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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1900)
6 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 15, E. M. 300 A Curse to the Country. . . Z” . . . . , A writer in an English journal, ,,, XT ,, i . Reynold s Newspaper, who, the editor says, holds a very important : ’ . j , 1 position in China, and has excep- , , t ’ . , . , 1 tional advantages for knowing that , . , * country and its people, states in .. J , , , the course of a long letter: feet of rubbish, is absolutely of .F o r s t n e r ’s. U1°re practical value to scholars . than any discoveries made in p'gypt u t tr-i , Prof. Hilprecht represents Amer- • . . . ,, IS INVALÜABE TO >ca, and is now in the lead of all , other investigators, thanks to the C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , pz, i • tt • , Pennsylvania University, in whose such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s th e . , . , , . ’ . service he is laboring. He is posi- j»lace of chisel an d go u g e; to “ T he m issio n aries h av e th e best tive that evidence is furnished bv houses in China, finely furnished, C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in la id w ork, dow- , a f , these discoveries that there was an ellin g , p a tch in g , rem oving sp lits and large staff of servants, and a su en- , .. . . . ’ 1 advanced civilization in that reg- k n o ts. In fact, no did table. Thev do no work in the .o n n e a r 9 OW y e a r s a g o I . is d e - W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r summer, but go away to the hills, m o n s tra te d b y th e s e d is c o v e rie s e r of pianos, organs, sew ing m ach in es where they have fine summer resi- ‘ , a g ric u ltu ra l im p le m e n ts, sa sh , b lin d s , . ., , , , that Egypt was colonized from the fu rn itu re , n o r dences built, and they are not long t - . ... .. ... - , , East, and a u u that t u t u 1,1» /.< u iu not not . . 4, , / , , r . , , , civilization did in rl th the before n they , h a v e A n w y ith O o u th t e it. r W o o d w o rk e r, sh o u ld be « e country k . t . t buy land o origil)ate r '« " " “ A e , t tj i h e r e > “ »"5 and make money. This is not idle • . • , i i i talk, as all foreign iu j ii (1 9 0 0 .) W H A T WE HAVE TO S E LL . University Number of Freethought Magazine \\ ith Pearl W. Geer’s p o rtrait.. 15© Epitome of Positive Philosophy By T. B. W a k e m a n ........ Freethought: Past Present and Future. - n. . n w ---------------T 7 -------- — B y I . B. \ \ AKEMAN, w ith p ictu re an d life of th e a u th o r. P rice, 12 copies, $1,00; e a c h .............. jq . Emancipation of Education ------ - ----------- -------- An In au g u ra l A ddress, by T. B. W akem an , D elivered on th e incor- p o ratio n of th e L ib eral U n iv ersity , P rice. Photographs of the Faculty All the world has reason to re- AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. °f th e L iberal U n iv ersity , residents in I5 c s u it 5c China can bear out what I say. i • • . ab le for fram in g . P ric e ................ c Oc i(T , . . , . . . J joice that these explorations await- Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2 I have visited missionaries and j a . ,... i; * , e(l this ¡Scientific age, so that It '8 th e only round b it in th e w’orld P r ic e .................... th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E dined with them, and can assure t ... , 10c x. . , truthful translations will he made, a n d do all th a t an y o th e r you that if they were in England ■ . , c , . , , , , Freethought Magazine b it will do. f. ..b i x i , , instead of garbled and false render* they could not keep the houses . - . 7 . for S e p tem b er, In g erso ll m em o PRICE ,, , , , . . ings to make them harmonize with rial n u m b e r; O ctober, w ith ey o ere an e a>e to go 8aCred history.—[P ro g r es s i ve 'S e t of five, d ifferen t sizes, p o stp a id . .$2.60 W a k e m a n ’s sp e e c h ; N ovem ber, ftW RV t to o ft l l ir ir tw r resort r o e n r t for ( £ itn < r 1 x x I » i k away a H summer three Thinker Single b it, p o s tp a id ................ ..................60 w ith p ictu re of L. U . O. fa c u ltv ’ or four months every year. Another Price...................................... :.io c great benefit they have is that they A ttitude of the Clergy Toward AOdrese. LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO. F o ^ r Auger Bit. the Theater. get so much for every child they SIL V E R T O N O R E G O N . P rice, a n y s iz e ............ 60c have. Now, Mr. Editor, I beg of ; Liberal and Scientific Books \\ e must put the stage ou the you to do your best to try and pre The dramatic vent any more money being sent same oroad basis. of all k in d s. See a d v e rtise m e n t co p ies of lor d iffe re n t L e a d in g SAMPLE N ew sp ap ers » nd M agazines se n t to elsew h ere. to this country to support mission iustinct cannot be crushed out. any a d d re ss upon receip t of IO cents to pay for Send all o rd ers to ,.ti x • • j . ¡m a ilin g U . 8 S u b s c r ip t io n A g e n c y , 126 N. aries. J am sure that the money I he noblest genius, in days ancient L iberty St, In d ia n a p o lis, In d . can be laid out to much better ad and modern, has been consecrated T h e L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o , vantage in England amongst the to it, from JEschylus to Shake Silverton, Oregon starving poor than to keep a lot of speare, from Shakespeare to Me- TPhe W iley B. idle people here in luxury. The tastasio, Corneille, Racine, Victor 1 Allen Co. missionaries are flocking to Shang Hugo, Tenuyson. There have been T he O ld est! th e L argest ! M usic hai in hundreds, and manyofthem noble actresses like ‘Hamlet’ and S tore. L eading P i AND stay with their families at the best blameless comedies like ‘Paul Pry.’ anos an d O rgans. 