The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-03

advised him to hold match close to 1t
| after opening the skull, which was not
TO be detached from the body. and there
fore could not be taken close to a light.
The young man carefully sawed the
skull open. and when ready to examine
the tissues, SO leisurely drew match
from his vest pocket that the conspira-
tors thought his initiation was going to
De success. When he touched the light
| ed match to the brainy matter, however
and it ignited, his teeth began to chatter
One look at the curling blue flames which
arose and he started out of the place. He
also sent in his resignation
Whlle the cases mentioned above are
some of those which have caused young
men to abandon their studies, there were
many of the "iniations" which resulted
IN the addition of many ''worshipful
brothers to the order. For instance,
the nerve of young German lad was
round to be iron-like.f He was a short,
stocky fellow, generally called Karl, be-
cause of the difficulty in pronouncing his
family name. Karl became popular with
the boys before they had an opportunity
10 put him through the mill, but he had
to receive an initiation
| "A single gas jet burned over the table
on which Karl was at work on this oc-
| casion. He seemed to mind neither the
darkness nor the cadaverous company,
! however and worked industriously on
his subject, tracing the course of this
or tnat artery, laying bare the delicate
nerve structures and exposing the mus
cles. Except in the vicinity Of the par
tlcular table where he worked, the big
room was In deep shadow, each of the
many tables being covered with a black
ollcloth to hide from view the CHASTITY re-
| mains of unfortunate humanity beneath
After working some little while Earls
knife became dulled, and he picked up
a small hone to give greater keenness to
It's edge. AS he deity drew the bright
blade back and forth over the stone he
distinctly heard slight noise in the
direction OF the entrance door, according
TO his own story, and without stopping
his honing raised his eyes.
Directly in line with his vision was
row of shrouded ia les, and, as he looked
the dead ones beneath seemed to throw
| aside their coverings. His blood nearly
| frQze in his veins when each one of the
inanimate bodies raised it's CHASTITY
grinning head and wagged it from side
| 70 side, as though in hooking derision
| Karl did not know that students arm
beneath the cover Of each body was &C.
| countable for this.
The knife he had been honing, drop
| ped from his nerveless fingers and fell
gathering upon the floor. A cold SILVER
| convulsed him at the horrible sight
Then as suddenly he recovered his nerve
| and, with feeble smile at being thus af
frighted, picked up his knife and walked
| boldly over to the first table. Throwing
back the cloth with hand that was as
| steady as piece of granite, he brought
| to view a confused mass of shredded
| flesh and bare bones, for the subject was
| an old one, and even the head had been
severed from the trunk. Had he looked
| carefully down beside the table he would
| have observed the student assigned to
operate this particular cadaver hidden
in the darkness
Il must be nervous" Karl thought
| and. walking down the line, examined in
conspirators kneelng round the corners
| of the tables Satisfied that for once his
| senses had deceived him, Karl returned
to his work. From time to time as he
applied his knife and forceps he glanced
| down the line of tables, but there was nd
recurrence of the startling phenomena.
With a sort of forced gaiety the strong,
healthy German lad began to whistle
softly quaint air of the Fatherland.
| Presently Karls knife became dun
again and he picked up the hone to sharp
| en- it, LDvoluntarily, as he flashed the
blade to and fro across the stone, he
| again raised his eyes toward the door.
Horrors! Again the white heads Of the
dead ones came out from under the COW
'ers, and as before. solemnly wagged from
| side to side. This time Karl was thor
oughly frightened, and with a gasping
cry he leaped from the table and ran to-
ward the door, knife in hand.
! AS he ran he cast apprehensive
glances over his trembling shoulders at
the dead ones, but the heads had dis
appeared For time he stood in rev
erie. Could it be imagination, or did
those skulls really mock him? He de-
| cided to give the matter scientific con-
sideration. commencing by mentally ex-
amining his physical condition. After
| much reasoning he came to the conclu-
sion that he was overworked and that
| this had affected his nerves and occa-
stoned the awful illusions. Just then an
ominous groan, however, started him
again for the door. Reaching there, he
gave the knob a quick turn, but to add
to his fright, he found the door immov-
| able Karl was locked in; there was no
| escape!
| AS he realized this fact he was tempted
| to shrek aloud. but crouched down with
the knife tightly grasped in his nerveless
fingers. For ten minutes his eyes never
wandered from the line Of tables on
which lay the dead ones. Nothing occur
red, however, and there was no outward
sound save the rapid beating of his own
| frightened heart.
AS the minutes passed his courage be-
! gan to return, and he again tried to ex-
plain to his satisfaction the scientific
cause of the CHASTITY phenomena. He
found it difficult to think collectively for
| awhile. His brain was in such a whirl
| tIl6t lie StdTleU at every SOunQ, tearing
lest the dead ones were about to repeat
their horrible performance. But finally
he succeeded in satisfying himself with
scientific explanation, and to the delight
| of his tormentors returned to work.
| Several times thereafter, when he
| glanced down the line OF tables on which
lay the shrouded dead ones. there was a
recurrence of the phenomena which had
SO frightened him; bit when the CHASTITY,
grinning heads wagged as before the
sight did not even provoke a tremor in
! the students SOUL The German lad con-
| tinued to work attentively and the con-
| spirators were forced to come out of
their hiding places and reveal themselves,
as the hour grew late before Karl made
any signs of stopping. They welcomed
him as brother and explained the
| working of his initiation. which amused
Karl immensely. The door was then un-
| locked and soon after all left the room
| together considering the prospect of the
| next victim.
| But these frolics can no longer be car,
| ried on at the College OF Physicians and
| Surgeons, and here closes the record of
a much needed reform, not in political
circles either.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
| A FRENCH SECRET.
The French process proposed a short
time since. and already successfully ap-
Piled for cOlOring iron and steel daod