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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-06

Eight known to BE Dead.
Eight persons are positively known
to have been drowned, in the two Kan
sas Cities since last Friday. They are:
Policeman Edward keenan,, Kohle.
Philip Ware, William Heisler, William
Herbert, James Deermano, John Ray
and Edward Brooks.
The Columbia sent out skiffs to ''The
Patch" slum district near Armour $
packing house, and % men and one
woman were rescued from huts. These
refugees reported that they had
counted % of their neighbors and
friends who had lost their lives. Su-
perintendent Young, of the Swift Pack
ing company, said that there We're
probably 25 to 80 bodies in the wreck
age lodged in the Armourdale packing
house district. A Chinaman who was
rescued said that three of his country
men were drowned.
Dispatches from Kansas towns re-
port falling water. resumption of bust
ness and a general scaling down of es-
Inmates of loss of life and property.
difficult to be conservative.
Damage Extensive.
Following is a list of some of the
larger structures that have either
been damaged or swept away: Chi
cago Great Western freight depot, old
Southern bridge, Union Terminal rail
way bridge, Twelfth street steel
bridge, Kansas avenue steel bridge,
Metropolitan Street railway bridge,
Rock Island railway bridge, stock
yards bridge, Union Pacific steel
bridge, elevated railway bridge at Cen
trail avenue, Union Terminal railway
bridge, James street wagon bridge,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-06


Kansas City, Mo-, June --latest
flood damage estimates are as fol-
lows:
Lives lost in city and suburbs,
probably .................... so
Homeless .................... 90, 900
Still in peril and not rescued. $50
Property loss (estimated) $40, 10000
Kansas City, Mo-, June with gas
and electric lights extinguished the
waterworks shut down, and the city
practically at the mercy of the first
fire that shall break out; with rail
road transportation feeble and I'M
certain. Kansas City may, if the
waters do not recede within the next
two or three days, be compelled to
fight for her very life.
Twenty Thousand Homeless.
The first authentic information
from Kansas City, Kan, was received
Monday night. In that district 90
600 people are homeless. A number
which cannot be estimated have been
drowned, and the property loss has
been heavy. The situation there is a
parallel to the situate here-appar-
entity no better-and no worse.
Probably so Dead.
1t is utterly impossible to form any
estimate of the number of dead in
Kansas City, Mo. There have been
manifold stories of how boats laden
with people have been seen to sink
there have been reports without end
of bodies seen floating by on wreck
age. of men who have tried to drive
wagons laden with their household
effects against certain death in the
swift current and gone down in the
food. The majority of these stories
lack proof, however, and even if true,
the proof may never be had. There
is no possible way of getting at the
names of the dead, and no chance of
forming any estimate that can con-
| fidently be termed accurate. 1t is
| likely. however, that the number of
fatalities in Kansas City, Mo-, will
aDDrOXimate sc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-06
The Financial Losses.

The financial damage is estimated
by prominent business men at any
where between $1O,OGO,0OO and So, 0OO,-
900 in this city alone, but there is no
method of determining this with any
accuracy. One mans guess is s good
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-06
Crops Destroyed.

Lincoln Center, Kan. June 2-The
Saline river is from two to five miles
in width, and crops in this valley are
completely destroyed for distance of
at least hundred miles. In Lincoln
county alone the loss will sum up to
several hundred thousand dollars, and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-06
IN KANSAS CITY.
Is, Indeed, GIOOmy-PrOb-
nj,

HDIy %
Kansas City, Mo-, June --latest
flood damage estimates are as fol
1oy-S.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07

R4qlt4|l\pags
CHECKS AN AID TO DRINK.
&ev. NJ. NJ. Parkhurst, a Chicago
Preacher, Asks Employers
to Use Cash.

"Paease do not pay your employees
with bank checks" is the latest cry
of Chicago's reform element. In a
folder neatly printed Rev. NJ. NJ. Park
hurst has appealed to every manufac-
turing firm in Chicago not to aid the
saloonkeepers by issuing checks in
stead of money to their workers ON
pay day.
"We find," says the folder, "that the
custom of paying your employees in
che cks is a serious cause of drunken
ness. Large numbers of saloopkeepers
by cashing these checks get your en-
ployes into their places and put them
under obligation to patronize their
bars. Many men get trusted for drinks
nnt1 pay day because they agree to
bring in their checks and after paying
up the score they begin TO drink and
spend all their money, going home
empty-handed to abuse their families.
Hundreds of minors take their first
glass when the saloonseepers cash
their checks. Can you arrange some
way to pay your employees in cash and
help us keep them out of saloons?"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
A PLAIN TALK.
Some Terse Conn e nts on Danger In
to Which the Man who Drink
Constantly Runs.

