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T i i KCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1897
lock, H arry Depart, J e rr y Depart,
Louie W olfard, E lvin Ames, and
Mr. R. S.Wileu will paint us a Charles Page. T his insures us a
M R S MAGGIE CARSNER.
T hese pulseless lips shall never feel
new sign for our office.
verv interesting school for the en-
again th e kiss of love;
Il has been said th at Sw ulari-m
T his frail torn» g ath ered from th e ele
D on’t forget to secure one or ^uing year, and there are several
m ents
m ay be good to live 1*5, ou^ fear
students who expect to enroll with-
We now su rre n d e r hack, grateful th a t more lots in Secular Home.
o v erta k es when death approaches.”
it lived.
\'o ex tra charge for vocal music in a week or so.
If th is is all, th en we bow to th e course
T h a t th is is n o t so, w as d em o n
of n a tu r e ;
for students of the U niversity.
stra te d ag ain w hen, fearlessly an d
L IT T L E P O IN T S.
If not. th en we do not g u e s s , w e k n o w ,
The
college
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ca lm ly , w ith a ¡»eaceful sm ile lig h t
continued happ in ess;
U niversity echoes through our
The fear of doing wrong is the
in g up her c o u n te n a n c e , o u r be
And with those she loved.
halls again.
beginning of wisdom.
loved Liberal frien d , M rs. M aggie
I). \V. S m it h .
L
il l ie M il l e r S m it h .
C a rsn e r, wife of W a rren C arsn er,
All persons wishing to study in-
<«po good to them th a t h ate y o u ,-'
C astle K ehrn, on th e W illam ette, Nov
fell asleep in th e arm s of d e a th at em b er 1. 1897.
struinental music should report at oj course doesn’t apply to Infidels
h er hom e in W agner, O regon, on
the U niversity at once.
who love you, but hale your su p er
JU L IA DAVIDSON.
th e 19th of October, 1897. T h is
The session of the Liberal U ni stitions.
On the lo th ult., one of our little
brave
noble
little
woman
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Secular Sunday school girls closed versity for ’97-’98 will bring forth
Do away with the ideas of sp irits
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to
the
last
breath;
and,
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her eves in the sleep we call death,
though for m ouths realizing t b » t , ,
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same effect as the doing away with
L ittle J u lia w as th e d a u g h te r of p a rt.
th e h a n d of d e a th w as upon h e r,
. L a Roy S. and Alice M. Davidson , The basem ent of our new huild- w itchcraft did.
she never sweivet rom ei convi .
M entävillä, Oregon.
She w a siin g looks very well, since the
The fundam ental cause of all
tions formed
health,
and 1 wit
w ithout
. . , an(j , although it seems
__I m asons . have put in the window’
__ crim e is the disunion of the mem
forim d in h<
alth , an
< ut ' . vearh o,j
rtp« ntance, pi n t
1 a \ r,
£|,a t 8he should fade away from frame».
bers of society, and this disunion if
w ithout a m u rm e r a n d w ith o u t tear.
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, our sight ere she had reacned th e
We expect to move the printing th e direct outcom e of religious
T h e b e a u tifu l h o m e of Mr. a n a
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a Ke to even n 'allze whHt ilfe a " d office next S atu rd ay , to a more creeds.
Mrs. C arsner has been tor years the
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death mean, vet after
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all what do
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p ra of y for them th a t despitefully
in * the
center
O BITUA RY.
h e a d q u a rte rs o
ecu a r t i«»ug t
heroically to the inevitable, and
surrendered her life with a smile.
N E W S AND NOTES.
wbo j,ave j ive(j a few ¿ a y s lo n g er tb e cRy
use you.” This is easy. Do it and
a„
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The battle ag ain st ignorance, then tell sister T elltale the whole
r ,.r |l a ,,a we
nQ fcgreU when superstition, and crim e is on again, story, with your god-given interpre-
We need am m unition. H elp us tation thereof.
h er lo v in g h u sb a n d in every effort
our loved ones cease Io he, if we
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It shows th a t you have great
to release m a n k in d from th e fe tte rs
have done all we can to beautify
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Miss G ertrude Milliorn arrived love for your enemies, C hristian
nf superstition, and m put in its
rv„ lh eir ,ives. a|ld wh<(
place the sweet peace th a t comes
th a t this ,itlle li(„ ha8 ,)ot last Tuesday to atten d the U niver- friends, when you won’t even go to
sity. She will room at Mr. and hear your brother who th in k s your
from a consciousness of having lived (|one
mttny wh<>
belief a m istake.
up to one’s highest conceptions of lived o u t th e ir four score y e a rs an d Mrs. M ason’s.
right, fearless of any gods, devils or
We are glad to hear th a t M attie
Do I seem to say, “ let us eat and
ten?
hells.
T h e fu n e ra l a d d re s s w as d eliv ered P. Krekel is recovering from a d rin k , for tomorrow we die?” F ar
Mrs. Carsner was born in G ales
at the home in M ontavilla by C. stroke of paralysis. She has been from it; on the contrary, I say,
burg, Illinois, October 14, 1850,
“ let us take hands an J help, for
Beal, si well known S ecularist of quite sick for several m onths.
and came with her parents, R. G. Portland, Oregon.
