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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1898)
Till-: TORCH OK REASON, S IL V E R ION, OREGON, I IIKRSDA V, MARCH 10, IS98. s T« P a is- F i . e ,o K ' ’ Thousand 'p a id . f>r Uii U ii varsity. 500 p o t k....w wlo-r- . . . . f 1.50 fur 250, o r $2.50 fo r D o lla r s J..., ,1... you stand. Seculari»!«, or, u , n . , ’phe Little C andle i> a splendid p B. C. Mosier,will C. MoMi-r.^ ><» give g»'< . • M . tract. It shows th» Ix>u Ames *uH give. 50 I people what we teach in our b u n -j A Frinn. 1 will give. 50 da y SchooD. C an’t you distribute D. Buckingham will give. . . . 501 som e; »> W e will send yon fifty for A. S lainan, M. D , will give K. C. Burl is will g iv e........ twentv-five c e n ts , or fifteen for ten 50; A Friend will give. 50 cents. C. F. Arnes will give.. 50 F R E E ! Until April 1, we will P. Ranch will give.......... I I). Bolton w i l l g i v e .......... mail, free of charge, a copy of Un- H arry Fricker will give .. . . 50 cle Sam ’s Hom ilies on Finance to E. Stew art w i l l g iv e . . 50 ! each person sending us one dollar A Friend will give for the T orch of R eason for one provided th a t year. S| eak to your friends about t O . — f more men (or women) will give the sam e it and see if they will subscribe. W here are Jg a m o u n t, Remember if you send us the the eightv-seven? nam es and addresses of 25 of your Liberal friends ami acq u ain t ances, we will m ake you a present N E W S AND NOTES. & of a copy of the Tor^h of Reason * Song Book No. 1. Ibis will only cost von a few m inutes’ work and a F r u i t tre e s ape in b lo sso m in S i l two cent stam p. verton. Big Bible Stories, is the title of a E D IT E D BV Is there an y th in g worse th an a E L IZ A M O W R Y B L IV E N lje ? C o n tain in g condensed arg u m en ts in f;t. Secularists, not having a savior to save them from sin, better not sin. A F reethinker’s lie is fully as had as a C hristian lie. Secularists should fight the good i fight of reason (not faith) and hold on to this life (not eternal life) by j contracting good habits. Salvation is not of of the Secularists. bring salvation to the mind is continually gels, heaven, etc. Inform ation B ureau , . x i-i now’ with Abraham, Isaac, and Ja- ¡g a {,je w o rk ; a good cook, and a nice coh “T hat’s the worst of it,” she housekeeper. We live on a farm and gobbed. “ And he always was so shy have no ch ild ren at hom e. We have among strangers.” hiy V rv e« . "'ihe'’.™ "n “"r a clergyman happened to pass a em ploy m u st lx? agreealue and we prefer Boy weeping bitterly, halted, and wou|<t wan t h e r b y th e year, or as long asked: “ W hat is the matter, my as she w anted to sta y , if it is u n til d eath p a rts us. little fellow?” The boy replied: “ We . .could hardly get enough to eat be- JU S T T H 3 T H IN G to hand to y o u r C h ristia n friends. Puh. lished m onthly at fl.0 0 per y ar (50 trac ts each m o n th ), nv Secularists, would you not like to {(>rPi all(1 now there’s anotherenme!” . ^ oo1 ,TV have ,ve some letter head» printed with “ Hush your mourning, and wipeoff plo ¡“1,“ y m m'ent in a a en t in . ^ U N IVER SITY CO,, . - O re g o n M 'M IL L A N & P IT M A N B UTCH E R S — the Jews, hut j All kinds of choice- No one can j people whose i ...F R E S H 71 £ \T .. on gods, a n Alw ays on hand and sold at Among our liberal offers this ,,ur ¿verv pleasure at, the expense week. He will help p art of the week, don’t overlook the one on of future m isery. This is not so. tim e in the p rinting office. page 3. If you do not get enough , We should so act as to bring our- T ract 5 of Sci» ntific Wisdom w ill suhseribers to tlie T orch of R eas - selves and others the most perma- he ready next week. Now is the on to entitle you to one of the pre- nent happines«. tim e to send in your orders. rniums, we will allow you twenty- Two teams will be a t work to five cents on each subscription you morrow hauling stone to com plete take. Send us in w hat subscribers the foundation of the U niversity you can, at one dollas a year, s ta t building. ing th a t you wish to enter the con The Colorado H erald, a newspa test, and we will keep an account per published a t Sagauche, Colo., of all you send, and if you fail to S T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU W ANT? get the prize, we will return to you | If so, m ake your w ants know n to n s , reprints some of “ Old M ortality’s’ serm ons from the T orch of R ea - tw entydive cents for every d ollar ¡and we will try and su p p ly th e m . If Now is the tim e to b eg in ., w hat we do for you is w orth n o th in g to son . sent us. , i i ! von, we will ex p ect no pay. C ast your You can a t least m ake good wage» pyp (>wr thp al|(| thpn wrilp to u9 If you want anything you will and greatly assist the cause. Read our a(p on pnge ft. Address, do well to address the Inform ation IN FO R M A T IO N B U R E A U , Bureau, Box 100, Silverton, Ore. An old Y orkshire woman being Box 100. S il v e r t o n , O r e . Notice their ad. on page <>, and their mucjj distressed at the sudden loss w ant colum n on this page. of her only son, the dissenting m in- H e lp W a n te d .