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I MANY INTOXICANTS,
f >MR. JOHNSON, WHO TRAVELS, FREE-
I , LV DISCUSSES THE SUBJECT.
Me OecMlonally Indulges In Hasheesh
Himself How an Opium Habitue Was
I Cured—Btherlo as a Substitute For Al-
S eoholle Exhilaration.
1 Johnson “travels for” a New York
state wine and brandy producing firm
' and is a veritable mine of information
concerning wines and spirits, alcohol
percentages, bouquets, methods and
. processes of refining and ‘ ‘aging’ ’ wines,
Band besides is a connoisseur of no mean
Banality in everything drinkable. No
ever saw him drink more of any al-
liquor than the half dozen drops
whe sips before passing a wonderfully
r Hear infallible verdict on a sample. Nev
ertheless Johnson remarked one day to
a friend that he took an occasional
spree. “Not an alcoholic drunk, ”he
explained, “but a hasheesh vision.”
“Hasheesh!” exclaimed the other.
“Why, I’ve always regarded that as
more dreadful than spirits.”
.“Perhaps it is, ” replied Johnson. “I
don’t advise any one to use it. But in
1 parts of Europe and in all oriental coun-
I tries many persons use hasheesh as I do.
I The effect of the drug taken in the
! Iprger quantity is to stimulate the im
agination. It seems to release the soul
from the body’s bonds. Fatigue, depres
sion, mental weariness, business cares,
all harassments, in fact, are thrown off,
and the mind revels in an abnormal and
pleasurable superactivity. I never expe
rienced any unpleasant reaction.
“Persons of different temperaments
are affected in different ways. I knew a
man who ‘wanted to try’ a dose of
hasheesh with me. He had a most un
pleasant time of it. He said that his
mental sufferings were indescribable,
fear, or rather apprehension, of some
. thing mysterious and more grewsome
than all the ghost stories ever told rolled
into one awful horror oppressing him
throughout the short time that he was
under the spell of the hemp. He never
will try it again, for which lam glad,
for he might get into the habit of it.
Johnson’s business takes him among
pharmacists a good deal, and byway of
adding to his disclaimer of being a
hasheesh slave he remarked that every
(druggist has among his customers one
or more opium “fiends” who do not
feel the bondage of the drug, although
they are enslaved. “I saw a clerk mak
ing 100 small powders of morphine one
■tiay,” said Johnson, “and I asked him
why he was putting up so many. The
clerk replied that he put up that num
ber every Thursday for a certain lady
on renewal of a physician’s prescrip
tion. The physician had authorized the
renewal, and the patient had been tak
ing the morphia for several years in the
same quantity. The habit probably
grew out of the drug having been pre
scribed originally for the relief of some
obstinate pain. The patient only knew
that the powders kept her pain away.
“This same drug clerk also told of
the successful cure of a sufferer from
the opium habit, another lady who re
alized her situation and longed to be
free. She went to live at her physician’s
bouse. She had been drinking so much
laudanum a day. The doctor began by
allowing her the equivalent in mor
phine in capsules, taken at the hours at
which she had been accustomed to take
the liquid. He kept her on a nourishing
and stimulating diet and very gradual
ly, without the patient’s knowledge,
reduced the size of the doses of morphia.
‘ ‘ ‘ After a time he substituted for one of
the morphine capsules daily one of the
same appearance, filled with cinchoni
dia, an alkaloid of Peruvian bark like
quinine, but weaker. The patient did
not feel the difference. Another cincho
nidia capsule was substituted daily aft
er another week or two, and so on, until
-after some months the habitue was tak
ing nothing but cinchonidia one day,
with, perhaps, two morphine doses the
next. As gradually as before these
were eliminated, and the patient was
told oqo day that she had had no mor
phia for a month. She was surprised
and incredulous, but she at last real
ized that she was cured. I don’t know
that every one could be freed from the
opium habit in that manner.
“The druggist’s clerk told me of a
fellow employee of his who had a pas
sion for ether. He had found him sev
eral times asleep or dozing in a heap of
excelsior packing in the cellar, and at
last discovered that the young man had
been stealing ether. He would saturate
a sponge, put it into a pasteboard cone,
hold it over his nose, and thus anes
thetize himself. .You know . that the
First
Last and all the time Hood’s Sarsaparilla
has been advertised as a blood purifier.
