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Show A LINCOLN 51 KMOKIAL. HOME WHERE DRUQ VICTIMS MAY BE CURED. To tie Free-ed aa the firm en Which lha Mirljr.a ITe.l.l-nl U aa ll,.ra I'atlrnu I., lie Treatad rrea r I liar.a. II la HaliL (Special letter) Tha farm In Kentucky on which Abraham Lincoln rtaa born and where hla earliest yenra were (pent ia to be turned Into a reaort for tho cure of victim, of the alcohol am) drug hab-IU. hab-IU. St. Luke , flixlt ty, of Chiago, line acquired poaaraelon of the property, and la going to erect upon It a number num-ber of bulldlnga, where 'he victlnia nf liquor and drura may be treated and cured. Work on the bulldlnga will begin be-gin Il the aprlng, and the aoclety expect, ex-pect, to rnlae and expend fJ.lo.ouo before be-fore Ita plana are fully carried out. The Hint I tut Ion will be entirely free, and will be auppoitid hy nn endowment endow-ment fund. Dr. Rtruhle, of Chicago, one of tho dlrectora of the aoclety. hue aoriircd an option on ,1",0 arrea of land adjacent to the Lincoln form, and the latter, conalatlng of lla acrea, hna been turned over to the aoclety hy the former for-mer owner, A. W. Dennett, of New .York. After the flrat bull, ling la erected erect-ed aome of the patient a who aro cured will work on (he other bulldlnc "The home," anya Dr. filruhle, "will be a memorial to Lincoln, and will bo the gre.it-Kl temperance project ever undort-iken In thl. country. The number num-ber of patlcnli It will be able to treat In a few year, will be unlimited. We propone tu put up aeveral bulldlnga of a aubatnntlal character, uud the number num-ber will be Increased ni the numbor of patlenta Increa.e. "The cabin In whlrh Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln waa born, which waa originally on the farm and la now at the buffalo Kipoeltlnn, will be returned to lla old Ita, The cabin In which Jeff Davla waa born, 100 mile, from llodgena-ville, llodgena-ville, will be placed by Ita aide." The St. Luke Society ha. a home In Chicago where victim, are treated. The police aend human wrerka to the aoclety ao-clety and the Jnlla alao furnlah patlenta. pa-tlenta. Qunrtera aro maintained where the rich can be luxuriously treated, but In auch cnaea payment la expected. One eaatcrn banker when preactttcd with a bill for 1100 gave hla check for 11.000 Intoad, and when, af'er reaching home, he found that he had no de.lre for dmga or llquora, he acnt the aoclety ao-clety an additional tl,6x). The mode of treatment ia a aecret and moat peculiar In Ita working. On entering the Inatltutlon the patient la given a atrong purgative. Then three Injection, of a dark-colored liquid are IIIIb 1 , - ..'j'''''l'c I CABIN IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS IIOKN. made Into hla arm. After tbla be la taken upatalra and placed In charge of a nurau, with other unfortunate, to keep blm company. Tho black fluid la Injected Into hi. arm four ttmva a day. He la given tea and toant twice a day and aoup unco a day. That la the wbolo treatment. But the patient doee not know that be la being treated, lla doea not even know where he la. The biack fluid which baa been Injected Into hla arm produce, hnllucinntlon. Ho may be fighting TngaloK. In the Philippine.; be may be playing foot-ball, Hla experience ex-perience niuy be alnglng In a church choir; he may bo plcaaant or the re-erae. re-erae. It la generally pleneant. The dvlualnti. are cau.ed by the medicine. When the patient celiac, taking It hla mind I. aa clear aa a bell In a abort time. All appetite for drugs or liquor leavea blm; bla ambition re-tnrna re-tnrna and ha fiuda hluuelf a man once more. |