Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1900, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1900-14 PAGES. Justice Barnard Decides the Muz- aling Order Test Case, ~ COMMISSIONERS PROCLAMATION VALID Lengthy Opinion Covering the Gen- eral Canine Question. ANINJUNCLION DENIED Justice Barnard, in Equity Court No, today announced his opinion in the case of Thomas Edward Clark against Samuel Ein- stein—the dog-muzzling order test case. Justice Barnard holds that the provisions of the act of Congress, called into opera- tion by the proclamation of the Commis- sioners, are valid and clearly within the constitutional powers of Congress. Accord- fry to Justice Barnard the Commisstoners are only authorized to determine when the emergency exists. The court does not now decide whether that determination can or cannot be reviewed or revised by any other tribunal. It is pointed out that no question is raised In the case at issue on the question of emergency. The court denies the injunc- tion and sustains the demurrer to the bill. Counsel for the complainant, in open court, noted an appeal to the Court of Ap- peuls from the ruling of Justice Barnard. In the course of his optnion Justice Bar- nard recounted the declarations contained in the bill of the complainant by which he sought to have the defendant, who is the poundmaster of the District, restrained and enjoined “from taking, impounding, killing or selling his certain black and tan dog named Pet, on which he has paid the usual Ecense tax, but on which he has not put a ™muzzle as required by the order of the Com- missioners of December 19, 1800. The bill avers that the defendant is about to seize said dog to impound him, and to proceed to Ul and sell him, and that he 1s about to do #0 under the color of a recent order or proclamation of the Commissioners, which complainant characterizes ag an enactment ef law. and contends that Inasmuch as Congress has, under the Constitution the exclusive legislative power over this Dis- trict It cannot delegate such power to the Commissioners, and- that, therefore, said roclamation is void and cannot deprive Bim of his property. Proceeding, the opin- fon recited that Power of Congres “The complainant's counsel contend that ft was beyond the power of Congress to pass The law in question; and thet if it had the Power, the Commissioners could not make fuch law operative by proclamation; and certainly the attempted legislation by proc- lamation is void for want of the great seal Which is required to be attached to such a Gocument. He further argues that a dog Is property within the meaning of the Consti- ‘ution, and that such cannot be seized and Bold or destroyed, as threatened in this w the alleged benefit of the public, just compensation and due process jaw; and that as the defendant threat- to do an unlawful act by virtue of his e. a bill for injunction will Ife to re- in such official act. Contention of Defendant. “Counsel for the defendant contend that the law in question was formerly in force inance of the city of Washington; passed by Congress withsome slight se In phraseology as a police regula- ; and that ft was made the duty of the Commissioners to execute it whenever the emergency contemplated arose; that the e y has arisen and the law is now ve not by virtue of any legislative power exercised by the Commissioners, but of the act of Congress itself, and ypening of the event which was to operative. And, furthermore, when @ dog is not property except by virtue of “. and-any one buying or owning a equent to the passage of the said presumed to do so with full t he could only have a qual- ‘operty in the same. rhile Congress is charged with the duty : is exclusive legislative powers in trict. it has been held by the courts t such provision of the Constitution ans exclusive of the legislative power of state. Whatever legislation, if any, - intrusted by Congress to Its sub- ordinate officers or agents with respect to municipal matters will continue to be the exercise of exclusive legislative P so far as regards the states, and ts net prohibited by the Constitution. In other ro: Congress may create a municipal tion such as the District of Colum- now fs and assign to its executive offl- crs certain of the dutles that are imposed the central legislative body. It can loubte: authorize the Commissioners make such orders as may be necessary r police regulations. Not the Act of the Commissioners, + regulation now complained is attacked in the argument for complainant, is the act of and not the act of the Commis- It is true that the Commissioners ice to the community that has occurred which Con- ecessary to put its act In be required of the that contingency provided in the me Court has held for Congress to pass a e in the © contingency shall occur, » be Known by a progla- sident. -s no undertake to state that to make it the duty s to enforce the la . but it is claimed tha counsel ress, rs. ‘Two Things to Be Decided. There were two things only to be de- mmissioners aid Judge e there any gcOd r. asons mad dogs are in th period shall be > provisions of the