Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-05

4 FEMALE lElIIY.

1ItfsfflT tinseg thattiie serious danger
of fnddIging I'M ehloral,' Inofpfia, and.
other such drugs, ,should beafnd efstoodsa
20 a wefaanof raaiiernent these methods
of obtaining tlisi&esirpd immunity sfroms
selfsare felpsfsipea lsint resorts 70 thefip
Reluctantly and sbyerslowi degrees
There twas. tffi recently, no other ways,s
but now the downward path il made
very easy First theinventor of chlo-'
raj smootAed, the way, uneonsciously.'
but surely AwomaH who would have
shuddered with genuine horror at the
idea of drinking Voc much wine, thinks
little of taking repeatealdoses OF choral.
Women think so much of ,theilook of a
thing A brandy ,bottleeon their dress-'
ing table would be too horrible. But
the small, innocent looking httles phial
so constantly in demand, thatis Thought
nothing OF. And vet the, brandy bottle
may be the safenof the, twoasl For the
very reason that il represents al more
degraded form nfViee, ut Is safer than
the small flask which the chemist sends
in, so daintiiy wrapped in white paper,
sealed with wax, and labelled POISON"
A thousand womanlyiinstiaets and fead
mime fears drag her back fromsther for
mer.- The physician, whom she trusts
and all her dearest friends urge her.
towards the dattef. is4sJ air0egN EFT
But chloralds an Old story .nQNs1eWes
see a wonlaha lelling iangaidlEiin herr
earriagas in her beNdats tho opera. beri
even ateher own table, With ai Glmys l
dazed look infher eyes aalahsent man-
ner and q half anconsciQ way ,Qf listen,y
ing and replying Ito thosa o sabQutg hel>lI
We at once account for ID: ti.Ehierak Sd
We see d man who. was once the, inoarzl
nation efehfe andaenergys ,brBkiin bust
ness, intellectual. cultivated, Me seeI
him dulled, nerselessn his brighter self 4
etfaced, his, intellect iAiekeriRg like AL
dying light, his business faculties dwipdi |
ling, slovenlY In mindas wellas person. ]
inaccurate III Statements band d careless
as to linen; and we say: e4tClaoraE''
1t has become an accented 'faet--a1
recognized doom fora certain, peEeelIr |
tage OF onf acquaintance. 1t is an old |
story. Something freshwas demanded,
and in response to the demandha, .newJ
vice was invented, a,s, af.a ssv4 r bad
When physicians, discovered thai pain
could be subdued by inserting under the
ohill ~ ctlitt1l poiAtSStt -lllStt ull1tHO Pt0rrf
vided with "a tube containing morphia.
they little thought that they were paws
ing the way for a new vice. Yet it'd
was,i There are in our merry England 4
beings who are AS wholly under the,
domination of morphia as ever was;
Chinese under that of opium. Woman
have yielded by degrees to its fatal fasci- |
nation, until at last they prick the skin
a dozen times adaY with the tiny syringe
that has such terrible results. The
operation is almost painless, the imme-
date effects pleasant A delicious Ian
guor superyenes. Happy lthoughts.
bright imaginings fill the mind Some
see beautiful Yisionsa otherssf feel enlya
pevating sensation of bcomfort. AID /
weil-being. On few the effect of mor= 1
phia is to excite to seine Intellectual
effort, if'effort that can be called which
is pure delight, 4 glorious feeling of I'M
trammeled power, of uncrippled exer-
else of the highest faculties. Ii, is as
though the mind had suddenly developed
wings. But at the very height cof. the /
enehantment the influence Of the NOR |
phia begins. to tsubside. The glory !
fades. The wings trail,r and. the feet
that are themslsorrg substitute become
weighted as with lead. AS with the |
workers, SO with the .tlreamers. 9The j
Visionsare obsetreds The sensations Of
comfort gives place to one Of dhsoom-5
fort Irritation, even pain. The mental
vision that had just now looked through
a rosy mist sees all things as Through a !
Grape veil or a Noyemberfog. Can lit |
be wondered at that the dose. is renewed, 1
that the poison is absorbed again anil |
again, that the intervals become shorter |
and shorter between. the reign of the !
potent drug2 M .1gyt5s-:l. Il, FL. q ri
And the end? The punishment1is !
terrible indeed. BY degrees. the mind |
becomes darkened- Hideous hallucina-
tions seize upon it. :. Selfrcontrol is lost
lmbeeiAty pyertakes the weak. Mad !
ness 1hfeatens the strong.-y sIl1 IN ilyr,ni, |
These are the personal consequences. I
There are others to be beqHeathed to |
sons and daughters andto later genera |
tons. These can be guessed at. The 4
new vice has net .reignedl ,suthel ntl3 A
long for the world to have seen them |
eXemplified; but "a dark array,ef posi- /
bilities suggests itself but TOO readilygi
The heritage of insanity of inehTiety,- 4
Of imbeeiliBa will. in tature days be
traced back to those. tiny tubes WHICH |
hold but Q. drop OF two.- and to which !
men, ouc 2 looked asltQia blessed means
OF relieving pain, forgetting that bless,
ings and eugses ge;Aand in band ina !
crooked world. Dips0mania has now j
a powerful rival, speedicf, in. its results.
than it's own revolving PROCESS, and |
eventually as degrading. -The-nahe of |
the laterFbornr sister-fiend is. Morphio- |
mania Loaut0'p Truth. DIRK gr9i4e.sd