The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-28

them standing there SO resolutely. The
crowd of spectators checfed, and the pho
~tographers put in new plates.
Have You enough?'' cried Deroulede.
Come on!" Numbered Antide Boyer
in that magnificent bass voice that makes
him one of the orators of the chamber
Como on! / have another duel today
when l am through with you'll" Again
they raised their arms and fired. A thrill
passed through the great assemblage.
snow have you ~eaoughs' cried Boyer.
They shook hands, and every one went
home to lunch. This is constructive blood.
The other time Paul Deroulede was
patriotically calling, .Put them out Of
France!'' To this a certain N. Gustaye
Hubbard answered, 'sDown with the
mouthers!'' The proud answer of the
patriot came quickly and unhesitatingly:
You are a covardl You are sold to the
Jews!n Foils were chosen, with or with
out kid gloves, at pleasure. The combat
was to cease sally when enc Of the adver-
saf.as was found in a state OF absolute in
feriority. III 5he first round, after a live
" enlargement ending in acorps-a-corps-
the fencing equivalent of O clinch-M.
Hubbard grasped with his left hand the
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against all rules. They stopped the fight
Immediately. NJ. Hubbard's hand vas
bleeding, but not even with constructive
blood He was disgraced.
Blood ought always to flow. This is
the advantage of the foil over the pistol,
that it may cause blood to flow without
barbarous peril. ST am not a buveur dc
sang recently remarked a Partisan of
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always for the arrangement of the vast
majority of these affairs. But if you
bring four men. not counting the doctors,
out iato the woods of a cold incoming it is
certainly not to string beads, as they say
vulgarly. but to wash out an injury
If no blood flows, nothing is washed"
How much blood shall flow is another
matter. The truth is that the seconds and
the doctors regularly enter into a beneyo-
lent conspiracy to keep both men from
harm. Certainly no more vindictive a
duel could have been prophesied than that
between Colonel Henry and Lieutenant
Colonel Picquart. Henry had called Pic
quart a liar in open court. Picquart be-
lieyed Henry to be a perjured villain.
Each had gravely injured the other. Each
hated the other intensely. Had they been
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would have fallen. The fight took place
i'm the riding school of the Ecole Militaire.
No n was present but the seconds, the
doctors and the umpire. No account has
ever been given of the details; only when
all was over Henry had an insignificant
cut in the forearm. 1t was not much to
satisfy the wounded honor of Picquart,
but it was all that ne could get.
NT,Hv owl +ho11 IL iC tpIIn even in these
days of humanity, unhappy accidents
occur. In France each year sees its ter
rible duel, . distinguished from all Others.
Last year Lieutenant Durand was run
through the lungs. He still survives,
something of an invalid. This year the
Italian Deputy Cavallotti met a tragic and
unexpected death at the hands of his fell
low deputy, Macola. 1t is true that the
weapons were not foils, but sabers.
The duel took place in France just
across the Italian frontier, in the garden
CT a villa. From the beginning Macola
waited on the defensive, with q low
guard. Cavallotti attacked him violently.
Macola, without ~parrying, simply held
his arm outstretched, slightly raising une
point. At first it was thought that his
point had touched Cayallottlss breast.
The seconds had cried HAITI Iney
were extremely careful and insisted on an
examination. Cavallotti was not wounded.
In the second round the two adversaries
continued the anne tactics. A second
ssHaltl'' was called, one of his seconds be-
lieving Cavallotti to have been touched
on the face. Again it was nothing. In
the third round Cavallotti continued his
energetic attack. Macola remained always
on the defensive, with a low guard, sell
dom parrying, his arm always t
stretched. Again his point flashed up
ward. ssHaltr' they cried, This time
Cavallotti was wounded in the mouth.
Cavallotti had not perceived that he was
touched. nstinctively, however, he put
his hand to his mouth, and just as he
was askinc. What is the matters, a