River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-11-24
''WHACKS"
And What They Mean.

When Old Mother Nature gives you
a "whack," remember there's Tea-
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 disapproyal. Whisky,
Tobacco, Coffee, Tea or other unnat-
ural treatment of the body, until Sc
rious illness sets in or some chronic
disease.
Some people seem to get on very
well with those things for awhile, 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 stimulate
and then deaden the tool (the body
by some one or more of the drugs
Whisky, Tobacco, Coffee, Tea, Nor
phine, etc.
You know all of these throw down
the same class of alkalOids in Chem
ical analysis. They stimulate and then
depress. They take from man or
woman the power to do his or her best
work.
After these people have drugged for
a time, they get hint, or mild
"whack," to remind them that they
have work to do, mission to perform,
and should be about the business, but
are loafng 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 gen.
eral nervous prostration. You may de-
pend upon it when a "whack" comes
it's 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, If Mother Nature is gen.
tie with you and only gives light
little ''whacks' at first to attract at
tention, 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
going.
1t seems hard work to give up a
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 i'll will attrib-
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 one
cup a day." Then they begin to get
better, and unless they have gone long
enough to set up some fixed organic
disease, they generally get entirely
we'll.
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 bring it out.
1t pays to be well and happy fol-
good old Mother Nature then sends us
her blessings of many and various
kinds and helps US to gain fame and
fortune.
Strip off the handicaps, leave out
the deadening habits. heed Mother
Natures hints, quit being loser and
become a winner. She will help you
sure if you cut out the things thai
keep you back.
There's a reason" and a profound
one.
Look in each package for copy OF
the famous little book, 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE"