The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

guineas, but in 1889 Enthusiast was
first, and the placed horses were cabled
TO Australia in skeleton. 1.-TWO thous-
sand, Enthusiast, Donovan, Pioneer"
But there were no commas cabled,
as they would have had to be paid for:
so one of the Queensland papers Eek
banded" the message into this peculiar
shape: Two thousand enthusiasts met
to-day to welcome Mr. Donovan, the
celebrated pioneer" Doubtless, by the
next mail the London representative
got nice wigging for sending such an
uninteresting item $4,000 to $4,000 mise
by cable.
Some little time ago a connection of
our royal court died on the continent.
A day later a Victorian bookmaker on
a visit here also suddenly demised. The
two cabled items blurred" and this
was what the inhabitants of Bundaberg
read in their local daily: London.
Thursday.-The death is announced of
Alfred Josephs of apoplexy at the Ho-
tel -. At the Queens instance, the
interment of the body at Coburg has
been postponed from Friday to Satur-
day. The Kaiser, Prince of Wales and
the Duke of Connaught will attend.
The body lies in state at st. Morltz
Church" Great honor, indeed. for the
Australian betting-man.
Soudan and London. 1t was in 1885 that
news was sent through Cairo that the
Fuzzy Wuzzies (Kipling had immor-
talized them) had been beating the ma
garas Il. e., war drums) vigorously for
some days, and that trouble was ex-
pected. However, the war office was in
formed that that fierce and formida-
BILE tribe the Nagaras have been con-
tinually beaten during the last few
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hit back.
The diverse decipherings by several
papers in the same cablegram syndi-
cate of the same skeleton" strike one
harder than ever in the region where
laughter is located. Here are the man
ners in which the one cable was con-
torted by three New Zealand papers
some time ago. Number One published:
L THE Italians have kidnapped two
princes who are closely related to
Menelek, ruler of Abyssinia. and who
were travelling in Italy for their edu-
cation" Number Two served up a ju-
cier, though smaller, joint: italian
agents in Abyssinia are reported to
have successfully kidnapped King
Menelek, the ruler of the country"
Though Italy was then at war with
Abyssinia, such a manner of warfare
could hardly be justified; but newspa-
per Number Three completed the farce
in subdued terms: "Mr. Menelek (sic),
who is travelling in Italy for education
al purposes, has disappeared, and it is
reported that an italian agent has kid
mapped him." This may be said to have
mene-licked the lot. for what the real
message was about the public never
learned.
Turning to the national game of
cricket, which has done more to knit
England and Australia together than
all the efforts of diplomacy, the eager
ness of a cable "dresser-up" in Mel
boure once led to funny blunder. A
skeleton" was cabled from London
that "Stoddart had completed his
team (for the Australian tour, but
critics considered he would find the
need of batters before the end of the
season" That uncricket-like word
"batters" caused all the worry which
the use of the right word "batsman"
would have avoided. The dresser up
had never heard of "batters," but were
| his readers to be deprived Of informa-
ton concerning Mr.. Batters because OF
his Ignorance? Perish the thought; and
the usual explanatory note to the ca
blegram stated firmly, "Batters is one
| of the best county men of the year
| He is at the head of the English aver
ages" etc. When Stoddart's team
were later defeated in the test matches
| English exiles, long absent from the
| dear homeland" in many of fierce ar
gument would contend that things
would have been very different had
"Batters" only accompanied the team
A cargo of tea is said to have lost
the United States to Great Britain, SO
"contorted" cable In the long years
ago put severe strain on the painter
which attached the smart skiff Aus
tralia to the bark Britain. A Sydney
paper published a cablegram from Lon
don that "the admiralty has announce
ed that the warship Pearl is considered
good enough for the Australian sta
ton" The insulated "Cornstalks'' blood
fired UP to fever heat, and a meeting
of the cabinet was hurriedly summon
ed, and defiant messages were drafted
for the Mr.. Chamberlain of that time.
Fortunately, before 1t was too late, 1t
was discovered that the cable should
read, THE admiralty are sending the
warship Pearl. Commodore Good
enough, to the Australian station" The
Inflated Goodenough arrived, became
universally popular, but few years
later was murdered in the South Sea
Islands in an attack by cannibal saw
ages on his ships boats.
When the Roentgen rays were first
attracting attention, a cablegram was
sent to New Zealand that "gallstones.
stones in the bladder. ETC., were plainly
rendered visible. The full message pub
lished, however. read: Doctors are
using Roentgen's discovery with as
founding results. Mr.. Gladstone's
stones In the bladder and injuries to
the bones are easily seem" 1t is said
that when this was brought by CO.
lonial agent-general under the notice
of the Grand Old Man he laughed long
and heartily.