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and simultaneously he dropped through the dreadful trap, and went 0121' on that uncer- tzin pilgrimage to the legendary beyond. The notorious Due de Richelieu, of France, who fought so many successful duels, and who seemed to wield a magi- cian’s sword, met the Prince de Limaâ€" whom he had purposely insulted on account of the hatred entertained for the latter by Mme. dn Rosiereâ€"near the trenches of Philipsburg, in 1879. at midnight, during a. storm, by the light of torches held by brother ofiicers. As the story goes, De Lixen, who was a general in the French army (and a very tall man), had had a. horse shot from under him during an engagement ; and see- ing a nonv near. iumped upon him and rode gd WithV‘willful murder by a coroner’s jury, but at. the trial a. short time afterward he was acguitted. ‘_~. A . n. - I,IA_. Am.) Tinni- QM“. In 1721, Capt, Chickley and Jlleur. mau- Iey. while disputing in a mess-room in a. town near Dublin (Ireland), agreed to fight with small swords in a dark room the follow- ing evening. Stanley was an admit swords- man, but was run through the body by his antagonist in a. few minutes after \be com. mencement of the fighg n ‘ ,mAA__A‘ ing a pony near, jumped upon him and rode into the presence of De Richelieu (who was also a general at the time), who burst into a. loud laugh and exclaimed : “ N o wonder we lost the day when we have mountebanks for generals. Behold the horsemanship of the great Prince de Lixin. who keeps his feet close to the ground for fear of falling from his saddle.” The Prince heard De Richel. ieus's voice and laugh, and too well knew what it meant, and the source of its inspira- tion. “ I’ll insult the villain in no uncer- tain way upon the first opportunity,” mur- mured De Lixen. The next day Richelieu whose command had been the last to re. treat from Philipsbonrg, came into the pres- ence of Prince de Uonti, the commanding officer, with disheveled hair, piwder-stain- ed face, and deranged toilet. His rival took this occasion to carry out his quiet threat of the day preceding, and said sarcastically: “ It is a matter of much surprise that the Due de Richelieu should come into the pres- ence of gentlemen with the air and dress of a masquerader.” “ I did not retreat so hurriedly from the field as some of these olficers who appeu' here in toilets more elaborately prepared, your highness,” ex. l'nmous Midnight Meetings on the Field of Honorâ€"The Afl‘air of the Due de Richelieu and Prince De Lixen Jackson‘s Last Duel. Night combats have been frequent in Europe, and also in the United States. In 1821, in London, England, a barrister, named Christie. and the editor of The Lon- don Magazine, Mr. Scott, fought a duel, so- celled, at bhalk farm, and the letter was killed. The original1 trouble occurred be. Ween Mr. Scott and Mr. Lockhart, the lat- ter-named gentleman at that time editor of Blackwood’s Magazine ; and, it seems, Scott. who had been challenged by Lockhart, and who had declined to accept, was called upon by Christie, and the two quarreled, and subsequently agreed to meet the same even- ing to adjust their difliculties according to the “ code of honor.” The fight took place at 10 o’clock, during the full of the moon, and Scott fell mortally wounded at the first fire. Christie was arrested and, charg- DUELLING IN THE DARK. Among the many bloody duels on record as having been fought by congressmen was one in which James Jackson, of Georgia, who had been and who was afterward a United States Senator, was the challenged party. He was an Englishman by birth, but he went to Savannah when a lad, studied law, was a leading Freemason, and fought gallantly in the Revolutionary war. He killed Lieut.