Podolia

“ As for the inner life of this Jewish mass of one million souls, it displays the same saddening spectacle of disintegration. The social rottenness of the environment, the poison of the decaying body of Poland, worked its way into Jewish life, and began to undermine its foundations, once so firmly grounded. The communal autonomy, which had been the mainstay of public Jewish life, was unmistakably falling to pieces. In the southwestern region, in Podolia, Volhynia, and Galicia,—the last having been annexed by Austria,—it had been shattered by the great religious split produced by Hasidism. ”

“ The darkest place may be lighted by a sunbeam; so pretty Lea brought light and joy into the noisy inn. It is scarcely necessary to say how devoted her parents and brothers were to her, and how in their awkward way they delighted to do her honor, watching over her and anticipating her slightest wish in the most touching way. Old Gawriel was well-to-do in the world, for his spirit-shop stood in a central place, and no landlord in Podolia understood better than he the art of watering schnapps, and of doubling the chalked score of any one who went upon tick. ”

“ Russia is perishing. She stands on the brink of an abyss. A few more shocks, and she will crash with all her weight into it. The enemy has occupied one-eighth part of her territory. He cannot be bribed by the Utopian phrase: ‘Peace without annexations or indemnities.’ He says frankly that he will not leave our soil. He is stretching forth his greedy grip to lands where no enemy soldier has ever set foot—to the rich lands of Volynia, Podolia and Kiev—i.e., to the whole right bank of our Dnieper.
“And what are we going to do? Will the Russian Army allow this to happen? ”

“ In 1680, greater matters began to be moved. Ever watchful of the Porte, Sobieski knew through his spies that Mahomet was preparing for war with Austria, as soon as the existing truce expired; and he conceived the project of uniting the money of Rome, and the arms of Austria and Venice, with those of Poland; and, by thus distracting the power of Turkey, to regain more easily the much coveted fortress of Kaminiec, and the remnant of Podolia. He had, indeed, sworn solemnly to maintain a treaty, which the Turks religiously observed ”

“ When we consider the poverty of our mountaineers, and their frequent want of occupation, it is the more to be lamented that so easy a source of emolument should lie open to them in vain.” From the Journal of Agriculture we learn that Poland is, perhaps, the greatest honey-producing country in Europe. In the provinces of Podolia, Ukraine and Volhynia in particular, the cultivation of the honey-bee has long formed an object of national importance ”

“ The myxopodia, or ordinary free pseudopodia, which are found in large numbers in all Radiolaria, and constitute their most important peripheral organs, are simple homogeneous exoplasmic threads, which arise from the sarcodictyum or extracalymmar sarcode network, and radiate freely into the water; here they may branch and combine by anastomosis to form a changeable network, but they never contain an axial thread. The axopodia, on the other hand, are differentiated pseudopodia, which consist of a firm radial thread, and a soft covering of exoplasm ”

“ The Matrix, placed between the calymma and central capsule, in the majority of the Acantharia is a rather thin layer of granular exoplasm.
The Pseudopodia arising from it are not so numerous as in the Spumellaria, and not so equally disposed over the whole surface. Also their tendency to ramify, anastomose, and form networks seems to be much less developed. Commonly they are simple or little ramified. In many cases (and perhaps everywhere) there may be distinguished two different kinds of pseudopodia:— (1) Axopodia, or permanent pseudopodia (with axial filaments?) ”

“ Podmore rises unresistingly, and they stagger up-stairs to his apartment on the third floor. The dog follows them. A candle is alight in the wash-bowl, and Pollypod is in bed, asleep. The dog, satisfied that a safe haven is reached, leaps upon the bed, and after licking Pollypod's face, curls itself at the foot of the bed, following its master's movements now with lazily-watchful eyes. Mr. Podmore clings to the old man, who assists him on to the bed, and determines to wait until the tired-out man is asleep. ”

“ Enter Mr. James Podbury, age twenty-six; in a City Office; short, fresh-coloured, jaunty; close-cut dark hair. Not having been to the City to-day, he is wearing light tweeds, and brown boots.
Yes, Sir
Podbury (to himself) . Just nicked it— (looks at clock) —more or less. And he doesn't seem to have turned up yet. Wonder how we shall hit it off together. Hughie Rose said he was a capital good chap—when you [4] once got over his manner. Anyhow, it's a great tip to go abroad with a fellow who knows the ropes. (Suddenly sees Culchard absorbed in his note-book.) So here you are, eh? ”

