eamsjipbfnrf. A DEEAM OF TOBACCO. “I would advise you,” said my friend, “to in vest your money in the tobacco business. You have three hundred, you say, and that will not'go far towards supporting your'family in case you should be disabled —preachers never make money very fast—and you want it where it will increase the fastest and be safe... “We have made twe,nty-five per cent, every year on the capital invested,, for four years, and will manage yours'for nothing and give you the /same chance. , At tiat rate it* wduld douhle very often. Mpre /than that, we will. .seqpre you, .by a: Mortgage' on. the:.factory building,:which wte ai-' fra^s'keep insured.'*’ ' ' - 7 . 1 - 1 - 7 ; ,“.Y6u'. are veryfkind'; fplt’ ‘to speak frankly 1; is npt,sfich,as Jc would enter upon myself, and. I think, it would-be; -better if there’ were no tobacco: usedt .'ltris/iin! my opinion, always injurious to the -body arid the mind, and if- so is a useless- and vast-expense.” “Oh.dpnftl'Dfy gpver injured,’ any body,wimped it Yog wpuldj o% AfteVj J^ej , to .nttffl ( aop^, f kip d t of jpj . tep, apd ( ,ppfee, : ,buf; r ppaf-ly, .alf.fb'B -lyorld, . and; natural,,, ye.t r .it The! , , keepp,ofj,the.gffppts.pf unhealt^y^Jimptps and,the' y f thptj dpctjoirs.ady/sed^t. , heajthy.ipenjap.ejvej, liyjsd. our (tpen,.pse ( tj^e^6e^.,; r ; (}j|r : .minister., .jOp. spioheft ,eyery- ( day f and; , .epp’t, write pr| „. U( #Zes, Ij.kpow, all t< thef.e .things,,, SM. L cop-; andf coffee, fluite different, (from tpjjacpo, lpast, if. in,kin,df . i - ; B,ut ( . J„hayp, ;beepr tp9. r stypn,oop:| jYgto l>W i pleared ;tw;en|ty r five per ( pent., eyery yearp”, •. . >‘A Wofcleared fifty ; pgr, ,cpi}fc. the.first could c|ear.mueh moye than, wedonpw, if ityvere; .potifprYhe frauds, ,on. the, revenue.by othpij fp.c tories.’’. ; , ... .. ...... . ... „ ■ . “W,e]lj>l:will, , think, the matter pvpr, ■not dispute,op this pointj ; .Smoke yvhjljs you pro ,here as you^pleas.e.!, I,,think can,con ceive ,how a anammight-bp entirely'conscientious in using; it.and; manufacturings it.” ~ t( , We try.tq be, ,I’m sure.We,.are; not.to be' blamed; for the abuse. : . 1 You never smpjke f ?”, : : “-Oh, no. I hope .1 never .shall.” ,- i That day.l had the subject on my mintl,.eon-, -tinuallyi; .jC yvas,reckoning ppjmen,tally. in; round -numbers; the .profits,. £>f the.'propop^d ;> inyestmeoi..i the-ijrsjiyear—js%|be-secqnd the .thfrd-- n ailn3,pst. ) dophlps. ; by that, timer—-height fully, if .business .shquld improve. When) I prayed, that, night and asked for guid ance, my ;: n/ind, wns.pn.thp jtohanco venture,pnd ithough;! hoped-the wquld he faypr :abie> a v trlast„tPj the investment, yejt thpre.lurirpd’ in, my, heartia suspicion that, alj. yvas., not £ rigljt,' which £ smothered, down., .1; : ; That, night,my wife and J, talked oyer the, pros and cons as was 'Our custom, but , neither- seemed inclined to come' J to d conclusion.' 'Theuncmey; which vyas lent .to farmer Huqt; wouid’ soqn be returned, and have to put it out some where. Wp fell,into; the ojd[subject .qßjpur. in creasing expenses, the greater wants.ofiour'family with the progress 1 of years,* 'wondered 1 hd# we should live on bur preseht ibebine,'and 1 pbndered whether, we eould, obtoid .another; .place 'jyjfhia larger salary, and; • Agr, jqlujdren ..ebgld, .be educated*and that with dess The:babe cried and interrupted us. l She hfid-'to be''turned over in her, crib and rocked a few moments. Soon ail was‘still, and.’vyq fell' and,afterwards 1 dreanjed. , ,■ . I thought in my dream thatl awoke, and it was decided' best that" I should go 'back with my friend to his resideueb iu Tobaccoville', and that, if upon a little further examination the prospect seemed favorable,;l should;,take the.money and invest it in his business: ' < As we drew near the end of our journey, after, twelve hours’ travelling, my friend remarked: “ You will see more tobacco used here than you are accustomed to.”. I soon found it so. We changed cars to go on a branch road, and here the boys' came in at the different statiohs with cigars for sale, and presently every body’began to smoke. The room was so deuse with smoke that I opened a window to relieve my eyes. Hap pening to glance at the mirror at the other end of the car, what was my surprise to behold a stylish young lady sitting back of me with' a pipe in her mouth. Thinking that the confused im-‘ age in the glass had deceived me, I left iny seat and went to the rear end of the car for a drink of water, that •1- might be assured whether my im pression was correct, and I found it was even so. - The pipe was a beautiful and elegant affair, cor responding with her rich suit and jewels and, chain, and she was leisurely smoking as she turned the leaves of a magazine, now and then holding the stem between her glittering fingers. I half suspected that she did not belong to tlie most respectable class, but upon inquiry my friend told me that she was from one o'f their first fami lies, and would 'soon 'graduate with high honors in the Tobaccovilleifemale college, and he added with some hesitation; that in Tobaccoville nearly all the ladies of every class were in the habit of smoking. “Is it possible? You never told me that before.”' I soon found that other ladies were smoking, and even lads of twelve and misses THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THUE.SDAY, MARCH 21, 1867. had cigarettes in their mouths, except those: who were contspal|| chewing sbinPtbmg, which. J supposed to be “gum. ' '' v ' \ _ Upon arriving:, at thhdlome of, myffriehd'l saw that every on'n ! iu T the station-house was smoking or chewing; and as we passed through ■ the re freshment saloon I saw over the bar, in large let ters, “ Nicotine Chewing Gum,” and the children came in great numbers with their pen 'hies anVT bought it. Some of the little girls, oth erwise beautiful, had teeth as yellow as any old chewer, and were spitting eontinuallysand their handkerchiefs were stained' with the juice they .-bad- wiped-rfrom- the- ■ their -mouths. “ God grant,” ,was my inward ejaculation, “.that out lilitl4 l '' i Tihy : it 1 bomb' may 'never cEe’w’tb •fcaecb'W'' u-''-! ■ • ■; -:!f liJrv :, We! were, crowded, into an omnibus wherpevery Sap.-yyp stroking,, and I coul^ ; barely, |>rea,th,e,., , -.A ,gentleifian sitting, near offered a cigar and upon my declining, be“ askea 'me A t‘never smekbdfj'afi’d l whe'n u l^rejiliSd' l in J tile J iie^ali , v 4”” f I -D'oticOd' ’ st&re?d‘ , ht<me/:hHd )1 Solh& slniled .with -.a! Sneering, pityingrlbQk\;-!;.Myj;friiend"Swag .annoyed.,snd.:,l yrft reached,bip house.,, ~ _ a . . ‘ V, " r * • ]£ere ; the parlpbinto “whipli 1 was 1 ushered had 'the’clbke sSdpll ‘of confiae’d i 'foba r d'eo t rirfbke, l -£iiid • wheb nly 7 'friend‘i rrtMdduebd Ids; frasl k -sister; ;ot| ( ssjl ctw^r ( ( badb i-ber 5P%d ‘bpj Jbtie daughter giy ? perjfdygft W.e disgusting pdor'pf old-phewers. After dniti4r'hii die d 1 I observed-fthit 1 th ! e servaht'frhb brbiigiit 'ih’'the delserf alsß had a pipe in her mouth. My bos-i tess mounted 1 in gold whipb. .she had. received, as ,a Christmas present *66m i ’ ‘her thii ! little girl j /brought ib.''mahegS,ny ■ iof aNicotiner. chewing! Slfftjfrbichishe; ha,djfpiujdin bpr[stqfikipg.|,,|Sl!e: [Offered me some.stioks,to chew.,and to;take,.homei to r my 'But ifhad 4p tell her nbver used 'tdbaccd,‘ihd’£' ! cbifbss 'that 1 it' gave' -me I 'tndre l OmbJifribdmStit 'than 'it < did- ' to - deelirie' the j ■ciganbffereid'iinfAhe'jdmnibusji! Tha/dittle spritej hej/ room.,and;^ajc|,; never uses tobacco.' I'shbuld think he’d be sick dll 1 the’ 1 time; 111 ffbdt ’ is ! whiff '• m'akes' him’ so'' pali: JYbtt 'tttld'ine When* fre‘ fir&t b'eghb 'that'-frh' HfuSt 1 -not- zhindi the J takte/andi feeling csick; ‘but/thafeaf •i«e dj,d! npt r; Iparn, bow;,. ,wevjvq^d ; ,bej sick a gyeat' Her mother himhed her, and tried, to' .explain the 1 'ffiattsr' peliib'lyi'' The' silb'h't] hilt iobked l fft ifie frith'a'pefeuliaf expi'essidh of'kiispiciii'h'ahd; wdnderJ ■' dom- r-u-j -;o! ]^.lucir;i ‘ffioon aftdt Siy frientL' chine,in bfid invited-ifie; J to, f yalk .tp;the i ia9.tpry ; He introduced ip.CjtOjthp; .other partner, w|ho received me with respect, anjl' frhen matter of J £he investrneiit was'mdnlaoned, ’readily asSebted; a'n'dbaid' he wab always to'help'Jministers]”' ; He •impi'edi'amy- offered trie! . the iinevitable cigar;: and' my- friepdy.iseeihg: bow j-.Pflbarrasging; it jvaß; .beectmingj imade r^n-je^plana-i tio.n and the, inatter was- ,„I tyas. show;n! thb great building, saw' the' engine y of; fotty drove'- tlib ‘madhineryi'saw! the vafious prebesseS; sorting: add ‘Btem'm'ing;’,tihe -leaf; .putting fit' Shtoithedpresslpreparatofyiitbieut-; , fc ing l it;£or,ch,ewing v .and. the.jrjO.Hing. gfibbdvlphf ,for cigars.., I also saw them, boiling ,the tobacco’ waste id order to" extract 1 essential ‘-principle! for impregnating'Mtbb giiml ” IfWas ' i rkinaffen'd' that: this' was: an l ■imprbVe&ent'whichisavedi b-con-j sidefable/.feactioniol' the strength'! ofiJallitheitn-: .baccorraised.. ” ri j ... I-noty?ed, in ( packing ro^in.curious nam«S! on. the boxes. "■ jPor gums ‘there were 1 fancy, 1 Si-1 tractive • fiiffnes/ sueh 'as 'Bteath Vj of"ffuh'e! M’ay| ■Flowers, iNfewblOfrn'i Appletree,*- !TdbacfcoG.Pbsy,j Bride’s;Delight. iFori-tine'.eiitiShere.ifrdre^-ne-w! inanies,. as,.Sweet ( jQane, ,£o9..Grpam,,St|;sw||err.y,: , Spiced' Wine. | ,My frjend made good use of his collegiate” education for” new , classical names,; which J have’ been d'nly 1 dbpyifiglited;' ds !, Mellif'6's,l 'Giyodnia;jhnd' 'one/ ' rather' singular to" diy/fegte,: idPiavoclonts «iHei infocmedi ihe thatl they, niadbla variety of pigtajl,,ta. tbey t gayn ( .t l hp,nh|n e ' : .na,me in English,, Ybll.ow Tcjoth,. in; great demand for'thp Irish groceries. I,: ,', , | ‘ "liaktlyj I wasi taken-'into-'the " , libfarjr. Ki *l'was gratified' l *» learn': 1 that i books were iprovideWfor -the workmen' and clerks, bht! was.,surprised :ito hear my, jriend,remark;, “.bdo, ,not, will .take much interest in the.ljteratjufd ,of our sehdolj” 1 found'they bad, indeed,’ literature';' <l ' Walkihg 1 'up" to' ' & cfee 1 '’fabeliyd “Books of Beferende/’iirbbticedifour large' dc .tayos. with tae title ifobaepo Encyclopaedia, .which; Was a thesaurus of all kinds of'. information coni ceming’,tt>bacco,‘its'cultivati6n,' manufacture, td; get'her with"dn: abstrdht'of the' afguments'em-; ploye'd'ih' faVo'r of'itstuse'. l '' Inthe'sameicaseil saw a.comple.te./set of medidal books, ,pnhli*hed by; the,, Tobaccp 1 Mpdieal, Society. . Theresas, a dispensatory, dictionary, clinical lectures, mono graphs on various claksps, of and aif .oh the same system as that'which led v to'the : tbrma ’ tion of ■ the Society; ■ I i was also - fold that -there was a medical college,in; the .town;,innwhieh the students were toained in the same principles, which institution had been endowed by the to bacco factories, and that their agents took great pains in introducing these physicians, because it increased.trade.' I found' in' another case a Jarge assortment of novels,; -all) written ,to, • advocate smoking, and chewing., There was also a cyclo paedia of,poetry of this school, containing all that had been written*in praise of the cigar. * Upon, running over'the index, I could not'find the'word cavendish, or- plug or pigtail.., I saw,; also,' what purported to be bound volumes of the : Tpbacco Illustrated, Weekly, The Monthly Nicotine, and the Tobacco Medifeal Quarterly Review. ' ! 1 ' I turned from this room almostbewildefed with what I had learned; and: at fchp door. was .intro duced to several gentlemen who came in, .one-ofi whom was the Rev. Mr. Spittoon, who, my friend said, was bis minister. ” Like all others I met, he was smoking. • From the last words I hacLhprd, I inferred that be had been urging his parish ioner to attend the prayer'ineeting. ' Mr'.-Spit toon'-greeted me cofdially, butwitna movement' of the hand and'a turn of the . bead that seemed peculiar and mysterious. We .were soon* engaged in pleasant conversation. ; He inyited me jto, preach for hiih, to which . I consented," though with some reluctance. ' ' ,i! 1 : < After a short time he remarked, < “ I pdrCeive' you jar'e not a Nicotian:” I could not-under-, stand'him, and he explained ;that it was a secret, society, which extended over the whole country, composed of those who used tobacco, and devoted .more of less fo that interest,; [Be began to,: . *s»j tup -endi-said, “ You will Jj|t iMmig! fq..«s.'; ' These bid-super&fitious, as I ?6w|-- tnmi/'MIU pslss awav and all the ’world will yet be united under our brotheihaod.” He said I would find it for my interest to belong to them, that it was often of great assistance to ministere4n finding churches even where they had not formally, adopted to bacco principles, as the persistent praise of a few Nicotians did much to produce * favorable im , (Pf . society,^batwere, storey ’ and railroadsrwhereJmfefatesw.efe cheaper; . .to IJicotianSj^d..Jtjiey .b^,.b s eg|it-obliged..to. maintain their own interests in the courts and in election's,ion h'ccbiMti of the .violent' 6f a fanatical portion of the people in some parts. , . He jdso informed me. that they had . .formerly Kaa a, great'deai of trouble Jin (iheir efipfciq grow ing out of thb'opposition of the anti'-tobacb'oriistk; hfit that othefehad-eome intdi the l congregation, who had.’not. before attended therei sffldf outvoted them,.39,they, (Withdreyysaye pne gtur.dy old thought it was his dutyjto utter, Bis i testimony against smoking in'pf ayefrm f eetihg,‘an<i , h& h'ad'b'den Aipelled ’ for'dibtiifbiiig the' p'Csice' of | Zibn:' ''Thejfiwefe thehjworsbippihg )in <a. hired i i 'bally bp,dy>iiu , wealth -and : numbers, ,oftjenflpid go,minister, and merelyheld .a j prayer-meeting on flip Sah^ath.'' If was after the; sepessipn' of this' body tliat 1 Mr. 1 'Spiftb'ob’i 1 church ■ ! sefiPd'TOilniiSitteeWoiie ? of ; thebibgicaf s'emihafieb > | -to'® eo't3he! fight iman 'for.iheiji[ihad'giYenihimi j MMipsifettiopufo candidate. ftftfSiy.hiphithbyvruade! j out a unanimous f pa^.j|,;^e.,a&iitted v that,at.tbgt! ' time he had not embraced 16 heir peculiar doctrine! ; iff all ife' : fulhess',"and was 'agregt; i smoker,, several’tihaes Bfbfcefi'bff 'ahd'had, 1 >td; 'stqp, .smpkmg ’ whp.n'Jiii^Jle^tße, ’■ seminary. He had, I Jjhe made it'the subject of ,a.sermon on! I the last ! day,‘ and Sad 1 written sfeve-: i ral Sabbath-scnbcff bodkf r; WhMK rc h&d* beteW'lfdlj-; j -Imbed * by the. Tobacco,'Medical) Speioty, none of i the/regulart S;i S. ißooki(publishing* houses, being! ! Willingto qmittfc them/" fig said hewbujdibe glad ! ! wppseht;m& with^cojiies.'of’these,’ arid-wished Jv'ety Mudh. ‘rhad ,ff.fi’ew German '"wb'fk . by the learned'Hr. he was; i engaged in translating. ’ This author had discov-' efe(i r, tH'at't i he' j 'hhriie' of bhe bf th'erogreidieiit'sused' * -ih'thecsacfeddttcfeA&eirfhhe Uew& hadmev’enbe'en' j '®nderstbod:!i}bsreo i r!reetly.,rendpred ; ig any.yerpion I I -®£rj&9 i tobacco.. The plant had not been, first introduced ; : 'from America*jfs h'afi Beeh''supposedj'but had, -BSeti'fburid^rbitirig'wild Sbdut'th'4 r head ! *Waterai 'of the! Nile,' as iw'ell asiin Southern' Arabia where' .itiCffuld ,pQti have u lig. moderp^ the Arabic corraspbndelwith . the Hebrew W.i a'nd hhtl 'fully e'Siabhshed'bisthebry By 1 researches j •in th® *adcteflftoHefiMi o tougWete,' tod l 'khdwff 'thalt! itbis: plant, .entered t'intojmauyiofrcthe iiaeenses .of .fhe apcients, ,an 4( that though .we,fgigbt .pot qse! it along with the ( other' i in^re,die&jte. : in i the sgmej proportion as ihe- Jews did, "there was ho/prohi-: hitio'n against thb i Jusfe° knd'tliit if: -Grbd ; lidd it the'i.tbniple/ SerYiebs'; it; iheddiheyDivige san.etion;<andigaUld:‘iiot:b'e injuri-| igus.;Al§q,',pxperienjcq ,thgt jt;had,a : eedative and,'composing influence upon the mind! TO '-i .(■ . r•o.^J-.o^©£H 1 inoiiwawo ’uiuw; • apd ,prepai;ea‘! lfc K)r the Bplemn act. of worship.: 'All mfct I could Wswer wbo'le j "subject'wah l netvito'm'erandl that ilieb'uld'notctheni jd.ebidelup.en' it;.-but thatjesirlangfasrmy,hM.)th; iwgs good to. it.j Here the interview endea.and Mr: Spittoon de-' ;n to 1 be' alone in ; a‘noth'ef' part' of r the buildingKaffewi minutes-.afterp I overheard :one of, .th.fe'wprkjneniggy, ,ft ThatijpjiEqst§r thateoineiwith! the boss is a sonvpf.^r.iG)rapj£ ; ;j.;.“ (^ho-? is.,l)r.i r T ; rask ?” said, another. ‘Hh is, jthe,, matu. that, Write's'againsi tebabcb. One 'of the medical bro-! fessors had debate* if #as flcH.: .Profi cut;hint all td i I hayeiseendheb'opk. .of ,thp )deb,atep -jp, ; ,the | library.”,,.fphpgld-, not .ponder ,if ft wasj the. eanie, pian,”. said a.thirii, for he does hot smoke" or chew, for £'heard.the boss say that.” “Ife y gpinff to.preach ! in : Hi. Spittoon’s church to-morrow. I heard him ask him.”; . Upon mentioning this fact in the office, .the, 'paying clerk kaid'-'b'e 'wodid edrr'ec'f ihb mistake! i bef'dre ! thefha'ndkwe(nfa ! '{vay, l atid''we'bad ) a hfearty! -lau’ghrat the.'joke.”':ißufe'hpon.Tetnrning -to the ,hquse.in the ,eypping;apd taking up the evening .•ftyttyj-,?. .• to.| fnd., that. a f r spn ; pf 'Dr.; Traps J, wa| T ‘announced" to preachj' m' the Churhh' of'tb’e t Hely Infcensfe. Mjy'jfriehd was terribly atindy'ed'; and Said that he would see- that ■it was corrected im.the next m amber which: came put .on Sunday .morning. , , I noticeyljthat the edi- • tpr adopted. ( ul-tra woman’s rights ideas and called attention 'jtp a letter from a lady correspondeht, Under the : Bame°6f Cohsistehcy.”' The letter 'gave an'account of'a woman’s rights convention, tands the passage of a resolution,iafter considerable sharp debate, affirming the equal right of women With men fo smoke and chevy. ; , " ‘ That night T slept in a room'and be'd .that, de spite the'vigorous attempts at airing, were still drenched in the odor of stale tobacco, smoke. In the morning tlie bells of the city rang their peals, and at the proper time we set out for church. I can scarcely say .that I was-surprised to see all the people on .the way to church smoking and chewing.' As-we drew near, the- crowd became ; greater; and I. soon obsepyed that many evidently .walked past us,,in ordier tq look bqck in oiir faces, and as we ascended .into the .porch I,found my self disagreeably conspicuous. I heard iny name mentioned on’all sides j and there was an occa .sional suppressed, titter. > .There-were frequent remarks concerning ;niy ; paleness;, together .with the judgment that 1 would not Jiye lon<r. We escaped from the press .it last, and after passing 'through the long'aisle 'Sitters were turning back to stare at me, I •' was not sorry to -retreat! into! j the pulpit, where . it ; was my first prayer that Qo.d would calm my.mind to fit it for .the.services of the hour. . But, that which I witnessed from this point was in keeping with ev'erything'thatTbad's'eeti iri the . town. The smoking was continued. There was a thick cloud like that in. a bar-room, hanging over ,thp audience and obscuring the viewj pf the singer’s gallery. The last, stroke. of, the bell sounded! - Tbc organ began' to awake. The. singki-s laid ‘asidb theii- 1 cigars* and' chanted a verse from the Psalms, and (then the pastor 'laid aside his: pipe which, by the wpy, was, marked'; “ Desk,” and’ led in the invocation. The hymn was sun o- , the Scriptures read, at the end of which there was a r'. billing on. the paifcj of the more religions persons ofijhe jpattirig pipes apd 1 cigar's,- (&m»gtr. atm jtoqng mep nflSely* bojre'd their ; and the pastor having previously fortified himself, by a stout “ chew” from a box on the the pulpit near the match-safe offered an appro priate prayer. - -- - - All this time my mind was in great jloubt as to what I ought to do. At intervals, 'll felt as if it were better to lay aside my manuscript dis -cpursa and preach... out of the abundance of my ii|*hteous. umtghatidn against their unholy prac tices There came .to. Hiy mind the text, “ Holi ness hecometh thine house, 0 Lord, : for ever.” I thought of applying it to what' seemed ! unbe coming in church services, and also carrying out the principle in thpir lives,. urgjng considerations forbidding, them ,to defile the individual members of IBe God, 1 the\iiemple'of'tfi : e sbiil in whi(ih 'fchh' ! Sp'irit; i dwhHs. j - 1 seemed fo'-haVe hc'all of the Spirit to breakifdrthan thunder tones, -but prudencej>kepfr: v;l'*know whaMort of teaching received- concernipgjthe. temple incense. It r might do them mbre hurt than good. The'spirits : of r should 7 be subject I fo Bile pfbpKdts, 1 and though' 1 the"'question-%ah' not easy to 1 dediide, I:could not resolve/tolinfringeioin the; tipn fco ( pr.ee<;hj tjie.,Gospel, jpto them*,, „ jTheje.was a short . passage, in'' the ,'sermon concerning’ tpe phwer 'of evil nabit's over the nardly- dared ' to 1 oinit, land 'it ‘ produced *> smile throughout' the i rooin.i .-.Otherwise they fgaveune -.and ,appreciative pegrpig. J . J , j ßqt (l Jhe v {{.matehf safe, 'which was frequently resorted to. ‘feWAfirVibes 1 were 'Wah “a ghtheififfghf the' T Sabbatk-Bbbt>o]j-*'*T noticed'* that then superintendent jretainedvbis his .cheek,! but ; |that requited, , j tha,tj, £ 4j{rij{g ,all,thejqhildren jyopld a .rqte9?[®, t H>sir gum quids from tljeir mouths and* bow ’ f heir' Beads. iAlfter'th'eTessdhs'hWbeeh recifedj' the secretary read 1 v a ! fetter miSSiokaliy-'SHpportednand ■sent'butibyffhei pc boo.l to-ipropagate, theirpeouliar .yie.wp...,.He .paApucceededf informing,a ;Juypnile Tqbappq Association, a ftjgtits Smoking the''Tobacco- Platform'already baiting- secured'a farge’attendance'of those who'ihadnnbt nbeea 'in .the babifriof:going to; church, ifeiwipg.awayi from, ,thp,;other: ,£l{Ur, c hpe,.all, the {gale members udio ; were in the habit of using that plant inJaiiY form,! ip some- cases their wives, besides seven unmaf fifeS : ladies', 5 SD < mfi , h(f 'tHelm 'hiotliers'‘in' Israel,i who Siuffed.r TlKi !) ■/; I, > 11)0 I;eou}djstay ngdonger-in the church, pndjde .clined tp addr,epsi the school on the piea of r sickness, whiclj.was literally true, sipce It pad not' been accustomed ' t'o ! brbathe' sihoke.'' 1 Ah ■ we'pkssed' out jffild ' whited' for' a 'moment in ‘the porch-,- If heard; from the iinfant class-room. abovp: /the, question,asked, ■“iWhUt are -the,goo4, things 1 ~Cyp>d. has -given- to man . 7” jvhi.eh;jvaa,answered,py ; reciting, in concert a verse from one of their little liyintis, 'in which' tobacco wak' Mentioned 1 aifen^ , with , the! tihkaV ahd 'the cattle atid! the trbes.' ,‘Here ylowasfaware .that- my mind was notiright. itiyfss doubthigjthejreality, offmy, senses, apd, .often .top .tp y jcorrectfy. , I de-’i ierinined io .leave.the town on the earliest train i -'-V-™ s ' ; - , - i ;. «' ,M Th'ei next recOllbctiOn' 1 havie'is, of being sud-j idenly grasped.ibjy a pOHceman; who hfirriedi me: ■alongijyith' fhe l .utmost, l yqd.eneBg.,un,fil ff we,st^od[ .before, g glpomjbuijcling, over .which.was wiritteii,' '‘ f '' FOR ApTirTopACCO''.XuNATICgi”; ' The'keeper' stotfd' tit ‘'the' fifid : my''poWerftili chpfofigttve*me intovJiiS'hands and ‘charged'’hik ; ;puti me:ihto a dungeonh; He said I ,would,the j jPflly.yjigatg,, .I ; r,e{uptq4: wMh.all but.my' strength seqmed i ,1 .was, sjiut. jup. '' Th.e | whole a,ir sbemed' to be filled' with smoke. Ttried! to sefehth/'and wi’th'the’ bffoft aVokb'. i?! i ln ' - -'r - yiMy'feife'iWas' bycrny side,hand ■my ’’babhiSldpt -sweetly, jin her crib;, t. X ; could: (butvweep:,.-, I ;lay tjbjankfiijnesp,.tlipt ft! wap a dream, apd at las.t’l slept . In ‘ the ,morn-; ing'T said: “We will not invest' ih l; tb‘e r T6b£tcCoi ''Mhnufa'etuffe'. l7 . 1 m.'-nwitA PhkiTAN;' 5 ; FRAGMENTS fEOM. THE"’jOtrEEAi OF A MISSIONARY TOUR IN 'INDIi; ; r - De^ : kEAßs;|—wfeu u laid aside : from. du.cy last July by seyere congestion of the liv e r, we greatly feared your ominous caption ‘ to' my. preaching 'ioar”—sf'ould prdve 'Ming ‘ and 1 prtpWt’ic. ’ 1 fye could not repress \he‘ ipprhfensiofi, painful as J it’ was, that I should be unable any more to endiite the fatigue‘atid elposdre.'to the’ 'shn lDvolved in. this kind of labor.- : 1 B uf'with : din proving health and the mbre'bracing,aii of our'eoolerseasonywe have fpund it hard to resist; our,-strong wishito renew these, efforts and, jparry.the. G-pspeito regions beyond,” andso here Ve are enlis ted in' another preaching tour. ' : i: This is a thriving town, twelve miles from Kolapoor, having a population of some 5000 idolaters. It is the capital of a small dependen cy, subordinate to the Kolapoor kingdom embra cing;7o. (seventy) different villages and a total population of 30,000 .souls, The :territory pf miles Ion" and 15 bioadj with an area of 300 square niiles. soil is fertile, luxuriant s harvests meeting the eVe on every hand, s Its-broad, plains and valleys are dotted with villages, nestling -amidst groves of fruit and shade trees, giving the whole country a .beautiful and .picturesque, appearance. • The original , proprietor of this ZaqKirc, or principality sported the name and style : of 11 Jy smg Raoi Ghaigay Sufijdrad I tyujaret Mai” a -representative >Ghatgau fami ly, of some note m Hindusthan proper, that is Tn ' This' Za4ife ’was' •S f P°R U Y<mMlf Adil Shdhr tU ■lastking of Beejapoorand thegrant was confirmed Shmen? nP P R O -;-°n beforo full estab lishment of British power- in India. Its siibof dination to Kolapoor is a matted of more recent Ip 1798 the king, of Kolapoor gave his dau»h ter in marriage to Yeshwmtfß,qol . young-chief of Kagul, andi confirmed to him the .'Original grant,of; this i!pfo.vihce madei :by;the old Mogul to his . ancestors. ..But in Jess than two years he cancelled the act, took back the province from Teshwunt Rao, and conferred it on his brother Sur Jt Rao Ghaigay, f or n o ‘ alleged KAGIJL, crime of the former, ba& out of favoritism to the latter. ‘ " ’-jv ’ , . For some.yeara-iSfter'eiis, the of this •Dependency to Kolapoor wetg ln /all emergencies of war its chief brought his stipulated force to the aid of the Kolapoor ting, and his rank entitled him to command a fourth part of the whole Kolapoor army. But the no torious, unprincipled Bawa Saheb, father our late quiet ldhgf3Wvajijust;decestod, heeaa»t dis pleased with this chief Suiyi Rao in 1824, sacked and plundered this town of Kagul and confiscated the whole province. On the interference of the British, Baica Sahefj relented and reinstated the ;Kagul chief, but no sooneij was the .British force withdrawn from . KolapooiiJ /than"] the same violence again. On a second interference of the British, in 1827, this province was restored to the Ghdtgay chief and has reinained abu the quiet possession of his family to the present time. The chief Rfo .Gfyatgm, wars his v 'wfdolv 1 th,e, pqtate. is admigisteyed ,an intelligent Brah man minister’ or. Korbhari. Q,f course, the ,ad rhinistratioh, political and. judicial; Conforms to that 'of' Kolapbot-'in all essential matters, and in dasAof: iwar it must; fucnishlits;quota of men and igCjins, but n of .this smallrpro.yjnce .iq..independent and ,it pays. no fribufe to'Kolapdor. - ! ' “On'okf'krrivhl here the ! old' dadyj ! Bae ' Sahel), '(•Wido'w. 'Ofithe"late’Chief) kindly'invited es to occupy ] i hern country; ;hOuse-re., nice • twonsbory the town in a beautiful garden full of choice tiees/fruite'ahll,'flowers.' 1 oeciipied it thrfee nice' Eiito peknrfuttiiturey the< walls hung with pictures • and painth)gSi>soq^e!of, which aretweß executed-, If you & wpnld, look, ip, upqn, JWghJ &m A very fayoraWe 'impressiop 6f . touring ‘fife in iiidia:But sided., .plbfihe ’'don’t 1 call hWre ! unless ybil ’■With us,- and best our: varying fare: for ia-iqoDthjOE two. Apd ,eyeui l beter:dOi:W* l ? thipfe<ithis beautiful garden .and' bungalow, jqr h^forjca.l remiuis cenbep we nave gathered. or tne’'place, have di verted'As 'at alt frCni th4 ; ehgr{&ih^‘Vrbrk 'we have in 'hand.' r ' We'ldve "sombtimfes s 'tb' 'talk with* this people: oh matters ih wKioKfcheyitbemselyds feel a ■readyand yital interns tan d. tojeljci thistprical facts ,whicii. stfr our Mk Expe rience convinces ps that a little fellow-reeling and Amphthy rih such df r "C6^iife i 'ihterest help'thein to p VdcbghisC WCll-wishCrs, and incline; them to -listen luovless * eagerly :to • our . j,,,,. ;! preaehing.i^tel^ieTfS)with, tfee people nere each day. Besides visiting 'several iieigßbor ihg filiates* r W’e J find noiirisfiiUg j school' here, supported by'the Kagul* GbvCt'iiment; witto'l2s intelligent, yotmg laidsiimaiking; igood.