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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1899)
7 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MAY 18, 1899 N E W AND CURIOUS, g ooooooooooooooq x x x x x x x ) O butter renders that article iudi- will be most grave, and will affect tv ,.. nt an pv. the political problem there and at f tensive \ drug null confesses f mischievously.” — L [Current that no no j home j igtor drug in the mill he has charge of is ' which illustrates the disorganiz- ever turned out in its pure state, ing and disuniting quality of theo- All the drugs are tampered with, logicol theories. m . m . t . more or less, and in most cases to a -------------------------------------------- considerable extent. The extent to which adulteration is carried on in some of the largest sugar refiner ies would startle the public it it E X -G O V . J O H N P . A L T G E L D . were known. It is beyond ques A B o o k f o r t h e P e o p l e tion that much serious illness and 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 , many deaths are the direct result E V M E E R S Y S IS A G S E U S E A OF N O N E A S T S IO A N Y S A L O IM F P T O H R E T A A N U T C H E O R A . N D of eating food adulterated with in P O P U L A R IN T E R E S T E A R N E S T L Y C O N S ID E R E D . 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 jurious substances, and the perils O w n e r s h i p , C iv il S e r v ic e . T a x a t io n . arising from the consumption of 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 , adulterated drinks are not less 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 O r g a n iz a t io n s , I m p e r ia l is m ano a widespread and alarming. 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 . D o V O llta k e th e T o r c h Of R©3SO n? w I t is only O ne D ollar a Y ear, and c o n tain s reading m a tte r th a t you can not get elsew here for th re e tim es th e m oney. I t com es every week, too. It is reported that experiments have been carried on at the United States mint in Philadelphia for nearly a year, with a view of ascer Do you ta k e th e taining the fitness of aluminum for O regonian? minor coins. Some 10,000 blanks It is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , o re., of the size of the nickel 5-cent piece an d co n tain s m ore a n d b e tte r in fo r m atio n in regard to th e Pacific have been delivered at the mint for N o rth w est th a n any o th e r p ap er,an d this purpose. Congress, some time is th e best new s p ap er in O regon. You get six tee n pages of good re a d aso, appointed a commission of ex ing m a tte r each w eek, in clu din g all perts to investigate and report th e new s of th e n atio n an d th e w orld, for only $1.50 a year. upon this subject, and the experi ments àbove referred to are being carried on under the direction of W ill you a c c e p t its members. A Good O ffer? *** H A N D S O M E L IB R A R Y E O IT IO N , 1 , 0 0 0 P A G E S , < X K K K X X X X X X > < > < X > -C K X H > < X X > < X X > You can get T he Torch of Reason S U B S T A N T IA L CLO TH, P O S T P A ID , $ 2 . 5 0 an d T he W eekly O regonian both A new method of making photo R E F L E C T E D RAYS. 6 e o . S. B o w en & Sos, Unity Bldg., C hicago . one y e ar for only $1.75, little m ore graphs which show the colors of th e price of th e O regonian alone. Agents wanted everywhere. Write tor terms- < x x x x x >< x x x x > o < x x x >< x > c k x x >< x > nature has been invented by Prof. Most of the wrong that man does Send all orders for su b scrip tio n s and for R. W. Wood, of the University of sam ple copies to F o rstn ers’s Wisconsin. The pictures are made is done in the darkness of ignor on a transparent film deposited on ance.—[Ex. T H E TORCH OF R E A S O N , glass and containing very fine Devotion is only good when it S ilverto n , Oregon. lines, about 2000 to the inch, on makes a man get off his knees and IS INVALÜABE TO the average, and so not visible to go to work.—[Investigator. r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , the naked eye. No colors are vis There are millions of semi-free C a such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s th e ible until the pictures are placed in place of chisel and gouge; to AND thinkers, who see the truth and ’ , . . . . C a b in e t M a k e rs , for inlaid w ork, dow- a special viewing apparatus, con , d a re n o t p ro cla im it, fearin g t h a t p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and sisting of a convex lens on a light “society” cannot exist except upon elling, k n o ts. In fact, no Silverton, Ore frame. The lens and the lines on a basis of error. Convince these 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 Main Street er of pianos, organs, sew ing m ach in es, the plate, acting together, form timid men that truth is a safe ag ric u ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash., b lin d s, CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF overlapping spectra which affect fu rn itu re , nor foundation for any structure, and the eye in such a manner that the the old systems will fall with a Any Other Woodworker, should be natural hues appear in the picture » ro i without it. S cho ol crash.