THE YOUNG FOLK

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3632, 3 April 1906, Page 4

THE YOUNG FOLK

A BRIEF HISTORY Of TOBACCO,

i Kwt Cultivated In Europe as an Oru*i»c» I tal Plant. ( Kie name tobacco ia thought by some k--1 have been taken from Tobacco, a provliK v j of Yucatan, by others Itom Dibago, island in the Caribbean sea, and by ctlu j others ilotn Tobusco, in the gulf of Flor Ida. The plant, although It Is assorted tha! ftbe Chinese have used it from earlksi times, was not Introduced Into Europe uu til after the discovery of America by Co iulnbus. fie first found it in use oil the island of San Domingo in the West Indies. The Indian, among all the tribes from Peru to upper Canada, smoked it In pipes. I’he seed of the plant iWw first introduced in Europe by Gonzalo Hernandez d» OViedO, Who took it to Spain and cultivat- ’ ed It for ornamental purposes; but its nar- | cotlo qualities were slioetiy hIKTwaM Illscovered, and the practice of smoking it soon became general, and its manufacture into snuff followed in course of time. It was Introduced in Italy and France In ICiJO and was brought into Use !ni Or country by dt.an NlcOt, t'le F'.'-Uich ;a ■ ■ ,:r • I.' ii\ ■ tugal, in wir ■ ->' • luftl tuune, nieoauMa t-'u. a . . nicotine. The plant was Intrpdi;-.;.; Ini'i Mugtam: by Sit WttlUd’ kak.'i, ■■■ - -■ am.the seventeenth t-c-—■ •• u- it '• ■■ known to be u.-cxi in Ania, but tiw oriental nations at the present time arc the greatest smokers in the vo rid. a. vim; Ing to Thorne Leprosy la the Sij.ailc Agtnt, In the midd.on.AW i0pr....;. oxu-mlwl nv..» the whole e; ,\. ■ -n ■ . . England, i v c am; t-. .;.A. >u ■ /mwut'A for s e/.-i rr-r;. my I terribly from thy diiorso 'Ch-? maximum Odd iwpOV i;. r.: . ■ .. . ■ ,■' were oxcommuu ....:,ed by pii(..d bum.. They were cut 0,l as ‘unclean” from in I torcourso of all aorta, and only In this waj • was the plague gnalunily suppressed. Is tlisappc-iu-wi ns mi epidemic iu Euiope in the siartenid cenuivy, A writer in (T)-' New V.irk Tunes vnys: It is:..ill found «vIcr.i where in me 01 lent, particularly wson( the f.llah* of Egypt and India, lu China . and Jape.ii. in all theco<wt lauds of Africa, i on Madagascar, Mauritius, St. Helena and Madeira, n: ‘ihzu.r iokl CV:ji.i-;I and South A-;, c . . : ..d ir !v ■... in iltii '.i ■ - ■ ■■ :■ :.j In;;.; of .. -a chough *!:>■• : ■ 1: tNOI. i’ie..' t„„. d .iw- c « ■md i «i :-.i u 1-r.s degiw In - . . v • .i it’ ',c: yiivuire N '-i Aiv.-.iys Jh.- Hell I’luutuir. AlthougJi not grnemlly recognized lu UHftiiieul and lu.-niouitural works, Mi*e- > Imij's Mon' ::.*y says u i» simply a fact that vao;;-.' i’o.-- il a. v 1; !.*w. plants In the ’ ■■ ■:-. :•••■;■!; .Tf.’lopnient. ; t in wr.fi'r w a great deal | t«v.:i.T. - hr.!.- ji and every way ftp- ; iy - . SappT;. v. -..0n they ian find , r,-J.-- ... -i. j,,;. HpcCllJSfr IF ■.v wi* m .. ••fi-v ;i,ud OrJ.CT . • i , ■ ~ •• in.d in : v, !r ■„ -. ‘ \ t UU-F 111 ;pa; i. TLw u muiu.- of Jupau, really ! I.:.Ten;. loi-giJlor.iai, but nowl-.cro does It | grow in -men luxuriance us in the islands j cl ■ ■••;;r.id:!. v.-'u'i'"- it u.;;.; necldoncally in--1 ivatioa a i» its iiui ■ • b-... , -.-.iguizcd us a | . i.; irom u.c plantai:d ) U; .duration ;; Litium Imrrisil, n..\ lug been first mnde known to cultivators about 10 years ago. Many other Illustrations might lie given to idioW that nature dots not always arrange that plants should naturally be found in places the best suited to their growth. Ia Fi iday Lucky or Unlucky? There are persona who believe that death and disaster stalk abroad on Friday, and who have auy number of facts at hand to prove their position. Well, hero is an array of data gathered by an exchange from which almost anything pro and con may .bo proved: Loo surrendered on Friday, Moscow was burned on Friday, Washington was born on Friday, Shakespeare was born on Friday, America was discovered ob Friday, Richmond was evacuated on Friday, the Bastille was destroyed on Friday, the Mayflower was landed on Friday, Queen Victoria was married oil Friday, King Charles 1 was beheaded on Friday, Fort Sumter was bombarded on Friday, Napoleon Bonaparte was born on Friday, Julius Coesar was assassinated on Friday, tho battle of Marengo was fought on Friday, the battle of Waterloo was fought on Friday, Joan of Arc was burned at' the •take on Friday, the battle of Now Orleans was fought on Friday, the battle of Bunker Hill was .fought on Friday, tho Declaration of Independence was signed on Friday.'

i*»B Birds aS Table. Tht wealthy gomumda of Borne cbe* ishcd a strong partiality lor song birds. Both Hone* aad Martial refer with approval to rout thrush, and Ovid recommends “a crown of thrashes" as a lover’s present to his mistress. Thrushes' breasts wore on* of the ingredients of tbs celebrated Aplelan dish ("Patina aptelaßa”), which also included mushrooms, sow's uddsr, fish aad chickens, rivaling the beturogsneoUs contents of a gypsy's "pot an fad.” Horace relates that the sens of Aortas* to stimulate their appetite fur dinner, lunched on ‘‘nightingales of monstrous price," and Varro tells us of the aviary ft: Luoullua, which was also a ‘‘sails a manger," so that the epicure gratified his ears and his palate simultaneously, feasting upon the delicate warblers whose congeners, unconscious of thoir coming doom, were disco tuning moan while the most ex gulslto music. Fragrant Flown-*. Of-t-be —- -r-'-wing t*i liilU'Qp.' Olllji' tU’-J .LcaJ i.lijUl o>Uv£flh -j! .. V. >. •• ■ • • -:.:o btl 1,11-1.- -Vi-- ' ' ,V, kinds, 8-1 of i-Lt . U:a6il-i blue kinds, lii of the 80.-3 violet blue kinds and 88 of the 840 kinds wiih combined colors. Hoy t! Longevity, Oldest of European sovereigns is the pope, now in hi.; eigoi-y-tonrJi year. The king of Denmark is 75; Q; ; .-.-n Victoria, 74. There an* half a dozen or more other SOTOn iy- ■■ *T--4f wo I’d,-,. „. , .

Chicago Street Hume*

i £ man from the country was riding ' vwft on • Madison street cable oar the other day. Pretty soon the conductor ! called out, “May!” stopped the car, aud ■ ■ lady got off. A moment or two after be | called, “Ann I” stopped the oar, and two I ladles gathered their bundles and stepped ' off. Another block or two, and ho called, ! “Elizabeth 1” and the same performance was repeated. Then came “Ada!” and a l woman and child alighted. After a few i more blocks he sang out, “Paulina!” and i three ladles left the cor. The stranger h:m j looked on open mouthed, but this was- / 100 much for him. Clutching the conductor’s coat, he asked, “Say,, mister,, do you know the name of every woman In Chicago and where she wants to get off?”-—Ad-yanc* .

Caatiou.

Mr, Kidder (at the door)—Hum, hcWt ft telegram from Merely I Sirs. Kidder (snatching up the youngest)—Don't bring it in hero! Don’t bring it In hero! The Merely children have all got the scarlet fever 1- ”

The Momentous Question.

