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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-17
THE STRENGTH OF CIGARS.
Kansas City Dealer Says 1t Is Not
Indicated by the Color.

u Kansas City Dealer Says 1t Is Not
Indicated by the Color.
''Tt is surprising" said a prominent
tobacco man the other day, "the amount
of misinformatiCn that prevails among old
smokers even in reference to the strength
OF cigars as indicated by the color of the
wrapper. These colors run from claro,
the hghtese, TO SscUro, the darkest, but
the latter is a very rare color and is sell
dom seen nowadays. Now, ninety nine
smokers out of a hundred fancy that the
strength of the tobacco is regulated by
the color of the cigar, but ii is a great
mistake 1t has little or nothing TO do
with it whatever, but the man who calls
for a claro walks off entirely satisfied hat
he is necessarily smoking a mild cigar,
whereas he might have bought q Maduro
and got milder one.
81 will tell you why. A packer will
have before him on y table q large num-
Der of cigars, the wrappers of which will
vary in color from a light yellow down to
an almost black shade. The filler, re-
member, in all these is exactly the same.
Well, he will pick out the hghtest in the
lot, lay them TO one si6e, pick out the
next lightest and place them to one side,
until nothing but the very darkest are
left The first lot will be packed away
into boxes stamped Claro, the second in
boxes stamped Colorado and the third in
boxes stamped Maduro. There are, OF
course, intermediate grades, such as Colo
RADIO Claro and Colorado Maduro, but you
see that the Claro box contains just as
strong a cigar as the Maduro. There
may be a little difference owing to the
color Of the wrapper, but that is very
slight. The color is determined entirely
by the packer, and the distinction is made
solely because cigars of a uniform color
look moresattractive.
Here, for instance, are two. boxes of CT
gars both stamped Colorado. One is the
Maradona, made from the Vuelta Arbajo
district tobacco; the other is the Arletta,
made from the tobacco of Partidas dis
trict These cigars are of about the same
strength, and yet the Arletta is much the
darker. Now, the ordinary smoker would
be almost certain to take the MaradonR il
he wanted mia and the Arletta IL he
wanted a strong cigar. Tue supposed diff
ference in strength as indicated by the
color is purely imaginary. kansas City
Journal 'Rustler.''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-17

1t is said that whisky is being made
from old rags. Any clothes observer
will remember instances where whisky
has made rags aDkerS Statesman
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

appeared at the window. "Ieave me;
you Will have time. Take grandfather
firstl"
But her plea was unheeded. With
arms like steel, he raised her and
sprang ont the window, just as some
one else dashed past them into the old
mans chamber.
Out into the cold air and starry
heavens he staggered under his almost
helpless burden ~ scorched, burned,
gasping for breath, but alive, bearing
the old man, so we'll wrapped in blan-
kets that he was not harmed a par
ticle.
"Who saved me?" he asked, in a
husky voice. "Was it John ?"
"No," some one answered; cit was
Charles Knight, and he is seriously
hurt and burned"
just then the old man heard a moan
of anguish and wOman's sob, and his
dim eyes beheId the PROSTATE form
upon the grass, over which Marie bent,
weeping bitterly.
Take him where he will be cared
for" cried the old man, eagerly; "some-
body who is young and strong carry
him tenderly; and you, Marie, come
too Let the house go; that is 4 small
matter, so we lose no life"
To a near neighbours they bore him,
and none was tenderer or more anx-
ious for his recovery than the foymerly
irate old grandfather.
"His hands may be white, Marie
dear, but they were strong enough to
save my lie. heard you call to John,
and know he did not come; perhaps
he remembered that viii at Ledson's"
with a grimace). However that may
be, the will is all right. Grandfather
wasn't as unjust as he pretended, and
the big farm is equally divided. [ shall
build fine new house upon your por-
ton, Marie, and all the rent I ask dur
ing my lifetime is a corner by your
freside and little of your love.
"Dear old grandfather, how good you
are, " sobbed Marie. "We shall be SO
glad to have you, and Charlie and /
Will do all we can to make you happy.
And to-day it would give any one a
thrill of JOY to visit Marie in her beau
tiful home and see how fond Grand
father Ross is of his little namesake,
Willie, and how proud of his talented,
rising grandsOn-in-law.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

farmers started from the house to the
barn, missed it, nd were found frozen
to death not twenty feet from shelter
Persons have wandered miles away
and persisted niserably in attempting
to cross a fifty-foot street. These in
stances would be Incredible were they
not attested by a mountain of proof.
It is almost impossible to keep the
interior of a house warm during a biz
zard. The intense cold and the fearful
wind seem to extract every particle of
warmth, and there is danger of freezing
in the same room with a red-hot stove.
All business is suspended, and the
only care is to preserve life. There is
no use searching for the lost ones; no
one knows in what direction they are,
or if they did, it would be impossible
to reach them. Cries for help are in
audible six feet away.
Railroad hands are the greatest suf-
ferers from billiards.. A train may be
caught on the open prairie and held
for forty-eight hours.
Hunger is added to cold, and death
not infrequentIy ensues among the pas
sengers. On freight trains the men are
exposed to dreadful exposure, and it is
hard to see how any one can stand it.
Golden DnYS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

or Sae weather ana even Of events.
Spaniards IA the sixteenth century be
Iieved that spiders indicated gold when
they were found in abundance. Az
though a sacred insect among the
Egg 1tians, the beetle receives but lite
tie notice In folklore. It is unIucly In
England to xiii one In Germany Sc is
said TO indieats good luck to have a
spider spin his web downward toward
you, but bad luck when he rises toward
you
The grasshopper is a sufficiently I'M
welcome visitanJ Of himself IN this
country, but IN Germany his presence
is further said to announce strange
guests. A Welsh tradition says bees
came from Paradise, leaving the gar
den when man fell, but with Gods
blessing. SO that wax Is necessary in
the celebration of the mass. The an
clients generally maintained that there
was q close connection between bees
and the soul. Porphyry speaks Of
"thOse souls which the ancients called
bees. 1t is said that upon the backs
of the seYen~year lOcusbs there some
times appear marks like q letter of the
alphabet. When this looks like a "
1t is thought that war is imminent.
German tribes regard stag beetles as
diabolic, and all beetles are detested
in Ireland, more especially a bronze
variety known as "gOoIdie. 1t is also
believed that to see a beetle viii bring
on rain the next dav.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
HIS HANDS WERE WHITE
BY ABBIE G. 11'KEEvER.

Grandfather Ross was in a passion
Grandfather Ross was in the habit of
getting In a passion, but this time his
fury was unbOunded, and all because
mis- pretty granddaughter had fallen in
love with a poor young lawyer and
promised to be his wife.
"YOu shameless huzzyg he cried,
stamping up and down the veranda
and almost walking without the aid of
his cane, as he swung it to and fro
viciously. "What do you mean by
such conduct-such utter and-and
prepOsterOus stubbornness? How dare
you tell me you intend to marry that
pOverty-stricken, white-handedf fortune
hunter ?"
Grandfather, he is not fortune
hunter, and you must not call him
suchl"
"He's a lazy villain, who has lain in
wait for Just such a dainty mOrseI as
yourself, Marie-and your half of my
fine lands. Do you think I don't know
the secret of his devotion, and you are
just silly enough to marry him for all
that"
81 love him, grandfather. and --"
"Tut, tut; all moonshine; a girls
fancy. Here is John Ferris, now, who
is everything girl could desire, and
then the farm need not be divided"
Il don't want your farm, grand
father, only your forgiveness and love,
and when Charlie and are"
"Therel there! don't Charlie him
TO me-the-the despicable scamp
I'll viii all my property to John be-
fore the sun sets, and we'll see what
Mr.. Charles Knight Will say to that. "
The curtains at the parlor window
trembled little, ali unpesceived by
Marie or her grandfather; but soon
with soft footsteps a dark-eyed, and
Just now dark-browed young man, with
a triumphant look upon his face
emerged from the back porch and
made his way to the stables.
"I'li take him at his word, so I viii
The old dotard is IN the right humol
now, and Mare is altogether too high
toned to make any trouble over 1t.
And driving around in the carriag
he called out pleasantly:
Grandfather, do you or Maria wan
to go to the village?"
ayes, said the old man IN an irritat
ed. angry voice, Il do; I might as wei
go at once and have 1t over with.
he permitted John to help him int
the carriage and drive him off in tn
direction of the village.
"PoOr old grandfather, sighe
Marie, following them with her teal
f1I gaze, IF you could only know job
"a 7 know him." and then she went q
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

