St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
st. Paul Leads Every City in
the Number of Smokers,
Excepting Chicago.
The Mckinley Tariff Has Re-
dueed the Sale OF I'M
ported Cigars.
Gov. Merriam and the Society
Men Revel in a Large
Sized Perfeeot,
While Mayor Smith and the
Every Day Citizen Are Con-
tent With DomeSticS.

q larger population of smokers than st.
Paul, and that is Chicago. The men of
St. Paul are nearly all smokers, and
they generally smoke cigars, only an
occasional pipe smoker being found.
Very few cigars below the grade Of
three for a quarter are sold at the cigar
stands, and The cheap stOgie, so com
mon in the East and South, is almost
absolutely unknown to the dealers here.
There are but few st. Paulites who
would pollute their taste with stogle
OF chero0t if given them. Like many
other places, there are numerous cigar
cite smokers among the SANITY citi-
Zens. The wholesale grOcers and job
bers in cigars handle great quantities OF
cigars, ranging from S35 to $40 per
1000, in their out-Of-tOwn trade.
Many of these are made IN the south or
East. but a great many are of home
make. Marcus Johnson has, during
the past year, collected revenue for the
manufacture Of 100000 cigars in his
district OF this number Z, 004. 100 were
manufactured in St Paul. The trade
in domestic cigars is not so great. how
ever, in st. Paul as that in imported
cigars. W. ). Dennis imported last year
I, POO, 600 cigars, ranging in grade from
a good cigar to those Of very high grade
and price. 1t is estimated by well in
formed man that about 75.000.e00 of
imported cigars are brought to St. Paul
annually. The smokers of the better
grade of imported cigars are quite nu-
meTOuS. Many such persons are men
OF wealth, although some of the rich
men OF ST. Paul smoke cigars worth S65
per thousand.
The commercial travellers smoke g God
cigars. as do also the young men who
draw good salaries in the various lines
of business. Professional men also
smoke the better varieties. Men who
patrOniZe the race track are given to
smokers Of the higher grade. The hab-
tues Of the Minnesota CLUB are served
With ShapeIy Rolls
of the leaf, varying from two for quar-
ter TO three for q dollar. Since the pas
sage of the Mckinley bill and the con-
sequent sharp advance in price OF the
imported cigar. its sale has diminished.
aud the general smokers Of an imported
grade have fallen back to the Key
West of the better grade or clear Ha-
Yana.
The preferences of some well known
citizens may be gwen.
Gov. William r. Merriam INDUCES in
4 large-siZed PerfectO.
ID. c. Shepard smokes Petit
Ducks.
Collector Of Internal Revenue Marcus
Johnson smokes an imported cigar, but
sticks to no particular brand.
John c. Stone chooses fine imported
grade.
J. Quincy HasS smokes a Key West.
Frank Seymour favors the PerfectO.
Frank Shaw, OF the Twin City Jockey
club. smokes either a PerfectO or an
Invincible.
Hon. c. II. Lienau likes a fairly good
President of the Council 0. 0. Cullen
smoked imported cigars prior to the
passage Of the Mckinley bill. but his
aversion to the ''rObber tariff led him
to escheW the foreign weed. He now
smokes a we'll seasoned domestic cigar
OF excellent brand.
Custodian Pat Egan smokes a
domestic ten cent straight"
County Auditor NJ. f. Kahn confines
his Indulgence to good union label
Toll.
County Treasurer A. \. Nelson
smokes but little, bnt keeps on hand
several boxes of ten cent cigars of which
he offers literally 10 his many friends.
BaZ w. Armstrong usually smokes an
imported ten cent straight. but on Sun
day and holidays his taste for a better
grade prompts him to improve the
grade to three for fifty cents"
The DOimestIc FIend.
NJ. J. Donnelly's poetic visions are
seen through the smoke Of ten cent
domestic.
Harry W. Wack would not cloud his
clear complexion with Indifferent smOk-
ing. but occasionally INDUCES in "a
three Tor a half"
Incorporation Attorney Oscar E.
Holman likes good Havana. The Far
ragut is his favOTite.
William Rhodes buys a good Havana
usually the Farragut OF Mi Perla.
Hon. William p. Murray likes a good
domestic brand, and often buys the Ell
Marco or Empress Eugenia brands.
George Thompson smokes a fine i'm
ported PerfectO.
A. B. Sibley likes the "Club SOcials."
Crawford Livingston sticks to an I'M
ported PerTeetO.
Mayor Robert A. Smith sticks to the
mild domestic cigar.
Corporation Attorney Dan W. Law
leT's fayOrite is Cream-de-la-Creame at
two for quarter.
". II. Farnham's choice is Key West
I0-cent straight.
United States Marshal J. c. DOna-
hover rarely INDUCES in any other than
d MurrillO of medium strength.
Frank P. Blair smokes Princess, Es-
pana or Opera Reina."
Col p. T. Barr chooses a Havana
usually Of the Garcia or La Espanolla
brands.
{. ID. O'Brien clings to a full-favored
Havana.
J. E. Stryk er always wants Havana
usually the "Farragut'' or Diplomat
icus."
Judge P. ". Locke usually asks for a
small. finely favored imported cigar.
A. Z. Bushnell's brand is La Rosa,
u ebster or CuTaha.
Robert Manufacturer smokes a fine i'm
ported cigar, usually the Reina Victoria
or Perfecto.
William N. Carson, the mayors pri-
vate secretary, smokes domestic brands
either Carolina" American Girl, !"
Or a Virginia seeding stogis.
Prendergast's Favorite.
City Clerk Tom Prendergast loves an
imported cigar of the better grade.
Aid. COnley smokes the same kind
that the king bee Of Democracy" uses,
mot very fine. but good enough for an
alderman"
Sheriff Ed S. Bean usually smokes an
excellent domestic cigar.
County Commissioner Liedman's IA
yorite is a small-siZed delicately favored
Havana.
Hon. c. y. Bell is a periodical smoker.
and usually smokes Spanish brand of
good flavor.
City Treasurer George Refs likes the
HuntresS brand.
Hon. T. S. Battley's fayorite brand is
Nict0ria-le-Regina.
5. X. Hawes buys a good imported
cigar.
Frank Rober has fondness for the
EQuivalentla.
Probate Judge Olivier buys a 1O-cent
domestic.
Judge Frederick Nelson smokes a