Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903, October 21, 1897, Image 4

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    THE TORCH OF REASON, iHLVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1**
Chimneys of Hell.
T h re e C la s s e s .
we hastened forward to our Secular
A college professor teaching that
friends’ home and met ‘»no of our
effect oi allowing the poor to
of
most interested and interesting have a chance to re v iv e an ed u .a- vdcanoes are the chim neys of hell
The Only Raper of Its Kind.
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w
tuMkti ti„ „ is beginning
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c ; ,.sell,
1 if and
pupils,-Miss Leona Allen.
We anon
to show,
and ’H a rare curio~it\ in the laiiei p h a it
of the nin eteen th century.
it is
Published Weekly by the UberaJ
became acquainted with the rest of the first effecl 8eems to be the pco- hard to believe th a t such a th in g
versify Com pany, in the Interest» of
the family, and then h«»w we did ^ eg, c rjt jc a | exam ination of old could be. \ e t a Professor Bautz.
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
E d ito r enjoy ourselves eating grapes, wand-
forms, p d itc a l, social who
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lectures at the Royal P russian
p W G e e ? ........ . M an ag er ering through the orchards and and re| jgioll8.
Civilize«! people Academy of Philosophy an d Pheol-
looking a. the m any things of in- l()d are divided into three dis- ogy a t M unster teaches exactly
E ntered at
th e d ^ pjfltoffice
ilv erto n ,, | te re s l t h a t m a y . be . . fo u rn i , o n a . t y p i- 8l
' jn e t c la s s e s .
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—»♦ s ta rtlin g
¡th . a t . doctrine.
H is
most
O regon?as
se tin
d a s s m ail a t m S atter.
I here are the con-
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Torch
Reason
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c o n trib
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• *** of Oregon. M«. Alien has 7 serv,tives,
5C1 V IV1 ’ v s j or -o
-- m ossbacks, w-‘° i bave bet.n learned essays on the
g about twenty varieties of grapes and c d l,g to every old idol as it the subje(?t of purgatory, which Prof.
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One year, in a d v an c e ..................
56 tine, luscious varieties, indeed, they . r jd lld<l reached perfection, and B autz a p p a re n tly knows m ore about
Six m onths in advance.................
25 1
T hree m onths, in a d v an c e ........
... ,’e sam pled
I I them , io
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our th a , a c |,ange necessarily .....»ns a .. th an Max Muller knows of o ri-n la l
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ar«*
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
, o h e a rt’s (w in d ’s) content u n .il we
. „ ,e w„ rsl, Then there languages, In one of these e-say»
in a d v a n c e ..........................................
Money should be sent hv registered
oiia.ig«- 1
Bautz tells us th at sp irits in
were compelled, on account of t i e
th e exlrelllI8t8> whose .w hole I
l)|aekj Mhd
le tte r or m oney order.
SUBSCRIPTION
RATES.
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Notice!
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capacity of our stom achs, to be s a t- desil e is t() ‘-k n o c k o u t” every
spei|(, lllucb of ,h e.r tim e hurlin g
islicd with feasting our eyes on th ’* 'ta bd ^hed in stitu tio n , and who in d re|,rait(J8 about, much as upper
A pencil m ark here denotes th a t your
subscription will expire w ith the next
nu m b er. You are earn estly requested
to renew so th a t you m ay receive t h e pa­
p er w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . W e have de­
cided th a t it is best for all concerned
th a t we do no t semi pap eis longer th an
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered.
T his will p revent any loss ami we will
know ju st where we stan d .
We request you to semi us the nam es
of Secularists who m ight become suh-
s«Tibers and we will m ail sam ple copies.
great com pact bunchesof N iagaras,
Wrath at the abuses, Ibrget world boys would play baseball.
Concords, Black H am burgs, Dela- th a t ah goVenunenis, s o c ia l institu- j “ Hell is not far aw ay,” continues
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v .a
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null- 'th is teacher of S 'ie iic e , and the
wares, I . o a n s , Isabellas,
aiaw
lion.-, a n d red g io n s, lik«* m u i- ,
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11 I proof he t-rings is th a t valcanoes
etc., etc., an d carrying a b u n ch «»1 v n lu a .s, h av e good in them as well spouUng H reaild brim stone b e n e a th
the choicest k in d home t«»our moth- as bad.
