THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1898.
G
VwVf A.
W ESTERN
to 1892, died in th a t city J a n u a ry
13th.
CURRENT EVENTS.
President J. E. Remsherg, of the
'■* Am erican Secular Union and F re e
President lh az, of Mexico, will b o u g h t F ederation, has isst.e.l a
soon visit the United States.
wide-awake message to the Liberals
of the country. He does not pre-
Thc governm ent has given orders *
to (1j(jtate any p(>]jcv> he says,
for the first stops tow ard establish- but fae ,,rgeR organO ation, local
ing a mail route to Circle City.
an(J state, and the establishing of
A canvass of the seriate shows Secular Sunday schools, on practic-
th a t H aw aiian annexation has 57
votes, while the num ber required to
ratify the treaty is GO.
K ing George is greatly depressed
l„ the situation in G reece.' It,. is
w illing to abdicate if the nation de-
ally th e sam e lines as th e O regon
Union has adopted, th at is, the
teaching of science and m orality.
He also calls atten tio n to other
im portant m atters, am ong then, the
work of th e god-in-the-constitulm n
riles to form a r* public.
p arty .
The free home»!, ad bill, giving
over 20,000,000 acres of public
binds for free homes to settlers, lias
I,een ordered favorably repo,ted Io
the house bv the public land com-
mission.
A m easure proj using an am end-
merit to the federal constitution
providing for the election of sena-
tors bv popular vote is now pend-
ing in the senate, while a sim ilar
hill is before a bouse com m ittee.
Ja p a n has been removed as ar.
element in opposition to the annex-
ation of Hawaii by the U nited
States, by an agreem ent which set
tles the sta tu s of the Japanese on
the islands in accordance with the
t r e a t y o f 1895.
INFORMATION
1 P u r e a u
and
U xchan^e
/ s there u n y th in g you w a n t? H ave you property to sell?
Do you w ish io b u n a h o m e ? Do you ivish
to g o in to b u sin e ss? Do you ir is h
to exch a n g e veal estate or
pe / ‘so n a I p roperty?
F riends :- -We have recently established a general Ex-
5 ¡change and Inform ation business in the th riv in g city o f
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Silverton, and have for sale a nu m b er of tow n lots, vacant
R EFLEC TED RAYS.
and im proved, some well established business enterprises,
• • • ■> ° • • ° ‘ " ;•< some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last hut not least,
The decay of tbe C hristian super- all the lots in
stition m arks tbe trium ph of intel-
ligence over stupidity,
Shingles and clapboards have
done more to m ake hum an life
happy and bright than has religion.
A window in a house is better
th a n a bible.— [Investigator.
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Modern Society, October 9 ’h, says
tbe pope has in the \ tican not
less than th irty ton? of gold, all of
it wrought up in works of a rt or
works of holy trum pery. There
palace more
ar» also in his
diam onds and gems than South
Africa has so far yielded. The
S E C U LA R H O M E
a f r a c f of lan d
a n j b eau tifu lly
ad jo in in g the Liberal U n iv ersity grounds,
situ ated for homes. Below is a partial list
p roperty we have for sale.
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1 1 (1 1 1 5 .
FARM P R O P E R T Y ,
H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est S ilverton ;
beautiful location for residence. $200.
C o r n e r L o t "ear th e L iberal U n i
versity. $100.
L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location
to su it, a t $25, $-50 and $75.
4 acres of lan d in S ilv erto n , Oregon ;
two good bouses, fru it trees, etc. W ill
i, trad e for farm land
2 3 acres, well im proved, tine house,
barn and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro;,,
S ilverton, $4000. W ill trad e for larger
farm of equal value not over tw enty
m iles from S ilverton.
3 1 8 acres of sp len d id f ru it and farm-
ing land, well im proved, good running
w ater, th re e m iles from Silverton, at (27
It is reported th at negotiations
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weallh
of . ., II,,»
obi
and ,j feeble
quack ,
(he
per a;.r(, Ca|, ,|ivi,|e „ ,le,.,,ssarv
arc in progress between the state
has been bestowed upon him by 1750.
su it p u rch aser.
d epartm ent arid the Cuban insurg
fools and rogues belonging to
H o u se a " d lot in c e n te r of tow n.
ents, looking tow ard the settlem ent
• ,11 a u . $375.
various countries, or swm dled by
q( 16CV acres
| | m of fine tim b e r, ear a large
of the trouble with Spain on some
n early
wav to m ill.
’ all th e .....
financial basis.
The insurgents his predecessors from their con- ¡and in Silverton. $750.
