Prince Vladimir Teropakolf, a penniless nobleman, has sacrificed .lis life at Moscow in an attempt to win a slrango wager. Count Waldig, a wealthy landowner, made a bet with him tiiat he would not drink a gallon c! l:i,uor ot.n draught. The Prince's reward if lie accomplished the feat was lo be the titledeeds of a valuable-estate. The wafer was decided on Wednesday. '! R. I'rinco ate nothing, all day with Hie exception of a salt herring, and in Ihe evenirif, in the presence of the Count uuJ Ir.ur wii-ncs-.-s, be raised the gallon jar to his lips "and drank steadily until ho set it down empty. The title-deeds of. the estate were'handed to him, but hardly had lie recoived them when ho sank to the "round and died in a few moments.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 8
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