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INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, NEUTKAL IN NOTHING.
EstablisJied lSOG
: VOL. IV. NO. 27.
SI LEU CITY, N. C, TIIUIISDY. MAY 3, 1900.
WHOLE NUMBER 183.
WILL CONSOLIDATE
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lans for Ihe Combiaincr of All the
Seaboard's Lines.
STORMS AND FLOODS IN TEXAS.
he CJty of Waco Swept by a Furious
Tornado, Leaving Death and De
struction in Its Wake.
Petersburg. Va.. .Special. A meeting
;f the stockholders of the Seabaard Air
Line railroad was held here Saturday
for the purpese of electing the, officers
lad directors for .'the ensuing year.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway repre
sents the Eonsolidation of about twen
ty railroad companies, some 2,500 mfles
ot track from Washing-ton to the gilf,
and is nor an accomplished fact,
' The officers ejected were:
Mr. John Sherwood Secretary, and
lohn H. Siharp Treasurer, with the. fol
lowing board cf directors: Messrs. S.
Davies Warfleld (Presidejit cf the Con
tinental Trust Company, Baltimore.)
Robert C Davidson (President of Bal
timore Trut and Guarantee Company ,
3ohn Skeltoa Williams', Jas. 11. Daoley,
Richmond, Va.; Wm. A. Marburg. Bal
timore. Win. F. Cochran New York. J.
WiJUam Middledcrf Baltimore, and C.
Sidney Shepherd, New Haven, N. Y.
These gentlemen als-.i compose the
managing committee cf the Greater
Seaboard Air Line or ionization nuder
the agreement of January oth. 10 ). !
ihd worked out the details cf the ori- !
iolidation. they are also the voting j
trustee:'; of the stock for a period of ten ;
years. There will be a meeting of the
new board during the coming week at
"which ether ofrlcers of the company
Will be elected. Judge E. J. D. Cros?.
cf the fi:m of Cowan, Cross & Bond.
Baltimore, the attorneys for the 'man
aging committee and of counsel for
' the rtew rrvul, "was present at the meet
ing of ihe stoeliholders. The mort
gage to 'secure the isue of the $52,500.
OCO 'bopds of the ro.ul whs filed April
17. the 'Continent Trust Company. Bal-
tinipre; being trustee ;nder the atne.
Th- bonds are new being engraved a.-' j
are also tho crtiricats fr ihu J25,- i
G-M.DOO preferred and the $37,500,000 i
eornmcn slock cf the new corporation
represented by voting tni?t certilicates :
In the Flood's (irr:.p.
Galveston, Tex.. Special,
streeta here are flooded from
- Many
curb, to
cut t owing to the trenitno'MU ra:ns
b'Tisia xiift. A hail syiexa later Mat
tered many viudcws and wrecv.ed
greerfliouscs. The -rhole State is water-soaked.
Three boys were caught
in .Thursday r.ighfs storm, while row
ire: in .Galveston bay "and are believed
to been drowned. Another storm
p.
to last two days is at &3on predicted j
by the government leather bureau, i
The water at SeaJey is now up to the
hi best' point reported In the great
iliod of last juJ. j
Dallas, 'Tex.. Spfcial. The tlo-xi3 .
show no signs of receding. On Tie j
contrary, hicst of the Texas rivers are ;
rising. At Fcrt Worth telegram at 10 i,
a. m. said the Trinity river had over- j
flowed! ding much damage. The peo
ple ar alarmed for the safety cf the j
water works. which are seriously t
threatened. A niao-fcot rise is sveep- ;
:ng dewn frcm the head waters of th ;
Trinity. This will caiioe a big overnc:
in the vicinity of Dallas and Fort j
Worth. A bulletin from Wac: jat i
10. 30 o'clock s.iid the list of de.id tihere
would reach ten to fifteen persons, j
The property damage in Waco will ex- ;
eed 150.000. The telegraph lines of ;
both companies are gene s ,u;h of Wa- j
i-olating more than cne-half of the (
t.ue. Railroad movements are sus- j
peuded south of Dallas on almost evf;ry
jne.
