Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1883-03-10 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

GEMIANY. TWENTY-ONE DUELS IN A DAX A Vienna correspondent writes :—The-Uni% varsity of Jana, and indeed the whole city, bavW pawed through a week of intense Warne and anxiety, which are far from being at an end even now. On one day twenty-one serious duels took place nmeng the etueenes, and, the arms need not bsring been properly eel, all those who were wounded had their blood poisened. Aboutforty young men are lying in the hospital in a serious condition. One greet favourite, the only loud wealthy parents, bed hie mind upset by an intense attack of fever, and committed suicide by taking strychnine. Ile died after a terrible agony that lasted many. .hours. Two more have died already, and there is little hope of saving more than one-hall of those who are still in a pitiable condition. This dreadful calamity wiil no doubt servo to rimke 'University duelling very unpopular in Germany, if not with the young men themselves, certainly with their relations. It is difficult for an Englishman to believe on whet pretences a duel will sometimes take place. At Heidelberg an English friend ones dined at the table d'hete, and beir.g seated right opposite to a young man who wore the badge a "corps" across his bresed, he could not help noticing the extraordinary manner in which this young men took his meal. At first he admired him for the skilful manner in which he managed his knife, which incessantly passed from his plate to his month, heavily laden BA it was with green peas. lint when the student, having finished his meat, took up his gravy with the knife, the Englishman begun to feel his blood boil within him. Pudding with epnle sauce follewed, and the student operated with his dessertdinife just re he had done with the larger knife. But the Englialunan could control himself no longer. In a hoarse weeper ho addressed his 1,18-5.-vld, saying, " You will cut your mouth open if you don't leave off eatine gravy with your knife." The stneent looked up, end answered, " What is that to you? I can cot my mouth open to my wee, for al you have a right to interfere." "Oh, nonsense," said the Englishman coolly;" you cant expect a decent person to le; you botcher yourself at dinner 1" "Oh, but I can though' and you shall see I Demmer Jung° 1" Withthat the student rose and left the room. Demmer Tangs 1 (Stupid ' fellow signifies as niuch as a ehellenge. When the etnilent's weeends came to am...n.l* ' details with the Englishman he was terribly surpriaed at the serious consequences of w.bato he had deemed a most natural remark. He offered to epolegise, and begeil the:n to remember that he knew nothing of German (=stoma, and had believed in the right. But the aeceuds declared their friend would accept no apology, and they even hinted that the Englishman had probably been told that hi opponent was a first-rzqe fencer, tho pride of lieidelbergig Of course when naatterstciok this tarn the Habra= stoke in a very different , tone, and everything was arranged for a euel with nistele. he being no fencer. Ile spent a dreadful night, because he waa told that the young student wag in arida a foaming rage that his only desire was to ace his opponent lie dead [on the ground. The lisiglishreau did Uiamis power to have the matter arranged, but he did not succeed, and on his way to the tryeting phico he arid to lila seoonds : ••tt is a dreadful shame that I should have to kill his young man because ho new not know the proper nee of his knife amid ferk. Still, it would be jast as unfair to let hint kill me." The Englishman intended firing in the air if he had the second sbot, but chance was everts 63 him. He had the right to sheet first—the lien was deadly, the young Teuton fell without ire:: day the Englishman travelled to the town where his victim's widowed mother iiva, and at the end of a two henna' eenversetion be convinced her of hie sincere regret and his wish to serve her. She admitted that her son had not died through his facile but through the mistaken notions of honour curre!,t i_teng the youth of Germany.