T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, JA N U A R Y 10, E. M. 301 (1901.)
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vernies are over the confounding of
atributes with entities— using ad-
B Y J O H N P . G U IL D .
jectives as nouns.
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“ A m arind” is proposed by Maj.
The L. U. O. was not built for p owej¡ and tb e Am erican A nthro-
fun.
pological Society, as as a nam e for
Free speech should go with free a jj Hie native tribes of the two Am-
thought.
ericas. It is a good word, pass n on.
H arvard, $10,<)00,000;
ù ale, $5,-
C ats Knocked Out!
000,000; Columbia, property pro­
W a tch -C ats g enerally undersell th e
ducing a revenue of $425,000; Cor- stores,
but since I am giving my e n tire
nell, $6,000,000; U niversity of Chi- a tte n tio n to m ail o rders, I have facili­
to undersell th e best C atalogue
ca8°» $8,000,000; Jo h n H opkins, ties
H ouses.
$3,000,«KM); N orthw estern I nivers- C o m p a re C a r e f u ll w ith L a te s t
1 9 0 1 C a ta lo g u e s .
¡D’» $3,000,000;
I Diversity of
Best A m erican w atches, IS size in 2, 3
Pennsylvania, $2,500,000; W esley­ or 4 ounce S ilverine screw cases; “ T re n ­
‘S ta m la rd ” or “ C e n tu ry ,“ 7
$1,000,- ton,
lik e in d iv id u a l-,. .^Xbose who echeme fo r a sera pe. an, of M ^ iddleton,
dtotoi Conn., ^bOOC
'
Y
50
. ....... .
ght not
their
to ^ ^ T ^ ’b n e , i . L o , . - t u
or W altham , $5; Rockford 11 Jew els,
ouglit
n o t to
to fear
Tear to
to assert
asse rt their
vneir trusting
i r u s u n g to
io m
e i r o own
w n s sm
m a artness
r t n e s s to
principle»—if
inciplee—if they have any.
carry them throngh, may them
th e m . -! i U niversity, $1.000,000;
$1,000,000; Rochester
Rocbest. $6.50; 15 Jew els, $6.50; 17 Jew els a d ­
sted , $9. Sam e, H am d en , $10. Sam e
H
, ■
concrete iaverv Belves sm art becam e of no, being U
niversity,
$1,200,000;
Tu
1 ............... * 1
rT
'" 1 1 a — n e ju
E lgin or W alth am , $11. F ine full a d ­
H o m an ,ty in theconcrete .» very
Univer ity, of LouiaiaDa> $ ,,000,- ju sted , 17 Jew els, nickle, “ A ppleton,
so
smart
as
& C o.” $16.50;
“ B u n n ” $17;
different from hum anity in the ab­
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000; W estern U niversity, SI,000,- Tracy
“ O tto W e tts te in ,” ‘-New R ailw ay,” “ B.
selve
to
be.
stract.
000; and Brown U niversity, $1,- W . R ay m o n d ,” $19. 21 Jew els, e x tra
G u ild e d P o in ts .
tine th ro u g h o u t;
‘‘Jo h n H an co ck ,”
000,000.
Several state uni versi- $20;
‘‘B unn S p ecial,” $22.50; “ C res­
ties, am ong them those of C aliforn­ cent S tr .” $22; ‘‘O tto W ettste in Spec­
ia l,” ‘‘V an g u ard ,” “ Special R ailw ay ,”
ia, Michigan, W isconsin and Min­ or
E lgin 149, 150 o r 181, $25.
“ Special
nesota have revenues representing R ailw ay,” 23 Jew els, or “ B unn S p ecial,”
24 Jew els, $28.50.
either property or state help to the
The above in 4-ounce Silver case,
$4.50
e x tr a ; in 20-vear gold filled, open
am
ount
of
$1,000,000
and
upwards.
done, and think for your own »elf
face, $4 e x tr a ; 25 year, $6.50 e x tr a ; 20-
Do your business straight or you
in spite of the priest and elder.
year h u n tin g case, $6.50 e x tra , or in 25-
m ay get tangled in your own kinks.
y
rAi ear h u n tin g case, $8.50 e x tra .
...F IV E ,..
