Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-06-27
FACTS ABOUT CIGARS.
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s4As STUDIED TAE SUBJECT.

daCConlst4 Dut There are some things
that haven't betn told vet For in.
stance. do YOU know that dry smoking
is on the increase? A dry smoke Is max.
ing away with the cigar without lighting
it---crunching chewing. crushing away
ON il with the teeth until the last particle
Of juice Is extracted
what j. the origin ~ this habit"
asked the reporter, as he pulled away nj
fragrant Havana the cigar dealer had
passed over Ia him
In nearly every case Il begins with
heart scare You see. IN some forms OF
dyspepsia the stomach distends with
wind and presses a tritle against the
heart The smoker turns pale as he re-
fleets that the red corpusclcs Of the blood
have become triangulatei as his scien-
tiiic doctor told him they would, and
now he must give up smoking II 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 hat does not light 1t Every
nerve IN his bo,ly il a-quiver. and moth.
ing but the extract of tobacco will allay
that nervousness The teeth press down
upon the unlightei torch, the nicotinous
tluid starts This is dry smoke. The
man soon learns To like il. and the habit
grows upon him just as the real fire
smoke habit had done But he is no bet.
ter off 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
gaFs in that way
Il should say 80 have a customer
IA well known attorney-who buys
daily box of twenty five imported Iia
vana cigars. Tor which he pays me $780,
or eighteen cents apiece He Is wealthy
and can afford the expense. He dry
smokes these cigars pretty thoroughly.
ton have another customer-a real
estate broker. and one of the most com
ianionable and suciable Of fellows--who
i'uys thirty-five straight ten-cent dornes-
tic cigars every morning. and he smokes
every one of them himself Should he
give one Ia friend he buys another to
take its place lie is systematic in all
things. and he will smoke no more and
no less than the number mentioned.
The reporter subsequently saw this
broker. vino confirmed the statement
and denied that his nerves or his health
were in any wise affected by the large
number of cigars he smoked.
Mems whims and caprices are shown
al decidedly in the matter Of cigars a.
in anything in the world A physician,
and "A popular one, too, smokes just
seven cigars a 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 irregulariy that one would least OK.
pect To- find method IN their ranks. vet
he has regular hour FOR smoking. and
will let nothing interfere with IT, lie
pays twenty five cents apiece for hi,
cigars
Il there such acute taste as that n
cigars. Is it possible for man 10 h
educated up to particular brand 81
that he can enjoy no othersa
=" Imagination plays big part in thai
particular certain brand which ha.
had big run will suddenly grow un
popular Smokers will declare the
f quality has deprecated, but such is moi
the case Any honest manufacturer viii
seek above all things TO maintain I'll,
+ quality It's Imagination demon
strated that once 10 my entire satisfac
i ton had an excellent brand. which
for convenience I'll call the Escurial.
] but II palled ON my customers taste
/ Knowing il TO be a splendid cigar, TN
/ qest quality Of goods carried got III,
manufacturer to change the name to-
well. lei me cali Il The Amber. and n
once those who had rejected il under an
other name took TO IL handsomely Tina
was a year ago. and ! have no NOR
popular cigar in my entire stock.
Has the color OF the wrapper any
thing 10 do with the strength of cigars
II has very little. You will obsery
how small part of the weight it is
H. the filler the great inside bulk, whie
determines the quality of a cigar
strength and not the binder or IN
wrapper. neither Of which constitutes
iNNithaH t'1tA VI tht NoihitS VI koou
used
Concerning favored Havana cigars:
There il is again How often have
heard sell STYLED connoisseurs in import
Cd cigars invite attention TO the delight
ful IL rfnme in a certain brand and alleg
that therein Is the virtue of the cigar
let me tell YOU there is not a manl
facyurer in Havana whoev did or eve
will export d scented cigar. They Il
place stems in IA hogshead and fill i. wit
water. and usp the water when IL b,
comes impregnated with the strength c
the stems for the sprinkling Of the tobs.s
60 wien they work il But this Is don
to give slightly added strength to III
goOd-. no, To perfume il There is u
eSSei3re OF extract on the face of tll
earth that can compare in excellence
from the smokers standpoint. with th
natural bouquet Of choice tobacco grow
~ Cuba let me get back to the wraJ
rer business 20 sly this
hint you know that the Sumafr
wrapper = being used more and nof
10y domestic manufacturers. not To impal
any distinctive flavor, or 10 give strengt
Z ~ a. take IL away from the cigar, but /
order to add 10 is eomeliness. the leaf lie
ing rerN smooth aud pretty! Ii the wral
per atiectod the strength of the cigar /
any extent. " inteTierea III any degre
with is ilavor. manufacturers would no
as tituY do here daily in America. put
Numatra wrapper around a filler of in
ported Havana tobacco which is OF Il
t'et;eg quality and Of more desirabl