The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-07

selves with the fumes az opium where
are those exclusive dens that catered
to patrons who wished to indulge the
vice In assured and luxurious seclusion,
They have disappearsd one Inc all.
Only miserable. flthy joints In side
streets and remote puriieus are nov
running.
1T is not that a wave Of reformation
has swept the high-class places away.
but the one-time frequenters and sup
porters OF exclusive opium joints have
undergone a change OF affections. They
have taken up ashish as a means Of
more thoroughly satiating their appe-
titles.
Many of the opium eaters who have
discarded that narcotic for hashish are
men Of keen sensibilities. Some are
men OF a high order OF intellect and in
telligence. II Is to such persons that
the effects Of hashish appeal with great
est fascination. 1t distorts the fancy
far more h opium, and the imagery
begot of 1t when first used Is more ka-
lei~doscopic and pleasing than any form
Of opium gives.
1T has been commended by an astute
philosopher that true happiness will
only be possible when time n space
are abolished. Well. this is what has
hfsh temporarily accomplishes. II
sweeps from the mind all idea of chron-
illogical division; II eliminates the ap-
probation of space, and conquers geo.
graphical distances in the min of the
eater with electrical rapidity. So time
and space. mentally no longer in exist
ence. the budding hashish eater finds
that all things of earth contribute to
his pleasure and that life is one long
reign of ecstatic joy. A wonderful met
amorphosis takes place in familiar sur
roundfngs. A tiny ball room expands
into a vast palace OF marvellous beau
ty; a rubbish filled back yard becomes
a tropical garden. A street Is no long
er a mere tumultuous thoroughfare. IL
Is a %populous world. But that. remem-
Der. is only In the hashish eaters no.
v~itiate, when the drug appeals most en-
tirely to his mental faculties. Habit
ual use makes II a physical need or
craving. and then the Authorizations.
less picturesque and pleasing. often
end in hideous. ~terrorizing visions
which drive the victim into the mad
house or the grave"
ID you know of any hashish joints
In New York;" asked the reporter.
II have heard there are two or three"
answered the druggist. but certain Pc
culiar properties OF the drug narcotic
make such places unnecessary. When
a man first begins to eat hashish he
finds he has no need to repair to a Sc
tfuutu Dtdtt III rue 10 prevent ITltnuS
and associates from discovering the
fact. He can load up with a good siz-
ed dose n go about his usual employ
ments without any one being the wiser.
There will be nothing extraordinary
I'm his actions and he will conform
strictly with the usual routine of his
daily movements. In fancy he may
be traversing the wilds of Africa. may
be gliding through the skies in a bal
linn Aye miles FROM narth h,t NJ thA
same time, he is able to conduct a con-
versation with an unhashished friend
without betraying his visionary flights.
In fact, a man unde the influence of
the narcotic figuratively, and frequent
~ consciously, leads a dua existence.
He Is sufficiently aware OF his physical
actions to separate them from the ever
varying movements OF his distorted
fancy.
'One curious thing hashfsh does for
its victim is to deprive him of horizon.
AS ] said. he loses all appreciation of
space. n thus objects at a distance
and those at hand have the same rel
alive value in his mind. Everything
appears to himf in a beautiful vista.
whether he contemplates actual and
physical occurrences or disports amid
the pleasures of fancy realm.
"A young friend of mine. who. as
an experiment. took a big dose of the
fluid extract. a form in which hashis
Is usually administered, told me that
within 10 minutes he was amazed to
see the street suddenly broaden and
the houses fall away until the hori-
zon became vague and finally altogether
indeterminate. He also imagined that
his movements were impeded by a 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 national his
tory and sat Town to rest. He was
perfectly aware of his locality, but was
very much surprised to find that the
aspect OF things had greatly altered
since a previous visit. The shrubbery,
formerly of very uninteresting charac-
ter. had given place to brilliant-hued
tropical foliage. and the paths which
once were made of common gravel now
were filled with beautiful precious
stones which glanced Inc glittered with
a thousand iridescent lights. 1t struck
him as something very singular that
the municipal authorities should have
become so prodigal in public adorn-
ment. but. nevertheless. after surrep-
titious glances to make certain he was
unobserved. he improved the opportu-
nifty to load his pockets with diamonds,
pearls, rubies, s%apphires, opals and to-
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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 subsequent
ed with a tour of Europe. finishing up
In Paris for purposes educational. He
took in Africa on his IA home to the
United States, Inc incidentally visit
ed Khartoum TO learn the mysteries of
that late Dervish stronghold and rem
der valuabl assistance to the Brit
ish army by reporting his observations.
In the meantime he was fully con-
scious that a part of him was sitting
on a bench in the rear of the museum.
and 1t occasioned him no surprise TO
find himself there once more in the
whole Recollecting an engagement
to call on a young woman, and feel
ing confident that thai social duty