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exchanges.
n’l t i ', ', " ? ? , a i a , i " n ’ ' he Vari0US mu8‘ " ° ‘
allowed w ithout a pro-
J find in the ideal of the contin-
The C hinese a m b assad o r to
£ u. denom inations are clam - test
Etilaud, uouh m iracle of creation, in which
S t u
' T h eXM" p ,i" n ,
,h eir
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'h e e x p e n se o f speakers,
i ti a late official d e clara tio n
m
an
is
a
factor,
the
solution
of
B ritish g o v e rn m e n t, m ade an appeal n m n /in le lle c tu a l diffieu”
“ In m
“ “¡"S
r e n U for
o r \ nine
'i 7 e '« sessions,
s s io n s 7 a adver-
d 7 e r-
P p decide
en y .
The “ com
,ng elec,i“
election n ie
is hall rent
- of Using, cost of publishing Report of
Whteh
w orthy of preservation.
Said th e tl)ce
peaee
m ethods of the Universe, the large th e d e m a n d
fti
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( ° ngre8s> ete-» W1,J s q u ir e a t least
u ? ““ ? in,pO88‘,b'e . 10 have Pa rt
the dogm as th a t have been render to it ” "
"
W S'" " * 1,0W>' Liberal6 ¡» th e past have
a^ a iio w ^ V in te rn X
PU* '"V*1 " nd8r l h e - m e of rejig-
O klahom a, whose m ateria, tte a T - l I C ' “ ': : " '" ' r , nerOUS'>- ‘°
th e in s titu tio n s Of khta n^nrtrr.,. „„a .... ,o n » take th eir place with
m uch of velopm ent a n d la r o «
1 »•
r PP«--1* for funds to detray the ex-
the rubbish which passes under i n t e H ^ n t p op, 7 „ i
" 7 ' ?f
”f
Co' ~
, and it is
the nam e of historv
W hen
P 1
’
' ‘ ad" bellev,'tl they will to this. C uutri-
it becomes plain th a t every Wan ( probably b e ^ d m R tc d ^ to ^ h e Un- Otro
t " '
0006 ‘°
a r.e s out ot C h in a , because we are not ' h “ 8 h *8 Place in the progress of ion at an early day. F reethinkers chelle I I H e ' c " ^
a fighting n a ti o n .' A n y th in g w il, £
c o n " ' “ ° “ 9 n a t i o n and is a factor not only in „ .is territo ry , but ev- Z
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i
b e tte r th a n th e m issionaries. Peace, ln lt; t b a t n o l h l n g is constant but
p ro sp e rity , a n d h e a lth y com m erce will change; th a t there is no such th in g
be im possible u n til th e m issio n ary shall as fixed cap ital; all the doubts and
have been e lim in a te d from o u r local fears regard i n / t h . f ,
•
problem .
R ecall th e m issio n aries, and L
’ e g a r d l n g / h e future of hu-
” will go wh
II ”
all
well.
All g o v ern m en ts
p a th e tic ap p eal.
ery one should he interested in it«
' adoption of a L iheral /
. » ♦ •
T o T Z
n
const.tution.
,
lhe ,nfluence of Catholic
P a la te s in the com ing presidential
m auity vanish in the light of sure
. .
progress.— P opular Science M onth-
m p a'gn’ 11 19 «"«lerstood th at
sho uld heed th is
the m anagers of the leading politi-
ly, October, 1900.
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j cal Parties have m ade im portant
P odges regarding church domi-
M ental Energy.
Call for Annual Congress of
A. S U. & F F.
BY E D W A R D A T K IN SO N .
The tw enty-fourth A nnual Con­
The physical forces of n atu re are gress of the Am erican Secular U n­
lim ited.
The physical energy of ion and F reeth o u g h t F ederation
m an is devoted to the tran sfo rm a­ will be held in C in cin n ati, Ohio,
tion of these physical forces under T riday, S atu rd ay and Sunday,
the law of conservation; he can Nov. 23, 24, 25, 1900.
neither add to nor dim inish the
It is expected th a t this g athering '
q u a n tity .
H e can transform solid of A m erican F reeth in k ers will be
into gas and gas into liquid.
He
and uiOSl
most im
im-
*
, one
---- -- of the largest turn
•
consum e some of these pro- p o rlan t annual m eetings yet held
ducts, but hts consum ption is only One of the m ort successful of the
an o th er tran sfo rm atio n . H is own earlier m eetings of the Society was ‘
body IS b ut one of the forms of held in C incinnati
tw e n ty -o n e 1
physical energy on the way to an- years ago.
