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THE PROFESSOR’S BAEV. Medical Sindeutw ~ro’ '“ * ’’ r prl.luu Array of Present- »• •‘When 1 w:.h n medical student in the Uni versify of Pennsylvania, said J e doe‘or “the boys celebrated an m teresting event in the domestic life of one of the professors in a unique way. The news that the favorite professor was a happy father reached the students on Thursday morning, and that after noon and evening there were consulta tions held all over the university build ings. and sundry dimes and quarters were collected by two or three of the students, who constituted a sort of finance committee. Every Friday morn ing the pressor gave a lecture to the students in the amphitheater. The sub ject for the lecture that week was ‘The Relation of the Sympathetic Nervous System to the Nerve Centers of the Brain,' and half an hour before the time set for the lecture every man in the class, which numbered about 850, was in his place waiting for the fun to begin and glancing now and then to ward the three long operating tables in the center of the room. “Promptly at 10 o'clock the door opened and the favorite professor enter ed the amphitheater. He carefully closed the door behind him, then with a self conscious clearing of his throat turned toward the class. At the first glance his jaw fell, while every one of the 850 fiends in the seats above began to yell at the top of his lungs. Spread out upon the three long operating tables were about 150 baby’s toys and furnishings of every kind and description. There were rattlss by the dozen, Noah’s arks, dolls of all sizes, a toy cooking stove, a baby carriage, an embroidered flannel petticoat, a nursing bottle lying in a graduated glass, a pair of little blue kid shoes and other things too numerous to mention. After the first shock of sur prise and embarrassment, the professor was game. He thanked us, in a speech peppered with five syllabled words, for our thoughtfulness in thus providing for the future needs of his offspring, but he observed, after a careful exami nation of the various instruments of in fantile delight spread out before him, that we had forgotten one thing, a bot tle of paregoric. Then be yawned in a way suggestive of midnight vigils and turned his attention to ‘The Relation of the Sympathetic Nervous System to the Nerve Centers of the Brain.’ “But he was not allowed to proceed beyond the first sentence or two. His attention was drawn to the blackboard, where some student of artistic tenden cies had drawn an elaborately decorated design in red, white and blue chalk, ‘ls Marriage a Failure?’ The poor pro fessor, seeing that there was no possi bility of a serious lecture that morning, entertained us for about ten minutes on the text posted on the blackboard; then, after inviting us all to visit the new comer in the immediate future, he marched off to the music of 850 voices singing, ‘Go to .Sleep, My Little Pick aninny’ and ‘Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bowwow.’ ’’ —New York Sun. A SCENE OF BUTCHERY. The Slaughter That Came With the End of the Janizaries. On the 15th day of June, 1826, the whole corps of the janizaries in the capital assembled, overturned their camp kettles (the signal of revolt) and advanced upon the seraglio. With his own hand the sultan unfurled the sacred “sanjak sherif” and called upon the true believers to rally round their dischah and caliph, and the zealous Mussulman citizens rushed from all quarters and rallied under the sacred symbol. The ranks of the janizaries were raked with grape and solid shot by “Black Hell” (a nickname for Ibra him, general of artillery) and his gun ners as they pressed through the streets, compelling them to fall back to the Etmeidan, where they defended them selves with extraordinary fierceness, slaying great numbers of their assail ants. The artillery, supported by the marines and the bostangi, pressed for ward and compelled them to retreat to their barraeks, where they offered des perate resistance to the assault. From every street cannon thundered on the walls without intermission, the building was soon in flames, the walls torn and battered down by grapeshot, and the janizaries, overwhelmed by ruins, shot and flames, perished in their burning and blood stained barracks. For two days the gates of the city re mained closed, and with relentless vigor every corner was searched for such janizaries as had escaped the general massacre, and when found they were hastily executed. Nearly 20,000 jani zaries were destroyed on this memora ble day, and many thousands