T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL Y E R 'IO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y
NEW AND CURIOUS.
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In far Ja p a n the oxen wear shoes.
I ^e Japanese teams!« r is verv con-
siderate to th e anim als which do
10, 1898.
Butter and cheese direct from grass was perform- d.
naior Getrg«-
and corn w i
t he
d im
l i o n o t n ( ‘m r
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of a cow. Science in .1.
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prea-
down
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the shivering
evangelist
By sjiecial a rra n g e m e n t w ith th e pub-
ent instance is represented by W il- “ Now,” he said,
and
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iO iers, we a re al le to offer th e j ul lie
lard G . D a v o f B a ltim o r e w h o He- s t a v h o m e
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th e follow ing paper-1 «mud books at ten
X r n a i l , more, wh«»fk s ta y h o m e .
I m through with th is «-ents p er,-„p y , p«.Mpaid. O rder one ami
f <Ues he has dBeovered a m arvel- dam n business.’’— [A rgonaut
you will G -su rp rise d to find th is good
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l M ention T uuriet
He would
wouhl not
ni" ! '"• i not of immenn pnten-
-r of his work, fie
tiality.
b u tter can be u.a.le d ire c tly
think ef letting an ox g«> «tut with-
,ut having placed a sort sandal on il,)ni
v*getal,les which form the
his forefeet,
the an- chief food
100(1 of the C,HV- More than
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. which protects
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¡mal’s hoofs from injury.
These 1 ‘.a ’ h ’8 e,ectnc I'^ht will kill the
sandals consist of a sole braided of m ic,o,^ h w^ich are propagated and
rice straw,which is f si« tied to the , ,lo,y ls p 1 a ’
n , o ts «d the plants
hoof.
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,h u s «h« *>««•»*••»- which cause
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, \ >U ‘ ra,l<1 cheese to decay w ill he
The unreliable character «,f m uch remove«! and the nr«,duct of h is
m e pi Hiuct ot tils
that passes for knowledge is ap tly [genjus win |apt indefinitely
¡¡lustrated in th e following s ta te
ment, taken from an American a l
J u s t for F u n .
manac of 1812: “ California is a
wild and alm ost unknow n land
Sky-pilot— “ I hope you’ve turned
covered throughout the year by over a new leaf with the New
dense fogs, as dam p as they are tin» j Y ear?” Lab«>r«*r— “ Same to yon,
healthful. On the northern shores S ir!”
live anthropophagi, and in the in
“ H uh!” snorted the husband,
terior are active volcanoes and vast
who had been inveigled in to a t te n d
plains
of shifting snow, which O
some
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ln g the rendition of a serm
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times shoot up colum ns to incoi»-;« n ,,, ,•
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Call him a hoy preacher! He is
eeivable heights.
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I forty if he is a d av .” “ He does
that some of tnese statem ents would , ,
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| look th at w av” s ai«l th wile, “ hut,”
seem incredible were they not so
she continued, in her a n x b tv to
well authenticated by trustw orthy
plead, “d o n ’t you think lie has the
travelers.
m ind of a boy! ”
W’orrv wrecks more lives than
“Gib us dis day our daily bread,”
work. An outgrow th of one of the
shouted the colored «haem from
psyeological whims of the time is a
the interior of a hired sh an ty , up
chain of “ Don’t W orry” clubs.
on which a generous baker from
Without subscribing to all the te n
outside threw a loaf in a t the
ets of these organizations, almost
window, accidentally sm ashing it.
every individual could better his
“ Gib us dis d ay — «hit’ll do, good
condition by adopting and trying
Lord d a t’d do; tu p p ’ny loaf right
to live up to th eir motto. The sub
fro a ten-peunv winder.”
stance of th eir b«*lief is beyond d is
W illie (at th e close of C hristm as
pute, and m ay be sum m arized in a
few words: W orry never vet bet d ay )— Ma, d id n ’t \o u say th a t
tered the condition of any in d iv id S an ta Claus only brought ¡»resents
ual; it never yet failed to m ake to good bovs.
M other— Yes, dear.
worse the condition of the person
W illie— W ell, if Santa Claus
given to worrying. There ought
not to he need of anti-w orry socie thinks all of the fellers he brought
ties. The in stin ct of self-preserva ¡»resents tor at C hristm as are go«»«l
tion should array hum anity in op hoys he m ust he easily fooled.—
[ Pearson’s.
position to the adversarv,
m * worrv.
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A good man v Tear* ago we hrnrd
pray, a.ol in the course
of his rem arks to the A lm ighty he
to«,k the liberty to suggest th a t a
larger m easure of wisdom wouhl
not he h urtful to the congregation.
We agreed with him, hut C hristian
m inia.er- have Iwen «eking God t„
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For the rebuilding of a B uddhist
The late Senator George of Miss
temple at Kioto, Ja p a n , a large issippi was an Agnostic, while his
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number of B uddhists who could not wile was deeply religious. She
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afford gold or silver, gave the h air placed a neighboring Baptist m inis
S u p p lie s ,
from their heads. This b**ing s a ter on his trail, and begot no peace.
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B o o k s and
cred and symbolical of lift, it is a Once, riding slowly home from
BURNING.”
great sacrifice fo ra follower to p art C arrollton and leading his mail,
S ta tio n e r y .
with his or her hair. Under the the preacher burst out of the woods
New and selected secular songs set
to fa m ilia r tunes.
direction of the B uddhist priests on his right hand and began. They
Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables
these gifts of h air were m ade into came to a creek and crossed it. It I
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Price 10 cents.
r"pes
ropes th a t couhl lift the was, in the senator’- 1 oguag«-,
and C onfectionery.
heaviest tim bers used in the rest«»r “ saddle-pocket deep.” On t h e ---- ---------------
ation ot the temple. So great was further bank he dism ounted. “ Git
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the aggregate q u a n tity of h air con down,” he said, fiercely. T he
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tributed by the faithful th at fifty- m inister looked at him doubtfully.
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three long lines of r«>pe were made He feared a personal encounter.
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I hese ropes, placed end to “Git dow n!” He
got
down,
end, would m easure 9,972 feet, and “ Now,” said George, “ I ’m tired o’
T he G o v ern rp en t n ationalized th e Postal S ystem , w hy n o t also
th
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Money System ? A plan is told by C. ELTON B L A N C H A R D
their combined weight was 23,517 bein’ harried around th ’ kentry like
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pounds. C ertainly devotion io re I was a c«»tlon-tail rabbit a n ’ vou
ligion is not confined to C hristi was a pack o, nigg« r dogs. Bap
U N C L E S A M 'S
anity.
tize me right here,” Il was winter
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