T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 2, E. M. 300 (1900.) For the Torch of Reason. Notes From fly Travels. BY MRS. E L IZ A B E T H D A V E N PO R T . we again resum ed our journey. Mr. D avenport, with his brothers, went to the station on foot. Lin coln took me in his buggy, starting early enough to show me more of this beautiful city of a rt and n a ture. At half-past eleven we board ed the G reat N orthern and on we sped, with an ever-cnangm g ano varied landscape before our vision. Today we see more verdure, more of the wilderness. On either side of the road are gulches, dead logs aud hills bedecked with tall pines, taraarac and underbrush, with now and then a little wayside station, until we reach the boun d ary between W ashington and Idaho, which is near a station called Newport. Soon after pass ing this place, we see off to the left the beautiful Pend O’Reille Lake, and wTe travel some distance along the river. Out in th a t lonely- luoking, desert country, Idaho, we pass an ancient-looking house with a dilapidated porch which has been converted into a school house, judging from a sweet-faced girl of about eighteen years and little boys and girls, about ten in num ber, gathered around her, all anxious to see the train as it passsd, seem ingly the only object of interest to break the m onotony of their sweet, young lives. My husband rem arked as we looked upon th a t little group of som ebody’s pride: “ Who knows but one of those little girls m ay be the m other of a president some d ay .” Well, to m ake this story short, we find as we travel through W ashington, Idaho, M ontana and p art of North D akota very little agricultural land; principally stock countries, judging from what we see from the road. As the facilties of M innesota and the E astern states th a t we pass through to reach New York are already fam iliar to As it will take too much tim e to give you a graphic description of our iournev. I will only give socce of the most interesting points. May 28.— We left our home in Silverton a t - 8 a. m.; destination, New York. We arrived in P o rt land a t the home of our friends, Mr. and Mrs. M cKinney, a t half past eleven, where we remained until next day visiting friends. May 29.— After seeing our daugh ter, Alice, off, on her way to Se a ttle and Olym pia on a visit, we filled our lunch basket preparatory for th e long journey across the continent. At 5 o’clock we started for the train , which was to leave the depot at half-past five, and came near being left, but as “ a miss is as good as a m ile,” we hit it th a t time and were soon com fortably seated in the car. In front of us sat Mrs. Crosby and little girl, friends from Salem , who were on their way to The Dalles. We had a very p leasan t visit until 9 o’clock, then retired. May 30.— We arose this m orning at half-past three, being determ ined to see all the country available from the cars. As the C hinam an said, when he bought the largest boots he could find, “ he wanted to get his m oney’s worth in leather,’’ so we want to get ours in sightsee ing. T he country between P o rt land and Spokane is fam iliar to many of our friends. W e traveled through it nearly all the way in the night and saw but very little agricultural land, but thousands of acres of bald hills and plains, dry and tim berless, even too dry for stock. W ith irrigation, m any poor, homeless people could be com fort the general public it is little use to ably situated, but w ithout, it is a l give them space. Much of this most w orthless, except now and scenery was passed in the night then a sm all stock ranch, with u and nothing transpired to break little cabin, and, from the su r the even tenor of our journey as we roundings, we judged them to be passed on to Chicago. Ju n e 3.— We arrived in Chicago bachelors’ domiciles. We arrived at Spokane at 9:30 a. m. Mr. at 7 a. m., stayed there until 10:30 D avenport’e brother, Jo h n , brother a. m. and took a long walk to see Joseph and Liucoln D avenport, the city. It being Sunday, business were a t the station aw aiting our houses were closed, but we took in arrival. They escorted us to their as much of the exterior as possible. home, where we had an enjoyable One of the grand sights I saw while visit. I t being rainy, we did not there was Lake Michigan. Leaving Chicago, we passed get out u n til 3 o’clock to take in the city. W hen we did, we were through F ort W ayne, lud. This filled with adm iration as scene city has about forty thousand in- after scene met our gaze. I think ' habitants. The railroad track lays it one of the most picturesque and over the ground where the old beautiful cities I have ever seen in horse canal used to be. At one Oregon or W ashington; the view tim e this city was an old fort and a every wav we turn is most e n c h a n t cannon is m ounted as a m onum ent ing. I t seems alm ost impossible on the spot where the old fort stood. th at such magnificent homes could We arrived in Buffalo th a t night. Ju n e 4.— At 9 o’clock a. m. we took be built up in so short a time, aud so m any of them. M ining and the motor bound for the falls. In m ining investm ents are its chief about an hour and a half from the i time we left the city we stood avenues of wealth. May 31.