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.
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A nice old lady has a certain test
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yrnndduiightor. Afur :v timo slut
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