The Holly chieftain., 1904-11-25
"WHACkS"
And What They Mean.

When Old Mother Nature gives you
"Whack" remember there's a rea-
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 unna.-
ural treatment of the body, until seri-
Gus 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 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 deaden the tool (the
body by some one or more of the
Whiskey, Tobacco. Coffee.
Tea. Morphine, etc.
You know all of these throw down
the same class of alkaloids in Chemi-
cal 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
for, time, they get hint, or mid
"whaCk' TO retlrr" .r.,-,. .bat thew
have work to do, a mission to perform.
and should be about the business, but
are loating along the wayside and be-
come untitled for the fame and for
tune that waits for them If they but
stick to the course and keep the body
clear OF distractions so it can carry
out the behests of the mind.
Sickness is a call to come up high
er" 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 "whack" comes it's q
| warning to quit some abuse and do
/ the right and fair thing with the body.
| Perhaps it is coffee drinking that
offends. That Is one of the greatest
causes of human disorder among
| Americans.
| Now, then, II Mother Nature is gen
tie with you and only gives light little
] hor 20 ot rot tn
don't abuse her consideration. or she
will soon hit you harder. suFA
| And you may be sure she will hit
you very very hard II you insist on
following the way you have been go
ing.
1t seems hard work to give up
habit, and we try all sorts of plans to
charge our ill feelings to some other
cause than the real one.
Coffee drinkers when Ill will attri-
butte 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 one cup
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 entire.y
well
1t Is easy to quit coffee at once and
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, and
the crisp snap of good mild Java Is
there if the Postum has been boiled
] long enough to ring it out.
1t pays to be well and happy for
good old Mother Nature then Eends
us her blessings of many and various
/ kinds and helps us to gain fame ard
/ fortune.
Strip off the handicaps. leave out
| the deadenng habits. heed Mother
Natures hints, quit being loser and
] become winner. She will help you
/ sure If you cut out the things that
| keep you back.
There's a reason" and profound
one
Look In each package for a copy Of
! the famous little book. The Road to
Weliville."