The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-04

rum made a nest by removing the
gravel from a corner. During the first
few days after Matching, the fry,
banked in the corners of the tank,
were at irregular intervals actively
stirred by the barbels of the parents,
usually the mate. Subsequently the
parents were seen to suck the eggs in
to their mouths and then extrude
them with some force. The preda-
ceous feeding habits of the old FISH
gradually overcame the parents in
stinct: the tendency to suck the fry
into their mouths continued and the
inclination to spit them out diminished,
so that the number of young dwindled
daily, and the 500 that had been left
with their parents had complete dis
appeared in six weeks, although other
food was literally supplied.
The illness of King Edward VII
brought to light the fact that the
word appendicitis, which is in gen.
eral use in this country, is not so COM
mon in England. 1t is, as a matter of
fact, of American origin, and it is pos
sible that this is the reason why it
is ignored in the huge New English
Dictionary" DR.. Murray. however,
has recently accounted for his decision
on the ground that words ending in
Latin, and do not come within the
scope of an English dictionary unless,
as in the case of bronchitis" they
are in popular use. In this country,
at least, one is used as much as the
other. British medical experts seem
to dislike the word equally, and Sir
Frederick TreVes, in a. recent work,
goes out of his way to condemn ZAP
pendicitis" and to find equivalents.
DIR. Cyrus Adler, librarian of the
Smithsonian Institution, tells of an in
cident which, on the authority OF Prof.
Solomon Schechter, took place not
long ago in the British Museum can
English provincial, who had visited
London for the first time, went to see
the British Museum collection. 1t was
cleaning day and the museum was
closed to visitors. The Englishman
stormed-he was a British taxpayer
and yet was excluded from the ma
tional collections A polite official in
formed him that the staff was absent
and that the museum was not open
to the public. That was no sort of ex-
cuse for him. Where are the MEM
bers of the staff, anyhow demanded
the irate taxpayer. At last the official,
in despair, said: One of the num-
mics in the museum is dead, and as a
gone to the funeral " The taxpayer
departed perfectly satisfied.
1t is generally known that stones
possess a species of life in at least
that they grow from small beginnings
frequently to enormous size. There is
one stone in particular, however, that
seems endowed with a greater degree
of life than others. It is called 1.-The
living stone" and is found in the F'alk-
land Islands, Those islands are
among the most cherries spots in the
world being constantly subjected to
a strong polar wind In such a CHI
mate it is impossible for trees to grow
erect, as they do in other countries,
but nature has made amends by fur
nishing a supply of wood in the most
curious shape imaginable. The visitor
to the Falklands sees scattered here
and there singular shaped blocks of
what appear to be weather-beaten and
moss covered powders in various
sizes. Attempt to turn one of these
with a surprise because the stone 10
strength; in fact, you will find that
you are fooling with one of the native
trees. No other country in the world
has such peculiar forest" growth,
and it is said to be next to impossible
to work the odd-shaped blocks into
fuel because the wood is perfectly de-
void of grain" and appears to be a
twisted mass of woody fbres.