The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-01-26

49, AAUPRAAys q IOSS 0It, soy SAC "a NY
and Navy Illustrated, hut sixty-five
years since dueling was sufficiently in
vogue to induce an anonymous writer
to publish a book containing much
Useful information" ironically dedi-
Gated to Daniel O'Connell, Esq, NJ. p.
and James Silk Buckingham, Esq, N.
p, as entertaining the opinion first
promulgated by the immortal Falstaff,
Of happy memory. that discretion is
tho better part of valor'
The author advises "all my country
men who go abroad to use the pistol
instead of the sword when they have
the choice Of the weapon, as the bal
ance Of killed and wounded is now
much in favor of the French, who, up
on the termination of the late war.
amused themselves by occasionally
splitting some half-dozen of our tray-
cling young fashionables before break
fast" He recommends "Purdey. in
Oxford street. as the maker of the best
dueling pistol locks" care in the selec-
ton Of a stock which fits the hand
NOAAAOA tdOiS, anu " CSNuCW saw nan
dies Barrels should be ten inches
long and half-rifled, which, consider
ing that throughout his volume he
poses as man Of the strictest honor,
is puzzling, for he admits that wholly
rifled pistol is considered an unfair
weapon, therefore. one not appearing
to be rifled should be substituted.
On 1.-The chances" he writes: Many
a poor, long-armed, struggling fellow
mas received the coup di (sic) occur
Tor fatal stroke) who might still have
been in existence had he known how
to protect his person in the field" the
necessary protection consisting in
standing sideways and drawing in the
stomach.
Should the party be hit" presum-
ably because he could not draw in his
stomach. The must not feel alarmed"
This seems difficult. as a man with a
bullet in his stomach can hardly be
expected not to display some little ma
tural anxiety, for. as is admitted later,
"a shot in the digestive organs must
be particularly annoying to Won vi
want" To aldermen his advice Is
'the old method of fighting-the back
to the adversary and discharging over
the shoulder" THE chances of a.
mans being killed are about IA to !; i
and of his being hit about 6 to L." He
arrives at this conclusion by dividing
a mans body. when opposed to his adj
into nine parts. Therefore
he says: LAS in only three of these a
wound would prove mortal the chancesi
are three to one against his being
killed and to against his being hit;
that is, however" he hastens to add. !
provided his antagonist has never
read my work; II he has, the case may
be different"
The combatant is told mot to allow
the idea of becoming target to make
him uneasy, but to treat the matter
loosely" He is to laugh away the
evening over a bottle of port and play
D rubber of whist, but he must avoid
to excess or taking "any food
that tends to create bile" because
distinctly or correctly" This would
rather be valid reason for getting as
bilious as possible; man with an at
tack of jaundice should be invisible,
and able to blaze at his antagonist in
perfect safety. If he cannot sleep on
to rest he is to read Byron's
'Childe Harold" his servant is to call
him at and give him strong cup Of
.offee; then he is to smoke a cigar, and
ON his way to the scene Of action" he
g to take a brandy and soda, as a
most grateful stImulant and correc-
i've"
No wonder our author recommends
lin, at this point, to draw in his
IF he dies, he is to go of
With as good grace as possiblew On
he other hand. if he hits his antagon-
st, he is to take of his hat to him |
nd express regret.
A challenge is not to be in rhyme. |
UGH as "a certain poetical brandy-lov-
ng major general Of marines" wrote
o a brother officer who ran off with |
is wife:
Wounds on the flesh a surgeons skill
may heal,
'ut wounded honor's only cured with
steel"
An Irishman is not to be chosen as
econd, for nine out Of ten have such
n innate love Of fighting they cannot
ring an affair to an amicable adjust
,ent. and the first duty of a second is
D prevent the affair coming to a seri-
us issue. Other advice is for the
econd to take care his principal is
OF Inconvenience by the sun and to
ct his antagonist with something
ark behind him. when it will be much
lore easy to hit him.
AS may be inferred, the author holds
y dueling. for-'the man who falls In
duel and the individual who is kill
I by the overturn of stage coach are
9th unfortunate victims to a practice
ON which we derive great advan-
lges. 1t would be absurd to prohibit
age-traveling because occasionally a
~ lives are lost by an overturn, and