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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y C, 1898.
To Raise Five Thousand Dollars
Mi^s M illioru .has returned to the
for the U niversity.
Univei>it\ after l aving spent the
ImJidass at her h<*me in Ju nction
Man, Mr. P, C. Mosier, of Eli- ( ’jiy.
nois, will give $50.00, provid-
,
I he 5 . I . 8. S. C. has h u t tw o
ed th a t
more meetings this term, and then
more men («>r women)
we will know which side has the
will give »h»- same
larger num ber of points.
W h e re are
am ount.
If you c a n ’t spare fifty dollars
the ninety and nine?
yourself, do you know of anyone
who can,to help alon Mr. Mosier’s
N EW S AND NOTES.
plan of raising five thousand dollars
J. E. Hosm er lectures at Liberal f,„-
U niversity with one-hun-
H all S u n d ay evening.
Idred men?
I
School reconvened la-t M onday
with an increased attendance and
the stu d en ts are all dilligently at
work.
Ify o ti want any inform ation in
regard to Silverton or an y th in g else
(jo
t hesitate to address the West-
ern Inform ation Bureau and E x­
change, whose ad appears on the
sixth page of this issue.
. . . .
LITTLE POINTS.
No m an ever spake as Socrates
spake and yet no one supposes th at
he was divine.
1R A C T S
OF
Scientific
Wisdom .
EDITED BY
Put up a b ra z e n serpent and look
E L IZ A M O W R Y B L IV E N
at it, C hristians. It might cure you
C ontaining condensed arg u m en ts in j...
of your faith disease.
voi of Moral S ecu larism and Right
Living, and against S u p e rsti­
tio n , Im m o rality and
In tem p eran ce.
J UST T H E T H IN G
We wish some one would give us
the power to east out the “dum b
devils”. If those who are dum b
hand to your C h ristia n friends. Pub­
would speak,the people would won­ to lished
m onthly at $1.00 per y ar t5o
trac ts each m o n th ), bv
der at the growth of Secularism .
W ouldn’t it b e a great blessing if
a subtle snake, or some other sm art
preacher, would talk to the ortho­
dox Eves of our time and tell them
to eat of the tree of knowledge and
be wise?
THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO.,
Silverton
.
.
.
Oregon
M 'M ILLAN & PITTMAN
W e do not w ant o er Liberal
friends to forget th at we are
Wliv should Eve have obeyed a
anxious to do job work for them no
Miss K ate DePeat t, who has god, and not the devil-snake? She
m atter where they live.
been quite ill for the past two didn't know which was lying, any
-All kinds of choice-
We are sorry to h arn of the weeks, is able to 1»«' out again and more than modern C hristians do. I
death of H enry M. Tala r of New will soon go to her home in Ash- Some think to this day th a t God
...F R E S H M E A T ...
York, a brilliant Lib< ral w riter and land, Ore., where she will remain lied and the snake told the tru th .
Always on h an d and sold at
u n til she regains her health. She J H um anity has so loved pr«,giess
au th o r of F aith or Fact.
will then return to her work at the
th at it produced Brunos, Painse, S ta n d a rd
“ The Crucifixion of Science” is
P rice s.
Liberal University.
Ingersolls, th a t whosoever useth
th e title o f the lecture at Liberal
The following students entered reason as these great men have,
We pay the highest price
H all S undav evening. A cordial
our school • last M onday: Guy may not live in vain hut have
invitation is extended to all.
C ash fo r F a t S to c k .
Mount .Johnnie T h u rm an , andSam - eternal inlluence t " r good.
The publisher'' of the F irebrand,
----Give U s a C a ll___
uel Klieu of Silverton, and Annie
The bible is too obscene to be the
of Portland, Oregon, I ave been con­
Cline of Mt. Angel, in the prepara­
word of a good god. The bible is
victed of the crime of sending <>b-
.. . T H E . . .
tory course, a i d M argaret Fisher. too superstitious to he the word of
scen literatu re through the mail.
Dottie Fisher, and Rosen Ames in
an educated god. The bible is too
They have not been s<*nteuced yet.
the vocal music departm ent.
contradictory to be the word of a
Dr. Stoll, our friend in Iowa, has
Mr. Lionel A. Johnson of Vale, truthful god. The bible is too old
0
0 A W E E K LY PAPER
n 0 „
kindlv sent us two pictures of him -i
0
0
0
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...
( )r< gon, m ade us a very pleasant to be the word of an up-to-date god.
