The Shasta Courier

Another singular duel recently took place in Berlin between a journeyman silversmith and another artisan. The arms selected were a bottle of sulphuric acid. The arrangement was, that whichever of the two adversaries threw the lowest with dice should swallow the contents of the fatal vial. Chance favored the silversmith, who immediately poured out a glass of the liquid and handed it to his adversary, who unhesitatingly drank it off, but to the astonishment of his antagonist, instead of falling senseless, smacked his lips and asked for another glass. The seconds had acted on the sensible idea of substituting arrack for the corrosive fluid. It is hardly necessary to say that the affair terminated in a reconciliation.