MODERATE DRINKING.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1973, 23 November 1889, Page 1

MODERATE DRINKING.

The Lancet draws attention to the prevailing habit of nipping, as itaelf little loss dangerous to health and morality than ©sessional outbreaks of intemperance. The curse of drink is, of oourse, more palpablo to public observation in the spectacle of the drunkard who has lost all moral control over himsolf. But the ulcer which is eating into the very heart of society presents no gross or repulsive features. lb is beheld in the glass of sharry, the nip of brandy, the tankard of bitter beer, with which it is the modern fashion among men of all classes—moderate drinkers—-to clench a bargain, discuss the news, or interchange cvililiee. The exigences of moden habits and the keen rush and competition of business without doubt, create the appetite. Happy the man who escapes the disaster which seizes upon bo many and who, while playing with the fire has not burnt his fingers irremediably. Happy the man who has strength to throw off the insidious habit of resorting to alcoholic stimulation and who has turned in time to a remedy for the craving for liquour which has grown upon him.. Such a person is Mr &. G. Laurence, of Gipps-street, East Melbourne, yifho, unsolicited, accords the following testimonial to the value of a medicine, which relieved him from much paiD, and great degression of spirits. He says:—"l have been raucn troubled for many years with a diseased liver, causing derangement likewise of the kidneys ancl stomach.. ■ I tried vurioiis remedies witii but • little success, until I resorted to Warner's safe cure. The result was marvellous. My_ liver, kidneys, and stomach are quite restored to normal action and my appetite, formerly very fickle, is now steady and good. My spirits, heretofore much depressed, have resumed Itheir buoyancy. I have to do much walking: and formerly, my digestion being impaired, I resorted to stimulants to afford me the necessary Btrenqth,to support me. I could not •thefwiae, have hone my work. I am now thankful to say that Warner's safe cure has. completely taken away, all desire or necessity for anything of the sort. I fee' thoroughly convinced by this experience that any persona suffering from a morbid and dangerous craving for stimulants can have that desire throttled, and find a path to renewed and perfect health in Warner's safe cure. I give this ' testimony without solicitation from anyone and solely for the benefit of those (and I know their name is legion > affected as I was." Mr Barton, mining manager, of Skipton Flat, Ballarat West, also says rhat he noticed while taking the safe cure a total absence of thirst, and believes it would cure those cursed with an inordinate desire for stimulants. Conceive, then, the hope and happiness which may result in a single bottle even oftbia admirable agent! The curse of drink is probably the gravest disaster that has ever befallen the human race. Its devilish results are seen on the gallows, in prisons, in ruined homes, in lost reputations, in abandonment to the lowest yices. It is the true devil. Who then shall deny the value—the inestimable boon—of a medicinal agent under the action of wbiob this gaunt spectre may be laid, and a terrible foe to the higher humanity kept in due subjection.