Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-11-24
'WHAcKS"
And What They Mean.

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q "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. Whisky.
Tobacco. Coffee, Tea or other unnat-
ursl treatment of the body, until Sc
ribus illness sets in or some chronic
disease.
Some people seem to get on very
we'll 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 1t 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
q 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 loafng along the wayside and be-
come untitled for the fame and for
tune that waits for them II they but
stick to the course and keep the body
clear Of distractions SO it a carry
out the behests of the mind.
Sickness is a call to come up high
or" These hints come in various
forms. 1t may be stomach trouble OF
bowels, heart, eyes. kidneys or gen.
eral nervous prostration. You may de-
pend upon it when a "whack" comes
it's a warning to quit some abuse and
do the right and fair thing with the
body.
Perhaps it is coffee drinking that
| offends. That is n 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 insis
on following the way you have beer
going.
1t seems hard work to give up I
habit, and we try all sorts Of PLAN
to charge our Ill feelings to some othel
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 keel
on being sick and gradually getting
worse, until they are finally forced t.
quit entirely, even the "only ons
cup a day" Then they begin to &c
better, and unless they have gone lonf
enough to set up some fixed organic
disease, they generally get entirely
well.
1t is easy to quit coffee at once ant
for all, by having well made Postum
with its rich. deep. seal brown colol
which comes to the beautiful COLDER
brown when good cream is added, ant
the crisp snap Of good. mild Java Il
there II the Postum has been boilet
long enough to bring 1t out
1t pays to be we'll and happy fol
good old Mother Nature then sends III
aer blessings of many and variouI
kinds and helps us to gain fame ant
fortune.
Strip on the handicaps. leave on
the deadening habits. heed Mothel
Natures hints, quit being q loser AMI
become q winner. She will help 20,
sure II you cut out the things tina
keep you back.
There's q reason" and q profouns
one.
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