Show dabu la the ileath of a young soldier of the sixteenth dragona from received in a ue ahna led to a lively in the french papers on he practice of dueling in alie army on thu subject the adu Par has an interesting article in some regiment it alp pearci duel ara rare owing to the firmness of the clionel co IoneL but in I 1 molhem of honor are matters of dally occurrence occur ence lu the ca valry llila practice two havo a dispute BO lobig aa they do not como liloia they aceil not halil iines aliey kioh to but a box the ui alter alij they like it or not they must meet sword in hand the next inor in tho school the captain often without alif a interested from the colonel for the rencontre anil ibe latter nine timea ou of ten ranta it nothing then can prevent tho duel tho adversaries may be only too alad to be reconciled but it ia all to no purpose fight they must the fencing master h tiati fied he has the sabers sharpened then eccli unlucky spends the evening in the salle darmes where he receives counsel and advice from the each one ot whom lias an ihlo secret stroke or betle to teach him it is always in the riding school ahac he takes prace about 8 in the morning the cora batanus ainee accompanied by their ae condi then colica the fencing master followed by a prevot ohp carries the two sabers this fellow always takes delight in informing the two adversaries that the sabers arc sharpened with equal care so that one will cut junt aa well as the other then comes tho lieutenant charged with the duty of conducting tho affair he never fails to make liblit of the fur tho purpose of encouraging the heroes the surgeon then comes upon the scene ho with an air of ill humor as if he was plagued by the tiling lie is followed by a steward bearing a lot of bandages and lint a big diali of water ith a io the middle and a bet of surgical instruments enough altogether to scare the bravest t the brae cau we asks the officer begin replies the doctor then the take off their tunics and shirts and appear naked to the waist no matter how cold the weather is they are placed in position the officer says go ill then tho fight begins superintend ed by the fencing master whose duty it is to parry tho dangerous blows at lat one of the men is hit and the affair is finished in the majority of cases the duel ends by the defeated bartys treating all hands at the canteen but when old soldiers are engaged or officers skilled in fencing the military duels too often terminate otherwise |