T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 7, 1898.
To Raise Five Thousand Dollars th at have been p ih d i»|> in cellars al and deserves patronage.
and bins. The W illam ette valley
for the University.
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F" r "s with
t. old friends,
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h e a ts the world for potatoes and tue , few A‘ hours
potato-hug is never seen h e re .
cured several siib-cribei s. I stayed
S* culari-*t«,
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I give. .$50
Lon Arnes will give.. . 50
A Friend will give....................... 50
D Buckingham will give ........ 50
A. Shinnin, M. D , will g iv e ... 50
R. C. Buriis will g iv e............... 50
A Friend will give..................... 50
C. F. Ames will give....................50
P. Ranch will give...................... 50
D. B>dtoii will give..................... 50
H arry Fricker will give ........... 50
E. Stew art will g iv e ................... 50
A Friend will g i v e .........................50
Abroad.
over night with D. C. Stew art and
look the m orning train for Port-
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S cientific
W isdom .
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ELIZA MoWRY BLIVEN
la n d , w here I d esired to m eet sev- : Containing condensed arguments in f,
v<ii <»i Moral Secularism and Right
was »11- erai 01 Hie Secular friends who were
Living, ¡imi against S u p ersti­
My stay at H arrisburg
leed a pleasant one. I found Mr. in a I tenda ic e at the political con­
tio n , Im m o ra li!y amt
I ntem pernii«'«-.
LaSalle to I»«- an old friend of my ventions. Among those 1 met weie
J U S T TH^S T H I N G
father ami I had a pleasant visit E. J . Kaiser of A shland, G ran t
to hand t o your C h ristia n friends. Put,
with the family.
I found H a rris­ Rawlings of Medford. J. II. Shm e­
lisln d m ontili} at | 1 .00 j»er year ."»u
tra c ts each m o n th ), bv
burg to he full of Secularists ami I tier of Arago, J. R. Gregg of O n ta­
-uceeeded io getting several f*ub- rio, and II K. Thompson of Burns.
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'(•riheis for the T orch and some I had a pleasant visit with Mrs.
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5( i financial aid for the U niveisitv. Davidson, Mr. W ingert and the
Friend from W aldo Hills \
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IL Allen will g i v e ...................... 50 Lack of space prevents my telling ( ’low family at M ontavilla, and li ft
L. E. F uller will give................. 50 of the many good people I met. 1 Sunday evening for H ubbard,w here
promised to rd tirn in ah mt a I took Mr. Kester by surprise and
provided th at
mouth anil give a lecture.
: stayed over night. The next day I
more men (or women)
J left next m orning for A lbany, canvassed the town hurriedly and
will give the same
W here are when; I stayed until evening, ta k ­ 'g o t some subscribers, and then
a m o u n t,
-All kinds of choice-----
th e e ig h ty -fo u r?
ing some subscriptions lor the j started on foot for W oodburn, a
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T orch and m eeting m any friends, ■ distance of four miles, thin k in g I ...F R E S H
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Always on ham l am i sold at
am ong whom are Miss W illitt, Dr. would reach there in time for the
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& Elh’s and others. In the evening. I tra ’n for Silverton.
N E W S AND N O T E S.
P rice s
took the trait) for Corvallis, where plenty of tim e, hut, to my surprise, S ta n d a rd *
We pay th e highest juice
I arrived at sun-down and just in found a crowd of young people from
A bout forty good hooks were lime to find my friend Lionel Silverton, who were to play the C ash fo r F a t S to c k
added to our library this week Johnson, w Ito is in attendance at dram a “T exas” there th at night,
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three fellow-students are keeping part of Davy Crockett. T h at ne­
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We d o n ’t l'ke this sem i-m onthly
house, and th e y are a jolly crowd cessitated my rem aining there until
business, hut we ca n ’t do better
Mr. Johnson is an uncle of Lillian m idnight, when we started for Sil­
u ntil we are able to get more help.
.Johnson, who is atten d in g the I / '
verton a distance of twelve miles,
A W EEKLY PA PE R
The students gave a pleasant lit­ eral U niversity. The hoys invited where wo arrived just before day­
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tle surprise party at Mrs. Hosm er’s me to stay with them that night light.
The L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral an
this week in honor of her th irty - and I accepted the invitation with
Thus ends my first trip abroad. hygie
lie stories an d lessons, letters froi
first birthday.
pleasure, and found them to be I am glad to get hack and find the young folks and lessons tor Secular Sin
school in a good condition.
