The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-04
JEWELLERS.
The Mission of WhisISey, Tobacco and
 Coffee.

The Creator made all things, We De- lieye. ..
 If so, He must have made these.
 We know what he made food and wa ter for, and air and sunshine, but why Wniskey, 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" with out taking testimony.
 There are times and conditions when 1t certainly seems to the casual observ- CT 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 wfl;skey, tobacco or coffee easy enough, but to untangle is often fearful strug- gle.
 It seems plain that there are circum- stances when the narcotic effect of these poisons is for the moment benefi- cial, but the fearful argument against them is that seldom ever does one find steady User of either whiskey, coffee or tobacco free from diseases of some kind
 Certainly powerful clements in their effect on the human race.
 It is d matter of daily history. testi- fed to " literally millions of people, that Whiskey, Tobacco and Coffee are smiling, promising, beguiling friends on the start, but always false as hell it. self in the end Once they get firm hold to show their strength, they in sist upon governing and drive the vic tim steadily towards i'll health in some form; if permitted 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 correct), of any of these drugs, frequently assures himself and his friends, Why, I can leave off any time I want to. I did quit for week just to show I could" It 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 in ally whipped and began his slavery all over again.
 The slave Coffee slave as well as Tobacco and Whiskey) daily reviews his condition, sees perfectly plain the steady encroachments of disease, how the nerves get weaker day by day, demand the drug that seems to smile and offer relief for few minutes, and then have the diseased condition palmer to view than ever and growing 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 little bad (as he is quite sure to) breaks, not the habit. but his own resolution. It IS nearly always a tough fight, with disas- ter ahead sure if the habit wins.
 There have been hundreds of thou sands of people driven to their graves by disease brought on by coffee drink ing alone, and 1t is quite certain that more human misery is caused by coffee and tobacco than by whiskey, for the first two are more widely used, and more hidden and insidious in the effect on nerves, heart and other vital or gans, 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 fol these things? Take look at the ques- tion from this point of view.
 There is a law of Nature and of Ma. ture's God that things slowly evolve from lower planes to a higher a sturdy steady and dignified advance toward more perfect things in both the Physica and Spiritual world. The ponderouS tread of evolutionary development iE fixed by the Infinite and will not bt quickened out of natural law by any o mans methods.
 Therefore we see many illustrations showing how nature checks too rapie advance. Illinois raises phenomina crops of corn for two or three years. Il she continued to do so every year hel farmers would advance in wealth fal beyond those of other sections or coun tries. So nature interposes a bar ev. cry three or four years and brings or "bad year"
 Here we see the leveling influence al work.
 A man is prosperous in his bushes: for number of years and grows rich Then Nature sets the '.levelling infiu ence, at work on him. Some of his in vestments lose, he becomes luxurious and lazy. Perhaps it is whiskey, tobac co, coffee, women, gambling, or som, other form. The intent and purpose il to level him. Keep him from evolving too far ahead of the masses.
 A nation becomes prosperous ant great like ancient Rome. If no levelinG influence sets in she would dominat' the world perhaps for all time. Bu dame Nature sets her army of "level CTS" at work Luxury, overeatfng ant drinking, licentiousness, waste and ex travagance of all kinds, then comes th' wreck Sure, Sure, Sure. .4.
 The law of the unit is the law of tn mass Man goes through the sam process. Weakness Gin childhood gradual growth of strength, energy thrift, probity prosperity, wealth, com fort. ease, relaxation, self-indulgence luxury, idleness, waste, debauchery disease, and the wreck follows. Tn .levelers'' are in the bushes along tn