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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1898)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 20, 1898. fi CURRENT EVENTS. W ESTERN REFLECTED RAYS. The A rgentine governm ent pays W hen we apply the law of m If- a bounty on exported sugar. protection to the protection of all, (iovernor Shaw was inaugurated we will la st protect seif. [H u m an - at Des Moines, Iowa, Jan . 13. Eleven ieind<er have been re- ceived at New York for the Klon- dike expedition. T , . Thom as A. Eddison, J r . . has in- * ' i • a* vented a m achine to utilize the wave powers of the sea. INFORMATION tty. A miracle is the badge and brand of fraud. No m iracle ever waa per- formed. No intelligent, honest m an ever pretended to perform a 1 m iracle and never will.—[Ingersoll. . . . ... j .® lt b-,, / 119 ’ . Is there a n y th in g you w ant? Have you property to settS To restrain hum an expectation you wish to bun (I home? 1)0 1JOU I r i s h to what is ascertainable by reason to go intobusm ess? Do you wish M cKenna, the nominee for su must have the effect of concentrat to exchange real e s ta te or prem e judge lias not yet been con- ing attention or. hum anity and in- person a I p ro p e rty ? tinned hv the e senate. He is op nruieu nv m .. . . . . • , „ _ . tensifym g interest in hum an exer posed by the A. P. A. because he - f 1 J . turn.—[G. h. Holyoake. is a Catholic. F riends :- - We have recently established a general Ex If you were trying to pound a The Lgcey hill, extending the j n ai, into a b<>ard head first, change and Inform ation business in th e th riv in g city of hom estead laws to A laska and w ouldn’t you make a “ radical” Silverton, and have for sale a num ber of town lots, vacant granting right of way to railroads, change when you discovered your and im p r o v e d , so m e well established business enterprises, has been reported favorably to the mistake? Desperate diseases re- some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last but not least, house of representatives. quire the ‘‘faith cure,” don’t they? all the lots in | Li H ung C hang has requested — [Self Reliance. B u re a u a n d E x ch an g e In the dogma of i nfallihiiitv, the i —'" SECULAR - C atholic Church propounded a theory w, ieh is acted upon more or a tract of land ad joining the L iberal U niversity grounds, je„s |,v a j| churches and parties. and heautifnlly situated for homes. Below is a p artial list The spirit in any system or in- of the property we have for sale. The prospect for Hie annexation dividual th a t opposes reform pre- of H aw aii is said to he im proving. Supposes ¡„ fa ll,b .ltty .-{ N e w Dis- the appointm ent as m inister to his co u n try Col. F. D. G rant, but his dispatch was received too late, as Conger had already been nom inat- ed. C ITY PRO PER Y . FARM P R O P E R T Y , The president of the island repuh-I Peh ra l’on- H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est Silverton ; 2 3 acres, w’eli im proved, line house, Our increased knowledge of b eau lie is on his way to this country to tifu l location for residence. $200. barn and outb u ild in g s, one m ile fro:.. discuss the m atter with the a d m in nature has gradually underm ined C o rn e r Lot ’’ear th e L ite ra l U ni- Silverton, $4000. Will trad e for larger versity. $100. farm of equal value not over tw enty the belief in the possibility of istration. L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location m iles from S ilv erto n . miracles, and the tim e is not far to su it, a t $25, $50 and $75. The d eparture of the governm ent distant when, in the m ind of every i 4 acres of land in Silverton, O regon; 3 1 8 acres of splendid f r u it and farm - relief expedition to the K londike two good houses, fru it trees, etc. W ill in g la n d , well im proved, good running m an of culture, all accounts of trad e for farm lan d . w ater, th re e m iles fioin Silverton, a t ‘,27 has been postponed for two *Veeks, m iracles will he banished to their H o u s e a n d L o t n e a r th e depot, per acre. Can divide if necessary to and further developm ent m ay su it p urchaser. proper region— th at of legend.— $750. render the expedition entirely u n H o u s e an<l 1°t in e e n te r of tow n. ]Dr. Oort. $375. 