Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-10-27
Jewelers..
The Mission of Whiskey, Tobacco
and Coffee.


The Mission of Whiskey, Tobacco
and Coffee.
The Creator made all things, we be-
heve.
If so, he must have made these.
We know what he made food and
water for, and air and sunshine, but
why Whiskey, 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
to understand something of that plan
and thereby to judge these articles for
their true worth.
Let us not say bad" or good" with
out taking testimony.
There are times and conditions
when it certainly seems 20 the casual
observer that these stimulant narcot-
les are real blessings.
Right there is the ambush that con-
ceals Killing enemy.
One can slip into the habit of either
whiskey, 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-
key, coffee or tobacco free from dis
ease of some kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
1t is a matter of daily history tes-
titled to by literally millions of peo-
pie that Whiskey, 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 towards
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 correcD, of any one of
these drugs, frequently assures him
self and his friends, why, can leave
Oh any IlLQ6 L WdHI ". ulu QulI LII
a week just to show l 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 well as
Tobacco and Whiskey) 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 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 break the habit
and next day when he feels a little
bad (as 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
through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and it is quite certain
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whiskey,
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 look at the ques-
ton 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 dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both the Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder
GUS tread of evolutionary develop
ment is fixed by the 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 she continued to do so every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature interposes a bar
every three or four years and brings
on bad year."
Here we see the leveling influence
at work.
A man is prosperous in his business
for number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the "leveling in
fluence" at work on him. Some of his
investments lose, he becomes luxu-
rious and lazy. Perhaps it is whiskey,
tobacco, coffee, women, gambling, or
some other form. The intent and pur-
pose is to level him. Keep him from
evolving too far ahead of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Rome. If no level
ing influence sets in she would domi-
nate the world perhaps for all time.
But Dame Nature sets her army of
1SNclSlS at mOih over
eating and drinking, RIGHTEOUSNESS,
waste and extravaganza indulgences
of all kinds, then comes the wreck.
Sure, Sure, Sure.
The law of the unit is the law of the
mass. Man goes through the same
process. Weakness Tin childhood),
gradual growth of strength, energy,
thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth, COM
fort, ease, relaxation, self-indulgence,
luxury, idleness, waste, debauchery,
disease, and the wreck follows. The
Jewellers" are in the bushes along
the pathway Of every successful man
and woman and they bag the major
ity.
Only now and then can a man stand
OUT against these Jewellers" and hold