The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-06
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of the Reading Railroad was recently
given an engine which had about outlived
its usefulness. Do what he would he
could not get the locomotive to work sat
isfactorily and he concluded that he had
been "hoodooed." He became morose and
gloomy and finally poisoned himself a
few days ago at his home in Philadelphia,
The letters in the annual bundle just
dispatched 20 Lieut.. Peary by way of
Dundee, Scotland, contain the first news
to Mr.. Peary of the death of his mother
at Portland, Me-, in November; of the
highest north of the Italian expedition
under Duke Aegli Abruzzi; the Baldwin
Zeigler arctic expedition; the departure
from Disco. Aug. 20. of the Windward
with Mrs. Peary and Miss Peary OH
board; the auxiliary expedition to be dis
patched by the club next summer, and
all the news of the world up to date,
And they are not expected to reach him
before the end of next summer
There are two words in the whole
range of the English language that con-
tain all the vowels in their regular order,
says London Tit-Bits. They are alb
stemious and facetious The following
words each have them in irregular order:
Authoritative, disadvantageous, encour-
o6lnSs uSuQdCOuS, HeldTlOuS, pTeCdTl~
Gus, pertinacious, sacrilegious, simulta-
neous, tenacious, unintentional, unobjec-
tionable unequivocal, undiscoverable and
vexatious. 1t is usually said that there
are but seven nine-iettered monosyllable
words in English, viz: Scratched, stretch
ed, scrunched, scranched, screeched,
squielched and staunched. Here are
some of the shortest sentences into which
the alphabet can be compressed: -. Gray,
pack with my box five dozen quills," SO
letters; Quick, glad zephyr, watt my
javelin box" 81 letters; "Phz, styx,
wrong j., buck flame, quib," q letters;
"Jove, quartz pyx, who fling muckbeds,"
% letters; Fritz J. quick! land! hew
gypsum box" q letters; "Dumpty j.
quiz! whirl back fogs next" 2S letters;
Export my ]. fund. Quiz black wings, -
q letters; -. get nymph, quiz and brow,
fix luck" q letters.
In the South Carolina Legislature the
President of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House wear silk robes while pre-
siding over their respective houses. This
custom is about a century old, and it's
origin is somewhat obscure. Present at
tention ito the matter arises from a change
in the color of the robes from the orig
inal ultra-marine blue over this the
South Carolina papers are justly agitat-
ed. At one time, far distant, the robe
was red, instead of blue, but both colors
are those of the national flag, and either
in South Carolina view, is preferable to
the robe of royal purple donned by the
Speaker at the recent session, or the gown
of heliotrope gracefully worn by the
President of the Senate. There was evil
dent need for new robes. as it is learned
from the Charleston Evening Post that
the one worn at this session by the
Speaker was successor to one made for
Speaker James Simons in 1899 at cost
of $1,000. That robe, as shown in por-
trait of Speaker Smons, was blue, and
the Evening Post asks that that color,
which has some historical associations, be
fixed by statute. Otherwise it fears that
the House may some day have Speaker
wearing a yellow jacket and a peacock
feather like Ii Hung Chang.
The goods at the Wisconsin State Uni
versity are moving for the re-establish-
ment of the position of dean of women
| at the institution. A petition to this end
| was circulated at a meeting Of the Self
| Government Association, held last week,
and signed by every member. The posi-
| ton has been vacant since the resigna-
| ton of Dean Annie Crosby Emery now
| head of the woman's department of
! Brown University. Members of the asso-
! citation say that they have no special
| person in view for the place, their puT-
pose being to secure a direct represen-
tation in the faculty of their interests.
"A notable and growing industry In
| Nebraska is the trade in jack rabbits,
which are frozen for shipment to the
east, where they are sold at fancy prices
as Belgian hares. Farmers boys in the
state earn many dollars during the win
ter in pursuing this game, which they
sell to the packers for about 1.50 a DOZEN
The price is small, but the supply is am
PIE, and the farmers do themselves a
double service by Kidding their lands of
what often becomes a pest. The extent of
the industry is indicated by the ship
ments, which are in carload lots.
Experiments conducted by the food
commissioner in Michigan demonstrate
that housewives can readily determine
by a very simple method If the milk
they purchase daily is doped with a pre-
sentative. He advises that a small guam
tity be set aside and left to stand for
twenty-four hours. II at the end of that
period it is not sour il is a sure sign
that it has been adulterated with for
maldehyde or some other preservative.
There are two great Good Friday ter
rors-the hot cross bun and the white
washer-and there is hope in some breasts
that this year both may be abolished,
says the London Mail. The hot cross bun,
as the older survivor, may be exposed
first. 1t has few friends. The people
who eat 1t generally complain afterwards
of indigestion. The bakers are it's enemies
and are in league against it. The master
bakers of London and the provinces are
said to be eagerly looking forward to it's
abolition. They grumble that the hot cross
bun entirely disorganizes the ordinary
trade, that 1t compels their men to work
too hard and too long, and that 1t forces
them to engage for a few days men
who hardly know a bakehouse from a
boiler. And then, when the mountain of
buns have been sold, they hardly pay
for the trouble. The journeyman baker
has his knife into" the bun as much
as his smaster has. Both together hope
10 see the hot cross bun suppressed alto
gether this year. They are said to be
organizing it's ruin Now for the white
washer He invades offices with speclal
delight on Good Friday, and compels care
takers TO stop about the premises when
they might be elsewhere but for him and
his brush. So the Archdeacon OF London.
the Deans Of 81. Paurs and Westmin-
ster, and ifty-four clergymen have adj
dressed a very respectful circular 20 oc-
cupiers Of chambers ana Offices pointing
out that the WITHDRAWING custom innicts
hardFhiPs on the majority Of city resi-
dents on Good Friday snd prevents them