Arizona republican., 1893-04-09
EMANCIPATED!
The Cruel ManacIeS Are
Shattered.
The Kelley Treatment
Again Victorious.
A Victim Rescued from the
Torments of He'll.
Halt Life Time Wasted In Endeav-
oring to Escape from King Alco-
hobs Toils-Freedom at Last.

Mr.. EDITOR: With mind filled
with business which demanded my inn.
mediate attention, arrived in your
bustling city on the 10Th of February
last. Experienced but little difficulty
in finding the end of the string for
which came in quest during the fret
two days OF my stay. In the mean
time, in response to cordial invitation
from several Of your worthy citizens,
and the urgent glow Of Arizona's glori-
GUS climate, partook OF several glasses
of beer. AS the evening shadows crept
into the night OF the third day of my
stay, beer had become altogether too
common and all OF Phoenix who were
within the sound of my voice were well
come to what wine they wanted at my
expense. Am proud of this--or why
do relate such an incident in the
columns Of the public press? Come
with me brother sufferer and gather the
first words Of my answer from my boy
hood days, thirty-eight years ago when
the germs OF that damnable disease-al-
coholism-was planted. My relatives
were steam boat owners on the
chain of great lakes. During
the summer season l was per-
mitted to escape the heat and
dust of the city by taking delightful
trips on these steamers. Before | had
turned the age of IL years 1.-The boys"
had persuaded me into the notion Of
viewing the sights Of strange towns and
cities by moon and gaslight. l was an
apt scholar and at that early age ex-
perienced the extreme sorrow, mortifi-
cation and shame, which in after years
ripened into the torments OF hell, in
getting off drunk. Since that time
until now | have been a periodical
drinker. Only those who have suffered
from the same cause can begin to con-
ceive OF the depths OF misery through
which have waded. All that a moth
er's love could do to save cher boy" was
tenderly done. Every indulgence that
generous, kind father could bring in
my way, was contributed to entice me
away from destruction. Brothers,
noble and kind as ever brothers were,
did all in their power to rescue me.
The affection OF three sisters followed
me till death called them home. The
dear one to whom | was engaged to be
married, for years reasoned and pleaded
with me in language that was wrung
from the very depths of her soul.
Hundreds OF times my tears of sorrow
and repentance have mingled with
the tears OF the dear plead
ing ones, as / would promise
most earnestly and determinedly that
1T should never, never occur again!
But, alas those promises were made
only to be broken over and over again
until friends, relatives and myself be-
came completely discouraged, and /
was encouraged to come out to the Pa
cifc slope, in the hope that change OF
associations would have a tendency to
lead me out of the old rut and into the
channel Of reformation. The result
was more crushed hopes--I continued
to go from bad to worse. Finally the
power OF God thro' the love of Christ
took hold of me and was converted
joined the Methodist church, and was
made class leader. | lived and en-.
ioyed christian life-between my
seasons OF drinking, for years. God
only can know how intensely suffered
when coming to myself after debauch.
Christian friends, to whom would 60
to nurse me back to life couldn't con-
ceive how /, their respected and beloved
class leader, could do such thing, and
would ask me to explain "How it hap
pened." o, how many times i have
prayed tor language that would explain
the why" l did it! Years ago my
dear old mother, kneeling at my bed
side, with great tears of sorrow rolling
down her cheeks, would ask me that
same question. This question has
come to me all through life from
many tender, loving hearts but a satis-
factory answer never found the
light Of understanding until the Al
mighty opened the gates of science in
response to the knock OF DR.. Leslie Z.
Kelley and he not only tells me "why
did it," but his remedies have etfectu-
ally removed the "why."
His theory, verified and confirmed by
practical demonstration, is, that over
indulgence in the social glass" created
an abnormal appetite for Alcoholic
stimulants, and the persistent eratifica-
tion OF that appetite gradually brought
the nervous system under an influence
which was constantly crying for and de-
manding more alcohol The transgres-
sion OF natures law, then, had brought
upon me the disease of alcoholism as
unmistakably as the transgression OF
her law in another direction would have
brought on consumption, rheumatism,
or any other disease. For some time it |
has been suggested by the leading med
ical minds OF the world that the drink
ing habit would eventually be treated as
a disease. DR.. Kelley. upwards OF
thirty years ago, caught the thought |
and dressed it in working clothes and |
set out on prospecting tour through |
the unfrequented wilds of science, in |
search OF that something which human
ity so much needed. He went forth,
his great, big heart breathing PRAYER
that the loving sympathetic Christ
would direct in the search. What is the |
result? Today ninety odd we'll patron
lied Kelley institutes are dotted over
our land, where through the unparal-
lelled success of the Double Chloride of
Gold Treatment, thousands of alcoholic
wrecks are being transformed into USE
full members OF the political, PROBES.
sional and social world. Upwards of |
one hundred and ten thousand qradu.
ates from these institutes are now scat
tered all over the land, living test-
monials OF the miraculous success OF
the pplav Cura II