T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , OCTOBER 21, 1897. NEW S AND NOTES. church**«, but if they wish to know an y th in g let them ask their hu«- The Liberal University re-opens Wednesday, T hursday and Fri- band« at home.” But history has W ednesday, November 3rd. day I attended the Jackson county proved: Mrs. Hosmer is drilling the stu teachers’ institute, held at Ashland. “ W estw ard the sta r of em pire tak es its wav dents for another entertainm ent. The session was a very interesing The first four acts already passed, We contracted to sell tw o jots in The fifth, shall close the d ram a of th e one. some of (he most prom inent day. the U niversity Addition right away. educators being pr» sent. T h e lead T im e’s noblest offspring is th e last. Wlm will he the next? ing question« were discussed, l>ene- K ate D e P eatt We are im patient to have the fiiting all present. President Haw LITTLE POINTS. work advance more rapidly. Can ley of the W illam ette Univ« rsity you tell us how to do it? delivered two very interesting lec The cannibal who lives on the tures on the N icaragua canal and One corner of the basement of hum an flesh is no worse than he the Cuban question. The teachers who lives by destroying the m inds the new university building is up gained much practical knowledge as far as it is to go. It is six feet of the innocent. from the session and visitors were above the ground. Mrs. God so loved lur»a that she well entertained. , , , , , Longfellow says that we should Sunday m orning I drove to Tai- her only daughter, th a t what- ent, four mile» d iatan t, to atten d 1“ '*»“ « believed in h e r “ 1Kht “ learn to labor and to w ait.” We have learned the labor part, hut the Sunday school and lecture in not perl-h, hut have everlasting waiting “ m akes us tired.” the evening, Mr. Peil, one of A sh-p*,n jam». Lunatic. We would be pleased to publish C hanute, who is doing so much lan d ’s Secularists, kindly offering short articles from the students who uu the use of his horse am i buggy. to solve the flying m achine problem attended the U niversity last year. Mr. Peil expects to go to Klondike is worth more to the world th an C an’t you write one now ? this coming spring and promises I lie whole arm y of ‘‘sky pilots” who After school commences we ex th a t if fortune favors him he will take their flights “ in their m inds.” m ake the university a donation of Knowledge, honesty, tem perance, pect to have meetings every S unday some of the yellow m etal. It is energy, or any of the good things evening. A good ch o ir a n d o rc h e s needless to say th a t Mr. Peil has th a t go to make a happy, useful tra will help us m ake these m eet our heartfelt wishes for his success. life, have nothing to do with super ing- en tertain ii g and instructive. FIELD NOTES. The Liberals at Talent are very n atu ra l religions. Let us cleave to enthusiastic, and I am greatly en th a t which is good. couraged by their work. They Read the Secular poem on the have ju st moved their hall to a b*-t- first page of this issue and then ask ter locaity, and are now’ bending yourself which isy o u r ideal h»*aven, every effort to make the surround the one th at is possible here on ings useful as well as ornam ental earth or the silly, im aginary one The Sunday school is still in a on old A braham ’s brisket. flourishing condition, under the “ And Elijah went up by a w hirl able m anagem ent of W. J. Dean. wind into heaven.”— (Il Kings) M r Dean and his wife are a regi “ No man lias ascended up t«» heaven m ent in themselves. He is the but he th a t came down from heav au th o r of th a t able pam phlet on en, even the son of m an.” — ( J o h n , Bible Prophecies, and every S ecu 111:13.) You must believe both or larist should make a point of read be dam ned. Some people are ing it. I meet many of their active workers and feel much elated over dam ned in trying to believe. H um anity is selling out her old the success of their work. We en The superstition in the joy the hospitality of Mr. D ean’s stock! pleasant home and fully appreciate C hristian churches, the saloon sys their fluent conversation. By half tem with its atten d an t evils, the past seven a large audience aw aits tobacco, m orphine ami cocaine hab us in the U. M. L. H all. The P eter its. frneloveism ami libertinage, son fam ily of m usicians are present spiritualism and theosophy— all and give the audience sum* splendid these m ust lie sold. Going cheapl music. They are staunch Liberals, W hat will you give for the whole and are more th an glad of the lot? And the Lord was with Ju d a h , opportunity to aid in the cause. They favor the audience with some and lie drove out the in h ab itan ts more music at the close, and we all I of the m ountains, hut could not go our different ways with happy drive out the inhabitants of the hearts. valley, because they had chariots The next m orning, after bidding of iron. (Judges 1-19.) The.Lord goodbye to our T alent friends, we is having a hard light with the tu rn the horse’s head toward home people of our day. Our iron horses and arrive a t “ Peachblow Paradise” and chariots