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Show RUSSIAN KEELY CURE. 1-ltMtnr Coinlnr to New YnrlcltU SUS WolitliTfut In ColilpoilMtjn. Kccly, of Kccly euro fame, has a mission rival, ono Michael Qcorgevltch Alavordoff, who, according to his own account, having tackled successfully tho Demon Hum In tho omptro of tho czar, Is now In London preparing to save tho drunkards of England. After he hni accomplished his mission In Kngland ho will probably como over horo and try his hand nt Now York. M. Alavcrdoff declares In his manifesto mani-festo that ho has dlscovorcd a wonderful wonder-ful horb which, w,hon administered to tho victim, will euro him completely, "oven though ho has drunk every day for moro than fifty years from five to twenty bottles of alcoholic drinks." Ono would think that tho condition of n man who had "drunk every day for moro than fifty years from flvo to twon-ty twon-ty bottles of different alcoholic drinks" would bo such that tho herb to euro him would havo to bo plucked on tho further shoro of tho Illvor Styx; but Alavcrdoff Is from Russia, and tho Russians havo long bcon notod for powors of btbatlon of tho Oargantuan order. When this wonderful Russian arrived In Loudon tho Dally Chronicle sent a rcportor to Intorvlow him. As thoro was no man on the staff who spoko Russian, they choso ono who had modcrato fasto for vodka as being tho best qualified man available. Through an Interpreter Alavordoff said to tho riportcr that his prescription consisted of 30 per cent spirits of wlno and 64 per cent of distilled water. As theso numbers mado 100 per cont tho reporter report-er Mkcd whero tho curattvo parts camo In, and, undisturbed, tbo Russian replied, re-plied, "C por cont of acid of, lemon and my herb."' When tho reporter protested pro-tested that there was not room, Alaver-doff Alaver-doff smiled blandly and said: "Ah, that Is my secret." Then two glasses of tho medicine, diluted copiously with most excellent whisky, being poured out, tho reporter and tho "doctor" proceeded pro-ceeded to test tho dlscovory, and had a most soclablo tlmo. So far tho reporter has not noticed any Improvement In his Russlon or any diminution of his modcrato tasto for vodka. Alavordoff says ho has cured over 3,000 Inebriates In Russia, and It he can do tho things with "Jags" thnt ho does with mathematics, mathe-matics, thero docs not seem to bo any room for doubt as to his success working work-ing reform. |