The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-08

! Walter kaieigh's importation. In this
connection IL Is amusing TO remember
that another poet OF later day. Al
gernOn Swinburne. has told US that
James the First was a knave, a ty-
rant, q har and 4 coward. But I love
him, / worship HIM because he slit
the throat OF that blackguard Raleigh.
who invented this filthy smoking"
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The late Lord Tennyson was a lover
of clay pipes and preferred Virginia to-
baeco to any ether growth of weed.
he invariably smoked whilst at work
and followed a method peculiar to him
self in the selection OF pipes. At his
feet there was placed a box fun Of
white clays- Filing one Of these. he
would smoke until il was empty. then
would break it in twain. throwing the
fragments into another box prepared
fer their reception. he would then
pull another pipe from its straw or
wooden enclosure, fill it, and destroy
IL as before, for ne had q strong aver
sion 90 smoking q pipe a second time.
One Of the most pleasant anecdotes
OF the late Prince Bismarck is told
in connection with his love Of smoke.
Here is the story ia bis own words:
The value Of a good cigar is best
understood when it is the last you pos
sess. and there is no chance of getting
another. At Koniggratz 1 had only
one cigar left in my pocket, which L
carefully guarded throughout the bat
tie as a niser guards his treasure
did not feel justified in using it then,
for 1 painted in glowing ColOrs In my
mind the happy hour when I should
enjoy it after victory But 1 had mis-
calculated my chances. y poor dra-
COON lay helpless. with both arms
crushed, murmuring for something to
refresh him. 1 felt in my pockets and
found that I had only gold. which
would be of no ttse 70 him. But stay
II had still my cigar lighted it for
him and placed it between his
teeth. You should have seen
the poor fellows grateful smile.
never, never enjoyed a cigar so much
as that one which ] did not smoke"
The late Charles Sturgeon once ere
ated a considerable f1utter in the non
conformist dOVecote by announcing
during the course of a sermon that he
intended smoking a cigar that night
TO the glory OF God" In an explain
atOry letter to a daily newspaper he
pointed out that he had spoken the
words with elaboration and in all sin
cerity. When" he wrote, Il have
found intense pain relieved, a weary
brain soothed, AMI calm. refreshing
sleep obtained by a cigar I have felt
grateful TO God and have blessed his
name. This is what I meant. and by no
means did ] use the sacred words in
any triding spirit" = Professor Huxley,
though once a hatsr of tobacco. be-
came in later years an enthusiastic
smoker. On one occasion he remarked.
in the course Of a lecture, that there
was no more harm in a pipe than in a
cup of tea. You may poison yourself
he observed, by drinking too much
green tea, or kill yourself by eating too
many beefsteaks- For nay own part
concluded the professor. II consider
that tobacco in moderation Is q sweet
ener and equalizer Of the temper"
Absent mindedness has often gone
hand in hand with smoking proehvi-
ties. and ne are told that Sir Isaac
Newton, in a ut Of mental abstraction,
once used the finger Of q lady he was
counting as z tobacco stopper whilst
he sat and smoked in silence beside
her. thinking. of course. that his own
finger was being employed for the pUT-
pose. on another occasion he cOntln-
ued to apply various lights to his pipe,
wondering why no smoke resulted, only
to discover at length that for several
hours the bowl had been empty.-Ch1-
cagO Tribune.