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morning ju st ae the sun was peep- ■ which make« n.iit „ t
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maKes quite a fam ily. Ev- auces, lie was no more nor le ssth an ruined their m onkev-ridden ances-
incr over
i and a any other
*u m an.
1 tors.” „
, , the ., hills at the , eastern
,
I erythim?
jio u ig ia
is m
iun n »«
in a hue style
side of the valley.
I fiiced the ris* with perfect
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* 1 order. 1 his is only one
1 here seems to be a tear am ong
At the » id ol the h ftee u th c en -
ing sun
„ urope was in
, and . rode
x i. more
r , th an
j an hour of the m
m anv
ain ranches owned i , bv this 1 .»
these divines th a t the idea of tu rv , when southern E
over the flat sretch of land com pns- immense curni.anv
in several
co.. - i of « th e > .i
• sacredness
j
. , 4 . become dim
i* , d i an * g er of e a sim
.
,
1 m p an j in
their
m ight
ilar fate from the
ing H arney valley, when I reached | Pacific coast
static
,, they
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• A priests and
J l Mates.
l t would i n like consequently
wear an onus- rap acity o f esurient
Ilarnev City, fifteen miles from to visit some of tl.n mi,
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ul the others. J he ualiy long coat when on the street, m onks, Providence, by m eans of an
Burns, the form
seat
r n s c o n i« ;« « m o o n .u
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, er county
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. . of i one near » B u u rn
s contains 16,000 the cane representing,
as I T , have agent . called
C hristoval Columbus,
t lie count}
and at one
time during
acres j of rich * niea,,°w
mpudow Unri
w»» been
1 » t,old,
* i i the sacred 11 h eart ol M ary, offered
w
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» chance
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land. .Mr.
the victim
of t a
the Indian w ar, the site of F ort ^ tu rd ev an t says th at the next time , i t
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ie an d when they prom ulgate the sa- free land of refuge; but when the
Harnev.
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1 nel» n cred w o rd they put on a long white host of em ig ran ts em oarked a t Pa-
This was in the past. These is no hors and we will have a lecture
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* gown, with a big cross on the hack los, philosophers m ust have been
longer need for soldiers in th a t " e will try and arrange this and . ...i
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ii one
unc on l each
a m p sleeve,
u v » i . giirv«'u
i" peruejve
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1 and a o sm
aller
grieved to
perceive th a t m
their
quiet country, and the seat of gov- 1 am sure
_..xt. I fh e object being, a p p a re n tly , to of
r household
i pets com prised a large
b
ire we
we will
wi
a \e good gatb-
em inent for the county is uow at ering.
make the sacredness pen etrate into assortm ent of ecclesiastics. ‘‘They
Burns.
P earl \V. G e e r .
the body. Well, orthodox ruses are beyond hum an help,” Experi-
H arney City has suffered by this,
have become too thin for ratio n al ence m ight sigh in the words of the
lias lost m any residents and several
E ffects of Belief.
minds. 1 heir fam iliarity not only B ritish com m issioner, “ and their
houses, but is still a good business
breeds contem pt, but u tter disgust, children can be redeemed only by
BY ADDISON R. TITU S.
point and has a rich co u n try trib u
Im agination engenders belief, ¡curing them of the superstition that
tary to it. H arney V alley beats any
It is am using to witness the effect Im agination and belief become has proved the ruin of their priest-
¡»lace for house m oving I ever saw.
which orthodox religious teachings ^acts to the hum an m ind, so much ridden ancestors.”
The last time I was in H arney City, have upon the hum an m ind. A ?° ,h tt‘ a ‘ S a e t 'h e y will not be re-j
In regions
regions of
of ou
our continent where
the P. L. S. Co. had th eir office, a
r
i jected as facts, having once existed. colonists m ight live as independent
large,
fine, two-story building, Catholic i priest and a Jewish
rabbi
w
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o m u n mk
I b at i condition
of c m ind
is insanity
as the birds in th eir prim eval for
located there and it was a credit to were great friends and held m any expressed
in various orthodox ests, bondage has been im ported in
any town. Now the sam e building discussions about their respective forms. I t appears to me th a t creeds,
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the form of
an intriguing _______
hierarchy,
adorns a beautiful site in B urns, beliefs.
One day the rabbi was dogm as, orthodox religions, beliefs working its restless bellows to for«*«
where it to owe the county seat. | passing in front of the C atholic and custom s are outrageously hu- the chains of their pu p ils—of th#
I hey moved it by sim ply raising it church, and saw the priest ap- m an. T he idea of the orthodox, rising generation, who as yet seen
<»n tw o arge tim b e rs, and placing proaching. The rabbi stopped and personal god, possessing only th e a t- ’ to hesitate a t the way-fork of Feud
each end of these on wagons to gazed in ten tly at the spire of the trib u tes of m an, is revolting to in- alism and Reform. A tim ely word
w hich v\ere hitched horses and church. The priest asked w hat he , dependent, sound m inds.
m ay decide th eir choice, and, by all
muic>. I hey then walked off across was looking at. The rabbi replied,
Slodiers’ Home, Dayton, 0
the rem aining hopes of E a rth aud
the valley.
