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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1900)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, I ECEM BER 20, E. M. 300 (1900.) O O O O O O (X > 0 0 0 0 < X X H X X > < X X X X X ) ( is (me of those poems (th e others H atchets are M o(o)re easily dug Let us fill up the contribution being G oethe’s grand «‘Symbol cf up lhan hurried. NEWS AND NOTES. box! Life,” and George E llio t’s “ Choir a «; • * , • )< > < X H > < > O < X > < X X X > < X > < X X X > < > (X > < X X )( L ater — Mr. R. C. B urtis of M ich ,n » • / . . A p n n tin g office is not a whistle- ) which have come to the „,,11« P The peaceful growing and happy f Invisible rn n » m « ga Herv nor a yarn m ill, Every one igan adds one thousand dollars to in the M orning Opening Ex- t i i i • . , , , the above offer. At this rate we country has little news. So with front • * t tt /-v e ® shonld kuow it but some don’t c ses a j . . ., as, perhaps, the »»•*» noun ie io will soon ue be ao able to go anead ahead with the University th a t is working well. greatest inspiring pne.ua of our Lel us "<> >*ve together as hap- our bui,d in e ,<A frjend bJjo Growing peace is not eventful. New Era, fit to be in the heart and ij! I as we can. . . . helps . quick double.” Students not away or on the play memory of all of the “ C hildren of S till L ater .— A friend in Silver- are looking up th eir accinplish- L ig h t.” R eginald, did you tell God how ton offers fifty dollars on the above merits. The Art D epartm ent does B ut from two points this Psalm naughty you was this m orning? plan. The am ount already re No, m am m a, I felt too much a- not promise Miss W akem an any m ust be lifted from the a p p ...... a ra ...... n th ceived and acknowledged in the holiday at all. old false illusions into the tru th of sham ed, I thought it had not better C ontribution Box, goes to help m odern science: The “ soul” o’ 8et out tbe family. Some of the most esteemed cor m ake up the balance of this fund, [ M etropolitan, m an does not find the “ grave its respondents of the Torch will have which now lacks only $1364.60 of goal, because it becomes a spook to wait to see them selves in print. being complete. Secularists would you not like to and goes, no one knows where, but M r. J. M. Berry, the Dayton sold L ater S till .— A friend in New have some letterheads printed with because all of its life has been here ier, will appear next week. Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s E ngland has sent us a draft for five correlated, and is living on in the F reethought badge, to use in corre hundred dollars, which now leaves We need to cultivate a .borough g„od and glory o( ou|i BUCCegBe8> a „ spondence with your friends? We F reethought spirit, support well the the rest of the piece shows, and as will furnish them to you with your only SS64.60 to com plete the fund Liberal U niversity, and to vote for t |,e au lh o r weil nam e and address printed on them and give “ L uo” a big boost. Who those who will respect the Uniteu And so "The hear, within and ?°rn 75 hundred, »1.50 per will be tiie next? . Q , „ . . , or $2.50 for 500, postpaid. Let S tates C onstitution and Secular Crod o er head, m ust no longer he 1 know' 1 ■ r yon f stand, ) < > < X > < X > 0 < > < X X X X > < > 0 -0 -C K > 0 0 < > < K > < K > I ’ * ’ the people where schools. a I ■ M l . 1 r ▼ • . » w re a d as th o u g h th e re w as a ghostly LIBERAL MEETINGS. The Ingersoll Chair. personal Spook up there, but as the ’ <XXH><><><>o<><xx><xxxxx><x>o-<>o-o! Infinite All, moving by the unva The am ounts subscribed and paid B oston , M ass .