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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1897)
T H E TOUCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , NOV EM BER 25, 1*97. GOOD BOOKS U n iv e rs ity Fund. To S k y -P ilo ts a n d D evil-D odgers. The bible says: “ Ihou shall not ------- suffer a witch to live’» (E xo du s The am ount given iu this fund miracles . xxii , 18), thereby im plying, as a j8 actu a l cash paid in , regardless of Let us exam ine a lew of the m atter of course, the existence of what has been prom ised: We can fu rn ish th e follow ing books most prom inent features of vour witches as a well known fact. As Previously acknowledged, $544.30 2 0 0 " e ll bound in cloth ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd bible narrativ es, doctrines, and a l- killing supposed witches is now’ W ^V a ” sizes, for th e ex trem ely low price of 60 cen ts each , postage 10 cents. D on’t leged ‘‘Divine C om m ands’'. F irst fully recognize«! by all civilized na- E. Ü. Decker, ’ ‘ ° fail to tak e advantage of th is offer. Alaska . .C has. Darw in take Miracles. The bible state- tions as m urder, the bible ascribes O rigin of S p e c ie s ... M A T E R IA L , ETC. «> •« « r,n D escent of M a n ........ ments upon which your pars»‘n* the crim e of com m anding m urder P re ▼ iou siy ack n o w led ged, Herliert Spencer i n n n F irst P rin c ip le s........ ft* (I place so much reliance, as evidences to God. The fact is, the bible only E. \Y. Ross, (lum ber) 10.00 Bata of E th ic s .......... E m e rso n ’s Essays of su p ern a tu ral interference, t«> a ud solely represents the ignorance The new am ended constitution S arto r R esartu s ............T hom as C arlyle support the tru th and au th o rity of and b ru tal cruelty of the persons French R evolution n and by-laws of the Oregon S tate pJ^SrsesoTEpictetus various so-called revelations and who wrote it, and this ignorance Secular Union is printed and is Past an d P ie s e n t............ Thomas Carlyle com m ands of God, are co n trary to arid brutal cruelty they hlasphem - . . . . I lv n a tia .................................. C has, k in g ly ready for d i s t r i b u t i o n . M e m b e rs all known facts and to the unvary- ouslv describe as attrib u tes of God. ( „ nization # in receive A utobiography of Benj. F ran k lin Fifteen Decisive B attles of the i0 g order of n atu re, which is the But John W esley, Uie founder ot , by s( nding gtam p to pay .. E . C. Creasv W o r ld .......... stage Those who are n ot .net.,- Te’ nyjon-.Joenie onlv positive expression we possess M ethodism , said in his journal un- of the will or existence «if a sup- der date May 25,1768: ‘‘The giv- hers and wish a copy, send ten Lon f^now p Poems Kate D ePeatt, S ecretary p ope’8 Poem s jtosed God, wh<> is said to hide him- fog up of the belief in w itchcraft is cents to O. S. 8. U . M ilto n ’s Poem s self behind the phenom ena of ma- fo effect giving up belief in the bi- -------- ------------. H ood’s Poems B u rn s’ Poems terial existence. E verything else ble” ; therefore, if Jo h n Wesley was R obert B row ning’s Poem s is hum an, and is produced by and collect, we m ust give up the bible, B yron’s Poem s i i • e * Siiakesjieare’s Poems for we have given up belief in comes to us through hum an agency, A ddress, -uch as scriptures, dream s, visions, witchcraft — Jo h n \\ esley was cor- JO N E S ’ BOOK STO R E, From tlie E gyptian magi- and other unreliable and, in their rect. C ity of S ilverton , 291 A lder S t . PO RTLA N D , O R E . S tate of O regon . nature, u n certain and illusory cians, wi ho performed like unto ALL MEN by th ese presents operations of the im agination. We Moses and Aaron with th eir en- th a KNOW t Mr. L. K rubelnik has been a p p o in t tberefore decline to believe in the chantm ents, and the witch of En- ed as receiver for th e B an k ru p t Stock of E l HER H A R D E S T Y , stories of m iracles, said to have oc dor, who raised the dead Sam uel, M ercandise an d which will tie sold a t [Ig & w . S a c r ific e P ric e s curred in the dark, ignorant, credu to the demoniacs of the gospels, and lous, child like age of the hum an the sorcerers m entioned in the fif for th e benefit of th e creditors. The W ill practice in all courts of th e state. m erchandise consists of Special a tte n tio n given to collections race, as we now decline to believe teenth verse of the last chapter of and n o tary work. in the m iracles foisted upon the Revelation, the Jew ish and C hris FINE TAILOR MADE CLOTHING R oom 3, W olf B lock . world by the Rom an Catholic tian scriptures abound in refen i.e s for m en, boys, youths ami ch ild ren . A SI L V E RTO N , O REGO N. line line of C hurch, such as the apparition of to and stories about, witchcraft un the Virgin Mary, a t Lourdes in der all its forms, and injunctions M E’ NS AND EOY’S FURNISHING GOODS N . J e r m a n , J . H . L y o n