The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-07
MARVELLOUS.
Interesting Interview Concerning the
Bi.ChlOride Of Gold Treatment.
MT. II, L. Wheeler, of Columbia, Has
Tried it.-Says he is Cured of the
Liquor Habit, and COuld not
Drink If he Would.

Liquor Habit, and COuld not
Drink If he Would.
Mr.. H. L. Wheeler, proprietor of
the Columbia Steam Laundry, Isl
very generally known man in this
community. He is known and kind
ly remembered by good many for
his courteous and Obliging manners
at his business. He is also known
very widely for his periodical and
continued DRINKS. For this unfOr-
Lunate habit, some have blamed
while others sympathiZe'l with him,
He always said he could not help
it," that his appetite for drink vt
times-wss stronger than his will
power. 1t was humiliatlng ao-
mission, he admitted, but u truth
none the less. And he would argue,
do you think / would throw away
the BUSINESS opportunities l have
had, aud Wallow IN the mire, from
choice? Do you think | would not
STOP it il l cOuld?"
Even though his friends would at
times grow cold to him, and some or
them turn away from him, he had u
way OF impressing those who talked
with him, of his sincerity; and as
for himself, though he said he could
not help it, still he never stopped try
ing, and he never quit praying.
This was the condition OF affairs
about month ego when an agent OF
the Hagey Bi-Choride of Gold Co.,
OF Huntsville, Ala, came here and
onnrnanknI NJ WhAal.r on1
that he go there and take their treat
ment. He was skeptical and reluc-
tsnt at first, but finally yielded to the
advice OF mis- friends, and went. He
returned last week, having been gone
q days.
A HERALD reporter asked for an
| interview with him last Tuesday
The reporter asked him If he obi ected
to it being known where he had been
and with what results he had been
treated.
Not in the least he replied; "on
the contrary if what l may say will
induce some fellow sufferer afflicted
as [ have been, to go and be cured, ]
will always be glad that you called"
well, what do you think OF the
treatment, aud its effects" asked the
reporter.
"Ihink Of it'll" "he replied, "why
/ think 1t is the grandest discovery
OF the age; and as for its effects, /
know am a cured man." aud here
Mr.. Wheeler launched forth at
length, with that earnestne IS and elo-
quence born Of strong conviction.
He said, II not only have no thirst
for whisky, but can't even bear the
smell of it; and am just as certain
1 will never drink, as | am that wi
never do anything eise don't want
to. l am not only cured OF The taste,
but am cured OF the desire; and fur
ther than that, l now have will OF
: my own. fused to feel that l had u
weakness other men did not have
and l looked down on myself and fell
that others looked down upon me
Now L feel altogether different.
have new strength, physically anG
mentally; have new courage, new
hopes, new a-pirations. l am simp.
ly new man, that's all there il
! about it," he concluded, smilingly
! But" said the reporter, Ibid you
= not in the past, sometimes go week.
and months without drinking
What makes you SO positive til,
thirst will not come again?"
Eyes, l have gone months, ever
years at time without drinking, bu
| it was constant struggle. | would
, think about it all day, and dream
about it at night, and would b.
Y afraid to trust myself to idle an hour
even for pleasure; and 1 have re
. peatedly gone to bed early in tn
: night to prevent myself from yield
ing to this dreadful appetite; and
could feel myself growing weake
day by day, until sooner or later
I would yield. Now, 1 tell you, l hav
y not the slightest desire for the stuff
s l abhOr the smell of it; it's fume
l make me sick; l would not drink i
if 1 could, and could not if I would.
D am as confident now that will neve
? taste whisky again, as | used to b
. that / couldn't help it,"
q II don't mind, since l am gettinj
n my name and former weakness in tn
+ paper anyway" he continued, 81
| you tell your readers that l am no
only cured-a perfectly sound man
but | am a happy man. A montl
; ago ielt that the burden of life Wa
getting nearly too heavy to carry
: Now ! feel twenty years younge
sleep better, eat letter, and am th
y happiest man in the town. A mont
o ago l was ashamed of mysel
l. ashamed to meet my pastor, ashame
= to face my wife. Now l feel / can
e husband to the wife who has bee
II an angel of patience and whose heal
l have sorely tried; feel that wi
- not again be q reprOach to m
~ church, and that 1 will not /
4 ashamed to look my fellow man
y the face. don't care how much 20
use my name. Instead of bein
- ashamed Of it, l want the people {
know it. 1 have been drunk hel
:, often enough for them to know tina
Il now want them to know l hay
been to the Institute and have con
l. back cured. .By-the-way, you ma
10 say that any man who goes there Il
n, the liquor habit, morphine habit {
P. tobacco habit, and is not cured, do
1. not have to pay one cent?
n The reporter had become interestt
ID in the interview and made it long
lg than he had expected. Mr.. Wheel
cited quite number of cures, SOL
~ of them even more marvellous thS
- his own. And Of one thing the r
porter was impressed: Mr.. Wheel