New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-18
GLA NOES HERE AND THERE.

Professor ShaIer Of Harvard University. Is ardent
follower Of athletics and his tall. unsanly figure may
be the football baseball field on nearly every
afternoon when game. whether important or not, 10
going on. II is related that Professor Sler at the
first meeting OF his class after Harvard defeated Yale e
football last fall complmenAd ard congratulated the
class in his delightfully."- friendly drawl lie took oc-
cason to that he had thrown up his hat ana DID
not care whether it came down This recalls one
year when he particularly enthusiastic over tho
prospects of athletic victory. lie had one class when
met at 3 O'Clock. At that same hour the varsity
team went on the field for practice From the win.
the men AT work on the fell. As the play went on ana
the shouts and cries came louder and more frequent
window and work his long arms nervously and i'm:
patiently. Finally when he could restrain himself
and S say ''H o F Su.
gentlemen' Ten minutes later lie could be found Ou
his soft felt hat crushed his lie always
in the biggest crowd Of students and cheered with the
| loudest, his cane pounding vigorously the seats
There is an impression among men not familiar with
Harvard that tho professors not In sympathy with
the athletic spirit This is by meaps Prp-
fessOr Saer" Nat' Shser the college boys affection
ately call hm-is 10 athletic contests ~
the most wildly enthusiastic undergraduate. Professor
Briggs in days past. and may be yet another who
was in hearty sympathy with the cause OF athieues'
In the days of which this Is written froies'
sor Briggs suffered severely frOm I'LL eath. IL was
his custom to take a ride on horseback on pleasant
afternoons. Whenever a Harvard team was playing a
out Of town game bulletins were received ana pose%
there to hear the result of the contest. About The
time when the bulletins began TO appear Professor
down the street - md out how Harvard was coming
out You be that he was greeted on Al sdes
Men into the street to shake him by the n9no
and tell him the news, and In the same way, OWING
Hi, friendly feeling Of sympathy uadersrshl sas
Of their to get nod and pleasant smile rom
him.
A man who has told many stories which have ap-
peared thi, column is responsible for tue foowinst
Talking about the fear that criminals have for sons
officers Of the law, | knew sheriff In sweet"atcr
| County wyoming. whose power over desperadoes Wa
amazing lie seemed to be able to make them do any
thing which he except become respectable cit-
zens. There fellow who was notorious
ruHan even among his kind. lie tent nearly all MS
time in the clutches of the law. lie was gambler
thief and irdOubtedly murderer Yet often when
there wa, dangerous work to be- done, my fiend the
sheriff would go around to the county jail ana ietch
out hi, most de,I ate prisoner TO assist him. lie even
went far at times To release nm citteH seaus
him on some mission. The fellow always came back.
reported the sheriff and submitted 10 Deihg pcaen
M again without a murmur. lie was so AFRAID OF the
sheriff that he did dare to do other than he was
odered to DO Gush to iny 9wever ,beir sr ns
meeting with the butt end of revolver
81 do rot think II is necessary said man who
travels GOOD deal Oh the elevated road. II question
Mr. Gould's sincerity WIEN he defend- his elevated
road system. lie believe all that he says ana
undoubtedly does believe it, but Will venture To say
that if he will corps OF cnumera'ors 70 gov
the opinion Of passenger on the eleVatcu trans
IN one whole day he will be convinced that, whcthes
his opinions and assertions right or wroDe' inc
mass of pubc opinion is so overwhelmingly Opposes
IN him that there is no for argument so take
IL that il will not do Mr. Gould mnch good 10 ma Tst
that hi, service Is the nes WHICH ond can't provide better
service some one else must. he people IN my opm.
ION have made up their minis 10 a, s an" nav 4 gem
e,aliy succeeds in this country Either Mr. Goun 1t
some one has got to give New ork gehuhe r1p.
and think that when MIR. Gould is confronted Win
the dilemma he will suddenly discover that nc e." 'AAs
IL by the horns
ru,,,nIv az rapdly as thoughts it isn't safe to ask
! vithout investigation why some one hasn't inventea
,h,s or that or at least tried to invent IT, Just 50
snre as YOU do some one will pop up unexpectedly
prove that the nS 1 nss =, oeg KEEN p'e even With The
| times in these days.
WouId VOL think that piece OF Jules Verne hctonS
absolutely impossible Of reality the face Of it. could
he taken seriously Well. II can be. There was
| pubI,shed in The Tribune extract purporting To
come from The Tribune time in the next century,
giving a reporters account Of trip from Sew-fork to
san Francisco through pneumatic tube IN rev
miuutes \ serious EngShman saw this extract re-
published in English paper, ana wrote 10 le IT'D
]
described The funniest part OF the Whole thing Is thas
lie requested an early answer as oet Wss 70 pe ~
There was once published in an American paper
story purportng tribe the process invented BY an
nceniou, Yankee for manufacturing eggs lie was
allie the story ran TO make them tglhg cost. ana
the egg, were so perfectly invented that chickens could
bc Matched from them An obscure English paper COT
hold Of that and actually discussed 'eroasyI
do
efforts Yankee 10 invent egg and gavely polntea
ont few of the difficulties which 1t would be necessary
To overcome before the American could entertain any
possible hopes of success in his cndeavors'
The difference between A certain class OF English
men and shrewd. hooking American is the difference
that made the untruthful Athenian tell the duli-
witted Thcban the truth because he knew that the
Theban would doubt II. An American enid ten feas
old would not swallow" half the nonsense mat An
Engllshman Of mature years gUps down and Nainly
cndoavors to digest. some one once told small
daughter OF a wcll-known politician that "llich IN
Santa Rosa CAL. built entirely Of lumber OBJ
tanned from single tree. Now. the story was pa'u-
cally true. but the chld's eyes showed hat SHE az
think that /, possible - asked the narrator who
wa, willing TO explain win nSn.SS at, nov " , a IF ,a
fornias big trees. oh. yes answered me cniiu
dipomatisally think It's possible snG ' ,ns a.
that particular state is Republican from end TO enc
and a. far down a. man can dig, tile storyteler sas
il up.
There is a minister in New York City who SAID oncs
that he was not certain that he should ever mako
long prayer again What led him this was the re-
mari, of a very small boy whose mother attends MS
church Since the minister learned Of the remark IT mag
not be unfair 10 tell the story. II was very long
prayer. and when the mother leading her son from
the church after The services the boy SAID I'D hcr:
Mamma, don't YOU think God must get awriy
tired ;" nj, mother looked at him In surprise.
What makes you think so ~ she asked. 81 On, he
works so hard She waited a moment What makes
you think God works hard ~ she asked nnally. IN
lie works hard listening TO so many long prayers
Professor william James who is one OF the cha
members Of the society for Pychcal Research Is cx'
tremely absent minded. A man who studied with h'm
for two years tells th, story I'm the lecture room ~
always knew me and always called me by my name.
but it happened that when going to my course nearly
alwnys met Professor James at the front gate. lie