T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON. MARCH 9, 1K99.
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On the little heroine rode in the pounds co n stitu tin g the inorganic
darkness of the night.
She had world. By a force in n atu re, inor-
heen horn and raised in the conn- ganic m atter is raised into organ-
T was sundown in S anta Ros­
try, and she knew the way to S an ta ized forms co n sttu tin g the vegetable
alia. The rain y season was
Lucia, although she had never be­ kingdom . And by a sim ilar force
on in Cuba, and low, ru m ­
fore travelled in th e dark. But vegetable com pounds are changed
bling th u n d er had been heard all
she w’as riding to save her b ro th er’s
the afternoon. T hat is, the people
life and for Cuba. D arkness, d a n ­ into higher forms co n stitu tin g the
ger, nothing, daunted her.
Ba re- anim al kingdom .
who lived in tlte little cluster of
All < f these forms are f-ubject to
headed and alone, she urged her
palm -thatched houses called S anta
horse over th e road at a pace which various im ponderable forces in na-
R osalia th o u g h t it was th u n d er.
^ ° ’dd have made most girls trem - turP as heat, light, electricity,m ag-
And so it was — ttie d ista n t roar of
*
h ie witn fear
°
Not even when, an hour later.th e " e,i8m > chen,ical affinity, m echan-
S panish a rtille ry th a t came up They knew I bore a commission.
My horse was fleet and strong, and tropical storm broke in all its furv ’c a ^ f°r3e> etc. All m atter is also
from the south.
One little cottage stood by the I got away, hut carried with me around her did she hesitate. Light- affected by other forces, as in ertia,
roadside some distance ap art from one of their rifle balls, I tore off ning strik in g the tall “ palm a reals” gravity, cohesion, divisib ility , etc.
caused L inda m any lim es to shy
The late C harles D arw in studied
the others. It was the home of the parts of my sleeve and push­ and alm ost holt the road, hut the
Moncados. The father, Jose, was ed them into the wound, but it brave little rider held on and never n atu re as it never had been studied
Pm better now; I ’m loosened rein un til in sight of Pe­ before, and n atu re revealed to him
dead. He had fallen a victim to the still bled.
her most pregnant secrets. No one
last, the “ ten y ears’ ” war.
Three rested; I ’ll go on,” and again he na's cam pfires.
“Quien vs!” suddenly called out m an has ever so changed th e o u t­
sons were le ft to carry on the fight, tried to get on his feet
Rafael, my boy, it is impossible, *be’ Pæ ket.
look of the hum an race, so changed
an d they were then with Brigadier
“ Cuba! answered the brave lit-
You can not ride;
Lopez Recio.
Only m other and you are weak.
tie p atrio t as she reined up her its m orality, its religion, its hope,
its intellectual and practical m o­
Em ilia, the sister, a little girl of 12 the motion of the horse will cause pan tin g steed.
you to bleed to death. Guido m ust
“ A delante una!” ordered the tive, as D arw in. H e has discover­
years, were left a t home.
S uddenly the noise of clattering go. E m ilia, tell him to saddle a guard, and Em ilia, pale, wet and ed the m ethod of evolution. It is
dripping, rode forward.
first from the sim ple to the com­
hoofs came from the southw est. fresh horse and get ready to ride to
“ Caram ba! it is a child. W ho are
plex— from the m onera to the m an,
The still night a ir bore the unm is­ Santa Lucia.”
you? W h a t do you w an t?”
E m ilia sta rte d toward the door,
takable sound with distinctness.
“ I am E m ilia Moncado. I w’an t and this by the law s of persistence,
In an in stan t every head was at but her brother raised his hand in to tell Col. Pena th at there is a b at­ variation, struggle for existence,
tle a t Saratoga. Gen. Gomez has n atu ra l selection, artificial selec­
the open door. Nearer and nearer protest.
“ Guido is only a half-wit. He only 530 men against over 2000 tion, sexual selection, and the use
came the galloping rider. H e was
S paniards, and he needs help ”
alone. His horse was covered with m ight sta rt for S anta Lucia, but he
A few m inutes later, alm ost and disuse of organs.
If the earth is an evolution and
foam, and panting like a tired would never find his way in the fainting with fatigue and nervous
hound. Up to the little gate of the dark. Even if he reached the place, strain , she wras borne into the pres­ m an is an evolution, it logically
follows th a t the works of m an are
M oncado cottage he staggered, and he would forget whom he wished ence of Pena.
“
Dios
mio!”
he
exclaim
ed
as
he
evolutionary: his religion, his gov­
then his rider reeled and alm ost to see.”
listened to her story and then gave
“ But there is no other man in the signal for his com m and to ern m en t and his social state. Evo­
fell into the arm s of his m other.
lution accounts for all progress and
“ My God!
Rafael, you are R osalia,” pleaded his mother.
m ount.
“ True!
Therefore I m ust go,
It traces the
“ You poor little thing, you all im provem ent.
w utided, my boy------”
Em ilia, tell should he abed and asleep.” W rap ­ steps man has taken from a savage
“ It is no m atter. I can still ride. wound or no wound.
ping his coat around her little,
The battle of Saratoga is raging. I Guido to saddle a horse and bring trem bling, wet form, he jum ped in­ and barbarous state to th a t of en ­
It
am on my way to Col.Pena. He does it to the gate quickly. We are los­ to his saddle and had an offices lightenm ent and civilization.
n o t know of it. We need him and ing tim e.”
pass the child up to him . T he or- shows the unfolding of the child to
“
B
rother
we
c
a
n
’t
let
you
go.
