The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-12-28

plague and all the plaques and evils
naught compared to the merciless
wreck and ruin of this great enemy
of man. If all the millions who have
fallen by the sword could be mar
shalled in one vast array their number
would be insignificant as compared
with the numberless hosts that have
met their common fate at the hands
of this fell destroyer
Such was the adversary that my
hero went forth to battle. Through
long years of labor and hours devoid
of ease he had patiently forged the
armor and shaped his weapons for the
combat.
In America, the land of the free,
the first battle was fought and DR.. w.
II. II. Hagey met the enemy and, like
Goliath of old, he went down in defeat.
The redemption and salvation of the
slaves of alcohol became possible and
like the children of Israel of old, they
had only to look ana i've.
DR.. Hagey is "A product of the West
and the fertile plains of Illinois are
honored by being the land of his birth.
He grew up among sturdy race OF
men and overcame obstacles which
would have discouraged men whose
life had been cast in more pleasant
lines.
When the tocsin of war sounded
there was no weighing of chances, no
delay, but at the first call he respond
ed and went forth to fight for his
country and its flag. And the last face
that many a boy in blue gazed into on
those blood drenched fields was the
face of DR.. Hagey, and the whispered
farewells of many a noble hero fell
upon his attentive ear.
With the remnant of that gallant
band who marched out to do battle
for country and what they conceived
to be right. he returned to his home,
poor in purse, but rich in the con
seriousness of having done his duty.
DR.. Hagey is graduate of the eel
ebrated Rush Medical College and an
experienced and skillful chemist.
His attention was first drawn to the
question of finding remedy for al
coholism and narcotism by an accident
that happened in Chicago hospital
some twenty years ago. 1t was the
accidental cure of an inebriate who
and who had been treated for paralysis
/ and incidentally cured of ga desire to
use intoXicants. Such was the birth
of the idea and for years DR.. Hagey
/ e perimented unit in 1887 he perfect
| ed his methods and as result we to-
/ day are enjoying the benefits of his
! treatment
He moved to Norfolk, Neb., early in
the SOS and in that western land first
established an institute bearing his
name. Here it was that hundred, yea
thousands, were treated under his
personal supervision. From all parts
of america men came to Norfolk as
the Israelites of old to Bethesda that
they might be healed.
From the east and from the west
and the sunny south came men who
had turned their faces to Norfolk as
a star of promise shining upon the
gloom of misspent years and wrecked
opportunities.
Among these was a young man from
the Queen City of the West and he too
was made "a new man sitting clothed
in his right mind" He was from Chi
cago, that city whose sons have wrest-
ed from the marshy plains its domain
and built thereon ii city which is the
wonder and admiration of the world.
His keen brain saw the vast posi-
bilities for unlimited good and profit
to be made by establishing institutes
in the various cities of the Union. \
company was formed and backed by
some of the leading men of Chicago,
prominent among whom was Mr.. Hig-
ginbottam, OF Worlds FAR fame ana
by 1898 seventy institutes were estab-
lished i'm the various cities of America,
doing for mankind more than all the
temperance lectures from time imme-
mortal have done, Years ago the man
who drank was looked upon as a moral
delinquent. Today he is looked upon
as the victim of an Unsuitable disease
The medical world recognizes alcohol
ism as a specific disease and as such
amenable to treatment The press and
the pulpit have ably seconded the cf
forts of the various managers of the
institutes and today the name OF
Hagey is revered and honored in
thousands of homes made happy
through his instrumentality. That