OMAHA ILLUSTRATED .Inly 2 ,
I Eminent Living Englishmen
Archdeacon Farrar.
\Vuro Hov. Theodora W. Farrar , IX D. ,
archdeacon of Westminster. London , au
American , ho would surely bo at tlio front
In tlio controversy now going on .unong . tbo
Episcopalians of tlio United Stalci over tlio
published beliefs of Dr. Hrlggo. It IH cer
tain , also , that tlio archdeacon vMiuld favor
the liberal aldo of tlio dlflciiHSlnn , f r It has
long boon known that ho Is ono of tlio niont
liberal-minded cccloolastlcH In all England ,
Moreover , certain passages In his book on
tbo blblu , published In IS'JT , ate HO llku
tbo utturanceH of Ur. Brlggs that they might
easily ho mistaken for his.
"It IB because I deeply rovorciico tlio
bible , and because I absolutely accept the
Word of God which It contaliiH , " Hays tbo
archdeacon In this book , "that I refuse to bo
guilty of tbo blasphemy of confusing tlio
words of men with tbo Word of ( loil or tbo
InforoncMi of Ignorant teachers with the
messages of Qed , " Further along ho dis
cusses Joshua ( for whom ho thinks the mm
did not stand still ) , of Jonah ( who was
about llrltlsli school life and his rontrlhu-
tlons to the periodical and newspaper press
have been voluminous.
The archdoacon's Btuily Is located within
the precincts of Westminster , overlooking
the abbey's serene enclosure. It Is abun
dantly supplied with such hooka as a scholar ,
worker and preacher like him would natu
rally select. Artistic canvases hang on the
walls and the general effect Is soothing and
roHtful , though no ono can enter the apart
ment without perceiving at once that It in
the workshop of a busy man.
The archdeacon begins his work dally not
later than 8:30 : in the morning and rarely
finishes before 10 at night. Sometimes hu
spends a part of the afternoon at the
Athenaeum club and when Parliament Is In
session , an chaplain to the speaker , ho must
attend the House of Commons regularly , but
most of his work Is done In the study. Ho
Is a great friend of America and believes
In close union ( between England and the
United States. Ho made many personal
friends when visiting this country a fc\v
years ago and Includes a largo number of
DEAN FARRAU IN HIS STUDY.
swallowed by no fish , In hid opinion ) , and
other mlraclctf , the truth of which ho cannot
accept , although described In the bible ,
llut , llko Dr. Urlggs , Archdeacon Fariar
believes In the Incarnation , the resurrection
and the ascension.
Bom In Bombay , the son of an English
missionary to India , Archdeacon Knrrar Is
now C8 and his hair and whiskers are almost
HIIOW white , llut his eye Is still bright ,
his face still shows the Hush of health mid
hlu volco Is titlll linn and full. Hu U a
tremendous 'Worker , fl'ho parishioners of
Westminster are very numerous and It would
bo Impossible for any ono ilo know them
all , ibut the archdeacon can call the majority
by name , and , with several curates to help
him , ho does the lion's share of the parochial
work. To him this work and his sermons
ho preaches two each week are more Im
portant by far than his literary productions ,
but It Is mainly these that have made his
fame world-wide. Besides the book quoted
from above and bin celebrated "Life of
Christ , " "Llfo of St. Paul , " "Etornal Hope , "
etc. , ho has written some delightful volumes
prominent Americans among his acquaint
ances.
Lord Kelvin. ; !
It Is customary among Americans , and
Englishmen , too , for the matter of that , to
glvo atl the credit for the llrst successful
Atlantic cable to Cyrus W. Field , but by
right the credit should bo divided. It Is
true that Field financed the enterprise and
that he furnished the enthusiasm and per
sistence without which Europe and America
could never have been electrically joined
together. Hut the laying of a cable beneath
the ocean between the continents was not
the only essential to the success of Field's
Napoleonic scheme. A way to make the
cable work , a method to Insure Us economi
cal delivery at one end of the words In
trusted to It at the other was as necessary
as the cable Itself , and that was a task
which Flolfd was quite unable to compass.
The man who wrought out this problem ,
deemed absolutely Insoluble by most scien
tists forty years ago , was named William
Thomson. Ho was then , as now , professor of
natural philosophy at the University of
Glasgow , Scotland , and was already making
a name for himself In the scientific world.
In 1858 , when tlio first cable was laid , only
to break a short time afterward , Thom
son had the problem only partially solved ,
but In 18GC , when the second cable was laid ,
the Thomson apparatus for deep sea cabling
was practically perfected. He was
promptly knighted for his achievement by
Queen Victoria , and the whole world has
profited Iniineiiscry therefrom ever since.
In 1S'J2 ho was made a peer of the realm
with the tltlo of Lord Kelvin. Today , at
To , ho stands at the head of the modern
masters of practical science.
Considering his opportunities , the father of
Ixrd Kelvin was quite as extraordinary a
man as the son. Horn of Scottish stock on
a small farm In Ireland , the elder Thorns * n
educated himself and won the professorship
of mathematics at Glasgow. The son was
an unusually precocious lad. Ho entered
the University of Glasgow at 11 , and , after
finishing the course there studied at Cam
bridge. At 18 ho was upsetting the well
grounded theories of the authorities of the
times In physical science. Before ho was
25 ho was recognized as the coming man In
his line , but the world at large knew Tittle
about him till ho was knighted at12. .
