New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-01
SATISFYING UONOR."

IL
mn desire 10 be sensational or to startlc the
reader. II has been said before. And about
otbor nc,iods. Indeed, if we look closely,
about all periods. We are somewhat dlSpoS'u
TO thinl, it is always period OF unrest NOV
unlikely some Of Abrahams household mae
the same remark when the patriarch starred 10
nave out of Chaldea. There is more unrest OF
course. at some times than ut other times more
# some places than other places ana some
nco,le at some times and places are more
restless than other people at other tunes ana
,l,cos Inst now for instance there seems
- ho , little more unrest in France than any
,,hcro else unless it be Hawaii. where the
,,oo,Jo have recently rcvoltcd and Mauna Loa
:; oo,t;n, ready 10 crupt The French unrest
scoms 70 be due 10 the fact that great dc'll
of money has been used corrupty by some
Lodv. and while everybody is curious To know
who did the cornlptine, who was corrupted anu
for how much. nobody can find out about II.
Tho Chamber. of Deputies and the law courts
have been AT work at il for several weeks win
Et,lo or no result The unrest continues, ana
curiosity is not satisfied.
But honor" is Every little while Deputy
intimate, that Some other Deputy is mp TO his
up,ion money in his pockets or knows more
| than he is willing 10 tell about IT. hcIcuPoh
| the other Deputy proceeds to clear himself o'
all completely in the corruption bv asking hi'
| ac.u>cr TO go ont somewhere with nm ana
settle il by sla>hlng each other WIN N"o'"'
or fling pistols at each other his docs h''
.,t;sfv curiosity. 10 be sure, but it docs satisfy
:. honor" and is a relief 10 the general feeling
| &c unrest I'm pursuance Of this custom not
| Ian, ooo Nessr,. Dcroulcdc and Clcmcncclu
,ftcr exchanging doubts Of each others per
so,,I veracity. went out and fired pistols AT
each other with great a>,idulty, but consider
able inaccuracy, for some time until the lives
| of spcctat DIS began t. be endangered Whtn 'he
| gentlemen who went ont with them sad there
| had Lccn firing enough done 10 satisfy the
| honor Of both gentlemen. Public announce
ment wa, made of that fact and that coh'ro-
| ycrsy was settled Very fortunately too; Tor
| both gentlemen were dead shots and II the
firing had continued a day or two longer some
ono was liable to get hunt. What became OF
the question Of vcracty is not known. 1t was
1ouLtless merged in the question Of honor
| Las, Saturday Deputy Dcroucdc, whose CON
di,,on seems 10 be one Of chronic unrest
|
! inc partncr'' of DR.. Her who is said 70 have
distributed the Panama corruption fnnd.
| Wbercupon on Monday these two gentlemen
went out together TO settle the sleeping part
ncr, question Not by argument or testimony,
lint with swords After SlaShing away at each
other for some time a the report says WIN
considerable vindctvcncS>'' Pchon was scii-
| ouSlv wounded in the ribs while DerOu!edc
had received only Il scratch i'll the face The
second, then declared honor satisfied" the re-
mort runs and Dcroucdc was warmly con
| pratulatcd by his friends" There is no in
| formation a, to what became Of the " sleeping
MARINER question. Whether the serious wound
in the rib, established the charge that PlchOn
was actually DR.. Hers sleeping partner OF
whether the scratch on Dcroulcde's face is held
as qualifying or limiting or in some ether sense
justifying the partnership we are unable Ia
discover 1t is highly gratifying Of course, IL
know that the honor Of both Deputies was
satisfied but curiosity as 10 whether Plchon
was actually Il sleeping partner apparently
goes mslaked And that was the main qucs-
ton, a we understand it,
II is a comfort 10 know, however, that in 4
ueriod Of unrt st the members OF the French
Chamber Of Deputies can settle questions OF
personal yeracity and honor by firing pistols
swords, We don't quite understand how il
settles anything, but it somehow seems to
And il relieves the unrest.