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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1900)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, D E C E M B E R 13, E. M. 300 (1900.) 8 from him have shone u p o n the world before this and are fine read- N E W S AND NOTES. ing. Send to him 15 cents for his io o o o o o o o o - o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o “S toneheaps,or W ork Wed to W it’’, Mr. R alph Davis, of G ra n t Pass, and “ The Flag we Float, or A m er entered the L. U. O. this week. ican Piinciples.” Mr. Andrew Olsen entered the L. The Congress, the editorship of U. O. as a student this week. the Torch and a pile of letters to Don’t forget the play, the Lone answ er have made it impossible for Tree Mine, C hristm as night. Prof. W akem an to go on with his American H istory and the Civil A grand m asquerade New Years Governm ent classes before C hrist night at the L. U. O. is next on th e | mas, but Profs. Hoffman and K eat docket after the C hristm as dram a. ing will take his place, and next A num ber of L. U. 0 . students year all will go as usual. There went to Salem Tuesday, as w it will he no change in Prof. W .’s nesses in the Silverton incendiary Language Classes, or his M orning Opening address. case. > 0 0 0 -0 - 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 We thought th a t the business portion of Silverton was doomed last S aturday night, but only two or three buildings were burned The gentlem an who is supposed to have set Silverton afire last Sat. evening, is held under $2000 bonds. The article on the “ N ebular hy pothesis-’ is re-printed th is week because next week Mr. T enney will knock the spots off those suns and moons in un-scientificim aginations. Mr. John P. Guild, of M assachu setts, arrived at the L. U. O. before the Editor, and went to work as a volunteer, with band, bead and heart. He is picking up the drop ped en<i* ends m in tne the p rim rinting office in a peu ing omce way which is d o in g u s good. „ ----- o ____ all n___ Some of his -G u ild e d P oints” w ill i i . rp , r . It is a part of Liberalism to wear dress an d hair to suit one’s self and to let every one do the same w ith out rem ark. Secularists would you not like to have some letterheads printed with Secular sentim ent and W 'ettstein’s Freethought badge, to use in corre spondence with your friends? We will furnish them to you with your nam e and address printed on them H aeckel and Ingersoll. for 75 cents per hundred, $1.50 per E rn st Haeckel, author of “ The 250, or $2.50 for 500, postpaid. Let R iddle of the U niverse,” was a the people know where you stand. warm friend of Colonel Ingersoll T he Ingersoll C hair. during the last years of the Colon The am ounts subscribed and paid e l’s life. L etters passed between them , and the great G er in for the Ingersoll C hair are set man scientist sent the great A m er forth below. This sum is actually ican a fine p o rtrait of himself. in the hands of our treasurer to be Speaking of his forthcom ing book, safely invested, the income only to Professor Haeckel said th at it be used. m ight cost him his position in the SUBSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED I N - ENGLAND BY G. J . HOLYOAKE. U niversity of Je n a , but he propos ‘£ 8. ed to liberate his mind w ithout re Mr. George A nderson, London 5 0 serve w hatever the consequence to “ “ “ 2d s u b s c rip tio n ,, 0 Mr. Alfred M arsh, 0 » ’ himself. The heresies of “ The R id “ “ “ 2d su b scrip tio n ft 0 10 dle of the U niverse” are in some re Mrs. E . H olvoake M arsh, M Mr. R obert A p p leg arth , 10 n spects more radical th an those of Mr. T hos. Allsop, ,, 0 L eicester 0 Dr. Ludwig Buchner, the noted Mr. J . M. G im son, Mr. A rth u r G inison, ,, 0 M aterialistic philosopher.