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'H IE TORCH OE REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , F E B R U A R Y 17, Î898.
T R A C T S OF
night, and of course were not in a .
condition to work th e next day.
They sing and pray a great deal
yet, but no th in g like they used to.
They seem to be getting asham ed of j
if- They j are not progressing
in this ;
eoited bv
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ELIZA MOWRY
BLIVEN.
part of the country as fast as they Colllainin„
.„w,, a
arg u m en ts in fa.
bl if they h a «I . g..a .0. o- . M. .-.r-
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Their leathers are ignorant thern-
tion, J in m orality am i
selves and poor disciplinarians,
In tem p era n ce .
JU S T T H 5 T H I NG
T heir pupils play nearly all the
time. Still, they do advance a lit­ to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n friends. Pub.
fished m onthly at $1.00 per y ear (50
tle. I hail an old negro woman
trac ts each m o n th ), bv
cooking for me soon after the war,
THE UBERAL UNIVERSITY 60..
who was in every wav a good serv­
•
Oregon
ant, except th a t she would steal. I Silverton
went one S unday in com pany with
M'MILLAN & PITTMAN
several other ladies to a negro
church just to hear them shout.
They would get happy, fall on the
floor, and have to he carried out by j
The Salem Statesm an issued a main strength. The first brought
N E W S AN D NOTES.
supplem ent this week giving a out was m y cook. The very next
-All kinds of choice-
review
of Silveiton and her day she stole a whole side of bacon,
The class in history will s<»on resources, institutions ami people, and then vowed and declared she
M E A T ..
Among the rest, is a picture of the did not do it. I did not punish her ...F R E S H
take the final exam ination.
Always on h an d am i sold at
Liberal University building, in f«»r it, hut m ade her own it and
T ract No. 4 is now ready. Semi
course of construed h i , a nd a splen- then sham ed her. She stole it to
in your o rd e rs . F if ty for ten cents.
S ta n d a rd 7 P rice s.
did account of that institution.
give to some one else.
Fred Welch and Vivian Messen­
Some few of them are n a tu ally•r
Mrs. Bliven requests the readers
We pay the highest price
ger are the new students this week.
very good.
I think my present
of the T o r c h to write their opinions.
cook is one of the best I ever knew. C ash f o r F a t S to c k .
H arry
Bowers
presented
the
iy m m ti»
! jn about fifty words, on the subject i
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.
library with the “ Life of David I <>f <qinin()rtaliivo an)1 -
j bne ia honest and good and not
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c}iurche There is an
Crockett” this week.
i ufi pot latp / Jhan mail tin in rnen)j)er ()f
March 1st.' , ,
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,
i old negro m an living near me who
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Several triends have visited our ! We published a short symposium . . . .
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, is eigfitv years old and not a mem-
school this week.
1 hose who Ion the same subject last week and I,
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her of any church, which is very
are interested m educational woi k will publish another the first issue
u n c o m m o n indeed; so I think he
are always welcome.
in March.
o A W EEKLY PA PE R 0 0
m ust he a F reethinker, as he comes
° ° FOR C H ILD R EN .*.’.* ° °
The dram a, “ Texas,” played by
Secularists, do you realize how nearest being honest of any negro
local talent at Liberal Hall Satur- rnU(.j) gOO(] you can do by distrih- I ever saw except my cook.
T he L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral ami
The
hygie
lie sto ries am i lessons, letters from
day evening, was on«* of the best n tjng Mrs. B liven’s tracts of Scien­ negro preachers all p ivv up the
young folks am i lessons for Secular Sun­
ever given in this city.
tific W isdom?
She is devoting earth sometimes, beseeching God to day Schools. I t c o n tain s n o th in g super­
stitio u s, and is ju st th e th in g for chil­
I)«, you w ant to earn your way much time and study to tins work, convert him; and yet they all have d ren , no m a tte r of wfiat belief. If you
to tin* Liberal U niversity? Read and will undoubtedly do a vast more confidence in his honesty have no Secular S unday school th a t you
can a tte n d , su b scrib e lor th e L ittle Can­
our offer on the t h ir d p a g e . This am ount of good in the world if S -c - th an they have in their most de­ dle ami have a Sunday school in your
tdarists everywhere will help her vout members of the church.
is a splendid opportunity.
Not own hom e.
F o r Y e a r . . 2 5 C ents.
w hat they can.
long ago he called in to see my
Miss Kate DePealt has return«*«!
THE LIBERAL U NIVERSITY COMPANY,
cook, a m i stopped at the window of SILVERTON
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OREGON.
to her work at Liberal U niversity,
Secularists, would y o u not like to
my room to speak to me. He had
having regained her health after have some letter heads printed with j
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. . , a broad grin
grin on
on his
his face. H e SILVERTON
her six weeks’ illness.
