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THE TO R C H O F REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON F E B R U A R Y 22, 1900. Do you ta k e th e Torch o f Reason? For the Torch o f Reason. A Sad C o m m e n t 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 not get elsew here for th ree tim es the m oney. I t com es every week, too. library of liberal classics Fac-simiie ot the C loth Edison» O) BY D. E. Fac-similc of the Illum inated Paper the Fam ous Covers of the It is painful to reflect th a t ippar- library of en tly the strongest motive hereto Do you k he classics fore influencing the conduct of men liberal W eekly O regonian has been the dread of the “ wrath I t is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , ore., to come” and fear of the “eye th a t and co n tain s m ore an d b e tter infor never slum bers nor sleeps’’. The m ation in regard to th e Pacific N orthw est th a n any o th e r p aper,and greatest fiction th a t was ever foist is th e best news p ap er in Oregon. ed for a fact upon the credulity of You get six tee n pages of good rea d ing m a tte r each week, including all man is th at of the existence of God th e news of th e natio n and the and a future life for m an. Y et it is world, for only $1.50 a year. claim ed th a t this falsehood has been the chief re stra in t upon the W ill you a c c e p t passions of men hitherto; and it A Good O ffer? looks very much as if it were so. You can get T he Torch of Reason But m ust it alw ays be so? Can and th e W eekly O regonian both one year for only $1.75, little m ore th an good conduct be secured only bv CLO TH E D IT IO N S . th e price of th e Oregonian alone. falsehood? M ust the good alw ays Paine*'P o S Ú '“'-E TE .W O R K S . 2 vol. Send all orders for su b scrip tio n s and for be yoked with falsehood? There J P n in o ’a 'PL..,.!__ ! _ « . . . * F inest f 1 vol. Illu stra te d sam ple copies to E dition , are Route of us who think this state I ____ floj-ed. TU E TORCH OF R E A SO N , of things lias lasted long enough. We believe t h a t 'P a n l was correct 8 S ilverto n , Oregon. library of liberal classics . PA PER AND KINNEV PORTER M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r to n , C r e CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OZ School Supplies Books and S ta tio n e ry . Paine’s Paine’s Paine’s • E " “6,’8 BY JOHN P. GUILD. W ho D oes Y o u r rjn ™ g 9 Those who have only ability enough to do m echanical work by p attern in g after others, brag of be ing practical. Voltaire’s Romances. Illustrated... i m ------- Essays and Criticisms. ProftwelviUn« i m Rousseau’s Vicar o f Savoy. Portrait C k S Rousseau s 8ocial Contract. Portruit ™ ^aT £?rStLtion in aH A»es- I'ortiait. 1 w Volnev^s R . f e ‘‘be »'•&/BeniH 'iff. Portrait 1 oo voiney s Ruins o f Empires. Illustrated 7fi Ancient History • ’ X g 60 » S S K S S ? « Head’ ;.." 1“ ; Higgins Apology for M ahomet, the Illus so Buchner's Force and Matter. Portrait i S S??u“l r s Bast, Present and Future. 1 00 Rochefoucauld s Moral M axims......... 7« H ell hall, no worse torm ent for I a d ru n k a rd dam ned th an hie o w n ----------- “ B ill H e a d s , dam ned th irst, and if he were to go to heaven he would cart hell there in his own insides. N o te or L e t t e r H e a d s , S ta te m e n ts , "Tickets, P ro g ra m s , W ealth and tru th are both trusts in the hands and heads of those Beoks or P a m p h le ts , who have them , and each class E nvelopes should use his possessions for the a,,5 o th e r P rin tin g , you will serve benefit of the other. In v itatio n s, 88 « at voi. I, full voi. I, h a lf morocco.... 5 oo Second volum e in nrebam tO tn 1 Ingersoll’s Prose Poems. Portrait ;...... 1 60 “ Cheat Cheaper Edition.. 1 50 -------- Gods and other _ Lectures............. 1 00 ——— Ghosts and other Lectures........... 1 00 Some Mistakes o f M oses........... 1 oc B ^ r y ie w s on Talm age...........