Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-14
DESERVES FAIR PLAY
SOME SUMNER MUSINGS AND THEIR
PRACTICAL RESULTS.
Tho Logic OF Liqnor-Drinkins-r strug
giss OF the Ensnarcd-The Kelley
Remedies-Ths Tcstimosy.

NEWPORT News. Va. August Is. Ike
clin:ng to-day on tho pretty lawn over
looking that noble sheet 1t water Hamp-
ton Roads, aud within tho grounds OF
Point Breeze, which has recently been
dedicated 10 the beneficent purpose OK
ministering to the ailments OF the victim OF
strong drink and Of opium, We were i'm
pressed az we have rarely been with the
vast and far-reaching importance OF the
discovery Of DIR. Kelley and of its potent
effects In not only restoring men TO
normal conditions Of physical health
OF mind and body, but in the
enhanced happiness il. was bringing
to their families and friends and
opening 20 themselves avenues Oh useful
ness and peace of mind to which they had,
perchance. long been strangers. The mind.
while indulging in these reflections, was
naturally led into specializing on the prac-
tice of using intoxicauts and their lneyita-
BILE consequences on the ease with when
the habit that leads 10 the disease OF
drum kenness IL acquired. and the painful
seouel that inevitably follows it. no matter
by what means, or through what agency. or
from what cause the liquor habit has been
contracted.
The logic OF Gquor-drinking ultimately
leads to the same results in every Casa
diseased mind and body, the weakening
Of the will force and mental powers, the
arrangement of nerve vitality and oil the
delicate and intricate machinery OF the
human system. OF what value then arc
our ten thousand private resolves to quit
We make them in humility and cont-ition,
but when the demand for drink comes
they disappear like the morning. mist. in
all sincerity we pledge friends better HE
and inspire them with new hope. but when
the hour OF trial comes we falter and fall.
How often this rs repeated IN the life OF
every victim. WhyY Because of his dis
eased condition. The system, racked aud
tormented with the whiskey or opium dis
ease. calls az necessarily and Enthusiastically
for stimulants as the fever patient for a
draught of cooling water; and so per
slstent is the demand and SO weak are the
vital forces of the mind aud body that the
tyrant wins another easy victory. The
victim, when he commenced, never
dreamed of such an end, but nevertheless
such IS the universal result.
The question naturally arises: Can
this diseased condition be cured2 Ara
there remedies that can stay its inroads.
overcome its Tayeges, repair the
damage, and fortify the system against
further assaults? Remedies are daily
being discovered for other diseases
that aflict the race, and why. there
fore, should II be thought q strange
or incredible thing that a remedy for this,
the most terrible of all diseases because
Of the multiplicity of its victims, should
be found in this wonderful age of thought
and scientific research and discovery :
Rather is 1t not strange that its coming.
iraught with such inestimable blessings
Las tarrled so long on the way3 But have
we the remedy nowI The answer ~
positive and emphatic yes " We
speak that we do know, and testify that
we have SEEN" The writer has expert
enced the euro and knows personally OF
scores of others. There can be no doubt
OF il. There is no possible chance tor
mistake or deception. The evidence OF
cure is as tangible as in the cure OF any
other disease. The patient not only feels
1t in every fibre of HIS being, the
strength of his body, the vigor OF
his mind, the stateliness of his step,
the newborn aspirations and ouoYancy
of heart, but the wonderful transforma-
ton is observable in all who know him.
They behold it IN the brllliancy OF the eye.
the steadlness of his nerves, the ruddiness
Of bis countenance, the correctness OF his
speech, and the mauliness OF his whole
department So marked is the change
that IL is talked about and commented
upon and rejoiced in by his neighbors and
trends. Can all these witnesses be mis-
taken? Are these evidences delusive
No! You might as well tell the bind man
whose sight has been restored tthat he
was a dupe and only deceived.
There are many people, however, who
ara sadly III need OF a remedy for the dire
disease of drunkenness who permit them
sell yes to be restrained from accepting the
only remedy known for its eradication by
the filings Of a class of physicians afflicted
with a superabupdance of professional
etiquette and fancity of progressive
ideas, leaving their selfish considerations
out of the question. Even should Dr.
kecley be a quack, what boots 1t to the
drunkardl or whether his medicine con
tain gold in any form or not, If he who
takes this treatment goes away cured
aud drinks no more the important
point of its merit has been established,
and what parties otherwise interested.
whether physicians or cranks, think about
il is not of much consequence. But 1t Is
claimed that now and then Kelley grad
uate proves to be backslider. IT IS con
ceded that tho backsllders constitute bul
a small percentage of the cures. Fully %
per cent. of the cures are permanent. Sup
pose the percentage of permanent cures
is only 70. IL any remedy could be
ing from consumption, would any
body denounce it because it failed
n rs per cent. of the casesI Would
person suffering from q disease sure
to result in death decline to try q
remedy because 1t cured only Is per cent.
Is there any remedy for any disease which
will cure every case and never once fail
Dr. Keeley's cure is entitled to fair play,
and il entitled to fair judgment on It's
merits and the result it accOmphshes. IL
IS not enough TO denounce it as unscien-
tfc, especially when the denunciation
comes from physicians who fail or cannot
accomplish the same results. 1t makes no
difference what the ingredients are OF who
knows them 80 long as a large percentage
Of drunkards are cured by Its use.
Reader, are you afflicted with this fear
ful disease? If so, why not go to the kee-
Icy Institute, near Newport News, and be
cured2 Its environments of shade and
sea breeze. with sea-bathing, cannot but
aid the remedies in a speedy restoration to
health. Take the unsolicited evidence
the gladly-volunteered testimony of all
those who have tested the power and eff
cacy of the keeley cure, rather than those
who, through prejudice, skepticsm, or
cOnceit, seek TO bellttle one OF the grand
est blessings that ever fell on heart or