The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08
SOME DuELIxG RULES.
"Auch Useful Information" From
an Old Book.

Hr1o the subjects o. Queen Victoria &
III Is. happily. a los. ART: but sixty
Ill I'VE years since duel!ng w4s sug-
ncsently IN vogue 10 Induce al
anonymous writer TO publish a book ''eoE-
saiEiEg much useful information" .reni%aliy
Dedicated 10 Daniel oiConneIs. Esq. NJ p.
and James Silk Buckingham. Esq. NJ p.
a. entertaining the opinion frs. proaans-
gated BY the immortal FalsMT Of happy
memory. that discretion Is the better PART os
yaior.'
The autho- advises "au my Countryrnan
Who so 2b-oad 10 use the pistol 4us.saa az
the sword when the have the cl.olce 81
the weapon. as the balance OF Killed ard
wounded Is Eow much In favor o. the
French who. upon the termination OF The
late war. amused themselves by OCCASION
ally splitting some hail dozen Of our srave.-
ing young fashionables before breakfast"
lie recommends "Purley'' In oxford
street. as he maker Of The best iuslins
pistol locks" care iE the selection OF a
stock which fits the hand comfortably and
TO esehew "saw-handles" Earre.s should
be ten inches long and half rsfei, which.
considering that Throughout, his volume he
pfsss as a man OF the strictest honor, Is
puzza.g; for he admits that a wholly rifissi
pistol Is considered an unfair weapon.
therefore one not appearing TO be rshed
should be substituted
On the chances he writes: "Manv
poor. long-armed. struggling fellow has
received the coup di Isle, coeu- Tor fatal
sirnke) who might stiil have been In exist
ence had he known how TO protect his per-
son IN the field" the necessary protection
consisting in standing sideways and draw
ing IN the stomach Should the party
be hit. presumably because he could not
draw IN his stomach. he must no, feel
alarmed. This seems difficult, as A man
with bullet in his stomach can hardly
be expected not TO display some little nat
ural anxiety. for. as is admitted later, "a
shot in the digestive organs must he par
ticuiariy annoying to bon vtvant" To
aldermen his advice is .'the old method Of
fghting-the back 10 the adversary. and
ciseharging over the shoulder" 1.-The
chances OF a mans being killed are about
fourteen 20 one; and OF his being hit, about
SIX to one He arrives al this concisi-
sion by dividing mans body. when OPP
posed TO his adversary. into nine parts
Therefore be says: "As IN only three o.
OF these "a wound would prove fatal, the
chances are three to one against his t.-
ing Killed. and five 10 one against his be-
Ing hit: that is. however," he hastens to
add. provided his antagonist has never
read my work: IL he has. the case may be
different
the Idea CT becoming target 10 make
him uneasy. but TO treat the matter tocose-
sy- He Is 10 laugh away the evening
over polite Of port, and play a rubber
of whist. but he must avoid drinking 10
excess, or taking any food that tends to
create bic. because bilious objects are
not seen either distinctly or cerrecty,"
This would rather be a valid reason for
getting as bilious a. possible: a man with
an attack of jaundice should be Invisible
and able 10 blaze away at his opponent In
perfect safety. II he cannot sleep on re-
firing to rest. he Is to read Byron's "Childs
Harold: his servant is 10 call him at 8.
and give him strong cup OF coffee. then
he Is TO smoke Il cigar. and ION his war
TO the scene OF actor" he Is 10 take n
brandy and soda. as a most grateful slim
ulant and corrective"
No wonder our author recommends HIM
at this point to draw in hss stomach
III he dies, he is to go or with as good
grace IS possible" On the other hand
II he hits his antagonist. he Is to take OF
his hat 20 him and express regret
A challenge is not 10 be drawn I'm rhyme.
such as "a certain poeticaI orandy-lov!ng
major general OF marlnes'' wrote 10 a
brother officer who ran of with his Wife:
Wounds on the flesh surgeons skill may
heal.
But wounded honor's only cured with steel.
An Irishman h NOT Ia be- chosen as Sec
ond, fer nine OH: OF ten have such an
innate love OF fighting they cannot bring
an artair 10 an afnicaoie adjustment; and
the first duty OF second ia TO prevent the
affair coming 10 a serious issue. Other
advice is for the second to take care his
principal is not inconvenience BY the sun.
and to get his antagonist with something
dark behind him, when 1t VII be much
more easy 20 hi. him.
AS may be inferred the author holds hy
6ueiing, for-''The man who falls in dusi
and the individual who Is killed by The
oyertUrn OF a stage coach are both infer
tanate victims 70 practice from which
we derive great advantages. II would
be absurd 10 prohibit stage travelling be-
cause oceas5 onaliy 4 few lives are lost by
an overturn. and unless men enaeaxored
TO destroy each other they might live 20 a
patrlarchal age and multiply so rapidly
that the soil would soon be insufficient 30
supply them with no1rishnant with
which reducfio al atsuraam thu vcfurns
may we'll be put back on the sheif--Army
and Navy illustrated
The Turkish Drama.
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