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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1900)
8 TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 29, E. M. 300 (1900.) : o-o-o-o-o-c o o o o o c o-oooo-oo-oooo-o « serely hope th a t the day is not far d ista n t when there will be a Free- NEW S AND NOTES. thought U niversity established in > < x x h x k >< x x h x k >< x x x x x ) o < x x x x > < in every state iu th e U nion, and W ho will get the cake? i ___ every province in C anada. Sorry a :e a tonifc t at t e • I am a bachelor, for if m arried and though pleased with the present, Let us fill up the contribution and by no m eans im patient to q u it box.’ it, would find com fort, and not j L ater — Mr. R. C. B urtis of M¡ch sadness, in th e thought th a t it is igan adds one thousand d o llars to not chained through etern ity to a the above offer. At this rate we conscious existence, which it can- will soon be able to go ahead with had a fam ily nothing would give not be assured th a t it will alw ays o u r b u ild in g . “ A friend who helps The L. U. O. band meets Sunday nae more pleasure than to send my wish to preserve.— J. S. M ill . quick helps double.” at 2:30 p. m. children to such a school, where S till L ater .— A friend in Silver- The L. U. O. O rchestra meets at they would be tau g h t facts instead ton offers fifty dollars on the above of fables. S ecularists would you not like to 2:30 p. rn. F ridays. plan. The am ount already re A rthur W. B enson . have some letterheads printed with ceived and acknowledged in the Our Physical C ultureC lass meets Secular sentim ent and W ettstein ’s C ontribution Box, goes to help at 4 and 7 p. m. W ednesdays and A c k e rm a n ’s Decision. F reethought badge, to use in corre m ake up the balance of this fund, Saturdays. spondence with your friends? We which now lacks only $1364.60 of A large class in physical culture S alem , Nov. 26.— In an appeal being complete. proves the stu d en ts’ appreciation of from W ashington County, S tate will furnish them to you with your L ater S till .— A friend in New Prof. G odfrey’s work. S uperintendent A ckerm an has de nam e and address printed on them E ngland has sent us a draft for five Turkey, cranberries and other cided th a t reading a chapter of the for 75 cents per hundred, $1.50 per thanksgiving delicacies at the L. Bible w ithout com m ent and repeat 250, or $2.50 for 500, postpaid. Let hundred dollars, which now’ leaves ing the L ord’s P rayer in a public the people know’ where you stand. only $864.60 to com plete the fund U. O. H all tonight. and give J‘L uo” a big boost. W ho Every room in our building is school is not sectarian, and the will be tiie n e x t? occupied and more people coming. Board of Directors are authorized to m ake th at a p a rt of the school o o o o o o 0-0000000000-00-0000-0 < T he Ingersoll C hair. We need more room! program m e and suspend pupls who LIBERAL MEETINGS. Every d ay ’s delay in putting in refuse to participate. The am ounts subscribed and paid <X>^ }<X><XX><XX)<KXKXX>(XXXX>O' steam heat in our buildings is th a t in for the Ingersoll C hair are set much more danger from fire. We B oston , M ass .—Ingersoll Secular So P ecu liar A frican Race. forth below’. T his sum is actually ciety meets at Paine Memorial Hall, 9 must hurry up. in the hands of our treasurer to he Appleton St., Sunday, 3 p. m. Rev. J. In the north-w estern p art of the safely invested, the income only to P. Biand, Resident Speaker. Tonight is the (¿rand E n te rta in ment and Supper at the L. U. O. T ransvaal there dwell some curious be used. L owell , M ass .—Liberal Association W e expect a large attendance and specim eas of those who bear the SUBSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED IN ENGLAND meets in Pilgrim Hall, Pahner street, image of “ God.” They are called a grand good time. BY G. J . HOLYOAKE. Lowell, Mass., Sunday afternoons, at 2 the V aalpens, and are said to be £ 8- o’clock, except 2d Sunday in each month Mr. George Anderson, London 5 0 The beautifully decorated gallery the lowest of the hum an race, “ 2d subscription ,, 5 0 when the time is 6:30. W. S. Parker, in the L. U. O. H all will be co m Mr. Alfred Marsh, though I doubt if they can be lower » ♦ 3 0 President. E. A. Howe, Secretary. pleted today. Mr. K autz is to be “ 2d subscription »4 3 0 than the poor wretches reared u n Mrs. E. Holyoake Marsh, 10 N ew Y ork C ity —The Manhattan u congratulated on his excellent Mr. Robert Applegarth, 10 der none but Popish influences. 9 0 Liberal Club meets everv Friday eve work. Mr. Thos. Allsop, The true color of there V aalpens is Mr. J. M. Giinson, Leicester 1 0 ning at So clock, in the German Mason- A rth u r G im son, 1 0 ic Temple, 220 East Fifteenth street. Prof. H offm an’s poster cartoons 8a’d to be alm ost jet black, but as Mr. \ Ir« Art ,. .i . I Mr. Sidney Gims B rooklyn , N. Y.—The Brooklyn creep into the d irt holes -- in I Mr. Yarmouth 1 1 00 of the characters in tonight’s enter- they ’ -- j - oh - n Leach, ' Philosophical Association meets Sunday they live, their skin is cov- tainm ent are a ttra c tin g much a t which , . , . BY MRS. HOLYOAKE MARSH. p. m., in the Long Island Business tention and are highly ap p reciat ered with earth of a kh ak i color, Mrs. Daniel Baker Birmingham 1 0 Coliege Hall, South Eighth street, bet. and the Boers therefore call them Mr. Byron Holyoake Smith „ 5 0 Bedford and Driggs Avenues. ed by all. A. H. io “d u sty .” They are not more th a n Miss Julia C. Smith, L ast F rid ay evening the Y. P. „ 1 C hicago . III.