Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-07-26
IA CTS ABOUT CIGARS.
TOLD BYg8A ToBACcoNlsT WHO
/ HAS STUDIED THE SUBJECT.


] grant Havana--some Heavy Smokers.
much has been written about cigars
and smokers" said La Sale street to-
bacconist, "but there are some things
that haven't been told yet. For in.
stance, do you know that dry smoking
Is on the increase: y dry smoke is max.
ing away with the cigar without lighting
it-crunching. chewing, crushing away
on it with the teeth until the last particle
Of juice is extracted"
What is the origin Of this habitT'
asked the reporter, as lie pulled away at
q fragrant Havana the cigar dealer had
passed over 10 him.
I'm nearly every case 1t begins with
heart scare. You see, in some forms Of
dyspepsia the stomach distends with
wind and presses trifle against the
heart. The smoker turns pale as he re-
fleets that the red corpuscles Of the blood
have become triangulated. as his scien-
tific doctor told him they would, and
now he must give up smoking if he
would live. But giving up smoking is,
with most tobacco users, far easier said
than done. Then comes the compromise
The frightened smoker holds the cigar in
his mouth but does not light it, Every
nerve in his body is a-quiver, and moth
ing but the extract of tobacco will allay
that nervousness. The teeth press down
upon the unlighted torch. the nicotinous
fluid starts. This is a dry smoke. The
man soon learns to like it, and the habit
grows upon him just as the real fire
smoke habit had done. But he is no bet
ter of. He gets fully as much tobacco
into his system by that practice as by the
other--in many cases more
Can a man get away with many CT.
gars IN that wayT'
IL should say SO, have customer
IA well known attorney-who buys
daily a box Of twenty-five imported Ha-
vana cigars, for which he pays me $3.50,
or eighteen cents apiece. He is wealthy
and can afford the expense. He dry
smokes these cigars pretty thoroughly,
too. have another customer-a real
estate broker, aud one Of the most COM
;Mnionable and sociable Of fellows--who
s'uys thirty straight ten-cent domes-
tic cigars every morning, and he smokes
every one OF them himself. Should he
give one to friend he buys another to
take its place. He is systematic in oil
things, and he will smoke no more and
noless than the number mentioned"
The reporter subsequently saw this
broker, who confirmed the statement,
and denied that his nerves or his health
were in any wise affected by the large
number Of cigars lie smoked.
Mems whims and caprices are shown
as decidedly in the matter Of cigars as
in anything in the world, A physician,
and popular one, too, smokes just
seven cigars . day, no more and no less,
and they are of special brand. He has
smoked them for thirteen years. Dur
ing all this time, he assures me, he has
never smoked one more or one less than
seven day. Physicians are called out
SO irregularly that ono would least ex-
pect to find method in their ranks yet
he has regular hour for smoking, and
will let nothing interfere with it, He
pays twenty-five cents apiece for his
cigars"
s'Is there such acute taste as that in
cigars' Is it possible for o man to be
educated up to particular brand. so
that he can enjoy no other?'
imagination plays biz part in that
particular. A certain brand which has
had a big run will suddenly grow un-
popular. Smokers will declare the
quality has deprecated, but such is not
the case. Any honest manufacturer will
seek above all things to maintain the
quality. It's Imagination. | demon
strated that once to my entire satsfac-
ton. had an excellent brand, which
for convenience I'll call the 'Escurial,
but it palled on my customers taste.
Knowing it to be splendid cigar, the
Qest quality Of goods carried, got the
manufacturer to change tho name to-.
WE'LL let mo call it The Amber and at
once those who had rejected it under an
other name took to it handsomely. That
was q year ago, and l have no more
popular cigar in my entire stock"
"Has the color Of the wrapper any
thing to do with the strength Of cigars?"
1T has very little. You will observe
how small a part Of the weight it is. It
is the filler, the great inside bulk. which
determines the quality Of cigars
strength, and not the binder or the
wrapper, neither Of which constitutes a
twentieth part of the volume OF goods
used"
"Concerning favored Havana cigars?''
There it is again. How often have !
heard self styled connoisseurs in import
ed cigars invite attention to the delight
full perfume in certain brand and allege
thai therein is the virtue Of the cigar.
t"Let mo tell you there is not manu-
facturer in Havana who ever did or ever
will export a: scented cigar. They do
place stems in a hogshead and fill it with
water, and use the water when it be.
comes impregnated with the strength of
the stems for the sprinkling of the tobac.
CO when they work it, But this is done
TO give slightly added strength to the
goods, not to perfume it. There is no
essence or extract on the face Of the
earth that can compare in excellence,
from the smokers standpoint, with the
natural bouquet Of choice tobacco grown
in, Cub,l Let me get back to the wrap.
per business to say this:
Don't you know that the Sumatra
wrapper Is being used more and moro
by domestic manufacturers, not to impart
any distinctive flavor, or to give strength
or 10 take it away from the cigar, but in
order to add to its comeliness, the leaf be-
ing very smooth and pretty? If the wrap
per affected the strength Of the cigar to
any extent, or interfered In any degree
: with its flavor, manufacturers would not,
as they do here daily in America, put a
Sumatra wrapper around a filler OF inn
ported Havana tobacco which is Of far
better quality and Of more desirable
strength. Chicago Herald
49, Lifo -. sandrtnsham.
: Nothing can be happier and more
peaceful! than the life at Sandringham
md whether alone or entertaining their
friends, the Prince and Princess Of Wales
4 are an ideal host and hostess They dc
not, az a rule, appear ct breakfast; bu!
shortly after II they come down and
spend the rest Of the day with theil
guests. In winter luncheon is generally
taken at some cottage near where skat
ing il going on, and the princess and the
4 guests join the skaters and walk with
then, after luncheon is over Tea Is al
ways ready in the hall at 8. and every
one appears. the men III velvet suits and
knickevbuckers, and the ladies' in TED
d gowns Dinner Is at g., and tile evening
Y ssSassed either in dancing OF games. and
! about II the prince and princess give
8: tile signal for retiring. and those who SO
d 4, bed On rly car pet Il, rest: ,rt the ma