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under im m utable law and order; DO N A TIO N D A Y FOR T H E LIB
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are, or are not, as they ought to be.
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T he Liberal U niversity is in great
It is also idle to im agine th a t we
Enclosed fiud one dollar for the
need of funds, and as a ‘‘day of
Donation Day ball F riday even­
can, by reflection or intuition or
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revelation, or in any other way b u t , r -
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forefeel a good stretch of the future, th an twentv-rive cents. The name
m any who are not believers, mostly
and address o f each donor, with the
sent to Iowa this week.
men, but who don’t think it best to
A nd so we apply Prof. W ard 's am ount given, will be published in
Miss W akem an is im proving
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able to get h rin £ a F reethought paper into th e showing in the last n rst page the Torch of Reason. ‘‘In union
quite rapidly and is
house and those very same people paragraph thus:
there is stre n g th .”
about on crutches.
are not really . religious, I mean in
The chem ical elem ents, . C. H . O.
A ddress, J. E. H osmer , S ilverton,
1 he w eather in Silverton is dry obeying the laws of the church. y p. g e seem to exist in other Oregon.
and warm with a cool breeze blow A daughter of one I know was planetary system s, perhaps in Mars,
ing from off M ount Hood.
picking up Helen G ardener’s “ Men, Jf the conditions of their chem ical
A Liberal Offer.
If you have neglected to send in Women and Gods’’ to read and was com bination also exist, Protoplasm
your donation on time, it will be told to put it down as it was not m ust he their result, and its action
A good friend of the L. U. O. has
fit to read. As she is a woman which is life. But if living proto-
accepted any time after the 20th.
offered to donate Two Thousand
grown she has a rig h t to read and p ]aflin is there, sentiency m ust be
We all expect to have a nice
D ollars in cash to our in stitu tio n if
know the tru th and also to see the the result of its reaction against a
tim e at the D onation D ay ball at
other F reethinkers will raise it to
m any sides of all questions.
com
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environm
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But
from
at Liberal hall F riday evening.
Five T housand.
I hope to have one dollar soon for varying sentiency, conciousness
All are invited.
Let us fill up the co n trib u tio n
the building fund.
m ust result; but from ever-vary­
box!
The business m anager accom­
Y ours truly,
ing consciousness telesis , th a t is
panied by Prof, and Mrs. W akem an
L ater — Mr. R. C. B urtis of M ich­
M rs . M. A. R eynolds .
the arrangem ent of m eans to effect
spent Sunday in the W aldo hills,
H azelton, K ansas.
desired results, m ust ensue. B ut igan adds one thousand dollars to
visiting, eating cherries and enjoy­
in such telesis, help of others be­ the above offer. At this rate we
ing the scenery.
Offer Renewed.
comes indispensible; and such help will soon be able to g<> ahead with
'can only come from common bene- our building. “ A friend who helps
T he fall term in the Liberal
Our offer to give a copy of George fit; hence sociology m ust result, quick helps double.”
U niversity begins Monday, October
1st. The catalogues and announce­ Jacob H olyoake’s English Secular- but sociology applied is some kind
m en ts will he out as soon as we can ism with a year’s subscription to of socialism. B ut socialism m ust Q * ^ < X X X X > 0 < X > < > 0 < ) 'X X X K X } O O O O O O <?
T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
the Torch of Reason for one dollar have com m unication by the best
get them p rin ted.
has met with such a hearty re­ m eans, i. e., wireless telegraphy.
T h is is O u r B u ild in g Fund
Mr. Mason and his family s ta rt­
C o n tr ib u tio n B o x .
sponse th a t we have decided to T he Sun Spots are m agnetically
ed for Tillamook today, after a
renew the offer.
This book is telegraphed to us swifter than light, O-O-O-O-O-O 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 J
week’s visit in our m idst. E ditor
cloth bound, gilt top, 150 pages How long will it take us or the
Previously acknowledged. . .$170.75
an d Mrs. Hosm er have accom­
and sells for 50 cents. W e gfve it in h a b ita n ts of Mars to do the sam e?
panied them for a two week’s trip
free with a years subscription to
Thus, when we get down Io busi-
to the beach and vicinity on
the Torch of Reason or a renewal. nPSH j n an unbespooked W orld, we
business and pleasure.
Thia “ box” will be well filled next
We have only a lim ited num ber, find its progressive stories much
issue with “ Donation Day” contri­
L p to the tim e of going to press, g0 or(jer a t once.
like “ The House that Jack B u ilt:”
butions. Don’t you want your
we have received contributions for
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all resu ltan ts of the sim plest chem i­
name among the rest?
D onation Day J u ly 20th from 30 [
Our Celestial Neighbors.
cal elem ents of m atter, and all held ,
persons. The largest am ount re­
together by the common heat, light,
ceived from one person is $25 and
W e feel inclined to include Prof. and electricity, by which we may
the sm allest is 25 cents. To all Lester F. W a rd ’s last book, “ The telegraph to our celestial neigh-
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these people and the oues yet to O utlines of Sociology,” as p a rt of bors— if such there are.
T. B. W.
hear from, we are tru ly thankful. t he S tan d ard
L ibrary, which
We hope to be able to m ake a full i ghould be our m odern Bible.
rep o rt next week.
Every Liberal ought to have such
S ecularists would you not like to
We are in receipt of m any letters ft collection of hooks in his house, have some letterheads printed with
like the following, which shows the w hether it be two or three, or a Secular sentim ent and W ettstein ’s T h e a b le s t p u b lic a tio n of th e k ind in th e W orld
S ixty-four p ag es. Illu s tra te d . P u b lis h e d M onthly.
good influence of the F reethought dozen or a hundred, and keep nirn- F reethought badge, to use in corre P ric e S 1 .0 0 a y ear. F o r T W E N T Y -F IV E C E N T S
Magazine, Chicago, 111., in our he- self and his family pretty well ac- spondence with your friends? We it wil ;:e m ailed to any a d d re s s T H R E E H O N TH S.
A d d re ss F R E E T H O U G H T M A G A ZIN E,
half: “ Learning from th e Ju ly quainted with their conteuts. T he V
vil) furnish them to you w ith your
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num ber of the F reethought Maga- crowning book to go in should be nam e anj a d d res8 printed on them
zine, to which I have been a sub- this of W a rd ’s. W hy ? Because for 75 cents per hundred, $1.50 per
scriber for nearly four years, th a t Sociology is th e crow ning outflower 250, or $2.50 for 500, postpaid. Let
0 0 Worth of
the Liberal U niversity of Silver- of Science which determ ines our the people know where you s ta n d i
ton, is in need of funds, I enclose life; and this book is tbe best O ut -
$1 as my contribution, and earn- line and E pitome of th a t Science,
The Ingersoll Chair.
“ S ecular S c ience and
estly hope m any others will re- It is the best because the soundest,
C ommon S e n s e ” points
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