T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 9, E. M. 30U ■ 1900.)
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oversight, the V illa Medici in object of C h ristian ity , vanishes,
Rome. Later, when his health was for there is no “ firm am ent” above
sufficiently restored for him to be­ us. 1 he earth revolves on its axis
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gin the journey, he was sent to 25,000 miles each day and 558 m il­
Siena. At the end of the y ear he lions of miles around the sun each
A shoem aker found fault with an oil-painted slipper ih
was allowed to retu rn to his Villa year, and at the sam e tim e the sun
one of the paintings of a celebrated a rtist, but showed the
A rcetri near Florence, while resi­ moves 300 m illions of miles each
greatest ignorance in criticising the other parts of the p a in t­
dence in Florence rem ained forbid­ year tow ards the also moving
ing. Hence has arisen the oft-quoted saying, Let the cobbler
den till his d e a t h . These m e a s u r e s LieUiLt'eaS.-’J ..Cix
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Which m ade surveillance of G alileo eald, cufeia non e s s e , “ in e H eav­
As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush
II
easy and hia seclusion much more ens are not,” the old dynasty of
at S ilverton’s Busy Store and inspect the B argains, at
strict, and from which the Pope, io God and Pope ended. For, no
spite of all the intercession of influ­ H eaven, no Hell. The W orld be­
ential men, was not to be d issu ad ­ came the boundless Infinite, w ith­
e d , had the uudesired result of giv­ out beginning or end.
The possi­
ing rise to all kinds of stories; for bility of a creating personal God
S ilv e rto n , O regon.
exam ple, that he had already suf­ vanished with his residence. The S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E
PRODUCE TAKEN
fered the pains of to rtu re; and with Day of Judgm ent, which “ his Son”
the blindness resulting several was to hold 1800 years ago, became
Our Job D e p a rtm e n t
years later the rum or was connect­ absurd. H e never ascended to,
-A L W A Y S GIVES
ed th a t both his eyes had been put nor descended from, a nowhere ,
out by the h an d of the executioner and never can! B runo’s pyre was
in the prisons of the Inquisition! th a t of C hristianity.
Pope U rban continued his hatred
2. And so with the Bible. The
and persecution even after Galileo’s
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notions of a creation, world-deluge,
death, which occurred on the 8th
sun-stop, etc., etc., passed into the HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSK1P
of J a n u a ry , 1642, and this may be
lite ra tu re of Ancient M ythology.
regarded as fu rth er proof th a t he
3. The New T estam ent follows
believed the intteudos of the Jesuits.
suit
I he “ F ath er in H eaven”
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How to Make
After the p en iten t sinner had been
was not. The dove from the.
refused burial by the C hurch, the
“ Open H eaven” follows the “ m a­
erection of a m onum ent, for which
terialized” T ransfiguration and the
arrangem ents had been m ade by
T he G o v ern m en t n atio n alized th e P ostal S y stem , w hy n o t alst
Day of Judgm ent. “ The C hrist”
th
e
Money S ystem ? A plan is told by C. E LT O N B L A N C H A R P
friends and pupils,was discontinued
in h is book e n title d .................................
said th a t day would surely come to
by the special wish of the Pope,
those then living. M att. 24:34.
U N C L E S A M ’S
“ because it is not fitting to honor
T h at “ D ay” was the sum of the
by a m onum ent a heretic sentenced
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E .
New T estam ent from Matthew to
by the H oty See to do penance, and
——
Postpaid for 25 Cents
Revelations and ends the whole
to die before the expiration of his
All profits on th is book will be given to th e L io eral U n iv ersity
business, for it is physically ut
sentence.”
Should be in th e h an d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all o rd ers to
terly impossible.
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon
The Church had won a great vic­
4. And the church and churches
tory, for she had forced a weak, old
m an, seventy years of age, by all go too, of course; and th a t night­
the engines of power at her com­ mare, the Papacy; and the Episco­
m and, to disown his convictions.
AND
There was n a tu ra lly great rejoicing pacy; and the Greek C hurch hor­
over it, and in the next fifty years ror and all the rest, are swept out
One of th e rare st jzifts is th e ta le n t to
there was poured out over the u n ­ by the total collapse of its Heaven. judge
S ilv e r to n , O re
accu rately a d iam o n d in all its M a in S t r e e t
believing a genuine flood of tri Read the story of Galileo and Mr. various q u a litie s. As genius for m usic
CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF
um phnnt refutations of the Coper- S argent’s letter in this Torch, and or p a in tin g m u st he inborn to produce
th e g reat a rtis t, so th e faculty to cor­
uican system. C ertain astrono
see how stupid, obstinate and rectly d ete rm in e a d iam o n d in all its
S chool
mers, protected and guided by the
diversified
d
etail
an
d
c
h
a
ra
c
teristics
can
“star of the wise,” found favor be­ bloody against the tru th C hristi­ never l>e acquired, unless by th e rare
Supplies
fore the Papal See! They belonged an ity was! The healthy, tru th - few who are gifted in th is d irectio n . A
to the most faithful sons of the loving m an shrinks from it with dealer m ay be a good jew eler, a success­
Books and
m erc h an t and an h o n est m an, and
C hurch, and Prof. Scipione C hiar- horror. To continue an exposed ful
vet deceive you on a d iam o n d , sim ply
omonti of Pisa raged furiously
tonery.
