PUFFS. 121 



TOBACCO, some say, is a potent narcotic, 

 That rules half the world in a way quite 



despotic ; 

 So to punish him well for his wicked and 



merry tricks, 

 We'll burn him forthwith, as they used 



to do heretics. 



A GOOD name for a cigar is at any time 

 worth one hundred dollars per letter. 

 There is no other trade that uses or possi- 

 bly can use so many titles for its wares. 

 The thousands of beautiful names given 

 to cigars show that cigar manufacturers 

 are a very appreciative lot of people, and 

 are quite as much (if not more) advanced 

 in the philosophy and poetry of life as any 

 other class of business men. 



A glance at the registrations of cigar 

 names will verify the above at any time. 

 There is scarcely a name of history, 

 romance, and song which could be used 

 in good taste but what is used on the 

 cover of a cigar box. A young man who 



