122 PUFFS. 



thought he had a " good thing " recently 

 submitted one hundred names to the 

 Tobacco Leaf. He found all but four 

 of them had been used, and he went sadly 

 away, leaving the names behind. 



I OWE to smoking, more or less, 

 Through life the whole of my success ; 

 With my cigar I'm sage and wise, 

 Without, I'm dull as cloudy skies. 

 When smoking, all my ideas soar, 

 When not they sink upon the floor. 

 The greatest men have all been smokers, 

 And so were all the greatest jokers. 

 Then ye who'd bid adieu to care 

 Come here and smoke it into air. 



J. DYER BALL, ESQ., in his book 

 " Things Chinese," says concerning pipe 

 (tobacco) smoking in China : " There are 

 two kinds of pipes in use : the dry pipe and 

 the water pipe. The latter is a copy of the 

 Indian hookah ; it consists of a receptacle 



