The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-11-09

There have been hundreds of
thousands of people driven to their
graves through disease brought aSSas &. So:::
by coffee drinking alone, and it is
quite certain that more human mis-
cry is caused by coffee and tobacco
than by whiskey, for the two first
are more widely used, and more
hidden and insidious in the effect
on nerves, heart and other vital or
gans, and are thus unsupported I'M
til much of the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Read, what is your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has
for these things9 Take a look at
the question from this point of view.
There is law of Nature and of
Natures God that things slowly
evolve from lower planes to higher,
a sturdy, steady and dignified ad-
vance toward more perfect things
in both the Physical and Spiritual
world. The ponderous tread of ev-
dictionary development is fixed by
the Infinite and will not be quick
ened out of natural law by any Of
mans methods.
Therefore we see many illustra-
tions showing how nature checks
too rapid advance. Illinois raises
phenomenal crops of corn for two or
three years. If she continued to do
so every year her farmers would adj
vance in wealth far beyond those Of
other sections or countries. So
Nature interposes bar every three
or four years and brings on "bad
year."
Here we see the leveling influence
at work.
A man is prosperous in his bust
mess for a number of years and
grows rich. Then Nature sets the
bicycling influence" at work on
him. Some of his investments lose,
he becomes luxurious and lazy.
Perhaps it is whiskey, tobacco,
coffee, women, gambling, or some
other form. The intent and pur-
pose is to level him. Keep him
from evolving too far ahead of the
masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Rome. If no
leyeling influence set in she would
dominate the world perhaps for all
time. But Dame Nature sets her
army of "levelers" at work. Lux
ury, over-eating and drinking, Ii
centiousness, waste and extrava-
gance, indulgences of all kinds,
then comes the wreck. Sure, Sure,
Sure.
The law of the unit is the law of
the mass. Man goes through the
same process. Weakness in child
hood gradual growth of strength,
energy, thrift, probity, prosperity,
wealth.. comfort, ease, relaxation,
self-lndulgence, luxury, idleness,
waste, debauchery, disease, and the
wreck follows. The "levelers are
in the bushes along the pathway of
every successful man and woman
and they bag the majority.
Only now and then can a man
stand out against these "levelers"
and hold his fortune, fame and
health to the end.
So the Creator has use for Wits.
key, Tobacco and Coffee to level
down the successful ones and those
who show signs of being successful,
and keep them back in the race, so
that the great "fleld" 1.-THE masses
may not be left too far behind.
And yet we must admit that
same all wise Creator has placed it
in the power of man to stand up
right, clothed in the armor of a
clean cut steady mind and say un-
to himself, 81 decline to exchange
my birthright for a mess of potage."
81 will not deaden my senses,
weaken my grip on affairs and keep
myself cheap, common and behind
in fortune and fame by drugging
with whiskey, tobacco or coffee, life