— After a refreshing gazing upon th a t awe-inspiring n ig h t’s rest and a delightful visit, scenery. You would say as you look upon this great Hood of water as it pours over the precipice: “ There is nothing in nature so enchanting, so m agnificent as th is.” Upon onr arrival we were met by a guide and were taken around in his carriage and shown all of the nlacee of iatcrest. We th e * - u ra u u napiub wnere c a p ta in u eon lost his life in trying to swim across; som ething any sane man would never have undertaken. Tim e will not allow me to go into the details of this never-to-be- forgotten visit. At half past five we started for New Y ork City again. At 7 o’clock in the evening we passed D ansville, New York, a little city, ever fresh and sad in our m em ory; a m onum ent to our darling boy, who nine years ago was an invalid inm ate in th at well known S anitorium . June 5.— After traveling all night from Buffalo we reached New York C ity at 7 o’clock; then took the cars back to Roseville, N. J.; reach ed th at place at 7:30 and struck out on foot to find H om er’s home. We had no trouble in finding his house and met M aster H om er d riv ing a pheasant out of the street into the vard. He said to his grandpa: “ W hy, hello! Is this you?” G randpa stooped, and put his arm s around him and e x claim ed: “ Do you know m e?” “ Yes, it’s g ra n d p a.” H e had not seen him for two years; p retty good for our little m an. We had a glorious visit with H om er and wife. W H A T WE HAVE TO S E L L . University Number of Freethought Magazine W ith Pearl W. O eer'a p o rtra it. 1 5 c Epitome of Positive Philosophy By T. B. W a k e m a n ...................... |5 c / *. • By T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re and life of th e a u th o r. Price, 12 copies, $1,00; e a c h ........................ 1Oc Emancipation of Education. An In au g u ra l A ddress, by T. B. W akeman , D elivered on th e in co r p o ratio n of th e L iberal U n iv ersity . 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T his will cost you n o th in g b u t a little effort, and may help th e cause of Free- th o u g h t very m uch 4 ...F IV E ... REASONS W HY YOU f -J it f The Kind of Religion we Want. | I TO BE CONTINUED. ’’>5 JÄJ S hould H e l p to B u il d O ^ L i b e r a l U n iv e rs ity AT SILVERTON, OREUON. We w ant a religion th a t softens the step and tu rn s the voice to 1 I t will h e lp m an y young m en and melody and fills the eye with su n young wom en to a h ig h er education who o th erw ise will grow u p w ith o u t its g reat shine, and checks the im patient ad v an tag es. 2 I t will ed u cate w orkers for th e g rea t exclam ation and harsh rebuke; a forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t an d P ro religion th a t is polite, deferential gress. to superiors, courteous to inferiors . 3 I t will forever silence th e accu satio n th a t S ecu larists have never done a n y and considerate to friends; a th in g . 4 I t will h asten th e tim e w hen Reason religion th a t goes into the fam ily an d Love will reign, and when su p e rs ti and keeps the husband from being tion an d h a te will lx? forever gone. 5 I t will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to cross when d in n er is late, and keeps build yourself and o th ers a m o n u m en t, the wife from fretting when the w hile you y et live, th a t will do a m illion husband tracks the newly washed tim es m ore good th a n th e m ost costly one of cold, senseless m arb le. floor with his m uddy boots, and makes the husband m indful of the I f a ll h e lp a l it t l e , w e c a n a c scraper and door-m at; keeps the c o m p lis h m u c h . W ill you h e lp m other p atient when the baby is a lit t le ? cross, and am uses the children as well as in stru cts th em ; cares for the Six Tracts to Promote servants, besides paying them prom ptly, projects the honeym oon into the harvestm oon, and m akes In Place of C h ris tia n ity : the happy home like the eastern 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? fig-tree, bearing in its bosom at 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil ization? once the beauty of the tender 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? blossom and the glory of the rip en 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. ed fruit. We w ant a religion th a t 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? shall interpose between the ruts and gullies and rocks of the hig h 6 Immortality or Annihilation? J U S T T H E T H IN G way of life and the sensitive souls th a t are traveling over them , in to h a n d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send 2 c en ts for ft, o r 6 cen ts for 25 tra c ts , fact, a religion th a t oils the to E liza M owry B liv en , B rook m achinery of every day life and ly n , C o n n ., o r sem i 10 cen ts m akes everything run sm ooth. for 50, e ith e r kind or a s so rted k in d s, to The Religion of H u m an ity is the I only one th a t can and will do all T H E L I B E R A L U N I V E R S I T Y this. W. I S ilv e rto n , O re g o n . Scientific W isdom