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Show PHENOMENAL SHIPMENT OP TOBACCO. TO-BACCO. For tho first tlmo in the history of the tobacco business a shipment has been made in one order, to one concern, of a solid train of manufactured smoking tobacco. On March 1st, the Norfolk & "Western railroad started from Durham, N. C, a train consisting of thirty cars, all loaded load-ed with "Duke's Mixture," the entire lot of tobacco being a purchaso made by Messrs. Sprague, Warner & Co. wholesale grocers of Chicago, 111. Durham, where this tobacco is manufactured, manu-factured, is the famous tobacco town situated in the Golden Tobacco belt of North Carolina. "Duke's Mixture" was named manj' years ago for Mr. J. B. Duke, tho famous tobacco man, and Its enormous growth has made it his pet, and the greatest care Is exorcised In Its manufacture. This shipment contains 2.SS0.00O single packages of tobacco, and would furnish each male adult in the United States with live smokes each, or one package to each of the soldiers of the standing armies of the United States. England. France, Germany. Italy, Austria and Russia. This train has gone direct from Durham. Dur-ham. N, C, to Chicago, 111., and has attracted at-tracted much attention en route, and will arrive In Chicago March 9th. |