1 0 0 'a c r e s of fine tim b e r, n e a r a large necessary. H o u s e barn w th 1|4 acres of saw m ill, $1000. Logs can be floated Socrates is reported to have ex ¡and in S ilverton. $750. nearly ail th e way to m ill. The senate com m ittee on priv claimed on reading the dialogues of ileges and elections has decided to Plato: “ Ye gods how m any fine m ake an adverse report on H. W. things has this young man made Silverton is the home of Secularism , and fam ilies m ov C orbett’s claim to a seat in the me say which I never uttered.” ing here will have the splendid advantage of schooling Sénat«* upon the appointm ent of Jesus never saw the Gospels, hut th eir children in the only Liberal U niversity in the world. Gov. Lord of Oregon. had he done so he m ight have cried; Silverton is heautifnlly situated in th e great W illam ette H a n n a ’s troubles do not seem to “ Holy Moses! what absurdities valley in the foothills of the Cascade m ountains. A tine end with bis election to the senate. these evangelists have attributed to sparkling stream affords splendid w ater power and great H is enemies will contest bis right m e.” — [F reethinker. advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu r her inform a to a seat hv pushing the bribery . tion. Yours for business, , i bavs th e W atchm an, in speaking charge. He and otlu rs have been • ’ 1 * , , of the Bible: “ \V hat it needs is to suhpeonaed to appear before the . j ,, m, x i ’ . be understood. I h at does seem IN FO RM A TIO N B U R EA U and E X C H A N G E . senate com m ittee. . . t • • i . . i to be one of th e principle troubles W ith in two m onths the cata- j with it. We never met a man J yet OppoKite , w a te L r iberal street Silverton, Oregon. H all, tom bs of Rome will be illum inated w hoclaiined he understood all of by in c a n d e sc e n t lig h t-. The West- it,and one gentleman who asserted __ ____ W ESTERN U N IV E R SIT Y inghouse com pany has received a th at he com prehended Isaiah, was cablegram from its Rome represent- shortly aft« »wards led away to an — —— — —— —— —— ...... —— -— ativ e announcing th a t he has se- asylum .—[Investigator. AND cured the contract for lighting the . of r St. o. Callistus, n- x a* A 4 g - ... Men w,’° . are , abnorm ally insane, , catacom bs St. o ~ ...... like D urrani, should not be hanged. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS nus, St. Cvraca, bt. D em ittilla, St. „ , . . . Pris illa and St B entianus a n -v more t *ian men Wlt^ consum ption should he executed— To teach , ed u cate and confer degrees of sch o larsh ip upon those who by studious- * e tt ...,« ..„ i .»i. «i . .^x, u . x ness are entitled to them in Art, Science, Literature, Law, Philosophy and Theol- Report» of rioting in H avana hoth classes being dangerous to so- |t ¡, kn„wn people highly qualified in various caused the passage hv the senate of ciety, and neither responsible for lines of scientific research, and have become practical as well as theoretical schol- a resolution calling upon the presi- the m alady. B ut as hanging is the .S ? d en t for inform ation as to what disposition at present provided by ed to honor such wkh a su itab le degree. O thers, not q u ite readv, to aid them our m easures are In force to protect the la« for sncl, men as D n rran t, the m ^ t 'a lives, liberty and property of Amer- la w should oe enforced. Society cording to th e sta n d a rd of sc h o larsh ip a tta in e d . T he degrees th a t m ay be confer- can citizens in Cuba. The Spanish will grow more civilized after ! " I X g ' t l i e p a t m n i M d i ’ng'the fine Latin diploma, Absent- TeaGbin£> Institute m inister at \\ ashington states, awhile, we h o p e , and more practic- of W estern U n iv e rsity , are teachers, doctors, pastors, law yers, m erch an ts, me- however, th at no indignity has al. It will quit punishing men for ‘ lianira. a u th o rs and ii'iventors. For full p articu la rs, a d d re si. been | lit upon any American in- what they cannot help, and cease J. H. R A N D A L L , tercst or citizen, and that quiet has re, rodueing D u rra n ts.— [States* been restored. . m an. P E O P L E ’S IN S T IT U T E Ph. D., M . D. C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS