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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-21
.HASH|SH AND HEADACHE,
The Seductive Hemp Plant
Successfully Grown in
Alameda County.
1t Is Much Stronger in Opiate Prop
critics Than the Indian
Article.

Among the new exhibits at the Califor-
MIA State Board of Trade rooms on Mar
ket street, is product never before ex-
hibited in California. 1t is Indian hemp,
from which hashish is made. This sample
came from ten-acre patch growing near
Livermore, Alameda County, and it was
sent in by S. Nahon, who is familiar with
the plant and its products.
The Livermore field is being cultivated
by several Arabs, who have for years been
supplying their countrymen on this coast
with the seductive drug. The business
has been carried on quietly under the
pretense that the hemp was used for canary
bird seed.
Mr.. Nahon states that the hashish grown
on this coast is much stronger or more
rank in its opiate qualities than that grown
in Arabia and India, due, he supposes, to
the soil being less worked out than in the
Orient.
The Alameda-grown bashish is almost
deadly poison, it is SO rank, and one smok-
ing or eating the stuff is obliged to take it
in homeopathic doses for fear OF fatal re-
suits.
The Arabs have tried to get the extract.
but by their crude process of distillation
it is Improbable commercially consid-
cred, costing almost the market price.
However, considerable of the extract is
produced for the use of those who are adj
dicted to the hashish habit. The extract
is used on sugar-a very small drop to an
ordinary lump or cube Of sugar. One drop
taken in this manner will put an ordinary
Arab in a floating trance that will last for
four or five hours. When the effects have
worn off the hashiSh-eater requires an
iron band around his Uranium to keep his
skull from splitting.
Mr.. Nahon states that there are several
colonies of Arabs and Armenians in this
State who raise hemp and send hashish in
the natural and extract form to several
parts of the United States, where their
countrymen live. In the natural form it
is used for smoking. The small leaves
near the seed are used in smoking. A
pinch of dry leaves is pulverized in the
hands and mixed with small quantity of
tobacco. After two or three puffs of smoke.
which, of course, are fully inhaled, the
smoker is dead to the world for hours.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-21

like the date on the gold coin. He wa;
only Big Foot Thompson now. But how
that old fiddle used to call out from that
Digger pine hilltop over the manzanitas
And were | to tell you how | once stole ur
there in the brush and saw circle o.
white-breasted hares standing about in the
white moonlight, only a rod below his big
feet, you would not quite believe it, and sc
l will not tax your credulity. But am
glad they came to him in his drear, hard
life of penance; for no man ever darkene
his cabin door now. The sight of those
timid creatures listening to the music Of
the poor murderer opened book to me
that has taught much, much; SO much
more than can be told.
Do you know anything about pocket
mining? Everybody knows all about il
around Mount Shasta now, but they did
not know till Thompson taught them. The
fact is gold grows, grows as potatoes grow
slowly, of course, but up out of the ground.
Up through ancient little quartz chimnevs
gases come as the ages roll by. These
peculiar gases deposit in seams and
cracks and caverns of quartz certain parti-
cles of gold. Ages roll on; glaciers, ava
lanches, earthquakes and landslides
gulches are formed; the top of the Chin
ney, or pocket, is worn and torn and
washed down into and along the gulches.
The gold miner of the old days came by.
He washed out the gold from the gulches
and went his way. Then came Thomp-
son, and after him came all the patient
army of pocket-hunters, men who follow
the particles of golddust up, up, up, till
they can find no more particles in the
gulch or in the dirt of the hills on either
side. Then they know they have passed
the pocket.
They then go back, locate it on one side
or the other. and then patiently trace the
gold to its place of original formation.
You sometimes find a fortune, a perfect
pocket full of rocks" hat full of gold,
lodged in the little chimney top; some
times only few hundred dollars, oftener
you do not find it at all, or what is most ex-
asperating, you find that the beehive has
been found before and robbed of all its
honey. And this much for subject that
deserves a volume, but must put up with
a paragraph.
Thirty years went by. Gamblers Gulch
had been the richest place OF all. 1t was
so called because gamblers when hard up
used to go up there and wash out stake
simply with pan. Thompson had been
hunting for years and years for this foun-
tain head. He had honeycombed the hill
OF which his cabin stood. He had bored
right and left, east and west, north and
south. Sometimes it was noticed that he
missed coming down to the store for his
usual bag of supplies at the end of the
week Once he had to beg for credit, a.
rare thing for him. Had he not long since
laid aside firearms we might take comfort
in the idea that he, in such straits, per-
haps shot and ate one or two Of his little.
large-eyed moonlight friends, for he surely
was often hungry to the verge of starva-
ton now in these his decrepid days.
He grew bent and his face was pinched
and thin. His chest grew narrow and his
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false and needless form of literature there
is very little dialect outside of the darkie:
in all of the United States. To insist or
so much of it is to insult the intelligence
of a country that spends more money OF
free schools than all the rest of the world
together.
But to get on with Benjamin Franklin
Thompson's pocket.
Thompson was great fiddler. This,
know, is now counted a great fault in a
man; but there are plenty of men in Shasta
County still who can remember when
Dave Pittit, ignoring nominating conven
tions, saloons, cliques and clans and all
political parties of all sorts, took his fiddle
under his arm, and on foot and alone, tid-
died his way right into the heart of every
man in the mountains.
But to get on with B. F. Thompson
pocket.
Thompson was a miner, from first to
last-a miner exclusively, He was good
man. True, he would swear ard he was
also famous liar, especially about mines
OF course he played poker, and this also
meant hard drinking and shooting scrape
now and then, in which he put in some
very deadly work at times. But with these
minor exceptions he was an excellent fell
low.
In the spring of 1856, on the day when
we hanged Alexander Higgins for having
killed his partner and hidden him in a
prospect hole, Thompson had his last
shooting scrape. 1t was dramatic and pa
thetic; too much so to have full credence
at this remote day. and so must be passed
over in silence. Enough to say it changed
his whole nature. He drank no more,
gambIed no more, did not shoot anybody
any more. In short, he ceased to be socia-
bic.
The boys up there always liked to play
poker with coin-gold coin. The piles of
golddust in buckskin bags is another fc-
ton that must be perforated. The truth
is, when a big game was contem plated
and that was every Saturday night till
Monday morning in each ''city"-the boys
would 60 to the express offices with their
bags and put them up for all the coin in
sight
They had a curious way of looming to
the center" Now, it seems silly thing,
but the eagle bird was always kept in
sight A poker-player of those days was
the most superstitious man born. He
would stack most of his money before
him, but there would be loose handful
of small gold pieces right under his nose,
and when he would go to put up, either to
"ante, Ego blind, "buck" or "straddle
bind" ''call down" or Ego better" he
always put a fore6nger on the eagle bird
OF gold piece and pushed it to the center
OF the pot, either tenderly, roughly, tim
idly or boldly, as he pleased.
Well, in time this wore both the date
and face from nearly all gold birds in and
about Shasta. If any stranger objected to
this sort of "sawed-off'' money he got
bluff" that taught him not to do it again.
The true gold was there, what little was
left of 1t, and the eagle bird. He was
made to believe. with an ugly muzzle
across the board that this was quite
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-21

pal contributions to the stage itself. Rome
subsequently disgraced herself by attach
ing infamy to the actors profession.
After Greece and Rome the classic drama
fell into disuse. From time to time efforts
have been made to revive it, but naturally
and properly without any permanent re-
suit The purely classical drama belongs
to a purely classical age, and such an age
is not likely to be revived. But the classic
form has outlived all efforts to suppress it.,
and is to-day the basis of the best dramatic
compositions.
When Greek land Romanized Creek art
passed away, the world was given the
drama of the Pageant-a thing of gorge
ousness-crude in form, but pleasant to the
eye in it's barbarous worship of color. The
presentation of the Pageant was in the
nature of entremet-a dramatic interval
between courses at the banquets of the
great. Later, under the influence of a re-
ligious phase, the world took up the 'mys-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-21
AT the First Baptist Church.

