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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1900)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JUNE 21, 1900. 3 quite true that that power did arise large crowd on the street as th e! after Nero’s time, but I doubt the season is not far advanced. Wej Christians of that day being much shot the chutes, visited the vaude of an improvement over the Aug- ville, drank lemonade, ate clam A shoemaker found fault with an oil-painted slipper in ustians. The fight between the chowder and visited the beach. one of the paintings of a celebrated artist, but showed the Augustinus and Christians was a Minnie was disappointed with the; greatest ignorance in criticising the other parts of the paint iight between two religious factions; beach, and I caught the expression ing. D nee has ari®'n the n / i n g , J . . e t >.he cobbler . at the-Christians, a few years of hei ¡aCe with a C am era, one ex-' stick to his last, and let every one attend to his own business. later waged war, not against an pected to see breakers like the other superstition but against Truth Pacific Ocean displays, but found As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush and Science. When the Christians them to be as tame as Yaquiua Bay. « m - at Silverton’s Busy Stole and inspect the Bargains, at gained power they wiped out the A fire visited Coney after I had opposition by being greater perse visited it last year, and I could see cutors. The only thii/g that has the effects of it; hut it had not done saved Christianity is the fact that away with the photograph galleries. the scientists who have gained Every few steps some man would S ilv e rto n , O regon. PRODUCE TAKEN power over superstition do not per stop us and want me to “have my S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E secute. The work has been con wife’s picture taken.” That is a structive and Christianity has standing joke there. Men go to Our Job D e p a rtm e n t changed so that its own founders Coney with other men’s wives, and -ALWAYS ¿JIVES- would’nt recognize it. Evolution very rarely take their own. Young and not revolution has been the ladies go there on Sunday, after power. working in stores and factories At the first appearance of ration through the week, and they take alism, Christianity forced all dis delight in “catching on to a man” ----BECAUSE IT GIVES---- coveries of Science to conform with they have never seen before and H O N EST STOCK, F IN E S T IN K A N D E X C E L L E N T W O R K M A N S H IP the Bible, but now it is refreshing will never see again. So Coney to see Science as the standard and Island is not a highly refined place, the “ higher critics” endeavoring to and I doubt if there is another How to Make stretch the Bible to harmonize with place like it in the world. One of it. Christianity certainly won a the kind is enough. Many people »■*;*« x .r/yn a .r '«r~X Af «err victory and came iuto power in visit it through curiosity, as we did, T he G o v ern m en t n atio n alized th e P o stal S ystem , w hy not also Rome, but it was only a step in to see what it is like. We did not th e M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELT O N B L A N C H A R D the world’s progress and Nero was have long enough to stay to invest in h is book e n t i t l e d ................................. scarcely more cruel than Constan igate everything there, but I think U N C L E S A M ’S tine. There is certainly food for we were both well satisfied. The thought in the play “Quo Vadis.” only thing that went wrong was H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E . Nero is controlled by Pretonius and Minnie forgetting to scream while Postpaid for 25 Cents provokes a great deal of laughter. going down the chute. But I yelled All profits on th is book will be given to th e L io eral U n iv ersity Should l>e in th e h a n d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all o rd ers to Both of these characters are well loud enough to make a colored The TORCH OF REASON, S ilverto n, Oregon played. Vinicius is so dead in love girl on the front seat turn pale. I with Lygia that he turns Christian think my sight seeing is over for . .F o rs tn e r’s. . V F S fia even in the face of death, while this trip, and the rest will be Lygia clings to Christianity with strictly business. the frenzy of a fanatic. Of course these two are heroes of the play, IS