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Ow Men Smoke.

Wiz VAuO . uck q. w 4ltOy, VI Uuo
1ndianapol Journal, the poet and the
humorist d indiana? Down ut Spencer,
when we vt to Indianapolis with him,
sitting in tluiet and airy seclusion of
the smokinar?"
"Do 20 ever notice." Riley said,
'how men,oke? There is one type in
the middleeat, the man who always
smells his lg suspiciously before he
buys it, as idgh he was afraid it was
spoiled by Gig kept too long,"
''And th ham," said the sad passen-
ger, who idows his cigar between his
fingers, soeing the hard places by
violent cop ession, as though he was
going to eait rather than smoke it?"
'And thHin," Riley said, "who al
ways thrus bis cigar clear into his
mouth, and ctefully ticks it with his
tongue froi ED to end, over and over
again, befo, b lights it,"
"What d,sh be do that for?" asked the
Jester. "hs he any reason for it, or is
it some he'diary trait, or old family
custom tina hts been handed down to
him?"
"Nobodyntws," said the tall, thin
passenger, aid then there is the man
who Away las broken cigar, never
was know, to smoke whole one.
Either caIls his cigars in his overcoat
pockets al so sits upon them, or he
breaks tho into pieces in his vest
pocket by lining up against the bar
"And heandages the broken place"
said the m, on the wood.box, carefully
holding hiswn cigar out of sight be-
hind the ste, she bandages the broken
place with piece of white paper"
and I'll man," said Riley, ''whose
cigar alwa has flap of the wrapper
peeling offear the putting end, and he
frequently axes the cigar from his
mouth to ondle and plaster down this
obtrusive fb, stroking it tenderly with
his fingers,ike boy nursing wounded
thumb"
"And thman," said the cross passen.
ger. "who pesn't smoke great deal,
but spits nre than any ten men in the
car"
"And thman," said the Jester, "who
always talkhis CT ar out, and uses up
all the MATES in the crowd smoking up
one cigar.
"And tn, man," said Riley, "whose
cigar Away burns up sideways; a per-
feet salamaler on one side,, and con-
Asgration n the other. Gives the
smoke an ngular, one-sided sort of al
expression.
"And thMan," said the sad passen.
ger, "who ways holds the ashes on his
cigar unit hey break off and fall down
inside bis vst."
"And tn man." said the cross passen-
ger, "who ways holds his cigar at such
an acute hgle of elevation that he
smokes intdhis eyes all the time"
"And thdman, said Riley, "who holds
his cigar inthe middle of his mouth and
works bothcheek, like bellows"
"And theman, said the fat passenger,
who smok,s as though he were paid
for it, and consequently hated it and
wanted to get Though as soon as posi-
ble."
"And themanI said the woman who
talks bass, "wlo thinks he's the only
man in the ar wb knows how to smoke. !"
There wa, bief silence, which was
broken by Ril$ remarking that the
ideal smoker us to be found in the
squire of sm4 village. l have seen
him" the poet vent on, sin the quiet
evening, when all the male pop
ulation gathere around the tavern to
sit on the long bnch by the front door
and smoke their bipes. And the squire
alwaws, and he aone, smokes cigar.
He brings it OF of the case with great
care, and it is aliays the only one in the
case. After examining it carefully and
he tepares it for smoking.
He is never know to bire the end off, he
cuts it off with OF particular blade of his
knife. Then he holds the ends in his
fingers for a seco,d celebrating where
TO throw it. Finally, he selects
spot on the ground off to the
right and losses iIthere, not Mt random,
but carefully ,andwith the intent of max
ing it drop Just where it does. Then he
inds match aud lights it. He holds it
in his hand untilevery possible trace of
sulphur is burnedaway-and his match
was never known 10 blow out, not even
4 the wind was bbwiug gale-then he
put the cigar TO hi mouth, turns it over
once or twice until it settles into exactly
he right position and then he lights it.
Then he holds thematch In his hand I'M
il it burns clear I'd his finger nails. when
he losses it away, j. direction opposite
he discarded cig@ end, and then he
mokes. Slowly, With chair tilted back
against the tavern !one leg thrown over
he other, and ht judicial eyes fixed
IN the universe al an indefinite point
O his in his immediate front. If there
S dog fight that drags all the other viii
ayers away as eaga and excited specta-