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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , OCTOBER 7, 1897.
A W o r th y E x am p le.
E ditor T orch of R eason :
Inclosed please find draft for
twenty-six dollars, -$1.00 of which
is for tracts of Scientific Wisdom,
and $25.00 toward the building of
the Liberal U niversity.
I am glad to be able to contribute
this w ithout ever expecting a per
sonal benefit resulting from it to
gestion, and that there is nothing
of a su p ern atu ral character about
them ;—
T h at any considerable num ber of
persons should believe these and
sim ilar phenomena to la? owing to
the intervention of what they arc
pieased to call “ sp irits” is an indi-
cation of a want of intelligence on
their part which in this enlightened
age is tru ly deplorable.— In v esti
gator.
me at this distance. I could use it
to prom ote my personal welfare,
but I do not expect to take all I
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Liberal U niversity C om pany,
! S IL V E R T O N ,
OREGON.
Enclosed f i n d .......................................D o lla rs
assist
in
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Y o u rs for Progress,
C u t th is o u t, o r copy it; enclose
w h a t you can, and fo rw a rd to
J. E
H O S M E R , P re sid en t,
weak-m inded th at he rarely visits a
poultry yard without being detected
and kill» d.
to
C o n stru ctio n of th e L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity a t S ilv e rto n , O regon.
The S k u n k .
The skunk is the onion of the
have with me when I cease to be, anim al kingdom. H e is a thing of P
and it is doubtful w hether the leav beauty th at is not a joy forever. He L
ings will be expended in as grand a is not a joy after you sm ell him.
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cause as the upbuilding of a nursery He is so very strong-scented and ►
of un tin ctu red science and mental
liberty. I wish many others could
see it the same way and contribute
what they can.
The beginning
appears sm all b u t it promises
much. Secularism has not grown
more because its principles have
not been understood by the masses.
It has had but meagre presentation
and has been much abused and
m isrepresented from every m onu
m ent of superstition. Now we have
an op p o rtu n ity to organize our
selves around an institution th at
(if we m ake it a good one) will give
us standing and show th e superior
ity of our principles over those of
our enemies. It is not ju s t for us
to shirk our duty, and as soon as
we loosen th e chains of supersti
tion from our intellects through
some self-sacrificing liberals, to feel
self-content and refuse to support
th a t which would break the chains
from others. Each one of us could
at least give as much as what
would be exacted from us for the
propagation of orthodoxy.
W ith the best of hopes for the
future, I am ,
Sincerely yours.
Dakota.
A. S eaman .
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S ilv e rto n , O regon.
Since he only eats th e
brains and drinks the blood ofi
chickens be is a most expensive m a
rauder and no mercy is ever shown
him. People who believe th a t the
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H o w to M a k e
Good l im es for all Time.
skunk is the handiw ork of an 0111-
nip »tent G<»d of infinite lovt
The G overnm ent nationalized die Postal S ystem , whv not also
th
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Money System ? A plan is told by C. ELTON BL ANCHARD
mercy have strange reasoning
in his liook e n t i t l e d ........................... . .
powers. If there were no other
quadruped on e a rth but skunks
U N C L E S A M ’S
these sort of people w-ould still see
H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E .
nothing but goodness and mercy in
_ Postpaid fo r 25 C en ts.
the w'orld. These pious folk- who
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A ll p r o fits on t h is liook w i ll be g iv e n to th e L ilt e r a l U n iv e r s it y
com pile readers for school c h ild re n It should lx* in th e hands of every, th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all orders to
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collect m any stoiies about squirrels
I he TORCH O F R E A S O N , S ilv e rto n , Oregon.
and rabbits, foxes and beavers, rats
and mice, hut not a word about
s k u n k s ; th e y a re a fra id some bright
little fellow will wish to know why
God m ade such anim als as skunks
—E. L. M errill in Independent
P u lp it.
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’cason
HARDESTY,
Will practice in all courts of th e state.
Special a tte n tio n given to collections
and n o tary work.
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OREGON.
T h at extrao rd in ary interest has S IL V E R T O N ,
been excited among m any of the
citizens of Springfield, Mass., in
th»* case of Josephine W ands, the
eleven-year-old daughter of Rufus
P.
W ands, of No. 37 Holyoke
Street, who, as many of them pro
S a le m , O regon.
fess to believe, is a spirit m edi
LRA D IN G N E W S P A P E R , D A ILY ANI)
um ;—
W E E K L Y , OF W E ST E R N OREGON
T h at on every night for the last
tw’o m onths strange rappings have
Its daily consists of eig h t pages
am i its weekly of tw elve. The
been heard on the wall near the
weekly is recognized as the leading
g irl’s cot which have been so loud
farm p ap er of its section. The
daily plays second fiddle to no
th a t they have disturbed the fam i
pafso in th e U nited S tates printed
lies in the upper tenem ents of the
in a city of S alem ’s size.
house: her parents have been kept
Its circulation is grow ing con
sta
n tly .
awake night after night; and she
It is read am i valued hig h ly by
has herself become so hysterical
a w idespread constituency .
th a t nobody can do an y th in g with
It has a b attery of linotypes amt
o
p
erates a photo-engraving p lan t.
her;—
Its a d v ertisem en ts are regularly
That an investigation of the case
read by th e m asses, because they
read th e S tatesm an for th e news
by several physicians and special
it c o n tain s, am i th e accurate and
ists in nervous diseases reveals the
In terestin g m an n er of its telling.
fact th at the girl produces the raps
C. B. IR V IN E . Manager
herself while under hypnotic sug-
S o n g Book
R© 1.
The
S ta te sm a n
“ Keep th e Torch of Reason B u r n in g .”
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P rice, Ten cents.
The above shows the exact size of the little song book we
have ju st com pleted. It co n tain s thirty-tw o pages.
The songs
are set to fam iliar tunes and should be in every F reethought
home and Sunday school. Send us an order. Price. 10 cts
T ry the Torch for Jobw ork.