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UNIVERSAL USE. 



an attractive orator is a pipe that draws well ; a communist is 

 a foul pipe ; a well-educated woman whose conversation is 

 attractive is a pipe with a nice mouthpiece ; a girl of the 

 period is a fancy pipe, the ornament of which is liable to 

 chip ; a female orator on woman's rights is invariably a plain 

 pipe ; an old toper is a well-seasoned pipe ; an escaped thief 

 is a cutty pipe, and the policeman in pursuit is a shilling 

 pipe, for is he not a Bob ? " 



From these ingenious " conceits " we turn to a few thoughts 

 on the present condition and history of the plant. 



The calumet or pipe of peace, decorated with all the splen- 

 dor of savage taste, is smoked by the red man to ratify good 

 feeling or confirm some treaty of peace. The energetic 

 Yankee bent upon the accomplishment of his ends, puffs 



vigorously at his cigar 

 and with scarcely a 

 passing notice, strides 

 over obstacles that lie 

 in his path of whatever 

 nature they may be. 

 The dancing Spaniard 

 with his eternal casta- 

 nets whispers but a 

 word to his dark-eyed 

 senorita as he hands her 

 another perfumed 

 cigarette. The loung- 

 ing Italian hissing 

 intrigues under the 

 shadow of an ancient 

 portico, smokes on as 

 he stalks over the 



proud place where the blood of Csesar dyed the stones of 

 the Capitol, or where the knife of Virginius flashed in 

 the summer sun. The Turk comes forth from the Mosque 

 only to smoke. The priest of Nicaragua with solemn mien 

 strides up the aisle and lights the altar candles with the fire 

 struck from his cigar. The hardy Laplander invites the 

 stranger to his hut and offers him his pipe while he inquires, 



THE YANKEE SMOKER. 



