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8 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 5, E. M. 303 (1903.) > <xxxxx>o-o<x><>o<><><x><x>o<><><><><> < Paine and Roosevelt Again. NEWS AND NOTES. > < X X X X > < > < X X X X X > 0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 < X > < > 0 -0 -O i On a c c o u n t <>f m oving, we will p ro b ably have to sk ip an issu e o r tw o of th e T orch . F re ig h t tra v e ls slow ly. and we c a n ’t say at th is tim e , ju s t .... , , when we wi.l be ab le to open o u r p rin t- lu g office in K a n sa sC ity . I riend G u il d :—I have lea rn ed th a t R oosevelt is to a tte n d th e 200th a u n i v ersary of th e b irth of Jo h n W esley—to be c e le b ra te d in C arn eg ie H all, N. Y. I h e c e le b ra tio n is t o be on Feb. 20, a n d it . . is . p ro . .. p o sed .. to raise m oney to pay d e b ts of N . Y. M e th o d ist c h u rc h es. T he New York T im e , of J a n . 17, says- .buy. w ,..l,,v . , w low ra ils, sk ip p e d sla te sto n e s from th e lake sh o re, and fin ally C y ru s coaxed us to go hom e w ith him . W e had ju s t a rriv e d th e re when C h a rlie rem e m b e red th a t his fa th e r ____________ had p . ro m ised him a flogging if he w ent th e re again w ith o u t p e rm issio n , a n d he knew from ex p erien c e th a t th o se p ro m ises were alw ay s k e p t. U ncle M iles co u ld n o t alw ays pay h is d e b ts, b u t he « -» K » » e.eW , — w e > . 4 W PREMIUMS. M e tn ak e any of th e follow ing p re m i um offers to those sending us $1 for e ith e r a new su b scrip tio n to th e Torch of Reason or fo ra renew al. T hose renew ing m u st pay all a rre a ra g e s: premium offer no . “ Bible G od, Bible 1. T eachings and S e le c tio n s fro m tb e W r itin g s of Sci .4« ».S ....... ...... I . ■. th o u g h t; Past, P resen t and F u tu r e ,” by Few News and N otes, because th in g s C o lo n ists had ta k e n u p a rm s a g a in st cried all th e way hom e. 1 had n o C h ris t r B. W akem an, w ith p o rtra it of a u th o r, are h u m m in g lively a n d w e ll.' th e ir d iv in e ly o rd a in e d ru le r, I knew tan fa th e r d ire c te d by th e H oly W rit am i “ E m an cip atio n of E d u c a tio n ” by Prof. \\ ak em an . We sh all be off nex t w eek—b u t have th ey would fail. 1 was g ratifie d , h o w and G h o st; so 1 failed fu lly to ta k e in PREMIUM OFFER NO. 2. ever, to lea rn th a t th e D isse n te rs (M e th th e s itu a tio n o r to e x te n d to C h a rlie to wait a day or two to sign p apers. o d ists i co u ld not from c o n scien ce sak e the fu ll m ea su re of my sy m p a th y . 1 P o rtra its of th e F re e th o u g h t E d ito rs M r G u ild will stay in S ilv e rto n a n d s u p p o rt o r d efen d th ese rebels, of A m erica (eig h t in n u m b er), artistic« ju s t felt bad because he d id , w ith no ally arran g ed on heavy card -b o ard for h old a F re e th o u g h t F o rt a t G u ild H all. “ ‘T he claim of th ese m isc re a n ts, is idea of wfiat was com ing. fram ing. The L. U. O. fam ily now ex p ect to th a t th e ^ a re «“ title d to lib e rty and , As soon as we got hom e U ncle M iles PREMIUM OFFER NO 3. reach K ansas C ity , M onday, F e b ru a ry p ro p e rty by n a tu re , th a t th e y n ev er saw th e te a rs in C h a rlie s p le a d in g eyes w . J . D ean’s new book, “T h e C h rist co n ced ed to any sovereign th e rig h t to and ask ed him if he had been to th e 9th. S to ry ,” —one of th e best books out. d isp o se of th e se w ith o u t th e ir c o n se n t. widow C o n v e rs’ ag ain . H e rep lied , D on’t forget to sen d for o u r “ Block PREMIUM O FFER NO. 4. * * * T he a ssu m p tio n th a t th e “ Yes, b u t 1 d id n ’t th in k .” “ I ’ll teach of F ive” su b s c rip tio n c a rd s, and help com m on people are the orig in of pow er you to t h in k ,” said U ncle M iles. “ PH F o r $1.50 we w ill s e n d th e T orch an d th e T orch an d th e L . U. O. T h ere is O re g o n W e e k ly J o u r n a l ” ( P o r tla n d ) , a is w holly in d efe n sib le . T h ere is no s e ttle w ith you in th e m o rn in g .” C h a r “ M oney for y o u ” in it. pow er b u t from God an d o rd a in e d by lie a te no s u p p e r a u d to ssed a ro u n d ou rep re se n ta tiv e D em ocratic p ap er, both one y ear. M rs. W akem an will be e n te rta in e d G od. He who re s is ts th e pow er of th e his pillow a u d crie d m o st of th e n ig h t. In o rdering, please sta te which p re m i by som e W om ens’ C lu b frie n d s while re s ists an o rd in a n c e of G od, and T he n e x t m o rn in g a fte r b re a k fa s t and th e la st agonies of p a ck in g a re going p u rc h a s e s d a m n a tio n to his own so u l.’ fam ily p ra y e rs, U ncle M iles to o k C h a r um offer you wish to tak e a d v an tag e of. These offers are lim ited and renew als on. H e r b roken a n k le s till m akes h er —(Misc. W o rk s, vol. I l l , p. 457.” lie in to th e “sp a re ro o m ” a n d w hipped m u st be forw arded a t once. You can u n a b le to work as of old. 1 here was a tim e when th e follow ers him w ith a raw h id e w hip. 1 sh a ll n ev er tell by th e d a te on y o u r w rap p er w hen E very L ib eral o u g h t to have a copy of Jo h n W esley were n o t c o n sid e re d fo rg et th o se cries. 