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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1886)
DUELING PLAYED OUT. Ttensons for Its Decline Some Amus tK Anecdotes. "Is dnoling still popular among gen Homonr' was asked by a rnportcr tlio other day of a military man who has been prominent in several "affairs." ".No, tines havo changed niarvolous ly. During Jackson's socond term Iho democrats, flushed with victory at the presidential election, were rather arro gant. Many dashing and gallant young mon had boen elected from Iho western and southern states, nnd conscious of 4ho'r great numerical superiority woro somewhat disposed to carry matters with a high hand. Dueling in those days was niueh in rogue, and personal discussions in the houso woro frequent ly brought to an abrupt termination by an intimation that injurious imputa tions would bo rcsonled elsewhere. John M. l'atlon and Henry M. Wise ot Virginia, Bailie Peyton of Tennessee, Gallatin llawos of Kontucky, .Toseo Ilynura of North Carolina, and many other southerners were known to be prompt with tho pistol, and it was un derstood that a call to tho field would follow any damaging personal attack upon distinguished members of tho nil ing party. Tho rude donioanor and of fensive vituporation by which congress has boon disgracod for some years past would havo been promptly punished forty years ago. Now it excites com paratively 1 ttlo public attention and is only met hi concress by a rotort in kind." "How do you account for tho decline of tho dueling mania?" "Tho doclno dalos from tho timo it was made anoillary to gambling nd swindling, or to tho settlements of dis putos betwoon vulgar scoundrels. S n eo thou it has gouo out of fashion Timidly. Tho cross nbuso of duoling lias done moro to remedy its own mis ch.of than moral appeals and legal onactmontH," 'What do tho Irish think of duel IngP" 'GratUn's dying advlco to his eons was: 'Always bo ready with your pis tolfl. Tho Irish aro often much too read'. Thoro is a tiait in tho Irish charactor whioh is considorod by many to bo nationally chivalrous, aud that is a conoral d.sliko to seek in courts of law a monotary compensation for honor outraged through woman's folly. In this country reparat on for loss of scr vioo is considered a tiling as correctly roolaimablo as loss of prolil on a broken oontraotfor a cargo of whontor cotton wliilo among irishmen, in u no casus out of ton, thu man who works upon tho weakness of a wife, or trillen w th tho uflbctlons of a s stor, is not subject ed to an assessment for damages by a jury, but summoned to givo personal sat sfaet.on." Mon disinclined to make targets of thumsolvcs in ol.cd enco to a conven tional code of honor havo often got out of tho difficulty by availing thoinsolvcw of tho right accorded to the challenged to cliooso tho weapons. An old wind ing captnln not long slnoo declared lio would light, witli harpoons or not at all. an nltornativo declined by li s adver sary. A Id ssourian daunted his antag onist by inn sting upon a combat with rawhides, i mitud to half an hour's duration. Gun. Putnam was onco ohallongod by n young olllocr aud pro posed that eacli should Mt upon a powilor-kog, with a lighted fuse in tho bung. As ho would hoar of no other tortus, the general had his way. At tho nppolntod t me tho boll goronts took their hosts, tho fusos were ignited, and Iho veteran watched tho progress of tho 11a mo witli unmoved countenance. Not so his opponent. He took intense in teroit in tho fast-lessoning match, and when the tlame got suggestively near tho bung-hole showed li s possession of tho bottor part of valor by jumping olF tho keg and making for the open field tdl nriostod by Putnam roaring out: "Hold on, my boy; it's only onion aood." J wo western edl ors of opposing newspapers onco mado fools of them helves. It eanio about through the ed itor of one of tho papers declaring in a loader that the editor of tlio other pa per was a bigamist, aud Dial gentleman ii sent ng tho calumny by pulling the llbeler's nose in tlio public street. The mayor of the town kindly undertook to urrango for the dltlloulty being sot tied in n proper wax, and the two ed itor were soon ensconced, rille in hand, behind the trees hi a wood. For tio mortal hours tlioy dodged ami peeped, neither caring to tiro lost by missing hu should lenvo himself at his enemy's tut roy. Then tho rain came down, and one of tho combatants discovered that It had saturated his powder. "Is jour powder welP" shouted he to bis r.vnl. "No," answered tho other. "Mine's beautifully dry," continued tho lirsl. Hut his adversary, guoewlng how mat ters wore, eamo boldly out of cover, with his weapon ready to como to tho "preaont." "Stopl" cried (lie appalled in an, "atop! Let's havo a parley. You aro a tlurnod good fellow. Suppose in Mtoad of shooting wo go into partner sh iV" AH right," replied the other, and thoy returned homo logotlmr. Of com so both willow had to eel thoiiiholve light with tlioif ftubjwr.buni, which they did by lolllutf tiiwtu Uml theli guns wuro wot. uml wouldn't yo oil'. Atu lorfc 67''. Shopping m Porte. I wiMi tiiat my counin uo:iu"i would understand, once tor nil, that I ri m-h law loes not admit of their iro ng to a dressmaker, there to order urn quan tity of dresses and then to iliangi their m nds and refuse to lake the gar ments aforesaid. Every now and tlien an Aineriean ladv comes to me with th s or a similar plaint: 1 ordered Mid a dress of Mine X , and when it v.;i finished it was not all wiiat I imagined it would be. So I refused to take it, and do you know, the insolent creature actually declared that I nitifi take it. or that she would have mv baggage seized by the police." And it is this very indecision that makes Americans such exasperating shoppers. 