-ch. Wells, of Georgia, in 1870 in adurl, and was engaged in several other “affairs of honor," until he finally deter- mined to accept a. challenge on such terms as would make it his last duel. So, upon his next challenge, which was from Col. R. Watkins, also of Georgia, be prescribed as the terms, that each party, armed with a double-barreled gun loaded with buckshot, and with a hunting‘knifc, should row him- Self in a skiff to designated points on oppo- si‘lc sides of the Savannah river. When the city clock struck 12 each should row his skiff to a small island in the middle of tho river, which was wooded and covered with underbrush. On arriving at the island each was to moor his Sklfl, stand by it for ten minutes, and then go about on the island till the meeting took place. The seconds wait- ed on the main land until 1 o‘clock, when they heard three gunshots and loud and angry cries. Then all was still. At day- light, as had been agreed upon, the seconds Went to the island and found Jackson lying on the ground, inscnsible from the loss 01 blood, and his antagonist lying across him, dead. Jackson rocovered, but would never relate his experience on that night, nor was he ever challenged again. He died in \Vash‘ ington city while serving his second term as United States senator, March 19, 1806. In 1728 a young gentleman named Ben- jamin \Voodbridge Was killed in a duel with swords, late at night, on Boston common by Harry Phillips, after a. short combat. Phil- lips, who was not hurt, made his escape from the city next day. and later turned up in Franre. where he died in 1729. Eugens Bonnemere, in his " Histoire des Paysaus,“ tells the story of how a peasant by the name of Lebre, who lived in the south 0: France, got more than even with a ser- geant of the royal guard, which was quar- tered near Lebre’s cabin. It was towards the end of the seventeenth century, and the sergeant, presuming upon his gallantry and manly beauty. and knowing the proverbial weakness of some women for even non. com- missioned officers of his profession, took oc- casion to pay marked attention to Lebre’s young and pretty wife; which, while being strictly agreeable to pretty Mrs. Lâ€"-, was highly unsatisfactory to the incensed ‘hus- band, who, at last, gave Mr. Segt. Duprez a piece of proper advice, and was promptly knocked down for his p'eins. stre at once challenged his antagonist, who declined to recognize a common peasant as his equal, and shutting Lebre out of his own cottage, took immediate possession of it and its pretty matron. In a. I ay or two the sergeant quit the place for good. and Labre returned, sold all his efl'ects, packed the erring madame ofl‘ claimed De Richelieu, and than turning to De Lixen, he continued : " 1 shall go now and purify myself, prince, and in an hour you shall hear from me.” And so he did, in the shape of a. challenge, which was accept- ed; after which arrangements were made and agreed upon that the two gentlemen should meet each other in the trenches at midnight. They met and crossed swords at exactly 1‘2. and in ten minutes the magical Weapon 01 De Richelieu had flashed through the heart of his twentieth victim, and the suryivr)r,_ stepping over the dead prin‘ce, ' ""v "r("_“ ' W ' - laid: “Let us carefully bear his noble body with all honor to camp. It: is the fortune of war, gentlemen. and may be our turn next.” In a. short time afterward De Richelieu went to Paris to acquaint his inam- orata. with the intelligence that he had re- moved oue of her troubles from the world forever. But; what was his astonishment to discover that the frail and fa-ithless Mme. du Rosiere had fled with an English noble- man to London. Quien sabc? Some few years ago Maj. Ben. Parley Boore, then \Vashington correspondznt to The Boston Journal, sent that paper the fol- lowing account of a. midnighn duel foughf upon an island in the Savannah river : to her fathePEénliated in tire a1my,a.nd was seen no more in that neighborhood for more than eight ygars. ‘ He. fought' through two campaigns ’bravely, but without a scratch, and by gradual promotion reached the rank of sergeant. “Aha!” cried stre jovfully, at the end of six years service, "Sergt. Duprsz, Sergt. Lebre is your (qual! I shall seek you out, you villain. and punish you for the wrongs which I suffered at your hands six years ago." Lebre was two years in finding his man. And when he did find him they were at the point of sitting down at the same dinner table with a dozen other cfficers of about uniiorm rank. As soon as the repast was overl Lebre arose, and ad- dressing Duprez inquired: “Suppose, sir, a, man should give You a. blow, what would you do ?" “I would return it, and challenge him to fight,” responded Duprez. “Take that, thenl” exclaimed Lehre, dealing his old enemy a tremendous blow, which stag- gered him considerably; and then addressing himself to his other comrades, he recapitu- lated the story of how anrez had knocked him down for defending his wife, and there- after refusing to fight him on the ground that he was not Duprez‘ equal. " Now, Sergt, Daprez,” (jaculated that fellow's as- sailant,turning around and facing his enemy, “you and I are equal. 