THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1898.
necessity, far exceeds the methods tilde, putting his right hand to his
at present available.
ear. he w hispered: “Hark! I hear
n ew and curious .
An a ir-s h in c o n s tr u c t» ^ n n t h e
Aii a ir sn ip , c o n stru c te d on th e
p rin c ip le of a ballo o n , b u t co n sist-
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,l„„.l is affected by music.
o f officers of the German a rm y ,
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W h a t does
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Borguod, in Norway.
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The Man in Black, by S tanley W ey n ian .
of bitch. It inbuilt of pine and
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that lies between the
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in fantastic Romanesque design.
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By means of driving aparatus, the sav ed an d lost, a n d still will he W eb t e r ’s Pronouncing
D ictionary.
Mathematical calculations show immense hollow cylinder, which heard the cry, ‘Father Abraham! CoB11H(.)oliai by P„u, Bia.raet.
that an iron ship weighs 2< percent. was 134 feet long, 46 high and 42 F a th e r A b ra h a m ! I p rav thee People’s Reference Book.
Around th e W orld in E ighty D ays.V erne
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less than a wooden one, and will broad, and which, together with semi Lazarus that he may dip his
th a t Pass in the N ig h t, H a rra d e n .
carry 115 tons of cargo for every the car suspended beneath it, finger in water and cool my parch- S N lops
ance, a K en tu ck y Belle, by G reene.
100 tons carried by a wooden ship weighed 5720 pounds, was driven ed tongue, for I am tormented in M ark T w ain, H is Life and W ork, by
Will M. Clemens»
of the same dimensions, and both rapidly through the air after hav- this flame.” ’
Toni B row n’s School Days, by H u g h e s.
For the first time I understood A H oliday in Bed, by J . Si. B arrie.
loaded to the same draught of ¡ng rjSen to a height of 800 feet,
Not Law, by R. H . S h ep ard .
water.
The accident that terminated the the dogma of eternal pain—appre­ T By he Right,,
C hild of tb e Law, by De A larcon.
M. Beguin has written an article experiment is ascribed to the fact ciated the “glad tidings of great A ddress,
in Cosmos to show that the growth that the inventor of the balloon, joy.” For the first time my im­
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of all vegetation is surely affected Herr Schwartz, had died suddenly
depth
of
the
Christian
horror.
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by the moon, on similar lines to before the trial trip, and those who
that produced by the sun. After a took charge of the work were corn- Then I said, “It is a lie, and I hate
long series of experiments he con- paratively inexperienced, and left your religion. If it is true, I hate
eludes that the moon’s effect is out some of the apparatus which your god.”
From that day I have had no!
greatest in the tropics and during he had deemed essential. Another
Fts period of darkness.
ship is to be constructed and the fear, no doubt. For me, 011 that
day, the flames of hell were quench­
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experiment repeated.
Soap has been in use for 3000
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years, and is twice mentioned in
sionately hated every orthodox
An Atrocious Serm on.
the Bible. A few years ago a soap- j
creed.—[Ingersoll.
CASH PA,D F0R ALL K,NDS 0F FAT STOCK’
HIDES, PELTS, ETC.
boiler’s shop was discovered in
But I heard one sermon that
Pompeii, having been buried be­
The Bible, as the word of God, is
neath the terrible rain of ashes that I touched my heart, that left its
a revelation of what is not true; as HEATS SOLD AT REASONABLE
mark,
like
a
scar,
on
my
brain.
fell upon that city 79 a . d . The
One Sunday I went with my the word of man, a record of human
RATES.
soap found in the shop had not lost
struggle
after
knowledge.—
[Ex.
all its efficacy, although it had brother to hear a Free Will Baptist
preacher. He was a large man,
been buried 1800 vears.
dressed like a farmer, hut he was
Drake &. Webb,
Among the world’s oldest men an orator. He could paint a pic­
O regon
Silverton
known to fame three have pre­ ture with words.
eminence in Europe. These are
He took for his text the pat able
Mr Gladstone, Pope Leo XII. and of “The Rich Man and Lazarus.”