s, France. Though there m ay he to destroy it. W hat was the con Also a fine line of BOOTS and SH O E S. sequence of this absurd belief and JERMAN & LYONS, scores of fools and rogues prepared the wicked com m and contained in to swear to th a t m iracle, or a n y the bible? The learned Dr. Zach C L O T H IN G P A IJN T E R S . FORM ER Y NOW thing else, to support a cherished ary Grey states th a t between three h in ch illa U lsters, $ <> 75 $3 50 belief or to m ake money, u n reaso n and four thousand persons suffered C Black 5 (X) and Blue O vercoats, 9 50 House, sign and carriage p a in t death for witchcraft in Europe from able m an , educated on scientific Black Clay W orsted Suits, ing. P aper-hanging and interior the year A. D. 1640 to 1660. In 8 50 S atin L ining, 15 00 principles, at this era of the w orld’s Leith, Scotland, nine women were Boys’ Charges 2 50 decoration a specialty Overcoats w ith capes 5 50 reasonable. \Vo''k guaranteed. history, believes th a t sued a phe- burned together as witches in 1664. SH O ES AT ALL P R IC E S noinenon as a m iracle ever existed In Daly io the province of Como, or exer will exist. Moreover, m il 1,000 persons wen executed for We also call your a tte n tio n to o u r lino of witchcraft in a single year. In one O v ersln rts and I nderw ear, th e p ric M'MILLAN & PITTMAN lions of m iracles cannot sustain an es of which will su rp rise you. province of Sweden ‘2,500 wnches R em em ber th a t evident falsity —such as two plus were b u rn t in 1670. lin e accounts two equals five, or justify to m an ’s of the horrid tortures which accom TH IS SALE IS FOR A SHORT TIME (INLY conscience any outrage on h u m an panied “ w itch-finding” would fill Call early and ex am in e our goods ity com m itted by c h a rla ta n s and the eyes of any hum ane person with am i prices. No m a tte r if you don t buy, tears, and excite the most intense we will lie pleased to w ait upon oppressors. No m iracle can ever ex indignation against th is ferocious, you, ami you will be con -Ail kinds of choice- cuse or ju stify palpable m oral bloodthirsty, m onstrous bible sup vinced for yourself. Re m em ber the place. wrong. The first m iracle recorded erstition. They can he found in M E A T ... in vour bible comes under the la t the w ritings of D alyell, Lecky, Sale Commences Thursday, Nov. 25, 1897 ...F R E S H Always on barn! ami sold at. ter category. The appearance of M ichelet a n d other historians. Positively no goods sold before day So much for w itchcraft, witches, am i d a te ad v ertised . Y ours to please, Satan in the form of a serpent was a and the bible com m and to kill S ta n d a rd * P rice s. rascally and dishonest m iracle, per witches, is it not disgusting and L. K R U B E L N IK , R e c e iv e r. „OOLIDGE’S BRICK. formed for the base purpose of h o rrid ?— [F reethinker. W e pay th e h ig h est price seducing Eve, by the unfair em ploym ent of a superior intelligence Cash fo r F a t S to c k . against a weak woman. We there __ G ive Us a C a ll... . fore say th a t the legend is a m yth and a lie, hecauss a good god could AND S L V E R T O N ... never have perm itted any such action ag ain st an innocent and INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS foolish creatu re. As for B alaam " 'hh° ' ’’’„ j “^ 7 and his ass, Jo n a h and the whale. , To teach , educate an.) confer degree» of sc h o larsh ip upon Sam son a n d hi» tricks, Noah’s A r k ,, .re*. »re entitled to qualiTied in various a t iiuiiui’vUB vi p e v p ie i . •• i , i i . . . A r t i s t i c W o rk tne nery lurnnee m a k iiu c ii , ..le o e n - [j,,,.. „„¡entitle research, and have become practical as «ell as t ,h j‘ the fiery furnace of Ashach, Mesch- ifne8 of scientific ach, etc., they have been the laugh- - s i n c e ? th„rir- -------- ing-stock of the really educated for ,,, . „ a , w ith a su itab le degree. O th e rs, not quit,- /¡'"„‘ti," / " C R E D IT O R S ’ - S Â L b fo U TCH ERS— W ESTERN U N IV E R S IT Y Absent Teaching Institute B arber Shop centuries Un p '» " '•••« '-•! coursesof reading and stu d y , followed 1,1,d when th e can d id ate is qualified, to g ra n t a diphim a for a cording to the standard of scholarship attained. The d e g r . ™ WITCHCRAFT. ‘ Tl.e ig n o ran t, blind credulity ^ " V ^ th e p k tr o n l^ 'm 'i'u h n ls . and graduates h o ld in g '^ fine given to the bible assertions, not < of »1 W U doctors, i v v V estern W lC r il U I n I iv I ’ v e i rsity n i i y , , t are x i v teachers, 11 ’ I pastors, j . law yers, i Tor full rtin n u liirs d d re s s . chanics, a u th ___ o rs ___ and i inventors. Dir full iia p a rtic la rs, . a address, ouly about m iracles, but m any other m atters, has produced infinite ■ R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M . m ischief and misery. instance, the belief in Take, for w itchcra ft. P E O P L E ’ S IN S T IT U T E " - e - f,,r . 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