statute d in force?" - y of the of the I uid be under such cl dogs were the exception a he citizens freedom » go unmuzzled at were no mad dogs vided the machinery and making known the fact 1 degs were believed to be here. hardly be called legislation. It ts © the outel at would be given if @ man should be observed unwittingly ap- proaching some imminent peril. It is mak- ing public the existence of a fact, rather A. €s not stop with the con- that the proctamation is vold, be- it contains legislation which could delegated. but it goes to the act of and contends that this pro- n is unconstitutional, because it under- to deal with the dog in such a man- ner as to deprive the owner of his property without due process of law. A Dog as Property. That the same act makes the dog proper- ty. and provides a method of taxation; and When that is done, legislative power ends, and no additional requirement can be made, the non-complMance with which would oper- ate as a destruction of that property. “The first section of this act requires a tax of $2 per annum to be levied on each gog owned or kept in the District. Section 4 provides that every dog wearing the tax tag shall be permitted to run at large, ‘and tention eause be ‘ANIA AVE. 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What shall it be—Waist, Skirt or Suit length? Never was bought at 87c. a yard before. + $f.39 French Poplaines, 98c '* Favorite Poplaines—the gem for Waists and full dresses, and the French weavings. In these shades: _Old Rose, Pearl Gray, Shell Gray, :Castor, Cardinal, Garnet, Turquoise, _Rose Pink, White and Cream. $1.39 Grenadines, 87c. E Everybody wants a good Grena- dine—and everybody can get one at almost half the usual price. We of- fer choice of two styles—wide and narrow stripes—both 48-inch goods. Perfect weave and perfect and lasting black. got a very—VERY—busy twe Just think what an oc All the week this EXTRAORDINARY YLVANIA AVE. AND 7TH ST. | | immediate consideration. $2 Golf Cloths, $1.49. 56-inch Golf Suitings, in Black, Garnet, Green and Brown, with plain and plaid backs—the latter Sin genu- ine Highland combinations. Of course they are all wool and execlu- sive effects—imported directly for us. mty days to casion it is— Coke’s Dandruff » Cure, 63c. Oakley's choice of odors, per ounce, 23¢. | Extracts, 2-qt. Hot Water 15 popular Bottles, guaranteed for one year, 59c. $ Japanese Nail Brushes, assorted styles, 18¢. 20c. & 25c. Wash Goods, There are 500 different effects in Swis Irish Dimities weaving and the French di inch Plain India inch Lawns as fi India Linen. weaving. Mulls, English Batistes and Real orings in artistic and exclusive All this spring’s 12"4c. | Embroidered select trom. = to break. of the sheerest daintiest of col- There are 32- Linens and 4o- ne in texture as Hat Pins, 3c. Worth up to 25c. Over 100 different styles to Guaranteed not Horseshoe Brooches, 39c. Bailey’s Rubber Complexion Brushes, 35c. 25c. Japanese Tooth Brushes, 8c. -Half-gallon Bottles Ammonia, * 10c. _large : z ity. Worth $1.00. s Cream Applidte, in rich and Large fiz? new Horseshoe handsome effects, 1 to.2 Inches ‘Kand Hair Beooches, with Ae aun eeunel y sald every- settings. a on OCs Venise All-Overs, In a big variety of newest and most desirable patterns, 20 inches wide and 75c qual- ASc. 8 and 4%4-Inch Point de Paris Lace, in a budget of new pat- --including Gow! Short Skirts, C! ers and Corset trimming elabo some—sizes wel repeat thereare $1.50 & $2 Muslin Underw’r, 100 dozen pieces Muslin and Cambric. Shapes are right, goods are fine and sheer, and they're $1.50 and $2 values. 49c. = TC hemises, Draw- =a . and some with double set- Covers—in fine tings of rabies, emeralds and diamends, rate and hand- | assorted. We only 100dozen— 18c. ‘They have 20c. Towels These are ext tra heavy and B Towels, with de have 114 dozen. for the price. - file. | ra large and 59c. Solid Gold Rings, Worth $2.00. All sizes—seme with single Cologne Bottles, Worth 39c. sterling: tops and are very special yalue Bon Bon Spoons, New Ring Belts Most (instead \ ———— eee meras, Sa SL 2lc. Taffeta Ribbons - 15 an ¥ $10 Dinner Sets - : $5 85 ieee 23 The newest ef- Cc. Worth $4.50. 5 25 fine ° ‘ fect in Ribbons ag GTetoney, Se, takes pictures Ameri- for waist and neck wear, in plain Rag eet can China Dinner Sets, taffeta with heavy latitudinal = dainty, but durable— | Woodbur 4711 Glycerine Soap, Soap, Ile. shall be regarded as personal property in all the courts of said Distric i “This section further provides that any person injur:ng or destroying such dog shail Je to an action wherein damages be awarded tin a sum equal to the value usually put upon such property by petsons buying and selling same, sub- ject to such modifications as the particular cireumstances of the case may. make oper.’ erie does not appear from the bill at what time the complainant acquired title to or how long he has kept the dog. ‘Pet.’ in this District; but it does appear that the license tax was paid February 15, 1900, the same day the bill was filed, the tax paid being only $1 instead of $2, and that the license is to expire