The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-11-24
FEMININE DUEIISTS.
Instances Showing That Women
Have Observed the Code.

Instances Showing That Women
Have Observed the Code.
Beparation by Arms Resorted to By La
dies of Mobility Blood Shed by Taar
Fighters IN Defense
OF Homer.
OF course thero have been duels be-
tween women ever since Leah and
Rachel pulled each others hair for
jealousy of Jacob But ducks ON the
field OF honor between women, or be-
tween women and a man, ara rare.
About the first, says the New York
World, according 10 ths code, between
women, took place in Che time Of L1onis
XIV. The great and honorable La
dies we are told, fought each other
with pistols in the Bois do Bonlogne
for love OF the handsome eyes Of Duo
de Richelieu. They were Earqslise de
Nesles and Comtesse do Polignac.
Fire first" said the counters.
The marchioness fred and missed.
Rage made her hand shake" ex-
claimed Nine de Polgnac. She fred.
Nine. de Nesles fell, swooning. Her
adversary's bullet had struck the tip of
her ear.
''They tell at Paris" writes a con-
temporaneous historian, "of two ladies
of the court who fought duel with
pistols. The king said, laughing, that
there was no more excuse for them
than for the men,"
Tallemand des Reaux relates the
story of two sisters. One, Nine. de
Chasteau-Gay, having taken .offense
against one of her friends, challenged
him and on the field wounded him. Tho
other, more original, Mime. La Douze,
wished to punish her own husband,
and having dragged him to the duelling
place gave him, by way Of conviction,
three sword strokes that would have
done credit to the fencing master.
About the year 100 there lived in
Paris yonng woman, very beautiful,
as witty as beautiful az,d saueier than
either. She bad, the writers of the
time say, She prettiest eyes in&he world
and the waviest hair. She sometimes
called herself Nine. dsAubigny, some
times Nile. de Maupae. Falling in love
Hassailles where she did all sorts of
foolish things. Then rstrrniny to Paris
she entered the opera, where she met
with extraordinary success and con-
tinued her exploits.
One night, wearing mems s clothes, she
went to masked ball at tho Palais
Royal. She made herself disagreeable
10 q lady Of the court and three gentle
men who wers with the lndy challenged
her. She confronted fhezn ono after an
other and successfully placed her three
adversaries hors do combat. A few days
afterwards she had duel with a fourth
man, whom she seriously wounded.
In November, 1884, Baron de Traut-
mandorf, q diplonnas, was on the eve of
marrying young widow, Countess
Lodowskn de R, Pole by birth.
An unknown rival Of The baron saw ft
10 ridiculs him in q pieesof verse signed
Baron de Ropp" The diplouuaa ehal-
enged the poet. On the ground friend
Of the post took Ids place, with the con-
sent OF TrsutmandoFf, who was Killed
IN the encounte. Trautmandosfs Sec
ond bitterly approached D. Dopp for
his conduct In an hour they mot on
the field, sword in hand. Do Ropp
wounded his antagonist, but what was
his surprise and SORROW when hs rec
ognized in Trautmandorfs second
Countess Ladowska. The countess died
OF her wound; Dc Ropp eonsnitted sui
eide.
As late as 1885 Miss Shelley, an
American, fought duel With Nine.
AstSe de Valsayre, at Waterloo The
young Yaukse contended that Ameri-
can female doctors-she was one-knew
more than the French. The fiery
frenehwoman denied it. Miss Shelley
,etorted, the word idiot was uttered
Nine. Astie de Valsayre demanded
reparation by arms, but as Miss 8haney
was as ignorant of the sword MS she
was skilled with the scaipel, the French
doctor generously gave her fifteen days
respite to get her hand in. The Ameri-
can did not back out. She was pinked
IN the arm, honor was satisfied and the
eombatants were reconciled on the