THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1897. warrior we would live over again the struggles of the battle. W ith the traveler we would cross the ocean and explore unknow n lands, unravel the mysteries of p la n t and anim al life, and tread with hap p y m ind and glowing heart the classic s,ji1’ W ith the philosopher, we would adjust anew the lam p and the crucible, and watch with breath- less interest for the spark or the effervescence which is to con- firm or overthrow the favorite the- ory. But alas, it was not to he! The demon of superstition obliter- ated those valuable books forever, hist academies w’ere f a r m e d a t A lexandria by Ptolem y Soter 314 Ibis m ay not he relished by Christian prtaciiers, hut it is tru e, nevertheless. 1 he science o fa stro n - Age of Ignorance. fame the celebrated English phil osophers, m onk, and scholar, Rog»r Bacon, born in Somerset- shire about 1214 A. D. Bacon, wa- inventor of spectacles, and the first to described the tru e theory of tele-copes and microscopes. He foresaw the greatest of all inven- tions in practical a-tronom y, the m easurem ent of angles by optical means. Bur for these discoveries like all his predecessors he too was im p riso n ed by the church. I will now give a general review’ of in- ventions and discoveries by the ac- cients, with the names and dates of each. Algebra was discovered by D iophantus, a Greek w riter in C o n tin u e d on 7 th , P a g e . T orch of R eason ) P aine’s Age of Reason says th at however backward they may be to acknowledge it, it is nevertheless a fact th a t the age of ignorance com- menced with the introduction of the Christian religion. The follow- ing extracts from stan d ard works and cyclopedias confirm the tru th of Thom as P aine’s assertion of tin ancient literature of the H indoo’s. Sir Wm. Jones, Christian historian and O rientalist, says, “ It was the most volum inous imaginable, abso- lutely i nex haust able, reminding him of infinity ¡’self.” “ The Iliad of H om er w ritten 900 years B. C.,” wrote Johnson, “ num bers 24000 ress und. verses: but the M ahabhaw ata of Previously A cknow ledged.............. $82 00 the Hindoos 400,000, and the omy has led m en to form g e r a n d e r con- Jo h n D iam ond, C o b u rg .................... 100 P uranus, com prising only a portion ceptions of th e boundless extent Jo h n E Jo h n so n , V a le ...................... 1 00 of th eir religious books extend to ol thw universe, and t h e unlim ited j ^ ' ^ d ^ a i d y C r e s c e n t C i t y , C a l . . . 1 50 /F o r th e Old R ags c o lo r e d w i t h “ P E R F E C T I O N " D y e s w ill m a k e b e a u tifu l C a r p e ts a n d R u g s, a n d , u n lik e o t h e r d y e s , t l i e c o lo r s o b t a i n e d w ill n o t w a s h o u t o r f a d e . T h e y a re s im p le a n d e c o n o m ic a l t o u s e , a n d t h e n e w “ P e r fe c tio n " C o tte n D y es a re e s p e c ia lly a d a p te d fo r R u g s a n d R a g C a rp e t m a k in g . For Sale By All D R U G G IS T S . G U IS S& SON, W h o le sa le A g e n ts . S IL V E R T O N ,.................... OREGON. 0-O-OOO'O-OO‘O-O'OOO-O-O-O-O'O'C-C-O-O-O-O‘OO S iL V E R T O N BARBER SHOP. 2,000,000of versc*s.” Ancient librar- f°rces pertaining to m atter, t h a n T o t a l ....................................................... $85 50 * < * < ies, the oldest of which any record °Hiei classes of study, b u t the U n iv e rs ity F und. exists, was a collection of Babylon- (,hurch lost n o time in persecuting A R T IS T IC W O R K toll books, ab o u t 6C0 B. C. A 'pub- tlu» .cience, as well as its profes- ,>revi()lls|y A,.kn„'wleuK" , ............. , 51u M lie lib ra ry was founded at Athens sol‘s- bw cruel and in h u m an E M Baker, Junction City................ 2 00 l e n y o u w a n t a G o o d S m o o th S h a v e by H ip p archus 526 B. C.. The practice of burning a t th e stake “ •■ ••• J 60 ■" O r a F i r s t C l a s s H a i r - c u t C a ll O n second lib rary of great note was was the playful pastim e ot ignor- J o h n E J o h n s o n , V a l e ................................ 