on the ist day of July next. This clearly indicates that the dog in ques- tion was either not owned by the com- plainant until after the said proclamation was issued on December 19, 18%). or that if owned the tax required to make the dog property under the terms of the act was not paid until after the said date, which practically amounts to the same thing; and the dog was not then exempt from be- ing seized, impounded and disposed of, un- der the provisions of section 3 of the said act. may Sentiment About Dogs. Further on in his opinion the justice said: “There Is always more or less sentiment about the subject of dogs. They as house- hold pets constitute a part of the family and are capable of recelving and manifest- ing affection. Some dogs have commercial ra a re bought and sold much as Danes Games = There are many, other domestic animals. however, of mixed breeds, which have no market value, but yet have some good qualities and are much prt as com- panions. So long as such dogs are kept by their owners upon their own premises they © freely allowed in urban as well as sub- urban residences: but when people insist in crowding into cities as they do at the pres- ent time, individual rights and freedgm must be given up for the sake of greafer advantages to be gained in other respects, and if the dog is brought to town it should be kept at home so as not to annoy or en- danger the public. A man may acquire property in dangerous wild animals or venomous reptiles, but if he does so he must take such care of them as to guard the public from danger. The dog as the subject of property is on a similar footing with other live stock, domestic and wild. Having the ability to Injure or destréy by roaming about, it {s the duty of the owners of such property to keep it within bounds; otherwise by almost universal law, the com- munity or neighbor trespassed upon may take it up and impound it. Laws Goyerning Dogs. “The character of the dog, however, dif- fers so much from that of other domestic animals that it has been found necessary to mak» stringest rules for his regulation or destruction. Although most other animals are not allowed to run at large at all in cities, dogs have this privilege if they wear tax tags and muzzles when required, This limited property in dogs is fully recognized by the Supr=me Court of the United States in the case of Santell versus the New Or- leans and Carrollton Railroad Company. The many authorities referred to by Justice Brown in his interesting opinion in that case show that acts to regulate the k>eping of dogs and the taxing of them as property and enforcing the same by impounding or destroying the dogs Ing at large with- out compliance with the law are not re- pugnant to the Constitution. They are hald not to be tax laws in the ordinary sense, but police regulations which the legislatures can constitutionally establish. They are based upon the idea that such kind of prop- erty is Hable to work mischief, and, there- fore, need restraint which shall operate as a protection to the public. In one of these cases the constitutional question fs consid- ered at great length, and although the law in question provided for the destruction of the dog if found at large in violation of its provisions, the same was held not to be re- pugnant to the fifth amendment to the Con- stitution.” Proclamation Valid. In conclusion, after citing further from Justice Brown's opinion, Justice Barnard ruled as follows: “I must hold, from the authorities, and from the nature of the case, that tne pro- visions of this act of Congress, called into operation by proclamation of the Commis- stoners, are valid and claarly within the constitutional powers of Congress. The Cc are only authorized to de- termine when the emergency exists, and while I do not now decide whather that de- termination can or cannot be reviewed or revised by any other tribunal, I do hold that no question is raised on that point by the bill; and, therefore, as to this case, it Powder. 12c. PEP PPPRLEEEOEEEAAEEPOEESPEPPPPPEPPE_PEPEEEPEE PEPSI ESS leached Turk: > eauty. leached Turk sh Worth $1.00. beauty suble nap. We French and Gold. plate, in latest shapes; a dainty gift. Facial Mennen’s Taleum Team or Powder, 12c. ’ ———— umed to hay2 been correctly he result of this conclusion is that the injunction must be denied and the demurrer sustained. CRUELT Y BY SOLDIERS Testimony Before the House Military Affaire Committee. Electrical Engineer Simpkins De- scribes an Attempt to Extort a Confession. L. J. Simpkins, an electrical engineer at Wardner, Idaho, testified in the Coeur d'Alene Investigation before the House committee on military affairs today. He said he did not participate in the riot, but soon after that event he was arrested by a squad of United States troops, who went about the streets arresting those persons pointed out by Bunker Hill mine “spot- ters." Two spectators oh the streets, who stopped to see the soldiers and their pris- oners, Were promptly arrested and put with the other prisoners. The witness said one of the prisoners, a Swede, was taken with a fit, whereupon a negro soldier struck him senseless with the butt of a gun. The corporal of the guard came up, and, turning over the fallen man, said: “I guess you've fixed that fellow all right.” Simpkins sald one of the prisoners was robbed of $90. Caused a Sensation. 