The P ortland Oregonian lately this day we are alive to g e th e r”—
Mrs. C lara
and Evaline Frakes, to Oregon in Bailey, W. Feustel, and Prof. W a ll! called atten tio n to our work by < W. K. Clifford.
1853, settling at H arrisburg, in I.inn sang appropriate gongs, and Matie giving a picture of the building now j “ There is a way th at seemeth
county.
She resided in H arris and Chester Van H outen, two of in course of construction, and a rig h t unto a m an, but the end
burg until 1870, when she removed the little g irl’s associates in the Sec- splendid account of our progress, thereof are the ways of death. This
to G ran t county, and in 1871 was ular Sunday school, played to u ch -' S tudents can enter the Liberal wrong way is the following after
m arried to W arren C arsner (Octo ing m usic on the piano and violin. U niversity a t any tim e, and when m ythical religions instead of study-
ber 22nd) and lias continued to L .t.le Ju lia ,s gone, hut she
i tb ey bave compIe, «J a branch th ey ing n a tu re ’s laws. Science is our
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reside in G ra n t county ever since. live on in our memories un til we,
can
take
the
final
exam
ination
savior,
She was taken sick about four years too, fall asleep in the arm s of
w ithout w aiting to complete the
If God loves his enemies, he m ust
ago with what the doctors called a .Mother N ature.
whole course.
certain ly love u« who do not believe
cancer, and since th a t tim e they
Can’t W e Do It?
The Y. P. S. S. C. will meet a t th a t he exists. If he loves us he
have treated her for th a t m alady,
Liberal H all Friday evening a t certain ly would like to save us, and
“ The Board of Directors of the
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performing upon her in all six oper
Y. M. C. A., which held its an n u a l 7:30. All m embers and students if he w ants to he certainly will, if
ations with the knife, any one of
election of officers this week, arc should be present. Let us m ake he has the power,
and they say
which seemed enough to kill any
determ ined th a t the association tbe 8OCjety as interesting and in- th a t everything is possible with
ordinary person, and yet she bore
shall have the new building it so strlIptiv * nogH;k |e t h is w inter
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them all with great patience. H er badly needs. As the first official structive as possible tnis w inter.
U n iversity Fund.
We are very sorry to hear of the
devoted and generous husband and step in th a t direction the hoard by
fam ily spared no expense or trouble « u n a n im o u s vote has decided to death of our S ecular friend, Mr.
The am ount given in this fund
to restore her to health, and at purchase, for $25,000, the lot adjoin- W illis D unagan. He has resided is actual cash paid in, regardless of
i„g the patched up building now
8ilverton ,„ r n,a n y years and
tim es hope cheered them , hut fin ow ned a n d used by the l . M. C. A.
what
been prom
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ally disease trium phed over tht T his will give them a frontage of was a supporter of the Secular previously acknowledged,
1.00
medical skill of the age, and death sevent v-six feet for the new build- cause. He has m any warm friends W. M. R ichards, Oregon,
3.50
came to vanquish suffering. Be- i"g- It is confidently expected who m ourn his death.
C. E. Glaze,
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5.00
sides her hu-band she leaves a
We are glad to have ao many o, ^ „ ¿ ¡ ’^ v e m e n t Society 5.0
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grown son and daughter and a very morwv ennugh to com mence the our readers renew th eir subscrip- W. E. Page, Oregon,
1.5 50
25.00
wide circle of friends, because she erection of the new building early tions. It is good evidence th a t A. S lam an, D akota,
1.50
was widely known.
Everybody in the spring.”
they appreciate the T orch of W. N. Jorgensen, Oregon,
1.00
loved her and respected her, and
The above from our W ashington, R eason . W atch for the pencil
McArdle, Iowa,
5.00
her fam ily idolized her. She was D. C., correspondent shows th a t m ark on your paper and then re- B. A. Leonard, Oregon,
u
1.00
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aS ecu laristo f thorough convictions, C hristians arc also active and look- n ew so as to not miss a num ber.
’5.00
The fall term of the Liberal Uni-
mP9’ MyTERIAL ETC
and the cause has losi «»ne of its ing forward to building in the
and the hospdahle rendezvous ,,f
.Secularists for G ran, co u n ty , an d j (hft (,arpH and
Mrs. C arsner kept even step with
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m ost en th u siastic cham pions. Her spring. T hey have buildings all ver8ity opened W ednesday m orn- p i o u s l y acknowledged $254.50
funeral whs strictly Secular, and over our country th a t cost m illions ing with the following stu d en ts in F w Rn*9g‘ (lnm ber)
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10.00
was ably conducted by C. N. Wag- of dollars. If we could raise one- 1 ^ te n d a n c e :
W innie
W hitlock,
uer.
Mrs. Carsner was a devoted fifth of 125,000 by next spring we A,ma Hicks>
wife and mother. To her, death
was no monster, but a n atu ral law.
As splendid a woman a» ever heed-
ed the voice of reason, she Imwed
Auen< Lora
We give the Torch of Rea»on and
could do m ore genuine work for Ameg> G ertrude M illiorn, L illian the Freethought Magazine for one
the cause of tru th than all the j ohn8On, Elm a Ames, Ada Page,
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angelic hosts combined. C an’t we Louie Rauch, F rank Morley. Reber J ear
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do it?
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