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DIELS FOUGHT IN THE PAST.
VwndE } p wrat tomF* rotetd
by Fat Calhoun and John A.
draw Williamson was an interest-
M&r lag one in some respects. It
I f toe was the vicinity first of duel Atlanta fought for in
many years, and revival the question of the
code as a means of settling personal griev¬
ances. Tosay that it waa a surprise to peo-
t 'nstiug ariMWdntoM
Hires
.utt is, the ex-
rale by wild
the final
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mite arc few in number. It is a book, how-
Wmi wistam like theTextoand hisrevdl-
vw, k.i.I sometimes is needed badly.
Oi.c »f the most import»a| jtineto of tfw
code is tlio r.lmost absolute power of the eec-
oud- after the challenge has been sent. The
prinei|ial places himself entirely in his sec¬
ond's charge; not, however, until every re-
course ha.-' been exhausted to settle the point
by peaceable menus.
lion
After every honorable means is exhausted,
toe principals repair to the spot agreed upon,
and the “oorrespondeoc# is continued.” The
«hallmg*ilieaBlon.toe Arid itself in almost
every caee. salt was in this one. Then the
amends aiw absolute, and remain to fin til the
fight to over.
W OOBURO Of TBS PAST,
the Held that dueling haa taken in toe
past upon people otherwise civiltoed, and
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6. I»89.
How deep rooted mast be s custom which at j
the middle of the present oenturyoould bring
oat so level beaded a mao u AfnhM U»
There are records of
at * rery ancient dote. Boms of foeearUeet
mentions of them are in the Iliad of Homer.
Ttat between David end Goliath shows that
the Hebrews were accustomed to them, sod
there is an account of one between » Roman
and a gigantio Gaul during the war of Ml B.
C. But a certain sa er sd n ee s which at ta ch ed
itself to the dud was inherited from the bar¬
barian* who overran the Roman empire; the
two composing the original elements of oar
present civilization. The barbarian knew ae
other way to settle a dispute than by combat
Hence he naturally came to eonsidar it an
appeal to toe decision of bis diety. This
gave it a sacred character which was en¬
grafted upon tlie Romans During tbe Mid¬
dle Ages duels, which bad become very eom-
mon, were approved by jurists and clergy¬
men a* a means of the trial «f a *» between
two persons. But they became so prevalent
that tbe ehureh was soon obliged to interfere.
By tbe truce of God of 10*1, duels were
forUddan between Wednesday mud Monday,
the days intervening being sacred to Christ's
passion. Louis IX attempted to restrain
dueling, and Philip too Pair framed laws
against it; but soon after permitted it
a > r fc riwM easm which could be settled in no
otbhr way. Till, due], ae a judfctfti ordeal,
listed till the year KBS, when one Jaqwaa
Ingres was ttoeu icJ of a crime. He was
forced to the ordeal of Little, was beaten, ad¬
judged guilty and hanged. Soon after an¬
other confessed tout be was the real criminal.
This sot the rude people of those days to
thinking, and resulted in the abolition of such
absurd appeal* to heaven, and, tbe judicial
ordeal was abolished.
From this tone tbs duel lost its sacred
character. From being an appeal to tbe de¬
cision of G«:i it became a means of obtaining
satisfaction for an injury, especially for an
insult Fraud*! declared that none but ’‘a
base born fellow” would be given the lie with¬
out satisfaction. This gave toe duel a great
impetus in France, and thence It. spread all
over Europe. Ill France the modern duel
may bo said to have had ite origin, and to
France among European nations it is moot
prevalent today, the code being recognised
among the highest classes, ’ especially legisla¬
tors and journalists. 1
Americans naturally inherited dueling
from' the English. It was. not abolished to
England before tbe tort year of the reign of
'George III. Fox, Sheridan, Pitt, Canning,
Casttereigh, all fought duels. The Duke of
Wellington fought Lord Winchelsea in
1839; Disraeli challenged MorganCCOnneU
in 1885, and toe Earl of Cardigan fought
Cape. Tuckett in 1810. Among the Irish the
code has found great favor. Grattan, Cur-
ran and other eminent Irishmen were duel¬
ists, and in 1815 Daniel O’Connell fought
be invited.
Xeverthe-
toat there
r:v.*:
twenty
itlamen. The
*ity of Saran-
was also a fav
one affair in per
n* Wager «f Tee Dying Gamblers ta a
San Francises Hospital.