“My heart pleads for you, Horace,” she said unsteadily, “hut do you realize the anguish, tho misery, tho remorse, that Would follow a Union hastily entered into by two persona not wholly suited to each other)"

“Evadno,” Impetuously cried the young man, “if two persona are deeply, sincerely, devotedly attached to other, ore they not wholly suited? What more la necessary? Does the loving heart stop to rea«BU coldly when, with every passionate throb, It”— “la It not possible, Horace,” she gently interposed, “to mistake a transient lmpuioe for an abiding love? Must there not be at the basis of all true affection a mu. tuol respect, forbearance, toleration, that will endure when”—

i “There hi only one queetloa, Ivadne Wfaookito. Do you”— ‘‘Horace Hackstep, ” ahe exclaimed wildly, "there la more than one question. The momentous consequences of a fatal mistake must not”— “Evadne, hew me”—

“Horace, X confess I have no other attachment, and that X cannot regard you with indifference”—

“My dear”— “Stop!” “Don't torture me, dearest. Liston to Iho voice of your own heart and”— With trembling lips she interrupted him again. “Horace, yon ar* keeping something back from me.” “Before heaven, I am not!” “Then toll me, Horace Huokstep,” she said convulsively, “how you stand on the question jjf the free coinage of silver!” ■ She Know. The house had been aroused by a burglar. Mr. Jones saw a man with a mask going through tho pockets of his pantaloons, and quick as a thought ho shot at him, the intruder making good his escape. “Why,” asked Mrs. Jones, thoroughly awake, “what did you scare me for?” “1 saw a man robbing my pockets and fired at him.” “Well, he didn’tget anything,” said she complacently, “How do you know?” was his gruff rejoinder. “Oh, 1 tried ’em myself before we went to bed.”- ’ r" Deplorable West*. Jerry Higgins, from Boston, and Lord Buffer, from London, stood sld* by side at Niagara falls watching the volume at water as it dashed on the rocks below. “What a pity it is that nil this water should go to waste,” said Jeny. “ Vos,” answered his lordship, “but you know they are going 10 utilize it for the elootrlo transmission of power.” “1 know that, ” continued Jerry, “but It could have been used man advantageously.” “Aw, really. Then you are an engineer with a new idea?” Jerry looked up quizzically. “J?o,”b# said, ‘Tm a milkman,”-. ~ ‘ A Throw OUR “Whoopi” Cal, the cowboy, king, sank Jhla spun la the backing broncho's quivering sides. “Who was it bet two to one os Iks throwK'... ■ -■ - . A smart hsedsman by lbs corral tones sodded his head indloativeJy. “ Then”-- . ■ ■- ■ The fwudsd pony threw himself os his ride and rolled over on his erstwhile rider, —“this Is a hose on me.” And they let it go at that. . World. . Then Be Started. ■ They had boss sitting is siknos tartwa minute* each of whkk seemed like so ago. The clock ohlaood 11, dad she suppressed a yawn. “Ate you interested In baseball, Mr. Stelatef” she asked wearily. “ yes. I need to play shortstop.” . “Indeed! I should think that your qaal- ! Uios would not have fitted you for anything but long stop.” A Newspaper Story. Mrs. Gotham—-How strange! The pa- ! per says a distinguished foreigner com- - plains that no was greatly Inconveniouood , while in Chicago because he could noblind ■ any ouc who could speak his language. 1 , vr.m-lcr vC’ < 're he name from i 1., -i-aham—Can't imagine. He must ; iii.vo u>>uc from some other planet. * • Tonghenod. jay,” wi’tl the deputy, “1 put No. 711 on iho* trcadu.iil eight hours ago as a punishment. one -’ll no dinged if ho ain’t go--1» on jisi ns chip; ovuutl happy as can be.” | “Why. or v‘»u;’.->.-. “ said the prison wait! ; a in tones ut disgust. “DitUi i you know 1 , le fell or w.-.r vefil here fur hieyclo steal ■ :£? Xu..: s:-a ui ilUjj n» light »» M» |