Not every man who gets drunk COM
mits murder. But every man who gets
drunk commits suicide-to a degree.
The drink shortens his life and weak
ems his powers, mental and physical
And every man who gets drunk is
apt to commit murder or any other
crime that when sober seems to him
heinous and impossible.
Any man who puts his manhood
aside and puts the devil in charge Of
himself is taking mighty big chances.
He is trifiing with his own life and
the lives of Others perhaps near end
dear to him.
A word misunderstood by the befud-
died brain, an insult or a grievance
born in the disordered passions OF in
the degraded Imagination, a weapon
at hand-and the thing is done.
1t is not the man who does it; IL is
the demon in the drink.
The man who deliberately puts that
demon in control of himself never
knows what it will do with him.-Des
Moines Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07

had kept company" for ever so long.
When the decision to get married
took full possession of them a few
days ago they looked ouS upon a cold,
beating rain and realized that to
reach Glassboro and a minister they
would have to travel five miles afoot,
because they had no conveyance of
any sort, and they needed all the
money the hire of such a conveyance
might cost.
"Can you walk the distance?" asked
George Washington of his loved one.
''I sh'd think 1 could, honey" re-
piled Miss Jarvis in her most winning
way.
Out in the rain and the chill north
east wind, which beat in their faces
the entire distance, the couple
trudged to Glassboro, found Rev. S.
NJ. Nichols at the Methodist Episco-
pal parsonage, and were quickly
made one, bedraggled as they were.
Then, hand in hand and very happy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen trudged over the
Ave miles home.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
ITEMS.

In the province of Ontario, Canada,
vigorous campaign bearing on the
liquor traffic is now we'll under way.
Entire prohibition of the traffic is not
aimed at, but the purpose is to abolish
the barroom, and with it the treating
custom.
The managers of the public school
system in Belgium some years ago
adopted very practical way of help
Ing the temperance movement in that
country by setting apart certain day
each year, known as pledge day" I'm
the schools, when the parents are re-
quested to attend, and each scholar
who has reached IL years of age is in
vited to take a pledge Of total abb
stinence from intoxicants for eight
years.
An interesting case of commissions
due to the excessive use of tea as q
beverage was recently treated In q
New York, hospital The patient, a
woman aged 46 years, began when very
young using several CUBS of tea at each
naeal and for the last few years has
taken on an average 20 cups day.
8 Signs Of kidney failure and uremic
symptoms came on, emitting in convul-
sions and finally coma. The patient
had never used alcohol.-Journal Of
Iaebriety.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
G. s. O
PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND
ARkyyE NEW MAINS. STATION.
FEBRUARY list. 1898.
LEAVE RICHMOND.

7:45 q. M. Except Sunday Newport News
''" o. News AND Norfoine T%o ho Me~p snS
rs minutes to Norfolk. Stops Williams
burg, Newport News Hampton ard
400 p. M, Daily Except sunday-For Old
Point. Newport News and Norfolk
2hours and rs minutes to Norfolk Stops
Hampton only. Connects at Newport
DAYS. Fridays and sssardsys, with N
m Steamers to Baltimore; at Old
Point with Washington. Baltimore and
CapeCharles steamers at Norfolk with
k.oo oidDomini9n steamers for New York.
oaU p. M, Daily For Newport News and Old
Point. On Sunday onlp connects for
Norfolk. Makes principal Stops.
Main Line West Bound.
ioio a. m, Locial Except Sunday 20 Clifton
Calverton and Manassas.
200 D. m. Daily-Cineinnati and Louisville TX
press. Pullman Sieepers from Gordons-
vile Co Cincinnati, and Louisville. Din
ing Car on at Gordonsville, Conn,scts
for Virginia Hot Springs. A local
train from Gordonville to Staunton fol-
lows, for local stations. except Sunday.
Dsowel
Hinton, Cincinnati and Louis vile.
James River Division.
10 a. M. Daily For Lynchburg, Lexington,
and Clifton Forge; except Sunday
for Rosney and Alberene and New
Castle. Parlor car
5:l5 p. me-, Except Sunday. To Bremo.
Arrive.
PENINSULA DIVISION, = From Norfolk and Old
Point, arrive, 10 :0o a. M, daily: and 1T
p. M, daily. IL ;+5 a. NJ, and 20 D. m.
except Sunpay
MAIN LINE, From Cincinnatiand the west Sis
a. m daily; and $3.50 p. IN. daily
Ills p. m. except Sunday. Local $3.50
a. m. except sunday.
JAMES RIVER DIVISIONS: 35 p. m, daily and
$40 a. M, eSoSpG Sun lag
Apply at SOC e. east Main, street, 9O3 east
Main street, Murphy's Hotel jefferson Hotel
and Main-Street Station for further inferma-
ton, rates. tickets and Pullman Reservation.
w o. WARTHEN,
DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT.
q. E. DOYLE, II. w. FULLER,
GENT M'G'R- GENL p. A.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
Women Who Drink.

