The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-23
"The First Plunge
lWehster,s WeeklY.l

the same characteristic exempified, and
we hesitate before undertaking Q. certain
task, dreading the first plunge" When
this Is over ana the task completed. we
wonder why we besitated What is
termed "procrastination,' and which rs
50 often an evaporation to others as
we'll as a detriment TO ourselves, is due
more than anything else to fear OF "thc
first plunge" IL Is habit easily ac-
quired, and, like all such, is more or less
difficult to overcome. Many men and wo-
men procrastnate in relation to their
health and pos tpone until some future
time the visit to the physician, sometimes
so long that they might as we'll not go
at all. 1t seems like a platitude, but
still true. that the time TO do anything
is now few things can be done too soon.
The longer trouble OF any kind is post
roned, the harder it is to overcome. Ii
Is like the boys SNOWFALL, it grows lar
ger the longer it is rolled. In nothing
that concerns US Is it so true as in 8
matter concerning our health that "a
stitch in time saves nine"
In the case of persons addicted 10 the
use OF alcoholic drinks opium morphine.
cocaine, choral and other drugs, this is
strikingly illustrated. Their use is often
begun innocently: sometimes impera-
lively because Of injury or disease. No
one is so much surprised as the victim
when the habit Is formed and he finds
he suffers when he tried to discontinue
the use OF the drug or his usual bever-
age; even then he vaguely believes he
+ viii sometime find strength to stop. In
stead he discovers, as time goes on. the
quantity OF the drug or stinulant re-
| quired Increases and his Will power de-
! creases in adverse ratio; meanwhile he
! finds he IL constantly suffering nearly all
kinds of functional disturbances, and
| when he discontinues, his drug or alco-
| holic stimulant has more physical and
| menta troubles than he believed could
exist. His only comfortable moments are
when he Is under the influence Of that
| to which he is addicted: he has then
merely feeling Of apathy or dullness.
or he is unnaturally excited ard bolster
Gus. From this condition he often lapses
INTO a state Of terpor from which he is
with difficulty aroused. After he is
aroused. who can adequately describe his
. symptoms? There is trembling restlessr
ness. chills, fever. feeling of .remorse.
sense Of impending disaster, stomach
and bowel arrangement, headache,
nausea. neuralgia. q cough; these sensa-
tons may not all he present in the same
case but the condition is constantly
varying and Invariably growing worse
He is in fact slave in every sense CT
the word. including the degradation. This
is only the barest outline of the trou-
blesome symptoms. What then. should
the victim do? Delay is dangerous con-
| tinung in this present course will end in
insanity or death to You and unspeakablo
misery to your friends. Should he not,
in justice TO himself, his friends and his
Creator, do what he can to overcome this
terrible condition? There can be but one
answer He knows he should but breads
1.-THE first plunga." In his weakened mem
tai and physical condition he fears all
kinds OF suffering. and his imagination
conjures up all kinds OF bogies. He
| should make the plunge before 1t is too
! late, and when be emerges with cHnfi'
dence and manhood restored, mentally
| and physically renewed he will be the
! first to wonder that ne dreaded the plunge
and why he did not make it earlier.
| Stop and think few moments on these
propositions. namely
| The Kelley remedies have now been
| in constant use for twenty-one years,
/ In that time more than 900. Coo men and
women have been cured by theri.
They arc still IN business and the
same is constantly increasing.
Would these things be true L they tor
tured their patients, injured or failed
! to cure them?
Please note and rely upon these facts:
Kelley remedies absolutely cure anil
! overcome all drug. alcohol ana narcotic
addictions.
The time required to cure drug users
is from four TO six weeks, according to
the delay they have made in dread OF
the first plunge"
The pain or inconvenience in the cure
of drug users is infinitely less than that
caused by the use of the drug and con-
sists mostly in anticipation of future
, trouble.
The time required TO cure inebriety is
usually four weeks, and there Is no pain
ca suffering whatever.
Drug users and excessive drinkers have
serious disease-one that must be
treated intelligentiy The reputation OF
DR.. Keeley's remedies is we'll known and
thoroughly established. and he has writ
ten coriously and scientifically upon
these diseases, their symptoms and cure.
Can you afford to give your watch TO a
blacksmith to repair? Why should you Sc
lect any but the best treatment for such
q delicate machine as the nervous sys-
tenn out OF rerair':'
Remember delays are dangerous. and
do not foolishly dread the harmless--nay
even pleasant FIRST plunge
Write them for particulars and they
will treat all correspondence eonfiden
TALLY. Do not be swayed by every wind
new or seldom trodden paths. They do
as they agree, and have been for more
than twenty years establishing their rep
utation, of which they are justly proud.
DRIVING OUT THE ENEMY.
These are the days of colds, sharp and