T H E T O R C H O F R E A S O N , S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N , JA N U A R Y 24, E . M. 301 K1901.) 8 ) O O O O O -C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 N EW S AM ) NOTES. ) O O O O O O 0 0 -0000 | 'XXXKX<XX/W-' 0 a t least two th o u sa n d d o lla rs for th a t purpose. C an any of o u r friends suggest a p la n ? T he first page a rtic le la st week, S ecretary G eer o f th e L. U. O. e n title d “ T he New H u m a n ity ,’ was w en t to P o rtla n d on bu sin ess th e la rg e ly from th e “ E p ito m e of Posi- first of the week. T h e In g e rs o ll C h a ir. M iss Helen H. G a rd e n e r’s A ffliction. T he a m o u n ts su b scrib ed a n d paid in for th e In g e rso ll C h a ir are set W h erev er th e re are L ib e ra ls or fo rth below. 'J his «urn is a c tu a lly those w ho love L ib e rty , Science in th e h a n d s of o u r tre a s u re r to he ariq H u m a n ity , th e n am e of H elen safely in v ested , th e incom e onlv to’ I H li r,le P lie r I* th e a U th '» re --. -.... largely becom e a h o u seh o ld \\ U U. R n t i t w as n o t so g e n e ra lly know n subscriptions collected in E ngland ---------- I P I I I A ., m an . U e ba \ e a n u m o e r of m e ets for practice d rill on 1 m -day th e se for sale at 15 cen ts each, a n d . . BY G. J . HOLYOAKE. th a t back of th a t nom e de p lu m e a n d S a tu rd a y evening«. everv * lib eral sh o u ld possess one, .1 • , r. i i- i.' o , t th e re was a d e v o te d , s y m p a th e tic Mr. George Anderson, London 5 0 Doctor L e o n a rd ’« lectu res before Now th a t th « B u ild in g F u n d of wa “ . fn , “ " “ -’d s u b e c r i p t i o n 5 0 C o l . M r A, fred M grsh •; 3 0 the stu d e n ts an d th e physiology the ( L . U . U . h»» received enm enuh- “ "<1 e n c o u ra g in g h u -b a n d “ “ 2d su b scrip tio n , , 3 „. ,.izi.t»» » C. S e i . den S m art . H e passed in to “ 0 elden c la ss are very in terestin g . s ta n tia l d o n a tio n s w hy w o u ld n ’t it Mrs. E . H olyoake M arsh, ,, 10 subjective life, a fte r a long an d Mr. Robert A p p leg arth , ,, 10 T he S ilverton L iberal U nion will he well to rem em b er the In g erso ll Mr. T hos. Allsop, ,, I a tie n tly b o rn e illn ess, on th e 11th 0 sp are no p a in s to m ake th e celebra- j C h a ir ? T h e L ib erals of A m erica j Mr. J . M. G im son, L eicester 0 in st. T o th e e d ito r of th e T orch he I Mr. A rth u r G im son, ,, 0 tion S u n d a y evening a success. o u g h t to m ake a good show ing to h a s b een k n o w n fo r m a n y y e a r s a s • Mr. Sidney G im son, ,, has been know for any ea rs as 0 , i encourage o u r frien d s in E 'l a n d Mr. Jo h n Leach, Y arm o u th 0 T he com positions will be a fea- . one of th e sta n c h a n d ste ad y sup- t . o o *• who have done so w ell, T i i BY MRS- holyoake marsh . tu re of th e Y . P. S. S. C. m eeting p o rters, not o n ly of his wife s Lib- Mfg ,)anie, fiaker B irm ingham 1 0 F rid a y evening. More will co m e. eral c a re e r, b u t of a ll good a n d Mr. JJyron H olyoake Sm ith ,, 5 0 Luck. 10 ’ J .solid L ib e ra l w ords a n d w o r k s .| A' ^ ’ i Miss Ju lia C. S m ith , T he W O m an’s Social Science C lub j », 1 0 f h o ’ w ith no c h ild re n , ex c e p t th e M rs. H olvoake S m ith , »» 1 0 w ill m eet a t th e residence of Mrs. Luck, nine tim es in ten, m e a n s; Miss P h ip so n , R eigate 1 0 Show US a ' * ’0' 1 e#,,rW “ nd re8U" 8 ,he> I>r. « . Sworn, London 1 0 I)r. L eo n ard , S a tu rd a y , J a n u a r y h a rd m a n u a l labor. bhow us ta iu ed a n d ch e rish ed in co m m o n , Mr. T. R. M l i d i e , »’ 1 0 2 Olh, at 2:30 P. M. lu c k y m an an d we will show you a M r. A. Sum ner, 5 » » they m ad e a hom e th a t w as ever Dr. J . W allace, (deceased)G lasgow 1 0 h a s lab o red e a rn e stly to .... , . . , »» M aster B rad lau g h C h arlesw o rth , m an who „ , . . .. a d e lig h t io th e ir frien d s. M any .......................... SENT PERSONALLY. son of Jo h n R. C h arlesw o rth the ea rn all he has won. A nd th e n are th . e 6 re w ho w ill feel th a t a touch Mr. H erb ert Spencer. B righton 2 0 L ib e ra l lectu rer, will soon be w ith som etim es he fails. J his life is full of su n s h in e has left th e e a rth now CONTRIBUTED IN AMERICA. us as a s tu d e n t in th e L. U. O. He of o p p o rtu n itie s an d of h ap p y in c i th a t th is p a r tn e r in th a t hom e can L. P. M axam , M ich..........................