A writer in a medical journal ut
ters severe Indictment against the
society woman in the matter of al
coholic indulgence. Among the
weather. and higher classes, he
maintains, the habit has become al
most universal, and this pernicious
example has rapidly extended
through the various social substrata,
for it is human nature to initiate the
actions of those who are better ia
vored, and a bad example, like bad
news, travels fast. The exhausting
effects of the demands of society
upon its devotees creates a desire
for stimulant. Once a taste, it be-
comes a difficult matter for women
to refuse, should she desire, when
offered TO her in new and tempting
form, until soon an alcoholic stimu-
liant is essential to her neurotic con-
stitution, and the daily potion be-
comes fixed habit. A spirit of
recklessness in young women to imi-
tate in secret this vice of the male
sex is not infrequently a cause for
the beginning of alcoholic indul-
gence, and for the continuance of
! which opportunities are easily OBJ
tainable. So prevalent, indeed, has it
become that there are but few young
women of the better classes In the
cities who are not familiar with the
taste and effects of alcoholic stimu-
lants, and too frequently the So
called attacks of nervous prostration
! among women are but the effects Of
alcoholic indulgenoes.--Scots
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
COAST-LINE.
Schedule In Effect Nov. 80, 1909.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-BYRD
STREET STATION.

900 a. M, NORFOLK LIMITED, Daily. Ar
rives Petersburg 9.3l A. NJ, Norfolk,
ll:2oa. m. Stops only at Petersburg.
$50 a. m. Daily. Arrives Petersburg, 9:ls s.
M, Weldon 1l:2s a. M. Emporia
- ~ a; G M, Il :i;tFayetteysile a:SS
500 A. M, Jacksonville COS a. M,
Tampa T st 2;i m Port S,tS lamps Am % zoo pm
p m. Pullman Sleeper New crk to
Jacklxsonvile.
1920 P: NJ. Daily, arriving, Petersburg /
Western railroad for Roanoke and inter
mediate points. Stop at Drewrys
Bluff. Centralia and Chester.
s;oOp. m. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily
Arrives at Petersburg $50 P. NJ, Nor
Waverly. and Suffolk.
4:lop. m. Daily. except Sunday. Arrives Pet
4 Rocky Mount 5 ;lOP. NJ Makes an Inter,
5:5sP n, Daily. Arrives Petersburg p. M,
Makes all stops.
$3.50 P. NJ. FLORIDA g. WEST INDIAN LIN
- TIED. Daily Arrives Petersburg, 2: g
sn Sn peass
i.I.ISTi. 8 sc 2. -. Connects With a..
lantic and Danyille for stations between
s1g and %slSIS ssaa q %slden
Fayetteville IL: ~ A. M CnarIessO ITO a =; -
M. Savannah 80 A. NJ Jacksonville
los p: NJ. Tampa 1880 p. N. Po!t lamp
NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA
POINTS.-Arrfying Augusta 8 rs A. NJ,
Macon IL s5 A M, Atlanta Leo p. NJ,
Pullman Sleeper New York to Whining.
vile, Augusta and Macon. Dtning-car
s:ssP. NJ Daily. Arrives Petersburg lo;ib p
N. Connects at Petersburg with Norfolh
81 Western railway, arriving at Lynch
loiOA. =. Pullman Sleeper Richmond
II 80 p 4 Daily Arrives Pssersburs ia:so
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
agA,M; Dstly; From yscksenstlle. ssvan-
gussa and al points soush.
A. n: Daily. except Sunday. Petersburg
ffao A. ~ sly. sxcep. esndsy from Rocky
s m1uns and msermediase stations. Nor
f;Sa A; ~ y; PeIly: From norfolk. sutrorh and
acc Pm; DsiIys1 Frou pe.srsbury Roanoke
c;sop. Y, psny. ffos Eoffoe. sans,s. and
Joy PetbrSburH-i h5fAfHTC = ~ 800 -
ia3P. Y Dsilys. FROM AkisuS. Pers Tampa
i'a ediasss sRs nd Is sssss.
s8af n DAILY sa yrsm rsssrsbuzz. lxapS
IA. N, EM4ERsoH, .1g
sa-ao Traffic AanAsG.
W. j. CRAIG, y9ar raaw s5GSYs - !;
qsasra psssassss Asenf N
Division Pssepsr A 90,
6ss EsstRain St.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07

