Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-30
each with stout cane. No doubt they
had been on the lookout for Ned.

SOphs, was one of the three. 1 knew
they meant to attack Ned the instant
saw them. Burnett was trained ath
lete, and the best oarsman and base
ball player in college. The moment we
met, he leaped in front of Ned, and
with a quick stroke of his heavy cane
sent the tall hat whirling into the ditch.
Whether he would have struck Ned, I
don't know. He seemed to raise his
cane again, but perhaps only to defend
himself. For Ned jumped backward on
the instant, and, drawing his revolver,
fired three shots ct his assailant.
1 shall never forget what a sound
those shots had for me.
At the first fire, Burnett reeled
across the sidewalk against the fence,
and I saw the blood start from under
his collar. -
The ball had gone through the left
side of his neck. It seemed to stun
him partially, though he did not fall,
but lay or hung on the fence.
The second shot missed him; the
third went through his coat and vest,
and bedded itself against the breast.
bone.
The other two Sophs fell back.
Ned stood moment looking at Bur
nett
"You rufian!" said he. eff I've
killed you, you deserve itl' Then he
turned and went to his room.
The other two Sc phs were completely
cowed, as well they might he. Together
we carried Burnett to the steps of the
hall, and took him into one of the reel
tation rooms. A physician was brought
as speedily as possible.
The ball had made an ugly furrow
across Burnett's strong neck. It was a
dangerous wound, the doctor said, but
not necessarily mortal. The wound on
his breast was of much less conse-
quence.
That was all I waited to hear. Leay-
ing the wounded man, I fastened to
our room. I shall never forget how
Ned looked at my face when I opened
the door. He sat on chair, pale as a
corpse. with the revolver in his hand.
rs he dead?" he asked, in a low
tone.
I told him the doctor had said that
Burnett would probably get we'll. The
pistol dropped upon the floor, he bur
led his face in his hands, and cried like
a child.
Burnett was pronounced out of dan
ger next day, al d, as he declined to en-
ter legal complaint, no arrests were
made.
Three days after, however, Ned was
summoned before the President anc
faculty of the college, and on the fol-
lowing day not only he, but also Bur-
nett and the other two Sophomores en-
gagged in the affair, were expelled from
" AN why is an Irishman like a ship? p
asked Mike. "Bedad, it's because aich
one of 'em is followed by wake"
the college, as they deserved to be.
Hazing, as well as carrying revolvers
for personal defense, are both of them
barbarous practices. There is no evi-
dence of manhood in either. They
show how enduring are the savage traits
that characterized our earliest anoest-
ors. Reason and every true manly in
stinct revolt at the repetition of such
practices, and can only condemn them
Look to Your Eyes.
A train was wrecked few years age
on an English railway. One or two
lives were lost, and many passengers
were injured. The engineer was held
responsible, for he had blindly rushed
on to an obstacle on the track, al
though the danger-signal was displayed
Didn't you see the red ight?" he
was asked.
mo; the light was green"
he persisted so obstinately in this
assertion that the officials began tc
think that possibly the wrong liz ht had
been displayed. A physician, standing
kerchief from his pocket.
aWhat color is that, my man?" he
said.
Screen, sir"
about the shade of grass, eh?"
brighter, sir"
The man was color-blind. Since
then, it has been made obligatory on
all railway and steamboat employees in
England and France to be examined
for color-blindness. When the lives Of
thousands of travellers depend on the
ability of man to distinguish one col
or from another, such a precaution be-
comes an absolute necessity.
The eyes of American children ap
pear to be exceptionally imperfect, and
slight defect is enormously increased
by the effort to decipher the small text
Of school books. If boys or girls find
that the use of the eyes involves the
least strain, they should tell their par
ents, and the case should be at once
referred to competent oculist.
One very frequent defect is differ.
ence in the lenses of the eyes, which, oil
course, gives to each separate focus
This defect produces series of mystic.
rious symptoms in children, which are
usually referred to every cause but the
right one. sa .
"a lad who has this trouble" said ar
eminent oculirt, "makes constant eff
fort to see alike with both eyes. The
effort affects the optic nerve; that il
turn affects the brain. Soon the boy
has violent headaches whenever ht
tries to study. He grows pale, dull
spir1tless. His whole nervous system
is debilitated.
physicians do him no good; he be-
comes vaguely known as "a sickly
stupid fellow He is then either take1
from school and put to manual labor
or he is urged to persevere at his book.
until epilepsy intervenes.
"A pair of glasses properly made
would have restored him to health anc
usefulness"
Feeling in Oratory.
Some one asked Sheridan, the vii
and orator, why he went to hear the
eccentric Rowland Hill preach. II co.
he replied, because his ideas come red.
hot from the haartn