THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1898.
colonies, and the remedy ha« been are not sufficient. Let us by all • •••••••••••••••••••••••e»« •
r’ i DiMi <
® f°un(l worse than the disease.
means destroy the superstitions of
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It would be little short of mar- ,hc Chnst,an religion, hut let us re-
. .I; veloua if water power, which has to '"eniber that this is only the he-
The rarest species of bird extant »" « te n t fallen into disuse since P nnin8 of our w<>rk> »D<1 let us
nia es its home in the jungles of electricity has developed such give the people something better iu
place of the church; Ictus in-
If you want the latest
Smith America. It is known as amazing qualities, should come to the
news in detail of the
fuse
¡nto
them
an
enthusiasm
for
•••V rnc d screamer”. It is about the front and outrank even the
A m erican Spanish con-
Hiet. subscribe at once
the size of a full grown turkey hen, electric current as a transmitter of humanity. “Let us instruct a n d , J
for the
8
energy
enüghten;
let
us
work
for
better
'J
cfa dark brown color. One of its power. The tremendou
distinguishing peculiarities is a ruf- capable of being generated j | ny \ economic conditions, for a higher J
c
«
fle of black and white which stir- ter under very high pressure is as standard of morals, for free woman-
n.ur'ds the head. " The only o.ie 7*» imperfectly understood. One hood> for «'e right of children to be
born well, for temperance, peace
now in captivity in North America has only to experiment with a
Cool-
is said to belong to the aviary of charging apparatus and a soda-wa­ and justice.”—[Cyrus W.
Fullest telegraphic re­
the Philadelphia zoological gar­ ter bottle to discover what mav vet ridge, in Truthsecker.
p o rts. which can be re­
dens. and has been in this country prove to be the simplest and most
lied on. Daily and S un­
Secularists, would you not like to'
e
day, 85c per m o n th ;
about three years.
efficient power within our reach.
o
have some letter heads printed with
weekly, 12 pages, $ 1.50
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: an y th in g on oo.ti,
Some studies as to the effects of Secular sentiment and W'ettstein’s
per year. A ddress
Il there is
earth .1,01
th a t
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tobacco on students
in colleges
is Freethought badge, to use in corre­
w ill m ildew a m an and m ake him
.
6
OREGONIAN PU B LISH IN G CO.
good for nothing, it is the habit of being made in various places. Of spondence with your friends? We
PORTLAND. OR.
moping. If he cannot work, or the highest scholarship men in will furnish them to you with
thinks he can’t let him go out and Yale, only five per cent, use tobac­ your name and address printed on
take a walk and start his circula- ; co. Of those who get no appoint­ them for 75 cents per hundred,
tion. It is surprising what a little ments, sixty per cent, use it. The SI.50 for 250, or $2.50 for 500, post
Six Traits to Promote
fresh air and exercise will do for a inference Dr. Seaver, director of paid. L e t the people know where
man. Keep moving, the first thing i the physical laboratory of Yale, you stand.
you know you will be whistling or draws is that it is those of a
humming a tune; then you will lower grade of intellect generally
laugh to yourself and go back to who use tobacco. The higher and
, refreshed
r , 1 and i invigorated.,
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4 j I more normally developed
students
In Place of C hristianity:
work,
.
rnl
, , .
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,
, .
do not have a craving ® for it. Per-
AND
I he fresh air, exercise and sunshine
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
, have , taken
,
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1
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4
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r
!
fectly
healthy
people,
it
is
believed,
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
the stupidity out of
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have
neither
a
craving
for
tobacco
ization?
M a in S t r e e t
S ilv e r t o n , O re
you.
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
nor alcohol. Our best athletes are
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STOCK
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4 Evolution *nd Comparison of Religions.