„...* 1 00 Field-Ingersoll D iscussion........... 50 U ^ r t o n e Controversy 50 I he Christian R eligion ....... at ‘ Patriotic Addresses ..... fin tv , w Bbakespeare, a Lecture. Portrait fin R enan’s Life ot Jesus < lLit, 2? Davidson’s Canon ot the Bible .*.......... “ , Apocryphal New Testam ent.... .................... «2 ' I j Spencer’s First Principles ............. ........... Spencer’s Data of Ethics .............................. Education....... .......................... _ • . Education.......... narwm’s Descent ot Man .?. ’ i Darwin’s Origin o f Species ^ , '^ L ’8,otber Hypatia vv?’r1^-hat K ingsley’s " ha° ° mt*.................... --------------------------Oregon, and all F reethinkers who , nave money to spare ought to know I ... „ . . about it. Seud them the Torch. LIVE Q U E S TIO N S " E -GOV. U niversity is no x JO H N P. ALTGELD. A B o o k fo r t h e P eople “ private graft,” but a public trust, therefore write it up all ye “ L ib “ '•»• agc Ì I no •»’«CMEg. LETTERS e ra l” paper publishers. ***** ia .. ’ ° r ™ r AUTHO". The Liberal *O *ULAR INTERr.T ""’O ÄT*''Ct O . T* "*CRE«T EARNEST LY C ONSIDER »N ED Rem em ber, if you send us the nam es and addresses of 2.5 of your Liberal friends and a c q u ain t ances, we will m ake you a present D is c u s s e d , of a copy of th ? Torch of Reason M»*0SOMr •U a»**N T,A .",e*«I *°'T'°". ’.000 PAOE , ------ Book No. 2. T his will only u B -OTH, RO4TR.,^«2?e<i posvbaim äo sr S | M o n o p o l ie s . G o v e r n m e n t ^ ° hey Q ,,r C 'V,L S e r v ic e . T a x a t io n , e tC T o ? A 8T'° - . * •* •" . E o u c a tio n ° " - * M z . T t o ? U° y S tr u xes . L abor H" - - Ä S er ' ^ USM * ” ° Unity Bldg., Caiciao. 0091 you a few rninule6’ w«rk and a Write lor term*. £ 00 v -2 'Pm»» of Savoy, and A Search for Truth by Olive Schreiner .. Rousseau’s Social Contract ..... ;............... t S r t S & J X S i “ “ I-«?11 * « - • w e e n e r e w la iib r nub W m iim ft. Portrait ■,* JJ “ "» 25 26 26 T«11 8 V,,8tror7 o f a Eals« Religion. Ulus J aPl®yranil.s Better to the Pope. Portrait 2 i.bb? n 8 Birth and Character o f Mahomet. Higgins; H o m T a b b í t í « Higgins Apology for M ahomet, the lllua. Reasons for Unbelief. By Louis V iardot...... Father Tom and the Pope at the V a tic a n . X 15 u 26 V oltaire’s Zadig, or Fate: and The W hite Bull, a Satirical Romance --------The «age and the A theist; also T h e Princess o f B ab ylon ....................... The Man o f Forty Crowns; and The Huron, or, Pupil o f Nature..... — — Micromegas; The World as it Goes ; . . 1« i Plato’s Dream ; J e a n n o t* Colin, etc. Voltaire s Romances, containing the above« books in one vol. Profusely illustrated 01 ——— Letters on the ( hristian R eligion...... Philosophy o f History Ignorant Philosopher. Chinese Catechism .... 26 M oo 20 20 20 two-cent stam p. **«P®n|»auer’s O Meara s Napoleon. 2 vol J ------ Studies in Pessimism «■ , g SKSSSiSQ,rL ,„ndr,S.mMbl2‘1’of 8 .j;."............... fin ’ .............» 5 « oo Darw in’s Origin o f Hpedes ...... ...................... sheep........... your own in te re st an d help su p p o rt There is no better church in t ie Liberal U n iv ersity by send- which to wed wealth to tru th than 'ng y o u r orders to us. W e • . Wll‘ execute them p ro m p tlv , tastefu lly . ! l 4 h k e _ - t l ib e r a l , tt I m v erH ity a t S ilv e r to n , »anted everywhere. 8 Reasons „ „ for Unbelief. ---------—• By Louis Viardot C ards or C ir c u la r s , '• B j w e i & 60 ‘ Those only are practical who (sOmte’s Poo Hu«, I l k <0 venal»’» know and ap p ly the principles of gSdSSi"»“. ? __: ? ............... < oo t h , * “ things. I t is useless ,o do unless Saltus; Anatom y o f N egation ’ 1 1 S S 5 ™ ™ ’* Life o f ' j U u s u i J s t ^ U d * ” ” ........ ..... ' 8 00 ,.los°Phy ° f D isenchantm ent........ 75 Schopenhauer’s Wisdom o f Life. P ortrait.. you know, b a t if you know you Fawcett s A gnosticism - - .................... - ■ - ••-•••• 20 ----- —Counsels and Maxims M axim s............................. BuJwer’s Hisfco™ r ................. 