St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

of the slave when one gets to that stage
He wiggled through q week f1ghtin,
every day to break the spell, was finall,
whipped and began his slavery all owe
again.
The slave Coffee slave as we'll as To
bacco and Whiskey) daily reviews hi
condition, sees perfectly plain the stead,
encroachments of disease, how tn,
nerves get weaker day by day and de-
mand the drug that seems to smile ant
offer relief for few minutes and Their
leave the diseased condition palmer te
view than ever and growing worse
Many times the Coffee slave realizes that
he is between two fires. He feels bad
if he leaves OF and little worse If he
drinks and allows the effect to wear of
So it goes on from day to day. Every
night the struggling victim promises
himself that he will break the habit and
next day when he feels a little bad (as
he is quite sure toy breaks, not the habit,
but his own resolution. 1t is nearly al
ways q tough fight, with disaster ahead
sure If the habit wins.
There have been hundreds of thou
sands of people driven to their graves
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 whiskey, for
the two first are more widely used, and
more hidden and insidious in the effect
on nerves, heart and other vital organs,
and are thus unsupported until much of
the dangerous work is done.
Now, Reader, what is your opinion as
to the real use the Creator has for these
things? Take q look at the question
from this point of view.
There is law of Nature and of Ma
lures God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, sturdy,
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both the Phys
ical and Spiritual world. The ponderous
tread of evolutionary development is
fixed by the Infinite and will not be
Quickened out of natural law by any Of
mans methods.
Therefore we see many illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid adj
vance. Illinois raises phenomenal crops
Of corn for two or three years. II she
continued to do so every year her farm
ers would advance 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 business
for a number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the 'leve1ing infiu-
ence" at work on him. Some Of his in
vestments lose, he becomes luxurious
and lazy. Perhaps it is whiskey, to-
bacco, cofiae, women, gambling, or some
other form. The intent and purpose is
to level him. Keep him from evolving
too far ahead of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Rome. II no leveling
influence set in she would dominate the
world perhaps for all time. But Dame
Nature sets her army of Jewellers" at
work. Luxury, over-eating and drink
ing, RIGHTEOUSNESS, waste and extrav-
agance, 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 proc
ess. Weakness Tin childhood), grad
ual growth Of strength. energy, thrift,
probity, prosperity, wealth, comfort,
ease, relaxation, self-indulgence, lux
ury, idleness, waste, debauchery, dis
ease, and the wreck follows. The .1ev-
elers" are in the bushes along the path
way of every successful man and woman
and they bag the majority.
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
signs of being successful, and keep them
back in the race, so that the great field"
(the masses) may not be left too far be-
hind.
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 clean cut steady mind and
ray unto himself, II decline to ex-
change my birthright for mess of
potage."
Il will not deaden my senses, weaken
my grip on affairs and keep myself
cheap, common and behind in fortune
md fame b. lsu9Sing with whisky,