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...Column 1, page 16. "Wildebeest" is good Boer Dutch for the South African antelope, which the Hottentots called the "gnu," the spelling being as nearly as possible the English equivalent of the Hottentot nasal sound, and which name the Cape English accepted...
...Column 2, page 20. Alfonso XIII is not "weak-chinned," either as a part of his physiognomy or of his character. Within his kingly prerogatives and the limitations both of Constitution and precedent, he conforms. Outside of that he has on numerous occasions shown strength of character and purpose...
...Column 3, page 25. It was not Cartoonist Powers whose pen identified the late Marcus Alonzo Hanna with the dollar sign. It was Homer Davenport...
...Column 2, page 40. "Hoofs" is the more acceptable plural for "hoof." Incidentally, less is known about the slumber habits of horses than of any other domestic animal. I have been around horses for over sixty years and do not remember ever to have actually seen a horse asleep. Certainly they require very little sleep...
Horton: You can just bet Tennessee is going to be in the Smith column...