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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1898)
s T H E TOUCH OF REASON, S JL V E R ’IOX, OREGON , T H U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 3, 1*98. . . . . TR A C TS OF . . H ash. Eighty womleiful life-lik«* mov ing pcenes will he presented by the “ I know a m an,” said Voltaire, j rq)»*ct<»scope at Liberal hall, F ri “ who is firmly persuaded th a t at Secularists, day and S aturday evenings. Ad the »hath of a bee, its buzzing P. C. Mosier,will give $50 mission ten and tw enty cents. ceases.” Lou Ames will give........ 50 EDITED BT E L I Z A M O W R Y B L IV E N One man from South D akota, A Friend will give.......... 50 The only hope for most professed n tain in g condens«-,! arg u m en ts in f D. Buckingham will g iv e........... 50 »me from Michigan and om* from C hristians is th at their heaven will C o voi <»f Moral S ecu larism an d Right L iving, and ag ain st S u p ersti A. Slam au, M. D , will give. . . 50 Oregon came forward with fifiy dol turn out to he the Hot Springs for tio n , Im m o rality and R. C. Burt is will give............... 50 lars each for th e U n iv e rs ity th is lam e souls. In te m p e ra n c e . A Friend will g ive..................... 50 week. W ho will represent the nto- JU S T T H E T H IN G Do good constantly, patiently er states? provided th a t and wisely, and von will never have to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n friends. Pul,, more men (or women) fished m o nthly at $1.00 per y?ar no Those men prom ising fifty dollars cause to say th a t this life is not tra c ts each m o n th ), bv will give the sam e each to the U niversity this week, worth living. am ount. W here are leaves us in m*ed of just ninety- THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO,, “ Yes,” said the philosopher, S ilv e r t o n . . . O regon the ninety-three? three more in order to raise the five thousand dollars according to the “ there are m any shining lights in M 'M ILLAN & PITTMAN plan of Mr. Mosier of DI. Let us the church, hut the jan ito r m an ip ulates th em .” report a good num ber of doners And this is bible science: “I next week, and still more each suc ceeding week until the one hundred have mad»* the earth like a sheet, and the heavens*like a tent above Read our offer on the 3rd. page. are found. it” (Psalm s). Swallow this, my Secularists everywhere will be The advance class in physiology ----- All kinds of choice------ dear scientific C hristians. were given a final exam ination this pleased to learn th a t Miss Kate H um an m orality, no more than ...F R E S H DePeatt has entirely recovered from week. M E A T ... science, does not recognize divine her recent illness and is preparing Always on b an d an d sold at h is now to your J merest more origin; it does not proceed from to take up h er work oriee more in than ever before to get new sub Its rules are draw n from t h e interests of th e cause of H u m an religions S ta n d a rd P rice s. scribers for us. ity. She will deliver lectures on the internal dom ain i*f conscience This fine spring weather m akes her way to Silverton, and on a r r iv and the external dom ain of observ W e pay th e h ig h est price us feel th at we should get to work ing here will take up the work in ation.— [B erthelot. C a sh f o r F a t S to c k . on the University building. the University. To live is to have jusdee, tru th , ---- G iv e U s a C a l l . . . . The Edison Co. will give a pro-I The dram a, given by the students reason, devotion, prob’tv, sincerity, jectoscope exhibition at Libera! ball last week for the benefit of the Lib common sense, right and duty weld Friday and S aturday evenings. eral U niversity, was a decided suc ed into the heart. To live is to The wonderful Edison projecto-j cess, and those present were su r know what on«* is w orth— what on»* scope at Liberal hall, Friday and prised to see the students act their can do ami should do. Life is con 0 0 A W EEKLY PA PER 0 0 S aturday evenings. Don’t miss it. parts so well. Most of them were science.