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
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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
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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,
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‘ ° fail to tak e advantage of th is offer.
Alaska
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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.
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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........
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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 -
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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and
Blue
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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
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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
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'•••« '-•! 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 .
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WITCHCRAFT.
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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
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d d re s s .
chanics,
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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
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R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M .
m ischief and misery.
instance, the belief in
Take, for
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