were aft erward put to death in the various cities of the empire, and thus not one of the number under arms was left to tell the tale. —Self Culture. Accounted For the Fit. Hon. George R. Peck so keenly ap preciates a good joke that he tells the following on himself: “When, after a foreign trip, I was being welcomed by some of my friends in Topeka, I wore a suit of clothes made by a London tailor that was un comfortably tight in places. I expressed my surprise that a loose fit in London should prove a tight fit in Topeka, Whereupon an Irishman of the party exclaimed. “ ‘Mr. Peck, don’t forget you’re a bigger man in Topayka than you were in London. ’ ” —Chicago Journal. Untimely Nap. “What time did the hotel catch fire?" “Midnight. ” “Everybody get out safely?” “All except the night watchman. We couldn’t wake him up in time.”—Bos ton Traveler The Danger of It. n with too many irons in the ♦ to take one by the hot end. 'L. hows. | HARTLEY’S GREAT NERVE. A. Historical Incident of the Sieae of’ Gibraltar. The most memorable siege of Gibraltar, Indeed one of the most memorable of alb sieges, was that which the fortress sus tained from the combined sea forces of France and Spain during the years 1779 to 1783. The great attack on the place was made on the 13th of September, 1783, and all the resources of power and science were exhausted by the assailants in the fruitless attempt. It was on this day that a humble pri vate performed an act which history has handed down to us. The business of the siege progressed. The rock by the batteries sent forth its splinters to deal destruction around at every impact of the Spanish sliot, but the return lire was of the most telling description and most steadily kept up by tlie British. But removed from tho smoke and din, in the laboratory of the garrison, sur rounded by the chemistry of war, sat ono man, a humble private. His it was, while his comrades worked the guns in the suffocating casemates of the covered batteries, to prepare tho shells for tho use of tho mortars, a dangerous task—so dangerous in fact that even tho examina tion of the deadly missiles is considered sufficiently perilous on board ship to war rant a stage being slung over the side to bowccupied by only ono or two men, tho others being kept at a distance. But familiarity with peril robs men of their soar, and Hartley sat busily making ready shell after shell, filling them with tho ex plosive composition, and afterward fitting in the fuses, driving them home and rang ing tho prepared shells in cases till they should be fetched to be sent in fiery arcs to deal death and destruction among the enemy. Tho laboratory was at that time full of explosive material, every grain of which was of inestimable value to tho beleaguer ed garrison, and it had been accordingly placed in a position which rendered it im possible for tho shot or shell of tho enemy to reach it. But now the danger guarded against from without threatened if pos sible more terrible from within—threat ened to destroy at ono blow the whole of tho explosive compounds stored for de fense, and this at a time when such a loss would have been irreparable. Shell after shell had been filled, the grim black spheres, as they lay ready, giv ing but small signs of their cloadly power —the force that should rend them into in numerable shreds of cast iron, each to malm or slay. Suddenly, while calmly proceeding with his work and driving a fuse into a fresh filled shell, tho fuse took fire, hissing loudly as it discharged its rain of sparks and burning rapidly away. There seem ed hardly time for thought, much less for action, and the first feelings of Hartley were those of blank dismay. He had seen the discharge and flight of shells so often that he knew he could only reckon upon its burning for a few sec onds, and then would come a dire explo sion that would act upon the part of the fortress where he was like an earthquake, the bursting of the shell being, as it were, but the flash in the pan that would prelude the blowing up of the laboratory. But with the calmness of tho man whose trade was one which brought him dally face to face with death, Hartley seized the shell in both hands, hurried out into tho open air and then with a tremendous effort hurled the deadly globe far into space, where a couple of seconds after it harm lessly burst. It was not until some time after that the performer of this daring act could thoroughly realize the great danger that had threateneddiim with destruction, and though tho peril was past it was some time after, and then only with un strung nerves, that he returned to his perilous task.