The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

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Yni s.,It w M he had al grudge. He had
doubt Wou ma 6 Guizot for The official, and no
| had he WI" not nave made fhe assault on him
ieT ne not pulled outFtI7a cigar J.
,o,, ne late King HurnheSt Of italy. in his
| tv Jiti nas an hab1tual SIN oker. One day
| he han unlss ttnroughthe streets of Naples
| lust iighteG 10 drop a cigar which he had
gaiea .isaeeo. He noticed that a singularly
oelected looking citizen darted forward
ana GRABBED the cigarafrom the street
u mi tio oog nothing more of the matter
called TIC his memory ,Inon recent of an
p uiiSighed letter relating that the writer
nag nag peen on the verge Of committing sui
eide when he had CHANGED to pick UP the
cigar which the king4had dropped
Inc smoking of this he said, had
eG a the moodiness5 of his thoughts
nida 't IT, 5ine oeing, and the impulse to sui
ciue mad oeen overcome He added that
ne was happy to say that the troubles
which had threatened to overwhelm him
LEI oiten nad ieIt NM In that case the king S
cigar saved not himself but another man.
Tnen there is the story of how Sig.
mario the famous tenor saved his life
with cigar: The singer had just started
with whom he was locked in the compart-
inent drew truculent looking knife from
ms pocket and announced that he intended
10 cut ms throat. The singer, recognized
mat he had to deal with a crazy man,
and he saw that GOODNESS alone could save
nlfn as 1t was highly probable that
struggle would end in the maniac accom-
Before you begin, wouldn't you like to
smoke a good cigar?''. he asked of his
murderouS companion.
That wouldn't be bad idea said the
man, laying aside his knife. MY nerves
will be Steadier."
Mario gave him the biggest cigar he
had jn his case. and when the crazy man
had smoked it he offered him another big
one. The man continued smoking the
singers cigars, and lucky for the Italian
he had good supply. The man was still
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next station and Mario managed to hand
him over to the police.
A plot against the life of Mazzini the
Italian patriot, once failed because of his
courtesy with box of cigars 1t came
to his knowledge that an attempt was to
be made on mis- life. He procured box
of the finest cigars and waited for his
Would-be ASSASSIN to call upon him. When
they came in he handed out the cigars.
Taken aback by this maneuver they took
them and began to smoke
They did not find it easy to start killing
man who had just handed them good
cigars. and they sat about awkwardly I'M
til Mazzini said
Gentlemen, take another cigar. I be-
lieve you came to kill ME? Why do you
not proceed to business2'
The assassins uttered some words of
lame regret and left.
Two more instances are given to show
where men saved themselves from en-
parrassment. not from peril, with using
cigars. When Bismarck was entering
q - Will Tic ARMY lie HOtlc6u
that some French worknaen were gathered
at the gate, evidently prepared to make a
hostile demonstrations Quickly he turned
his horse toward them and, pulling out a
cigar. asked their leaderifor match. The
man handed him one and the attitude of
the Frenchmcn changed completely as the
German leader thanked the workman
courteously.
Edwin Booth once thus disarmed a
small mob of men who had been hired to
make demonstration at a performance
he was giving on one of his tours. They