The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-03-10
MOST RULERS USE WEED.
sultan Does Not Edward Likes Oh
gars, William cigarettes-HOb-
bies Of Others.

ing habits OF the leading pOten
tates of the world. From this in
teresting mass of Information it Ii
learned that King Edward o
Great Britain and the Austrian
emperor prefer cigars and thu
kaiser of Germany and the czal
of Russia are devOtees of the cigar
cite, while the sultan of Turkey
never touches tobacco, in spite OF
the popular impression to the
contrary.
King Leopold of Belgium con
tents himself with a cigarette
when he is unable to lay hands
upon one of his favorite brierwOod
pipes. Even the pope smokes, sol il
is said, and is the first pontiff of the
Roman Catholic church to indulge
in cigars, his predecessors notably
Plus TX. and Leo Kill, having con.
tented themselves with snuff.
In Abyssinia smoking in any
form is regarded as a heinOus
crime entailing all sorts of hOrri.
BILE penalties, least among which
was until a short time ago, and
probably still is, the slicing off of
the lips and nose of the offender.
With the exception of Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland, the king
Of Bavaria and the sultan of Tur-
key at STEAMBOAT, every now reg
nant monarch is addicted to the
use of tobacco. Emperor William
smokes cigarettes of large size in
great numbers, made especially
for him in the suburbs of Berlin.
Despite the fact that the kaiser
is afflicted with an affection of the
larynx, his doctors make no Objec-
ton to his using cigarettes, APP
proving them in the light of Il
wholesome sedatiye.
Years ago King Edward was ex-
ceedingly fond of cigarettes and
smoked them in great quantities,
though of late they have been sup
planted by cigars, and nowadays
it is said he is seldom seen without
a large black Havana between his
teeth. The king has reached his
sixty-fourth year and has been an
inveterate smoker since attaining
manhood.
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Aus
tria-Hungary has managed to
hold together for 80 years or more
the discOrdant racial elements in
Hungary and Vienna, during
which time he has been an invet-
crate smoker, his favOrite form o.
the weed being those long cigars
known in Austria as Virginias,
which have a straw through them
in order to enable them to draw
and have to be held in the fame of
d spirit lamp for a moment or two
before they can be lighted.
1t is said that King Charles of
Portugal smokes 40 cigars a day
and has been declared to be the
most inyeterate smoker of all the
"ano nted of the Lord" in the
old world.
The compiler of the foregoing in
formation says that the influence
of tobacco upon the course. of po-
events has been almost in
yariably of a beneficial character.
only have the narcotic prop.
tended to soOthe the angry
passions of those intrusted with
the conduct of international rela-
lions, but it has also afforded them
the opportunity of thinking be-
fore they spoke and allowed time
for those second thoughts which
in diplomacy and %statecraft, at any
rate, are always the best.
"People are often disposed to
make fun of the so-called pipe Of
peace and to regard it as a mere
form of speech originating with
the red Indians. But tobacco,
whether in the form of a cigar,
cigarette, snuff or a pipe, has ever
proved a powerful and effective
aid to the maintenance of peace
and as such its use deserves to be
fostered and propagated by all pa.
triotic and law-abiding citizens in
lieu of being condemned as nox-