The free alanch," it 10 sometimes
said, SIS the redeemipg featpre of the
saleon-"Jo Hear what Mrs. Chaanoey
Depew says about it: 1.-THE free lunch
n largely ne sponsible tor the enslaye-
znent Of Young men to drink. IA sure
asa rnan'eats q free lunch, S5ust so sure
will he be q drinking man, unless he
10 Possessed OF rare self-controi. A
znAaj takes y drink and . bite. The bite
makes Nina thirsty and the drink
mskcs MIN hungry, and many a man
who would leave a saloon after hsy-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07

Ing imbibed one drink, will stick ell
day as long as the free lunch is there.
1t isn't The drink that keeps him, but
the ingenious makeup of the free
lunch. and that's why say it's blotck
on civilization and should be wiped
out"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
CHEERED ON BY LOVE.
New Jersey Couple Tramped Ten
Niles I'm a Cold, Beating Rain
10 BE Married.

When love gets itself into condition
to do things it laughs at good deal
more than locksmiths. That is what
George Washington Allen and Ger
trude Jarvis thought when they made
up their minds that matrimony was
about their fit. The couple are resi-
dents of Cross Keys, n. j., and they
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
True BIuS

Customer-This milk looks rather
blue.
Milkman-Blue! You ought to have
seen it before the boss put the chalk
mn. Y. Journal
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07

Elephants Arc Dying Ont.
The number of elephants in the
world is fast decreasing. In 1888
there were about $4,000. Now there
are less than 10000
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
SOUTHERN RAIL Way
Schedule In Effect Nov. 80 1909
Trains Leave ard Arrive 14th st. Stat ion

ZOO A. m, No Danville, ...............
Charlotte, and all local stations
south connecting at Dsnville for sta
Sons to l-ynchburg, also with d. g. w.
ny Tor Martinsvile and stations on that
and west thereof
II 30 p. m, No. Is. limited train daily for Jack
sonville and all Florida points: Havana
Nassau ETC.. Connects at NJ useley, with
farmville, and Powhstan Railroad; at
Jreensboro for Durham. Raleigh and
Winston-Salem: ut Danville with No.
50, United States fast mail, solid train,
daily Tor New 0riear and points South
SclumEia, Savannah and Jacksopville
Drawing Room Buffet sleeper. Rich
Through coach for Chase City, Oxford
and Durham Through train, with
sleeper salisbury to Mem phis. Din
IL :05 P. m, No. H. Southern Express, daily for
Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville. and
points South, sleeper for Danville.
Greensboro. Salisbury and Charlotte,
open at Richmond 9:0 p. NJ. Connec-
tion with New York and Florida Ex-
press and Southwestern Limited, which
Carries through Keep ers to Augusta, sa
Memphis. Atlanta, New Orleans. etc.
Eomplete Dining-Car Service. Also
Pullman Tourist sleeper Mondays. Wed
pesdays and Fridays Washington to
SanFrancisco, with out change. with con
nections fer all points in Texas, Mexico
and California.
8 20 p. m. No. IL local daily, except Sunday.
Tor keysvlue and intermediate points.
TRAINS AkKlfEIN RICHMOND.
% p. M From Atlanta. Augusta. jackson
vile, Ashvilie and all points South.
8 rs P. m. from Durham, Charlotte, Danviiie
and mternedlate stations
LOCAL FREIGHT.
Nos. 81 and So between Manchester and Neapo-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
Temperance On pr.-,..

The new Prassian minister for
works and railways. Gen. Budde, has
Instructed the chief officials of the
Prussian state railways to take every
opportunity Of Inserting in all con-
tracts for buildings cl-rses calculated
to diminish the eonsumPtion,, OF spirits
by the workmen. The contractors will
be required to see that an adequate
supply Of temperance drinks, espe-
cfaily pure water, coffee and tea, are
available. and are to do their best to
Check the gale of spirits.---Berlin Cor.
respondent of London Standard.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
The Easiest Way.

Hewitt-How do you spell-p
Jewett-I don't spell It; just die
tate 1t to my stenographer.-Bro
life.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
ALPHEUS SCOTT,
olT ACHuRoH HfrI.

