I T H E TO R C H OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , O REG O N , D E C E M B E R 20, E. M. 300 (1900.) 6 F or the Torch of Reason. Guifded Points. BY JO H N P . GU ILD . Don’t drink. Lager is lacking in Luo. com ing race i take care of your ow n case; look out for no. 1 and have more fun !” Some said, “ The Race is dam ned a lre a d y !” while some naid it never’d be dam ned at all. . F o r s tn c r ’s. n^he W iley B 1 Allen Co. T he O ldest ! th e Largest ! M usic S tore. L eading P i anos and O rgans. is invaluabe to B ut w h ile O thers ta lk d o r lau g h - C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g . e d , blest or cust, or wept or slept, A 6mall but good school is better The Three T rue Teacher« (tru e a . never teachers were afore), wrought than a big bad one. and tau g h t and schemed, till what , . , N ature has no intentions. they dream ed and sought, sprouted t h r n n o h or.rl «..¿i l u L .„,1 -• Don’t make a God of N ature. through and grew, and bloomed in Personification is good in poetry beauty, in answ er to a du ty done, upon our fair fields of Silverton but poor in philosophy. Oregon! Belief is not an act of will but a May be th a t a better place could glimpse in a mist. have been found ; m ay be better Those who adopt a new doctrine teachers were somewhere around. ---------- ■ c .n tm jd c a iu u iiu . m ust have a new dictionary or ex- May be more «Indent« were sighing pa pand an old one. and crving ¡„ London, E ngland, or 2 O Q - 2 I I F irs t S t., P O R T L /.M ), ORE 87t h aK U ttin g in locks, as it tak e s th è ' ’ "** *°nKe; t0 C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- Knots, in fact, no W a e ° . n o . r P a t t e r n ------------m M a k e r a n u fa e tu r e r ot pianos, o rgans, sew ing m ac h in e s a g ric u ltu ra l im p le m e n ts, sash , blin d s fu rn itu re , nor A n y O th er W o o d w o rk e r, sh o u ld he w ith o u t it. »a AS Worth o? PTatc,hin^ removing splits and * A MACHINE BIT IT IS * i i io UNEQrfATFB UHDVUALLD. Jt J s th e only round h it in th e world th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E an d do all th a t any o th e r h it will do. Men will not deserve freedom till lo k io , .Japan, to enter the Liberal PRICE they free their wives. U niversity, som e-where on or be Set of fi ve, differen t siz e s,p o stp a id .. $2.60 Be so liberal th a t you need not tween the Sun-rise and Sun-set Sea. Single b it, p o s tp a id ........ . . . ......... >G0 label yourself a “ Liberal.” But these May bees d id n ’t make MnûflZINBS FREE ! “ S e q u l a s S c ie n c e a n d C om mon S e n s e ” p o in ts th e w ay to th e e o a l of y o u r a m b itio n . A m a g a zine of A dvanced F re e ,, . .. . _ T h o u g h t, L ib e ra l an d M odern Id e a s of R efo rm and N a tu ra l L aw D evoted to p ra c tic a l d e m o n s tra te d tru th s . . ,s “ “ d e rg o m g im p o rta n t p h y sic a l, in te lle c tu a l, a n d social c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de m a n d s th e re n d in g of s la v e r y ’s c h a in s. T h is m agazine is a ste p p in g -sto n e to success in a ll of n ie 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 e rc e p tio n so t h a t la te n t and a c tiv e en erg y w ill be p ro p e rly d ire c te d , in s u rin g a c le a r head in a sound body. .N othing lik e it or h a lf so good a n d p ra c tic a l. T h is ra re tre a t sen t a w hole y e a r, to g e th e r w ith sa m p le s of o v e r 50 o th e r v a lu a b le p a p e rs and m a g a z in e s of 55.00 valu e, fo r o n ly $1,00. Send a t once a s th is offer is lim ite d . S a m p le copy w ith a n in te re s tin g book of over 100 pages free fo r 12 c e n ts in s ta m p s . A d d re ss _______ SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE A slur from some sources is the honey, in fact, they d id n ’t m ate Address, LIBERAL 13722272 rialize for the occasion, the “ condi best praise. SIL V E R T O N O R E G O N . P.E, 532 Atlas Blk, Chicago, III. tions” were not right, The L. U, O. I would rath e r he dam ned th an which is in sight, is the one for praised by beer and w hisky folks. which to