IU Hit; Oie. lie iio j ru'-'
d hnrric;i38 sir.ee Friday mornfr,i;
an
is csrtmai.ea co reacn tmee uc n.
i lion dollars. 'incluir'ng damage to rail
reads in immense in Hill, McLennan.
Wfillamwn. Bell. Colorado, Bastrop
and aajoluing counties. The telegraph
ccv'.apanie have large fortes of linemen
cui; trying to make repairs. The few
reports received far the southern and
central Texas state bat great destruc
tion has occurred.
i Prisoners Dying Rapidly.
. Lorjkxn, By Cable. A llspatcii to
the Dally News from Pretoria dated
,'ciday, &ays that forty-seven British
inner have died in six weeks. Two
hundred of thx-m are sick with fever
-nd dvi5en.ery at Wateryal. I The dis
',t,.v:s aid that EraSKins Ie Khnk
. - 1 -. mil.
has -, cn sentenced to two years' lm- j
"prisoameni at hard laoar ror guiun:
the l'-rltish at Petrusburg and Bloem
fontein.. ' . .
Naval Orders
on. D. C, Special. Order?
Saturday by ble to the
Saa Juan. I'orto Kice. to
j hiriqui Bay and Port Li-
I
. Sihe b to take the place in car
' ing for Ame-ican interest in that sec
tion of tire cruiser Detroit, which sail
ed Thursday fox Key West.! ijhe Phil
adelphia on the west coast -of Central
America! has drepped down to Punta
Arena.?, Costa Rica, close to tbe Co
lumbian boundary bo that on the whole
there is now ample maval protection
for the American IntesesLs in Colum
bia, so far as concerned the revolu
' tionary movement .'la the north of that
cou,nt--y j
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
. The 3outh.
t
General Joseph Wheeler will run f;r
Congress from fine Eighth Alabama
district. ;
Hon. Ghas. M. Bnsbee, past grand
sire, of North Carolina, delivered the
annivei-sary address to the Odd Fel
lows of Atlanta Thursday night.
What, is supposed to be a very
strange suicide occurred near Lin
coiiiton, ;N. C, Sunday. Tobe Kiser
a mill operative, got on the track fac
ing a swiftly moving train. The en.
gineer blew the whistle, supposing the
man would step off the track. Kiser
continued on the track and was strr.rk
and killed. He remarked to a iViend
a few minutes before: ' I will be dead
in twenty minutes."
The indictment against W. a Tay
lor. Republican Governor of Kentucky,
will be held up until after the argu
ment before the Supreme Court of the
case involving the governorship.
The Koenoke, Va . Board of Trade
has gone to work in dead earnest to
attempt to have a big carnival in the
Magic City during the week or June
IS. Committees hav been appointed
and they are actively at work raiding
the necessary subscription.
P. A. Cummey. an old Confederate
Foldier. of Macon. Ga., who plani o to
kill Admiral Devey. will be ent to
the State; Insane Asylum.
The Supitme Court of the Pnitel
States refused to grant a wiit of cer
tiorari in, the case of Oberlin M. Car
ter, convicted by court martial for
irregularities "Ahile in charge of en
gineer works in Georgia.
The canning industry en ihe Mary
land Peninsula is constantly growing.
Wallace Roberts, of Baltimore, who is
prominently identified with the br.si-ne-s
reports that the output thic year
is likely to exceed 50.000.000 cans.
This means that the Peninsula puts up
more than ( nc-Twentieth cf all the
canned goods put up in the United
States. The value nf the Maryland
canned goo is is only a little short ot
$5,000,000 a year. Over 20.000 person 7
are employer! in the industry.
The North.
i
Over half the job printing ofnVos at
Deirc it. Mich., an- tied up by a jres-"--men'f-
ttrike
Because workmen from other towns
were employed. 150 men and" wome-i
rr.icK at; the Russell County Com
pany's shoe fai-tory. at Woburc. Mass.
