o morning ju st ae the sun was peep- ■ which make« n.iit „ t v ..«« 1 , i . , , . , , , ... t , 1 , 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 t i »5 o i 'pi > <• t e . , , , , * 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 ,, • 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, t i n , . t , ’ r> . * , ; 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 .• n i , , er county . . . 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 i » i * *• s the » chance i ... , . 6 c* 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 i ♦ * i i « r , „ t • .. , . , ie an d when they prom ulgate the sa- free land of refuge; but when the Harnev. . I visit him he will invite the nei»h- j ,i , i » , , •„ , . r - , , , x mt • 1 . 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 , . . . , , , , , w « -n x . * 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 n i i • , . , , . . - ' ’ u iau ii one unc on l each a m p sleeve, u v » i . giirv«'u i" peruejve e n c cargo arg o - , . t ... 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 ■ j • • .. 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, _____________ 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 - ,................ ..........._________ _ 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? -------- - j by _____ __ ________ 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- , , ’ ’ , 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 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? ----------------- ------- ---------------------------------- j - --------- 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?