Show the queer awuull at dutch smoker who died at ninety debt in its discussion of the question whether it is injurious to to-bacco the cleveland plain dealer re-calls the history of van klaas a famous old merchant in holland who was such an inveterate smoker that he was nicknamed pop biff pipe lie made a large fortune in the india trade and built a mansion near rotterdam in which ho collected every imaginable kind of pipe it was said that he smoked one hundred und fifty grammes of tobacco every day and died at the age of ninety eight years in making his will after bequeathing to his rela-tives friends and charities a large pro-portion of his estate he added the fol-lowing clause 1I wish every smoker in the kingdom to be invited to my funeral in every way possible by letter circular and advertisement every smoker who takes advantage of the invitation shall receive as a ten pounds of to-bacco and two pipes on which shall be engraved my name my crest and the date of my birth the poor of the neighborhood who accompany my bibi receive every year on the anniver-sary of my death a large package of to-bacco I1 make the condition that all those who assist at my funeral if bhoj wish to partake of the benefits of my will must smoke without interruption luciny the entire ceremony my body ahall be placed ina coffin lined jut with the wood of my old cavan cigar boxes at the foot of the coffi ahall be placed a box of the french to bacco called caporal and a package 01 our old dutch tobacco at my side place my favorite pipe and a box of matches for one never knows what may happen when the bier rests iu the vault all the in the funeral procession are requested to cast upon it alie ashes of their pipes us they pass it on their departure from the grounds 7 it is said that van kiaei on the da that he made this eccentric will sum boned a notary who was also a notably smoker and aalde to him fill my pipe and yours I1 am going to die he then dictated the will and |