For several years past pillclcgists
have been at loggerhea6s over the deri-
vation OF the word blizzard. I5 Is
old English. il IS Erench, it Is Indian.
it was invented, It "iust grew like
TOpsy, and 50 on, until we are all Just
as wise IS we were before. But il really
makes no difference, the main point
being to know what q blizzard Is.
There are no words In our language
so persistentIy misused as Cyclone"
and blizzard. During the summer
season every time the wind reaches the
velocity of a gale-forty to sixty miles
an hour-6he papers call it a cyclone,
and in winter when gale occurs, ac-
cOmpanied with snow, the same author
tiles agree that 1t is a blizzard.
They are wrong. A cyclone IS 3 re-
volving storm Of great magnitude; the
so-calIed cyclone of the Western States
being tornado which reYOIves in q
gale and snow fall to the depth Of six
feet and yet not make a blizzard.
A blizzard means something as near
~ as possible like the sand-stOrm of the
desert, with pulverized ice in place Of
sand, and a very low temperature
never above zero in a genuine blizzard.
A tremendous wind prevails, filling
the air with needle-points of ice, which
cut and sting like miniature arrows
wherever they strike. This is the storm
which benumbs, bewilders and de-
strOys.
During the prevalence Of a blizzard
the strong and weak are alike helpless.
knowledge of locality counts for Moth
ing; the victim is really blind and oaa
but grope his way. A man may go ten
yards from his own door and never be
able to find his way back.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
.sRunning,, the PIebes at AnnapoIig.

'sRumning'' the PIebes at Annapolis.
Scene-A room in the hotel. Half a
dozen candidates discovered, busy over
their books. A loud knock on the door
is heard. Enter two very small cadets,
in blue uniforms bright with brass but
tons. Candidates all rise and anxiOusIy
await developments. One of the cadets
says, loftily-" Good afternoon, young
gentlemen"
Candidates reply in chorus Good
afternoon.
Small Cadet Csternly to Marryat)-
What's your name?
Marryat (nervOusly) Brown.
Small Cadet (severely)-BrOWn
Marryat lat a guess = Marryat
Brown.
Small Cadet (scowling) Marryat
Brown what?
One of the candidates has evidently
been a party to some previous inter
view, for he whispers something to
Marryat, who replies with more conf
dence-BrOwn, sir.
Small Cadet - AhLthat's much
better. And how do You spell it, Mr.
Brown?
Marryat- Brown, sir.
Small Cadet-Try it again, Mr..
Brown.
1farryat Cafter a second prompting
by the knowing candidate)-B, sir; ?,
sir; o, sir; ", sir; n, sir; Brown, sir.
Small Cadet-YOu spell well. Ever
bone any math (In English Have you
ever studied mathematics p
NIarryat (hesitating )-Ye-ye-ye sir.
Small cadet with lightning like ra-
piditv)-If a herring and a half cost u
cent and half, whab1 half a herring
cost? Quick (ATarryat pOnders.) ooh,
you'll biIge!7 (Which latter remark,
being translated, means that Marryat is
sure to fail at the examination and be
rejected-}
Thus the nonsense goes on. Other
candidates are called IN and made to
cut drOlI capers. Reciting cllildren's
rhymes, singing songs, playing circus,
initiating animals, and hundred other
absurdities are gone through with.
The cadets never smile. They move
among the others like superior beings,
demanding homage which IS freely
given. The admiring candidates, abash-
ed at finding themselves so green, long
for the time when they too can sWag-
Ger and exact the deferentiaI SIR, and
ill their conversation with nautical
/ phrases. But even running" Is now
considered as another form of hazing,
and Is fast taking its place among the
| lost arts-sTOh73 Il. Gibbons, Z. s. n,
IN ST. Nicholas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
Pleasant Travelling Companions.

