Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-10-29
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The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.

The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.
The Creator made all things, we be-
iieve.
Ii SO. He must have made these.
We know what He made food and
water for. and air and sunshine. but
Why Whisky. Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and
each performing its work.
There must be some great plan be-
hind it all: the thoughtful man seeks
20 understand something of that plan
and thereby to judge these articles
for their true worth.
Let US not say bad" or good"
without taking testimony.
There are times and conditions
when it certainly seems to the casual
observer that these stimulant mar
cotics are real blessings.
Right there IS the ambush that cGSl-
ceals a 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
beneficial. but the fearful argument
against them is that seldom ever does
one find a steady user of either whis-
ky. coffee or tobacco free from disease
of some kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
iS of 4oil foSfi-
fed to by literally millions of people,
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, 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 insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily toward i'll health
in some form; if permitted to continue
10 rule, they will not let up until phys
ical and mental ruin sets in
A man under that spell (and '-un-
der the spell" is correct) of any one
of these drugs frequently assures him
| self and his friends, why, / can leave
on any time | want to. | did quit for
a week just to show / could 1t is a
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled through a
week, fighting every day to break the
spell, was finally whipped, and began
! his slavery all over again.
The slave Coffee slave as we'll as
| Tobacco 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 a few minutes and
| then leave the diseased condition
| palmer to view than ever and grow
ing worse. Many times the Coffee slave
realizes that he is between two fires
He feels bad if he leaves off and {
little worse if he drinks and allows
the effect to wear off.
So it goes on from day to day
Every night the struggling victim
promises himself that he Will breal
the habit, and next day when he feel!
a little bad (as he is quite sure to)
breaks, not the habit, but his own res
olution. 1t is nearly always a tough
fight. with diseaster ahead sure if the
| habit wins.
| There have been hundreds of thou
sands of people driven to their grave
through disease brought on by coffe,
| drinking alone, and it is quite certain
that more human misery is causes
by coffee and tobacco than by whisky
for the two first are more widely used
and more hidden and insidious in tn
effect on nerves, heart and other vita
| organs, and are thus unsupported III
til much of the dangerous work /
| done
Now. Reader, what is your opinion
these things. Take a look at the ques
ton from this point of view
There is a law of Nature and o
| Natures God that things slowly evoiv
from lower planes to higher, sturdy
! steady and digniffed advance towar
more perfect things in both the Phys
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder
Gus tread of evolutionary develor
ment is fixed by the Infinite and vii
not be quickened out of natural lay
by any of mans methods.
Therefore we see many illustration
showing how nature checks too rapi
advance Illinois raises phenomena
crops of corn for two or three year:
If she continued to do SO every yea
her farmers would advance in wealt
far beyond those of other sections O
countries. So Nature interposes
bar every three or four years an
brings on bad year"
Here we see the leveling infuenc
at work.
a man is prosperous in hts bushes
for number of years ana grows ricl
Then Nature sets the "leveling Unfit
ence'' at work on him. Some Of hi
investments lose, he becomes luxur
Gus and lazy. Perhaps it is whisk!
tobacco, coffee, women, gambling c
some other form. The intent and pu
pose is to level him-keep him frol
evolving too far ahead of the masseI
nation becomes prosperous an
great like ancient Rome. If no leye
ing influence set in she would dom
nate the world perhaps for all tim
But Dame Nature sets her army
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