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.
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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.
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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«
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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
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<»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
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a to r‘
‘‘according to his will.” Now the
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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
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~ a distance
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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 __
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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,
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. I $750.
sym pathy for D urrant may a rise '
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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
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¡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.
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rp.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS
some of them would neither eclipse
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of nations
r dim __ inish t I orch
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♦ a t g Seculai
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To teach, n ed i u u cate
and vumc
confer 1 vivgivt-f
degrees ui
of sc
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those who 1 by
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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.
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’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
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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
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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.
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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
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J. H. R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M. D.