1 c o u ld see th e y o u r subscrij»tior ex p ires. of M a u g asarian ’s New C atech ism . Send very re sp e c ta b le , a n d tb e very good m ark s on his back fo r d a y s a fte r. Send all o rd eis ami m ake all m oney A u n t L u cy n ev er p ro te ste d , n o r did OS fifty c e n ts for a copy a n d be c o n p eople looked dow n u p o n th e se M e th payable to vinced th a t th e above sta te m e n t is c o r o d ists. Now, even th e P re sid e n t of th e any of tb e fam ily , as far as 1 co u ld see, TO RCH O F R EA SO N , re c t. if you h a v e u ’t read it you do U. S. is w illing to n eg lect his official ever te n d e r him a n y sy m p a th y . I was S ilv erto n , Oregon. work to a tte n d th e ir c o n v e n tio n —to n o t w hipped because I bad n o t had p re n o t know w hat you are m issing. h o n o r a m an who d id all he p o ssib ly vious w arn in g . The Ingersoll Chair. A ta lk w ith som e o f th e fo rm er s t u d N o t very long a fte r, I m an ag ed to c o u ld to p rev en t th e c o lo n ists from e n ts of L . U. O. show s th a t T he N o rth - g a in in g th e ir lib e rty , even to im p lo rin g get back w ith m o th e r an d siste r. Soon The am o u n t su b scrib ed and paid in West B usiness College will be w elcom ed G od to h elp K ing G eorge 111. cam e th e new s th a t C h a rlie was d e ad . for th e Ingersoll C h a ir are set forth be by th em . O th e rs hope to get o u t and B ut th e P re sid e n t is now very w illing 1 do n o t th in k U n cle M iles ev er had low. T his sum is actu ally in th e h an d s gee th e w orld, and c o n tin u e stu d ie s iu to go to his n a tiv e s ta te w here s ta n d s an y c o m p u n c tio u s a b o u t th in g s like of our tre a su re r to be safely invested th e incom e only to tie used. Some D e p a rtm e n ts a t K an sas C ity. th e m o n u m e n t of th e “ A u th o r-H e ro of th a t. H is in h e rite d in c lin a tio n s were SUBSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED IN ENGLAND th e A m erican R e v o lu tio n ,” whom he in h a rm o n y w ith w h at th e H oly B ible BY O. J. HOLYOAKE. THE HUMANITARIAN REVIEW sla n d e rs, b u t who was th e re c ip ie n t of had m ark e d o u t a d u ty . W hen look £ s. London 5 0 its g r a titu d e for serv ices in b eh alf of iug a t th e m eek a n d g e n tle face of lit M r. George A nderson, 2d su b scrip tio n ,, 0 A m erican In d e p e n d e n c e , and who had tie dead C h a rlie he w ould see h im self Mr. A lfred M “ arsh, And Los Angeles to the Front. Ü been h o n o red w ith th e frie n d sh ip of s ta n d in g o v er him , w hip in h a n d , a u d “ “ 2d subscription ,, o fo u r p re s id e n ts of th e U n ited S ta te s have th o u g h t h im self good old A b ra M rs. E. H olyoake M arsh, ,, 10 The d e p a rtin g T orch will n o t leave who knew him p e rs o n a lly ,a n d a t whose ham w ith su sp e u d e d k n ife rea d y to slay Mr. R obert A p p leg arth , 10 • II of th e Pacific C oast in s u p e rs titio u s Mr. T hos. A llsop, 0 his son Isaac a t G o d ’s co m m an d ! hom es he had been a welcom e g u e s t .' Mr. J . M. G im so n , L eicester Or n o th in g a ria n d a rk n e ss. At th e sam e 0 I h at B ible b a rb a rism an d ty r a n n y Mr. A rth u r G itnson, Thus th e P re s id e n t is w illing to h o n M 0 tim e th a t th e T orch re a p p e a rs a t Kan or J o h n W esley b u t refu ses to do c o m iu o u r own tim e a u d c o u n try ! My fa Mr. Sidney G im son, M 0 •a s C ity, we rejoice to a n n o u n c e th a t a Y arm o u th m on ju s tic e to T h o m as P aine, fo r be th e r a n d p la y m a te in H ell ! an d H ell Mr. Jo h n Leach, 0 new L ib eral m o n th ly , th e “ H u m a n ita r BY MRS. HOLYOAKE MARSH. still keeps iu c irc u la tio n his “ L ife of G. a w aitin g m e ; fo r how co u ld H eaven Be ian R eview ” wi.l a p p ea r a t L os A ngeles, B irm ingham 0 M o rris” w ith th e s ta te m e n t th a t P a in e o th e r th a n a hell w ith o u t th em ; an d M rs. Daniel B aker C al. It will be d evoted to “A ffirm a M r. Byron H olyoake S m ith 0 > » was a “ F ilth y little A th e is t,” Ac. T h is su c h a G od A lm ig h ty who co u ld have A. H . tiv e C o n s tru c tiv e L ib e ralism in R elig 10 9 » m ay be good “re lig io n .” b u t it is n o t iu sav ed , b u t who m u rd e re d th em ? No Miss J u lia C. 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