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Union. Kuniroff, a regimental sur-
k 1 goon, sued n civilian with whom
m In) liml ntmrrclcd. and -won a JtldK-
iiieiil of ono hundred dollars, Ills
colonel inndo complaint to tho
czar, who sent for KiinirofT, and
demanded to know why tho hup
Kcon had resorted to tho courts
ItiHtead of to I ho duol. Tho cul
prit explained that ho had religious scruples
against dueling.
"Hellglon," tho autocrat retorted, "Ih ono thing;
honor la another." And ho commanded tho sur
geon's resignation.
In tho Oeiuiau Reichstag n Socialist recently
attacked William for tho Imperial sanction given
to dueling. Ho concluded n flcrco denunciation
with tho assertion that were tho royal exemption
from tho code removed ho that tho crown prlnco
might become a principal In an affair of honor,
tho knitter would iiiHtantly put tho ban on such
personal combatH.
It lo probablo that tho allegation of tho Social
ist was without any warrant, and thnt, did honor
penult, tho kaiser would Rend his heir to tho
field without a whimper. Hut this charge, an
well an thu czar's pronouncement, calls attention
now to tho fact that dueling Is mill encouraged
fey, tho highest civilisation on tho continent of
Europe, though for generations tho divinity that
doth hedge about a king hat) commanded that
tho Immodlato family of royalty, as well as tho
sovereign himself, must not bo exposed to such
peril of bullet or blade. Aforetlmo t was not
a Many kings became famous for prowess In
personal encounters with tho foe, and more than
enco a duol has served to detormlno sovereignty.
Th'cro has boon nothing of tho sort, however, In
recent history, although only skilled diplomacy
avoided an encounter between Qcorgo III. of Eng
land and Frederick of Prussia.
King George's Duel.
Thoso two peppery and opinionated monarchs
had a long list of grievances between them. At
the tlmo of crisis, tho chief quarrels between
them wero over marriages- and Mecklenburg.
Finally they agreed to settlo their disputes by a
personal combat according to tho codo.
King Oeorgo choso, as his second, Brigadier
General Stilton, while Colonel Dorshclin, was to
aervo I'Yodorlck. Oeorgo was In residence at
Hanover. Tho Prussian monarch was at Saltz
dahl, which Is near Hrunswick. Arrangements
for tho duel wero formally completed, and IHIdo
ahelm, on account of Us convenient location, was
elected for tho placo of mooting. Naturally
thoso In tho confldcnco of tho two sovereigns
wero In a state of frightened suspense, nnd every
effort was mado to prevent tho fight. Thoso fail
ed, however, until tho Prusslnn' minister to tho
eoart of St. James by a ruso secured a slight do
lar. Tho Interval sutllced to remove tho causes
f bitterest contention, nnd tho monarchs grow
salm enough to hear reason.
Under all tho circumstances, that would havo
Been tho most curious of duels had It been
feroaght to pass. Tho outcomo might havo been
elthar farcical or tragical.
For tho matter of that, thora havo boon actual
meetings aplenty of cither kind, tho ludicrous or
lho ghastly.
A Combat In the Tree-Tops.
Perhaps tho nbsurdost duol was fought In -tho
eighteenth contury. Tho Marquis Merlo do
Salnto-Mnrlo was an Indcfatlgablo duollst. An
thor gentleman almost equally busy on tho field
waa Monsieur Pierrot d'lsaac. Now, plerrot In
French Is spnrrow, nnd morlo Is blackbird. Out
ef thcao seemingly Innocent facts came combat,
for d'Isanc, on a visit to tho nobleman, delivered
almsolf In this wise:
"I am Honnpartlst, monslour lo mnrquls: you
re Itoynllst. I am tho sparrow: you aro tho
Blackbird. Isn't there ono bird too many?"
Tho marquis gracefully accepted this suavo
statement of tho situation.
"Precisely!" ho agreed. "My cholco Is pistols."
'And he added, "As Is appropriate for birds of
r apccles, let us fight In tho treoB."
This whimsical suggestion was carried out.
