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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 23, 1897.
people try to m ake the most of life?
Ja rm a n ,
J . H . Lyons.
had been discharged from one place
Don’t they teach the same ideas
and another un til he was fully d is
JERMAN & LYONS,
By C. E lton Blanchard.
regarding m aterial th in g s?”
couraged. Hope seemed dead, and
In a very large city, in which it
Dr. Brown: “ Yes, in a m easure. :
when hope is gone the m an is in a
is said th a t the native Am ericans
But the true philosophy of C h ris -1
sorry plight. T his m an went home,
H o u s e , sign and carriage paint-
num ber but twenty per cent of the , , , . „ . .
tian ity says, ‘this world is bad. We
,
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looked into the faces of his loving
P aper-hanging and interior
population, large districts are oecu-
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,
. , ,T ..... .. . are hear to be tried. W e should ing.
P t
,
wife an d c h ild re n , sa id ‘I would
decoration
a specialty
Charges
pied
alm ost entirely -. by J the Bohe-
u in
• hell
i n . th k an in
• this cruel bear our ills, for over yonder all
”
. rath . e r he
reasonable. W ork guaranteed.
mians. Strange as it m ay seem, it
will be joy and peace. If we are
world,’ went to the attic and there
is however the tru th , th at a large
poor, in heaven we have treasures
pul a bullet through his brain.
laid up for us. It we are sick, it j S I L V E R T O N . . .
num ber of these young men and
This man was said to be a back
women have withdraw n from the
slider from the church. I under may he to t» st us to see if we are
Catholic church. Among this num
stand th a t some <»f the m inisters worthy of the life to come.’ Such a
view of life founds nunneries and
ber are three young men; educated
learned of the incident and used the oth. r institutions which retard th
in the public schools of this city,
case as an aw e-inspiring illu stra
. . . A r t i s t i c W o rk
they were far better prepared to tion of the fate of backsliders. progress of men. No t ne wonln
com m it suicide woo fully apprecia
take such a position than their p a r
Before we undertake to ascertain ted the value of this life. Il is usu
ents had been or could he.
what might be called the psycholo ally tne one who still clings to the W hen you w ant a ....
hope of eternal bliss, or the other
In the same city resides a man of
Good S m o o th S h a v e
gical side of suicide, let us rem em dogmas of the church, th at gives up
learning, a physician by profession,
Or a First-C lass?.......
ber th a t we are said to he living
but who gave up most of his tim e under a C hristian civilization. It and takes his own life. I do not
H air-C u t
charge suicide as the result of the
to speculations in philosophy, scien
m atters not what the system , the m o d e r n church teaching, hut I fear
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tific research and economic study.
th
a
t
it
is
a
re
su
lt
of
the
original
law’s of nature are fully active.
philosophy oi C hristianity. There
He is known about the city as “Old
Food, clothing and shelter m ust be are certainly m a n y p r e c e d e n t s
Doctor Brown,” yet hie white hair
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secured in some way. Some other among the early C hristians to fix
and energetic m anner inspires both
O regon
time I would like to discuss this the suicide notion in the m ind of S il v e r t o n ,
respect and interest w herever he
C hristian civilization under which m an.”
goes. In some m anner the young
Mr. U rhsky: “ Is suicide increas
we live, hut now we cannot stop.
men found him out. It may have
ing, Doctor?”
If in the working of the present
Dr. Brown: “ We cannot know,
been at a lecture before some learned
system the food and clothing is for a certainty. The sensational
body, but it m atters not how the
hard to find, and the struggle be press now hunt the world over for
introduction occurred. Touched by
comes so desperate th a t only the these bits of news. If indeed it be
their kindly and respectful interest,
strong succeed and the weak go in tru e th a t more people take from
themselves the only thing of value
and th in k in g th a t through them he
w ant, it is very n atu ral for men, they h av e—th eir lives— in later
m ight do good to the people from
especially those who cannot see into years th an torm erly, I would rather
whom they came, he invited the
Cor. W ater and Lew is
the complex science of economics, expect to find the cause in the evils
S treets.
three hoys to spend an evening
to despair. I m ight say as a pass of our C hristian system of com peti
with him in his study. T his m eet
ing comment th a t preachers invent tive production, which robs the
many to enrich the few.
Even
ing was followed by others, and it
all m anner of schemes to m ake the Jesus C hrist was in despair upon
Double Rigs and Saddle H orses alw ays
is my purpose to give the readers
on
hand a t th e low est prices. A corral
people subm it and keep quiet in this point, for he said, the bible
connected w ith th e b arn for loose stock.
of the T orch of R eason a condensed
their hardships. Rev. M althus pro claim s, ‘the poor ye have with ye
In fo rm a tio n regarding an y kind of
report of these meetings, which the
stock
p ro m p tly a tten d e d to, by fierson
alw
ays.’
L
et
all
men
have
a
chance
posed a great theory, and it was
old doctor has named his “ Bohe
to m ain tain them selves: let them o r le tte r. H orses B oarded an d 1 Ft
Fed on
widely advocated by the aristocrat know th eir children will have the reasonable term«,
mian E venings.”
classes of E ng lan d and Europe, sam e opportunities. Let their labor
It had been agreed th a t each of
th a t the world had too m any peo- bring a reasonable, degree of corn-
N. J. HARDESTY.
the hoys should bring with him ,
ph* any w ay; that war and famine, fort, as to food, clothing and shelter,
w ritten on paper, one question re-1 r
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, , . pestilence and disaster are bless- and suicides will be rare. W hat
garding religion that most troubled f
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ings, because they rid the world of few th a t do occur will probably be
him, and which seemed a stum bling ,
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T. . . . , confined to those desperate C hris
, , ’ ,
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,
, 1 an undesirable surplus. If this be tians who are in haste to get into
block for travellers along the road^
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true, w
what
hat fault can the
me Church the bliss of the celestial o ity .'
of F re e th o u g h t. I w ill, w ith th e s e
find with the poor fellow who can H ave you other questions? Yours,
few words of explanation, give my
not w ait to be shot in wars, and Mr. Balivee.”