1 have returned the blow you gave me eight years ago. and now challenge you to fight for your life.” And as quick as lightning the two sergeants drew their weapons, and Duprez was killed in three minutes, the duel taking place by candlelight. In 1719, in London, England, Capt. VVil- llaiu Aldworth, of the army, and Owen Buckingham, member of parliament, met and dined, and quarreled, and fought, all in one evening. It was so dark they could not see each other, and they were so thoroughly well intoxicated that it did not make much difference whether they did or not see each other; but all the same, there was one less member of parliament the following morning for Buckingham was found by some friends shortly after the fight, pierced to the heart with his antagonist’s rapier, and Aldworth near by, very drunk, and covered with wounds. University place, New York,N.Y.,was the scene of a fatal duel. one cold, snowy night in the winter of 1804, the parties to the combat being William Coleman, editor of The New York Evening Post (an organ 0f the federalists), and Capt. Thompson, ha. I- her master of the port. of New York. Thomson. who had made quite an effort: to provoke Coleman, remarked freely that he had no fight in him, and that if slapped well on one side of his face he Would only be too happy to present the other side for similar treatment. Coleman. after making sure that Thompson had used the language at- tributed to him, challenged the offender, designated pistols as weapons, and named 11 o’clock as time of meeting, and at or near University place the scene of battle. Each party had surgeons and seconds, and agreed, "My God! I have got it!” and, reeling sideways, fell mortally wounded into the snow, and died a short time after having been conveyed to his residence. Tne dying man made a. statement in the presence of a. number of friends to the effect that the duel and his death were the consequence of his own quarrelsome character and rashness, and his last words were forgiveness to CJle- man, Whom he believed bad no intent to hubâ€"Alta California. 3-18 i§ was gnawing at tbu time, to fire a twelve yards. Both fired the third time when gfhpmpgog was h_ea._rd to exclaim Although the beginnings of New York gastronomy were substantial, they could scarcely be called artistic. If we turn to the pages of Brillat Swarin, Whose “Phy- aiologie du G mt." has been recently so ably translated into English by Mr. Henry Van Lmn, we shall find a. full, true, and particu- lar account of a. dinner partaken of toward the end of the last century or the beginning of the present one, at what was then a cele- brated “cofl'ee tavern," kept by a Mr. Little and whither Brillat Savarin. who had been driven into exile by the revolution, was wont to repair to enjoy abasin of turtle soup \Vilkinson brought an English frie dine with him, and the party thus cox of Live. The object of the two Brim] to outdrink the three Frenchmen; and A most extraordinary miscarriage of jus- tice appears to have taken place in the case of Morris Nicholson, who was sentenced in 1881 to seven years’ penal servitude for man- slaughter. Another man has confessed to the crime. and is actually anxious togivehim- self up, but the policeâ€"0r, at all events the inspector at Hoxton police stationâ€"refused to take the charge! An application was made last week by a solicitor to Mr. Hannay to order the man who had made the confess- ion to be arrested and brought to the court; but the magistrate said he did not like to interfere. 'l‘ne solicitor said he hadnpplied in vain to the home otfice, and Mr. Hannay; somewhat facetiously I fear, recommended him to apply to the public prosecutor. This is certainly one of the most singular com- binations I ever heard of. A man is in pen- al servitude for a crime of which another man declares he is guilty, but no amount of prayers and entreaties can prevail upon the authorities to take No. '2 into custody and investigate the truth of his statement.