*
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1897.
Morton acknowledged it.
It then hi< talk amounts t<> something.'
COnnUNICATIONS.
S ILV E R T O N
seemed as if he was the only
one Morton never claimed to be a
who really cared whether the boy talker, and yet, when it conies to, E ditor T orch of R eason : For
SHOP.
the enclosed 2,5 cents, please send B A R B E R
was saved or not, who really felt the gist, he beats us all.”
that a great and terrible injustice
‘T don’t understand your faith the T orch of R eason to the en
* < + *
was about to be done. He begged in that bov,” said Paddie. “ You closed address. I hope in the near
leave to speak for a few moments, defend him as if he were your own future to be able to add more
A R T IS T IC W ORK.
names to your subscription list. I
for his heart was so full that he child.”
“Of course I do. Why shouldn’t shall certainly try, for I believe it
could not keep still.
w earnest Sec- W hen you w ant a Good Sm ooth Shave
Permission was granted. He I? I believe him innocent; and I'd to be the dutv » ofeverv
began in a slow deliberate manner. tight for a dog if I thought he was ularist to use all honorable means ' Or a First Class H air-cut Call On
He seemed to be pleading in a hope abused. I do hate injustice, and for the good of the cause. We can
less way. He told the facts, and the world is full of it. I felt, when not expect to accomplish the task
E. E. TA Y LO R ,
we
have
undertaken
unless
we
showed that in spite of them, there I was talking, that, if I didn’t save
Q 6 W W W
was a possibility of the innocence that bov, the whole universe would work. On looking around we find
of the prisoner. He then went on tumble to pieces, and the devil that our Christian friends are or SILVERTON,
OREGON.
to point out, it the boy were inno would have us all. I saw’ in him ganized; they are formed into a
cent, what a terrible crime they all the innocence of t h e world, and body; they are marching towards
would commit, if they took his life. against him all the injustice. If us with a solid front. We can not
He asked them to pity the youth, I had not saved him, I believe I expect to oppose this force single
handed; we must organize .
and let him go. He could hurt no should have died.”
colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ”
Therefore let every Liberal lend a
one. Let him have a chance. “ We
“ You didn’t convert Big Di *k,
lives will m ake beautiful C ar
cannot judge,” said Morton, with though. He’s beginning to growl helping hand in building up the
p e ts and Rugs, and, unlike
burning eyes, “how dare we, when already, and savs the trial is a cause of Secularism; no matter how
o th e r dyes, th e colors obtain ed
small the deed, it will be appreci
there is no danger! We need not farce.”
will not wash out or fade.
do this for self-defense,—we a hun “I didn’t expect to convert him, ated. Time and persistent efforts
They are sim ple and econom
ical to use, ami th e new “ P e r
dred against one poor little child. only to ke* p him still for a while. will prove to the world that Secu
fection” C jtto n Dyes are esp e
It is a shame for us to do this. Who He sticks to lynching. That’s the larism is most benelicial. A great
cially adapted for Rugs and Rag
saw him commit the deed? Oh, old style to him, and he don’t like many sav: “I will not bother my
C arpet m aking.
life is too sacred! We must not the new’ style of a trial by jury- head about Christianity; if th e
For Sale By All
take it, unless we are compelled! I know lie’s fretting, and I know he’s Christians will just let me alone.”
D R U G G IS T S .
We can be merciful, we can spare; dangerous. Pete n list h ave camp But let me say, if we do not trv to
GUISS& SON,
curtail the movements of Christians
and to be merciful is to be just! this very night.”
W holesale A gents.
We need not put this boy’s blood
“You’re right there,” said Pad it will only be a matter of a short |
upon our hands! Better, better a die, “and, even then I fear it w ill he time until it will be t"O late to
SILVERTON.
- - OREGO N.
thousand times let him escape, even too late. Where can we go? If remonstrate. Let us organize and
if guilty, than to kill him, if he is they chase us, they’ll catch us, a work in harmony and success will
GOOD BOOKS. :
surelv follow’.
innocent!”
hundred to a half-dozen.”
't ours for harmony,
«
« « 9
9
9
In this strain , Morton went on.
“ We must play the fox as well
M organ P. G ifford .
Gradually, he became vehement. as the lion. We must g*T Pete to
Force and M atter, B uchner, cloth $1 (X)
Council Valiev, Idaho.
Locke
on I Inm an U n d erstan d in g “ . 1 40
His tones became stirring and mag a railroad station and send him to
An Ideal R epublic, p a p e r..................
50
netic. Every part of his body San Francisco.”
E d T orch :- -We Inivo the T orch A ristotle’s E thics, G illie s,c lo th ___ 1 10
seemed to sway with the thought
“The nearest station is a hun of R eason in our family and we The Nature Cure, Dr. Conger,(new)
,
. . .
. .
T
i c l o t h .................................................... 2 00
that he was uttering. His very dred miles away. Can you strike take great interest in it. I am try- Sam e as last in le a th e re tte ................ 1 00
ing t<) get som e su b sc rib ers for vou
H B 'lins, cloth. 75c p a p er. . . 50
soul was speaking in every word that?”
,
,
, , .
.
