The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-11
HE TRIED HASHEESH.
,rpER1MENr WAS ENOUGH FOR
THE YOUNG DOCTOR

.... Wore Vastly M.Guinsd. . voieano
., Forth from Brosdwsy. and ne
r-.-.u,d tho Earth 0ver-Hs Saw suoh
-x,,~, and Dreamed Such Thing., Hen
seer Go There Any More Forever.
.,,cs the law against the sale and use
.,..,,m has become so stringent. II 10 likely
~. tb. eating OF hesheesh will increase.
sn..,..sh md opium have many properties In
p.ron and In some ways their effect is the
-. Hasheesh 10 an extract rom hemp.
ss.,.vbat similar in appearance and con-
.,.,.,,y TO opium. which 10 an extract from
s..nies Both are much used in Asia. whore
~, ara "A common as beer and tobacco are
y Nav York. The reason that there has not
IN moro hasheesh eating in New York 10
NJ the Asiatic countries where tho use OF
s.,bsesh 10 most common have not sent many
ss.,orsnts to New York. and they have there
- distinctive quarter to correspond with Mott
.,,sst and its opium eating Cinnamon.
A youpe doctor. who has been trying the Of
s.cts OF different drugs on himself. had an ex-
s.risnee with hasheesh which may serve rs
rsrnine to others who think OF trying It. He
s.d experimented with opium. and next he
took up hasheesh.
IN ono Saturday afternoon. when he did not
A,,s much to do. he experimental with hash
s.,b. He did not know what the results might
4. hut he thought that Sunday would give
him time enough In which to got over them.
Irer some trouble he obtained several hash
s..h pills. and. sitting down In his room. no
sook ono OF them. Then he oked and walt
A for 1t to have its effect. There seemed to
+. no result. and In about half an hour he took
spothor dill. Ho waited while and took
third The afternoon was almost over. but still
nome OF the three hashoosh pills seemed to be
sdeotpc him Mt all. He concluded that there
must have been some mistake In his purchase;
thst tho ,nsn who sold him tho hasheesh
nirht have given him somo inoffonsive drug.
with this thought N mind he wont as usual
10 his barber's shop at about o'clock and sat
IN the chat. 10 be shaved. Tho barber lath-
srsd his face md began to shave him. All Mt
ouce 1t seemed to him that The walls OF tho
barber shop were beginning to grow. The
ceiling went up in tho air Mt an astonishing
rate. The door rccoded hundreds OF feet In
The distance the barber Increased In proper
ton 10 colossus. and tho razor became OF
the s.o OF moat axe. 1t was not yet darS.
bot the windows through which the light came
moved themselves hundreds OF ynrds away:
y. shaving mugs in = row bofore him In
.ascd to- the Dimensions Of bath tubs. and
Tho la.hsr on his facc became several feet
deep Alarmed at tho colossus who was bran
dlshlng meat axe over him. he jumped out OF
tic chat and. with the lnther still on his face.
no ran down tho stairs and out upon the street.
Tho streets had increased in number and size.
There werc hundreds ofthem. and 1t was an
enormous leap from step to step. He would
have h,sitated to Jump so far. but the barber.
pot kn wing what to make OF his proceedings.
eesh cater on. As he reached tho street no
turned round and saw that the colossus with
Erorythins in Tho street had taken on an OK.
ran up to the sky. the wires had become ca
rocks. the houses were miles in height. and
their Dimensions were rapidly increasing. He
looked around the street and saw a race OF
t dsS growth e 81 everything. he reeoepizsd the
sshsr tan tse PbadnRs BEEN Ths
which every distinct sound could Be picked. A
all. was going along whistline with a volume
q sSpnd louder than factory whistle ho,oro
: COLOSSAL ehansss he 0f sad
denly, noticed a brilliant light and a great
s xSss he thourS %as SSge hoe
and The Volcano was suddenly coming to life.
s 'gs the sF ss the
surrounding buildings. None Of the huge
persons Walking the street seemed to pay any
arumbling as II the earth were going to open.
The lava began.to run down the streets. whore
the paving stones and curbs had grown to cor
IInShted at the sight and the Fumbiing
holse. the young. doctor started up the street
on run. Although the volcano had not
the sight Of him running attracted their alton
ton. He attributed this circumstance to the
difference in size. and assumed that It must be
find Of dimnative animal he was. He ran
aF for w WS thu RDah Ss aas fro. CONT s ts
lava was still flowing down on the street inter-
nttently. The noise was not 60 great IN
tSs Iirht was M more intense It was so Brilliant
that It had obscured the light OF day. and
round the corner. whore the brllliancy OF tho
Volcano was cut on by the buildings. there was
On be ran. until It seemed to. him that he
hhd been running for several hours The
took more than hall an hour to gein block
running as hard as he could go. His rooms
SSsT E. dye blocks from the barber shop; Since
h1pstion when be got back to his rooms.
Here he lived with several OF his friends on
ne second story. He recalled that the grade
nom the barber shop to his rooms was up hill,
md he figured out that the flow of lava would
pestopped by the grade. and that 1t would not
Eet up to his rooms. and he was wondering all
me time why the FIRE from the volcano did not
consume tho colossal buildings. and whether
NE people were made OF asbestos. that they
walked around tho Tire with indifference.
BIS own building had increased In size like
we NE Others and SO had the height OF the steps.
tn TN steps to the front door seemed twenty
. Sals such l a, high broWn-stone wall. He
Turning round, he found that the lava was
pouring up the street. that 1t had already got
the block below. aomo miles distant. and
yas climbing rapidly. In burst OF fear and
eespair. he gave leap and got up the first
rep 1t surprised him again to think that he
nsa been able to jump twenty feet. but he
speedily clambered up the remaining steps
sad opened the door, The stairway to his
soor had also expanded and grown In like
1fsaner to the steps from the sidewalk.
mn MS rooms he found several OF his friends.
ttasL too. had increased in size. The ceiling
%. Iaa risen. the wa Is had expanded, and tho
sealndslier was glowing like n furnace. In
%iaute or two hie friends took TWO mattresses
, Mon the beds laid him on tho lower mattress.
N a a. st e HAVING put the unEer mattress on
Ned the Intentions OF these colossal beinga he
Mieyed that he would be crushed, but he
ound that their sitting on the top mattress
pot only did not bother him. but rather gave
him sense OF rest and relief from indiyidnaJ
responsibility. He was beginning to be tired