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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1900)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON. D EC EM B ER 13. E. M. 300 (1900.) F or th e T orch of P uanon. Guiided Points. they will forget what you them to get. BY JOHN P. GUILD. D on’t alw ays be suspecting them of wrong motives. Don’t smoke. Better be right than rich. Tobacco is taboo in the Luo. Gin makes grin but it is a win. Bibles are bigots’ breast-works. want . .Forstner’s. . Love your enem y but don’t drink him . Beer is too queer to cheer, ihen steer clear of beer, The Ghost Age m ust leave the stage. [E x it Spook, enter Thought. The Torch of Reason is lighted a t the shrine of T ruth. Sacrifice pleasing falsehoods upon the a lta r of perfect V erity. There is no fool like an old fool— except a d ru n k en old fool. Reason needs no fiction to make it be relished by good taste. I t will be tim e enough to sneer at C hristian m arty rs when secular talk ers sacrifice them selves for their Free Thought. £Phe W iley B. I Allen Co. T h e O ldest ! th e hingest ! M usic Store. L eading Pi anos an d O rgans. IS INVALUAUE TO D on’t give unreasonable com m ands and enforce them , ju s t be t a rp e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , such as lettin g in locks, as it tak es th e cause you are bigger than they. place of chisel and g o uge; to 209-211 F ir s t S t ., PO RTLz.N D , ORE Don’t “ break a child’s will” , but C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- turn its force in the right direction. elh n g , patching, rem oving sp lits and knots. 0 0 Worth ol In fact, no Above all. don’t forget th a t you W agon or P a tte r n M aker m anufactur er of pianos, organs, sew ing m ach in es Be happy and you will be good. were a child once yourself, and re- a g ric u ltu ral im p le m e n ts, sash , blinds m em her th at children have a right fu rn itu re , nor Pretense lives at large expense. to their own individuality. A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, should be Do not court p o p u larity a t the Don’t expect it to be like you in w ith o u t it. cost of principle. every respect AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. The greatest success m ay be made of the biggest failure. The Bible all a human Book. W hisky m akes one frisky, bui it is risky. 7 It is th e only round bit in th e world th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O LE a n d do all th a t any o th e r b it will do. MAGAZINES FREE! * “ S ecu lar S c ie n c e and C om m on S e n s e ’’ p o in ts th e w ay to th e troal of y o u r a m b itio n . A m a g a zine o f A dvanced Free T h o u g h t, L ib e ra l and M odern Id ea s of R e fo rm and N a tu ra l Law . D evoted to p ra c tic a l d e m o n s tra te d tru th s . H u m a n ity is u n d e rg o in g im p o rta n t p h y sic a l, in te lle c tu a l, an d social c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de m a n d s the re n d in g of s la v e r y 's c h a in s. Th'.a m agazine is a ste p p in g -sto n e to success in a ll of life ’s u n d e rta k in g s , a s it develops pow er of in te lle c tu a l p ercep tio n so th a t la te n t a n d a c tiv e en e rg y w ill be p ro p erly d ire c te d , in s u rin g a c le a r head in a sound body. N o th in g lik e it o r h a lf so good an d p ra c tic a l. T h is ra re tre a t sent a w hole y e a r, to g e th e r w ith sa m p le s o f o v e r 50 o th e r v a lu a b le p a p e rs a n d m a g a z in e s of >5.00 v alu e, fo r o n ly »1.00. Send a t once a s th is offer is lim ited . S am p le copy w ith an in te re s tin g book of o v er ICO pages free fo r 12 c e n ts in s ta m p s . A d d ress Prof. Goldwin Sm ith has sense and strength to say of the Bible: PRICE ‘‘W hen we are told there are in Set of five, d ifferen t siz es,p o stp aid .. $2.60 the Old T estam ent Scriptures both Single b it, p o stp a id ..................................gg a hum an and a divine elem ent, we m ust ask by what test the divine is