“ By this name we designate a peculiar inflammation of the pododerm at the toe. It arises suddenly in well-nourished and apparently healthy horses, following excessive work or long-continued rest in the stable, and frequently leads to a decided change of form of the hoof.
The disease is always accompanied with intense pain. It most often affects both front feet, more rarely all four feet, or only one foot. In the first case the two front feet are planted far in advance of the body, and the hind feet well forward under the belly. ”

“ His nose was a pure specimen of a pug, and his short scrubby hair was of a colour sufficiently pronounced to earn him the nickname of "Carotty Pod" from sundry irreverent small boys of his acquaintance. His nose and his hair notwithstanding, Pod was a keen, bright-looking lad, with an air of shrewdness and decision about him by no means common in one of his age.
"Awfully dry reading--the Times," muttered Pod, tossing the paper on Mr. Kelvin's desk. "Only one suicide, and not a single murder in it. It's not worth buying. ”

“ Even in the deep woods they could see that the light was growing very strong. The sun would be up, now, any time. At a little brook running beneath the road, they paused for a drink and a wash, which served the double purpose of refreshing them and removing Pod's anilin rash.
"Quick convalescence, eh?" smiled Ben, as they once more set forward and turned into a cross-road leading over the hills to Rawlins.
"Surest thing you know!" assented Pod. "Nobody could stay sick long, with your patent get-there line o' remedies." ”

“ When one pedalium was cut the others contracted, while stroking the outer edge of the pedalia, touching the sensory clubs, or sharply pricking the subumbrella, often produced the same result. (See also Nerve.) The upper part of the subumbrella seemed not so sensitive and more seldom produced the reflex of the pedalia, while the base of the stomach did not give it at all. Stroking the outer edge of the pedalia of Tripedalia cystophora, the second of the two species of Cubomedusæ described by Conant, also caused the pedalia to be contracted inwards. ”

“ Now whether it was that the immoderate satisfaction I indulged in, at enjoying even a few hours of quiet, was an excess capable of bringing on a paroxysm of gout,—whether it was the unwholesome night-air of the Schuylkill, so famous for its agues and bilious fevers, or whether indeed it was not the lie I had invented, which was punished upon me in the reality of the affliction I had assumed,—it is certain that I woke up the next morning in quite a feverish condition, and with all the symptoms of returning podagra, though I did not immediately suspect it. ”

“ I may note here that the muscle fibers under the ectoderm of the pedalia are specially well developed at and near the inner and outer edges, both in Charybdea and Tripedalia. On the flattened sides of the pedalia the muscle fibers are fewer.
When the pedalia were cut off far enough up to remove the interradial ganglia, coördination was not affected and the animal [13] could pulsate well enough but with little progress. (See above under Velarium and Frenula.)
An isolated tentacle is capable of squirming contractions, and when stimulated at either end, it would contract wholly or in part only. ”

“ You cured me of years of suspicion, and I consented to hear again. The world grew candid to me; its sounds were melodious, its silence was sincere. It is you who are deaf. You cannot hear my heart."
"I hear no other's, at least," said Podge. "Tell me the story of your strange deceit."
They drew chairs upon the lawn. Podge took off [Pg 271] her bonnet and looked very delicate as her color rose and faded alternately in the emotions of one wooed in earnest and uncertain of her fate.
"I have not come by money without hard labor," said the hale and handsome man. ”

“ As Podge Byerly walked up the worn stone walk of the lawn she saw a familiar image at the door—her mother.
"You here, mother?" said Podge. "What is the meaning of it?"
"This is my house, my darling. There is our friend who gave it to us. You will need to teach no more. The mill and a little farm surrounding us will make us independent."
Podge turned to Duff Salter.
"How kind of you!" she said. "Yet it frightens me the more. These surprises, tender as they are, excite me. Everything about you is mysterious. You are not even deaf as you were. ”