That the ruling passion aarnttofteelt even
in toe vary face af the grim destroyer is mi
axiom as old as the hills. It* troth waa art-
danced by an incident which recently oo-
mured at tbe City and County hospital, and
which was related to a -jr-v*. Chrenicia r ep o rter
.j*-' - - - r ?
.
Borne mouths ago two consumptives to tbe
last stages proximity of thedisaow iaf dying Both ou cote In
dose to each other. victims
were sports who by dissipation had e o a h ato
ed phthisis in ite most aggravated form. One
was known os Bill Cunningham, a young
gambler, who bad enjoyed toe reputation
among his class of being a reckless bettor on
toe turn of a card. The other was an Eng¬
lish sailor named Staples, whoee sola paarion
waa to wager whatever be he possessed might to snff-
pmt of uny opinion which expree*.
The nature of tea men, in this particular at
least, was identical, and both rooogutaadaucb
other in a seam as brothers in mbferteUMs
At tliey toy ou their opts, haggard aid hollow
eyed and gasping for breath, teay daily
wasted the remnant of their vital fcrcae to
bantering tew another about their appear-
MtM. i '* -»*,/; ;
“1 say, Staples,” sate. Cunningham One
morning in a voice scaroriy above a boom
whisper, “you’re looking blue. Better brace
up, old man.”
Staph*, who really t ee m ed to bo a dead wan
as he lay almost breathtesf with hia glaasd
eyes half open and mouth widely di e te ndad ,
pulled himself together with an indignant
jerk and made an attempt to raise himself
uam ■> ■» nw iw , wtcu eager so
show the other toat hfc stock of vitality WUe
the greater. Cu nnin gham battled bravely,
but be was tbefiret to show signs of weak¬
ening. He finally resumed Us old posltkm,
but it could bo ssen that hit rmpintocr mo¬
tion was failing. Suddenly he gave one great
gasp, aud with that righto* spark of hia Ufa,
prematurely out off, waa extinguished.
“I’ve won too bet," said Staples, aa ha took
the stake money with a gratified wail*
Cu nn i ngh a m ’* body was at coee removed
to toe hospital morgue. Tbs attendant had
followed the cortege to tot 4oor and return¬
ed immediately fo Staples' oot. Soareeiyfive
minutes bad passed since Cunningham had
expired, but when the attendant r'nnneit at
Staple* ha saw toat he, too, was dead. The
test pot whieh he had raked in was
in bis right band. The griff waa visa Uka,
aad an Uutrument was employed to remove
toe silver from toe ttiffaml, mtwOUng fin¬
ger*.—San Francisco Chronicle.
The perfommieee of Tr saem r s c Gideon t.
fit Brown, Clark of have the Boston firm smsatton cf jfirowm, fiteate
created a in the wool
trade. Inasmuch ae they involve the whwe-
•konteef a large cum of mcoey-vartooely
i Wtin s t i J in si nu a te waging aa hlrihaa
♦500,000 -this to pot at aU wpriring Other
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canto to said to ha
the flight of Draaa-
Cases Cited in a Book Written
by Mrs, Maybrick’s Judge-
FIEND!HU ENGLISH MURDERERS.
have been. 1
iTOaBv :fiSr Ml
allowed his mind to dwell on his wife* death
eo long that a* loathe baenaw a victim to an
AT THE L ADY CHI RQPODtoT’g
A Reporter Dimtm ike l a w. W%»
ifsiwm' *•» A fo *e *te* M** Catena.
lire, field on ber knees the nude foot
of She a gentleman oh m»r>nd»st tw we- her ^nd age. he
we* a a cue-
tomor wjio culled tmndfhig regalarly onoe a
month. knife, steel Nimbly file and her pasteboard cutlets
SmSrSSSU emery
shape, applied u polish and then col¬
lected a dollar from the petrou with E
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to* tile l«HA* W 16<»k%
STASJ'
The shrivel-
d feet.--New York Tfewa. :
It# fee >i a.;'iii.iMtea„ ibkwml 'tv t* ; ?
fifty i Overheating Mlatery 1 . j-..
them to their fate, mounteda horse
won off to the north without so
*ayi»g *‘gpod-bjr" toth<Mpof.
They lofttheplowshare inthemold,
,
And to know (Bat after many
©Mte~to years that find there was that no,plow that, in <• the
out too* *
and Ulsvasw: Israel Putnam at work
aasiSf&a'wsa waa ottMi
men; and he had on a leather frock
retho field, chock and ablri off ha without had worn do-
a waa
He rode the mane home 100 aulas
-hteen hour* and iWmd Oun-
a at sunrise the next morning,
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