TOBACCO LEAVES 



muddled, I stop and light a cigar. I don't 

 think that smoking has a sedative effect 

 upon me, but it composes my thoughts and 

 soothes me to some extent." 



A BETTER MAN FOB, SMOKING 



WHEN the Bishop of Manchester lived 

 in Melbourne, Victoria, his open-air study 

 and smoking den was in his garden, under 

 the shade of a giant blue-gum-tree. A 

 lady visitor having once suggested that 

 tobacco was of Satanic origin, Bishop 

 Moorhouse replied : " Pardon me, madam. 

 I smoke, and I am a better Christian for 

 doing so. Do you read my letters in the 

 papers ? " The lady answered that she 

 did, with pleasure. " Do you ever see 

 anything discourteous or unkind in them ? " 

 " Certainly not ; I often remark how well 

 you keep your temper." " Well, madam, 

 the first drafts of these letters contained 



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