$10.00 d e n ts, w hich, if we are p re p a re d com es from Ohio. Geo. N. H ill, Boston, M ass............ 5.00 he seen no m ore ! to ta k e a d v a n ta g e of them , lead op Eva Ingersoll Brown, N. Y ............. 50.00 M r. H osm er h as p u rch ased the to fam e an d fo rtu n e. To he p re p a r A tten d th e P ain e C elebration ! Prof. Daniel T. Ames, C ai............... 10.00 I Ben j. D uval, C ol............................... 1.00 S ilv e rto n A ppeal, the local p ap e r of Ed. Secrest, R andolph, K a n s a s ... 2.50 ed one uiu«t work. W o rk in g an d th is place, since d isp o sin g of bis Helen II. G ard en er. N. Y. C ity 1.00 w atch in g are th e essence of good T h e S ilv e rto n L ib eral U nion E sth e r H e rrm a n , New' Y ork C ity, 1.00 in te re sts iu th e L. U. 0 . W e wish lu ck .— [V in la n d .Journal. 3.00 r (p ro p rie to rs of »k«. t e e r ta a l l « Hu a HJ in i ’ J W J-C him success in his new in te rp rise . th e l L i ih m. hilcoat, J. O b u io >1. at, D. W w ash D. C 1.00 will c e le b ra te th e a n n iv e rs a ry of I B. J. H jerm stad O h io ..........................1.00 T he F arce, “ My T u rn N e x t,” th e b irth ol T h o m a s P a in e a , L ib-I U ta h ... , 00 The J e ll Pale of th e S u n . given by the stu d e n ts of th e L. IJ. e ra l H a ll on S u n d a y ev en in g , J a n - j C. R. B u rtis, M ic h ig a n .................... 10.00 O. at the Y . P. S. S. C. la st F rid a y 5.00 A b u rn in g g lass is a lens, th e n ary 2 7 th . T h e re will lie ad d resses, A F rie n d , M ichigan evening, was very well ren d ered faces of w hich are sp e c ia lly c u rv e d , read in g s, a n d re c ita tio n s by T h a d an d ad d ed m uch to th e in te re stin g I 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 to th a t th e y h av e th e effect o f blin d - ileus B. W a k e m a n , J . E. H osm er, p ro g ra m m e given by C apt. Peaslee. LIBERAL M EEINGS. X ing all th e ra y s o f lig h t an d heat, Jo h n P re sco tt G u ild , P rof. R a tin g , O ur read ers will notice th a t som e in such a w av th a t th e y are all dir- L ouis R au ch , P e a rl W . G eer a n d > 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 0 of o u r c o n trib u tio n s are a c k n o w ected in to one p o in t w hich we call o th e rs. 1 he L. U. 0 . O rc h e stra B oston , M ass .—Ingersoll Secular So ledged from “ frie n d s.’’ T h is it th e focus. W hen a g reat n u m b e r a n d C h o ir will fu rn is h m u sic for ciety m eets at Paine M em orial H all, 9 done a t th e special req u est of p a r t of ra y s are th u s collected on the th e occasion. A n e n jo y a b le tim e A ppleton St., S unday, 3 p. m . Rev. J . ies c o n trib u tin g . We would like to sane- spot, each o f them c o n trib u te s is a n tic ip a te d . All a re in v ite d to I’. B land, R esident Speaker. give th e full nam e am i a d d re ss of a little w a rm th ; th e to tal effect ol a tte n d L owell , M ass .— Liberal A ssociation each of our benefactors, b u t for p ri th e several little h e a tin g s suffice to m eets in Pilgrim H all, P a lm e r stre e t, vate reasons can n o t do so. set a piece of p ap er on tire. Lowell. .Mass., Sunday afternoons, at 2 Notice ! O ne of th e a p p lic a tio n s of the b u rn in g g lass is to o b ta in a record of the n u m b e r of hours of su n sh in e in each day. T h e lens is replaced by a g lass globe. As th e e a rth moves u n d e r the su n , the b rig h t spot of lig h t also m oves a n d will therefure burn its tra c k on a sheet of p ap er p ro p erly m anaged and m arked w ith lines co