5 One of Simpkins’ recitals caused some- thing of a sensation. He said he was taken from the “bull pen” by a squad of four soldiers and marched to an open inclosure, where he was placed with his back against a building. The soldiers stepped back and cocked their guns, apparently making ready to shoot him. At this point, he said, a high official of the Bunker Hiil mine appeared and said they had evidence enough to hang tHe witness or send him up for many years, but that if he would tell who blew up the mill he would be turned loose. Simpkins said he protested that he did not know who the guilty parties were, and the effort to get evidence from him was finally given up. The witness stated that at another time, while in the “bull pen,” a person who said he was autherized by an official, offered. him $10,000 to implicate two persons in the blowing up of the mill. The person said it did not matter much who were implicated, but the names of certaim miners and the county assessor were given, whom it was mest desired to implicate, for the purpose, the witness said, of hanging them or get- ting them out of the country. He said he afterward learned that the assessor had had trouble with the Bunker Hill mine over their assessment. - Alleged Cruelty. The witness detailed an interview with an army officer, In which the latter declined to permit a priést to be summoned to one of the prisoners, who was dying, and also re- fused to allow him to communicate with his Partner as to the disposition of his prop- erty. He detailed many other instances of alleged cruelty. One of his recitals was as to a brief visit by Gen. Merriam to the “bull pen” and the refusal to allow prison- ers to communicate with him.” In telling of the shcoting of Johnson, the prisoner who went insane, the witness con- tributed the additional testimony that while Johnson was running away, Saks and of all the new Belts —because they are correctly cut and made—and because ours are Heavy Double-faced Satin Ribbon instead of single faced—and 25c. of 35c. and Soc. that others ask for the single-faced ribbon. cords—which give strength and the spring and bleck and white —worth 21c. yard. terns, 15e. and 18c. Choice values. Chole. . : Oc. Brushes, satisfactory 2Q5C. All the latest shades of 4x5 for Neck Combs, 21c. Worth 39¢. and 5o0¢. Both Tack and Neck Comps, in the large novelty shap big variety and ali amber and tortoise. Ebony Novelties, Worth $2.50 and $3. silver mountings. Dog Collar Belts, $1.48. Worth $2.00. ‘These are new adjustable Belts, with patent side spring and chain roundabout. Leed’s Plates, Selly Paper, 2 perfe 83c. of Ebony Hair Mirrors and Clothes with heavy sterling 40c. Sozodont, Ladies’ $1.35 Suede Gloves, Ladies’ 59c. Hose Cuticura Resolvent, 39c, Every pair of these Gloves is " warranted, and we'll-fit them at the counter as cheerfully as though you paid the full price. They are real Suedes—3-clasp and in the full assortment of Tan shades. Sizes 514 to 634. S72 Half a case lot 3d0¢, of Ladies’ Fine c Lace Lisle Thread Hose, the lace effect running in patterns from top to toe; high spliced heel and perfect shape. A bet- ter Hose than is sold usually for 59c: All sizes. size, handsomely decorated in wild rose and violet, with every piece gold traced. Full set of 100 pieces. Company, Pennsyivania Avenue and Seventh Street. se taonaottoniossons Tored ” APR ial iS Daggett’ and Dugaii°Snéd by Fidel- ity and Trust Company. ALLEGED FAILURE 0 MEET CONTRACT Complainant Company Surety on Bond for Street Sweeping. INJUNCTION GRANTED Proceedings in equity for an injunction and the appointment of a receiver were in- stituted this afternoon by the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, through Attorneys J. J. Hemphill and Arthur Peter, against Albert Daggett and Michael A. Dugan, who are the contractors for clean- ing the streets of this city. The action is based on the grounds of non-performance of contract for sweep- ing the streets and the defendants’ failure to pay for materials and labor supplied in that work, whereby Hability is sought to be imposed upon the complainant company, which is surety on thelr bond. It is also alleged to be the intention of the defend- ants to throw up the contract, after ob- taining the draft to which they are now en- titled for street sweeping, and convert the proceeds of the draft to their own use without paying the laborers for their ser- vices. Justice Barnard, in Equity Court No. 2, when, the matter was called to his attention, issued a temporary restraining order re- turnable Wednesday next. The bill of particulars recites that April . 