TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898. c huc I i .Another Plan. was raised al l basket supper and dance ... , ... the Liberals at W agner, Oregon, Feb. 14. This money was forward- ed to us to assist the Liberal U niversity. Il was a pleasant stir- Who will surprise us pri «e again? W hat other « »e a lit v . do a« well, or even better: I n it. Even if von cannot do as well, it will he a great help, ami a few sum s like this will build and equip ... .. T. . . the I Diversity. Il is worth trying. Who will lx* the next ? 834.75 The K n ow n and U n kno w n . aw Kersey G raves’ ‘‘Sixteen Crticifled Saviors” and Robert lav - lor’« “ Diegesis”. I hope the Liberal U niversity will be completed this year. If I » bad Hunt the negro es are owing me j (,o(J,d huild h a ,, rnVM.jf and not miss a dollar of the money, for they a»e owing me thousands of d o llars «h icb tin y will never pay a rent oi. I hope prospects will brighten with me e before i I m die, so th at 1 I . m nun m e , m/ v ing, hut money m atters a n You cannot get any th in g for w hat you raise Enclosed find 50 cents for tracts and tin* extra papers yon send me. I am ever yours for progress and tru th . M rs . R. A. B ell . W askom , Tex W ESTERN INFORMATION B u re a u iin d E xchange /s there u n y th i no you iru nt? llu r c y o u property to sett > ho you irish to turn u hom e? ho you Irish to oo u/to bus1 u ess? l)o you irish to e.vehun Oe rent estate or personal proper! y? F riends :- -We have recently established a general Ex­ change and Inform ation business in the th riv in g city <.f The C om ing M an. not I will not make any fu«s about Silverton, and have for sale a n u m b er of town lots, vacant it. I am ju st as well satisfied as I The coming man is not yet horn and im proved, some well established business enterprises wish to he th a t it is gradually un- It is quite doubtful if his grand- some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last hut not least folding, and we muM he content j mother> le, a |ohe hi8 m other, has all the lots in (C O N T IN U E D FROM E1ETII P A G E .) w ith slow progress. We know it is | yH bee„ is en tire,y ()fa coniing, anil so do the C h ristia n s,! fu j |)re g ruwtb P lanetary conili- aod th at is the reason they are hav-j a rr rg M hjg e!iial,.ll(.e ing so much to say ah,oil it. lint let I W(,uI<1 baV(; beell |1Hre n ,)w them ta lk —th a t does'nt stop 1 it. e I I 1 n he i a<*e . . is ; looking i i • r tor a m •», tllenn mm. a tract of land ad jo in in g the Liberal U niversity grounds, and beautifully situated for homes. Below is a partial list tell them all it is coming and if * ; , .... ' t . . ~ H A n u le a l c o n d itio n of society. O n e of the property we have for sale. thev do not see it it is because they ■ f ’ ‘ i of peace, plenty, perfectness. Such do not wish to. a state of society necessitates Ihe A good m any years ago one ren- perfect m an— the coming man. C ITY P R O P E R T Y . FA RM P R O P E R T Y , dered him self very unpopular if he How is he to be obtained ? Only H a lf - A c r e L o t m W est S ilv erto n ; 2 3 acres, well im proved, fine house, expressed an abolition sentim er I through perfectness of p aren tag “. lieuutiful location lor residence. $200. barn and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro;., i • i: a o .i, He is ti> be horn. Born right the C o r n e r L o t near th e L iberal U n i­ S ilverton, $4000, W ill tra d e for larger ’ & first tune. 11 don’t do fo take chan- versity. $100. farm of equal value not over tw entv ous, but n o w it is quite p cp u lar to ! ees o ilm a n ’s being born again. It m iles b o m S ilv erto n . L o ts in S e c u la r H o m e , location say the negroes ought to be free I has been a long time since the world t<< su it, at $25, $50 am i $75. 4 acres of land in S ilv erto n , O regon; was a slaveholder, and did not has got men any other way than by 3 1 8 acres o f sp len d id f ru it am i farm ­ tw o good houses, fruit trees, etc. Will ing land, well improve«!, good running think it wrong because I was taught horning them . It is reported that w ater, th re e m iles from Silverton, at $27 , • i, .p- | ! once upon a time the man was, tra d e for farm la n d . th a t it was right lim es have » before c . ,, , ’ H o u se a n d Lot n ear th e depot. p er acre. Can divide if necessary to his parents were. lint he $750. su it p u rch aser. changed; we are daily learning was a m iserable failure as a parent, som ething new. I have cl anged. J And the generations till now have $•*>< H 5. o u s e a ,,d lot in c e n te r of tow n. 1 6 0 acres of fine tim b e r, ’ e a ra large now think the negroes ought to be n° t ceased to curse him for bi« H o u s e nnd barn w th lj-g acres of saw m ill, $1000. Logs can be floated ¡and in S ilverton. $750. free, not because I am forced to s hoit coming. n early all th e wav