NEW FORM OF DUEL.
The official "Sabawialskijn Wieuomosti," the Russian Government organ, published In Blagovestcheusk, contains this amusing paragraph:-"In view of the fact that no rluelllng pistols are obtainable In Manchuria, since, as Is well known, these ar? obliged to have no rifled barrel, while the pistols possessed by officers at tne present tinip have one such rifled barrel with which no duel can be fought, the Russian officers In Zizikar have invented the following form of combat. "The two opponents draw lols, and the one who has drawn the lot with inscription 'Death' is ob'ired 10 travel by the next train on the Mauchurian railway from Zlzikar to Charbln and back. If the duellist returns from the journey safe and soundthat is to say, if he survives tlie inevitable railway accident caused by the derailing of the train, and returns without his arms or legs broken, It Iβ regarded that honour is satisfied, and that the duel has taken place." In view of the fact that this is published in the Government organ, comment is superiflUOUE.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 110, 9 May 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)
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177NEW FORM OF DUEL. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 110, 9 May 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)
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