—[T ruth Mr. Sidney G im son, ,, 0 Mr. Jo h n Leach, Y arm o u th 0 Seeker. Professor Geer is grinding away in A rizona and California. We a il hope ’twill not be too dry for him , and th a t he will return by the New Y ea r with lots of F ru it. • The W om an’s Social Science Club will meet at the residence of Mrs. Jo h n W olfard, S atu rd ay , D pc . 15th, at 2 P. M. Subject for discussion: C«»l. Ingersoll once said, “ When “ Tea and Coffee.’’ All Ladies of the Church shall lose its power to Silverton are cordially invited. harm then honest thinkers will be It was thought a little variety outspoken.” It is only because the would be pleasing in the Morning honest thinkers have been outspok en th a t the Church has nearly lost L. U . O. Opening Exercises. So, in its power to harm . One now does addition to the usual music and I , . o ■. it not have to dare to be a Bruno to addresses, the Students respond b y ! . V V tell the tru th yet m any cater to appropriate sentim ents they have the Church for the sake of its cake. learned, and thereby all cultivate G* m ind, heart and memory. W'hen the E ditor “ came back” he found the little world of the L. U. O. moving m uch as it was left,th e lessons, recitations, and all. But some im proving variations were there, in the shape of excellent dancing lessons by Mrs. G odfrey; and refined athletic instructions exercises by Prof. Godfrey. P rep arations were also being made for an Address, an ap p ro p riate Ball and a m elodram atic play, for the C hristm as and New Y ear Festivals of Joy. Let us all be happy. Let us fill up the contribution C ongregationalist church, who died on the Isle of Man.— The Cinciu- box! L ater — Mr. R. C. B urtis of M ich nati Post, of Dec. 7. igan adds one thousand d o llars to S om e Religionists say “ Any re- the above offer. At this rate we ligion is better than no religion.” will soon be able to go ahead with Answer them by asking,— “ Is a bad our building. “ A friend who helps egg better than no egg?” quick helps double.” Qne of whom no worpe ¡B 8poken S till L ater .— A friend in Silver- than the cut of his coat, h air and ton offers fifty dollars on the above whiskers, must be a very good man plan. The am ount already re The Muncie, Lnd. m inisters intend to abandon S unday funerals, as they interfere with S unday school, Mav be next these saints will ban g u rd a y deaths, Sunday weddings, g ur,day births, etc., but will they ever nij8g their Sunday dinners, for C h rist’s sake? O ur Y oungest Pupil. BY MRS. HOLYOAKE MARSH. M rs. D aniel Baker B irm ingham Mr. B yron H olyoake S m ith J J A. H . n Miss J u lia C. S m ith , », M rs. Holyoake S m ith , Miss P h ip so n , R eigate Dr. G. Sw orn, London V Mr. T. R. M u.lie, M r. A. S um ner, >1 D r. J . W allace, (deceased) Glasgow 1 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 hi p rajer.” > 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 < LIBERAL M EETINGS. 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 < B oston , M ass .— Ingersoll S ecular So ciety m eets a t P aine M em orial H all, 9 A ppleton St., S unday, 3 p. m . Rev. J. P. B iand, R esident S peaker. L ow ell , M ass .—L iberal A ssociation m eets in Pilgrim H all, P a lm e r stre e t, Lowell, M ass., Sunday aftern o o n s, at 2 o ’clock, ex cep t 2d Sunday in each m onth w hen th e tim e is 6:30. W . S. P a rk e r, P resid en t. E . A. How e, S ecretary . N ew Y ork C itv — T h e M a n h a tta n L ib eral C lub m eets every F rid ay eve ning a t « o ’clock, in th e G erm an M ason ic Tem ple, 220 E ast F ifteen th street. B rooklyn , N. Y .