70 --------n -n _ t----- -- ------ ¿-¿i-A——~ ............... BUJwer s H istory o f a False Religion ” m --------R eligion : a Dialogue A Other K rr * v . ' 20 m ay do. i aLleyranJ ’a_ M t e r to the Pope* _ Portrait.. . 6 0 --------The Art o f Literature ______—........ ....... “ y' ” m If you require any tt ’; 10 20 “ G u ild e d ” P o in ts. a n d C o n f e c tio n e r y . M M 10 Common Sense Rights o f Man ................................ Crisis. ........................... Religious & Theological W orki ills Vor the Torch o f Reason. D e a le rs in F r u i t s , V e g e ta b le s P E D IT IO N S . Paine s Age o f R e a so n ......... 60 60 76 when he said th at right conduct £ & ? has the promise of the life th a t now S & 5 I ~ is. Let us try to live uprightly jc o m p k te , (2 vofc.).. 2 00 Gibbon’s Religious Historv o and f 7 ‘b Works. 1 00 ‘•a S w i 17 °J — ltyi z- , . urns sim ply for the sake of the present Gibbon’s E i r th a n d n l us........ 2 00 8 Birth and Character o f M ahom et. 60 life. Let us see if we cannnot do as well in this way as those “c h il dren of God” who try to do right while here on earth for the sake of heaven hereafter. * .............. Macanley’s Lays o f Ancient Rome? „ 2? 76 75 76 2? ” 60 , 6 2 oo 00 ...... ».V1T - 2 ? n x Illus. « « ..; 1 00 r- O ld S p a n i s h R o m a n c e s Don Q oixote, 4 vols......................... Lazarillo de Tormes, 2 yola. . I...... Asmodeus, 1 vol............ «S Etching», Bachelor o f Salamanca, l voi;.' '7.'.'. crown 8eo, Vani. In Gonzales. or the Merry cloth. Bachelor, 1 vol.. 3 Boxed 018.00 M 00 H ypatia By Charles K ingsley Bacon’, Paradoxes. ______ p o r tS u tr ;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Ac Religion Bv*Maniel H ands" ’ “« « « o U ’» Controversy A ufiristm a. Hermon' 8 and otber Lectures ............... Ghosts and other Lectures............... Home Mistakes o f Moses.............. ----- Interviews on Talmage. ................. “ ----- What Must we do to b e Saved T . ** ----- B lasp h em y ............................. _ -----£ lan ’ Woman »nd Child. Portrait; ----- Shakespeare, a Lecture. Portrait. Holy Bible, a Lecture... — -----a Boctare- P ortrait.......................... ~ H eld-Ingersoll D iscussion............. ~ -----Ingersoll-t dad stone Controversy... -----The Christian Religion .... -----Ffxundations o f Faith. .......... ----- H o w to Reform M ankind....’...;. ----- Essays and C riticism s................... — -----The Truth, a Lecture.................. • m — — Crimes A gainst C rim in a ls............. — Bin coin, a Lecture. Por. Which Way? A Lecture............... -----Myths and M ir e le s. A Lecture . -----BatrioUc Addresses....................... -----Some Reasons W hy............................ —- Why I am an A gnostic....... . ---- Rome or Reason ? ........... ---- Superstition. A I>ecture /............... ---- On the Devil. “ ........... Thanksgiving Herm on As He f t ...... ----- y*2dic?i,on o f h o r n a a P ain «;’.;;;* -----ft Suicide a Sin 7.................. ------ Individualin^............ ........................... - Liberty in L itera tu r^ ...................... ------Orthodo ba fo ¿0 26 60 jb ac m 20 K 20 20 26 20 as 20 26 ¡6 m io 20 26 26 u •< 20 M £ m is Î5 S Hana s’ Discourse About Im inortolity 77777 7'' 10 io ___ «c “ ....•••••••••• G o d ................ ........... Conduct .................. The Law o f Success A d £?tur'ei o fV n £ ’ E D IT IO N S . aud Failure of Things i „ ’il B«»-, 3vols. Illustrated. 03 00 v ■ . ok « t --»y'— »»»»«« vjwhwi Asmodeiia nr»k rv •« ’ P°pular edition 1 00 Keeler s 8h xrt n istory of^Iie Bible BaSiH o? o f f íí r DeV'T nn 'r w o »Bcks. Illus. 1 oo A’Brd„e ,ner 8 Me"- Women and Gods.......... V m M c í £ n S ¿ mB,M; ‘BoHratod............ 1 « H evilon Two Sticks. 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