« THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVER I ON, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, D97. tific tru th « w ithout the assistance of the bible. Those who teach the people the arts and sciences, and the gospel of liberty, intelligence, education and hum anity, are the greatest benefac tors the world has ever known. The scarecrow of eternal p u n ish m ent is th e ball and chain of the C hristian religion. C ivilization exists today, not because of the C hristian religion, but in spite of it. No Loss. E ditor T orch of R eason : I send you enclosed one dollar to m ake good the loss of Emi, F. Reudebusch’s subscription. I am glad he quit. A moral cripple like him is certain ly no o rn am en t to our ranks. That kind o f ‘’L ib erals” do a great deal more harm th an good to the cause of hu m an ity . I am such a “ bigot” myself »hat I To the P romoters : insist th at a person has no moral I have concluded to head the right to m isuse even his own life, second tract with this question: body or brain, although he m ay not ‘‘H as C h ristian ity or Science Pro interfere with the rights of others. moted C ivilization?” He is, however, injuring others by Make the th ird tract answ er this: the bad exam ple he sets. “ Is the Bible or Science Most R elia The poor fellow d o n ’t feel at ble?” H elps on th e th ird tract home in good com pany and says will be very welcome during De “ it’s altogether too pure for him ,” cember, and helps on the fourth m eant as irony, no doubt, but u n tract, “ Gods and R eligions Com consciously he only states t h e sim pared with Science,” during J a n u ple fact. A pig alw ays enjoys the ary. I have not the books needed rnudhole. to post me on th is subject, and A dm iring your m ora, courage in would h eartily appreciate any standing up for the real, tru e p rin helps on th e fourth trac t by those ciples of right living, and wishing who have such works. I w ant th a t yourself, the U niversity ami the tract to especially show th at the whole family great success, I re m ain features of C h ristian ity were m ain, sincerely yours, pilfered front earlier religions and B. L. H jermstad , D. I). S. philosophers. I need quotations or « M e give the Torch of Reason and references for proof. E liza M owry B liven , Sec. the F rcethought Magazine for one Brooklyn, Conn. year for the sm all oum of $1.50. Now is the tim e to subscribe. Tobacco. U ntil the discovery of America, We will send flic T orch of R eas the tobacco plan t was unknow n to on from now until J a n u a ry 1st, Europeans. The sailors who ac Tell •r your companied Colum bus noticed the 1899, for one dolla*. native Indians puffing smoke from friends about it and have them their m ouths and nostrils and soon subscribe. learned th a t this arose from sm ok ing the dried leaves of the tobacco o ooo-o-o-o0000-00000-0000-000000 plant. It ap p ears th at the ancient THE American race used tobacco in all the modes in which it is now used by man. The Aztecs of Mexico | smoked it in highly ornam ented 'A- pipes of silver, and other natives F or correct styles and low est prices on formed the leaves into rolls and smoked them as the m odern cigar T r im m e d H a ts , is smoked. W a lk in g H a ts , In the course of tim e a q u an tity S a ilo r s , of tobacco was brought to Portugal, and in 1560 Jea n Nicot, the French Caps, Em bassador, brought some of it V e ilin g s , with him to France. In 1586 Sir E t c ., E t c ., W alter R aleigh introduced it into E ngland, having become acq u ain t G ive us a call, e x am in e poods, and pet our prices. ed with its use in Virginia. W e know we can please you. W ithin th irty years after its in M rs. E. Buff, Prop. troduction into E ngland, its use Cor. Main and W ater Sts. hand become so common and such enormous sum s were expended in C > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - C K > C obtaining it, th a t King Jam es, in the q u ain t style o f th a t tim e said: “ It is a custom e loathsom e to the eye, hateful to the n o s e , harm ful to the b rain , dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resem bling the hor rible stygain smoke of the pit th a t Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-J is bottom less”. eni business conducted for M o d er a te Feta. I O ur O ffic e !9 O ppo « it < u , S . P u r tn r O r r cr J V arious accounts are given of and we can secure patent in less tune than tnost! A tobacco, but th e most probable one remote from Washington. i Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-J is th a t it is so called from the I n -tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free oft Our fee not due till patent is secured, A dian tahacos, the nam e applied by / 5charge. A P a m p h l e t , “ How to Obtain Patents," with? the Caribs to the pipe in which »cost of same in the U . S. and foreign countries! (sent free. Address, A they smoked the leaves of the p lan t and hence cam e to be applied to WanHiworyw. P. C. be the p lan t itself. LEADER.... C. A. S N O W & C O .; A. Wolf & Son R espectfully invite you to visit th e ir estab lish m en t and con vince yourself th a t they are show ing the greatest line of G eneral M erchandise in M arion county at p o p u lar prices. Mail orders given prom pt atten tio n . Yours to Please A. 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