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