The Cigar Industry

A room of tlio ïnteniiil lïevcime Dépa nieiiti in tle l'oatOfflce Building, New York, coutaüis, it is eaid, aboiit 20,000 cigars, ïuostly ui' clie:ip, domeetiti uianufiioiuio, and roproenihigas samples ovideuco in tho uiatler ot'hcizure.s, reaching within iho last se ven montlis, upward of 1,250,000 eignrs. Tlieso samples illusti-aio every phase in the swindliiig oí' Lho Ooveniïneut in Uio tax upoii liie nianuiUctiiro of tobáceo, and each Fabelled package hasahistory in Itself. Tho requiroments of the Grovennncnt in the manufacture of cigara aro vory simple. A tnx is im osod of' CO oouta 011 each 1U0 cigars, and stamp.s ai-e issued at that raTe, to be placed uim boxes designed tü:untaiiieilhoi--0, 0, Í00, 2ÖÜ, or 500 cigars. T!ic lavr requisos Üiat i lioso stamps, onuo used ou boxes, sliall bo caiiccllcd iu two way.s- lirst, by writiug upon il tiia factory number aud dalo of stamping, and secoml, by glainping upou it nut less than six: wave Unes uxteudiiig ovór tlio stamp and on to the box, ai least tliiroo-quar-. Iers of an inch on pach sido. Wlioa tlio box is enipticd, any noglcct to cancel tbc stamp is mailo piinisbable bv a lim! of foO, or iniprisonmeut trom ten days to six niontlis, and auy nersou rciüliii.: a slainpod box is made [iablo lo a fine of SlOü or one year's iniprisoiunoat. lüvory roveaue offleor is autliorizod to destruy any eiapty ei mr box upon wliich x cigar stamp is fuund,- [Kx. Shortly al'tcr dnybreak laloly ooastguard at Teyiiinouth, Engoma, tbund a lady sittjng uu the beaob in the water, bkc uivved a soiuniimbuI lisU I