The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-09
PROr. IrNDALL'S EARLY EXPERIENCEs.
His Terrible Toll as n civil Engineer and his
Student Life In 2crmaDy.

From the ran VAT Gdset,c.
Last night, at the Brkbecl Institute, Prof.
Tyndall delivered an address based on the OK
vent some Young Birkheckans from con; slider
ing their fate specially hard or from being
mad to SmG Very steer h wfem t toll You You
that. on quitting the ord nnncc Survey IN 1913.
Week. have often wondered since at tho
amount Of genuine hnnpiness which YOUNG
pire or mug. may extract even from nay like
that. Then came pause. and after II the mad
iron The Ordinances survey. In staTordshire.
more especially in the last. was in the thick
of the fray. 1t wa, time Of terrible toll. The
with the days light. while frequently n the
%se 1mI more ssnseialiy as thS SWiH 9oh OF
sect iOns Of projected lines could b. deposited ut
the Board Of Trade drew near, there was little
OF the ,wcrty-Iour hen.; absorbed in the work
Of preparation. strong men wer" broken down
Many ,pu. he! through. and arc stiii among ~
others retired with Largo fortunes IN, with in
tyl!re,s 20 suffered that instead Of taking
mon a, their Abilities entitled the IN to do thoy
sought rest Tor their brains in the quiet lives Of
In my Own motest sphcrc we'll remember
the Refreshments | OCCASIONALLY derived from
five minutes s!cer on deal table. with Bah,
for pillow ON eert ain 1ny nndGr Fra N1
this particular day was one of agony to mo.
Tho atmosphere seemed tillcd with mocking
DEMONS iG at The amt %: my Fort to
sHapped. and my theodolite vas oyerihrown by
Kind Of msr ae ' taks ho e p ga t OF en It
WAS 50 Ia the present Instance. pushed dog
sediy on, ana j4st at nisn,iaIl, wh i,, barely
planted my last h2nrh- marx on tombstone
tie h vro a M c MarS at the s"a o
was nursed when soon a'terward burst forth
al" II vas tine 81 mad nnrest-of downright
monoman;a. III private residences aud public
tho stables of hotels. among eypsic8. and cos
tcrmongcrs. nothing was spoken OF but the
S proioc,od nes the god fortune o The ossr
or PnE69y Yh9 6y Gn iEIky 2i or r s
Door ioincd In 10 rockies. SAM, During nv
professional connection with railways ] en-
featod ambition; it was not rejected suit; it
it was not the hardship endured in either olilco
Sn the IN ono Of hs Ines n
aiioai. The share list Of the Jay proved the
Ganhsi By the StoeR Ei nee Became es
last SO savage with myself tnatI won't to my
the shares As a accursed thing.
When railway work slackrned i accepted. in
Hamrshire-an ostabllshmemt when ia s,ii
conducted with success; by worthy .prini
had emerged. from some years of hard
labor me i9riunntG p1isseSsHliri OF ' two or
vice. IN No dearest market dnrin,: No rail
way mndnrs. the sun might. without ii-hon1r,
haye b"cm male iargs one bit I"spo",'
ties which existed prior to the limo when Offers
became lavish and temptation strong / I'D
not put my money in II napkin, bat cherished
univnr-,iy. I hah Heard 81 GERMAN ssicn"e.
Will, tmritic' r"fnrcmccst 10 German rhilosorhy
nnd litoratur" 'uusnd mo To regard them rs a
in The nnIumn Of lsis Frankaui nad started
for the land Of universities. ~ Germany is
our ne;" OF study was the town Of Mar
burg. IN ltessc-t 2s-"l. and . very picturesque
hiI'sid9s. and falls as pleasantly toward the
Lain. on II MiH day, when the orchards are in
heavy foliage. Marburg Is truly lovely. Ny
study was warmed by large stove. A. first
ember' but Soon became accu .tomcd to the
obscure hsat; At 9 in, the mornins a smnli
or so dinoi AT n hotel. In those days liyinl:
several cours1s roast and boiled, ana finished
up with sweets ana dosserts. Tho cost
w Teaee per- no dnnep asnaly im aR m H
to one course, using even that in Moderation
was cute rs sinful. and almost a. ruinou4 a
drinking too much. BY attendng 70 such
for sixteen hours a day Ny going to Germany
hid been opposed by some OF ms ir.GGnds fa
no, Unfairly has '' des 5 did not ' Work
a ar mSaG S T'a o G, lay BY
ba @s fen p4 III b All Gb r. END
men. Lot no one, be persuaded hat they we're
not great mon, Tie Alpha aud omrga Of th"ir
eise AMI sTcaiST Strength We're W7Gn rSich Of
tho man who unilinrhing'y enacted M best in
sometimes have Inspired rxhnusjin.: dlsci-
piinos and unr"n! ,@a5,'e h'pe1. .,. T..
Al all evnni1. u ht'd me- II my work. ani in
The IoE@ g2d mornings Of the German winter
Defended nvn IN nfrork lined win cat-kini
mere living and working, derived from pcrfee
| healthLwhirh was s3mnthin- dltiar2ht from
| tratod my chi.i attention u4on mathematics
| physics, and chemistry, PROF. S;e-mGuu CAV,
my d'srco. lis It'll, in English was, 90 GA a
| Screw Suriacc with ,llnc'innd G'nerh;riY 9nc
! faces" resolved that Il | could not, wi,hou
| the slightest ID; ncrrmII.sh tn work from be
ponderins the. subject, became, moro an'
vas Vas banded in to IN" phosophIcai FaeuIt, i
| did not outatna thought that not ny own
,ill the ,Nutqmn OF 1850, | then came TO Eng
Ghn1 hMl s9Hm rItn H5 to GIifma 1ny II
feStiop both in regard T., nature an to man:
Ssnn hS ae mi his m 20 l'ql
Rnnyyssc9l rssearGhgs Of the highest ,mnGrtanee
kinGness, ana formed with. some of them en-
nowned essaS on Tie c9 m WipSn Of n'S En- r.
W M MS n2a, hal n Ts hear m
having cont ractcd hc habit of smoking IN Ger
rived from my litt'c ,paper on "a water jet whsr
! trc noise PRODUCED By the rupture u u aim. be
tween the wet lipS OF smoker T., referred @
clarlng his hellrf that ne CFar4l9ylh!i rofcrrs,
| tho animal ana diurna variation OF tho icrli
n rMd cause 81 The sE1Ee n99h Ike to nG
condition of the OXYGEN " the ntin0s pharr.
| was Interested t. learn from Iiumtollt himscl
G can sa mn i IN I5GI % 3i M g hH
| trsnch c'sny without haylnG II illst IeyIa"! b