Here is a story of adventure on g
French railway. One morning, about
6 o'clock, as the employees of the Care
st. LaZare were examining as usual
the railway carriages of the train that
had left Havre at 10 o'clock the pre-
viOus evening, they found in the com
partment of q second-class carriage &
man gagged and bound hand and foot
with cords. They carried the man to
the COmmissary Of Police. He was
unbound and ungagged. He told his
story as follows / got into the train at
Dieppe. At ROuen two men got into
the same compartment with me.
went to sleep When I woke up no
ticed that my felIow-trayeler spoke to
each other in whispers, and avoided
showing themselves in the light. /
was doing between Nantes and Meu-
Ian, when I was aroused by the two
men jumping on me and gagging me
before 1 could utter cry. l tried to
defend myself, but was perfectly help
less, as one of the men held me down
with a knee on my chest. My arms
and legs were then tied. One of the
men then rified my pockets. They
took my pocket-boOk, containing 9
large sum Of money, and my watch and
chain. Let US throw him out of the
windowi" exclaimed one of the men
taking hold of my right leg. No; bet
ter kill him and have done with him I
exclaimed his companion. But at thii
moment the train arrived at POissy
The two robbers then got out of the
train and closed the door of my com
DartInent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

ecutiYe work, and then there is a large
general Office where he appears when
encored by the pOpuIace and where he
bows and tries to look pleasant when
paved over by strangers, for instance,
who have just visited Niagara and then
desire to scrutinize the Governor of
New York.
He has a cold, calm eye, with which
he encouraged me to forget some bright
and bOnhOmme things which 1 had
thought of saying to him. / had IN
tended to chirk him up with a few
buoyant thoughts of which I am the
parent, but [ did not do it, and L am
glad now that I did not.
Governor Hill is one of our most es-
teemed coterie of baId-headed men.
Some say that I resemble him a lit
tie, but people who have seen us to-
gether, talking over the future of our
common country, say that they can
readily distinguish the Governor from
me. His figure is more commanding
than mine and his carriage is more
graceful and has redder wheels than
mine. When we walk together people
easily pick me out because / walk with
more freedom and a sinuOus movement
which takes up most of the sidewalk.
An old teamster with whom I ass0ci-
ated once said that I would never make
a good roadster as my feet did not
"track." My walk is more extempO-
raneous than Governor Hills. He
possesses a conscious dignity which
sadly lack This lack of dignity
secures for me at a strange hotel
the room in which former guests have
been in the habit of blowing out the
gas, or their brains, such as they are !;
and there is soiIed place on the
threshold of the transom where the
bell boy has been in the habit of
crawling over to examine the deceased.
This room also has an Old-fashioned
bell cord in 1t, witha wOolly tasseI at
the end, while the other is tied to a
brick building on the next block.
After holding the hand of the Gov
ernOr for quite a while, and trying to
think of something TO say to him which
would fix my face in his memory for
four years, I said we were having
rather an open winter. it seemed to
me, and then, gently but reluctantly,
I gave him back his hand, to do with
it as he might think best. There being
no obstacles placed in my way at this
time, I came away by means Of the
door, which was held ajar by man
who seems to have the entire con-
fdencs of the Governor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
She Was Right.

@Idon't know what I should do with
out YOU, darling, he whispered tenderiy.
But she was IN one Of her little TEN
pers. "Don't talk bosh, George, she
said. You'd eat, drink, smoke, sleep,
and wear paper collars, Just as you do
now. There, now.
All the sweet sentiment In that
Young mans soul rOza up never 70
thaw again. But she was right. He's
doing without her now. and ne does It
just that way
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

The little boy drew a long breath
and fixed himself for a nap in the end
of the Few.
Tommy, whispered his mother,
don't go to sleep. The sermon viii
soon be over.
81 can't stay awake fifteen minutes
longer, MANN, said Tommy, drowsily.
Hes Just got to in CONCLUSION, my
friends, Let me remark. ~ Chicago
I3>iGlLlte
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
Inseef SHperstiltIons

The Koran says all flies shall perish
save one-the bee fly. It Is regarded
as a death warning IN Germany to hear
crickets cry, says London I'jd-B5ts-
The Tapuya Indians In South America
say the devil assumes the form OF a fly.
Rain Is. IN some parts of the country,
expected TO follow unusually loud
chipping Of crickets. Flies are re-
garded as Turn Ill -7ro Tnost5eatlons
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
Making It Sure.

