Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
"WHAcks"
And What They Mean.

son." so try and say thank you"
then set about finding what you have
done 70 demand the rebuke, and try
and get back into line. for that's The
happy place after all.
Curious how many highly organized
people fail to appreciate and heed the
first little. gentle "whacks" of the
good old Dame, but go right along
with the habit whatever it may be,
that causes her disapproval. Whiskey.
Tobacco, Coffee, Tea or other unnat-
ural treatment of the body, until seri-
Gus illness sets in or some chronic
disease.
Some people seem to get on very
well with those things for q while.
and Mother Nature apparently cares
but little what they do.
perhaps she has no particular plans
Tor them and thinks it little use to
waste time in their training.
There are people, however, who
seem to be selected by Nature to do
things" The old Mother expects them
TO carry out some department of her
great work. A portion of these select
ed ones oft and again seek to stimu.
body) by some one or more of the
drugs hiskey, Tobacco, Cofree,
Tea. Morphine, etc.
You know all Of these throw down
the same class OF alkaloids in Cheml-
cal analysis. They stimulate and then
depress. They take from man or wom-
an the power to do his or her best
work.
After these people have drugged
for a time, they get hint, or mild
"whack" to remind them that they
have work to do, a mission to perform.
and should be about the business. but
are loafing along the wayside and be-
come untitled for the fame and for
tune that waits for them IL they but
stick to the course and keep the body |
clear of distractions SO it can carry |
out the behests of the mind.
Sickness is a call to come up high. |
or. These hints come in various
forms. 1t may be stomach trouble or
bowels heart, eyes, kidneys or general
nervous prostration. You may depend
upon 1t when 'wnack" comes it's a
warning to quit some abuse and do
the right and fair thing with the body.
Perhaps it is coffee drinking that
onends. That is one of the greatest
causes OF human disorder among
Now, then, IL Mother Nature is gen.
tie with you and only gives light, littls
whacks" at first to attract attention.
oont abuse her consideration, or she
Will soon hit you harder. sure.
And you may be sure she will hit
gou very, very hard if you Insist on
following the way you have been go
ng.
1t seems hard work to give up q
habit, and we try all sorts Of plans to
charge our i'll feelings to some other
cause than the real one.
Cofree drinkers when III will attri-
'ute the trouble to bad food, malaria.
'verwork and what not, but they keep
IN being sick and gradually getting
worse until they are finally forced to
uit entirely, even the only one Gun
day." Then they begin to get bet
er, and unless they have gone long
nough to set up some fixed organic
isease, they generally get entire.y
7ell.
1t is easy to quit coffee at once and
OF all, by having well made Postum.
nth Its rich, deep seal brown color
mich comes to the beautiful golden
rown when good cream Is added. and
ne crisp snap OF good, mild Java IL
mere II the Postum has been boiled
'ng enough to ring 1t out.
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