New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

the caves Of which on either side almost overlapped
so closely were. they packed. TO miserable den
guished. gaunt and hoilow-ch ked. Our entrance
seemed 70 cause no surprise Perhaps hstless
a change when = pipe was ready and handed 10
hess with which thev inhaled the smoke 1t is a
tedious process; each pipe holds but drop OF
opium which. when prepared. is in soft. sticky
state. THIS held on the point of wire over n fame
III II swells 10 several times us natural SIZE an
Which Inserted IN ii Straight stem Of bamboo forms
the pipe Three or four powerful draws exhaust
ers Of these pines before he falls asleep Having
seen how Il WIS used. II was interesting TO come
Sod It the Tfy OF s musns
and friendly Cinnamon. possibly the friendly spirit
they showed was aroused somewhat by seeing with
whom
Evidently the customers, of whom there was no
lack. viewed with dlstrust. as they were only
admitted 10 cageliHe Enclosure in front Of the
counter, from which there ran Up 20 the ceiling
opium At tho Government auctions. and then pre-
pare aud retail Il 20 their enlaci1ted customers 10
worst feature OF the habit is that the victim viii
stop at nothing which may enable him TO get the
the town. for were taken on through MANY
,urnngs Of squad streets. 10 where some OF these
lovers of roast pig were gambling our arriva.
seemed 70 alarm some OF them-probah.y new hands
who thought they were doing something very
wicked whereas the habltues knew that ms MILO
form Of bettng-the stakes are very small-was
wlnked n by the authorities Their chief game
was extraordinary for the rer'arkabie skill shown
by the croupier. A number Of cowries were thrown
on The table perhaps 4 couple OF hundred or SO.
and partly hidden by inverted saucer being
placed over az many it might cover. that one
might have az htte ldea OF me az ua1 huinOor 80
/, .ota ~ fhrc. and the players tetted whether
three two or one would he left. When perhaps half
IN. number Rad been removed IN this manner the
saucer was lifted TO get at the rest Strange as
NAV seem. the moment this was done, although
there might stll be a large number of cowries left.
both around and under where the saucer had been.
thu bank at once stated what number would re-
main. and actually besan 10 pay Ninners or course
II the bank was correct but In tls -FOUR sanies
We watched they were neve- wrong Lo9g prAcuce
must have given them sixth sense. ~ was not
T., yhn course OF our vanderings We visited three
cofIe.-houscs These consisted Of mere open sheds
or great size, In which. on forms scattered about
the most Misunderstanding men OF all kinds wee
sitting or equaiting drinking the innocent beverage
from which the places get their name The police
man sid that one OF thsse shops was senrrs''
would certainly have been far from pleasant TO have
had toenter such place by one sell IN I me csnrc
ing OF the dances perhaps the less said the better
We passed on down long; broad street curiousy
a Dark gateway and found ourselves LOOKING
through window on silent shape lying on
struck bv the very orderly app. arance OF the
streets and remarking this 20 one OF our guides We
earnsd fha' here as elsewhere over india the
prestige Of the ruling race has great controlling
power A. a fact the chief trouble The police have
af night is when sailor, maddened with the
vile I'guor he has bought In some native grogshop,
breaks out We were to have a starting example
of this We had Just entered curious sort OF
music hall frcqucnted by very rough customers.
when we saw a sailor. who had evidently been hay
"a p" for "a man They seemed to be ready for
this OF thing for before he could do any SER
Gus mischief two policemen were on him, ana mo
arm that held the knife was smashed with a blow
from a trun ,helu. Unfortunately, they dld not sop
there and II was a sckcnlng sight 10 soc now the
poor wretch WAS battered about re mad TO - car
ried away ~ the police. II seemed horriby brutal
but presume bly, soft MEASURE are not TOT mao
dened ruiiian with big knife in his hand and the
power and will to use IT,