THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1808.
10
FOREIGN DELUSIONS
ABOUT AMERICANS
Odd Impressions Created by Yankee
Tourists in Europe.
AND NOT ALL TO OUR CREDIT
Ciiriom Duels Tonclit l)V United
Stntos Citizens. nml tho Itcpiitntton
Th oj' llnvo .Undo for the Avcrneo
American on llio Continent A
Ilnao Ilnll HpisodcTlic IMitol n
Peacemaker.
From iliu New York Sim.
There ate countless inlsunilerstnnil
)nir nml fnlBe traditions on tho Kurn-
pcttii continent rcfrnrdlntr tho iUipIIIhk
prnrtlcos of AnterleniiH. One common
Idea is thnt tin- one truly American
duet I.m foufiht by lot. The principals
nro nuppospd to put a bliielc hull and
a white bull In a hat. shnke them to
Kcther, unci then rtiuw. Tho opo get
tlnK the black ball drowns or shoots
himself, and the other goes on his way
rejoicing. That Is the American duel,
an It Is known tn the Swiss, Clurrnan
and Austrian, and no amount of argu
ment or denial will convince a native
of one of these countries that it Is net.
Whenever two morbid studetitH or love
sick rivals decide their qiiuiivl In this
way the centlnental newspapers al
ways place 'over the u-pnrt of the trag
edy the stereotyped caption: "An
Amctlcan D'.el."
As to the addiction of Americans to
the ordinary pistnl or sword duels of
Hie Old Wot Id. opinions vurv a good
deal among Continental people. Ameri
cans abroad do so many wild and fan
tastic thli)F. allow thlr pugnacity tn
Biw.li iniriinveiitloiial ways, resent so
often the injuries they Hi? not ex
pected to resent, and leave unrcsented
so frequently the Insults that are sup
posed to mean unavoidable bloodshed,
that they have produced a chaotic
uncertainty in the Kmopenn mind as
to American views of linivir and dis
honor In the light of the code. In
Vienna, for instance, the wilier found
the students firmly convinced that an
Ameilcan would not light in any wav
or under any clicumstances. That was
hecau.e a fe v year ago thiee Ameri
cans allowed themselves to be hectored
and bullied by several Austrians,
whose animosity thev had aroused,
without once bljicklng an eye or send
ing n rhallance. When those three
Ameilcam sneaked out of Vienna to
escape the necessity of defending them
selves they did untold damage to tho
American reiuitallon for courage; the
students In thr Auslrlan capital still
cherish the conviction that an Ameri
can man in about the ineanct-spirlted
creature cm the face of the earth.
TIIK l.HirST 113 HA.
In I.elnslc. on the other hand, local
hlstoiy has worked just the other way.
There the average (Icrnnin regards an
American as a Ki'id of whit" Indian,
who would rather so out and pick a
low than eat or sleep. The l.oinsiger
Is steeped In Ills belief that an Ameri
can youth lights Indlff-nvntlv with his
foet. lists Head, brass knuckles, cane,
shlll'elah, swords or pistols. Anything
that comes handy is supposed to be the
American iveapon: he Isn't particular
about means, all li wants Is trouble.
That Is not a nice reputation for a
nationality, but for personal comfort It
has its advantages for the t'nited
States citizens who live untie? its pro
tecting shadow.
There is a vaiiety of concrete rea
sons for the I.elpsic Idea One was
given by a Southerner .1 Kentuekian
of a famous family win hurried off to
tlie Ttoseiithal with an odleer. who
treated him dlscourtonnsl'-, went at It
with sabres, and dln.ibl-i his antag
onist In seventy secomK The meet
ing took place I we've years ago, but
the memory of It N still green.
Then a musical Kiislonlan. whos. am
bitions outslr'pped his purse, 1 evented
an Insult from student In the gal
lery of the Old TliTiter about time
yeais later, lie vis poorly dressed and
was in the top .-jollery. and consequent
ly was mistaken by the (lernian for a
person who might be joked ith Im
punity. The musician slapped the Mtl-
denl's tace, knocrvd lilm down the next
moment, and tho next dav sent him a
clutllenge to lljlit with pistols. The
nermnn oli.icvto.l t' the American's
naming the weapon, and, after the
pioper amount of squabbling to cleanse
honor's stain, the iluol wo,3 declared
off.
