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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 15, E. M. 300
A Curse to the Country.
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A writer in an English journal,
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Reynold s Newspaper, who, the
editor says, holds a very important
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position in China, and has excep-
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tional advantages for knowing that
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country and its people, states in
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the course of a long letter:
feet of rubbish, is absolutely of
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U1°re practical value to scholars
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than any discoveries made in
p'gypt
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Prof. Hilprecht represents Amer-
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IS INVALÜABE TO
>ca, and is now in the lead of all
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other investigators, thanks to the
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Pennsylvania University, in whose such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s th e
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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,
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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- ,
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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-
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a g ric u ltu ra l im p le m e n ts, sa sh , b lin d s
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that Egypt was colonized from the
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W H A T WE HAVE
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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-
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idle people here in luxury.
The tastasio, Corneille, Racine, Victor
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missionaries are flocking to Shang Hugo, Tenuyson. There have been
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hai in hundreds, and manyofthem noble actresses like ‘Hamlet’ and
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stay with their families at the best blameless comedies like ‘Paul Pry.’
anos an d O rgans.
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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
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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
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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.
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find a more pathetic comment up
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on the drunkard than in Mr. Jef
Books and
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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
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and purity than In Mrs. Kendal?
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mouth. I ne I rench explorers are Where will you find a nobler power 2 4/
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
praise what is good and
denounce Qil
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Tata^;s
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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?
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, 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
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never ^«»eve
believe mat
that we an
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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',’
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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
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fo u n d buried under 70 w,
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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
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Silverton, Oregon.