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scientific world. In 1858. when the first
cable was laid, only to break a short time
afterward Thomson had the problem
only partially solved but in 1866. when the
second cable was laid. the Thomson ap-.
paratus for deep sea cabling was .practi-'
cally perfected. He was promptly knlgnt-
ed for his achievement by queen lcto{la,
and the whole: world has profited i'm
mensely therefrom ever since. In 1892 he
was made q peer of the realm with. the
title of Lord Kelvin. To-day, at %, he
stands at the head Of the modern masters
of practical science.
Considering his opportunities. the father
of LORD Kelvin. was quite as extraordinary
a man as the sQp. Born of Scottish stock
on a small farm in Ireland, the elder
Thomson educated himself and won the
professorship OF mathematics at Glasgow.
The soR was an unusually. precocious lad.
He entered the University of Glasgow at
H. and after finishing the course
there studied at Cambridge. = At
IS he was upsetting the we'll.
grounded theories of the authori-
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teachers with the messages of Cod
Further along he discusses Joshua Cor
stnD. Of Jonah (whO was swallowed by
no ash, in his opiniOn), and other miracles
the truth Of winch he cannot accept. al
though described in the Bible. But, like
DR.. Briggs. Archdeacon Farrar believes
in the incarnation, the resurrection and
the ascension.
Born in Bombay, the son of an English
missionary TO India, Archdeacon Farrar
is now 6S and his hair and whiskers are
almost snow white But his eye is still
bright, his face still shows the flush of
health and his voice is stin firm and full.
He is a tremendous worker. The parish
toner's of Westminster are very numer-
Gus, and it would be impossible for any
one to know them all but the archdeacon
can caT the majority by name. and, with
several curates TO help him, he does the
lions share OF the parochial work. To
nreaches two each week-are mora i'm
portant by far than his literary produc-
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a Hard Bat.
tie pQai0St
Fiero2 Ele-
meDts aDd a
Clos 9 all
From DaVy
jones' lock-
or Be7QatIb

"You bet;'' broke in the veteran A. S.
IoWndes. WHO has been at sea and. seen
strange things by water and by land.
II have heard of men in these Internal.
dynamite-la laden ships throwing them.
selves upon the deck and praying for:
death bv drowning or any other way
rather than be blown up in little pieces.
In my experiences 1 have found tnat
Jack has a Horror of being mutilated,
He would prefer being killed in a decent
sort Of way. i have been . told that
when the full hideousness of their Situ-:
alton has burst upon a crew the men.
have been paralyZed with fear.
Imagine the horror, the danger of 1t. 9.
1t is enough to- make mans blood
ruin cold even as he sits here thinking
about it
but. broke in Captain johnson, mo
one ever heard of a ship laden with
dynamite actually blowing up of
course, vessels laden with explosives
have been lost. that Will not deny, but.
I have never known of. vessel being.
destroyed by such an explosion. i
feel as safe in a vessel laden that way
as ] would in any other. '"'
No. . Captain Nickerson was: not.
afraid At least he, is not the kind OF.
man who would be afraid -
Not he" said another. Both he
and Mate TellisOn are morally certain.
through their religion, that they are
safe from all danger" and that. their
ultimate fate is to die quietly in bed.
"A most comforting theory added
another II only wish, upon going 10
sea. that 1 could have similar conf,
dence. But, bless you, with few tons
of dynamite under my feet, lightning
above and about me. and a regular
Fourth of July celebration going on,
I hardly think 1 could feel confident OF
a quiet funeral at home.
"Good-by, Johnson; I'd much rather
you'd. be on board in such an event
than myself. You can have all that
kind of a safe voyage you want, but
none in mine. thank you"
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ties of the times in physical science. Be
fore he was % he was recognized as the
coming man in his line. but the world at
large knew little about him till he was
knighted, at AZ.
Most of the men who. attain scientific
eminence at that age fOrego further hard
study but the bulk and the greatest of his
achievements have been accomplished.
SINCE then. His friends say that the older
ity is immense. No practical or SCIENTIFIC:
problem is either too large or too small,
for his attention. \ bare list of. his pat
range from an improved water tap to.the.
most intricate. scientific APPARATUS ard I'M.
clude, among other things. d .contrivance
for deep sea sounding that has made the:
navigation of unfamiliar waters twice as .
safe as before it was invented For the:
past few years he has devoted himself
mainly TO electricity. -. =.
Lord Kelvin was made president of the:
Royal Society Of London, the worlds s most
important scientific Organization, in 1891: :
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TT is customary among Americans. and
Englshmen too for the matter Of
that. to give all the credit for the first
/ successful Atlantic cable to Cyrus w.
l Field but by right the credit should
be divided. 1T is true that Field I'm
anced the enterprise and that he furnished
which Europe and America could never
have been electrically Joined together. But
between the continents was not the only
essential TO the success Of Fields NapO-
leonic scheme A way to make the cable
work, 2 method to insure its economical
delivery at one end of the words intrusted
70 il at the other. was as necessary as the
cable itself, and that was task which
Field was quite unable to compass
The man who wrought out this prob
lem. deemed absolutely insolubTe by most
scientists forty years ago, was named
William Thomson. lie was then, as now
professor of natural philosophy at the
University of Glasgow. Scotland. and was
already making name for himself in the
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

In France and in Germany school chill
dren get a regular course of instruction
as to the correct attitude to be adopted
in sitting. and in those countries sto
mach troubles are far less prevalent than
in countries where no precautions are
taken to teach children to sit without re-
laxing themselves.
A relaxed position in sitting. it is said.
causes the stomach to be crowded out of
position. After q time the displacement
becomes chronic. When the stomach is
prolapsed the food cannot readily find its
way out of it, and being retained there
longer than it should be, undergoes fer
mentation, and putrefaction processes are
set up whereby the system is not only
robbed of the nutrient elements neces-
sary for the proper nourishment of the
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Thus, if you are five feet high, the chair
seat should be fifteen inches. =: =.
Tie width of the seat should exactly
equal its height and it should. slope.
backward three-quarters of an inch to: the
foot. The back should be "a tTif1e higher
than the seat and slopcd- slightly, but.not
too much
Finally, your desk should be two-thtrds
The relation of the PERSON. to the. seat
should be such that while the hips and
shoulders touch the back of the seat; fiTp
other portions of the back: rem;iin clear.
The center Of the back .canhot touch tho.
back Of the seat without relaxation. of TIE
muscles and resulting tatness of the
chest. and perhaPs the stomach, provided.
of course the seat back. has a backward
CurVa ture.
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~ HE schooner ". s. Phelps, laden
: with dynamite; had a trip down
to. Champerica which for hazard
- = has rarely been equaled. 1t is
the. seasoM for. electrical storms
of the MEXICAN and Central American
shores, and iii one of these the Phelps
had the Ill luck. TO become the center
Of attraction.
The hghtning. played about the rig
ging. ran along; the. bulwarks, and
threw broad Shafts of glittering lights
upon the decks. :. Then it shone a spiral
column of dazzling brilliance along
mast, arDn II: Illuminated the houses
and was =agaiR playing along the spars.
Sometimes the vessel appeared as if
she were. rnasted and spared by cleo
tric bars. and her hulk radiant prism.
The play of.Ijghtning was continuous
and blinaIng, .th@ storm so violent and
the seas. so heavy that Captain S. W.
Nickersan expected tie Phelps would
add her name: to the already large list
Of persisted al: sea.
: II. was indeed a perilous. position.
The TeyefSoerating thunder ciashed furi-
ously as if all the. artillery in . the
world had been brought into action;
while the fOrked lightning flashed its
.snaky tongue at thellittle ship as in
play. befcre-'the fangs should strike
and. all this time, peacefully resting be-
meath: deck, lay the ships cargo, tons
and tons of dynamite.
= The. Phelps shUddered and strained as
each sea broke over her, and the shocks
she. sustained seemed at any moment
sufficient. TO explode the deadly freight.
. And if there had been an explosion.
The. -heaXens. artillery would have been
put; To. shame by the conclusion. while
of. the poor; little Phelps nothing would
have remained. not so much as the
splinter Of a spar could have been
found to tell the horrible tale
Was Captain s. ". Nickerson afraid?
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: French officials in Algeria have Just I'M
earthed a most daring band of forgers.
we are. told that the band is composed of
skiuful forgers of all countries, that its
.headquarters are at Oran, and that it has
put in circulation forged money amount
ing to &C, 900 900 francs. The band consists
of a: hundred. members. fifteen of whom
are now in prison. Besides. the regular
members there were several persons on
fhe pay roll whose duty it was to cir
culate the forged money in the principal
cities OF Europe.
Only SILVER money was made, and only
tools of the; finest quality were used.
MoreoYer, it is said that The forged pieces
: of money: contained exactly the same
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.