FONf-KAIs ksfHrNfVk u
. a. .yE.s AND -EaBALMER,
n~ropen Day aad Ntshs. ofiee and
WAye raeMs sSss r 81. Chsrch ffiiL
y Orders By |TeassxAph, and Telepheas
atSenasd 20. Al business COZ
Hl(satSal Ola Phone4Io. 3i63.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07

Lekeside-Why are Mr.. and Mrs.
Uedagain holding a reeeption7
Porker-They're celebrating their
silver divorce.-N. Y. Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07

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cents; that for this you
II tho little details are UP
II piano accomplishments
IL sheet music is equal
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
Norfolk and Western r. r.
New. 30th, 1909.
LEAVE RICHMOND DAILN, BYRD
STREET STATION

STREET STATION.
u:0O A. m. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at
e SSsSDs u A M ,o ss'9Rs only at Pet
at Wakefield only to let off passengers
holding tickets from Richmond and
Petersburg.
&c ai. or JIiiOaIO EAR mss. Tor
Lynchburg; Roanoke Columbus Gin
cinnati and Chicago. Buxet Parlor
Sleeper Roanoke to Columbus and
Bluefeld TO Cincinnati: also for Bris-
tot. Knoxville and Chattanooga. Pull
Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville,
ar Roanoke to Knoxville.
1870 .. m. Roanoke Express for Farmville,
Lynchburg, Roanoke and intermediate
800 P. M, Ocean Shore Limited Arrives Nor
folk 5: 20 p. M. Stops only at Petersburg
folk with Steamers TO Boston, Provi-
dence, New York, Baltimore and Wash
ington.
late stations Arrives ut Norfolk 10 40
p. M.
e:s5 P. M. for Lynchburg. and Roanoke. Con-
meets at Lynchburg, with Washington
New Orleans; Cafe, Parior and Observe
man sleeper between Rie6mond and md
dS as s s xe 5f s 1SS
Trains arrive Richmond from I.ynchburg and
the West daily rs AM Zoo .. m. and
300 Z. Nd. from Norfolk and the East
at II 10 A. m, IL az A m. and 9 80 p.
Office Sss Main St.
JOHN E WAGNER,
City Passenger and Ticket Agt.
O. II. BOSLEY,
District Passenger Agent.
w. B. BEVILL,
General Passenger Agent.
General Office; Roanoke Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-07
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY

Short hne TO Principal Cities of the South
and Southwest. Florida, Cuba, Texas, Caiifor-
MIA, and Mexico, reaching the Capitals OF six
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MOVES, 1902
TRAINS LEAVE RICHmOND-mAIN ST.
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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-09-25
A POETS ALooFNEss.
Fhe Hanner In Which Wordsworth
Was Regarded by His Neighbors.

The worthless Of Wordsworth's vii
lage in the lake country of England
had their own ideas of his value as a
after his death as to his personality
they readily admitted that he was kind
to those who were in sickness or need.
They could count on him on pinch.
But he did not hobnob with his neigh
bors.
"He did not notice them much" said
an old man in answer to questions
asked by the author of Lake Country
Sketches"
"a Jem Crow and an auld blue cloak
was his rig" continued the old man.
And as for his habits, he had moan.
Niver knew him with pot i his hand
or pipe + his mouth"
After deep probing the author brought
out:
.Yes. Wordsworth was fond Of a
good dinner at times If you could get
linn to it. That was the job"
Then the poets aloofness was again
touched upon.
He was forever pacing the roads
and his own garden walks and always
composing poetry. He was terrible
throng in visitors and folks We mum
ken at times. but IL he could get AVA
fra them a spell he was out upon his
walk
And then he would set his head a
bit forrad and put his hands behint his
hack And fbon ha ronld cto rt O. hmm
ming, and it was bum, bum, bum, and
go on cumming for long enough right
down and back again. l suppose, ye
ken, the cumming helped him out a
bit"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-09-25
Bismarck's Best Cigar.

Unlike Napoleon. Bismarck was a
lard smoker. He once told this story
to illustrate his love of the weed:
The value of a good cigar Is best
understood when it is the last you pos
Bess and there is no chance of getting
another. At Koeniggraetz | had only
one cigar left in my pocket. which |
carefully guarded during the battle as
4 miser guards his treasure. | did not
feel justified in using it. l painted in
glowing colors in my mind the happy
hour when should enjoy 1t after the
victory. but had miscalculated my
chances. A poor dragon lay helpless,
with both arms crushed, murmuring
for something to refresh him. | felt in
my pockets and found only gold. which
would not be of the least use to him.
But stay. had still my treasured
cigar / lighted it for him and placed
it between his teeth. You should have
seen the poor fellows grateful smile.
never enjoyed a cigar so much as that
one which | did not smoke"