n one which does not possess it. That is to say,
that the wrapper which has _calidad_ contains more essential
oil, is denoted by an abundance of small pustules on the
surface of the leaf, and by a general rich, oily appearance.
As a proof of the foregoing proposition, it is only
necessary to know how cigars are made. A lot of tobacco is
worked up into say 50,000. After they are all made, they are
turned over to be assorted, according to color and class,
and are packed and marked. The fillers are all alike, it is
the wrappers that make the difference. To assort the colors
a very, correct eye is required, and those who do this part
of the work make better wages than those who make the
cigars.

"The value of cigars does not increase in direct ratio with
their size, for owing to the difficulty in getting good
wrappers for the larger kinds, the expense of their
manufacture is much increased. Upon one occasion, in Havana,
a manufacturer received an order for a thousand cigars
intended for the Queen of Spain's husband, Don Francisco de
Asis, which he agreed to make for $1,000. They were
delivered in due time, and packed in a richly-mounted cedar
chest, were sent to the royal recipient. They were
magnificent cigars, of the cazadores size, all of the same
color, and so smoothly made as to look as if they had been
turned out of hard wood instead of rolled tobacco. They were
placed on exhibition for a few days before they were sent to
Spain, and a gentleman who saw them, wishing to make a
present to some dignitary, asked the manufacturer to make
him a like number at the same price. To his surprise, the
order was refused. The manufacturer said he could not do it
for the money. His explanation was that it was not the
actual cost of the tobacco and labor of making them, but it
was on account of the trouble and expense met with in
selecting the wrappers. He said he had to pick over
thousands of bales before he could secure a sufficient
number of the proper length, color, and fineness.

"Some two years ago there was a story of a Cuban
cigar-dealer in Broadway, who selected cigars for his more
favored customers by ear. It was said that he put the cigar
to his ear, and listened intently for a moment, and by the
cracking of the tobacco w