Mr. W. E. Roth has recently pub­ good illustrations. The probable
5 Doe» Belief in Miracles Benefit?
lished the results of his studies truth is that those who use the
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
S chool
among the native inhabitants of the weed, to a certain extent paralyze
JU ST T H E T H IN G
northwestern part of central their aspirations to high attain-
S u p p lie s ,
to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send
Queensland, in Australia. His most ments, and are content without
2 cen ts for 6, or 6 cen ts for 26 tracts,
B o o k s and
interesting discovery is that of the striving for that which is the no-
to E liza M owky B liven , Brook­
lyn, C onn., or send 10 cents
existence of a sign language ex- blest and best
S
ta
tio
n
e
ry
.
for 60, e ith e r k in d or as­
pressed by means of the hand, and
sorted k in d s, to
C onstructive Freethought.
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conveying complex as well as sim­
Dealers in F ru its, V egetables THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO.
ple ideas. Mr. Roth gives illustra­
I want to emphasize the fact that
Silverton
Oregon
tions of 213 of the manual signs
and
C
onfectionery.
Freethought, as a negative doc­
employed in this language, which is
trine, does not always produce good
used throughout the region studied
MAIN STREET
results. I myself know a number
by him. Cannibalism, hesays, still
of so-called Freethinkers who are
prevails among some of the Aus-1 . ,
„
. . . .
of less use to the world than the
tralian tribes.
,
.
,
rv.
average church member. I tie man
A. G. McMILLEN, Proprietor.
One thing it is fair to say for the! who frees himself from the chains
weasel which makes the farmer, of the Christian religion is not nec­
provided his poultry house is se- essarily a useful member of society. CASH PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF FAT STOCK.
----- All kind« of choice------
cure, regard him with far more tol- To some people Freethought sim-
HIDES, PELTS. ETC.
eration than does the game keeper, ply means the paving of a few dol-
...F R E S H M E A T ...
He is as inveterate a mouse destoy- lars a year.
While they were
A!wavs
* on h a n d an d sold a t
er as is the barn-owl, and where church members they considered it HEATS SOLD AT REASONABLE
stacks are infested he will often their duty to contribute toward the
S ta n d a rd f P ric e s .
RATES.
satisfy his appetite on the swarms support of the church, but now
of mice. Thus one evil cheeks an- they are “free” and are willing to
W e pay th e h ig h est price
other. The weasel is often mistak- let others save themselves; they
D ra k e & W e b b ,
C a sh f o r F a t S to c k .
en for the stoat. There is a simple seem to think that all they need to
method of distinguishing them. do is to attack the doctrine of hell, Sl(verton
Oregon
.. ..G iv e U s a C a l l . . . .
1 he stoat is about fifteen inches to ridicule the story of Jonah and
long, as against the weasel’s eleven the whale, and to accuse the preach-
or less; also, the stoat’s tail is tip-1 ers of hypocrisy a n d lying. Let
Hou.'
How t to Make
ped with black, while the weasel’s me ask you, why do we have so few *
is red throughout. Another pecul- Freethought organizations, and
at is that it turns why is the cause of Freethought so > •
iarity of the Htoat
;r. He is also a poorly supported? Why do our
* The G o v e rn m e n t nationalize«! th e Postal S ystem , why not also
white in winter.
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th e M oney S y stem ? A plan is told by C. E L t ON B L A N C H A R D
mouse and rat killer. His favorite Liberal papers find it so difficult to
in his book e n title d
food, however, is labbit. But he make both ends meet9 It is bc-
U N C L E S A M ’S
does not limit himself to that fare, cause the Freethinkers are apathet-
a fact the Australians are now be- ic, because they lack enthusiasm
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E
'Vailing, having imported them to and cannot pull together,
Postpaid for 25 Cents.
keep down the swarms of rabbits.
I repeat that we must he a con-
All profits on th is lxx>k will lie given to th e L ite ra l U n iv e rsity ,
It is now r-aid that 100,000 stoats structive force for the betterment o It should be in th e b an nds
d s of every th in k in g person.
p e rso n . A ddress all o rd ers to
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The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.