Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-12
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cANNAsis INDlcA.
The Wonderful Eject or the Drug
"Hatehis"
LorsH Courier.
The herb known to the druggist 80 Can
nRbis Indics, or Vulgarly to to the French
IS Hitchis, and the English Is Hasheesh
or Indian Hemp is particularly the exhil.
isrsting iltoxicant Of the Hindustani and
is not slightly known and used fora similar
effect In our larger ciiss. Its effects are
pleasing otherwise according to the
amount Of light present during the costa
81 which lasts on an average about two
hours or more, depending on the size OF
the dose, whose proportions we withhold
for prudential reasons, Some two honrs
after taking the drug, without Fremont.
ton q grand and understandable thrill,
after which is the ecstscy-in the
light delightful, heavenly, subime-in
darkness, fearful, hellish and weird, be-
yond practical everyday conception. The
effect Of the drug Is to increase everything,
time, duration, distance, dimension, pleas
ure, pain, etc inconceiVsbly. A street
seems miles wide, 8 door step ten feet
high. An hours walk seems to be a year 8
Journey and commonplace things hand
organ music for instsnce) are beautiful
and interesting. Your friend tells you
that you are in S;rasburg csthedral-snd
behold, around you arise the sublime
arches; you see the gorgeous ceremonial
of Rome about the high altar and sll this
in reality. The awakening from these de-
, liria comes with the same thrill which ush-
cred you into wonderland, and you ind
Yourself back on earth with nothing
ehanged-unless you may accidentally cut
your throat or have jumped over somewhere
and broken your neck under some petty
delusion
Whist makes this intoxicstion the more
seductive ia that no headache or heart
ache follows recovery. Its only bad con-
sequences are strong tendencies to set
EN- up again"
Some years ago it was our good fortune
10 meet q young German OF New York,
Mr.. Franz Jsgd, who is a hasheesh-ea'er
and as q chsry favor permitted Us to axe
notes Of one Of his most startling exps-
r~ieuces. We will give it very nearly IN
his own language, but far lacking the
terrific realism OF the actual narration.
You know my room is in the second
story and along side Of the elevated rail-
road, where the cars run about sli night
We'll I wished they didn't come u night
and that was the night tookthe n
-hssheesh you call 1t.
II was sbed when the thrill came snc
a. had determined to try q gloomy terror
thin time my room was perfectly dsrkened
Now what must happen but l see 3
little red.kot devil sitting on my foot. board
aud pointing to the walls of my room: As
tonishing-they have turned to olsnI
snscss of riyeted boiler iron. lam ooxe(
up in q eubicsl iron dungeon n my oed
stead vauishes, leaving me naked on IN
Ioor. / hear them building q ire unde
that iron floor wherein | sit, but ! don
mind triaes ike that, for the mRssy .uol
walls seem 10 move Q little and - my GOD
They are shrinking together. Slowly, op
with a fearful sureness, they approach
Nv wide room il now only q dozen lee
broad. The minutes grow to hours as
watch in hopeless despair. Ny room ha
shrunk half. The floor grows hot, out o.
matter. The wsllss r onlys yard apart an
"a bound frsuticslly from end to end OF n
narrow space / can scarcely raise my Arm
tom INV Eides. Suddenly feel the wall
topchinS both shoulders. turn, ! orac
DIHaIf - v;tbstand and check this pref
ne As well withstand the fsll Of
monntsipl ! was crushed. Ny o
crack. Strange. lose not eonseteaI
mesa Ny mind seems to see rom slIl
out the fearful end. Blood g!uSnes Tol
avery member. Crush-cruS6-er1sn-
90 nv BODY and skull, ! AN hattened h6
SnIsnk, and still | recognize myself IN u
gbastlv mass. / am no longer OF the ger
srous thickness Of 9 plank. l crush
am pastebosrd-S pspss thickness,
sIsst vory SPOT on the walls-snd SUI
an Franz. Why will not death rele'
me2
"Why2
"Why, because here l am again D
and sound on my v~o7sn-Wlre mssT =
-oom is = street, New York, U. :. a
instead of in - here We omit our So
isct's German freedom of description oS
nr;vats devil on the f~oot-bosrd, leerlng an
sIaok, with the p~ertinscity Of Poe.s cnee
fol raven. But suddenly that oeVl :
comes two. No, thrse. Then four-n,,
tsn-a hundred thousand-myrlau
and nv soul . feel that each Ii mo
m~slsvolsnt than bis predecessor ana Of
grim companion.
suddenly ! hear 3 train e0RinS On :.
rails outside my window. 'Ahsi thst "
scare those imps home AGAIN. Hmy {
clsmatory thought.
Not q bit Of it!
"TSsy were waiting for the train, 81
q rusbipg me out Of the closed Windo. rg
, tbrough the SCATTERING glGas despite n
s~trngylaa. they chain me TO the rams.
%TSe engineer viii surely see met
= uNo he WON'T de Il devil himse
and lssrs c~omplscently ct the CLOUDS, !
!. al the world Ike Q horse-esr driver
Down thundsiS the train on me-
~ zee nv severed head roll down :
> ..-sat and the blood from the hesdle
t-rnE "a I succumb to the fortunes.
g. "But The demons patiently patch .
toOether again, and ! find myself AGAIN
nv bed surrounded By the delightful iegi
INST to weary you with too much :
;as;on M then did this entertai
o,aia with pleasing var