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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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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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>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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dences built, and they are not long t -
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W H A T WE HAVE
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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
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you to do your best to try and pre­
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N ew sp ap ers » nd M agazines se n t to
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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
T he O ld est! th e
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hai in hundreds, and manyofthem noble actresses like ‘Hamlet’ and
S tore. L eading P i­
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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
M a in S t r e e t
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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.
ti.o o a year. For TW E N T Y -FIV E CEN TS
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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,
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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
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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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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
ill ur™
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.