Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-23
Contests Which Tried Mems
Nerve and Courage.
UNDER SUSPENDED
iLiir
Two Parisiars Stood for Four Hours
Waiting fer Card to Break Which
Would mea- Death for One or the
Other.

Two heavy Weights suspended from
r"im hy Slender cords were the
weapons chosen by two l';:rsians nam
cd Duricr and Noi.;n TO terminate
their rivalry for The hand OF pretty
actress Beneath Il weight each took
Ills stuhd, there 10 remain until the
breaking Of one or the other of the
cords should decide his fate. For more
tlTln four hours they remained motion
less. when the cord attached 10 Du-
rlrr's weight snapped, AMI the ponder
Gus mass of metal, falling upon the
man beneath, struck him TO The ground.
Fortunately, however. it inst missed
his head, and he escaped with no worse
damage than Il severe shock and Il bro
Ken collar bone
Somewhat prolonged was the duel
waged few years back ut n well
Known Yorkshire seaside resort, to de-
eide Which of two young men should
surrender his claim To the hand OF a
local publlcan's daughter. The rivals
Doth priucu themselves upon their ma
tntory prowess, SO it WAS agreed TINT
he who should first miss his mornings
swim In the open should withdraw his
pretcnslon to The lady's hand. For nine
months and more each took his matu-
tinal swim. but ut length there came n
day Of such furious storm that onu
turned faint hearted and refused to
uhre the tempcstuuus pillows. The 9TH
or, however, ut considerable risk, dash
cd into the fonming sea-, and, although
he was badly cut and bruised, emerged
triumphant woOcr.
Another aqueous duel occurred some
years since, the location being the lake
or Geneva and the contestants Il Swiss
named Zellner ana one Lcnolr, II
trcnclimnn, who agreed that lie WHO
could remain The longest bcncath the
surface of the water should without in
terruption or hindrancc from the Other
be permitted to pay his addresses to
the daughter or II wealthy trndcsman.
The rivals dlvcd simultaneously, and
more than two minutes elapsed ere
Helincrs head appeared above the sur
face. There was no sign, however of
Ills rivnl, after whom when yet an
other two minutes had sped II couple
or onlookcrs dlvcu and succeeded In
recovering his scnsclcss body Rcstora-
tives were successfully applied, and OH
Lenolr's recovering consciousness he
was acclaimed the victor.
AT The time OF Sussls forty day fast
ut the Westminster aquarium, stine
years ago, couple OF young Mnncuni-
nns agreed by cmulnting Ills example
to decide which OF them should first
propose for the hand OF girl who had
hitherto regarded them with seem
ingly impartial affection. -Four days
was sufficient ordeal for ono, who, re-
fusing any longer to abstain from
food. left the field clear to Ills rival,
whose proposal. however, met with
scnnt consideration from the lady, who
declared that she would not intrust her
future to the keeping Of such fool
as he had proved himself Needless to
say his rival's reception was equally,
glacial
During very severe winter III the
last century Il couple Of Germans, ma
tives of Dresden, resolved for love of,
woman to fight duel to the death.
Very fantastic was the method en-
ployed. Without provision OF any kind
and clad only In the highest Of clothes,
thcy went out into the country, there
to remain without shelter until ono or
other of them should succ,lmb to tho
cold Three days after their departure
wrctcbed object crawlcd back Into
the town. Ten miles distant his rival,
frozen 10 death, lay beneath the falling
snow London Tit-Bits.
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