The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-10
THE HASHEESH SMOKERS.
Something That is Not rs Harmful as
Onium-Thc Effect of q Smoke.

ltuNe, DuJ lucIc - AWAY > l"l - Wv
mand for it, have passed it through
the customs for doctors, actors, society
men, and even ladies, In point of ma
tionality think the eastern races use
it more largely. That's, they formerly
did: Nowadays it is pretty even all
around.
1--WE been selling hasheesh for more
than ten years now, 4 Bowery drug
gist said. "When l began sold about
two pots a month; | now sell hun
dred | have all sorts of customers,
Cinnamon, Malays, French, Italians,
and Americans. Germans seldom call
for it. One of my best customers is y
well-known actress; she usually buys
two pots a month What does 1t look
like? Here's some common stuff,
displaying a small china jar containing
a heaying blackish brown paste. This
is worth 81 pot. This is first class y
showing 4 pot Of greenish-brown resin
with Slight half-pleasant odor, and Of
about the consistency OF opium. This
is worth s. pot and is five times as
strong as the other.
How is hasheeSh used?'
The same rs opium. Some smoke
it, others eat it in small pills. while
others Dissolve it in strong wine and
drink ic like punch. The use OF it
in liquid form is. however, very rare.
Oc.e1tals prefer smoking it. while the
western users Of the drug take il sold.
HasLeesh Is gathered from the Indian
hemp. and ID contains almost always =
small percentage Of caunabin, the A.
za.gd0t the plant. don't believe
shIc ca1na1n j the sole esseutla. pr.n-
.-cig.- II basLaasl. I, acts similarly.
1e1 i1 has unpleasant. consequences,
WI gl hasLeesl never has. L 5 used
a rood lea. by some - q substitute.
Here Is grescr.p-llI which l have
filed : DOZEN times Ia tue PAST three
months The chief Ingredient l. can
laais, AMI the purchaser /, N reality
d. ralea1. 3Gc 1C-y 3 cg1-,rsd hash
eesl saaar, wlL5 +, called N the els.
laaenJscl-l. Sc = 4 lady living n
1lle neIruscccGcG.
Are there any lasLaes- houses
la'n
-Du.r -v1 -laa Z know ct-oEa IN
Lexington avenue. Kept 8T Ii A-e,-.
aau. mt ne i Pei sureel kept -T >
-hnunan. 2cuI 3. I E9ct BUS ness
ant lev anIcT 7Ie t.rllllca @ 1e.I-Z
sane -.'lu ..la ,G4Ge. V--c- Tile --l--
Iunt5 10 lCE
The raDCrrsl' sE,er,s- .:r. e o lin Gully
IN antr,GG clL place. ra.zrrzl. % sF
-.le !'gr-..1 Asr-s Lag.1-.ol avenue
house = cu.arsa Ta.sec answered the
bell and a41er.t The caller 41.C & SINAI.
tC5 .ea5 g-.ol-c0lL. The pro-
3.eaor. . Tall. slender and emacia,cd
man, UAs the manager If IN opium
den solas years ego. He led the way
ta aae second -sorg. where the windows
were thoroughly closed and the day
hight excluded. SIX small co.oged
lamps 5lEase1 fam: Ign: through a
Thick smoke cha. l..eI the two rooms,
The carpets, walls and furniture were
s4adaed, but warm and y.easaH. In
color. Eagrav.nZs and simple but
pretty ch-1m0s, few articles Of bT!e-
a-arac, and q bust or two gave the in
Gerilr 2 con- and attractive appearance.
4 dozen large casC-caairs and fifteen
low and rJOmy lounges were the chief
articles 81 furniture, easily aCcOmOdat-
.ay the twenty haacaasch!ns present
Ot these. six were women: all well
dressed and -eeming.y Of good social
position. Half we're asleep or DOING
q few were beginning 20 come under
the Influence, while the res. were be-
ginning the dissipation. The propric-
tor .cl in what style the reporter
would take the drug, and on being APP
pca.n! 20 recommended the nargile.
This turned olt TO be a simple modl'
! Gcalou If the Turkish article. 4
handsome glas. vase filed with water,
long light tube with an amber mouth
niece, and a brazcr-a metallic cul
Of the size and shape Of an egg-wer,
furnished. In the interior Of the bra
zicr were two brass crates, and from
the bottom ran tube down into The
water of the vase. A piece OF hash
eesh as large as an acorn was PLACED
on the upper CRATE, and on it was lai
small mass of glowing charcoal. TIT
brazier was then closed with u pcrfor
ated cap and the reporter invited f
begin. The first inhalation filled th
upper part of the nargile with u tlfcl
blue yapor; the second filled the moutI
and lungs with a cool. aromatic smok
that in flavor seemed half way between
opium and Latakia tobacco. Tn
smoke lasted about six minutes. Tn
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