FO R C H IL D R E N .’ .’ .-
° °
self and Inend m r e lig io u s a r g u -
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Ih e L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral and
m ent, in which Dr. S. is represent­ <all M onday and identified himself
The Old T estam ent is not your
hygie
dc stories and lessons, letters from
ed as having the I» st of the a rg u ­ with the O. S. S. U. He is well guide? The New Test am ent is for young folks and lessons for Secular S un­
m ent, as eao he told hv the glowing pleas« <1 with the Ethical Basis and modern C hristians to square their day Schools. It co n tain s nothing super­
stitio u s, and is ju st th e th in g for chil­
let Is ct rtain of the success of the
smile on his face.
lives by?
Well, one of the old dren, no m a tte r of w hat belief. If you
1 nion. He expects to graduate
have no Secular S unday school th a t you
M any of our readers are sending from thn A gricultural College at hooks says th a t “ wine is a mocker; can a tte n d , subscribe for th e L ittle C an­
strong drink is raging: and whoso­ dle ami have a Sunday school in your
us the nam es of tin ir Secular Corvallis in ,Iu ie.
ever is deceived thereby is not own hom e.
friends along with the renewals for
F a r Y e a r . . 2 5 CBnts.
wise'’; and one of the new books
the T orch . T h at is what we want.
U n iversity Fund.
THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY COMPANY,
says “drink no longer water, hut SILVERTON
Send us the nam es and we will
OREGON.
use
a
little
wine
for
thy
stom
ach’s
'fh
e
am
ount
given
in
this
fundj
gladly send sam ple copies of our
is actual cash paid in. regardless of sake”. C hrist dran k wine.
We S IL V E R T O N ...
paper.
what has been prom ised:
thought you were tem perance peo­
J u s t as we go to p re s s , we hear Previously acknowledged, $554 55
ple.
1.50
of the death of Mr. S. C. Adam s of J. G. F rancis, Oregon
1.00
Salem Oregon. Mr. Adam s was an F. V anH oeter, Oregon
Jo h n S. H olm an, Illinois
1.001 A woman writer whose hooks
early Oregon pioneer, a good m an, M. Otis, Oregon
1.00 have attain ed a world-wide fame
.. .A r t is t ic W ork
os I ' says that her m other determ ined
and a staunch Liberal, whose writ- C lare G. Stoll, Iowa
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ings have l»«en published in the Mrs. M. M. T urner, Texas
1.00 j th a t her children should know-
R
uth
E
retteli,
S.
Dakota
1.00' three things well. They were the W hen you w ant a ....
T och o f r e a s o n ami «• her period­
Good S m o o th S h a v e
icals.
w ork .
m
ajor
and
m
inor
scales,
the
m
ulti­
Chas. \\ ilson, Oregon
Or a F irst-C lass........
10.00
4
plication
table
and
to
speak
the
The stu d en ts at the Liberal Uni-
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versify are given «-verv opportunity ! I>,evt°usly acknowledged, $254.50 tru th .
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to read all sides of the great qties-
(lum ber)
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SILVERTON
tions of the day. Our exchanges, I
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E. E. T A Y L O R
which consist of a great variety of
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periodicals of all descriptions, are
CrtpL D' L; BrM' nar,1> >n charge
S ilv e r t o n ,
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O regon
placed in the lib rary for the use of ° f th e ' uPP,ie8 of the governm ent
AND
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V
I . . . . -- relief expedition,
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. has ar-
Klondike
the students. There is no reason
why they should n -t be well in-
Ht V*nconver, W ashington,
formed.
1 aU(i opened the bids for furnishing
supplies, to be delivered at the head
The Blue G rass Blade, m ade of Lynn canal on F ebruary 1st.
fam ous by C. C. M oojeof K entucky,
GEORGE SECREST, PR O PR IETO R . )Cavea:% and Trade-M arks obtained and all Fu'. .
for its advocacy of Infidelity, p r o - 1 B alloting for Senator ( io rm an ’s
tent business conducted for M O D E R A T E F e e s . *
j O ur O f f ic e is O p p o s it e U . S . P a t e n t o f f ic e '
hibition and profanity, has sl]g. >«ccessor will begin in the M ary-
la:. J we can st' ure patent in less time than tu
[remote from W ashingtoa.
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pended and from H e rem ains has ,and legis,ature next W ednesday,
e . S cad model, draw ing o r photo., with dc-
J
ption. \ \ e advise, if patentable or not, free of J
A
ll
kinds
of
Laundry
Work
been started the C incinnatti F re e ' Two cruisers for Ja p a n will he
w
{charge. O ur fee not due till patent is secured. 7
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utchers —
B arber
Shop
LAUNDRY
BATH
ROOMS
t
O pinion, wnich is published under launched in our shipyards next
the auspices of ihe Ohio Liberal m o nth, with a contract speed of
Society.
tw enty-tw o knots.
neatly
•7 done.
7 A P am ph l e t , “ He w to Obtain Patents," with j
•cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries,
{sent free. Address,
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Orders from a distance given
prompt attention.
C .A .S N O W & C O .;