The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-10-12
From the Manufacturer and Builder.
Tobacco and Pipes.

Then you WISH 10 learn something ABOUT w.
bacco and the way people use it? Well, light
| your pipe, give me match for mine, and sit
down here in the shade, and will tell you
what observations have made at home and
abroad we shall have plenty of time until the
one O'Clock whistle sounds.
No doubt YOU have wondered where the GUS
tom of smoking originated, and how the name
tobacco" became applied to the plant.
looked the question up the other day, and
copied this extract out Of Irying's COtum6,s
In describing the first voyage of the great. dis
coverer, he says, "They behcld several Of the
natives going about with frebrands in their
hands. and certain dried herbs which they
rolled up in a leaf and put in their mouths,
and continued inhaling and putting out the
smoke. A roll Of this kind they called 'ta-
baco,' name since transferred to the plant of
which the rolls were made, though that is the
name by which the cigar is known in Cuba"
An old Spanish writer, whose work happened
tie see short time since, speaks of the use of
tobacco as among "the evil customs of the
cling insensibility" Their mode Of smoking
was by inhalation through the nostrils, by
means of hollow, forked cane, the forked ends
being inserted in the nostrils, the other end ap
piled to the burning leaves of the plant.
Although, as you see, it had been used for
long time, Sir Walter Raleigh was the first who
introduced tobacco into civilized usage The
practice of smoking, however, seemed at once
to fall into disrepute, particularly among the
strict classes Of Puritans. In company with
the drinking of coffee, it was made the subject
of furious onslaughts from divines who con-
signed to eternal punishment those who swal-
lowed "the black liquid, which could only have
originated in hell, or made chimncys of their
noses and mouths, by inhaling smoke and fire,
which would surely be their portion hereafter"
Among the low and uncducatcd classes, it was
believed that fire was inhaled, and that smoking
could be accomplished only by the aid of
witchcraft or some other supernatural agency.
1t is related of Sir Walter Raleigh that when
in "brown study" doubtless planning those
Utopian schemes which he was doomed never
to realize, he was suddenly aroused from his
reveric by the chilly application of bucket of
water thrown over his head and shoulders by
his servant, who, seeing smoke issue from his
masters nose and mouth, imagined that his
body was on fire.
The kinds of tobacco used are rs various as
the different races that smoke it, and the means
cmplovcd of consuming it are stron@ V ndicl-
tive Of the national characteristics. There Is
nothing perhaps more suggestive OF the incar-
nation of lazne>a tllan to watch a genuine,
orthodox Turk smoking his "nargilch." Use
the word "orthodoX" in contradistinction to the
"disscnters," who affect European manners and
customs. The "nargilch," or "hubbc-bubblc,"
as it is termed by foreigners, consists of glass
vase filled with scented water, into which runs
a stem communicating with the bowl above.
This stem ends Just beneath the surface of the
water, and serves to conduct the smoke from
the bowl TO the perfumed fluid, which deprlvcs
it of its oil and renders it cool. From the
body of the vase it is drawn to the mouth OF
the smoker by means of long flexible tube.
The fine Turkish tobacco, generally known as
"Scarf,latti," or "Latakia," is rarely if ever
smoked except in the form of cigarettes. In
the "nareileh' a kind of Persian tobacco is
consumed which looks like dried oak leaves.
and is very mild. 1t is packed in the bowl III
moistened layers and of course will not stay
lit, so that an attendant is necessary to keep
supplying it with live Goals, and even then 1t
REQUIRES considerable skill to keep it burning.
One pipeful will last Turk all day. lie does
not smoke as we do, but inhales the fumes, but
little smoke being visible in the vase, and none
ever exuding from his mouth.
lie will sit all day in kind of dreamy STU
por totally oblivious to all surrounding pro-
ceedings. If he be shopkeepcr, the entrance
of customers does not arouse his curiosity in
the slightest he calmly looks on while slave
does the bargaining or displays the goods. They
are genuine smokers, those Turks, and their
ideas of Mohammeds paradise and its attend
ant houris were probably all conjured up while
lazily watching the smoke curl from the bowls
of their perfumed "nargileh."
like to make strong contrasts, and can
think of none more striking to the picture l
have lust drawn than the method of enjoying
a cigar practiccd by our Western fcllow-citizcns.
Observe that representative from the Buckeye
State, lounging over there against the fence
Hc has finished his dinner, and is about to be-
gin his post t-prandial smoke. Notice that
cigar, the biggest he could find. He rams it
into las mouth as if he were about to swallow
it, and "chaws" the end for about half its
length He lights it-a dozen sharp whis-
clouds of smoke-away goes the stump, and ne
is done. lie can't afford the time to linger
over tho fragrance of a fine cigar, and cab
bage-leaf or full-havorcd Havana arc the
same to him.
came near forgetting our scdatc friends the
Dutch. do not mean the Germans, but the
Hollandcrs. Your truc-bred Dutchman and
his pipe arc almost irscparablc, and his long
clay pipe, ovcrlowing with strong CANISTER,
is his delight.
In almost all the gardens in Holland is built
a kind of summcr-housc, generally painted i'll
bright glaring coors, looking like an immense.
flower No matter how small the plot of
ground may be, it is sure to be laid out in in
Vulnerable little beds of fanciful design, which
are filled with The most gorgcous-hucd tulips,
and in the middle is placed one Of these arbors.
Some quaint name, like "Abodc of Love" or
Hearts Rest" is inscribed over the door, and
within it, at the cool of the evening, may be
seen its owner slowly pulling his pipe and ga
zing complaccnty at his flowers or blinking at
the reflection of the sunset in the sluggish wa
ter of the omniprcscnt canal Perhaps you'll
find two old chaps i'll there, their porty forms
dimly visible through the cloud of smoke,
while their conversation will consist of occ;t-
sional monosyllabcs uttered between the slow
whills. They take "solid comfort in their way
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