10 00 founded a t A lexandria by Ptolernv an t priests for the crime of know- O M M a r c h a n d w if e . C o b u r g . . . E. E. T A Y L O R , P hiladelphus 204 B. C. which was in 8 an y th in g about the sta rry T o t a l ............................................................ $537 50 burnt 47 B. C. 400,000 volumes be- d °rae fhe universe, w w w w S ecular Societies. ing destroyed. From the rem ains B ythagrous, Born 5 >dB. C. we SILVERTON, OREGON. another library was formed con- are indebted for the discovery of xirs. I£. B . M o ff itt S e c M e tz Io w a . . •* N e w t o n “ sisting of 700,000 volumes which the theorem in the first book of J. B. V a n c o u r t , . . “ . . . . R i v e r s i d e “ J)a'sy tesier,... GOOD BOOKS. was “ destroyed bv a. mob of fan Euclid. He was the founder of B. C . B r e w s te r ,.. . . . . C re s c e n tO k la . atic Christians A. I). 391.” People’s m athem atics, and also laid down M rs . I I . D . B u r r o w s , “ V a n c o u v e r W a s h » Cyclopedia vol. 1 page 59. the true theory of the planetary sys- ’ ’ ’ ’ “ ....... m 2 Cyclopedia vol. i page on. , ........ — ; ......----------- --------- j Robert Carpner> W a g n e r O r e . F o r -< a n d M a t t e r , B u c h n e r , c l o t h .$1 00 Thus we see th a t the earlv ehris- tcni, which was laid aside and for- E d w in J o h n s o n . L o c k e o n H u m a n U n d e r s t a n d i n g “ . 1 40 ......................V a le “ tia n s nans not not o n lv o n ij n ersecu tcd p ersecu ted th e g o tte n th ro u g h all th e in te rv e n in g R oxieL aughlin,---- “ N o r t h 5 a r n h i l l “ tn e & . , . . 6 Ada Dewey, ........... “ .......... P o r t l a n d “ no doubt in m y m ind th at they knowledge of the real position of F i r s t have destroyed a large num ber of the stars, and with having tau g h t • h ’S A n Id e a l R e p u b lic , p a p e r . .............. ' A r i s t o t l e ’s E t h i c s , G i l l i e s , d o t h 50 1 40 S e c u la r C h u r c h o f S ilv e r to n , m e e ts S unday ’ ' :3° T ria ls a n d T r iu m p h s of L a b o r, B e r n a r d i , p a p e r .............................................. p ‘ m * M r ’ J ohn H y p n o t i s m , H o w i t is D o n e , i t s U ses a n d its D a n g e rs , J a m e s R . 50 valu ab le works secretly. h ard ly possible to overrate the in- “a m . uvexittte Hit Hl lluence which the study of these ancient volumes would have had on the world’s succeeding races of m ankind, which have passed to the great beyond, during the interven- ing ages Hince these valuable works were destroyed. These ancient works of science and history which . . , , , were originally read and studied by thousands, would now be food for m illions, and would have enabled the gifted teachers, (had not the • 1 . of e Christian , • .. r fanaticism . , d . ark 1 . night possible to say bow far in advance meets evt^v Sunday in L iberal Hall, a t Cocke, M. D., cloth....... ... l 50 I J 2 p .m . y o u a r e e a r n e s t l y i n v i t e d t o a t - D ia lo g u e s o f P l a t o , t r a n s l a t e d b v we would stand today in relation t e n d a n d h e l p in o u r g r e a t w o r k o f a d - C a r e y , cloth............................. . 