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 24, 1898. (» W ESTERN r< spondm ce with your friend«? We will furnish them to you with CURRENT EVENTS e your name and addre.-s printed on & . . . « them for 75 cents per hundred, -* $1.50 for 250, or $2.50 for 500 post Skagway is reported to he ruled pa j,| Lb. you stand. o o o FrRiH-es E. W t ll. r d p re sid e n t-I A ><> • 4 i / ‘ * 1 / "* ......... --- — .............. . . .. ’ ‘tr «««X V » T 4 " < .- ' 4 . A ■ •’ o> m idnight February 17. The Pennsylvania coal miners < ;o: g g jg ' -■ '■ ■ "• ORMATI ON 8 * « , 1 S -& Í4 4 1 ....... ......—— » - t S v-X Z U rv Y rl Ci. X I'V I i 1 > • ••• » »4 .> I R E FLE C TE D RAYS. $•7 are preparing to strike, or. April 1, It is said th a t the (¡alias tribe for an eight hour day and ten per ¡„ Africa k ilj C0WK on evely pos. cent advance in w a g es. sihle occasion. Not liecause they News from San Salvador is to the effect th a t the greater republic of Central America has ceased to exist, the republic of Salvador, the backbone of the union, having been w ithdraw n. hate cows or are fond of cow-fh sh, hut because a cow ( nee swallowed a certain sacred volum e which the natives want to recover. This is ridiculous enough, of course; hut is it rea 11 v m o r e ridiculous than a becoming the very A bill for the appointm ent of a ¡»aste wafer board <»f arbitration to Bottle .H b - i'" " ‘y " f Do y o n wish to him a hom e? Do you w ish to go m to bn s in ess? l)o you w ish to exch a n g e real estate or personal property? F riends ;- - We have recently established a general Ex­ change and Inform ation business in the th riv in g citv of Silverton, and have for sale a nu m b er of town lots, vacant and im proved, some well established business enterprises some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last hut not least. putea between railroads and their V1“ 11 "V"rouslv swallowed by all the lots in devoti < s? —[Eree- employees, has been unai.im ously t jjjnj{er reported to the house by the corn- miltee on labor. “Keep the Bible in the schools!” I shouts the sky-pilot, and the ci v Permission has been granted by ; jK echoed by the Philistine. Rut a tract of land ad joining tile L iberal IT 11 iversitV ground« the British governm ent for the,! wf,at other hook would they have and beautifully situ ated for homes. Below is a partial list escort of I nited States soldiers jn ihe schools which gave injunc- of the property we have for sale, which will accom pany the Klon- Jo n s for barbarity and indecency, dike expedition to pass through j slaughter and slavery and polyg- C anadian territory. CITY P R O P E R T Y am y, and is filled with representa­ FA RM P R O P E R T Y , H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est Silverton ; 2 3 acres, well im proved, tine house, Mr. Hm hert Spencer has prac­ tions of events as controlled hv lieautiful location for residence. $200. bar!) and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro;». intervention? ih e Bible deals in tically completed his life-work, and S E C U LA R H O M E C o r n e r L o t n e a r th e L ib e ra l U n i- It is m irac les from lu s t to la st, am i th a t versitv. it is a colossal achievement. well to rem em ber this in face of the news th at he has removed to Brighton, and will probably never n turn to London, as In* is in ex­ ceedingly feeble health, suffering from an affection of the heart. Considering his «hdicate constitu­ tion, and the work he has per­ formed, it is surprising that Mr. Spencer should have attained to the age of seventy-seven. On February 15, at 10 o’clock at night, the United S tates battleship Maine was blown up and sunk in the harbor at H avana. Since that time the newspapers have c o n tain ­ ed little besides sensational and contradictory reports. The cause of the disaster is unknow n. More than 250 persons lost their lives in the wreck, the bodies of m any •r of whom have nut been recovered. W hile vigorously discouraging un­ due excitem ent over the disaster, the United States governm ent is quietly putting its naval forces in condition for action. The report th at evidence of Spanish treachery had been found in a plot to destroy the great battleship, is not wholly confirmed, but contradiction of it is not sufficiently strong to repress angry suspicion. The hoard of official inquiry will begin its in­ vestigation im m ediately, and the sequel of the