Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-07
THE PAPER CIGAR.
the Many Ways That People III d
Rid Themselves Of cigar.
cite smoking.


"IHNN a
az thp neasboys and hoolbaoks fnnnig''
n ..ie ipr o-cent packages, and ihen
~" " shnl duwd, II was too much m n
reporter At whosu head Gallons.
hearted tobacconi,t had laanrh.a tbn
NIekoing, began to tro around Win h,s
vanv ipf knol-hole m the ndar Ia drnn
.nl"uRh Ito wondered 10 which rlas.
wv nleotlhedealpf rated him. II Mas
no' n'ogtthef pleasant, but a Cigarette.
euVNNf ~ accustomed % abuse. and ihp
/ lVpolltf had INCOME somewhat hardened
bnI he ialtcNd, srrrWins M M.
I courage ~ talk back 60 the n,giul n,gner
Oh real wooden Indian, oAybat do y,,,
uuIv ~ long ~ you get your prodt.n
'frohll' with ContemblIouR INIT
'Nhnt's Just why de- care, don't rrt
| p'oht enough on them TO nay for hanu.
mug hatdly, and Then they drive nway
e'saf customers, ieOm whom do get
sopu pfoht' You soc, had 10 nut a elan
I up ohlAlde~- No small hnnchcs of pisar.
rttes sold here. Now, there arp son,a
/ ginNh-up ciRurctte-smnkcm whom
/ Woull IKE TO accommodate nv toeblp,,
! inc ahah punches. phpy buy them hr.
oauSc lhcy aic more convenient 10 carry
! foHsibly you are OF That class Ihe ~.
porter frightened yisibly at this some.
what doubtful compliment, and hnd IND
Vudhclty 10 look the proprietor rilht ip
me lace lie really felt ns though be
was on quite soriable terms with him
'buti" he continued, "the maiority mn
boys and The impccnnious cigarette acnd
VINO has got cents aud can't rcsigt tbo
temptation 10 burn these things. Ciqar.
cite tlcnds are lmppcuniuns, as a ruie.
an} way, always think that the fellows
VINO smoke them do II because they can
AFFORD 20 buy clgnls.n
The reporter had begun 20 feel secure
on his inmliur perch, but this lnst ne.
mark delivered IN very mtter,ofiaet
sort OF way, knocked him on as thoupb
sullivan had let him out one from thc
shoulder.
III had time could tell you some
very funny experiences | have had In
connection With cigarettes, but | don't
feel like talking now,n
A bright Idea flashed Ike a meteor
across the murky horizon of tho report
cr's clgarctte.cOnsumcd brain. Ii was
the key 10 the ,hule situation.
Here" he snid, "glve me n Aftocn.
cent cigar and tud time 10 tnlk.n
"Mlld or strongY oh, thank YOU,
don't mind II ! smoke little ono. Some
live years ago had my 1r-t trouble with
cigarettes. was looking around for a
business 60 Invest some money Ia, aud
met an oily ltrcnchumn with u Zig o one
OF these fellows that ara always cuttiDp
the air win their hands so that il makes
You dizzy Seemed like he had Hn ever
moving fence In front uf his face, with his
fingers for the pIckets, We'll, nc had an
idea that was all capitals. II was 10
start factory 80 make cigarette paper
out OF refuse tobacco. lie said Il WIS
worth millions, aud waved me into The
scheme with HIS hand. We leased the
factory aud advertised for waste
tobacco inside OF two days there
WIS II line Of tmmps aud rappick.
ers That reached from the Office door half
Il mile back into the country They all
had bags Of stun with them that thoy
snid was waste tobacco md that they de.
manded our advertised price Of 10 cents
u pound Tor. A little OF IT was cigar
stumps, aud The rest dead leaves and pa.
per that they had rolled Ia the mud and
torn up. We sent them away, but they
eamo aWlln day after day. The news oi
our wants spread, and | think We liad all
the tramps ana yagabunds Ia NewYurls ont
there, They stole everything they could
lay their hands on, aud made " very In
teresting for us, In fact, they actually
took possession ol The whole place aud
helped themselves 60 everything they
wanted Meanwhile we had tried To make
the paper out Of The refuse tobacco from
the faCtorics.h
"Was It Il succcssYH
"No, II wasn't. IL was too brittle We
put somc oh tile market, but Il was no
10, IT couldn't be used at all, Wen, I
lost Il pile OF money I had put Ia all
the money, W the way. The Frcnchman
had put In the Idea. The tranps wore
stu there, aud they were putting ia lots
Of Time They broke my windows ana
threw mud at me. actually had toI
sncnk away from the place ana leave itI
10 thGm. Then ! went In The tobacco
business, but that frouehmnn's idea
always rather sci me against cigarettes
eli isa very difficult matter 90 leave
them on though
"indrcd II ~. | never used them, but
crn understand that from the struggles
people make To cure themselves ot the
habit
800 they succecdf"
every seldom. There WIS profess
sl1nnl rollcr-skatcr who used 90 be
around here good deal last sprluR
Like all r0ller.skaters, he was forever
making cigarettes. He said ne would
give almost anything II he could be cured
OF the habit. 80, unknown 10 him, !
thought | would experiment little, !
ran live or six horsehRIs through every
Cigarette Ia Il bunch, aud gave IL 10 him
the mex. time he called for some Then
] watched him"
"lVhat was the effectYn
"lle no one aud began 10 smoke u.
The hairs silzled and smelt awfully rank, |
Must have tasted pretty tough, TOO lie
looked at Il, snuffcd the smoke, and said |
the brand wasn't as good ~ u ueed 20 be- 3 |
didn't see why no wanted 70 smoke
such miserable things anyway, aud
when II was about hail burned |
threw it AWAY. IN few minutes, though, |
he Nc another IL had just The same
effect. After Che third Que he began 10 |
look Kind OF queer Couldn't understand
why those cigarettes should taste 20 bad
The habit was too much for him, aud he
Rant on smoking until be- had used up |