The President has nominated. Com
mander Jhmts Hasten. United States
liu.vy.u be captain. '
Forest ties raging In Manitoba have
entrapped, it is estimated, about 50 :
settle: . and lun:L .-men, whoso lives
are in danger.
Floods r-re.r.bat:ng in the South, but
destruction of property continues.
Trying -to avoid arrest young Fred
Hedwick.lof Union City, Ind., was shot
dead by Marshal Wait.
Archbishop Keano announced that
he had received $50,000 from Michae l
Cudahy as a gift to the Catholic Uni
versity atj Washington.
St. John the Evunelisfs Protest int
EpiscopaL Church, cf St. Paul. Minn,
has extended a call to Rev. Dr Sedg
wick, of Willi? mstown. Mass.
The City Council of Des Moir.s.
Towa has1 adopted a resolution of con
eent for the reopening of the saloon.-
i .u... 1 1 V .. .1,.....
in mux city, anu iu wm an v- uu; -fc
business aagin immediately.
The striking spinners at the James
town (N. II.) Worsted Mills have b. en i
ioined bv men from the
combing
denartment r.n the mills have shut !
down, throwing 1.1(0 bands o.it c: em
p!oyxn nt.
A report, flv-d v ith the State Audi
tor .-.- prnnrt :: ei;i.n:ir.ts charet s .1
3. Andei.f on. former secretary of th ?
Union Life insurance .crr.par.. o:
Indianapolis, Ind., with a fchortage oi
$2x..liC.31.' -
Congressman N"ocan, o! Chicago,
ill nnnounce i that he will uitro-
duce a resolution in the House callii.a ;
for an investigation into the cause oi ;
the closing down of the mills of the
American Steel and Wire Company, j
Twenty Croton Ham strikers were 1
held In $0,000 each at White Plains. N.
Y., Sunda.
The International Navigation Com
pany, at Duluth. Minn., will build foui
light-draught steamers for Atlantie
service.
Tiie Piennial Conclave of the Phi
Kanpa Phi Fraternity
O.. selected Pittsburg.
at Columbus,
Pa., for th?
meeting ih 1902.
r The walls of the old Town Houfc at
Milford. Mass.. fell Monday killing
George L, Drowning aud scrio.::-iy in
juring Dennis Burns.
f
Forev-n.
Several hundred more bciom'ii wore
killed in , fights at Luzon, with piarti
cally iio lcs3 to the Aine:ican.s.
Cubans have informed General Wo :d
that the -who!-? country opposes th
propcred 'divorce laws.
Orangemen in 3'elfas.t are angry be
cause Queen Victoria confines her
Irish visit to Dublin.
Playwright David De'asco says h
ha3 eq fear of the suppression of his
"Zaza" in London.
General Wood has offered the secre
taryship of agriculture, industry and
commerce in Cuba to Sen or Perfectc
Lacoste.
OfiPPER MINE OPENED.
It Was Worked Before the War andis
Very Rich.
SpaTta, Special. Somewhere "be
tween 1850 and 1SG0 this country,
though sparsely Bottled, invited into
its borders some capitalists to develop
its timber and fining resources. 'Be
fore this we had no enterprise in our
country to enliven the people and en-
courage them in lines of industry.
At
that period a copper mine was discov
ered near Elk Creek pestoffice and af
terwards known as Peach Bottom Cop
per Mines. They were almost out of
reach of any railroads being about
fifty miles from the Norfolk and West
ern on the north and about one hun
dred miles from what is now the
Southern on the south, but they work
ed constantly for many year3, whea
they concluded that the inconvenience
to shipping points rendered it impos
sible to work the niinea with any pro
fit, and it was closbd eighteen, years
ago. For several years since the mine
and th property around ha3 been illi
tigatiou in the ease of Maxwell vs.
