The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-10

icult to account for an ipcreasei
nty years of 200 per cent. except
suppcsition that the drug is mo
yely used as a narcotic than is gene
: believed. The facility with wbit
, form of vice can be concealed re
s direct evidence on the subie
icult to obtain but such eviden
IAN be procured tends to prove tn
above supposition is correct. Y
e recently been informed by Il
Aical attendant to the workhouse
Dhof our arger cities, that a wee
rai passes without a case of opium
81 - = hcominato his knowledge amor
seel admission to the worl
mouse md tft he has known womel
When slringronl the depression COZ
sequenI pn teir enforced abstinenc
even ~ IN o their knees to beg ths
ne Woui1 pinster to them an opiat,
Again. tqofs eason to believe tbs
oplnm ls 9Vorle stimIlant with man
under1eo1 nerwOrked artisans an
laborers d fbm inquiries made b
paroch.!aIc cids, clergymen, and of,
ers, thlsld appear to be especiaII,
the castagriculturaI districts II
the tenstricts of Lincolnshire
belief prevalent that opium act
as prelve against the effects of ,
damp. cl many of the inhabitant,
have IN ay become addicted TO its
use.
AnotL even more reprehensibIe
form OF ium evil among the lower
classes ! found in the practice of
admins soothing mixtures to
young Q for the p 5rpose of keep
ing thet. In one instance. a
mother, her child was unweII,
has been to place a piece of
crude olits mouth to suck. the
death old being naturally the
consequad though cases of such
gross anle ignorance as this are
no doubts certain that the ad-
l minlstraoothing sirups and cor
8 dials IS tloniy resorted to. In
g large rlring towns, where
2 mothers employed in factories
!. during their infants are fire.
+ quently the time in the care
k of nursehese women seldom
J. feel any ion in administering
IL an oplata who is troublesome,
II 1t canno widely known how
le greatly setice tends not only |
7e to the dl5e of infant mortaIi- |
IN ty, put aPermanent injury of |
ne the cohsty inducing convul- |
ly slons anu ar nervous diseases. |
it. Oplum its forms enters
ne largely nposition of many of
be the pam patent medicines
i'll so treely Tor domestic use in
ir- the pfesol for this reason the
IN greaIest otcd in having re-
all course 70 Taken, perhaps,
ith IN the mrs alleviate the tor
is ments ol r tOOthache, what
sse proves 10 soon becomes a
1st source Zion, which the
ich wreteheotows on abstinence
or renders ri ! difficult to lay
the aside. L I be said of mar
,vs cotics, sue of rofoSsinno and
um hyc rate oI oIquently resorted
ing TO as " Lseplessness ; the
nds system gus habituated to
cen their use, an then be re-
her linquished, cost of rnucb
With suherlhg' last mentioned
u he OF tnese Stains over the
.or, to that of noreorar i;a.
ava, PIE 10 oooaase know as
.cept chloISllsm'e system ulti-
hese mately te wreck.
.ome Turning norcoiics of
savage Oh ized races, we
/ the ind sPeU employed 10y
t en- the natives 4 and the adj
what lolnlng oiia. 1t grows
II De plenIlAuA uAiy -ltchatka, and
n the is there gend for use in
hailed several way;torts ei,bn-
qedily gather it dsst months
'resls ana hapt ~ ~ in the open
, that air, or leaNn and dry
TO re- in the gro noseeseps
once stronger nas SmaIL
letely sized specilr with wortv
cuIti- excrescerces oIora5 Owe
4 was also considt Ii 81 ~
Cole the smoOth F atimas !. ie
,iobly- eaten in souE is 4o1,o,,
,xperi- mixed with tlortlaberrv.
Inrtive but the more :, ~ ~
classes low it whole, . 60, ~ " "f
;ntions pill, and ST +oodetooi
az safe thus taken IS a. 80
opinm cotic effects d TLoao 20
q north bear very cSto % those
Christi of ordinary lI;l.o tLa,o
,tr;kinp often end innG inn";tii;tu' SiGu'
t;trtiop Whatever ma.Iol $500, 10y
4 sing ment OF the noT nsoIf I'll
onium- unusual distI wbo ;s
10 com fond # music, W. 80 20
aces in stantly singin ona nv co
1f snb- crets often thl .nIo,,o | SO
q misery of which is tn, 80
TO exag- quont trouble. narcot.
~ ism, too, the Ia naiIG1 tIo
size of objects $50 rs "a
ar os a so that man cross q
obocEing straw or q sma 80
,1argv # as though abot - trnnIS & !
fatigue, of a tree.
-T;sa in, The Siberian o,1u
roason " II narcotic in whio En
runs os tbe found. SimilarlGy N
,1@ers of are caused by fioL' foh;ob
ncredible though it is u.s. % Asio
nc more and indeed IN n IT,
um, and more properly e At
aIs The rican continent e.
81 ~ srstajn the native races Il 10 I
~ vi nigbt to the Cape of 1enn tt,la !
of same plant that fnr For {
80 -ts of t6e the sake of its vi lIr !
! Instorative sJ ~ probably indigeIBn c
Lo''' like the potato f'Ie, a
any def adapt itself to ~ S
ether the mates anu - Firth /;
tern races OF hussla, md .
I'm conse- ~T the sap +; and th In l
III III Tn bo dant in tropical u I
indulgence temperate 'ao1niSlt o
Is, and it is is almost o,r Ior s. :
ID character sesses srhJno SUE IN =
enSat sn,,;t Rut NAMED long in t
II lntoJ noint when the dried /; 8
,utT " tI7;s belief or eaten, its efe5 S
ruth. The powerful. II iLnornai 4
"a a0 n onno- pipe not larger tt a
DIR. Eatwell, oo-piPe ts sul SUI G., =
OomIany5 IaaIy5s is to boil the leav t
as 10 IeE; nm. mixed with butte a
ese' ,' DsDIoe nU T sirup, which Is CO a
ney oonsonlne su,ar Il has an extreme
@ nelng s1nc enc is eaten in conf 9
oEmgo !3 tosti t"J meos, and other I
SIM similar ara SeSSr Sr the narcotic may Ia
. natives of 1t anor1e - 5ascr
on ,ore ore Gs is Of IAN intense feelin
SapJit; ISaIp"iat;on Of attends all the OPP
langer of be- The sun S snlneJ a
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