Tke ceconds had their places on tho ground, but
he principals wero aloft tn the branches of trees
Hut stood tho requisite distance apart. The In
stigator of tho duel was tho victim, for at tho
fltat fire d'Isaao received a bullet In the leg,
which sent him crashing through the branches.
He managed to aelzo one of tho lower limbs, and
from there waa helped down by his seconds.
Bat the marquis failed to be discreet In the
time of victory. Seeing his adversary laid low,
ft began twittering joyously, imitating the song
f a blaokblrd. D'Isaao only waited for his leg
to heal before Issuing a chnllengo on account of
offensive chirping, and in this second on-
inter, which lackod any bizarre feature, oxcont
Ma cause, tho Marquis do Salnto-Marlo was se
verely woundod.
A duel moro amusing in a wholosomo vay was
fought in our own country somo sovonty-flvo
years ago. An Itinerant preachor named ilrown
wied to travol through Kentucky. Ho wns a mnn
.possessed of mighty slnows, nnd, too, of n cer
tain skill that would havo delighted a league
mnnagor, as tho event showed. In his exerclso
ef tho ministerial function, ho scathingly rebukerf
a man of notorious profligacy, who retorted with
challenge
Tho parson, as tho challenged party, had
cholco of weapons. Ho selected for each com
fcatant n half-bushel of Irish potatoes largo onoB,
solid nnd well rounded. Tho further stipulations
f tho cngogomont wero for a dlstnnco of fifteen
paces and tho taking of only ono potato at a
time from tho receptacle
Tho profllgata protested, but In vain. Event
ually the two mot In accordance with tho clorgy
sun's requirements. When tho word was given.
the parson instantly hurled a potato, which
cssght his cnomy In tho ribs boforo tho man
said lay hold on a missile.
The first was followed by five others, nnd
very ono amoto tho wretched tnrget. Tho vie-
ever even secured a potato, much less threw
Each tlmo ho reached for ono, another
his foo smote him soro; After the sixth
pstato had struck, ho fell unconscious, and It was
week before ho recovered sufficiently to lcavo
Us bed.
The farcical result of this resort to tho field
f honor had a very considerable effect in bring
Iss dueling Into local disrepute.
Another Instance In which curious weapons
served the need of combatants occurred a few
years ago In Paris. Tlntard, a journalist, became
savaged in a quarrel with a rival, while the two
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men wero In a restaurant nlong with tho lady of
their affections.
A duol wns agreed on, and such was the wrath
ful hasto of tho jealous suitors that they rushed
forthwith to tho apartments of tho woman with
out troubling to secure pistols or swords. Um
brellas wore substituted for rapiers, and tho fight
followed. Tlntard wnB tho victim. Tho forrulo
of his adversary's umbrella gouged out an eyo,
and ha fell, half swooning from tho pain. Tho
maddened victor stamped upon tho wounded
man's faco and skull, and Tlntard died within a
fow days from Inflammation of tho brain.
In contrast to tho gruesomeness of this hap
pening, thero was (tho happy issue to tho predica
ment of an Irishman In Spain, who was chal
lenged by an hidalgo famed for skill in fence.
Tho Irishman, having no nrt of sword-play, was
not minded to loso his llfo unnecessarily, and,
liko tho Kentucky parson, sot his wit for defense
Ho choso shlllnlahs for weapons, explaining, with
perfect truth, that theso wero tho national weap
ons of his country.
Tho don remonstrated In vain. Ho Investigated
tho nnturo of tho unknown fighting tool, and
what ho learned caused htm to withdraw tho
challenge.
The Most Freakish of All.
Undoubtedly the most freakish of all duels was
ono fought In 1808 In Paris. Tho principals wore
rivals, between whom tho woman In tho caso
refused to chooso. Tho weapons selected voro
blunderbusses, tho ground was tho air for tho
shots wero to bo exchanged from balloons In
process of ascension. Tho sccondscxhlblted an
nstounding amount of sporting spirit by accom
panying tho principals aloft. l
At tho first tiro tho cnvclopo of ono balloon
wns penetrated nnd tho gns exploded. In the
fnll to earth both principal and second were
killed. Thus simply was tho-woman relieved of
choosing.
