THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898. Another Plan. r i o /« r7SC was raised at a basket $.34. ¿a) supper and dance by tip Liberals at W agner, Oregon, feb 14. This money was forward* . t t<> us to assist the Lilieral University. It was a pleasant sur- Who will surprise us pn again f> W hat other locality can do as well, or even better? Try it! Even if you cannot do as well, it will be a great help, and a few sums like this will build and equip the University. It is worth try in g ., x Who will he the next? others will follow. N early every th a t those who believe, may take nation was represented Maine’s crew. in the deadly tilings into their system anil not he affected injuriously. Is Dr. Spain is said to be seeking allies Buckley an unbeliever or was among the Spanish American re­ C hrist m istak en ?—[Truthseeker. publics to aid her in case she A London, Eng., paper says: At should go to war with the United States. a tam e deer h u n t th e o th e r day, in t . .« I . _ . , • , * i t hp hoUi*F of com m ons, H al“ , w hicu four, chief secretary for Ireland, has introduced the governm ent’s Irish local government bill, which, he said, would provide for a re-estab- lishm ent of county councils, rural and suburban district councils and a hoard of guardians. Morley, for­ /* V'-V merly liberal chief secretary for Ireland, N ationalist Leader Dillon, CURRENT E V EN TS. >1 P arnellite Leader Redmond and % others spoke hopefully of the hill, o prom ising no opposition. They There are now in Ja p a n 197 kin consider it a great step toward dergartens, with 390 teachers. For­ home rule. ty of these schools are in the city of The Loud bill to correct alleged Osaka alone. Ja p a n has now G0( newspapers and periodicals where abuses of the second-class mail m at­ ter privileges, which last year pass­ two decades ago she had none. ed the house by a vote of 144 to President K ruger, of T ransvaal 104, was buried under an over­ republic, is imbibing the spirit of whelming m ajority in the house preparation for war, and is said to last week. The vote was not ta k ­ he m ounting guns at Jo hannesburg en directly on the hill, hut on the and transporting M axim s, shells, motion to lay it on the table. By and cartridges to th a t point in an a vote of 162 to 119 the motion was ostentatiou i and offensive manner. carried. The refusal of Loud to a l­ Russia, France and England, low a vote on an am endm ent at the with G erm any’s assent, are now last m inute was responsible, in a proposing Prince George for the measure, for the result, but the governorship of Crete, with the pro­ strength of the measure undoubted­ viso th at he renounce allegiance to ly waned throughout the three days the throne of Greece. It is thought debate. this arrangem ent m ay be accepta­ * ble to the sultan. .. gvnllciiivii ,, , Bud liid lP s I 10 CENT BOOKS By special a rra n g e m e n t w ith th e pul>- ish e rs, we are able to offer th e public, th e follow ing paper-l>ound law ks at ten c en ts per copy, p o stp aid . O rder one and you will lie surprise«! to find th is goo«l ed itio n so ch eap . M ention T o u rist Library. T he W h ite C om pany, by C onan Doyle, T he D eem ster, by H a d C aine. „ A Roma nee of Two Worlds, bv Correlli. and hounds took part, a deer with an eye torn out bv a harlied wire eyi fence, exhaused and fallen into a ditch, was given whisky in the effort io « lim o la to it ♦ „ to stim ulate it to run fu rth er so th a t the pack of men, women and : i . i r < < g. m ight ch ase it. Is it a won- T reasu re Inland, bv R o b ert S tevenson. ‘onan Doyle. The Sign of the Four, by Cor Stevenson. TlwTKndmaiZ by°HaH Cain^.' Micah C larke, by A. Conan Doyle. S port Royal, by A n th o n y H ope. T he Man in Black, by S tanley W eytnan. Beyoml th e C ity, by A. Conan Doyle. Uncle T om ’s C abin, by M rs. Stow e. W eb t e r ’s Pronouncing D ictionary. C osm opolis, by Paul B ourget. people’s Reference Book. d er th a t th e s p ir it of w a r a n d kill- Around the World in Eighty Days,Verne • „ • • • i r .i - I ” Darkest England. bvG en. Booth, ing is increasing, when such things stli|)8 , |ia, are called sp o rt by th e ru lin g a n d i l- o re- e influential classes?—[blgns of th e , he Sight, Harraden. Nance, a Kentucky Belle, by Greene. M ark T w ain, H is Life and Work, bv Will M. Clemens. T im es. Tom B row n’s School Days, by H ughes. A H oliday in Bed, by J . M. B arrie. A Rome newspaper correspond- By R i g h t , N o t Law, by R. H. S h ep ard . The C hild of th e Law, by De A larcon. ent says: Following close on the Add ress, governm ent circular to the syndics JO N E S ’ BOOK S TO R E , of Italy pressing them to carry out 291 A lder S t . PO R TLA N D . ORE. the laws for the proteclion of a n i­ m als, the recognized organ of the papacy in Rome has published an article which is a disgrace to the religion it professes to uphold. Infidels, P rotestants and Freem as­ ons are the only persons who have a care for anim als, this article states, and it urges th a t as an im als are only given for our use and our CASH PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF FAT STOCK. HIDES, PELTS. ETC. pleasure, and as they are not C hris­ tians and do not possess souls, they are not entitled to the exaggerated H E A T S SOLD A T REASO NABLE cunsideratian which foreigners de­ RATES. m and for them .