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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1899)
7 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, APRIL 20, 1899. : X^ < W<XXXX>OO<XX><X><><><XX^^ nearly exterminated another ally Do you ta k e th e of the cultivator, a certain ground $ NEW AND CURIOUS. T o rch o f Reason? .„...A F in e Line o f ...... $ . ^XKXX)<V><><><><>C*C> ;><>o"r> QOO-O-O lizard, which is now very rarely It is only One D ollar a Y ear, amt seen. contains reading m a tte r th a t you can M illinery, Ladies’ and Children’s Evolutionists will be interested not get elsew here for th ree tim es the *** in a cat story from Newark, N. J. m oney. I t comes every week, too. Goods, Notions of All Kinds. A. and J. Hoile, of that city, say At the recent meeting of the that their stump-tailed Maltese cat, British Association at Bristol, Dr. Do you ta k e th e which they highly prize, recently W. T. Russell gave, before the W e e k ly Oregonian? Dressmaking, Tailoring, Dyeing, Cleaning , lVe birth to four kittens, two of Chemical Section, some further in It is p u b lish ed a t P o rtlan d , ore., and Repairing. which had long tails. For this pair formation regarding his recent re and contains m ore and b e tter infor m ation in regard to th e Pacific the mother showed a marked dis searches on the surprising action N orthw est th a n any o th er pa per,and like, and before they were two days exerted by certain substances in is th e best news pap er in Oregon. O LD H A T S M A D E N E W . You get sixteen pages of good read old drowned them in a bucket of the absence of light on photograph ing m a tte r each week, including all water. The case has some bearing ic plates. The Journal of the So th e news of th e nation and th e w orld, for only $1.50 a year. on the doctrine of Natural Selec ciety of Arts gives some of his more Produce Taken in E xchange. tion. striking results: “Some ordinary W ill you a c c e p t *** type, a portion of the cover of C hilders & S m ith In the discussion in the British Punch, and the wrapper of a pack A Good O ffer? U n til M a y 9 , 1 8 9 9 , you can Association of a communication by et of tobacco, produced strongly H a te r S treet, get T he T orch of Reason and The U n d er Photo G allery, W eekly Oregonian both one year for Professors E. B. Roser and W. O. defined pictures; the last mention- only $1.56, th e price of th e Oregon Atwater, recording their experi tioned was particularly interesting, - O REG O N . ian alone. This is only a lim ited SIL V E R T O N offer. You should tak e advantage ments (American) on the amount inasmuch as the red ink had prov of it a t once. of energy supplied to and obtaina ed active, the blue inactive. all o rd ers for su b scrip tio n s and for . . . . F o rs tn e rs 's . . . . ble from the human body — which Strangely, writing ink fold fash Send sam ple copies to were found to be equal — Prof. W. ioned) is quite inactive, and a pa TH E TORCH OF R E A SO N , E. Ayerton pointed out that the per having writing on it in ink. S ilverto n , Oregon. energy of muscular action is prob even over a hundred years old, 18 INVALCABE TO ably capillary or electrical, th*> hu when placed between a sheet of act C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtis in g , man machine being more analagous ive material and a sensitive plate, such as le ttin g in locks, as it ta k e s th e to an electric battery or motor than yielded a picture in which the place of chisel an d gouge ; to AND writing appeared quite distinctly, to a steam engine. C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- elling, p atch in g , rem oving sp lits an d white on black, in spite of the orig k n o ts. In fact, no inal being in some cases indistinct. S ilv e r to n , O re W a g o n o r P a t te r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r About fifteen or twenty years ago The list of materials that are act M a in S t r e e t e r of pianos, organs, sewing m achines, the mongoose was imported from ive is very long, and includes wood, a g ricu ltu ral im plem ents, sash, b lin d s, CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OK i fu rn itu re , nor India by the colonial government which gives a piciure of the grain A n y O th er W o o d w o rk e r, should be and introduced on the island of Ja and knots. The amount of work w ith o u t it. maica, in the West Indies, for the Prof. Russell lias done leads him School purpose of destroying the large, to the provisional opinion that the AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS DNEQDALED. S u p p lie s , gray, white-bellied rat which play effect is due to the evolution of hv- It <s th e only ronnd hit in th e world th a t will Ijore a SQ U A R E H O L E ed havoc with the growing cane on drogen peroxide.” Books and and do all th a t any ottier the sugar plantations. That the b it will do. S ta tio n e ry . little animal has fairly achieved the PRICES. Set of five,different sizes,p o stp aid . .$2.60 object for which it was imported, The imitative qualities inherent Single b it, p o stp a id ..................................60 cannot be gainsaid, but that it in man—a legacy from his simian would ever become the universal ancestors, some philosophers assert Dealers in F ru its, Vegetables A ddress, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY GO. pest which it is at the present day, —received a humorous illustration and C onfectionery. S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n . and has been for several years, was in Philadelphia the other day, says never anticipated. So long as it the Youth’s Companion. There is kept to the cane-growing planta a “college” in that city for the ed tions and ate the planters’ poultry ucation of youths who intend pur R em em b er. and all young and available animal suing the “tonsorial profession”, life, all went well; but with its and at a meeting of the students, rapid and prolific powers of repro held to discuss various matters per and th a t when you w ant First-class Goods at duction and its vagabond and taining to their interests, it was P o p u lar Prices, a trial will be enough to con roaming disposition, in a very short unanimously resolved to have a vince •/ vou where to trade and get the biggest bar- time it was found to be in every “college yell”. After much consid gains for your money. part of the island, from the sea eration the following was evolved: shore to the tops of the highest ’R ah ! ’R ah ! ’R ah ! This week we open our spring line of L adies’ mountains. Though it has not ex W e’re scalpers, by g u m ! S k irts and Dresses. Ask to see o ur Scotch u t, sham poo, shave, bay rum ! terminated the cane-rats, it has H a N irc ex t! N ext! N ext! Lawns— 16 yards for $1.00. No trouble to show lessened their number and saved This yell has at least the merits ’em. Thev the sugar planters a vast sum of •/ are world beaters. of perspicuity and sanity, which money. But it has nearly exter Mail O rders P ro m p tly A ttended To. Sam ples minated the ground laying and cannot be said of the “college yell” Sent Free on A pplication. feeding birds,it devours poultry and in general. eggs of all kinds, including those of D R E Y E R & C R A IG the land turtle, so that the latter, Secularists would you not like to SIL V E R T O N . O R EG O N . once very numerous and highly es have some letterheads printed with PRODU CE TAKEN. S T R IC T L Y O N E PR IC E . teemed as an article of food, is now seldom found. In Jamaica there Secular sentiment and Wettstein’s was a very beautiful indigenous Freethought badge, to use in corre O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t snake, a friend of the agriculturist, spondence with your friends? We ALW A YS G IV E S commonly called the yellow or ba will furnish them to you with nana snake, which grew to a length your name and address printed on of six or seven feet. It is practic them for 75 cents per hundred, ally extinct, for during the last five or six years it has been nearly im 81.50 for 250, or $2.50 for 500, post B E C A U S E IT G IV E S possible to find a specimen. This paid. Let the people know where •HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKHANSHIP blood-thirsty little animal has also you stand. L adies’ Bazar! aaasisa aunr KINNEY PORTER Aguinaldo’s Power is Broken, __ Satisfaction