—[Sel. in their proper places and intensi ---------------------- - AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. S u pp l ies, ties. The pictures can also be pro Il '8 th e only ronnd b it in th e world Catholicism in the Phillippines. jected in color upon a screen. th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E Books and — and do all th a t any o th e r *** The New York “ Nation,” after b it will do. S ta tio n e ry . quoting from the “Catholic World,” , hkivw . PRICES. From the discoveries of a trav statistics of Catholic c h u r c h m e m - Set of five,different sizes,p o stp aid . .$2.60 eler in North Wales, it would seem bership in the Phillippiues, re- Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. 60 that the origin of the “tombstone” m a rk s : “Here are some 6,000,000 Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables £ was in “kneeling-stones,” used to out of 8,000,000 or 9,000,000 souls Ad LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO. uiwui.ns, and Confectionery. kneel upon in prayer for the de in the islands under nomiually S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n . Christian instruction. We say parted soul. The „ author of nominally Christian, for we are not “Through North Wales” says: set for the defense of the friars in “At Corwen many of the older t'ne Phillipines. There is no doubt Remember, graves have “kneeling-stones,” that their political influence, there # 1 where it is believed people used to and in Spain, has been mischiev- A f f U lf ia ld O S POWCF IS OTOKCI!, ® come and pray for the departed. ous. There is no doubt that in too many cases the natives regard them and that when you want First-class Goods at These are low headstones and foot- as hated oppressors. Nor have we stones, shaped with niches for the anything to say as to their religious Popular Prices, a trial will he enough to con knees. We found every gradation, tenets and teachings, as compared vince you where to trade and get the biggest bar- with those of the Protestant socie from this shape to the more mod gains for your money. ern. It seems probable that the ties which intend to supplant them. That Catholicism in the Phillipines This week we open our spring line of Ladies’ form has been kept, while the pur is not all that it should be even pose which they served has been from the standpoint of an Ameri Skirts and Dresses. Ask to see our Scotch lost. Since in colonial times in can Catholic, is admitted by a Lawns—16 yards for $1.00. No trouble to show America, Welsh slates were used writer in the ‘Catholic W orld’. But ’em. They are world heaters. for tombstones, and were brought that is not the poiut. It is n o t; primarily a religious but a political ! Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Samples here already shaped and dressed, it problem that confronts us in the would not be strange to find modi Phillippiues. We have to consider Sent Free on Application. fications of the kneeling-stone, par the religious element only as it ticularly at the foot of the grave.” complicates the political problem, i D R E Y E R &, C R A IG And that it does complicate it ter S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N . ribly is beyond question. How are PRODUCE TAKEN, The mixing of plaster of paris in the Catholics in this country going STRICTLY ONE PRICE. ■ flour, says an exchange, is but one to stomach the practical destruction of the Catholic church in the Phil- instance of the criminal disregard lippines? The pope has ai- O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t for the health or life of the pur ready shown that he will uot sit ALWAYS GI\E8 chaser of prepared foods. When idly by and see Phillippine Cath- tomato catsup is made out of olicism endangered. Thousands of ground pumpkin only it cannot do voters in this country pay ‘Peter’s pence’ as well as war taxes, and much harm, but when a certain they will not be pleased to see one • acid is added to give it flavor, the itl,h: h e ° X o u “ ; x rm : : j because it g , v E8 health of the buyer may suffer; while paraffin as an adulterant of the Phillippine», if we take them. HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSHIP “ LIVE Q U E S TIO N S ” W e e k ly K1NNEV PORTER __ Satisfaction