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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , MAY 6, 1897.
•‘You are a philosopher.”
guess. Now for Jim m y. H e gives eessful in your effort in establishing
IL V E R T O N ...
‘•No, I ’m not. T h a t’s too big a us a dose, about a dozen pages. the
U niversity. W ith
kindest
w orl form e. I ju st do; and, when He m ust have had some adventures wishes, yours fraternally,
I do it. w hat’s the use of th in k in g since he left us. P repare to listen.
J. A. CALDER.
about it? I t ’s better to do som e Here goes:—
Jackson, Tenn., A prd 22.
thing else.’’
( to be continued ?
Really Charitable Suggestion.
“ I suppose y o u ’d ra th e r live than
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die?”
Here is a proposition which will
From McMinnville.
“ Yes, so long as I ’m alive.”
interest P ortland m inisters. Since When you want a
E ditor Torch of Reason:
“ And when you are dead?”
the state legislature has utterly
Good Sm ooth S have
I his forenoon I attended our
“ Then, I ’d ra th e r be dead.”
failed to m ake the usual concessions Or a First-Class.......
Secular Sunday school and had a
“ N othing troubles y o u ?”
to ch arity , M ultnom ah county offi
H a ir -C u t
-“ Onlv myself, when I m ake a very interesting time. Miss Mabel cials will probably be glad to re
blunders And then I swear and H opkins presided. T his afternoon
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ceive suggestions of economy as to
I listened to a discourse delivered
get over it, and go to w ork.”
how to pull through the next two
“ Do you expect to meet y o u r by our G. A. R. departm ent ch ap years. The proposition is m ade to
lain. In the course of his rem arks
children h ereafter?”
the m inisters of G rants Pass by a
O regon
“ I don’t know’ an y th in g about he said »hat he believed the war caustic individual who signs h im S il v e r t o n , - - - - - - -
th at, either. If I ever see them of .the rebellion was a lighteous self Stephen Jewell. Here it is:
again, I shall he glad. If I d o n ’t, .judgm ent from God on our nation
“ In view of th e extrem e poverty
I can stand it as well as I do now .” to p u n ish them for their wicked and distress am ong the people, I
“ Then, you sim ply believe in ness. H e said th a t God required a
suggest th a t we donate our preach
colored with “ PERFECTION”
sacrifice for the n atio n ’s sins. H e
doing your next d u ty ? ”
ing during the present year. The
Dyes will make beautiful Car
“ I d o n ’t know’ a n y th in g about said he could not tell why God an n u al expense of all the churches
pets and Rugs, and, unlike
duty. I do w hat I think best, and should cause so m uch suffering of in G rants Pass is about $10,000
other dyes, the colors obtained
th a t is generally w hat I w ant to the innocent. I could have told This would buy about th a t m any
will not wash out or fade.
him th a t it is and alw ays has been
do.”
They are simple and econom
sacks of Hour, and send joy and
ical to use, and the new “ Per
“ When you take care of some ch aracteristic of his Bible God.
comfort to m any families. If this
fection” Cotton Dyes are espe
poor, sick devil, d o n ’t you expect N othing but the blood of the sound, proposition is not acceptable, I will
cially adapted for Rugs and Rag
unblem ished and best of the Hocks,
to be rewarded for it? ”
Carpet making.
agree to do all the preaching th a t
“ Of course not. I don’t w’an t and finally the blood of his own in the people of G rants Pass need and
For Sale By A ll
anything, except to have him get nocent son was necessary to a p charge nothing for it. I will pledge
D R U G G IS T S .
well, I ’ve talk ed too much a l pease his w rath. W hat lie *ees t • myself to preach the gospel of
GUISS & SON.
ready. I ’m sleepy. G ood-night.” arouse his anger so m uch is more C hrist just as we find it in th e New
th an I can tell, utdess I tak e his
“ G ood-night.”
Wholesale Agents.
Testam ent.
'Two serm ons each
word
for
it
(so
called),
which
says
In a m om ent alm ost, both were
S I L V E R T O N , .......................OREGON.
Sunday, one to sinners and one to
he is a God of vengeance, visiting
sound asleep.
C hristians, would be enough. As
Golden T hrone was ready to th e sins of the parents on the ch ild
to church work, the people can a t
ren to the th ird and fourth genera
welcome them.
tend to th a t w iilvuit a preacher.
“ Tell the news,” said G ribbins. tion. F o r my p a rt I cannot see If there is one Saviour we should
“ You shall have it,” said Charlie; how any one can worship th at kind
Force and Matter, Buchner, cloth. .$1 00
be one people.”—E vening Telegram . Locke
on Human Understanding.. 140
of a God. I am sure I cannot. The
“ but h av en ’t you an y new s?”
An Ideal Republic, paqer...............
50
Bad Intentions.
