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An Umpire.

fight appears to have been a disin-
clination Of one Of them to turn out
Of his way when meeting the other
on the sidewalk. Surely such an in
suit must be washed out in deep Grim
son blood. To cMnch the challenge
and make its acceptance absolutely
sure freshman was sent to the quar-
tiers Of one Of the champions with the
message: "Compliments Of Herr Butz-
donnerwetter, and he says that you
are 'dummer junge!" Now that
caps the climax. A student who has
been called a hummer junge and does
not fight might just as we'll throw him.
self in the river. He would be kicked
out Of his corps in disgrace instan-
taneously.
The challenge was, of course, accept
ed, and a committee Of four sees to
the arrangements, such as time, place,
etc. There is q famous old inn, kept
by couple Of aged spinsters, in Hell
deIherg, which has served as a rendez-
vous for duelists for more than half
a century. The place is called Hirsch-
gasse. and when you receive an invita-
ton bearing this name it means but
one thing-that first-class scrap may
be expected. One Ct the rooms is
fitted up expressly for this business,
and there has been enough blood
splashed ground here to satisfy even
a pig-sticker.
In the Dueling Arena.
The principals are soon in waiting
prepared for the fight with an almost
anxious care. Next to the skin they
wear a coarse white linen shirt and
u thick pad under the right arm,
which arm is then fitted in q thick
leather glove and silk sleeve. Then
comes a sleeve Of quilted canvas about
an inch thick. all elbow pad of leather
bound on with straps and a canvas
bandage over the whole thing. These
bandages are so thick that it is i'm
possible for the wearer to let the arm
hang by the side. On this account
each combatant is provided with an
unterstcher, or supporter, whose duty
1t Is to support the arm Of his principal
during the rests. A thick quilted
leather apron protects the chest and
reaches to the knees. To all this is
added a, strong pair Of iron-rimmed
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them has received two frightful gashes
in the cheek and forehead, while the
other has had his chin almost cut in
two. The blood fairly streams from
the first, who, beyond himself with
rage, still insists on more fight. How
ever, the surgeon declares his wounds
too serious and leads him of to the
serving-room, while the other is car
ried off by his fellow corpsmen.
While there are few fatalities attend
ant on these duels, they are by far
more serious than 80; per cent of the
average French affairs, which create
so much buster and result in nothing
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A PARROT STORY,
Which Proves Conclus1vely That Parrots
Are Brainy Birds.

Which Proves Conclusively That Parrots
Are Brainy Birds.
Who that has ever owned a parrot
mont the truth OF this tale? asks Lies
Calendar.
Ben Lusbie, who for fifteen wears
was one of the greatest features OF
Barnum's circus in the capacity of
"ightning ticket seller,' had a Won
derful parrot, which had been pre-
sented to him by one of the canvas
men of the show, who was at one
time sailor on a steamer plying be-
tween Boston and Ferdnandino, In the
Bahamas.
Lusbie used to have way Of quiet
ing the scrambling mob of ticket
purchasers around the ticket wagon
by saying: Don't be in q hurry,
gentlemen;" There's plenty of time"
"Don't crowd each other" Zone at a
time, gentlemen and such like ex-
pressions. The parrot which was
perched -:pon safe in the wagon
just back of Lusbie, got to learn these
little speeches after a seasons tour,
and often broke Out in piercing
s4uawk with one of them, much to Lus-
bie's amusement.
The parrot, which was quite little
vagabond, broke loose from ner fet-
ters one day, and flew over into
neighboring wood near the circus
grounds.
A searching party was made up and
they had not proceeded far before
they heard a vast racket, apparently
made by squawking birds. Hasten
ing to the scene they found poor Poll
clinging as best she could to th> limb
Of d dead tree, surrounded by a.
screaming flock Of crows. The parrot.
had only two or three tail feathers
left, and the hostile crows were strik-
ing, pecking, and plucking her right
and left. Hanging on as best she
could, the parrot was shrilly scream
ing: lone at time, gentlemen!''
Don't crowd there" Take your
time!" There's plenty moro left!'
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THE FIRST STAGE COACH.
1t Was an Expensive Luxury to Rid
on It.