because
he him self is deceived. I have
illusion is to become a liar.
l>eeii In th e business fortv y ears. I
against Copernicus, Tycho Brahe,
could
no m ore be deceived on a d ia ­ Dealers in F ru its, V egetables
Kepler, Galileo and all who op­
m ond th a n th e cash ie r of th e Bank of
and C onfectionery.
posed A ristotle and Ptolem y.
E n g lan d could I>e on a bank note. W hen
The Rom an C uria in the year Two Ways of Asking a Blessing. buying d iam o n d s I use no glasses, ask
no q u estio n s except th e p rice ; my
1835, in a new edition of the Index,
5 0 YEARS*
acute
vision in sta n tly d etects th e slig h t- !
struck out the works of Copernicus,
E
X P E R IE N C E
difference in color every flaw and
In a town not a hundred miles est
Kepler, Galileo and other earth-
im perfection. Y our in te re sts will lie 1
movers, after having previously from Chicago, a gentlem an invited protected if you buy of m e. If you w ant
made several exceptions. It th ere­ to dinner one day one of the dea­ a R ing, P in , S tu d ,e tc ., for $10,$20, $50,
by acknowledged th a t it had not cons o f the church which he a t­ $100 or up, send to m e. I will send you
th e goods p rep aid . K eep them a week
earlier been inspired by the Holy
or
tw
if you
are ,’?;,
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satisfied
a t {
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! , are
ati « fied th
tha
Ghost, add th a t it no longer regards tended. Being o seated at the table, » 1 ! ?V
undersell all competitors, return and
T rade M a r k s
D e s ig n s
the belief in the cen tral position of the guest was asked to offer a bless- get y o u r m oney
C o p y r ig h t s A c .
the earth as a p relim inary con­ ing, which he did. This proceeding
Anyone Rending n sketch and deacrlptlon m-v
quickly » c e r ta in our opinion free whether a:i
dition of salvation.
O tto W e tts te in ,
invention ta probably patentable. Communlc
greatly excited the curiosity of the
f Ions strictly confidential. II an a book on P a te i.u
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
gentlem an’s little four-vear-old,who
Patent« taken through Munn A Co recolv«
R o c h e lle , I II .
fe r ia l notice, w ithout c harge. In the
sat
beside
the
deacon
and
in
ter­
Astronomy Ends Christianity.
Send for m y price list of W atches,
viewed him on the guhject. “ W hat C h ain s, Jew elry , Silverw are, Free-
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was that you said?” he began. “ It th o u g h t Badges, Ingersoll Spoon, and
year: lour months. |L Sold by all newsdealers.
mv tra c t, “ T heism in th e C ru c ib le,”
was a blessing on the food we are
Branch Ofllc» fW. F Rt„ W ashington. D. C.
Bruno, Galileo and Servetus about to e a t,” replied the deacon.
ought to m ake every intelligent “ A w hat?” “ Why, a blessing.
person asham ed of C h ristian ity . Don’t your papa ask a blessing at
UST AS NATURAL o ld h ro
he W iley B.
and a ye'd deal more reliable. IXwnn t
break
i
ta
egga
or
make
Its
chleka
lot»y.
Allen Q d .
Modern astronom y m akes C h risti­ the table?” “Oh, yes, but he don’t
Doeau’tatay off the neat and allow th« eggs
to chill but hatch«»
egg that can ba
anity vanish like the baseless fab­ say it th at way.” “ How does he
T h e O ld e s t! th e
L argest !
M usic
petaluma I ncubator
ric of the vision it really wag and say it? ’ “ W hy, he »it« down and
Store, L eading P i­
RI akaolotsly Berfect as to tneahatoreaaaotlala- p r o p e r a p p lic a ­
n a o la tu re ,
is.
looks at the table and says: l t a io t l n o n a n a d n d d la v t e r l n b t n i l t a l t o i o n n o . f b F e o a r t W a » n t d o TfiO
anos and O rgans.
eggs. WE PAY
ANYWHERE In th e V . 8. Handsom e c a ta lo g fre e.
xoQ -aii Flrat S t w
1. The old H eaven, the main^ ‘G oddlem ighty, what a d in n er!’ ” EREIOHT
S 'e t a lu m a I n c u b a t o r t o , B o x
, P e t a l u m a , Cal,
g obbler, stick to thy last!
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