Its great cures have been accomplished
through purified blood cures of scrofula,
Balt rheum, eczema, rheumatism, neural
gia, catarrh, nervousness, that tired feel
ing. It cures when others fail, because it
Always
Strikes at the root of the disease and
eliminates every germ of impurity.
Thousands testify to absolute cures of
blood diseases by Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
although discouraged by the failure of
other medicines. Rembmber that
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the best ln fact the One True Blood Purifier,
Hood’s Pills easy to operated 25c^ ke ’
sehsation of passnlg under tne influence
of ether is very pleasant. It is akin to
the exhilaration of alcohol. The patient
about to be operated upon is in a state
of high spirits, no matter how great his
anxieties may be, as soon as the ether
has begun to intoxicate him.
“But in one part of Ireland, where
the making of ‘potheen’ has been
squelched by the excise, the simple na
tives have taken to using ether—a prod
uct not expensively purified like that
used by surgeons Only instead of in
haling it they drink it. It induces ex
treme exhilaration, then sleep, and the
drunkard awakes with a headache, a
sick stomach and an unpleasant, sweet
taste in the mouth, just as the surgeon’s
patient does.. The ether drinking makes
a man noisy and quarrelsome and reck
less while its exhilarating effect lasts,
and is in other ways far worse than
whisky. A man may be drunk and so
ber again in 15 minutes The local cler
gy are very bitter against, the excisemen
for driving out the comparatively harm
less ‘potheen. ”’ —New York Mail and
Express.
Did You .Ever
Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, get a bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the re
lief and cure of all Female Complaints,
exerting a wonderful direct influence in
giving strength and tone to the organs.
If you have Loss of Appetite, Constipa
tion, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are
Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Mel
ancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and Strength are guar
anteed by its use. Fifty cents and SI.OO
at Curry-Arrington Co. ’s drug store.
NOT TO QUIT BUSINESS.
Mrs. Wardlaw is Not Going Out of Busi
ness But is Beady to Meet Cut Prices.
Editor Tribune: 1 have been a silent
listener to a lot of gossip among the ladies
in my store the past week. They dont
understand why our dry goods merchants
and milliners are all going out of busi
ness,
They are very much worried to know
where they are to go to furnish them
selves with the numberless garments nec
essary for a lady’s trosseau. But what
seemed to trouble them most of all was
that there would be no more millinery
openings for them to visit. It is so nice
to get their hats and bonnets from their
own accommodating milliners.
Now the mystery to me is how they
gained the impression that I was not
going to sell hats much longer. Certainly
I have said or advertised no cost or going
out business of sales.
I wish to state right here, to relieve
their minds, that I have not the remotest
idea of going out of business yet, and am
not going to sell all my goods at cost.
But I will state this fact most emphat's
cally that lam prepared to meet all so
called cost prices of my competitors.
This I will prove to the entire satisfaction
of all who visit my store.
I am receiving new goods every few
days and will keep posted and supplied
with all the novelties furnished in • ether
cities. Respectfully,
Mbs J. F. Wardlaw.
YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY.
To Visit Nashville and the Tennessee Centen
nial Exposition.
The Western and Atlantic railroad
will sell round trip tickets to Nash
ville and return at $3.50. This includes
transportation out to the grounds and
back; also admission into the exposi
tion. Ticket on sale Wednesday, Oc
tober 27th, limited Oct. 31. Elegant
through coaches without change on
train leaving Rome at 9 a. m. C. K.
Ayer, P. & T. A.
Nervous' troubles all kinds cured
with Animal Extracts. Free book
tells bow. Washington Chemical Co.
Washington, D. C. For sale by Tay
lor and Norton, Druggists Rome, Ga.
NATIONAL BICYCLE MEET
Atlanta, Ga., Oct, 38 And 39 Very Low
Rates.
For the above occasion the Western
& Atlantic R. R. will sell round trip
tfckets from Rome to Atlanta and re
turn at the exceedingly low rate of
$2.20 tickets on sale October 28-29
good to return until Oct.. 31. Trains
leave Rome 6a. m., 9 a. m. 4:25 p. m.
C. K. Ayer, P. & T.
Longevity of Astronomers.
The longevity enjoyed by astronomers
is proverbial, and an astronomical jour
nal gives a long list of them who have
far exceeded the threescore years and
ten. Aiucug the eminent names are Cas
sini, who lived to 97; Caroline Herschel
to 98, Sir W. Herschel to 84, Newton
to 84, Mary Somerville to 92, Halley to
86, Sir George Airey to 90, Sir David
Brewster to 86, Sir E. Sabine to 94,
Humboldt to 90, Schwabe to 86, Santini
to 91, and Fontenelle to 100. Regular
ity of habit conduces to longevity in any
walk of.life, and it is a necessity to the
astronomer. This, added to the calm
pursuit of those who study the heavens,
counterbalances the effect of late watch
ings and exposure to the night air.
