Telegram-herald., 1890-05-19
HORRORS OF ABSINTHE.
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az sDexpeotet Pile y money t5As hs
hss been seeking f1ntzsEiS for2s O als-
slpsEon ever since, va drinklng LIS
sxsb zbssatbe eock al IL sscoessi9n al
the PlAtYP~s C.lb Tbzrstsy n1ghS
szys ne sssaiagssn Star. when su-l1-
kins. We las nvec Il Paris for 50
many ye&rs, you Amos, ehi1ed In
geHsly.
Ny dear felloS ssid BE. Ii VOC 80
on drinking that stu, IL such reckless
gay yOvI = he in your grave @iShin s"O
years al TIE oatside."
Don't be too witty, smirkins AT
al even = osn say that / have never
drank enough absinthe yet W into1l-
cate me Y0a don't observe, % you,
that ny utteraaos i not distinct Al tina
moment, or that my ideas seeC con
tused?"
Not in the slightest And ne fact
illustrates the most remarkable pe-
culiarity Of abtsinthe. II doesn't insox-
icate ia the ordinary way az AL A man
may be ia an advanced state Of exhilar-
alton from It's effects and yet he ~lil not
show the slightest symptoms OF drunk
enness. That is one thing that has
made this distillatiOn from worm wood
20 dangerously popular. You can drink
glass after glass o; IT, maintaining your
self al = high pitch OF mental and
nervous excitement and exsltatton for
hOars and yet not feel nor exhioit the
slightest confusion OF intellect or the
least locomotive difficulty. Under such
influence you will be able % so 20 9
dinner party and shine conversationally
with brilllancy unusual 20 YOU, or you
may take part IN q public debate with
success you could not achieve without
the aid Of this extraordinary brain stiIn-
ulant. The exhilaration IL produces,
too, IS far more agreeable than that OBJ
tanned from any other intoxicant Men
never learn 70 ike whisky; IL is always
abhoxrent % the palate, as YOU may see
/ by watching drinkers at Q bar gulp IL
I down so as not 70 taste it any more than
they can help. But absinthe has a
flavor that is exquisite 20 its habitual
/ consumers Moreover, its pleasant sttm-
ulation docs not lapse into subsequent
/ dullness and drowsiness, and IL never
/ occasions nausea"
''All OF which," said Boobies, leads
up. suppose, to something dreadful at
/ the end"
well, / was going to say that II you
/ drink another OF those absinthe cock
tails, all right as you feel now you will,
as like as not, fall over at once on
the floor. like dead man, and remain
unconscious for many hours, st the end
Of which you viii experience all the
/ pains which are apt 20 follow pro-
/ longed spree That is the way absinthe
acts; so take my advice and don't drink
any more of it tonight ! have learned
a great deal about its effects In a general
way during the years | have spent In
France, where the abSinthe vice has
grown so within the past generation
as 10 seriously demoTalize the race To
it is attributed by the authorities in
large part the decrease in the French
population. over there IL Is drunk
usually in this way: AS much absinthe
as would fll two pony brandy glasses Is
pat into an ordinary tall, thin tumbler,
and some sugar syrup Is put in IL, water
being then poured in from g height very
slowly. Instead Of sugar syrup lump
sugar is often used, placed on top of q
little sieve covering the mouth of the
tumbler; the sugar is moistened with
water and drips through the sieve into
the absinthe.
'SThe process takes about fifteen min
utes, during which, while he watts, the
customer sits at table and reads the
Petite Journal. or the Journal Pou-Rire,
rnny be. man l once knew had IL
mildly and described TO me the prelim-
inary symptoms.
He was lying in bed st night read
ing by the gsslight, when he saw the
door swing open and large baboon en-
tered. The beast looked at him once
eorrovfully, and then withdrew, but the
door opened again almost Immediately,
and in came second babOon- The irst
one followed, and the two proceeded 70
stretch a slack rope across the room
above the bed; and then on the slack
rope began to walk ovor, coming in
through one wall and going ont through
the other, all the animals that ever
came out Of the ark, beginning with the
little ones, such as squirrels and rabbits,
and getting bigger and bigger, mp 70
the bears, tigers and rhinoceroses.
/ When tho elephant came along my
friend broke loose, and bis yells soon
brought assistance and subsequently a
doctor. He never tasted sbsinthe after
/ that PRAY accent n Y counsel. BOodleA