T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JU L Y 8, 1897. preservation of justice; aud yet how ers. I will not in a short article though Moses and Aaron had work- N, J s r m a n , J . H . Lyons. often it hecon ea the upholder of op- like thia have space to say in detail ed it over once. Then they brought pression. and the h eart sinks be- w hat I would like to about thia re- forth the frogs, and the m agicians JERMAN & LYONS, neath its blow. I will follow’ th is m arkable m an. I will only give a ‘lid the same, and as Pe-k says, tin y P A IN T E R S . man, until he is compelled to yield few instances and pass on to the were bigger frogs and better jum pers bis victim; and, if he injures her, next. W hile in Rome at one tim e th an Moses and Aaron made. Now House, sign and carriage naint- then I will kill him. Do you h ear th a t, he was accused of treason; at th e ?. P ai ‘ w hat I would like to have some aper-hanging and interior booch? You shall not escape me, trial the accuser came forw ard with one explain is this, why is it th a t decora,ion coration a specialty. C harges , reasonable \\ iirlr (mil ,'u „tA.i.J though you sail round the whole a roll of parchm ent in his h an d upon ave none of these wonderful reasonable. Work guaranteed. globe. She shall be m ine, for she which the accusation was supposed perform ances now adays; the laws is my life. I f you touch her, I will to have been w ritten, but when it of nature are the sam e to-day as S IL V E R T O N ... sheathe th is knife in your h eart, was unrolled it was a blank peice they a I wa \s were. Irenaeus affirms \ ou cannot alw ays be as safe as of paper; not a word nor sentence thai all tru e disciples of C hrist you are now. ou can n o t alw ays nor ch aracter of any kind was on w rought m iracles, cast out devils, -find fools and bigots to defend you it. The accuser had probably pick- and had knowlege of future events. aud flout justice.” ed up the wrong roll. On another ..... A rtistic Work But we hear of nothing of the kind “ I shall pray for you,” said the occasion when he was a hundred to-day. W hat is w long? Are there ------- deacon. “ I »ee th at you are in a years old, he was again throw n into no tru e disciples now, or have they When you w an t a .... very bad state of m ind. I wish prison at Rome. One of the pria- lost faith in the m iracle hallucina- Good S m o o th S h a v e you would read this trac t, ‘let not ioners asked him when he « ould grt tioo? The tru th is this: could Or » F intt-C lass........ your angry passions rise.’ Re- his liberty. “ To-m orrow ” said h e , “ if know all of the wonderful and m y s - H air-C u t in* ml" i the tt xt, blessed are th e it depends upon t h e Judge; th is mo- ¡euous things th a t have been w rit­ ----CALL ON----- meek, for they shall in h erit the m ent if it depends upon m yself,” and ten and tau g h t by t lie early father», earth .’ I am afraid you will lose to show them th a t he was not fool- m iracles could not he put upon the E. E. T A Y L O R . th at inheritance. However, ‘long ing them he drew himself out of his m ark et to-day for one cent on the ***** as the lam p holds out to burn, th e irons, th e n p u t them back again, dollar, and as the race advances, ! S ilvkkton , ............................ O regon vilest sinner may re tu rn .’ ” W hen summoned before the trib u al and p< ople begin to think and rea- “ \\ hat a sain tly disposition you D om itian w a sso stru c k with th e an- so n fo r them se ves, all system s have,’ said Sockdolliger, “ so soft ^wers of A pollonius th a t lie said, “ I supernatural religions will decline S i l V C r t O n . . . and lam b-like! How gladly _ you acquit ynu of the crime with which and people will only have confi would convert all these poor poor sinners! you are charged, but you must re­ dence in the real ami n atu ra l. L IV E R Y ( to be continued .) main u n til I have a talk with y o u .” They will then begin to see that the According to the testim ony of Vos- m iraculous birth of christ, hiH res- FEED A N D picus, Eusebius, and M arcellus, Miracles And Miracle W orkers u rrec’ion and ascension, and the SALE S T A B LE th e people of T yana his birthplace m iracles are all outside of the n a t­ Cor. W ater and Lew is Every system of s u p e rn a tu ra l wor8hiped A pollonius as a god for ural and beyond the lim its of reason S treets. religion with which we have been more ‘^ an it,nr hundred years, and cannot therefore be true acquainted, h as had its m arvels and ^ " r,aP’us in the fifth cen tu ry said —J oei . M. B erry . miracles but like m any o ther of its A pollonius was not so m uch of a Double Rigs and Saddle