blood and repair of the tissues, but.
through the conversion of the food into
ptomaines and other poisonous sub
stances, the whole body is contemplated.
On these grounds physicians who teach
physical culture assert that it is not the
ice water that we drink nor the soda
water, nor the amount of smoking that
men folk indulge in. that causes us to be
q natien of dyspeptics. but the bad pos
The height of the chair you sit in while
writing and that Of the desk you write
at are matters of the greatest Importance
The seat of the chair should be exactly
one-quarter of your height from the floor.
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All RMRZING FORGERY.

amount Of silver as the money cast at the
Treasury in Paris. Yet it is estimated
that the forgers realized q profit Of 50
per cent on every coin which they placed
IN circulation. a French expert says on
this subject:
Ninety eight out OF every hundred
silver money for the reason that only the
most skilled expert can hope to forge
gold money successfully. Forgers of sill
yer money take a coin, say five-fralc
piece, and make perfect mould Of it,
and into this mould after ii is dry, they
pour an alloy, which has as much as pos
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vessel which on reaching here was
sold for the Alaskan trade.
Captain William Johnson, owner OF
the ". :. Phelps, was asked whether
there was not great danger in naVi-
eating craft laden with dynamite.
Why. no." said he. L think there is
none:" and he laughed lightly.
Have you ever been in dynamite
laden vessel during en- electrical
storm ?"
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Was Mate Martin Tellison afraid?
Not from the captains letter. which
has come from Champerico; he, in blunt
sailorltke fashion, tells of the furious
storms passed through, but makes no
mention OF fear either upon his own
part or that of his brave crew.
Both Captain 5. w. Nickerson and
First Mate Tellison are Eastern men.
They came out here in the schooner
Mildred f, a stanch and stout little
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'Oh, yes; often
Here was a bold navigator, who
with tons of dynamite under his feet
and lightning playing among the
shrouds never feared that at any
moment his silent cargo might blow
him into eternity.
you see" continued the captain,
conscious of his listeners surprised in
terest, dynamite always attracts
lightning, and during this time of the
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year there are so many electrical
storms raging along the southern coast
that a ship is sure to run into them.
Does a dynamite-laden ship attract
lightning"
Yes. Strange as it may seem. nitro
glycerine seems to possess that quality
to a marked degree. 1 have been sail
ing in those seas with the lightning
playing tag about the vessel for days
at a time. 1t seemed as if we should
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never be free from It, But what made
it dangerous in the case of the Phelps
was that a heavy sea was running, and
the jarring might have started the dy-
Mantle; and then, my. what blow
upi"
Captain, did you not feel afraid
when you were in a similar positiOn?''
NO I did not" replied Captain John
son. But 1 tell you there were others
that were
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A decidedly original sentence was given
by Y Western Judge in the United States
A man who did not know how to read
and write was sentenced for minor Of
feuse TO be imprisoned until he learned
The next prisoner could do both and he
was sentenced 10 stay in jail until he
had taught his predecessor in the dock
After three weeks they were discharged
both having fulfilled their task to the
satisfaction Of the Judge.
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TEE ERE Rev Theodore X. Farrar,
Nh ED.D D.. -archdeacon Of Westminster.
" u London. an American. he would
= = =" =" surely be at the front Of the con-
trOversy now going on among the Epis-
-copalians OF the United States over the
published beliefs of DR.. Briggs. II IS
cersainF :also, that the archdeacon would
favor. the. liberal Sue of fhe discussion.
foE:ii has dong. been known that he is one
f:-..the ost. liberal minded ecclesiastics
in ALI. England: Moreover. certain pas
sages: in: his book oh"the Bible, published
iri*l sg1: are. so like the utterances Of DR..
Briggs: that they. might easily be mis-
taken, for his. g:
:::..zIt: : is. because deeply reverence. the
Billie; and bec~~se I. absolutely accept
the. word. Of God which It contains" says
the arehdeacon in this book that ! re.
fuse: to. be. guilty Of the blasphemy Of
confusing the words of men with the
v-ord< of.(Iod. or the infererces Of ignorant
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Speaker. he must attend the House of
Commons regularly, but most of his work
IS done in the study. He is a great friend
Of America, and believes in close union
between England and the United. States.
He made many personal friends when Wis
iting this country, a few years ago, and
includes a large number of prominent
Americans among his acQuaintances.
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Visitor-Harry said good thing las
night.
Marie-What was it?
Visitor-He said he had to go early.
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REV THEODORE W. FARRAR, Archdeucon Of Westminster

