The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-26

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/ DO fair aud tnusrtiel, and unles We iih-
pre., tho public miuk With the c1nN0uou
! That our legislation Is fair 10 OIL gike, th'
people will condemn our action ana relut'
| 10 enforce cur laws.
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Snu0-1nking,
Verify there is nothing new under th'
sua. Appended to on OF Sir Richard
steslss papers in the spe1isior for August
Is. l7n, Is au advertisement setting iorih
tbrt the e1erclies OF the suui,.box, accord
! Ing 70 the most isshonshls air. and notions
will b. taught At sr. Charles LILIES per
| nmer, In tbe S.Iaud, and that attendance
will he given for the honeilt Of the young
Irnsychruis ahost tho ogcNHngs NJ toy
.hop near G1rrowRys cotlfe.bOuse There
will likewise be tsugnt the ceremony ol the
snuH.box, or rules for Offering snun 20 a
htrsngor, fnend. or = mi,usss, sccorclnE
TO the degrees Of familiarity or distance,
with An oNpnnatiun OF ihr careless, the
1cornful the polite, md the surly pinch
with the gestures proper 10 each OF them
What those gestures were ws learn from
another source, and they consisted oi ne
fevsr han dozen operations
some OF which Il would be
aisasrssablo 10 recits Tho exquisite 81
the ptriou never fsuAuleu AuluhN "hh~N'
a. itss. two nkei-handterchleb-z NC =
edged white csmbrc Tor show and huge
coiured elk one for use Even tho isoici
,aye way - tho prevalent folly. Steele, IN
another Spectator, OF date eight months
| later than that referred 20, calls it an i'm
p.rtineus c7stom the women, the hne
women hare iallan into OF iatine ssuf."
| It's "slliy trick" b says, only worthy
I Of a coauette. Flavils pulls out her box
] 80 nj
OF tho sernon, and offers II 10 the 'rsn a,
ve 40 the women vino sit near her, and
has she pretty audscity 10 ASK the warden
IN he will take pinch. DR.. Nortimsr
Granville may, perhaps, remember thAt
snuif belonged 10 the old phsrnscopneie
Charles | x, used TO take 1t 80 cure foi
chronic brsdachs. II WA bs Who laugh,
his royal mother, Catherine Do M.diois. IA
suuT. But who MAS II that instructed
Queen ChArlotts--consort Of OR Kioa
George IlI.-whoae excessive indulgence ~
the habit obtained for her tue nickname oil
"Q!d snuny7
Thesnufi.tAkers certainly have long ar
ray Of greet names on their sido. liz
France, during the most elegant perioe o.
her history, both men and ladies' OF tins
aonrt took, or pretended TO take, tobscco IN
this form. Bonapsrts snuffsd tremendous
| ly vt Waterloo ~ elsewhere, and Sen. Yer
noltke's famous pound Of snuff Ia ALREADY
! a matter %. serious history. Attic conclu
zion Of the Frsnco-Pru.sian war there was
30 II is said, a bill presented to him, duly
sigued and counter,igned by the commits
ssriat officials. for Zone pound OF rEuh sup.
piled 20 Gen. Won Asltke, one thaler" AL
throughout ihs Prufglan advance, with its
oppfsssink snxisty, the ooste esratsgis'
took tnud, durisf his waking hours, With
out intermission. Sir Joshua Reynolds
was an inveterate suuffsr. "ln the studio
We read, There VIVA tnun' enough, sspsc-
Tally Whsn Sir Joshua painted; ccrtaiI
saufii aes' OF 'ono preyades tho art ., th N.
period, aud portrsiture WAS perhap'
| iterslly truthful in its regard FOL
snuffy shadows under and about the
noses OF TO sitters; and Reynolds, to secnrt
a Rembraudt-like surface, woult dsbel,
| In SNUFF, spreading Il over his canvass we
vita paint, ana then laying the picture Oh
| it's back would shake II til 1t settled IKE
batter puddiog, and then he paintss
away Judging by what may 90 sssn II
the winter sxhibi, ion At the Grosvsner gal
| lery iusf nov ~ might be worth tde while
! OF some OF our contemporary poet psinter
| n tray ,he effect of a snun medium, con
sideriug the hignly satisfactory results OBJ
/ t-irp4 'hcrefrom by the FIRST president o
the royal academy. Nelson snu1eu-hi
box IL preserved 81 GreenNich-so oit
| George ", though the first gentleman II
Europe ras not really partial 10 the mod
ga wee; sind Admiral Bir Charles Maple
| could not get along without his pinch. Col
eridge declared that the nose was espscisll,
constructed By mature AZ receptacle ioi
rnppsc, IN contradiction OF the theorists
VINO maintain that II such had bean ma
tnras's intention III. nasal organ woui'
have been SET HpDn the human cuuntsnanc
upside down And who does not recall tn
"smusing TRADE" vi Goliere2 "In spa
of Aristotle and philosophy, there i
nothing equal TO snuff II /. the crnvinl
OF uprigh, men, and he who lives witnou
snufF is not worthy OF lie. II not only re
luice. and pur fi-s the brains OF men, bu
10 also instruots their sous unto righteous
meas, and ~ taking snuif VS. acquire vir
tue For all that, when the Bath footman
politely holding out his box, graciously Ia
aulred OF Sam Weller: DO you ever d.
this?" the memorable cockney made nsa o
The memorable reply: "Not without sneez
ing" YET, be- Il remem hered. DR. Morti
mer Grsnv Hos prescription would hav
A ted Mr.. Weller exactly. The sDuff-tske
OF tue iutufe will derive DO benefit frou
tho revival unless he sneess continual!
until cured. To adopt the doctors YER,
words and II he IS Tor momsnt nu,
sance 10 those around him in once, oour
OF churcn. they ought not to rruoae hin
the luxury Of shaking on bitter enemy
but WITH all sincerity rsy: God bless you.
III
must also be snutf. boxes. and No English ar
nay produce another Ooswsy. English art
iadeed, might do wore than emulate tn,
llAbos'of Degsut, Peti,ot and Lorps. Al
through the reigns ~ Louis XIV, XIV. sns
XVI we're produced thousands upoi
thousands Of th,ss charming toys. People,
OF fa,hion had snun boxes for every day Il
the week, and that magnificent collector
the Primes do Cont, diving, left q legacy o
cinse upon eight hundred boxes behirt
him. The manufactures Of the period o
-, grand moDsrsue are mostly large In sin
them growing smaller and more refined II
crystal, chslcedonie. and mosaics. oiherI
OF light colored tortoise shell outlined In
gold and engraved mother ofpesrl. rh'
translucent enamel with diamond setting
/ belong 10 the reign Of Louie XIV VIII,
ma not admired the colored bsn.bofd.ri
/ and wreai he OF floper. around groups OF Gu
Did. and shepherds and shepherdesses, th'
OPAQUE en.meis suggestive n Dresden por
cslian7 A collection Fl fine minisiur,
yruf.boxes ~ history H. iiself Of royal
tics. politicians and beautiful ladies'. Mol
/ are the Vernis-Nsrtin "suhjsct boxes" and
delightful eBem-ls In blue, garnet. green,
| ed gray, set in epen god rsmrs. withoui
their historical as vel a. artistic value
Although these exquisite antique. az nj
present confined 10 public museums md
The c.binsts Of the curious, costly snuff
bore. OF geld and gems are still nsnufsc-
turpd for ROYAL gifts n diplomstists and
Others favored of crowned hesds.-rLon1on
Telegraph.