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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  six-inch 
  air 
  chambers. 
  It 
  is 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  12x15, 
  

   with 
  double 
  doors. 
  The 
  arrangements 
  throughout 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ings 
  for 
  protection 
  against 
  fire 
  are 
  very 
  perfect. 
  Two 
  

   chemical 
  engines 
  outside, 
  and 
  fort3'-five 
  tanks 
  holding 
  1,000 
  

   gallons 
  each, 
  are 
  located 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  edifice 
  inside, 
  with 
  

   pipe 
  and 
  hose 
  leading 
  to 
  every 
  floor. 
  In 
  the 
  rear 
  grounds 
  

   another 
  very 
  large 
  tank 
  has 
  been 
  erected, 
  which 
  contains 
  

   many 
  thousand 
  gallons, 
  accessible 
  by 
  pipes 
  to 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  premises. 
  Also 
  barrels 
  of 
  water, 
  all 
  headed 
  up, 
  but 
  

   with 
  mallets 
  ready, 
  buckets, 
  axes 
  and 
  iron 
  doors 
  on 
  each 
  

   floor, 
  form 
  quite 
  valuable 
  assistants. 
  There 
  are 
  elevators 
  at 
  

   each 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  constant 
  use. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  floor 
  is 
  the 
  stamping 
  department, 
  and 
  here 
  

   can 
  be 
  seen 
  the 
  numerous 
  bags 
  receiving 
  their 
  labels, 
  stamps, 
  

   cautionary 
  notices, 
  etc 
  , 
  put 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  rapid 
  manner 
  by 
  

   negro 
  boj^s. 
  This 
  room 
  is 
  a 
  curiosity, 
  the 
  work 
  being 
  so 
  

   deftly 
  executed. 
  In 
  other 
  rooms 
  is 
  put 
  up 
  their 
  celebrated 
  

   " 
  Durham 
  Long 
  Cut," 
  in 
  silver 
  paper 
  and 
  tin-foil 
  packages, 
  

   and 
  elaborately 
  embellished. 
  For 
  cigarette 
  and 
  pipesmoking, 
  

   it 
  is 
  superior 
  to 
  any 
  tobacco 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  is 
  manu- 
  

   factured 
  from 
  pure 
  leaf, 
  free 
  from 
  nitrates 
  and 
  narcotics. 
  

   The 
  cigars 
  that 
  the 
  late 
  Emperor 
  of 
  France,* 
  Louis 
  Napoleon, 
  

   smoked, 
  and 
  which 
  cost 
  one 
  dollar 
  each 
  in 
  Havana, 
  were 
  

   made 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  leaf 
  that 
  is 
  now 
  used 
  in 
  Blackwell's 
  

   Durham 
  Long 
  Cut 
  and 
  Blackwell's 
  Durham 
  cigarettes. 
  It 
  

   is 
  identical. 
  Prof. 
  Horsford, 
  when 
  in 
  Cuba, 
  procured 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  cigars, 
  and 
  there 
  learned 
  that 
  thej' 
  were 
  made 
  

   from 
  leaf 
  grown 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  where 
  

   this 
  factory 
  is 
  situated. 
  The 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  the 
  Napoleon 
  

   cigars' 
  remarked 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  make 
  any 
  better 
  

   goods, 
  and 
  no 
  other 
  leaf 
  would 
  equal 
  that 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose. 
  

  

  The 
  machinery 
  used 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  latest 
  and 
  most 
  perfect 
  con- 
  

   struction. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  pasting 
  machines, 
  the 
  invention 
  

   of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  superintendents, 
  that 
  do 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  

   the 
  speed 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  allows. 
  They 
  are 
  small 
  machines 
  

   run 
  by 
  steaim, 
  as 
  is 
  all 
  the 
  machinery 
  employed. 
  There 
  

   is 
  also 
  a 
  machine 
  for 
  printing 
  labels 
  on 
  bags 
  and 
  on 
  wood. 
  

  

  «XoTE.— 
  In 
  reply 
  to 
  a 
  direct 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  trsth 
  of 
  this 
  claim, 
  put 
  by 
  a 
  rep- 
  

   resentative 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Tobacco 
  Journal, 
  :Mr. 
  Carr 
  said: 
  

  

  " 
  Well, 
  that's 
  a 
  leading 
  question; 
  I 
  don't 
  suppose 
  I 
  am 
  capable 
  of 
  judging 
  In 
  

   the 
  matter. 
  Professor 
  Horsford 
  is 
  an 
  authority 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  his 
  

   word 
  for 
  it 
  that 
  the 
  cigars 
  he 
  procured 
  in 
  Havana 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  

   bright 
  tobacco." 
  

  

  