fight. Take the Real and Neither tell of your own vices, m ake it Ideal. J’ake the beginuish nor boast of virtues you have not. and m ake a fiinnish. Luo has now The table is the place for a farm a house and hall; it has teachers, ! e r’s fruit, the ground for the fertil good ones, all; it has pupils, th y ’ll $ 1 0 .0 0 F o r a S u it.,-— soon be p len ty ; they are coming, izer. I ten and tw enty; com ing, to be free! O y T or n o f ? r Si,,gle B reas(e'1 Sacks in M any things are suitable and Coming from the Moonlit M ount needful to do, th a t are not subjects ains; coming from the W indsw ept e fit for co n stan t con versation. fo u n ta in s ; corning, com ing from A t $ 1 4 .5 0 , S p e c ia l! W hen we are h u rt in th e house the Sunrise to the Sunset Sea ! of our friends we wish we had not A G E N U IN E E N G L IS H M ELTON S U IT The L iberal U niversity is a sure R egular Price $20.00, a t gone there; but it may be well thus Tree of Knowledge, whereon is the to learn who are and who are not F ru it fit to make one wise in p h il our friends. osophy, to learn right and to shun S trictly One Price. Produce T ak en . I would sooner teach three poor ruin. This, this only is salvation__ orphans, in a bole in a hill, upon to know the right and do the good. tem perance principles, th an head a So, help, help Liberal University, big college b uilt by beer and flow built amid the Snowtopt H ills near O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t -A L W A Y S G IV E S ing with whisky and fuming with by the Sunfall Sea, with its cry, — tobacco. Rah I Rah ! Rah I Zip ! Rah ! Boon. ! The W est-W in d ’s Tale L iberal U niversity ! -----B E C A U S E IT G IV E S ___ G iv e us room ! Luo ! ■Clothing Sale! S CHEV ’0TSLACK CLAY W0R!™ , Jam es C raig’s, Silverton, Ore. . . . S atisfaction HOM-61 STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIP BY Z. E. P H Y R U 8 . Church tax Vote in Cal The w inds, w h istlin g , sin g , There are some clear sighted F ro m fa r aw ay w in g in g , Tell th e ir ta le s of T hence an d T h ith e r, counties in C alifornia. Noting on And Y onder L a n d s, the am endm ent to exem pt churches O ver th e S u n -fall H ills, T, t- • it- r • - from tax atio n , the following coun- 1 H«rp«ongs, hes grtve m ajorities against it: The W inds from over the Sunset B utte, 743; C alaveras, 124; El Dor- H ills are telling to the Sunrise Sea ado,658; H um qoldt, 1,740; Lake, the Story of the G rand Success of 63; Nevada. 25; M ariposa, 86; Mo- Fall term begins Monday, October i, E. M. 300 (A. D. 190«.) Liberal U niversity, Oregon: How doc, 81; Mono, 36, Orange, 469* NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY. two or three thoughtful teachers, Placer, 330; San Diego, 64; San with the good of th e young and to Buis Obispo, 42; S hasta, 956; Sierra S tu d en ts given hour,I and rooms a t the L. U. O. Dorm itory at low rates help on the good tim e com ing, did Siskiyou, 14; Sonoma, 635; open a little school of science and I S anislaus, 16; Teham a, 542; Tritii- COURSES. K indergarten. Scientific. print a little paper of logic, to sow *>’♦ 311; T ulare. 164; Tuolum ne, 10 £ ,m a rv - Normal. some seeds of the Religion of Hu- ° ’°> l ’5 l. Alpine, Ii.yo, Lassen P reparatory. Law. inanity in the virgin soil ere the and P lum as are not heard from, Commercial. Classical. thistles of Superstition and thorns The other counties in the State Courses in Medicine, etc., will >» added as soon a« practicable. of Rascality possessed the ground. 8ave a m ajority of 12, 331, in favor Some said, “ Poh! po !” and some ° f the am endm ^ t . C atholic San- TH E ONLY IN ST IT U T IO N OF IT S KINO IN TH E W O RLD. said, ‘ Oh, no I” Some said, “ Don’t ^ ran c’PC0 f in is h e s more than one ST R IC T L Y NON-THEOLOGICAL* dn it ui> t” and on,) some „„:.i ,. half this m ajority.— [Signs of the do it so !” said, ht “ It . won’t grow!” Some said, “ This ain t the Times. _______ For Catalogues and further particulars, address: place!” and some said, “ d— n the j Man m ade U.ul in his own image. J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary C O- E D U C A T I O N A I SILVERTON, OREGON.