Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
Money Must Be Raised for the Con.
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The Carpet Baggers Who Are Behind the
Scheme Own No Property
At All.
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Money

no longer an aristOcratio Vice. IL II ever
was. In New Orleans and other parts
of the South and West the drug Is free.
~ bought In o.cent packages.
DR.. CrOthers regards the use of the
drug. even as u local anestlctlc for
surgical purposes. Us exceedingly dan
gerous, especially In cases where the
subsequent reaction Is characterized
by headache, lassltudc and depression.
Yet Its use In surgery is becoming very
common. The lecturer also deprecated
the fact that many popular proprietary
remedies contain cocaine In large guam.
titles. 1t Is almost specific for ca
tarrhal troubles. and through using 1t
ut remedial agent uncOnsciOusly
many persons, charmed with Its speedy
and delightful results, become addicted
to It habitually, and finally become
slaves to It's use.
Its first effects In small doses are to
create II feeling Of elation, Of greatly
increased mental and physical superb.
GRITTY and Of freedom from care and
anxiety. The morphinist finds In II a
substitute to relieve the sense of de-
preston following the use of that mar.
cote. The hard drlnker Is charmed
with Its effects, as his depression yields
to u sense of elatiOn and abnormal eX.
altatlOn. But In the use of cocaine
there follows u sure reaction. In a
| short time there are developed chnrac-
/ teristic symptoms of the habitual co.
cninIst. II he be lawyer. a writer or
u clergyman he shows marvellous huen-
| cy ana prOliXity Of speech. He has a
| rare fecundity Of words. but they be.
tray u tendency toward circumlOcutiOn
and irrclevancy. In letter writing he
bctrays his secret vice by his dlifuse-
ness without dIrectness.
"rherc are novels. which are highly
popular to-day" said the lecturer.
(which show almost conclusive evi.
dence of having been written under the
characterized by marvellous rhythm
ami smOOthncss have had their inspra-
ton In this drug.
"IIabitual use of II impalrs the judg-
ment and results In the grandose ideas
often associated with paretic diseases.
Ones sense Of right and wrong be-
comes impaired. \ man formerly open
and frank becomes secretlve. selfish
ana dishonest. A Wall street authority
told me that he knew OF three of the
| IN nf pn. Mt 30
whose losses of fortunes are directly
due to impairment of their Judgment
through the use Of cocaine.
"After the abnormal sense of elatiOr
and power come decisions. The victim
fears sudden attack. He sits up al
night watching for burglars. He Il
fearful Of accident and abnOrmally
suspicious OF imaginary prosecutors
Most victims In this stage carry revOl
bers.
"One Of them once came to me In thi,
condition. He was Il physician. who
had lost his wife and family In thu
JOhnstOwn flood ana had taken to 90
caine to sOOthe him In his great atiiic
ton. He had two revOlvers when III
told me of his secret. He was rational
enough In most matters, but though,
he had hidden enemies. l finally per
suaded him to surrender his firearms
ana the first night he compromised OF
u stout baseball bat under his pillow
He finally conquered the appetite, hui
It required years of hard struggling
Or. Crothers narrated many similar
Instances, especially among brazil
workers. He recommended rs the hes
curative methods complete abstinence
from the drug combined with Turkisl
and electric baths, mineral waters AM
tones, judiciOus restraint. careful an,
abstemiOus diet ana a long rest. ii,
knows Of no specific for the cure of til,
hablt.-New York Herald.