Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-03-15

kncwthat any ono could become really
INTOXICATED from drinking tea"
mo moro they can, yer homer" was
tho reply. "Wo ate it."
1t is becoming quito popular vice.in
Boston, writes q correspondent of tho
Chicago Tribune, and presumably DISC
whero--this tea eating. And, ouriously
enough, its victims arc mostly found
among tho "hclp.n who, having the
household tea caddy always accessible,
get accustomed to helping themselves
from 1t, apinch at time, of tho dry
leaves. These they chow, thus extract
ing tho alkaloid, which is toxic agent
OF most powerful description. Its first
timatcly it induce slceplcssness and an
abnormal condition of mind, with strange
wishes and dolirium. 1t is an amusing
fact, by tho way, that when tea was first
brought to England, about tho year
1865, it was served cxperimontally for
eating in bowl, like spinach. For
long time after that it was regarded ms
deadly drug, and people who sold it
was considered diproputablc.
1t is positively wonderful how tho do
mand for now and particularly dostruo-
two vices gives birth to an apparently
oxhaustlcss supply. Ono in particular
that is said to DO making great progress
among women is the habit of ether
drinking. This chemical product, so
well known for its virtues IA an anrs-
thetic, is an ethereal spirit of alcohol,
containing That olcmont of alcohol which
has tho OBJECT of doadcncd pain. Most
people hnvo had opportunities of OBJ.
serving this object in drunken mon, who
sniicr severe hurts without feeling thcm,
apparently.
Ether, taken internally, produces n
feeling Of oxaltation, which is not fol
lowed by tho disngrccablo aftcr.symp.
toms arising from ovcr-indugenco in
Tho crude whisky or other spirits. Its
results nrc slower, affecting tho mind by
slow degrees and dcpriving tho victim Of
all moral sense. Tho confirmed ether
drinker will murder hor own grand.
mother. without so much as n quam of
conscience. to got fifty cents whcrowith
to purchase bottle OF her favorito in
tox;cant.
In Its effects upon tho moral being
other bears n strong remembrance to
opium, which might be called poison
for tho soul. Tho use of tho latter drug
is said TO DO fcnrfully prevalent among
tho wives Of New England farmers, who
devote tho pennies thcy earn by aolling
cggs-always tho private pcrQuisito of
thu country women in this rcgion-to
secret purchases Of tho deadly stulT from
itincrnnt pcddlcrs. Ono woman in n
small rurnl community will spread tho
vice among all her female friends, who,
wcaricd by tho endless monotony of thoir
lives, nrc eager for any excitement.
Tho experienced oyc can detect tho
habitual eater of opium by nh un-
certainty of gnit, u sallowncss of skin
and other symptoms. 1t Is likely that
tho snllow complexion md weakly mp
pcaranco no universal among tho Chinese
one soos AFRO duo TO this calsc. Every
whore throughout that part OF CHM
which is familiar to travellers, tho fields
OF rico ara chcckcrcd with wide areas
OF growing poppies, tho seeds of which
The natives steep TO make mn intoxi-
cating liquor. This is the most primitive
method of consuming opium. For com.
mcrcial uses it is gathered by cutting
open the poppy seed hends with knife
leaving .ho opium gum to oxudc. Ropes,
held tant, nre then dragged across tho
tops of the plants by pairs of lnborcrs,
and tho gum sticks TO tho hcmpen
strands, from which IL is subsequently
taken and picked for sale. The people
OF the farawny mountain region in China,
where opium is unknown particularly
IN Tho rugged north--aro big, strong
and healthy.