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more freely than the tobacco of America. These cigars are 
usually, pressed, and burn well, leaving a dark-colored ash, 
and emitting a fragrant odor. Most of those used in this 
country may be more properly termed cheroots, both ends 
SWISS CIGARS. 
being cut, allowing a free passage of air, which is usually the 
case with all kinds of cheroots, or Eastern and European 
cigars. There is not that freshness of flavor to Swiss cigars 
peculiar to Havana’s, and they lack that essential quality 
which renders the latter so delicious and enjoyable. The 
Swiss cigar is in perfection when just made or rolled, and 
such should be chosen instead of those that have been made 
for some time and closely packed and dried. 
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These cigars are made of one of the finest varieties of leaf 
tobacco known to commerce. Although unknown to this 
country—both the cigars and the leaf tobacco have a deserved 
reputation in Europe, and it is beyond all question one of the 
finest tobaccos in the world for cigars. These cigars havea 
delicacy of flavor unapproachable in any other variety, and 
may justly be termed the finest at least of all South Ameri- 
can cigars. It is one of the finest burning tobaccos in the 
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world, and does not fail to suit the taste of the most fastidi- 
ous of smokers. The finest are of dark color and wholly 
free from any rank or unpleasant taste. These cigars are 
uniformly mild and have but little variety of flavor, the ash 
