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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1898)
T H E TORCH OE REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , MAY 19, 1898. Inform atoli Bureau The social dance given by the Y. 'h e course of the war ? It will take To Raise Five T ho u san d D ollars P. S. S. C. at Liberal hall Friday a large q u an tity of M adrid prayer for t h e U n iv ersity . evening was a very pleasant affair, to keep the Yankee shot from pen-' highly enjoyed by all present. The etrating a Spanish ship. ■_ Secularists, I I R. C. Mosier,will give U niversity fund received 12 75 Women and priests don't go to T S T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU WANT? Ä Lou Ames will give. 50 from the proceeds. war. They stay at home and e g g 1 ! If so, m ake your w ants known to us. A Friend will give....................... 50 . « , • l „, i the men on to tight. Of course the am i we will try and supply them . If D. Buckingham will give........... 50 w hat we do for you is worth nothin^ to . women are not ouilt for fighting, you, we will ex p ect no pay. Cast your A. S lam an, M. D , will give . 50 pleasure of listening to Hr. »an and nobody wants to see them over th e list, am i th e n w rite to us R. C. B urtis will give............... 50 Seoy, of the P ortland Methodist handling rifles and bayonets. But eye Read <»ur ad. o n page 6. A ddress, A Friend will give..................... 50 IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U , C. F. Arnes will give...................50 University. We enjoyed very much the priests are supposed to belong Box 100. S il v e r t o n , O re . P. Rauch will give........................ 50 the secular part of hit talk to the 10J 1»6 mal • Bex, at d th *y ought t School T e a c h e r .—A voting lady, who D. B'dton will give..................... 50 young people, hut the Jesus and ia * a hurt in every war they ap is a thorough S ecularist, would like e m prove. Th(J Indeed T T arry n r r v Fricker F r i c k e r will will g m iv v e............. e............. 50 / pr° Ve* they ought to he ploym ent in a public scliool. She holds H ? ” I !G<>d parts seemed very stale. piaced in the front. If their theo a th ird -g rad e certificate and can give E. Stewart will g iv e ................... oO I . . ~ , ... • rn speaker made some very good ries be true, they would he safe in good references. A Friend wi g i v e ........................50 » Bullets should fly points, hut very poor applications. th at position. Mr. H jerm stad, / School T e a c h e r.—A gentlem an with off fiom the Lord’s anointed; and In speaking of books which educate, Friend from W aldo Hills ( th irty y ears' experience in th e school 50 he said th a t, like geom etry, th e y ! [f " ‘7 <lid,n; ' . " ' G - ,h e ,‘ room, who holds a sta te te a c h e r’s certifi IL Allen will g i v e ................... . „ J , J he clear th a t God was against cate, would like em ploym ent as teacher. L. E. F u ller will give................. 50 m ust not consist of fragm ents, hut Can teach vocal am i in stu n ie n tal music. them , and all the soldiers behind' F. W ilkinson will g iv e............... 50 he continuous in thought. This is them could ju s t take the hint and J . E. Brooks will give................. 50 C are o f C h ild re n .— A girl of 19 inarch home.— [F reethinker. Ju liu s F ish e r................................ 50 »true, and how we would have lik e d steady and q u iet, S ecu larist, wants sit to have applied this fact to the uation as care-tak er and teach er of chil provided th a t d ren . Is co m p eten t, can teach rudi hash o f ancient, Jewish, sacred lit A P arallel. m en ts of m usic ami plays th e organ. v more men (or women) The ev References given and required. will give the same eratu re called the bible. “ Some of the native women of W here ar<* ening’s entertainm ent closed with am ount, S e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who the eighty-one? the valuable inform ation, by the A ustralia have a queer idea of beau are th o ro u g h ly in terested in th e cause choir th at we “ are going home to ty. They cut themselves with shells, are w anted to help build up a Secular co m m u n ity near S ilverton, Oregon. It D inah Moore,” and by the solemn, keep the wounds open for a long is th o u g h t liest th a t each m em ber of the & closed-« yed rem ark th at the father, time, and when they heal huge co m m u n ity own a little hom e of his or NEW S AND NOTES. h e r own, which can very easily he ob Yd son slid holy spook live with us scars are the result. These scars ta in e d . W rite to us. are deemed highlv o rn am en tal.’’ right along, a-m-e-n. R e a l E s ta te for Sale. — SO acres, How like these women are m any Now is the tim e to boom the house am i b a rn , good o rch ard , ail fenc C hristians. They th in k th a t by ed, S m iles from Silverton, near school, T here is L ight. U niversity. punishing them selves hv fasts, long 35 acres im proved, on m ain road. Price Spain wishes she had never dis To the T orch : prayers, self-denial of m any bene |800. T w enty a c re s; 15 acres im proved, all covered America. We miss you since you -do ro t ficial pleasures, ete., their souls be fenced, good sp rin g , 1G m iles from Sil verton. Price $700. W hat a glorious Sunday school visit us regularly once a week, but come beautiful. But what cram p One h u n d red and six ty acres; 12 if your editors can do more good by acres cleared, 4 m iles from Silverton. ed, scarred, abnorm al characters lesson th a t was Spain received at Price $300. talking than printing, we m ust he they possess. the hands of Adm iral Dewey! resigned to miss you a part of the H e lp W a n te d .