T h e th ird class is th e Qur fe, a le th e c h im n e y s of hell,
in-law.
“golden m ean,” and as this class g o
m j-epenlant sinner may be-
O11 account of the early rain
th at jncrease8 from both the others it is gin m look out a little.
I be place
came this year Mr. Allen lost con- sure lo acconlp| i8h its aim s. These of torm ent is nearer him th an he
THURSDAY, OCT. 21, E. M. 297 siderable of hi» prune crop, hut
, u n d erstan d well the imagine» Prof Bautz also connects
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I w hat he dnl , save was very « hue, „,1 daiigers J alwaJ„ altelldlng a rap id , | the lightnings
of the sky with the
e. fi J o f th e e8r|h> a n d th e y
Away to T h e H ills!
as he has a d ry ei of his ow n
t e eb an ge . they also understand well a | togv^ber arc exhibited for th e ter-
After a very enjoyable session
expense of p re p a rin g the fruit
for (he aw iu, a buses of the past and | r ify j„g ()f 8i n ners. I t will be inter-
of th e Sunday school last sunday, m arket was much reduced.
He
alld ib ,w* the people h a v e esting to note how G erm an stu d en ts
a num ber of Secularists started saved twenty thousand pounds suffered aU along the ages, from will receive such science.— Ex.
crosslots for Mr. R. D. Allen’s home
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As we went which
wUl nH •■IkAiiit
ab° Ul ♦ three
° ne- political, social and » religious
corru-
From Tree to Newspaper.
in
the W a aldo
1,1 the
< ‘ Hills. As we went
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half cents per p o und. 1 be grapes ption_ i rolll the ignorance of the
A scientific jo u rn al records an
afoot we had am ple time t<> e n jo y
ohe. , iaif ce„ l8 per
pie alld the tyranny of their
theh.-autitul auiuum weather.
H j
d and a8 they are a sure crop,
oak trees have shed th eir leaves, and
,
culture
as the »uu »hone war... hm ugh hc
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iv, „„ illd u»t . y ,n
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an d v 7
this loca.it.v. We were pleased to
rulers. W«* hold that it is the duty
of e v e n Secularist to be progressive
5- t r,a»on»l e.
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;
it's8 p 7 -e
of by
rap id m echanical
tra n s fo r-
j a s to n is h in g m feat
aterial
m ahon
n .
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L e r . a i n the »hor.es. tim e re-
d - e d to convert the wood of a
o d erso t autum n reach.- our n .
({
of
mu tear down.” We can- ; stan d in g tree into paper and the
trils, we were forced to dream Ol our
Mr. AUen c | a i,„ B ,h a t this „'„t ^ „ d ' t o cling to the old the- later into a jo u rn al ready for d el.v -
childhood davs when we wandered m
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n
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kindm-Pil mn* nro- ery, the experim ent has been m ade
the woods of nor. hern Wisconsin and product can „■ ra ise ic.c »» « t
one» . a
we aff((rd lo (ie. at E l-enthal by Wenzel & Co., p ap er
gathered h az-ln u .s,o r, a d t.le latte.-,, as not, .. i t.» pu. ...e a r ly e.mug .. « ^ ’ . ^ , 7 , f,,,, itself l.y destroy-1 and wood pulp m anufacturers.
with gun in hand we wandered over He. says th a t it •*'h-» ud be plained J '
(. |r(p and citidels we have For this purpose three trees^ were
hill and dale in search o f squirrels aboul ,he m iddle of April and it , adv t Stablished.
We should felled in a near-by forest at 7:35 a.
and pheasants. But w hat a change will then ripe„ a R , lght. 1 he hogs *'
ready to accepi any j
carried to the m anufactory,
has come over our lives since then. herCi however, have a perpetual
.' (ll}^ t ,,at may be satisfactor- where they were cu t into pieces
T he-old blight of orthodoxy th a t picllic in the fail a.id winter with-
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should twelve inches in length, these being
ru in s so iiiany, roboed u s lo ra w lu .e out col.n> for the oak trees lurnisb .
