Telegram-herald., 1889-06-02
THE MODERN BABYLON.
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% kuGs tEaL 3ae n ths Tss.l1s II ia Fes
fning process Of extrems civilization IL "
create an undue estimate q Tie foFInoE
a. tho expense or the latler. "uQfphiaa
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d4ees total lncseaesty sni9IE'eAs u u
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The MAD AID tie body, and u eo1.s - ''s use
Is morally sSdsfsassasss Das stid ~ IN ace
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reason Tor cxchlsssu or ssclusiOn from 50.
eietY. N0r2aIne . as leazr suggestive Of
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something lst eer take no<Ynloe>s
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pencil-ease constructed soEssoss aas after the
model oi = wa>Ps sting as1 httlas into
uay case which VII 50 vita ease II - nun,
tho waistccat pocket OF the bosom of tAe
dress. The Instrument Itself maY 90 et
god, and the case may 30 isshioued hae y
ieseied scrut- bottle or other tsiaAel, and
hang suspended from q gOidoI ehale.aAhe
VITA The most inuOcucus alr. Thl> Is thS
Injector. and a slight punctuation or ,~cS
skin With the wasp.5h point = sufficient &C
enable Tho required quantity OF the magic
liquid % be discharged into tho system.
Nor is tee term mag . an exzggeraticn; for
IOs more magical was The effect produced
by the pills which the travellers swallowed
IL tho elge Of Monte Cristo than that which
results from the injection OF morphia- II
must be, however, observed here that there
are three distinct stages oi morphiar ah
sorpti0n, al Of them brief N duration, the
last one ortefest OF all
Duria. the frs. stage the results are
purely plcasurabie; they bring draugh,
Of fresh lie into Iaded lirabs. The faculties
receive sudden stimulus, the callous sense
OF pleasure - sensitive once more, the
vision of tho world cas-. on the mental eye
Il drawn II rosy lines. the whole appreci.
ati0n OF things cartaly Is that Of one who is
prepared &C drain the cup OF life 70 tho bet
tom and eljOy it 20 the full- The subjec,
lives il . giamoTous sense Of vague bappi-
ness, her hGgfcIosed eyes reveal the state
OF exquisite iassltudo which laps her limbs,
sho feels that her one enemy Is cxertion,
she is too happy % srouble about ony thin Y
a. hat she asks Is that her friends should
be happy around her even as she Is happy.
Her hold on eternity loosens as her desire
for IL decreases. "W by take thought for
the morrowl" would run her new reading
OF the text; sufficient for The day is the
happiness thereof"
Ia time, however, o change comes DER
the spirit OF thls rOsc-colored dream It's
continuity becomes broken By dreadful in
terysls Of reaction, during which the victim
Is oppressed BY all the horrors OF intense
melancholy aud weakness, and from which
relief can oaly bc obtained by continual
repetition OF tho process OF IN lection Tho
taneful habit acquires o hr-ner hold by
courter-lrri;atiOns. II Is so easy % drive
away the blue devils that Gre making them
selves apparent 10 check tho reaction
which has begun 20 set IN, % change the
dark shadows which are c,uding over the
vision OF life into the rain Dow haes of tho
uorGing, 20 transform the victim OF
melancholy, tho prospective suicide, Into
TIE laughing child of pleasure whose creed
ia Let Is enjoy what God has given u.s.
So casy-but oaly By constant use OF the
fatal drug, and "a tho former slight ia
tectious have lost shelr power, largo doses
Gftho stimulant must De launched into the
system before the desired effect q produced.
Toe result. however, of the increase OF
thc quantity inj njected is - dsvclop the feel
lag of la9si-uds until in ,irle-such q brief
period lit completely ovcrpowsrs the
senses, and tho victim becomes practically
loss 20 tho world She lives n rose-co-
reizns supreme aud which she would not
leave II she could; for her re-entrT into
the lifo she has forsskoa can only be &c
ccmpllshed by passing through period Of
intense mental and bodily torture. Sho
knows That shs "a slowly dying, that she Is
slipping % extinction IN a soulless and ne
cdaniosl way, Ike n clock which inevitably
rms down when is motive power Is eE-
hsustei. but her appreciation of abstract
ideas has become blurred, life has lost its
meaning. death is sterrors. Hetter it's. she
thinks, 90 far as she compares her condition
a. az, % fade slowly and h0pplly OFT Of
LIE without a thought or a caro- 70 checker
the last brief Dcriod of existence than 20
face fhe struggle by which alone she could
be saved Indeed. &c = doubtful Whether
even n she could be kept bv force from tue
use Of The ~ m8ian.. sho would not feel its
loss so scutelv that she would die ia h0r-
rible agon % al nost "a quickly
by a curious Perversiou, therefore, of TIE
or ginal object. 10 has been reserved for
modern science "a bring into existence and
use the dream Of tbe ancient poets the
drug wb'ch conferred happiness IN
checkersd and uaaloved We're IL pos
sole however. 20 sraiTte the ucr a.
cordl tion = tae victim during tho hours q
rsrton. says The 81 James Gazette. it
might Be possible % realize aiso The tors
urss of see daancd n the DediEvsl he'll.
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