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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1899)
H IE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, APRIL 27, 1899. 8 d* J O Q 2L O F" the laughable farce, “Pat,” which was well played and very amusing. ■> < x x x k x ?< x x x h x )<X) o - o < x x h x >< x >< « BOOK NOTICES. Inform ation Bureau Miss Wolf will continue to give ) < X X X X X > < X X X X X > >Q<H>CH>O-CH>CX><> < Why I Am Not a Christian . « . p lessons and music 8 TH ER E ANYTHING YOU WANT? The above amount is what we lessons in elocution • 1 V , i r la s t w e ek until .June 9th. She has splendid If so, m ake y o u r w an ts know n to us, owed on the lumber last wees. re d 'in th< in n s r . classes Ciasse« in 111 these Uivnn branches, ......■■■>- , a m i «•<• J 8 a mat little pamphlet --- r - - by Mr. I). a all,| no we " . a.j|| , rv a l„i supply th em If • vz $2,00 has been pan o amount, which still leaves $486.05 hope to h ___ av e an in c re ase rA of a t t e n d - u - h do do S te d m a n „ , p ruinliUied u b lish e d l»v by H. H . L. L . wlmt w h a t we ■ ■ J - ~ ~ . for you v o u is w orth o rth n n o o th for is w th in in g to a n c e fo r the closing weeks of the Green, 213 E. Indiana street, Chi- you, we will exper t no pay. C ast your a n t e 101 u ie v iv o .. 6 . . , , lV,.r th , i lP n s t . an en w rite to . » . . ,, . i ..»».« eve over e list, am d i th th en w rite to us. us. cano III Mr S te d m a n w as brought. , cago, in . i h i . o i ... Kea< j o u r ad. on page 6. A ddress, year’s work. The Canadian Postmaster-Gen eral has decided to allow Secular )<XXKXX><XXXXX><?XXXW«K^^ Thought, published at Toronto, to pass through the mails uninter NEWS AND NOTES. rupted if the editor will he more ! o < x x x x x k >< x >< x > o < x ><>< x > O O O O O O careful about the contents of his Entertainment Friday evening, paper and not hit Christianity quite so hard. May 5th. Those who are not for moral, ed CXX>< h > O C H X > < X W < X > < > C > < X )< X > < ^ ^ ucational Secularism are against it. l i t t l e POINTS. Bicycling and gym nasium work 00-0-000OOO0-000000000000o o If God is a god of battles, then he assists in raising hell.—[Ex. Mix all the sunshine with the at mosphere of life that you can. [Ex. Harmony is heaven, and Secu larism will harmonize all peoples of the earth. u p am id C h ristia n s u rro u n d in g s INFORMATION BUREAU, a n d u n d e r C h iistia n influences, h u t ¡iox 100 S il v e r t o n , O k e . h as held aloof from th e c h u rc h a l l 1 ----- .. J I i U tv »Ul (1,0 $ 3 0 0 0 . —T h ree lots and b u d dings, his life, a n d he is a b le to te ll t e (.onsi(S, illg of a 2 .^ -story hotel, a saloon reason w hy. Y ou w ill he p le a s e d b u ild in g , a b lack sm ith shop, tw o dw ell to read his article. ing houses and a b a rn , situ ated in O swe W ould trad e for o th e r property. “5 Price 10 cents. go, O regon. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. D a iry a n d F r u i t F a r m s .—A d airy farm of 36 acres, good alfalfa land, and fruit farm of SO acres, 10 acres grapes, 2 Heretofore O m ar K hayyam has acres peaches ami o th e r fru it, good l>eeii known only to a few who cul house ami b arn s and o th e r o u tb u ild in g s. tivated him as a literary fad and All situ a te d in San Diego co u n ty , ( alif. W ill sell c h eap or trad e lor a stin k rtcognized FitzG erald’s in terp re ta farm . 16 are the Hports these beautiful April tion as a marvel of felicitous trans days. T o T r a d e .—T w enty-tw o acre fruit lation. But he should he known to farm , 8 m iles south of Salem , O r e .; 4 We have just received a number and read and circulated by F ree acres tiearing o rch ard , m ostly w in ter of that great Freethought work, ap p les, 2 acres stra w b erries, new wire thinkers, for the old Persian poet is fence, good house and b a rn , plenty of “The Age of Reason.” Do you preem inently one of us. H is pro p a stu re, ex cellen t w ater, and tim b er want one at 15 cents? enough for wood. W ould like to trad e for test and satire against the dog a larger place. 