Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-05
Jewelers.
The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.

Coffee.
The Creator made all things we be-
lieve.
If so, he must have made these.
We know what ne made food and
water for, and air and sunshine, put
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee!
They are here sure enough ana each
performing it's work.
There must be some great plan ne
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 dad" or good" with
out taking testimony.
There are times and conditions when
it certainly seems to the casual obser-
YER 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
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to "untangle" is often fearful
struggle.
1t seems plain that there are cir
cumstances when the narcotic effect of
these poisons is for the moment bene-
fetal, but the fearful argument against
them is that seldom ever does one find
a steady user of either whisky, coffee
or tobacco, free from disease of some
kind.
Certainly powerful elements In their
effect on the human race.
1t is matter of daily history testified
to by literally millions of people. that
whisky, tobacco and coffee are smil-
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 in
sist upon governing and drive the VIC
tim steadily toward 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 one of
these drugs, frequently assures him.
self and his friends, why, I can leave
off any time want to. did quit for a
week just to show I could" 1t is a
sure mark Of the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled thru week
fighting every day to break the spell,
was finally whipped and began his slav-
cry all over again.
The slave Coffee slave as well as To-
bacco and Whisky daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady encroachments of disease. how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for few minutes and
then leave 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 il he leaves off and a little
worse if he drinks and allows the eff
feet 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 resolution.
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
thru disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and 1t 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 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.
There is a law of nature and of
natures God, that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, sturdy,
steady and dignifled advance toward
more perfect things in both the ply
steal and spiritual world. The ponder
Gus tread of evolutionary development
is fixed by he Infinite and will not be
quickened 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 two or three years. If