The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-25
'WHACKS"
And What They Mean.

When old Mother Nature gives you
a "whack," remember there's a rea-
son. so Try and say thank you" then
get about finding what you have done
10 demand the rebuke, and try and
Got back into line, for that's the happy
place after all.
Curious hUw many highly organized
people fail TO appreciate and heed the
ifs little, gentle "whacks' of the
good old Dame, but 80 right along
with the habit, whatever ii may be,
that causes her disapproyal Whisky
Tobacco. Coffee, Tea or other unnat-
ural treatment OF the body. until Sc
rlous 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 IL little use 10
waste time in their training.
There are people, however, who
seem 90 be selected by Nature TO do
things The old Mother expects them
10 carry out some department of her
great work. A portion OF these select
cd ones oft and again seek to stimulate
and then deaden the tool (the body
ty some one or more of the drugs
WHISKY Tobacco, Coffee, Tea, Nor
ph.ne etc.
You know all OF these throw down
the same class Of alkaloids in Chem
teal analysis They stimulate and then
depress. They take from man or
woman the power TO do his OF her best
work
After these people have drugged for
a time, key 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 loafing along the wayside and be-
come unified 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
err These hints come in various
forms. Ii may be stomach trouble or
bowels, heart, eyes. kidneys or gen.
oral nervous prostration. You may de-
pend upon il when "whack' comes
its a warning TO quit some abuse and
do the right and fair thing with the
body.
Perhaps It Is coffee drinking that
onends That is one of the greatest
causes of human disorder among
Americans.
Now. then. II Mother Nature is gen
lie with you and only gives ligh
little "whacks" at first TO attract at
tention, don't abuse her consideration
or she viii soon hit you harder, sure
And you may also be sure she vii
hit you very, very hard II you insis
on following the way you have beer
going
1t seems hard work to give up
habit, and we try all sorts of plan
TO charge our III feelings to some olhe
cause than the real one.
Coffee drinkers when i'll will attrio
ute the trouble to bad food, malaria
oyerwork and what not. but they kee
on being sick and gradually gettin
worse. until they are finally forced !
quit entirely, even the only on
cup day" Then they begin to 81
better. and unless they have gone lon
enough to set up some fixed organl
disease, they generally get entirel
well.
II is easy to quit coffee at once an
for all, by having well made Postum
with its rich, deep, seal brown COLI
which comes To the beautiful golde
brown when good cream is added, ar
the crisp snap of good, mild Java
there If the Postum has been boil'
long enough TO bring IL out.
II pays To- be we'll and happy y
good old Mother Nature then sends
her blessings of many and vario
kinds and helps us TO gain fame al
fortune.
Strip Oft the handicaps, leave Q
tho deadenlng habits, heed Moth
Natures hints, quit being loser a.
become a winner. she will help y
sure = you cut cut the things IN
keep YOU back.
there's reason and n profou
one.
Look in each package for copy
the famous little book, The Road
Melville"