Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1910 — A Pepper Duel. [ARTICLE]

A Pepper Duel.

A certain literary and diplomatlo 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 wouMt*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. The humble gOat of foreign lands contributes one-third of the value of the skins imported by the United States each year.