THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2-1, 1 8 9 6 .
Health Talks to Children.
T here are ever so m any creatu res and
th in g s try in g to get a living in th is
world. Some of th em , like cows and
horses, we have a great deal of use for.
O thers, like m osquitoes, bedbugs, weeds,
poison ivy, and E n g lish sparrow s, give
us a good deal of trouble, w ith o u t doing
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tliatyve know qf.^^So i • •
we try to keep them o u t, drive them
awav, or else kill them if they insist on
com ing in where we are try in g to live
ourselves.
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You know how weeds will keep veg- Be H opeful, even in adversity ,
etables from growing in th e garden. You Be E ver sure to fulfill your p ro m ises,
know how lice will keep hens from lay- ,
rtig. We have to kill these W eeds and ' Be T e m p e ra te in all y o u r h ab its,
lice, or <Jse they will kill our plan ts and Be O n your g u a rd ag ain st te m p ta tio n ,
chickens. If they d o n ’t kill th em , they ’ Bp K eadT to lend a help in g h a n d .
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certain ly stop th e ir grow ing, and m ake Be C h a rita b le to th e poOr an d errin g .
Be H onorable in all your dealings.
th em feel w retched.
Now, th ere are things like weeds and
Be O n th e rig h t side,even if in m in o rity .
lice so very sm all th a t it is im possible Be F ree and in d ep en d en t in th o u g h t
ever to see them w ith our eyes. They
and actions.
ate a h u n d red tim es sm aller th an the
separate grains of corn m eal, sm aller Be R esolute and firm in th e rig h t.
even th an the particles th a t m ake w hite Be E a rn e st in all good endeavors.
flour. Some of them are alive, like lice, Be A lw ays w atching for good in o th ers.
and some are very little p lan ts or weeds. Be S ure to sustain a good cause.
Some live in w ater; some in the g r o u n d ; Be O p en , free and in d ep en d en t.
some float around like d u st in th e a ir; Be N ot slow in subscribing ami
some grow on o th er things, ju st as lice
paying for fand get o th ers to do
grow under chickens’ feathers, or as
th e sam e] th e wide aw ake and only Free
moss grows on rotten logs or th e bark of
T hought p a p er in th e F ar W est—The
trees.
T orch of R eason .
Most of these tin y p lan ts and anim als
By carefully c u ltiv atin g th e Be’s ac
do no h a rm . They live, like skatin g
cording to th e above form ula and as
bugs, on ponds, enjoying them selves in
m any m ore equally as good as you may
th e ir own way, and h aving little o r n o th
see fit to add, you will have m ore of th e
ing to do w ith us, good or bad. But
sw eets of life th a n the Israelites ever
th tr e are some of th em , especially those
had in th e land of C anaan.
th a t cling to o th er things tiia t m ay do
M ichael J ohnson .
a g reat deal of h a rm , ju st as lice do c h ick
ens. Some live in our clothes, som e in
A Petition.
our h air, some on o u r feet, and som e in
our m ouths. W herever th ey find a
O h, pow er! th a t governs all I e!ow,
layer of d irt, they grow faster, and get
If any are doom ed to endless woe,
more d irty and fm d-sm elling them selves,
As p riests—who claim tospc/.k for th£c—
and th en our clothes and h a ir and Ixxlies
H ave said th ey a r c ; —O h! list to me.
get d irty and bad-sm elling too. W hat we
have to do is to take w ater and soap and l o r love of th e e —O h! gran t mv p ray e r;
wash them off. In our m ouths we use For love of th e m —Oh ! let me sh are
to o th -b ru sh e s and pow der to brush them And cheer th e ir fate, w h a te 'e r it be,
iqe.
aw ay from th e teeth and tongue, w here ^ o r sufferers are d e ar
W
ords
can
not
tell
my
grief,
slioiiId t know
they grow in hu n d red s and th o u san d s. It
is like hoeing out weeds from our gardens. I m ay h e ar the sound of en Hess woe.
Some very bad-sm elling little creatu res T hy heaven can l>e no plat e for me,
live on o u r feet. I t ’s a nice th in g , th e n , i* angpls Pra,se such c ru e lty .— W. B
. r n n i n n r , f p e” p l a m Peabodv.
to wash th em aw m ay v t from
oi|r feet am i
stockings alm ost every day.
S ubscriptions for th e T orch of R ea -
son
, are now in order.
The ones th a t live m o u r h a ir we need
to brush out and wash ou t. B u t th e
m ost im p o rtan t ones to get a t are those
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inside our m ouths. They have such a
chance to go down inside o u r Indies and i 6
m ake still worse trouble even th a n w here ’
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