TOBACCO LEAVES 



To a young man who stood smoking a 

 cigar the other day there approached the 

 elderly and impertinent reformer of im- 

 memorial legend. 



" How many cigars do you smoke a 

 day ? " asked the meddler. 



" Three," answered the youth, as pa- 

 tiently as he could. 



" How much do you pay for them? " 



" Ten cents," confessed the young man. 



" Don't you know, sir," continued the 

 sage, " that if you would save that money, 

 by the time you are as old as I am you 

 could own that big building over the 

 way?" 



" Do you own it? " inquired the smoker. 



" No." 



" Well, I do," said the young man. 



U tJ U 



IT'S an ill weed that nobody can smoke. 



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