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Show NAMES ON CIOAR BOXES. Of everr hundred men who profess anxiety for the quality of their cigars owing to the Cnban rebellion, scarcely one could, if put to it. .interpret the meaning of the rarioua words whi'h are atamped on the lid and aides o( ris-sr box. These are not mere farcv r.anes. but terms actually desrriptiTe of. the -cigar. . . On the lid is the name of tire cigar, as Pedro Marias. Villa y Villa: The front of tie bix d.scribes the ehape and aise, as Conchas, Reins, Regalia,.- which - atate the shape, and Perfecto Infantea. 'Princesses, which signify the sixe. Theee may be combined, com-bined, as Conchaa Especialea, Conchas r'inas, to -state both shape and aise. At the back of the box, - where the lid turns orer,- is stamped the . quality' of the cigar Superfine, Fina. Superior and Bueno being the terms in the descending acale. The coloY of the cigar is declared on the right-hand right-hand aide .or end. of-the box. Claro signifies the lightest colored. Colorado Claro rather darker, . Colorado dark Colorado Maduro darker, Maduro Tery ds .'(. OsoSfe extremely dark, Negro darkest. London Chronicle. |