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toS,ileaTo-Ainitlexscld)f)f)f'eOPtUM SMOKINCLThe Paraphernalia Necessary to Ei\joy theNoxious Drug.The method of smoking opium is not known to the average oitizen, and when he dotects a peculiar smell about Chinese laundries he does not suspect that it oomes from the opium pipe smoked probably in the next room. There are plenty of people who think that the long stemmed pipes smoked by the laundrymen in front, of their shops are filled with opium, and that it is the sum and substance of the process. They know nothing of lamps, yen hobs, ond like paraphernalia necessary to enioy 11 | the noxious drug. The small pipes sraoKed by the Chinamen contain Chinese tobacco, stronger than the American product, but substantially the same.The “layout” for the smoking of opium consists first of a largo stem, made of bamboo. This stem is between 2K ard 8 inches in circumference. Almost midway of the stem sots a large clay bowl with only a small hole, such as would be made by a d large darning needle, upon the top. Then f there is a small lamp, which burns peanut y | or olive oil; then the yen hok, about the i. I shape of a darning needle, to cook the is opium with, and other like instruments o : for cleaning the pipe, and last the opium )- itself in a small jar or toi. d All these articles may be fonnd on sale h in at least one Chinese store in this city, y : They are received from a large importing h house in Philadelphia, which supplies the ; y whole south with these articles, o The opium looks very much like the e crude licorico which is used for sweetening s j chewing tobacco. It comes to the merchants in large cans, weighing from one to ten pounds, and in the different qualities costs from $10 to $30 a pound. It is re-e tailed over the counters out of a shaving s mug, covered with paper, to keep It clean, and ladled out with a miniature butter paddle. When a Chinaman desires to purchase opium, he brings in a toi and designates iu weight or money the umount he desires. The merchant then carefully o weighs the toi in a pair of scales made0 from a small bamboo rod, balanced by a ? string ttod in the middle. The toi is held t upon a small piece of oopper, tied upon one1 end. The exact weight of this isascertained e i by moving a small copper weight along thebeam. Then it is placed so much farther down, according to marks cot upon the Trmh—TifthbftQehHP hi
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Terre Haute Semi Weekly Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 25, 1897
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Tim C.
USA 04 Feb 2018
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