Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-19
G, AYES oE HEMP.
A., oriental vice. which IL Even Verse
Than Opium Eating.


of the hemp no effects whatever are
evident. Then feeling OF chilli
ness comes over one, increasing
to sensation of severe cold. Then
the pulse rises; and. after taking
a Whit or two at the narghile as it IS
nassed around, the full toxic effects OF
the powder are experienced. The room
seems to turn round; the people near
annear to rise to the ceiling; the pulse
beats with extreme rapidity. and the
,hrnbbng of the heart becomes audible.
The will remains unaffected; but think
ing becomes impossible. for one can
moi recollect any thing--the IDEAS seem
to slip away. In another ten minutes
the characteristic indications Of hemp
eating appear. Every object around
,,ttains a monstrous size. Men and
women seem of Brobdingnagian pro-
portions. the cushions upon which one
it's seem fit for giants. and any trifiins
obstacle in the way when you attempt
20 walk, appears 80 big that you fear
tn step over it. The room In which
YOU may be sitting seems to stretch be-
vond the range OF sight, and one IAN
.ie, the street side is receding be
fore ones very eye. All sense OF time
is lost now, and when he is spoken to
HE hemp-eater fancies there are long
and apparently senseless Intervals be-
,wcer the words His own attempts at
speech are similarly marked; the sylla
lies come slowly, Ia ,oriously, and
uinu,cs seem to elapse between thu
beginning and end of word. In this
stare it Is usual to partake OF NOR
Office, which changes the nature OF tn
| sensations. A Whit at the narghil
that always accompanies the beverage.
and the body seems to rise into the air
and float about. though. inexplicably
enough, the feet keep firmly pressed t.
the ground. Then ones legs and arms
appear to drop off. and life and sensa.
zion concentrate themselves, to ones
thinking, in the back OF the head
which feels full to bursting. Gradually
strength leaves the smoker: the pipe
slips from the nerveless fingers; vii
altogether fails, and the body seems t.
rise and float away in space. A heavy
lreamless sleep usually succeeds suci
IN indulgence in the drug. and AS
rule the novice awakes none the wors'
for the evenings experiment. A llttl
lemon juice removes any sensation o
nausea or light headache that ma.
ensue.
Old and experienced hemp-eaters G.
very methodically to work. They sa.
that to relish hemp ono must first abstain
from all stimulating food and drink TO
4 brief period; for only after shor
fast can one taste to the full the de
lights of hashish and render ones sys
TEN fully susceptible to its influence
So, for several days previous to tn
"oryie." the expcrie iced hemp-cate
eats no meat, drinks neither wine no
spirit, lives mainly upon vegetabl
foods, light pas ~. and ripe fruits. an
smokes little. Ga the day of the de
bauch he rises very early and fasts ii
the afternoon, when the friends VII
are to Join him arrive. They prepar
for dinner by taking strongly charge
pipe and inhaling the thick whit
smoke. A light meal is then servct
in which plenty of sweet pastry figures
and each of the company retires to h
cushion prepared for the evenings il
diligence. Musicians are stationed |;
he end of the apartment, dancin
1 Urls are introduced, or if the host is
- very wealthy man he orders his ow
IA slaves in. Hemp boluses are passe
: around, and the pipes well charge
!, with the drug For this purpose toba
1 20 is first laid in the bowl; upon TIL
e Il small charge of pure hashish extra'
! is placed. aud tho whole is, fired
: means of II glowing ember of charco
e and saltpetre which has been mingle
: with honey and dried. Strong an
+ well-sweetened coffee is handed roun'
II and while the dancing and music go {
e. he smokers begin. Lonnging bat
3 they suck the smoke into the lungs al
e eir-passages. sending it forth aga
d through the widely distended nostril
G and. gazing upon the forms and fac
o ,osturing and revolving before Their
# the hashashin swms off in sea
s 5lissful content that verges upe
Il 'nstacy, AS soon AS the pipe is e
Il nausted, strong coffee without sugar
5 AIKEN. aud this rouses the dreame
a from their vision of delight. But
"bolus" of hemo-cake, and anoth
pipe well charged, stimulates afre
. the excited Imagination. and sen,
Y them off again into their dreamland
: The singers chant their love song
p" and the almehs sway in their passio
ate dances. This goes on for noul
= fresh pipes and coffee being pass
+" round at intervals, the smokers wa
) ing from one dream only to go off in
:. another. Sach an orgie, indeed.
= sometimes protracted for two or thl
:" days. Then lassitude and exhaust,
onsuc, and the hashish experiences
). sort of revulsion against the dru
q which lasts for some weeks; when t
n longing for it returns. In many pal
1. among the Bektaches. for example
there are regular gatherings for hem
smoking, just as the Nsairie of Syr
=, meet on certain days to drink hem
tea. The poorer classes find oppt
- tunity for INDUCING in the drug in t
so-called "meshash' or hemp-hous