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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1899)
ÌH E 6 TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON. APRIL 20, 1599. ten. to not he able to talk above a whisper, vet it may be all for the best after all, because you see I In the Torch of Reason for m ight give some of these old hypo March 9th, under “ Missions ries crites a breeze that would raise E xcluded,” I read, “ Until we can their “d an d er.’’ Not the Bible rtethod. re fo rm our ow n so c ia l code, we D u ra n d C ity has ab o u t 1290 in- t w el ve rO W lTS ' ' C H A M P .O N S O F T H E N O R T H W E S T • B red fo r S ize , B e a u ty , UH t h ' and Egg P ro d u c tio n B P ly m o u rn / Rocks . . ,h o u ld be eilent in regard to th a t ’1() a i.n-werv ru n n in g full o the half-civilized nations. Re- blast. And then to" th in k of so forms should commence at home ,nanv in h ab itan ts of a “ S o d o m ” and spread by example, not by town JX n legal mandate.” Thia is no, in ae- juM “ en “ “ ,“ « !1‘n ow' vhe' Holy with Bible teachings. »». ^ (>HPP.^ an)BOn-.Jonah stories! \\ hy, did not undertake to reform (nakeg IIH. j ugt wish I had the half-civilized nations who-e p,)Wvr p, give the poor super- they went to possess, nor did stitioos ones a ¡’" J depend upon their b etter god th e ir stro n g er v irtu es, m o r.iliy an i ^ j g jjt t |e o r tho-Christo-Saloono m entally, to protect them from the m a, ter> because I am not; I only errors of their enemies and from fejt jjke spreading it on this paper. ’ IL C. P age . following after their gods. To “ sla y ” and to “ kill” was the The Eve and Apple Story. m ethod. Deut. 9:6: The Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteous- (Concluded from 1st page.? ness, for thou a rt a atiff-necked children), we obtain a geom etrial people. Num. 30:7,15,17: And they progression, the first of which is 2, warred against the M idianites as the ratio 3-2 and the num ber of the Lord com m anded, and they term s is 200; therefore, the num ber slew all the males. Moses said, of q u in tillio n s is 661,150. H ave you saved all the women I can see an ironical smile on alive? These caused the children your face and hear you say: ‘ An of Israel to trespass against the w hat of it? W h at is th e use of an- Lord, and there was a plague among noying us with those dry figuus, the congregation of the Lord, telling us there would he in the Now, therefore, kill every male world only 661,150 q u in tillio n s of ! Two Pages Abroad. D ear S . lver ™ E k T ends : people? You will excuse me if I state openly, looking into your eyes, th a t you pronounce those figures me- chanically, w ithout having the least idea of w hat they mean. 661,180,- 000,000,000,000,000,000,000, i)00,- 000,000! A few exam ples will! show you w hether you have the idea. Let us see. The surface of th e whole earth contains 197 mil- lions of square miles, of which 52 m illions is lan d ; or, in sm aller m easure, 1,206 billions of geo graphical square feet. The exact num ber, however, is 1,206,676,800,- ¡000,000. D ividing the above nnm - J . W . BROWN - . Silverton, Ore. T h e G re a t Vitæ=0re Remedies cord Jew s th e land ,h ey am ong the little ones and kill every woman who is a wife, but all th a t are virgins keep alive for yourselves. Josh. 10:40: Joshua u tte rly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord God o f Israel com- m anded. We do not seem to ap- prove of the m orals of the Lord God of the Jew s, nor th a t of the Jews. Knowledge, of which the Jews and their god knew nothing, has tau g h t us som ethirg better, som ething more hum ane and holy M. M. T. Eggs fro m m y P re m iu m S to c k , $ 2 .0 0 per i j . Xo Need to Suffer from Any Disease. Í E lix ir B a c t e r ia c id e V I T Æ - O R E ) E u c a ly p tu s O il O re - O lin e M e d ic a te d S o a p Agent PEARL W. GEER I I S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n . I n f o r m a t io n burea TQ To sell property To buy a hom e To go into business To exchange real or personal property To work, or to hire w orkers DO YOU W ANT A N YT H IN G W R IT E TO US. WE CAN ■ 7 -x Hg H E L P YOU Address, IN FO R M A TIO N B U R EA U Silverton, Oregon. How to Make Good Times for all Time T he G o v e rn m e n t natio n alized th e P ostal System , why not also th e M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELTO N B L A N C H A R D in b is book e n t i t l e d ................................. I received your letter yesterday '«er, viz 6611804, w.th, 2 9 ciphers U N C L E S A M ’S and was glad to hear th at you are attached, that is oO,000,(00,000,- H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E getting along O. K. Ed and I took 000,000,000,000. Th.s ,s the nu.n- ------ Postpaid for 25 Cents. cold the very day th at we landed l,er peisuns w iose w eig> ' All profits on th is book will be given to tb e Lilieral U n iv ersity . in Durand, and we are not rid of it unfortunate tndtviduals at the hot- It should I>e in th e h an d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all o rders to vet. I was so hoarse for four or ‘™ would each have 8asta,n- , The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon 'five days th at I could not speak out Supposing 1,000 of then, to reach loud. The snow is about all gone a mile high, the *,a i . , . , . . . . 1 earth’s surface would be oO.OOO,- W h o D o es Y o u r C u t T h is O u t a n d th e ice in the rivers is begin- 000,000,000,000,000. F ill it up, and forw ard w ith ning to break up. bo the prosper s Supposing that since Adam not $1.00 to th e are good for a thaw soon. But 1 Qne per8On had died, and we want- L ib e r a l U n iv e rs ity C o ., am not going to fret until 1 have eq to place them—how large a S ilverton, O re ’ on to, and at present cannot say when space can we give to each person? I will leave this glorious( ?) coun- One square font, perhaps. True If you req u ire any one foot is not much; and if it C a rd s o r C ir c u la r s , try* should be necessary to place mao- To the P u b lish e rs a f the Torch Well, the greater number of my kinj go that onft person would B ill H e a d s , o f Beason: old acquaintances seem pleased to stand on the shoulders of another N o te o r L e t t e r H e a d s , P lease send th e T orch of R eason to meet me again. But, Holy Moses! occupying that square foot, the po my ad d ress for one year, for which I e n S ta te m e n ts , sition would hardly be the most you should hear them ask: “ Are close $1.00. you suvuiu , , agreeable. And perhaps you think you an Infidel? And th.s ques- won,d be r(K)m en011gh ¡, we T ic k e t s , P ro g ra m s , In v ita tio n s , N am e. tion not only comes from the ¡nciua e the surface of the oceans? saints, but from the poor, deluded, j am sorry that I must state that B o o k s o r P a m p h le ts , ignorant, drunken, tobacco-pickled you are very much mistaken. Even Post office. E n v e lo p e s sinners. W ell.it beats the Dutch, j » People could live in this manner - • u. * it, « T / - (like herrings), there would not he O r any o th e r P rin tin g , you will serve and I imagine that the Lord of Joom enoug^ for more tlial, 5,337, y o u r own in te re st and h e lp su p p o rt Hosts” has to smile occasionally at billions. W hat would we do with th e L ite ra l U n iv ersity by se n d ing your orders to us. We those fellows. Now, while it is tbe rest of them?—[God and His will ex ecu te th em p ro m p tly , tastefu lly . State. rather trying to my nervous sys-1 Book. P i t v a rinting 9