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TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 1, 1900. Do you ta k e th e Torch o f Reason? NEW LIBRARY of liberal classics A N D C U R IO U S . I t is only One D ollar a Y ear, and co n tain s reading m a tte r th a t vou can The Automobile Club of Chicago, uot get elsew here for th re e tim es th e i1Qa l . , - - m oney. I t com es every week, too. oeen organized, and articles of n« unn ¡"corporation have been filed. From O y o u t a k e th e the large aud rapidly increasing W eekly O regonian number of automobiles in use in I t is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , o re., Chicago, the club is expected to be and c o n ta in s m ore and b e tte r in fo r a great success. It is proposed to m ation in reg ard to th e Pacific N orthw est th a n any o th e r p a p er,an d arrange races and tours for auto is th e best news p ap er in Oregon. mobiles. You g et-sixteen pages of good rea d *** ing m a tte r each w eek, including all The cost of the Y ukon telegraph th e new s of th e n atio n an d th e w orld, for only $1.50 a year. lines was about $137,000. The dis tance from Lake Bennett to Daw W ill you a c c e p t son is <40 miles. There were no A Good O ffer? horses engaged in carrying on the You can get T he Torch of R eason I of construction, most of the and th e W eekly O regonian both one c a r r v in o - year for only $1.75, little m ore th a n ) beiD g d o n e the price of th e O regonian alone. j ^ ie fiver. According Send all o rders for su b scrip tio n s an d for sam ple copies to TH E TORCH OF R E A SO N , Silverton,, Oregon. k .. 8COW8 T h e Elec- ac-s.rn.le o< the Cloth Edi-.om. ot Fac-simile of the Illuminated Paper V rrJÏ' FimOUS ti DL BRARY of eral classics C°™ °i • library o f liberal classics . LW .. n ! CLOTH E D IT IO N S . to ^ n A ,M ;g.i«„°ra pLETL„,vy ° RK8- I ^r ’c a ^ oHd, $400 was taken in for messages on the first evening the Paine s Life. By Clio Rickman i Edition, and the editor o f The Nation- Boxed, lines were opened. at. Profusely illustrated. l vol 5 vol. $5.00 Paine s Ape o f R eason............. 1 Paine’s Rights o f Man..... ......................... Paine’s Crisis. ................ p»în«’î L^e, by ed Nafïonai. P rofusely iiius. M PAPER E D IT IO N S . Paine’s Age o f R ea so n .................. •> Paine’s Common Sense .. Paine’s Rights o f M a n ...................................... Paine’s ( 'm is .................. E*|ne,’8 5 S Ug?ou? * TÜeoiogicai Work». ' n i I aine s Principal Political Works. Ulus... Paine s Life. Profusely illustrated................. Volney’s Ruins o f Empires. Illustrated.... \ Vi5Sf Of a aJ oy? and A Search for > Truth, by Olive Schreiner.......................... Rousseau’s 8 c oc£al — Contract................ ‘ _______ ._ i< ja 5 60 60 50 80 jß The “Pioneer,” the first regular 80 SO sleeping car built by the Pullmans, P ^ e.^w i.dÆ e 1 “ »"»«“ïriiSîi. Poitïîiî 80 has been definitely retired from j S Hulwer ... n,M. s History o f a False Religion, n iu s. 18 Xm uyr?n.d i8 D*tter to the Pope. Portrait. . 16 AND s Birth and Character o f Mahomet... 16 serv.ee, says the Railway Age. On ’ 2 Gibbon H iggins’ Horse 8ab b aticse................................. Jf, H iggins’ Apology for M ahomet, the Ulus. 16 one other occasion it was retired, Reasons for Unbelief. By Louis V iardot...... 16 1* ather Tom aud the Pope at the V atican........ 16 M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r to n , Ore» j bu^ was again prersed into service for the transportation of troops dur CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF ing the war with Spain. It was built about the year 1858 in the School shops at Bloomington, 111., at the Supplies cost of $18,000, and made its first trip on the Chicago and Alton Books and Railway. Voltaire's Rom ances. Illustrated 1 sn *** —-— Essays and Criticisms. Profusely illu s’ 1 60 S ta tio n e ry . K Ä 2SM C SS"» .it/c io w g Voltaire’s Zadig, or Fate : and The White In a recent article in The Medic- Meslier’s a°u.s.seau’s Social contrat, ponran...™ Bull, a Satirical R om ance........... m 7k- • ^'»rirait...... ... 75 8u ìperstition ____________ in ail Ages. Portrait. 1 00 ------- The Sage and the A theist; also The Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables ¡ ♦ al u News, Dr. J. J. Welsh points out aNfSIter’i w dUitube Princess o f Babylon........................ »» nub iUrrnuiift. ¡tier Illustrated lm o ib f e Empires mtb Portrait ’ 1 vs OO r .i_ P Volney’s Ruins -------The Man o f Forty Crowns; and The Huron, or, Pupil o f Nature........... 16 th at there are certain diseases o°ln/7 ’s£?w Re^archcsin Ancient H istory 1 ¡0 ------- Microraegas; and Confectionery. The World as it Goes • Plato’s Dream ; J e a n n o t* Colin, etc.’ U which will greatly diminish as the Voltaire’s Romances, containing the ab ove4 books in one vol. Profusely illustrated $1 00 result of the absence of the horse g W ho D oes Y o u r H iggins Apology for M ahomet, the Ulus --------Letters on the Christian Religion «6 £ and Matter Portr.i* from the city’s streets. Tetanus, §"i& £8 Force SL^_a?d_Xa J^ - To/trait“.^? 1 oo ------- Philosophy o f H istory............... * P r i ' f r'S Mf\rl Past’ Present and Future. 