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.
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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 .,
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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.
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th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O LE
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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.
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The C hristian proclam ations and
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(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,
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SILVERTON, OREGON.