The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-02-04
"A Remarkable Duel.

I Oae day all Aigiers was excited
and aroused by eaiiricsl portrait Of
General Yusuf which appeared IN A.
journal of that locality, an L which called,
the General "Monsieur Emfnu." IT tia
indlscreet ones we're to be believed, theS
author was NJ. Clsment Duverno;r,
bat he really was NJ. Arthur de Fons
vielle, who, when he saw the disturbances
it caused, haslened to assume all respons----
sibility. So one morning there was .
ring at the door of the j,ufnalist. g
..Come in.n
Itwas General Yusuf who stood upon
the threshold. He was accompanied BY
a brother officer. q"
NJ. de Fonvielle was still id bed.
|. "You are Mons. de Fonyielle.., said
the General. .'and IT is you who have
called me sAfousisar Foufou5 Ne pnss
light"
"f am at your orders, General. II wiz
consult with two friends" t 9At''
mo, no; nothing ofthat kind is fe!
lqnired. We mlsts6 fight Immediately. Do
you understands l propose to kill
YOU"
"Ah! in that case permit me to get up,-
And where shall we fight, Genera.2
"Right here" zi7sG
"In nv room 3s' s'.7 i ia 7a sgsr
"In your room:@
$50 belt. Your friepd there, pre-
sumo, will serve as witness r. s5s,s s9,
"Certainly,h 81 .sw bass .a,,a.,
"Very we'll; am ready for you"
said VI. de Fonvielle, ,as he finished dres. 9
sing. 7a. ss te., F. 1..iss-.,....,y-<a
.Yusuf drew his sword, and at a sign
his officer drew his. Tue room was very
narrow. There was nothing to laugh'a at9'
! in this strange duel. eii 60 8! nenr
s.Choose, sir!r said the General,in pre-.
senting the arms. - - aaff = ~
F3nvielle took the sword of the of1cer.1o
Yusut had thrown back bis tunie, His,
sword arm was bare, and displayed the
muscles OF an athletic. Perhaps Fon
velle recalled that Yusuf, in love with the
Princess Kasoutah, the daughter Of the
Bey Of Tunis, stabbed, In The chamber
|of his mistress, slave who had thfeat,fS
ened 10 denounce them, and, throwing atq
the feet ofthe lady the tongue Of the man.,
he had torn out by the roofs, exclaimedt
s.He will talk no more" That remem.
brance was sufficiently dramatic to fcause
4 the adversary of the General to refsct.
| Funviele was wounded in tile right
arm, The cut was q serious one. S''tss
Yusuf. resting the point OF his weapon
on his boot, said: y 6i 5el sss
"You can no longer hold your sword,
| To continue tue combat would he asaas-
sination. We will finish this affair when
you are we'll" @ Es, Hg .s yss,
M. de Fonvielle saluted. ,..
The next morning the General presen.
ted himself at the bedside Of the vosnded-
man. & ,
And all the other mornings as well -.
Il teg your pardon, General, for be.
ing so long getting cured" said Fon.e
vielle "a little patience, and will be able,
for you again." ., 4
81 am very patient" replied Yusuf.
/ when at last the journalist had recov-
erred, the General FASTENED to him. It
was II offer his arm to lean upon. All
his anger had changed 10 esteem. e.
| And one day several eulogistic and
mournful lines appeared in La Liberte
announcing the death OF General Yusuf.
and these lines were signed Arthur de-
Fonvielle.
/ How TO Read
The hest public reading OF the Bible
4 we ever heard was that which the late
DR.. Kirk gave from his pulpit He read.
with the emphasis which commented. A
writer in the Elocutionists Annual tells
an anecdote which illustrates the true and
: the false method OF reading. A student
at the Theological Seminary at Andover.
who had an excellent opinion OF his own
talent, on one occasion asked the profes.
} sor. who taught Execution at the time,--
what do / especially need to learn in
this department?
"You ought first to learn to read" said
the professor. Z
10, can read now" replied the stu.
dent. The professor handed the young
man o Testament, and pointing to the
twenty fifth verse of the twenty fourth
chapter Of Lnke's Gospel, he asked him
to read that: "Then be said unto them.
y fools, and slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets have spoken"
.Ah," said the professor, 'ahey we're
. fools for believing the prophets, were
. they :" ~ saen
: or course that was not right, and 90
> the young man tried again.
: 90 fools, and slow Of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spoken"
"The prophets, then, were sometimes
), liars - asked the professor. . -
), "No. y fools, and slow OF heart to
believe all that the prophets have spo.
. ken"
}. "Accorling TO this reading. the pro-
fessor suggested, 'the prophets we're no,
} torious liars" s
This was not satisfactory conclusion,
. and 80 another trial was made. so
J fools, and slow OF heart TO believe all
. that the prophets haze spobex." - 80
81 see now" said the professor, "the
prophets wrote the truth, but they spoke
: lies.
This last criticism discouraged the stu
: dent, and he acknowledged that he did
y not know how to read. The difficulty
e lies in the fact that the words "slow OF
heart to believe" apply to the whole OF
the sentence, and emphasis on any par.
|ticular word DESTROYS the meaning.
n There are thousands of passages that
l.