The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-26

THE GOLD CURE.
ALL rs IN 4 COURTROOM.
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that city possessed of intense cntI.
osity about the X eelev hichloride
of gold cure. DR.. Talmage had the
proponent OF the cure there, DR.
Leslie Kelley, and also the Rev. |.
X Funk. President OF the Kings
County Prohibition Society. The
three sat on the platform aud DR..
ralmage introduced DR.. Keelev as
a msn whose name would "live on
in the centuries," and told him he
was amid "friends of humanity
and the friends of God" aud 10
pitch III and say what he would.
DR.. KeeIey then went on IL tell
about the cure. Much of what he
said has been often printed. Dr..
falmage then put series of ques-
uons to DR.. Keeley, stating that
they had been suggested 10y proml-
nent physicians and citizens. These
were the questions and the answers
gIver
@ Are there any p0!s0ns IN your
cure such ~ atTOpIne or ntrychnue7
A. There is nothing deIeterious in
the cure; there Is nothing in it that
| Is inimical to life or health. [ think
1t is physical imposslbtity for the
cure TO 90 harm Iu any way. A
child might drink bowl Of It un-
der proper restOratlveS, and every
! spoonful would DO it good Instead
OF harm.
q Does the temptation for
strong drink cease A When a
man Is cured in three or four weeks
he leaves me aud never again has
the want or desire for liquor while
| he lives. II ne resumes his old
habits it is done dellberately-not
from desire fol drink.
q. How many do yOu think, uu-
der God, you have been permitted
to save A. A llttle more than
60, 900, Of whom there are some re-
lapsed cases--not quite 1000, or 5
per cent. of the whole.
AT this point nan I'D the con.
gregation shouted: "If they have
no taste for liquor why do they
lapse ?'
"If a man has rheumatism" ask.
ed DR. Keeley, why does he 20
back to it if properly cured?"
@. How long will this cure last2
A. Forever.
Q. Is the case OF relapsed
patient incurable !? A. No, siI;
but we never take relapsed
patient back, as be does not ap-
preciate the cure.
Q. Have any of the analyses OF
the cure been correct A. The
alleged analyses that you see in the
newspapers are all different. | defy
analyses. l have studied chemistry
IA we'll as chemists. If you tell
chemist what you want to find be
Will find 1t. He CannUt grOpr III
the elai kuess for anything he don't
know about.
Q. How many initiative Institu-
tons of yours are there now? 4.
I277. They not only initiate my
methods, Ont use my literature and
use my language
q. How many years were you
experimenting earnestly IN this mat
ter before you made this discovery
A. Thirty-thTee 5eara. Eighteen
years ago | gave It 10 the world,
but they wouid not take it,
=. Do You succeed as well in
curiug the morphine habit A..
The morphine ba0It and what Is
called the opium habit ale as easily
cured as any other disease except
/ drunkenness.
Q You 8aid / saw one patient
| vho took $50 grains OF morphine
/ before breakfast. Dld he not add
that ne TOOK 420 grams a day, :
Yes. We have the same method,
but the treatment Is different Ny
method is not bi-chloride Of gold.
@ Where does Your cure leave
the patient {? A In the same
condition be was before he touched
drink. He is in full possession OF
his own will power.
@ What are your reasons for
keeping your methods secret A.
If should give it out 1t would be
made by the Wholesale and the re-
suit would like DR.. koch's cOnsump-
ton cure, 1T would be destroyed by
quacks shipping cheap concoctlons
20 XII rather than 10 cure.
rhe person who interrupted Dr.,
Kelley and DR. Talmage before
again called out, saying:
SIS your remedy SO imperfect
that YOU don't give it out p
Dr Talmage took no notice, but
stopped further interruption by
telling the audience TO sing the
IDOxolOgy.