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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?
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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