T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 10, 1898. To Raise F iv e T h o u s a n d D o lla rs posed th a t yo u w ill remain for the U nversity. scriber if tne paper pleases e 9 , ' " P. C. Mosier,will ' ’’ give. . . Lou Arnes will give........ A Friend will give.......... D. Buckingham will g iv e........... A. Slaioan, M. D , will give. . . R. C. Burt is will give............... A Friend will g iv e..................... C. F. Arnes will g iv e ............... P. Rauch will give................... provided th at Ninety-one a sub- you. more people W h a t O ur . . . . F r ie n d s S a y . T"“" , T ... B. L. Iijerm stad , Ohio:— I like with your pata-r I est of »11, and Grace fif,y ,lollare e«ch wil1 build and Gruber’s p<>lllB Hle geroB. I think TRACTS OF Scientific W isdom . equip th e L ib eral C n iv e rsily . Mr8 p )a n £ a verv g(>od EOtTcO BY -0 l ,on 1 y ,,u " a n t to lie one o f them ? OIle altd bope jt will meet with the ELIZ'X MOWRY BLIVEN Remember Mr. Mosier’s words: suc,.eBS i( de8rrveB. C o n tain in g condensed a rg u m en ts in i ,. v u of '.!•♦•••.I S ecu larism and Right ' . “ This m ust go with a rn sh .” ., ..... .. .... Living, and ag ain st S u p e rsti­ 50 Geo. N. Hili, M iss:— “ By nil tio n , Im m o rality and 50 Secularists, would jo u »rot like m eans continue the ‘Bohemian In tem p era n ce . 50 to have some letter heads printed j Evenings? They are far too good 50 with Secular sentim ent ami W ett- 50 stein ’s Freethought badge, to use in | correspondence with your friend»? We will furnish them to you with cr more men (or women) your name and address printed on jjj "W give the same them for 75 cents per hundred, am ount. W here are $1.50 f<»r 250, or $2.50 for 500 post the ninety-one? paid. Let the people know where JU ST T H E T H IN G to lose, being i siructive ami in- to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n friends. Pub. teresting to a high degree.” lished m onthly a t $1.00 per v ja r ion R tv ())d M o rlalitv ;_ « Wl. would tra c ts each m o n th ), bv THE LIBERAL UNiVERSITY CO., he much gratified to have you con­ . . . Oregon tinue the ‘Bohemian Evenings? S ilv e rto n We have become much interested in them .” M 'M ILLAN & PITTMAN S ecularist:— “ I hope the ‘Old you sta n d . Doctor’ will continue to hold his ‘Bohemian Evenings’ and send r e ­ N E W 5 A N D NOTES. S c ie n tific W is d o m ports of them to the T orch of R eason for publication. I have CO N TIN U ED FROM H U T U PA G E. -All kinds of choice- been greatly interested in them. Texas at L iberal H all 8 a tu rd a v The Little Torches, by W. E. J o h n ­ evening. There ¡s no future life; when we ...F R E S H M E A T .. son, are fine. L et us have more of Death sim ply Did you read tin* offer on tin die, that is all. Always on h an d and sold at them . means a dream less sle e p , from th ird page? , . . ., . . . i which we never wake. Our bodies S ta n d a rd * P rice s I he electric hell is a g reat help! , , , , , P a in e ’s B ir t h d a y in Io w a . i , | decay and go to m ake up the ele­ in our school work. We pay th e highest price m ents which compose thi* earth. the final A class of ten passed E ditor T orch oe R eason : L eona A llen . C esh f o r F a t S to ck, exam ination in physiology last About thirty-five Liberals g ath er­ Belief or disbelief in a thing does -----G iv e U s a C a l l . . . . week. not prove or disprove its existence. ed at the home of Mr. E. B. Moffitt, The new song hooks arrived this j We know th a t we now exist and on the evening of Ja n . 29, to cel­ ..T H E ... week and the members of the sing- th a t we shall, in course of time, ebrate the anniversary of Thom as ing class are happy. cease to exist as m ortal beinas on Paine’s birth. Mr. Steiner, of Des Moines, delivered the oration in a C aptain W olfard’s side in the this earth, and there our knowledge o 0 A W EEKLY PA PE R 0 0 If there be a life beyond, m asterly style. He reviewed the Y. P. 8. 8. C. gives the fust pro­ ends. life of Paine, his services to the FO R C H IL D R E N .