Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-08
JOYS OF HAsHEEsH SMOKING.
Ideal for the Time Bcing, hut Follow
ed Next Day by n Hacking Headache.

Ideal for the Time Bcing. hut Follow.
ed Next Day by n Hacking Headache.
From the New York World
Hasheesh is fast taking the place Of
opium among the smokers who aspire TO the
highest misery and the highest pleasure
which can come from inhaling blue fumes
from long-stemmed pipe. It's against
the law TO sell it, but there are many places
where you can buy it, and IL pays hand
somely the tradesman who takes the risk
OF selling it, lie can get high price for it.
An ounce OF hasheesh costs a dollar"
said young man who knows. "It comes
high, but it's great ] have q smoke every
Saturday afternoon. and don't wake up
until Sunday morning-and such dreamsr'
Hasheesh is an Indian drug. II is OBJ
tained by making an infusion of the plant
Canabis indica) in hot water. to which butt
ter or oil is added. The resin attaches tt
self 10 the melted butter or OIL, and. when
erRporated is kneaded with flour and
spices into pasties or cakes called ''ma5an"
Simple lnfusions Of the leaves and Towering
tops are drunk in many parts OF India by
olo ana young alike, at their festivals Just
as alcoholic drinks are used too frequently
en- Fourth OF July in this country
But the hasheesh which we get In New
York, compared to that which is drunk On
public occasions in its native haunts IS as
comparing skim milk to buttermilk A lit
tie of the imported article goes a long ways.
1t is made up into a fine powder and re-
sembles SNUFF. Two pinches OF Il will fur
nish a man with enough dreams for a book
Of tropical poems
1t is nearly always used in combination
with tobacco, although some of its Gotham
devotees take ii straight" a fact which
eNcltes the envy and wonder ot other has
heesh smokers. The hasheesh and tobacco
are knea6ed together in the palm Of the one
hand. When they are thoroughly mixed.
the combination is pushed down tight into
the bowl of the pipe. Some smokers sprin-
kle a little of the Indian drug Epon their
tobacco every time they smoke, and in this
way they get the exhilaration without the
dreams.
The first effect of hasheesh," said q
hasheesh smoker. sis Of great exhilaration.
You feel as IL you were walking upon the
soft moss of the banks of a placid lake.
with rich foliage hanging over you. Then
the birds begin to sing in the OOuGhs. Pres
entity. YOU feel that you own all the world.
The hand-maidens OF a queen. compared TO
which the finest opera ballet is tawdry in
deed, are at your bidding. You feel you
want 10 talk. and talk you do. Your tongue
seems To move with the ease and rapidly
of humminE- birds wings.
Presently there comes a desire 20 dance
\ hundred maidens are at your elbow.
Jumping to your feet from the golden
throne on which you have been seated. YOU
caper about with a fairy-like nlmbieness
keeping time TO waltz played as no liv-
ing master could play it. At last, you ind
yourself lying upon the softest Of couches
with a row OF maidens on either side wav-
ing fans made OF peacock feathers.
You thought you had dreams before. but,
oh, no, you had not. II is now that you
see such scenes the brush of the painter
the pen OF the writer cannot describe
You see ships made of diamonds reflected In
waters of glass and the like. Then you fall
asleep.
The only drawback is the awful headache
have mnrninE To - Ouitfrn
to IL is Ike comparing a country sitting
room 10 Cleopstra's court"