are helping to destroy about nine o’clock. At half past all the old myths. Science is the five I bid goodbye to home and Savior of the world. friends and take the train for Cen tra l Point, where I lecture t<> a good '' e give the lo rc h o f Reason and audience the same evening. The the F reethought Magazine for one audieuce, however, consisted alm ost year for the sm all sum of $1.50. wholly of men, fot quit a while | | le (O subscribe, there being only one lady pr« sent. ’ Three more finally came in. The Notice our ad for our New Song M ethodists were having some kind Book These little books have cost of an entertainm ent, and as is usu- . , , , , , , , u» much lalnir and we want to sell a lly th e case, th e w om en a tte n d e d th a t, although 8t. Paul said, ••»„(- Se" d for ,,ne * "d '’ H f ‘o fer no’ the women to speak in the 1 ' our Iriendt a 6« nit it now also enjoys m ental liberty. Mr. W olfard subscribed for our paper, and they all gave us m any words o f cheer and kind wishes for our Hiiecess. We have received another v alu able hook for the library Tin* title is “ A St<»ry of H eredity,” ami ihe donor is Mrs. Ruth B rettell of D a kota. Mrs. B reitell knows how to help build a university. In the T orch of Septemlter 9th we published a letter from our friend F. S. Matteson of fu rn e r wherein lie offered to donate to wards paving for our printing press the price of one pair of Belgian hairs. We have sold the hares for one dollar and Mr. M atteson writes that they have been shipped. He has also offered lor the U niversity fund, one pair of Chinese p h eatan ts to be sold for $3.00. This is an opportunity to help the U niversity and at the same tim e get good value for your money, if y<m d«> not want the pheasants, he will give you the choice of different stuffed ami mounted birds am o u n t ing to $2.50 to $5 00. Mr. M atte We receive so m any m arks of son deserves great credit for his kindness from our friends, in the untiring labor for our cause. way of vegetables, fruits, etc., that O b itu a ry . we do not always have space to acknowledge them , but we wish to The sudden death of Capt. Chas. assure all that we fully appreciate M. Thom as of N antucket, Mass., their help, and will do everything will be sad news to the m any Lib erals who knew him. H onor, lib in our power to prove it. erality, and equality were bis sen It is a fact we hate to m ention, tim ents; yet w hat a consolation to hut in order for <»ur work t<> suc F reethinkers to kimw’ th at it is in ceed, we m ust, in some way, raise their ranks such a man h as m arch ed and bravely and fearlessly ex quite a sum <>f money d in in g pressed his honest thoughts and the next few m onths. We lhank convictions, regardless of all else those who have so nobly stood bv except the desire to speak and act us, and we earnestly invite all to tru th fu lly and he true to himself especially interest themselves in our and his fellowman. G race E. G ruber . work now. W rite to us. Better Than Bread. We have printed some fine schol- orship blanks and are verv anxious E ditor T orch of R eason : to fill them out. for wTe need th<- Enclosed find d raft for $1.60 for help th at the monev will give n-, yearly subscription an d extra papers and we need the students. Every sent me sometime ago. Your valu student who comes and is faithful able paper reaches me regularly in the work will help our school and is considered by me ami fam ily the best little visitor th a t crosses more th an we can tell. We can weekly over our threshold. My give more than value received. Do wife would rath er he w ithout bread and b utter than the paper, you w ant one? let the good labor go on and N«»tic«* the ad on another page of time together with the good work “ U n cleS am ’s H om ilieson Finance.” will m ake the world better. Mr. B lanchard, the author, has T ru ly yours, D r . L. 8. S toi . l . m ade us a liberal offer, and the A tonem ent for 5in. proceeds arising from the sale of the book are t<> go to the Liberal The doctrine of the atonem ent is U niversity. This book should he of heathen origin, and is predicated read by people on all sides of the upon the assum ption th a t no sin money fence. If for no other rea can he fully expiated w ithout the son, buy it to help the university shedding of blood. Li the langu age of Paul, “ W ithout the shedding Price 25 cents. of blood there can be no remission Mr. and Mr«. D. W olfard and th eir of sin .” barbarous and bloody son of Colfax, W ashington, old-tim e doctrine tru ly ! But this doctrine residents of Silverton and thorough was alm ost universally prevalent am ongst the orentials long before going Secularists, m ade us a pleas P aul’s tim e.— Bell’s H and Book. a n t call Tuesday. Mr. W olfard was raised a Catholic, but instead of be Card of T hanks com ing a priest, as his parents We take this method to extend wished, he liecamn convinced th at our most hearty th an k s to the many the old religion of hi* fathers is a friends, for their kind services ren d hum bug. Mrs. W olfard was a ered during our sad bereavem ent. M ethodist when m arried, hut she M rs . A nn S cott and family .