The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28

appearance. It sells from IS to 81 a
can containing a pound and may be
obtained from any large drug house,
and in some parts of the country in
general merchandise stores.
The layout consists Of a hollow, reed
like pipe about an inch in diameter,
closed at one end and fitted with a wide
mouthpiece at, the other. On one side
of the reed about six inches from the
closed end is fastened a convex bowl
something in appearance like an in
verted saucer, and perhaps three inches
in diameter
Directly in the center of this bowl is
a very small hole communicating with
the air passage through the center Of
the reed
Some Of the pipes are decorated with
Darbaric Ornamentation and others are
similar to two joints Of the ordinary
fish pole; their cost ranges from 81 to
$500, according to material, workman
ship and decoration. The next requi-
site is a small glass-encased lamp, in
which palm oil Is burned. Besides these
things, the smoker must have a wire
instrument shaped like q knitting
needle and a blunt knife to scrape the
burned opium from the bowl when the
pill has been smoked.
The preparation for smoking con-
sists in dipping the needle, which is
technically termed ''yen-hOck" into
the gum opium and twirling it about
until enough remains on the needle to
satisfy the smoker. He then holds it
over the flame of the little lamp and
turns it round and round until a good
portion of the moisture of the opium
has been driven off by the heat. The
smoker presses the pill upon the sur
face of the bowl and shapes it into
cylindrical form.
Finally, when the condition Of the
pill suits the smoker he sticks the point
OF the needle into the hole in the center
of the bowl and the opium adheres to
the surface so readily that the operator
is enabled to draw out the needle.
Then he turns the bowl over the flame
OF the lamp and with long inhalation
draws the bubbling fumes deep into
/ his lungs. The operation is very brief,
as the pill is usually entirely burned
up in fifteen seconds.
The taste Of the opium is very similar
( TO burning peanuts. After the draw
has been made the smoker lazily turns
on his side and picks up the knife and
scrapes the remnants of the pill from
| the bowl. The burned substance is
called ''yen-she," and when il has &C
cumulated in quantity of an ounce or
more it Is sold to the devotees Of opium
who are too poor to smoke the pure
STUFF
The effect of the fumes OF opium diff
fers widely in different individuals. It
| is SIMPLIFYING and nauseating to the
beginner. and sedative and stimulating
TO the Old-timer. The dreams that are
commonly supposed to attend the use
of the drug exist only in the minds OF
] persons who have not tried il. The
immediate effect is to cause the weight
of mental and physical affection to
slip away from the subject and at the
same time to stimulate the senses so
/ that impressions from outside appear
/ to have an exaggerated force. This
/ condition is followed by a deathly sleep
from which the smoker awakes to find
! his burden even heavier to bear than
| before his indulgence The logical out
/ come Of the habit is first crime and
( then death by suicide.
The hypOdermic "fiends" are more
! numerous than the smokers. but the
) course Of their career is far briefer
1 Cocaine and morphine are the two
/ drugs most commonly used. The "guu
man" or Eight artilleryman" is very
rarely a smoker Of opium, and the
/ opium smoker is never a whisky drunk
ard
The internal users of drugs include
] persons from every class. The society
woman who drinks cologne and uses
] patent AACQ4ClLAcS pltpdItu Win opium
! and alcohol or who uses the drugs di-
I Tectly. is in this class the same as the
1 broken-down negress who shifts CO.
/ caine and the individual who takes q
/ little strychnine for his heart.
/ Physicians say that the use OF drugs
/ IS growing with civilization. and II
/ proof Of their assertion they point t.
Inc fact that the medical fraternity anC
/ druggists furnish very palpable sec
( ton OF the drug degenerates.- Kansas
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