Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-28
OPIUM IN THE EAST.
Rich Users of tho Drug in China
Luxurious Smoking Rooms.

Although there are in the 90,
various liquors that will produo
toxication, the favorite methosu-
reaching that condition is by tlyeu
of. opium or hasheesh. ;aad
Opium smoking does not con(ta+e
conviviality and sociability asdress
ing whisky does; the smoker kane,
becomes a skeleton and har, its
beast. He loves a gloomy lIenas
where he may be left to darl..'oi .lIS
to himself. %. 81 a.
The chair coolies of Chinho7 and
house servants, too, are 'vd by the |
given to the use of opium. the reg |
eigner often finds himself eS Lewis
almost beyond the point of
by the dullness, apathy and ~ =,
ton to move that steal alnncJiCe =
ceptibly over his household zoe ,'a 81
pOstulation, entreaties, thr degrees
no effect; one might aso corner
against a stone wall as to 80 min
son with coolie while uIlode line
fluence of his smoke. i ~ On
Rich men in China ofteice north
urious smoking corners ASST feet
their reception rooms. 9TH II de-
who is a confirmed smokereet inter-
den set up quite apart cry silaIC
mainder of the house. TIE. Ie'ooi
of comfort to a great ba18 minutes
house is frequently the S to corner
ner. Here will be four, contain
divan, covered with red
bolic of pleasure, standin)DE
The bed is fiat and hardwhence U.
bolster for the head A Sg ulsCrlcI,
night light of smoldering C1 I.oo "oISS
balls is near. A tray coeo,.1e,, No
pipe, a big hollow piece,O minutes
usually with the tiniest pine whence
and a small receptacle fd64 degrees
rests on the tripod or anotoOO teet TO
Some of the public opf4 degrees
China are elegantly fittetoN ,,o;,,,, 800
carved and gilded moldinine whence
handsome furniture, but IA degrees
ones are not much, if any, caring and
the cellars that are fitted lth "a de-
lean Chinatowns for til IeeI) ooO
There are hunks for the e VI oesli
o 5000 w., - 20 trono % n )DE
OVii' e"isiiOc VI 'Hose VIM, whence
play dominoes. The De M;n;no-
opium consumed and thees 35 min.
the winnings set aside foe south 60
the tables soon brings to O9 feet to
comfortable income. 'degrees w
When q certain point iSlsecI Iou a1
Chinaman's career, til o5o 20 foa ~
smoker desires to quit once north
That he may help him in 1909 feet to
desire the opium dealer kedegrees 90
mixture of opium ref srsect lode
and upon application he pears atn SCUM
quantity sufficient to DIES ,Hyo ~, iee:I
1t is mixed with water eas+ 1910
drunken the victim finds | fine place
stretches himself out to doc acres.
more attention is paid to DE
dead dog. The narcotic ta whence IT.
form is invariably fatal, ag district
tenaciously to the lining oninutes q
ach and withstands all anence soutl
Hasheesh, which is largUo IeeC U
Persia, India and Egypt, 49, la Ia
leaces and seeds of Indian aars nortl
is a curious fact that the hOOO feet
will produce the intoxicatice mort
only when grown in India 10 teet I
transplanted to colder climat uegree
this quality entirely. The 80. 100 ~
knew it and used it to prodEO0 feet
hilarating intoXication. 1t Nde line j
duced into Egypt in 1850, ,ast, $50
that time has been in com the plac
there, particularly by 4 acres.
priests. Its effects are quiteLODE
to those of opium; whereas hence [
produces apathy and sleep, dlstrlc'
produces a boisterous mirth yes ives
difficult to subdue and is ofteslSe'so NJ
casion of quarrels and ultiI MINT
madness. 10 whenf