Image provided by: Silverton Country Historical Society; Silverton, OR
About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1898)
8 I H E TORCH OE REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 3, 1*98. & f 'i'1 ' g t h « • e liti m t" t ht* court clwin It whs antagonized by Daiz<ll «»f CURRENT EVEN TS. Pennsylvania, Dingley of Maine. H epburn of Iowa, and G n svenor . . . of < Jhio. Dawson city is ’<» have a daily f'AA * ¿''Z' \.r - paper at a dollar a copy. v>z & R E F L E C T E D RAYS. & A governm ent report shows th a t > / / *• AZ * Az? *-Ax> *^Az? there are twenty lighthouses en tirely in the keeping of women. Only that which is purely Sec The Teller resolution, that U nit u lar can be tru ly nonsectarian.~ ed States bonds shall be payable in • i .. American Sentinel, silver dollars a t the opt on of the governm ent, has passed the senate, j I he (»olden Rule, e h a r i t\ , kin d ness, and love did not originate Secretary L<> g announces that with Jesus. He found th«*m in the our relations with Spain are such world wh»*n he came, and C h rist th a t American war vessels will re ians have no m oral right to put the sum e friendly calls at Cuban ports. brand <>f th eir leader’s nano* upon A Russian newspaper says that them , as if they were personal in consequence of tin* failure of the property. They belong to H um an Anglo-Chinese loan, negotiations in ity .—[Lucian. a new com bination between Russia Canon Rogers, of Y arm outh, and G erm any have been started to having .-aid in a speech to the Mis furnish the loan. sions of" Seamen th at he was proud Governor Lord has advised the central Cuban relief com m i'lee th at an influential com m ittee has been organized in Oregon to solicit sup- plies. It is proposed to ship ten carloads of Oregon products. of the title of sky-pilot, because pilots could he trusted, is asked by T. W. de Caux in D aylight to an- HWer two questions: In what part of infinite space is heaven located? and w hat is heaven like? Were In a speech at M anzanillo, sim ilar questions put to any pilot Blanco, the Spanish general, declar “ w orthy of his nam e” in regard to ed th at he would end the war in any port to which he is accredited, Cuba within a m onth, and th a t all he would answer them readily. the insurgents, who had not su r N either Canon Rogeis nor any rendered by th at lim e would he other sky-pilot can answ er these simple questions, or produce any treated with the utmost vigor. certificate that they are entitled to From an article in the New York guide others to the region of king- sun if appears th at t h e r e is a m ove- .. , i? ,u ’ i . , I i r . I dom-come.— London Freethinker. m o i if ( i m r ong tn ry t 11M . Jews IP IV Q I to n fr u lla t e ! ’ rnent am the transfer A firm of cigar m anufacturers at their sabbath from S aturday over to S unday. It is stated th a t one con T richinopoly issues a circular con gregation in Chicago has already taining* the following delectable done this. Rabbi Moses Gries passage;—“ As we hear th a t mo-t of declares th a t neither the Jewish : <nn* C hristians purchase cigars from nor the C hristian S abha'h is of di- heathens, so we are m anufacturing these cigars only for the C hristian vine origin. com m unity, ami offer them at very Dr. Sanchez Agra monte, a gen m oderate rates. A trial order is eral in the Cuban insurgent arm y, solicited.” In order to accentuate has arrived in New York from the essentially religious character Europe, with $40,01)0 raised in P a of the business, the circular is ris for the insurgent cause. He adorned with a sort of trade m ark, save th at all classes in France de- . . . - .* , . , , , i o the shape of a cross su rm o u n t sire the freedom of Cuba, hut the . * . , ing a globe globe, w n i'h ... , i nig h two angels wor- governm ent is prevented fro m ta k -j . . . . . I shipping before it. By an «»missi«»n in g a n y actio n fav o rab le to C uba I . . . . , * J e which is ra th e r surprising, none of by th e F re n ch in te re st in S p a n ish the brands of cigars quoted have bonds. Bihical names.