We can fu rn ish th e follow ing l»ooks
report in the form of a dialogue:
Mr. Balivee: “ I fear my ques
blows his own brains out? Let us
well bound in c lo th ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd
removed
The Old Doctor: “ Well, hoys, I take a broad look a t this subject. tion will , lie . quite
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sizes, for th e ex trem ely low price of
t h a t a l r e a d y in o u r m in u s .
1 have
postage 10 cen ts.
D on’t
am very glad to see you tonight. W hat is good and w hat is evil? A w ritte n : ‘W h a t do we re a lly know fail (.e to n ls tak each,
e advantage of th is offer.
We will not stop for prelim inaries. m an needs but a little fool each a b o u t th e b ib le , a s to it o r ig in a n d O r ig in of S p ecies................ C has. Darwin
— ”
D escent of Man
“
“
Mr. V olipka have you y o u r ques- d a y ^ a little clothing during his h isto ry ?’
F irst P rin c ip le s............ H e rlie rt Spencer
Dr. Brown: “T h a t will require a Data of E thics...............
lion w ritten out?
lifetime, and for a few short decades
separate
evening, and I wish to look E m e rso n ’s Essays
Mr. \ otipka: ‘ ’Yes, Doctor, hu,
¿belter to call a home. The earth
up a little d ata for jo u before a n S a rto r R e s a r tu s ............. T hom as C arlyle
U rbsky and Balivee have th e ir’salso. ¡g ever ready lo eupport lnany „,¡1-
swering it. I prefer to wait until 1 H istory . F rench R evolution “
I h ardly like to In- first.
li.»ns more in hum an life than ever can give you correct dates and
Fre8e£t .......... T hom as C arlyle
Dr. Brown: ‘ Never mind th a t, PXjs^e(j upon its islands and conti- exact statem ents.
Wliat is your jjy patja ........................ ...C h a s . K ingly
q
u
e
s
tio
n
,
M
r.
U
rhsky?”
A utobiography of Benj. F ra n k lin
let us have vours.
nents. F reethought says to men,
Mr Urbskv*
“ I fear I have Fifteen Decisive B attles of th e
Mr. Votipka. ‘‘Very well, here obey law.’ If y u are cold, get
’ , u n l .. niieaHiinn
............................ E .C . C reasy
equally as n n p o n a n t a question. T(> W o rld Poem8
it is: ‘Is suicide, which seems to warm; build a fire, m ake yourself li is: W hat do people m ean by £ |,eliey’s Poems
be increasing, a result of the ten- ic |„ th in g
H you are sjc k, try to soul? W hen they say, is your soul Longfellow's Poems
dency tow ards F ree,I,inking, or k[)((W |h e caU8e
your 8ick ness saved, w hat do th* y m ean?
Is Bone’s Poems
what C hristians call Infidelity?' alld remove it. If you are poor, th ere any evidence of -,.jrit life’ ’ ”
Dr. Brown:
“ W ell, you hoys B,lrng. Poeni8
Or, to put it an other way: ‘Does work hard, work intelligently, study
C h ristianity sustain people a i d science and know these laws th at have struck the hardest questions R<>l>ert B row ning’s Poem s
religious philosophy and history. B yron’s Poem s
, keep th em from a c . ts ol <• d 1 e sp e ra tio n . will enable
you to escape
the ills
of of
Let roe have the next evening »«r j 8hake8p8are? ^ . r o » n‘
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, , • ,-x ! life. Bain is our greatest blessing,
sm all p rin t
in to which th e evils of tn is
It is our guide and protector. Ex- the bible and the one following for
the
soul.
Bring
any
num
ber
of
fel
sometimes throw 11s?’ ”
perience, aided with reason, will
A ddress,
Dr. Brown: (T h ru stin g h is hands | show you how to live on the beat of lows you wish, and I will try to be ,
JO N E S ’ BOOK 5T0RE,
through his silvery h air and th in k - term s with ill, hy escaping it. I ree- better prepared for you ”
(T h e party breaks up with pleas- 2111 A lder S t .
PO R TLA N D ,
<»r x„ii.. thought says, m ake the most of life,
ing 6 in ten
tly
a
m
om
ent.)
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conversation
and
leave-takings,
O regon .
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" Obeying law brings its ow n reward,
appreciate the greatness of your Tq
happv ohpy law Law ig a n d th e old d o cto r sits a g a in a l o n e ---------------------------------------- -------------
question and I hesitate to answer eternal and im m utable; no offense in hie study. He muses over the HMntpri— fin jrjha 5 ’K S ‘X ’S
in c id e n t, b u t c a n n o t give up his. ■WOlIlCU
HI I lUCu t n iu g t o p aten t?
it in an off-hand ami brief way. is forgiven.”
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n n u atrzkiirr Protect your Irteo ; th ey may bring you wealth,
th a t m an k in d is now strong WrMe john wedderburn * co.. Patent xttor
Only today a friend told me of a
Mr. Balivee: “ Excuse my inter , _ belief
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neyt, W ashington, D. C., for their SI.9X) prlxe offer
1 and new list of oua thousand inventions wanted.
poor fellow, a tailor by trade, who I rupting, but don’t the C hristian * GnoUgh to UC iTGC, J
Bohemian E vening, No. I.
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