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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1898)
7 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, THURSDAY, JU LY 14, 1898. looking at biin, and glancing up he saw that he was surrounded by N a tu re , Science, Hygiene hostile Indians, and th at the lead Ä • jji. er of the hand, in w ar-paint and $ feathers,w at bending over him in no > Z A;U< amiable mood. He to k in the sit- The war has boomed the tattoo- uation at a gla n c e _ . knew h is iin . ,.r’, languishing business in New m ediate danger and had no m eans y (l,k into unexpected prosperity. of averting it; neither di(i he u n . TG men-of-war’8 men are ru s h in g : Verstsnd a word of their language, to have up-to-date devices em broi- But },e was self-possed, knew the dei»d un theii persons. I he intro- universal language of nature, and duetion of electricity enables the believed that even under w ar-paint process to be performed very rapid- an <j feathers “a m an’s a man for a ’ |v, so t h a t a design which in the th a t”. He fixed his clear, hold eye old way would have taken two or upon the Indian, and — smiled! three sittings of two or more hours G radually the fierceness passed e ac h , c a n now’ be done in less than away from the eye above him, and half an hour. Trne-lover’s knots, at ]ast an answering smile broke full-rigged ships, anchors, mer- over- the face. Both were men — maids and hearts are no longer in hot h were brothers and he was vogue, the first place being now saved! The savage took him under taken by the stars and stripes, and his protection, brought him to his the second by the Cuban Hag. Can- wigwam, and after a few days re- non are also popular, as well as a stored him to his friends, representation of the M aine. xv NE^ MAIN STREET AND C L R IO IS I B utcher Six T rails to Promote Ç o . S c ie n tific W is d o m . A. G. McMILLEN, Proprietor. In Place of C h ris tia n ity : -All kinds of choice- ...FR E S H M E A T ... Alwavg on b an d and sold a t S ta n d a rd * 1 Can ins be Forgiven? 2 Does Christianity or Sd Cu vö Promote Civil ization? 3 is Religion or Science More Reliable? 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? 6 Immortality or Annihilation? P ric e s . We pay th e hig h est price C ash f Qr p a t StOCk. iw i a «- .. ..G iv e Usa C a ll.... JU ST T H E T H IN G to h an d to your C h ristia n frien d s. S en d 2 cen ts for 6, or 6 cen ts for 25 tra c ts , to E i . iza M owry B liv en , B rook ly n , C onn., or sent! 10 cents for 50, e ith e r kind or as sorted kinds, to THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO., Silverton • . • Oregon C u s i t e r <Sc I ) a v e n p o r t DEALERS IN- G eneral M erchandise An explorer in the Russian fur Dr. J. H. Kellogg, in his “ Good seal islands tells the following sto H ealth” departm ent in the New’ ry of the natives’ love of liquor: York Voice, answ ering a corre They don’t w ant isolated drinks. spondent as to the reputed value of A little, they say, only excites the fish as a brain food, says: desire for more. They w ant it all A chemiealex am ination of fish a t once. They d rink for the effect Corner Main and W ater Streets, SIL V E R T O N , O R E . shows th a t it contains a considera ~ the liquor produces, and they don’t ____________________________________________ ble am ount of phosphorous, . call it getting d runk, but “ p r o m e chemical exam ination of the brain shows th a t it also contains a con nading”— literally, loafing—having a good, easy time. The women are . Agents for»'. siderable am ount of phosphorous. quite willing th a t their husbands! From this fact the chem ist jum ps should drink. In th at condition to the conclusion th a t fish m ust be they are more tractable. One wo- especially good as a brain fo o d ;, , . , , , . . 1111111 fold me th a t if her Imsband hut there is not the slightest exper- , , , , , . . was drunk and she could get him unental evidence to support this :. za .i i ] • m the general store, he would buy theory. On the other hand, it is a , . , i t - . . . j r z . l w .i any th in g she wanted. D uring my well-attested fact th a t those com- ■ J J first w inter on the island, when the inimitiés and tribes of men which governor or ad m in istrato r (N. G re b -: subsist the most largely on fish are nitski) was away, I found myself the lowest in the scale of hum an alm ost the only white man on the developm ent. The T erra del Fu- island. The governor had been ac gians live alm ost exclusively on customed to treat the whole male! raw fish, and are perhaps the low population to a drink on church est of all hum an beings. A young holidays, and I was expected to student in a western college once take his place in this benevolence. wrote to A rtem us W ard asking I told the old men th a t if they how much fish he thought he ought would come to my house I would to eat to supply his daily mental give each of them a sm all dram . I needs. The wit replied th a t he E R IA L ................................... $ 4 0 and $ 5 0 was scarcely prepared, however, for thought a sm all whale would be ............................................................................................. $ 3 0 the response. After service the P A C IF IC about suited to his requirem ents. T H E BEST IN T H E M A R K E T FOR T H E PR IC E . . . whole village marched to my place, the men bringing their wives, ino- A w riter in L ip p in co tt’s for April thers, sisters and children perhaps tells a queer story of how self-pos- - ’n a ^* I noticed that as soon session and a smile saved a m an as they had d runk, the women a n d ' C o m m e rc ia l S tre e t, from harm by hostile In d ian s in the young folks became sigularly silent, OREGON early havs: and the family departed hurriedly. , ........ ....... - When the country was a century O ntside the house t h e y fe ll at once younger, and the In d ian was yet in to kissing the paterfam ilias and the the land, a gentlem an upon the rest of the men. It turned out that * \ >1 How to M ake then frontier was h u n tin g with they had actually kept the liquor friends, got separated from them , in their mouths, and, during the and com pletely lost his way. Ev- kissing, had transferred it to the The G o v ern m en t n atio n alized t h e Postal S ystem , w hv not also th e M oney System ? A p lan is told by C. ELTON B L A N C H A R D ery offort to retrieve his steps led m ouths of their husbands and in his book e n t i t l e d ................................. him still fu rth er into the wilderness, sweethearts. and night overtook him in a dense ------------------- forest. Overcome with fatigue, he lay down under a tree and slept Strong opinions on weak founda- Postpaid for 25 Cents. profoundly. In the m orning he tions have ever been one of the , . , z • f . i . 01 ' . . All profits on th is book w ill be given to th e L ib eral U n iv e rsity awoke with a start, with th a t inde- leading characteristics of 1 h< C h ris« it should be in th e h an d s of every th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all o rd ers to BUREN & H AM ILTO N “I M P E R I A L ” a n d “ P A C I F I C B IC Y C L E S ¡J'J B U R E N & H A M IL T O N , Good T im e s fo r a ll T im e U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E scribable feeling that some one was tian religion.—C. T. Gorham. i The TORCH OF' REASON, S ilverton, Oregon.