—London Chronicle. The Lnmt of the Witchew. Yeldhani, a highly civilized village in the county of Essex, is now in a happy and contented frame of mind. It has buried the last of the witches—the end of the long line of sibyls which commenced at Endor. Why the poor old lady should have been regarded as the possessor of an “evil eye” is a mystery known only to her superstitious follow villagers, except in deed it was owing to the sorrows and mis fortunes she suffered. Her daughter died a few days ago, and her brother was accl J dental!;.- killed some hours afterward. These calamities, instead of arousing sympathy, only led to a belief by the vil lagers that she cast her evil eye on them because, knowing her own departure was at hand, she did not wish to leave them behind. The poor old woman had a hard life among the villagers, who boycotted and insulted her on account of her alleged supernatural gifts, and attributed every petty accident that occurred in the locali ty to her malign influence. Now she is aS rest. —London Telegraph. When William Was a Colonel. In discussing the recent scandals as to high play among officers at Potsdam the Germania relates that when a similar rev elation was made in the old emperor’s time his majesty issued a very stringent order against gambling in the army. This provoked many private remonstrances on the part of the young guardsmen and oth ers, and the venerable kaiser was disposed to relax the severity of his decree. He found, however, a determined opponent in his youthful grandson, Wilhelm, who had recently been made a colonel of a regiment. , “Sire,” cried the stern upholder of mo rality, “am I still at the head of my regi ment or not? If I am, I intend to be mas ter; if not, I beg to be relieved of my com mand.” Grandpa had to give way, and ho signi fied to the deputation that he would have yielded a point, “but the colonel is as firm as a rook. ” This at least is one of those things that are all to “the colonel’s credit." —London Chronicle. A Kindergarten Conundrum. In a Utica kindergarten school’’ a few days ago the subject before the class was the hen. Among other questions asked by the teacher was ‘ 1 What does the hen have that we have?” the teacher at the same time placing both her hands on her head to indicate the portion of the body referred to. The teacher was much sur prised as well as amused when a little girl quickly answered, ‘‘A comb!” The teacher had placed one hand on a comb in her hair.—Utica Observer. I p the Great St. Bernard. Travelers are soon to be carried to the top of the great St. Bernard by electrio power. It has been estimated that 150,- 000 persons will travel from Aosta, in Italy, to Marigny, in Switzerland, over this route. When the road reaches the high altitudes, sheds and protective walls will lx; built to prevent landslides and Other accidents. Power will be taken from the mm crons mountain streams of the great St. Bernard. Electrical World. TENNYSON’S FAITH. The Problem of the Future Life Hadi the Dominant Interest. A reader of the “Life of Tennyson," by his son, will be struck by the fact that no subject interested him so deep ly as the problem of the future life. He will also observe that it was always a problem to him, one that he was con stantly raising, that would not stay set tled. To be sure, he was a believer in Immortality, but n-.t a restful Fulitve?. Ho was all the time digging up the roots of his faith to be sure they were alive. The old question would not stay unanswered. The Vender of his poetry observes the same thing. Ho is always on tho side of faith, but of a somewhat disturbed faith. He belonged to that “metaphysical society" which invited into its membership believers of all shades, with all shades of unbelievers, whose object was. to raise and answer doubts about God and the future life. He was the spokesman of the scientific doubt of the age, fluttering over the dovecots of faith, but hardly settling and resting and nesting therein. One observes the contrast with this fluttering faith who reads the poems of Milton, with their abiding faith in the future life. This is the spiritual con trast between “In Memoriam" and “Lycidas." In Milton’s requiem, even under its paganized form, there is a ro bust and jubilant faith in God and eternal life. No question enters. The mind and heart are satisfied. The dear friend is beyond all doubt among the saints and choirs above. Ono regrets that Tennyson’s mental structure per haps could find positiveness and rest on questions of politics or poetry, but must