INVALÜABE TO W ashington, Lincoln, G rant. and after getting converted “live C a rp e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , together happy ever afterward.” such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s tlie After having successfully painted IS A BOOK O F The claim is often made that place of chisel an d gouge; to the District of Columbia and the Washington and Lincoln were C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- surrounding country of Maryland Christians—Christians of the tra elling, p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and and Virginia in the brightest hues ditional or sectarian school. In k n o ts. In fact, no of red, Minnie McClaine, of Silver- response to an enquiry concerning W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r of pianos, organs, sew ing m ach in es, ton, expressed a desire to have me the religious opinions of Abraham er a g ric u ltu ra l im p le m e n ts, sash , b lin d s, accompany her on a tour through Lincoln, Prof. J. E. Remshurg, of fu rn itu re , n o r On th e follow ing am i the Bowery and Coney Island. I Atchison, Kas., the scholarly writer, A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, should be k in d re d S u b jects : felt pretty safe in acting as a guide, lecturer and author of a book deal w ith o u t it. S e lf C o n tro l for I had been swindled on a hat ing with Mr. Lincoln’s religion, AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. S e lf R e s p e c t in the Bowery and my cousin, wrote as follows: Frank Bowers, had piloted me W h a t is M o ra lity ? I l <8 th e only round b it in th e world “If Washington, Lincoln and th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E through Coney last year. So we W h a t is Ig n o ran ce an d do all th a t any o th e r set out. The Bowery is a wide Grant acknowledged the divinity of b it will do. Fraud a C rim e Christ it ought to be an easy mat street on the east side, and is lined H a b it, 2n d N a tu re on either side with small stores, ter to prove it. As an incentive I Set of five, d ifferen PRICE t sizes,p o stp aid . .$2.(50 junk-shops, saloons, “museums,” make the following offer: I. I will Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. GO P o liteness W isdom street “gamins” and other things. give 8100 for a sentence in Wash We feasted on soft-shelled crabs ington’s writings or speeches ac E tc ., e tc ., e tc . knowledging the divinity of Christ. before entering the street, then *«»». LIBERAL university co O ne of th ese c h a p te rs is 2. I will give $100 for a sentence in W o rth m ore to SILVERTON OREGON. tackled it with satisfied appetites Young and old th a n th e but dissatisfied curiosity. We walk Lincoln’s writings or speeches ac P rice of th e book. ed the full length of the street, took knowledging the divinity of Christ. . . IT SHO U LD BE IN . . 3. I will give $100 for a sentence in in the sights, purchased some sou venirs and shot the kodak at some Grant’s writings acknowledging O ur fee re tu rn e d if w e fail. A ny one se n d in g etch a n d d e scrip tio n of a n y in v en tio n w ill the divinity of Christ. My book, sk Katzenjarnmer kids.” l®7jdl $ 0 , p ro m p tly receive o u r o p in io n free co n c ern in g and receive a th e p a te n ta b ility o f sam e. “ H ow to O b tain a ‘Abraham Lincoln—Was he Right?’ n eatly cloth - Then we thought we could stand P a te n t ” s e n t u p o n req u est. P a te n ts secured th ro u g h us ad v e rtise d fo r sale a t o u r ex pense. bound copy, post paid. contains everything that could be gay Coney Island, so we journeyed P a te n ts ta k e n o u t th ro u g h u s receive » p e d a l notice, w ith o u t c h a rg e , in T h e P a t e n t R e c o r d , | obtained both pro and con on the AGENTS WANTED. thither, crossing East River on the a n illu s tra te d a n d w id ely c irc u la ted jo u rn a l, consulted by M a n u fa c tu re rs a n d Investors. question. It gives the testimony of ------- ADDRESS-------- terry near the great Brooklyn b e n d for sa m p le copy FR E E . A ddress, V IC T O R J . EV ANS & C O . Bridge, then proceeded by elevated 100 witnesses.—J. E. R emsburg .”— < P a te n t A tto rn e y s ,) and trolley cars. There was not a [Ex. Evans B u ild in g , W A S H IN G T O N , O. C. S ilv e r t o n - O regon . g o b b le r , stick to th y last! Jam es Craig’s . . . 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