Tombstone epitaph., 1891-05-17
pRonur1 oF Tng POPPY.
ssarIy ssoc eco spent reSslx for opisa
 gns NSU Yafk.

gs, Nsw York.
 It WIS for the purpose of giving an ae farate and interesting account Of how B.O00 Chinasnen spend S4GS 349, 75 Hnnu- aily just for the pleasure of hitting the pipe. l" that the Chinese reporter made thorough canvass of the various hauE-s ~ Chinatown
 There are as present abeat twsnty-tivg Chinese firms siiat deal in refined opluInt Goth wholesale and retail There are , even private Chinese joints, whert ,ium Is sold at $2,25 ger ounce. These tlints do not now admit white smokers, on account of tbe frequent raids made upon them by the police, but the stores sell Co both Chinese and whites, although the latter must be well known smokers. Otherwise he has to suffer for the wanted ouiunl--Wl lich, accurling to all Rcco0DtS is even worse than to see ''snaSes." Great tears would gush eat of his eyes, big drops of precipitation constantly mOisteB bis brow, while his nostrils would at a. If he owned a small sized fountain some
 where in his head. But the worst of aE the ailments is an excFUciRting pain als over his backbone, Rs if be had been just run through fine clothes wrincer- Under such circUmsIanees be would almost be willing to give half of bis entire kingdom to be able Go Unit the pipe"
 Six pills or pipes, about the size of green pea, would restore him to his Eaursl condition of life which would last him for about as many hours. A regular '.fend'' will consume about Hn ouRTs per day, which is S2.25.
 The sensation while smoking is inGesA soothing. No matter bOg fatigued or cp pressed in mind, few wbifIs 0f the pipe woRld put a man iu the best ot social i spiritA- It has strange medicinal proper 1 ties. and is said to cure all kinds uf levers 1 and ague, consumption and paIpiJation CT ! tbe heart Most ChinEmen are driven to ] 1t through business reverses and ether ! troubles, while not few contracted the ] habit through sociability, inst as Et' ] American would do on their take Q ! drink sFith Q friend
 IL takes just about the same length Ct 1 time t0 get the opium habit as % get the | drinking habit. The latter destroys the | mind. and makes man irresponsible for | his actions, while the former destroys the 1 ho5y but makes 0 keen thinker of the | victim It is estimated that there are | something over 1000 Americans in the 1 city of New York who are nov using ! oniura in the same manner and form as tile Chinese Most 0f these are said to
 be well known and fashionable people, ss
 indeed no other bnt people of means and | of leisure could ever bs able to contract such habit.
 1 The opium dealing frIns sell from tive to five cans per day, each can weighing about four ounces Most of the wholesale orders come from towns and cities in and 1 around New York state, and only now and l then the native American customers fTUm ] up town come in to buy their supply. Say | Vhey only sell An average of three cans per
 day, Al wholesale rates, which is SS-SJ l OCT can for China imported goods, but 1 when retailed out by the fifty cents worth
 ct a time it would bring 1t up to about Sl0 to Sll per can At $io, which is tlIs
 lowest possible price per can, sixty-siN
 cans amount t0 $56O per day, or S2i0, 9OI
 per ear.
 Tnere are eleven joints. The majority
 of these import their own opium, said C be direct from China, but the greater par
 uf which comes from Victoria, B. c. On' of these places, which is the best ChinesI
 joint in town, sells at retail on sundayi
 alone from ten to twelve cans, while th'
 second best place sells from eight to ter cans on Sundays. On an average thes'
 Joints dispose Uf five cans a day Taes' II places calculate to make from g to S3 or ! each eau Of Chinese imported opium, bu they are able to make more when the! mix the Victoria in with the pure. th2i tt eau easily be seen how nearly S1 ,oOo, 0O' Jhanges hands for opium each year, ! According to Chinese San Francise, papers they paid over $500, 0O0 for custom
 house duties for the Chinese year jus ended on opium slOne--WOng Chin Eo'
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