All gold filled cases are a rtistic h an d
■È- « R E A S O N S W H Y
Some persons are men when they
chased, accom panied by M ir.’s g u a ra n ­
R e a so n .
YOU
tee am i w atches k ep t in o rd er for one
are boys, and some are boys when
year.
yA
they are men.
If I couldn’t be a C hristian w ith­
* ‘th e r styles and solid gold eq u ally as
I
reasonable.
C orrespond w ith m e for
Don’t talk more fun than busi­ out ceasing to be rational, I should ft
S h o u ld H e l p to B u il d
a n y th in g in th e Je w e le r’s L ine and save
ness, unless your business is to talk not hesitate as to my choice. I feel
m oney. O rders filled from an y c a ta ­
m yself bound to sacrifice to C hris­ □^Libera! U niversity logue a t prices quoted o r less. Save
funny.
AT 5ILVERTON, OREGON.
th is price-list. I pay freight.
tianity property, reputation, life ;
Don’t say “ yes” unless you mean
1 It will help m any young m en and
O T T O W E T T S T E IN .
but I ought not to sacrifice to any
young women to a h ig h er education who
yes; when you mean no, say no.
R o c h e lle , I II.
religion th a t reason which lifts me otherw ise will grow up w ith o u t its great
advantages.
T ruth is all-im portant; schools are above the brute and constitutes me
2 It will educate w orkers for th e great
im p o rtan t only for the tr u th ’s sake a man.
forward m arch of F reeth o u g h t and Pro­
gress.
Tie to no one, and tie no one to
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3 It will forever silence th e accusation
you as saint, sav an t or state-m an.
It belongs to reason to com pre­ th a t Secularists have never done a n y ­
AND
This is th in g .
T hink and act for your self: If hend Universal tru th s.
4 It will hasten th e tim e when Reason
mong its most im portant offices. and Love will reign, and w hen su p e rsti­
you trust you will rust, or bust
There are p articu lar and there are tion and h ate will l>e forever gone.
Q. W hy is tru th like butter ?
5 It will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to
universal
tru
th
s.
The
last
are
the
build
yourself and o th ers a m on u m en t,
Ans. Because it should not be
S ilv e r to n , O re
while
you yet live, th a t will do a m illion M a in S t r e e t
noblest,
and
the
capacity
of
perceiv­
spread too thin to cover.
tim es m ore good th an th e m ost costly
ing them is the distinction of in tel­ one of cold, senseless m arble.
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If we are to be tried by news­ ligent beings ; and these belong to
CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF
I f a ll h elp a lit t le , w e can a c ­
paper, by what newspaper are we reason.
c o m p lis h m u c h .
W ill you h e lp
to be tried?
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School
a
litt>e?
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Reason is the power which ends,
If a “ knock-out” blow is a “ sock-
Supplies
dologer” is not a teacher of boxing and is perpetually striving, to re­
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a professor of sockdology?
or Consistency. P erhaps the most
Books and
TO SELL.
The frog sticks in the mud and fundam ental conviction of reason
a
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lonery.
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Almost every one w ants to be a
Men often baptize with the nam e Freethought: Past, Present and Future.
pope, in m atters of opinion, or else of reason their prejudices, unexam ­
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The printing room stove in the
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T'he Torch does not deal in mys­
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The more you try to force a man
to respect a sabbath the Jess will
he respect it. “ W hat is one day
more than another? Respect all
days by doing what needs to be
KINNEV
PORTER
Scientific Wisdom
Q. W hy is tru th stranger than w orthy biases. It is not uncom ­ Emancipation of Education.
An In au g u ral Address, by T. B.
fiction?. Ans. Because fiction is mon to hear those who sacrifice the
In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
W akeman , Delivered on th e incor­
oftenest met.
plainest dictates of the rational na­
p o ratio n of th e L iberal U niversity.
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The C hristian prays to have his
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
them selves up as oracles of reason. Photographs of the Faculty
soul delivered from the gripes of the
—[Rev. Win. E. C hanning.
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
of th e Lil»eral U n iv ersity , s u it­
d e v il; the secularist swears because
able for fram ing. P ric e ................ 5 0 c
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funds of colleges are invested in
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w ith
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a
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Sem i all orders to
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6 Immortality or Annihilation?
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