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TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JU N E 15, 1899.
S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E -
PRODUCE
TAKEN
of his death was determined and
impressive to the members of his
are but borrowed legends, copied family and the close friends who
from a system of myths and alle­ heard it.
ave you ordered your Spring Suit
For many years Mr. Silver was
gory in common use among the
yet? The fact that we are the
one of Cleveland’s most prominent Our
oriental nations of antiquity.
clothiers of Silverton, we would
The death of Abel at the hands citizens. He was the mayoralty N e w
run a great risk if we did not know our
of Cain has its parallel among the candidate on the Union-Reform
myths of Chaldea; it was symbolic ticket at the last election and was C a rp e ts
clothing, for we guarantee it, and only
a
leader
of
many
ieforra
move­
of the eternal war between day and
good clothing can bear such a guarantee.
ments.
He
was
ooe
of
the
found-
night, light and darkness; so the
are
If you want to get acquainted with us
Christian story of Christ and the ers of the prohibition party. He
devil is naught but this old myth; was a poor boy, but made a great
w ithout spending much,
Big
of
the
casting
out
of
deal
of
money
and
was
proprietor
the storv
trv one of our ready
devils was but an allegorical figure of the famous stock farm of L. B. S e lle rs !
made suits a t...............
of light overcoming darkness, the Silver & Co. at Salem, his former
rising sun subduing night. The home. He came to Cleveland in
Pelasgians had their divine child, 1871. He left a widow and two
their savior, who sacrificed his sons. The remains will be cre­
OREGON
own life to save his people; he was mated, probably in Detroit.— S IL V E R T O N
born of a goddess and placed by [Cleveland (O.) Daily World.
her side; like the child of Zeus be­
T h e G r _t'
Witchcraft Still Lives.
side Rhea, Sasipolis beside Llithya,
Tvchon beside Tyche, Iachos be­
The Rev. Solomon E. Hotema, a
side Demeter. All these myths
run in the same groove, have the preacher of Presbyterianism to the
No Need to Suffer from Any Disease.
same origin, all traceable to the Indians of Indian Territory, has
same source, the sun god A men Ra recently shot and killed three of
E lix ir
at dawn chasing away darkness. his neighbors, two of them women,
B a c te ria c id e
People in all ages have adored the whom he accused of witchcraft.
V IT Æ - O R E Eucalyptus Oil
O re -O lin e
sunlight and feared darkness. It He is in jail at Antlers awaiting
M e d ic a te d Soap
is the most natural thing in the the halter. When asked why he
world; what a man can see he can took the lives of the women and
Agent
PEARL W. GEER
the
man,
he
replied
solemnly:
“I
defend himself against; but danger
S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n .
lurking in the dark he is not pre­ took my authority from the book
pared to meet, so fear in the dark of all books, the Bible. It says,
takes the place of courage in day­ ‘Thou shalt not suffer a witch to
light. How much more so this live.’ ”
In jail the preacher spends his
must have been felt by primeval
man in a state of profound ignor­ time in Bible-reading, praying and
ance, when every phenomenon of singing, and regards himself as a
nature was, to him, an evil or a martyr for Christ’s sake. Ho-
good being. It was with primitive tema’s father, au Indian, was a
man in his savage and sevi-savage ruling elder of the Presbyterian
To sell property
state that all of these religious church fnr many years. Solomon
myths took root; the soil was pro­ was educated at Eastern seminaries
To buy a home
and
taught
school
before
entering
pitious, the roots penetrated deep
To go into business
and became so firm that even our the pulpit. At different times he
To exchange real or personal property
civilization has not been sufficient served as county clerk, county
to eradicate them. The gods and judge, rewresentative, senator and
To work, or to hire workers
district
attorney.
He
is
described
devils, myths of day and night, are
ANYTHING
everywhere about us; they are fed as a man of good character and of
from the pulpit, groomed and ex­ sound mind apart from his belief
W R IT E T O U S .
W E C A N H E L P YOU
ercised weekly by the priesthood. that the scriptures are iuerrant
It is the night, the darkness, the and contain a message from God to
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imaginary demon which holds so man!
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Disbelief
On His Dying
Lips.
With a passionless but firm and
positive avowal of his disbelief in
Christianity on his lips, Mr. Lover­
ing B. Silver, one of the best known
citizens of the city, died Sunday at
his home, 172 Summit street, aged
73.
For a number of years Mr. Sil­
ver had been an avowed Infidel,
and wished it known that he had
died as he had lived, an infidel.
He wished no one to say that re­
pentance had come to him on his
deathbed, and his quiet disavowal
of any religious belief at the time
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