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T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, DECEM BER 7, 189». Do you ta k e th e T o rc h o f R eason? “ T h e Ing erso ll C h a ir .’ LIBRARY OF LIBERAL CLASSICS Mr. and Mrs. B urtis, of Michi- I t is only One D ollar a Y ear, and .- .u . « „ c o n tain s reading m a tte r th a t you can ®‘ ’ 0 dave invested tw o h u n - not get elsew here for th ree tim es the dred dollars in stock in the Liberal money. I t comes every week, too. a _ U niversity, write as follows: j . uyye uotice jn the last Torch of Do you la k o th o W e e k ly O re g o n ia n Rea«°n * It is published a t P o rtlan d , ore., an d contains m ore an d b e tte r in for- m ation in regard to th e Pacific N orthw est th an any o th er pap er,an d is th e best news paper in Oregon, You get sixteen pages of good read- ing m a tte r each week, including all th e news of th e nation and th e w orld, for only $1.50 a year. ■Will you a c c e p t A G ood O ffe r? i m atter, and hope they will te llu s Send all orders for su b scrip tio n s and for sample copies to j w hat they are willing to give to ¡help the good cause along. Si I verton. Oregon. Teach th e K n o w n . KINNEV PORTER rp. , . , , . . , 1 lie tiOU idea being Strictly spec- ulative, as is conceded hy »most em inent churchm en, it is self-evident M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r to n , Ore» th a t it can not be legally nor eq u it CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF ably in tro d u ced — no m atter under ; w hat guise—into our public schools, S chool ai d objections to so doing are stric t ly legitim ate. Not so with the S u p p lie s study of physiology, which is em B o o k s and phatically a positive science, estab lished and endorsed in its general S ta tio n e ry . u a r iD iit a « . w l n d l h . . i 11 »• Aspects and utility by all natio ns Dealers in F ru its, Vegetables and pects alike (the objection of a ’ o I I i » n ... .- , . 1 , 1 • . . j . , . tew demented and misguided indl- and Confectionery. ,.G l.,« k » «• 11 . Vlduals can not ratio n ally he con- a iilo ^ n P h . , i »1 1 »1 sidered). 1 hysiology places the W ho D oes Y o ij r _ anim al organism Upon the dissect- ing table aud teache» and demon- AND pRINJINGp If you require any C a rd s o r C irc u la rs , 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 , In v ita tio n s , Books 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 st and help su p p o rt the L iberal U n iv ersity by se n d ing your orders to us. We "’ill execute them p ro m p tly , tastefully. "LIVE Q U ESTIO N S" ■ r ex - g o v . J O H N A B ook C O N T A IN S for t h e ALL T H E M ESSAGES fV E R Y ANO IS S U E O PULAR P. ALTG ELD. P e o p le FA M O U S J P E E C H I8 , L F T T E R S , ESSAYS O F N A T IO N A L IN T E R E S T OF TH E EARNESTLY ANO C O N S ID E R E D . 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T k „ ,J ,. • 1 1 .• I neoiogj IS purely Speculative, absolutely nondem onstrahle; phys iology positive and kuowable. \Ye have thousands of churches where those who desire can worship in peace (the Jaw will even protect a Dowie); we have only our schools where all may become fam iliar with the great science most conducive to their health and happiness. \\ heu theism can he dem o n strat ed like m athem atics, chem istry, as tronom y and physiology, then, but not till then, will it be strictly in order to introduce it into our public schools, and no sane individual will then object. — [Otto W ettstein in Chicago Evening Post. AUTHOR. IM P O R T A N C E P O S T P A ID , PAGES, $ 2 .5 0 Fac-simile of the Cloth Edition. o> Fac-simile of the Illuminated Paper the Famous LIBRARY OF LIBR AR Y OF LIBERAL CLASSICS. LIBERAL CLASSICS. 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