The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17

actions to separate them from the ever-varying movements of his dis torted fancy,
 "One curious thing hashish does for its victim Is to deprive him of horizon As l said, he loses all appreciation of space, and thus objects at distance and those at hand have the same rela- tive value in his mind, Everything appears to him in beautiful vista, whether he contemplates actual and physical occurrences or disports amid the pleasures of fancy's realm.
 "A young friend of mine, who, as an I experiment, took big dose of the 1 fluid extract form in which hashish is usually administered, told me that within ten minutes he was amazed to see the street suddenly broaden and the houses fall away until the horizon became vague and finally altogether lndeterminate. He also imagined that his movements were impeded by re- markable slowness which he was pow erless to overcome, strive as he would. After many years of travel, according to his distorted imagination and loss of chronological sense, my young friend arrived at the grounds in the rear of the American Museum of Natural His 1 tory and sat down to rest. He was perfectly aware of his locality. but ! was very much surprised to find that the aspect of things had greatly all ] tered since a previous visit. The shrubbery, formerly of a very uninter- esting character, had given place to brilliant-hued tropical foliage, and the paths which once were made of com- mon gravel now were filled with beau- tiful precious stones which glanced and glittered with thousand rides cent lights. It struck him as some thing very similar that the. municipal authorities should have become so prodigal in public adornment, but, nev- ertheless, after surreptitious glances to make certain he was unobserved, he improved the opportunity to load his pockets with diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires, opals and topazes.
 Shortly after acquiring this treas ure he fled to Japan--in his mind-and remained there some two or three years studying the customs and habits of the people This journey he subse- quented with tour of Europe, finish ing up in Paris for purposes education al. He took in Africa on his way home to the United States, and incl dentalIy visited Rhartoum to learn the mysteries of that late Dervish strong hold and render valuable assistance to 1 the British army by reporting his ob- ! servations.
 1 "In the meantime he was fully con- scious that part of him was sitting on bench in the rear of the museum, and it occasioned him no surprise to find himself there once more in the whole. Recollecting an engagement to call on young woman, and feeling confident that that social duty could be performed without betraying his hyp- notized condition, he left the grounds and repaired to her home Some months after his admission to the re-. ception room the young woman en- tered and he rose to acknowledge her presence with a bow It took him sev- 1 eral mental days to accomplish this simple ceremony, but his dual con sciousness advised him that he did it with the proper physical dispatch. For several weeks they talked and my young friend was beginning to specu- late as to how many more would elapse before it would be good form for him to take his departure, when suddenly and to his great dismay he seemed to rise from his chair and sail upward to the ceiling. Attaining this very unu- i sua position for Weil-conducted ! youth unused to acrobatic exercise, his dismay gave way to astonishment, for he found himself looking down on him. self, that is, his astral body was sus- l pended in mid-air and contemplating | his physical body, which remained erect and sedate in a chair and con- versed with the young woman on topi- cal things in the most ordinary way.
 Now, the physical body was aware of the extraordinary actions of the as- tral body and became uneasy, as it feared the young woman might look aloft and discover the astral body 1 floating about her cornices and playing the part of an eavesdropper. It was also worried for fear the astral body might not come down in time to &C., company the physical body home. But that strange consciousness that pro- tects the hashish eater from divulging his real condition came to his rescue, and thus assured, he talked on and on l as if things were normal.
 ! 1HG dSLrdl DOuy ulu GV5UluHny abandon the cornices and take itr place inside the physical body. This accom- plished, my friend concluded to run no rish of a separation while the young woman was around and took his de- parture. He returned to my shop by long and devious mental route which embraced most of the geographical points not included in his first journey abroad. When he arrived, he called for neutralizer. He waited patiently, he said afterward, for a week or so, but I needed him not. A second time he demanded relief, and waited many days with the same negative results He repeated his demands five or six times, until had to beg of him to de- sist, for he was tumblfng them out in a convoluted string which gave no opering for reply. But he was not aware how rapidly he spoke, so well in hand did the hashish have him by that time.
 { T gave him a large dose of lemon juice, which is a good neutralizer of hashish, and soon he was once more mentally clear. Then from his pockets ] dumped the gravel which he had i. I-.-. |.