Two other rlvnls wero Henri Delngravo and
Alphonso nivlero, who confided tho arrangements
for nn affair of honor to their seconds. As tho
duol wns to bo n outranco, ono of tho seconds,
who was a physician, conceived tho Idea of leav
ing tho Issue to fato, In tho shapo of a poisoned
pollet.
To this end, ho mado up four black pills. Ono
of theso contained prusslc ncld. When tho moot
ing occurred, Delngravo won tho toss of the coin,
by which his adversary waB forced to take a
pollet first.. Illvlero selected ono of tho blnck
balls and swallowed it. A brief Interval proved
that ho had not taken poison. Delngravo then
took his turn, and he also escaped. Again It was
the choice of Riviere, who stared for a long time
at the twin pellets In which lay hidden his life
or his death. Finally he seized a pellet hastily
swallowed it. Within & few moments he was
dead.
Another Instance when the determination of
tho affair was left to chanco was in tho case of
an Englishman, challenged by a Frenchman. The
Englishman was without skill either for fence or
shooting, while his ndversary was renowned for
both. Tho Englishman had no wish to be mur
dered, and set his ingenuity to devlso a means
of equality In tho encounter. As a result of his
pondering, ho stipulated that tho duel should bo
with pistols, but thnt only ono of tho two weapons
should bo londed with ball, and that first cholco
of them should bo left to n toss. Tho weapons
thus aportloned, tho combntnnts should flro from
stations only two paces apart. This, of courso,
meant nlmost certain death for tho holder of
tho pistol with tho blank charge. Tho skilled
duelist won tho toss nnd hnd first cholco. Ho
spent considerable tlmo In examination of tho
twin weapons, balancing their. first ono and then
tho other, In his hand, In nn effort to distinguish
between tho weights, ns ho know that tho fully
loaded ono must bo tho henvlor. nut chnnce Is
stronger thnn any skill. At tho flro tho French
man fell dend, while tho Englishman suffered
only somo scorching from tho blank charge.
About tho middlo of tho fourteenth century
thero occurred In Paris a duel untquo In all his
tory: a formal combat between a mnn nnd n dog,
under tho authorization of tho king. Aubrydo
Montdldlor wns murdered, and his body bnrled
tn n wood outsldo tho capital. His dog found
tho gravo nnd remained guarding It until driven
away by starvation. Afterward tho faithful beast
led searchers to tho spot, and thus' mado known
tho crime. '
Soon afterward this same dog flow at tho
thront of tho Chovnllor MrCalro. The suspicion
thus directed against th., Ohovaller finally culmi
nated In tho king's edict that tho guilt or Inno
conco of tho accused' should bo put to proof by
trial of combat between tho man and tho dog,
a hugo hound.
The affair was carried tn n. rnnciiiaton In due
form. In tho are'na tho dog whon loosed Instantly
sprang for the, throat of his enemy, and sunk
his fangs tho.o In a death grip. All tho man's
efforts to svo himself were fuUIe. When at
last tho frenzied brute was torn from his prey,
tho guilty wretch had just time to whisper a con
fession boforo ho expired.
A Dwarf on the' Field of Honor.
Another oddity among affairs of honor had
for ono of tho principals a dwarf. This was Jef
frey Hudson, an Englishman, ' who from his
eighth to his thirtieth year measured just eight
een Inches In height. Then this astonishing per
son began to grow, and kept at It until he had
attained a height of three feet and nine Inches.
Dut diminutive stnturo proved no bar to an ad
venturous enreer. On a journey from tho Con
tinent to England ho was captured by a Dunklrl?
privateer. Afterward ho fell into tho hands of
Darbary pirates. Ho escaped finally, and re
turned homo to becomova captain of horso in tho
civil wars. f
It was in France, howover, whither ho had
gone In attendanco on his queen, that tho duel
occurred. Somo dlsputo aroso between him and
another Englishman, named Crofts.
A meeting with pistols was arranged. On ac
count of his low stature, Hudson was accorded
tho privllego of being mounted on horseback,
whllo his adversary remained afoot, which was
fair enough, sinco Crofts was a tall man. Tho
dwarf, unharmed himself, mortally wounded his
enemy at tho first flro.