A YAI.K MAN'S NEltVK.
A little later theio was born In help
sly the duelling story of the American
base ball pitcher. How it originated,
whether in an Ingenious Yankee brain
or In eonie semblance of fact, the most
persistent Inquiry lias failed to de
velop. The story itself, however. Is
worth telling. A Yale graduate of
manslvo proportions nppcurcd In Lelp
slc ns a law student under old Wind
Rcherdt. He had some squabble with
a German student in the Cafe Fran
cals. It was about a newspaper that
both WlHhed to read at nnco or some
thing equally trivial. Cards were ex
changed. Tho YrIq man was challenged. Ho
knew nothing about weapons of the
ordinary kind, but ho had pitched in
tho Yale base ball nine. So, to get his
fun out of Hie affulr, ho named base
balls as the weapons base bolls at ten
paces were tho conditions, so tradition
Bays. The German had never heard of
a lme ball, nnd none could be got in
Lelpslc to lllustrtito to him their deadly
qualities. Kventutilly the Yalo man
said ordinary hardwood basa balls,
three Inches In diameter, would do him,
us these, too, were In common use west
of the Heckles for duelling purposes.
Both principals accordingly were sup
plied with hardwood balls, and at fi
o'clock In the morning the procession
moved out to the Hosenthal with sur
geons, seconds-, and friendly advisers.
Tho rest of (he story Is brief nml pain
ful, though bloodless. At the tlrst ex
change the Yale man sent an In-curvo
Into the native's jaw, Just to the left
of the mouth, and broke it. The na
tive's seconds declared that honor had
been satisfied and the procession moved
back to the (own for breakfast all ex
cept the victim of the ln-ourf, who
was taken to a private clinic to be re
paired. Th;s may sound n trifle improbable,
but not nine so than the American
duel stories that are put forth monthly.
Improbable or not. It Is part of the
local history In which Americans figure
as quarielsome, bad men who arc best
let alone by civilized Europeans.
YANK KM ntWTKl'CTIVENKSS.
Finally the reputation of Americans
for general destructlveness was made
complete Ij some ten or twelve young
barbarian?! from New York, Ualtlmore
and Chicago, who went through the
concert halls on the Hrulil and the
Koenlgsplatz weekly for almost u
whole winter picking fights right and
left, smashing glassware and upsetting
tabic, until tho long-suffering police
lost patience, and the city became
too warm for then'. It Is a curious Il
lustration of the effect foreign air has
on the young American this carnival
of rowdyism, In which the youngsters
spread terror unci confusion through
the smaller night resorts of I.elpslc.
Now two of them are professoiu In
large Eastern college", several ate
practicing doctors In this city, and the
rest are as sober and dignified men as
the world produces. All that Is lett
of their crazy winter in Leipsic Is the
leputatlon for pugnacity which they
bequeathed to their successors In t.elp
sic's American colony.
In a big cosmopolitan city like Ilcr
lln the .American, like everybody else,
seems to lose his distinctive Identity,
and he 1mm to take things pretty much
as would anybody else, except for the
help that he gets from tho general
American reputation for reeklersness
anil good pistol practice, .lust what
this moans was shown by the experi
ence of a San Francisco man of the
writer's acquaintance. The man had
gone abroad with his wife for a six
months' vacation. A baby girl was
born Into his family nuclei- the super
vision of a Uerlln physician who prac
tices much in the American colony ot
the (Jcrman capital. The San Fran
cisco man's wife was not convalescent
until he had overrun his vacation time
four months, and was receiving-dally
cablegrams from his partner to "come
home or the business would go to the
devil."
Hy the time hl.s wife was fairly on
her teet he was desperate In his haste
to go. He wrote for the doctor's bill,
and got one for 1,000 marks an amount
that, nil things considered, corre
sponds with about $e.-i0 In America.
The doctor apparently thought he had
caught a rich Westerner to whom
money was of little account, and he
had made out his 1)111 accoidlngly.
who lmd been In Germany long enough
to scent Insult, looked grave. One.wlw
did not understand nonsonso when play
for even tminll sums ot money was In
progress, went up to- Mclssncr, seized
him by the arm, nnd giving him a
shake, exclaimed:
"if there's anything crooked here
yott'ro thu only man In it. Now pay
up thosn chips, and If you don't' like
the game get out of It."
