The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-28
Jewelers.
The Mission Of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.

ueve.
If SO, He must have made these.
We know what He made food and
water for, and air and sunshine, but
Why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and
each performing its work.
There must be some great plan be-
hind 1t all; the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something Of that plan
and thereby to judge these articles
tor 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 stimulant narcot-
les are real blessings.
Right there is the ambush that cor
ceals a killing" enemy.
One can slip into the habit Of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough.
but to "untangle" is often a fearful
struggle.
1t seems plain that there are cir
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.
1t 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
hold enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily towards i'll health
in some form; if permitted to continue
to rule, they will not let up until phys
zeal and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell (and under
the spell" is correct) OF any one of
these drugs frequently assures himself
and his friends, why, | can leave off
any time l want to. l did quit for a
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 well as
Tobacco and Whisky daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady Entertainments of disease, how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug hat seems to smile
ord offor rnlinf for n fnu minutes and
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 a
little worse if he drinks and allows
the effect to wear off.
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 Gas he is quite sure to-,
breaks, not the habit, but his own res
olution. 1t is nearly always a 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 whisky. 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 I'M
til much of the dangerous work is
done.
1 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.
There is a law of Nature and Of
Natures Goo that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, a sturdy.
steady and dignifed advance toward
more perfect things in both the Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder
ous tread Of evolutionary development
is fixed by the Infinite and will not be
q%uickened out of natural law by any
of mans methods.
Therefore we see many illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops of corn for w or three years.
II she continued to do SO every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those Of other sections or
countries. So Nature interposes a bar
every three or four years and brings
on a 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 "leveling in1u-
ence" at work on him. Some OF his
investments lose, he becomes luxuri-
Gus and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky,
tobacco, 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 domi-
nate the world perhaps for all time.