â€" Lomlon Truth. "a. vast capaacity for leequor,’ held his own unflinchingly. Spirits were then proposed ; but Brillat Savarin called for a. large bowl of punch, and the end of it was that the three Frenchmen, or rather their leader, drank the two Englishmen fairly under the table, Mr. \Vilkinson having previously and iguominiously failed in an attempt to sing "Rule B:ittania..”â€"London Telegraph. plate of bitter almon heard praised for t1". ting the efiects 0i 1:! banquet consisted of The Eccentric Queen. I hear that the queen has decided to close the rooms at \Vinnsor castle which were oc- cupied by John Brown during the last few years of his life, and they are to be kept permanently shut up as a sort of tribute to the memory of "the Highlander.” It is in- tended to place a. large brass plate in his sit- ting room, which will hear an inscription re» cording his virtues and deploring his loss. About two years ago the queen erected a. very pretty Swiss chalet in Billochbuie for- est, near Balmoral. It has never yet been occupied by her majesty, and she has only visited it once or twrce in order to drink tea. there. The queen has sent orders to her head forester at Bilmoral to have the chalet taken to pieces, as she proposes to show it at the international forestry exhibition, which is to be held in Eiinburgh. Her majesty will also exhibit a number of speci- mens of Scotch firwood from Balmoral "poli- cies" and from Ballochbuie forestâ€"London Truths Aglasa of beer costs the consumer five cents, 640 glasses to the barrel, thir.y~two dollars per barrel. N o wonder the brewers and saloonist get rich and wax fat. Save your money, men, and let the spigot-tuners go to work. Outlaw the traflic. “ My son," asked a. school-teacher, “what do you know of the proverb regarding peo- ple who reelde in glass houses '3" “ I don't know nothin’,” “as the reponse, "about the proverb, but 1 know that people who live In glass houses ortent to lay abed in the mornm' unless they pull down the blinds.” A leap year socxety, for the protection of young meu, is about to be organized. Many a young man whose mother would not board himself and a. wife will this year be lassoed by some ardent young woman and dragged down to matrimony. The society can not get to work a. moment too soon. Olficial Stupidity. A Famous Bout one, at what was then a cele- tavern," kept by a Mr. Little "illat Savarin. who had been He by the revolution, was to enjoy abasin of turtle soup The Kobe Shinpo. of Japan. says that some swindling foreigners in Yokohama are importing low-class Chinese tea and repack- ingit for export to America. They then palm off this rubbish as the product: of Uji, Shigaraki, and other places celebrated [or growing the finest teas. The govarnment are making inquiry, with the objsc's of ex- posing the abominable fraud. Complaints have been rife far many years with regard to the enticing of English girls to Belgium for immoral purposes. Hither- to the police have decided as the application of the communal regulations relative to prostitution. In the ministry of the interi- or a bill is now being framed by which an appeal to the public tribunals will be permitted against the decisions of the po- lice. The Empress of Austria. has appointed seven new ladies of the palaceâ€"a. title of honor giving precedence, but only entailing attendance upon great occasions. Among those selected are the Countessr Bylandn- those selecte‘d are the Countess Bylandn- Rheydt, Wife of the Minister of War; the Countess Coronini, Wife of the leader of the middle party in the lower house of the Reichsrath, and Mme. de Kallay, wife of the common Minister of Finance. All those appointed must have sixteen degrees of no- bility on both sides. The photograph of Hugo S;henk, the murderer of servant girls. has been placed in the Vienna Dol ce album. In spite of his brutally criminal life he looks quiet and al- most good-natured. In connection with this case it may be mentioned that Schenk‘s wife, whom he married in 1879, has for the last two years lived as governess in the house or a. hop‘dealer in Bohemia. She has been separated Irom her husband for the last two years, but is quite broken down by the (X- posure of his crimes. The Eastern Morning News has received from a Berne correspondent the follewing