Show SOLD BAD CIGARS I I l Two Spaniards Victimize Smokers in J Various Towns The SpanishAmerican war would be revived for a short time at least in this portion of Utah If two smooth gentlemen from the land of Castile and garlic could be apprehended by a number of their victims In BrIgham City Ogden Eureka Silver City Murray and other places where they worked their little game They were selling cigars and have been operat lug In this State fcv ten days or two weeks This was tnclr game They would drop Into a town call upon tho best cigar dealers of the place usually tho druggists and open up a box of cigars bearing the Import stamp and also the regulation United States revenue stamp They would take cigars from tho middle of tho box and pass them around and these vould prove to be exceptionally line smokers Then the would tell the old old story about having a large stock on hand that they wore compelled to sell for any price they could get lor them because be-cause ot financial troubles They spoke In broken English and soma of the questions rut at them they were unable to answer at all They usually made good sales at prices ranging from 527 to < W ucr thousand One man Is known to have bought J120 worth of the goods The cigars were nicelooking plump articles with line covers They proved to be tho worst ever brought Into the SLate They burned as though made of rope and save forth an odor that was frightful The cigars in the middle of the box giv on out as samples were all right tho others were awful When the bottom of tho box was reached the Now Yor > stamp was reached and Instead of be ing impoited from Cuba It was clear that they were made In the worst sweatshops sweat-shops 01 Gotham It Is not understood that the Spaniards did any business in Salt Lake and thMr names could not be obtained Thqjjx rick1 was an old one but It worked well |