Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-22
FREE WHISKY HAS NO CHARM.
The Experience of a Student at
the Kelley Institute.
Incidents in the Career of Brother
Scholars Noted
A Couple of San Diegans Arrive with
Big Jag-How One hIsn has
Made Progress Towards
Cure.

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RIVERSIDE, Dec. 17.--For the first
week after my arrival here at the insti-
tute could notice no particular dimin'
ution in the amount of free whisky
which punished as furnished me regn-
larly by the doctor. In seven days
consumed 43 ounces Of 6 year-old whisky,
and whatever desire or appetite had
for the stuff renamed fair and nominally
unchanged. Some people may perhaps
wonder why continued to drink after
having come here at considerable ex-
pense to cure that seif-same habit. To
those people 1 will state that instruc-
tions are to drink as long as the desire
for it exists.
Some days ago there arrived at the in
stitute two gentlemen--for they Ger.
tainly are euch. as they have demon.
strated-from San Diego county they
came to be cured of the liquor habit.
The first morning that they presented
themselves at the institute they we're in
blaze of alcoholic glory it had taken
them about week to make the trip
from San Diego to Riverside. Within
10 minutes after DIR. Shumway had in
serted the needle into their left arms
and given them their initial injection of
the double chloride of gold, they became
deathly sick, wore very detected ap-
pearance and cared not whether they
lived or died.
They went to sleep within an hour
and after eight hours refreshing slurn.
kor In fo
we'll. Neither of these gentlemen have
taken whisky for four days and they tell
me that they do not desire it. One oi
them is q graduate Of Princeton college
and has been periodically slave to in
toxicating liquor for II years; the other
has been steady drinker for 15 years.
1t was few nights ago that some
four or five of the patients concluded
that it would be an excellent idea to fly
in the face Of the DOCTORS instructions
and sample the whisky passed over the
bar at Riverside's two saloons. They
did go and the accompanying results
were as might have been expected-they
all got gloriously drunk. At the ap-
pointed time they appeared for treat
ment and endeavored, as drunken men
frequently do, to hide their condition
from the doctor. That gentleman re-
garded them with critical eye but said
nothing. He quietly placed the needle
in their arms and pushed the button.
Within three minutes every one OF those
'jags" we're 80 sick that they absolutely
were unable to either walk or talk.
They were carried to their hotels and
put to bed. If ever l beheld four
shamefaced men, full of remorse and
with an expression on their faces which
would lead one to think that they de-
sired to be kicked all over town, it was
those four men.
A few days ago an old gentleman left
the institute after four weeks treat
ment, completely cured, as he said and
thought, of the liquor habit. He had
been drinker for 40 years. and had oc-
cupied many high and honorable posi-
tions. The one stumbling block which
had interfered with him all his life had
been his abnormal appetite for whisky.
His senses were as delicate as those of a
woman. Before boarding the train the
old gentleman turned to me, and in his
own inimitable, kindly tone, be said:
"Young man, have passed three score
years; at best l can live but few years.
longer; before 60 wish to give you a
few words of advice if you will permit
me. My own life has bee practically
wasted, and oh, what sad, bitter rem.
iniscence it is for me to look back upon
it; but there is vast field before you in
which you can accomplish great work,
but there is one thing that you must do
when you leave this institute, leave it
with the determination to be better
man, not only as regards the great evil
which has in the past stood in your
pathway, but also as regards your gen.
eral conduct. Goodbye, and may Gods
blessings ever be with YOU"
Then, giving me hearty shake of the
hand, he boarded the train, the engine
started, and he was soon out of my sight.
But that kindly old gentleman shall
never forget till my dying day,
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And the stars are old,
And the leaves Of the judgment book unfold y
RIVERSIDE, CAL, Dec. 2O.-A change
has come over the spirit of my dreams.
Even free whisky no longer has charms
for me. This may seem strange, but it
is nevertheless true. The famous double
chloride of gold, and DR.. Keeley's aux
iliarv medicines have taken a thorough
hold of my system, and after IL days
treatment l find myself in condition
that brings joy to my heart. I think
that lam released from q bondage that
has held me down and brought me to
the very verge of the grave. My feel.
ings are -indescribable. To explain
them is impossible. Never before
did / have such a pleasant and at the
same time such an anomalous feeling 90
suddenly passed over me last Thursday
afternoon. Fof eight days it had been
my custom to drink of the DOCTORS
whisky whenever felt I desired it. ]
had consumed nine four.ounce bottles in
eight days. had. at the time I have
stated,above, a full flask in my pocket.
About O'Clock I imagined I wanted q
drink. took one from the bottle. Az
soon as that whisky reached my stom.
ach it felt strange. wondered why ]
had taken it. thought to myself, "you
did not want that stuff. Why did you
take it," I could not answer the
query. Could it be that the desire, the
liking. the appetite had gone? l did
not believe it at first; but as the day
wore on, the idea became more firmly
fixed in my mind that was at least ap.
preaching path where whisky and ]