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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1898)
T H E TORCH GF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , O R E b t N, IH l'R S D A Y , .JANUARY 6, 1S98. t) CURRENT EVENTS. The port of H avana ¡ft open to export trade. Hon. Benj. B utterw orth in re ported to be dying at Thom asville, Georgia. Bryan has returned from his Mexican travels, and was banquet ed at Lincoln, Neb., .Jan. 4. and all it p ath s arc- pea et Livezey. [E . Ignorance and fear generate and nourish superstition. By how much the more anyone’s m ind is weak and unenlightened, by so much the stronger will super stitions influence be found to have on it. W ith a much better pros pect of success, therefore, if super- A general reduction in the wage« - ■ • • * * W E S T E R N INFORMATION B u rea u and K xchange Is there a n yth in g you leant? H ave you property to sell jjo yoib Wish to hao lb hom e? Do you Wish ) <»f cotton-m ill operativ operatives in the east is announced to take place sensible ami well-informed people to o‘o into ftiisi ness? Do you wish than ten of such as are ignorant about the m iddle of the m onth. to e xch a n g e real estate or and stupid.— [F . L. Mosheim. person a I property? The latest K londike news is th at A bishop writes to the press beg the starv atio n scare is abating. There is said to he sufficient food at ging for money to rebuild churches F riends :— We have recently established a general Ex Dawson City to render starvation ‘‘God destroyed a fortnight ago. T h a t’s just like a bishop. No par- change and Inform ation business in the th riv in g citv of im probable. ties oppose God more than they. Silverton, and have for sale a num ber of town lots, vacant There are prospects o a usion God wa,,t(.d t|,e (.h u ,(.hes destroyed, and im proved, some well established business enterprises of a faction o repu > tcan. wit t e Hnd deployed them. He did not some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last hut not least dem ocrats in the M aryland legisla- bire ((tbel> |() (,o bu( Cftme hiniJ aH t h e j()ts ¡n tnre, in order to defeat McComas, -n (>ne ()f bjfj own velli(.,eS) and candidate for U nited States sen- pmaphed right Hlld left> and did _ a to r‘ ‘‘according to his will.” Now the ' ■ —^^B***“'*- S E C U L A R H O M E P C : A man in Delaware, who has been treated for consum ption for nearly ten years, coughed up a tooth the other day which he had swallowed several years ago, and the doctors say th at was the cause of the trouble. Russia is rapidly com pleting her great Siberian railw ay, and in the spring will begin the construction of a ship canal from St. Petersberg < _____ * • ...... i. ~ a distance i to C onstantinople, of over a thousand miles. These en- terprises are no doubt for m ilitary purposes. clergy are going to spite “ G od”, and try to defeat his divine pur- d 11 <l( t <»i Lllld pose by rebuilding the very places d iid dutifully of the property he demolised! adjoini ng the El I h * i al I n 1 Vet’Sitv gl’OUlids, situated lot homes. Bulow is a p artial list we have for sale. A woman arose in E m anuel church, San Francisco, d uring ser C ITY P R O P E R Y. vices the other Sunday, and d ra m H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est Silverton ; atically d e c la n d th a t she had a b eau tifu l location lor residence. $2tX). C o r n e r L o t near th e Liberal U n i message from God directing the versity. $100. congregation Io rave the life of The- L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location odoie D urrant, now under sentence Ao su it, a t 25, $50 and t;75. _xi r for m __ i of r death urdering a girl i • in 4 A acres <»f land in Silverton, O regon; a two good houses, fru it trees, etc. W l'l th a t sacred edifice. 1 he woman trad e for farm land was Mrs. Alice H artley, w hose H o u s e a n d L o t n ear th e depot, ' ~ . I $750. sym pathy for D urrant may a rise ' , , „ , . , H o 'js * 1 and lot in c en ter of tow n, There are prospects of the dis from the fact that she herself has $375. her m an, having slain Sena- H o u s e «ad ham wth 1 ^ acres of m em berm ent of the Chinese empire. kil'ed . .. v . * o ¡and in Silverton. :'75O. The great powers are concentrating th eir n aval forces in th a t vicinity, ap p aren tly lining up for a general scram ble for a share of the territory. F rance has seized the island of H ainan, off the south coast of Chi na, w ithout opposition from the Chinese. REFLECTED RAYS. .. 