The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-25
Pipes efIalf LaadsEl and: 1sinesov )

& Mr.. Bragge's collection Of pipes, now
onEview at the Alexandiia Palaces; offers
Aone Of thesmost, interesting of mincr art
exhibitions. There was a Department
forpipes in the Paris exhibitionsnf 1873.
which was peculiarly rich in the LONG
stems and enriched bowls 81 Aicefian
manufacture. shSMr. Bragge,scoliectipn
includes specimens of all covntries.,and
belonging e many periods, u tMhs M gfavf i .
zen images sandidols bfschyl whiuh5hspe
Ebeen dedicated n the worship Of tobaQz,.
co. From France come pipes of Sevfes,
made in the 1NatieHsd pordelaipsfantoefsa
from Germany, old Dresden pipes and
the pipe formerly SMOKED ~ the Tanti
in the procession of nti1es Guildsaaf Co.
logne; from Holland. several hundreds
Of the aesthetic ciay called iu Early
Dutch" collected bye Herr Van der
Want Masteisofthssf faipemaksrs. asmld
at G0uda. The Dutch contribution in-.,
rcludes also specimens tof the BRIDE \
Igrooans' pipes clay namsntedr gitay
ribbons, which the. farmer. of the. pol.
ilefs smokes on the 6iay 81 the wedding
.andTthen lays On othesAhelf ,stosbS taken,
comes oome Gass aoand s t Sp}b Shs
sion. Thispips is Regarded. skithgpests.
interest by smokera,sas an example Of
the yarlopssuses M Which tohaee9 serYss.
in calming feelings OF secstatic jov and
mitigating Eheapangssf ffeetetas4asupsI
There are 200 q = arly vEaglish epipes;.
scandinavian pipes, with modern runes
inseffbeds shpoifs thesay zsSiUer4Aa SJwlsa
the, con ISOLATION sofasthee exile. unaxias OF ]
hard wood and mann moth ivory; Basque
pipes and the costly faeeiscli6A4A ana
amber toys smoked by Rashas ia, their ]
seraglios. Ninety-six Of the Japanese j q
pipes are in ivory, twenty four in wood,
horn rock,1 crystal, aaeate, etc. ne
carvings, illnstrate the lsoeish life efasa2
pna D II %0st amn;,ag SsasgIs; q s One
rhetqs FOSTER bEetbsFre ef the Emperor,
bears the Imperial symbols, and the
Icentraf poltfon iss Snsif6ly Ihlafd wigH|
goll Tho dsewlx are sextre meays small l
"a pipe contains merely Whit. A piece
of tobacco is rolled up to the size.of a
pea, a. and ohe i6hg, so6slane, ma AlatiM
'exhs.lsts Sitds The smake is ketsinedil
some time ip, the lungs, as. usual in. the
East. 1t IS no mater Of sufpr rfse th at.
accordingso thaaax.atiye e{s EarlsI
of Elgin's mission, a Japanese will
smoke fifty sueh pipes NJ 8 8fnorHinS 9
From China como the opium pipes,
whiclr shaaance the ilarieaas 0f 6diar4
tubes Of Jade or tortoise she'll. bowls of
silver and effafief Ho0k kahs rom India. 4
tiIa1ealsuleasg ef lpeaceaaayE var from
North america, the pines Ct q. the b Aztecs
@tabaco. " whanesatlla EampeanSnauier1
OF the weed origipallK consumed in
4t the great z Customs VI II 4 teh{faf ( 81 M Al.
riez. thes spsfnf Swkalslm saethi carveda
into bowls, pipes from Caledonia and
New Guinea are $50 to be Seen at Nus
well Hill. Tie. yem whicig has lwissY
messed the publication OIL Canon Holes
ode to Nicot has been ittingly, chosen
for this reverent and complete illustra-
ton OF the shrines in which bnfned o.
ferlngs to Nicot's and Raleigh's memo-
ry have been offered up throughout the
world, London Times.