Long. This ease was carried from the
Superior court to the "Federal court,
and from there to the Court of Ap
peals, where it was decided in favor
of Maxwell.
Large sums have 'been offered for
the property but ncxaJe was consum
mated till last fall, when under the
supervision of Mr. Geo. Sohley, from
New York, the property was pur
chased at a hug;; sum and is "now
known as the Car dii:a Mining Com
pany. The old shafts have been
cleaned out and work will probably
begin next month. The directors will
meet it Grand Rapids, Mich., at an
early date to discuss the working of
tbe mine and the reduction a.nd con
re. !tntion methods. Over one hun
dred luni'- will be given employment.
mine
130 feet deep
j a nine foot vein of ore and can pro-'
t dtu-e from 100 to 200 tens per day
as soon as hoL-ting machinery is plac
ed. The ore aud water axe now be
ing hoisted h.jrse-power, but later
on a pump w'U be used for w
and oie will be raised by steam arl
rages. Compressed air drills will alsti
pure cualcopyritc. "When concentrat
ed. it will run approximately, 34 per
cent, copper, 31 per cent, sulphur and
35 per ctnt. iron tl. admixture being
a very -mall amotint cf lead. . The
injurious ingredients; sueh as ar&enie, i
anumony, auu zinc aj o omy ioun-o, in
itlccs, which ; eniJinces the ilu c-i
the. ere. When concentration has be
gun it will be reduced from 15 tons to
one Crdd and silver are als: found
in sm; 11 quantities from two to four
dollars per ton.
It is .-;aM that the ere contains
viou. ly tried, and also leading only
pr h;c-':'t: a sulphate of copper. It Is i y
large t Tcentage or nickel. Options
hnve bcn taken a': .-out four miles
this vrin and u lorks as if the cou
try would .opn be in fine shape. Th
h' interested in timbe
State geologist will be furnish-
d with a report and man of the min-
later on. Mr. (George Scrney, under j
whose supervision the min
is beinr,
worked, and who is vicr president oL
the company, is a nitive bo-u south
erner wws r.iisrd in Gf )r?;ia, and i '
in full pympathy with the South. H- j
ha?- had much experience in mining j
having been in tb.e business ovnr !
twenty yea':s 'Completing his cnurse ;
in Germany h- came hack to Amri- ;
ca at twenty-one years of ape audi
Ins worked in various of the United'
States :rd Mexico. The people amonp .
whom he ha come think the com
pany could not have entrusted its ,
work to a better man. and they alsc j
rtdmire liim because e is a cousin tc i
Admiral Rehley. We have a fine coun
try -here and onlj' need capital to ce-
j velep it.
New s Items.
JudL'r Siiponton has made permanent
the appointment of Mr. P. 'S. Hill M
New Y :rk. r; rerni-r of Klackwrll
Durham Toha co Company of Dur
ham. The son of Lord Chancellor Ash
bourne, of Ireland, favors a return te
kilts the Green Isb's original nru.
fo:m fjr the new Irish Guards.
Additional concessions have
beer
Pari-
given , the "United
Exposition.
States ct the
The Sublime Porte is reported fror-
U.j 'Ktr,nrinn:ilp ti. hnvp innHo r-oi-- .1
nromise with rt-latinn tn th ru .m 1
cf tit i 3 government, but they have not
been received at the State Depart
nienx. Attendance at the Paris Exp-osition
continues large.
The Senate committee on appropria
tions has completed consideration of
the fortification appropriation bill. The
total appropriation is $7,733. 628. Thi
additions include an item of $135, 0QC
for the building sites on Sullivan'?
Island, Charleston harbor.
Thev ovyn about 740 acres of land 200 J-:J&F 'f& WAV MtM&, U'
of which is fine timber land. They .Vm SgP
have recently prospected cn graphite f " ' i ;r ?SV.& AA' lra V
mines near here arvi own several oth- -."'V HT- K'Sk XXx' f- x
er mia,-s. bat the work cad develop- j 'iA v ' T.y " ' S's'
mf?t of these will be discussed at the - V?, 'ikjlf. JY A .
m.etirc ,:f the directors ' ' '' )H ?
