282 CIGAR LIGHTERS. 
“¢The value of a good cigar,’ said Bismarck, as he pro- 
ceeded to light an excellent Havana, ‘is best understood 
when it is the last you possess, and there is no chance of get- 
ting another. At Kéniggriitz I had only one cigar left in 
my pocket, which I carefully guarded during the whole of 
the battle as a miser does his treasure. I did not feel justi- 
fied in using it. I painted in glowing colors in my mind the 
happy hour when I should enjoy it after the victory. But I 
had miscalculated my chances.’ ‘And what was the cause of 
your miscalculation?’ ‘A poor dragoon. He lay helpless, 
with both arms crushed, murmuring for something to refresh 
him. I felt in my pockets and found I had only gold, and 
that would be of no use to him. But, stay, I had still. my 
treasured cigar! I lighted this for him, and placed it be- 
tween his teeth. You\should have seen the poor fellow’s 
grateful smile! I never enjoyed a cigar so much as that one 
* which I did not smoke.’” 
In European cities juveniles offer the smoker, at every 
street corner, a “pipe” or a “cigar light.” The following 
description, entitled “ Light, Sir,” is from an English journal, 
and contains much in- 
teresting information 
on the various modes 
of lighting pipes and 
cigars. 
“<Kre y’are, sir— 
pipe light, cigar-light, 
on’y ’ap’ny a box— 
’ave a light, sir.’ Ey- 
ery smoker of the 
larger cities knows 
the cry. Every ten- 
der-hearted smoker is 
familiar with the ap- 
peal, by day and by 
Sa night, and remembers 
ih pangs of regret he has 
“LIGHT, SIR.” felt when the want 
; of ha’ pence or the re- 
pletion of his match-box has prevented his much-besought 
response. There is no need now to enlarge upon the suffer- 
ings, the adventures, the dangers of these peripatetic juvenile 
trades folk, sparse of clothes and food, and full’ of the 