4 , rp. & tor PoJey at Reno some years ago. God moves in a m ystern us wav to get his messages before the public. — [Truthseeker. farm property . 2 S acres, well im proved, tine house, •»so n and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile irob» Silverton, $4000. Will trad e for larger farm of equal value not over tw enty m iles from S ilverton. ........ ............ 3 1 3 acres of splendid — fruit, and farrn- in g la n d , well im proved, good ru nning w ater, th re e m iles f,om S ilverton, a t 27 p er acre. Can divide if necessary to su it p u rch aser, 1 6 0 acres of tine tim b e r, D e ars large saw m ill, $1000. Logs can he floated nearly a 1 th e wav to m ill. Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies m ov ing here will have the splendid advantage of schooling th eir children in the only • L iberal U niversity • in the world. N o te a n d C o m m e n t. Silverton is beautifully situated in the great W illam ette valley in the foothills of the Cascade m ountains. A fine N ature knows no pause in pro sparkling stream affords splendid w ater power and g reat gress and developm ent, and a tta c h advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rth e r inform a es her curse on all inaction. tion. Y ours for business, * * * If a jackass were to describe the e m ay 800n deity, he would represent him with £reat calam ities long ears and a tail. M an’s ideal C hristians up in is the higher and truer one; he pic vah is as jealous tures him as somewhat resembling times. A healer expect to hear of INFORMATION BUREAU and EXCHANGE. falling upon the M ichigan, if Jeho- as he was iu bible « » p p V te Y ibîrÀ Y Hall. S ilverton, O regon. l»v the laying-on- I ________________________________________________________________— .........-..SSSiSS western a m a n .—[E x. university p h let would lead pet,pie to com m it th a t the Deyil> a „d no, js (b(. AND suicide, it ought to be read by some source of his m iraculous power. orthodox journalists. The loss of *** INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS some of them would neither eclipse tl * * • 1 last 4 week’s , , l Ih e statem ent * m the of nations r dim __ inish t I orch ««™, th ♦ a t g Seculai .., i • i-t" ♦ 1 know more . . gaiety . . . lm o nr To teach, n ed i u u cate and vumc confer 1 vivgivt-f degrees ui of sc h u o larsh ip upon iriOHe those who 1 by studious- a v o n ia o iiitid nnn f Ur w u i i r rtiiu lin id m iip . _ _ w a u ii, . . 4. - ▲ 1 . .1 1. * A . f fix T i* 1 • 1 w rio 1 >V h 1 v i K rr* i h I h i * 1 . r a 1 u l , 1 P‘ n c e - [ f r e e - a |jOUt t h e bible than th o s e p ro fess- '«♦*»« Hre e n title d to th em in A rt, Science, L ite ra tu re , Law, P hilosophy am i Theol- th in k er. . , 11» * °8.v* ’8 w e** known th a t h u n d re d s of people are highly qualified in various Absent 'peaGhinç) Jnst-itufce a . a . . . a , in g to be g u id e d by it, s u g g e s ts ijne8 of scientific research, and have become practical as well as th eo retical scho - Science neither robs n o r im p r is o n s th e t h o u g h t that it is th e inquiring ars since leaving th e school room and are deserving of a degree su itab le to their n 4. i .i . • •. 41 . • .1 • • & callling. M any are w orthv and fitted, an d W ESTERNUNiVEKsiTYisfullvauthoriz- in this world nor condems the race spirit th a t acquires this 8U|»erior I ed to honor such w ith a siiitahle degree. O th e rs, not q u ite ready, to aid them onr to torm ents hereafter. It seeks for knowledge, which in tu rn makes plan is to d irect courses of reading an d stu d y , followed bv periodical exam ination*, truth«. So we would have our the Secularist. Is I. not strange th a t o 7 ^ h i p ' S F ’i h churches converted into halls of Infidelity should grow seaenee, where the true laws of the universe can he taught, and m an’s relations to those laws be so fully and tru th fu lly set forth, as its “ ways are those of pleasantness with the red are B. P., B. S.t L. 8., Ph. D., A. M., M. 8., LL. I)., D. D. ing dissemination of bible knowledge , law yers, m erchants* ni* - of God? The first nail in God’s ehanics, au th o rs and in v en to rs. For full p a rtic n la rs, address, coffin w as driven when his book was placed in the hands of the common people. J. H. M. P E O P L E ’S IN S T IT U T E - - C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS J. H. R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M. D.