perennially dubitate—to be sure, with the hopeful balance of probability —over questions of faith. “I believe I know," he once said, “the quantity of every word in the English language except scissors, ” but one seems to de tect a tremulousness in his best expres sion of faith, “I hope to meet my Pilot face to face, when I have crossed tho bar. ’ ’ —independent. HARNESS REINS. Made From the Stoutest of Leather. A Word About llnud Holds. The reins of a set of single harness are each about 13 feet in length, those of a double harness about 15 feet. For business harness reins are made of leather, tanned black; the reins of car riage harness are made of russet colored leather. Reins require to be very stout, and they are almost always made of steer hide, the leather of which traces are made, these, however, being of more than one thickness. Occasionally lines for light or for cheap harness are made of cowhide, but not often. As a rule the best of leather is used for the reins, even in cheap harness. There can be ob tained from the hides of leather suitable for reins strips from seven to nine feet in length, so that reins are always of necessity made in two pieces. Tbe loops, or hand holds, often seen on the reins of track or road horses are commonly made of lighter leather stitched together and then sometimes stitched to the reins, but more often se cured to them in such a manner that they can bo shifted on the reins to suit the convenience of the driver. The three loop hold, which is called the Boston hand hold, is commonly used for track driving. The single loop is the one used by most drivers on the road. There are patent hand holds made of metal. The wooden buttons sometimes seen on reins, used as hand holds, are made in pairs, one button of each pair having a stem, with a thread out on it, which goes through the rein and is screwed into the other button of the pair on the opposite side.—New York Sun. Sowing Pansj- Seed. During early October is a good time for sowing pansy seed for next spring’s supply of plants for bedding out. The reason for fall sowing out of doors is that the plants are not then subjected to the hot, drying influences of the house, which are so likely to bring on red spider and other troubles. Prepare a bed of very rich, porous loam on a well drained location. Place over it a frame to be filled with forest leaves as a protection to the little plants over winter. After sowing the seed in the bed sift a very light covering of soil over the seed, merely enough to hide them. During the process of germina tion never allow the bed to dry out, as moisture is essential to perfect germina tion of any seed. As severe weather approaches cover the bed with a few inches of litter of some sort, forest leaves being preferable. At the proper time in the spring the seedlings may be pricked out of the soil in the seedbed and transferred to the bed in which they are to bloom.—Wom an’s Home Companion. One Day at a Time. It is a blessed secret, says the British Weekly, this of living by the day? Any one can carry his burden, however heavy, till nightfall. Any one can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life ever really means to us—just one little day. Do today’s duty. Fight today’s temptations, and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking for ward to things you cannot see and could not understand if you saw them. God gives us nights to shut down the cur tain of darkne-s on our little days. We cannot see beyond. Short horizons make life easier and give us one of brave, true, holy living. Worth IHn(*n»Nlnjc. “Doctor, I don’t know what ■ the matter with me. I can’t sleep nights any more. ’ ’ “Um! Let’s see. What is your busi ness?” “I’m a night watchman.” “Ah, your case is a remarkable one. I must write it up f<r our Monthly Medical Record.’’—Chicago News. A CHINESE WEDDING. i' Eve: y( hinn Connected Vi hthe Cere nionle* Io Deckrd In lied. | The Chinese place a significance upon every color, and in connection with a : wedding red obtains a deep rooted, mysterious importance, tho next bridal color in value being gold. At a be trothal tho bridegroom elect sends his sweetheart a pair of bracelets fastened together with » piece of red ribbon or cord. The brid and bridegroom drain two wine cups at the wedding, which are also connected by a red cord. In northern Chi i tb■> attendants wear tall felt hats, and each hat has a red feather stuck upright in it. The attend ants also carry the wedding presents. A sedan chair bears tho bride herself. In south China a se lan most wonder fully’ gilded is used