T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , JA N C A R Y G, 1S98. A R em arkable W ill. friend of Col. Ingersoll, who wrote H ! NRV MOREHOUSE TABOR DENOUNCES the preface to his volume of Liberal writings. ALL R E L IG IO N A S A SH AM . 3 tu * New York, Ja n . 4.— One of the Profane Jokes. most rem arkable wills ever tiled in the office of (he surrogate is th at of F rom th e London E rec tb in k er.] I be following obituary notice ap Henrv M orehouse Tabor, offered for probate today. In spite of the peared in an Aniciican paper: “ The wife of the R e v . J. Dolittle fact that Mr. T abor was president listened to her husband’s preaching and treasurer of the board of tru s on S unday last, and died in con tees of the first P resbyterian church, vulsions the following Tuesday in the opening clause of his will he afternoon.” denounces all religion as a sham and as having its origin in super Mrs. J o n s in g .— “ Am Pahson stition. He requests th a t no serv Jackson ve’v eloquent?’’ ice- be held over his body, and th a t Mrs. W hitew ash.— “ Am he elo it be crem ated. quent? Oh, my! I wish yo’ could Mr. Tabor died C hristm as eve at the age of 73. Two children, Sid hab heard his sermon las’ Sunday ’bout Balaam a n ’ de ass— vo’ could ney Richmond T abor and Mary Tabor, survive him , ami to them alm ost ’magine yo’ heard de ass a- R espectfully invite you to visit talk in ’.” the estate, valued at over $1,000,- th eir establishm ent and con 000, is given absolutely. The will vince yourself th at they are “ My text, dearly beloved breth is in the h an dw riting of the testa show ing the greatest line of ren,” said a m inister in a western tor, and says: ( le n c r a l M erchandise in Marion town enjoying a land boom, “ will ‘ Relieving th a t all religions, in county at popular prices. be found in the gospel according to j cluding C h ristian ity , are supersti Mail ord *:s given prom pt atten tio n . St. M atthew, lot six, block ten.” tions; th at the basic doctrine of the Y ours to Please Christian religion, t h e ‘fall of m an ’, And then the congregation settled is utterly and absolutely false, and hack to sleep and dream ed th a t a that its opposite, the rise of man railroad ran through the place and S ilv e rto n , Oregon. from the lower orders, is a scientific eastern buyers of real estate were fact; that belief in the (so-called) as plentiful as chinch hugs on a K ansas farm. miracles are hallucinations of the brain, ami never had the slightest A strong-m inded ami loquacious existence in fact; th a t the chief characteristics of w hat is term ed old lady was arguing strongly the ■DEALERS IN- other day for women's rights in the ! the ‘word of G od’ is injustice, cru elty, u n truthfulness and obscenity; wav of preaching, when an obi dea that the effect of orthodox C hristian con attem pted to put her down b\ teaching is to encourage ignorance, rem arking that St. Paul once gave selfishness, narrow -m indedness, ac it as his opinion that women should Corner Main and W ater Streets, rimoniousness, intolerance, wrong rem ain silent in church. “ Oh, did SILVERTON, ORE. and mental slavery; th a t C hristi- he?” retorted the obi dame, sharp anity (so-called) is not the religion ly. “ Well, th a t’s where me and of Christ; that it su p p lan ts ethical Paul differ; and if lie were here I’d culture and true m orality with tell him the sam e thing to his very D E A L E R S IN meaningless theology and unbeliev face.”— [Ex. able dogmas; th a t it puts an un known (am i probably unknow able) The Cuban republic is an accom A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S imaginary being in the place of na plished fact in the E astern district. ture; th at it gives a name and per Spain has not tho power to over- Fishing Tackle, C utlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., sonality to evil, an equally un throw it, nor to hold for long th«* j SILVERTON, OREGON. known and im aginary being; that sm all p a rt still under its despotic ______ it so works upon the incredulity of sway, kept in subjection by fo rce of its adherents as to create in them a arm s, being fenced in by a troeba fear of (th a t most horrible of doc of forts and m ilitary c a m p s . — trines) eternal punishm ent; I say, [S tatesm an. believing all these, in all kind ness and in all earnestness, I re quest that over mv rem ains there TORCH OF REASON be no religious services of any kind, nature or description whatever. “ I also request th a t my ho ly be cremated at Fresh Pond, or some other crem atory, and th at all of my W e W ill Do I t F or You ashes be left there.” >2 A. Wolf & Son. A. WOLF & SON C u s s ite r & D a v e n p o r t • • •0 ^ NERAL y l i ERCHAND1SE Hicks & Ames H ardw are, Tinw are, Stoves, Secularists Or anybody SONG BOOK Neatly, Quickly, and For Less Money The above was taken from the a-'oeiated press dispatch. W e can not believe th a t Mr. Tabor was al the time of his d eath connected with orthodoxy in anv wav, a l though at o n etim e he was religious and may have been connected with church work. At the time of his 9path he was connected with Liber al organizations, and was a Wann SEND US YOUR JOBVVORK T h a n You can G et It E lsew he KEEP THE TORCH OE REASON BURNING.” New and »elected secular songs set to fa m ilia r tunes. T h ir t y - t w o pages. Price io cents. We ? Print A nything Av Etc.