The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-26

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From ths pitsburg Dispatch.
"Cant you do something Tor msi~
said tall. lank Irishman yesssrday, q
he entered Connsllytown store, Id
dressing his appeal to . number Of tl,s
patrons who were standing around. "I
had my arm amputated in the hospital
after having Il crushed in acoal pit, and
can't work" His request was freely
responded to by those present, and On
noticing that the aims asker was trem-
bling from head to foot q il with tho
sgue. one Of the gentlemen, who took.
greater interest than the rest, inquired
the cause Of the affection. After hesi-
tating short time, with an absent stare
in his bloodshot eyes, the man rspliedin
. trembling voice. being frequently
interrupted by spasmodic tremor
passing over his whole body, and 60
peciaaly noticeable about the stump oi
llis. smputated limb: "Well, I'll tell
you. When I was lying in the hospital
I was kept under the influence Of opi-
stes 80 long that can't get along with
out them now. took dose, each Of
which lasts four hours, this morning at
So'clock, and have been in this nervous
condition ever since noon. I must 70
and get another, and I shall be differ
ent person altogether. Yes, I must-I
must!" and he slowly walked out Of the
place, stopping now and then until one
OF the nervous chills had passed away.
A reporter, who had been Q witness to
the scene, followed him at q distance,
and seeing him enter drug store st the
next corner, hurried there to see how
the victim Of the opium habit would
proceed. When he entered the drug
shop he heard the cripple beseeching
the gentleman in charge to give him :
morphine bill, and ON being refused on
account of his not havinga prescription,
his evident anguish was painful to Wit.
ness. "Tske pity on me-" he cried. "or
I'll die. I feel it coming" But eli his
sufferings could not persuade the drug
clerk to break the law, and he was final
" compelled to depart disconsolately.
After he had gone the druggist told
the reporter Of similar case out in
Lawrenceville, the victim in this case
being young girl. She was under
treatment for painful ailment for some
time and to alleviate her sufferings opi-
ates were used. When she became bet-
ter she had contracted strong taste
for laudanum, and, according to the in
formant, the habit had gained such pow.
or over her thatfrom last Saturday morn
ing until yesterday afternoon she had
used eight ounces; that is, half pint
of the drug.
A prominent physician in the Law
renceyille district was seen, and when
questioned on the subject said:
1T is fact that frequently patients
acquire the opium habit from the use
of opiates during their illness. These
drugs are used to alleviate pain, and
are very efficient for that purpose 80 ef-
ficient, in fact. that prominent medi-
cal authority of New York calls NOR
phine the divine medicine But Is
the examples you relate go to show,
the divine medicine may have some di-
abolical effects. The drug is also used
against insomnia, and while persons
are under its influence, they are su-
premely happy. When the influence
dies on them, as they say, the effect is
about the same Is the big head after
long debaucIl, only ina higher degree.
Some of the victims of the habit inject
morphine hypodermically, while others
take it in the shape of pills. There is
ON old lady patient of mine, who is af.
fiicted with an incurable disease, and
takes grain every day. Iwould not
try to break her of the habit because
she will die anyway, and while she Is
under the influence she is without pain,
which she otherwise would not be. In
incurable cases I think morphine is
boon, but in other cases curse, and
the victims dis slow and horrible
death. On account of this way Of ac-
quiring it, it is sad fact that the habit
is strongly ON the increase.