It will bo latere sting to not th-.t '-V J-r'-XA VV Ax ''')
the cenper in the cannon used by L -"f ;V HiV V ' ' ZI Sk
SAVED FROM WRECK
And -Ruin How the Keeley Insti
tute Brightens Lives and Homes,
A rTFLEGRAM MAN CALLS
ON
Cot; Osborn at the Place Where Man
hood Is Released From Alcoholic
ToJls.
"What is past is past; there is a fu
ture for every man who , has the virtue
to repent and the t prgy to atone."
the writer callecv cn Col. Osbprn at
hia office in the Keeley Institute yes
terday afternoon and found that genial
gentleman leisurely reclining in a
comfortable office chair. In response
to' the, query: "How is the Institute1
progressing?" he began talking, .and it
would take columns to properly record
all that he said. He pointed to a neat
frame on the wajl under the glass of"
wnich was written the words quoted
above, and said: j "That is our motbK
It' was suggested by a happy man, who.
when leaving the Institute, being
cured of the alcoholic disease turned
back and" repeated thcte words, and
added that we should adopt them as
our motto. We have done so. It
would do, you good." continued ; Col.
Osborn, "to read the letters we are
daily receiving from former patients,
rC?n who came here as physical wrecks
with reeling step and addled brain, to
jfcturn home free from the blighting
curse of the desire for rum, and, filled
with new life and restored manhood,
t-S ' ' V'-jT
showing B .NsLv; SEmiflL
?i Yv 'i Twszf j, v,--. ?'"r?-'T5; j&?z:
m ft m. - - - - - w a oi"""y3i r jem - r t ir-i i
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ffissgk MXKmmmm
.w-m.. immm& m-s?
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, GREENSBORO, NMC.
are in the full .enjoyment of happi
ness a: d ihe pursuit of fortune."
"Will xbe dath of Dr. Keeley have
any effect upon the future of your
work?" was asked.
"None in the world. A great 'bene
factor has been takt-n, but the remedy
which his scientific research gave to
suffering and despondent humanity
still lives to Liess men and break the
shackles on thoio who. unaided arc
hopelessly bound. Dr. Keeley's two
surviving partners are making the
remedy, and it will achieve its, great
est success in the years to come."
"How many patients are you 'treat
ing now?" was the next queptiun.
"About twenty." was the respons.?.
"Since the present company took
charge of the Institute.' here, and I be
came manager ciglu years ago. we
.have cured about ,50u men in ; North
Carolina. We are nvr in correspond-
ence with 1,700 of them, whom we
know are cured and happy men. There
have been eighteen or twenty States
represented hbre, and the work is
growing constantly. Then is one
point that many people even here in
Greensboro, do not understand, and
ihat is. we do not take' people here,
merely to sober1 them up. They, are
regarded as sick people and- are treatea
as surfc. I frequently have all sorts of
prices offered me by .men who just?
Want. tO CCm?
here and get sober. We
do not want them.. Wo want men who
are in earnest and who have adeir-;
to be cured. We have white nurses,
men who themselves have been; cured,
and who. knowing the melancholy
condition of the patient from experi
ence, treat him with all kindness and
know, how to sympathize with him.
"We serve mtals in the room to all
who do not care to go to to dining
room, or who are too unvyell : to go.