Rev. c. H. Strickland. DID,, of Sioux City,
Iowa, arrived in the City yesterday. He is
guest of E. r. Smith, Fair Oaks street.
While in the City he will fill the First Baptist
Church pulpit. He is said to be an exception
ally interesting speaker.
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draw. Inc tneater-gOer OF To-Day dCKQOWl-
edges the vicious welt in the web of life,
but he is no longer anxious to see it made
the sole material of the dramatic tapestry.
The reaction has set in, and the public say,
"Sin, if you must, but sin decently."
There is little prospect of the restoration
of the classic drama. Our people have
been taught to love color, and they will
find it in melodrama cleansed of its blood
curdllng realism, and In reproduction or
the romantic tinged with the classic.
The future of the drama cannot be pre-
dicted any more than the future of the
people, but there are many reasons for be-
lieving that, in the drama of the future,
music will play most important part.
The lyric drama has never been fairly
tested, and it is not unlikely that there
will be a direct set" in the current
toward the lyric. 1t is not improbable
that many changes will take place in the
arrangement of the theater itself. When
one remembers that in ShakeSpeare's time
the stage was occupied by crowd OF flip
pant fiutterers, the dudes of the day, who
brought their seats with them and whose
chief amusement was found in guying the
half-shaved men or pretty boys who played
the role of women, and that the stage was
bare of scenery, of setting, and COM
pare the then" with the now
it is not unreasonable to suppose
that further changes will take place. 1t
Is pTODdDle UldL Luc OICllcSbld WILL NC IC-
moved to some other part of the building,
and that the seats will be so arranged as to
admit of an easy promenade, giving the
audience an opportunity OF relaxing their
muscles without the necessity of investing
in cloves. 1t may be found desirable to
dispense with entr 'acte or reduce it to its
proper use pause in the recital. Prob
ably the stage will be used to present some
single motive, intense in it's interest and
made attractive by happy representa-
ton of all phases of human life, possibly the
humorous preponderating. The tendency
will be to abbreviate. We used to walk,
now we run, later we shall sprint, and yet
later we shall doubtless fly. Men will take
their pleasures on the wing, and all things
will move as man moves. Twenty five
years from now an hour and half only
will be given to a dramatic performance,
but every member of a company will
be required to present his part
with a skill equal to that Of
the whole. Stars will disappear and ali
performances will be given with the view
of presenting the drama itself and not the
eccentricities of the actor. Ensemble will
be fully utilized, and the audience will see
the picture as the author saw it.
WILLIAM GREER HARRISON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD. FRIDAY. AUGUST 80. 1895.

It will be found that it does not pay
in the end to use the weapons OF false
hood to accomplish political ends.
Sooner or later defeat and shame will
come to those who WELD them. They
are sure to lose the respect OF all people
whose esteem is of any value, and even
those of their own party who will for
the time being applaud their dishones-
ty, will regard them from the heart as
thoroughly contemplate.
The article to which we call attention
is argumentative, not vituperative. 1t
does not in any way assail the writer
of the catechism or impugn his or her
motives. but in pleasant and reason
ing manner. and by the citation of his
torical facts. it cuts away the ground
from some of the rash assertions in the
catechism. If this shall be followed
by other articles, answering in the
same spirit the other untruths con-
tanned in the leafet, the whole series
will form a capital campaign docu-
ment, which will be highly educational
in its character and worthy of circula-
ton everywhere as an exponent of
Democratic doctrine and an expose of
Republican Sophistry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30
ENTERING THE FIGHT.