“ Yes: here’s a couple of letters gospel peddlers tell me I will he
Aristotle’s Ethics, Gillies,cloth__ 1 40
The Nature Cure, Dr. Conger, new,
dam ned if I do not, and I tell them
for you.”
c lo th ............................................. 2 00
It
is
in
the
power
of
the
abusive
C harlie tore them open. One I w’ill be dam ned if I can.
j
Same
as last in leatherette.............. 1 00
to charge men with intentions Volney’s
Ruins, cloth, 76c paper... 60
I
have
read
every
issue
of
the
was in a delicate, w om an’s hand:
Vital
Force,
A. Cl.evannes, “ . . . . 20
which
they
have
never
entertained
X
the other w’as ev in d n tlv •F from Torch of Reason so far and I in
Aristotle’s
Politics,
60
— with motives which their hearts Trials and Triumphs Ellis,cloth.......
of
Labor,
Ber
tend
to
read
every
one
as
long
as
I
Jim m y.
nard i, papier................................. 50
abhor. The innocent conduct of
“ A letter from Jim m y ? Yes, live if the Torch lasts th a t long. I
Hypnotism,
How it is Done, its
individuals m ay be easily m isinter
Uses
anil
its
Dangers, James R.
th
in
k
it
im
proves
with
every
issue.
and th is one— let me see—h u rra h !
Cocke, M. D., cloth..................... 1 50
preted;
and
such
m
isinterpretation
it tells all ab out little Pete. Come, I th in k it is ju st splendid and it is
Dialogues of PJato, translated bv
will be readily adopted by th e pre
Care v, cloth.................................' so
th
e
best
reading
m
atter
I
get.
I
let’s eat an d d rin k and read the
Del Mar’s History of Monetary
judiced
and
unreflecting,
who
are
news. I
know it ’s som ething take several papers, but the Torch
Systems, cloth............................. 2 00
ever willing to suit things to their Renan’s Life of Jesus, paper.......... 60
is
read
first.
good.”
Molecular Hypothesis of Nature.
N ettie O lds-H aight lectures at own m alig n an t purposes. It is
Lockwood.................................... 25
wiser then, for us who declare the Handbook of Currency and wealth,
our
Science
hall
th
is
evening
and
C h a pt e r x v i .
Waldron.......................................
50
tru th of everlasting N ature, by p ru
it
is
near
tim
e
for
her
to
begin,
so
Rapheal’s
Astrological
Almanac
and
They all gathered around w’hile
dent, good, and regular conduct, to
Ephernerie................................... 35
Charlie read the new’s. He read I m ust close and go and hear her. acquire such a character as will ex Language of the Stars..................... 50
Whither are We Drifting as a Na
first ab out little Pete. The letter Yours for the tru th ,
plain to th e im partial observer the
tion, Wiley, paper ..................... 60
C. R. COOK.
was from a Miss Blanche K ennedy,
purity
of
th
e
m
otives
by
which
we
We keep Up with the times in Liberal,
M cM innville, A pril 25.
who, it appeared, was a cousin to
Proifrewive
and Reform books, and ask
are actuated, in cases in which our
—
you
for
all
your
lxxik orders; will furnish
little Pete.”
Sunny Words From the South. views are ungenerously or m alic ! you any Ixxik you want at the lowest
Little Pete,” she wrote, “cam e to
iously m isrepresented. We sacri price. Address all orders, W. E. Jones,
291 Alder street, Portland, Oregon,
us after m any struggles. We did E ditor Torch of Reason:
fice our personal interests, and re
not know’ he w’as living. H e has
Y our circular and a copy of the sign w hat others prize as ad v a n
o f som e aim pi«
thing to patent!
had a strange history. H e told us paper cam e to hand yesterdav, and tages—for the sake of virtue, of re a P roject t o u t M ean; th oy m ay bring
br
you w ealth
W rite JOHN WgDDKKBUKN
ft CO.,
CC., . P aten t At tor
RN A
neva.
W
ashington.
I).
for
their
gi.SMO
prize
offei
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I Ifcü V
/s.
all about his wonderful escape a t to help the cause along I will sub son and of tru th ; and we enjoy a an d n e w lU t <7 • 01
■-
’ one thousaud * Inventions
wanted.
Golden T hrone and w hat you did scribe for the paper. I am sorry felicity unknow n to the ignorant
for him. He desires me to express th a t I c a n ’t do a n y th in g further at an d the superstitious. — Horace
his g ratitude. We purpose to give present. I only wish I could. I Seaver.
him every advantage. He studies am over 70; have to work every
N either rich furniture, nor ab u n d
hard, an d seems qu ite happy. He day the sam e as I did forty years
wishes m e to ask you to call, when ago, only I have to do about twice ance of gold, nor a descent from an
Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat
illustrious
fam
ily,
nor
greatness
of
ient business conducted for M o d er a te Fee».
you come to the city. You will the am o u n t I did then for a d a S
y t ’s
O ur O ffic e is O ffc s it < u , s . P a te n t O ffice
'and we can secure patent in less time than those
find him a t our residence. No 101 work. But I suppose I ought to be au th o rity , nor eloquence and all [remote
from Washington.
,
► Send model, draw ing o r photo., with descrip
the
charm
s
of
speaking,
can
pro
F ountain Street, San Francisco.”
th au k fu l for being allowed to work
tion. V,e advise, if patentable or not, free of
charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. J
duce
so
great
a
serenity
of
life
as
a
I
“ I wish I ’d a known it,” said for a ra ilro a d corporation at my
A P a m r m let , “ How to Obtain Patents,” with«
cost of same m the U. S. and foreign <T»nntr,^1
Charlie, “ when I was there. I age. I could not do so for most of m ind free from guilt, kept u n sent
free. Address,
tain ted , not only from actions, but
W’ould like to see him. I ’m glad them.
pur|M>ses, th a t are wicked.— P lu
he’s so fortunate: he deserves it, I
I sincerely hope you will he suc- tarch.
.
P a t e n t O ffic e . W a s h in g t o n . D. C
Barber
Shop
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