. Mark Twain satirised llio French duel elTcclivelv, l)iiI lie is almost outdone by Hi? sober report of a duel belwcen two Parisian dramatic critics, in which the r,cr«on most seriouslv injured was one of the sreomk who accidentally got in the wnv of Ihe clumsy swordsmen! It •owns ".trailgo thai Frenchmen, who are in most matters keenly sensitive In ridicule, -ticmUl not lons a? 0 have aboH-hctl lh.it mo-l I i'liflilou~ ji iific lii-ulii>in. Hie allaire d'honneiir. Little Jack nowr sal in a rurnrr. With Wood-' 111-eat Peppermint. ():nc, Tiio little fellow vn- turr.inß yellow, ijpVl dyspepsia. 1 feel sure. Bv hook and crook a dose lie look, And soon was smiling .iflain: Hr had no plums, but two dirty thumbs JVsic seeking mischief usain.-Adrt.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 3
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125Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 3
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