—Liberal Society, Dr. four feet in h eig h t. T h e y a re can - Mrs. H olyoake Sm ith, „ 1 Thomas B. Gregory, resident lecturer. S. S. C. was very well attended, i . , , , . j Miss Phipson, Reigate 1 nibals, and eat up the aged and in- Dr. G. Sworn, I Sunday lectures, 11 a. m. Corinthian London 1 there being the largest audience Hall, Masonic Temple. Admission free. fiend members of their tribe; and Mr- r - R- Mudie, ,, 1 we have had in a long time. Our th All are invited. eir dw ellings are mostly n a tu ra l Dr? JA'w X 7 e ? (deceased) Glasgow 1 h all is not large enough for our en caves, holes m ade iu the ground or O hio L iberal S ociety — Season of 1900 tertainm ents. and 1901. rock shelters. N othing seems to j Mr. Herbert Spencer. Brighton 2 0 Public lectures under the auspices of Two of our printers, J. H. Morris be known of th eir language, and the above society are delivered every Sun and Henry E. Browne have pur- they have no a rts or I n d u c e s of L. P. m “ ™ . " " T t »to. day evening at 8 o’clock, in College 00 chased a job p rinting office at Port- any sort; still they have fire and (t eo- Hill, Boston, Mass........; 5. oo Hall, 416 Walnut st., Cincinnati, Ohio. ,00 land and . will w move th«!r ^ food- 1 t l ..«.. people __ Kva.ingeryoB N. Y.................. . . to th th a a t t city Clty M can n ennt Cook their Thcse i Z V S Brown, H T^Ames’, Cal............. 50. iu.uo 10.00 The program for October is as follows: next week. M e wish them every seem to be the aborigines of Africa Beni- Duval,Col........................... 1.00 The program for November is as follows: 2.50 8UCCess- | south of th e Zambezi. ‘ — Se^ ’ R?ndolP.h,’ ^ n s a a . .. *> ™ Nov. 11. Dr. B. F. Longstreet. Subject “ Natural Law in the Social World.” Helen H. Gardener. N. Y. City 1.00 Nov. 18. Joint debate. Subject, “ The Esther Herrman, New York Citv 1.00 The Womans’ Social S c i e n c e ----------------- Physical Phenomena of Spiritual J J. Chilcoat, M. D.W ash D. C. * 3.00 ism can be »»est explained on the hy Club m et last week at Mrs. Lou By dam ning a s o u l - t h a t is to Wm. J. C hilcoat, “ “ 1.00 pothesis that they are produced by Ames home and d.scussed ‘ Hob- 8ay, by tu rn in g it forever the spirits of the dead. Affirmative, b,es wh.ch was introduced by from h | 3 presence, or, in less mvs- > O O O O O O 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 O O O O O O o Prof. J. ( legg \\ right. Negative, John R. Charlesworth. Mrs. M. Brown. T h,s week the te ri„ „ s words, by sh u ttle « it out T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . Nov. 23, 24, 25. Annual Congress of club will meet with Mrs Down and forever from th e trlllh _ G(ld wou|(] The American Secular Union and T h is is O u r B u ild in g Fund Freethought Federation of America, O r ’ .V M V W e .“ .U“ t e , ‘urn him self away from his soul, C o n tr ib u tio n B o x . under the auspices of the society. Our Girls? Mrs. k a u tz will intro- vvn„id lirwi» , , . w ould lim it h is ow n pow er, an d MARCHBmB N. IL —F reethinker-’ ouce th is subject. «„„.m „ . , .. .. Association meets Sunday evenings at would, so to say, dam n him self also 6 o’clock, 8o9 Elm Street. -------------------- to a certain extent. The pain of fall reason 1900. Previously acknowledged.. .$558.45 ° “ Without a fear of coming night dam nation recoils on him who in J. B. Billard, Topeka, Kan., 10.00 S am ple Copy W in s a F riend. We seek the truth, we love the light.” F. W. Hibbard, Del Norte,Col. 6.00 flicts it. Instead of dam ning those Nov. 11. George V. Hamlin. “ Munic ipal Problems.” ______ have gone wrong, God should E ____ eitor _____ T orch of R who eason : Nov. 18. Dr. Sarah F. Whittemore Sample copies of the Torch of eveida8tingly call them hack to Wilsey. “ The Education of Women.” Nov. 25. L. II. Carpenter. “ A politi Reason and the L. U. O. Catalog to ( ’uy a u ‘ > 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 0 0 -0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 < cal Subject.” hand. I was much pleased and ■ -------- —-------- Dec. 2, Anson G. Osgood. “ Death and Immortality. interested in both. You and your I t seems to me not only possible, A L iberal Offer. Dec. 9. George R. Jackson. The Foet- associate,, In F ree,bought are doing but probable, th at in a higher, and A good friend of the L U O ha« rv of the English Language.’’ Dec. 16. L. H. Cari>enter. “ What is a noble work by b uilding a Liberal above all, a happier condition of offered to donate Two T housand; Wrong?” Wrong?” University where the yonng can re- hum an life, not an n ih ilatio n , but D ollars in cash to n o r in « ,i„ „ i« Dec-.23,- »-»-Osgood. "A Philosopb- ceive an education free from super- im m ortality m«v k . zi , t ca8b to our in stitu tio n if ical Subject.” tition and bible lie« \ n d T «» •, * ’ 1 1P ‘»urden- other Freethinkers will raise it to Deo, 30. M:ss Mary Percival Stone. le lies. And I sin- some id ea; and th a t hum an nature, Five T housand. ' “ Harmonv and the ‘Music of th e Spher&tf • Z k ■ f /'k t a l i Brx a s s a a s 2 1 « ■ * >