1t Was an Expensive Luxury to Ride
The first stage coach between the
two capitals, London and Edinburgh,
appears to have been started in 1858.
1t ran once fortnight and the fare
was "a. The time taken to the Jour
ney is not accurately known; but be-
tween York and London it was four
days. This lavish system of commun-
lcation was not, however, kept up, as,
in 1862, the coach ran between Lon
don and Edinburgh once month only,
taking fortnight, if the weather was
favorable, to the Journey.
In the days Of stage coaches, SAYS
the Chambers Journal, people some
times dubbed together and hired a
post chaise for their journey, as being
quicker and less expensive, and Scot
tlsh newspapers occasionally con-
tanned advertisements to the effect
that person about to proceed to
London would be glad to hear of a
fellow "adventurer' or two bent on
the same journey, to share the ex-
pense.
In 1745 a heroic effort was made to
improve the London and Edinburgh
coach. The Edinburgh "Courant" for
that year contained the following ad-
vertlsement: 1.-The Edinburgh STAGE
coach, for the better accommodation of
passengers, will be altered into new
genteel, two-end glass coach machine,
being on steel springs, built exceed
inggly light, and easy to go in ten days
in summer and twelve in winter; to
set out the first Tuesday in March,
and continue it from Hosea Eastgate's,
the coach and horses. in Dean street,
Soho, London, and from John Somer-
ville's, in the Canongate, Edinburgh,
&c. The passengers to pay as usual.
if God permits, by your
dutiful servant, Hosea Eastgate."
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dents as clumsy, sluggish fellows with
coarse faces and ill-fitting clothes would
be amazed should they meet the real
article at any Of the great universities
Of the empire. A Well-knit, rather
graceful figure, clear, healthy COM
plexiOn, and often an almost ef1elnin-
ately pretty face are the leading traits
OF the German student up-to-date. OF
course once IL 4 while you run across
a long-haired, blue-goggled. fossil of
the good old days" who still clings
to his enormous three feet long porce-
lain pipe and who looks aghast at the
dashing cigarette-smoking chaps who
now swagger about the college grounds.
Americans ut Heidelberg Universe
The most popular university in Ger
many to-day is that of Heidelberg; it
has more American students than all
the rest put together, and furnishes
facilities for study such as none other
offers. Here, also. f1ourishes student
life in it's irrepressible vigor, retaining
the most interesting features of the
past and keeping we'll up with the pro-
barely become enrolled here when he
finds it almost obligatory to immedi-
ately enter one Of the many corps or
societies to which belong 80 per cent
of the students. It would be too long
a list to enumerate all the various
forms under which these organizations
exist, as they are Of every shade and
color. The most important and aristo-
cratic are always designated as corps,
and some Of these are exceedingly ex-
elusive and of very limited member
ship. Societies or vereins, as they are
called, are, if More plebeian, proper
tionately more jolly, and always well
come more members, the more the
merrier. All the students wear the
colors and insignia Of their corps on
all occasions, the most popular form
being in. shape Of colored band
around the cap or a neat button or TO
settle in the buttonhole. On gala occa-
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with presents to King Menelik. The
expedition is commanded by Capt. Noe
OLAF Stevanovitch Leontieff, retired
officer Of the Russian imperial guard.
Though he is now only about thirty
years Of age, he was three years ago
sent by his government in charge of
an exploring party to Central Asia,
and it is in recognition Of his excellent
service then that he is given the pteseat
command. The expedition is charged
to undertake a scientific exploration
and at the same time to adopt meas
ures to counteract the Roman Catholic
propaganda. .-
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Sklrmishine for the Truth.

