Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-30

A Chat ab0Rt Some OF the pr,.o-
OF the Trade


The Cleveland Press gets these po,n,s a,
cne, wan a u,,.shsnt OF that -, fS
old John Carroll began Che Manufacture s :,
smoking tobacco az Lynchburg Va TIA.
, SnaTh OF ludging tobacco had been handed
oown 10 him from a race OF smokers. MS "a
bacco became famous aud nov sells ar !.
higher price than any Other domesti. hrs,s
Ne has never changed the original trade mary
w Sibop's fSe over aIr "a qasr,er OF century ago.
was In It's infancy. IL is q forlorn appeartnS
man with sunSen cheeks. smoking a pine anS
looking as If he had been on the wrong side In
stock speculation. Carroll has made him
self independently rich. but he is fust as plain
and antfquaUed as the figure on his tobacco baCs
he win drop into leading New YORK house
whose clerks often mist axe him for a farmer
and approaching the firm Will say: wall, DO
you want any OF 0ld Johns tobacco to-diy9"
In direct contrast 10 him are the Blaekwelrs
ortginators OF the Durham tobacco. They re.
sloe st Durham, N e, spend money freely.
wear big diamonds and live Ike princes But
the prince is Lorillard. whose plug tobacco and
last horses have given him q worldwide repu-
tation Emery, The manufacturer OF the brani
9l topacco and cigarettes known as the Old
Jucge was formerly foreman for Goodwin e.
20. lie started out for himself. discovered a
peculiar method OF preparing his tobacco. and
nov sells more cigarettes THAI ali the rest
save hlnney Bros, who have made a pile OF
MONEY out OF the brand known as the Csporel
OF which. &c Is said they manufacture 96S Oe0-
600 year. Klmball & Co., were formerly
manufacturers OF cigars on a small scale AZ
braid or tobacco and cigarettes known a.
Vanity Fair, out OF which they have maze en
independent fortune. Gail & AK, OF B altI-
more. are two old fashioned German farmers,
out they have made millions In the msuu-
fscture OF snuf. Last year they spent $50 oDe
advertising the Little Joker smoking tobacco
with Oil paintings on dead walls. Among tho
naoceS whom tobacco and paraphernaua per-
telning thereto have made rich are the cDo
pipe makers at Louisville, KY. who make
nearly all that are sold 10 this country Tnsy
made cob pipes fashionable, and now more Of
them are sold than OF almost any other va
riety.
Having listened to the tooacconist's go,g,
concerning the princes in his line OF business
the reporter sauntered about on visit 10 the
leading cigar stores, and talked about the
leading smokers OF the city. Said one dealer:
George Villas, OF the Standard oil company is
q git EDGED smoker. JAS. Gordon Bennett or
the New York Herald TO whom / sold good
many cigars when kept place In New York
smoked cigars costing a dollar apiece. They
are called The Extra Cabinet are very large
come wrapped up In lead foil and are terribly
Joe Emmett. the actor smokes the stroncest
cigars, perhaps, OF any man In America
All the non otpathic Physicians In the city
hold that smoking is unhealthy, but sor2e OF
the alopathic school particularly DIR. Arms,
claim that three cigars a day are not ial lrious
! 10 health. But TOBACCO dealers and doctors
Unite IN saying that there Is more poison IN
one package of cigarettes than In a dozen
cigars, and that the habit OF cigarette smoking
Is doing fearful damage. Said one tobacco
merchant: al have more calls for one partica-
lar brand or cigarettes than any other. When
a young man begins smoking this brand he
seldom leaves Off, The matter Is explained by
the fact that the cigarettes contain NOR
prime. lie Is a fearful fact that scores OF
young men and boys are contracting the NOR
phlne habit by smoking these cigarettes; and
women, too, for that matter, for we sell large
number OF cigarettes to members OF the fair
Sex, especially 10 the dem4- monde.