Mclssncr didn't understand tho words
probably, but ho understood tho shake
and scowl that accompanied them, and
nt once drew out a card. The Ameri
can, who meant business, took it and
gavo back ono of Ills hvn. Ho then
remnrked thnt he didn't know about
lighting with a "weleher." but this fling
was lost upon even tho most erudite of
the linguists among the Oormans, for
"welch" In not In tho American-German
dictionary.
At tho corps meeting that night
Melssner selected his Bccond nnd pre
pared to challenge tho American who
had Insulted him. One of the two
American brothers, who belonged to
the same corps, happened In nnd tried
to dissuade him. It wus of no avail;
he must Imvo blood. The challenge
was sent nnd accepted. 1'lstols wero
named 11 n the weaplns. Tho American
brothers were In despair. A pistol duel
would raise a big scandal; besides,
somebody might get Bitot, as the Amer
ican Insisted on the condition that
shooting must continue until one of the
principals should be too badly wound
ed to continue the duel. Wlint could
they do'.' After hours of anxious re
flection they formed a plan of action.
They went to Mclssncr together and
told lilm that his antagonist had once
been 11 cowboy: had been one of the
best pistol shots in the west for his
age, and had already killed three men
in duels. The point of their Interces
sion lay In the warning to Jlelswner
tluu he must bewure of wearing a coat
with buttons. All three of his victims
the American had lilt between the first
and second buttons of their coat. To
confuse hint nnd prevent sure death,
Melssner must go without buttons on
his coat; he must pin It.
physlclnns remained nt their posts.
Buddcnly the subject wit up. As ho
gazed over tho row of whlto-nproned
figures a wild light sprang Into his
eyes. With a yell he leaped from the
tnble, and dealt tho nearest physician 11
stunning blow In the face; then ho at
tacked the others. Chairs, tables, book
cases wero overturned, glasses
smashed nnd furniture demolished.
The physicians got outside and waited
the cooling of the German'H passion.
Gradually he became calmer until at
last ho sank exhausted In a chair. The
medical men advanced In a body and
demanded an explanation. Tho patient
could give none. For a tltno ho was
crazy. Dr. lllckettB was Informed that
the man had been under tho Influence
of an anaesthetic and 'was nuked to iib
filst In the operation.
The patient Insisted that the work go
on, and chloroform was substituted for
ether, The knives wero brought out
and an Incision was about to bo innde,
when, for tho second time, the strains
of "Annlo Laurie" fell upon the ears
of the company. This tlmo there was
no delay. Everybody except Dr. lllck
etts fled to the street. A fow moments
later he, too, had to seek refuge from
the huge list of the German, who was
again on tho rampage. After this sec
ond outbreak tho demonstration was
abandoned. The strange consequences
of the anaesthetic wero never satisfac
torily explained by tho medical frater
nity, lint to this day Dr. Illcketts can
not henr tho strains of the old Scotch
song without quaking In his shoes and
dodging Imaginary bloww.
mitw ,mnnt k 1 j
WmVJfv. KS'r' J
HH3NH
lCr w T'
rA desperate
looking man, with
two drawn revolv.
era, is not a pleas,
ant person to
meet at a lonely
cross-road. Most,
men will go a
long way out of
thcirroad to avoid
such an encount
er. The s a m e
men will reck
lessly neglect
their health and
court death in the
, guise of couciimp-
.Hon or some other
.equally fatal dis.
lease. One-sixth
I of all the deaths
each year are due
to this most fatal
of maladies.
Until very re.
cent years, con
sumption was considered absolutely incur
able. It t now known to be curable,
During the past thirty year it has been
demonstrated that Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will cure oS ner cent.
of all cases of consumption, if taken in the
earlier stages of the disease before the lungs
are tpo much wasted, also bronchitis,
asthma, laryngitis and all diseases of all
the air.passagt, It acts directly on the
lungs, driving out all impurities and dis.
ease germs. Jt soothes the cough, facili.
tates expectoration, thus thoroughly clear
ing the (uiiga, It purlGts and enriches the
blood and tears down, carries off and ex
cretes old, inert, half.dead tissues, replac
ing: tUera with the new, firpi. muscular
tissues of health. It is the great appetitq
sharpener, blood -maker, flesh builder,
nerve-tonic and restorative. Thousands
who b,ad been given up to die have been
lestorert to complete, robust health by this
marvelous medicine. Do pot buy from n
scrupulous dealers who try tq force upon
you something beside what you ask fur,
There is nothing to take the place of it, or,
which is "jiuvt, as good," as "golden M,edi,
cal Discovery."
