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Show NERVE ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING. A Soy Who Could Not Bo Frigntenei by Displeased Corpse or a Professor's Trick Dr. McTavish of Edinburgh was something some-thing of a ventriloquist, and it befeU that he wanted a lad to assist in th 6urgery who must necessarily be ol strong nerves. He received several applications, ap-plications, and when telling a lad what the duties were, in order to test hip nerves, he would say, while pointing to a grinning skeleton standing upright is a corner, ' 'Part of your work would be to feed the skeleton there, and while you are hero you may as well try to do a" A few lads would consent to a trial and received a basin of hot gruel and a spoon. While they were pouring the hot mess into the skull the doctor would throw his voice so as to make it appear to proceed from the jaws of the bony customer and gurgle out, "Br-r-r-gr-uh, that's hotl" This was too much, and without exception ex-ception tho lads dropped the basin and bolted. The doctor began to despair of ever getting a suitable helpmate until a small boy came and was given the gruel and spoon. After the first spoonful the skeleton appeared to say, "Gr-r-r-uh-r-br, that's hot!" Shoveling in the scalding gruel as fast aever, the lad rapped the skull and impatiently retorted, "Well, blow it, carn't yer, yer ould bony!" The doctor sat down in his chair and fairly roared, but when he came Jo h engaged the lad on the spot lSIcIod Tit-Bit |