I will day Schools. It c o n ta in s n o th in g suj»e
The lum ber for finishing the d in ­ good housekeepers. N'-xt in 'ruing
rem ain here hut a short tim e, when stitio u s, and is ju s t th e th in g for chi
ing hall is sawed and hauled and Mr. Johnson kindly showed me I will make another to u r of the d ren , no m a tte r of w hat belief. It'yo
have 110 Secular S u n d ay school th a t yo
work will begin in a few days, as about the college grounds and same p art of the county, delivering can a tte n d , su b scrib e for the L ittle Car
buildings, and I enjoyed the visit lectures at several points.
After •lie and have a S unday school in you
soon as it is seasoned.
very much. There is one thing I that I will strike out for new te rri­ own hom e.
Among the books added to cur
F bt Y e a r . . 2 5 C e n ts .
I am well pleased with inv
did not adm ire, and th at is the tory.
fine, growing library this week is
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chapel exercises, which consiste<l, first effort. Help me to m ake the
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next still m ore successful.
H erbert Spencer’s S ynthetic P hi­
am ong other things, of “ sacred”
P earl W. G eer .
losophy. This great modern work
songs and prayer. The school is
Silverton, Ore, April 5th, 1898.
on biology is, to our notion, one of
supported by the I . S. governm ent
TORCH OF REASON
the greatest works in the world.
and should he tree from religious
O BITU A R Y .
The dram a given by the students teachings.
All this impresses us
Mrs. E tta Shrum , beloved wife of
at Howell last week was a grand still more with the necessity for a
success. Every part was well acted Liberal U niversity.
Many of the W . H Shrum , and dau g h ter of Mr.
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and won much applause.
The so­ students are Secularists and express and Mrs. J. T. C ham berlin, of D al­
cial dance given after the play by a desire to hear a Secular lecture, las, Polk county, Oregon, died at
Stet Ilia m iner’s orchestra was also a and I promised to favor them on her home on the 8th of April. She
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success and enjoyed very much.
my next trip. W hile in Corvallis was beloved by all who knew
her, and besides her heart-broken
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Mr. Geer arrived M onday m orn­ I visited at the house of Mrs. F u l­ relatives, including three little
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ing, and we were all glad to see ler, who gave me a cordial welcome children, she leaves hosts of friends
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him and hear the account of his and subscribed fifty dollars for the to m ourn her loss.
K E E P T H E TO R C H OF R EASO N
very successful trip. Mr. Geer finds U niversity. It is ju s t such S ecular­ ing more appropriate could he said
B U R N IN G .”
th a t m any who were supposed lobe ists as this th at will m ake our of her th an was said by h er hus­
band’s m other in a recent com m un­
indifferent to our work are very 1 a use succeed.
ication: ‘‘She w; s beloved bv a ll'
N ew and selected s e c u la r songs set
■My next »topping place was! who knew her— had not an enemv
much interested and will help just
to fa m ilia r tu n e s .
all they can.
M cM innville, where I had not been in the world—a true Liberal.
T h ir t y - t w o pages.
P rice 10 c e n ts.
The rem ains were laid to rest on
( ap tain M olfard, the defeated for nearly two years, and was glad the 11th u l t , in the M itchell Cem­
captain of (he Y. P. S. S. C., assist­ to meet so m any friends. J secured etery.
ed by his cohorts, royally en ter­ several subscribers and had pleas­
tained the victors last S aturday ant visits with H. M. Daniel, Wm.
University Fund.
Lam
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Lee
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evening. Every one seemed to have
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a good time. These entertainm ents Booth and family, and others.
at the end of every term are becom­ Here, also, they desire a lecture on is actual cash paid in, regardless of
From here I went w h a f has been prom ised:
Caveats, and T rade-M arks obtained and a ll Pat­
ing an attractiv e feature of our work my next trip.
to N orth 5 am hill, where I visited Previously acknowledged,. $612.30 ent business conducted fa r M o d e r a t e F e e s .
O ur O f f ic e is O p p o s it e U . s . P a t e n t O ffice
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We are indebted to Mr. Cooley, at the home of the Bunn fam ily and John D ia m o n d ...................
we can secure patent in less tim e tnaa those
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remote from W ashington.
one of the old tim e Liberals of Sil- had a very pleasant time. Among N. L. L ee..........
' . Send model, draw ing or photo., w ith descrip­
tion.
We advise, i f patentable o r not, free of
\e rto n , for a fine lot of potatoes, the Other frie n d s I met there was Benton Tracy . ..
charge. O u r fee not due t i l l patent is secured.
' A P a m p h l e t , “ H ow to O btain Patents,” with
fliese potatoes were just dug, hav- Prof, \\ irtz, the phrenologist, who J. A. C ald er.............
-cost o f same in the U . S. and foreign countries
2.00 5 sent free. Address,
tem ained in the ground all winter, will soon visit Silverton and other R u d o l p h S c h n e i d e r .............
MATERIAL, ETC.
and are rough better than those points near. Mr. W irtz is a L iber-,
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Previously acknowledged, $271.50
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