Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-03

We refer to this matter again because
70 is one Of much importance, aud be-
cause 10 receives convincing treatment
at the hands Of DR.. John Flavel Mines
In tho October number Of the Mr."
american ReHsiD. This gentleman
claims that dlpsomania Is disease a.
much rs chills and fever. He has sui
iofoI from both aud has been cured OF
both. lie knows ni what he speaks. He
claims that he was no more rssponhible
Tor the III Of dipsomanla than for the
chllll. The irresistible desire for In
toxicatlng drink which periodically
mastered him was beyond his VIII
power to overcome. Aud when people
asked him, "why do you driulG" he
answered az he would ifthey had asked
him, "why do you shaker" that h.
"Because ! cannot help IT,"
lie was cured Of the chills and fever
after twcnty years suffering aud the
Intellectual use Of quininc, by three
months treatment from a distinguished
homeopslh. lie knO VS. lac was cured,
for the disease has not returned for
twenty.throe years. For twenty year,
lac was n victim to tho disease Of drink.
lie could always resist the appetite
and the temptation TIL the drink
fever seized him; then he was utterly
unable 10 overcome Il. He went 10
Dwight, Illinois, aud placed himself
under the treatment OF DR.. Koeley, au
allopath, n physician Of thirty ycars'
practice. Hts experiences Is detailed In
the Repicio. II Is exceedingly interest
Ing. n gives hops for confirmed In.
ebrlatcs. IL Ia evidence thai there l.
redemption for those considered be.
yond cure or sympathy. one brief
extract will toll the gist Of his sioryi
"No one who has no, been similarly
cursed with the disease oi drink can
know the JOY Of the momont In which my
cure camo 10 mo ne q TACT. ! do not be-
Hove, know, that ! am cured, and am
satisfied a. 10 H. pormanoncy. dld not
doubt twenty years ago that was cured
Of tho chills aud fever I did not doubt,
when this last May came around with It's
blossoms ot spring, that my cure Was
permanent. aud that tho appetite for
drink was oradlcaied. do not undor.
stand tho processes, but I know tho
fact. said Mr.. GEORGE Work, Of this
city, who was one u my COM
panions a. Dwight, ~ tell my friends
that all know about II II that l
went TO Dwight, aud ihoro DR.. Kcclcy
cured mos" aud as he .ald thi. thought
unconsclou sly OF the blind man by tho
pool Of SLOAN, aud his reply TO tho
doub,ors who gathered around and tor
mentod him. 10 all u us who suffered
aud have been hoalol 1t il Ia resurrection.
AZ passed along tho stress year ago
aud was greeted BY my friends, know
that they looked upon mo as u slave Ia
habit. Thoy know how we'll I had
fought, but they had no belief la my
healthy Nigh, appear at the time, they
looked on me as doomed. I iclt II and
could SEQ the pity In their eyes. I always
moved among them ~ tho gladiator Of
old Rome who, with the blue sky Of
Italia over his hoad. Cesar before his face,
and shouting multitude surrounding
him, knew that whatever temporary TIL
umphs he might win, tho white sands At
| his foot would one day drink his blood.
Always, a, Walked among my fellows,
the word. Of doom came 10 my lips.
'Morituri u zaluiamu-. Today | meet
my follow man with opon gaze, knowing
that I have conquered tho black lion OF
tho desert; aud my sense u Freedom aud
happlnnss no man can paint"
DR.. Mines Ia known to literature b.
his nom do plume Of "Felix Oldboy.'
His testimony IN worth volumes o
theoryand libraries OF skeptlcal ob)ec
lions. Ho names n number Of promi'
nent gentlcmen-soldiora, stateamen
lawyers, etc, who were his companion
at Dwight AMI who corrOborate hi
statements. We publish this for IN
Information OF those who have N
metcy fot inebriates, aud for III
encouragement OF unfortunate slaves I
the liquor habit, that they may know
there Is Tor them, rs for others simi
larly diseased, apractical means aud
bright prospect OF joyful liberty,