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Show liKn u-r t it Hud H ublt. The cignretto habit is increasing. Ths commissioner of internal revenue collected col-lected taxes la-.t year upon 0,1.11 .fll.j.auO, which is nn increase of "ibS.TMt.L'tiO over the preceding liscal year. The number taxed is a pretty good indication of the consumption Tlie number of cigars taxed during tho last tlscnl year was B.8(;7.ii-o,o4U, an increase of 22, OSS, 990, showing that the consumption of cigarettes cigar-ettes is increasing more rapidly than that of cigars. Exchange, |