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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1899)
T H E TORCH O F REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, A P R IL 27, 1«99. REFLECTED RAYS. ) o o o o o o o o o o o o O O O O O O O O O O O O < have been induced have been lost am id the dream s of superstition.- [Common Sense. ) < X X X X > 0 < X X X X X > < X X X X X > l>'>(><><>01 A man is holier than a priest.— [E x. NEW AND CURIOUS. ro w n ’s • C H A M P I O N S O F T H E N O R T H W E S T uff . . ; B re d f o a r n d S iz E e g , g B P e r a o u d ty u c tio n Plym outh Rocks . . J. W. BROWN - . Silverlon, Ore. B Egirs iro m m y P re m iu m S to c k , $ 2 .0 0 p er 13. ) O 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Q X X X 1 QOOOO1 The term s “ god” and “ super Stars on the coins of the I nited stitio n ” are synonym ous. .Jehovah is a senseless term. Orthodox fools States are six-pointed. Those on sit under nonsense uttered by croak- the Hag have five points, Í I ing priests, when their tim e so lost Lions are left-handed, says an m ight he engaged advantageously anim al tam er. They always use in the attain m en t of knowledge and the left paw for a vigorous blow. happiness.— [Bible of Reason. Many instances have been re- : No There are twelve kinds of Pres byterians, thirteen kinds of B ap tists and seventeen kinds of M eth odists in the United States. \ \ e do not see how we can tell one kind of M ethodist from another, or by w hat sign a Baptist can show th a t he is not the other fellow. W e like sectarianism , and the more rx it there is, the better. To divide a church is to half kill it. 1 he more it can be divided, the less harm it can do.— [Investigator. W ithout free speech no search for tru th is possible; w ithout free speech no discovery of tru th is use ful; w ithout free speech progress is checked, and the nations no longer m arch forward toward the nobler life which the future holds for m an. Better a thousand fold abuse of free speech th an denial of free speech; the abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people and entom bs the hope of the race.— [Charles B radlaugh. They only seem to do this j o(i ra ie occagjonS) hence they are to be envied who have th e good for tune to witness the phenom ena. Though the writer has often e n deavored to get fortune’s favor, she has never smiled on him hut once, when he saw the phosphorescent glow from fungi in a hollow’ tree, just like the glow of a m atch when rubbed in the dark. A G erm an n a tu ra list, H err H aggren, seem3 to have met with a num ber of in stances in his co u n try —or, rather, the night w atchm an he em ployed did. He concludes th a t the phe nom ena are more likely to occur when it is dark, after rain, follow ing a sunny day. Ju ly and Aug ust gave the most instances. Oc currences began soon after sunset, and there were n o n e after d a w n . He could not decide on the cause of the lum inosity. Remarks on Hiracles. Vitæ=Ore Remedies I • Need to Suffer from A nv Disease. I E lix ir I B a c te r ia c id e Life and death follow in unceas- corded of flowers being luminous at ---------- ing vicissitude; winter prepares the earth for the genial 1 influence ,.f of spring; the vernal w arm th causes trees and plants to disclose their blossoms, which sum m er developes in to fruits; the sea supplies, through the air, the rivers with th eir per ennial stream s; they retu rn their w aters to the deep— and thus all things perpetually revolve in an undeviating round.—[Sel. ! T h e G re a t V IT Æ -O R E E u c a ly p tu s Oil I O re -O lin e I M e d ic a te d S o a p Agent PEARL W . GEER S ilverton , < I regox . J N E O R M A T IO N BUREAR 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 A N Y TH IN G YOU WANT W R IT E TO U S. WE CAN H E L P YOU A ddress, IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U S - . Silverton, Oregon L ib eral H all. W atkk O pposite 7 ^ t r vt (Concluded from 1st page,) warm them being barely visible . -X- ■< -rei',« across abysm al space, reflecting to M a k e th at beyond these sparks of solar fire suns innum erable may burn, ***** « ----- —r *— r-» J w ’ whose light caii never stir the T he G o v ern m en t nationalized th e Postal S ystem , w hy not also th e M oney System ? A plan is told by C. ELTO N B L A N C H A R D optic nerve at all; and bringing in h is book e n t i t l e d ................................. these reflections face to face with the idea of the Builder and Sus- tain er of it all showing Himself in In an age of superstitious b a r a burning bush, exhibiting His , Postna id for 25 Cents. barism men are tau g h t from their hinder parts, or behaving in other All profits on th is book will lie given to th e L ib eral U n iv ersity . infancy to believe th at N ature is fam iliar ways ascribed to Him in It should l>e in th e h an d s of every th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all o rd ers to The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon- b ut in the very dawn of its ex ist the .Jewish Scriptures, the incon ence, and th a t a few thousand gruity m ust appear. * * * years are the utm ost extent of its It behooves you and me to take W h o D o es Y o u r t T h is O u t — d u ratio n . No sooner are they in care that our notions of the Power F ill it up, and forw ard w ith formed th a t the hum an species are which rules the universe are not $1.00 to th e n atu ra l to the system of things, mere fanciful or ignorant enlarge- L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o ., and th a t the infinite universe is of m ents of hum an power. T hecapa- S ilverto n , O re g on eternal existence, th an in sta n tly bilities of what you call your they revolt at an idea so co n trary reason are not denied. * * * If you req u ire any to th a t with which they had seri- You can picture to yourself a C a rd s o r C ir c u la r s , To th e P u b lish e rs a f the Torch ously been im pressed, and, placing Being able and w illing to do any B ill H e a d s , o f Reason: confidence in the dream s of th eir and every conceivable thing. You N o te or L e t t e r H e a d s , Please send th e T orch of R eason to ig n o ran t predecessors, they are in- are right in saying th a t in oppo- m y address for one y ear, for w hich I e n S ta te m e n ts , sensible to the voice of reason and sition to this power science is of no close $1.00. T ic k e t s , P ro g ra m s , the sim plest operations of N ature, av ail— th a t it is “ a weapon of air.” Reason and reflection would con- The m an of science, however, while In v ita tio n s , N am e. vince m aukind th a t tnilliQns of accepting the figure, would prob B e o k s or P a m p h le ts , years are but as m om ents in dura- ably reverse its application, think- Post o ff ce. E n v e lo p e s tion- th a t the events which are ing it is not science which is here daily obvious are but th e o rdinary the thing of air, hut th a t unsub- Or an' o th e r P rin tin g , you will ser\€ a a n j u u v iu u s a i r uuv j b » I Vo u r own in te re st and h elp su p p o rt incidents th at ever have happened sta n tia l pageant of the im agination * the Liberal U n iv ersity by send- • an d ever will happen; th e clear to which the solidity of science is | ing your orders to us. We and sim ple inferences th a t m ight opposed.—[F ragm ents of Science. will ex ecu te them p ro m p tly , tastefu lly . State. Good Tim es for all Time U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E P rinting 9