— A lady in E astern Dr. J . L. H ill, regular People’s Oregon writes to th e In fo rm atio n Bu time. A nything for the good of T en th A nnual C o n v en tio n . P a rty n o m in ee tor congress, second reau as follow s: “ I w an t a wom an who the cause. is able to work ; a good cook, and a nice district, will lecture a t Liberal H all housekeeper. We live on a farm and I enclose money order tor $ 1.25, The Tenth A nnual C onvention have F rid ay evening on the political is no ch ild ren at hom e. We have which is one y ear’s subscription for of the Oregon S tate Secular Union work h an d s in th e sp rin g and through sues of the day. hay h arv est. The woman (or girl) we the Torch and the Little Candle. will be held at W agner, Oregon, em ploy m u st lie agreeable and we prefer Messis Mason and Libby will “ Let there be light!” and there is three days, beginning Sunday, Ju ly a L iberal. If we g e t one to su it, we soon have all the stone for the light. would w an t h e r by th e year, or as long 3, E. M. 298. This is the first time as she w anted to stay , if it is u n til death foundation of the U niversity build J. A. T ufts . a convention has been called to p a rts us. ” ing on the ground ready to be put ad v ertisin g as above th e lady Oswego, Ore. meet in this part of the state, and a has Since taken th ree g ran d ch ild ren to care in place by the masons. splendid time is anticipated. The for. She is therefore still m ore in need The Secularists of P hilad elp h ia first day will he devoted to exercis- of help and will pay good wages. Acid Drops. have had trouble with anarchists es at the grave of K atie Kehm and freelovers in their organization 1 he archbishop of M adrid has Sm ith, and the second day to the BOOKS BY HENRY GEORGE. sim ilar to th a t experienced in Ore- appealed to all the saints to protect celebration of Independence Day. j T h e S cience of P o litic a l E co n o m y . gon. We hope th eir victory will be the S paniards, and almost promises A full program will be announced I This w ork,in ail m ain essen tials finish ed, was begun in 1891, and was intended as com plete as ours. 'hen, invulnerability against Arner- later. by H en ry George to he th e crowning P earl W. G eer , ach iev em en t of his life. W ider in scope T he people of W illard, six m iles j ican bulletR- The ,,lind chaplain President. th a n th e w orld-fam ous “ Progress and from Silverton, will hold exercises of ,he U" lte<l S,at,>8 8ena,e ' 8 not P o v e rty ” , it is w ritten in the sam e lucid Silverton, Or., May 5, 1898. n ap h ic style. t p resen ts political on M emorial Day. The Liberals of behin<1 in tl"’ P™y>"K business, on- econom y in th e new aspect of a clear and U n iv e rsity F und. Silverton have been invited to take 9 b ” *b"> a little discreet hedging, fascinating science; a science which needs no technical knowledge or special p a rt in the exercises, and Pearl W. ,,e ,’,,e8" ’t ask Cod to stop Spanish learning to stu d y and which appeals to The am ount given in this fund Geer will deliver an address. b u l le t s , o r any ,-ueh nonsense. He th e v ast m ajo rity of m en because it is actual cash paid in. regardless of tre a ts of th e b u rning problem —th e get only begs the alm ighty to “ wisely what has been prom ised: tin g of a living. Published in one octavo Before this issue of the Torch direct the president and his advis Previously’ acknowledged,. .$346.80 volum e of nearly t»0o pages, w ith photo reaches most of our readers, we will ers to strengthen our forces on land The P rin te r ................................ 1.00 g rav u re p o rtrait tak en ju st before M . he located in our now house on the ................................ 1.00' G eorge’s d e a th . Price $2.50. and sea”. But in a certain sense ; b ‘ A.'^n'iiard 1.00 P ro g re s s a n d P o v e rty . University grounds, where it will this ¡9 one better Ilian the a rc h b is h -! J-C . W o l f . . . . 1.00 12 mo. clo th , $1.00; p ap er 25 cen ts. L. J . A d a m s........ A P e rp le x e d P h ilo s o p h e r. 1.00 he much more convenient to oversee op of M adrid goes. I)r. M ilburn P. T. H ic k s.......... 1.00 , 12mo. cloth, $1.00; p ap er, 25 cents, the work. Me invite our friends n ; o •. 5.00 S o cial P ro b le m s. r e a l ly a s k s G o d to join President Kinney & P orter Je rrv D e sa rt........ .50 , 12mo. cloth, $1.00; p ap er, 2 5 cents. to come and see us in our new M cK inley’s cabinet -..i.:...,» during . the l . ___ war Drake à W eb b .. .50 P ro te c tio n o r F re e T ra d e ? home. 7.25 12mo. cloth, $1.00; p ap er, 25 cents. — for this occasion only, as the V. P. S. S. C OI Miss Wolf, our former professor of elocution and music, has been engaged by us for the next school year. We could not get a better instructor in these branches on the Pacific coast, and we hope this fact will be the m eans of bringing us m any students in these depart- cheap-sale people nay. A ristocratic ladies in M adrid are co-operating with the clergy in or- ganizing special services of prayer- night and day for the success of the Spanish arms. We suppose these services are worked in shifts. No doubt this is a good wav to keep T h e L a n d Q u e stio n . P ap er, 20 cents. C lub R ales. P r o p e r ty in L a n d A controversy w ith th e Duke of Argyll. P ap er, 20 cen ts. The W eekly Oregonian is the T h e C o n d itio n o f L a b o r. best newspaper published in the An often le tte r to Pope Leo X I I I . 12 Pacific Northwest. T h esu h sc rip - mo. cloth, 75 c e n ts; p a p er 20 cents. 'tio n price is SI.50 per year. We Property in Land, The Condition of Labor, The Land Question. w’^ together with the 1 orch Bound to g eth er in one volum e. 12m". th ” excet*Kngly low cloth, $1.00. m ents. The tuition will be exceed- th e Lord’s altention engaged, but papers f o r a little more than the JONES’ ingly low for this grade of work. is it likely to have any effect on | price of one. 291 Alder Street BOOK STO RE, - Portland, Oregon.