T H E TORCHOF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898. * V-V* ! h isto ry, h ut greater «1 I. D AAU « g, his adm it discussions on the >ubject in- literary studies. to <•’•‘»r colum ns, and do not insist Some curious w ar s ta tist....... . I a T '* * T - “ !“ 8 W‘h<.- , v , n * 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- .« ? * « '« • ’ »«” •» th “ L * •» •* N EW AND CURIOUS. Htes> i> p u t upon w riting and o * lions, m ultiply in th ree d:>y'"1* Wl,l be surprised to find this goo z ' a • VV- 1 VltC w ithout tire th a n is The Bondman, by 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 an war. Even more . . K oval. bv lion v v Hope Hmu* According to the Electrical Age, hell a. d the devil is disp. used , with i Short i ‘ori IKoy.al’ D’ ¿ A '\ n t ,ho" v i i / , ■ •? , « '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 ...... <•; N a t i o n . 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 291 A locr S t . 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: .2 z a tio n m o v e m e n t a lo n g th e lin e s o f 3; 3* 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 ;5 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. ■2 so cial im p ro v e m e n t. • 5& 2 The o n ly j o u r n a l th a t o ffers fre e d is e n s - 3* lo, or coral worms, were secured. •2 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 5 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, -2 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. JS ;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? ;S p o s t-p a id to a n y p a rt o f th e w o rld . s- O ffe r: 3: 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- ;2 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 , 2- 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. • A z V t w 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. _ ^4 A A A 9 MX J) I j| ® I ® • n 2: TORCH OF REASON SONG a te r Street... M arket BOOK S ilverton O reg o n KINNEY ... PORTER NO. M a in S tre e t S ilv e rto n , O re CARRY A COM PLETE STOCK OK //y. ** ¡ÿ- . <;❖ S ch o o l S u p p lie s , B ooks and S ta tio n e ry . door. But here are some tracts; ‘ K E E P TH E TORCH OF REASON 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 -r-.»—irTn.-- •«—T 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 .. , Postpaid for 25 Cents. ;n „v i i , • , I ° judge from ad one sees and "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 I he » ORCI1 DI REASON, S ilverton Oregon