—[F reeth in k er. AXZater S treet- M arket D rake & W ebb, & R E F L E C T E D RAYS. It is reported th a t the Chinese Silverton Oregon loan of $80,000,000 has been a r­ iW ranged for with the Hong Kong and -V Action is the highest expression Shanghai hank <»f London and the German Asiatic hank, and that the of thought. T hought without ac­ tdûOOlû loan would not have been conclud­ tion is dead.— [E x. A?-u ► tr ed had not G erm any insisted, to The most terrible o f lies is not AND t T h e o n ly jo u rn a l w hich presents fu ll a c- ; prevent Russia obtaining it. cou n ts o f th e progress o f the c o lo n i- j that which is uttered, hut th at ■2 '2 zation m ovem ent a lo n g the lin e s o f j I h e suggestion th a t in the event which is liv e d — [Clarke. 5 co-op eration . M a in S tre e t S ilv e rto n , Ore 2 T h e o n ly jo u rn a l that g iv e s full exp lana- of war between the U nited States -5 tio n o f all the various th eo ries for; “ It is not so much what a man «2 social im p rovem en t. carry a co m plk tk stock of and Spain the latter would receive does th a t he is condemed for, hut :2 T h e o n ly jo u r n a l th a t offers free disens- «2 sions o f social and relig io u s s u lje c ts . active help from some unnam ed what people think he does.” ;S E a ch issue con tain s fu ll report o f best ; current th o u g h t in all th e lea d in g jp Europ un power, is treated with “ E n g lish and A m erican period icals. School A m an mav grow rich rubbing :2 current thouomt is a n o p e n c o u r t. entire incredulity in political c ir­ - e ;S It offers th e best th o u g h t o f the -2 b rig h test th nkers o f all sch ools. J- S u p p lie s , cles in London. S v ita l mem hers widows’ houses, and the chuich ;2 R eg u la r subscription price $ 1.00 per year, p ost-p aid to any part o f the w orld. •£ of parliam ent who are au thorities elects him to an office if he will S p ecial O ffe r: Books and until further n otice n ew subscribers w ill on foreign affairs concur in the give a l i t h e of his ill-gotten gains be received for on e year at 5 0 C T S . each , p rovid ed th ey send ten nam es to f o u n d a chair in a denoiniua S ta tio n e ry . opinion th a t in case of such a w ar and addresses o f liberal and p ro g re ss­ ive m inded peop le. A d d ress, both powers would have a fair Held tional college.— [Rev. W aters. C U RR EN T TM OUQM T, C i . k v e l a n d , O h i o . an d no favor as far as European W hat tig h t have you Io make Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables Prem ium bonk “ H o m ilies on K i- ! «•ouuiries are concerned. your way of looking at things tin* n a n ce,” sent free to each subscriber. and Confectionery. Spain will have to reckon with standard by which to judge all o th ­ Japan as well as the United States er ways o f looking at things? W hen in c ase the responsibility of the will you learn th at if you don’t .. vyT.,*« like som ething, it is not necessarily How to M ake .Maine explosion is laid at the door of ihe d o n . The navy d ep artm en t because it is it, hut because you are j r «»—v «— »-> v—-» r-sr-»•—»«-»-.•—v » « - » r —1 »— •» — » has ascertained th at on th e Maine y o u —[New man. The Rev. J. M. Buckly, editor of were several Japanese subjects em- The G o v ern m en t n atio n alized th e Postal S ystem , why n o t also th e Money System ? A plan is told by ELTO N B L A N C H A R D p »yed as cooks or other servants, the C hristian Advocate, was recent­ in his IsMik e n t i t l e d ................................. and that they were lost. Sim ilar ly so unfortunate as to eat some inquiries to th at made by the Jap- poisonous canned corn and to lx? anese legation as to the num ber of made dangerously ili thereby; and b'T subjects aboard the Maine, have a correspondent is so unkind as to Postpaid for 25 Cents. received by the navy d ep a rt­ quote, with reference to the inci­ A I profits on th is l»nok will be given to th e L ib eral U n iv ersity . ment from the G erm an and Swe- dent, th a t verse in the last part of It should be in th e b an d s of ♦•very th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all orders to dish legal ions ami it is stated t h a t ( the gosjs-l of Mark which declaresi The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton Oregon urrent A-bouqbtî KINNEY PORTER Good T im e s f o r a ll T im e U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E