1899, a contract was entered into be- tween the Districk of Columbia and the de- fendants by which the latter were to fur- nish all the necessary labor and material and sprinkle, sweep and clean the paved carriageways of such streets and avenues in the District as. the Commissioners might from time to time designate, from June 30, 1899, to July 1, 1900, for the price of 21%4 cents per 1,000 square yards. The bill then recites certain specifications in the contract governing the equipment of the sweepers or patrolmen, and the work they were to be required to do, including the removal of the sweepings within one hour of the time of piling, and that the character and the thoroughness of the :work should at~all times be subject to the.approval of the su- perintendent of: streets. geaning and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Provision {6% Deductions. Section 14, wich frotfded that if any work on any pagticular zpad be generally, bad the Commissioners might direct such deductions for amoupt dug.on such road as they should deem a. 21 ble penalty for such inferior work js included in the bill, as well as section 15, h provided that na. payment should ade for work wherein strict comp{fancé'of the foregoing provision 1s not observed!” The complainant further proceeds to re- count the pi ure the contract under the head of “Genera @tpiilations.” Section 3 of these stipulatidits pwovides that fail- ure to Commence theswork at the time spe- cified, or failure to ite it thereafter ina satisfactory m: eggs ata ae Acs’ necessary, lin’ thé opinion o! istrict Commissioners, for its entire com~- pletion in the. limits of the. tims fixed by said confract, should thority to the said Commissioners to suspend con- tractors from their work and employ others to lete it. AN ‘money due thé con- tractors at the date of suspension, it 1s pro- shall be applied toward the conduct and maintenance of the work, and any ex- size — and Printing Frames same | Clic Lyon’s Tooth Powder, 13c. ployed by the defendants upon the work should be paid punctually in cash, and that the contractors must,as often as may be re- quired by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, furnish the said: Commission- ers Satisfactory evidence that all persons who’ have done ‘work or furnished material have been paid as therein required. Terms of Agreement. The complainant recites that it is a cor- poration engaged in the business of acting as surety on bonds, and was requested by the defendants, Daggett and Dugan, to act as surety on their bond as street sweeping contractors. Before this request was acceded to, it is stated, the complainant company required the defendants to make a written applica- tion therefor and to expressly agree, in writing, under the firm name of Daggett and Dugan and under the individual names of the defendants, that in consideration of the complainant becoming surety on their bond they would pay all costs, damages, charges and expenses whatever resulting from any act, default or neglect on the part of the defendants that the complainant might sustain or incur by reason of its hav- ing executed the bond, or any continua- tion thereof, and that in the event the de- fendant should be unable to complete or carry out their contract with the District that the right of possession to such plant as they might own or have on such work should vest in the complainant, and that it might use the same in pushing the contract to completion. The complainant further states that it was also agreed, in the event of any default on the part of the defend- ants in carrying out their contract with the District, the complainant as surety upon such bond should be subrogated to all the defendants’ rights and property as principals in the contract, and that de- ferred payments and any and all money and properties that might be due and pay- able to the defendants at the time of such breach or default, or that might thereafter become due or payable to them on account of their contract, should be credited upon any claim which might be made upon the complainant under the aforesaid bond. Bond of $50,000. It is further averred that the claimant, on April 27, 1899, become the surety of the de- fendants in the sum of $50,000; that the bond was approved by the District Commis- stoners, and the defendants entered upon the work contracted for with the Commis- sioners at the time specified in the con- -tract- It was then declared that the de- fendants have wholly failed at various times to perferm their contract according | to specification: that on several occasions they failed to pay the persons supplying them with labor; that they failed to thor- oughly clean the streets, and, furfher, failed to gather the refuse and remove ‘it in the Mmant.er specified by their contract, so that inthe latter part of July} 1899, the defend- ants were summoned to zppear before the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to. show cause why their contract should not be declared forfeited. It is also de- ciared that at various’times since then the contract has been similarly violated, and the defendants have been notified by the superintendent of street and alley cleaning that the work -was being done in an un- satisfactory manner. Continuing, the bill avers: “That within the last two weeks the de- fendants have, in violation