The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-10-28
THE cIaAA-eNp INDUSTRY. -
A Benevolent Institution In stockhoim--
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n Bonov0Iont INSTITUTION In SeoCkhOlm-
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Not long ago the average American
citizen bit of or cut off the small end of
his cigar, before lighting, and threw It
away. Since an internal stamp duty
was placed on cigars, and their price has
advanced as q consequence, he does not
generally dispose Of the ends in this way.
On the counter of nearly every place
where cigars are sold Is little machine
for cutting of the end before the
smoker places the cigar in his mouth.
The tips fall into receptacle, from
which they are collected at the close of
each day. In some cases they are dis
posed Of to persons who smoke pipes,
and in others they are sold to manufact-
turers of fine-cut or granulated smoking
tobacco.
Stockholm is the headquarters Of q
benevolent tip-saving association,
of which the king of Sweden is presi-
dent. All members of this society pro-
vide themselves with an apparatus for
cutting off the ends Of cigars, with
which is combined box for holding the
fragments. This is carried in the pocket
and can, if desired, be attached to or
made part of cigar-case. At conven-
lent times the contents Of
this little box are emptied into suitable
receptacle, kept at home, and toward
the end of the year the entire collection
of cigar-tips is forwarded to Stockholm.
There they are sold at auction and the
proceeds employed in providing q sumptu-
GUS banquet for poor children. At this
banquet, which usually occurs at Christ
mas or New Year, there Is an illuminated
tree on which presents for the poor chill
dren are placed. Branches Of this asso-
citation have been established in Germany
and Great Britain during the past few
years, and the revenues of the society
are now very large. It is now proposed
to form similar association in the
United States.
In several European countries charred
cigar "stumps" have commercial value.
They are bought by shepherds for max
ing decoction for killing insects on
sheep. Florists also buy them for the
purpose of burning in green houses or
Swinging plants infested by ants or
other insects. Some gardeners employ
them for making nicotine water, which
is said to hasten the growth of certain
Towering plants and to cause them to
put out very large blossoms.
In Paris, according to LIE Temps, col
Letting the "stumps" of cigars and
cigarettes is an industry in which sew
eral hundred persons of both sexes are
regularly engaged. To be successful in
this business it is necessary to be up
early and late. Late at night, discarded
rolls of tobacco can be seen by the fire
on them. The collectors accordingly
throng theatres, opera houses, concert
saloons, restaurants, and wine-shops,
ready to pick up the fragments of cigars
and cigarettes that the patrons of these
places throw into the street. The boule-
wards and parks are visited early every
morning, long before the sweepers make
their rounds. The remnants collected
are stored during the day and spread out
on paper to dry. Some of the fine to-
bacco is made over" into cigarettes, A
portion of it is converted into snuff. The
leaves in cigars, deprived of the ashes
and burned portions, are sold for smok-
ing in pipes. The walters in restaurants
save the cigar and cigarette ends left on
plates and sell them to dealers or manu-
facturers. Thus hundreds of people pro-
vide themselves with the necessities of
life in saving the remains of the luxur-
les of the rich.-Chicago Times.