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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
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“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.
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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
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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 “
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“ 2d s u b s c rip tio n ,,
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Mr. Alfred M arsh,
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himself. The heresies of “ The R id­ “
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dle of the U niverse” are in some re­ Mrs. E . H olvoake M arsh,
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Mr. R obert A p p leg arth ,
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spects more radical th an those of Mr. T hos. Allsop,
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Dr. Ludwig Buchner, the noted Mr. J . M. G im son,
Mr. A rth u r G inison,
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Mr. Jo h n Leach,
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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.
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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
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not have to dare to be a Bruno to
addresses, the Students respond b y !
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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
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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
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Miss J u lia C. S m ith ,
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M rs. Holyoake S m ith ,
Miss P h ip so n ,
R eigate
Dr. G. Sw orn,
London
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Mr. T. R. M u.lie,
M r. A. S um ner,
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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.
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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
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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 ­
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po th esis th a t th ey are produced by
W m. J. C h ik o a t,
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th e sp irits of th e d e a d . A ffirm ative,
Prof. J. ( legg \\ rig h t. N egative,
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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
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verton Oregon.
A L iberal Offer.
Sparks says: “ The baby will not
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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
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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.
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