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St. Cosmo, Randolph
24; Ship Commander of The Inconvenience

Saint-Saën, Camille
27; his "wonderful 'Bacchanale'"; from his opera "Samson and Delila which premiered in Weimar, Germany on December 2, 1877;


sap-head
7; a fool: a person who lacks good judgment

scuttlebutt
3; The origin of the word scuttlebutt which is nautical parlance for a rumor, comes from a combination of scuttle - to make a hole in the ship's side causing her to sink - and butt - a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships to hold drinking water; thus the term scuttlebutt means a cask with a hole in it. Scuttle; describes what most rumors accomplish if not to the ship, at least to morale. (from The Goat Locker Website)

Siege of Paris
19;

sky-dogs
14; canines who rode in the airships

Sloane laboratory
29;

Socialism
32;

South Seas Pavilion
26; at the Chicago World's Fair

Stockmen's Hotel
31;

straw "skimmer"
13; straw hat with a narrow brim, popular boating hat during the 1890's File:Example.jpg

Suckling, Darby
3; the baby of the Inconvenience crew who serves "as both factotum and mascotte"

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