rresp o n d in g to th e hours. W hen th e sun is hidden by clouds th e b u rn in g ceases. By T he read ers of th e T orch and p reserv in g each d ay th e piece of su p p o rters of ttie L. U. 0 . are d e paper, we have an u n v a ry in g te ll lighted to hear th a t th e live th o u s tale, w hich show s us d u rin g w hat and do llar fund for the Lib,*r a l h ours th e sun w as sh in in g brig h tly U n iv ersity has beet, com pleted. All an d th e h o u «’8 d u rin g w hich he was of the m oney lias been paid in ex- i bid d en , [b ir R obert S. B all, in Mr. B u rtis, of M ichigan, is so pleased with o u r success in raisin g th e live th o u sa n d d o lla rs called for th a t, in stead of sen d in g us th e one th o u sa n d d o lla rs offered, he has sent us $1,700, am i ten d o lla rs for th e Ingersoll C h air. Mr. B u rtis is c e rta in ly a L iberal in every sense of the w ord. W e are sorry to learn th a t he is q u ite sick at his hom e aud is not expected to live m any d a^ s. cept th a t we are to receive by the 4' ^ laldand< will of Jo h n L eitch. I he C o u n ty , ----------- Ju d g e a n d our a tto rn e y , C. K . L we do our best, we u p b u ild our T en n ey , inform us th a t th e money selves th e best, th o u g h we build up will be paid w ithout an v trouble, n o th in g else. Thin w ilO n H b le u- to p u t in o o r eteam h e a tin g a p p a ra tu s, p a in t o u r build in g e, an d m ake o th e r im prove- m enta. W h a t we need m.tv, m ore th a n a n y th in g else, is good dorm - ito ry for boys. We ought Io have T h ere io « m ig h ty big difference fc.,weeB ¡,IHn„ r a litv and im tnor- t a | itV) 8ome r,.a d rrs d(, n>, feem t<( see jL Look a t th ere tw o w ords here to g eth „ a n d know th e m a p .lr | h ereafter STO CK HO LDERS M E E T IN G OF T H E L IB o ’clock, except 2d Sunday in each m onth w hen th e tim e is 6 :30. W . S. P ark er, P resid en t. E . A. How e, S ecretary. E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y COM PANY. N ew Y ork C ity —The M a n h attan L ite ra l C lub m eets every F rid ay eve ning a t «o'clock, in th e G erm an M ason ic Temple, 220 E ast F ifteen th street. A sp ecial M eeting of th e S tock- h o ld e rs of T h e L ib eral U n iv e rsity C o m p an y w ill be held a t th e ir U ni- v e rsity B u ild in g , S ilv e rto n , O regon, B rooklyn , N. Y .—T he Brooklyn ou S a tu r d a y , F e b ru a ry 9, 1901, at Philosophical Association m eets Sunday 2 o’clock P. M. E le c tio n of D irect- at 3 p. m ., in th e Long Islan d B usiness College H all, South E ig h th stre e t, b e t. ors an(j o | hf,r im p o r ta n t b u sin ess Bedford and Driggs A venues. wjj| com e before th e M eeting, By o rd er. T haddeus B. W a kem a n , P res. B oard of D irectors. P earl W . G e e r , Sec’y. 10 - 0 0 0 0 0 o-oo-o-oo o o o o -o o o -o o o -o -o o TO R A .S E $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 . T h is is O u r B u ild in g C o n t r ib u t io n Fund B ox. Mr». Haynes, Iu d ................. 10.00 0 . T. Glenn, O hio........... ....25.00 J . H . Ja c o b s, K a n sas................. 5.00 W m . P la tts, C alifornia............. 25,00 A E rie .cl, S ilv erto n , O re ........ 50 00 J. II. Maine. Newport, O re ... .25 A Friend, M ichigan.................05.00 C hicago . I I I . —I J t e r a i 3ociety, Dr. T hom as B. G regory, resid en t lectu rer. Sunday lectu res, 11 a. m. C o rin th ia n H all, M asonic Tem ple. A dm ission free. All are invited. O hio L iberal S ociety —Season of 1900 an<l 1901. Punlic lectures u n d e r th e auspices of the above society » are delivered everv • Sun- day evening a t 8 o ’clock, in College H all, 416 W aln u t st., C in cin n ati, Ohio. T he following is th e program for J a n u ary : Sunday, 27.—Paine Anniversary Cele bration. Special program to be a n nounced later. M anchester X. H .—Freethinkers’ Association meets Sunday evenings at ) o -o -o o -o -o o o o o o - o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 ç I b ° ' ’ 1 * ’ k , «• ’9 Elm St ree t .