by the wealthy classes, and it h dec rated with what appears at first sight t > be brilliant in laid stones, but which are in reality the glossy feathers of tho kingfisher. A handsome cloth of glowing red with trimmed border is also thrown over the chair. In the case of the poorer classes red is also the prevailing bridal color, and a chair of ordinary carved wood, paint ed a bright red, is used. Above tho door of the chair a kind of charm is placard ed or hung upon a red cloth. The chair itself is sent by the bridegroom, accom panied by what corresponds to cur best man. This functionary brings with him a letter written in yellow or gold upon red paper, praying the lady to enter and take her place. Men dressed all in red and carrying red parcels containing the presents fall into the procession. Other bearers carry boards and banners, inscribed in golden letters upon a red ground. These ban ners tell the pedigree of both parties. Behind tho bearers come the other at tendants, with long poles, on which are hung very* handsome lanterns. The bride’s veil is of bright crimson hue and her dress regal gold and scarlet. — Wide World. JACK HORNER. The Rich Plum That He Extracted From That Chrlfftman Pie. For the benefit of those who are not quite little folks Agnes Carr Sage, in Lippincott’s Magazine, tells the origin and history of some famous nursery stories and rhymes, among them “The Pleasant History of Jack Horner,” con taining “His Witty Tricks and Pleas ant Pranks," for so it is set forth in a very old chapbook, carefully preserved in the Bodleian library. It appears that this worthy’ was stew ard to an abbot of Glastonbury. The good abbot learned that his majesty Henry VIII had seen fit to be indignant because the monks had built a kitchen which he could not burn down. Now, a king's indignation was dangerous and must be appeased. Therefore the abbot sent his steward, Jack Horner, to pre sent the soveieign with a suitable peace offering. It took the form of a big and tempting looking pie, beneath the crust of which the transfer deeds of 12 man ors were hidden. But Master Jack had an eye for the profit of No. 1, and on the road he slyly lifted the crust and abstracted the deeds of the Manor of Wells. On his return, bringing the deeds, he plausibly explained that they had been given to him by tho king; hence the rhyme: Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner (of the wagon), Ejing his Christmas pie; Ho put in his thumb And pulled out a plum (the title dead). Haying, “What a brave boy am I!" Town Name*. The Cleveland Leader says that a man registered in a local hotel the other day, giving his place of residence as Sleepy Eye, Minn. Half an hour later another guest registered from Painted Post, la. The clerk paid no especial attention to this, but when the next man to regis ter boldly wrote “White Pigeon, Mich.,” after his name, both the clerk and the bookkeeper began to get inter ested. While they were talking about the queer names that had been given to some of our western towns, a dignified looking man stepped up to the office, whirled the register around, and scrawled “Horseheads, N. Y. ” Superlative*. Dr. Johnson says in his “Grammar of the English Tongue:” “The com parison of adjectives is very uncertain, and, being much regulated by commo diousness of utterance, is not easily re duced to rules. ” Then he quotes passages from “Para dise Lost, ” in which these words are found, “virtuousest, ” “powerfullest, ” and a passage from “Samson Agonistes” which contains the word “famousest.” Surely Milton had an ear. —Notesand Queries. Mu ni cl ph I JepLonnicN. New Yorker-—You ’fare a straugi r here, 1 presume? Chicago ManfhaughtHyl—l am from the great city that New York is jealous of. New Yorker —Ah! ’And how are things in dear old Lnnnonl —New York New Way to Get icu-h. An Arkansas contemporary r< queer case of financial irregularity. It appears that a young nihn down there ■wallowed a co] per c< rrtdiy mistake and . X— t She Bid. . “does your mother know you’re out?” “Oh, yes, ” replied the fair one, “and she gave me a penny to buy a monkey. Are you for sale?”—Philatfi Iphia N American. Exrel« Tlint of n Woman. Wife (reading the papcri—The gi raffe has a tongue i s inebt s long Hus! and—-Aren't y< a j ,d<,us?—New York World. ■ Arßv rWRR*' Irlt <®Jk Jff 1 Ks. W /bM rWJ i ■ FAi 'i'li, Kind Yi.it Have Always Bought, and which has been in t:so for ov r 30 yearn, has borne the signature of * and has been mode under his per- z J , sonal supervision since its infancy. 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