Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-09
EUROPEAN LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.

BERLIN, Germany, Nov. %, 1880.
Considerable excitement has been
aroused throughout Germany by duel,
resulting from deplorable anti Jewish
agitation recently set on foot by Court.
Chaplain Stoecker and other injudicious
fanatics, which took place few days
ago in the Lagenselbolder Forest. 1t
appears that young lsraelitish gentle
man, named Goldschmdt, who, after
taking his University degrees, had en-,
tered the legal career as referendary
at Hanau, fulfilled his obligatory term
of service in the army as a one.year vol.
unteer under the immediate command
of Lieutenant Won Kapphengst, Prus.
sian nobleman OF ancient family, whose
anti.Semitic prejudices prompted him
to lntllct many petty prosecutions upon
the youthful soldier, which the latter
endured with commendable patience so
long as he was precluded by the rules Of
the service from giving expression to
his resentment, however .iustitiable.
When his year was up he sent Won
Kapphengst challenge, which was re.
ferred by that officer to a military Court
of Honor, according to a custom OBJ
tanning in such cases. The Court, after
carefully considering the circumstances
submitted by both parties to its judg
ment, decided that sufficient provoca.
ton had been given to Justify the chal
lenge, and that the duel must take
place without fail. Accordingly Gold.
schmidt and Won KapPhenest met on
the eth instant. and were paradcd at
thirty PAGES, with liberty to advance
after the first fire to the so called bar
rier, at which distance of only fifteen
feet would intervene between them.
Several bullets were exchanged, and
finally the resolute young Hebrew shot
his aristocratlc prosecutor through the
body, inillcting upon him wound from
which he Is not expected to recover.
As the EsquimauX at present visiting
Berlin belong to a tribe that is nearly
extinct, and are consequently, from an
anthropological point of view, cxcep.
tionally interesting personages, Profess.
or NirchOw, the eminent German eth
nologist, recently obtained permission
from their exhibitor to subject them to
q scientific inspection, involving the
measurement OF their skulls. While
he was engaged in feeling the heads of
the male ESquimaux, an old woman,
named Paignu. highly respected in the
tribe rs potent witch. watched his
movements with manifest interest and
perturbation OF spirit. When, however,
he approached her in her turn. with
outstretched hands, the conviction
that he was a white sorcerer, bent upon
robbing her OF her supernatural powers
completely overcame her sense of deco.
rum, and she fled from him round the
room leaping over tables and chairs
with astonishing agility, for one of her
sex and age, and yelling out the strong.
est spells she could think of, "a likely
to prove efficient against the Professors
necromatic manipulations. Somewhat
startled by good mother Paignu's gym.
nastic feats, Virchow and his two assist.
ants instnctively drew back, where.
upon the Esquimaux Abraham, who
has been converted to Christianity, but
obviously retains respectful recollec.
ton of his former faith, grew deadly
pale, and was heard to mutter, "The
gods of my country are mightier than
the Christian Deity. See how the white
magician recois from Paignu's words of
power" C.S.A.