, 1870-03-27
THE WEED.
Wh~ Yutroduccd Tohnccn 10 TIC Civ
llIx<6 XyuFld-TAd Hoek or Or. -ncu-
mKHen and ItR Eknsu119~

. llIx<d WuFld-'Tho Rook OF Or. :ncu-
nxdes and Its Results.
Jasasz Pnrton h. TIT Assl Attant&.
Civilized 1aAn escaped the lapositi41 Of to-
LacrQ for netI3y century after Eolunitus hFEt
saw the Eahana Indians twisting up brown
1esyes into roll, putting one end into their
mouths md lighting the ather: TohESc1-sss4s
wan snan taken to spain and It Wss faali-
iop1als thing. abope l55a = lave @ : ~ Of .s ~.
: garden Of gr7ndees and and princes Ihe "ee1
! vas not much used in EuzoEu, btt"Fe
ono Doctor MenArdes. al seT1le, eanit Lolne
from Anssfa .hent IT ~ W.. Se t1, -, oIss M
New-fouil World" Curious rasteIs nAt t'n'
IN sorne Of euy old libraries JOHN. Frau4ls.ssH
Eng1irl. tfansla,ion Of the sane, published II
Lesan to rori tozs1d planting. colony IN
Azaazica. In those days men @ e94 behsved u
taking physie, NTH cii1dlike faith and the
joyful ncwu which the worthy 1octor Asnsrdes
! brought from the Iew-found world VIE, tl.ss it
produced 3 marvellous rnsie&y Of rreciuas
drugs, odornuh gums, medicinal oils, 1oota. aud
herbs, seventy of Which LIE lesctilca. lyon
aaIsap2sata, liquid amhee, "BenIaruln,"
radi1 Chips, and, indeed, upon mo4t OF LII
seventy t1pics, he direuursaa with brrsisy and
n.uderAtion; Lut when In eunee to Bl,eak u
tahaso .ana his vistues.~ snl Of sassafras.-
tLat fragrant root just discovered ts ''ouf
esttavagant. It WAS evidently Mcnarlss eu-
logiur1 upon Ealssafrna which, for U2aLs years,
made it 20 popular medicine III Eu1opa lla.
il paid tbs cost Of sessrA important voyages.
1iGtary Of the colonization OF North, Atuesc:l-
l lut it was bis discourse upon tobsctn that
gaSu tn Dx- alG1Ardes' work ita chief Li-te1,-
eal lnposta.ce, ith i4amense and Lasting ultlu-
l.alcigh'a rtrst attempt to culonlze, III Getting
+ ready 70 1aizt tobacco; md during the who,o
OF that period Nenar1es book Hsn circulating
in Spain, France, and England exciting cu-
rira Nv Hty H. ~.
spreading abroad tho most alautd no,ious ot
, Its value and power. The Intfians, he save,
!, used tobacco in be aling the wounds received ii
. battle, md took I deeosaoN Of it u,
icra subject " The hsa1be tahaeo, as Vt;
!essn from Ff7mptcu's TRANSLATION, "hath par
asaa r. yqs 1s,1s1 to hsss s'sfss q the hs
: Serksth nar7elions effect" md 8 n gr''efes
t Of xlndes, also: - u one thing, the women
: tLat dwell in tha Indiss doc Celebrate thiss
q hearhe, tlsst is In tie GULL breathing .t,ys
b with naeate, and also Of ollie people, anoynsing
their bellies with 1a1npe oyl, and laying some
70 Of those feauts, N a4uLa hottie to their bellies,
IT and also to thcit shoulders, for it doesh take
assS,,as as,y sho nepghty hrsathing Tooth.s h.
N joi11se., The ndta Of vcIaouon aaales, car
u bupclee, old sores, new cuts, all vera cured By
e sh;s wcnder-wo{king pl.at
I Eut even ll5 1G1Ql& 1I1UEA HEf4 not SO fe-
u uarkab1e "a its mysterious effects upou the
Il | roul " The Indians, fuf their pastime, doe
n take the en1oke OF the Ta6deo I'd make thetu-
tsl,ss .S dsnnhs e.. vth. md 70 zee the viaiens
) wherein they doe delight md other tifurs
Y they take it to knowe their hnsfneasA aud suc-
1t cesse, because eouforroahlo to thst which they
;" have scsne beng dE7nIe thezs.tsh, even %
: Deuel il decener, + hsth the knn~lsdga Of
= the Fe1tuc Of hea1bes, 10 he did chew the
vettne Of this Heatt, that BY the meanes
It thgeof, theE taist: SEQ their fmagginasiona,
Is end By TINT neans deceive them" It served
I, them, stzo, for drink, for food, and for rest,
Re vhsn they travelled IN desezs plseea. 'sThey
'e take little ba11 Of leaves and put it betseene
the lover lppe and the teeth, and goa chewing
D. /. an the tnsc ttat they trsrcl md that whc6
n they chewc, they sraHove downe, and Ia this
T. sort thcs journey. three CT four dsJco, without
:" haeing recde Of meat, or dsnfe for they foelu
1c tsauell doth trouble them"
"a Nor was it Indians Alpre who hid experi-
cnced the healing power and soothing chm,
1g f".he toeasso~ - \ gsuat Lady Il Portugal
/. TIC lcsves; and one Of .'the COOKS" Of Lord
i, Nicut, French Ambassador in PORTUGAL vino
haa almost cutte Oh bis taona5s with =
u e;,'ss ,sc eSeRRsnE s:s .s,s: anEe' 'Rssdy hea!s
"a known tue virtues os tobacco IN France, whicl
wes The cause Of tie French natmng lie plan,
~ nicotine.
i Who could teueye such e,trzvassuce: Who
u Everybody II 1891. Sir W1ster Raleigh rcal
IL tbs took Of Heuarles' before R4lpn Lart
lIouGht h11! home from Vrgiuia the pipes alu
CO A'naeeo with which he amused QUEEN Eliza
hsth, and set the fashi1n Of smoking a
ID court Raleigh, doubtless, belie7ed, tie su.,
u ssahce Of Nena1,les' statements, and attaches
al Something Of that virtue to The 4eaIing Ler.~
enploFed by BaraSaa WHICH people, nus
Ii Do who run After su "Indian doctor
IA Tie common pill Advertisements Of the plesec
hour are believed b. haif of the hun,an sa.,
To- because ha1f the hujnan race is II ignorant Q
ln- tho human system as the whole race was il
.ut 1sso. The volume ran through edition afte
[u- edition il England, and ,was the lnne<tlas'
mt cause Of hiring, Virginia t1to sha. couture o
IA tobacco and ths employment qt aiara4-