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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, AUGUST 17, 189». Do you ta k e th e T o rch o f Reason? O O<XXX>O<XKX><X)<><X><X>O<XXXXX> o | NEW AND CURIOUS. 2 0< x k k x > c o < x x x > o < k x ><>< k > c h x x x x )0 It-is only One D ollar a Y ear, and , co n tain s reading m a tte r th a t you can ¡ It not get elsew here for th re e tim es the will m oney. I t com es every week, too. j Do you ta k e th e W e e k ly O regonian It is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , ore., an d co n tain s m ore and l e t t e r infor m ation in regard to th e Pacific N orthw est th a n any o th e r pap er,an d is th e best news p a p er in Oregon. You get six teen pages of good re a d ing m a tte r each w eek, including all th e new s of th e n atio n and th e w orld, for only $1.50 a year. W ill you a c c e p t A Good O ffer? You can get T he Torch of Reason and T he W eekly O regonian both one y ear for only $1.75, lit.tle m ore th e price of th e O regonian alone. Semi all o rders for su b scrip tio n s and for sam ple copies to TH E TORCH OF R E A S O N , S ilverto n , Oregon. KINNEY "PORTER M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r t o n , Ore» CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF School S u p p lie s , Books and S ta tio n e ry . is reported that Dr. Nansen enter the lists as an Antarc- tic explorer, and that he hopes to have an expedition ready to start in 1902. ; The Austrian ministry of com merce is reported to be contemplat ing the introduction of motor cars for the conveyance of mail bags to and from the railway stations as well as for the delivery of parcel- post packages and the collection of mail from the boxes. It is officially stated through the department of state of this country that the Russian government has decided to abandon the Julian cal endar and adopt the Gregorian, now in use all over the world ex cept in Russia and Greece. The Russian calendar is now twelve days behind that in »general use. The change is to take place in the year 1901. statement that “a full-blooded In dian lunatic never lived”. He says the occupants of the Indian insane asylum soon to be opened in the Indian Territory will all he mixed breeds, as there never was a case of insanity in any tribe until the malady was introduced by mix ing with the whites. C a rd s o r C ir c u la r s , B ill H e a d s , N o te or L e t t e r H e a d s , S ta te m e n ts , T ic k e ts , P ro g ra m s , I n v ita tio n s , B o o k s o r P a m p h le ts , E n v e lo p e s Or any o th e r P rin tin g , you will serve your own in te re s t an d h elp su p p o rt th e L iberal U n iv e rsity hv se n d ing y o u r o rd ers to ns. We will ex ecu te th em p ro m p tly , tastefu lly . "LIVE QUESTIONS" ■ r E X -G O V . J O H N A B ook P. A LTG ELD . f o r jt h e P eo ple LIBRARY OF LIBRARY OF LIBERAL CLASSICS LIBERAL CLASSICS. Members of Jbe scientific expedi tion to the fossil fields of Wyoming have discovered bones of a bronto saurus, or great lizard. It is thought that this is one of the com panions of the one discovered in Wyoming and restored in 1891 by Prof. Marsh. *** If you req u ire any Fac-similc of the Cloth Editions oj Fac-simile of the Illuminated Paper the Famous Covers of the *** Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables United States Commissioner W. and Confectionery. A. Jones makes the interesting W h o D o es Y o u r ----- LIBRARY OF LIBERAL CLASSICS A serious pest has appeared with in the last few years in the cotton fields of the South, says the Scien tific American. It is spreading with great rapidity and threatens to ruin the industry if it canuot he The dis I successfully combated. ease is a fungus which attacks the roots, causing the plant to wither and die. The department of agri culture has appointed a botanical expert to investigate the matter, and it is hoped that a practical way of eradicating the pest will be devised. „ C L O T H E D IT IO N S . C o m p le t e w o r k s . p a in l ' s Paine s Poli.ieal Works. 2 vol. | Paine’s Theological Works 1 vol. 1 . Paine’s Miscellaneous Works. 1 voi. ! 2 Paine’s Life. By Clio Rickman | « and the editor of The Nation- . ™ oZ. Profusely illustrated. 1 vol. ! 5 vo‘* *®*°° Paine’s Age of Reason................................... 50 Paine’s Rights of Man.................................. so Paine’s Crisis.................................................... 50 Paine’s Life, by ed National. Profusely illus. 75 Paine’s Complete Life, by Clio Rickman and the editor of the National........................... 1 00 Paine’s Principal Political W’orks, (l vol.)... 1 00 Paine’s Political Works, Complete, (2 vols.).. 2 00 Paine’s Religious and Theological Works. 1 00 Gibbon’s History of Christianity. 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P o rtra it.. 1 00 Saltus’ Anatomy of N egation........................ 76 76 Saltus’ Philosophy of D isenchantm ent...... Fawcett’s Agnosticism................................ 75 50 Bulwer’s History of a False Religion........... Talleyrand’s Letter to the Pope, portrait... 60 6« Reasons for Unbelief. By Lruis V iardot.... Father Tom and the Popj at the Vatican ro Ingersoll’s Lectures, vol. I, cloth.................. 3 50 -------------- “ vol. I, full sheep......... 6 00 vol. I, half morocco.... 5 00 1 Second volume in preparation.) Ingersoll’s Pro»« Poems. P ortrait.............. 