THE EFFICACY OF LOCAL OPTION.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXI, Issue 1041, 6 July 1894, Page 6

THE EFFICACY OF LOCAL OPTION.

*. The- local optionists, of N.S.W. especially, are making elaborate prppprations for securing a large legislative representation at the next elections, in order to bring Parliament to the consideration of the liquor traffic. It is exceedingly doubtful if these measures will have any appreciable effect in decreasing the long roll of drunkards, who are being increased and manufactured every day. The drunk, as a rule, does not drink because of the barmaid, or because of the company he 5s in. He. drinks because the pecnlar wearing effects of life in a civilization have caused the desire for the alcohol which was a disgusting vice yesterday and is an absolute indispensability today. The capacity of the average man as a consumer of alcohol is, say the pathologists, about 6ozs. Ail above that quantity lays fin the stomach in its crude state, it rages most fiercely on the grey matter of the brain, and its continued use so hardens the nerve centres that they refuse to perform their functions without the aid of a fresh stimulant. Then comes the craving for the morning dram to steady the nerves, make an artificial appetite, and tone thfi flaccid muscles. Religious sentiment objects to our condoning, thp liquor habit by calling it a disease and not a crime, Once it \ya£ a crime,

now strengthened by time it is disease and cri.ue both. In the majority of cases all the resolutions in the world, all the signing of pledges, all the struggles of weak nature again t the old habit are useless unless backed up by such a material help as watner's Safe Cum. Safe Cure and Resolution will absolutely destroy the " liquor habit. That has been proved in numberless instances. Mr William Patterson, of Cairns, Queensland, writes thus : — ' I commenced the use of your Safe Cure some years ago when it was first introduced into the colonies. 1 was a very heavy drinker in my earl}' days, and with the excessive use of spirits my brain became softened and my reason nearly gone. I became alarmed at the state I was in, and would gladly have taken anything that I thought would do me any good. I had a wife and family to support and was in a fair way of business, but could not attend to it as formerly. Reading one day something about Warner's Safe Cure, I determined to give it a trial. I managed, after some difficulty, to procure a few bottles and commenced its use, keeping strictly to the directions arid not taking any strong drink in the meantime. After using a few bottles my brain became clear and I felt altogether a new man.