The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-17
ALrs OF FOUR GREAT MEN
Raersady. Carlyle, Tsnnyson and
HeW Huxley Learn ed to Smoke.

with Macready as Cardinal VOL
sey, the part Of Card nal Campeius
wa allotted to Mr.. Wynn. II had
been represented to the manager
that Mr.. Nacready's costume would
be n correct and spLo ldid, more es.
pecialiy as regards some magnlii-
cent point. lace whicf lie intended
wearing, and it had been suggest
I'D that scratching eS ira should be
done to make the outer cardinal
respectable. But the manager
thought some old %tcarlet robes
Judged up from tic wardrobe
would suffice; and rs to point lace,
silver tissue paper, dcily shipped
and sewed on, would have much
the ame-appearance when viewed
from u distance. At the dress re-
lr.arsal, Macready, CT lthronod in Il
chair OF state. had tie various char
Acters to pass before Ii i'm. He bore
all calmly, until, clad in the scarlet
robes, bordcrcd by sill yer tissue pa
per, and wearing an G normoUs red
hat, Wynn approach ed. Then,
clutching both arms o his chair,
and Closing his eyes the great
tragedian gaspef: M other Ship
ton, by"
The crowds Of child ren growing
np in Lonpon affected CARLYLE with
real Jain. These $ nall plants,
each with its head just out Of the
ground, with a whole lite ahead,
and such a training! Noticed an
other trait, too! Scotch thrift show
ing itself in hatred ofv aste. lfhe
saW q cru>t of bread o II the road
way lie would stop to PICK it up
and put it ON a step or railing.
Some poor devil might be glad Of
ii, or at orst, 4 dog or Il sparrow.
To destroy wholesome 1 nod vas a
AIN. He was very tel der about
animals, especially dog ;, who. ike
horses, If we'll treated, were types
OF Loyalty and fidelity. Ilorritied
him with a story Of ray Oxford
DAYS. The hounds h Gd met at
Woodstock. They had drawn the
covers without finding q fox, and,
not cariug t. lCive Il b llnk day,
"nc Of the whips caught q passing
sheep dog, rubbed its feet with
Apisccd, and setittO run 1T made
tor Oxford in It's terror, he hounds
in full CRY behind. III ey caught
the wretchcd creature IL a field,
and tore it to pieces. | aeycr saw
Carlyle more affected. lie SAID it
was like a human soul dying for
salyati"u from 4 legion % ticnls.'
Mr.. Gladst": e ''detest )" tobacco
and Mr.. Matthew Arnold ''abJurcs"
it, while Mr.. Ruskin hs:e : lhc man
who '-pollutss the air "f the morn
ing with cigar smoke" But are
not consoled for the abstinence
OF tls,ec great men by the dcvo
ton Of others Of emina0pal Thack
crav once declared than lc did no.
DESPAIR TO see Il 'bi>hop Iolling on
of the Ati,en@um with y chcrooli in
ms moYth. or, at any rSte >, pipe
stuck in his shovel hat Even 81
bishop might Sometimes fall before
the seduction of a gond cigar, a
coy chair, aud Il French novel.
But it We have not Il sri, king bish-
op, we have q smoking poet lnure-
ate. tam liar wisl to6acC ns-Lata
kia, Connecticat Leaf, Perique,
Lone Jack, Michigan, %k,illicinict,
Highlander, ''Or any Of the Eng
lish brands" How does he tale
the geutie weed At his feet is a
box tuil Of clay pipes. IIlli". on,
of these, he smokes nntil it Is
emrey. breaks it in tw ain, and
throws the fragments into anotltc
box prepared tor their reception
Then he pulls another pipe from its
straw or wooden enclosure, fills it,
lights it, and DESTROYS it as before
For years Prot. Huxley, like