The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-24
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I FASTENED 20 Betula with great eager
ness, and there I found
Betuia see Birch Tree.
That was air and this was pretty en-
couragement." References % this kind
are very soothing to the hurried stu-
dent.
Another way Of making not merely a
few entries. but practically the whole in
dex quite useless. IS 70 ignore all the
significant words In each reference, and
make the alphabetical entries unLer mean
ing.ess abjectives and particles There lies
before the writer a volume Of anecdotes
published within the last ten years. Il
has six pages OF index. which ahounds
with such entries as the following a
great favor" ana "A very curious riddle.
both under a The Fuchsia." THE Hy-
phsn." The Way Franklin Loaned'-all
under T. Even In so useful a work as
Palmer's Index TO the Times" there are
some comicaiiy absurd entries. Ia one vol
ume. for example reference 10 dry
weather prevalent az one period In 1872
/ e. lndoNed under Present, -" Rather On-
common for Females" lie would b. rath-
or an uncommon searcher who would
think OF looking for such an incident ui'-
der the letter r.
INDEXES made more or less on this plan
are far from uncommon. and are highly
exasperating. The humor Ia such cases =
! So mewhat sarlonlc. Occasiora ~ u Is IN
commonly absurd The story OF Mr.. Justice
Best's great mind Is probably well known.
A student looking through the index 10
certain law reports lighted on the entry.
Best MIR. Justice. his great nina hiN
curiosity WAS tickled, and he looked up
the reference--to find that "Mr. Justice
Best said he had a grC az mind 70 commit
| the witness for prevarication.' Who attef
| rou,ine uron such ind as that could
deny TO inds xers the gift of humor; one
OF the most amusing indexes IN existence
is The Alphabetical Table fer the speedy
finding OF any questions" attached 10 each
/ volume OF that ancient forerunner OF
/ Notes and Queries" the eccentric Johh
Duntou's a h Man Grace This perlod-
| tc,t contained an astonishing collection OF
questions and answers on every conceiv-
| able kind Of subject. ard the entries IN
| fbe "Alphabetical Table" as the index
was called. are often very quantity word
| "a Here are che or two examples. 'bones
| a Mans Body. all the hollowness hiled
/ M with solid lead. how could u ne dohe
"ge1s Upon a Horses Harness. do they
cheer him." Lady. how may mon
| know when she loves him. child OF Ten
weeks old. cry'd three time uou' ana
dyed the reason OF ~
No one can accuse these entries OF err
Ing on the side Of overmuch brevity, ara
many are much longer than those quot
| "a Another amusing index Is mat APP
| nended 10 Colton's translation OF Mot-
| taigne. We oan only give one eNahpi''
| finder G Il children abandoned TO the
/ care and government OF their tathers
Mr. John Duutons and Mr Cottons m
/ dexers were evidently painstakins a"u
! concentrations. and had no intention OF be-
| ire amusing: but there have been INDEX
| y,akers whose humor has been Intentional.
| a Gentleman named Bromley published 10
| ,he davs OF Queen Anne" Remarks mace
| ~ his travels ia 1885, In the course OF
,ear or two ne became candidate for the
/ sr.aakership OF the House Of CommPns
| and his enemies reprinted his raves
with a satirical index. In which appeorea
| ~. e, entries as the following; Eight pie
lures take up less room than sixteen oil
| ,na same size" February an III season
~ sso a garden in" 1.-The English Jesuits
! college Al Rome may b. made larger than
/ MS by uniting other Buildings 10 u '-and
/ similar bannllties Much better known y
~ humorous index which Lowell pre-
p,red for his "Bigiow Papers In which
| occur such sallies as Babel, probabiy 'he
/ arst Congress- Moan ihfiosea i.''eI -
| bottle proba bly;" Castles Spanish. COM
| sortable accommodation" and 50 forth.
/ I, often seems 20 be supposed that any
! one can make an index. and The index
makers used 10 be a favorite butt for
Ssti,e swift. satlrizing the publisher
| CURL and his hack authors, after explain
Inc how the author OF a church history
q 70 be found az the laundress's. up three
| .atr ~ stairs. adds you may also speak
- the gentleman who lies BY him In he
oock. he'd. my matchmaker" But any one
who has tried his hand az index making
/ Enows well that that Il is an ART which
reouires no small amount OF abni'y ana
yy,.,,dsc,v a may be found immensely IN
| teresting.