• ,
V ital Porce, A. C bevannes, “ ___
20
that he uttered. His language was
“ We might <»r might not, and b u t have succeeded in getting only j A risto tle ’s Politics, E llis .c lo th ........ «0
I rials and 1 riu m p h s of Lal>or, Ber-
a living spirit. Said one, speaking having only an hour or two the o n e y e t.
r .
,
.
n a rd i, p a p e r......................................
50
of it atterwards; He seemed to be start, the chances are that we’ll he
I intend to come down to the H ypnotism , How it is Done, its
transformed.
He possessed us. caught. Hullo, I hear Dick shout- University as soon as I am able. Uses and its D angers, .James R.
Cocke, M. D., c lo th ...................... 1 5 0
His elocution was irresistible. I ing now’. A few’ more glasses, and In the meantime I shall do all I Dialogues of Plato, translate«! bv
never heard anything like it, and they’ll be ready to upset the trial ea„ for the cause here by getting
u( 51oIlctar'
80
never expect to again. It cannot by jury and take tip the good obi subscribers for the T orch . I shall
System s, c lo th ...................... 2 0 0
try and get some students for the * Life of Jesu s, p ap er ........................ 50
be reported. It was like the rush fashion of lynching.”
of a torrent. It was like the touch
“Well, then, the sooner we take University also, iours for Free-
Lockwood.................... 25
of an electric force. He made us French leave the better. I'm ready, thought vs Sup* rstition.
Hadiss,k of Currency and wealth,
J
p n vvi
Waldron.................................. 50
for the time being, feel as he felt;
“ We’ll start at once th»-n, and
" l! KU ND.
Rapheal’s Astrological Almanac and
and it was impossible to convict take the hoy. Make for the EIDorado
' ’ale, Or. -------- -
I^gn^roU heSU «:;;’.;;-.
60
the child.”
station; but, mind you, a mile or
E d . T orch of R eason :
Please Whither are We Drifting as a Na
Nothing indeed could be said or so out of town you must let Pete accept the mite I enclose. I a m
d o n , W iley, paper .....................
50
done after Morton closed. It was go.”
only hoitv that I couldn’t make it
keep up with the times in Liberal,
a wild dash of eloquence that swept
I don t understand that dodge. $300 instead of $3.
you for all your book orders; will furnish
everything before it, so entirely un “ It's a good one t hough.”
I have been a life long Liberal vou any Jxx’k y°” want at the I°west
expected and unpremediated, and
le te jo u are not afraid to do and you don’t knowhow much I 2»1 Alder street, Portland, Oregon,
vet so masterly. Prince Hal re as I tell you? said Morton.
appreciate your grand and glorious
• - -•
joined with only a few feeble words,
“Oh m»! I’ll do anything,” an- work for Liberalism at Silverton.
|(J g g of
Whoeanth,nk
some simple
thing
to patent?
and, without leaving their seats, the swered Pete,
Y«»u may rest assured that I will Protect
our Id
ea s; thej
Protect y your
1«1*>as;
they may bring you wealth.
,1 . „ .. I .
4i
,
i i . i i . ,
,,
.
JOHN WSUDERBURii A CO., P sten t Attor-
jury acquitted the prisoner.
W ell, then,
w hen these gentlemen
he glad
to help th'* noble
work , in
’ n Write
ey,8, W
ashington, d . c „ for their 11,900 prize offer
n w n. r
on
i
1
,
.
1
1,1 and new l a t i i one thousand lnrenttona wanted,
now can 1 repay you.
said put you down out by Goose Creek, any way lean financially or other-
Pete, as he clung to Morton
can you make your way all ah me wise.
Yours for Truth and Reason
‘By coming to my tent at once, by the Buried Castle to Conscience
G eo . S chroeder .
and preparing to leave this place at Pass?”
the shortest notice. There’s dan-
“I will try to, and I won’t he Ashland, Ore.
ger yet. We’ve only got out of the afraid ’*
Io the Editor: Enclosed please Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat
jaws of the lion, and have a chance , ‘/Well, take
this
revolver,
if
any-
fi|fd
business conducted for M o d er a te F ees .
i i happen. Fp.
• is
• mv **••«
one
dollar
which apply
on the ent
O ur O ffice is O r r o sit ; U, 8 . P a te n t O ffice
thing
should
I
his
r,
™
,
1
"
to run; and run we must.”
and we can secure patent in less time thaw these
plan? I want Bill and Paddie and 1 reSM Fund and you may also set remote
from Washington.
“Well, I don’t think I ’ll ever Jimmy to take the trail to El D*»- ,ne down for t«-n dollars on the
Send model, drawing or photo,, with descrip,
tion. W e advise, if patentable or not, free of
niake another speech,” said Jimmy, rad*»;'arid, when they drop ton, University Fund which I will pay charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
A P a m r m let , “ How to Obtain Patents," with
"What’s the use, what does so much keep right on with speed, and if whenever it is know., 1«. he a sure cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries
sent free. Address,
talk amount to? I t’s only so much PO?»’1»1«
there ahead of the par- (j|irjg
Respectfully,
suing pa» t\
C .A .S N O W & C O .
gabble. When a man’s in earnest,
C. M osier . Homer, 111. [ _O rr . P a t e n t O ffic e . W a s h , n o t o n . D. C.
Old Rags
ii
(To Be C ontinued.)
***********% *% *w % % vw w w w w w ^ i