80 D e l M a r ’s H i s t o r y o f M o n e t a r y to astronom y had it not been sup- ™ncing the cauf,e of science^and ^moral S y s t e m s , c l o t h ......................................... 2 00 pressed by Hie early Christian L o ra A m e s. S u p t. R e n a n ’s L if e o f J e s u s , p a p e r .............. 50 M o l e c u l a r H y p o t h e s i s o f N a t u r e . church. The next character th at ytfcy‘_______________________ L o c k w o o d ................................................... 25 illum inates the pages of his- T orch of R eason h a n d b o o k o f C u r r e n c y a n d w e a l t h , i" H ipparchus, born 160 B. an d T be F reelhongbt M agazine R apS vX tstrologica! ¿ ¡ m a n a c a n d W H e discovered th e precession for one year for the sm all sum of Ephem eric.................................... 35 s ........................ 50 of the equinoxes, calculated th e $ ’.75. Now is the tim e to sub- ifnn.^VaKe of iJie yt®r8. 1- 1 . I .1 ■ s c rib e XV h i t h e r a r e W e D r i f t i n g a s a N a a - eclipses, determ ined the m am per- crilw- t i o n , W i l e y , p a p e r ............................. 60 W e k e e p u p w i t h t h e t i m e s in L i b e r a l , ’°d ot the planets revolution, in- Who can think P r o *rreef’i v e a n d R e f o r m h o o k s , a n d a s k vented the stereographical method W o r t f p r j A n IH p o of Bonw simple y o u f o r a ll y o u r b o o k o r d e r s ; w ill f u r n i s h of projection, catalogued the ProfPCt 70S mfm : !h«y may brii£^SJww£5th? yo.'’ any book yon want at the lowest p.vM ,„ „ 1 1 mi ... 1 Write J ohn wxDnXHBuRN k co., Patent Attor- p r i c e l . l A p A r d H d t r r e p s p s t a ll P o o r r t l d a e n r d s , W . E. Jo n es, h.\td .l ut..-.» stars and bud u, tbe . r found- neva. W a s h in g to n , D. C „ fo r th e ir fl.8UU p rl«« o ffe r o t o M r o .r o ,, ignorance and superstition fallen like a pall over the intellects of .•i men) to have placed the sciences, arts, education and m orals, perhaps a thousand years forward of the present knowledge of such things. These books which have been de stroyed by cruel fanaticism s would have tran sm itted to us the wisdom and learning of the departed sages of ancient times. In those precious works we w’ould possess the constant com panionship o f their authors, we would have in those vol umes th e orators declaim ing to us, the historian reciting, an d the poets singing. W ith the ution tor a true science of astron- omy. He also determ ined the first inequality of the moon and th e eqation of the centre. To him must also he attrib u ted the establishm ent of the epicycles and eccentrics, a geom etrical concep tion for the purpose of resolving the apparent m otions of the hea venly bodies, on the principle of circular movements. Little if any advance was m ade in astronom y during the period of the dark ages. C hristian ignorance and supersti tion com bating it and m urdering and burning its professors, until there appeared on the horizon of , ’ . . . . *" 1 A ioer Street, P o rtlan d , Oregon, and new Hat of one thouaaud Inventions wanted. L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity P o pular S u b s c rip tio n .............................................1897. I hereby promise to pay............................. dollars to the Oregon State Secular Union on demand, for the erec tion of a Liberal University at Silverton, Marion countv, Oregon, provided, that the sum of five thousand dollars is subscribed by good, responsible parties before said de mand is made. Name. D o a ll y o u c a n y o u r s e l f , a n d g e t o t h e r s t o h e l p . P l e a s e c u t t h i s o u t ( o r c o p y ) s ig n w h a t y o u R icason . . . . . . . can and re tu rn to th e T orch o r Silverton, Oregon.