Show 1 III ABOUT THE FRAGRANT WEED Some Fallacies Have Strong Hold Upon User of Tobacco White ash upon a cigar has boon popularly supposed to Indicate tho excellence ex-cellence of the weed but aa a matter mat-ter of fact its only Indication Is ot u the presence of potash In tho leaf + Tobacco rich In chloride of sodium burns with Imperfect combustion and with a dark nsh As tho valuo of a cigar Is dependent upon tho freedom with which It burns a whlto ash maybe may-be a rough test of excellence but a t cigar with a dark ash properly rolled may burn moro evenly than one rich kin k-In potash but Imperfectly made and at best the white ash Is but a rudimentary rudi-mentary test A cigar which burns freely Is a hotter hot-ter cigar no matter what tho grado of the leaf than one which Is I rolled tEw r so tightly as to prevent free combustion ay combus-tion but tho question of fragrance Is quite another matter Another cigar fallacy Is that a cigar r In a black wrapper Is necessarily a strong cigar Tho wrapper weighs but Twr onetenth of tho whole and a cigar ri with a wrapper almost black may be a mild and delicious smoke while ono with a palo wrapper filled with imperfectly imper-fectly cured tobacco Is often rank and F unpleasant k |