The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-03-21
RUINED BY REFUSING.
Burgomaster Who Declined a Chal-
lenge to Fight a Duel Ousted
from the Military.

Another curious insight into the ex-
traordinary views held in German so
ciety' on the subject of dueling was
lately given by the local newspapers OF
Bad Kreuznach. One day the burgo-
masters dog barked at the dog of the
doctor. The latter complained about it
to the formers wife in so insulting a
him an indignant letter. The doctor
thereupon challenged his correspond
ent to duel, which was refused. Now,
the doctor was not an ''officer of the re-
serve" but the burgomaster was, SO the
former revenged himself by reporting
the refusal, whereupon the burgomas-
ter's name was struck of the list OF
Officers of the reserve" whereby he
lost caste and suffered injury in his
career.
The Volks Zeitung cites the following
as pendant: An aged woman OF the
laboring class was sitting alone in her
room when a drunken man forced his
way into it, abused her with the foul
est language and struck her and
wounded her till she bled profusely
While this was going on her son re-
turned home, and, very naturally, flew
into rage and rushed at the ruffian
| whom he did not treat in the gentlest
of ways. He was a hard-working,
steady fellow, but he was entitled to
avenge SO cowardly an outrage on any
woman, and certainly in this case, as
the woman was his aged mother. In his
anger he wounded the ruffian with a
knife. Although the latter's wounds
soon healed the young fellow was
dragged before magistrate and con,
demned to years imprisonment.
| The public prosecutor and the mag.
| istrate were both of them ''officers oi
the reserve" and they both asserted
| that 'his use of the knife betrayed the
brutality of his character, so that he
| deserved the most severe punishment
that it was in the power of the court t<
| give him.
! 1t may be REMEMBERED that a few
weeks ago deputy in the German die
was bold enough to state before thu
house that his majesty the kaiser wa:
i'll informed by his encourage and al
lowed himself to be fed with newspaper
cuttings alone, instead of reading
whole heaps of the dailies. One OF thu
stock exchange daily papers tells u!
that the kaiser reads great man!
more newspapers than the peopl'
think, while the kaiserin devotes al
hour day to this type of literature ant
keeps her illustrious husband well in
formed on all subjects of interest.
Tie professors of the University o
Bonn held meeting recently to which
the students were invited. The profes
sor urged that measures should b
taken to stop the excessive drinking
now in vogue among the students
From their ranks drinking is spread
ing to all other classes OF the popula
ton and is well-nigh becoming viciou
fashion in the country.
The professors are very earnest i
their attempts to stop this. They hav
appointed a committee, and govern
ment councillor, Herr Quensel, G
Cologne, will report on the matter. A
the universities In Germany are invite
to support the movement, which
chiefly intended to abolish the man
rites and methods which oblige .ne stt
dents to drink and which are at the bo1
tom Of the training" for drinking.
Es~av nm Man.