “Dynamic Theory” will explain how and where the origin was possib'e. During the Azoic Age this earth was just a ball of fiery melted matter like the sun. We have no means of knowing how long that lasted. But fin-’ly the mass begun to cool, so a thin crust formed of granite and other heavy rock types. Outside this crust the atmosphere must have been very hot and thick with all kinds of gases; gradually the vapor cooled, part con densing into hot water holding in so lution immense quantities of all the elements in nature, and this liquid mass settled down, covering the crust. We know, when materials are dis- so'ved by heat, their forces are more active than when cold, and different Conveyancing Brokerage Phone Green 991 * CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO. MR. and MRS. G. H. DEDR1CK, General Managers OFFICE IN HOSMER BUILDING Room formerly occupied by H. E. Brown SILVERTON, OREGON A BIG BARGAIN. One acre, half in clover, an 8-room house, city water in the yard, good well, 40 young fruit tree», 15 old one«, chicken house, fine Jersey cow, 35 chickens, grapes, good barn—everything for only $3250. Easy terms. No better bargain in Silverton! See us over the Journal office. Money to Loan Notary Public ............... . ♦-»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»♦»■♦e ♦♦♦»» Coolidge Street Phon« Black 1242. BEN HOFSTETTER General Contractor for Commercial and Industrial Building * EXPERT ENGINEER I : : In the- Design and Construction ofbeaut- iful homes, business houses, schools and churches. SILVERTON, OREGON. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ kinds unite making various com pounds. The solution in the hot water SILVERTON TIME TABLE. • above the crust, as it cooled, must have collected into countless soft mi Arrive from Portland 8:35 A.M. * il it 44 croscopic forms. Most minerals might 11:30 A.M. * 44 44 44 unite and sink to the crust, but oxy 5:S5 P.M. ♦ 44 44 44 gen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, etc., 7:05 P.M. « <4 44 could unite and float. For millions of Salem 11:59 A.M. • 44 44 44 years there were numberless multi 5:50 P.M. • 44 44 tudes of these combinations lx fore Springfield 9:15 A.M. • 44 there were any continents or island». “Brewasville 1:45 P.M. • 4 e And they attracted each other. They were composed of atoms, and atoms Depart for Portland 7:25 A.M. * M 44 44 have always had force to attract and 9:15 A.M. • 44 44 44 combine. Some would become larger, 1:45 P.M. • 44 44 44 stronger than others, and the smaller 5:50 P.M. • 44 44 would be attracted to them and ab Salem 8:35 A.M. • 44 44 44 sorbed in them. The larger would 2:90 P.M. • “SpriagfeldT 1:30 A.M. • push out processes or fibres In attract “Brownsville 5:05 P.M. * ing the smaller. Gravity would make the center of a nuceus. Attraction in opposite directions might divide one into two cells. Thus the protoplasm cells must have originated, the begin OREGON SOCIALIST ning of all vegetable and animal life PARTY ¿TICKET and growth. Eliza Mowry Bliven. United States Senator—B. F. Ramp Governor—W. J. Smith. Do you believe in dreams? Your State Treasurer—B. F. Sloope dream of a home will come true if you Attorney General of Oregon—J. E. will let the CASCADE REAL ES Hosmer TATE COMPANY tell you how to buy State Labor Commission — August a home on the installment plan. Nikula Buy a let in Geiser’s Addition— State Supt. of Public Instruction— Mrs. Flora Foreman best buy in Silverton—must sell and you g«t the advantage of the forced State Railroad Commissioner—I. O. Puerola sa'e. You can pay for this lot and the CASCADE RFAL ESTATE CO. Justices of Supreme, Court—D. W. Robinson, N. Rannells, A. G. Hotch will bui’d you a bunglow—pay for it kiss, Chas. H. Otten. in tead of paying rent to the other fellow. LOOK HERE FRIENDS! The Sil verton Journal wants to live, and we want to hammer this fact into the minds of our friends until they will help make it impossible for the hier archy to “get our goat”. Fifty Cents a year for subscriptions will not pay the expenses unless we get a larger number of subscribers, and therefore, in order to live, our subscribers must act as our agents and get us other subscribers. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! If you wish to exchange a farm for city property or city property for a farm, we are in business for that purpose. Come and look at our list of exchanges. Cascade Real Estate Company. Watch the date after the name on the little yellow label and if you want the Silverton Journal another year re new your subscription promptly. It will save us much time, work and ex- | penso. Help us all you can. MARION COUNTY SOCIALIST TICKET Representatives: E. W. Ross, S’’- verton; Fred Haa k, Marion; L. D. Ratliff, Salem; Allen Hutcheon, Sa lem, F. J. Von Behren, Aumsville. Sheriff—J. E. Blazer, Silverton. Clerk—T. Y. McClellen, Turner. Ra- corder—Ly’!th M. Cannon, Salem. Treasurer—R. R. Ryan, Salem. Com missioner,—F. C. Ramp, Brooks. Cor oner—Bernard Pehr, Salem. Survey or—Jean B. Hoss, Salem. * * * * * * * * * * The Experiment of reducing the price of this paper to 50 cent» per year for a period of 30 day» has proven such a success that we have condud- ed to make the reduction per- manent. Keep them coming in bunches! It is the correct an- «wer to the hierarchy’« prosecu- tions and falsehood». * * * * * * • * ‘ *