When entering a fight, political or
physical, no greater blunder can be
made than to underestimate the
strength of your opponent. 1t is often
done, but never without more or less
serious damage to those who do it. To
do so is to neglect the most ordinary
and essential precautions, for it is
liable to leave some quarter, deemed
inVulnerable, unguarded which may
prove to be vulnerable. Montcalm felt
secure that the Heights Of Abraham
could not be scaled. but this very feel
ing of security was the opportunity
that Wolfe took advantage of.
We are just entering the
most important political cam
paign that Utah has ever
known. Her destinies for many years
will be shaped by the result of the
election to be held in November The
Republicans have placed in nomination
the men whom they wish to guide that
destiny. Do not underestimate the
strength these men will have. It takes
a remarkably bad man to be a candi-
date who can be pooh-poohed into alb
solute neglect by his opponents.
While perhaps the candidates named
by the Republicans are not the
strongest that could have been named
still they are not the weakest. The
strength of some will be relied upon
to aid the weakness of others. All this
must be recognized. The duty of the
Democratic party is to put up an in
finitely stronger ticket, a thing they
can and must do. Every consideration
in the matter of nominations must be
subordinated to the welfare of the
Democratic party and the furtherance
Of Democratic principles.
Let us enter the fight united and
under our ablest leaders. with single
purpose, strong in the conviction that
our principles are true and our cause
just, and with the knowledge that an
appeal to the people in the name Of
truth and justice is never made in
vain. Relying on our own strength,
let US not underestimate the strength
OF those opposed to US.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30
A Mo,rENToUs QUESTION.

Street rumors are not always to be
relied upon, yet sometimes they are
echoes of real utterances. 1t is stated
that two Of the judges who are to pass
upon the important question now be-
fore the Supreme Court of the Terri
tory, involving the right Of about one
half of the citizens of Utah to take
part in the formation of the proposed
state, have expressed themselves I'M
reservedly as opposed to woman suff-
rage. or at least to women voting next
November.
We can scarcely believe that these
reports have any substantial founda-
ton. Yet they come to US so repeat
eddy and with such emphasis that we
cannot help giving them some atten-
ton. It is possible that such express
sions as are repeated from lip to lip
on the public streets have been ut
tered, and yet the judicial personages
thus speaking their sentiments will not
permit their personal opinions on this
subject to weigh feather in pronounc-
ing judgment upon a legal question.
There is something of more moment
to Utah in a right decision on the
question involved in the case now be-
fore the court, than the question of the
rights of either sex politically. 1t is
strict compliance with the terms of
the enabling act. That failing, the
President of the United States would
be justified in refusing to issue his
Utah where it is now, in territorial
bonds and without the powers and
privileges for which she has SO long
struggled.
We would not do anything in jour
nalistic capacity to try to influence
the court or any of its members either
one way or the other. All we ask for
is that the law shall be construed ac-
cording to the evident meaning there
Of 1.-The qualified voters Of the pro-
posed state" must be permitted to vote
directly for or against the adoption
of the proposed constitution" or the
terms of the enabling act will not be
complied with. Then we shall be in
danger of losing the result of all the
labors to acquire statehood in which
the friends of Utah have been en-
gagged. What that provision means is
what the court will have to pass upon,
and the decision should not be affec-
ted in the smallest degree by the per-
sonal views or feelings of the judges,
or either of them, in reference to equal
suffrage or any other matter that may
be considered to be connected with
this subject.
The people of Utah will expect a
righteous judgment based on the laws
Of Congress and the Constitution of the
proposed state viewed in the light of
the enabling act, and this they have
the right to demand. We shall wait
with great interest the decision Of the
court upon one of the most important
questions to the people Of Utah which
has ever been submitted to judicial de-
termination.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30
AN ABLE. REPLY.

