Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-25
@ RiDcWAT co.

In restaurant along with the lady OF
their affections.
A duel agreed on, and such the wrath
full haste of the jealous sutors that they rusheds
forthwith to the apartments of the with
out troubling to secure pistols or swords Um-
brellas substituted for rapers, and the fight
followed Tintard the victim. The ferrue
of his adversary's umbrella gouged out eye,
and he fell half swooning from the pain. The
maddened victor stamped upon the wounded
mans face and skull and Tintard died within
few days from Inflammation of the brain.
In contrast to the gruesomeness of this hap
pening, there the happy issue to the predica-
ment of an Irishman in Spain, who was chal-
lenged by an hidalgo famed for skill in fence.
The Irishman, having art of sword play, was
not minded to lose his life unnecessarily, and,
like the Kentucky parson set his wit for defense.
He chose shillalahs for weapons explaining, with
perfect truth, that these were the national weap-
ons Of his country.
The don demonstrated In vaia He investigated
the nature of the unknown fighting tool, and
what he learned caused him to withdraw the
challenge.
The Most Freakish of All.
Undoubtedly the most freakish of all duels was
one fought in 1908 in Paris. The principals
rivals between whom the woman in the case
refused to choose. The weapons selected were
blunderbusses the ground the air-for the
shots were to be exchanged from balloons in
astounding amount of sporting spirit by accom-
panyng the principals aloft.
At the first fire the envelope of one balloon
was penetrated and the gas exploded In the
fall to earth both principal and second were
killed Thus simply the woman relieved of
choosing.
Two other rivals were Henri Delagrave and
Alphonse Riviere, who conf1ded the arrangements
for an affair of honor to their seconds. AS the
duel was to be a outrance, one Of the seconds
who physician conceived the idea of leav
ing the issue to fate, in the shape Of poisoned
pellet
To this end, he made up four black pills One
of these contained prussic acid. When the meet
ing occurred, Deagrave the toss of the COIN
by which his adversary was forced to take
pellet first. Riviere selected one of the black
balls and swallowed it. brief interval proved
that he had taken poison. Delagrave then
took his turn, and he also escaped Again it was
the choice of Riviere who stared for long time
at the twin pellets in which lay hidden his life
or his death. Finally he seized pellet hastily
swallowed it. Within few moments he
dead.
Another instance when the determination of
the affair was left to chance was in the case Of
Engshman, challenged by Frenchman. The
Engshman was without skill either for fence
shooting, while his adversary renowned for
both. The Englishman had wish to be muir
dered and set his ingenuity to devise a means
of equality in the encounter. AS result Of his
pondering he stipulated that the duel should be
with pistols but that only one of the two weapons
should be loaded with ball, and that first choice
of them should be left to toss. The weapons
thus aportioned, the combatants should fire from
stations only two PAGES apart. This, of course,
meant almost certain death for the holder of
the pistol with the blank charge. The skilled
duelist the an had first choice. He
spent considerable tine in examination of the
twin weapons, balancing them, first and then
the other, in his hand in effort to distinguish
between the weights, as he knew that the fully
loaded one must be the heavier. But chance is
stronger than any skill At the fire the French.
fell dead, while the Englishman suffered
only some scorchng from the blank charge.
About the middle Of the fourteenth century
there occurred in Paris duel unique in all his
tory: formal combat between a man and a dog,
under the authorization OF the king Aubryde
Montddier was murdered and his body buried
in a wood outside the capital His dog found
the grave and remained guarding 1t until driven
away by starvation. Afterward the faithful beast
led searchers to the spot, and thus made known
the crime.
Soon afterward this same dog few at the
throat of the Chevaer Macaire. The suspicion
thus directed against the Chevaer finally culmi-
mated in the kings edict that the guilt or limo
cence Of the accused should be put to proof by
trial of combat between the man and the dog
huge hound
The affair carried to a conclusion in due
form. In the arena the dog when loosed instantly
sprang fer the throat Of HIS enemy and sunk
his fangs there In death grip. All the mans
efforts TO save himself futile. When at