The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-27
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| NV "'ss'V" " WUsUNy, TOBACCO an0
| Coffee.
| Tho Creator made all things. we be.
lieve.
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 1t all: the thoughtful man seeks
10 understand something Of that plan
and thereby 70 Judge these articles
for their true worth.
Let US not say bad" or good"
without taking testimony.
There arc times and conditions
when It certainly seems to the casual
observer that these stimuiant narcot.
les are real blessings.
Right there Is the ambush that con.
ceals killing" enemy.
One can slip into the habit OF either
whisky. tobacco or coffee easy enough.
but to "untangIe" is often q fearful
struggle.
II seems plain that there are cir.
cumstances when the narcotic effect
OF these pOisons Is for tho moment
beneficial. but tho fearful argument
against them Is that seldom ever does
ono find q steady user Of either whis.
ky cOffee or tobacco free from disease
VI some kind
Certainly powerful elements In their
eject on the human race.
It Is matter of daily history. testI.
Ted to by literally millions of people.
that Whisky. Tobacco aud Coffee are
smiling. promising, beguilinR friends
on the start. hut always false AZ hell
Itself In tho end. Once they Ret Hrm
hold enough to show their strength.
they insist upon governing aud drive
the victim steadily towards III health
IN sone form: II permitted 10 continue
to rule. they will not let up until phys.
ical and mental ruin sets In.
A man under that spell land under
the spell" Is COirect) Ut uny ono OF
these drugs frequently assures himself
and hts friends. why. I can leave on
any time want to. did quit for a
y u
sure mark Of tho slave when one gets
to that stage. Ho wiggied through a
week. fighting every day To break the
spell. was finally whipped. and began
bis slavery all over again.
The slave Coffee slave as we'll as
Tobacco aud Whisky daily reviews his
condition. sees perfectly plain tho
steady encr0achmenis Of disease. how
the nerves get weaker day by day aud
demand the drug that seems tO smilo
and offer relief for n few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
palmer 10 view than ever and grow.
Ing worse Many times the Coffee slave
realizes that he Is between two fires.
He feels bad II he leaves on and q
little worse II he drinks and allows
the effect 10 wear on.
So II goes on from day to day.
Every night the struggling victim
promises himself that he will break
tho habit and next day when he feels
q little bad (as he Is quite sure to).
breaks. not the habit. but his own res.
olution. 1t Is nearly always tough
fight. with disaster ahead sure II 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 1t Is quite certain
that more human misery Is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky, 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 un.