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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
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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,
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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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