tragic incident will probably be learned only through its final report. $100. S ilverton, $4000. Will tra d e for larger farm of equal value not over tw enty location m iles fiom S d v erto n . fact a lo n e s h o u ld he su ffic ie n t w a r- i L o t s in S e c u l a r H o m e , r a n t fo r its e x c lu s io n fro m s c h o o ls to su it, at $2o, $50 and $<5. w h e re th e p r in c ip le s o f sc ie n c e A acres of land in S ilverton, O regon; two good honses, fru it trees, etc. M ill should be taught. trad e tor farm lan d . H o u s e a n d L o t n e a r th e d ep o t, T ruth, which has often c a ll'd . $750. attention to the cruelty to animals, H ouse al„, ,ot in ,.enter o( 3 1 8 acres of sp len d id f r u it and farm- in g la n d , well im proved, good running w ater, th re e m iles from Silverton, at |27 per acre. Gan divide if necessary to su it p u rch aser, in Italy, cites a corres|«m dent who Cm. 1 6 0 : 'mre» of tine tim lie r , • e a r» large points out th a t the blam e for the H o u s e and barn w th l lB acres of saw m ill, $1000. Logs can lie floated ... , . ¡and in S ilverton. $750. n e a rlv 'a ll th e wav to m ill, prevailing state of things rests upon the priests, who are not only utterly callous in regard to the suf- Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov- ferin g so f anim als, hut expressly ing here will have the splendid advantage of schooling teach that ‘‘at imals are not Chris- 11 ii <1 ildren in the onlv Liberal U niversity in the world. tian s,” and have no claim to Chris Silverton is b eau tifu lly situated in the great W illam ette tian sym pathy or charity. It is valley in the foothills of the Cascade m ountains. A fine owing to this religious teaching th a t sparkling stream affords splendid w ater power and great all attem pts to check cruelty to an- advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rh e r inform a- im alsin Southern Italy have been tion. YoUI’S for business, so futile, and the correspondent con- tends th a t the law, however strin g ­ ent it m ight he, m ust he absolute­ IN FO RM A TIO N B U R EA U and E X C H A N G E . ly powerless to protect anim als u n ­ W a T “ K S t k f f t . til the attitu d e of the priests is Silverton, Oregon. < '|i|M»Kite L iberal Hall changed.— [F reethinker. li there is ever a time when the W ESTER N U N IV ER SITY M ie v i, in a ualcl.fiil providence can feel certain of im m unity from sudden death, it should he when and rr he is perform ing some act of devo­ tion. Nevertheless clergymen are alm ost daily stricken dead in their IN C O R PO R A TED UNDER THE LAWS OF IL L IN O IS pulpits, while church attendents To teach , educate and confer degrees of sch o larsh ip upon those who by studious- expire in th iii pews undti circum - ness rt, Science, Philosophy css are are e e n n title title d d to to th th em em in in A A rt. Science, L L ite ite ra ra tu tu re re , , Law, Law. P h ilo so p h y and Theol- stances which point no m oral. ”K.V- I t is well known th a t h u n d red s of people are highly qualified in various A nil th e n in H n n » in „ » n n \ v . . » hues of scientific research, and have become practical as well as th eo retical sehol- 1 1 n u n n n g to n , West ars since leaving th e school room and are deserving of a degree su itab le to their Virginia, only a few days ago, callling. M any are w orthy an d fitted, and W estern U niversity is fully authoriz- Absent 'peachim!) In s titu te w h e n th e R ev \ I » C ed to h onor such w ith a su ita b le degree. O th e rs, n o t q u ite readv, to aid them our plan is to d irect courses of reading an d stu d y , followed by periodical ex am in atio n s, i i e n r v K ir k in to th e w a te r lo r an d w hen th e can d id ate is qualified, to g ra n t a d ip lo m a for a su itab le degree, a<- h a p lis m a l p u rp o s e s , sh e s lip p e d cording to th e sta n d ard of sch o larsh ip a tta in e d . T h e d e g r e e s th a tm a y b e c o n f e r - ,, iz I M r Fnonh i l l • • Secularists, would you not like to have some letter heads printed with nis convert’« salvatian by drow n­ Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s ing him before he had tim e to re ­ Ereethought badge, to use in cor- c a n t? —[ I rutnseeker. liplom as me J. H. R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M. D. P E O P L E ’S IN S T IT U T E - - C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS