THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVEKIOX, OREGON, NOVEMBER 1, E. M. 300 wrought Seal, as a token of their veneration.” We m ust pass over the description of tl.e gift, for it w o u ld be too elaborate; suffice it to say th a t am id tasteful carving and em blem atic embossing enough, stood these words engraven on a golden belt, and on four sides re spectively: “ To the G erm an Mas ter; From his F riends in E ngland; 28th August, 1831.” The im pres sion was a star , encircled with a serpent-of-eternity, and this mot- toe “ Ohne H ast, Aber Ohne H ast.” of F au st, Sir " ’¡»Iter S cott, I w . u " niTworth, ) Poets. B. tv. Proctor, B arry C ornw all. So given in 6th p a rt of Z e lte r’s C or respondence w ith G oethe (B erlin 1834.) G oethe ' s graceful reply was th I8: W orte, die d er D ich ter sp ric h t, f re u in h eim isch en B ezirken, W irken gleich, doch weiss e r nicht O b sie, in die F e rn e w irken. B ritte n , h a b t sie aufgefasst! ‘T hätig en S in n ! d as T h u n gezügelt S tetig S treb en , o h n e H a s t !” L nd so w’olit I h r es b e sie g e lt! (1 9 0 0 .) o «> violet or ultra-violet hands, these world ought to be ahhi »<> are utilized and a greater percent- ruvallv at lea", ‘ age of then, are th u s „ blaine(, in t h ^ V J i T e X 7 , x iS Ü ä been fcuud’ l.a“'« 'd u p lic a te is X e l v k ' X n" " ™ m P r in te d o on n t the h e sensitized plate after printed an exposure of five ,,linule8. „ b is been dem onstrated th a t these rays pass through boue very readi-I . to do . my nart r " ' “nd » 8 i «Roll i try ’ Sh“ " e " <1'»'-<’r here ho at to Silverton' a b o u l t e le t o f/a X r y ” muscles with less 1901 We ra n » r . , y ’ .......Ugh integum ents W()rlt together with g reater resistauce still. The A lw ays yours, THIS WAS THE LETTER. m edicinal properties of these rays S. H. V an T rump . m ay thus he extended to the in Law son, Missouri. ‘‘Fifteen E nglish F riends to Go W ords which th e poet spoke T rue—in the hom ely circle, ternal body as well as th e skin. ethe, on the 28th August, 1831.” W ork also, though he know s not [82d B irth d ay .] The above letter is considered TH E LAST SIGN OF L IFE. If they w ork, in th e d istan ce far. “S ir:—Am ong the friends whom very good news bv the L. U O B ritto n s have them understood ! If an electric cu rren t be applied w o,kers. this so interesting an n iv ersary calls Prof. Van T rum p i, a 1 • • ” ’ I I U llH I J j A ctive th o u g h t ! h a s action guided— f t living m atter, a secondary cur- tru m p for us indeed, as he is ’round you, m ay we E nglish S tead fast striv in g , w ith o u t h a s te ! ” rent is formed, following in the professional biologist and h o rticu l F riends, in thought and sym bolic A nd, as you w ish, be it sealed. wake of the applied current, but if tu rist. We need ju s t such a man ally, since personally it is im possi 1 hen he im pressed the Seal they the body is dead, no secondary ble, present ourselves, to offer you as we believe him to be, and espec had sent. T. R. w c u rren t is formed, or else a con ially as he is w illing to sacrifice our affectionate congratulations. tra ry cu rren t due to pol on th e a lte r of the new religion of W e hope you will do us the honor Current Science. arization is noticed. Mr. A. Science and H u m an ity . His letter to accept this little b irth d ay gift; W aller says th at this positive elec shows th at he is m ade of the rig h t which as a tru e testim ony of our AERIAL NAVIGATION. tric re-action proves th a t the body kind of F reetbought tim ber and feelings, may not be w ithout value. experim ented upon is not dead. It A G erm an general, Count Von has the rig h t kind of faith. “ We said to ourselves: As it is alw ays the highest d uty and pleas Zeppelin, has a t last solved the is their last sign of life and ¡»char Af acteristic of all orgai ic bodies. ure to show reverence to whom rev problem of aerial navigation. We give th e Torch of Reason and erence is due, and our chief, per ter years of toil and study, not 1 he m ethod of procedure is as fol the W eekly Oregonian both one lows: The subject is connected to haps our only benefactor, is he w ithout failures, he has launched year for only $1.75. If you wain who by act and word, instructs us into the realm s of a ir a peculiar a galvanom eter and its own cu r to tak e advantage of this you m ust in wisdom,— so we undersigned, craft which obeys his will by sim rent com pensated for so th a t the order soon for we m ay discontinue switch m ay be opened and closed feeling towards the Poet Goethe, as ple m anipulation. w ithout causing the needle to the offer at any time. I his strange invention is a veri the sp iritu ally tau g h t tow ards S ecularists would you not like to th eir spiritual teacher, are d esir table cigar-shaped balloon, 415 feet move. 1 he sw itch being io place, have some letterheads printed with a cu rren t is sent through the sub ous to express th a t sentim ent open long and 40 feet in diam eter. It is Secular sentim ent and W ettstein ’s ject and im m ediately the switch of E