H orses alw ays on hand a t th e low est prices. A corral silly and fabulous teachings, the ' philosopher as som ething between Notice our ad for our New Song connected w ith th e barn for loose stock. miracles of ch ristain ity are at th e a a "^ H m an, and th a t Philost- Book. 1 hese little books have cost In fo rm atio n regarding any kind of present day fast falling into d is re -1 ra tu s 0UKht to have »ntitled his us much labor and we w ant to sell stock p ro m p tly atten d e d to, by jierson o r le tte r. H orses Boarded am i Fed on pute. People begin to ask, “ did a god of APoil lonius.” “ The De- them . Send for one and write to reasonable term s. i . . . . . ° r i — j _ have a hand in w orking any of these scellt oi Goti u P°n E a rth .” He was your friends about it. m iracles?” W hen we rem em ber wo,'sh iped by both C hrist an , and HARDESTY & MOODY. that the m iraculous is the im possible heathens. M e give the Torch of Reason and and an y th in g w ithin the realm of But a true com parison between the Freethought M agazine for one the possible is no m iracle an d C hrist and other m en who have had year fo r the sm all sunt of $1.50. that m iracles can be w rought only divine honors paid them , and who Now is the tim e to subscribe. in the m inds of the ign o ran t and have worked m iracles, would have those desiring such fabulous silly a tendency to make C h ristian -w eak colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ” teaching, it is imposible for us to in the knees. If those who put so Dyes will m ake Jx-autifui C a r­ conclude th a t an all-wise infinite much confidence in the m iracles of p ets and Rugs, an d , u n lik e god lias ever been engaged in the C hrist would inform them selves o th e r dyes, th e colors o b tain ed miracle racket. ,hat history gives accounts of bun will not wash o u t o r fade. They are sim ple and econom ­ Many men have claim ed with <1 reds of m iracle workers they would We can furnish th e following books ical to use, and th e new “ P e r­ gods assistance, to have worked come to understand that none of well bound in cloth ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd fection” 0 >tt >n Dyes are e sp e ­ miracles, but it has been the policy t em were ever performed b y divine sizes, for th e e x trem ely low price of cially adapte»! for Rugs and Rag «0 < eiita each, postage 10 cents. D on’t "t the church to keep the people ig- assistance. Moses and Aar»m were fail to tak e ad v an tag e of th is offer. C arpet m aking. O rigin o f S j i e c i e s .................... C has. D arwin " “rant of any, only those recorded considered expert in this bianch of For Sale By All escent of M a n ..................... “ “ in the new testam en t, because if the business, and they tried to show D F irs t P rin c ip le s............ Ile rlie rt S pencer D R UGG I S i 3. “ “ masses come to know th at th e same P haraoh some of t h e i r slight-of- D ata of E th ic s ................ E m e rso n ’s Essays GUISS »& SON, miracles which C hirst perform ed hand performance»«. P haraoh laugh­ Barber Shop Old Rags GOOD BOOKS S a rto r R esartu s ............ T hom as C arlyle H istory F rench R evolution “ ‘‘ W holesale A gents. D iscourses of E p ictetu s S I L V E R T O N ...................OREGON. Past ami P re s e n t.......... T hom as C arlyle H y p a tia .................................. C h as. K ingly A utobiography of B enj. F ra n k lin Fifteen Decisive B attles of th e W orld E. C. C reasv T en n y so n ’s Poem s S h elley ’s Poems Longfellow 's Poems I P o p e’s Poem s M ilto n ’s Poem s H o o d 's Poem s B u rn s' Poems R obert B row ning’s Poem s Caveats, and Trade-Mark« obtained and all Pat­ B y ro n 's Poems ient business conducted for M o d er a te F ees sm all p rin t O ur O ffic e is O f f o s itc U, s . P a ten t O ffice and we canse< ure patent in less time than thkwe S h a k e sp ea re's Poems remote from Washington. sm all p rin t ' Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip­ i n ’ ’»pen perform ed by m any others; ic y would only have a p ar value 'd h th ereat. Long before the birth f ( hrist and for m an y years after ' ‘ ry co u n try and city had its pro- phets and m iracle workers. The ed at th eir arrogance and super- ^’ition and said, “your hocus-pocus trick« ain t worth a pinch of snuff, over here in Egypt. VV’hv I have some second-class m agicians th at can do an y th in g you can, and not grmraut masses regarded tht m with ««e, because they believed th a t they were assisted by some unseen and mysterious power. will r ow introduce one of the greatest m iracle workers in the "o rld ; Bishop W ait says th a t he " a