the TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JANUARY 25, 1900. 3 the best of earth for all time, when life is .-pent in “laying up treasures” in a sky “heaven,” or hunting tra­ ces of a “summer land,” both of which are scientifically as utterly impossible as the “firmament” of Genesis. Men and brethren let us think over these things and learn for what we are living. oring a great advocate or a great G R E A T S P E C IA L O F F E R — $ 3 orator than by perpetuating the $ 3 - principles to which he devoted his geuius and life. Were not my activity limited by age I should personally devote ray- self to the prospect o f realizing an Ingersoll Chair which the Liberal I niversity has so promptly and gracefully sanctioned. Monuments are memorials, but do not teach An Ingersoll Chair. principles — a University does. fl Dew Tamilv medical tUork Gibbon’s words—“All that is hu­ E ditor T orch of R eason : bv Dr. 3. fi. greer, GblcaaO' man must retrograde if it do not H IS book is up to (late in everv p a r­ In the Torch of Reason for Nov. advance,” are true of Freethought. tic u lar. \ ery faithfully yours, ¿3, I read with pleasure the com­ I t tells you how to cure yourself by sun pie an d h arm less hom e rem ­ • G eorge J acob H olyoake . munication by Mr. H. L. Green, of edies. Eastern Lodge, Brighton, 1 Jan ­ It recom m ends no poisonous or a suggestion that I made to him re- uary, 1900. T d angerous dru g s. v o rd am i168 n m pIe connDon-sense m ethods in specting the foundation of an “In­ ac cor lance w ith n a tu r e ’s laws, gersoll Chair” in the Liberal Uni­ th e s u ^ o n ’s k"dferee d an g ero “ 8 ^ P e r im e t s with The Liberal U niversity. versity of Oregon. Monuments, methods^8 h°W tO 8aV® bea,th and ,iie b-v 8afe BY J. D. SHAW’. libraries and other memorials of a I t is e n tirely free from technical ru b b ish . splendid career, are gratifying and how to avoi Vryv en tio n - th a t h is know d,8®*8e th a n to ta k e any m edicine instructive proofs of the public ap­ 1 he Porch of Reason reports the as a cure preciation, which Ingersoll so nobly Liberal University at Silverton, Or­ I !t how typhoid and o th e r fevers can be X both p revented ami cured, and gives th e best "-------------------------------------------- earned. I disparage none of these egon, as being in a flourishing con­ th e n a , c a ta rrh , co n su m p tio n , ap p en d icitis and t v e r V “ ien t ,or ,a KriPpe. dip- proposals; I would assist them all dl 8C a 8 e ' dition, and,though I have not been I m X ? " a ' lTCrti8« " e " t - » I has no & e X k , were not the gods so poor that they It has lei " “*• of a n ti-to x in e . an enthusiast^ advocate of such had little to give me. th e safest But this is one form of distin­ movements, inclining rather to the ah ¡„ ChicBg<1> Profe8Bor Qf guished remembrance which has opinion that we should expend all ~ ~ ~ H. Greer, the author, is a „ra. nici.,,, fl College President’s testim or* »«•«lto-Urinary D iseases in th e College much to commend it. Monuments our efforts in trying to secularize P rof W>. H. C ook . for thirty years Dean Of the I r t i ,' “ 1 S u r Ke r y> P b y s i c i a n - i n - cannot be seen everywhere, or re­ the public schools and state uni­ C in c i n n a t i P h y iU o - M e d ie a i C o lle g e , writes t«, '-Jiief to th e H a rv a rd M edical I n s titu te t h o r s follows .a n d h as w ritte n m any works of value to ferred to often, while a Chair in a versities for the maintenance of the a I u havee-n^)ne,i your b°ok. . A phy,ician in th e ’th e profession an d nublie University educates students in the which we are all taxed, still I would i.'iST;,, know *,ow toCBreforth»‘ I. 118 book has 800 paces, is n eatlv ............. « . . . £ .„a I a . X’ 1 ..... UMiimu Ilgcnv L 11 GJ hound in cloth w ith gold le tte rs an d „ i i rm a tio n need ed an d In principles of which Ingersoll was rejoice to see any such enterprise d u n ty g u . * 1 - e o u th r e Inn | c k o g p iv ie e s cu th n e re in a f d o ily u n d e rs ta n d , i c o n be se n t postpaid to anv ad d ress on re­ ru t n a m in g th e m e o f a n y p o iso n . so brilliant an exponent, who in prosper if conducted upon Liberal ; gt a tu n' a h te e tin y o g u s on ceipt of price, $3.00. tr ic tly to tin- use o f n o n -p o fso n o u s rem - I e,He - t l m o n e tr u e p rin c ip le t h a t sh o u ld g u id e all their turn may diffuse them in ev­ principles as this one seems now to I e» m e n t f f dlrea.