Today this ci.y has a
' T ’ 8T T q R° ’
pi ? ’
‘ ‘
1 ‘ U ater 8treet>
^ hlca8°> or to the E d ito r of the
Torch of Reason.
T
I
J - k . R emsburg , P resident,
C. R eichwald , Secretary.
\\ e give the Torch of Reason and
tbe W eekly Oregonian both one
year for only $1.75. If you w ant
nation ,n Porto Rico and the Phil- to tak e advantage of this you m ust
•ppines.
The redem ption of these order soon for we m ay discontinue
pledges by the successful party the offer at any tim e.
Clothing Sale!
A t $ 1 0 . 0 0 F o r a S uit.z-—
nY B vilt n tRr aJ ! - J ? ° uble or 8ingle B reas,ed S acks in
E N G L IS H C H E V E ’0T S LACK
W O B ST E D S-
A t $ 1 4 .5 0 , S p e c ia l!
P rL E S
, V
N G L ‘S H M E L T ° N 8 U I T -
B egular
° \v
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,.
largB an d flourishing society of
e m ake nothing.
All th a t we F reethinkers, who asked for this
can do is to move som ething. We Congress a y ear in advance and I
S trictly One Price.
P roduc„ T ak en .
move the soil and we move the prom ised to do all in th eir power
seed ; n atu re gives the harvest, to m ake it a success.
The city is!
We direct th e c u rren ts of falling ce n trally located for L iberals east
water, of heat and of steam ; n atu re of the Rocky m ountains.
Special O ur Jo b D e p a rtm e n t
im p arts the force or energy to rates will he given by all the lead­
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IV V E
which m an has only given a new ing railro ad s and it is believed th a t
direction.
W hat is the force from the attendance from outside will be
which we derive this power of u n u su ally large.
Able speakers
--- Rlif A ITul.’ T-n nriTis..
transform ing
physical
energy? will discuss the various questions
,r
.
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'«1IVUS «JUKNllOnS
May we not call ,t m ental energy? p ertain in g to our work, and every
By w hat force does m an hold do- effort will be m ade to interest and
m inion unless it is th rough his en terta in all who attend
m ental energy an d his capacity to
The present y ea r has not been an
accum ulate experience?
uneventful one for our Society.
If, th en , by his power of m ental The advocates of a state religion
en9rgy’ e converts the original have industriously prosecuted their
and crude forces with which the work, and in some instances have
ea rth IS endowed in to new forms, been successful. On the other hand
and by giving them new direction, we have won some decisive victor-
increases his power of production ies.
In Toledo and o th er places
F all term b e g in s M on d ay, O ctober i, E . M. 300 (A . D. 1900.;
of the m eans of his own subsistence the efforts of religionists to enforce
and enjoym ent o f life, does it not P n ritan ical laws have been suc-
NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY.
follow th a t creation is a co n tin u - cessfully opposed.
In Chicago a S tu d en ts given board and rooms a t the L. U. 0 . Dormitory a t low rates
f a e t o r 7 Ce8SIOn’
W h' Cl‘
“ conim ittee appointed by the board
°
. .
of education to consider the ques-
COURSES.
K indergarten.
ere is in every transaction in lion of re ta in in g the Chicago Bi-
Scientific.
P rim ary.
life an unconscious cerebration or ble in tb e public schools voted
Norm al.
P reparatory.
Law.
estim ate of the services rendered to unan im o u sly against its retention
Commercial.
Us
n v in o r
O .in k
Classical.
, H saving
each e of . r us __________.
m ental , or
In K ansas the suprem e court has
C ourses in M edicine, etc., will be added as soon as p racticab le.
m auual energy. T here m ay be er­
practically affirmed the decision of!
rors in regard of the service itself.
a t ----
religious exer- t h e only in s t it u t io n of it s k in d in t h e w o r l d
As tim e goes on, however, false a lower court th ----
m easures of service are elim inated cises in a public school are unlaw
STRICTLY NON-THEOLOGICAU
with increasing intelligence and ful.
I
tru e benefits co n stitute more and
In C alifornia, which has occu-| For Catalogues and further p articulars, address:
Jam es C raig’s, Silverton, Ore.
. . . Satisfaction
__ C O - E D U C A T I O N A L .
m ore the vast proportion of the pied an advanced position re g a rd -1
J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary,
SILVERTON, OREGON.