New-York tribune., 1868-03-04

of r,eot;ro oo, ha detacted wbiie coarse common
cigar between the lips. is never iTee iIoh ie @
ever NAV be the theories of physologsts tue topaSco
question is one which each individual must settle lot
himself according to his private physical laws lt
may act either an eXcltant OF sedatl'e' III '"o
In the manufacture of pipes number of other
materials must be used. The next in Importance is
amber for the mOuth-pieces, The Turks Ist adOpted
fhs article in the belief that infectious disease
cOuld be communicated through it; the Germans now
prefer for its rich color and its soft waxy feeling
in the mouth Its value differs greatly according 70
its tint and opacity and herein novice would be
easily deceived. The brightsyeow, transparent
amber is least valuable, however it may eaten the
eye. Dark, evenly opaque yellow has much hlgher
value and the best of all is the opaque lemOn-c0oIed
Then for the pipe-stems, particular kind OF Wild
cherry is preferred and the amount of business done
in supplying halfinch sticks of the tree is astOnlsh-
ing. JaSmlnestem are considered the best OF all.
but they are rare and expensive great quantity OF
horn IS also consumed IN making I1T 'iS
cheaper pipes. Moreover, the Dowls eSPeclahy Vi
false meerschaum, are boiled in wax or tallow ,u
Figures will give the best idea of the extent OF the
manufacture. Ruhla contains about 1900 inhab-
itants more than bali of whom are concerned, in
some way, in this branch of industry. The average
annual product was thus gwen TO me by Llegler
Mountings in brass, German SILVER ana pure - .
silver, for pipe bowls. 100000
Cases, chains, ETC., for pipes. 100000
pipes Of ali kinds, completely finished 100000
Monthpieces and ogar-holders. rs......l .lO2OO'O0
Mounted porcelain ppe.bowls. ls..............- 9GoOOOO
Iase meersehaum Pipe-bowls..-.. S'aOo'0Co S''0Co
Pipe.bows of clay and lava. ............ 100000
GgNUINE neersciaum pipe-bowls..-....;.-,. $4,000
You viii see. from these figures, that only one
meeTschaum in ten is genuine. Nine smokers out OF
ten therefore, will strain their cheeks and trouble
their souls in desperate efforts To- obtain cOof
which alas they can never get, Iney may ooeain anr
Them but it will not be like the song OF the hnch the
realization of an established ideal. have heard
hundred theories in regard to the cOlOrng OF meer-
schaum. 1t should be smoked i'll case-without
case-never touched with the hand-rubbed with the
hand--slOwy, at intervals-always kept burning-in
still roOm-Out of doors; in short there is no end TO
the instructions. Now either the pipe is the servant
and friend of the man, or the man is the slave OF the
pipe, and the former relation seems TO me pelelSo,e
Life is too short and too valuable to devote TO na1
inch of color which only few persons can appreciate
SO asked the manufacturers, who ought to know
best. how pipe could be most easily and successfully
cOlored, and give their answer for the benefit ot
many aspiring young Americans: " 1t makes little
difference" said they provided the bowl is not
touched by the hand while ii is warm, As general
thing, it is better not TO smoke new bowl TO the
bottom. The color is surer to be fine when not pro-
duced too rapidly, but the main thing is that the
meeTschaum should cool without being touched.
This is the only use Of smoking with the bowl III
case exposure to the air does no injury"
The value of the annual production in liuhla is
upward of two millions of dollars The Wholesale
price of the genuine meerschaum varies from 81 80 to
$20 per dozen; but there are single choice pieces,
Of unusual size upon which the carver has expended
all his skill, which are valued at $l00 apiece. The
pipes made in Paris and Vienna may exhibit more
elegant workmanship in this respect, but the Ruhla
manufacturers say that the OF the pipe IS the best
part OF llS QualltN. luey kHUNcu o.
inches long upon which the battle OF sNIachod was
represented in high relief price $9O but should not
consider it a convenient comfortable luxury
There are flaws and pieces of griffin the material
and large and faultless piece is as rare in meer-
scbaum as ii is in CarrGra marble.
Ruhla, in addition to Alexander ZiegleT, has pro-
duced Ludwig Storch, the poet, and Stumpf manu-
facturer of harps and of the early friends Of
Beethoven. 1t has mineral spring, strongly inn
pregnated with steel, with large Ctphdas, which
was formerly hunting-lOdge and favOrite resort
of Karl August of Weimar and Goethe On knoll
above the center of the town. there is ancient
church. with two naves, in the form of right angh
with the pulpit in the intersection. different in this
respect from all other churches in the world
Instead of returning over the mountains, we kept
on, down the interminabe street, TO the further
end of the town, beyond which the road issues into
the open and smiling valley of Thai Thence east
ward, over the spurs of the Ihiringian Forest, by
rock and ruined tower until we the last flush of
sunset reflected in the lakes of Relnhardtsbrunn.
My friend has already began to color one of his
pipes, and informs me that the indications are very
promising BIT.