"I had the grip, which left me feeling miser
able no strength and a cough," writes Mrs. C.
Maypartl. of Kt Lyme. New London Co., Conn,
" As some of my family died with consumption,
I was frlxbtcued. I began taking Dr. Pierce's
lKUlru..VtdicAl liUcpvery After taking the
second hotpe I felt much VtUer, and am uqw
veil '
n. ni..,.' n.11. 1. rurp constipation.
PAYING THE DOCTOR.
The San Francisco man did not think
twice htforo writing across the bill a
bitter denunciation of the doctor, and
a challenge to a pistol duel, sealing the
communication ami addressing it to
the doctor. The proceedings were not
In hnrmony with tlv Germun code es
pecially ns regards the challenger
naming the weapons' but the effect
was not tho less on this account. The
next morning the doctor called on the
San Francisco man, apologized unin
tentionally, and reduced the amount of
the bill to 4.10 marks, which was about
tho proper figure. He explained that
he was tho head of. a family and did
not feel that he could risk his life In n
duel with the American, especially as
ho "understood the gentleman was an
Infallible pistol shot, like all his coin
pattfots from the western states."
Thus it Is evident that even in' Uer
lln th fear that an American
may . seleut pistol for weapons
liai a deterrent Influence on
bellicose Germnns. Of course the
Doctor knew nothing In particular
about the San Francisco man's abil
ities at using tho pistol; liu judged
merely that as un American the chal
lenger wr.s unerring In Ids use of flre-
arnis.
In Heidelberg, too, tho American usu
ally enjoys Immunity from challenges
to serious duels students' duels are
not counted as serious, as they almost
nover refeiilt in severe Injury owing to
tho general belief that with a pistol
he can plug a sliver quarter as easily
as he can swallow a whiskey. Ilecent
ly a crowd of Americans had a small
rou!,ettc wheel In pperatlon In the
rooms ot two American brothers An der
Aulage ntnr tho Heidelberg park. Thoy
all wero students, nd they whirled the
wheel only for tho fup, of tho game.
Tho corps to which one of the brothers
belonged got wind 0 the pnmo nnd
came In a body to tho rooms one af
ternoon to see the fun. The members
had the German itching for gaming,
though not the American fortitude in
bearing losses, and boon ono of them
was looking glum over the loss of ten
or fifteen marks. Every hour the bank
was sold nt auction. It usually brought
from sixty to seventy marks, and then
paid tho purchaser from ten to forty
marks profit. MeUMier, tho German
who h'ad lost, decided apparently Ui
get even by plunging. Ho borrowed
all the money In the German crowd
nnd bought tho bank for sixty-seven
minks.
Curious to relate, for tho first time
In a week tho perverse wheel upset all
the banker's hopes nnd whirled money
out of his pockets inatend of In. At tho
end of the hour MelsFner vns not only
out of his original ten or fifteen marks,
but, qlso tb, C7 h'e paid for tho "bank nnd
-100 besides.
" HlminaLKrcuz-zehn. million. Don.
jptr.wetterl" lie thundered jaa the chips
wero piled before him for" redefinition,
"tfum Toufc-1 rnH dem verdamniten
KutM -Schwliidel! Cheat! Mate In
Amerlka, hvl QqUI" Qamc. in almost
Incoherent gasps as he ripped the lay
out from thu table, throw the chips on
tho tl.oor, and, h'urllnrr the wheel after
thcml stamped on It in wrath.
Most of the Americans tinned. Two,
A HECIl'E FOR PEACE.
That was something to think about.
