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ID Juimdation 68. Are the Rock upon which MOTHERHOOD Must rest. Search for them. NO. 7.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1894. TOPEKA, KANSAS, VOLUME V. Poetry. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. I see by an article in thft Progressive Thinker that you have been persecuted for Truth's sake.

for one, will stand by you, in the promulgation of truths that the world needs to know, and does know, but is too selfish on the one side and too apathetic on the other to heed. Man keeps silent, for he knows if light be thrown upon the subject his "craft is in danger." "Woman drags along in listless apathy and nothing short of a social aerthquake will rouse her. She has been held in the bondage of fear but the truli shall make her free, and light shall reveal the truth. Every fearless advocate sf social reform helps to turn on the searchlight. Every fiber of my soul vibrates in sympathy with your efforts to inform woman and elevate the standard of social purity.

Abbie C. Culver. Madrid, Aug. 13-'94. THE SOI L'S DEFIANCE.

1 said to sorrow's awful Ftorm That beat against my breast: "Kage on; thou may est destroy this form And lay it low at rest; But still the spirit that now brooks Thy tempest raging high, Undaunted on its fury looks With steadfast eye." 1 said to penury's meager train "Come on your threats I brave My last poor life drop you may drain And crush me to the grave But still the spirit that endures Shall mock your force the while, And meet each cold grasp of yours With bitter said to cold neglect and scorn "Pass by; 1 heed you not. You may pursue me till my form And being are forgot; But still the spirit that you see Undaunted by your wiles, Draws from its own nobility Its hierh born smiles." To Xlie Kansas Freethinkers, Greeting: The fourth Annual Convention of the Kansas Freethinkers' Association has been called to meet in Topeka Sept. 0, 7, 8 and 0. We first thought of meeting in Lawrence, but the executive board have duly reconsidered the matter and have decided to hold the convention in Topeka, and therefore it falls to me to extend a cordial invitation to every liberal-minded or freethinking person in Kansas or elsewhere, to meet with us and help to make this the most successful of all the Freethouglit Conventions ever held in Kansas. Among the speakers for the occasion are the following: W.

S. Bell, of Chicago, Ills. W. H. T.

Wakefield, Editor Suffrage Advocate, of Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. Lois Waisbrooker, Editor Foundation Principles, Rev. J. H.

Lathrop and John Radford, of Topeka. Besides these, several other well known speakers have made conditional promises to be present, among whom are H. L. Green, of Chicago, editor Freethinkers Magazine; J. D.

Shaw, editor Independent Pulpit, Waco, Tex. C. B. Hoffman, Enterprise, and J. Pontius, Washington, Kan.

From present indications there will be no lack of speakers to entertain and instruct on all questions that now claim the attention of thinkers and of humanitarians. Etta E. Semple, Secretary. Ottawa, Kan Dear Friend Lois: I am not at all surprised to leant that you have been arrested. I've expected your plain language would "fret the pimps" "smelling around." I sincerely hope you'll be sustained by the so-called "Liberal-ists," but think there are very few who stand ready to put "their shoulder to the wheel." I will try and do something for you as soon as I know what is to be done.

Hoping you may be speedily released, I remain Yours most thoroughly, Abbie Knapf, M. D. Dowogiac, Aug. 19-r94- Dear Mrs. Your kind letter of Aug 15th received.

1 think it an outrage that you should be arrested on the charge you are. I wrould willingly, gladly help you to the extent of all you need if I could, but I have $700.00 interest to pay on the 28th of this month; when that is done and if 1 have any left that I can possibly do without, I will send it to you. Tour cause is the cause of all creation, and that you should' be arrested is a shame on this country. I fail to see anything in date Aug. 1st to cause the arrest of any one.

Most any daily paper of any date contains icorse things. I hope to read an account of the whole affair with your vindication in next F. P. Your friend, J.D.A.H. Dallas, Tex.

1 said to friendship's menaced blow "Strike deep my heart'shall bear Thou cans't but add one bitter woe To those already there; But still the spirit that sustains This last severe distress. Shall smile upon its keenest pains And scorn redress." I said to death's uplifted dart: "Aim sure, oh why delay? Thou wilt not find a fearful heait, A weak, reluctant prey For still the spirit, firm and free Triumphant in this last dismay, Great in its own eternity Shall smiling pass away." Before the day set for the preliminary trial 1 wrote to Mrs. Bassett, of Henderson Harbor, N. Y. asking her to see what Blue Bird would say about the matter.