2 50 -------------- “ “ Cheaper Edition.. 1 50 -------------- Gods and other Lectures...... .. 1 00 -------------- Ghosts and other Lectures........ 1 00 Some Mistakes of Moses ........... 1 00 1 00 -------------- Interviews on Talmage. 50 -------------- Field-Ingersoll Discussion......... 50 ---------IngcrsnU-G lad stone Controversy ---------------The Christian Religion.............. 5C ------------ Patriotic Addresses........................ 50 -------------- Shakespeare, 3 Lecture. P< rtrait. 50 Renan’s Life of ^esus......................... CP th 75 Davidson’s CaDon ol the Bible...................... 1 00 Apocrvphal New Testam ent.......................... 1 50 Morehouse’s Wilderness of Worlds. Illus . . 1 00 Taber’s Faith or Fact ..................... ............ 1 00 Keeler’s Short History of the Bible............... 75 Carlyle’s French Revolution.......................... 75 Spencer’s First Principles.............................. 75 Spencer’s Data of Ethics................................. 75 I »• Education......................................... 75 Darwin’s Descent of M an ............................... 75 Darwin’s Origin of Species............................. 75 Proctor’s Other Worlds than ours.................. 75 Kingsley’s Hypatia.......................................... 75 Schopenhauer’s Essays................................... 75 O'Meara’s Napoleon, 2 vol., Boxed. Illus. 2 Las Casas Napoleon, 4 vols., Boxed Illus.... 6 Cobbett’s English G ram m ar........................... 1 Macauiey’s Lays of Ancient Rome. Illus..... 2 Shakespeare Portrayed by Himself- ~ 1 P A P E R E D IT IO N S . Paine’s Age of R eason................................... Paine’s Common Sense................................... Paine's Rights of M a n .................................... Paine’s (Tisis.................................................... Paine’s Religious & Theological Works. Ills Paine’s Principal Political Works. Illus..... Paine’s Life. Profusely illustrated............... Volney’s Ruins of Empires. Illustrated.... Rousseau's Vicar of Savoy, and A Search for > Truth, by Olive Schreiner....................... Rousseau’s Social C ontract............................ Meslier’s Superstition in all Ages. Portrait :»Ze4liei '4 w lnnbe im b'U eritinift. Portrait Dickens’ Sunday Under Three Heads. Illus. Bulwer’s History of a False Religion. Illus. Talleyrand’s Letter to the Pope. Portrait. Gibbon’s Birth and Character of Mahomet... Higgins' Horse Sabbaticse ............................ Higgins’ Apology for Mahomet, the Illus. Reasons for Unbelief. By Ixmis Viardot Father Tom and the Pope at the V atican. 25 15 25 25 60 60 50 50 25 50 50 50 25 25 25 26 25 25 25 25 Voltaire’s Zadig, or F a te ; and The W hite Bull, a Satirical Romance............. 25 ------ The Sage and the A theist; also The Princess of Babylon......................... 25 ------ The Vian of Forty Crowns; and The Huron, or, Pupil of Nature........... 25 ------ Micromegas; The World as it Goes ; Plato’s Dream ; Jcannot AColin, etc. 25 Voltaire’s Romances, containing the above4 books in one vol. Profusely illustrattd.$l 00 -------Letters on the Christian Religion....... 25 -------Philosophy of History............................ 25 o rant Philosopher........................... 25 nese Catechism................ .............. 7 25 Voltaire’s Essays and Criticisms contains the above 4 books, profusely illustrated....... 1 00 Renan’s Life of Jesus. Illustrated........... 50 Schopenhauer’s Wtsdom of Life. Portrait... 25 — Counsels and Maxims.............. .......... 25 ------- Religion: a Dialogue & Other Essays.. 25 ------- The Art of Literature..................... - ......... 25 ------- Studies in Pessimism....................... 25 Gabrielle’s Life and Immortality of M an.... 50 Davidson’s Canon o f the Bible...................... -’9 Darwin’s Origin of Species............................ ®0 Hypatia By Charles Kingsley...................... 50 Bacon’s Paradoxes. Portrait ............... ..... TTie Scientific Religion By Maniel Sands... 50 Ingersoll’s Controversy A Christmas Hermon 25 ----------Gods and other Lectures ................. 50 ---------- Ghosts and other Lectures. .............. 50 -----------Some Mistakes of Moses.................... 25 ----------- Interviews on Talmage.......... 50 ______ What Must we do to be Saved ?...... 25 ------------Blasphemy .........■■•••••••• ■ ■■■■■■■■■•■■•■ 25 ___ ____Man, Woman and Child. Portrait. 25 ----------- Shakespeare, a Lecture. 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A Lecture.................. 25 ------------ On the Devil. “ 25 ------------ Thanksgiving S erm o n ...................... 25 ________ Ue fg................................................... 25 ------------ Vindication of Thomas P a in e ...... 15 , ---- Is Suicide a Sin 7....................... 25 o l d S p a n is h R o m a n c e s . ------------To the Clergy...............- ................... 25 Don Quixote, 4 vols....................../ ------------ Individuality......................................... 26 Lazarillo de Tormes, 2 vols.......... ----------- - Liberty in Literature......................... 25 48 Etching», Asmodeus, 1 vol.............................. ------------Orthodoxy............................................. 1° crown Hro, Bachelor of Salamanca, 1 vol........ __ _____ Limitations of Toleration.................... 10 cloth. 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