Moot of the men who attain scientific
eminence afthat ago forego further hard
study , but the bulk and the greatest of bis
nchlovpinonts have been accomplished sln o
then. Ills friends say that the older Jie
grows the harder ho works. His activity Is
Immense. No practical or scientific prob
lem Is either too largo or too email for bio
attention. A bare list of his patents would
fill a newspaper column. They range from
an Improved water tap to the most intricate
scientific apparatus , and Include , am ng
other things , a contrivance for deep tea
sounding that has made the navigation of
unfamiliar waters twice as safe as before I1
was Invented. For the past few years In-
has devoted lilmself mainly to electricity.
Lord Kelvin was made president of the
Hoyal society of London , the world's most
Important scientific organization , In 1891.
About Noted People.
It Is said that Thomas A. Scott was the
discoverer of both Andrew Carnegie and
the late Frank Thomson. The former was a
telegraph operator In Scott's olllce , showed
himself frugal and industrious and on ccio
or two occasions demonstrated his ability to
meet an emergency. Colonel Scott picked
out Frank Thomson from among the young
engineers In the employ of the Pennsylvania
railroad and put him on a difllcult path ,
which he was able to walk successfully.
Chauncey Depew was recently asked :
"How tbo deuce do you escape indigestion
while attending so many public dinners ? "
The senator replied : "I never drink more
than one kind of wine. I smoke two cigars.
I don't eat sweets and I confine myself to
the plain dishes and cat sparingly of those.
My breakfast Is a boiled egg , aj glass of hot
water , some dry toast and a cup of tea. "
Prof. Axenfeld of 'Perugia ' has discovered
that three-fifths of all men of distinction
are first-born children ; the other two-fifths
are either second or third children , or else
the youngest of very largo families. Among
the first he points out Luther , Dante ,
Raphael , Leonardo da Vlncl , Confucius ,
Heine , Schopenhauer , Goethe , Arlosto , Ma-
boinot , Shelley , Erasmus , Milton , Byron ,
Mollero , Carlyfe , Rossini , Talleyrand and
liulTon ; among the last Loyola and Franklin ,
both thirteenth children ; Schubert , a four
teenth child , and Volta , a seventh child.
The professor thinks this arisen from physi
ological reasons and a law of nature.
Says the Iowa State Huglster : "General
and ox-Governor F. M. Drake la gloriously
maintaining leadership as Iowa's most
generous philanthropist. His addition gift
of $2f > ,000 to Drake university makes the
aggregate of his gifts to universities and
colleges $130,000 , the greater portion of
which hns been given to Drake university.
His dotations In other directions have b ° cn
large , as indicated by the fact that his total
donations to schools , churches and charities
LOUD KELVIN IN HIS LIBRARY.
aggregate $1SG,5I5.-15. Yet ho began life
a po. r Iowa boy and man , and all that ho
has accumulated has come through the
exercise of his own energy and ability. "
Mr. Laboucbere , in a recent number ot
Truth , tells a good story about a legal friend
of his. The person concerned is not
significant , but the episode throws an in
teresting sidelight on British politics "as
she is fabricated. " The lawyer in question ,
although a master in handling judges and
juries , was afraid of the House of Com
mons , to which he had recently been
elected. His continued silence had begun to
excite remark. A matter was coming under
discussion which Involved a good deal of
law. Labouchere said to him : "If you like ,
I will get up and speak against the g.v-
ernment view. You must jeer at me. 1 will
complain of this and suggest that , as you
are an eminent lawyer , you should express
your objections articulately ; then you
having prepared your speech must got up
and crush me. " This was arranged. When
Labouchere laid down the law his friend
laughed. Labouchere looked Indignant and
continued. The friend uttered sarcastic
"Hear , hears ! " At this Labouchere pro
tested , sat down , and Invited his political
opponent to reply. The Invitation was ac
cepted , and the famous editor of Truth
forced himself to look disconsolate over
his own crushing defeat.
Corncob Pipes Are
Popular at Home
and Abroad i
Corncob pipes are still most commonly
iihcd , reports the New York Sun , In the old
familiar form , this being a bowl , straight- -
sided , barrel-shaped , egg-shaped or pcar-
ttiaped , with a straight reed stem thrust
into a hole bored In the side ot It. There
are made nowadays , however , corncob pipes
in many styles , these Including pipes fitted
up in different ways , some , for instance ,
having straight , hard rubber stems in place
of reed stems. There are now made also
corncob pipes In various briar pipe styles ,
these Including pipes in the bulldog shape
with straight stem , ami pipes in various
round-shaped bowls wild the familiar drop
ping stem. There are about twenty varieties
of corncob pipes made in briar patterns ,
with bits of celluloid , horn or rubber , the
end of the stem part of the pipe , into which
the bit is inserted , being in many of these
pipes finished with a ferrule in the regular
briar style. Corncob pipes In briar designs
sell at retail at from 15 cents to 50 cents
apiece.
There are also made some long-stemmed
corncob pipes. An old style long-stemmed
corncob pipe has a bowl of generous propor-
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tl us , made from a section of a largo cob , "
this bawl being fitted with a drop stem two
feet or more In length. A long-stemmed
corncob new within a year or two has n
very deep howl , made of half a cob , this
bowl being fitted with a drop stem a footer
or a foot and a half In length , making a plpo
in Its general outlines something like the
familiar old deep-bowled German pipes. So ,
take it all together , the corncob pipe , sim
ple as it might seem to 'be ' , Is really a pipe
made in a good many varieties.
Corncob pipes are exported to Australia
and South America , to South Africa and
to England and to Continental Europe.
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A HECENT JUNE WEDDING THE BRIDE'S , ATTENDANTS IN THE MOUHISONTl'KEY NUPTIALS. Photo by Hlnehart.