The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-10-07

offensive under any Gil Cumstancee
would be giving the enemy a point.
Therefore, to keep up appearances,
must say that this tobacco smoke
was rather agreeable. In the course of
five or ten minutes the Professor
beg pardon, the Herr Professor-came
in. And as he came in the pipes and
cigars went out, but the foul air did
not. The Herr Professor-began to
talk. His subject was the ciren-
lation of the blood through the
lungs, and its publication there.
He described the process in de-
tail. He spoke of the impurities ema-
mating from the human lungs at every
expiration. He waxed eloquent ever the
black hole at Calcutta. Then he came
down to facts and figures, affirming
that every adult person exhaled foul
air enough at every expiration to rem
der such a room as the one we were
then in unfit for human habitation in
very few hours.
He spoke of the many evils of foul
air, and impressed it upon his hearers
that fresh air is necessary adjunct of
perfect health. Aud all that time the
four score pairs of lungs in that room
were working most vigorously, and
things were becoming decidedly inter
esting for Chicago and me. We began
to perspire profusely, our heads began
to ache, our ears rang, and we lelt
dizzy and saw double. And all this
time the Herr Professor was dilating
upon the benefits Of pure air and the
deleterious effects of the foul article.
Finally Chicago, who was sitting
near the door, could stand it no longer,
but, aided and abetted by me, reached
over and softly opened the door an
inch or 80. We drank In the life. CIV
ing oxygen, and felt as old Ponce de
Leon would have felt had he found
the fountain of youth. Chicago WIS
so deft with his door-opening That he
attracted no ones attention. But the
effects of the fresh air soon began to
show themselves. The students who
were sitting near the door began to re-
vive and wake up. They stopped
yawning and rubbing their eyes. They
visibly frightened, and began to take
a little interest in what the Herr Pro-
fessor was saying. Finally one OF
them happened to look around, and
discovered The crack in the door. He
was astonished, and could hardly be-
lieve his eyes. AS soon as he fairly
took in the situation he turned up his
coat collar and tried very hard to
deceive himse into the belief that he
felt cold. He endeavored to shiver
and look uncomfortable, and tried
various little expedients to make him
self feel so. 1t was not long before
several other students In the vicinity
noticed the turned-up collar and dis
tress of the first one, and tegan to
look around for the cause of it. They
saw the door, turned up their collars,
and conducted themselves just like
the original discoverer; though if it
had not been for the fresh air
they would have been unable to dis
cover anything. Chicago tried very
hard to look unconscious, intelligent
and unconcerned, aud made u uis
cradle failure of it. He developed an
unusual interest in what the Herr
Professor was saying. / never saw
him take such an interes; in anything
before or since, and tried to appear ell
tlrely absorbed in the lecture. But it
was OF no use ; those students actually
succeeded in making themselves be.
lieve that they were cold, and kept
looking around at the door; so often
that Chicago could not stand it
long. We closed the door the coat
collars were turned down !; the shiver.
ing ceased, and everybody became
contented, soporific and happy. We
felt sick, and suffered until
the lecture closed. Then we bolted for
fresh air, and registered solemn VOW
not to pass through such another Or
deal Yet the lecture was model one.
1t was full, complete, illustrated by
numerous experiments, and under or
binary circumstances would have been
very interesting. In short, 1t was
theoretically perfect, but prac tically it
was not success.-Berlin Letter,