Address, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO. SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE to be distinguished from the hu SIL V E R T O N O R EG O N . P.E. 532 Atlas Blk, Chicago, 111. m an? Nobody would have thought of “ p artial in sp iratio n ” except as expedient to cover retr< at. We but tam per with our own u n d ersta n d ings and consciences by such a t tem pts at once to hold on and let go; |o retain the shadow of the be lief when the substance has passed $ 1 0 .0 0 For a S u it./ away. F a r better it is, w hatever These Suits are Double or Single Breasted Sacks in the effort may cost, honestly to a d O X F () RD G REY S, BLACK CLAY W ORSTEDS, E N G L IS H C H E V E O T S . m it th a t the sacred books of the Hebrews, granting th eir superiority A t $ 1 4 .5 0 , Special! to the sacred books of other nations are, like the 9acred books ef other A GENUINE ENGLISH MELTON SUIT. Regular Price $20.00, at nations, the works of man and not of God.” Clothing1 Sale! Jam es C raig’s, Silverton, Ore. The greatest sign of advance in F reethought was the F ederation’s Strictly One Price. Produce Taken. None are hoaxed so badly as are acclaim to President R em shurg's those who hoax them selves with the commend of the Liberal U niversity. notion th a t w hat they do not see Our Job D e p a rtm e n t^ = ^ r2 ^ ^ Those who say Ingersoll fought through is a hoax. a defunct issue, are like the Irish --------A L W A Y S G IV E S ------- A m athem atician has calculated man who said the gunner n^ed not th a t if all the salt in the w orld’s fired at the hawk for the fall would ocean were rolled into a ball, it have killed it. would be twice as big as the moon. • -----B E C A U S E IT G IV E S ----- The C hristian proclam ations and A new secret printing process has HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSHIP (ill)leg al opinions of high officials look as if superstition and hypocri been brought out in G erm any, the sy were live corpses. U ntil at least w ritten or printed characters show ONE Of the NINE DEMANDS OF LIBER o n ly when heated, but disappearing when cooled. ALISM is gained there will be some work for Secularists to do. In A ustralia b u tter is now’ large . . . Satisfaction ly packed in boxes made of six panes of glass, the edges being held Some Don’ts For Old Folks. by means of gummed paper. F or The Suggeater and T h in k er says: long distance shipm ent the whole is coated with plaster. Fall term begins Monday, October i, E. M. 300 (A. D. 1900.; C hildren get so tired of ceasless A swarm of wild bees attacked a “ D on’ts” th a t we th in k it only fair NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY. to tu rn the table on the grown p arty when decending the cliffs of S tu d e n ts given b oard a n d room s a t th e L. U. 0 . D o rm ito ry a t low ra te s up folks awhile, and ad m in ister a K onahunui, the highest peak near H onolulu. The bees chased them few wholsome Don’ts to them . COURSES. alm ost a mile before they could de D on’t alw ays be telling children K in d e rg a rte n . S cientific. fend themselves. to d o n ’t. P rim a ry . N o rm al. C O -E D U C A T IO N A L P re p a ra to ry . L aw . In general, it m ay be affirmed, Don’t tell your child a thing will C o m m e rc ia l.. C lassical. th a t the credulity of the ignorant make it sick; sav th a t you know it Courses in Medicine, etc., will be added as soon as practicable. is not best. operates under the control of their D on’t tell them th ey ’ll fall every strongest passions and impressions, t h e only in s t it u t io n of it s k in o in t h e w o r l d . and th a t no class of society yield time they clim b up in a dangerous a slower assent to p o sitio n s, place. STRICTLY NON-THEOLOGICAL. which m anifestly subvert their old D o u 't tell them when you start modes of thinking and most settled I F o r C atalo g u es a n d fu rth e r p a rtic u la rs , a d d re ss: them on an erran d th a t you know prejudices.— \V. E. C hanning. J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W QEER, Secretary, j SILVERTON, OREGON.