to m ill. man was think so, hut because it is right I • , It is said that a . •. perfect , , . T , , , .. , t.r, , T born of a perfect father, hut th t th at I should think so. W hile I th e progeny of this son o f a g u n Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov­ th o u g h t it was l ight for them to be crucified him before lie bad beg«»t- ing here will have the splendid advantage of schooling hlrtvep, I thought they should he ten any sons to succeed him. well eared for. But this is a de- assum e the evolutionary the- th e ir children in the only Liberal U niversity in the world. Silverton is b eau tifu lly situ ated in the great W illam ette , . . I set . out * . to ex- ° ry parture t from what :i. to he • a . fact and , , th , at the , race . , . . will come into its estate by and by valley in the foothills of th e Cascade m ountains. A fine plain. An abolition sentim ent was ,,8 a wholp HI)d nnt ,(V (|lp narrnw’ sp ark lin g stream affords splendid water power and great unpopular years ago; it is popular way of an individual salvation, a« advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rth e r inform a­ now, because most of those who ’•« held I y orthodoxy. Yours for business, were not in favor of abolishing If the world is to be better the tion. i • . it -x i by . those l co m in g man m . ust be born slavery were e forced i into 1 . better 11 ;■ J • I here is no other way for it. If IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U and E X C H A N G E . who favored it, being in the major- the world is to be worse, it little itv. Then they were not afraid or reeks how he is horn. It may be W’ \ t «- k S t r e b t , asham ed to say so. Now they possible th a t the com ing man is to « 'pponite Lib Tai Hall. Silverton, ( )regon think it very wrong ever to have be a woman. This om nipotence of ¡the m asculine is beginning to be owned slaves. sh arp ly questioned. And w hy God Ju st so it w ill be w ith Free- is called be, instead of she. is asked th o u g h t. W’e are slowly gaining about. ground, and just as soon as we get . H an, who has had the writ- in the m ajority (it may he m any ()f h 'h h s, ^ ‘e drafting of AND S E C U LA R H O M E ^ ^ O W ESTER N . ' *... - ‘ . .. constitutions, the building of creeds years) none will he afraid or and the enacting of laws, is being asham ed to say, “ I am an Agnos- , inquired of. Ju stice has been de­ tie”, and th a t is the nearest ap- cclared a leading a ttrib u te of the proach to rig h t we can ever get in l" ',>o,,al niale God. but it dosen’t ., • i j i ,i • set.an to be a tact. 1 he race is h°- this world. We know nothing . o i , , . , . ginning to w ant a God who will do about any other, we m ust adm it, equity. I t wants an unsexed god. C annot every one seethe tendency? An im partial god. A god that eog- To forward this grand problem, n ’zeH Bie common sentim ents of the for while its majestic m arch is slow JP q com prehends , .4 , , x , th a t a11 attributes are alike corn- hut sure, it can be m ade toadvance mon to both m an and woman, more rap id ly by getting people to T h at love, tru th , liberty, justice read scientific literatu re and send- a n ^ power belong in common to the ing out good lecturers. People here Eu.e cannot be aggrandized by , » t i - i t cither seX. \\ .» e believe are so ignorant of th at kind of i • au • unsexed u u .tx u , ,, . deity to be the beginning of the reading, as well as ancient history, com ing m an.—[H u m an ity . U N IV ER SITY Absent- T e a c h in g In s titu te INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINO IS To teach , educate and confer degrees of sch o larsh ip upon those who by studious- ness are entitle«! to th em in A rt, Science, L itera tu re, Law, P hilosophy and T heol­ ogy. It is well known th a t h u n d re d s of people are highly qualified in various lines of scientific research, and have become p ractical as well as th eo retical schol­ ars since leaving th e school room and are deserving of a degree su itab le to th e ir cab lin g . M any are w orthy an d fitted , a n d W estern U niversity is fully a u th o riz ­ ed to honor such w ith a su ita b le degree. O th e rs, not q u ite readv, to aid thefli our plan is in d ire c t eoursesof read in g an d stu d y , followed by periodical ex am in atio n s, and when th e can d id ate is qualified, to g ran t a d iplom a for a su itab le degree, ac­ cording to th e sta n d ard of sch o larsh ip attaine«!. T he degrees th a t m av be confer­ red are B. P., B. S., L. S., P h . I>., A. M., M. S., LL. D., D. I). Among th e p atro n s as stu d e n ts, and g rad u a tes holding th e fine L atin diplom as of W estern U n iv ersity , are teach ers, doctors, pastors, law yers, m e rc h an ts me eh an ies, a u th o rs and in v en to rs. For full p a rtic u la rs, ad d ress, 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