statement: During last summer on inhabi- tant of Hull, while staying at a. Frankfort hotel, fell down-stairs and broke his arm. He was carefullv attended to by a. Frankfort surgeon. Dr. W., to Whom he promised a. handsome present if he wss able to use his arm again and play cricket. A day or two ago the doctor, who had quite forgotten the affair. received from Hull a letter inclos- ing £2,000, and containing an invitation to gait; his ex-patient at the latter's villa, near ul . The Teheran correspondent for the Lon- don Standard states that the shah has or" dered in Prussia. three river steamers for the Karum. two to ply below and one above the Ahwaz rapids, thus connecting Shuster with Mohammerah by steam navi- gation. From Shuster a. carriage-road is to be made by a. Persian company through Khorremabad and Burujird to Koom, whence a. road has already been nearly com- pleted in Teheran. If the project is eflici- ently executed it will, it is stated, greatly help British trade to compete from the south with the Russian from the north. There is in the Glasgow \Vestern infir- mary a. Highland woman from the island of Skye who has slept healthtully for eighteen months without; once waking up. ~She is 35 People, observes a. J apan contemporary, who have visited Japan will remember the pleasant retreat of Mianoshta, about forty miles distant from Yokohama, where the tourist had all the advantages of copamodl- ous hotels well kept and turnished, baths filled from the thermal springs, and all the comforts of home. At 10 p..m. on the 11th inst, fire broke out: in one of the village houses. It spread rapidly, and in less than an hour the large hotels knowu as Fujiya’s and Naraya’s, and, in fact, the entire vil- lage were destroyed. \Vest-end London is expecting every day a conclusion or an exposure of what is now becoming known as the gamble-house scan- dal. In the parallelogram of L0ndon,formed by St. James street, Pall Mall, \Vaterloo place and part of Oxford street, there are now houses and clubs which are known to be the scene of gaming of an extravagant and Ldangerous character. It is no secret, says the Manchester Guardian, that the at- tention of the home otfice has been of late a. good deal directed to the possibility of a more stringent enforcement of the law with reference to gambling-houses and clubs, but the matter is from easy to deal with. Some excitement has been caused at Ranisgate, England. by a singular elope- ment. The Rev. Thomas E. Cashing, Con- gregational minister, of Sandwich, who has a. wife and two children, suddenly die- appeared with Miss Bradley, daughter 01 a. deceased Mayor of Sandwich, who had been an influential member of the Congregational FOREIGN NOTES. body. They first came to Rhmsgate, then went to Max-gate. They were again seen in Rimsgate at the London, Cbacham and Dover railway station. "They prnceec’ed to London and then went on to Liverpool, where they embarked for America, Much symyathy is felt with the wife and children, who have been left unprovided for, Mr. Cashing having taken all the avail- able money. says the f Charli second 1 “Doctor, my darling seems to be get blind, and she is just getting ready for wedding. Whatever will she do?” ‘ her go on by all means. If anything open her eyes marriage can.” "A farmer’s wife” wants to know if we can recommend anvthing to destroy the “common grub.” We guess the next: tramp comes along could oblige you, if the family can‘t stmd your cooking. minister, ring, $ Speaking cf 151: tion, did it ever were clothes obm When a. man When a, man declares drawn breathing. youngl only a sighed show. A New Jersey widow h ed $9,000 as a. balm {0 This patches up the scar as good as new. One month of leap year has nearly gone, and as the girls do not propose very freely it is shrewdlz sgspected that they are wait- ing to have iheir ihoneymoons cgmé in“ season for spring bonnets. “Where is the girl of long ago?" sing Joaquin Miller. We saw her the other day Joaq. But she isn’t a girl any more. Sh had gray hair and a. wart on her nose, hm no teeth, and wore specks. The ladzes should always have considera- piqn paid them on account of their sex. and it is no more than proper that leap year should have one extra day to give the girls all the time they need to propose in. "Madam, you have