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The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation

  
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ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
  
A MOTHER'S CRY,
  
CONTENTS.
  
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CHAPTER I. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME AND WHAT I REMEMBER OF MY LIFE UP TO THE TENTH YEAR.
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CHAPTER II. MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEGROES AS SLAVES.—THEIR SUPERSTITIONS.—A BEAUTIFUL FAIRY TALE.
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CHAPTER III. MOVED TO WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY.—ALSO MOVED TO MISSOURI.—SAVED FROM BEING A THIEF.—MY CONVERSION—GOING SOUTH AT OPENING OF THE CIVIL WAR.—AN INCIDENT OF MY GIRLHOOD SCHOOL DAYS.—WHY I HAD TO BELIEVE IN REVELATION.—SPIRITUALISM OR WITCHCRAFT.
  
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MY EXPERIENCE WITH SPIRITUALISM.
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CHAPTER IV. MY FIRST MARRIAGE.—A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.—MOTHER GLOYD.—MY DRUGGED AND WHISKEY MURDERED HUSBAND.—LOSING MY POSITION AS TEACHER.—SECOND MARRIAGE.—LOSS OF PROPERTY.—KEEPING HOTEL.—STRUGGLES FOR DAILY FOOD.—THE AFFLICTIONS OF MY CHILD.—ANSWER TO PRAYER.
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CHAPTER V. THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST.—REJECTED AS A BIBLE TEACHER IN METHODIST AND EPISCOPALIAN CHURCHES.—TAUGHT IN HOTEL DINING-ROOM.—VISION, WARNING AND BLESSING.—ENTERTAINING ANGELS.—THE JEWS.—PRAYER FOR RAIN AND ANSWER.—GOD'S JUDGEMENTS ON THE WICKED.—MOVED TO KANSAS.—DEATH OF MOTHER GLOYD.—SERMON OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST.
  
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ENTERTAINING ANGELS UNAWARES.
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CHAPTER VI. WHY MY NAME IS NOT ON A CHURCH BOOK, AND WHY THE MINISTERS WITHDREW FROM ME.—CLOSING THE DIVES OF MEDICINE LODGE.—CORA BENNETT, AND WHY SHE KILLED BILLY MORRIS IN A DIVE IN KIOWA.—HER RESURRECTION.—RAIDING A JOINT DRUGSTORE.
  
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O. L. DAY'S DRUG STORE.
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CHAPTER VII. SPIRITUAL LEADINGS.—JESUS A CONSCIOUS PRESENCE THREE DAYS.—LOSS OF LIBERTY BY COMPROMISING.—THE PRICE PAID TO BE REINSTATED.—DISGRACE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
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CHAPTER VIII. THE DIVINE CALL.—THE JOINT DRUGGIST OF MEDICINE LODGE.—BEER A POISON.—DOCTORS MAKE DRUNKARDS.—SMASHING AT KIOWA.—ATTITUDE OF SOME W. C. T. U.'S OF KANSAS.—SUIT FOR SLANDER.—SMASHING AT WICHITA.—CONSPIRACY OF THE REPUBLICANS TO PUT ME IN THE INSANE ASYLUM.—SUFFERINGS IN JAIL AT WICHITA.—SLANDERS FROM THE RUM-SOAKED PAPERS OF KANSAS.
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CHAPTER IX. OUT OF JAIL.—EGGS AND STONE.—SMASHING STILLING'S JOINT AT ENTERPRISE.—WHIPPED BY HIRED PROSTITUTES.—PLOT AT HOLT BY HOTEL KEEPER AND JOINTIST TO POISON AND SLUG ME.—AT CONEY ISLAND.—HAND BROKEN AND HANDCUFFS.
  
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THE SECOND TIME IN JAIL AT WICHITA.
  
THE THIRD TIME IN TOPEKA JAIL.
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CHAPTER X. LEGAL STATUS OF PROHIBITION AND JOINT SMASHING.
  
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DECAY AND DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC.
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CHAPTER XI. MY TRIAL FOR DIVORCE.—THE LICENSED RUM TRAFFIC THE CAUSE OF SO MANY DIVORCES.—DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES I HAVE BEEN IN JAIL.—AT THE CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA.—WIDE OPEN TREASON.—AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.—WOOLLEY CLUB AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.—CATHOLIC PRIEST AND CIGARETTES.
  
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AT HIGH MASS, BUFFALO, OCT. 27
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CHAPTER XII. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
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CHAPTER XIII. ECHOES OF THE HATCHET. MRS. NATION AND THE SALOON.
  
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A CONTRIBUTION TO HOME FOR DRUNKARD'S WIVES.
  
