T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON , T H U R SD A Y , A PR JL 21, 1898.
fair.
'l'lie fact th at the
A clergym an in E ngland c«»m-
BOOKS BY H E N R Y GEORGE,
o southern branch, especially in plains that the people are giving T h e S cience o f P o litic a l E c o n o m y ,
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ira n c e , » . widely d e c r i e d from up
studying
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this, was owing to th rir constant f"r football, cricket, cycling, tennis by H enrv George to la* th e crow ning
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1 1 ach iev em en t of Inn life. W id er in scope
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X ” re Wlth the I 'g u n a n s , and concerts.
bens.hle people ! ,ban
w„ri , u s
a ,'d
It is said th a t tom atoes have
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who are supposed to be non-A ryan, There is a thousand times more fun Poverty” , it is w ritten in the sam e In. id
been successfully graded on to p o -,
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t p resen ts political
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! »-»P«*» descended from ... those th an in all the B.ble, and a ^ „ o n t y in th e new «.,«•€. of a clear and
the dwellers in the stone age. The thousand times less im inoralitv. fascinating science; a science
scieme which
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prim itive Vella were, of course. But why did “ God ’ Inspire a book ¡,.Hrl,¡„g s.u.iy and win,•!.. «} ) vaia n,
An English m edical paper q u e e r-' closely a!’. ltd.
th at was less a ttra c tiv e I hall hum an th e vast m ajo rity *»f m en hecause it
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i 0 / 1 ..1 n r tre a ts of th e b u rn in g problem — th e get-
Iv remarks (of one of m any like
A railroad surgeon has lately reported ' hP u r **’ E h .
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1 t jnu, (lf rt living. p u b lish ed in one octavo
fiitiji that the most wonderful veg- an in stan ce—uncom m on, let us hope—of would try again; I would call in volum e of nearly 600 pages, w itli photo-
table in the world is the truffle, b e- th e scatterin g of d ip th e ria throu g h a the silly old, wicked old Bible am i K"'vur<; ,.o rtra h tak e,, just W ore M
cause it has neither roots, stem, wide region. A child w ith d ip th e ria was Bum every copy of it. Ami th e n I P ro g re s s a n d P o v e rty .
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12 mo. clo th , 1.00; p ap er 25 cen ts.
flowers, leaves nor seeds.
cur. The next .lay a n u tn b e ro f school- W" " ld W rl,e o r ' “ 8’,lr e « ’» “ - th in g so
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x \ verv curious African fat is
“beetle oil”, which is like congealed
cocoauut oil both in color and con­
sistency. As its nam e im plies, the
fat is extracted from a species of
beetle.
It is used for household
purposes.
A P e rp le x e d P h ilo s o p h e r.
I2mo. clo th , $1.00; p ap er, 25 cents,
teachers, retu rn in g from a te a c h e rs’ a ll r a c tiv e t h a t n o t h in g c o u ld c o rn -
S o cial P ro b le m s.
in stitu te , travelled in th e sam e car. p e te with it.
W’b v d o n ’t the clergy
12nio. clo th , t 1.00; pap er, 25 cen ts.
S hortly afterw ard d ip th e ria broke out in inspire “ G od'’ to in s p ir e s u c h a P ro te c tio n o r t r e e T rad eP
12mo. clo th , .<1.00; paper, 25 cen ts.
An a tir a ct -
th e schools in fo u rd iffere.it places along b o o k ? W j j j k „ ow
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e L a n d Q u e stio n .
the line of th e railroad, an d th e evidence .
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aper, 20 cents
w hich th e railroad surgeon was able to >»* B .b le and an attrac tiv e rehgton
collect pointed to th e spread of th e I woul11 le a v e t h e clergy with n o th , n g
AP-o n ’ „ v o y w .tb th e P u k e o f Argyll,
disease by these teachers, who, w hen to do; th< y flourish on a bad re-
P a p er, 20 cen ts,
ex am in ed were found to have d ip th e ritie lig io n w h ic h
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T h e C o n d itio n o f l a b o r .
An open le tte r to Pope Leo X III. 12
organism s in th e ir th ro ats,a lth o u g h they which they h a v e to coax, th rea te n ,
mo. clo th , 75 C en ts; pajter 20 cen ts.
diil not actually have d ip th e ria .
Hoperiy in Land, I he Condition of Labor,
Glass prepared by some process
which renders it m alleable is used
cajole, bribe an d in tim id ate people
1 he Land Question.
with great success in tilling teeth.
0 0 0 0 0
h. indue,‘ them IO have an y th in g to
Bourn; tog eth er m one volun e. 12mo.
Glass is also used for church bells;
C,ol li, ¡j 1 .<>0.
do with it.
Still people hate the
REELECTED RAYS.
of course it is toughened, so there is
stuff, ami are glad of any thing th at
JO NES’ BO O K STO RE,
no danger of cracking. The tone is
gives them relief from it.—(L ib e ra ­ 291 Alder Street
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Portland, Oregon.
more m usical, soft and sonorous
You
will
never accom plish tor.
than that obtained from any m et­
an y th in g worth accom plishing till
S cu lau sts, won hl you n t like to
allic com bination.
your m ind is anchored fast in some have some letter heads printed with
A Russian chem ist is reported to noble undertaking; and no under­ Secular sentim ent and \V»*ttsU in ’s
AND
have discovered a substance with tak in g can be tru ly noble whose
F reethought badge, to use in c r -
most powerful ansesthetic proper- i object is not of great perm anent util- respondents with votir friends?
M ain S t r e e t
S ilv e r t o n , O re
ties, which exerts its influence oyer j ¡t y . _ J ame8 Gillespie.
