The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-02-15
A Dtss1pArED MONKEY.
An Attack of Delirium Tremens Under
mined His Health.


Eron, +he San Francisco Examiner.
Jerry, the little gray monkey that
chambers around the windows OF saloon I
near the entrance of Golden Gate Park
and makes faces at the passengers on the |
cars is dying.
His daily round Of dissipation was too
much for him. Constant overindulgence
in strong spirits wore his health out.EHis i
weakened system could nos throw off a
bad cold, and consumption followed. He |
mopes around the fire now, shiveung,
coughing, miserable.
If monkeys ever think, Jerry is think !
inc hard now. From the anxious, de /
iected look on his wrinked face it would
seem that Jerry has, when it was too
late. realized that life of dissip ation is
not the best, and would be a different
monkey if he had the chance. Not thai
he complains; jerry is made OF better
stuff than that When he begins to real
" hate himself, and even whisky will net
straichten the nerves, he makes life mis-
cradle for his patient little wife, Midget.
Midget chatters good deal, and there
are times when her shallow remarks
crate on Jemy's strained nerves. Then
lie flies into rage and beats his wife.
A few days ago. in the midst of one OF
his tantrums, poor NUGGETS tail was bit
ten nearly n two, and it was found that
the wound was so severe that amputa-
ton was necessary. Nothing but stump
is left of it now,
,Jerry's fatal illness is undoubtedly the
result of a life Of dissipation. He has
been licking blade in his way, and
early in his career he began to travel the
pace that kills. When he first came to
thu saloon, mere youngster, he was
sober, respectable monkey, whose habits
had always been exemplary. In little
while it was noticed that he had deYel-
oped a fondness for strong drink, and at
times he would indulge his appetite to
excess. He grew so bibulous in little
while that he was constantly on the look
out for a good, stiff drink, and many a
night he reeled off to his bed by the fire
as drunk as any man.
In the morning Jerry would crawl out
from his bed with all the symptoms nat
ura' to the occasion. At such times, as
was natural, Jerry would be cross and
ugly until he had laid The foundations
for another load of bourbon. Then, with
steadied nerves and braced appetite, he
would grow quite jolly and companiona-
bic.
When he was married about nine
months ago, to Midget, Jerry behaved
! himself for time, but when the honey
moon had worn away he returned to his
cups, and it was noticed by his friends
that he drank harder than ever. His
! sprees were more protracted, and he be-
came nobody, occasionally breaking out
in violent outbursts of anger. Scarcely a
day went by, so his friends say, that he
did not crawl away to bed roaring drunk
only t. begin again in the morning.
The inevitable came at last. Whisky
and late hours had so wrought upon Jer-
RVS nerves that short time ago he fell
a victim to delirium tremens, and his ac-
lions told plainly of the horrible things
he thought he saw If he could talk he
would doubtless tell of blood colored
| four-headed dogs and other awful things.
In due time he recovered, but his consti4
tuition had been undermined. A severe
cold was contracted, which was followed
by hacking couch. he grew rapidly
worse, and now it is only matter of time
until he must go the old way.
Maybe he realizes that the end is not
far off, for he drinks steadily, though
| his sprees are not as violent as they were.
HIS friends at one time suggested the
gold cure, but he seemed to take so much
pleasure out Of drinking that they had
no, the heart to interfere with his thirst
for the short time that is left to him to
enjoy quenching it,
Mr.. Albert Favorite, of Arkansas City,
Kan, wishes to give our readers the ben
eft of his experience with colds He
says: Il contracted a cold early last
spring that settled on my lungs, and had
hardly recovered from it when 1 caught
another that hung on all the summon and q,
Left me with hacking cough which l
thought I never would get rid of. 1 had
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
some fourteen years ago with much sue