T H E TORCHOF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898.
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his adm it discussions on the >ubject in-
literary studies.
to <•’•‘»r colum ns, and do not insist
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a t s« Kb a r jd e x views. 1 his js a good sig n . No
Cohn, a celebrated 1 russian bac- aH follows;
At Plevna it took a C hristian dogma can stand honest
tcriologis-t, declares th a t a single Russian hatterv a whole d a y ’s fir- ’ nt‘"'spaper discussion and the cler-
could, under favorable con,li- ing for each Turk killed. At Gi- .« ?
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N EW AND CURIOUS.
Htes> i> p u t upon w riting and
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lions, m ultiply in th ree d:>y<? to 1,- b ra ’Ur, in 17*1,
shot and 1^7 k
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k e a mass
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shell were th
throw
and »1...
the killed
722,060,(XX),000,
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the following paper-hound books at ten
’’ent« per copy, postpaid. Order one am ’
>'"1* Wl,l be surprised to find this goo<i
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^ 'd e C o m p a i n , by Conan Doyle.
b u g b ear of hell and its Hie Deemster, bv Had Caine,
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APnmuneo
w.-.-nio by
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some of <■ .. the clergy
fancy ¿R
om ance of Twn
Two Worlds,
Correlli.
weighing 7,500 tons. Jt is a m er and wounded was only 1,340. It tbvy can tu n the gospel sh^w with-
ciful provision of n atu re th a t “ fa took 2(H) shots to hit one m an, ac it. N ot so. A steam engine
C7- . I is n o • t Kidnapped.
I I J ' _ ' ’ by 1 Robert
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Bondman,
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Hall
Caine.
vorable conditions” never exist.
cording to the figures of the
?ars G od if J H, ah Clarke, by A. Conan Doyle
C hristianity. No one fear
Branco-Germ
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war.
Even
more
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lion v v Hope
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According to the Electrical Age,
hell a. d the devil is disp. used , with
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« 'i n . The Man in Black, by Stanley Weyman,
the total length of the w orld’s tele surprising, into Verdun 33,000 shots
body w an ts C h rist it th e re is no Beyond tlie City, by A. Conan Dovle.
g r a p h system has now reached 4,- were throw n and only seven per- I k 11 to be saved fi< m. Bh w up hell Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Mrs. Stowe,
and you blow up h e a v e n god an d Wvl> ter 8 Pronouncing Dictionary.
908,823 miles, exclusive of 181,440 sons were killed. Phalzhurg had a
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sim
ilar
num
ber
of
fatalities
for
the
miles of sum arine cables. This
I I . lis t IS as u tterly useless w ith o u t Around the World in Eighty Days.Verne
mileage is apportioned as follows: 8,000 shells received there. E ight hell a s a lifeboat would be on th e B'.D arkest England, bv Gen. Booth.
Europe, 1,764,790 miles; Asia, 310,- deaths in Bitche were caused by m oon— w here th ere is not a d ro p ol Ships that Pass in the Night, H arraden.
K ent‘i,; ky P *IIe’ by
In Mezierea 300 w a te r.— L ib e ra to r.
685 miles; Africa, 99,416 miles; 25,000 shells.
Maik tw ain, His Life and Work, bv
Australia, 217,479 miles; America, were killed, hut it required 193,000 _______ ____________________________ W’ill M. Clemens.
Tom Brown’s School Davs, bv Hughes.
shells to do it.
Then there was ,
2,516,548 miles.
A Holiday in Bed, by J. M. Barrie.
Thionville, into which 30,000 shells
Bv Right, Not L aw , by R. H. Shepard.
The
Child of the Law, by De Alarcon.
The Agassiz expedition to the were throw n, with 1 he result that
Address,
Fiji Islands has retu rn ed , alter a two were killed; and finally Long-!
JO N E S ’ BOOK S T O R E ,
successful exam ination of the soi wy, which received during theseige
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PORTLAND. ORE.
and the flora and fauna. On tin 30,0()0 shells without losing a single
H and of Toloya was the crater of m an.
At M urfreesborough it took
an extinct volcano, into which a 27 cannon-shot and 130 rifle-bullets
steamer could en ter and
sail to hit one m an; while one of the
.2 The o n ly journal w h ich p re s e n ts fu ll ac - 3;
around.
Two »ea snakes were m axim s of war, since the cam •2 c o u n ts o f th e p ro g re s s o f th e c o lo n i- 3:
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z a tio n m o v e m e n t a lo n g th e lin e s o f 3;
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caught on the North Astrolabe reefs paign of 1870, is th a t it takes a ton ^2 c o -o p e ra tio n .
• 2 T h e o n ly j o u r n a l th a t g iv es fu ll e trp la n a- ;jX
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tio n o f all th e v a rio u s th e o rie s fo r 3;
and several live specim ens of hulo- of iron to kill a m an.
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so cial im p ro v e m e n t.
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lo, or coral worms, were secured.
