Show what Is cholea and ana smoked chicago tribune joseph H bibbie revenue collector co I 1 le actor of north carolina at one time was a tobacco manufacturer knows a good cigar when he sees it and what ho he says abou 1 t the weed ig not at all pleasant information to the smoker ado do you know what a cigar digar contains con taink said mr bilbie aa as he be took his memorandum book from bia his pocket and read the following valeric valerie ace acetic aie butyric formic onic prussic and carbolic acids creosote ammonia hydrogen virt dine ine pi colino and rubi dine that enough to make a man stop smoking said the col lector all those acids are found in a it pure cigar what then must be lound found in an adulterated article connoisseurs ima imagine ine the tile little freckles that are frequently seen on cigars r indicate a superior super bior quality aali of leaf I 1 want to dieli dispel that idea the pure natural leaf in its yellow hue is undoubtedly the finest tobacco in tho the market but go so many accidents conspire to render the tile finest leaves scarce that even the natural leaf is imitated imitate Al coarse leaves are bleached by the use of chlorine to the yellow color of the natural leaf and sulp sulphuric burio acid properly diluted will produce the little freckles you so often see so dont ever bo be misled by the freckled cigar but tho the men who chew are oven even in more danger of being poisoned than those who smoke tho the real nice plug with the pretty pieces of tin on it which looks so inviting is soaked with all kinds of vile stuff I 1 know of a factory where jamaica rum ia is put on to flavor it and anti also a lao another ano I 1 her where the rankest kind of corn whisky a used 1 I knew a negro in our state who drank a wine glassful of a mixture ofTon qua bean beau and wintergreen 0 11 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 Z 7 11 7 I 1 I 1 71 T I 1 I 1 I 1 0 ind and died a half hour afterward but tho the same bluff stuff is used largely to 0 adulterate the I 1 leaf e a f that mikea makes ip up the plug tobacco I 1 tell you that a almost I 1 most the only chemically pure lure tobacco ii that which the planter dries on his own roof at and d in hia pipe after crumb ing ling it himself in in his hands but he the simplicity fapp please gleaso the smokers they prefer to 0 be poisoned during the time sir mr biagie waa was giving the foregoing warning to smokers he was puffing away nt sit a sigar cigar which from its odor was wa al amply mill Y execrable and the hotel lerk clerk will swear he saw the south sardinian carolinian take a genuine cb chew e w from rom a huge plug half an hour b bei e ore he told what it contained |