—T he B rooklyn P hilosophical Association m eets Sunday p. m ., in th e Long Isla n d B usiness College H all, South E ig h th stre e t, b et. Be Iford and Driggs A venues. C hicago . I I I . —L iberal Society, Dr. T h o m as B. G regory, resid en t lectu rer. S unday lectures, 11 a. m. C o rin th ia n H a ll, M asonic Tem ple. A dm ission free. All are invited. 5 Om<» L ib e r a l S o c ie ty — Season of 1900 1 0 and 1901. P u b lic lectu res u n d er th e auspices of SENT PERSONALLY. M r. H e rb ert S pencer. B righton 2 0 th e above society are delivered every S u n day evening a t 8 o ’clock, in College CONTRIBUTED IN AMERICA. H all, 416 W aln u t st., C in cin n ati, Ohio. L. P. M axam , M ich.................. ....$ 1 0 .0 0 Geo. N. H ill, Boston, M ass............ 5.00 T he program for O ctober is as follow s: Eva Ingersoll Brown, N. Y ............. 50.00 T he program for N ovem ber is as follows : Prof. D aniel T. Am es, C a l............... 10.00 Nov. 11. Dr. B . F. L o n g street. S ubject “ N atural Law in th e Social W o rld .” Benj. D uval, Col................................. 1.00 2.50 Nov. 18. Jo in t debate. Subject, “ The Ed. Secrest, R an d o lp h , K ansas 1.00 Physical P h en o m en a of S p iritu a l Helen H . G ard en er. N. Y. C itv ism can h e l»est ex p lain ed on th e h y i: it ^ . J Ier7 ‘^ nG 7 ? i k £ itv’ V (Mi 00 po th esis th a t th ey are produced by W m. J. C h ik o a t, “ “ 1. 00 th e sp irits of th e d e a d . A ffirm ative, Prof. J. ( legg \\ rig h t. N egative, 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 OOOOOOO J o h n R C h arlesw o rth . Nov. 23, 24, 25. A nnual C ongress of t o r a ; s e $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 . T he A m erican S ecular Union and F re eth o u g h t F ederation of A m erica, T h is is O u r B u ild in g F u n d u n d e r th e auspices of th e society. C o n t r ib u t io n B o x . M anchester N. H .—F re e th in k e rs ’ A ssociation m eets Sunday evenings at 6 o ’clock, 8i»9 Elm S treet. FALL SEASON 1900. Previously a c k n o w le d g e d .. .$558.45 “ W ith o u t a fear of com ing n ig h t W e seek th e tr u th , we love th e lig h t.” J . B. B illard, T opeka, K an., 10.00 Nov. 11. George V. H a m lin . “ M unic E. W. H ib b ard , Del N orte,C ol. 5.00 ipal P ro b le m s.” Mrs. Charles Sparks, wife of the agnostic, attorney and lecturer has named their 2-weeks-old girl C har lotte Ingersoll Sparks, and she is to be brought up an agnostic. She will be educated a t the Liberal U n iversity, th# agnostic college at Sil ) 0 < X > 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 < verton Oregon. A L iberal Offer. Sparks says: “ The baby will not t ........ — b* chr,8lened baptized. She A good friend of the L. U. 0 . has « ’ >1 be tHURl.t never to kneel or offered to donate Two Thousand bow ceived and acknowledged in the C ontribution Box, goes to help m ake up the balance of this fund, which now lacks only $1364.60 of being complete. L ater S till .— A friend in New E ngland has sent us a draft for five hundred dollars, which now leaves only 8864.60 to com plete the fund and give “ L uo” a big boost. W ho will be tile next? Sparks’ wife is a Dollars in cash to our institution if Nov. 18. Dr. S arah F. W h ittem o re W ilsey. “ The E ducation of W o m en .” Nov. 25. L. H . C a rp e n te r. “ A p o liti cal S u b je ct.” Dec. 2, Anson G. Osgood. “ D eath and Im m o rta lity . Dec. 9. George R. Ja ck so n . T he Poet- rv of the Fnuliah Dec. 16. L. H /C a r p . e n te r . O, , ()o(l ical Subject ” find a place in the Torch from tim e g „-anddniiabt^r «in <t J ' ran au au g n ter n of f Lev. W illiams, other F ™ reethinkers will r a i s - i t to Dec, 30. M:ss M arv to time. But m any such “ P o in ts” > one of the English founders of the Five Thousand. * Spheres’"'” ... n ” “ W1 . hat is ....... . , P * • . « Stone <Mu9‘C ° f tbe Percival