TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4221, 17 September 1892, Page 2

TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

A Parliamentary paper just issued shows that in England and Wales during the years 1890 and 1891 tho renewals of 274 victuallers' licenses and ot 187 beerhouse licenses were refused by tho justices, In the same, period unsuccessful applications were made for the renewal of 64 other licenses. The grounds on which the applicants were refused leave to sell intoxicating liquors were various. In many esses the justices did not consider that more public-houses were required in particular districts,. Again, many of tho applicants were not considered fit and proper persons to hold a license-several of them on account of convictions for receiving stolen property, ■ Thus in the two years mentioned, the number of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in England and Wales was diminished by 525.

Subjoined are the replies of the District Court judges of lowa to an official question as to the result of Prohibition in the State" Judge Traverse, Second district : " No saloons, except in one of eight counties, Crime greatly diminished." Judge Harvey, Third district: " The law is well enforced, consequently there are no saloons. Crime and criminal expeiise ireduoed one-half." Judge Ladd, Fourth district: " Prohibition enforced, as well as other laws. No saloons here. The law has cleared State of criminals and loafers." Judge Ayers, Fifth district; " Saloons stay closed. There is not one in district of six counties, Crime decreased onelmlf. Criminal and poor expenses l largely diminished," Judge Johnson, Sixth district i " The law is as well enforced as any other oriminal statute. It has closed every saloon in our six counties, The decrease in court and criminal expenses compensates for loss of licenso fees. Crime has decreased fully ijiree-fourths." The : Indianola. 1 Herald ' recently published a record of oriminal expenses in Warren County during the fivo years preceding the taking effect of the prohibitory law, and the total was 34,815d0l 14c; for the five years following the enforcement of the law it was only 12,585d0l 80c, showing a decrease under Prohibition of 28,7.29 dol 810.

Dr Keeley'B alleged chloride of aold euro for intemperance, concerning which so much has been written in the papers and magazines, is now declared on the authority of tlio Society for the study of Inebriety, to be a gross imposture, You tuny remember reading (remarks a London correspondent) the description of the treatment at the dootor's sanatorium at Dwight, in the States; how long lines of inebriates streamed up twice «(lay to have the marvellous preparation (the basis of which lie alleged to be chloride of gold) ejected with syringes suboutaneonsly. Its effects were marvellous correspondents said), the most dejected old drunkards becoming cheery under the potent dose. For a loog time medical men tried in vain to got hold of some of this precious elixir for analysis. At liißt, however, by inducing a studentto feign insbriety, Dr Norman Kerr managed to obtain a little, Last Tuesday, al the meeting of the Society for the Study of Inebriety, he announced the result. The gold cure consisted of water 61.81 per cent., sugar 6 per cent,, mineral salts (principally lime), probably from herbs, and 27.55 per cent of pure alcohol! This decoction was described as "Double Chloride of Gold," and was dispensed in two bottles, costing together 9dol (37s fid). It contains neither gold nor chlorides. The cure it was said, was no cure at all, and did more barm than good. Financially,' however, the doctor seemed to be doing uncommonly well. Ultimately the Society for tlio Study of Inebriety passed a resolution declaring Dr, Keeley's cure contained neither gold nor bichlorides, and condemning tbe administration of such an intoxicating preparation as the American medico's prescription to confirmed inebriates.

'• Nearly 18,000 of our fellow-crea-tures," Bays Dr Clouston, of Edinburgh, "have lost their reason through drink."

Mr T. B. Fox, J.P., has contributed an interesting paper on Grocers' Licenses to the Western Temperance Herald for February, which recommends that Parliamentary candidates should be asked to support a repeal of the Act which enables grocers and confectioners to sell alcoholic drinks,

Madame Marie Roze advises the girl who wants to bo a good singer to avoid sweets of all kinds. Wines of every sort are injurious, " and I cannot he too emphatic in warning all girls who aspire to be singers to abstain from them, I have known some of tho most promising voices to fee utterly ruined by even the smallest indulgence in wine. Fresh and ripe fruit always makes a good diet for a singer, especially grapes, Tli'o voice is regulated by the health of its possessor, and just as she takes care of that, or neglects it, will sho make a success or failure,"

Christianity would have a very much better chance of repressing vice in this country were it freed from the terrible hindrance caused by the drink traffic. If no drink wore sold, there would bo no drunkenness to repress, and Christianity would have free course, which it never yet has had,

Sandy Mac was always a peculiar fellow. Whenever the waiter brought in the whisky Sandy always carefully clutched his glass the moment it was set before him, and with one big gulp sent the whole contents into his Btomach. He was asked, " Look here, Sandy, what makes you drink up your whisky so greedily and quickly ? Why can't you enjoy it like us?" "Ab,mon," said Sandy, and a look of ineffable regret came into his eyes, as if he thought of some past misfortune, " All, mon, I once had one knocked over."

The Rev. Canon JVanklin, at a publio meeting in Newca'stle-on-Tyne on February 9tb, said the sight from his own windows was a Bad one. He saw from his windows, overy night practically, especially between ten and twelve o'clock, sundry female forms speaking to passers-by, He knew that the3e women could not carry on their trade without strong drink, for they had told him that unless they were stimulated by intoxicating drink they could not continue. Therefore; strong drink was at the bottom of this, and he had never seen a policeman speak to them. They were breaking the .law, and yet'this unholy trade went on unchepked, There was a darker side to it. He was sorry to say this was "carried on not'only amongst adults; little children wore again being cwtupted in pur streets {it night,

timofor a few coppers in the dark passages, and this went on under tho eyes of their police/ He wonld not have spoken bo publicly, except that the other day he went to the police to warn them that what had been stopped a few yearß ago-when men were afraid of their necks, were afraid of penal servitude—to warn them that now the demon of unholy lust was creeping out again,, and men imbued with drink, were again soliciting little children, Instead of being met in a kind way by the police he was insulted in such a way that he said ; "Instead of going to the police I will appeal to ut Newcastleaudiencei" He was not speaking without facts. He had tho names of these children, knew where they lived, and knew what was going on, -V