1 havo known an American lady to go to Worth's and purchase aril clcs to thu amount of some thousands of francs, sending them all back the next morning witli the simple message that she had changed her mind and did not want them. A noted society leader of New York once wrote to a famous Parisian dressmaker to order a dozen maguilicent toilets for tho coming sea son. Tho dresses wcro finished and paokod. just ready for transportation when the head of tlio house received a letter from tlio Now-Yorker saying that sho had just lost a relative and had to go into mourning, so she refined to tako the toliots she had ordered. Now the personage in question was immense ly wealthy, so tlio settlement of her bill, a mere act of justice and honor, would in no wise havo embarrassed her. I bcliovo that tho money was finally paid after throat of a lawsuit, hut not till then. And in another c.iso a very rioli American ordorod a portrait from a young and rising artist. Tlio terms, the timo and (lie number of tho sittings, and the details of the dress wcro all settled. Madamo posed once and tlio outlino of tlio liguro was bogun. Then she wroto word to tho painter that sho had changed her mind and would not havo any portrait painted after all He wroto her a very polite note, beg ging hor to reconsider her determina tion, as tlio pioluro had boon a good deal talked about among his comrades, and tho rescinding of tlio order would serious injure his professional reputa tion. Ho received a letter in answer wherein the lady (?) maintained her decision of not having tlio portrait painted. "But," slio added in conclu sion, "if you will lot mo know what your paints ami canvas havo cost you 1 11 pay ,ou for them ' thus decidedly adding insult to injury. Had the pic ture progressed far enough for thu sitter to have foreseen a possible failure one could havo understood hor ground of action, but it had barely bcon begun. Tho young painter has sineo achieved fame and fortune, but I think that he will not soon forgot this early oxperi once in his career with his Amor can sitter. 1 need scarcely remark, 1 sup pose, that these eases form an oxeop- tion among our countrv-peoplo that como to Eurnno. Hut 1 do wish that these exceptional personages would stay at homo. 'hwnao Tribune. Save Your Sugar. A young housekeeper may know, purliaps, that hor lack of experience in x particular branch of cookery is some reason why sho should not moot with unqualified success in that, direction, but just why, for instance, with a recipe of authority boforo hor, and after liav ing put forth hor best endeavor to make cake for a very special occasion, she should at tlio last hour find it marred by a heavy streak through its eentor, or why in taking tho layer cake from its pans it should adhere to thorn in waxy persistency, to como out finally with broken anil ragged edges, are questions so po gnant in tlioir annoy unco that an immediate aud sat sfac- torv answer would at that particular moment bo ignored as iiisiilhuient rinwiimimisn lor so great a ti8a!moilllimuU Sho mav read now. It 6ho lias not previously dis covered, that the failure to make a suc cessful cake is one among many unsat isfactory results of tho use of too much sugar, it ottou happens that where u reo po requires two cuptuis tho gener ous-hearted measurer, intent upon mak ing an extra good cake, will heap the cups, which in most instances causes a waxv or brittle crust, with tlio afore- sa.d disastrous results. The quality of tho sugar has also much to do witli the success of tho cuke-. Tho coarser grade of granulated sugar should nover be used, for tho reason that, in the short t mo It requ roe to stir up a cake, it, be ing tho hardest of all sugars to d ssolve, will not become thoroughly incorpora ted witli tho butter, and therefore after tho cake is in tho ovon thoro bog us a melting and hardening procass of tho pure sugar, whoh not only interferes witli a proper rising, hut gives to it a coarse, uneven texture. Small wh.to spots on the crust of u spongo-oukn also indicate the use of too much sugar, Hurpcr' Ilatuar. "It's just as 1 always said. llr. Pu. sonbony, You' n too vauillat.iig. You laek nuniitlon. You haven't quite Imukhontt oiioiij(h. " "llaokbauo dtMwn't Hiiiuiint to iniioli, my dunr." (li, it doii'l, oliF" "No. Now, ihtnv'ii the twiuoL llu's nearly all Imokbono, and yl hn' thu meuWMtt oum In ontatiou. He'll Ut you pie 'tbi