I
’ll
der was given to m arch, and in hir the man influenced by en v iro n ­
his cavalry.
H elp me to a fresh
It accounts for all the
horse and I will catch Pena at never see you again,” and the poor arm s the fighting colonel of Cam- m ent.
aguey
carried
the
little
heroine
changes in the social state, leading
S an ta Lucia to night. I m u st------” child buried her head on her bro­
hack to her home in Rosalia.
The poor fellow never finished th e r’s neck. Then suddenly rising
“ Take her,” said he, as he h a n d ­ to higher, better and more p erm a­
the sentence. He had fainted. The she exclaim ed, “Oh, why was I not ed her over to her half-crazed mo­ nent social relations.
arm s of tender women carried him a m an? Cuba so needs men! Yes, ther. “ She brought us the news.
All religious system s are the
into the house. Poor little E m ilia I ’ll tell him to get Linda ready at I ’ll speak of her to Gen. Gomez. works of men. The Hebrew relig­
fol owed, the tears stream ing from once. Col. Pena must go to help She deserves the rank of a m ajor ion presents no m ore evidence of a
general. She has saved her b ro th ­
her eves. She watched them draw Gomez.”
e r’s life, and her brave deed m ay revelation outside of n atu re th an
T urning, she kissed her brother’s win th e day at S aratoga.”
oil’the riding hoots, filled with her
B rahm anism ; C h ristia n ity no more
forehead
and
hurried
out
to
the
bro th er’s brood. She brought wa­
of a celestial origin th an B uddhism .
Soor. the quick gallop of
ter to moisten his parched lips. stables.
Read M osheim ’s history of the
Evolution
of
Religion.
a
horse
was
heard
approaching
the
C hristian church from the first to
She saw the ugly wound in his hip
and m urm ured through her g rit­ house. But it did not stop at the
the eighteenth ce n tu ry , and note
BY A. G. HUMPHREY.
gate.
On it sped in the direction
it» struggles for existence, requir-
ting teeth:
For m any ages the religious log more th an 300 years for public
“ Bad S paniards!
Bad S p an ­ of S anta Lucia.
A m om ent later, Guido, the h alf­ world has believed and ta u g h t a recognition and au th o rity .
iards! They will kill us all yet!”
No system of religion presents
And then her b rother’s eyes op­ witted black hoy, wandered aim ­ teleological creation, while all m a­
any
evidence of a divine origin.
terialistic th in k ers and most scien­
ened. The cold water hail revived lessly into the room.
Each has struggled for an existence
“ W here is the horse, where is tists teach the hypothesis th a t the and for the suprem acy it has a t­
hint. He tried to move, but only
universe in its entirety, so far as tained.
groaned in agony. Once more he E m ilia ? ” inquired her brother.
the hum an m ind can conceive, is
Evolution is th e day s ta r of
strove to rise.
“ Gone!” replied the boy.
etern al, had no beginning and can bop« th a t beckons on to th e day
“ Mother, some one, help me to
“ Gone! w here?” came from all
have no ending. M atter in the u l­ when man shall learn th a t th e
my feet! 1 m ust go on— I m ust go present.
practice of full n a tu ra l and uncor­
tim ate is uncreated and in d estru ct­
<»n. I have ridden sixteen leagues
rupted
virtue is his essential d u ty ,
“ I dun know.
She said some- ible. The universe is objective and
since m orning. T here are only four th in ’ ’bout St. Lucia, jum ped on changes in forms occur under im- and will constitute his greatest fe­
m<»re to Santa Lucia and to Pena. L m da’s back, and looks to me as mutHb]e and undeviating laws, licity. H e will learn, too, th a t the
powers of n atu re are com petent for
W e must have him .”
And with a how she’s gone
all
the great purposes of hûm an
eternally existing in the constitu
m ighty effort he rose to his feet.
existence; th at science in all of its
And so she was.
T h e brave lit­ tion of things.
Evidences appear
Ti en he wavered, tears of helpless­
relations to reform and hu m an im ­
tle E m ilia, though not a soldier of in the e a rth ’s crust th a t its was
provem ent, is the only infallible
ness cam e into his eves, and he
Cuba, had taken her brother’s once nebula, and has reached its gpide to sound health, the greatest
sank hack on the bed with a sob of
place. She had gone lo Pena— to present developm ent by the action longevity and the highest happi
anguish.
: _ , th l a . . t the fight
r. , , between Go-
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and th a t the ch ild ren of the
tell i v him
of . . laws and . forces
in nature. The ness,
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“ To th in k th a t I should go •O m ezau d the Spanish general Can- low ed forma of m atter are elemen- !het’
n ,a " w il> l,f 81 ’ ''« ll
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born
th
a
t
they
will not need relig-
near to the end of my journey and tellanos was on,
’ ,e\ ery ! y ’ aDd by " ,e union of fim Ple ious regeneration. — [F reetb o u g h t
then fail!”
Cuban in Cam aguey was needed.
elem ents we have chemical com- I Magazine.
Heroic Cuban G irl.
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‘‘How were you wounded, mv
boy?”
’Twas near El D esm ayo—late
this afternoon.
I had changed
horses at La Vinda an hour before.
Suddenly I ran into a body of
Spanish guerrillas from San Mig-
uel. I could not fight them ; there
were too m any, so I took up a ra-
vine toward Isidto. They fired five
vollevs after me and gave chase.
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