Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-11-05
Jewelers.
The Mission Of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.

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why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and !
each performing it's work.
There must be some great plan be-
hind it all; the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something of that plan
and thereby to Judge these articles
for their true worth.
Let us not say bad" or good"
without taking testimony.
There are times and conditions
when it certainly seems to the casual
observer that these stlmulant mar
cotics are real blessings.
Right there IS the ambush that con-
ceals a killing enemy.
One can slip into the habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to "untangle" is often fearful
struggle
1t seems plain that there are ci--
! cumstances when the narcotic effect
| of these poisons is for the moment
beneficial. but the fearful argument
| against them is that seldom ever does
one find a steady user of either whis-
| ky, coffee or tobacco free from disease
| of some kind.
Certainly powerful elements In their
effect on the human race.
II is a matter of daily history, testi-
fed to by literally millions of people.
that Whisky. Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiling friends
on the start. but always false as hell
itself in the end. Once they get firm
mold enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily toward i'll health
in some form; If permitted to continue
to rule, they will not let up until phys
ical and mental ruin sets in.
man under that spell (and "un-
der the spell is correct) of any one
of these drugs frequently assures him
self and his friends, "Why, can lea-e
on any time want to. ! did quit for
week just to show could" 1t is a
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled through a
week, fighting every day to break the
spell, was finally whipped, and began
his slavery all over again.
The slave (Coffee slave as we'll as
. Tobacco and Whisky daily reviews his
4 condition, sees perfectly lplalp rh'
a ste3dy entertainments OF dpease, boy
, the nerves get weaker day by day ant
! demand the drug that seems to smile
J and offer relief for few minutes anc
then leave the diseased condition
palmer to view than ever and grow
ing worse, Many times the Coffee slave
realizes that he is between two fires
He feels bad if he leaves off and q
little worse if he drinks and allows
e the effect to wear off
@ So it goes on from day to day
d Every night the struggling victim
y promises himself that he will breal
the habit, and next day when he feels
little bad Gas he is quite sure to)
breaks, not the habit, but his own res
c. olution. 1t is nearly always a tough
y fight, with diseaster ahead sure if the
70 habit wins.
81 There have been hundreds of thou
ID sands of people driven to their grave!
ID through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and it is quite. certain
that more human misery Is caused
by coffee and tobacco than by whisky
TOR the two first are more widely used
IS and more hidden and insidious In The
Is effect on nerves. heart and other vita
er organs, and are thus unsupported un
le til much of the dangerous work n
done.
Now, Reader, what is your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has FOL
in these things. Take look at the ques
Of ton from this point Of view.
IS There is a law of Nature and 0
@. Natures God that things slowly evolv
I'd from lower planes to higher, sturdy
steady and dignfed advance towart
more perfect things in both the Phys
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder
la Gus tread of evolutionary develop
RI. ment is fixed by the Infinite and viii
or not be quickened out of natural lay
err by any of mans methods.
n. Therefore we see many illustration
showing how nature checks too rapi
advance. Illinois raises phenomena
crops of corn for two or three years
Ia. II she continued TO do so every yea
m her farmers would advance in wealt
nd far beyond those of other sections o
ma countries. SO Nature interposes
Il. bar every three or four years an
brings on a bad year"
Here we see the leveling infuenc
al work.
ol. A man is prosperous in his bushes
In. for number of years and grows ricl
ed Then Nature sets the "leveling Unfit
CO ence" at work on him Some of hi
ms investments lose, he becomes luxur
ous and lazy Perhaps it is whisky
tobacco coffee, women, gambling G
some other form. The intent and pu
ni. pose is to level him-keep him froI
,w evolving too far ahead of the masses