T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , O REGON , JU N E 29, 1899-
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eaten nothing for so m any hours, the sore places in G od’s chosen
g re tt rock? seemed to entirely block
We arrived at the Liberal Univer- ones’ characters, th a t h m n an ;ty may
¿ ¡Hrnour)ted and gazed
sity about 12 o’clock at night, and be benefited thereby, no good god
The O n ly P aper of Its K ind.
with wonder at the beautiful scene.
glad indeed were we to get home, will condem n us or allow us to
One must eee each fight« as these
although we had had in m any ways sutler for our m istake, for none of
PntiiatMd w - kly b y « » Liberal Vnl- to fully r-aiiz- the »aatneM o f l b “
a very successful trip , and met with us can change our m oral skins or
vereity Company, in the Interests of
c h a n g e s th a t h av e been a n d are
in s tr u c tiv e , Morel Secularism. _
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c r u g t, m any friends, who are inter- spots; we m ust and will follow our
ested in our work to the degree of strongest im pulses, which are only
I F H o s m e r ........................... E d ito r and through th is he m ay be led to
P W O eer
............. M an a g er catch glim pses of the universe and assisting us by w ritings, by conver- modified by our environm ents,
sations with others, and by finan-
The devout will continue to pray
the workings of th e m ighty inher-
until there are no religious de
cial support.
E n tered at th e postoffice at S ilverton, ent forces of the m atter of which
And here we are, ready to begin votees; the hypocrites will pray
Oregon, as second-class m ail m atter.
the universe is composed.
stan d in g in their synagogues and
At Tw ickingham F erry we found work on th e greatest in stitu tio n
on the corners of the streets as long
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Mr. and Mrs. Helm s, who have th a t the closing scene of th e 19th
as hypocrites exist and there is
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and breakfast, a good n ig h t’s rest, not due to a spook, S an ta C laus in
Money should be sent by registered 1 and a donation to th e cause gave us the sky, but largely to our new when there is nothing to scofi at,
letter or m oney order.
found friends in E astern Oregon, to aud th a t tim e will not come as long
a fresh start in the m orning.
as superstition has such a hold on
T he history of the previous day whom we tender our hearty th an k s
Notice!
the h u m an fam ily. W orshippers,
began to repeat itself. Up grade, for their m any kindnesses aud
hypocrites and scoffers are all,
A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes w alking in the burning sun. we “sw ear” to them by all th a t’s good
th a t your su b scrip tio n has e x p ire d . toiled on till we were overtaken and and great th a t we will never give under right conditions, worse th an
You are e arn estly requested to re
useless, and nothing can bring
new so th a t you m ay receive th e pa asked to ride by one who proved to up the fight for constructive moral
per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . We have de be a F reeth in k er, and is now a Secularism , u n til the last su p ersti about right conditious except Free-
cided th a t it is best for all concerned
thought, knowledge, science, wis
th a t we do n o t send pap ers longer th a n reader of the Torch. T es, God or tious dog(m a) is hung, or until the
embraces
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. some cause more real, sent Mr. Ed. m atter of which we are composed dom ; and Secularism
T his will prevent any loss and we will
H orn to the m ountains after a load begins to take its place in other them all.
know just w here we sta n d .
We request you to send us th e nam es of wood, and so the Secular pil whirlpools of the eternal atom s of
of Secularists who m ight becom e su b
F o r the T o rch of Reason.
scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. grim s had a ride nearly to the top the universe.
A T railing Dress and No Pocket.
of the long grade; and d id n ’t they
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TH E REM EDY.
THURSDAV, JUNE 29, E. M. 299. spin down the other side to Fossil,
BY ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
the county seat of the new county
People are w hat they are, not
of W b eelir, and then tow ard the
ALL ABOARD!
Behold the fashionably dressed
little village of M ayville, where, a t because it is an allw ise G od’s plan
woman hastening down the street
We concluded th a t the best route about 9 o’clock p. m., they found to have them thus, nor because
to catch a car. In one hand she
for bicyclists is via A rlington, shelter and rest for the night a t a they have fallen from an original
state of perfection by listening to has her um brella, pocket-book, card
where we could take the train for neat little inn.
In the m orning Mrs. H osm er’s an Evil One. They are not good case, fan and pocket handkerchief,
Silverton.