W „ wi,| furiligh
lo v„„ „ ilh
a wide area even when diluted with
CAKKY A C O M PLETE STOCK OK
The n atu ral e ffe c t-d a S unday }’" « r name ami addr*>- printed on
air. It is proposed to determ ine
rest law is to m ake people exceed- them for 75 cents per hundred,
whether it will not be possible to
ingly restless.
$1.50 for 250, or $2.50 for 500 ] ost
S chool
enclose the anaesthetic in bombs,
Civil legislation makes people
Let the people know w here
which could be throw n into an ene­
S u p p lie s ,
verv uncivil when it enters th e Y“ 11 Maud,
my’s ranks and there exploded,
sphere of religion.— American S in-
B ooks and
thus anaesthetizing large bodies of
tinel.
troops and rendering them an easy
S ta tio n e ry .
prey. This would “ put one’s adver­
W hile the people of this country
sary to sleep” .
are clam oring for w ar with Spain
D e a l e r s in E m i t s , V e g e t a b l e s
on account of her atrocities in Cuba,
Prof. Clowes gives certain results
let them not forget th a t S p a in is a
a n d ( o n fe c tio n e ry .
as to the condition of the air in va­
“ C hristian natio n ”. And who knows
rious situations near his laboratory.
hut th at a u n io n of re lig io n with
A few of his figures serve to in d i­
the state here,m ight do as much for • The o n ly jo u rn al w h ich presents f u ll ac- 5.
cate the varying degrees of efficien­
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counts o f th e progress o f the c o lo n i- g:
J th is country as it has for Spain I —
za tio n m o vem en t a lo n g the lin es o f gt
cy attained in ventilation.
-5 ( '- operation.
J
(Ameican Sentinel.
■ 2 The only jo u rn a l that g ives fu ll e x p la n a - g-
results give the relative volum es of
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lio n o f a ll the vario u s th e o rie s f o r g i
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social im p ro v e m e n t.
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carbonic acid gaR present in the air,
Num berless altars have been red- -'2 The o n ly J o u rn a l th a t offers free disens- g.'
o f social and re lig io u s sulnects. gC
viz.: In the college ground», 43 dened, even with the blood of babes; 12 J E a ch siona
issue contains fu ll re p o rt o f best g .
c u rre n t th o u g h t in a ll th e le a d in g g.
C A S H PA ID TOrt A L L K IN D S O F FAT S T O C K .
parts in 100,000; in the chemical la­ beautiful girls have been given to •2
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E n g lis h and A m e ric a n p erio d icals, g i
H ID E S . PE LTS . ETC.
2 C U R R E N T T H O U G H T is an open c o u rt.
boratory, G9 p arts in 100,000; in slim y serpents, whole races of men ■2
I t offers th e best th o u g h t o f th e g-
b rig h te s t th niters o f a ll schools.
g"
the masonic hall, 179 p a rts in 100,- doomed to centuries of s la v e r y , a n d
K e g u la r subscription price <1.00 per y e a r, g.
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p o st-p a id to any p a rt o f the w o rld .
000; ’n a private sittin g room, 284 i everyw here there has been outrage -2
Special O ffe r:
5 H E A T S SOLD A T R E A S O N A B LE
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u n til fu r th e r notice n e w subscribers w ill g-
part- in 100,000; in the com m ittee beyond the powers of genius to ex­
be received fo r one y e a r at 5 0 C T S . 5-
each, p ro v id e d th e y send ten nam es g'
RATES.
room, 418 p arts in 100,000. These press.
D uring all these years the
and addresses o f lib e ra l m id p fo g ic k» g-
ive m in d ed people. A d d re s s ,
results probably bold tru e else- suffering have been supplicants; the =
CURRENT THO UG HT,
where, su b stan tiality .
withered lips of famine have prayed; •'2
C l k v b l a n d , O h io . S
g
P re m iu m book “ H o m ilie s on F i - 5
D rake &. W ebb,
the pale victim s have im plored,and
nan ce,” sent free to each subscriber.
S;
Five hundred years B. C. the
Silverton
heaven has been deaf and blind. —
O regon
Celts possessed
C entral Europe
from the Rhine to the D anube and
’ n&er8 ’
from the N orth Sea to the Alps. | One of the worst features in
eat, .
H
ow
to
M
ake
About a hundred years later, press- hum an cbarcter is social cowardice,
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e(l by G erm anic tribes on their a dread of being known to differ
north, two stream s of m igration from the ignorant crowd. 1 here
The G overnm ent, n ationalized th e Postal S ystem , why not also
poured out from th em — the one in- are m illions of F reethinkersin the ’y ,
th e M oney System ? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCH ARD
to Italy, Illy ria , S outhern France, world who never openly declare
in his Ixxik e n title d
Northern S pain,
and N orthern themselves, for fear of offending
U N C L E S A M ’S
Briton; the second, continuing sev- p aren t, friends, neighbours. Mich
eral centuries, into Belgium, N orth- F reethinkers perhaps do not reflect
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E
ern France, and Southern Briton, th a t ¡fall had followed their policy.
___ P ostpaid fo r 25 C ents.
The prim itive physical type of the the clergy would have beer, as tyran-
All profits on th is Ixx.k will be given to th e L ib eral U n iv ersity
Lelt was tall in statu re, skull doli- nous and cruel to-day as they were It should la- in th e h an d s of every th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all orders to
chocephalic, h air blonde and com- hundreds of years ag o .- Liberator. J
['he TORCH OF REASON, S ilv e rto n , O regon.
KINNEY
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