Show ABOUT THE FRAGRANT WEED i zonne fallacies have strong hold held upon users uen of tobacco white ask ash upon a cigar has bean been supposed to indicate the excellence cel lence of the weed but as a matter of fact its only indication Is of the presence of potash in the leaf tobacco rich in chloride of sodium burns with imperfect combustion and and with a dark ash As the value of a cigar Is dependent upon the freedom bums a white ash may be a rough test of 0 excellence but a cigar with a dark ash properly rolled nay may bum more evenly chaa clue rich in potash but imperfectly made and at t best UW the Ivi bite I 1 aruda arudt test A A cigar which burns freely 19 14 a hotter better i cigar no matter what abit t the grade of the leafa leaf I 1 than one a bich te ta rolled so tightly as to prevent tree free combustion but ut the question of fragrance Is in quite nother another matter another I A notter nother cigar allaby Is atiat that i cigar in a black wrapper Is necessarily a strong cigar the wrapper weighs but one tenth of the whole and a cigar with a wrapper almost black may bo be a mild and della delicious ous smoke awoke maille one with a pale wrapper filled with imperfectly cured tobacco la Is often rank and unpleasant |