AN APPEAL TO THE NATIONAL PROHIBITION COMMITTEE TO CONCENTRATE THE FORCES IN KANSAS.
  
A CO-LABORER IN TEXAS WRITES.
  
AN OLD SOLDIERS APPEAL.
  
A TRAVELING MAN'S LETTER.
  
FROM A HEART-BROKEN MOTHER.
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CHAPTER XIV. CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
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CHAPTER XV. SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY FOR MY CHRISTIAN WORK.
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CHAPTER XVI. IN NEBRASKA.—WHAT I DID WITH THE FIRST MONEY I GAVE TO THE LORD.—AT CONEY ISLAND.—WHAT I SAID OF MR. MCKINLEY.—IN CALIFORNIA. "CRIBS" AT LOS ANGELES.—ARREST IN SAN FRANCISCO.—CONDEMNED BY SOME MINISTERS.—WHISKEY AND TOBACCO ADVERTISEMENTS,
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CHAPTER XVII. MY VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D. C.—ARRESTED IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.—TAKEN OUT BY OFFICERS.—THE VICES OF COLLEGES, ESPECIALLY YALE—ROOSEVELT A DIVE-KEEPER.
  
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MY VISIT TO YALE UNIVERSITY.
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CHAPTER XVIII. PROHIBITION OR ABOLITION.—WHAT IT MEANS.—THE FREE METHODISTS AND OTHER MINISTERS ENDORSE THE WORK.—A CATHOLIC PRIEST'S ENDORSEMENT.—MODERN DEBORAH.—JOHN P. ST. JOHN.
  
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HELL'S CONSPIRACY.
  
England has the same struggle that we have. The government conspiring against the people. This article from the pen of Lady Carlisle tells of the same vile plot the Prime Minister of England sustains, the brewer against the people, just as Roosevelt and his crowd here: THE PEOPLE'S STRUGGLE AGAINST THE LIQUOR TRADE. (Spirited appeal by Lady Carlisle.)
  
THIS ARTICLE IS FROM THE TEMPERANCE WITNESS OF NORTH OF ENGLAND. This explains the danger to honest trade. The reason why we have capital against labor. The concentration of money without compensation to labor. The funds that accumulate corrupt the government and enslaves the people: THE CAUSE OF BAD TRADE.
  
SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE MRS. NATION TEMPERANCE CRUSADE IN KANSAS. (By Rev. H. A. Ott, in Lutheran Observer.)
  
TRIBUTE TO MRS. NATION.—CORRESPONDENT OF THE STATE JOURNAL GROWS ELOQUENT ABOUT HER.
  
WORDS PROPHETIC.
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CHAPTER XIX. DR. MCFARLAND'S PROTEST.—KICKED AND KNOCKED DOWN BY CHAPMAN OF BANGOR HOUSE.—MEDDLING WITH THE DEVIL.—TIMELY WARNING TO OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.—BRUBAKER OF PEORIA.—WITCHCRAFT.—LAST TIME IN JAIL.
  
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THE BEGINNING OF THE GRAVEYARD ASSOCIATION OF MEDICINE LODGE.
  
MEDDLING WITH THE DEVIL.
  
TIMELY WARNING TO OUR GIRLS AND BOYS.
  
SOME OF MY TRIALS WITH MR. BRUBAKER OF PEORIA.
  
WITCHCRAFT.
  
IN JAIL IN PHILADELPHIA.
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CHAPTER XX. WHY I WENT ON THE STAGE.—THE VICE OF TOBACCO.
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CHAPTER XXI. TRIP ON FALL RIVER STEAMBOAT, FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK—OFFICERS TRIED TO LOCK ME IN MY STATE ROOM—SEQUEL SATISFACTORY, MADE PLEASANT TRIP AND MANY FRIENDS.
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CHAPTER XXII. TRIP TO CANADA, CORDIAL RECEPTION—RETURN TO CHICAGO TO FILL ENGAGEMENT—SECOND VISIT TO CANADA—TRIP TO MARITIME PROVINCES—VISIT CLUB IN CHARLOTTE TOWN—PREJUDICE AGAINST ME OWING TO MALICIOUS REPORTS—SPOKE IN PARLIAMENT IN FREDERICTON—VISIT TO SIDNEY—SCOTT ACT—MY ARREST AND RELEASE—EPISODE IN JAIL.
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CHAPTER XXIII. COWARDLY ASSAULT BY SALOON KEEPER, G. R. NEIGHBORS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, KY.—APATHY OF OFFICERS, BUT PEOPLE MUCH MOVED BY OUTRAGE, LECTURED AFTERWARDS, THO' VERY FAINT AND WEAK FROM LOSS OF BLOOD.—CIGARETTE SMOKING IN HIGH PLACES DISCUSSED WITH MISS GASTON, PRESIDENT NATIONAL ANTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUE.
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CHAPTER XXIV. SISTER LUCY WILHOITE'S VISION.—WRITES TO ME FOR CO-OPERATION IN MAKING RAID ON MAHAN'S WHOLESALE LIQUOR HOUSE.—HESITATE ON ACCOUNT PRESSING ENGAGEMENTS AHEAD.—ANSWER THE CALL.—RAID SET FOR 29TH.—W. C. T. U. CONVENTION IN SESSION.—FOUR SISTERS AND MYSELF START FROM M. E. CHURCH.—A CALL FOR THE POLICE BEFORE WE COULD EFFECT AN ENTRANCE.—TAKEN TO JAIL IN HOODLUM WAGON.—UNHEALTHY CONDITION OF CELL.—IN JAIL FROM FRIDAY TO MONDAY.—GOOD OLD PENTECOSTAL TIME ON SUNDAY—COUNTY JAIL MONDAY—TRIAL WEDNESDAY—JAIL SENTENCE AND FINES—APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.
  
