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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
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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
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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!
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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,
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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.
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