The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-05

GERMAN STUDENTS, DUELS.


GERMAN STUDENTS DUELs.
Two Bloody COlnbats Described by M
English University Man ..
The London Times publishes the
following lcttor, dated Halle, .!4iiv 25.
from Cambridge graduate now tray
cling in GcrD)uny: "To+fay' { 'hnyc
havc seen viviscction; but it was VOL
untory vivisection-~ imcan somc Ger
man students fighting ducls and milk.
ing butchers meat of cach others
faces. One of our friends came in at
sovear o'clock and said that three
droskics full of corps students had
gone OFT in the moriiing; so we finish
cd our coffee rs soon as possible; and
walked Off to the Observation-Disclosures
where this noble and gailiflt sport
goes on. We went iuto beer garden,
IN which wasa shed, (uscd for music.
Groups ofStudcnts and other men and
boys twero. seated about under the
trcnsal tables; the" students OF the
lighting corps, known bythcir By their
little colorcd caps, were in the house
or Sanntcring about, for tiMre had
been one duel, and tho faces were be-
ing scwcd up. Presently. u crowd
walked jueof the house, and every
one f>li W tho Jsi,cd and looked in. The
coiIih,ttatfta Wore not corps students,
and therefore not such prnctiscd hands.
They came forward. mntugcd up,
with great ugly shields over their
bodies, spcctacles over their eyes, and
the. right arm twice the natural size,
by reason Of the 'wrappings. They
looked extremely uncomfortable, pale
and trembling.
The students hold up their right
arms before starting, for they may
never lower them below the shoulder.
Everything is now ready. A couple
of seconds stand bohiud WntI hold their
swords. 'On guardp Let loosol'
They begin to slash. They fight very
badly, sIashing at one another us hard
us thoy can; the swords aro old, soft,
iron things. After somo Ioar strokes
Halt is criotE' Blood is drawn; then
they go att again, after every four or
five hits fresh blood being drawn, and
the swords being strnighlcncu afrcsli,
So they 90 on, nnd~the: spectacle gcts
nsorc'andsmeYe horrible. =. Tho blood
ut first comes trickling down tho face
on to tho collar, great hairy ihing,
whlcIi soon becomes sopping; then it
tails on the shirt, tho breast of >which
becomes also soppngs On and on
ticy go, getting very ncrvously on
cltcd, $50 that ono man~ can scarcely
Sulp in the watcv which they give him
where with 10 wash his. mouth. There
aro q 'huntreet CG mloroA speet stors, :.
c,aons Wllonr arohwo>or three women
and IL little girl and boys. A lot Of
corps students stand round with ugly,
scanned faces. One tall, snall-hcallcd
fellow, with face covered with scars,
Keeps the time AT lastit is decided
that they have fought enough, mud they
90 out; but thcrenre five more to fol-
low, so we stop for another hour.
This time they are two corps stu
dents, Practiscd tightcrs.-- one with q
red, the other With II green cap. They
have never known ono another, but
they soon get worked up into frenzy.
Ihis duel is even more horrible than
the last. One of the combatants is "A
big, fulgar-lookiNg inlSoH3 his'' face
already nastily scarrcd; tho other a
little lame man with fuir-sizcd mus
tachc. These slash away sonc DOZEN
times before they hit. ii IS announced
that The duel is to last thirty minutes.
unless bad hit is made. Again a
few small cuts como first, and then
more and more. The big man has his
iip cut again and again, and his. fore
heat>and cheek; the little man, is even
worse. Soon after each round the
doctor has to sop up their faces with
a'spoi+ee.. The blood pours. down.
Some students Standing BY drink. beer
and eat bread and sausage. They oct
so tired that ttcr each round they sink
down or lean into chairs, thcir right
arms hein1s still held out. They slash
so olearlMllF hard TINT tiicir swords
strike fire and get bent into scmicirclcs.
1t is so hideons that caunot look, but
turn away, squeeze tight my eyes, and
only 'lcnia the continual cries, 'On
guard! Make rcadyp 'OTp and the
clashing OF swords. until dull thump
IS hcardana thc men enw, 'llah!'
; Inns goes OF fo,4aaore than half an
no''f: l can onl scethc face of the
big man; its uglincss" surpasscs any
thug have. over seer; his big lips
open, the lower one purple, very
'bloatcd, and hanging; the nose swol-
len and bloalcd; the face n.dull red
color, save where it was strchked with
tho darl K rcd blood His eyes, were
goggiy, staring and bloodsl.ol, nlnl
his hair had been broughs over his
forehead to stick together tho gasl.cs:
with ssucln face he stood limp ngai,,st
. chair, wRll dropping shoulders,
slonching figure, and blood dropping
all about him, from his matted hair to
the blood-dripping nose ;'the streaming
mouth, and the red shirt. AT last the
little man gave the Other ..wliat they
call deep cut on the foYehA,ai, and,
the end is announced; The smal, fellow
was beaten, for he was too weak to 90
on. now for the first time sec lis.
face; | never saw anything so dcadful.
Supported by some students, he hob
bled of, more than half his face liter.
al!wohe sheet Of blood; the mustachc
crimson, the black hair rinscd, the
collar aud breastplatc covered with
wet and half!congealcd blood, and un-
dcrncath the remains Of former con-
tests. AS he Walke},.bf&I felt such
disgust as l mover remember feeling
before. But am glad to have sccn.
this dnclling. No doubt it requires a
considerable amount of pluck; hut
anything SO utterly and mnspcakably