The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-11-24
-wHAcks"
And What They Mean.

When Old Mother Nature gives you
a ~Whack" remember there's a rea-
son" 50 try and say thank you.
then set about finding what you have
done 10 demand the rebuke, and Try
and get back into line. tor that's the
happy place after all.
Curious how many highly organized
people fail 10 appreciate and heed the
first little. gentle ~whacks" Of the
good old Dame. but go right along
with the habit whatever II may be,
that causes her disapproval. whiskey.
Tobacco. Coffee. Tea or other unnst-
ural treatment OF the body. until seri-
ous illness sets IN or some chronic
disease.
Some people seem to get on very
well with those things for a while,
and Mother Nature apparently cares
but little what they DO.
Perhaps she has no particular plans
for them and thinks il little use TO
waste time In their training.
There are people. however. who
seem 10 be selected by Nature to do
things The old Mother expects them
20 carry out some department Of her
great work a portion OF these select
ed ones oft and again seek o stimu.
late and then deaden the tool che
BODY by some y or more OF the
dugs-whiskey. Tobacco. Coffee,
Tea. Morphine. etc.
You know all Of these throw down
the same class OF alkAloids In Chcmi.
cal analysis. They stimulate and then
depress. They take from mar or Wom-
an the power 10 do his OF her best
work.
After these people have druggcd
for q time. they get a hint. or mild
whAck" 20 remind them that they
have work 90 do. a mission TO perform.
and should be about the business. but
are loahng along the wayside and be-
come untitled for the fame and for
tune that waits for them u they but
stick TO the course and keep the body
clear 90 distractions 30 Il a carry
out the bchcsts OF the mind.
Sickness Is a call 10 come mp high.
er." These hints rome Ia various
forms. IL may be stomach trouble or
bowels. heart, eyes. kidneys OF general
nervous prostrauoh You may depend
upon Il when a "whack" comes it's q
warning 60 quit some abuse and do
the right and fair thing With the body.
Perhaps u Is coffee drinking that
onends That IL one % the greatest
causes OF human disorder among
Americans.
Now. then, II Mother Nature Is Gen.
tie with you and only gives light, little
~whacks" at nrsl TO attract Alteration,
don't abuse her consideration. or she
viii soon hit you harder. sure.
And you may be sure she viii hit
you very. very hard u you insist on
following the way you have been 30
ing.
Il seems hard work 60 give up =
habit. and wo Try all sorts Of plans 70
charge our IN feelings TO ONE other
cause than the real one.
Coffee drinkers when ~ viii attri'
butte the trouble 90 bad food. malaria,
oyerwork and what not. but they keep
on being sick and gradually getting
worse until they arr nnally forced "a
cult entirely, even the only one Gus
a day Then they beEin TO set bet.
ter. and unless they have gone lonE
enough q sci ? some hKea organic
disease. they generally get entiresy
well.
II IL easy 10 cult eonce at once and
for All. by having veil made Postum.
with It's rich. deep seal brown color
which comes 20 the beautiful golden
brown when good cream IA added. and
the crisp snap OF good. mild Java ID
there II the Postum has been boiled
long enough 20 ring Il out
II pays TO be well and happy FOR
good old Mother Nature then sends
as her blessings Of many and various
kinds and helps US 70 gain fame aud
fortune.
Strip on the handicspS. leave oul
the deadening habits. heed Mother
Natures hints, quit being a loser and
become a winner. She viii help you
Eure Il you cut out the things thai
keep you back.
There's = reason" and a profOunS
enc.
Look IN each package for q copy q
the famous little book. The Road 4
WellvlilA"