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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1898.
S h o rt C u ts to H a p p in e s s .
But if through some abnormal con-
dition, some twist of the nerves or
clot in the brain, the injury was
felt as exquisite delight, there
would arise the impulse to repeat
b. This would be a temptation.
The knowledge of the injury which
the eyes would tell to the brain
should lead the will to stop the
blows. The inipulses of delight
would plead for their re|»etition,
and in this fashion the hand might
be sacrificed for a feeling of pleas
ure which is no pleasure at all, but
a form of mania. Of this charac
ter is the effect of all nerve-exciting
drugs. As a drop of water is of the
nature of the sea, so in its degree is
the effect of alcohol, opium, tobac-
co, cocain, kola, tea or coffee of the
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nature of mania. I hev give a feel-
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mg of pleasure or of rest when rest
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or pleasure does not exist. 1 bis
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feeling arises from an injury to the
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nerves which the brain does not
truthfully interpret.”
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IN T H E
p there a royal road to happi
pej.-0 In order to have and to en-
v those things which contribute
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hippiness, certain conditions
to
must be met. One cannot rest who
/vA
is not weary, nor can one have
wealth without production, or its
equivalent rendered, either by him-
T his is a R em arkable Offer!
.,.lf or others. The effort to obtain
Some One is G oing to be Benefitted!
happiness without conforming to
ihe necessary conditions in these
and other respects, is treated as
From F eb ru ary 1 to A ugust 15, 1898, we have decided to
follows by Dr. David Starr Jordon,
make this R e m a rka b le O ffe r.
lh e Pa rtY sending
us the largest n u m b er of Y early Subscribers to th e I orch
president of Leland Stanford, Jr.,
of R eason , at th e regular subscription rate of One D ollar a
University:
ml . . . .
..
.
Year, will receive Free T u itio n and Board
“I dleness .—This is the attempt
Liberal U niversity, at Silverton, Oregon, for One School
,
,
e .
m secure the pleasures of rest with-
Year. The person sending th e Second Largest n u m b er of
1 u
v
, . . .
.
out the eflort which justifies rest
subscribers at one d o llar a year, will receive Free
,
.
.
,.r,
and makes it welcome. \V heu a
T u itio n one y e a r- Ybe w inners of these prizes m ay
M ,
.
man shuns effort he is m no posi-
choose any course of stu d y given in the U niversity.
tion to resist. So, through all ages
Rem em ber th e Liberal U niversity is the O nly School of
idleness has been known as the par
the kind, and an offer like th is is Indeed R em arkable.
ent of all vices. ‘Life drives him
G en. G r a n t on S e c u la r E d u c a tio n .
bard’ who has nothing in the world
to do. The dry-rot of existence,
In a republic like ours, where the will receive free tu itio n for a year and free board besides.
the vague self-disgust known to the citizen is the sovereign and the of-
wealthy as ennui and to the poor gcjaj tp)e gervantj where no power
man as plain misery, is the result ig exerciged except by the wiH ofj
will receive free tu itio n for a year.
ot idleness pure and simple. Ih ro tjie people, it is important that the j
I f y o u do n o t succeed j n w inning eith er prize, we will allow
the open door of idleness all othei goverejgn—the people—should pos-
temptations enter.
gegg intelligence. The free school youjtw enty-five cents for every subscriber sent us, provided
“G ambling .— In all its form s,! i8 the promoter of that intelligence you send five or over. R em it us tb e full am o u n t w ith eaeli
gambling is the desire to get some- whice is to preserve us as a free na- order, and we will retu rn tbe am o u n t due you at tbe end
thing for nothing. It is said that tion. If we are to have another of tbe contest if you fail to win a prize.
‘money is the root of all evil.’ But contest in the near future of our na-
* R U L E S OF T H E C O N T E S T *
this is not true. The desire to get tional existence, I predict that the
All subscriptions m u st be paid in advance.
money without earning it is the dividing line will not he Mason and
Money m u s t b e f o r w a r d e d w it h tbe o rd er.
root <>f all evil. It is the search for Dixon’s,but between patriotism and
All orders m u s t be m a ile d to u s a n d b e a r th e p o s tm a rk at th e office of m ailing
unearned happiness through un intelligence on the one side, and
earned power. To get something for superstition, ambition and ignor- not la ter th a n M onday. A ugust 15, 1898.
nothing, in whatever way, demor norance on the other. Now, in this Subscriptions m ay lie sen t in at any tim e prior to M onday, A ugust 15, 1898, and
will keep a record of tb e n u m b er se n t in by each c o n te stan t.
alizes all effort. The man who gets centennial year of our existence, I we S tate
in your le tte r th a t you wish to e n te r th e c o n test.
Sam ple copies will be sen t for two cen ts each.
a windfall, spends his time for days believe it a good time to begin the
thereafter watching the wind. The work of strengthening the founda A ddress all letters anil m ake all o rd ers payable to
man who wins in a lottery spends tion of the house commenced by our
TO R C H OF R EASO N ,
OREGON.
SILVER TO N ,
all his gains in more lottery tickets, patriotic fathers one hundred years
The whole motive for gambling, ago at Concord and Lexington. Let
betting, and all other forms of us all labor to add all needful guar-!
stakes and hazards, is to get some- antees for the most perfect security i
thing for nothing. To win is to of free thought, free speech and
lose, for the winner’s integrity is in free press, pure morals, unfettered
jeopardy. To lose is to lose, for the religious sentiments, and of equal
loser gets nothing for something, rights and privileges to all men, ir-
lle has thrown good money after respective of nationality, color or
bad. and that, too, is demoralizing, religion. Encourage free schools,
“ I ntemperance —Men try to get and resolve that not one dollar of
the feeling of happiness when hap- money appropriated (or their sup- So
piness does not exist. They de- port, no matter how raised, shall he ? °
stroy their nervous system for the appropriated to the support of any
tingling pleasure they feel as its sectarian school. Resolve that nei-
organs are torn apart. There are ther the state nor nation, nor both
many drugs which cause this pleas- combined, shall support institu-
ure, and in proportion to the de- tions of learning other than those
light they seem to give, is the real sufficient to aflord e\ery child
mischief that thev work.
growing up in the land the oppor-
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, . tunitv f"r a good common-school
11,11118 the warning to the brain
,*jxed with sectarian, >o
that something is wrong in the or-
aR Qr a t|iej8tical tenets. I>eave •
gan in which the pain is felt. Some- tbe matter of religion to the family
times that which should be felt altar, the church and the private
as pain is interpreted as pleas- school supported entirely by pri vate
ure. 11 a man lay his fingers upon
Kparste w ith
an anvil and strike them one t»y t^ege gafeguards, I believe the hat-
Silverton, Oregon.
,
one with a hammer, the brain will t je w|,jch created the army of the
feel the shock as pain. It will give Tennessee will not have lieen fought
U U l J l J U L U U U l JL 2JL S L 2JL
orders to have the blows chttked. in vain.—[U. 8. Grant, 18,6.
LIBERA
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