T his route led
us
and with the other hand resting on
through Caleb and to the home of face seemed to be swelling, and long nor are they bad; they are what
They m ight be much her spine she holds up tier trail.
our friends, the Barnhouses. H ere before we reached the top of a six- they are.
we again accepted their kind hospi mile grade, on our way to Condon, better and they m ight be m uch R eaching the car, she drops her
ta lity , and early T hursday m orn her usually indom itable spirit worse. They have been more ig skirt, seizes the iron railin g , and
ing started “cross lots” to T w ick (nothing su p e rn a tu ra l) seemed to n o ran t th a n a t present, and there endeavors to step on; but ju st then
weaken, as was evinced by a little fore more sinful, and in the future the car sta rts and she falls to the
enham F erry on the Jo h n Day.
The road after we left the m ain tear which the editor noticed w ind they will probably have more ground, scattering her possessions,
road was sim ply awful. A grade ing its solitary way down her now knowledge, become more wise, and and spraining her ankle. The ever
From this therefore be less wicked. If the courteous sons of Adam pick her
of m iles and miles, th a t no bicyclist badly swollen cheek.
could ride, led us up, and up and on we moved slowly, the spouse priests an d preachers, now dam ned up and her belongings, and bear
up.
The heat was intense and wheeling both wheels and stopping in the hell of an outraged con them for repairs to an adjoining
w ater scarce, and so we were ob frequently to rest and discuss the science, dared to w hisper w hat drug store.
This is a real picture of w hat
liged to travel very slowly. Once question of how, when and wher# they know to be true, th e people
in aw hile we came to a spring th a t we caught the mumps. We reached would grow wiser ami better very happened to one of my u n happy
only needed digging out to furnish Condon, ordered a m um p lunch rapidly; b u t these Scribes and acquaintances, who has been lam e
our d ry lips and th ro ats with the and oyster soup at a restau ran t, Pharisees of the nineteenth cen ever since. The present dress of
necessary m oisture.
F in ally we and engaged a livery team for tu ry are between two fires, and the woman is inconvenient, ridiculous,
reached the top, only to find th a t A rlington, forty m iles away. This one they fear the m ost is th e hell and inartistic. W hen fashion de
miles of down grade, too steep to is a pretty little city on the Colum of poverty and unpopularity. Most cided th a t th e sk irt wae to be p er
ride, lay before us; so the holding- bia River, and on the O. R. & N. of * > them would become Robert fectly sm ooth in front, the pocket
V Ingersolls if they could, b u t they was necessarily sequestered in the
back process commenced, and con R. R.
gathers a t the back, but when the
tin
We rested over night, took tire know th a t th eir abilities will not
» u ed till our corns ach^d and our
toes blistered.
w— “ _ safe
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side”
train for P o rtlan d , and reached perm it, and « it w * is «w the
But it w ouldn’t do to die way out th a t city a t <8:30, fifteen m inutes be sure of a living near the slimy to be sm ooth all around, th e death-
there, with no priest or preacher to too late to catch the 8. P. train for shore of th e ir biblical m ud flat, knell of the pocket was heard
adm inister the consolations of their W oodburn. We did not wish to And here we find them , poor moll- throughout the land. Behold the
holy (full of holes) religions, and so expose our frierd s to the m um ps, usca th a t th ey are, some dodging h ats tow ering up a foot or more
the head, with laces, bows of
we staggered on till a fine ridable so we p u t up at a hotel and waited into th eir m ud holes a t your ap- above
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grade was reached, and down, down for the evening tra in . It was dark proach, some spouting th eir m uddy ribbon, flowers and feathers p o in t
ing in every direction, looking more
we flew tow ard the John Day.
when we reached W oodburn, but water a t you as you pass, some
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shells,
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The scenery down th is canyon we wanted to get hom e where we closing up f th
others craw-fishing about in a most chief th an th a t of a d au g h ter of a
surpasses an y th in g we had yet could rest our w’eary bones and
If fashionable
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H osm er’s big o cheeks, which comical m an n er in order to escape modest P u ritan .
seen. G reat m ountains of basaltic -----
rock, formed of huge fruit-cake- j were swollen by this tim e to serio- the attack s of reason. Condem n women had an y sense of the com
ical, on m eeting each o th er they
looking elevations, with their cor- comic proportions.
W e were a and blam e them we m ust not.
would burst into a roar of laughter.
responding terraces, seemed to be little worried about her catching T hey are thus developed. Can an
The worst of all th is is, th a t all
the general plan of m other n atu re’s cold, but it was a beautiful moon- E th io p ian change his skin? Can a
classes of women follow’ th is exam-
work along th is narrow w inding light night, and by w rapping her leopard change its spots?
And if we are wrong in our work
Professional women, teacher?,
gorge.
A t one place, where the in a lap robe, she enjoyed th e ride
passage was so narrow th a t the as well as anyone could who h a d . of pointing out w hat we consider j those in the various industries, ami
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