••••• ° ° gram in the contest this term, no traveller thereto has ever re­ States, E ngland, and T he L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral an< turned, th at we know of, to prove United F rid a y even in g . hygie lie stories and lessons, letters iron France, and proved beyond a doubt its existence. The negative of this young folks ami lessons for Secular Sun The great historical drum », Texas lqueBlion haB , h „ best ((f lhe th at, let his enemies say w hat they dav Schools. It c o n ta in s n o th in g super will he given at Liberal H all S at-j ment yy p j, will, t h e “ A uthor H ero” is entitled stilio u s, ami is ju st th e th in g for chil d ren , no m a tte r of w hat belief. If yot urdav evening in behalf of the to much credit for the influence he have no Secular S unday school th a t yoi Progress, civilization, reason, all Silverton M arine Band. Don’t wielded against George I I I and can a tte n d , su b scrib e for th e L ittle Can die and have a S unday school in youi oppose the idea of a future life. miss it. contem poraneous ty ran ts. He re­ own hom e. This m yth was horn of ignorance viewed the “ Age of Reason”, and T ract No. 4. of Scientific Wisdom and fear, an d will d ie w here know l- THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY COMPANY, although Paine differed in m any is now readv for distribution. , a edge and wisdom live. There is as SILVERTON - OREGON respects from the Liberals of today, Send h i your order for what you , _ , much proof th a t we will clim b a want, and d istribute them am ong 1. 1 the argum ents he produced against ILVERTON , e • i j • , , bean stalk after death as th a t we your friends and neighbors. the bible are su bstantially the same i will ascend, descend or transcend as those advanced by higher critics I lie mock trial at the V. P. S. S. to a placeof bliss or misery. of this age. W hether Paine was C. last T hu rsd ay evening was quite j p H osmi r AND intem perate or not, does not affect interesting and instructive besides' of his writings. The affording m uch am usem ent. It U hristianity offers eternal m isery the logic _ _ was highly enjoyed by all present. on tl,e one hand and H ernal bliss farm and burial place of Paine was on the other as the only conditions graphically described by the speak- s t n rt a pi nci mark at ro. s tin ()j fu ^nre Sym pathy revolts at er> udu) has visited th a t m em orable ....lice on the editorial page of your 8uch conditil)ns ri.a ^ „ GEORGE SE C R EST, PROPRIETOR spot at New Rochelle, I orch this issue? If so we hone r , , R their im possibility. I would n< t The remainder of the program you will write to us tlmt you want willingly accept joy at the band of consisted of music, recitations, and the paper to continue com ing to a m onster who would t«*ar from me reviews. The meeting was enjoyed your address so th a t you will ,|Ot and dam n to eternal pain those I by all, and m any signified their de All kinds of L aun d ry V Work neatly done. miss any numbers. sire to meet on sim ilar occasions in love. Give me an n ih ilatio n . O rders from a distance givet Now is the opportunity for two the future. T im R ating . J. II. M orris . bright young people to earn their prom pt atten tio n . H appiness and misery are com­ way t" the Liberal U niversity. Do John Linn, a nurse in an insane parative terms. If death ends all you want to he one of them ? If so asylum in O akland, Cal., killed his read the offer on the th ird page, 90 n,U9t >t end all happiness, wife the other day, and claim s the a n , 1 t h .................... J conse . Send rnodet, drawing or photo., With descrip* 6lve lu US us an im re is ot woith » to It the time men and women have 5t,r,n- We advise, if patentable or not, free of life? If we were cond, to live spent reading the bible had been forever love m ight vanish from the devoted to H udving science there ESS S T A S t * & “ 4 peopleand two Scent stam ps to de- e a r t h - w e cannot tell. fray the cost o f postage. I t is sup-1 I’. W. G ee «. „ ,,u ld now latlig'ht where there is d a rk n e s s .-fE x . I C. A. S N O W & C O . m t _O r r i c t,W « » h iw oto h ,