The sun., 1899-02-05

| on that ground it was recommended by tho
1uite as earnestly as they later did when il be-
came the soother ot troubled minds. and was
ana;thematized ,,; by court and Church as a very
=, For eighty oy ninety years after the Column
TO other peonle. its medicinal qualities were
It's charm nnd recommcndatl In 1880 it
| Is argument rs TO whether Sir John Hnwkins
introduced II into. England in 1865, or Ralph
Lane. Governor of Virginia luder Sir Water
the records show that on the 27th OF July,
1851 when Lane and his marty from the Vir-
ashore With their pipes smoking like furnaces
! @ ana excited universal wonder aud surprise. Bo
| Idly. epread among all classes. SIR Waiter RAJ
leleh heading the list of fashionables;, From
EnsIInN EEnslGInd the saETrs took 1t to the Swedes
rersIs; n ld9l it had reached qa Tar around
Great oS H. and Sies shortly pfs TsS Il % had
cloud, they being the last 10 acknowledges It's
poteney ontn Thus ,Ihhus In less than auarter, OF 4
made willing subjects of every nation.
Truly tobacco is King and EMPEROR;
seiyed the commendation Of the Church and
hard world thls L. to live I've in anyhow, state and
Of DEGREES were f1imln6ted against Its use.
s9me going as far as to make II crime pun
ps s' Ssr smUi ss the srnea Earsa eo
and the Arabian Mussulmans condemned 1t as
SSneean SISa N notable attack vas "a foqnte
who was a good, fellow" didn't object to
Dnte6man. who dearly loved his pipe, or he
commented upon here that women as u
e rule did not take kindly to Tobacco either
many. ladies OF the various European courts
had their pipes. the daughters of Louis XIV. OF
txa, trance being amonF then the number r. though their
Manv stories are f tod of tho early smokers
| that one Of the servant throwing water on his
! smoking master. thinking he was ON fire. be-
Ing narrated OF many we'll known men. with
| the extlnguisher according to the fancy Of the
narrator; Smokers were objects OF curiosity.
point to gather where there 'V was an % opportu. i
| nifty to see men sm2kine. and there in open.
Rmonthed VI wonder they Eatched, and went
The tobScc" habit did not not get a trm hold
among the less, wealthy classes until prices
expensive. and was ndnIeed in by the rich
| only when they we're feeling flush. An ounce
| Of our money. and the finer qualities brought
| three or four times those figures. In some
aSss Poc " eTer wss fsd 8a fer % its sSsh N IN pas sr q d %
| to l because they didn't have TO. But there
| was an effort to demonetlze tobacco. as 1t were.
could have his pipe and get as much sstisiac.
ton out OF It as rich man could out Of his In
| bacco. and n tobacco drinker was looked upon
with as much disesteem as liquor drinker
looked at those things An early tobacco shop
| sign was not an Indian. a. we know 1t in these
S %hea a9sF1 e BasP k d 1t Is % n9
| red: The first European clay pines were made
In Holland. In England the rich had silver
pines. while the, ordinary pipe consisted Of a
walnut hull with straw stem. very dainty
pine. too. It was. the connosseur will note.
Benjamin Franklin tells story Of the origin
Of tobacco which may be considered a comrli-
| meht to IL or may not; as you hanpen TO be or
Ing Ing from snsqnehanna @ R Ghetto a Swedsh wed MN mn
| lister who had been telling the indians some
historical facts on which the Christinn religion
:, What you have told us" the old red gen;
tleman is reported as saying, is very good and
return we viii tell you what we have heard
only flesh OF animals to eat, and il we failed to
get them we starved. Two Of our hunters.
young descend c from the Clouds
| and seat herself on hill near by. Said o2e to
the other: 1t is spirit. perhaps. that has
to her. They, pccordnglv did SO, giving her
the tongue, She was pleased with its flavor
| Come here thirteen moons hence and YOU shall
| find It, They did so and found where her
hand had tonched the he ground maize
beans. and where she sat they found tobacco" "
rdr rfIs Gs ss
aboriginal statistlclan was so largely in the
minority as 70 be practically vaualess, but in
| later wears there has been money in keeping
tab on the tobacco growth and the figures
shoT YER very . cGnsderable tE argeness not 9nIy
about 800; ;OOO,9oo pounds. valued at about
rses about 3 %sT5cTR Hem 1he
United States contributing 4S3O.QQO.OO0, and
sTy 'e9 o
0O000O pounds. Europe raises about 5O0.0OO,-
oO9 p99Pds;; z 1; the The East Indies 40QOoO.QoO Aus,
rit9rlcs the United states viii Increase her prod:
t6e PagB6S5 n 6 hs S sss
100000 pounds, which IS far in, excess OF any
other State, North CAROLINA coming next with
9lIy 9nlIy, y, to.OOOOYO and Virginia next with 90
Internal revenue returns show that e"en
with these az EuEes @ Ne we hadn't enough for there
sHsi and over 516 o5S ia sIsa5s fS and siHs @
WEies elsewhere In this artici. i is stated tEu,
tobacco, chewing was lieyed to be declining
rant the making II over iS5 066. 100 pounds IN O
plug and l2Oo0.O0D Of ane cut, while the snuh
! takers, VINO seem 10 be ODS''lete, TOOK nearly
14,00.OO0 pounds 10 titulate their nostril|
And ctgarsl There seems to be enough fnl
all the world aud more to burn hereafter. II
1897 there were ABS. .5D4, 125 cigars made. ant
Just a little less than 5,uO0WM,OO Q! cign
rettes and little cigars. or In all @0B2. 81 .l39
That means 12D for each man. woman anc
child In the country but This is nothing wher
we know that there ale cigarette iiends whC
win consume from 1000 TO l9MO earh in In,
take anywhere from 900 TO 15OO cigars
year. What tremendous amount of money
| fbia ran and vet there iG n LOT OF sOOtn
ing and comfort In II. AMI what's he use 0
money II one hasn't enough to hurnF ,
The Government gets something over $50.
OOOOOO n vear In taxes ont of tObncco.
pnrIsh' Iouisiana. of which only IS0UGj
pounds are raised. II ls used as sm2k!p,l t,
country aggregating over S5O00OO pounds
Into a very small portion OF which. however
any perigue goes,
ciearsfrom Havana which h m has sen sent ns in M om M
have got 10 making our "Havanas" Mt home
or the tariff has done 1t. or something, for II
| tha laat half dozen yenrS have not had NOR