Ut nirnw' w Ulin." HER GO. GALLAGHERI" Where nnd How 'this "Woll-Known I'll! nno Orlslnntcil. I find myself in the pos tion to con tribute something to the current litera ture in regard to slang phrases. In the Sunday Sayings of last week tlicro is a paragraph to Hi s effect: "I havo wondered where the slang phrasro, 'Lot ner go, Gallagher,' and 'Chippie, get your hair cut.' originated." They aro not particularly bright or meaning on a casual hearing, and I am at a loss to account for the universal ty of their usage. The first phrase. "Lot her go, Gallagher," I first heard in Kentucky several ears ago, and havo marked its gradual spreading. The circum stances under which it originated were these: In Harrodsbnrg, Ky., there wan a terrible bully and desparado, Bob Gallagher, who had at different times killed some six or eight men, but un der such circumstances that ho always escaped punishment upon the plea of self-defense. In Ids broils ho was usually abetted by his two sons. and tlio trio were a terror in tho community. During tiio pe riod of lawlessness which suc ceeded the war ho applied for thu position of Town Marshal or policeman. Tho authorities thought it might provo a good tiling, as In and lus sons would be held in check, to sonio extent, and they needed just such a person to deal with tho unruly element wh ch was causing so much trouble no was sworn in, and with good effect for u timo. He inaugurted a perfect reign of terror, and for soveral years it work ed like a charm. Fiualiv one dat'somo turbulent spirits camo in from a neigh boring count , and, under tho influ ence of liquor, there was a row, which Gallagher and his two sons failed to subdue with tho accustomed liberal use of their clubs. Pulling out a pistol, lie threatened to shoot. Qu ck as thought tlio other follow Uauks, I bc liovo, was his name pulled his pistol and snapped it so close to Gallagher that it burned tho button on Ids vest. shouting as lie did so: "Let her go. Gallagher." Gallagher did "let hor go. and killed Hanks instantly. Ii aud his sons then fired a number of shots into tho dead body of his victim. J ho niurdur and trial bv which ho was acquitted created a great sensation at the lime, ami the account ot it was spread far and w do, coupled witli tho phrase, "Lot her go, Gallagher " which has since become a by-word. Si Louis Spectator. Hereditary Diseases. A fallacious notion lias soniewhnt crept in that an intellectual man must bo bolow par phsieallv, and that tho one laculty is neecssnr Jy oullivated at tho expense of tho other. The old proverb mens sana in corpora sauo. has bcon llouted as an absurd ty. So much, very uneiiy, lor the hist causo ot race degenerat.on; the second, and tho one to which this paper would direct atten tion, is tlio influence of hereditary dis cases. l his factor has never received the attent on it should havo had at tlio hands of writers of social science, Tlio races of which wo havo boen sp 'ak ing had little of this clement, to con tond Willi. Tho weaklings woro cither doli! oratoly exposed and left to die, as in thu eaM of tlio Spartans, or if lliov nttainod maturity thin were held in Mich low esteem that they w llinglv kept in (lie background. Look for a moment at our modern civilization and mark its diameir cully opposite tenden cy. Kvery day hospitals aro being erected to nurture the d sensed and im perfect speeinions of our race, and ovorv ear thousands of children are bv skill and care savid from tho death to which nature would consign them. All th s accord-, w.th our enlarged no tions of human ty. and reflect 8 great crcd t on the zeal of the philauthrophist and the science of llie phvsioian, but t o.xerls a baneful ellect on the race. To one who has had access to any large oil x ho-pitals, it is a pitiful sijjit to oo the multitude of children who are titled over a lew ears anil sent out into the world branded with an hereditary taint, to propagate their wretched breeds. Tlio limbs of this paper w 11 not allow any extended stnt sties, nor tho nature of it warrant a special discuss on of hereditary diseases, but there are two whoso elfecls aro apparent to all con sumption and insan ty. Tho former, consumption, using the term in its wildest sense, has for ages produced tlio most frightful ravages, l'or exam ple, in England, from to 1811, of tho total u urn her of deaths from all causes, lo per cunt, were fiom con sumption. In Philadelphia, from 1810 to 184',), tho death-rate was one of con sunipt on to six ami a half from all other causes, or about 15 per cent. I'opitlttr Science Monthly. Grandmother's Tost A nice old lady has a certain test which nho applies to nil young in n who "pay nrtention" to any of hor yrnndduiightor. Afur :v timo slut otl'urs hint some of Jior homemade cake. If he eau it w.th avidltv. h.i unit ly gives oousont; If not. Mm instantly begins to oppoo tiio nitoh not, us some unirut supiKMH. no in wounded vanity, but lw,iine nho has n th ory thut mail who like oaku iittvor droik to oxuuss or live dl.sipatmt livo of any sui't. 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