Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-10-11

ONE OPIUM EATER CURED.
nut II Took n Term In Sing sing and
EndleHs Agony 90 DO II.

nut II Took Term In Sing sing and
Endless Agony 90 do IL.
A confirmed opium smoker WINS re-
Gently asked whether he ever knew
person who had been cured of the
habit.
'0nly once" he replied, " and then
il wasn't a voluntary cure byany
means He was man about 35 years
old, who had been a slave to the habit
for fifteen years. He was so given up
to il that his business went 20 smash,
and he used 10 resort To- all manner OF
things i'm order To get money TO pur-
chase she'll He used TO crave
eight shells or So worth Of opium q
day. and | have frequently met him
in joint that was run by two tough
Cinnamon in Marion street, offering To
roll for smokers in order To share their
opium. One day he had been with
out a smoke for about seven hours,
and he became SO desperate that
he tried To rob the till i'm
grocery store. He was detected
and arrested. He got word down TO
the joint telling OF his misfortune,
and begging for Gods sake that some
body would send him some opium |
bought some dry opium pills and got
them in 10 him after deal Of trouble
The next day called on him and a
more miserable wretch | never saw.
He was suffering the tortures Of hell.
He was doubled up with cramps in his
stomach, and the inevitable pain be-
tween the shoulders. which feels as
though somebody was driving spikes
,,.t l..
These tortures were Joined To severe
pains i'll all the joints, as though the
limbs were decaying and would soon
drop of. He had been without opium
so long that Inc was fairly famishing,
and tho small quantity of the drug
had been able TO send was disposed of
in short order.
There isn't taste Of il left he
yelled 10 me as | entered his cell in
the Tombs Then he rolled his tongue
around Us though searching for any
small PARTICLES that might be hidden
away IN tooth. gave him the pills
, had brought He seized them like a
! starving man would seize crust OF
bread. He placed two Of them in his
mouth and rolled them around until
/, they had dissolved and then washed
them down with a mouthful Of water.
In few minutes he was lying on his
, cot us placid and happy as healthy
baby. kept him supplied with opium
y until he was tried and sentenced.
managed TO slip few Of them into his
a hand as he was on his way TO Sing
Sing. | heard no more Of him and
a forgot all about him until one day, on
! Broadway, several years later. stall
. wart, rosy checked fellow slapped me
: on the shoulder and heartily shook
me by the hand | was nearly sur
Ic prised into iii when he explained
g that lie was the opium fend OF few
IA years ago. lie said that when he
"A got 10 Sing Sing the habit was
r on him very strong. The pills
u had given him had crumbled 10 dust
/, in his pocket, and had become SO
" mixed up with lot Of other stuff that
= he could not use them He was in a
% raging torment that night and cried
y for the drug. The keepers found him,
~ and the prison physician, who was
Of called, fortunately diagnosed the case
" correctly II wasn't much credit 10
n him, however. for every feature Of the
IL mans face and every motion Of his
j body almost proclaimed him an opium
fiend. He was removed 10 the hospital,
~ and the physician was kind enough /,
OF get interested in the case. He braceC
or him up with hypodcrmic injections o.
he morphine every time the craving cam,
on, and by liberal use Of this drug
finally wore away the desire for the
other. or course this treatment ere
,,o ated the morphine habit, but this was
" more readily cured. and my frienC
soon lost all desire for drugs Of any
NJ kind, and is a prosperous, happy MAJ
an today. II he had not been arrested h
b! would certainly have gone the way o
1o all the fends, and have ended hi
Dc life himself. or died miserably in SOM
hole. lie tried to reason the case will
me in hopes that | would surrende
the drug and endure the agonies tina
nc such a priyation would produce 70
" the pleasure attending the feeling tina
Il was no longer a slave TO IT, | hav
!. heard all of those arguments thou
=, sand times, and frequently have lail
in a joint with another smoker, an
~ we have both sworn of. and the YER
he next day we would both DO in th
Ia same place again am getting wors
10 every year. The habit is growin
il. more expensive. and the longer | an
!. at il the less disposed do ! feel 70
a work OF any kind. My memory
i. failing me now, and | am alread
= pretty well along on the downwar
M road. I'll go little further dowr
nc and then good-by 10 everything. y
his New York Sun.