Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-25
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(S--oc-0I geOn mad reSOrted to the courts
instead Of to the duel. The cu-
prit explained that he had religious scruples
against dueling.
Religion. the autocrat retorted, sis one thing;
honor is another" And he commanded the sur
geons resignation.
In the German Reichstag a Socialist recently
attacked William for the imperial sanction given
to dueling He concluded fierce denunciation
with the assertion that the royal exemption
from the code removed that the crown prince
might become principal In affair Of honor,
the kaiser would instantly put the ban on such
personal combats.
1t Is probable that the allegation of the Social
list was without any warrant and that, did honor
permit, the kaiser would send his heir to the
field without whmpe1. But this charge.
well as the czars announcement, calls attention
anew to the fact that dueling Is still encouraged
By the highest civilization on the continent of
Europe though for generations the divinity that
doth hedge about a king has commanded that
the immediate family of royalty, as well the
sovereign himself, must not be exposed to such
peril of bullet blade. Aforetime 1t not
SO. Many kings became famous for prowess in
personal encounters with the foe, and more than
once duel has served to determine sovereignty.
There has been nothing Of the Sort however, In
recent history although only skilled diplomacy
avoided an encounter between George III Of Eng
land and Frederick of Prussia
King Georges Duel.
These two peppery and opinionated monarchs
had long list of grievances between them. At
the time Of crisis the chief quarrels between
them were over marriages and Mecklenburg.
Finally they agreed to settle their disputes by a
personal combat according to the code.
King George chose, as his second, Brigadier-
General Sutton, while Colonel Dershem to
serve Frederick George in residence at
Hanover The Prussian monarch at Saltz.
dahl, which is Brunswick. Arrangements
thn duel 11y tod and
sheim, on account Of its convenient location, was
selected for the place of meeting. Naturally
those in the confidence of the two sovereigns
were in a state of frightened suspense, and every
effort made to prevent the fight. These fail
ed however until the Prussian minister to the
court of St James by secured slight de-
lay The interval suficed to remove the causes
of bitterest contention, and the monarchs grew
calm enough to hear
Under all the circumstances, that would have
been the most curious of duels had it been
brought to pass. The outcome might have been
either farcical or tragical
For the matter of that, there have been actual
meetings apenty Of either kind, the ludcrous
the CHASTITY.
A Combat In the Tree-Tops.
Perhaps the absurdest duel was fought in the
eighteenth century. The Marquis Merle de
SainteMarie ndefatigable duelist An
other gentleman almost equally busy the field
Monsieur Pierrot d'Isaac. Now, pierrot in
French is sparrow, and merle is blackbird Out
of these seemingly innocent facts combat
for d'Isaac, a visit to the nobeman, delivered
himself in this wise:
Il am Bonapartist. monsieur lie marquis: you
Royalist. 1 the sparrow: you the
blackbird. Isn't there one bird too many?"
The marquis gracefully accepted this suave
statement of the situation.
Precisely" he agreed my choice is pistols"
And he added LAS is appropriate for birds of
our species, let us fight in the trees"
This whimsical suggestion carried out
The seconds had their places the ground, but
the principals aoft in the branches of trees
that stood the requisite distance apart. The in
stigator of the duel the victim for at the
drst fire dIsaac received a bullet In the leg,
which sent him crashing through the branches.
He managed to seize of the lower limbs and
from there helped down by his seconds
But the marquis failed to be discreet> In the
time OF victory. Seeing his adversary laid low,
\he began twittering joyously initiating the song
Of backbird. D'Isaac only waited for his leg
20 heal before issuing challenge on account of
the offensive chrpng, and in this second en-
counter, which lacked any bizarre feature except
its cause the Marquis de SainteMar was Sc
verely wounded
A duel more amusing in a wholesome way was
Fought in our own country seventy-five
years ago. An itinerant preacher named Brown
used to travel through Kentucky. He was man
possessed of mighty snews. and too. of a GER
tain Skill that would have delighted league
manager the event showed. In his exercise
Of the ministerial funCti, he scathingly rebuked
man of notorious prohigacy, who retorted with
a challenge.
The parson the challenged party. had
choice of weapons. He selected for each COM
blatant halfbushel of Irish potatoes-large ones
solid and we'll rounded The further stipulatons
OF the engagement were for a distance of fifteen
PAGES and the taking of only potato at a
time from the receptacle.
The profigate protested but in vain. Event
ually the two met in accordance with the clergy
mans requirements When the word was given.
the parson instantly hurled a potato which
caught his enemy in the ribs before the man
could lay hold a missile
The first was followed by five others. and
every one smote the wretched target. The VIC
tim never even secured potato. much less threw
one Each time he reached for one another
from his foe smote him After the sixth
potato had struck he fell unconscious, and IL was
week before he recovered sufficiently TO leave
his bed.
The farcical result of this resort TO the field