sfbIe the appearance and the density Of
silver This alloy is composed of COM
mon metals, like tin and zinc, though real
silver is sometimes used.
4 French journal, commenting on the
present case. says: In old days forgcrs
were punished with death. To-day the
penalty prescribed for this crime is rela-
lively light. Doubtless this is the reason
why the forgers of the present day are
so daring and why this crime IS so much
more common now than it was some
wears ago.
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TH he schooner. VI. s. Phelps, laden
with dynamite; had a trip down
to. Champeric2 which for hazard
= =. has rarelE been enualed. L is
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
MANY GOOD SPEECHES.

Boston, Oct pa number of inter-
esting addresses marked the second
days convention of the International
Metaphysical league. President Charles
Brodiel Patterson of New York presid-
ed and introduced DIR. Lewis James of
Cambridge, Mass, as the first speaker
of the morning session. DR.. James read
a paper on the Value of social ideals
and was followed by Mrs. C. Josephine
Barton of Kansas City, Mo-, whose
subject was "The power invisible
Rev. Scion Lauen of San Diego, Cal,
then gave very original address on
the topic After Christianity what?"
Mr.. Lauer's speech was received with
warm applause, as was also the one
which followed, entitled Mental treat
ments for the body polite" The speak
er was Mr.. Bolton Hall of New York.
The principal address at the after
noon session was by Miss Anita Tru-
man of New Haven on Work among
school teachers" This was followed by
a series of short speeches on interest
ing subjects.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
NEW MUG HUNTER.
Said Eustace Jameson, NJ.
P, is After Yacht
ing Honors.

New York, Oct. 25.-The Evening Pest
says: There is a strong probability
that the next challenger for the Arneri-
cas- cup will be Major Eustace jane
son, M. P. He is a warm friend Of Sir
Thomas Upton and witnessed the races
between the Shamrock and Columbia.
Should Major jameson challenge, he
will have the Shamrock for trial
horse. The jameson boat will pronab-
ly be built from Watson design, and,
it is said. in Belfast
"Ex-Lord Mayor Pirrie head of the
firm of Harland & Wolff, is quite will
ing now to undertake the work. The
name, even, of the new boat has been
designated, and some friends of both
the mayor and Sir Thomas Upton were
in favor Of having it called Shamrock II.
The more favored name was Hiberpia
Major Jameson might challenge
through the Kingstown Royal Yacht
Club, but will probably send it, if at
all, through either the Royal Ulster or
the Royal Corks."
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
THE sHERwooDs' FIRST.
The Newly Organized Team Win Bowl
at Westboro Tonight.

The newly organized Sherwood can
die pin bowling team win open its sea-
son this evening at Westboro in a
match game with the crack bowling
team of that town. The makeup Of
the team has not been fully determin-
ed upon. Those already chosen are P.
H. Mccain, manager of the alleys,
Doran, who bowled on the Sherwood
team for several seasons and is now
member of the Vernons' team, Wray
and Foley, who have also bOWled with
the team. The team had Gendron of
the Babies as fifth man, but he will
doubtless roll with the Babies when
George Hilbert reorganizes that team
as he intends doing in few days.
Captain p. II. Mccain Of the Sher-
woods has suggested to proprietors Of
other alleys in the city plan of or
ganizing a candlepin league on lines
similar to that of two years ago. The
plan meets with favor at some of the
alleys, and will doubtless be adopted.
The bowlers are awaiting the arrival
of colder weather, however
This evening the Casinos and In
fants roll the third of their series OF
four games at Whites alleys. The In
fants hold a lead in total pins of both
matches rolled of AZ pins. The match
was to have been rolled last week, but
the Casinos were somewhat disorgan-
lied owing to the absence of Billy Orr
from the Casino alleys. He has since
returned and will captain the Casino
team as he did in all the matches it
has rolled this season.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
TECH DIsoRGANlzED.
Many Regulars Out of the Game and
Substitutes Are Playing