Long before tho days of militant suffragettes,
women asserted their rights by engaging in tho
duello, although such encounters wero frowned
on by tho, authorities.
One of' tho most notablo waa fought over
Chasso, a famous singer of tho old French Acad
emy, In which tho principals wero two love-Blck
women, both of tho nobility, tho ono Polish, tho
other French. The weapons were pistols, nnd
tho Frenchwoman was severely wounded. An
unsympathetic government shut up tho passion
ato French countess in a convent and expelled
her rival from tho country.
Something of tho modern press-agent flavor
clusters about tho affair of honor between
Marotto Bcaupro and Catherine do Urlls, actresses
of tho Hotel Bourgogne. Tholr meeting occurred
on tho stage of the theater, and revealed some
clover sword-play, but not too much blood.
In nn encounter on horseback, with pistols, be
tween Mellnto and Prelanlo, which resulted from
a quarrel over a greyhound, the fair Melinte waa
severely wounded by her charming antagonist,
and, too, she lost the dog.
Franco was indeed the happy home of dueling
until after the Napoleonic wars. Then It prac
tically ceased. There had been enough of fight
ing, enough of death.
Put there came a revival with the restoration,
which soon waxed absurd and at last made duel
ing wholly ridiculous.
Tho Influence of democracy caused tradesmen
to resort to a practice hitherto confined to those
far abovo them in the social scale. The barber
challenged the hardware dealer who sold him a
damaged stove. The charcoal seller had an affair
of honor with tho huckster who sold him onions
In n short measure. Such vulgarization 'of the
nohlo art of maiming nnd killing wrought hnvoc
with tho prestlgo of tho code. Indeed, In France,
that stigma has never boon wholly removed, and,
ns a rule, nffalrs of honor thero aro today with
out that underlying seriousness which they pos
sess In othor countries of Europo.
Spain, from tho standpoint of tho duelist, Is
entitled to credit for being both sincere nnd
strictly up-to-date In maintaining tho codo. As
nn Instance in point may bo mentioned an en
counter arranged between two members of a
blcyclo, club of Granada, named respectively
Perez nnd Moreno.
This was fought by tho men from their wheels,
with tho dendly knlfo known as tho navaga. The
place of mooting was a lonely bit of tho Melaga
road. Perez Inflicted a sovore wound in tho loft
arm of Moreno, thon was killed by a thrust In
tho right breast.
Exit the Duello.
Maeterlinck wrote a wonderful defenso of duel
ing, but since then ho has taken to boxing with
such enthusiasm that he may bellevo he has re
canted. Certainly the sentiment of today Is hos-
tllo to the codo, desplto tho archaic preferences
of czar and kalsor. Nowadays wo are fostering
human life to the limit, with science struggling
wildly for the survival of the unfit. Luckily,
whllo wo aro saving tho diseased and criminal,
wo also Incllno to preserve tho halo and honor
able. We are not minded to lot good men be
slain for tho whimsies of the code. We leave
dueling to the stark lgnoranco of mountaineers,
to the viclousness of thugs In city gangs and to
tho antiquated habit of the finest gentlemen of
Europe.
Ancient Palace of Noble House of La
Rochefoucauld-Doudeauvllle, Near
Paris, Scene of Many Aristo
cratic Gatherings.
Paris. Tho present gcnorntlon ol
tho old nobility of tho Faubourg St
Germain, with the fathers and grand
fathers, have found tho most sump
ituoua hospitality of country llfo at
Uonnctnblc, tho chateau presided over
jby tho duchess of La Rochefoucauld
iDoudeauvillo, generally Bpoken of sim
ply as tho duchess of Doudenuvllle, to
'distinguish her from her cousin by
.marriage, tho duchess of La Roche
(foucauld, who was tho American Mat
itlo Mitchell, dnughter of a United
States senator.
llonnetablo is in tho Sartho depart
,mcnt and Is easily acccsslblo from
,1'arts. It was rehabilitated by the
last duko of Doudenuvllle, who died
,111 1908, shortly before his eighty
fourth birthday, a wonderful old man
jwho spent many years of hit. llfo in
jtho work of reconstruction and then
in making tho chateau tho center ol
a society llfo which brought together
the lenders of tho ancient nobility.
iHo had a -largo family of children
and grandchildren and ho lived tc
eeo them all mako exceptionally brilliantmarriages.
