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greatest pungency, While the yellow pro-
duces the most oil. The English mustard
packers have made the yellow the most
fashionable. however, and as result there
are ten pounds of yellow produced for every
pound Of the brown. though the brown is
stronger and better in every respect. Prob
ably one-half Of the English mustard that
Is used In this country grew in California,
though it was ground and packed in Eng
land. French mustard Is the same as other
mustard. the seed being soaked in vinegar,
properly spiced. for twenty-four hours be-
fore 1t Is ground"
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There is more ignorance about cigars
than about anything else which Is so fire.
quently purchased" said an agent for a
cigar mandatory. Il find in my travels
that the men who smoke the most and the
best cigars know the least about them.
The great majority of smokers buy on ac-
count of the flavor, rather than the to-
bacco that goes into them, and are as well
satisfied with poor tobacco as with the best
leaf so that the flavor is all right. With
the manufacturer the flavor is very easiIy
handled. for cigars can be favored just as
they desire. If they find that a certain
naVor Is catchy they keep 1t up until smok-
ers tire OF Il and then they change Though
many of the cigar makers in Cuba use diff
ferent tobaccos, there Is a law among
them as regards grades Of tobacco, sizes,
&c. which they all religiously adhere to.
long. The Concha Fina Is a better cigar,
of better tobacco, though the same size.
The Concha Especial is still finer in the
grade of tobacco used and Is larger in size.
The Londres was the first style made popu-
lar in London. The Regalia, which means
q present or gift. is always of q better
grade of tobacco than either of the others
named. The Regalia del Reys or King Re-
galias. are always packed fifty in box.
and cannot be had in Cuba in any other
form. The Regalia Reinas, the Queen Re-
galias, are always smaller in size, while
the ChicaS are always packed two bundles
in box. The Regaia Comme Il Fautss as
the name indicates, is handsomer. finished
better and of better tobacco than the
Concha. The Regalia Britannica is a thick,
heavy cigar. five inches long. and under
the law of Cuba must weigh eighteen
pounds to the thousand cigars. The Danes
is small as is also the Danes Imperiaies,
though of better tobacco.
The Panetellas is long and slim and
heavily pressed. The Non Plus Ultra is
large and of the finest tobacco. The Con-
toda is always cut off at both ends, the
HabanOs always pointed and sharp The
Napoleons and Imperales are very large
fancy sizes. and are but little used. The
EXceptlOnaleS are even larger, while the
Opera is small, but 81 inches. The Prin-
cess is similar In length, but thinner.
What is known as clear Havana cigar
means that the filler, binder and wrapper
are OF Havana tobacco. A seed and Havana
cigar means Havana tobacco with Con-
necticut seed binder and wrapper clear
seed cigar means all Connecticut tobacco.
The five-cent cigar Of today is even better
than the ten-cent cigar of five years ago,
leaving all questions of tariff and duty
aside. Summarize tobacco is now very gen.
orally used for cigars for five-cent ci-
gars. for the reason that 1t is thinner and
easier worked than the Connecticut and
Pennsylvania valley wrappers. The flavor
Is entirely matter of manufacture, for the
tobacco plays but little part in 1t any
more.
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A tandem bicycle and its riders attracted
more than the usual amount of attention
last Tuesday on E street, and the COM
ments made by the onlookers were anus
ing to all, except possibly the persons most
Interested. Around the corner flew the
machine. propelled apparently by flying
Amazon, whose floating locks, set features
and waving hat feather gave the appear
ance of readiness for war-hke encounter.
Naturally, the public gaze was riveted
upon her, as 1t was the time Of the after
noon when the thoroughfare Is most
crowded and every one was anxious to
know why solitary female should choose
a tandem as a means of locomotion.
All heads were turned to follow her me-
teoric flight, and then for the first time 1t
was seen that she had a companion.
Perched behind her was her cavalier, but
though a grown man, his proportions were
SO small in comparison with his magnifi-
cent companions that he appeared to be
merely an unnecessary appendage to her
whirlLg machine. and in his efforts to
"size up with the rest Of the procession
he was stretching his neck in a perpetual
effort to peer over her shoulder.
That's the new woman with ven-
geance.' remarked one commentator "Git
onto his niblets." shouted the irreverent
bootblack.
The club of young women that meets
each week for an hours discussion of the
topics of the times and two hours course
luncheon found itself provided with a
ready-made subject when it was called to
order last Wednesday.
Il always have been for Mckinley" de-
clared the wearer of the huge yellow chrys-
anthemum which bore the name of the
successful candidates wife, lever since
he so nobly declined the nomination in
49, when he was pledged to Senator Sher-
man. That's my idea Of disinterested fdeI-
ity to ones friends
We'll, remarked an ardent Bonapartist,
Il love him because he looks like Napo-
leon and becarse his eyes are deep-set Just
like his
For my part chirped up the senti-
HeHtdl lndiu VINO Is always authority on
the latest novels, Il don't think he has
any characteristic as charming as his de. .
votion to his invalid wife"
Pshaw, retorted the member who was
taking course a trained nurse "any
man with a human heart would do that
but not one man In a hundred can recite
The Charge of the Light Brigade as he
did once when he was finishing a speech
in Congress-
HE has been my candidate ever since l
heard Mr.. Bryan wore a paper collar"
put in the stylish member, "or, at least
if 1t is not paper they say it must be ceIIu-
loid. and you know either is such wretched
taste"
Il don't care who won or who lost" sigh
ed rosy-cheeked damsel. whose blue eyes
were temporarily clouded. but 1 wish l
had known when bet that ten-pound box
Of candy that was the losing side"
Il am sorry for Mr.. Bryan" said the
philanthropist, "for 1 always side with
the weaker side, but they do say that
Mrs Bryan Is strong-minded, and you all
know that would never do"
mo. no. never" chorused the club, and
not a syllable was uttered about such
trivial matters as the tariff and coinage
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Little chairs and tables made of solid
gold and silver only an inch and a half
high are the very latest novelties These
tiny objects are intended for ornaments in
cabinets. Each one is a work of art. All