The Debt of Alcoholism.

Manawatu Herald, 9 December 1893, Page 3

The Debt of Alcoholism.

Thb most telling sermon, simply because it does not attempt argument against the drink habit, is the oomparison of national expenditure on bread, clothing and other necessaries against the amount squandered in intoxicants. You will ace, in almo3t every Temperance Hall in the world, dia grama showing the enormous proportion of the world's earnings spent in contracting a debt against health and society, which the drinker oan never repay, for the reason that his opportunity to do so will never arrive. In England, at any rate, the drink bill and the cost of food, clothing and education is 8 to 1, and all this expansion of expenditure means the contraction of ever increasing debt — against health, againet society, against decenoy. The drink disease is a terrible thing. In this century we are as giants — our mechanical inventors show us the way lo so multiply power that the pressure of a finger lifts a ton— "*" We have banished the darkness, annihilated time and space, and chained sound at this spot to reproduce it 18,000 mile* away. And with all our triumphs we see that the intellectual giant of the 19 th century sinks into a degradation which most barbarians never knew, and that as we progress as a nation, we retrograde as individuals. The real reason of the extremes of intellect and bestiality meeting is purely a physical one. Drunkenness is the outcome of a nervous disease, either acquired or inherited The patient, in the great majority of cases, is i willing, nay, anxious to be cured. His will power, however, has become paraljz d.and he must have all the aid obtainable to renew the battle for the recovery of manhood, and maintain it successfully. • c must take something that will carry the the poisonous and inflammatory matter out of the system, aid digestion, and assist Id making pure, rich blood. That something is Warner's Safe Cure, weighed in scores of thousands of cases, and found wanting in none. Mr Wm. Patterson, Grocer, of Cairns (Qld.), writes thus, under date December 7th, 1g92 :— "When I first commenoed the use of Warner's Safe Cure T was suffering from the effeots of the excessive use of strong dripk. After I had taken a few bottles my shattered system was built up, and I felt a aew roan in mind and body, quite prepared to attend to business. Some two y«ars later I had a severe altaok of kidney dinHi*, and again I resorted to Bate Cure in ' conjunction with Safe Pills. After t»i ing it fpr about five weeks I wai quite well again, Bate Cure aiw*y» aivtt me imme< dffttt. hM, »ud I «oB»(a*r it ih» but Umilj tttflctot In iht autkit,"

ARE YOU AFFLICTED WITH DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION. KIDNEY TROUBLES. . | BACKACHE, ! ! ACHING LIMBS, on j LIVER C'OMLAINT ? I If so, safe remedies are wnhin your rpach iat a nomiual cost. CLEMEN IS TONIC > a.id KLf.TCriER'S PILLS hare never yet j ! failed 10 enre the- worrfo cases, General | debility, nervousness, weakness, and general complain ts of th° digestive and nervous systems are promptly curod by these re iable remedies. They are prepared by I scientific processes, and are not morely ' m chanical mi < lures made only to •• gull '. tho public." Tlie reuown CLEMENTS TONIC and FLETCHER'S PILLS have won in Australasia is proof of the fact that they stand preeminent fov their special classes of diseases. No remedies over sol d gave such entire satisfaction to their imtrons, and evidence is forthcoming from every city, town, and village to prove 'their virtues. * No doubt can now exist as to their valne, but purchasers must be careful lo g?t the genuine articles as many unscrup ulous traders will attempt to palm off a | substitute if possible, for the sake of extra 1 profit.