The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-10

k4WG.IN1&A8gN they become our
1fyAEY q masters they ruin
Many a poor outca5t has realized the
truth Of this saying of Edward
Everett Hales, realized it in the sack
cloth OF ostracism and ashes OF I'M
awaiting regret,
Many a man from whose brow the
crown OF public esteem has not yet
been removed realizes it too, III his
moments of secret dependency. and
at assumes TO him the form of a mock
Ing phantom of the future.
He is unfortunate Who knows the
full power of the "drugs that enslaVe.
Cor he IS one of the enslaYed,
'OpIuml dread agent of unimagina-
BILE pleasure and painL An unmeanins
sound at one time, but what solemn
chords does it now strike upon my
heart. What heart-quakfng vibration
of sad and happy remembranceS!
So said an English opium eater in
TeyertinS to his years of bondage to
the gloon and cloudy melancholy of
opium
Have you ever chatted with drug
Si5t? OF course you have asked his
advice about a toaic and given your
views on the unhealthfulneSs of the
season, but you probably did most Of
the talking yourself, for men Of his
calling are not garrulous. They are
IN possession Of many sad secrets,
more than are the lawyers and doctors
who are said to carry the woes of this
world on their shoulders, and they sell
dom refer to them. If they did their
business would suffer. Besides they
are humane men, most Of them, who,
because of direct contact with the hid
den as We'll as open, misery OF this
world, have not lost the power to pity.
But chatting with a druggist means,
TO me, leaning over the counter in his
direction. pufnng gently a cigar not So
offensive as the sort usually donated
to the newspaper man, ana Interview
ing him in such an artistic manner
that he does all the talking and you
all the listening. The night man is
the best subject ana you must see him
when he is not busy and is reminiscent.
Circumstances were all In my favor
sast night and my friend Of the mortar
and pestle followed the curling S,ings
Of smoke with a meditatiVe glance as
he talked OF "hypo fiends" and their
dark ways.
How TO Tell Them.
There is one distinguishing mark
about Them he remarked. s'The
pupil OF the eye is always contracted
] have never known this rule to fail
Usually. the skin has a clayey appear
most irresistible wish to touch the
face Of fiend. for have fancy that
It would feel cold and moist like genu-
inc clay. There is an unmistakeabl BILE
odor hanging about the fiend of some
years standing The opium and NOR
phine habits so derage the system
that the skin must do much of the
work of evacuation. This. coupled
with the fact that they all become
filthy and negligent in their habits
makes them anything but pleasant OBJ
ieCt5 for neighbOrs.
They Are Mostly Poor
There are few, if any, 'hends'
among the rich, because they have SO
many resources 20 draw on for their
comfort and diversion. which Gre the
objects of opium and morphine users.
] have known a few who we're some
what addicted to ~the habit but either
they used the drug rarely, or soon lost
their wealth.
The nends' have had TO deal with
were all poor Wretches who were
down in the heels and forgot the fact
when under the influence Of the drug
There are three physicians of this city
who dabble with morphine when they
are low spirited or under the weather
and are fast becoming habitual users
One of them is man Of social and
professional prominence
A Common FaIIacy.
TT is a common faHacy that the
habit is contracted through following
physicians prescription. Nine-tenths
of the victims contract the habit
through their associates. Most prosti-
tutes use the drug to some extent and
many Of their male associates try its
effects simply through curiosity.
The Sensation Produced.
Another fallacy is that regarding
the sensation following the use OF
opium and kindred substances. 4
novice, if he is not. as is usually the
case, nauseated by it, experiences a
pleaslrable sensation and this may be
repeated for few months. The
visions during an opium trance have
been exaggerated. In fact, [ believe
there is nothing in all this talk about
houris, palaces, gardens and music.
After the habit is fixed any approach
TO these sensations disappears. The
real effect of the drugs IS simply 70
restore man TO his normal condition
Of mind fer a short time. That is all,
and when the reaction comes he is
worse of than ever. If man has
been without food for hours, if his
clothing is tattered, his last friend lost,
"a shot wiz restore the cheerfulness
he has rot felt for years. except when
under the influence.
one Nan Who Was Cured.
II have known but one cure to be
effected and that was in the case OF 4
man who had not entirely yielded TO
the power Of the habit He had LOST
his self respect, however, and all af-
feclion for his family. He was in debt
and was almost hopeless. My EN-.
1oioyer knew the mans real worth and
had often demonstrated with him about
his course. Finally. at his OWN ex-
rense, he arranged for a course Of
treatment at one Of the hospitals in
the city, and the result is that opium
has no charm tor its former victim
Gratitude, You never saw such q
grateful man IN your life
Moral Effect of Che Habit.
bad as the effects are, financially
and mentally, they are worse morally
A mans moral sense becomes sc
blunted that he will stop at no ACT
that will give him possession Of the
drug. 3 -fiend' in Texas killed a CLERK
who refused to sell him morphine, anc
I know a wretch in this city who Of
fere7 TO sell his wifs's virtue for ons
dose Of the drug.
II have read descriptions OF thu
frenzy Of people under the inhuenc'
IF oniurn. morphine and cocaine, bu
.he fact is that fiend is safe only
when he Is under that spell It Is
yhen ne wants the drug and can't ge
1t mat he is a raYinS maniac"
The breeders of Misery.
aere my friend produced lar o