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 - 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. 1 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. ( ] ’i5 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 , , . i . c i , 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 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, ... . • ___ dupes to rule and rob. Tbe pope while at the sam e tim e the insiirg- 1 . • . . : 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 - i .. .1 ... .. « /r:on 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- ________ ,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 Ll ‘ D' "• . . . , 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, , * / ’ .. .. . 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. J " W RANDALL ’ , P E O P L I ’ S IN S T IT U T E Ph D M D- ’ - - C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS