“‘Oh, my brother,’ rejoined the angel of sleep, ‘will not the good also, when awaking, recognize in thee a friend and benefactor, and thankfully bless thee? Are not we brothers and messengers of one Father?’ “Thus spake he, and the eyes of the angel of death sparkled, and more tenderly did the brotherly genii embrace each other.” APPENDIX. TABLE I. CHRONOLOGY OF TOBACCO. A.D. 1496 Romanus Paine published the first account of tobacco, under the name _cohoba_. 1519 Tobacco discovered by the Spaniards near Tabasco. 1535 Negroes cultivated it on the plantations of their masters. ” It was used at this time in Canada. 1559 Tobacco introduced into Europe by Hernandez de Toledo. 1565 Conrad Gesner became acquainted with tobacco. ” Sir John Hawkins brought tobacco from Florida. 1570 Tobacco smoked in Holland out of tubes of palm-leaves. 1574 Tobacco cultivated in Tuscany. 1575 First figure of plant in André Thevot’s Cosmographie. 1585 Clay pipes noticed by the English in Virginia. ” First clay pipes made in Europe. 1590 Schah Abbas, of Persia, prohibited the use of tobacco in his empire. 1601 Tobacco introduced into Java. Smoking commenced in Egypt about this time. 1604 James I. laid heavy imposts on tobacco. 1610 Tobacco-smoking known at Constantinople. 1615 Tobacco first grown about Amersfort, in Holland. 1616 The colonists cultivated tobacco in Virginia. 1619 James I. wrote his “Counterblast.” ” Sale of tobacco prohibited in England till the custom should be paid, and the royal seal affixed. 1620 Ninety young women sent from England to America, and sold to the planters for tobacco at 120 lbs. each. 1622 Annual import of tobacco into England from America, 142,085 lbs. 1624 The Pope excommunicated all who should take snuff in church. King James restricted the culture of tobacco to Virginia and the Somer Isles. 1631 Tobacco-smoking introduced into Misnia. 1634 A tribunal formed at Moscow to punish smoking. 1639 The Assembly of Virginia ordered that all tobacco planted in that and the succeeding two years should be destroyed. 1653 Smoking commenced at Appenzell (canton) in Switzerland. 1661 The police regulations of Berne made, and divided according to the ten commandments, in which tobacco was prohibited. 1669 Adultery and fornication punished in Virginia by a fine of 500 to 1000 lbs. of tobacco. 1670 Smoking tobacco punished in the canton of Glarus by fines. 1676 Customs on tobacco from Virginia collected in England, £120,000. ” Two Jews attempt the cultivation of tobacco in Brandenburg. 1689 Dr. J. F. Vicarius invented tubes containing pieces of sponge for smoking tobacco. 1691 Pope Innocent XII. excommunicated all who used tobacco in St. Peter’s Church at Rome. 1697 Large quantities of tobacco produced in the palatinate of Hesse. 1709 Exports of tobacco from America, 28,858,666 lbs.