To stand up against a dead shot from
the Wild West merely on account of
a miserable squabble over roulette; It
was a difficult proposition lor McIhs
ner after lecclvlng thts new light. He
consulted his second. His second con
ferred with the American's second. The
American, who was not anxious to
fight, told his second to make any de
cent arrangement he could. Finally It
was agieed that If Melssner would
withdraw bin bad language the Amer
ican would withdraw the shakes, chips
to be left uncashed, nnd roulette wheel
to be left In fragments In the corner
into which It had been kicked after
the fray. So Melssner called on the
American to say ho took back his bad
language about the honesty of tho
game, and the American replied that,
In that case, he regretted having shak
en Melssner. nnd peace reigned again
Au der Alllage In Heidelberg.
In many respects this In iv typical
Heidelberg case. The town is .so small
that everybody knows everybody else
of consequence, and public opinion on
duelling or anything else Is a compel
ling force for most foreigners. A few
lesist It, but the majority yield to It.
and the average American. If forced
Into a corner, will accept a challenge.
In accepting It, however, he always
stands nut for pistols as the only wea
pons with whose use he Is familiar.
His choice nt once raises an obstacle
to the duel, for pistols are used by
Gei mans to avenge only dendly In
sults, such, for Instance, as fall to the
lot of the injured husband or betrayed
lover. For the ordinary offences pis
tols are Incongruously dangerous, nnd
most Germans are disinclined to use
them. Hence frequently such a settle
ment as ended the roulette squabble.
The advocate of peace, for nations ns
well as for individuals, may find a lit
tle lesson in the circumstances of the
Americans In Heidelberg. Known ns a
man who Is ready for trouble, ready
to fight in one way or another nnd
likely to choose the deadliest weapons
If foiced Into a corner, he enjoys fuller
Immunity from injury than the strang
er of any other nationality. Moreover,
when trouble does come, he does not
find his nntatronlst quite so pressing
for bloodshed ns that antagonist would
he with a Frenchman or Austrian. It
Is a plain case of peace furthered by
preparedness for war.
AMIIKICAX TOOLS IN THU LIIAIJ
Lesson to English .llnniifncturcrs nt
u t'vclo'.SIiow In London.
From the Sun.
It has been evident to observing
Englishmen for somo time that Amer
ican manufacturers of the liner classes
of machine tools are fast displacing
all others with their wares In the mar
kets of the world, and thin was par
ticularly noticeable recently nt the
Stanley Cycle show in London. A writ
er In Engineering of London snys that
this fact contains a lesson which the
great English firms should take to
heart. In other directions, he declares,
there are not wanting Indications that
English manufacturers will be hard
pressed In the near future. He con
tlniie: "English manufacturers are scarcely
represented. American firms, the
names of which have now become to
us familial' as household words, mon
opolize practically all the space allot
ted to machinery. Of this machinery
at the .Stahley show a fair proportion
was m operation, nnd that was Amer
ican only; not a single English ma
chine, excepting some special lathe
milling machine, situated In a badly
lighted part of the ground floor. There
was no slnglo serew-niuklng machine
or capstan lathe of English manufac
ture at work, and no largo English
linn was even represented.
"The well-known English firms were
nil conspicuous by their absence, and
with but three or four exceptions, the
stands occupied were not those of man
ufacturers, but those of the English
agents, of American firms. This fea
ture, In truth, hns become so common
thnt ono expects It and looks for It.
Hut It Is not credltabto to llrltlsh man
ufacturers nor does It augur well for
tin business of the future. Here Is a
huge national industry, which has
grown up during, say, about twenty
car.s; thcro are scores of factories,
and many thousands ot hands engaged
In tho manufacture of cycles; yet tho
test equipped of these fnctorles, the
mot modern, the most successful are
equipped wholly, or almost wholly, not
with English, but with American run
cl'lnc tools!
"The Amerlcnn, too, hnvc been so
successful In tho manufacture ot ma
chinery for making English cyejes that
they aro encouraged now to send over
the cycles themselves to the English
market. The American slums are
splendidly equipped with tho most
modern machines, nnd once they lpnrn
the requirements of English taste, they
will enter for It, nnd send over ma
chines for English ngents, just ns they
send over the machinery, tho twist
drills, micrometer cnllpors, gauges, nnd
tools for our workshops."