17 You must he sure and see the en m atic religion of his tim e and tertainment to he given by the Lib A g e n ts .— A gents w anted to sell th e country is equally applicable toour F o rstn e r A uger B it. M oney can he eral University students at the time and country, for superstition m ade. Send 60e for sam ple, or $2.60 To silence d o u b t is to kill th o u g h t, close of school, May 5th. 13 Belief ’g ain st tru th is treason ; is ttie same in all races and climes, for full set ¡>aeked in neat box. H ope m ay begin w here knowledge ends, The contest of the Y. P. S. S. C. But faith will sta m p out reason. and the C hristian i-uperstition is 8 0 a c re s .—A bout four m iles from Sil —[H u m an ity . verton ; sm all, un fin ish ed h o u se; about resulted in a victory for Captain borrowed from O m ar’s day and 5 acres cleared ; $600. B e tte r see It. 11 Ames’ side, hut there is also honor If join a church you m ust, generation and from other queer Don’t hesitate a m in u te ; religious developm ents of I he hum an in defeat in such a contest. F o r S a le .— A fin e little house in Sil C atholic or P ro testan t, v erto n , w ith one acre of land, for only mind. All Liberals should have first,g e t in it. Secularists should flock to Sil The W hichever’s $285. “ h irs t com e, first se rv ed .’’ 4 difference between the two this poem, and they will find it verton by the thousands this sum W on’t pay a m o m en t’s bother, F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver- will hear reading and rereading. Incense you will find in one, mer. Here is the place to rally to n — -a c re ; apples, p ru n es, rasp b er And nonsense in th e oth er. The cover for this pam phlet is from ries, ch erries, p e a rs; n eat little house, — [C. R. Cook. our forces and build our forts. a special and most appropriate de p ain ted and p a p e re d ; good sidew alk. The arithmetic classes which are If Jesus was so smart in turnit g sign by \\ . Parker Bodfish, printed Price, $450. 3 to take final examinations next water into wine, why, if he is still on the Y ictorieux cover paper. S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .--S e c u la ris ts who week have done excellent work “on deck”, don’t the C h r i s i ia i .s are th o ro u g h ly in te reste d in th e cause E ntered in the T ruthseeker Li and are fully prepared to pass a have him turn all the wine, whis brary. Mailed for 10 cents. A d are w anted to h elp build u p a Secular co m m u n ity n e ar S ilverton, Oregon. It ky, etc., hack into water? He might dress The T ruthseeker Com pany, is th o u g h t* b est th a t each m em ber of the thorough test. c o m m u n ity own a litile hom e of h is or We are in receipt of a number of save “a little for their stomachs’ 28 Lafayette Place, New York. h e r own, w hich can very easily be o b ta in e d . W rite to us. 10 encouraging, helpful, private letters sakes.” this week which we do not pub “I am not much of a mathema R e a l E s t a t e fo r S ale. — 80 acres, lish. These messengers fill us with tician,” said the cigarette, ‘‘hut I Another Book by Judge Ladd. house an d b a rn , good o rch a rd , ail fenc ed, 8 m iles from Silverton, n e ar school, man’s nervous new hope and energy. can add to a mans , , t . . . t The Truthseeker has just pub- 35 acres im proved, on m ain road. Price . o $800. 