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AFTER TRIAL IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
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CHAPTER XXV. CLOSING REMARKS WITH PLANS FOR THE FUTURE—PROHIBITION CLEARLY DEFINED.
  
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FINALE.
  
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE PROHIBITION FEDERATION.
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CHAPTER XXVI. CARRY NATION CLOSES CRUSADE IN DAYTON, OHIO—HOLDS THREE LARGELY ATTENDED MEETINGS—SPEAKS TO LARGE AUDIENCE IN ARMORY—HAD ENGAGED NATIONAL THEATRE, BUT INSPECTION OF AUDITORIUM INTERFERED—REVIEW WEEK'S WORK.
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CHAPTER XXVII. (Sketch by WILL CARLETON, in his Magazine EVERYWHERE.)
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CHAPTER XXVIII. A scientific article on the effects of alcohol on the human system. If any doctor should try to deceive you here is the proof of his malicious intent to drug you.
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LIQUOR DRINKING IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE UPON THE PROGRESS MADE IN MEDICAL SCIENCE IN FAVOR OF TEMPERANCE DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1, 1902—A. W. GUTRIDGE, CHAIRMAN. READ AT THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE UNION OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY THE CONVENTION.
  
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IS ALCOHOL A DRINK?
  
IS IT A FOOD?
  
IS IT A MEDICINE?
  
IS IT THE CAUSE OF DISEASE?
  
PROGRESS DURING THE PAST YEAR.
  
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL MANIFESTO.
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SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY ON BEER (From speech by SENATOR J. H. GALLINGER, M. D., January 9, 1901.)
  
OPINIONS OF LEADING PHYSICIANS.
  
A BEER DRINKING CITY.
  
BEER KILLS QUICKER THAN OTHER LIQUORS.
  
BEER WORSE THAN WHISKEY.
  
WRONGS WE CAN NEVER UNDO. (By Delle M. Mason.)
  
SHE'S COMING ON THE FREIGHT. Or, The joint Keeper's Dilemma.
  
A. WOMAN. (Dedicated to Mrs. Carry Nation.)
  
THAT LITTLE HATCHET.
  
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OUTCAST. (Found in manuscript among the personal effects of a prostitute, 22 years of age, who died in the Commercial Hospital, Cincinnati, O.)
  
THE LIPS THAT TOUCH LIQUOR MUST NEVER TOUCH MINE.
  
WAR AMONG THE POETS.
  
AN AMERICAN COUNTESS, OR LADY VERE.
  
"GOD BLESS OUR CARRIE NATION."
  
AMERICA'S HISTORIC HATCHET.
  
THE HATCHET CRUSADE. (Dedicated to Mrs. Carry Nation.)

  
"The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation."
  
Prohibition Federation.
  
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IS ALCOHOL A DRINK?

One reason why all the greatest physicians believed it harmful was because it had been found that alcohol was not a drink. The most abundant substance found in the human body, is water. About 130 pounds of

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the weight of a 160-pound person is water, "Quite enough if rightly arranged to drown him." Man has been irreverently described as "about 30 pounds of solids set up in 13 gallons of water." So it is quite natural for us to hunger for water; "death by thirst is more rapid and distressing than by starvation." "It is through the medium of the water contained in the animal body that all its vital functions are carried on." Dr. W. B. Richardson of England has pointed out more than fifty characteristics of the action of a natural drink upon the system. The action of alcohol is the opposite of these in every particular, and therefore it is not a real or natural drink. Of course the water which is found in mixture in all alcoholic liquors serves to quench thirst, even though it is often foul water.

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