< T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R I t>N, OREGON , T H U R SD A Y , JU L Y 22, 18b; deuce,” »aid Sockdolliger. " I do hope she is in heaven.’’ Sockdolliger really felt bad. Death to him was a dreadful m ys­ tery and hell an awful reality, and he was enough of a m an to be tortured bv the thought th at one soul had been plunged into eternal torm ent». He would fain believe th at some­ how Blanche had been converted. “ I th in k she is in h eav en ,” said Gooch. ‘‘The last tim e I read the Bible to her, she was very quiet. Indeed, 1 think she wept. She said nothing, but it m ay be hoped th a t she accepted the plan of S alvation.” ‘•It m ust be so,” said Sockdolli- ger. Sockdolliger could dam n by the wholesale folks he never knew and did not care much about; but when it came right home, to one of his own sh ip ’s passengers for in ­ stance, and he could realize som e­ thing of the enorm ous horror of the doctrine, why, then he was ready to back down and accept any little sign th a t the u n fortunate sinner had been converted. Gooch looked awfully solemn hut it required but little perception to see th at it was an artificial m ourn­ ing. B lanche’s death really made it easier to carry out his purposes concerning her fortune. All the papers were in his possession; and, as her sole rem aining legal repre- sentive, he could lay claim to every­ thing. It did on this account seem to him a dispensation of pro­ vidence: his selfishness was so a lli­ ed to his religion th a t he actu ally ( to be continued .) Isth e P o w er of C h u rch es W a n in g ? For th e Torch of R eason . It Is R est. H ere lieth in th e tom b One who was sorrow 's guest, I ’m glad although in gloom And silence, it is rest-. In c o u n try bleak and wild No jo y was in req u est, In city troubles piled— B ut herein there is rest. No m a tte r if the m ound Be bare or flora d re st, C ontent dw ells u n d er ground, The grave lied givetli rest ! From law suits th ere is peace, P hysicians d o n ’t infest, Of preaching th e re ’s surcease— 0 , welcom e! It is rest. —Jo h n Prescott G uild B e tter T han th e Rib S to r y . “ Among the m any interesting! traditions that have n c e n tly been brought to light by a man who has been m aking a careful study of the legends and folk-lore of the C hey­ enne and Arapahoe Indians of the In d ian territory is one tha« ac- counts in a singular way for the origin of woman. The In d ian s of these in lies sniff disdainfully a t the rib theory when the resident m is­ sionaries try to teach them th e ini­ tial lessons of the Old Testam ent regarding their first parents. The wise men of their trih«s wrestled with i he fundam ental facts of the creation l<»ng ago, and evolved th e­ ories concerning it which with the lapse of tim e have come to be look- upon by tin* Indians of to-day as historical truths. It is little wonder th at the C hey­ enne and Arapahoe braves look down upon their women as inferior beings, in view of their supposed origin. The legend says th a t orig­ inally all men were created with long, sleek and comely tails T insel tails were th eir delight, and they adorned them with paint, beads and wam pum . Then the world was at peace, w ars and discord w« re un­ known. Men became prosperous and proud, forgot th eir Maker and became envious and quarrelsom e. T heir M a k e r became displeased with them and sent a scourge upon them to teach them hum ility and m ake them realize th eir dependence upon the G reat Spirit. He am p u ­ tated their tails, and oui of these beautiful members fashioned woui- The Rev. Tnom as Dixon, jr., in the Academy of Music Sunday morning spoke on ‘‘The New Theol­ ogy,” saying: “ The organic church life has lost its hold on the public mind. W om­ en are the only ones who hold to church organizations of to-day. There are not 35,000 men in the city of New York to-day who go into Protestant churches. This is tru e also of Roman Catholics. Accord­ ing to the latest statistics it is esti­ mated th at 385,(XX) persons attend Catholic churches, but of th at n u m ­ ber there are m any who go to S te in e r ’s L ectu re D ates. church once or twice a year and Mr. F ran k lin Steiner is on his some who never go unless they way to the coast. His dates are as think they are about to die. “The decline of the m inistry is follows: another great factor in the decay of Spokane, \V is h in g to n J u l y 3 1 , A ug- ust 1. th e ecclesiasatical m achinery. * • If Rea rdon, “ Aug. 2, 3, 4 there is a runt in the fam ily who Davenport, “ “ 6, 7, 8 is no ea rth ly use for a n y th in g else W ilbur, “ “ 9, 10 “ “ 11,12,13 the parents make a preacher of him. S herm an, “ “ 15, I« There are 1,000 preachers in this W atervi lie , M r. S te in e r will arrive in Oregon city out of a job. “ If men ofb rain sget in to th e m in - about Sept. 1. The Liberals of Si>- nistry and begin to th in k , and give vert<»n, McM innville, W amic, Rufus, expression to th eir thought, they Wasco, Dayville, H ighland, Canby, have to get out m ighty quick or stand Cottage Grove, and North Powder trail on a charge of heresy. Dr. are m aking arrangem ents for lec­ Briggs, the brainiest man the Pres­ tures. It is to he hoped th at oth­ byterian church ever had, was put er places will do so. W rite to Mr. out when he began to th in k .” — S teiner.at Silverton, care “ T orch New York H erald. ( of R eason .” T he A rm y of T ram p s. The arm y of tram ps is larger this season than usual. 1 he h»ngindus­ trial depression w hich has prevailed since 1893 has added t<» the profes­ sional vagrants a large body of in­ voluntarily idle. According t<> re­ ports the tram p arm y in many states is ot unusual size and is trouble­ some to the in h ab itan ts. “Conser­ vative estim ates, based on official figures show th at this year New York S tate has 1 10,(HM) tram ps.” In Indiana the tram p arm v is so num erous th at the bureau of ¡-tatis- ties has Hiai fed out to enum erate it. Tin* estim ate for Pennsylvania is 60,0» 0. A railroad m anager at To­ peka say s,th at in places the citzens have petitioned the railroad to carrv them aw ay; t h e v i n n s t the freight train s to such an extent th a t on the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific, guards wiih double barreled shot­ guns pa rol the tops <«f the ears to keep them off. In W isconsin the local authorities are endeavoring to keep the bands broken u p a u d inov- ing, to prevent tin- conc< n tratio n of idle and desperate men. The in te r­ ior of Missouri is invested with tram ps to a degree unknown here­ tofore, and in m any cases they de­ m and this year w hat form erly they w e re w o n t to beg. The num ber of unem ployed in all the cities is large. In Detroit the other day the applicants for work on a street th a t was to be repaved outnum bered the dem and 40 to 1. About 10 per cent, of the adult m ale population of M ilwaukee is idle and w alking the streets for work Let us hope th a t the in d u strial revival is near a t baud, and th at the ranks of the unem ployed will soon he reduced to the num ber of those who are idle from choice. But the evil of the professional tram p, which has existed since the war of the Rebellion, will still ex­ ist to be dealt with when prosper­ ity returns. In justice to those whose bread they eat and to the population at large, these voluntary tram ps should he com pelled to earn th eir own liv­ ing, at least to work or starve. I hose who are unem ployed liecause th e y cannot find work deserve all possible sy m p a h y ami aid. < ’()H RESPONDENT. Uanied-An idea Who can think o f som e s im p le thing to (taten I ? P rotect your M e n s; th e y m ay bring you w ealth W rite JOHN WEDDEHBUHN A CO.. P a ten t Attor neya, W ashington, I). 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