| Show of Cigars Go Up in Smoke rash Washington n lon Times Times- There were here cigars of ot all aU kinds smoked ed ca In Ili the United States la lat last t year earThe ear The They cost all ail prices from the tho Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg burg- stogie at three for Cor a nickel el to the Iho two for Cor a quarter that senators use but the t a average that Is smoked smoke is the cent G-cent cigar If IC all aU the cigars consumed during the tho year were laid end to end they Y would reach a distance of miles they the would circle the earth at atthe atthe atthe times timeR and if tc the equator twenty live laid from Washington to San Francisco Francis Francis- I co th they would woul make a pathway seventeen seventeen sev sev- e i enteen and one half feet wide and if It from the White hUo House to the Capitol Capito the senators and representatives cs would have haA-e a boulevard of or over o two and a quarter miles wide to walk on when tit they 0 visited tho President The Thc They woul completely complete 1 cover coyer the Washington monument an and grounds an and thero there would be enough cigars left to keep Uncle Joe Cannon supplied for for forthe the next ten len years ars If IC the they were laid In a a. pile feet square the they would reach a a. hel height hl of five fi and one- one third thirll miles and would wei weigh h tons Tho The ashes 8 would weigh wl 2082 tons lons If It they were all made by br hand It Il would require cl cigar olgar ar makers makers makers mak mak- ers to make malc them and und all aU the smokers ers would have to smoke three cl cigars ars each do day In the year to consume them Every EVel time th the clock ticks during lurin tho the twenty four hours of or each day there are aro 2401 4 01 cigars sold 1 Millions of Matches Batches Used U-cd To light the cigars it requires 20 O- O I boxes of or matches which are composed of oC 1978 1975 tons of wood an and I nine forty tons of an and brimstone brim brim- stone If H a cigar was given gl to each man nail and they stood sl side o h by side they would circle the tho earth l 1212 1313 l times timet making a ring of or smoke one mite wide around the world worl and If iC each man was required to dig one ono day In too tho Panama canal It U would take just three weeks to finish it If the they stood on each others shoulders the top man could talk tall to tho the man in the tho moon neon throw a kiss at nt Venus flirt with the maids on Mars lars an and examine the rings on Saturn At t fifty cigars to a n box It required boxes which consisted of oC square feet of or lumber that would tako a a. train of or 1610 cars to carry it it and would extend a n. distance of or three fifty miles It would take sixty of or the largest locomotives to haul the tho train If the boxes were wore laid en end to end the they would woul make a bridge from the Jamestown expo expo- exposition to lo Lon London on England England England Eng Eng- land three feet four our inches aches wi wide e. e And if it laid front Crom Washington to the north pole Lieutenant Pear Peary would have 6 a Q aboard aboard board walk of or boxes three e feet one inch wide and antI have one box left Jet to put on the top of or the pocCo pole poc Co Cost t of Cigars Enormous They would woul make moko a fence ence completely complete compete ly Iy aroun around the United States State and there would be enough left to circle the DistrIct District District Dis Dis- of Columbia The They would build a tower at al Jamestown eight times higher than the Eiffel tower at Paris At t 5 cents each tho the cost would b be 3 which A is 1545 1535 for or every man or t for tor ever every ery man woman and child in tho the United States If It the mone money was as divided dl among the states each would get Jet and it would gl give give- men in each state stale 15 per week for one year The mone money would educate students students stu stu- dents at Yale college each year It would build fifty class firm class f-class battleships battleships' battle battle- ships ships' If H It were all nil in nickels it would weigh elgh tons If It it were in 1 I bills the President could waJon walk on a a. path lath of oC dollars five feet wide to the Panama canal The Tho mont money would ouId support families of or live HA-C comfortably and give gl them all tho the clothes that was needed needed besides allowing them to lo go to tho the theatre twice each week for one ona year ear earH If H the tho money was AVOS In sliver er dollars and und the they ere O lal laid on each other the they would reach a height of 1578 miles mlle An Italian prince ha had strictly forbidden for tor- bidden hidden one CIne of his daughters to smoke hut butt so great gnat a n. hold had the tho habit ob obtained obtained obtained ob- ob over O her that thal she secretly tl engaged en- en in the practice ut every opportunity One da day she was Avas indulging in a as us she reclined on a n balcony balcon balcony bal bal- con cony attired in n a dr dress gg of the lightest muslin Suddenly her father appeared appear appear- ed Ion on the scene t In the hurr hurry to hide tho the evidence of or her III disobedience tift tm princess placed her hand with the burning cig aret behind her back The Th result was as startling an and tragic tragic her her frock Crock was Immediately in a 0 blaze blaz and she was fearfully burned from head to foot Coot d dying after suffering intensely sely |
