Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-22
OLD DUELING RULES.
"MUcH USEFUL ADVICE" FROM As
 ANCIENT BOOK
If the COmbstsnt Dies a. . Reauit ss the Encounter. He Is ToId to Co Oa Nifh as Good Grace as PoaaIbIe. Irisbmea Sot Good Seconds.

If Che COmbstsnt Dies a. . Result si
 the Encounter. He Is TOId to Co Oe
 Widh as Good Grace as PosaGbIe.
 Irisbmea Not Good seconds.
 To Enghshmsn dueling is happily a
 lost EGrt. but three-quarters of a century
 Hgo Cueling was sufficiently in vogus tO
 induce an anonymous writer tO publish
 boCk containing much useful infur-
 nation. ironically dedicated to Daniel ] lO'Connell. Esq, N P and James silk
 Buckingham. Esq N F.. As "euter-
 taining the opinion first promulgated
 by the immortal Fsistaf of happy
 memory that discretion is the better part Of vaiov '
 The author advisEs ''an my country
 men who 20 abroad Co use the pistol in
 stead of the sword when they have the choice Of the weapon. as the balsnos ~
 killed and wounded IS now much Sn fa-
 vor of the French. who. upos the ter. imitation of the late WAT, amused them selves by occasionally splitting some half ] dozeL of our travelling young fashion Ables before breakfast He reoom- rnends ''Purdey. in Oxford street. ss | the maker of the best dueling pistol locks. care in the selection of a stock which fits the hand comfortably and Co ! eschew 'tsaW handles |" Barrels should be ten inches long and half rihed. which. considering that throughout his volume he poses as a man of the strict est honor is puEzling. for he admits that waSlly rified pistol Is considered sn unfair weapon. therefore one not Ap- bearing to be rified should be substi- tuted
 On ''the chances be writes Many a poor, long armed. struggling fellow has received the coup di (sic) oHur tor fatal stroke) who might sfin have been in existence had he known how to pro tect his person in the field. % the neces- sary protection consisting in standing sideways and drawing in the stomach Should the party be hit presumably because he could not draw in his stom- ach-''he 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 natural anxie- ty. fer, as is admitted later. "a shot in the digestive organs must be particu- larly annoying to Q bon vivant To aldermen his advice Is the old method of fighting the back Co the adversary and discharging over the shoulder The chances of a man being killed are about l4 to i. and of his being hit about 6 to He arrives at this conclusion by div;iing a mans body. when opposed to his adversary into nine parts Therefore he says As in only three of these a wound would prove mortal the chances are 8 to l against his being killed and s tO l against his being hit-that is. how ever. be hsstens to add. provided his antagonist has never read my work IT he has, the case may be differentI
 The oombatant Is told mot tO allow the idea of becoming a target to make {. him uneasy. but to treat the matter iooosely He is Co laugh away the evening over a bottle of port and play rubber of whist but he must avcid : drinking to excess. or taking 'any food . that tends to create bile. ' because '.bil- ! ious objects are not seen either distinct ly or correctly This would rather be a valid reason for getting as bilious as possible A man with an attack of jaundice should be invisible and able to blaze at his antagonist in perfect safety If he cannot sleep on retiring to rest, he is to read Byron ''Childe \ Harold His servant is to call him at and give him a strong cup of coffee Then he is to smoke cigar. and ''On l his way to the scene of action" he is Co take a brandy and soda as a most grateful stimulant and corrective. %
 No wonder our author recommends him ct this point to draw in his stom- ach "lf he dies, he Is to go oH with as good grace as possibleT On the other hand. if he hits his antagonist. be Is to lake of his hat to him and express re yret
 A challenge is not to be in rhyme. | 'uch as "a certain poetical. brandy l0v ng major general of marines wrote C io a brother officer who ran of with his ! wife Wounds on the flesh a surscon's skiu may .
 heal.
 sut wounded honor's only cured with steel
 An Irishman is not to be chosen as c econd- for nine out of ten have such an c nnats love of fighting they cannot g ring an affair to an amicable adjust z nsnt and the first duty of a second is . O prevent the affair coming to a seri- | us issue Other advice is for the sec a nd to take care his principal is not in | by the sun. and to get his with something dark behind c i'm when it will be much more easy 0 hit him e As may be inferred the author holds c ' duehng for 'the man who falls b D duel and the individual who is q filed by the overturn of a stageoosch re both unfortunate victims to a prac Ice from which we derive great advan- ,, ages IL would be absurd to prohibit V tage travelling because occasionally ' sw lives are lost by an overturn. and '. nless men endeavored to destroy each ' ther they might live to patriarchal v, ge and multiply so rapidly that the " lil would soon be insufficient to sup .y them with nourishment. with y hich reductio ad shsurdum the vol. " me may well be put hack on the shelf A Navy and Army Illustrated u
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