— [V ictor Hugo. To R aise F iv e T h o u s a n d D o lla rs fo r th e U n v e r s ity . Scientific W isd o m . A 93 3 u tc h e r s — I never in a dram a before. Civ le Mount, as the ardent lover, acted his part quite n atu ra lly and ap peared to be at home on the stage, while the object of his love, MDs T h e Y . P. S. S. C. will hold its Ada Page acted her part equally meeting in the hall T hursday as well, to the adm iration and evening. A mock trial is the am usem ent of all present. Lora special feature of the program . Ames took the part of “ T illy ”, a The dram a ‘’Texas” will he rend stage-struck lass, and to say that ered by a splendid troup at Liberal ’ she did well is putting it m ildly, hall, S aturday evening Feb. 12th she kept her lover guessing while in behalf of the Silverton M arine she h«dd M illikin at hay. M illikin was tFie Irish servant who caused Band. the C atastrophe. This character W h a t do you think of our offer was very ably represented by Chas. on th ird page of this issue? Here Page, and brought no end of am use is a chance for some bright, ener m ent to the audience. Mr. Mason getic young people to earn their took the part of the English coach way through the Libera, U niversi-] m an who was in love with Tilly. ty. Do your best, ami if you are The oh! man was well im personated not successful in getting the largest by Louie Rauch. He appeared it num ber of subscribers for us, you the last part of the play just in will still have the satisfaction of time to end the “Great C atastro doing great g<»o<l for a noble cause. phe” in .i very satisfactory m anner This contest ought to he the means by forgiving all and m arrying the of bringing us in a thousand sub governess. This last ch aracter was scribers. an old maid “ with nerves” and was Eliza Mowry Bliven requests you represented by Mrs. Hosmer. The to send us your argum ents in a few same troup is preparing another words on the following subjects:. dram a which they will present in ‘‘How Souls Grow and Decay’’, the near future. They have now “ No F u tu re Life” , ami “ A n n ih ila gained a reputation as good actors, tion P referable’’. W rite your arg u and their entertain m en ts will he m ents in not more than fifty words looked forward to with interest. and mail them to us for publica tion. We want at least twenty-five If work on the so-called C hris to respond in tim e for next week’s tian Sabbath hurts man. we should issue. Read Mrs. B liven's article say stop working; if it only hurts on another page under the head of the sabbath there is no need to “ Scientific W isdom” . . stop. The Corliett prize-fight and knockout w ill he one of the special features at the projectoscope ex hibition. General history and m ental p t- thology show th at peoples and p er sons who have adopted m ystery and divin»* inspiration as exclusive guides have been precipitated at ; once into irreparable m oral, m ental and m aterial ru in .— [B erthelot. The S alv a’ion Army lunatics, with their w ashed-in-the-blood-of- the-lam l) lau n d ry business, seem t<> enjoy a joke at the expense of th a t same lam b occasionally. Last sum mer they displayed in front of tln ir barracks in D uluth, a sign which read: “ W hy buy m utton a t 124 cents per pound when you can get the lam b of God for n o th in g ?’’ B L. H jerm stap . C h u rch f le e tin g . C H I L D R E N .•.*.’ ° ° 1 fie L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral and hygie fie stor ies an»l lessons, le tte is from young folks ami lessons for S ecular Sun day S. bools. It c o n ta in s n o th in g super- stiiio u s, and is ju st th e th in g for chil- • licn , no m a tte r of w hat belief. If you have no S ecular S u n d ay school th a t yon can a tte n d , su h scrih e for th e L ittle Can dle an d have a S u n d ay school in your own hom e. TH E LIB ER A L U N IV E R SIT Y COMPANY, SILVERTON . . . ORBOON. SILVERTON ____ LAUNDRY AND BA TH ROOMS G E O R G E S L C R E E T , P R O P R IE T O R . There w ill he a regular business meeting of the Silverton Secular church at L :b*r.il H ill, S unday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. All m em bers of the church should be present. J. D. Guiss, Pres. U n iv e r s it y FO R All kinds of L au n d ry Work n eatly </ done. O rders from a distan ce given prom pt atten tio n . Fund. T he am ount given in this fund is actual cash paid in. regardless of what has been prom ised: Previously acknowledged, $565.55 J. A. H u n t, O regon, 5.00 U niversity students. 7.00 M A T E R IA L , ETC. Previously acknowledged, $274.50 Fhe best way to correct the evils • •f government is for m an to govern h im s e lf as m uch as possible and try to govern otlieis as little as li »ssihb*. Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pal-J ent business conducted for M oderate F ees . O ur O ffice is O pposite U. S. P atent O ffice ; and w e can secure patent in less Ume than thus-’ remote from W ashington, Send model, draw ing o r photo., with descrip tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free o q charge. O ur fee not due till patent is secured. < A P a m p h l e t , “ Hew to Obtain Patents, w ' I cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries! sent free. Address, C .A .S N O W & C O . O pp . — P a t e n t O f f ic e . W a s h in g t o n . D. . C. A. ~ *