Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19

When oft the sails hang useless In the air,
| But idly shaken by the long ground SWELL
| And white clouds drift across the heaven fair
All! then. my pipe, love thy fragrance we'll
- As perfumed gephyrs softly kiss the trees,
| Upon my back lie in half moonlight
And hear sweet music waited on the breeze
oT gentle rqstling, signing of the wind
| of June,
Or murmuring through the vines and tree,
| entwined,
far-off, dreamy. melancholy tune
Ali then love to lie in the solitude
AND watch thy curling smoke in peaceful
mood. Outing.
SMOKING IN THE STREET.-THE doctrine
of the eternal fitness of things in general,
says an editorial writer of the Philadelphia
Press, finds an illustration in the fact that
just as the price of imported cigars is in
creased by the new tariff bill, young men OF
good social position, and of apparent refine
ment, have taken to pipe smoking on the
street. 1t is not to be supposed, however,
that they are actuated in this by any motives
OF economy, but rather because "thev do it
In London, you know" Nevertheless, it is
to be remembered that the class of men seen
smoking pipes in public in that great En-
glish city are not representatives of culture,
nor any particular cult, unless it is the
sporting one
The sight of a man with the outward
mlen OF gentleman striding along Chest
nut street, emitting volumes of smoke from
brlarwood, is calculated to make people
with old-.ashioned ideas of propriety open
their eyes in amaZement if not admiration.
Indeed, man who can smoke a pipe on
crowded thoroughfare and look like gen.
t.eman in the act owes a great debt to nature
for his makeup. Good clothes alone will
not save him,
The question naturally arises, will a we'll
bred man smoke at all on the street? Rea-
sonlng from the premise that gentleman
VIII always avoid making himself obnoxious
to his GeIghbors. public smokers are GER
talnly open to criticism. Even to smoker
himself clouds OF smoulderiIg tobacco uu-
expectedly waited into his face from the
mouth OF passing stranger are intensely
disagreeable. Much more annoying. there.
fore, is the same experience to a woman or
child. The street smokers Indifference to
the sensibilities of other pedestrians implies
not only his selfshness to the comforts of
Others, but is a practical admission of his
inability to restrain his desire for tobacco
until he can reach the seclusion of his Office.
clubhouse, or home. Distinguished looking
youths, who consider public pipe-smoking
good FORM" must go through peculiar
mental process to arrive at that conclusion.
LIGHT AND CIaARs-A cigar dealer is
quoted in the st. Louis Globe Democra. as
follows: Do you see any cigars exposed in
the show cases here, except some giIt-collared
ones that no one ever buys7 1 should saw
not. Those in the case we simply put there
as sign, just as have these Autographs on
the walls. A cigar should never be exposed
to the light. If you do so the cigar is a
goner FOR the American trade. The cigar to
sell IN this country must be not to say moist
but certainly not dry. Now, they tell me
that over in England it is Just the reverse.
The driver you can get cigar the better NV
Lord Tom Noddy likes it.
There are strange things in this business.
A man who could afford to do better insisted
upon smoking showy-looking 10-center.
with Sumatra wrapper. l told him that
the Sumatra wrapper smelled bad. He
guessed not. 1 peeled a wrapper off and set
IL on FIRE. "Great smoke! Burning blankets
is nowherel" he cried, and since then he is
particular about getting a clear Havana
wrapper.
ACQUISITION OF SNUFFERs.-A "moder-
ate" minister called upon a Free Church
elder and met with cold reception. At
length he drew his snuff box from his pocket
and invited the elder to make trial of its
contents. A decided thaw set in immedi-
ately. "Oh, We TAX snuff, do We ?" said the
Free Kirk man, yielding to a gentle smile.
"Oh, yes?' replied the visitor, somewhat
afraid lest the admission might lead him
into trouble. 81 take snuff, but what of
that ."
'Weel," said the elder, with look of
to which probably the excellent
snuff contributed its full share, "that's the
first sign O. grace I've seen aboot ye."
Sign of grace? ?'' rejoined the minister.
with no little surprise, but glad that prom.
lsing vein of conversation had at length
been opened. "HOw do you make out that
the habit of taking snuff is sign of graceP''
Nothing easier, said the elder, with a |
knowing twinkle in his eye. Don't YOU
that in the temple of old the |
snutfers were OF pure gold which denotes
the best of all qualities ?''
MONEY IN THE WEED.-A New Yorker
fresh from travels in the North Carolina
,obacco belt, says the New York Star.
brings story that is likely to make the |
nortgage-ridden farmers of New York
painfully conscious of their unhappy state.
Meeting an old friend, banker during his
Quincy, the New Yorker inquired as to the
nature OF banking in that region,
I'VE have nearly $3.50, 900 in mortgages
n three counties here, said the banker.
Farmers pretty hard up, then?" sug.
yested the New Yorker
mot at ALL" was the response; mot
more than 81 900 is on farm lands. In fact
most of the money is lent by tobacco farm
'rs to manufacturers just starting in bust
less here"
PRESERVES THE TEETH While
hlnk, says a dentist in the New York
Herald, that the use of tobacco in anv
orm is filthy habit, it cannot be denied
hat smoking usually preserves the teeth
rom decay. This is partly due, perhaps.
o the heat OF the smoke, as heat is our best
and partly to the fact nicotine is
good germieide. Teeth, however, may be
reserved without recourse to tobacco, In
he majority Of cases cleanliness is all that
necessary.
While have admitted that smoking is a
reventive to decay, 1 must warn the
moker that he is paving the way to other
iseases in the mouth equally disastrous to
he teeth. 1 have seen gums which looked
s though parboiled. The teeth in such
louths, deprived of the support and nutri-
on which they receive from the gums and
nrrounding bone gradually loosen and fall
ut. Then there is pyorrhea alveolaris,
1at dreadful disease which causes suppura-
on around every tooth, absorption OF the
ums aud bone and loss of the teeth bv
There 10 no doubt whstcyer
lat it may be superinduced by nicotine