The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-24
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And What They Mean

When Old Mother Nature gives 70,
a "whack" remember there's a ron.
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
first little, gentle "whacks'' Of the good
old Dame, but go right along with the
habit, whatever it may be, that causes
her disapproval. Whiskey. Tobacco,
Coffee, Tea or other unnatural treat
ment of the body, until serious illness
sets in or some chronic disease.
Some people seem TO get on very
well with those things for u while. and
Mother Nature apparently cares but
little what they do.
Perhaps she has no particular plans
for them and thinks it little use to
waste time in their training.
There are people, however, who seem
to be selected by Nature to do
things The old Mother expects them
to carry out some department of her
great work. A portion of these select,
ed ones oft and again seek to stimu.
late and then deadcn the tool (the
body by some one or more OF the
drugs-Whiskey, Tobacco. Coffee, Tea,
Morphine, etc.
You know all of these throw dow
the same class of alkaloids in cbemi.
ca! analysis. They stimulate and then
depress. They take from man or wom-
an the power TO do his or her best
work.
After these people have drugged fot
a time they get a hint or mild 'whack'
to remind them that they have work
to do, a mission to perform, and should
be about the business, but are loahns
along the wayside and become unified
for the fame and fortune that waits
for them if they but stick to the course
and keep the body clear of obstruc-
tons 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 it when a "whack" it's a
warning to quit some abuse and Go the
right and fair thing with the body.
Perhaps it is coffee drinking that
ofends. That is one of the greatest
causes of human disorder among
Americans.
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 also be sure she Will
hit you very, very hard if you insist
On following the way you have been
doing.
1t seems hard work to give up s
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 iii will attrlb-
ute 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 n cup
a 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
well.
1t is easy to quit coffee at once y
for all, by having well made Postum.
with its rich, deep, seal-brown color
which comes TO the beautiful golden
brown when good cream is added, z
the crisp snap Of goo mild lara ias
there AZ the posfum has been boiled
long enough To bring II eat
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