Many Regulars Out of the Game and
Substitutes Are Playing
Coach John Fl. Putnam's term of SER
vice at Tech ends Saturday, and it is
not likely that he will be re-engaged
Through numberless mishaps, the Tech
team has faded into an eleven made
up of more substitutes than regulars,
and after the game with M. 1. T., Sat
urday, football interest will drop way
below par. There are two games
scheduled with Amherst Aggies, one in
this city and the other at Amherst.
The students will probably prepare the
team for these games without the aid
of a coach.
1t is probable that Putnam will be-
gin work as coach at Gushing academy,
Monday. He was formerly a student
there, before entering Dartmouth The
students have risen in an appeal for
his services to coach the football team
for its biggest game of the year, with
SaXton River academy Nov. II.
Tech practice yesterday wasn't intox-
icating to the spectator There was
barely enough spirit in the crippled first
team to withstand the rushes of the
second eleven, which contained seven
men. WOOD, With water on the knee,
will play no more this year. and Capt,
Walsh will be in his position at end.
Simpsons studies will keep him out of
the game for the remainder of the sea-
son. In yesterdays practice, Perkins,
the regular centre, had a hard tussle
with himself in punching his avordu-
pois for rushes through the second
teams line. He was slow in all de-
partments of the game, and Coach Put
nam paid particular attention to keep
ing him awake often enough to snap
the ball back
Frank Walsh did not appear for
practice and Capt. Loft Of the second
eleven was in his place. Loft was paired
up with Willis, who played in Capt.
Walsh's place at left half, Parsons, the
freshman halfback from Pittsfield high
school, was the star of the second
eleven. Parsons specially was blocking
punts, and four times he was the tar
get when the first eleven backs made
attempts to boot the ball.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
FLAHERTY VS.. SWEENEY.
The Match at New Haven viii Probably
Be Fought About Thanksgiving.

Joe Flaherty received notice yester-
day from the management Of the new
athletic club of New Haven that the
date of his match with Patsy Sweeney
will be about Thanksgiving day. The
articles have been drawn up and sent
to Sweeney for his signature, Flaherty
has already expressed his Willingness,
but has not signed the articles. He does
not expect to receive them until after
Sweeney has signed them. They will
call for 20 rounds at 1873 or 1876 pounds
at o'clock the day of the fight. Flaher-
ty gives Sweeney the choice Of weight
as he has learned recently the latter has
grown heavier since last winter.
As soon as the athletic tournament in
Father Mathew hall, tomorrow even
ing, is wound up, Flaherty will begin
preparations for his match with jim
Popp, which is scheduled for Buffalo,
Nov IT. Popp is lightweight champion
of Canada They will meet at 1873 pounds
and will go 20 rounds for a decision,
Flaherty win probably train at Buffalo
as that is the desire of the club which
has made the match. He will be handled
by Dan Murphy of Waterbury, Conn,
who recently fought draw with Aus
tralian Jimmy Ryan. Flaherty was
booked to train Murphy for the match
but could not owing to Illness of a
member of his family which called him
home to Lowell, so that he did not re-
eeive Murphys letter.
Murphy win be one of the contestants
at Flaherty's exhibition in Father
Mathew hall tomorrow evening. All ar
rangements for the tournament have
been completed There has been no
change in the program since it was
printed in The Spy several days ago.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
FAST FOOTBALL.
Cunha Surprises All BY His Won
derfuI Place Kicking.


New Haven, Conn, Oct. 25.-Faster
and better nractica foot bau than y,as
,,,a..s p 60 ~ D''ii Ili"H "''9
pi"yeo tIlls AFTERNOON on the yale root
pail field has not been seen here this
season. The work was snannv o,,iclx
ard COOS ~ tt1'
N SUI al enlnss CONSIDERED. a oe-
cloed feature was made of the kick
ing. both punting and drop kicking.
Two twenty minute halves were played
between the varsity and the strongest
college side that could be got together
Cunha, who was taken OUT at the end
of the first half and tried at place kick
ing, surprised himself and everybody
else by twice sending the ball over the
bar from the As yard line. This with
McBrides and Dupee's punting made
the day an interesting one from a new
point Of view.
Hall, one of the backs on the college
side distinguished himself TODAY nv
breaking through the varsity Side in