at must be an awful thing to be
buried alive. said old Mr. Squag-
gleton as he put aside his paper.
Dreadful. said old Mrs. SquaggIe-
ton looking up from her knitting.
I hope you'll never allow me to be
buried alive, the old man said, after a
pause.
81 won't, she said, I'll have you
opened to see what was the matter
with you and that viii kill you dead
enough. Boston Courier.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

to her own room and, throwing light
shawl over her shoulders, returned TO
the Yeranda and wandered slowly down
the lane to meet her lover.
She turned her face back once and
glanced lovingly over the beautiful
homestead, the fine, low bOttom-lands
at her right hand, the towering wood
land at her left, all of which was very
valuable and ought by right to be half
her own some day.
"Dear old home, +" she unused. whose
every meadow and woodland IS loved
so dearly, can and must give you
up, for love Charlie far, far more.
"You may drive me to Lawyer Led
sons, {" ordered Grandfather Ross, "and
leave me for an hour or two" And
John all too willingly obeyed him.
What transpired in the lawyers Office
John could only surmise by his grand
fathers jubilant spirits and bright,
twinkling eyes.
Eve fixed that young fortune-hun-
ter, so have, but I left the will with
Ledson; I thought it best. You'll
take good care of the dear old farm,
John?"
Eyes, the best possible"
"And-and you won't see little Marie
suffer?"
"No, sir, replied John, but to Grand
father Ross his answer seemed harsh
and cold, notwithstanding its prompt
assurance.
Marie awoke one night with a strange
sense of sufocation, and, springing out
of bed, she rushed to the door Of her
chamber only to be driven back by a
sudden rush Of flames up the stairway.
ooh, grandfather, grandfather she
cried. "He cannot get out Of his room
Poor old grandfather! No, no, John, +"
she said to the person who suddenly
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

BY FRANC L. Stone.

Hat have we here
IAN orphan asylum or
free 1unchI" excIaim-
ed the business man
ager OF q Chicago
newspaper as he en-
tered the Office and
beheld q m tie Y
group of boys Of
various sizes, appear
ance, and depOrt-
ment.
We advertised for
a boy last night. you
remember this is
the reDIv rasDORT7-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

PORTABLE electric lights, arranged to
hang on the button of ones coat, and
with a parabolic reflector to eoncen-
trate the light, with storage batteries
weighing il pounds each, are made TO
by night.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

ed one of his staff of assistan. 8, with
comprehensive wave of the hand to-
ward the numerous collection.
"Oh, that's iti Well, boys" he con
tinued, addressing the youngsters, al
suppose you all want the position.
Yes, sir, they choTused.
"WeII I can't give it to all of you.
I think I shall have to apply a test. !"
said the willy manager, with twinkle
Of the eye. Follow me.
He led the way to a back Office,
which was vacant at. that hour, fol-
lowed by the band Of youthful as
pirants, who crowded about him eager
ly as he closed the door upon their
conference
"How many Of you can say & saw a
tall, slim, slick sapling' three times
without stopping or making mis-
take?" asked the manager.
The boys tried once around without
a single success, whereupon they were
told to remain where they were and
practice awhile, when they would be
accorded another trial.
No sooner had the man quit the
apartment than the boys chOrused the
words together, producing a comical
iingle-jangle, and hearty peal Of
laughter followed.
After a quarter of an hour spent in
this way the novelty of the situation
was worn off, and the divers express
sions that framed the applicants faces
presented a varied study for an artist
or character reader. Curiosity, be-
wilderment, disgust. chagrin, were
painted there, and when the big clock
had slipped by another quarter of an
hour, the first overt demons tratiOn of
the general dissatisfaction was evil
denced by a boy siding to the door
and shooting out.
When the business manager returned
to the room, an hour after leaving it
full almost to overflow of ambitious
humanity, but one aspirant remained.
i saw tall, slim, slick sapling, ,"
the boy was saying in concise, clear,
rapid tones, over and over again, with
out the slightest hesitancy; and it is
needless to add that he was engaged
on the spot.
Ridiculous as the test may casually
appear, the man, whose large expe-
rience from dealing with the general
public daily gave him quick insight
into human character, had satisfied
himself that the boy possessed three
qualities indispensable to a good en-
plOye - determination, perseverance,
and self-Feliance. The youth had evil
denced them all by accomplishing per-
fectIY what was given him to do, not
Withstanding its seeming fOOlishness
and the fact that it had been accepted
as hoax by two-thirds of the fifty boys
who had, one by one, left him sole mas
ter Of the situation. Chicago LEDGER
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05

9WHEN you ygri5e to a member OF
Congress for information on any sub
5eet, you are sure to get frank reply,
provided ne q e-.7ars your Letter.