Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-05-01
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mined, therefore, to tire his charming an
tagonist out, in which endeavor, i'll the
course of half an hour, he was so success
full that she let her sword fall from sheer
exhaustion. De Codieres now placed his
! weapon against her breast and asked,
"Well 2"
A look full of love was her only reply,
whereupon De Codieres dropped his sword
and clasped her in his arms.
In consequence of a simple dispute that
| took place during the course of perform
ance, the celebrated French actress,
Beaupre, challenged one of her colleagues,
Mile. Catherine d'Urlis, to single combat,
and furthermore insisted on fighting i'm
mediately In her rage she went to the
property-room and brought two swords to
the green-room. Mile. d'Urlis accepted
the challenge, and was severely wounded
| in the neck.
'iA HOT SPANISH BLOOD.
Colombey mentions a number Of duels
fought by the dark-eyed daughter of the
Iberian peninsula. Here the leading role
is played by the nauajo, the short, dagger
| like knife which the Spaniard carries in
his belt. mirage and Indifference to death
no women of the world surpass the Span
ish. Their hatred.is like a stream of mol
ten lava-it destroys everything that comes
in it's way And with their passionate ma
lures they combine great native clever
ness. A single example will suffice to illus
trate these Characteristic traits
Two manolds (gi1ls of the middle classes)
of Madrid, contended for the possession of
a rich Andalusian. They determed to let
a hand-to-hand combat settle the dispute.
One bright May morning, therefore, armed
with daggers and navajas, and accompan-
ed by their seconds, they drove out at the
Alcala gate. The understanding was that
only one of them should return alive But,
just as they reached the spot chosen for
the bloody work, they were approached by
/ three policemen, who arrested both princi-
| pals and seconds.
1t is related that two girls in the royal
tobacco factory recently had killed each
| other in a hand-to-hand contest. The mode
| adopted by the combatants was as roman
| tic as it was barbarous The antagonists,
who were both about twenty years old land
| remarkably handsome, repaired, one Sun
day morning, accompanied by certain of
their comrades, to village some four or
five miles distant, where they breakfasted
sumptuously at different tables. The re-
past ended, they closed the window-cur-
tains, stripped themselves to the waist,
and requested their friends to leave the
room.
Then, at given signnl, they attacked
each other with their navajas, and cut,
and slashed, and thrust, until both fell to
the floor, mortally wounded When few
minutes had elapsed, their friends re-en-
tered the room. Estelania, one of the
eombatants, had received ten wounds, from
| which she bled to death in half an hour.
Casilda, her antagonist, died somewhat
sooner, from CHASTITY wound in the
neck.
In this instance the authorities were
less scrupulous than in the case of the two
manolas. The participants in the horried
tragedy were arraigned and punished.
f----s--e-> -
DON'T Do IT GIRLs.-There is prac
tice, quite prevalent among young ladies
of the present day. which we are old fash
Toned enough to consider very improper
We allude to their giving photographs
OF themselves to young men who are mere
ly acquaintance. We consider it indeli-
cate in the highest degree. We are aston
ished that any young girl should hold her.
self so cheap as this. With an accepted
lover it is, of course, all right. Even i'll
| this case the likeness should be returnedif
the engagement should by any misunder-
standing cease. If this little paragraph
should meet the eye of any young girl
about to give her photograph to a gen
tleman acquaintance, let her know that
the remarks made by young men when to-
gether, concerning what is perhaps on her
part but a piece Of ignorance OF impru-
dence, would, if she heard them, cause her
cheeks to crimson with shame and anger.
ssWere it sister Of ours" we have often
said, with flashing eye,-Were it a sister
of ours but that not being the case, we
give this advice to anybody's sister who
needs it, with our best bow, and most
anxious desire that she should at all times
preserve her dignity and self respect
'Gentlemen's Magazine.
The SEWING MACHINE AGENT.-We
clip this from the Nashville Union and
american:
A few days ago a gentle sewing machine
man approached Granger at Lebanon,
Tennessee, with proposition to sell him
a sewing machine, for which he asked the
sum of 500. "Can't see it, said the Gran
ger, II belong to an organization that buys
sewing machines by the wholesale, and we
get 'em for $35 apiece. I'm a granger, 1
am'' Cob, you are ?" replied the gentle
sewing machine man; "well that's diff
ferent thing. know you Changers have
done away with s'middle men, and cut
down expenses greatly. We're trying to
get the custom Of you Changers, and I'll
tell you what I'll do-give me thirty-fve
dollars and take the machine along; but
please don't tell anybody what you paid
for it." The Granger took the machine,
promising to keep mum as to the price of
it. But he didn't bless you, no. He
blowed all around about his getting nine
ty dollar machine, for $35, and then hung
his head when he found that his purchase
was second hand affair which the gentle
sewing machine man had vainly endeav-
ored to sell in that vicinity for $40.
PATENT RAT-TRAP.-The local editor
Of the Burlington (Iowa) "Hawkeye" says
man has invented a patent ia trap that
does not require any bait, and will fetch a