a T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON , T H U R SD A Y , OCTOBER 28, 1897. From th e S e c u la rist S ta n d p o in t, organization and purposes ot the Secular I nion, H er lecture was A very good audience assem bled . . , , , received w ith m arked appreciation. in the opera house Tuesday night - t > u , j . , 1 s I he young lady has . been a lover of e to hear Miss K ate D ePeatt, secre- books an d a close student of the tary of the Oregon S tate Secular best lite ra tu re for several years, and Union. The lecture was preceded th e inform ation and tine culture by some recitations and in s tru thus obtained was much in evidence in this discourse.— V alley Record, m ental m usic by Miss High and (A shland) Oct. 14th. Miss Lottie P raclit. Miss D ePeatt is a young lady, born and reared In M em oriam . in A shland, and a g rad u ate of the A shland high school. W hen she Died, a t W agner, Oregon, on came upon the stage alone to speak, Tuesday evening, October 19, 1897, ik was with the ease and self-posses- Mrs. W arren C arsner, leaving a sion of one greeting old friends, re- husband, son and d aughter to m ourn m arking p leasan tly th a t she did th eir loss. The direct cause of her not feel the need of an introduction death was a cancerous growth on to the A shland public. She pro- the lungs, she having undergone ceeded directly to discuss the sub- several different operations for the ject of the lecture, m aking an earn- removel of cancerous tum ors. P u r est and able plea for absolute m ental ing her last illness she was constant- liberty, as respects religious creeds, ly attended by her fam ily, and lov- and an in d ig n an t protest against ing friends and neighbors, all med- the bigotry and hypocracy of the ical skill being of no avail, orthodox C h ristian churches. The Mrs. C arsner, during her life, was speaker gave an in teresting histori- a bright exam ple of p atient courage cal resum e of the various religions and hope, and no priest-craft m ade of the world, pointing out how they her afraid of death. She m ade lu- had th ru s t them selves as obstacle» m inous the words, “ a life well spent across the way of hum an progress, is well ended.” No superstitious and through the greed and selfish- fear m ade her afraid to lie down in ness of the priests kept the m ass of the bosom of N ature for her last m an k in d in m ental and physical eternal sleep. It m ight well be slavery, as in ancient E gypt, the said of her th a t her life was an ex paren t of the earliest known civili- em p laro f the Secularist hope of ini- zation. She did not fail to com- m ortality; the influence of example m ent upon the blighting effect of i on present and future generations, th e early C h ristian ity upon the I She held it tr u th w ith him who sings To one clear h a rp in divers tones, high state of civilization attained T hat m en m ay rise on step p in g stones by Rome and Greece, how the cul Of th e ir dead selves, to b e tte r th in g s. ture an d refinem ent of those en- How g ran d ly beautiful is the lightened people were replaced by thought of death when viewed in the sem i-barbaric h ab its and sup- t h e i i g h t o f a l i f e s p e n t i n c o n f o r m - erstitious savagery <»f the Gotlis and jty with the principle contained in V a n d a ls;lite ra tu re of th e A ugustan the words, “do un to others as you age g ra d u ally disappeared, u n til fin- would have others do unto you.” ally there was no intellectual spark W e lla n d tru ly has it been said, to be found outside the cloister, and j “ a ,Iian’s |jfe an appendix to his the d ark ages with th e ir inexpress- h e a rt.” Farew ell, gentle sister, ible horrors were upon the world. 1 e te rn a i gtXMj bye> The influence of L u th er and t h e ! E a rth , let th y softest m an tle rest ( >n th is worn child to thee retu rn in g , the rise of P ro testan tism in prom ot W hose y o u th was n u rtu re d at thy ing m ental liberty were dw elt u p o n ., b reast, So also were the lessons of A m eri W ho loved th ee w ith such gentle y earn in g . can colonization draw n upon with She knew th y fields and w oodland ways effect to illu stra te the certain tend And deem ed th y h u m b le st son her b ro th e r; ency to cruel bigotry and savage Xsleep, beyond our blam e or praise, proscription of C h ristian fanaticism , We yield tier hack, O, gentle m other, when allowed full reign, no m atter I M. what cr^ed was professed. 'The principal colonists were refugees E l HER HARDESTY, from religious persecution. When they had learned the lesson of m ental liberty they adopted the Declaration of Independence, the Will practice in all courts of th e state. great c h a rter g u aran teein g freedom SpeciaI atte,,tion Siven ^collection» - • \ ir v - , .i , , and n o ta ry work, of conscience. \\ hile the church was n . 3, q w u B lock . , R oom WoLf an en tirely different th in g iron. S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, what it was, not a c e n tu ry ago, t h e r e ________________________________ . was much to be done, and a jealous J , H , Lyons. watch m ust be kept upon its g rasp N . J s r m a n , ing and proscriptive am bitions. Its JERMAN & LYONS, prestage and power were sm all, com P A IN T E R S . pared with form er tim es, but its capacity t«> work injustice and ; House, sign and carriage paint- spread unhappiness am ong m an- • ,3, , . 5 • * , . , 6 ing. P aper-hanging and interior in was still great. The speaker decoration a specialty- Charges closed with an ex p lan atio n of th e, reasonable. Work guaranteed. | C u s ite r & D a v e n p o r t DEALERS IN- ....G E N E R A L M E R C H A N D IS E Corner Main and W ater Streets, SILV E R T O N , O RE. Nicks <& Ames. DEALERS IN H ardw are, Tinw are, Stoves, A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S runs, Fishing Tackle, C utlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., Etc. SILVERTON, OREGON. Secularists Or Anybody SEND US YOUR JOBWORK W e W ill Do It For You Neatly, Quickly, and For Less Money Than You Can Get It Elsewhere. We P rint A nything