CHOW, jedge,'' said the sworn
colored witness, "I'm a-gwine to tell
you de truth nowp'
"And what have you been testify
ing to for the last hour and half?"
asked the Judge.
ooh, l des been talkin' up ter it..
Hit takes you some time ter git ter
de truth, jedge. You has ter skirm-
Ism lots tore you ketch de rabbit!"--
Atlanta Constitution.
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all around. the German student is a
picturesque mixture Of sentimental
chlvalry and roughshod barbarity. The
smile of my lady fair to the clashing
OF swords and turbulent drinking bouts
are helplessly commingled in most
bewildering manner.
The emperor, when he decreed that
there should be no more fights among
the students, did not know what he
was talking about. It is much to be
feared that not only the students but
the good Heidelbergers, men and wo-
men, will turn up their noses in con-
tempt at such an order. They may
take away hts dog, prohibit him from
smoking, curtail his allowance of beer
and wine, but to make him give up
his "schlager' and his mensur-never!
Let nobody suppose that on account
Of this all-absorbing love for fighting
the students yearn to kill one another.
Far from it. The mensur, as the duel
is called, seems to have been gotten up
for the express purpose Of giving the
participants an opportunity to slash
each others faces in the most effective
and picturesque manner possible. A
student whose face is not network
Of livid scars is always looked upon
with mingled awe and admiration.
Fairly launched as a full-hedged
member Of a corps, 1t does not take
a student long to get into tirst-class
scrap, or half a dozen of them if he
exhibits too much pugnacity. Most
of the richer corps have their own
rooms, one Of which is always very
deliberately equipped for fighting. The
freshmen or foxes as thew are called
are the most eager com'batants, but
they don't amount to much, as they
are unskilled in the handling Of the
heavy schlager.
A most stunning set-to was had re-
Gently between two champions of their
respective corps. The cause Of the
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New edical Wrinkle.

A certain class of physicians who
have an extensive practice will not
make a professional call after 6. D. m.
unless they are in full evening dress,
and the same class refuse to have tele-
phones in their offices. This is a new
wrinkle and is said to have originated
in New York.
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IN the quaint old town of Sebree,
KY, knows Rondo. and there is no
exaggeration in saying that Rondo
has a personal acquaintance with
more people than the average politi-
clan.
The early part of Rondo's life is in
volved in some doubt and a great
deal OF obscurity. 1t is known, how
ever. that he first saw the light of
day in the manager of livery stable
in 1885, and as he sprang from Scotch
English ancestry everything in the
shape of a rat he beheld from the
very first with violent antipathy.
He soon made himself terror to the
rodent family, and his accomplish
ments in this direction led an admir-
ing Kentucky gentleman to adopt
Rondo and take upon himself the
the supervision of his care
and training, hoping that "age
would perform the promises of
youth" The two soon became
conspicuous about town, and their at.
tachment for each other sometimes
caused the boys to sing Comrades"
as they passed along the street.
In year or two Rondo succeeded
in exterminating all the rates within
his reach and then became a living
example of the adage that IAN idle
brain is the devils workshop" He
began to form bad habits and became
frequent visitor Of saloons. gambling
rooms and other such places, setting
such pace that his admiring bene-
factor did n care to follow, and the
two began drifting apart.
About this time young pension
agent located in the town of Rondo's
birth. and case of mutual love at
first sight sprang up between them.
In little while the pension agent
entirely supplanted the Kentucky
gentleman in Rondo's affection, where
upon the latter promptly disowned
and cast him off. But this did not
affect Rondo to any extent. His new
master furnished him with a night
key and let him go where he pleased,
and Rondo pleased to be a pretty
high roller.
One morning in 1889, however,
Rondo woke up and found that
his friend had gone. He watch
ed about the hotel for
many days, smelling every newcomer
after the fashion of his kind, but the
days heightened into months and he
came not Then Rondo had no one to
pay his board bill at the hotel and he
was forced to become a dead beat.
10 dog of his hyphenated ancestry
this was very distastaful, but he was
friendless and alone and there was no
other alternative. After figuring as
decayed vegetable for a year or
two. he lost all self-respect and went
to the dogs at a rapid rate. His asso-
ciates were the worst in town and
bad company eventually got him into
trouble.
One night while engaged in an
angry controversy with several other
CANNES, the peace was fractured to
such an extent that a blood thirsty
citizen discharged a fowling piece
into the crowd. It was Rondo's mis-
fortune to catch part of the load and
@vH<a ~ L r.
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feudal chivalry. In the glamour Of his
IDEAS he sees himself the representa-
tive OF a race Of knights who fought
and died in the service Of love. He is,
as a rule, exceptionally courteous and
avoids giving offense to any one. He
is quick to resent an insult and mere
apology does not pacify him. He dis
dams to strike a man with his fist.
Blood, blood only, will satisfy an at
front, no matter how slight. Taken
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Ills ASSOCIATES WE'RE TEE WORST


