The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-27

leaves and your sadness was wnelmeu
with hilarity. But nepenthe passed out
from the consideration Of the wsrld. Next
came hasheesh, which is made from Indian
hemp. 1t is manufactured from the flow
| ers at the top, or workmen In leather cloth
ing walk through the fields of hemp and
the exudation from .he hemp adhered tc
the leathern garments, and then this exu'
dation is scraped off and prepared with
aromatics and becomes an intoxicant for
the people. Whole nations have been
stimulated, narcotized and made imbecile
with this accursed hasheesh. The visions
kindled by that drug are said to be gorge
Gus and magnificent beyond all description.
but it finally takes down body, mind and
soul in horrible death.
knew one of the most brilliant men Of
his day. Whether he appeared in maga-
zine or in book or in newspaper column,
he was an enchantment He could, in the
course Of an hours conversation, produce
more wit and strange information than
any man / ever talked with but he
chewed hasheesh. He did so first as mat
ter OF curios s.ty to see whether the powers
ascribed TO it really belonged to it. He put
his hand into the cockatrice's nest to SEQ
whether it would bite, and he found out to
his complete undoing His father, who
was minister of the Gospel, prayed for
him and counseled him and obtained for
him the best medical prescriptions Of the
best physicansi in New York, Philadelphia,
Paris, London, Edinburgh and Berlin. He
i satI hn not NukO A laNa afR Rpln
friends put their wits together to try tc
rescue him, but he went on down. First
his body gave way in pangs of convul-
sions of suffering; then his mind gave
way and he became raving maniac; then
his immortal soul went, blaspheming God,
into a starless eternity.
THE OPIUM HABIT.
Opium demands emphatic recognition.
1t is made, as you know, from the white
poppy. 1t is not new discovery. We
read Of 1t three hundred years before
Christ; but 1t was not until the seven
teenth century that 1t began its deatf
march, passing out from the medicinal
and the curative, and by smoking ant
mastication becoming the scourge Of ma
tions. In the year 1851 there were i'm
ported into this country 10000 pounds o.
opium; but In 1880, $4,000 pounds O
opium. 1t is estimated that in the yea
1876 there were in this country 225,0O
opium consumers; but / saw a statistic
! more recent that said there are probably
now in the United States at least Goo,00
opium consumers. The fact is appalling
: Do not think that they are merely bar
barrie fanatics who go down under tina
stroke. Read the great De Quincy
: Confessions Of an Opium Eater" II
, says for the first ten years it gave him tn
= keys Of paradise; but it takes his owl
. powerful pen TO describe the horrors con
: sequent. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, afte
conquering the world by his pen, wa
conquered by opium. The most magnets
and brilliant lawyer Of this century fell
[, victim to its stroke, and there are thou
sands Of men and women-but more WON
On than men-who are being bound, body
mind and soul, TO this terrific habit.
There is a great mystery about som
families. You do not know why they
i not get on. The opium habit is so stealthy
so deceitful and so deathful. You can cur,
d a hundred drunkards easier than you cal
cure one opium-eater. l have heard o
cases Of reformation, but l never saw any
hope there are cases Of genuine reforma
ton. have seen men who for forty year
had been the victims Of strong drink thor
oughly reformed; but the opium eater
that have seen go on and 60 down. Thei
cry In the last hour Of life Is not for God
nor for prayer, nor for the Bible, but 10
. opium. Perhaps there are only two per
u sons outside the household who know wha
. Is the matter with them-the physician
4 and the pastor; the physician called In 70
I physical relief, the pastor called In 70
spiritual relief; but they both fail. Th
physician Acknowledges his defeat Tn
y minister Of religion acknowledges his de
feat, for 1t seems as IL the Lord does no
J, answer prayer for opium eaters. o, man
u o, woman! Are you tampering with thi
i habit? Have you just begun? Are yol
3 for the assuagement Of physical distresse
: or mental trouble making this regula
resource? / beg you stop. The ecstasie
at the start will not pay for ths horrors a
/ ID lOilOWtu WI
soon by the pandemouium. Morphia is
blessing from God for the relief OF suddel
!. pang or acute dementia, but was never in
|, tended for prolonged use; and, what is tn
: peculiar sadness OF 1t, 1t comes to people II
their weak moments. De Quincy says
= VI took II for rheumatism" Coleridge says
: Itook IL for insomnia, or sleeplessness.
What do you take 1t for? For Gods sake
do not take 1t too long. ..F
q In some families chloral Is taking tn
q place Of opium. Physicians first prescrib
Il Ii for sleeplessness. Then the patien
keeps on because he likes the effect. Who'll
4 tons Of chloral are manufa cturod In Ger
8 many. Baron Liebig says that he know
1 one chemist In Germany who manufacture
!. half ton Of chloral every week. Their
n are multitudes being taken down by thi
a habit, Look out for hydrate Of chloral
4 But am under this head speaking chief
o Of opium. There ought to be ten thousan
n pulpits turned into quaking, flaming, thun
dering Sinais OF warning against this mar
4 cotic. The devil OF morphla In this coun
n try will be mightier than the devil Of al
n cohol.
: REFLECTIONS.
Q Ny friends, It is all important that b.
= personal example in every possible wa,
Z we contend against all influences injuriou
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