The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-07
REAL DUEL IN
 GERMAN CAPITAL Principals Are a Baron and g.
 Bank Clerk AN ARTIFICIAL MAN May Be Manufactured for About fI20 Says n German Physician With Humorous Turn of Mind-Pure
 Food Law Enforced

real uuei was lOuBHl HeTe TeceHlly. lhe parties to it were a baron, who is something of a wine shop statesman, and bank clerk, and the cause of the duel was a lady. The affair took the clerk by surprise, as he was reclining ir an easy chair in his bedroom in a West End flat, being shaved.
 Suddenly the progress of the razor was checked by a vigorous rattling at the handle of the locked door that led to an adjoining apartment and per emptory demands for admittance. coupled with threat that the intruder would shoot unless his wishes were instantly complied with. The bank clerk replied coolly that he, too, had a revolver at hand and If it came to question of shooting would probab- ly prose to be the better marSsman of the two. To this defiance he added an inquiry as to who the stranger was and what his business might be.
 The intruder then announced him ficer, and said that he had come to reclaim a young woman who had for merly acted as his housekeeper and had left his service to enter that of the bank In similar capacity.
 To this the lady's new employer re- sponded that his interest in her was not of nature to justify him in em- barking on an affair of honor on her account, and he called upon the infur- lated baron to leave the premises with out delay.
 ha nTf hull 1nt through the door, whereupon the clerk also fired. The baron fired again and the duel continued through the rid died door until both had exhausted all their ammunition.
 Meantime, the agonized barber, flour ishing his soap brush, had been scream ing loudly through the window for as- sistance. A squad of police arrived and arrested the infuriated dueuists They were taken to the police station where they found the lady, who was the object of the quarrel. She was a former favorite of the baron, who sus- pected her of having transferred her af- fections to the clerk. The baron said as he was pushed into a cell: The end of this Is not yet" No blood was shed. A local physician of humorous frame of mind, calculates that a complete artificial man might be constructed nowadays for about f120. A pair of arms with "articulated" hands would cost f35, pair of articulated legs would run" to about f2S, a pair of ears for f2S, eyes for f6, and a set of teeth for f12. But when you had made your complete artificial man, accord ing to this scale, he would be simply artificial. You couldn't construct a father, nor a genius, nor even a good bricklayer for f12O. and, of course it would take great deal more money than that to really make" a political agitator he says.
 If Lord Beaconsfields dictim, Happy is the nation whose people marry young' be correct, then Germany may claim to be fairly happy.
 During 1908 there were 23,000 marriages, 1900 were those of women under 20 and 556 between 40 and 45.
 As for men the greater number of men who marry are 90 years This Is probably due to the fact that every man is liable to military duty during the best years of his life. Marriage rates are falling in London but are going up in Berlin. The effect of the war of 1870 is shown in charts, which indicate an abnormal in- crease in the number of births in Paris
 
 fall in both cities ever since
 The women of most continental cities however, marry at an earlier age than do those of England Of 5000 London marriages recorded in 190S 24,000 were those of people between the ages of 20 and 25. Of the total number married, 2279 were girls under 21. One of them was under the age of 16. her husband being 20. ha Drip holz of Hessen who died last December, left an estate valued at G3651 5s I'd. In her will she bequeathed her fox terrier dog, Tassie, to Miss Nellie Smalley of Stockport, England. "The dog she di- rected, shall be sent to her free of all cost if she should not be with her or un- able to take it with her. and the dog shall be sent as passenger baggage in the quickest train. also the transport case, must be marked so that the dog is fed by the railway officials and the boat off, flcials, and given water to drink.
 Her Great Dane, Toroador, and another dog Mimosa, she left to four unmarried cousins, they to choose among them- selves Her dog Jak she left to the lady of the bed chamber, Caroline Kikomm.
 The princess was a lover of animals, and particularly dogs.
 Marie Busch a lady's maid. shot her master with a revolver in his home at Frankfort, and then telephones to the police acauainting them with her act.
 When the police arrived on the scene they found that the girl had blown out her brains, and the two bodies lay close together in the dining room. Marie had murdered her master and then shot her self. The girl, whose child had been adopted by her employers, murdered the child in a At of madness two years ago and was re-engaged on her release from an asylum last August. Fault Is found with the authorities for having released her.
 Referring to the discovery at Emden of maps and photographs alleged to be discriminating for Brandon and Trench. Englshmen arrested on the charge of espionage at Borkum, the Tageblatt pub fishes an article, said to be written by naval officer, showing the ease with which information such as would bring it's possessor under the suspicion of es- pionage can be obtained along the North sea coast The writer states that large scale plans can be bought by anybody, and that an expert would have no diff culty in making what notes he wanted upon them, since the works can be seen by any passer-by.
 The law relating to pure food is en- forced relentlessy in the empire. Some violations of the pure food law can be punished with life Imprisonment and hard labor. At Plauen the inspectors examine even the toys in the shops to see whether they are painted with some substance which will injure the children. They in- spect everything from cooking utensils to slate pencils. A dealer was severely repri- manded, although not punished, for hav-