2OQ-2II F irst S t ., hotels at seven dollars per day. Nowadays, theaters, actors, auth PORTLAND, OREO. This equals at least fifteen shillings ors, playwrights are on the increase per day each, so you will see it re in every part of the world. No M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r t o n , O r e quires capital to do this. You can human power can stem the cur hear people remark on all hands rent, because the power of the CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF what an enormous amount of ( rama IS human, aY8» and it doe8 T he ablest publication of the kind in the W orld money must be sent from England subserve at times the noblest moral Sixty-four pages. Illu strated . P ublished M onthly. ti.o o a year. For TW E N T Y -FIV E CEN TS School to keep these people going. Many as well as a most delightful re it Price will be m ailed to any address T H R E E riO N TH S. say they are a curse to the country. creative purpose. Where will you A ddress FR E E T H O U G H T MAGAZINE, 213 E. Indiana St., C hicago, III S u pp lies find a more pathetic comment up Occasion for Rejoicing. on the drunkard than in Mr. Jef Books and ferson’s ‘Rip’? where a more ap 1’here are now three great arch palling revelation of a guilty con w® b e lie v e th a t c a rd s lik e th e fo llo w in g copy neatly p rin te d and d istrib u te d all over th e U nited States, w ill help us to b u ild th e Libera! Uni- aeological exploring expeditions science than ill Sir Henry Irving’s vernity. ionery. ^ o V m a n y can yon d in tr ib u te lo enf?aged in making researches in presentation of Eugene Am, ? where the valleys of the Euphrates and more Iunocent comedy thau in Mr. ..... . Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables much Tigris, aud along the ancient canal Toole? where more graud pathos and Confectionery. uniting those rivers near their mnllt . t > v and purity than In Mrs. Kendal? ...F I V E ... ( mouth. I ne I rench explorers are Where will you find a nobler power 2 4/ \ directing their attention to the bur- of viewing the great moral master- f % REASONS WHY ied city of lello, which they have pa88ioo of tragic sympathy, justice, .......... resurrected and are compelling to ,n Mr. Beerbohm Tree’s In Place of C h ris tia n ity : reveal their antiquities and a lone ^ ni3Ue Pre8e»tatiou of them in « S ho uld H e l p to B u il d forgotten oast Th» r ? Julius Caesar ? The attitude of the _ commpncxd ’,ernian8 clergy toward the stage should be = Li bera I U fl i VerSl'tV 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? , . vigorous work in one of discriminating sympathy at S ilverton , oreoon . 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil the spring of 1S99, on ruins they rather than wholesale condemna- i i, „ m i, i ization? found in Babylonia. The students tion- » ‘hey want to reform the young 1 f t ."hTgVrMu^™ who n n KINNEV PORTER , . t ’»• Free Ttioughi Magazine Scientific W isdom 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? of h isto ric b eg in n in g s w ill keen a n s ta 8e th e Y mU8t reform th e p u b lic ; o th erw ise will grow u p w ith o u t its g reat ° ® iXII nrniun _1 J Q<n>Q 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. praise what is good and denounce Qil ad' Vtt a lit Tata^;s , « b v K a » eye directed to their movements. what is bad. They would do well r “ 1 ?‘,H e,1!lcate w orkers for th e g rea t 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? 1 .U , , forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t an d P ro But the most successful of these ex In 6 Immortality or Annihilation? to go to the play themselves, and gross. peditions is that under the direc get up and go out when a play is 3 I t will forever silence th e accusation S ecu larists have never done any- tion of Prof. Hilprecht, now at revolting or its general tendency J U S T T H E T H IN G bad. work on the palace of the priest- h“'1 Tt n K ^ u n a,.',’re, the " ‘"f'' ai" h“ ‘™ ‘he'¡me when Reason ill ur™ never ^«»eve believe mat that we an and and superst.i- kings of Nippur. This structure actors- d Love will reign, an d w hen sup to h a n d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send has a frontaat. nf rnn r ♦ t ,• Tar8°ns know anything about the tion and h a te will be forever gone 2 cen ts for 6, o r 6 c e n ts for 25 tra c ts , t ge of 600 feet. Its li- stage if we never go near it. \Ve I t will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to to E liza M owry B liv en , Brook hrary of magnificent proportions, cannot afford to taboo it; we ought ' •vour8e,f.?nd others a m o n u m en t, lyn, C o n n ., o r send 10 cen ts written on earthen tablHe/noi'o’ne '¿e" itight7n^ ” a',’ S S ' ^ 1 ^ ,1 " , for 50, e ith e r k in d o r a s so rted k in d s, to of which bears a later date than direct ,or g°()d such a tremendous one of cold, senseless m arb le. 2.280 years before our era. and i I f . . . h e .p a , £ le . w e c a n a c - fo u n d buried under 70 w, • • in -■ • n . c o m p lis h m u c h . W ill you h e lp T H E L I B E R A L U N I V E R S I T Y Which Was was found Hawe\", TheŒ L • a little ? Silverton, Oregon.