The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-12-20
OUR FOREIGN LETTER.
Lmrztc. CEsv,sy. November I issg.
Sena -studcn's DUciinE.
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Jcn. il a small r.s.o .ix houssnd n
Lahiiant-, and p1- Hat ii.,lc intcfct foi
the traveller, ,oSccr it I.rr, Which is, indeed
hcrutiful Ascend tlo f.sp hin who're th,
battle was fought, whore .hoHun SCENE To- iau
on the distant hills before Il a1,s fiom sirh,
In the mr west; stand aal sec o.. many liiic
village 10 sight, and the Saal .r s.r- like
a silver ihread a. it courses It, r.v through
meadow and wood and the long mscada-
mi1cd ruads passing thro pa valley and thea
mounting distant hill-. sad then sre i,s
old castles, in ruins, perchcd upon srnc ciiis
from which, in thc unsg.t,r.. alD, Uf iio mid.
die ago-, the robi,,r kni7hts end thoir yls.sls
watched ~ eagles for comius prey and plum
dercd or oxscicd toll from Che passing .l-velor.
make a scene that =, indeed. attractive. The
hatl- field bears M mark. except largo stone
standing. called Naioieon's stone hr which
BE- stood when III. Commons were lceine down
the advancing sixons aud Prussians.
STUDENTS.
The university alone keep Jcna alive, and The
town depends mostly for a living upcn The
students The student. there hsvc th' fcputs-
ton of being the hardest ddnA,l- alU u,ost
obstinate fghtcn in Germany. There exist.
What may bc termed, a half dozen dunkirs
and fighting socic,ie-, distinguished D. fhc
dihcrn' eo'or,d oapo' they wear; to each ssn-
orally belong tvoaiy-Gvo or thiay .,ud,n'..
The main body of the stu.!,r'. who viii not
join thee soeictic. src os''cd ",rgc stuG '
and do no, indulge to fuoh i.. .a. in dr.uk-
ing und refuse 90 duel. 4 .f.i,iy student
does Gc. lssociatc With "'Ir- .IIiaU', oul cln-
s,d,r. Il insult r. d. ,ll r rii-,ss-s
him agl My r,r.e. ~ Hea in tac face.
had tha luck % ,c invited o. kuc.l., -
drinking ut of oag u tnr-c -o-.. uet. Ih,is
kucipc- Uam was in thc asrc building vherc
GD,thr sro,c ihc "rrlLo,ul.." the pio'i.csi u
his .aags. The rrc-iiCt rr chief slt in The
hnnorcd scai at the head Of e., table, and al
the others bad their r.lcctiyy placcs. Each
had quart -sn ia BIS hand, ard a few drank
out ~ lafcu born, like the Ancient Gcrnans.
Toa-,s vsr, made ani Sung SUM. I ccr ainly
all'NNH AANN fN N.aN N"N" '|..aN"a 'hN
Gcieut i'irthe ,sor'ns'. u0'gtsium.ut, bnt tn
my surprise they tNci ,h,m .F,in saI again,
nov thcy could hold 90 much vas ny-.,ry
to me, a. /, c1nsil,pd sr'.r aa 7ccoUpu Do
mcut toerink a quart can .f white beer u,,1-
out taking ii frum a.. .u..tb. Yaria- thc
evening rrrl. many cigars Vanished ia
q ads Il smoke aud sli.A THIS b,,r O. ro.
the strong lager Nc havp a; bone INT b. very
mild and seldom ins6Eicstos, thus they loat,
drink aud ding away the night, AMI do.t g1
oy -! ...,.. .....,. c,,.. ;..,y :...< ,;...s
drinll with the b,cr, sal The consequence b.
that they make thc r's.t hid,ous with yc.
and songs. Drinking this way o. uigntis one
of the laws Of the soc;.,y, AMI occur. about
Gyc nights out Of the week In tie morning
they drink one kind ui hccr, m t.e afternoon
another, aud at r'ht they cap the cIimss
with quarts Of .r. Whom they stud.
rmains yet Go Ua d; they attend loc Ires
and that j. sl:.e.a.,.. The 'irta students" are
the rel students So. s German university.
counted ON one fsolc IN restaurant thirty
four pint bottles where only dx student, had
htNI NNNANANE H.A N'A AlN.AN HAAif NNA N
fellow gets on a "bus," ooca. .la..y :; colle-c,
bui a .ociety students life % J,a. :. a con-
unual bust When astuden too act0ry
the professors sit oI nis case, and, {, found
guilty Of any crime, ,5niine him for day or
week in house Of correction, which they
have for the purpose. The students are con.
trolled by college laws alone, and the prolls-
sor- are the judges.
pUEtINa.
One morning and ingliah friend Informed
ne that the Waiachians and Thu,iugians
would hold a measure IA duel oombat) tlai
day, in a small village about a mile from Jena
and that he had obtained permission Tor Il. ..
attend. We were soon ahorward gt the Vac
lago where il would take place. The two So
cieties who were about to ducl were assembled
in a large room over beer saloon. On en-. r.
ing the room ! found everything IN rcslines-
for the fun, Plenty of beer and gass, and
the surgeons prepared to sew up the wound,d,
The two opposing parties stood ar und the
room in gOups drinking, smoking ai.I crack
ing jokes. The seconds testcl thc s,rcngih and
sharpness Of the rapiar The two i,rst COM
batants took their stand, and were 50 dressed
that only their head and iacc were vHlncr bic,
for the rules of duolng allows only the face
and head to be struck in the right hand the
rapier and the left he'd a strap fastened to the
left leg. Glasses projected those most yalua-
bic organs, The eyes, and success depends on
the quickness and doxteriy 4 the wrist, Re-
pers were placed in their hands, their eye
CLEANED, and face to face they stood. Tho
secondsgave the word 'loosg, and whack, whac., !,
until the noble steel lei sparks of fire fly. Tho
fight became interesting, and many bets OF
cigar and beer wero staked ON the result
"halt,' End the seconds interiered with their
ssoris lor one Of the party had been wounded;
there was a long cut in ths head, and blood
flowed eopiously from it, the eomhatants thcu
seated Themselves to take breath then they
went at isssaia, to fight thoir hftc,n minutcl
out, which is the specified time, These two
we've pretty equally matched and gave each
other some very gool GUS. The next two
were not so well matched for one was young
man who was 10 make his debut thit day,
while the other had the scars OF sc "a du,l-
on his face, The tyro was pale hom excite
ment and his nerves lfemblod, but I could zee
from the nasa Of hi. .'es that he wac brave
"looee,' klong, klo rang the steel an soon
ihe poor fellow saul. back in the arms Of hi'