Tho Amerlcnn lathe, he says, hns also
gone Into the English market to stny,
and he declares that It Is much handler
for use than the standard English
makes.
m
The. Coiiiugatlng Dutchman.
From Success.
While two Englishmen were convers
ing In a cofTee-liouso 111 Paris 0110 re
marked that 11 certain dwarf hud arrived
lu the city, at which a quaint-looking
ticimiiugn sitting near them opened his
mouth rind said, with a look of earnest
ness "I arrive, thou arrlvest, ho nr
rlves; we arrive, yo or you arrive, they
arrive." O110 of the Englishmen In as
tonishment asked: "Did ou speak to
1110, blr7"
"I speak, thou speakest, he speaks; wn
speak, yo or you speak, they spc'.ik,"
was the solo reply,
"What, do you Intend to Insult mo'.'"
"I Insult, thou Insultcst, he Insults; wo
Insult, yo or you Insult, they Insult,
came from tho lips of tho stranger.
"I will have satisfaction," shouted tbo
perplexed nnd Irrltoted Englishman. "If
you have any spirit with your ludencsi,
come with me;" to which tho Impene
trable stranger replied: "t come, thou
contest, he comes; we come, yo or you
come, they come," and followed tho oth
ers. "Now, sir. you must flsht me," said the
first speaker. "I Ilsht, thou lightest, ho
lights; we light (here lie niacin a tlirusl),
yo or you light, they fight," and hero
he disarmed his adversary.
"Well, on my honor,' 'said the defeated
mini, "you have the best of It and I hope
you are satlslled." "I am satisfied, ye
or you nro satlslled, they are satlslled."
"I am glad everybody Is satlslled," said
the Englishman, "but pray leave off quiz
zing ine In this unmerciful manner uinl
tell me what Is tho matter."
For tho lirht time the stranger spoke
rationally. "I am a Dutchman, said he,
"and am learning your language, liy the
request of my teacher 1 conlugute every
verb which 1 hear, and as I do not 1 1 leu
to havo my actions Interrupted I could
not explain before."
A hearty laugh followed, and an Invi
tation to dinner lrom the Englishman.
Ilefoio accepting the Dutchman con
tinu"d '1 dine, thou clinest, ho dines,
we dine, yo or you dine, they dine wo
will all liuc together."
Her Boy was
Dying.
Hmv a child was brought back from ihcbrink qfy
the grave to enjoy a healthy, happy childhood. One
mother'1 s advice for parents concerning the health of
their children.
The boy about whom this strange, true
dory is told wasted away till he seemed
nothing but skin and bones. Then his
health turned and he became fat and hearty.
The first stage is familiar to many pa
rents. The second is of 'deep interest to all
parents or friends of ailing little ones.
Fathers and mothers, who long to have
their children healthy and happy cannot
fail to sympathize and rejoice with Mr.
and Mrs John F. Williams.
Their comfortable home, a short distance
from Damon, I1L, is happy now because
of the wonderful events that arc told in
words eloquent with simple truth and
gratitude, by the mother of the boy.
" Our Josle was never strong," said Mrs.
Williams. " From his birth he was weak
and puny.
"Two years ago, when he was two
years old. he had an attack of lung fever.
Dr. N. A. Jones cured this fever, but the
child did not recover strength.
"He began fading away beneath our eyes.
"He had no appetite, vomited a great
deal, coughed continually, his limbs be
came withered.
"He became painfully weak and ema
ciated. "We waited for his death.
" At this time a boarder named Asa Rob
inson suggested that Dr. 'Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People would do the child good.
"They had cured Mr. Robinson of
rheumatism and he believed in them.
"Myhusband bought three boxes of the
pills. We began giving Josie one-third of
a pill three times a day.
"In three days the child wasbrighler
His appetite was better. He began to show
interest in toys and was-less fretful.
" We increased the' dose, giving him
half a pill at a time. He gained every day
in weight and appetite.
" At the end of this treatment, after tak
ing three boxes, he was a new boy.
"He was happy, hearty, enjoying life
with his little companions.
"I have no doubt that Dr. "Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People saved him from
an early grave." f
Mrs. "Williams made affidavit to the
truth of her statement before David Crisp,
a Notary Public.
Dr. A. A. McCabc examined the child
and made oath before Notary Mort Brooks,
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