The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-10
Women Opium-Smokers

Between two and three O'Clock Friday m orn-
M reporter was plodding along Dupont street
ON his way home. That battered and immoral
1hor0ughtdre was still as the reporters con
science but for the patter of the boots of a cou-
Ple of elegantly-dressed ladies half block
ahead. The journalist mOdestly relaxed his
pace, a. it was, considering the hour and neigh
borhood, not improbable that an unprotected
Young man might be mOleSted When the girls
were a few doors from the corner of Sacra-
ment0 street they stopped suddenly, gave a
nasty and peculiar knock and We're admitted.
There was nothing remarkable in this circunl-
stance alone, bat the house was a puzzle, be-
me nothing less than It dirty boards battered
thinese den, with the usual banquet of hideous
odOrS surrounding it. What two Well-dreSsed
white women, OF whatever character, could
want in such place was more than the report
rr could make out. Police officer Mahon, who
was lettering near, threw some light on the
mystery. He had been watching the place for
more than Il week The sight OF women % inc
IA at all hours Of the day and night had natur-
ally drawn his notice ON the day previous he
nat stationed himself in window opposite,
Ihd during three or four hours OF the afternoon
had counted fifteen female visitors and nearly
is many Young men. ''IheY go there to smoke
opium, said the officer, and what else don't
know. Most III the women are young, and the
men are hoodlums and sports" Persuading
ihc policeman to bear MIN company, the report
Hr Knocked upon The wooden shutters. Pres
entity Light -tOne through the door and eau
lions voice inquired:
VISIT 10 THE DEN.
HI, You, wal you wantY'
"open the door, ,Joln,' answered the police
man, tuckin9 MS star out of sight.
''Wat fOah:"
IAN Il same Smolar ol,inn Jni,u :, ,.arsu.l
ri the dcbamchen
\ bar was slowly withdrawn, the door open
cd an inch or two, and a survey taken. 1t was
NOT satisfactory.
,.You 100 mlIcbaa fool me. No onium"
A rattle of cniu 4nJ - rar,a.,tnd aS.,,,.o,,,.o
that pvist9nca wanld lie intofer.hIo ,vithnnt -
pipe Of apiuui. mad. tba hinrns creal, M
with bare feet and = nair Of dannim(r
white trow.nrs REACHING to hii l,oon III w ~
Nav throuob ;, dark mi ,lirtv ma .a,to nit IN,
row of closed door, ON earh si3a Of if passinp
throlIob a dom whore ti,Jo mr. Nv banthone ,,n7
ed on straw mats thr oide nrheraJ hi9 3is;t
ors into the bower of narcotic Hiss II vas y |
small room, with a ceiling So low that it could
2r touthcG. fouf buhks' arranged forecastle |
lHshl"h, hled one end, ana gave accommoda |
tloh 10 IL many sleeping CHINESE. \ low broad |
pehon OF tdDIe' cafleteq win dirty straw mat |
M LOOK up nearly all the remaining space. |
iteciinlng upon his luxurious dlyan was a big, |
Hea'thI onllslhah' iazliy scratching his brown |
y! Gllu S IiILn sleepy welcome
lou IlNe@ Smokee opium: All light lay |
''o"
HOW PURE OPIUM IS SMOKED. |
There was only one very douhtful ,illo,, /
and the Oriental in charge had his head on ono !
end of that. SO the reporfer nreferred III aihn
for a prop while ooine into that lond Of lnyoI'
visions Of which Dr0uincy wrote If tsta,
Two TO smoke oniIlm Chimes f,Shion IT, |
nine looks Ike a short hnte Nv wav of "
Inouth-nierp there i. an onenino in ono md tba
We of = ninhp,d tbrouo, ubioh tha s, rnI ''io
ifl,d trha ho,i ia y ho,la eIo soht -
.tem the tnN i c"raraI and tIIa ioiit tne
in thromob y inv hoe Rntr tna,
and the victim stands little lamn ~ The |h;nn
,aqn nt arn;nr naadio Inc oniha
nni,,n, INA aS thn 1S,r nf iii'o us poN OF
,noIaaSo. Ne cantI,,a s,ti ~ VI
/. haiI o,.n t,l daro af th Iu"n,r3' ms
INTO nniet o.fbIa anu SIZES
.kiIlfIIv and 1mnbaJ ~ H. 49,, ~ - lwlIigu
he smoke. nuilI MAN 10 Nv Ti 4omI. Wnl1c
The howl in tha fno ga Inq AN 4E noius
onum 10 Keen mn - danaht T a. o,,t II! M
exhaust the pjpe. and me- 1,ooosa Mem.s puiis
,>.ri.,i .',,.l, plooes' y iepea'e'''
~ i''' We hoUNG WOMEN.
ME ihe reporter was in the midst of his |
,i ~ ;nn RI a,i9 suulnacn against the
the sudden entrance of two y0unG wo'no ny
seeing white men. they were turning 10 A.,
but the alacritv with which the reporter snrans,
from his hard couch and begged them not to
leave because of his presence Gained their
fears. and also those of the brace of dissipated
looking bucks in shiny hats who accompanied
them. The girls were Young and pretty. and