W'e all Secular sentim ent and \\ ettstein s
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knows 1 adm ire his honesty, and
give her a hearty welconn*.
r reethought badge, to use in cnr-
,
...
. . , _ alw ays tells me of the honors con-
with vour friends?
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We are in receipt of a picture respondence
;n e • i. .i * .
• i hTr«*d on him bv the church people.
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of the home of our friend I). C. An vV e will furnish them to you with ....
I hey have their societies and clubs
drews, of Lone Rock, Oregon.
" ■ « ' < ! a d d ™ p rin te d In n
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people and they
75 cents per
,
M any thanks. We invite others of them for
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t— hundred, always
, ,
elect him treasurer, and
our friends to follow Mr. A ndrew s’ I* L5° for 250’ or $2 5° for 500 Post
t . ,i
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,
while he is a negro of a good «leal
example.
¡paid. Let the people know where
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of
n
atu
ral
sens«',
he
has
no
educa-
you stand.
G E O R G E S E C R E S T , P R O P R IE T O R .
tion and don’t even know his let-
You see we are still calling for
ninety-one people with fifty dollars
lers. I ’ll give you what he said in
The Negroes and R eligion.
his own language:
each to build the U niversity, no
addition being received this w eek.' Mrs. R. A. Bed, of Texas, writes
‘Good m ornin Missus. Well Mis- All kinds of L aundry Work
Don’t let this happen again. C an’t us m any entertaining letters. The 8U8 deni ni^ ers do,,e 80ne and !
n eatly done.
we make up
for lost tim e next , n •
t
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got an u d d er ’ci. ty up, and ■«« ¡ Orders from a dirtf
ance given
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following from her pen is a very
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week ?
.
J night thev all g<>t togeder and in ­
prom pt atten tio n .
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lntere8" ng de8criP 'io" o f tl,e
suited «,»¿1, udder and <x,Heeled ni e
We have moved our library into ed people and tl.eir ways since the treasurer.”
the office upstairs where it has been
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I tell vou these little things on
put in splendid shape, and will be
W hen the war ended, we had ,l,e »egroes th a t you m ay see how S
more convenient for the use of the $30,000 worth of cotton besides a k tile good reiigion does them .
$
students. There is room for m any
more lxioks and donations in that great deal of land and stock. My
husband tried to give the negroes a
Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and alt Pat-5
U n iv e rs ity Fund.
line will he gladly received.
'ent business conducted for M o d er a te F ees . *
chance to make som ething for
The am ount given in this fund O ur O ffice is O pp o site U, 8 . P a t e n t O fficc ?
and we can secure p a te n t ia less time ta a a those i
The two sides of the Y. P. S. S. them selves and for him , hut they j is actual cash paid in, regardless of remote
from W ashington.
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Send model, drawing or photo., with describe
C. are busily contending for points thought of nothing hut preaching " kat has been prom ised:
tion. We advise, if patentable or n t, free o il
O ur fee not due till patent is secured. >
which will decide, at the end of the and praising God for giving
giving them
them t '
acknowledged, $565.55 ^charge.
4 A P a m p h le t , “ How to Obtain Patents,”
J. A. H unt, Oregon,
5.00 jeost of same in the U . S. and foreign countnc i
present term , which side is entitled their freedom , consequently they University students.
r
7.LO tse n t free. Address,
to the treat at the expense of the had no time for work. They would
MATERIAL, ETC.
other side. Captain W olfard gave sometimes sing and pray nearly all 1 ’ i c V i o u s 1 y aek 11 o w led ged, $ 2 * 4 . 5 0
O pp . P a ten t O f f ic e , W a s h in g t o n . D. C.
To Raise Five T housand D ollars the first program of the series la-t
Friday evening. Now it is C aptain
for th e L’n v e rsity .
Mason’s turn. Look out for an in-
Secularist«,
teresting lime.
B. C. M"sier,will give. . .$50
The students of the University
Ix»u Ames will give........ 50 are
■ire preparing
n r ^ itu r in a am
a n o ,tner
t h e r oram
d r a m a a, “ T in«
he
\ H-i-n.l «;!! give..........
_s „,. of G ettysburg,” which they
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J 1 J:.1*'.' ...i"_'h-i.rn Wtff g’iW
wt pi -f! 1 n
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50 ton in the near future, They did
A. Slainan, M. D , will give
50 so well with their first one, that
R. C. B urtis will give........
50 t h is one will he looked forward to
A Friend will give...............
. 50 Í with pleasure.
C. F. Ames will give..........
. 50
P. Rauch will give..........
Rem em her if you send us the
provided that
nam es and addresses of 25 of
w-
more men (or women) your Liberal friends and a c q u a in t­
will give tin* same ances, we will make you a present
W here are of a copy of the Torch of Reason
am ount,
tin* ninetv-oi t?
Song Book No. 1. 'fliis will only
cost you a few m inutes work ami a
two cent stam p.
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