She replies: Dear Friend "Blue Bird" gives tests frequently but they are ever given voluntarily and without my knowing aught of the circumstances whatever. 1 think she knew all about your future when she gave the little poem on card and paper and tried to convey to you its results, "No wreck is in the foreground, no stranded bark Canoe," and though this may have reference alone to the spiritual, yet I think she means that you will have a good time yet in the physi My Dear Sister Lois: The news of your arrest has reached us, and I write to assure you of our sympathy and good will. I have known you by reputation from childhood, and personally for some fifteen years, and I cannot conceive of you doing an intentional wrong, nor an injury to any one. To know that a person who has spent a lifetime working for the betterment of humanity is under arrest and liable to persecution (I will not say prosecution) arouses an indignation that I cannot command language to express. I am anxiously awaiting appearance to get the particulars of your case.

Sincerely yours for all good work and for LIBEKT Anmie E. 137 Gates Brooklvn, Aug. 9-'94. I give in this issue a few of the many letters 1 am receiving, with thanks to all who have written (and spoken) for their kindly sympathy. Many of these people have known me for many years, and know that I have no more affinity with anything obscene than oil has for water; and as for our censors stopping the honest discussion of sex, they might as well attenpt to stop the stars in their courses.

L. W. Dear Mrs. We were very much grieved to hear of your arrest. If we only had money we would come down to see you and give you substantial aid and encouragement.

As it is, we send our mite a dollar. We are interested readers of your bright and instructive little paper. Your sympathetic friend, Sadie E. Roberts. Mrs.

My little girl has written a line to you and I will only add that we deeply sympathize with you in your trouble. You are doubtless persecuted for your principles and for your just criticism of our unjust government. Your labor and sacrifice is not in vain. May you triumph over your enemies. Very respectfully, Henry C.

Roberts. Bennington, Aug. 14, '91. cal. As 1 write a tall, powerful Indian dressed in leggings and mantle of the Cherokees, bends above my arm and sends this to the soul of Lois: prophetic.

Pale sister, come with me; This heart is free from every ill. I lead a band of Indians Up times long rugged hill. I'll guard you from the serpent's lair And from the panther's cave, Till you will stand with fearless mein, Beside the fallen brave, And know that by your words and pen Countless as yet unborn you save. The hemlock bough shall be your bed When evening shadows come, And o'er your form with care I'll spread, The "fur" of the tiger's own; I'll bring you game from haunts of strife When the setting sun is low, And shall walk with you in love and light To face each bitter foe. Should panther scream and rudely make Your dreaming spirit start, I'll shelter you witli words of Iovp, From this true Indian heart.

And should there come up the lone stream A steam canoe with flag and mast I'll whisper you, "'tis but a dream." Your friends aro3e like mountain stream Arid Justice is yours at last. War Eagle and White Plume. Dear Mrs. W. -We are grieved and indignant to hear of your arrest.

This is a shameful piece of business, and 1 wish there was some way of bringing your persecutors to terms and making them feel a little of their own dirty work. But the law of action and reaction will work in this case as in any other; there is plenty of time for its fulfillment. The idea of calling your paper a free love paper is ridiculous in the extieme. The person who first made that statement must be somewhat imbecile. Our little baby daughter left us three weeks ago, we did so hate to part with her, she was such a sweet little one.

Dear Mrs. do not waste your precious time answer" iug this letter, as we do not expect it of you. Give our kindest regards to the veteran editor of Lucifer. With our best regards to you, and hoping that all will be well with you soon again, we remain Yours very truly, Ada. and Keinhold Starke.

Junction City, Dear Lois: So the grip of Comstockisni has fastened on you. Lucifer brings the notice, but no hint of the special offending which caused the ghouls to pounce upon you. I had company all day yesterday or should have sent you greeting sooner. Lucifer came near nooii and I read the comments to my friends who joined in my indignation. I'm curious know what is the special point on which prosecution is based.

What a spectacle, the occupation of able bodied men searching the mails for some offensive word or words which may possibly be counted And what farce, the claim that we have freedom of speech and the press. Well, Lois, what can I do for you anything? 1 Continued on fourth page.) Dear Mrs. "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Still more fearful to be clutched by a government which assumes the garb of righteousness to seive the devil in. I have taken F. P.

from the beginning; have read it thoroughly, and was so obtuse I never thought there was anything "obscene" in it, and cannot think what article it was that could have so stirred the pure blood of P. O. officials who seem to be organized on entirely different principles from other men. It is a. disgrace to pounce upon an old woman who has spent sixty years trying to better the condition of humanity.

The end is not yet. We have all got to learn to "keep off the grass," or learn the art of right voting. Yours truly, Portia Gage. Vineland, N. Aug.

17-'94. P. S. Enclosed you will find U. S.

Express Co. Money Order for five dollars, which I hope will do you as much good as it does me to be able to send it. P. G. Dear Siste Personally have no acquaintance with you, but through your writings have some knowledge of your sentiments.

1 have read Perfect Motherhood and Sex Revolution and endorse their sentiments fully..