next morning he was found on
the street drawing the wages of sin.
He had nowhere to go, and no friends
to appeal to in his distress.
An old colored woman found
him and carried him to the
home Of Col. Charley Thompson, who
took him in and proved to him a
friend indeed. He put the broken leg
In sling and doctored it for weeks
until Rondo was once more restored
to health. Col. Thompson intro
duced him to his friends and Rondo
once moro found himself in good So
ciety.
Rondo accompanied his new master
on several journeys and acquired a
taste for travel that he has never
been able to resist He has been all
over the state of Kentucky as we'll as
having visited many of the largest
cities in the country. On one of his
earliest trips he was forced to leave
The coach and travel in the baggage
1ar. This was great blow to his
pride, and his experience taught him
lesson. He came to the conclusion
that conductors were not his friends.
and ever afterward he always took
pains to conceal himself under the
seat, but never under the seat oc-
cupied by his travelling companion.
He was too considerate to give awav
his friends.
One of his trips was to
Grayson Springs, Kentucky, with
Company D, Kentucky state
militia, and he became much infat-
uated with soldier life. At another
lime he started to Paducah with his
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RELIGION IN AFRICA.
The Struggle Between the Eastern
and Western Churches.

The StruEBIe Bet"e7eH INC HdSteEN
and Western Churches.
A religious struggle, rather unique In
it's nature is just now attracting atten-
ton to the east coast Of Africa The
Eastern and Western churches have
long desired the conversion Of the Etht
opian and just at the present Rome
and Antioch are pitted against each
other to obtain that end. While the
Catholics have taken advantage Of the
Italian portectorate to establish a bish-
opric Of Erythrea, the church Of Anti
och, represented by the Russian gov
eminent, has sent an expedition laden
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slons, when some great duel is to be
fought between the champions Of two
or more factions, broad sashes in the
corps colors are worn by all the mem
bers. -- l.I 5'ir4' +
Cherishes Old Ideas of Chiva1ry.
The German student is nothing if
not romantic. Nothing is SO enchant-
Ing to his fancy as the old ideas Of
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WILL STOP DU.ELING.
EMPEROR WILLIAM ISSUES AN
.4 a.... j.. EDICT. 4tfs'5

Says the Brutal Practice Among
Heidelberg Students Must Cease
= Why the Command VIII Be Dlsre.
Enrded-FightS Mt tho University.
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10 name Is ROndO,
but where he got
his name no one
can explain. Ron
do is only q dog,
but he has more
sense than a great
many people, and
his intelligence
has led him q most
eventful existence
since he first came
into public notice.
Everv school how
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-02-06

Plumbagos, Allamanda's, ditto, while the
hardy" Rhynchospermum Jasminoides
(the name ought to kill it) is loosing all its
leaves and think will have to be cut back.
One of our young girls died last week.
and not a flower could be got for the
funeral, only little bunch of green ferns
and Arbor Vitae.
My Sweet Violets were frosted and spoilt,
the Easter Lilies killed to the ground. all
my young stock of roses killed outright,
and, worst of all, handsome Camellia
had twenty-five buds and blossoms on and
they all froze.
Had four Crinums in bud and blossom,
and various other plants in bud and bloom,
but they're all gone. The place looks as
bare as it did three years ago when we first
began to improve it, and we can't tell
which way to turn to begin again: times
are so close and nothing to bring any money
in. GERAN1UM.
St. Petersburg. Fla.
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For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.,
A Wall for the Southland.
January, 1895.