You Cant Afford to Mlsß II!
The great Tennessee centenial closes
October 20th. The last week of the Ex
position promises to be the most notable
of all. The Fireworks display will be
grand, the horse races finest on earth.
“Thomas Day” and “Atlanta Day” the
event of the exposition cheap rates on
the 27th.
To Cnre a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
iets. All druggists refund the money
f it fails to cure. ss.
THE ROME 'I'RIBUNE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1897.
PROPHET OF PROSPERITY.
C. Wood Davis Foresaw the Rise In
Wheat.
Lees than a year ago the newspapers
of the western states were referring de
risively to 0. Wood Davis of Kansas as
“the prophet of $2 wheat.” Today he
is hailed as a true prophet and is re
garded even in his own home as a
threwd and able statistician. Mr. Davis
did not prophesy “$2 wheat.” He did
predict that the price of wheat would
go up, basing his prophecy on actual
figures and reports. He argued that ii
C. WOOD DAVIS.
the bread eating population increased
more rapidly than the bread producing
area wheat must go up, and it did.
Mr. Davis is a Kansan pioneer. He
was born in New Bedford, Mass., and
comes of good old Puritan stock. He
went to Kansas in 1863 in company
with his friend, General Fremont, and
was prominently connected with the de
velopment of the state. He sunk the
first salt well in Kansas, arranged the
first passenger and freight tariff on the
first railroad to cross the state and built
the first house south of the Arkansas
river in Kansas, in which he now lives
and near which has grown up the city
of Wichita.
Years ago he found himself unable to
decide intelligently whether he should
continue farming or go into some other
business. Instead of jumping at a con
clusion he began to study the question
in a systematic manner. He collected
figures and statistics from reports of
consuls, governments and ministers all
over the world. Then he figured out
the ratio between the supply and the
demand for wheat and decided to stick
to the plow. It was not long before he
was admirably equipped to discuss this
important problem and he began con
tributing articles to the most prominent
publications of this country and Eng
land. This brought international fame
and popularity at home. To the Farm
ers’ Alliance movement he became a
prophet of prosperity. He was urged to
run for office and to become a political
leader, but he declined and has kept on
with his figuring and farming.
J. M. Tbirswend, < f Grcsbeck,Tex.,
says that when he has a spell of indi
gestion. and feels sluggish he takes
two of DeWitt’s Little Early Risers at
night, and he is all right the next
morning. Many thousands of others
do the same thing. Do you? For
sale by Curry-Arrington Co.
Aspiring Canada.
The new Canadian postage stamp
bears a portrait of the queen at her
coronation, with maple leaves, em
blematic of Canada, in the corners.
Canada seems to be aspiring to be called
Greater England.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Great Wealth For Atheism.
Colonel John L. Logan of Nicholas
ville, Ky., an atheist, died recently of
heart disease. He was worth $250,000
and has given $150,000 to the cause of
atheism.—New York Sun.
There is no need of little children
being tortued by scald head, eczema
and skin eruptions. DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve gives instant relief and
cures permanently. For sale by Cur
ry-Arrington Co.
'KtdigiOD Versus Politics.
Clerk—Man wants transportation to
Chicago.
Railroad Official—Confounded cler
gyman, 1 suppose. Well, 1 hate to do
it, but you may sell him a ticket at
half fare.
Clerk (a minute later) —Man says
he’s not a clergyman. He’sa member of
the legislate?
Railroad Official—Ah! Tell him we
take pleasure in handing him a free
pass.—Brooklyn Life.
Smaller, but More Active.
The tongue of woman is smaller than
that of man. *—"Exchange.
lalT
RHEUM
Most torturing and disfiguring of itching,
burning, scaly skin and scalp humors is in
' stantly relieved by a warm bath with Cuti
cuba Soap, a single application of Cuticuba
(ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose
of Cuticuba Resolvent, greatest of blood
purifiers and humor cures, when all else fails,
(uticura
lisold throughout the world. Potter Drug and Chrm.
Corp., Prop*., Boston. “ How to Cure Saltßheum,”free<
FALLING HAIR Soar.** |
Just as the Flashlight
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