Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-01
"WAACkS"
And What They Mean.

| Wnen Ola MOtner Nature gives you
"whack" remember there's a rea.
son." so try and say thank you,"
then set about finding what you have
done to 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
drst little, gentle "whacks" Of the
good old Dame, but go right along
with the habit whatever 1t 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 while,
and Mother Nature apparently cares
but little what they do.
Perhaps she has no particular plans
for them and thinks 1t little use to
waste time in their training
There are people, however, who
seem to be selected by Nature to do
Ihings." The old Mother expects them
% carry out some department of her
reat work. A portion of these select
ID ones oft and again seek to stimu.
late and then deaden the tool (the
body by some one or more of the
drugs-Whiskey, Tobacco, Coffee.
Tea, Morphine, etc.
You know all of these throw down
the same class Of alkaloids in Chemi.
cal analysis. They stimulate and then
depress. They take from man or wom-
an the power to do his or her best
york.
After these people have drugged
lor q time, they get hint, or mild
'whack" to remind them that they
have work to do, mission to perform,
and should be about the business, but
are loaf1ng 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.
err" 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 "whack" comes it's q
warning to quit some abuse and do
the right and fair thing with the body.
Perhaps 1t Is coffee drinking that
ofends. That is one of the greatest
causes Of human disorder among
Americans.
Now. then, II Mother Nature is gem
Ito with you and only gives light, little
"whacks" at first to attract attention,
don't abuse her consideration. or she
will soon hit you harder, sure.
And you may be sure she will hit
you very, very hard II you insist ON
foll~~ing the way you have been go
ing.
1t seems hard work to give up o
habit, and we try all sorts of plans to
charge our i'll feelings to some other
cause than the real one
Coffee drinkers when Ill will attri.
butte the trouble to bad food, malaria,
overwork and what not, but they keep
on being sick and gradually getting
worse until they are finally forced to
quit entirely, even the only one cup
day." Then they begin to get bet
ter, and unless they have gone long
enough to set up some fixed organic
disease, they generally get entirely
we'll.
1t is easy to quit coffee at once and
for all, by having we'll made Postum,
with Its rich, deep seal brown color
which comes to the beautiful golden
brown when good cream is added, and
the crisp snap Of good, mild Java 10
there If the Postum has been boiled
long enough to Uring 1t out.
1t pays to be we'll and happy for
good old Mother Nature then sends
us her blessings of many and various
kinds and helps us to gaia fame and
fortune.
Strip OF the handicaps, leave out
the deadening habits, heed Mother
Natures hints, quit being a loser and
become winner. She will help you
sure II you cut out the things that
keep you back.
There's = reaIIon" and q profound
one.
Look In zach package for q copy o1
the famous LITTLE bosk. "Ths Road n