— A lady in E astern . •• i o . Oregon w rites to th e In fo rm atio n Bu- A nother m an has told us to put lster a -*hur^< ' l n Lr X, F b ‘ reau as follow s: “ I w an t a wom an who „ voi of Moral S ecu larism and Right L iving, and against S u p e rsti tio n , Im m o rality and In tem p eran ce. The greatest robber in the world THE LIBERAL • is he who prevents children from Silverton gaining in knowledge. W hen people drop their supersti tion and learn the love for m ankind Miss Alma Hicks is hack in very interesting hook by W. IL which comes with a knowledge of * Y. Mr. school again. Bach, of Lily Dale, N. the causes of our strength and Bach describes Mich miraculous1 WPllknftMW,> then and only then are These are very busy times for the even's a» the rain of quail», the e x -; Secularists, workers in the U niversity. odus, the creation, etc., in a way Miss Lillian Jo hnson’s party last th a t is bound to set ihe C hristians The “ good hook” says, “ Beloved, S atu rd ay evening was a decided to thinking, if they will only read believe not every sp irit, hut try the success. them . This hook ought to m e t spirits w hether they be of God: be New classes were organized th is ; ., ¡a rge s a le. It contains 134 cause m any false prophets a re gone week in algebra, elocution and gen pages, and is neatly hound in cloth. out into the world.” We are obey- We will mail it postpaid to out ing the scriptures in try in g every eral history. The finishing lum ber for the d in readers for fifty cents a co in , or spirit. ing hall has been ordered and will will give a copy with a year’» »uh- . SomP makp |hp miptakfi of think- script ion to the T orch of R eason ing that “ One world at a tim e” soon he on Ihe ground. means th at we believe in gratifying Custer Ross entered school this for $1.25. i • j e ett i n »i • _i him d o w n for fifty dollais this we > and requests us to put him in as “a friend”. This is Ihe third who has made this request. \\ e are sor- ry we cannot mention their names, hut we will accept their help just the same. OF Scientific W isdom . LITTLE POINTS. w y TRACTS L . . * rho em p u b lic school. school. She hoi public She holds Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s those tears” , said the clergym an, a th ird grade certificate and can give Freethought badge, to use in cor- “ and rem em ber th a t God never references. ........ .... : sends m ouths without he sends vict- • t \ y - u uals to put into th em ” “ 1 know S chool T e a c h e r.—A g en tlem an w ith W e Will furnish them to y o u w ith n „.,¡.1 v . v “ »»„♦ n i l th,» th irty w a r s ’ exj>erienee in th e school I ,11. „ ~ l „ , 1 ... " , ‘ , n r .» n .,i h “ hoblsastateteaeher’seerti«- your nam e and address printed on mouths come to our house, and all cate, would like employment as teacher, them for 75 cent» per h u n d re d ,: the victuals to your house ” < Can teach vocal and instumental music. S ta n d a rd * P ric e s . We pay th e highest {»rice C a sh f o r F a t S to c k . ....G iv e U s a C a ll.... THE. bB T T L o ° ö ° A W E E K LY PAPER FO R C H IL D R E N .•.*.• 0 ° e T he L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral ami hvgie lie stories am i lessons, le tte rs from young folks ami lessons for Secular Sun day Schools. It co n tain s n o th in g su p er stitio u s, and is ju st the th in g for ch il d ren , no m a tte r of w hat belief. If you have no Secular Sunday school th a t you can a tte n d , subscribe for th e L ittle C an dle and have a Sunday school in your own hom e. F bt Y e a r . . 25 C a n ts . THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY COMPANY, HILVERTON . . . OREGON. TORCH OF REASON SONO BOOK •K E E P THE TORCH OF REASON BURNING.” New and selected secular songs set to fam iliar tunes. T h irty -tw o pages. Price io cents. »Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pa: lent businesscondu> ted for m o d e r a t e F ees . »O ur O f f ic e is O p p o s it e U. S . P a t e n t O ffic ».i i w eeanse :re patent in less tim e t;.aa l., Gemote from Washington. S Send model, drawing or photo., with desenp-^ ption. We advise, if patentable or net, f r e e o t , Ccnarge. O ur fee not due till patent is secured. < 5 A P a m p h l e t , “ H w to Of tain P a te n ts ” wit ♦cost ot same in the U. S. and foreign countric ' G ent free. Address, ' C .A .S N O W & C O . 5 O p p . P a t e n t O f f ic e , W a s h in g t o n . D. C.