— [ IT uth. It is common report th a t an W ith each New Year we n a tu ra l American com pany, including such ly think of «»Id friends wh<> have tnen as Depew and V anderbilt, depart« d, and of the young who has v irtu ally purchased the re will take onr place when we too de public of H onduras, by gainging part. They are the little heralds control of her finances, and th a t of a brighter time. Let children agents of the com pany occupy all , . he tau g h t t<> think freeh and speak g o v e rn m e n t p o sitio n s th a t h av e to . . . . . . . b o ld ly . do with financial affairs. An Eng- lish syndicale has. in a sim ilar m anner, gained control of San Do- m ingo. By a vote of 188 to 67 the house of R epresentatives passed a hill ap p ro p riatin g $288,000 to pay the M ethodist church South for dam age sustained I v the seizure of its pub- lishing house at Nashville, by the Union arm y in 1863, w ithout re- . . , Let th e m le arn W ESTERN * * * * < * * INFORMATION K u re iiii fin d E x e lia n g e Is there a n y th in g you w a n t? H are you property to sett? l)o yon Irish to bun a hom e? / )o you wish to go in to business? Do you wish to exch a n g e rent estate or per so n u t property ? F riends :- -We have recently established a general Ex change and Inform ation business in the th riv in g city of Silverton, and have for sale a num ber of town lots, vacant and im proved, some well established business enterprise-, some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last hut not least, all th e lots in ^ —- S E C U LA R H O M E ^ - * a tract of land ad jo in in g tin* Liberal U niversity grounds. and beau tifu lly • situ ated for homes. Below is a partial list 1 1 of the property we have for sale. < 1 I ( 1 I 1 T . FARM PR O P- R T Y , H a l f - A c r e L o t in W e s t S ilv e r t o n ; lie a u t if u l lo c a tio n to r re s id e n c e . $200. 2 > acre s, w e ll i in p ro v e d , fin e house, b a rn a n d o u t b u ild in g s , one m ile fro :,. C o r n e r L o t " ear d ie L ib e ra l U n i S ilv e r to n , $4000. W il l tra d e fo r la rg e r fa rm o f e q u a l v a lu e n o t o v e r tw e n ty v e rs ity . :> too. vert»»n. L o t s in S e c u l a r H o m e , lo c a tio n m ile s fro m to s u it, at $25. $50 a n d $75. 4. a res o f la n d in S ilv e r to n , O re g o n ; 3 1 8 acres o f s p le n d id f r u i t a n d fa r m tw o good booses, f r u i t tre e s , e tc . W il l in g la m l, w e ll im p ro v e « !, good ru n n in g ' w a te r , th re e m ile s fio m S ilv e r to n , at '27 tra d e lo r fa n n la in ! p e r H‘-re. C a n d iv id e if nece ssary to H o u s e a n d L o t n e a r th e d e p o t. s u it piin d ia se r. $750. H ouse $37 5. H ouse a i,d lo t in c e n te r o f to w n . a ” d b a rn w th la n d in S ilv e r to n . : 750. 1 acres o f 1 6 C er< s o f fin e t im b e r , s a w m ill, : 1000. L oe s can n e a rly a 1 th e w a v to m ill . e a rn la r e be flo a te d Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov ing here will have the splendid advantage of schooling te l i <1 Idren in the only L iberal U niversity in the world. Silverton is b eau tifu lly situated in th e great W illam ette vallev in the foothills ol the Cascade m ountains. A fine sparkling stream affords splendid w ater power and great advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rh er in fo rm a tion. Yours for business, IN FO RM A TIO N BU REA U W ESTERN ‘A b s e n t EX C H A N G E. Silverton, <fregoli. W V P It S T K r K T , p p o b it« " ib e r n i H a ll. AND and U N IV E R SIT Y T c a G fr in § In s titu te INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS To teach , ed u cate am! confer degrees of sc h o larsh ip upon those who bv stndioie- I nesa are entitle«! to th em in A it. Science, L itera tu re, Law, P hilosophy and Theol- . ‘ th e f}iets j ogy. I t is well known th a t h u n d re d s people are highly qualified in various of science, instead of tin* fictions of lines of scientific research, ami have become practical as well aa theoretical schol lheo|„ gy; t |lel, w i|| g r.ld u ally an a r s s i n c e l e a v i n g th e school room and are deserving of a degree su itab le to th<*i' '¡callling. M any are w orthy and fitted , and W estern U niversity is fully au th o riz enlightened public opinion he cre- ed to honor such w ith a su itab le degree. O lliers, not q u ite ready, to aid them our ated which will be greater than plan is to d ire c t co u rseso f reading and stu d y , followed by periodical exam ination-, thrones or established churches, and when the c an d id ate is qualified, to g ran t a d ip lo m a for a su itab le degree, a - which will effectively throw off conling t<> th e sta n d a rd of sch o larsh ip a tta in e d . T he degrees th a t may !>e cold' red are B. P., B. 8., L. 8 ., Ph. IL, A. M., M. 8 ., LL. IL, D. I). diseases in tn e body politic as Among the p atro n s as stu d e n ts, and g rad u a tes holding th e fine L atin diplom a- healthy blood casts off disease from Ot W estern U n iv ersity , are teach ers, doctors, pastors, law yers, m erch an ts, in« the physical system , and which chanics. a u th o rs an«! inventors. For full p a rtic n la rs, address, will give assurance of a brighter a m i better time as the lot ol hu- in an ity upon the e a rth .—[J. 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 W heeler. J. H. R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M. D.