t ) u n e a rth , hem , hut we should at once stripped of bark and sp lit,
of our n atu ral, childlike happiness. | theUJ bU8heirt aud bushels of acorns,
’’J ’
;|1, ()ur’ 8trength the and raise<l by rt" eleVator to the de"
How we worried, and prayed, and ;ind a liufc lot of fat fellows on Mr. 1 ' r” ' ®
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agep (he pyb_ h b rato rs of the works. The wood
tried to understand the ol«l m yslic Allen’s ranch th a t are fed nothing >‘ aU 1 1
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,
modern pulp produced by these m achines
theories; hut at last we are tree a t „ n , 8hows th a t raising hogs is
J
eCh and of the was then put in to a vat, where it
again, and how happy we are in the far nior« profitable here th an in
the good t i,ings which was m ixed with the necessary ac-
thought that even as tin* birds ami c<>untries where they ‘‘ea t their ,,r'
\ , o | Vbd a ,,d on which we com panim ents, and, th is process
squirrels, we are unfettered a n d e a n OWI| heads oft” before they are
? d \ ^ , ,1’ p. fol- still greater finished, the liquid pulp was sent
enjoy n atu re’s holiday w ithout tear feady ior m arket.
.
Ib R true Secularism , t he to the paper m achine. At 9:34 in
of punishm ent from an avenging
T his is a lovely country, indeed, ' ,yt'" y ? ’ hui7)a’n i , v \ h e desire to the m orning the first sheet of paper
god. But it makes us sad to think ftnd ag we |ooh ,,ff ¡„p, the distance l" v‘‘
J ’’worhl better, is found was finished, the entire m an u fa ctu re
th a t other young p«ople are being and view the beautiful W illam ette
tb(1 (,plss o fthe “ golden m ean,”
Wit
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goiuni mco..,
bound down or annoyed by the v a n ey> we think of Parbodie’s " ,t / the
¡ ,» 'J Class
4' L Oline
aV
xv
I,
and although the rash, blunder-
r ,, good J are con-
m onster, who wears as a m ckless
en>> “ O ur C o u n try :”
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ing d destroyers
e s tro y e rs of
oi a all
n g«>ou a.«- w ..-
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the skulls of th irty m
illions of the An(b
millions
An(,( ,.rttaiea ’mi,i
’„h.l her
h e r clustering
c lu sterin g liills,
lulls,
. in- friahtenim / the weak un-
best people the earth ha< produced, gweet vales in dream-like beauty hide, tinua .
t h e i r shells of con-
ami w h< to,lav b ath e, in an o,*ean W here love the ai, w ith m usic tills,
progressive into then shells of con
of blood mixed with the . t« ars of
the
„
innocent. W
We e tried to shake
sh.ik«* off
«»ff the
tliougbw of sym pathy and help lh a t
goes out to th e poor victim s of .hi»
m onster, and enjoy with our jollv
com panions the ile a s a re of our visit
coinpani
p
to the Hills.
And calm « o n te n t an d peace abi«le;
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s e r v i u s m , y e t « u r p v g .v o .- . ------------
in ..
And laving
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p o rtan t passage in n n r Book of Life,
we bid our kind Secular ir.ends
good night and ha-ten back to our
work of try in g to help free the fruit
h liirh i of ia-
Oi m e p a r t y — u m y iw u
u y u .o
«..v.
PM are organizing, educating and twenty-rive m inutes having been
wnrb inff «« man never has w otked consum ed in converting the wood of
wo
g.
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stan d in g tree inlo a journal ready
before, w ith the result tb a old e r
(M iv (.rv
e a r lie r g e n e r.
roneous ideas and praettoes a
a tio n , it .........I have seemed incred-
passing away, and behold all things
th a l j
9,,„ rt a tlIne a |,v ,„ g
ire becoming new. Are you in t h e , tree could have been converted into
After eating a , icn.c|of humanity from .he Id.gh, of ig- are her»
d in n er by a little babbling hr« «ok,, norance and supers! it ion.
having thus consum ed two hours,
~ one m • inute.
.
tu
lacking
w n n e e rs
rs o o f f f
acking one
m inute, T lh h e e o o w
v
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a ,
r
the establishm
ent
then
took
a
few
c
1 I.M presses
itn -sa P ri of
nt a
a p
n r rin
i l i l tin
l t i p g
sheets to the
°lfice, am i nt 10 o’«l«»ck a copy of
p n ||le d jo u r, , wa# , h(J h a „ d
¡front ra n k s.
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of
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