Considering
the
have expressed willingness to as temporaries.
f »I I masses of paupers in Italy , it is the
slime a reasonable share of the 1 du ty of the
1 1 governm ent J to take;
Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov-
Spanish bonds issued against the pos-eesion of tin - V atican and to rn ing here will have tlie splendid advantage of schooling
Cuban revenues. The gradual oc its treiiM,res to account for the good t «it < 1 ldren in the only L iberal U n iv ersity in the world.
cupation of the island by a naval Of the people. That is w hat must Silverton is b eau tifu lly situ ated m th e g reat W illam ette
force is um l'Tstood to be part and
A hue
be <b>ne when Italy becomes civiliz valley in the foothills of th e Cascade m ountains.
parcel of tbe neg tiaiions with tbe
sparkling stream affords splendid w ater power and great
ed.
The
p
»pe
is
only
the
most
suc-
insurgents. When they are con
W rite to us for fu rh e r inform a-
cossful o f all imposter!— that is the advantages for drainage.
cluded, if everything goes on well,
Yours for business,
best thing that can be said about tion
the U nited States will he in a posi
tion to offer Spain a heavy finan him. And no im postor ever had so
m any ignorant and poverty-stricken
INFORMATION BUREAU and EXCHANGE.
cial bonus for giving tip the island,
...
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• ___ dupes to rule and rob. Tbe pope
while at the sam e tim e the insiirg-
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pretends
to be the representative
W ATt k S t u f e t ,
Silverton, Oregon.
ents will find them selves in a posi- 1
1
O pposite L iberal H ail.
of
the
penniless
Jesus,
and
the
suc
tion to make a junction with the
United States naval forces at any cessor of a fish erm a n called Peter.
one of Ihe half dozen poi le. The Th. re he ia the richeet fellow in the
b attleship M aine now occupies the » '" v rse, living in a palace of from
,K.rt a t H av an a, and the M nntgom-
,o
diotisaml looms, and
AND
cry has been ordered to M anlanzas. C '"»de.l with all the glittering toys
The Spanish ap p ear to lie some- «nd barbaric splendour th a t could
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS
what displeased with the presence '*
And they call th a t
Absent- 'Peac-hin^ Institute
of A m e r ic a n w a r v e sse ls in C uban
Ports, and a Spanish battlesh ip has
i
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.. « /r:on<i|, ”
been ordered to pay a tr.endly
visit to A m erican ports.
Official
inform ation shows th a t the war up
to December had cost Spain $240,-
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sakc ° hUC 1 u n u tterable wretches
as Pope & Co. , one feels glad th a t
n • . ¡ , v : ’
1
3
■ , th a H tll is a
btble. W h a t h o r r o r s w o u ld a w a it
Uhi isti an it v were
t ^“‘ r° g ues>
thought of
To teach , ed u cate and confer degrees of sc h o larsh ip upon those w ho by studious-
npgg a n , e n titieq to tb em ¡n A rt, Science, L ite ra tu re , Law. Philosophy and Theol-
I t is
is well
well know
know n n th
th a a t t h hur
u n d re d s of |>eople are highly qualified in various
ogv. It
lines of scientific research, and ha ave become p ractical as well as th eo retical schql-
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,lrg gjnce leaving
leaving th the
e school
school room
room am i are d eserving of a degree su itab le to their
cabling. M any are w o rth y and fitted , an d W estern U niversity is fully authoriz-
ed to honor such w ith a su itab le degree. O th e rs, not qui
q u ite ready, to aid then) our
plan is to direct courses of read in g and stu d y , followed by periodical exam ination-,
is a p p a l le d a t th e h a r e and w hen th e can d id ate is qualified, to g ran t a d ip lo m a for a su itab le degree, a -
them
th e m
Nil n o ! M r P e e - cording to th e sta n d a rd of sch o larsh ip a tta in e d . T he degrees th a t m ay be confer-
ci and the r 5 t of vou
H e ll l i ,mt
B- s- L s - 1>h U- A
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Ll a n d tlie re ^ t of > o u . H e ll is n o t
Am ong th e p atro n s as stu d e n ts, and g rad u ates b o ld in e th e fine L atin diplomas
F reethought N ew s-N otes.
fo r y o u — n o t for a n y b o d y . Go o n , ()f W estern U n iv ersity , are teach ers, doctors, p asto rs, law yers, m erch an ts, nic-
F d m in i E H itc h c o c k a F r e e - a n d e n jo y a s b e s t y o u m a y y o u r chanics, a u th o rs an d in v en to rs. For full p a rtic u la rs, address,
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.. . wages of sin, the fruits of your
th in k er, nom inally a I m versalist, g ia h t wicUedneSH> It w ould spoil
and president of tHe lru th seek e r y o a r pleasure to think of them .—
Com pany, o f New Y o rk, from 1883 [L ib e ra to r.
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