“ C an’t you see the angels flying
M ankind! th a t word sh all not re
I arrived in H arn ery in tim a around the spire of your ch u rch ?”
m ain unspoken.— The Bible of N a
Reform.
for
breakfast,
an d
proceeded The priest looked, and, as any
ture.
to
the
hotel,
where
I was priest should, said he could. W hile
BY F E L IX L. OSW ALD.
surprised to
find
my
friend i they were looking, a crowd gather-
C hristians, ho You, Can You,
Buchanan and his good wife as ed around them , all gazing a t the
Not all slaves can be freed by
Believe:
owners and proprietors. Mr. Buch- spire. Soon the priest and the rah- breaking their shackles; the h ab it
anan subscribed for the Torch of hi left th e crowd gazing and passed °f servitude m ay become a heredi-
1. T h at the world was m ade in a
Reason and I put in tw’o hours visit on, arm in arm .
P resently the ta ry vice, too inveterate for immedi- week ?
ing friends whom I had not seen priest asked the rabbi if he really -ate remedies. The pupils of Free-
2. T h at the first m an was m ade
f<»r se \c ia l years. I here are m any gaw any angels around the spire of dom ’s school m ay he required to un- of d irt, which, in its tu rn , had been
>'*eularists in H arney and I will his church. The rabbi answ ered,! learn, as well as to learn, m any l e s - ,................
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m ade out .......
of nothing,
by God?
not ¡»ass there again w ithout giving “ No, of course not; but our position sons ¡temples of the future will have
3. T h at the first woman wai
a lecture. This tim e, I had not time. am ong the people is such they will to remove several aphoristic tablets m ade from a bone, th a t was mad«
Mr. D rinkw ater, Mr. B ennett, Mr. believe it, because, you know ,they to m ake room for such mottoes as from d irt, th a t was m ade iron
T urner and Mr. W ithers all sub already believe we cannot tell a “ Self-R eliance,” “ L iberty,” “ In- nothing, by God?
scribed for the Torch. I could have lie. ’
dependence.” Victor Jacqiiem ont
4. T h at God is a sp irit, an d yei
secured others if 1 had not been in
Now, in all sincerity, m y dear tells a m em orable story of a H indoo he became tired and was obliged tí
such a hu rry .
orthodox friends, is not such as village, alm ost depopulated by a take a lay-off and rest up after his
Ten miles fu rth er through the this the base of all your religious fam ine caused
the depredations
week’s work?
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valley we traveled
and
then m anias?— exceedingly hum an, un- of sacred m onkeys, th a t m ade con-
5. T h at a good god would tem p t
turned
tow ard
the
hills, verified assertions and lies.
Is stan t raids on the fields and gardens the first couple, who had no educa-
where we did not find such there an y th in g so ludicrous and ab- o f the supperstitous peasnts, who tion beyond w hat he had given
casy traveling, hut we arrived at su rj as t h e zealous orthodox?
would see th eir children starve to them , when he knew from the he
Drewsey for d in n er.
Drewsey
j wag stan d in g near the postal death rath e r th a n lift a hand gining th a t they could not stand
is a sm all town situated on the up- m ail box when a C atholic priest ag ain st th e lougtailed saints. At the trial?
per M alheur river, am ong the sage passed near me. A few feet beyond last the B ritish stad th o ld er saw a
6. T h at a ju st god would punish
brush hills and m ountains. From several men, G erm an and Irish, sat way to relieve th eir distress. H e them for yielding to the tem ptation
Drewey, the road extends a few on the steps. W hen the priest drew called a m eeting of their sirdars and he had sent them when he knew
th a t they would fall?
milles up Otis Creek an d then over Iiear them he held up his hand, offered them free tran sp o rta tio n to
7. T h a t a loving, m erciful father
a m ountain to another fork cf tha w|,en the men arose and greeted a m onkeyless island of th e M alay would extend this p u n ish m en t tc
M alheur in w hat is known as the him very form ally and gravely. A archipelago. L earning th a t the a ^ m an k in d ?
S.’ h at this sam e ju st, merciful,
Agency valley. In th is beautiful short distance further on he met a land of the proposed colony was
the children
valley, the P. L. S. Co., owns 1,300 m an who took off his hat and seem- fertile and th in ly settled, th e sur-
, ,
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,
nis creation if they refuse to be-
acres of fine land with im mense ed deeply impressed at meeting hirn vivors accepted th e proposal with li«ve all the unreasonable stories
fields of alfalfa.
I t was here I —go m uch so th a t he stood bare- tears of g ratitu d e; h u t when the told of him — yes, not only in th is
decided to stop over nig h t after hav- headed in the sun, gazing in seem band of g au n t refugees em barked a t worJ<I> hut forever and ever, w ith-
ing pushed the bicycle over 65 j ng holy adm iration at the priest th e m outh of the H ooglyn, the ou(t a "7 leWing up?
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V 11 are £o,ng to be hap-
miles of m ixed road.
until
he was
some rods away.
Hav- sta d th o ld e r’s agent was grieved to nv :n
It was m v first experience at a large ing been brought up in a sawm ill, learn th a t their cargo of household on a h arp with a thousand strings
C attle
rauch. My
friend Joe and in the woods, and having good goods included a large cageful of and yet
know th a t your dearest
S tu rd ev an t is foreman and he made eyes, I could see r o halo of glory sacred m onkeys. “ 1 hey are beyond an(l best loved ones are suffering
me welcome. H aying is about over around his head, no heavenly, ce- hum an help,” says the official
tortures of everlasting fire?
and so m any men are not employed lestial light, of which, from youth, m em orandum , “ and their children anv
l Ht’ Can ‘NOU’ H ^ ou
as at some seasons of the year, hut I have heard so m uch, issuing from can be redeemed only by curing in the C hristian God and his guide
still there are fifteen there now, his sacred body.
Io all appear- them of the superstition th a t h as, book?