Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-31


ence" at work on him. Some of his in
vestments lose, he becomes luxurious
and lazy. Perhaps it Is whiskey, to-
bacco, 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 level
ing influence set in she would dominate
the world perhaps for all time. But
Dame Nature sets her army Of "level-
ers" at work. Luxury, overeating and
drinking, licentiousness, waste and ex-
travagance, 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 lin CHILDHOOD,
gradual growth of strength, energy,
thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth,
comfort, ease, relaxation, self-indul-
gence, luxury, idleness, waste, de-
bauchery, disease, and the wreck fol
lows. The Jewellers" are in the bushes
along the pathway Of every successful
man and woman and they bag the ma
jority.
Only now and then can man stand
out against these Jewellers" and hold
his fortune, fame and health to the
end.
So the Creator has use for Whiskey,
Tobacco and Coffee to level down the
successful ones and those who show
1igns of being successful, ard keep
them back in the race, so that the
great ''field' (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 upright,
clothed in the armOr of a clean cut,
steady mind and say unto himself, Il
decline to exchange my birthright for
a mess of potage."
81 will not deaden my senses, weak
en- my grip on affairs and keep myself
cheap, common and behind in fortune
and fame by drugging with whiskey,
tobacco or coffee; life is too short. 1t
is hard enough to win the good things,
without any sort of handicap, so a
man is certain "fool trader" when
he trades strength, health, money, and
the good things that come with power,
for the half-asleep condition of the
"drugger" with the certainty Of sick
ness and disease ahead.
1t is a matter each individual must
decide for himself. He can be leader
and semi-god if he will, or he can &c
along through life drugged CLOWN. 8
cheap ''hewer Of wood or carrier OF
water
Certain it is that while the Great
Father of us all does not seem TO
mind if some Of his children are
foolish and stupid, He seems to select
others perhaps those He intends FOR
some special work. and allows them to
be threshed and castigated most fear
July ny IuGSG lONClCAO'
If a man tries flirting with these
Jewelers. awhile, and gets few slaps
as a hint, he had better take the hint
or a good solid blow will follow.
When a man tries to live upright,
clean, thrifty, sober, and undrugged.
manifesting as near as he knows what
the Creator intends he should, happl-
ness, health and peace seem to come to
him. Does it pay?
This article was written to set peo-
pie thinking, to rouse the "God within"
for every highly organized man and
woman has times when they feel
something calling from within for them
to press to the front and 'be about the
Fathers business" don't mistake it
the spark of the Infinite is there and
it pays in every way, health, happi'
ness. peace, and even worldly prosper
ity. to break off the habits and striT
clean for the work cut out for us.
It has been the business of thu
writer to provide a practical and easy
way for people to break away from
the coffee habit and be assured of re
turn to health and all of the gooc
things that brings, provided the abuse
has not gone too far, and even then the
cases where the body has been rebuilt
on a basis of strength and health run
into the thousands.
It is an easy and comfortable step to
stop coffee instantly by having we'll
made Postum Food Coffee served rich
and hot with good cream, for the col
or and favor is there, but none of the
caffeine or other nerve destroying ele-
ments Of ordinary coffee.
On the contrary, the most powerful
rebuilding elements furnished by Ma
ture are in Postum and they quickly
ret about repairing the damage Sci.
dom Is it more than 2 days after the
change is made before the old stomach
or bowel troubles or complaints OF
kidneys, heart, head or nerves show
unmistakable evidence of getting bet