of contract, failed to clean.the streets and have failed to properly provide the sweepers or patrol- men with the bags or bag carriers pro- vided in section 4 of the specifications, so that in the work of cleaning the streets much unnecessary dust has been created and occasioned; and the superintendent of street cleaning of the District of Columbia. has again warned the defendants that in so doing they were violating their contract.” Fail to Pay for Material. ‘The complainant then alleges that the de- fendants have failed to promptly make pay- ment to all persons supplying them with material wherewith to do the work. They are at present, it is declared, indebted to various parties for materials heretofore supplied to them, and that the Fidelity and Deposit Company was notified January 27 by the Eastern and Western Company and which the complainants will be held respon- se complainant further declares that it fears that horses, carts, tools and other materiais, to the value.of’several thousands of dollars, will be levied upon and com- plainant’s rights to the same lost. Expected to Ferfeit Contract. ‘The bill also declares that the defendant Dugan informed J. Sprigg Poole, the gen- eral manager of the Fidelity Company, that the defendants intended to forfeit the con- tract with the District. and that he also told Mr. Poole that he intended to apply for receivers to take charge of the contract, because he believed that was the only way | by which he could save himself. The bill also ajleges that the last day on which the defendants were pajg by the Dis- trict, March 1, 1900, neither @® the defen- dants would trust the other to receive war- rant or draft, and through the good of- fices of the said general manager of the complainant. the same was ultimately de- livered to John La Rue, the manager of the defendants, and the same general manager of the complainant was obliged to take ac- tive measures to see that the proceeds of said draft or warrant were used to pay the indebtedness of the defendants to the labor- ers employed in the street sweeping. The compiainant further avers that the defendants will receive several thousand dol- lars March 15, 1900, and charges that it is their intention to appropriate the same to their own use, and that thereafter it is their intention to default on their con- tract. It is, therefore, prayed that the defend- ants be restrained from receiving, collect- ing or signing for any funds on account. of their contract, or transferring or signing for any of the implements or materials used in the work upon it, and that a receiver be appointed to take control of the affairs. The bill was sworn to by J. Sprigg Poole, general manager of the Fidelity Company in the District of Columbia. eerie es eas To open a-book properly, hold it with its back on a smooth or covered table. Let the | front board down, then the other; now hold the leaves in one hand while you open Pure White Castile Soap, -Ib. bars, 5c. eee ete oO ooo ene oe LLL LALLA ALG ASKS FOR RECEIVER] \ engraving and printing can by Half-pint Bottles Witch Hazel, 15c. WHAT MEN SMOKE, Their Taste Has Within the Past Few Years. “The taste of men in thel¥™tHoicé of S said a dealer to a Star reporter, “has undergone a great change recently. ‘Some years ago our customers demanded black, or maduro cigars. The color known to the trade as colorado-maduro, or Ined- jum dark colored cigars, were- second zed choice, and light colored or colorado, or re © had third call. ow it is the cigar with a light colored wrapper that has first call. The strong cigar has dropped to third place. In fact, it is almost impossible at times fo supply the demand for colorado or claro wrappers, and, men being animais of habit, they are Very insistent in their demands for just the shade they think is ‘right.’ “I well remember that I used to soak, in liquor obtained from a decoction” of a steeped tobacco leaves, all of my light col- ored wrappers to make them-very dark. partially h- Now they have processes for bleaching the leaf. During the Span American war, when Havana tobacco w searee or cornered, that grade and the Key West cigars were very dark and it tried our patiengg listening to complaints. The quality, too, was poor. Th jum cigar is y cigar is sure de and it may be men, experience, are finding it out, and are adopting the lighter grades in conse- quence. poms sorting of cigars inte the different is a skilled employment by itself, = the women experts in the bureau glance ject a sheet of paper which will eventu: the thousands + ly pass through their hands, if it pe t lightly or too heavily cigar sorter makes and with mar newly opened box? light, each cigar prettily as to col through several handlings, a buneh of a sim box. just become money from a few leaves at the back, then a few at the front, etc., alternately open'ng back and front until the center of the volume is reached. If this is done two or three times, there will be no danger of breaking the volume. Thirty years ago there were only about twenty-five explosive compounds known. 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