a, 'is best understood when it is
the last you possess, and there is no chance of getting
another. At Koeniggraetz 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
justified 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
between 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
interesting information on the various modes of lighting pipes and
cigars.

[Illustration: "Light, Sir."]

"''Ere y'are, sir--pipe-light, cigar-light, on'y 'ap'ny a
box--'ave a light, sir.' Every smoker of the larger cities
knows the cry. Every tender-hearted smoker is familiar with
the appeal, by day and by night, and remembers pangs of
regret he has felt when the want of ha'pence or the
repletion of his match-box has prevented his much-besought
response. There is no need now to enlarge upon the
sufferings, the adventures, the dangers of these peripatetic
juvenile trades folk, sparse of clothes and food, and full
of the material which may make or mar a nation; for all
this was done, and even overdone, by the graphic
sensationalists of the London penny dailies when Chancellor
Lowe proposed a tax on matches. We may, upon occasion, feel
for the manufacturers and venders of 'lights,' but more
generally we find ourselves constrained to sympathize with
the purchasers of such contrivances for the ignition of
pipes and cigars. The smoking of tobacco is an art; an art
which, in its proper exercise, requires much care, much
prudence, and not a little skill. This is a proposition
which must, from its very n