5 One more week and the Uni troubles, I can subtract from his lishcd a second work by J Parish B. T w enty a c re s ; 15 acres im proved, all versity will close its year’s work. physical energy, I can multiply his Ladd, of the San Francisco Bar. fenced, good sp rin g , 1% m iles from Sil 6 Work on the new building should aches and pains, I can divide his It is entitled “Appendix to He v e rto n . Price $700. O ne h u n d re d an d six ty a c re s; 12 then begin at once, but we must mental power, I can take interest brew and Christian Mythology,” acres cleared , 6 m iles from S ilverton. U finish paying for the lumber first. from his work and discount his and continues the subjects treated Price $1300. chances of success.”—[Ex. of in the former work. The main D a iry F a r m . — 480 acres of deeded . Mr. G. H. Purdy, on board Ad d , 80 acres in m eadow an d balance part of this appendix, which con g lan miral Dewey’s flagship, Olympia, rain hay land, p a stu re , etc. A good Lumber Fund. sists of 104 pages uniform with stream of w ater ru n s th ro u g h th e farm sent us some money for the Uni e year ro u n d . Also 320 acres of tim versity last week. Let the friends M rs. M. M. T u r n e r .............................. $2.00 “Commentaries,” is devoted to “ A th b er c u ltu re an d hom estead which can of Freethought education all over Synoptic Review of the Evidence l»e proved u p on for $200. Good house, airy w ith u ten sils for m ak in g cheese Touching the Existence of Christ.” d am the world help what they can, and LOCALS. i b u tte r, sm okehouse, blacksm ith we will erect a monument to Free- Judge Ladd takes the ground that shop and tools, and large, new barn to hohl 50 head of cows, 50 calves and lOo thought that will command the re W oodworkers, d o n ’t forget to send an the Christ of the New Testament tons of h ay . Good well a t house and spect and admiration ot all man order for a set of th e F o rstn er Auger can be treated as a real being only b a rn . T his fine d iary farm is located in B its. Price, $2.60 bv m ail. See ad. of the finest little valleys in E astern in the face of history and the one kind. O regon. T he ow ner finds ready m arket »<• n r u Money to p a te n t good ideas m ay l>e Higher Criticism. From the point for all his cheese and b u tte r a t high Last Saturday evening Miss W o lf 8ecured‘ by ou r a id . A ddress T he P at - and h as m ade enough m oney at of view of history, le holds, the p th u e ces, business so th a t he can afford to re gave a very interesting entainment ENT K ecord , B altim ore, M d. personality of Jesus fails to appear. tire. He w ishes to lo c a te in Silverton at Liberal Hall, which reflects great R em em ber o u r clubbing rate w ith th e and ed u cate his ch ild ren in th e Liberal „„ offers „„ ,„r only ail th is for credit on her ability as an elocu- O regonian only lasts for a lim ited tim e, and our author believes him Io UnjversUy He have been a compound of th e vari $3000— one-half down and balance on. tionist and instructor. She has done Read our offer on page 7. excellent work in our school this year, as was shown by the splendid training of the students who took part in the program. The Tableaux Vivantsby nine young ladies was very pretty, and Miss Wolfs reci J ♦ ations were received, as tations were well wen rewncu, usual. ----- Our club rates with the Weekly Oregonian will he discontinued after May 9th. You can get the two papers for the price of one if you send in your orders prior to that date. ------ Remember, $1.50 is all . . - The program closed with * you have to pay. ous uu older um c m y th s ; and m essian ic term s; a ls o 130 head of c a ttle and gome hogs will l»e sold very cheap for characters. Judge Ladd examines ca8h , A ddress th e In fo rm atio n B ureau, the upon which the lv rto n ,J >re. . points r . . church . H --------------------- to orove the existence thpm on legal age. residing in M issouri, desires to . r’ational grounds. Price 20 move to Oregon if he can get a position as cent, Address' The Truthseeker e x te n t ^ X S I i i o n s ’ ^ d Company, 28 Lafayette Place, N ew bag bad verv successful experience in 1 V n rb , tn e school room . Y’ork.