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Secretary Denby and all high naval officers, 72 Congressmen, and newspapermen from all over the country, are aboard the transport Henderson on their way to southern waters...
...comes the news of a drum of steel cable aboard an Atlantic freighter, that shook loose in a storm, crashed into the forecastle, plunged back and forth as the ship tossed on heavy seas, killed two men asleep in their bunks, and injured dozens of others before it could be secured. If Hugo was not a prophet, at least he can lay some claim to veracity...
Perhaps Abraham, the father of his country, really did emigrate from Ur of Chaldea. And Noah might have been confused in his story: responsibilities aboard-ark must have made it difficult for him to scan the horizon with full care. Perhaps an unnoticed house-top floated away with a pair of lucky occupants to another valley, saving the Sumerian branch of the family to carry on the tradition in Babylonia...
...hundred and fifty dollars have been offered by Captain D. H. Smith of the Convict Ship "Success" to the University or M. I. T. man who will spend a week in confinement aboard the ship under conditions approximating those which existed when the ship was in actual service as a floating prison...
University men who wish to attempt the feat may apply to Captain Smith aboard the "Success" at Warren Bridge next Wednesday, October 11, at 9 A. M. The test will begin at 10 o'clock Monday morning, October 16, and last until the same hour the following Monday. Applicants must be of good constitution. A thorough physical examination will be given before and after the test...