<progress; in ’ p’hi^h a 3alree^r < s,9{ne hundreds of, gwd sud |henpe an eager ci)smand. for oiir. .Christian' traetjs and boOkk/scorra of which have bebh purchased at oizr low nominal prices. Our ptehohinig audiences hive'ibeen/large',’and •though, the Brahman Shaetris, are somewhat in clined ,to argument,, .yet .tHe.i-esplt Lap, only quick ened attention and deepened interest on the part of the great mass of our hearers. - - y*■■■Yesterday the /to/; Sulteh .invited,'hs.to .visit -livi^giinYa.nice,, ffada or ooftlte-hf -tßp towji, ( .,wbteb was built by old Jgsing Rao, after "tfee ipoael of the famoub ,Palaob'Af’ i ßfi , e^' i ih r ddftberii'Thifia, and is 'Still- in ! very ‘g»6d i! repaid' l Thb 'JBtf e Saheb re - ceLved; Mks.'iWilder; and;the children; into her -Wh< Ipresencfiji put 1,, of, ppuiae,. was; not; admitted BfyjO.nd .the Pudiida (cprtain.J Buch is the Hindu.custom, which gives a' missionary’s wife 'fdcilitieS 1 Tor - ihak'ihg 'khefifh tfie- Gospel in this land to -minds l -which hb- "cannot; reach. In the -anriirpomjhqwerveßflhad anoandience of some 50 ,inljel}{gent yalpjible opportunity to make |them great principles oif oiir holy faith. Theylisteued'most'respectfully, if not gladly. 'The Bae 1 Saheb tecepfed "a ? copy of, the Bible -which -we gave heri, for though’i not'; able to read -herself .she will; bayo; it ( to her-by her atten ,dants, and Bts ( truths Bkely to become •seepi® more attention miin its beihg *a'gift to feer."' The intelligent 'Aur&kdj'ibntimatbd a wish"to have a copy for dlis own. use, which we also :g&ve.v -His conversa -jift? showed thaf,. he .already., had some knowl-- r?;3§ e 'j9f upd - led us to hope his nf ;. a^ ■Bible arose from a better motive than mete ‘Curiosity. ' o*’" . a D.®d *S<a4eh developed no knowledge .of Christianity, an-Jier conversatfion with Mrs. W.. i PUt/ listened respectfully to, her .teachings, ami ; expres.sed u.iyish to the. .true God .and a .purpose, as soon as. she had adopted an heir t*> succeed her in the inheritance off the esifite, to dismiss all worldly cares and devote 1 her whole , time; ahdi:thoughts to Godiand a-preparation lor death.. It is solemn business to;,become tb# [bearers of God, s ..message of .lpy’e ,and mercy to such souls just.once in thei r / w Jio7e lifetimes— i o see their minds 'aroused 7 dinily' discerning the elements of divine truth,- and then turn our backs upon them, never to meet them again till they and we .come up before ,God-in the spirit world. Solemn, solemn busyness, Lord forgive us . , ® v , fe'l te and use rightly such 'priceless forgive His Church and people too, in Christian lands! that they seal not men, with burping love tp Christ and souls, enough to place one or more permanently iu every such centre of influence; ~ If this estate of Kagul were offered to any worthy young American who would come and occupy its palace or garden’ bungalow, adminis ter its Government and inherit its revenue of som® Bs. 150,000 a year,* ,no candidate offer? And is this service of winning souls to Christ and gathering stars for oAe’s crown of rejoicing ■in glory less attrabtive? - It is no transitory Mis sionary; aeal that: prompts me to say: If I wer* a young man just leaving the Seminary halls to day and girding myself for life’s-work I would ask no. better “place,” no higher honor or privi lege, than to make Kagul my home, its political area my parish, and the enlightenment and con version,of its 30,000 idolaters the one engrossing object of my life. - : . .... Who will come and inherit this estate ? —o r rather regain it for Christ? Tours' in- the service of the Gospel, ■ , " : R. G. Wilder- Ai-agul, Kolapoor Districts. } India, Nov. 26,1866. f
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