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IIIK Ol'ILD OK THE XAItroTIZEIIThere lt;xme from New Vork somefrightful details as to the extent theuse of narcotic* is carried by the women of the I’nlted Staten. It must be,-i-sumcd that lr. Catharine lt;•. Townsend would not misrepresent or disfxir-.Hjje her own sex and it was -Ih* who told the Sorosls ol New Voik the otherdav all sorts of dreadful things on thenarcotic topic.Dr. Catharine Townsend had no hesitation in saying that the result olher intelligent investigations shows that sovenil hundred thousand American women liabitually use opium in -.me form like coeaine or chloral and morphine, while it cannot be denied tlint to cigarette smoking a good many American women are not rigid-|v averse. Some of the novels of theday embody that latter charge confirmed bv Ur. Cathrine Townsend, ,-lso it would I* Incredible to men who hedge fair women almut withdi \inity. This cigarette Uisiueas is p-ifectlv awful to think ol and yet it hinted that in coteries ol two or ti n e young ladies, hidden in thcpri-\ icy of their a|wrtnient\ the deadlycigarette, deadly to all emotional and nervous systems, is not tnfrc ijtiently pndoced and -horrible to relate—is smoked and enjoyed.i nj|«ratively few American women -in ke cigars as Georges .Sand Used to.1 • habitually*, strutting nloui tieru*i siiais ai Nahant in her man s hat,lt; at and bools -those bunts «*t w inch '.he -|e«ks w ith such pride and affec Si si in Iter letter*, We have a glt;**l u.anv mannish women in this poun-in, but not many win* get to themannishne** of Auron* Dudevant.Ntli the cigarette indulgence isn'ta- Iwui as the use lt;*f morphine. Dr. 1 witM'ial told of wointn she kneww ho never go anywhere without a h pdermk* syrings and their hodbs•re puncturelt;l all over with the pricks ■ ! the svringe needle. Sum 'vomen-tenographers carry their hypodermic syringes to their ofHce to ndievetnsjuenl headaches. Dr. Townsendtold the Sorusia more and sounded a note of warning to thelisteningsisterItood.It is interesting to nop' in this eon net*tion that most men who an* nar-cotiMHl or partly s*x or who drink liquor, an* very avers** to having their wives or sisters indulge in the same lutbiu and they will expatiaten the peril of using narcotics with4 •the earnestness of star temperancelecturer* With women, in the majority ot cases, chloral or cocaim areiirs-d pi get rid ot pain ol howevertrilling nature. So with morphine h pdermie injections. The family pinsieian falls Iwck on this handypmcesaof relieving ptin, when noneof his usual remedies will work As the latter very frequently tail* heuses the hypodermic syringe veryolten, as in oases ol s|asmodie asthma and other su»’h agony. Finding suchobliteration of piin resulting fnm theprick ot a syringe needle, the sutler er gets one herself and begina to Imj aregular worshiper at the shrine of Morphia and applies her syringe whenever she feels nnv kind of pain.The chronic morphinist is said to bo incurable. It Is true such peopldmay live a great while but they be-gin to look like shrivelled mummies alter a while ami lose their moral mjuho as chronic liquor drinkers do.Ue tjuincey’s story of his e\p*rieneeis terrible reading and a warning tocither men or women to keep the narcotics ut a sid-* distance. In New\ ork it seems that the persistent users ot these drugs arc found among the society women. So it is reported of Chicago society, even among the new “three hundred under the he gomony of Herbert Chatfield Chat-Held Tav lor. Still, one is quite prepared u» hear and believe a good many such stories ..bout (Chicago society. Momcn of wealth, who have nothing to dp accordiug to their own view of life and its duties, except indulge iu a succession ol society events and society lotoscating, are very aptto Is- beguiled by Morphia and de-I wild upm that treacherous, death-dealing goddess to keep them up to the exacting demands ot society.Indeed, the aggregation called societyis responsible lor the wrecking of many women who might have been wonderfully useful by living less sell-ish lives. In certain ot its phases society is a umllocli toward which not a lew strong men and lovely women gravitate to their own undoing. The adoration of Morphia robs the human soul and re^isou ol the rational quality and weakens the mural nature. The idolntor heeds not the “slii|»s that pass iu the night” calling forhelpand tinding none. A narcotised pci*son is incarnate selfishness.!I ^!Copper Ml vie fit % tlt;1enlt;1«.ifHoughton, Mich.- To the dividends ol the Michigan copjwr mines already this year aru now added the Osceola, $r*f,lt;UP, one by the Atlantic, $.V),UOU, its first since 1X91, and one by the ijuincy, $410,000 which was the largest ever declared. This brings the total for the year by these Michigan mines up to $2,500,(XO. The foreign demand for refined eop|»er continues and grows, and the mines here are shipping more and more, in one week the Calumet and Heolakhaving shipjwd from New* Vork 1.-500,000 pounds.M.L.CRIMMETT.llbHAKHISTKIiSOLICITORNOTAKV ITHLICirixFiSANIHIX.Commercial Hotel.tG. THOMAS, Proprietor( *»r. MA'tinw A r*n»M«\ St.*Kiir4 rt irr I v% \Vancouver,B«C.All Miabm ImpmvrtmMilA.s •* i,i| gcrxHnnv■!*tbm f«»i Mlninc Mi’llSANDON LAUNDRY.We io id in First-Class work.:t line Kith Kooms in connection.Sea Salt llaths without extra charge.MKS. A. KLKINSM1DT.lDexvtietOfficeBlacks Hotel,SANDON B CSa
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Sandon Paystreak
Sandon, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Feb 20, 1897
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