Houma Ceres., 1856-10-18
Tho World In Arms Ax.i,., -.

Modern lovers of the n;ne s.u
Of the worthless to whom thev s"'om .s think
for = its free enjoyment; and Of ,bosa aeo'sd 'a
delight ia a nasal aiinsens how few Who sae
call {; to mind the Diocle,ian per,se',;. '.~ ever
their predecessors passed ,bro.,"h h'esO''oa
herring 10 their faith in. and ,,sa:s of 3D.
their descendants the virtues rhas'' Of ,ol. 10
Europe frowned and Asia tbrs,,sse9a' sse9'
Pagan, Mohammedan ond Christi" ;"'ened'
archs combined to crush them ~' I'0n'
l., foaming with rage, sen, forth Ii, ... .stns'
terblast;' the half savage n,l.. I et e9aa'
Muscovites followed suitk the K;U. =. 'As
Persia. Amarath Nv. Of Turkey I -. q
peror o. Jehan Geer and others. io;".d H.. ha. a.
crusade: They denounced death 'u - 'as ~
found inhaling the fumes Of The .'.a. ~
through tube, or caught with . n.,.. pun. !,
it under their tongues. Those xho . n.'' !"
it as sternutatory only, were to = :. s.t' !
Prived Of their noses. To perfect ~. II.
miseries Of the delinquents, tjrh,n v,,s ,as
went in state to the Vatican, when. ~ ..l'
mulous with holy anger, be shook Il. w we
ments, to intimate that the blood =, e' 3
offe nders would be on their own h..a s
and then thundered excommm;c,,;a %
every soul who took the accursed th;..:
any shape into church. Los, Of he ~
lighting pipe! Mutilation fer ,at;ss. "
pinch! Tortures here and e,dl.,. :,
ments hereafter, for Whit or , ond ~. T.
tobacco! One wonders how the a,a:,.v
managed to pass through the fire u.,e,%
ed, or even to escape annihila,iop -,
most Of them did escape, and liz, i, ~
more they converted the Neboel,l
nezzars who sought to consume them
The modes adopted to extermia.l. Il.
plant increased the demand for Il i'm =
was sought for with an ayidity that !.
penal enactment could suppress. Ro,l
and sacerdotal clamor had raised Il, -.
sumption thousand fold. The tide ,u,p.d
and all began to praise the magic l,d
Ladies joined their lords in smoking .t,,
meals boys carried pipes in their .sieb,L
to school, and at certain hour pedaeo.u,,
and pupils whitfield together. Mo,Sen is
the sixteenth century filed their sons
pipes early in the morning, to serve then
instead Of breakfast. People went 10 bed
with cigars or pipes in their mouth. nd
rose in tho night to light them. All
classes became consumers; even pres,
were not excepted, provided they refai.d
till after mass. To accommodate In.
velers, poor and transient persons, IL.
gies, or smoking houses, were licen,eds
the continent in every marine and inland
town, where sailors and itineranis could,
on moderate terms, be made happy, either
by inhaling the vapor Of a popular ains.
liant, or tickling their nasal membnse,
with it. The ambitious sought fame BY
associating themselves with the introdr.
ton Of the plant and its cultivation heaes
we find it named after cardinals, lesaies
and ambassadors. while in compliments
Catherine de Medicis, it was called IN
"Queen's herb"
Kings now rushed to the tobacco trsd',
Those Of Spain took the lead, and bees.
the largest manufacturers Of snuff I'd
cigars in Chrisiendom. The royal vsA.
shops in Seville are still tho most eltsa-
sive in Europe. Other monarchs mosa
polised the business in their dominimA
and all began to reap enormous pro6'
from it, as most do at this day. MuchlS
been written on revolution so uniqai u
its origin, unsurpassed in incidents ID
results, and constituting one Of he md
singular episodes in human history, as
next to nothing is recorded Of whence es
various processes of manufacture and u.ss
are derived. Some imagine the popular
pabulum for the nose Of transatlantic a.
gin; no such thing. Columbus frak'
held smokers in the Antilles; Hns
found chewers in Peru, but It vas 10 "
country discovered by Cabral thai y
great sternutatory was originally loud,
Brazilian Indians were the hthen .
snuff, and its best abricators. Tho1,
counted among the least refined q u
aborigines, their taste in this msttsr "
~ pure ~ that Of the fashionable wan
Of the East. Their snuff has never Dses
surpassed, nor their apparatus for nak':
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