Prince Bismarck.
He described Dives, tbe rich man,
Mr. Gladstone has lived to a his manner of life, the excesses in
greater age than any other English which he indulged, his extrava­
AND
T h e o n ly jo u rn a l w h ich presents f u ll a c - ;
stateman who has ever been prime gance, his riotous nights, his pur-
counts o f th e progress o f the c o lo n i- ]
z a tio n m o vem en t a lo n g the lin e s o f j
minister during the last two hun- j pje and bne ¡¡nen< Bis feasts, his
c o -o p e ra tio n .
Main S tr e e t
S ilv e r to n , Ore
T h e o n ly J o u rn a l th a t g ives fu ll e x p la n a ­
¿red years; and at eighty-eight his wjneg anj bja beautiful women,
tio n o f a ll the vario u s th e o rie s fo r
social im p ro v e m e n t.
CARRY A CO M PLETE STOCK OF
m ental powers are unimpaired, al-
Then he described Lazarus, his
T h e o n ly jo u r n a l th a t offers free d iscu s- j
sions o f social and re lig io u s subjects.
though his sight has nearly failed poverty, his rags and wretchedness,
E a ch issue contains f u ll re p o rt o l best
c u rre n t th o u g h t in a ll th e le a d in g
him, and he is deaf. The pope at his poor body eaten by disease, the
E n g lis h and A m e ric a n p erio dicals.
School
C U R R E N T T H O U O M T is an open c o u rt.
eighty-seven has remarkable health crugt9 &nd crumb8 be devoured, the
I t offers the best th o u g h t o f th e
b rig h te s t th in k e rs o f a ll schools.
and vigor, and shows few of the in- dog8 that pitied him He pictur.
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S p e cial O ffe r :
Books and
u n til fu r th e r notice n e w subscribers w ill
at eighty-two suffers as much from deatb
be received fo r one y e a r at ¡50 C T S .
each, p ro v id e d th e y send ten nam es
lack of occupation as from bodily
Then changing hia tone of pity
S tatio n ery.
and addresses o f lib e ra l and p ro g res s ­
ive m in d e d people. A d d re s s ,
weakness.
to one Qf triumph, leaping from
CURRENT THOUOM T,
Practical builders in large cities tears to the heights of exultation,
C l s v b l a n d , O h io .
Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables
P re m iu m book “ H o m ilie s on F i ­
often refer to glass as a prospective from defeat to victory, he described
n an ce,’’ sent free to each subscriber.
and Confectionery.
building material. Demand for the glorious company of angels
light,
durability,
cleanliness, who, with white and outspread
strength and protection from fire, wings, carried the soul of the de-
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insure its much wider employment spised pauper to paradise—to the
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in the near future. The protection bosom of Abraham.
ottered against electrical disturb-
Then changing his voice to one
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ances and the possible casualties of scorn and loathing, he told of
* The G o v ern m en t natio n alized th e Postal S y stem , w hy not also
from the increased employment of the rich man’s death. He was in
th e M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELTO N B L A N C H A R D
in his txxik e n t i t l e d .................................
electricity, is also open to consider- his palace, on his cosily couch, the
ation. Glass floors are in the line air heavy with perfume, the room
U N C L E S A M ’S
of progress, and the prospect is that filled with seivants and physicians,
there will be a demand for glass 1 Hie gold was worthless then. He
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E
houses one of these days. Indeed, could not buy another breath. He
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the demand for better lighted died, and in hell he lifted up his
All profits on th is liook will he driven to th e L ilieral U n iv ersity .
It should lie in th e h an d s of every th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all o rd ers to
apartments in closely built dis- eyes, being in torment.
tricts, made imperative by hygienic
Then assuming a dramatic atti
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