Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-11

-. r.onr;1tof Of one Of thoss curious
medicins ian east Side drug
psa ,soeutly talked With unwouted
psy 81 the habits Of some Of hts
lHsscr~rs. After little woman envsa-
e.S ;r 4 tattered shawl had Riided
o.i.s,iv Ont Of the store, having been
I.S ~ eighth of IN ounce Of NOR
~. ~ druggist remarked that she
1 GrenIar individual, bat Q fair
sspIs q : osrsain class No naa % ''a'
W., s1,.,. IA the section Of the city" he
.autinued, "where the censos- saksf tesIs
- ~ bso figures, and, OF course, have
ssouogtunity 70 see good Eany socn
sst.sfers. Il II remArkaoSe wnas mad
81 csorie beooms addicted 70. Awoman
- 40 occasionally who hasa mania
- sstina Gloves. She - never witnous
- snd Il always passing tnem 70 ner
1'...sh ~ at q time, with distressing
,.,;tv. Her friends are frequently
~. .,r:stinc her hand In It's slow but
.sssjv fstsi errand. But II Is OF no
No one will refuse to ssll cloves,
80 her anCetits for them is apparently
49, bsyond control. Hsr face 10
.d .nd fair, bat has lividness about
g ssst nothiuo else will give. / believe
s.sssraes Of 3 passion for cloves are
-. The habit Of taking compound
ss.ts.,t;s uiIjs occasionally Hxss itsslf
.ssscns vho use them too freely. To
49,, hosror they sometimes find they
.s -,nch 4 necessity 70 them - tho
- a ~ opium smoker. There are
Es,si mch easee about heTe, al OF them
~, nsrsous Who are trying to save doc
tcrS' biIls. snuff dipping Ii disgusting
hshit confined 10 the lowest women.
T,oons of them como in here ON Satur-
A.. nicht for snuff. Some OF tho better
~ 81 oustomers have small yet inju-
yions habits. They indulge mildly but
scr~tantIv in cinnamon bark, cassia
-. Grains of paradise, IovaRe, Nag.
Ss;.5 orsnce peei. snakerOot, oardamOn
sssds. marshmaIlov, and numerous 9TH
e roots and barks that are all medi-
email in proper quantities, bus undouo.-
edly hurtful when taken day after
aay. simply because the apps'''s Graves
How about the chloral, absinthe and
cther destructive habitsT'
"Ihs choral habit ! re bot little o."
M the reply. Il II more commonly
yioe Of the wealthy and those in literary
pursuits. I have just read an account
81 tts most famous victim, an English
- and PAINTER. ] have forgotten his
Sams. The efIscts OF absinthe are like
- breaking down Of this famous one.
heess shsy. Il is served up in . mild
9uem in every club-h0ose and hrst class
81 In the city in the shape Of q cocktail.
Rrnnce - the country for abstntbe drink
n. Ether frolics Were once 9 common
Md Of intoxication with certain glasses,
but arc now pretty we'll out OF style ex-
oopt by students. They occasionally buy
ether BY the pound and inhale II through
paper tunnels or from sponges. II does
nol seen, to create any appstite, and at
tsf one or two trials ID generally given
up. But II course the greatest enslaving
drug ID opium. An opium eater can never
b mistaken. These II kind Of q dry,
leathery look about him that mot even
The SON will give. Opium consumers are
vsry tricky, and will bambooxle q now
clark with 8 false prescription, or In some
other way. every time. Opium .: pre-
pared for smoking does not come in my
Iinc."-N. Y. Saa.