1 00 --------Ignorant Philosopher............................... m --------Chinese C atechism .....................................• |g for instance, will probably disap Rochefoucauld’s Moral M axims Comte’s Positive Philosophy. Portrait......... 4 oo Voltaire’s Essays and Criticisms contains the above 4 books, profusely illustrated........ 1 00 pear almost completely. I t is on Goodloe’s Birth o f the Republic. P ortrait.. 1 oo 60 i?ailus. d.n a^<,mX N egation ....................... 75 R enan’s Life o f Jesus. Illustrated................. horse fodder that the germ is intro- Saltus’ ?hilo8of’h.' of disenchantment...... « Schopenhauer’s Wisdom o f Life. Portrait... 10 ------ -C ounsels and M axims............................. ' 35 --------Religion : a Dialogue & Other Essays.. 16 duced into cities, and with the E u/,wer’s H istory o f a False R eligion7” " 7.77 so --------The If you require an y Art o f Literature................... is Studies in Pessim ism . elimination of the horse, that dread Fath°nTforUDHliiefb By viardota,t'." so C ards o r C ir c u la r s , G abrielle’s Life and Imm ortality o f Man .. 60 Davidson’s Canon o f the Bible...................... 60 disease lockjaw will probably al- so vol. I. full sheep........... 5 co Darw in’s Origin o f Species......................... S ill H e a d s , most disappear. oó 7 , VOL L h a lf morocco..... 5 00 Hypatia By Charles K ingsley........................ Bacon’s Paradoxes. Portrait ............. 10 t volum* tn Preparation.) N o te or L e t t e r H e a d s , Ingersoll’s Prose Poems. Portrait ......... 2 50 The Sdentific Religion By Maniel Sands... 60 *** IS „ . Cheaper Edition.. 1 50 Ingersoll’s Controversy <k Christmas Sermon 60 S ta te m e n ts , Gods and other Lectures............. 1 00 ------------Gods and other I^ectures.................. \Y hen Jum bo, the great elephant 60 - G hosts and other Lectures...... l 00 ------------ Ghosts and other Lectures............... ------------ Some Mistakes o f Moses.................... K ----------- - — Som e M istakes o f Moses .......... 1 O O T ic k e ts , P ro g ra m s , who delighted the children of two ---------------- 1ntenrlews on Talm age........... .. 1 00 -------------Interviews on Talm age...................... 60 ----------- What Must we do to be Saved 7___ 16 Field-Jngersoll D iscussion........... 60 continents, was killed in Canada in ' ---------------- In v ita tio n s , i6 ~ ¿nKeraplf-Gladstone Controversy 60 ------------- Blasphemy ........................................... -------------Man, Woman and Child. Portrait. 16 1885, the skin and bones of the big i?L.C!*.rl8t,?D Religion.......... 6c » Beeks o r P a m p h le ts , ---------------- ? ? tl;iot,c Addresses ............ m -------------Shakespeare, a Lecture. Portrait. 16 Shakespeare, Lecture. Portrait. 50 -------------About the Holy Bible, a Lecture... elephant were saved, and butchers R en a n s Life of Jesus...... a .......... 18 Cloth 7 r -------------Voltaire, a Lecture. Portrait......... E n velo p es 15 Davidson’s Canon of the Bible ” 1 no ------------- H eld-Ingersoll Discussion................ were employed fifteen hours in cut Apocryphal 1ft New Testam ent .'."T..'.'............. 1 50 -------------Ingersoll-Gladstone Controversy... Or any o th e r P rin tin g , you will serve — The Christian R eligion................... 16 MorehoiMeis Wilderness o f Worlds iiius...” 1 00 ting the flesh from the bones. In Taber’s — Foundations o f F a ith ...................... « Faith or Fact ..... 1 no your own in te re s t an d h elp su p p o rt — H o w to Reform M ankind............... K eeler’s Short History o f the Bibie..*. " ".’.'".." 76 IB the stomach of the great elephant Carlyle s French Revolution..... Essays and Criticisms * 7«, the L iberal U n iv ersity by se n d First P rin cip les...... .................. is The Truth, a Lecture....................... Lecture. • ift was an assortment of odds and Spencer’s ing your o rders to us. W e Spencer’s Date o f Ethics...... ..................... 7« Crimes A gainst Crim inals........ 10 • “ E ducation........... ......................... ,2 Abraham Lincoln, a Lecture. Por. 20 *111 execute th em p ro m p tly , tastefu lly . ends, including a peck of stones Darwin’s Descent of Man .................................. I? Which Way? A Lecture........... » D f l r w i n ’ a f l r i r r i n .... ............................................. Darwin’s Origin o f Sped íes. Myths and Miracles. A Lecture... IS 75 and a collection of coins, which Proctor’s Other W o r listh a n o u r s ”” ......... n Patriotic Addresses........................... ss K ingsley’s H ypatia......................... ......... I? Some Reasons W hy.................... is showed that he had been a travel Schopenhauer’s h Essays..... 7« Why I am an A gnostic.............. 1ft Rome or Reason T ............................ ift J VaP?,e<’n’ 2 V° L Boxed'." n i is . 2 60 er. There were French, German, Superstition. A Izscture........... is -------On the Devil Austrian, English and American ------ Thanksgiving Serm on....... E X -G O V . J O H N P . A L T G E L D . ------ As He E . . . 7 7 ................................ ? g coins, of all denominations. He ----- Vindication o f Thom as Paine O ld S p a n is h R o m a n c e s . -----Is Suicide a Sin ? ......................... . 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