.-ll patients board here in tirs Insti
tute, and the table is supplied with the
very best to be had. We make our
own butter, and use milk Jroxu our
own herd of registered cows. iu.
success of the Institute is due to th
fact that men are in charge Qf it who
thoroughly know their business and
know what kind of treatment the pal
tients require. They have studied 1
scientifically and know it also by ex
perience." 1
Col. Osborn then showed the reporj
ter a number of letters from Keeley
graduates., One man who was treated
five years ago said: "I never fail to
say a good word for Keeley. I - am
g!ad to testify that I stilly do not wait
the aecursed stuff." He quoted Rej
Dr. N. F. Reid, who said that he
preached against it and would not usej
it in sickness. He told his son . he
wanted to go into the presence of God
free from it. j
Another man writing about the cure
said he was thankful that it had saved
and crowned with honor the last
years of Judge Dossey Battle, who re-f
cently died. After graduating at
Keeley, Dossey Battle actively en--gag?d
for more than a year in helping
to save others as he had been saved.
The writer paid a high tribute to Col.
Osborn for the kindly aji-d generous
manner in which he treated and cared
for those addicted to the destructive
bebit of drunkenness. j
Still another man who wa3 treated
several years ago wrote under recent
date, that he is well saved. He says
he has not used or had any desire to
use any intoxicants. His energy has
returned, and he is able to put in full
time in his business, which has won
derfully increased. "I shall certainly?
he says "never forget your kindness
to me when I was at Keeley. j
"I love the Institute," another man
writes: "It will do nil it claims. It is
the best and most wonderful thing I
have ever known. I can truthfully say
I have not touched a drop since leavj-
ing there and have no desire ! to do
so."
A man who came to the Institute
with
the
diagnosis
of nis physician
that he was hopeflessiy ill with
Bright's disease, wept home a cured
man. After several years he writes:
"It is useless for me to say more than
that it saved me from a drunkard's
grave. I am well and have no desire
for liquor. I only regret that I did not
takq it sooner." .
Another says: "I have no better
friend, on earth thaa Keeley. My
heanh is perfect. I shalFnever forget
the kind treatment I received while
there. You have done wonders for
me and my friends."
The reporter was forcibly impressed
wk.i the fact that every letter and
there were many of them spoke in
terms of the warmest appreciation of
the very kind treatment received
while at the Institute, and there were
many words of the highest praise of
Col Osborn for his personal efforts to
encourage and inspire with hope the
men who were struggling to be free.
We are permitted to make the follow
ing extracts front a lengthy letter from
a man who was addicted to the mor
phine habit as well as that cf whis
key, winch is well worth reading:
"My Dear ColQsborn. It certain
ly affords me great pleasure to em
brace the opportunity of writing to
you concerning my welfare.- If there
is a person in this whole universe that
my heart goes out to in gratitude and
praise, you are that perscwi for by
your care and kindness I was through
the instrumentality of the Keeley
treatment, saved from the most de
grading and remorseless habit that
ever claimed a victim as it's own
the ppwer of the morphine habit, that
blights one's life, destroys his ambi
tion and drags him down to the loweat
degradation. I cannot describe my
suffering and humiliation during the
four years that I was a Yictiia to the
morphine habit. The pictures are too
dark and desolate. Tco. well do I re
member the said faces of my friends
and relatives, as, with hearts bowed!
down with griel and .sorrow, they saw. t
me falling lower and lowe$ every day. f
They talked and plead; but they might
as well have plead with me to stop tho j
sun in its onward course, -as to stop, j
my opium habit. J was bound hand
and foot as secure as. a nyi convict in j
prison. I thought of nothing-hut mor
phine and how. to raise the , money to ;
secure more when my supply rtia ex- j
htfusted. , Its chains , were ; fastened
tight-about hie, and I was as a help
less as a child. X lost positions as
soon as my employers-would discover
my habits, which would only be a,k
short time. Friends deserted me re-.
latiyes looked upon me with scorn and
derision, my money was ; fast disap
pearing, or had disappeared, and I
found myself without friends or money s
and addicted to the habit which waa
worge than death. x , -: - .
"I became reckless, sold . my clothe,3
from off my back to get morphine.
What a pitiful condition I -was in! I '
had almost given, up in i despair and
felt that I was doomed, and ruined,
an4, knew that I would ssoon go to my .
grave disgraced and . dishonored.