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sio n s o f so cial a n d re lig io u s su b je c ts . 3:
;S E a c h is s u e c o n ta in s fu ll r e p o rt o f b e s t • :
The scientists, who were taken out
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c u r re n t th o u g h t in all th e le a d in g 3:
Just for Fun.
CASH PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF FAT STOCK,
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E n g lis h a n d A m e ric a n p e rio d ic a ls. 3;
by the natives in canoes, saw th o u s
•S C U R REN T TH O U O H T is a n o p e n c o u r t, jp
H ID E S, PELTS, ETC.
th e b e s t th o u g h t o f th e £
ands of the worms, which are said
Little Teddie:
Did our baby 5 ¡S I b t rig o h ffers
te s t th in k e r s o f all sch o o ls.
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;S R e g u la r s u b s c rip tio n p rice ?1.00 p e r y e a r, jp
to dissolve after being about two come right to us from heaven?
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p o s t-p a id to a n y p a rt o f th e w o rld .
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M EA TS SOLD A T REASO NABLE
hours on the surface.
His Mamma: Yes, darling; right ;2 2 S pecial
u n til f u r th e r n o tic e n ew su b sc rib e rs w ill J-
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be re ceiv ed f o r o n e y e a r at 5 0 C T S . 5*
straight down.
e a c h , p r o v id e d th e y sen d te n n a m e s 3;
Some figures relative to education
RATES.
a n d a d d re s s e s o f lib era l an d p ro g re s s - i -
L ittle Teddie: I guess he must “
ive m in d ed p eo p le. A d d re s s ,
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ami crime were read by Sir John
CURRENT THOUGHT,
Lubbock at the Sociological Con ’a ’ lit on his feet, and th a t’s w hat
C l e v e l a n d , O h i o . 3;
D rake & W ebb,
P re m iu m b o o k “ H o m ilie s o n F i - 2;
gress recently held in Paris. They makes him s<> bow-legged, then.
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are essentially as follows: since the
act of 1870 the num ber of children
in English schools has increased
from 1,500,000 to 5,000.000, and
the num ber of persons in prison
has fallen from 12,000 to 5,000.
1 he yearly average of persons sen
tenced to penal servitude for the
worst crimes has declined from
3,000 to 800, while the list of juve
nile offenders has fallen from
14.0X) to 5,000. Sir John Lub
bock sees in these figures a con-
Hrmation of Victor H ugo’s saying,
that “ he who opens a school closes
a prison
Juvenile blunders still accutnu-
ate, in spite of “ definite and dog
m atic teaching” . H ere is the la t
est, given as a fact, from the Church
Review.
Priest (catechising): Now, ch il
dren, what is the m eaning of those
etters you see on the a lta r frontal
— I. H. S.?
L ittle G irl: Please sir, I know
—I ate S atan.
Kind Lady (a t door): I am lady
president of the charity society, and
we neV( r give t() beggars at’ tie
n a n c e ,” s e n t fre e to each s u b sc rib e r.
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they are good for—
BURNING .”
Tramp:
Will the kind lady
I he Chinese school children have
distilled into them at an early age Plea8e PHt a taste of butter on them
N ew and selected s e c u la r songs .set
habits of hard, steady study,
At ' and P11 tr ^ to d i*e8t ,h eln ’
to f a m ilia r tu n e s .
Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables
the age of five a boy begins his scool-
Sabbath-School Teacher: Who
T h ir t y - t w o pages.
P ric e io c en ts.
ing. At daylight he rises and, after was BZsau?
and Confectionery.
dressing as quickly ps possible, he
Johnny Thickhead: Tin— »*r—
starts breakfast less to school. He e r —a u th o r of E sau ’s fables, m a’am.
•s given a task and after it iscoin-
A clergym an noted for beggine,
How to Make
pleted he is allowed an hour for
while talking to a Sunday school,
breakfast. Again, later he has an
com pared himself to a shepherd
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tor luncheon, but he is at his Hllfj bjs congregation to sheep, and i
* The Governqient nationalized the Postal System, whv not also
Mu,ly y early 12 hours a d ay and aekl.d; .«W hat does (he shrpherd
the Money System? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCHARD
. n ( ays in th e week.
d(> j(ir l j)e sheep?’’ To the amuse-
in hi« lx»ok e n title d ..............................
An tuts tim e when he is not re- mellt of all, a bright little hoy an-
U N C L E S A M ’S
■i-g his lesions he is studying swered prom ptly: ‘‘Shears them .”
«‘•'>ud at the top of his voice. He)
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E
under the eye of his m aster l»oth _ . , r
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"school and on his way to and hears, the doctrine of hell, with its
r, ui z 1 1 1 • , AIi ProfitHon this IsKik will be given to the Liberal University
r ‘‘ school. 1 lie lad is tau g h t fires, brim stone, chains, gridirons,
hould lx* m the hands of every thinking person. Address all orders to
Hidirnentary astronom y, physics and other delightful horrors, is
iAIGood Times for all Time
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