Strange Narcotics

The trvaüL wuculio m inüia ia ino boiel mit, of whieh anglo-Saxons- norlMM fortuuately- kaow uothiug. Xnc b.'iel nut is the MJ of tlie ucu palm, which is exteuaively cultivausU. As ueariy every naüvo ohews beiel, tne cousumpiio of araos nuts ie credibly great. in "" "V"" the laborer is pald in betel rolla as be ia withcocoa-ieavesinBomo parta ot Peru and the betel nut is onu ot the most valuable artioles of produce ïu Sumatra. The greater part ot this isluud'B export goea to China, inu betel nutUabout the si.eofa oherrr, BliKütly pear shuued,very bard,uud exteraiilly not uullke a nutmeg ot iuleiior qualitf. In India it ia prepareU for chewing by being cut into long, uurrow strips, and -wrapied iu letives „r i o-callod betel pepper, lydusiedoiio.iesklewiui UiO hnuiofoa.cniedshel.s. Iu the lulIppinea, a buyo, as the bete rol calk-d,i80iicredtooveryonewhoeuter ahoukjustusapineh of snufF or a pipe is in Western euiintr.es. Evory uno who can ftfford it puisaixesh Ouia in his mouth every hour, wluoh liecan ohew and Buck for half au hour at least Tlic viable effeots of the betel are tiiat it Droniote, the flow ■ oi tüe saliva and lesseus püuuow tin-os the mouih, the teelh, aud hVs witíi a viv.d red which is not oruamental ; bui aa an ollset it imparta an asri-eeable odor to tiie bre.uii, and is supposod to fiwten the tectli cleauso ti.o unís, and cool the muiuh. IMje iuice is usually, but uotalvrays, swallowed On those who are accustoiinea to use it, the bewl exerte a wealc put Lnflueuce. AH tbrough Southern india and ihe Spice Ulamla every persoii who ovrua a bu of Und usaally fi-owa the leaves of the pawn, or betel pepucr ibrhisown oousuinptiou. Uniy tobáceo, amoug the ntu-cotics in oommou use, is conHiined iu lwgor qaautities tltau Üi3 beiei nut. In India betel foni.s tlic secoiid groat uccessury ot connnon lite.