TOBACCO LEAVES 



facturers, those men will be lacking in 

 business acumen. " What an important 

 part the fragrant Havana plays in the 

 world of affairs," said the philosophic Wu. 

 " Imagine what a clear head it gave the 

 great soldier in planning his campaigns, 

 and in ordering his victories, and what a 

 mental calm and equipoise it enabled him to 

 maintain in the confusion and excitement 

 of battle." The question arises how that 

 long and illustrious line of great generals, 

 from Alexander down to Napoleon, con- 

 trived to win battles without " the fragrant 

 Havana," as most of them were obliged 

 to. But it may be ungracious to pick 

 flaws in Mr. Wu's oration. He was pay- 

 ing a tribute to Grant. Yet the other side 

 will be sure to point out that the cancerous 

 growth that led to General Grant's illness 

 and death was laid to excessive smoking. 

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