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.
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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
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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