Freethought Ideal and Vindicator from Ottawa, Kansas • 3

3 The Freethought Ideal. he development of the physical sciences introduced by Mr. Gammage as a party who would lecture for the locaL Union, and for oyer fifteen hundred years Andrew D. White. as such, wanted financial aid.

I told her if such was the case I was pleased, and We live on'an atom called earth, and what we know of the infinite is almost infinitely limited) but little as we know, all have an equal right to give their honest thought, Ingersoll. passing along the street, a small boy acci-dently jostled against- him. At this ap-pearent insult, Jesus became inflamed with an uncontrolable passion. So, he turned upon the innocent lad. and using his divine power, he wished the boy dead, and the child fell dead at his feet.

Then Jesus and companions passed on as if nothing unusual had happened. According to history this was the first murder that our divinely-inspired hero ever committed. "Now, Mortality, these are only a few of the wonderful exploits of Jesus, during his early life. They do not differ materially irom the role, the new testament writers consigned to him during his manhood, such as raising the dead, restoring sight to the blind, casting out devils, walking on the water, hobnobbing with satac, raising himself from the dead, going to heaven and many other feats that are very trying on our credulity, but quite acceptable to the unlearned true believers who pay four Dear Madam: It is with horrified disgust that I read the account of last week's train wreck on the" G. N.

in Montana. Surely the indus trial battlefields are becoming blopdier would be one to give ten dollars per month toward it, and as it is always difficult to get auyone to start a thing, I gave her ten dollars at once I also gave her some literature. She called again in about two weeks, after lecturing once and I gave her ten dollars more, and asked what success she was having in raising money for the Union. She said she was having very fair success, and I gave her more literature. In about two weeks she called again and wished me to advance twenty dollars to pay the rent of the lecture room.

I told her that I thought she ought to make some of the others pony up, but that I would give her twenty dollars the next month. 1 That was the last I saw of her, and in a few days heard as she, herself had, told ms, had done very well at collecting collected considerable money and left the city. This is a fact, and not Wilson and Moore guesses, which, I am sory to "say; is hurting the cause which I have been helping along, more than anything that has happened for a long time, for with my knowledge and experience in this matter, this "pretended taking of the Union's money for other than the purpose for which it was subscribed, is prevarication of the worst than actual war Could such a catastro phe be possible under state ownership of railroads or Socialism Would like to see your opinion in some "future issue. If such horrors will not open the public's hnnrlrArl million dollars npr annum for the eyes to the necessity of government ownership of railroads, nothing on earth will. Kicking Mule, Wash.

Editor Ideal: Please enroll my "name on your sub privilege of enjoying their faith in the works of this mythical Jesus. "It is stated that the wealthy Israelites of London are preparing to offer a reward of one hundred million dollars for proof that there was such a man as Jesus Christ, scription list. I will make an effort to get up a club in a few days. Oh yes, it is go- ing that the governor of Missouri avers that the lord has forbid him, and all self- kind. appointed saints, to further meddle with his water works on penalty of excommuni E.

B. Peacock, Chicago, 111 as sol iurui hi lug icbiaiiicm, jk apcaio that the Jewish people have long since grown tired of being looked upon by Protestants and Catholics, as the murderers of a man who never had an existence only in the brains of the writers of the testament." Ex-Rev. Old Mortality. cation. He perhaps has an eye on your reward.

I have not learned which one of the many lords he had "reference to. I was a subscriber to the Ideal when it was pup-hshed by S. F. Davis. The paper changed Science has never sought to allay her self to civil power.

She has never attemp hands and my paper failed to come. I Communicated. wrote to Miss Knox, but received no reply. ted to throw odium or inflict social ruin on any human being. She has never sub The continual jar between Freethought editors" caused me, like many others, to jected any one to mental or physical tor hold off.

If we can't have a little har ture, least of for the purpose of upholding or promoting her ideas. She presents herself unstained by cruolties and Mrs Etta Semple: Would you have the kindness to insert this in your paper to help clear up the false insinuations against the secretary of the American Secular Union, which have appeared in the Blue Grass Blade. Why I do it is because of your inquiry for the address of Zella Stevens. I suppose by that, you wish to trace up the twenty-five which Mrs. Harriet mony in our confused ranks, we might as well throw up the sponge.

I know of several who refuse to take Feethought papers for no other cause. James W. Newbold, Minden' Neb. crimes, But by Vatican and by Vatican is meant the christian church we have to recall the inquisition; the hands that are now raised in appeal to the most merciful are crimsoned. They have been steeped Closz intimates, that Mr.

Reichwald re-' in blood. Dr. John W. Draper. The incarnation must be believed with Dear Sister: I went over to the postoffice last Saturday, late in the.

evening, and the Ideal was there. As I was passing a "racket" store two men were in a. debate on the merits of the bible and I went in. One was A. D.

Bobbins, of Burdett, a Freethinker; and the other was a man by the name of out evidence; there is no way in which it can be established. It is beyond the reach tained. I wrote Mrs. Closz when I saw the letter in the Blade, giving her some facts about Stevens, but she has not answered me. I am sure that if she would trace up that check, she would quickly find that Z.

got the proceeds of it, although, according to Mrs. Closz, she denies receiving it. what does the de and realm of reason. It defies observa tion and is independent of experience Ingersoll. i i The establishment of Christianity, begin Hoats, who was extoling the wonderful goodness of god.

-1 opened the Ideal, and the first thing I saw was the- article on the nial of one that cannot be located, amount ning a new revolution of Theology, arrested to. She came to my office with, and was Continued on page 0.