While pondering .over my Jielpless
condition I thought of you. and the
great work you were engaged in and
wrote you, as you', will no doubt re
member, explaining-my condition." Ij
received a very kind and sympathetic
letter from ycu; and to my heart it
was the first my of hope that I;had re-
dsived in many a day. In that letter
you stated that I 'could be cured' by the
remedies of the Keeley Institute, and
restored to manhood, if I would place
myself under the treatment and folloV
instructions. So on a Sep
tember morn ing, you remember, I left
Lome a perfect physical wreck, dis
couraged and as melancholy as a per
son could be for .the Keeley Institute -at
Greensboro. I do nct'like to dwell
1 upon this picture for it "is a sad one
to me, and I have told you of it before. .
"I will pull the curtain aside and . !
look at the- other picture, which is far
more pleasant. When I arrived p.t tho
Institute and was greeted by you so
warmly, and jiour other attendants,
your kind words of sympathy and en
couragement'wc precious 'to me, and ;
shall live in my memory as long as life
shall last. You know i how I entered
on the treatment andjtried to folloy
your instructions." I never : passed, a
pleasanter time in my life than I did .
at the Keeley Institute; Every one
was so kind and sympathetic, and I
really became attached to ti?p iiep-.old -
institute before T had been under its
roof many days. I have had several
occasions to be grateful and tfeel hap-
py, but the happiest mom eat, of my
ife was n that cloudy October morn- v
ing when' Dr. Williams called me into
h'isoffice and told' me kindly - that I
had' been without morphine for over a
week. I felt like. shooiting. I could -scarcely
believe it, and yet I. knew it'
was true, and that I was saved from
death and destruction, and restored to
manhood again all through the; mercy
of God and ytmr devoted kindness and
Cue instrumentality of - the ; Keeley
cure. ' I have held It ever since.
I still .remain cured, .and "by God's ".
help-1" expect to remain so '.. I can
not express -my gratitude and appre
ciation. , I have been saved ' and re
deemed and .may Goq abundantly.
bles you and the. Keeley. treatment .
for vvhat'1 you have done is my daily
prayer. - I stand ready at all -timea
to speak for you and the Keeley cure
the grandest and greatest' institution
on earth. Please remember me kindly
to every one at the Institute and if I
can ever be cf service' to Jyou in any,
way please command me. i .
"Your grateful friend,"
Thatjctter is a sample of many.
There is no fake about that. It is -from
the heart of a grateful man who
feels what he says. - '
After spending some time In looking
over the letters. Col: Osborn carried ;
us through the buildings and grounds,
all so admirably arranged, so quiet,''
yet attractive and inviting. . Tt is an
ideal place, and we' were so Impressed
with its charming beauty and able
management thatlwe. would like to go
into a descriptive article. However, w;e
will defer that for some-future time. ir
Loss of Stin and Death. , .
Why does the loss of its sting eause
the bee to die?;we are asked. It does
liot cause it to die. 1 It Is an eld theory
that never had "any foundation. ' The
general opinion -is that the. bee in io's-
ing its sting loses a portion of its In-
testines. Dut. the 'writer "lias" proven
over and over again that the bee will
live as long after its sting is gone as
it will with the sting. Tie has caught
bees a number of time3, after having
beeu stung by them, .confined thciu,
and they have been as lively as any
bee could be. - Several writers have ex-'
pressed- themselves as haying; demon
strated the same thing. A vcriter in a
recent number of 31eanings says thai
he has repeatedly tried to ascertain it
bees that had lost their stings were In
any way inconvenienced thereby, and .
that, so far as he'eould tell, they were
not inconvenienced and that they lived;
as long as other bees. lie thinks thai
nature has so provided that the poison
sac and : content "may be' torn a way
and yet the bee remain perfect In all
other respects. Still there la no -way
of determining whetner or not sucli
bees gather honey, or whether Dicy are '
permitted to remain in the hive. Th
Epitomise. - " ' - '
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