The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
A DEFENDER
 OF THE QUEEN Frenchmen Bare Sword to Honor Amelie. ATTACK ON THE PORTUGUESE Breitmayer Would Fight for Mother
 of Manuel. sarah Bernhard Resigns Her Pro- ssssor.hip For 4 Purpose
 The weeks Gossip of
 tAs cay Paris.
ATTACK ON THE PORTUGUESE
pr HENRI DUBOIS.

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 Paris July 4.-That Frehchmen are no less chivalrous today than they were in the times when knights were, bold has just been proved by M. Breitmayer the famous swordnnan and fencing master who having recently been presented to Queen Ameiie of Portusal. by birth a Princess of Orleans found it his duty to bare his sword in defence of her honor.
 In the Action there has recently appeared serial story which under the guise of fiction dealing with Portu- gnese life made scurrilous attacks against the Queen of that country who is greatly beloved in France because of her heroism (she has saved sew eral persons from downing at the risk of her own life). The author was certain Portuguese writer Seper Aibanynergue who had been expelled from his native country because Of his anarchistic tendenies.
 M Breitmayer wrote to the author calling him 6 disgraceful coward Tor his attack upon woman and the letter was published in the Paris papers. The writer who had always posed as a man who did not know fear replied that he would challenge M Breitmayer and if the latter should refuse he would horsewhip him in the street and shoot him down like dog.
 The challenge never came however and when M. Breitmayer sword in hand tried to find the Portuguese at his apartments he had disappeared and the rest of the serial will never appear. @
 Imitator of Diseases.
 A curious sort of vanity was de- sscribed at the meeting of the French Academy of Medicine on Thursday when Professor DeulAfoi detailed the case of a man who for over two years had been afflicted with ulcerous sores, which broke out on both arms. The patient consulted over dozen physi- clans and tried many varieties of treatment without relief.
 Finally he submitted to the amputa- tion of his left arm above the elbow. Some improvement followed but later the sores made their appearance with greater frequency than ever He was then admitted to the Hotel Dieu and placed under Professor Dieukafors care.
 After keeping the patient under close observation for some time the profess sor declared the patient to be an assin1u- later. The man admitted that he had been fn the habit of producing sores with caustie potash and had kept up the fraud for two years and a half.
 Professor Dteulafoi explains the case as one of morbid mentality, in which the victim is irressistibly im- pelled to disfigure himself in order that he may become interesting and an object of pity.
 Crime on His Sweetheart.
 For having attempted to murder his sweet heart Mile Arneli Dslvaign in order to get hold of her valuable jewels Nicholas TchArnadiefH a Russian sub ject has been arrested here.
 The girl who Is now lying between life and death in a hospital here declares that she became acquainted with the prisoner some time ago and that he from the very first made love to her until she consented to become engaged to him.
 He was very reckless in his way of spending money and she had, always considered him a man of means, and in fact what she termed e gentleman.
 Last night he had arranged to take her out for the evening and asked her in Rue Taylor where he was to meet couple of friends before going to supper in a restaurant
 At his request she wore all her Jewelry and she suspected nothing until he suddenly attacked her knock ed her down and branishing a razor demanded her to give up her jewels.
 She was unable to offer any resis- tance for her attempts to call the police were quickly stopped by gash in the throat inflicted with the razor and having robbed her of every thing of value her assailant fled leaving her on the floor In q pool of blood.
 A large crowd of people quickly gathered in the street on hearing Yhe woman's first cries but the man was allowed to escape declaring that the woman was in mysteries. It was only when the unfortunate victim appeared at the door with blood gushing from the wound in her throat that the crowd realized what had happened.
 The arrested man was formerly