St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-01
FOUR C0cAlNES, SIR,
Slaves Of Drugs Who Live
Lives of Horrible Tor
ture.
Morphine and the Hold It
Gets Upon the Human
System.
The Syringe Of Pravaz and
It's Use by Morphine
Maniaes.
Cocaine and It's Sad Effect
a.; Upon the Morals and
Virtue.

there we're hopes that il would become
less common in time or that legal meas
ureS would crush it out. The hope has
periShed now, it seems, for ingenuity
and inventive genius, recognizing it as
an established vice, have sought to
make its indulgence less repulSve to
the finer senses and more convenient.
They are gliding the sin, thus adding
new charms to this seductive viper, and
smoothing its pathway to victory over
the body, mind and morals of the
times. a Frenchman by the name Of
PrayaZ has invented new syringe.
which has rapidly found its way
10 all parts of the civilized world,
and some of them have been brought
ilere. a few days ago these morphine
naniacs," as they are named had no
alternative but to absorb their fayorite
liquid through the mouth. and taken in
this way it left bitter taste and often
produced nausea. Later the ordinary
syringe was used for hypodermic in
jections. but this, in its turn, seems to
have given place to the newer invention
of PravaZ. which, though bearing his
name, has been perfected by many I'M.
known hands. The syringe has now
such Il sale that it is said that an agent.
who has lately established himself in
one of the richest quarters of Paris, can
oCdlCOIN III OluSlS WHICH lC IT,
ceiyeS. The persons coming to his shop
the fine gentlemen, the great ladies'
form literal procession. They stop
their carriages a few doors be-
Yond. or few doors in the
rear. but they themselves come to make
their purchases and to take them away,
Tor they have still sufficient sense of
shame to make them object to giving
their true names and addresses. To
please these fastidiouS customers the
syringe is made in an especially dainty
manner. 1t Is either OF gold OF silver,
and is skillfully concealed i'll some arti-
Gle of luxury. On this point NJ.
Reynard, a savant, has given
some interesting information at a
conference Of scientific men. Ac-
cording to him the ordinary syringe,
difficult to use or to hide, is entirely out
of fashion. except with those lovers of
morphine who are pastAll shame, and
they are few. The generality amuse
themselves by seeing how far it is pos
sible to indulge their favorite habit
without its beng discovered by the I'M
initiated. One sees EN- take from their
pocket match box, cigar case or
some tiny object in silver, but who
would suspect that these pretty bibelotS
contain microscopic bottle Of NOR
phine and a syringe so prepared that
the owner can apply it to his arm or his
leg in an instant. But what is even
more strange than the construction of
the syringe. is that these bibelotS are
NOW used as presents. They are sent
80 morphine maniacs on New
Tears day as one would send a
basket of flowers or box of
so far as to have engraved upon them
the arms or the monogram OF the friend
for whom they are destined. Is it pos
sible TO commit mansiaughter more
elegantly?
THE PEOPLE WHO BUY.
but are there so many morphine
maniaes' in this country that there
can be profit in importing such goodS?"
is naturally asked. Unfortunately,
yes. The world at large can scarcely
comprehend how great q number of
people are addicted to the use of such
drugs as morphine, cocaine. gum and
powdered opium and laudanum. Every
drug store has its regular customers,
and many of them sell enormousQuanti-
ties of the drugs. Give morphine ma
MAC a dose of his favorite drug when
nc IS suffering torture from the lack of
it, and no sooner has he swallowed it
than he experiences the relief he
sought. Long before it has had time to
act upon his system he is satisfied, be-
cause his irritated Imagination is
soothed.
1t is difficult for the physician who is
treating even a patient who wishes to
be cured to gain any hold upon them
because the victims of morphine, CO.
cainc and opium lose all moral sense,
all regard for the truth and all honesty,
both of purpose and action. Cocaine is
orl., EACfrrofiy,n Of Innrolitx-
and the case of Young girl in this city
may be cited in proof. She was given
hypodermic injection of cocaine by
physician, and from that moment
was cocaine drunkard. She secretly
used the drug to great excess and her
Family found it out only when Search
ing for the cause Of the remarkable
change that had taken place in her
withi;l three weeks. She had been a
sweet, modest, reticent girl, but in so
short time she had become a liar,
thief aad used the most revolving lam
Guagc. She finally had to be sent 10 an
asylum, where fortunately she died,
When her body was brought home there
appeared in he,papers a statement that
she had been killed in an accident.
Cocaine is only used hyp0dermically,
and there are not SO many habitual
users of it as Of the other light drugs.
partly because it is comparatively new
and partly because the sensations it
produces are not so pteasUrable.
TIE DRUGS AS NECESSITIES.
That these drugs are necessities to
those who have hcen accustomed to
their use is shown by the fact that the
users of them Will GO to any length to
obtain them. One cold day last winter
woman who was we'll known in st.
eli inn I,ur
store and tried to obtain NOR
phinc by leaving her fur cloak
as security for the account.
Another case is that of the son Of a
prominent han here who used NOR
phine until he died. and though
wealthy, ana always provided with
money. he would stand behind
the prescription case OF a druggist.
with whom he was Oh Intimate terms,
and when the druggist t;lrned his back
he would steal morphine from the bottle,
He was caught several times and made
to pay for what he had taken. but his
detection never seemed to make him
ashamed. It has lot been very long
since young man with q fine face, well
dressed and presenting all the appear
ances Of a gentlemen, was brought into
a police station Oh the charge that q
few hours before he had stolen a book
from a street stand. &c had snatched
it and run. Int the dealer seeing him
again had him arrested. He cried pitt
fully and said that lie had never been
arrested before and he hoprdthe officers
would nei i0ek him up. The sergeant
asked him whv he had stolen the book
and he said ~ am 4 morphine eater.
and when want morphine ! Will DO
ANYTHING 10 get il. i wanted il then,
and ilasl nc Nancy. | didn't want IL
steal, but !',onght i could sell the