Emery County Progress | 1907-12-14 | Page 5 | Cigar That Lasts All Day

CIGAR THAT LASTS ALL DAY device of the ease lov ng indians of south amer ca cigars a toot and a halt long which are made for one day s amok ing have been placed on view in the american museum of natural his tory at new york with them is a holder which looks like a tuning fork and Is large enough to be used for pitching hay far up the klo nigra a tributary of the amazon wo explorers henry and louis weiss made a col lection of articles for the museum the indians there made cigars 18 inches long and as big around child s arm one of these cigars Is too much for any ease loving man to clasp so the indians put the fragrant roll between the tines of a fork two aad a halt feet long stick the sharp end of the handle into the ground at a convenient distance from their hammocks and take a puff from time to time as they sway lazily backward and forward there are many other picturesque articles in the collection which was made during a three months journey from the coast the material is of the highest value and nothing like it has been seen except a few articles in a german museum