—Ingersoll Secular So rying laws, which are at once the in for the Ingersoll C hair are set ciety meets at Paine Memorial Hall. 9 foundation of our life and (if we forth below. This sum is actually Appleton St., Sunday, 3 p. m. Rev. J. w ill) the sure means of our evolu in the hands of our treasurer to he P. Bland, Resident Speaker. tion and trium ph. As Haeckel safely invested, the income only to L owell , M ass .—Liberal Association says, if T he A ll is not God, there b“ *used" meets in Pilgrim Hall, Palmer street, is none. Our great American Poet Lowell, Mass., Sunday afternoons, at 2 COLLECTED IN ENGLAND m ay have so m eant, for he was a SUBSCRIPTIONS o’clock, except 2d Sunday in each month BY G. J. HOLYOAKE. stu d en t of Modern Science, and a W. 8. Parker, £ S . when the time is 6:30. Terriffic rain3were the feature of Mr. George Anderson, London 5 0 I resident, E. A. Howe, Secretary. our H appy Valley during the past great reader and adm irer of Goethe, “ “ 2d subscription ,, 5 0 Mr. Alfred Marsh, ,, 3 0 week, but we all escaped excepting the P an th eist and Monist. N«w Y obs C ity —The Manhattan “ “ “ 2d subscription ,, 0 Liberal Club meets every Friday eve Blackie, one of the trio of Universo -Mrs. E. Holyoake Marsh, ,, 10 ning at «o’clock, in the German Mason Mr. Rotiert Àpplegarth, ,, 10 B erksbires. The water was too T he Priests of Blood, Mr. Thos. Allsop, ,, 2 0 ic Temple, 220 East Fifteenth street. m uch for him . The usefulness of Mr. J. M. Gim8(>n, Leicester 1 0 B rooklyn , N. Y.—The Brooklyn Mr. A rthur Gimson, ,, 1 0 his life consists in his earnest w arn The Chicago Record (Nov 3 0th, Mr. Sidney Gimson, ,, 1 0 Philosophical Association meets Sunday ing to his fellow O regonians th a t Lilt.) has the following W ashing- Mr. John Leach, Yarmouth 1 0 p. m., in the Long Island Business there are tim es when even they ton news. Coliege Hall, South Eighth street, bet. I t is only when we BY MRS. HOLYOAKE MARSH. m ust keep out of the wet. Birmingham learn w hat Theocracy would do, Mrs. Daniel Baker 0 Bedford and Driggs Avenues. Mr. Byron Holyoake Smith ,, 0 C hicago . I I I .—Liberal Society, Dr. All are expected to come back in th a t we learn w hat it really means. A. II. 10 Miss Julia C. Smith, „ 1 0 Thomas B. Gregory, resident lecturer. time for the grand Celebration of Read and let your neighbor read! Mrs. Holyoake Smith, ” 1 0 Sunday lectures, 11 a. m. Corinthian I t is a singular fact th a t the only Miss Phipson, New Y ear’s Eve. Prof. W akem an Reigate 1 0 Hall, Masonic Temple. Admission free. Dr. G. Sworn, London 1 0 All are invited. is on for a short and solid address, bloodthirsty com m unications received Mr. T. R. Mudie, 1 0 to hold things down; and thus b al at the W hite H ouse and the D epart Mr. A. Sumner. ,, 5 O hio L iberal S ociety - -Season of 1900 ment of S tate on the Chinese question Dr. J. Wallace, (deceased)Glasgow 1 0 lasted, the music and social dance come from m inisters of the gospel, es and 1901. SENT PERSONALLY. are expected to take an unusually pecially from missionaries. F orget Public lectures under the auspices of Mr. Herbert Spencer. Brighton 2 0 the above society are delivered every Sun nigh flight. Also Business M anag tin g th e geu tler teachings of Christ, day evening at 8 o’clock, in College CONTRIBUTED IN AMERICA. er Geer is expected to have arrived they insist upon the application of the Hall, 416 W alnut st., Cincinnati, Ohio. by th a t tim e to keep things taut old Mosaic law in the punishm ent of L. P. Maxam, Mich........................ $10.00 for October is as - ....... follows: « - ------------ ,,t,. the Chinese—an eye for an eye and a Geo. N. Hill, Boston, Mass........... 5.00; The . program and safe. Im personations by masks tooth for a to o th —and the u tte r des Eva Ingersoll Brown, N. Y............ 50.00 ! The program for November is as follows: m ay also be in order. tru ctio n of the cities in which the wick J’r°L Daniel T. Ames, Cal............. 10.00 i Nov. 11. Dr. B. F. Longstreet. Subject Some of the stu d ents are off to see their parents and friends d u r ing the holidays. Miss Ollie Geer is with friends at New burgh-on-the- W illam ette. Miss M innie Robinson is off to her parents. Jo h n n y Scott expects his folks to visit him. Geo. Beatty visits his parents at Chema- wa, and so on. edness has been com m itted. They de mand the lives of the em peror and em press dowager and all the m em bers of the court and the w’holesale slaughter o f the officiais of the governm ent. Many of them dem and th a t Pekin shall be burned to tb« ground and th e site sown with salt. It is the sp irit of those who hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord. Aside from the regular studies, the L. U. O. D ram atic Circle has been preparing its C hristm as P lay, “ The Lone Tree M ine.” It will be the first grand exhibition of S tu d ents in U niversity H all, and cu ri osity is on the tip-toe of expectation. Those on the inside who know how thorough the rehersal is proceeding The files of the D epartm ent of S tate predict th a t both the curiosity and are hieing rapidly filled with such com- the expectation will be gratified m unicatiens, and th e w riters often r h e p’ay is a strong „.e.odrama ( “ overflowing with blood and thunder, enough to wake up all the babies the mamas m ay bring out, but let them come, babies and all. Tickets 25 and 35 cents. T v “ Benj. Duval, Col............................... Ed. Secrest, Randolph, K an sa s... Helen H. Gardener. N. Y. City Esther H errm an, New York Citv, J J. Chilcoat, M. D .W ashD . C. * Wm. J. Chilcoat, “ “ 1.00 “ Natural Law in the Social World.” 2.50 Nov. 18. Joint debate. Subject, “ The 1.00 Physical Phenomena of Spiritual 1.00 ism can be liest explained on the hy 3.00 pothesis that they are produced by LOO the spirits of the dead. Affirmative, Prof. J. Clegg Wright. Negative, > O-O-O-O-O-O C K X X X X ) o o o o o c x x x x x x > o I Jo h n R. Charlesworth. , Nov. 23, 24, 25. Annual Congress of T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . The American Secular Union and Freethought Federation of America, T h is is O u r B u ild in g Fund under the auspices of the society. C o n tr ib u tio n B o x. M anchester N. H ._ F ree th in k e rs’ Association meets Sunday evenings at 6 o’clock, 8i»9 Elm Street." FALL SEASON 1900. “ \Y ithout a fear of coming night We seek the tru th , we love the light.” Nov. 11. George V. Hamlin. “ Munic ipal Problem s.” Nov. 18. Dr. Sarah F. W hittemore Wilsey. “ The Education of W omen.” Nov. 25. L. II. Carpenter. “ A politi cal Subject.” Dec. 2, Anson G. Osgood. “ Death and Imm ortality. Dec. 9. George* R. Jackson. The Poet- Previously acknowledged.. $558.45 ° J . B. Billard, Topeka, Kan., 10.00 F. W. Hibbard, Del Norte,Col. 5.00 abandon th eir pacific policy and join , G erm any in the work of m urder and destruction. The m erchant class, whose com m unications are alm ost as num erous, take an opposite view of the )< X K X X X X X X X X X )< X X X X X X X X X > < X ) I situ atio n , and ask for an early settle A Liberal Offer. m ent of the difficulty on the m ost prac A good friend of the L. U. O. has ’ 1 tical term s. The D epartm ent has re That “Psalm of Life.” ceived a great deal of in teresting and offered to donate Two Thousand u rong?” valuable advice from m erchants who D ollars in cash to our in stitu tio n if D“ i « | Longfellow’s “ Psalm of Life” m ay have lived in China a n d ^ w h T u n d e r other Freethinkers will raise it to 30. Miss seem too trite for recitation, but it . Btand the character of th e people. Five Thousand. ; Sphere'™^’ „ Phi” Opb' Mary Percival Stone MU8iC ° f U’e