The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-04

to the basement of the shanty. AS the
visitor entered the room he observed
in the sink by the window a milk
tubes thrust into its neck. Above the
long rubber tube was another bottle,
almost similar in shape and size,
which seemed to have just made a
meal of rubber tubing, for there were
several lengths within it's glass in
terror. Upon shelves and tables about
the room were miscellaneous assert
ments of cigars, test tubes, tobacco
leaves and jars filled with tobacco in
various forms. The cigars upon the
shelves were for the most part about
half smoked, giving one the impression
that their owners had left them there,
expecting to relight them after their
attendance at the theater.
Mr.. Shamel produced four cigars
from his vest pocket, advanced to the
sink, and began placing the cigars one
bv one in the tubes that protruded
from the neck of the lower milk bot
tie. so that's the smoker, is it," ex-
claimed the visitor, disappointment in
his tone
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dian or the figure of IL Turk, l sup
pose," said MI. Shamef with a laugh.
Wait a little while and you'll see
them putting in the cigar store win
dows, for it is only a question of time
when some bright advertising fellow
will get hold of this idea and use it
right. 1t would be easy enough to put
a face or figure of some sort in front
of this machine, and SO display the
smoking qualities OF cigars or cigar
ettes."
AS Mr.. Shamel talked he finished
placing the cigars in the ends of the
four tubes, then reached above his
head and turned on a water faucet.
There was a gurgle through rubber
tubing, bubbling in the two milk
bottles, and Mr.. Shamel applied fire
from match to the ends of the cigars
in the glass mouthpieces. The milk
bottles filled up with the water turned
on from above, then emptied them
matically when the contents reached
a certain point AS the water gushed
out of the bottles, the space vacated
by the liquid suddenly grew white.
"See the smoke" remarked the DEM
onstrator. Mr.. Shamel pointed to the
cigars, all four aglow at the tips. Then
the bottles filled with water again,
and smoke was expelled through the
tubes, and in another moment out
flowed the water once more and all
four cigars glowed again as each one
of the four mechanical mouths took
a long draw
"The purpose of this smoker" said
Mr.. Shamel, lis to test the burning
qualities of wrapper and filler tobacco.
This season we have made more than
three thousand tests, keeping care
full record of each. Our object is is
to determine accurately and absolute
ly the relative properties of the tobacco
that can be grown in this country
with the end in view. of course, of i'm
proving the quality of the crop. At
our experiment stations in Florida,
Connecticut, Ohio and Kentucky we
plant the seed, watch the tobacco come
up grow and mature, harvest it and
send the leaves here to Washington for
examination. Every leaf that comes
in is accompanied by pedigree, or
card, which sets forth all the facts
obtainable about that specimen of to-
bacco from the time the seed was
planted until the hour it reached the
capital. The card shows the date of
planting the seed, the number of leaves
that spring from the stalk, the height
of the plant, the length and shape of
the leaves, their color, condition, vena-
ton and all the facts that are known
about the soil in which it was grown
and the conditions of the weather dur
ing its life. We are paying especial
attention now to the Improvement of
wrapper and filler tobacco, and, as
soon as the leaves are brought here,
they are made up into cigars, which, of
course, are tagged and placed on
record for future study. By having
several cigars smoked at once we can
readily determine their relative quail
ties. Some will give satisfactory re-
suits as to color and strength of ash,
but will not hold their ash. Still
others will not be of good color.
1.-THE cigars that are satisfactory
recommend the variety of seed from
which they are grown, and as soon
as we have cultivated quantity of
the good crops and have accumulated
some seed we distribute it among the
tobacco planters of the country. This
spring we are sending out seeds of
four new hybrids, crosses between the
best foreign and the best domestic
wrapper and filler tobaccos, which we
believe will create something of SEN