His eldest son, tho present duke,
imarried Princess Louise Radzlwill,
and the other sons married Princess
!La Tremoillo and Marchioness Col
'bert, whllo one of his daughters be
came the wife of tho princo of LIgno
,und the other married tho duke of
jHarcourt.
. Tho lato duke was a famous am
bassador during the time of Napoleon
III., being many years at tho head of
ttho French embassy In Loudon, and
lie always invited tho American am
bassadors in Paris out to Bonnetablc
along with tho othor members of tho
.diplomatic corps. "
Otherwlso few Americans wero in
cluded in his houso parties. Ho was
'p. royalist of tho old school and did
not approve of Americans. When his
kinsman married Mattie Mitchell the
(Old duko considered it a terrible me
salliance, "lie said:
"The young man's father married
,hls housekeeper, so what could you
expect from their son?"
But the present duko of Doudeau
vlllo and his duchess havo extended
their invitations to Bonnetable to a
small number of Americans, who con
sider it tho crowning achievement ol
society "climbing" in ParlB to be
asked to join that exclusive circle.
Tho duchess of Doudeauvlllo likes
Americans and frequently goes to
their houses herself.
Ono of her cousins, Prince Albert
Chateau Bonnetable.
Radxlwlll, married Dorothy Deacon,
both of whom will be guests at Bonne
table tills season.
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London Police Refuse to Inveatlgatt
Into the Death of "Adam's
Aunt"
London. The skull and other re
mains of a woman belioved to be 01
great antiquity have boen unearthed
by eorao workmen excavating for clay
in tho Fletton yards of the London
Brick company at Peterborough.
Tho bones wero found in tho super
ficial gravel, and aro in a good state oi
preservation. Local paleontologists be
lieve that they may equal In ago tho
skull of tho primitive woman which
was discovered last autumn In a pit
at Piltdown common, Sussex, nnd
which crvoked so much interest in the
scientific world.
Tho discovery was reported formal
ly to tho pollco, but tho local superin
tendent facetiously stated that he had
no deBlro to inquire into the death ol
Adam's aunt.
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Legal Opinion.
"A cat sits on my back fence every
night, and ho yowls and yowls and
yowls. Now, I don't want to have
any troublo with Neighbor Jones, but
this thing haB gono far enough, and
I want you to tell mo what to do?"
Tho young lawyer looked as solemn
as an old, Blck owL and said not a
word.
"I have a right to shoot the cat,
haven't I?"
"I would hardly say that," replied
young Coke Dlackstono. "The cat
does not belong to you, as I under
stand it."
"No, but tho fence does."
"Then," concluded tho light of law,
1 think it safe -to say you have a
perfect right to tear down tho fence."
Gone Forever.
Mother (to littlo Ethel sobbing aa
If hor heart was broken) Vell,well,
what Is the manner, dear?
Ethel Tabby got losted.
Mother Never mind, darling, well
advertise in tho papers for tabby.
Ethel (still sobbing) She'll never,
nover come home 'cause she can't
road.
In the Same Game.
"It seems strange that he could
plunder -a great corporation like that
for years without being found out"
"Well, you see, the corporation was
pretty busy Itself." Chicago Journal.
Misplaced.
First Cinder Why so angry?
Second Cinder I've been wasting
time in a glass eye.
Wild Beastls.
"Rave you ever owned a horse f
"Not for long. I had a nightmare
once." Boston Evening Transcript
Ends Her Hunger Strike.
Philadelphia, Pa. A plate of ice
,cream and strawberries ended tho
"hunger strike" of seventeen-year-old!
lJulla Morgan of PettBville, Pa., who,
'.wns held by the local police until heri
relatives could be found. Miss Mor
tgan had fasted more than two days.
No Farm Life for Wife.'
East Orange, N. J. Life on a farm
did not appeal to Mrs. Max Walther
'of this city, who left a note to her
husband In which she doclared she
would rather die than go to Wiscon
sin. Walther. who bad bought a farm
I !ln the western stats, sat out alone.
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