The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
a sroRY wlrHoUr a MoRAL.
The Good Young Man Diedl the Bad Young
Man Lived.

The Good Young Man Diedi the Bad houng
Man Lived.
A Clinton street physician tells a
true story Of a case that came 70 MS
notice not very long ago. The talk
which suggested it had been about
the so-called cures of pulmonary con-
snmption. and the doctor was finally
asked if he believed whisky-drlnklng
had a tendency to check, or even cure,
the disease. 'sNo, / do not, he re-
piled. "but that reminds me Of case,
rather curious and exceptional, posi-
blv. which | will tell you about, ana
You may dray your own conclusions
A young man who was stranger
called on the doctor one day TO con-
suit him aeaut a bad cough he had
endured and dosed for over year.
An examination Of his lungs with
stereoscope Immediately revealed
that the man had we'll developed
tubercles on both lungs, OF in other
words, he was plainly victim OF old
fashioned consumption. The prob
ability was that death would claim
him within a year or eighteen months.
He appeared TO bea very model young
man, and it seemed more than ordi-
narily sad on account Of his promise
for the future in character and genu-
inc worth for him TO be cut of from
life in the flower of his youth. He
begged for some remedy, some sug-
gestion that might show him a possi-
bic means Of escape from the fate
threatening, and in his solicitation
he asked with some Indifference If the
doctor would not recommend whisky
as a last resource. Others had recon-
mended whisky, but he had not dared
to touch it. He had an older brother
who had become an habitual drunk
ard, a sot, worthless, and burden to
all his relatives
The example Of his brother had
been a warning to him never to touch
liquor The doctor advised him TO
continue to let il alone, and he went
away sad and detected 1t soon came
to pass that the doctor met people
who knew him, and became particu-
larly interested in him. lie was an
exemplary young man in every way;
a church member and a Sunday-schOOl
teacher The brother a robust, lazy
fellow, was everything the opposite.
But it was quite possible his turn was
soon to come, for consumption ran In
the family, and their history medic
ally was very bad. Through the ef-
forts of the good brother, however,
who was visibly dying and whose
pitiful condition excited e0mmisera-
tion, the reckless brother was soon
brought into the church and con-
yerted. He stopped short of and
went to work, supporting the sick
one. In few months he, too, had a
cOugh he had consumption.
And now the strangest part OF the
story is to come, for the good brother
in the meanwhile had taken TO drink
on the sly, passing whole days locked
in his room in "A drunken stupor.
His cough had disappeared, he was
getting we'll But he had evidently
become saturated with alcohol, and
begged for 1t as an 0pium-eater will
for that drug In six months the
two brothers had actually changed
places with each other physically and
morally. believe itg" Quoth the
doctor so, well, you can do as YOU
like; but bear il in mind that strange
things are happening every day which
even those who see with their open
eyes can scarcely give credence TO.
That elder brother who got converted
stuck it out and died OF consumption;
the other died a few months later
from the effects OF drinking whisky
to excess, but not OF consumption. ~
Brooklyn Citizen.