reethought badge, to use in corre ly an d in common. For which constructed of 24 alum inum bands the exciting cu rren t is closed and spondence with your friends? We end we have determ ined to solicit and divided into 17 com partm ents, will furnish them to you with y o u r the sw itch of th e galvanom eter his acceptance of a sm all E nglish each one being an independent nam e and address printed on them opened. gift, proceeding from us equally, balloon. These com partm ents are The experim ent is repeated by orn"’ C< n,t^P!r h u ,,dred> *1-50 per -o0, or $2.50 for 500, postpaid. Let on his approaching b irth d ay ; th a t capable of containing 11,000 cubic sending the cu rren t in the oppo the people know where you stand. so, while the venerable m an still feet of hydrogen gas, w ithout ap- loss in m any weeks. site direction. This dem onstrates dwells am ong us, some m em orial of pieciahle w hether or not there is a respon the g ra titu d e we owe him , may not From the outside of the balloon Cats Knocked Out! sive c u rren t in the subject. If a hang alum inum wires and hempen be w anting. secondary cu rren t is noticed in W atch -C ats g en erally u n d ersell “ And thus our little trib u te, per cords, to which are attached two stores, b u t since I am givim r rn v i. ,• either d irec tio n ,th e object is living; haps am ong th e purest th a t man boats of light m aterial, and connec a tte n tio n to m ail o rd ers, I have faci'h* if none, the object is dead. ties to ted by a foot bridge. Each carries ............. u n d ersell «»• beet could offer to m an, now stan d s in H ouses. visible shape, and begs to be re a 15-horsepower gasoline engine, Aid for Both F unds. C o m p i s ’o ? acr: s , ,¿ a* '.t.h L a t ” ‘ ceived. May it be welcome and capable of driving the propeller at the rate of 1,200 revolutions a m in speak perm anently of a most close Best A m erican w atches, 18 size in 2 3 A spped of about 15 miles E d ito r Torch of Reason. relation, though wide seao flow be ute. Enclosed y o u w ill fin d five d o l- ? r „ Sl,v,erin e screw cases ; “ T ren - is an ticip ated . T his craft was tween the parties. Jars, which I d e a t e to the. buiW . “ We pray th a t m any years m ay lately tested over Lake Constance be added to a life so glorious with favorable results. — th a t all happiness m ay he yours, PHOTOGRAPING THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY. and stren g th given to com plete * r>unn *17 your high task, even as it has Dr. J. W. Kime, of F ort Dodge, I am sure th a t you " e H s te in ,” “ New R ailw ay ,” “ B h ith erto proceeded ‘like a star, Iowa, has lately dem onstrated th a t « r e doing a grand and noble work flne w ithout haste, yet w ithout rest.’ the actinic rays of the sun m ay be and I wish you all th e success pos- ,, Special,” $22.50; “Cres- “ We rem ain sir, your friend and made to pass through the hum an aible. T he next eubecription I serv an ts,” body and produce photographic w ant to m ake is tow ard the Inger- ”r J,49’ 150 or 1H1> *25. “ Sr>e«'ial * ' K« d w a y ,” 23 Jew els, or “ B unn S n e c ia l’’ FIFTEEN ENGLISH FRIENDS, prints. I he m ethod of procedure soli C hair, which I expect Jt will be 24 Jew els, $2H.5O ou“ n»pecial, Who were the following: is as follows: The subject is taken some tim e next m onth. 11 a wve. in 4*o u n ce Silver case H - 'O e x tr a ; in 20-year gold filia l, open T hom as C arlyle, “ a w rite r of books.” into a dark room and a sensitized H enry C. W illiss , face $4 e x tr a ; 25 y ear, $6.50 e x tra 20- Dr. C arlyle, T ra n sla to r of D ante. y e ar h u n tin g case, $6.50 e x tra , o r in 25- plate placed in contact with a neg W ashington, D. C. W. F ra se r, E d ito r of T he Foreign R e y ei n h u Vt,,!i?,c^ e ’ *8-50 e x tra . ative is securely fastened to his view . All gold filled cases are a rtis tic h a n d chaseil accom panied by M fr.’s g u a r a n back and all covered over with Dr. M aginn, E d ito r an d A uthor. Com ing to S ilverton. tee and w atches kept in o rd er for one H e ja u d , E d ito r of F raser. dark w rappings, so as to exclude y ear. G. M oir, T ra n sla to r of W allenstein. all light. The subject is then O th e r sty les and solid gold eq u ally as Pres. J . E. H osm er, L iberal U n C h u rc h ill, T ra n sla to r of W a lle n ste in ’s reasonable. C orrespond w ith m e for stood before a reflector, so construc iversity, S ilverton, Oregon: L ager. m Z ! h ,n g S !.he Li.,.. a n d . a v e - ted th a t all light which falls upon My dear _________ Professor:— Y our 1m oney. O rders filled from an v e a ta - Je rd a n , E d ito r of th e L itera ry G azette. o r le s s .' Save it is focused upon a spot six inches favor of the 11th inst. a. hand and ♦S?® f e K Prof. V ilson, E d ito r of Blackw ood. pay freight. J. G. L o ck h a rt, E d ito r of th e Q u a rte rly . in diam eter. A ctinic or chemic contents noted. It seems to me OTTO W E T T S T E IN . Lord F ra n cis Levison G ow er, T ra n sla to r rays being more a b u n d a n t in the th a t the Liberals of the W estern R o c h e lle , III. 1), through ■■ I