In today's Herald will be found an
article which we commend to the notice
of the citizens of Utah. and particular
iy to the ladies who have been endowed
with political power by the efforts of
the Democratic party. The article is
written by a lady and is an able refu-
tation of some of the erroneous asser-
tons set forth in leaflet called the
Republican Catechism." We hope
that the lady contributor will follow up
this article with others in the same d.
rection.
We have read the little batch of
falsehoods and sophisms which is being
widely circulated among the women of
this territory. and feel profound pity
for the author. Whether written by a
man or a, woman, the so-called Repub-
lican catechism exhibits either pro-
found ignorance or shameless mendac-
| ity. 1t is a collection of untruths put
in the form of questions and answers.
If 1t has been indited in ignorance, we
pity the author for that ignorance. If
put forth with wilfull intent to deceive
the uninformed, we pity the perpetra-
| tor Of the wrong still more profoundly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30
RETURN OF THE BISON.

So nearly extinct have the buffalo
become that the stories told of the
immense herds that covered the plains
in the SOS and even COS are already
being looked upon as exaggerations.
while a few generations hence they
will be looked upon as the tales of
travellers who had more imagination
than observation in their nature. Yet
all their tales were. true. The buffalo
are gone and the plains have been sub
divided into counties controlled by lit
tie political rings. Still there is a
chance that the bison may return in
limited number. There are quite a
number of them in and around Yellow
stone park. If the greatest care is not
taken they may become extinct, the
danger arising from the mercflesS
white man. On this subject Captain
George L. Anderson of the Sixth cav
airy. superintendent of the park, says:
There is a section of country, be-
ginning at Henry's lake and extending
south for about twenty-five miles, in
habited by a merciless and persistent
lot of head and skin hunters. The
laws of Idaho shield these fellows, and
the bison there are not protected at all
by law. The only herd of bison in the
United Sta ties is in the park near that
region, Ad liable at any time to roam
over into Idaho and be shot. This
herd is in danger of extinction. Ten
were killed there two years ago. Three
calves were captured last spring. Ru-
mors of a herd of 100 bison seen in
Idaho this summer indicate that the
park herd has wandered beyond the
boundary"
The killing or in any way nolesting
of the buffalo should be made crime,
with heavy punishment, by the var
ious states near the park, and into
which these grand animals may stray.
This would give the species a chance
to increase and perhaps in the future
they would become comparatively nu-
merous All protection should be given
them. And the white man, their great
enemy. let him now become their great
| friend.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30

the Democrats are wise in their selec-
ton the third man can also be downed
without very great difficulty.
The weakness of the ticket for the
supreme bench is admitted on every
side. The remarks of The Herald are
acknowledged to be exactly right and
just. Even the only strong candidate
of the three is spoken of as a man of
deep prejudice. of which he is unable
to divest himself when on the bench.
AS a practical lawyer he has no fol-
lowing and displays but small ability.
He has declined rapidly in the estima-
ton of members of the bar and when
he is designated the strongest of the
trio it is confessed by men of his own
party that this is not particularly
hattering to him. The Democrats
should find it easy to place candidates
in the field who will be infinitely
superior to those selected by the Re
publican party.
AS to the rest of the ticket, while it
is thought that some shrewdness was
displayed in selecting the nominees
from different parts Of the territory,
yet the fact that the Offices for which
they are nominated are but the small
and inferior positions in the gift of
the people, coupled with the fact that
six out of the ten selections are resi-
dents of Salt Lake City, naturally Gre
ates discomfort among the people out
side of the metropolis and increases
the feeling that Salt Lake is made to
dominate the other parts of the state.
The Democratic party ought to be
able to make up a ticket which shall
be so much superior in every respect
to that constructed by their political
opponents that the people of Utah,
DESTROYS of seeing the new state go
into the Union fully and strongly
equipped for its duties and RESPONSE
bilities and honors, will naturally pre-
fer the ADLER men and see to it that
they are placed in the positions which
they are so much better qualified than
their opponents are to fill. There is a
duty before the Democratic party
which its supporters fully expect will
be faithfully discharged. Put up the
very best men for the offices to be
voted upon at the November election.