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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MAY 11, 1899.
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It is a natural law that we can­
not make others happy without
sharing the happiness ourselves.
Neither can we make others miser­
able without sharing that misery.
Blessed are they who furnish pleas­
ure for children and comfort the
aged, for they will reach a haven of
happiness never dreamed o f by the
purely selfish.—[Common Sense.
Do you want to take the Weekly
Oregonian? You can get it of us
at the regular price, $1.50 a year,
and we will give you the Torch of
Reason for a year absolutely free,
think of it! Send in your orders.
Do you ta k e th e
T o rch o f Reason?
I t is only O ne D ollar a Y ear, and
The false Fhephnrds of the church
c o n ta in s read in g m a tte r th a t you can
keep the wool pulled over the eyes
not get elsew here for th re e tim es th e
m
oney. It com es ev ery week, too.
of the sheep.—[Flaming Sword.
For a nation to love liberty it is
Do you ta k e th e
sufficient that she knows it; and to
be free it is sufficient that she wills
it.—[Lafayette.
It is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , o re.,
E X -G O V . J O H N P . A L T G E L D .
OO-O-O-OOO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OO-O-O-O-O-O
an d co n tain s m ore an d b e tte r in fo r­
Education is a Better safeguard
m atio n in regard to th e Pacific
A B o o k for t h e P e o p le
N E W A N D CURIOUS.
N o rth w est th a n any o th e r p ap er,an d
of liberty than a standing army.
C O N T A IN S A LL T H E F A M O U S S P E E C H E S , L E T T E R S .
is
th e Ivest new s p a p er in Oregon.
M E S S A G E S ANO ESSA YS OF T H E A U TH O R .
If we retrench the wages of the O O < X X X X )O < X X X X X > Q X X K 0 0 - 0 - 0 Q (
You get six tee n pages of good re a d ­
ing m a tte r each w eek, inclu d in g all
The only artisan buried in West­ P E O V E P R U Y L A IS R S IN U E T E O R F E S N T A T E IO A R N N A E L S T IM L P Y O C R O T A N N S C ID E E R A E N D O .
schoolmaster, we must raise those
th e new s of th e n atio n and th e
of the recruiting sergeant.—[Ev­ minster Abbey is George Graham,
T r u s t s , M o n o p o l ie s , G o v e r n m e n t
w orld, for only $1.60 a year.
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the instrument-maker, who invent­
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M o n e y Q u e s t i o n , T a r if f , E d u c a t io n ,
ed an improved clockwork in the E l e c t io n F r a u d s , S t r i k e s , L a b o r W ill you a c c e p t
Seven hundred and fifty thous­
O r g a n iz a t io n s , I m p e r ia l is m
and
a
year 1700.
and dollars has been offered for the •r
H u n d r e d O t h e r T o p ic s D i s c u s s e d .
A Good O ffe r?
H A N D S O M E L IB R A R Y E D IT IO N , 1 , 0 0 0 P A G E S ,
site of St. Paul’s church in Boston.
S U B S T A N T IA L
CLO TH,
P O S T P A ID ,
$ 2 .5 0
\ ou can get T he Torch of Reason
At the beginning of this century
This represents an accumulation of
an d T he W eekly O regonian both
. S. B owen & S on , Unity Bldg., Cmcieo.
one y e ar for only $1.75, little m ore
unpaid taxes belonging to the pub­ there were practically no water G eo Agents
th e price of th e O regonian alone.
wanted everywhere. W rite tor terms.
works in this country or Canada,
lic.—[Ex.
while at present there are nearly
Send all o rders for su b scrip tio n s and for
I am not unacquainted with that
sam ple copies to
. . . F o rstn ers’s . . . .
3350 complete works in the two
fusiform spiral-wound bundle of
chopped stems and miscellaneous countries, supplying more than that
T H E TORCH OF R E A S O N ,
number of towns, of which about
incombustibles, the cigar, so-called,
S ilverto n , Oregon.
