, 1861-10-14
have not that honor but an his aide
de-camp."
ypu my head clerk"

:" have not thai honor but an his aide
de-camp.n
you %s'ye say hssa e. SSaE card thsn sir; will send
| Jules Ja1tn declares that nothing euccoeded
IN life With II. Mira after he had slain-Rlb cit
| with all TIL" formalities - the young post
Do7al1e In duel He Lost his situatIoa, lost
| M fortune, and dragged N auiable young
elty and ohscurity. Jules Jania also relates :
ttoty OF young man Of the name Of stgnol,
who began his literary career by successful
piece at the Porte st. Martin. Unfortunately
he had lad temper. Being at the Italian
Opera he took Ieat vAcAted between Acta,
but which WAS shortly afterwards claimed By
ayeuDg man who happened to be the officer
Oh duty that night, and Who askedtor his seat
W1th perfect polaeness. siEnol, however, not
only rt51Eed to give up the seat, but strnek
the officer, which done, be went array. leaving
lts card. The officer sent his report at night
"NethiDg new, bnt the officer on duty 1eceiT-
ed slap In the tace-". The colonel wrote on
the margin Of the report, !" giTe Ehe officer
On duty congo for: to morrow" Next day a
ea1Tisge appeared at n. signol's door to con.
tised swordsman; 1t Was the first time that
the youIE man rho he'd been insnlted haa
been engaged in single combat UT the
struggle was not Of long duration. In few
minutes signol received his antagonist sword
night IN the heart
IVAA114IAA 1N1A4a*
The revolution Of 1880 WAS, at the time,
g.re1ally DISCUSSED with pistol or word IN
the hand. Eugene Brifault, Of the Corsairs,
opened the ball On the occasion Of the arrest
CT the Duchess Of Beri, with Royalist, but
got e wound fGr bis pains. This was followed
by s general risieg Of the l.gi,inist party
against the Republicans. Godefcoi yavaignsc,
NaEra6t and GafdeIin took the lad IN caal-
lengiLg the opposite party. Armaa3 C4rrel
and Roax.Laborie were, however, the first to
meet Roux-Laboric received tHo sword
WOUNDS III the arm, but Arm and CarEe1 WAS
The whole Of the Liberal party expressed
their sympathy, nor was the efs1vescence
cooled down till their Zero got better,
General Bugeaud and Dulcag also fought oa
tie question Of The Duchess Of Berri, when
the latter received ball just above the left
eye, after which he never spoke word. The
Marquis Of Da1matia and ID. de Br.que7ille,
wsaren with an ineffectuHl struggle with
swords, were separated by their seconds when
about 10 k:iza one another by the throat u.
Louis Vcuillot, when taking his first flights in
the art Ct aPostr2phfslng people, had 10 fight
lWo duels-Gne With an actor, the other with
the edito5, ,of republican paper, tbs Journal
de Ro1un.
Mery practiEel pisca Of consummate mys-
tlciEm upon tho MErseil1a:s. a sa1 cophagu5
hegirg been discovered near the city OF the
FtectaEs, a Letter appeared upon the subject
p1itd to in the -Wlstral By another archn olo-
gist, By name Bitf. The correspondence greW
20 alin;a.ed that the police were put on the
look out; but Eotrithsta Idtng their precau-
tlon6, fuaera oratlon on Marcreda:i appear
et lu th= 4Etys0gs7:, signed Ntrunl The affair
Greeted great sensation, and 4 mouurne.t WAS
erected to the men1ry Of the fallen archa,olo-
gist. Mer5 laughed in his sleeve, for he Was
MarcrEdati, Bifti and Neruni, ali in one.
PERKS OF EDITORS IN FRANCE.
Imagine what we're the delights Of editorial
| responsibility when such q person was go Ger.
tain Of receiving challenge for every manu-.
script returned, that ut length he had to etereo
Sir, l bare read your manuscript with The
| greatest atteztien, and beg to decline it. ]
leave the choice Of arms With your
| Marshal soult being insulted By Genera
| Hu1ot, who had been placed On ha1fpay, the
| former said to him:
"Ger e1al, ycu forget yourself. You forget
also, that only fight With caEnon balls"
An ABSURD DUEL.
| M. Mary-Lafon WAS bathing in the Marnt
one day, MI. II. G.. Iear him. The Latte
suddenly disappeared. n. Lafon diyed attcl
him aLd brought bin up again. Restored tt
bis senses, the delivered overwhelmed his de-
Hverer with Expressions Of gratitude II
Lafon to get rid Of such excessive deEonstra
tions, proposed an Adjournment to 4 houhe o
refresEment. But this only made natter
WorEe. II. G. called him his father aad HI:
saviour, aGd persisted in publicly embracing
him. Lafon annoyed beyond bearing, threw
aplate Of strawberries at n. G., who retoEtei
With water aecanter. A meeting YVES th,
cotBequeLct. After first harmless discharg,
Of pistols, q. Lafon inquired if he Tould per
El6t in his 1llial demonstIatiVeness.
n,o', psre p was the only reply.
"Load the pistols again, thun," said Lafoa
Another fire Was exchanged with the SAINT
hsIpy results.
20 mon pere4'' exclaimed the incurable II
G., as be rushed over the interval that separa
ttd the combatsnts, aud threw himself int<
The arms CT " Lafon. Thera was no resist
ing Euch an energy Of gratitude. The comba
vas obliged to be postponed sine de.
Ii. Louis Veuillot fought his third duel thi
Eame year. That was in 1851 Two shotl
we're exchanged, but without any untowari
reen1te.