The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

| RITTE FOR THE SUNDAY
THE pen Is mightier than the sword.
II has been a powerful agent in the
| snread of civilization. But Queen Moo
tine with the pipe for a scepter ana
seated on her throne of azure vapor, has
neacefully conquered the entire world.
Tho Aztec and mound-builder have van
| ,shed. leaving to their successors the To-
bacco pipe as a perpetual memorial.
, No custom, with the exception oil eauhs
| and drinking. Is SO universally prevalent
among the human race as tobacco sHoh-
ing. :,
From the poles to the equator n IN
| the isles of the sea the pipe has It's Vo-
taries.
Not only on terra firma and the rali-
way trains that gridiron the earth pu.
ON the ships that sail the vast expanse Oh
ocean may be found the patron OF NY
Lady Nicotine"
How often has a poor. frost-bitten sailor
,on,ad for his turn to retire below and
| forget the buffeting of wind wave III
a cloud Of tobacco smoke!
who enjoys a pipe OF tobacco better
than the soldier when. after a hard DAY :
campaign. he chats around the blVouac
with his comrades!
TIL tired laborer and weary brain work
er forget the trails of the day While gem
ty putting the pipe of peace.
II has been well named.
Who ever saw an angry man smoking!
why even the apriaist subdues his angry
bees by smoking a cloud of smoke among
them. -
Kings. Popes and priests AVE at various
times condemned the use of tobacco.
lanes I denounced its use as infamous
and ended by taxing 1t to NIL his depie'ea
treasury. ~ -
Gated all those who used 1t in any form.
Later. Pope Benedict XIII, revoked all
tho nanal bulls against tobacco because
he enjoyed the weed himself.
A strong religious denomination In the
Northern States condemns the use OF to-
bacco.
Their Southern brethren acquiesce in its
use because it is a staple, and thelr
churches are largely supported by II.
USED AS CURRENCY.
In old Virginia. when tobacco was used
as currency. the clergy OF the Estao-
Isbed Church received AZ salary 1906
no,,nds of tobacco annually. So 1t goes,
This little article. the tobacco pipe, con-
s,stinp of a bowl to hold the tobacco and
a Hue to draw the fumes of the burn
inv weed through. has lent itself to the
most infinite variety of form.
Every conceivable material ha been
used in its construction. Even Old Mother
earth has been pressed into service.
In countries as widely separated as
CHINA South Africa and the prairies OF
tho limited States travellers have observed
natives who, having temporarily lost theii
nines bored a small hole in the ground
and filled II with tobacco, Another hole
is made in a slanting direction to meet the
first one.
Then they would insert a hollow reed
in the latter. light the tobacco, squa,
down and enjoy q smoke from the largest
pipe under the sun.
The Hottentot, after gorging himself
with stolen mutton. will suck the marrow
from a bone, fill it with tobacco and pun
away at peace with all the world.
The Japanese huckster will sit all DAY
in the broiling sun smoking his diminu
tive pipe.
His sole ambition seems to be to keeI
q shark alive to relight his pipe, which
he is constantly refilling.
The Skim in the frozen North has hi
elaborately carved walrus tusk pipe
TIL bowl of this pipe is small. W.
spreading fat rim. necessitating TIE eco
nomical use Of his tobacco. which with tn
Eskimo is indeed a luxury.
II seems he has always been able to oh
tain it by barter from his Indian neigh
bors south OF him
Speaking Of barter among the American
tribes, It is a fact that tobacco pipes an
other objects from the northwest coast 0
America have been found in old lndiaI
r graves in New Hampshire.
Red stone pipes from the famous pipe
ra+E2.