T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST lß, E. M 300 (1900.) The First Surgical Operation. Advanced Ideas. 3 g o b b le r , stick to thy last! BY J. M. MAYERS. BY R. G. INGERSOLL. Alone, u n eh arm ed by w om an’s tuneful tongue, O ur d u st-b u ilt pa, w hen life was fresh and young, Reflecting sadly on his lonely life, Y earned for th e solace of a charm ing wife. God read his th o u g h ts, observed his own m istake, And to him self and G host th ese words h e sp a k e : “ I t is not good th a t m an should dw ell a lo n e , W e’ll from his lu m b a r regions take a * And, fashioned V equs-like in stin c t w ith life, P resen t it to him , ch aste, a charm ing w ife.” “ A greed,” replied th e G host, in accents lo w : “ T he anaesthetic’s ready. L et us go.” More sw ift th a n eagle swoops upon its prey, The tro u b led triu n e passed th e M ilky W ay ; Down, down they sank, as lead in w ater sin k s, And fell w here Adam stood in forty w inks, And o’er his m outh an d O riental nose A d o cto r’d kerchief, leastw ays, I su p ­ pose, T hey deftly th rew , and, in a sleep pro­ found, Poor Adam d ro p p ’d upon th e h allow ’d ground. Deep in bis side th e Sheffield blade was th r u s t, And out th e sev er’d rib fell in th e d u s t ; A nd l o ! w hen Adam from his slum ber woke, T he three-in-one politely to him spoke. Every hum an being is a neces­ sary product of conditions, and every one is born with defects for which he cannot be held responsi­ ble. N ature seems to care nothing for the individual, nothing for the snecies * Generous and heartless, extrava- „ j • , i • .« gant „ and m iserly, she is our m other and our teacher, and she is also the deceiver of men. Above her we cannot rise, , below her we cannot fall. In her we find the seed and soil of all th a t is good, of all th a t is evil. N ature originates, n o u r­ ishes, preserves and destroys. A shoem aker found fault with an oil-painted slipper in one of the paintings of a celebrated a rtist, but showed tbe greatest ignorance in criticising the o ther parts of the p a in t­ ing. Hence has arisen the oft-quoted saying, Let the cobbler stick to his last, and let every one a tte n d to his own business. A b a result of sticking to business come and see the rush at S ilverton’s Busy Store and iuspect th e B argains, a t James Craig’s S ilv e rto n , O regon. S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E . PRODUCE TAKEN Our Job D e p a rtm e n t --------A L W A Y S GIVES- Good deeds bear fruit and in the fruit are seeds th a t in turn bear fruit and seeds. G reat thoughts are never lost, and words of kind -----B E C A U SE IT G IV E S ----- ness do not perish from the earth. HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSfUP Every brain is a field where na ture sows the seed of thought, and the crop depends upon the soil. * v How to Make Ignorance being darkness, w hat we need is intellectual light. The JwH u.w j« »«¿r; most im p o rtan t things to teach as The lie G o v ern m en t n a tio n alized th e P o stal S ystem , w hy n o t also the basis of all progress is th a t the th e M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELT O N B L A N C H A R D universe is n a tu ra l; th a t m an m ust in h is book e n t i t l e d ................................. “ Seeing we erred in placing you alone, be the providence of m an; th a t bv We from your side have ta ’en a funny U N C L E S A M ’S the developm ert of the brain we bone, T ransm ogrified it, in a m o m e n t’s space, can avoid some of the dangers, some H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E . In to a h u m an form w ith heavenly face; of the evils, overcome some of the Postpaid for 25 Cents And now, sir, with your k ind and obstructions and take advantage of gracious leaVe, All pro fits on th is Ixiok will be given to th e L io eral U n iv e rsity We beg to in troduce you to fair E v e .” S hould he in th e h a n d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all o rd ers to H er d u sty lord, pleased w ith h e r lovely some of the facts and forces of The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon nature; th a t by invention and in ­ face, Rem oved his h a t, bowed low, w ith fa u lt­ dustry we can supply, to a reason­ less grace, A nd, in sw eet accents, m u tte re d , som e­ able degree, the wants of the body, w hat coy, and by thought, study and effort “ Good evening, Eve, m y solace, hope AND we can in part satisfy the hunger of and jo y ; Bone of my bone, a th o rn t a ’en from my the m ind. One of th e ra re st gifts is th e ta le n t to flesh, S ilv e r to n , O re Man should cease to expect any judge accu rately a d iam o n d in all its M a in S t r e e t You look ex trem ely te n d e r, fair and various q u a litie s. As gen iu s for m usic fresh, CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF aid from any supernatural source. or p a in tin g m u st be in b o rn to produce Like stick in g p laster, in all kinds of By this time he should be satisfied th e g reat a rtis t, so th e facu lty to cor­ w eather. S ch o o l rectly d e te rm in e a d iam o n d in all its W e’ll cling in peace am i love together. th at worship had not created wealth diversified «leta.il and c h a rac teristics can Com e, le t’s engage, queen of th e whole and th a t prosperity is not the child never lie acquired, unless by th e rare c re atio n , S u p p lies A m om ent, d ear, in luscious o sc u latio n .” of prayer. He should know th a t few who are gifted in th is d irectio n . A dealer m ay be a good jew eler, a success­ Books and ful m erc h an t an d an h o n est m an , and the supernatural has not succored Eve, nowise shy, flew to his open arm s, deceive you" on a d iam o n d , sim ply To taste th e bliss of love’s first labial the oppressed, clothed the naked, yet S ta tio n e ry . because he him self is deceived. I have ch arm s. been In th e business forty y ears. I I b . n L v a G , __ t - k i The gods connascent, beam ing on th e fed the hungry, shielded the inno­ could no m ore be deceived on a d i a - | ^ ^ l e i S 111 r FUltS, V egetables pair, cent, staid the pestilence or freed m ond th a n th e cash ie r of th e Bank of and C onfectionery. Said, “ Au re v o ir,” th en m elted in to a ir. E ngland could be on a bank note. W hen Eve th e n suggested th a t th ey should the slave. buying d iam onds I use no glasses, ask tak e a walk Being satisfied th a t the super­ no q u estio n s except th e p rice; my T hrough E d e n ’s bow ers, and of th e 50 YEARS' acute vision in sta n tly d e tects th e s lig h t­ natural does not exist, man should fu tu re taik . E X P E R IE N C E est difference in color every flaw an d Politely, Adam drew h e r arm th r o ’ his, turn his entire attention to the im perfection. Y our in te re sts will be 1 And, slowly strolling, talked of love ami affairs of this world, to the facts in protected if you buy of me. If you w ant b iz ; a Ring, P in , S tu d ,e tc ., for $10, $20, $.50, And, as th e sun dip p ed in th e purple nature $100 or up, send to me. I will send you w est, A nd, first of all, he should avoid ¡th e goods p rep aid . 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