Some friends calling Christmas day. and
as we were walking down the path, looking
at the shrubs, roses, ETC., said: ''Why,
you'll have bushels of flowers for New
Year.
Every bush was loaded with buds and
blossoms. A Pleroma Splendens about
two inches in diameter was one purple
mass, and the Hibiscus one mass of red
blooms. I cut the handsomest bouquet Of
rosebuds of the season, which is saying a
good deal, for the Roses are always fine.
1t was quite cool Wednesday and more
so on Thursday, but Friday it blew hard
all day from the northwest and at night
the mercury marked 80; but as it was so
cloudy and blowing so hard we only COW
cred some Coleus and Begonias. thinking
it would not freeze very much.
The next morning when found ice half
an inch thick and still freezing I thought
" Woe is me-, my plants are all gone, "
but still thought my roses and those A0r0!y
Cattley Guavas are all right, any way; but
that II should live to tell the tale"-every
Guava gone, Mangoes, Alligator Pears,
Sugar Apples, most budded Orange trees
1.-THE small ones), are gone. and my roses
they we're all killed alike, Tea, Hybrids,
ets., etc. 1 believe every one is injured,
though some we're not hurt quite so much.
Some are sprouting from the roots now
Jan. 21), but feel like pulling all of them
up-many are dead, dead, dead.
And not Hibiscus, Taberne Montana,
nor Pleroma is left to tell the tale, Ole
anders killed to the ground, Grape Myrtles,
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FOR THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
AFTER THE FREEZE.

Lo' the Frost-King laid his finger on the thresh-
old OF the day.
Cl+ime the tribute of our beauties, culled their
fragile life away,
Held hand with doom sore weighted DER the
choicest of the grove
Death and desolation follow where his icy foot.
steps rove.
All the splendor of the rosebuds fled before his
frozen breath:
And the blushing oleander knew his voice the
knel of death.
Scared the glory of our oranges gone the guava' a
leafy grace
Faded hath the radiant beauty from the JAS
mines golden face.
See the proud and stately mango! brown and
dry and dying now!
And the silver crown has vanished from the date
palms noble brow
who hath caused such devastation? Who such
curse our homes hath brought?
VINO hath borne our land such malice? Who in
her such havoc wrought?
Yet the while stand complaining, seems to me a
voice doth ring,
" Twas your sod who sent the terror: it's His
hand hath done this thing.
Do you know the secret workings of YOUR Gods
almighty grace?
Have you pierced the deep recesses OF His wis
dom's dwelling place?
WAS it wrath or love you know not that hath
blasted all your hope,
And His children in the darkness of their faith
may blindly grope.
Yet the Hand that guides the Ice King rules tn Q
budding of the flower
And once more can make your country verdant
as Elysian bower.
" IT'S that hand that giveth all good things
hath it ever failed thee yet?
Nay, as surely as the blossoms shall with spring
time dew be wet,
He our homes forever guardeth, peace and plenty
yet will make.
He who took will give abundant; He who gave
may surely take"
HILDA MUIRHEAD.
January, 1895.
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around the hole, and fill with earth, Water
occasionally, and when you see rootlets
creeping through the opening at the bot
tom, cut the limb off just below the can
and repot carefully or place IN the ground.
If planted in the ground they should be
we'll watered and shaded, until the roots
get firm hold, which, under ordinary cir
cumstances, will not be long.
MRS. w. G. KINNEY.
Polk Co., Fla.
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And speaking of bouquet reminds me that
it might be possible for us to have ma
tional flower garden.
Here is list of national flowers so far as
l have been able to learn them: Athens,
Violet; Canada, Sugar Maple; England,
Rose; Egypt, Lotus; France, Fleur de Lis;
Germany, Cornfower; Italy, Lily; Ireland.
Shamrock; Prussia. Linden; Saxony, Mig
nonette: Scotland. Thistle; Spain, Pome-
granate: Sweden, Amaranth; Wales. Leek'
The Mayfower.