THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER, 1, 1898.
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Latent Filth.
nothing impossible, All that is
essentially religious must die, if
man is to advance, It is religion
that bars progress more than all
else. But human nature will es­
cape from its thraldom and shake
itself free from it forever. Religion
is all a savage inheritance, and
must go when man grows out of
savageism. There is no future for
religion.—[Liberator.
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J n F O R M A T I O N
A person accustomed to using to­
bacco becomes so saturated with it
that no washing or fumigation will
rid him of even the odor. This
oder will probably not be percepti­
ble to the tobacco victim himself,
but other people will plainly per­
To sell property
ceive it.
To buy
I)r. Grayson, who practices med-
*/ a hom e
¡cine in a district where snuff-tak-
To go into business
ing is common, once talked thus
Proof of Miracles.
To exchange real or personal property
with a lady:
I need not mention the difficulty
To work, or to hire workers
“Madam,” said I, “are you a
clean woman?” She looked at me of detecting falsehood in any pri­
A N Y T H IN G
vate
or
even
public
history
at
the
rather indignantly and replied that
she claimed to be so, asking me did place where it is said to happen;
I see anything alx>ut her person, much more when the scene is re­
W R IT E T O U S .
WE CA N H E LP YOU
moved
to
ever
so
small
a
distance
apparel or house indicating other­
wise. I replied that I did not Even a court of judicature, with all
Still,” I said, “madam, you are tbe authority, accuracy and judg-
A ddress, IN FO RM A TIO N B U R EA U
not clean physically. I will apply meid which they can employ, find
a test, or rather you can apply the themselves often at a loss to distin-
W a t e r S t r e e t ,
Silverton, Oregon.
O pposite L iberal H ail.
test yourself. if, upon applying guish between truth and falsehood
said test, you pronounce yourself *n
uaost recent actions. But
clean, I will treat your case free of the matter never comes to any is-
charge.” The challenge was accept- 8Ue if trusted to the common meth­
ed in good faith. “ Now,” said I, od of altercation and debate and
“madam, on retiring at night,divest flying rumors, especially when
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yourself of all clothing, envelop utien’s passions have taken part on
yourself in a well wrung wet sheet, either side
In the infancy of religions the
lying in the same until early dawn;
then remove the sheet and hang it wise and Earned commonly esteem
out in the open air, and then tell ^be matter too inconsiderable to de-
me the result of the experiment.” 8erve their attention or regard. And
She tried the experiment the same when afterward they would will-
night, and I saw her the next day. >ngly detect the cheat, in order to
She met me with a smile playing undeceive the deluded multitude,
on her emaciated cheek. She said, the season is now past, and the re­ Corner Main and Water Streets,
SILVERTON, ORE.
cords
and
witnesses
which
might
“Doctor, I give up, I am not a clean
woman; just look at that sheet; it c’ear up the matter have perished
looks and smells like an old dirty, beyond recovery.
No means of detection remain
filthy snuff-rag; and just look at
How to Make
but
those
which
must
be
drawn
my flesh and skin. I told my hus­
band this morning that I was not from the very testimony itself of
a - . r
ji
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only mortifying, but that I was the reporters; and these, though
Tbe Government nationalized the Postal System, why not also
actually mortified.” In this case, always sufficient with the judicious
the Money System? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCHARD
in his book entitled............................
the use of snuff was totally aban­ and knowing, are commonly too
doned at my request, and the pa­ fine to fall under the comprehen­
U N C LE S A M ’S
tient treated on strictly hygienic sion of the vulgar.
Upon the wdiole, then, it appears
H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E
principles, and in consequence she
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became a healthy, hearty, stout wo- that no testimony for any kind of
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man, and, furthermore, a very miracle has ever amounted to a
It should be in tbe bands of every thinking person. Address all orders to
grateful one, always giving great probability much less to a proof;
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.
praise and sincere gratitude to the t and that even supposing it amount­
ed to proof, it would be opposed by
doctor.
In New England tbe man is us­ another proof, derived from the W ho D o e s Y o u r
C ut T h is O ut
ually the sufferer from tobacco. The very nature of the fact which it
above illustration will consequent­ would endeavor to establish. It is
Fill it up, and forward with
ly not hurt his feelings and may experience only which gives author­
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set him to thinking.—[Healthy ity to human testimony; and it is
L ib e r a l U n iv e rs ity C o .,
the same experience that assures us
Home.
Silverton, O regon.
of the laws of nature. When,
therefore, these two kinds of exper­ If you require any
Religion is Going.
ience are contrary, we have noth-
The religion of the future, I ven-
do but subtract the one from C a rd s or C irc u la r s ,
ture to say, will be no religion at ^be otber> a,ld embrace an opinion, B ill H e a d s ,
To the P u b lish ers a f the Torch
all. The clergy must become either on the one side or the other, N o te or L e t t e r H e a d s ,
o f lieason:
teachers of something useful and with that assurance which arises
Please send the T orch of R eason to
S ta te m e n ts ,
good or become mere Sunday com­ from the remainder.—[Hume.
my address for one year, for which I en­
T ic k e ts , P ro g ra m s ,
ics and buffoous, and “worship”
close $1.00.
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Nam e.
amusement, pure and simple. All ton,
B o s k s or P a m p h le ts ,
Marion Co., Ore., desiring to form a
savage elements will be absent from colony of Faitbists, with tbe assistance E n v e lo p e s ,
tbe religion of the future. There of others, for the rearing, training and
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