Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1910 — A Pepper Duel. [ARTICLE]

A Pepper Duel.

A certain literary and diplomatic friend of ours once took part In a pepper duel at a foreign restaurant He was provoked to the contention by the quantity of stimulating condiment that a stranger across the table Indulged in. The stranger sprinkled an unconscionable quantity of red pepper upon his food and proceeded to devour it, to the wonder and admiration of onlookers. Thereupon with studied nonchalance the American swallowed an Immense piece of chili pepper. Then the stranger added more red pepper, then the American another larger slice, covered with cayenne, and so on, till It seemed as if both would explode, while the other diners looked on aghast, the American finally winning out wjth a prodigious dose defying all emulation.—Century.