The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-28
Jewelers.
The Mission Of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.


lleye.
II So He must have made these.
We know what lie made food and
water for, and air and sunshine, but why
Whiskey, Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and each
performing its work.
There must be some great plan behind
it ALL the thoughtful man seeks TO un-
derstand something Of that plan and
thereby to judge these articles for their
true worth.
Let US not say bad or good" with
out taking testimony.
There are times and conditions when
IL certainly seems TO the casual observer
that these stimulant narcotics are real
blessings
Right there Is the ambush that con
ceals killing" enemy
One can slip into the habit OF either
whiskey, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but TO ''untangle" is often fearful
struggle
II seems plain that there are circum-
stances when the narcotic effect Of these
poisons Is for the moment beneficial. but
that seldom. ever does one find a steady
user oil either whiskey, coffee or tobacco
free from disease OF some kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
II is matter Of daily history testified
TO by literally millions OF people that
Whisky Tobacco and Coffee are smp
ing promising, beguiling friends on the
start but always false as hell itself in
the end Once they get firm hold enough
to show their strength they insist upon
governing and drive the victim steadily
towards III health in some form; II per-
mitted to continue TO rule. they will not
let up until physical and mental ruin
sets in.
A man under that spell (and under
the spell' is correctly Of any one Of these
drugs frequently assures himself and
his friends: why. can leave off any
time want to. ! did quit for a week
Just 70 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 To-
bacco and Whiskey) daily reviews his
j. condition. sees perfectly plain the steady
: Entertainments of disease, how the
nerves get weske r day by day and de-
{. mand the drug that seems TO smile and
offer relief for a few minutes and then
leave the diseased condition palmer 70
x view than ever and growing worse
n Many times the Coffee slave realizes that
p he is between two fires lie feels bad
n II he leaves on and little worse II he
drinks and allows the effect to wear of
. So it goes on from day to day Every
q night the struggling victim promises
. himself that he Will break the habit and
next day when he feels little bad (as
n he is quite sure to) breaks. not the habit.
: but his own resolution. IL Is nearly al
h ways a tough fight. with disaster ahead
r sure II the habit wins
\ There have been hund reds of thou
= sands Of people driven TO their graves
: through disease brought on by coffee
\ drinking alone, and it is quite certain
4 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
t, on nerves. heart and other vital organs.
and are thus unsuspected 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 a look at the question
from this point of view.
u a -
lures God that things slowly evolve
! from lower planes to higher, a sturdy
2 steady and dignified advance toward
S more perfect things in both the Phys
+ ical and Spiritual world. The ponderous
d tread Of evolutionary development is
fixed by the Infinite and will not be
= quickened out of natural law by any OF
Il mans methods.
q Therefore we see many illustrations
? showing how nature checks too rapid ad-
: vance Illinois raises phenomenal crops
n Of corn for two or three years. II she
Z continued TO do SO every year her farm
IS ers would advance in wealth far hey
those OF other sections or countries. Sc
. Nature interposes bar every three oil
II four years and brings on bad year.
J. Here we see the leyeling influence al
: work
q A man Is pros porous in his business
"a for a number Of years and grows rich
4 Then Nature sets the ''leveling inhu
ence" at work on him. Some of his in
q yestments lose, he becomes Luxurious
and lazy Perhaps II is whiskey, to
= bacco. coffee, women, gambling, or sons
other form. The intent and purpose Il
to level him. Keep him from evolving
too far ahead of the masses.
nation becomes prosperous am
. great like ancient Rome. lfn levelinl
influence set in she would dominate tn
world perhaps for all time But Dam
e Nature sets her army OF Jewellers a
= work Luxury. over-eating and drink
y ing. RIGHTEOUSNESS, waste and extrav
I, agance, indugences OF all kinds, thei
= comes the wreck. Sure. sure. sure.
- 1-ba INV nf the unit is the law of tn