“ Polypode, pol′i-pōd, n. an animal with many feet. [Gr. polypous—polys, many, pous, podos, a foot.]
Polypodium, pol-i-pō′di-um, n. a genus of ferns with spore-cases on the back of the frond, distinct, ring-shaped, in roundish sori, destitute of indusium.—n. Pol′ypody, a fern of the genus Polypodium, having the seed-clusters round, and on each side of the midrib. [Gr. polys, many, pous, a foot.]
Polyporous, pō-lip′ō-rus, adj. having many pores.
Polyporus, pō-lip′or-us, n. a large genus of pore-bearing fungus, which grows on trees, from which amadou is prepared. ”

“ Podbury becomes restless, and picks his way among the campstools to Culchard and Miss Trotter.
Podbury (to himself) . Time I had a look in, I think. (Aloud.) Well, Miss Trotter, what do you think of the Rhine, as far as you've got?
Miss T. Well, I guess it's navigable, as far as I've got.
Podb. No, but I mean to say—does it come up to the mark in the scenery line, you know?
Miss T. I cannt answer that till I know whereabouts it is they mark the scenery-line. I expect Mr. Culchard knows. He knows pretty well everything. Would you like to have him explain the scenery to you going along? ”

“ Podmore, upon whose ears the old man's gentle voice falls so soothingly that the soft sleep-murmurs take more complete possession of him; he sways forward in his chair, and is on the point of falling to the ground on his face, when he recovers himself by a sudden convulsive movement. ”

“ The pseudopodia, arising in a large bunch from the porochora of the capsule, and running along the branches of the radial spines, seem to be always numerous, richly branched, and with a strong tendency to form anastomoses. The peculiar form of their network is often exactly preserved in the conformation of the skeleton, produced by them. The peculiarities of this network require further accurate observations, as does the whole organisation of the Plectoidea. ”

“ Water-Vascular System.—In Synaptida the radial canals are totally absent in the adult, and the only podia are the feelers, which spring directly from the ring-canal. The radial canals are present in Pelagothuria, but the feelers are still the only podia; in the Molpadiida there are only five small terminal tentacles round the anus in addition to the feelers. In the Elasipoda all the podia have pointed ends, but the dorsal podia {569}are few, long, and stiff, and often coalescent in places to form grotesque or remarkable appendages. ”

“ Podger is first of all the obsequious and humble servant of the house governor, the resident staff, and the doctors attached to the charity. To these she is a very dragon of virtue and propriety. To them she protests against all larks on the part of the young students, and is never seen to smile at them in their presence. The hospital and the good of the patients is her sole love and desire. Not Jerusalem was holier to the Jew than St. Bernard’s to Mrs. ”

“ Roh mit den Häusern aufgelegt trocknen sie Wassersuchtsschwellungen und fallen nicht eher ab, als bis alle Feuchtigkeit aufgesogen ist. Weiter lindern sie Entzündungen bei Podagra und ziehen Splitter aus, wenn sie in gleicher Weise aufgelegt werden; fein zerrieben in Zäpfchen angewandt befördern sie die Menstruation. Ihr Fleisch, fein gerieben und mit Myrrhe und Weihrauch umgeschlagen, verklebt die Wunden, besonders der Sehnen, und mit Essig verrührt, stellt es das Nasenbluten. Das lebende Fleisch, besonders das der libyschen Art, gegessen stillt die Schmerzempfindungen des Magens ”

“ Polly sat beside the fat woman at one of the little green tables at the back of the Potwell Inn, and struggled with the mystery of life. It was one of those evenings, serenely luminous, amply and atmospherically still, when the river bend was at its best. A swan floated against the dark green masses of the further bank, the stream flowed broad and shining to its destiny, with scarce a ripple—except where the reeds came out from the headland—the three poplars rose clear and harmonious against a sky of green and yellow. ”

“ Yet within the last two or three years we have witnessed the spectacle of more than one medical man, of some repute in this island, laughing to scorn all the researches of Charcot and Bernheim, just as their prototypes a generation or two ago ignored the results of Cuvier and Agassiz, and held it an insult to the Creator to accept the scientific explanation of coprolites. ”