If you have anything of exceptional value (a family heirloom, a piece of art, jewelry, etc.), you should insure it separately. Insurers will charge extra for this coverage (something like an extra $10 on your monthly premium per $1,000 of value insured), but it pays to be covered.
The Dutch export shipments of Indian opium to China and the islands of Southeast Asia; the Dutch introduce the practice of smoking opium in a tobacco pipe to the Chinese. 1729. Chinese emperor, Yung Cheng, issues an edictprohibiting the smoking of opium and its domestic sale, except under license for use as medicine.
Report Abuse. Pipe Dream has been referenced to Opium Pipe smokers in the 18th and 19th centuries, but is American in origin. The earliest reference is in an 1896 play Artie in which he uses the phrase to explain his loss in business, but the meaning was not made clear.