The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-17
A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION.
The Liquor Habit should be-
Treated as a Disease.

"a Nh Oiseases-Its Cure an Radical as
That OF Vaccination for SMALL Pox.
interesting Statement Of Grnduate
ofthe Houston Narcotic Cure.
The excellent work OF the Houston
Narcotic Cure is becoming more and
more evident every week. The cure
Is scientific and radical. It is but 4
few years since Jenner discovered that
small pox could be prevented by VAGINA
tion. Before that time small pox was
as dreaded as the cholera and reckoned
its victims by the hundred thousands,
Whole communities were ravaged and
scared By the dread disease. For hun.
dreds OF years its ravages were I'M
checked. Now it is harmless. TIA
ravages are checked. 1t is becoming
an extinct disease in all well regu-
lated communities. This ia because =
REMEDY was found.
So 1T Is with the liquor. opium, NOR
paine and tobacco habits. For hun
dreds OF years they have claimed their
slaves and victims. Sixty thousand men
each year fill drunkards' graves in the
United States. Drunkenness causes
misery and murder. 1t has no redeem
ing feature. But o new idea ia born. It
is no longer treated as vice but as a
disease. 1t Is no more crime than other
diseases. Four fifths OF all diseases ic
due to ignorant or wilful violation OF
natures laws.
BY radical yet thoroughly scientific
course OF treatment the Houston Mar
cotic Cure radically cures those dis
easea appetities which are yearly
wrecking thousands of homes.
The TIMES vouches for this, as it has
carefully and thoroughly investigated
Its plan OF treatment and talked with
its humorous patients and graduates.
Day after day and week after week q
representative OF The TIMES has seen
bleared and sodden victims of the
liquor habit enter the Houston
Institute and place themselves
under treatment He has seen
them come up from the verge ofdelirium
tremens, gradually change and steadily
improve until at the end OF three or
four weeks they emerged new men,
masters of their minds and bodies and
appetites. The old, horrible craving
absolutely destroyed. gone forever.
Their skin fresh and clear. their eyes
bright and sparkling. New hope, new
energy, new life in every limb, line and
feature. What did 1t? What worked
this wonderful transformations The
treatment of the Houston Institute.
A TIMES representative interviewed
Mr.. James w. Johnston, OF Salem, yes-
terday. Mr.. Johnston is q civil engi-
neer by profession and man of more
than ordinary mental ability and infor-
nation. He has just graduated from
the Houston Institute. He talked freely
and without reservation.
81 am 4s years OF sge," said he, land
had bean drinking since was Is. WAS
about 25 before 1 became drunkard
~AA~ oAhOS ShOh L a0NO OS6n R0tLlu2
worse and worse until of late years my
sprees would last until was bedridden.
My physical condition, too, kept getting
worse. would have violent cramps in
my legs, pains in the base OF my head,
stiffness OF the arms and general weak
ness as we'll as disagreeable functional
Irregularities, all going from bad TO
worse.
~ came here three weeks ago and
took the Houston treatment. 1 am
cured. Not only am cured, but am
better physically than at any time in
twenty years. no longer have those
functional disoders. My limbs are free
from cramps and stiffness. My pains
are gone. am now enjoying the first
real happiness since became drunk-
ard. Icannow go back to my profession
new man.
mot only is my appetite gone, but +
feel IS il never wanted to either see
or smell liquor. Even recalling to mind
people that have drank with in years
gone by the fact that did drink with
them creates feeling of repulsion. I
am cured. am we'll man"
The TIMES reporter looked Mr.. John
ston over. His face is bright; his skin
is clean and ruddy with health; his
| eyes are sparkling with new life. One
who was not acquainted with him would
ever suspect that he was tho hroken
down, dissipated unfortunate man who
entered the Houston Institute three