The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-19

Is only about half full when bought as
It expands so from heat that it would
burst the can II any fuller. can sells
from $3.50 to SS.25, but is liable to be
higher or lower according to supply on
hand. Now, I have described all articles
that are necessary to smokers layout.
You can have all the little ornaments
you Ike on the tray, such as fancy cigar
cite and match cups. think have about
covered all the description of a layout
and will take the next step, showing the
preparation Of opium ready to smoke.
| shall take the reader back to where
we were all lying down on the bed around
the layout, all prepared to take q few
puffs at the pipe and soar away into the
land of fairies, where all troubles are left
behfnd and you are transformed for the
time being into millionaire. You can
have everything your heart wishes for
Frank lay en- the right side Of the lay
out and picked out a yen-hock from three
or four on the tray, which he dug down
into the hop toy and got dab of opium
on the point about the size of a pea,
which, when he held it over the little
flame, began expanding and sizzling until
1t was as large as small walnut At the
same time he would press it against his
thumb every now and then till all liquid
had been taken out. which left the opium
IN very brittle state Immediately upon
being withdrawn from the light. He had
to work it over the flame continually SO
as to keep 1t in a soft state. The odor
from the cooking was very pleasant,
pungent sort. After he had worked the
pill chat Is what 1T is called and rolled
it upon the bowl till he had it eonicaI
shape. he stuck the sharp end into the
hole In the bowl. which mashed the pill
into a cylindrical shape, which was then
ready to put on the bowl to be smoked.
The process of putting the pill on the bowl
Is by holding the little hole in the bowl
over the flame till 1T becomes hot then
sticking the end Of the yen-hock, with
pill on it. through the hole, the heat
causing the pill TO adhere to the bowl;
and by taking away from the flame the
yen-hock can easily be withdrawn leaving
small hole through the pill. Then the
pipe is handed to one of the party to be
smoked, which he does by placing the
mouth of the stem against the lips and
the pill over the point of the flame, Civ
ing one deep, long draw, and the pill is
consumed.
OF course. the smoke will be inhaled
deep down into the lungs, by which means
the system takes up the drug. The same
process to be repeated over and over as
each pill is cooked.
Probably the reader would like to ask
how many pills do you smoke before you
feel the effects. In answering that cues
ton ] will say there Is no general limit to
the number, as sometimes it only takes
two to affect a novice, where others may
stand as high as six or seven before de-
irving any effect, but an old smoker can
smoke anywhere from fifteen to twenty
five before feeling any effects.
Horace started the ball rolling by smok-
ing the first pill. He had mastered the
art Of drawing in the smoke, as the night
before he had been smoking with Frank
The next came Fred's turn and he had
pretty tough time Of it, as 1t being his
first trial he couldn't get the hang Of how
to smoke, for every time Frank placed
pill over the fame for him to draw he
would allow air to get between the stem
and his lips In such q way he couldn't
draw and consequently the pill would
burn. When my turn came / had the
same trouble at first, but got on to the
way to do 1t very quickly, and after that
had no trouble at all in smoking. / kept
jumping UP off the bed and eating grapes,
also drink water. Frank kept telling me
to lie STILL as I would get deathly sick
One thing a novice must not do under
any circumstances. and that is walk
around and drink water. He must lie per-
fectly still or gst deathly sick. wouldn't
pay any atte1tion to him, and after I
smoked five or six pills. all of sudden I
got sick at my stomach and began throw