-e, a n d which I h a v e a d v o c a te d In SPEGIAl OFFFR «pedal arrangem ent I my I" act ice f o r f o rty years o r more. PHYSICIAN in t .T i - Oreer’ w e offer ery land. be. R F A m I n f J 111 DOUSE and the TORCH T o u rs tr u ly , tr k l a n o n for one year for only PQ HA D m . W. h . C ool.” the price of the book a’one. v u iU U I know of no Liberal University I have not in the past refrained in Europe. I was gratified at see­ from expressing my dissent to cer­ ing one announced in your paper; tain things regarding this institu- T h e G re a t and when I saw Mr. Wakeman’s tution, and having done so, I have name as one of the Professors, there incurred the displeasure o f certain could be no doubt that the Univer­ members of the University Com­ sity was Liberal in the best sense— pany. These things in no way Need to Suffer from A ny Diseas©. not only political, but mental. affect me unfavorably toward the M hen I read Mr. Underwood’s pa­ institution as it now appears to be ' E lix ir per in the Freethought Magazine conducted, and its management is u ia -a - ' B a c te r ia c id e V IT ^ -O R E E u c a ly p tu s O il commending the University, I hereby assured that in whatever I O r e - O lin e doubted not that they could devise may have said in the past or may M e d ic a t e d S o a p the subjects for treatment from the say in the future concerning their PEARL W. GEER A g en t Ingersoll Chair and submit them movement, I then had and will con­ to the governors of the University. tinue ever to have only the good of S ilv e r t o n , O r e g o n . For the expansion of the Free- true Liberalism at heart. We are thought movement, trained lectur- in an unorganized condition, and ers are needed. Every recruit who there is more or less confusion ’ \ How to Make enters the ranks of Reason means among us as to what course is best an accession of intellectual force to be pursued, but we ought all to and enthusiasm. But force and be agreed upon one thing, and that T he G o v ern m en t n atio n alized th e P ostal S y stem , w hy n o t also zeal are like health and valour in is the freedom of opinion and of in . P a?.,’ U>!dby C- ¿L A & ffiS S the soldier, and are of much more speech. value in battle when trained. I note that Mr. T. B. Wakeman, U N C LE S A M ’S Knowledge, daring and courtesy, late of New York City, has with his aJe the essentials of propagandist«, family removed to Silverton and H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E and in these Ingersoll excelled. united his fortunes with the Uni­ -------- Postpaid for 25 Cents His wit and imagination are not versity, he now’ being president of All profits on th is l>ook will be given to th e T tr a m i rr • S ” TCn" ,y Should I>e i ,n th e transferable, but cultivation reveals the Board of Directors. A look in­ I lie r )RCH Of REASON, S ilverton , Oregon Unknown faculties in the mind to the faces of the faculty, a group " bich training alone brings. photograph of which has been sent America abounds in men of for- me, shows it to be composed of good A descriptive catalogue of all the — ----- — be8t Freethought works free on a n - and liberal enterprise who looking and intellectually appear­ Our fee returned ----------- if we fail. A ny one sending r t; . . ,, ’ w uld aid in establishing an Inger- ing gentlemen and ladies. I am no sketch and description of any invention w ill P H C B tlO n to Dellquest & Andrew« prom ptly receive our opinion free concerning ,t r> > n . ‘ ’ patentability of same. “ H ow to Obtain a n ^ C U la r B O O k s e l 1 e r « , E PaR O T e x a s ' f hair for the education of Free- uninterested reader of all accounts the P a ten t” sent upon request. P a te n ts secu red ’ ’ ir A a H - bought, and Secular advocates U0l,M originate new’ ideas and sus­ ' --------- — j an u iu siratea and w id e ly circulated jot tain unfriended truth — the future reservation whatever, I wish them ‘^iS iuibi " ; “ ^ r M S ^ iIdSSS7' rce of the State. There is no sur- great and lasting succoss.—[Inde- victor j . evans & co. or Inventive mind r or more permanent form of hon-1 pendent Pulpit. «Ii«It frî»lJrtp,othe ps'fTVh ’f? ’’1" E with good E vans B u ild in g , * ^ W A S H IN G T O N D c ' x p o s it io n , w“ n K° ° A PHYSICIAN the HOUSE Vitse=()re Remedies M Good Tim es fo r a ll Tim e PATENTS GUARANTEED A Free Trip to Paris! B. W A S H IN G T O N , O. C. T h e F A T O p K K t O K D , I l a l t l m o r e , » Id