destroyed S5 worth of merchandise,” angrily remarked a. dude to a lady, as she seated herself in a chair in which he had deposited a new Derby hat. “Serves you right,’ she replied, slowly ris- ing from the ruin ; “you had no business to buy a $5 hat for a 50 cent head." Cruelâ€"Effie (to Mrs, Bellweather, who has just been speaking to Mr. B.): “Why, Mrs, Bellweather, I thought you hadn’t any husband 1” Mrs. B.: "Why, of course I have, Efie. Do you mean to say that you don’t kn0w Mr. Belweather ‘3" Effie : “Yes, but I didn't suppose he was you hus- band. I thought you hadn’t any. Papa. said you married for money and that was all you got." “Do you know,” said an infatuated youth to a young lady who preferred his room to his companyâ€"“do you know that the co- met of 1812, now visible. is travelling away from us at the rate of many millions of miles aday '3" “No, I didn’t know it ; but I wish a certain young man would imitate the comet and travel off at the same rate.” He travelledâ€"but not quite so rapidly as the comet. A well-known Detroit lady who is a thrifty provender, saw a. load of pork, and conclud- ed to purchase a. couple of fine porkers, for which she settled with the dealer on the spot. She forgot, however, to give him her address, and an hourlater as she stood con- versing with some of her aristocrat friends, the man of pork approached, and nudged her mysteriously with the butt end of his whip. The lady turned in amazzment. “sz1y, shzay !" he asked in a loud voice, “vos you de voman dot belongs to dem hogs?" "Graciou subtle me "U, professor I” exclaimed sentimental old Mrs. Fiahwnacker, during a. private or- gan recital in her new music-room, “do pull out; that sweet nux vcmica. stop once more. My debut as a smoker was like every- body’s. My first pipe made me very in, and it was only by degrees that I managed to be- comea. thirdrate smokerâ€" that is, I dis- posad of eight or ten pipes a. day without in- convenience. But whenever I exceeded that average I suffered from violent; sick headaches, ushered in by the indistinctnesa of vision, and numbness of one side of the that average I sfifi'ered from violent sick headache, ushered in by the indistinctness of vision, and numbness of one side of the face, the tongue and one arm, most often on the lert side. These prelimmary symptoms lasted about ten minutes, after which the headache came on in lull force. The most refractory organ, however, was my stomach. After having smoked too much, I used to ex- perience the symptom known. as pyrosis or heart-burn to a. very trying extent, though as any alkaline watér sfieedily causéd thé‘se phenomena. to vanish I did not care to give upArpy tobacco. 'About a year ago, having smoked for some months more than usual, I suddenly found myself affected by a. pecnliar and terrific pain over the region of the heart; in short, I had a violent attack of angina. pectoris. It put a. stop to my smoking. as, though I have tried once or twice, I have always found my cigar or pipe detestable, and, to sum up am radically converted. I do not wish to discuss scientifically the nicotinic origin of my sufferings, but am sure that they all sprang from the same museâ€"exces- sive use of tobacco. Degeneration of the cordaic muscle is often caused by tobacco. So long as the rest of his organism remains in good working order the smoker only ex- periences intei'mittent>palpitation, and the grave injury done the heart remains unper- ceived until some trifling cause brings into relief the irremediable disorders caused by the prolonged use of tobacco. THE RICHEST 0F ALLâ€"“Pas,” said R looking up from “Roughing It, ” " Wu gold-bearing quartz?" ” Well, my a said Rollo‘s father. who was glancingr troubled manner at the milkman'a bill October, “when a. man sells diluted w for ten cents a. quart, I think he has at] better gold-bearing quartz than ever Mark Twain dreamed 0L”, I10 mgr me E” Elâ€"' Sn. ring, $10. ng cf the matter The Use of Tobacco. woma: How when eh m: and i1 (‘HIT-CIIAT. ieclares his love in occur to but th not 1k consistently u the way slips down lerent forc‘ are until it is weigh about me 0 show. on get married 1.] same as the first- his love in deeply- ady, put it down as of close obeerv just been award a. broken heart WOI bill for 1 water ; struck sings She out M