2780
have
been
built
since
1880,
of the shops, which to draw asks
IS IN V A LU ABB TO
and
some
1400
in
the
past
six
the suction power of a nursling in­
C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g ,
years.
such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e
fant Hercules, and to relish the
place of chisel an d g o u g e ; to
leathery palate of old Silenus. I
and
C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow-
In
the
early
days
of
water-works
do not advise you, young man, even
ellin g , p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and
if my illustration strikes your construction in this country, pri­ k n o ts. In fact, no
S ilv e rto n , O re
fancy, to consecrate the flower of vate ownership was the rule. A t W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r­ M a in S tr e e t
of piano9, organs, sew ing m ach in es,
your life to painting the bowl of a the opening of the century there er
a g ric u ltu ra l im p le m e n ts, sash , b lin d s,
CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF
pipe, for, let me assure you, the were 17 cities with more or less fu rn itu re , nor
stain of a reverie-breeding narcotic complete works, only one of which A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, should he
may strike deeper than you think was owned by a municipality. But w ith o u t it.
S ch o o l
now,
o f the 3196 complete works in
for. I have seen the green leaf of
AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED.
S u p p lie s ,
the
United
States,
1690,
or
more
early promise grow brown before
It ’s th e only ro n n d b it in th e world
th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E
its time under such nicotian regi­ than half, are owned by the mu­
Books and
an d do all th a t a n y o th e r
nicipalities;
which,
they
supply.
men, and thought the ambered
b it will do.
;ionery.
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meerschaum was dearly bought at
PRICES.
S et of five,different sizes, p o stp aid . .$2.60
the cost of a brain enfeebled and a
A peculiar method of brick-burn­ Single
b it, p o s tp a id .................................. 60
will enslaved.—[Holmes.
ing has been noted in Korea by M.
Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables
Materialistic Philosophy has Henri Chevalier, a French engin­ A ddress, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO.
lengthened life; it has mitigated eer. The brick are first thoroughly
and Confectionery.
S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n .
burnt,
then
without
cooling
are
pain; it has extinguished diseases;
it has increased the fertility of the flooded with water, and the fires
soil; it has given new securities being kept up several days longer, Remember
to the mariner; it has spanned are finished in an atmosphere of
great rivers and estuaries with superheated steam. The brick are
bridges of form unknown to our blue in color and very hard. They
and that when you want First-class Goods at
fathers; it has guided the thunder­ have a crushing strength of 750
bolt inocuously from heaven to tons per square foot and are prac­
Popular Prices, a trial will be enough to con­
tically
unaffected
by
frost,
but
how
earth; it has lighted up the night
vince you where to trade and get the biggest bar­
much
of
their
fine
quality
depends
with the splendor of day; it has ex­
gains for your money.
tended the range of human vision; upon the singular burning process
This week we open our spring line of Ladies’
it has multiplied the power of the is not clear.
human muscles; it has accelerated
Skirts and Dresses. Ask to see our Scotch
motion; it has annihilated distance;
A shellfish known as the pianna
Lawns—16 yards for SI .(X). No trouble to show
it has facilitated intercourse, cor­ in the Mediterranean has the curi­
’em. They are world beaters.
respondence, all friendly offices, all ous power of spinning a viscid silk,
Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Samples
despatch of business; it has enabled which is made in Sicily into a reg­
man to descend to the depths o f ular fabric. The silk is spun by
Sent Free on Application.
the sea, to soar into the air, to pen­ the shellfish in the first place for
etrate securely into the noxious re­ the purpose of attaching itself to
D R E Y E R & C R A IG
cesses of the earth, to traverse the the rocks. It is able to guide the
S IL V E R T O N . O R EG O N .
• aijl in cars that whirl along with­ delicate filaments to the proper S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E -
PR O D U C E TAKEN
out horses, and the ocean in ships place and then glue them fast, and
which run ten knots an hour if they are cut away it can repro­
against the wind. These are but a duce them. The material when O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t.
Part of its fruits, and of its first gathered—which is done at low
A LW A Y S G IV E S
fruits. For it is a philosophy that tide—is washed in soap and water,
never rests. Its law is progress. A dried and straightened, one pound
point which yesterday was invisible of the coarse filament yieldirg
« its goal today, and will be its three ounces of the fine thread,
darting-point tomorrow.— [ Ma­ which, when spun, is of a lovely
BECAUSE IT GIVES
caulay.
H O N E S T STOCK, F IN E S T IN K A N D E X C E L L E N T W 0 R K H A N S H IP
'burnished golden-brown color.
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