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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1897
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
has been detailed to watch the
steamer Dauntless, which it is said
is preparing to take another load o
supplies to the Cuban
insurgents
England's
'grand
old
man
is
said to be breaking down, and
his
friends are much worried over his
condition. The physicians have
"Vordered Mr. Gladstone to so to the
' rliyiera.
According to the report of the
fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral, i,2?r) postmasters resigned
and iorty died during the past year.
This is proof that not all the feder
al positions are remunerative.
In the resignation of Sovereign
as
general
worthy foreman of the
Knights
of Labor, the order has
cause for congratulation. He did
not have the ability to occupy the
position, while his work retarded
rather than advanced the principles
of the order.
General Gomez,
the daring
Cu
ban insurgent, who was forced re
tire to the mountains on account of
lack of ammunition, has received
new supplies and is preparing to
make things lively in the vicinity
of Havana.
It is announced that Speaker
Reed will make a tour of the west
before coneress convenes in order
to learn the popular sentiment on
questions whicu may come up in
congress. The "czar" may be a
little stiff in his rulings, but no one
will accuse him of beinjr narrow-
minded.
Nebraska demonstrated her su
periority over Kansas in a game of
foot ball Saturday between the
teams of the respective state uni
versities, the former winninjr on a
score of 10 to 5. The jrame ended in
a wrangle of considerable propor
tions, in which the Nebraskans
also got the best of it.
The newspaper correspondents
at Washington say that legislators
who are beginning to arrive predict
that the first regular session of the
fifty-fifth congress will last eight
months, and that excitement will
reign from start to finish. The cur
rency question will be the import
ant subject to come before congress
and it promises to be long drawn out
The Bee says the condition of
Omaha's trade is such that jobbers
have all the business they can well
take care of, and that country col
lections are good. Omaha has been
pretty deep in the slough of busi
ness depression for several years
past',"but now seems to be getting
along in good shape. As Omaha is
part of Nebraska we should all feel
glad that her business conditions-
are improving so rapidly.
Dr. Morrow, an eminent medi
cal authority, saj's that more than
ten per cent of the Hawaiian race
is effected with leprosy, and that
the disease has made rapid advances
in the past fifty 3ears. He argues
that the annexation of the Hawai
ian islands would naturally lessen
quarantine restrictions on the Pa
cific coast, thereby increasing the
chances of the introduction in this
country of that most lothsome dis
ease. The election is over with all its
joys and sorrows. We are sorry to
know that so man' people
will resort to trickery to elect or de
feat some- candidate. This fact
was fairly demonstrated in Nich
ols precinct the last election. The
names of the precinct officers on the
republican ticket were not printed on
the ticket. The secretary whose
business it is to hand in the names
so they couldbe printed, failed to do
so. The nominations did not suit
some and they boasted that they
would beat the nominees and that
was the scheme they resorted to.
It is strange that men will betray
their party to accomplish their own
selfish purposes. True Blue.
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GAMES WITH CAEDS.I
SOURCES OF UNTOLD MERRIMENT
AND SORROW, SMILES AND TEARS,
Gambliuc In the Olden Times Women
Were as Deeply Infatuated ao Men Ev
erytliinsr Jladc Subservient to Play For
Stakes Some of the Old Games.
.rossiDiy no otner invention lias ever
given, rise to so much, merriment and
Borrow, has called forth so many smiles,
frowns and tears and has been the agent
in so many tragedies as a pack of cards.
The actual source of this invention still
remains a mystery, the generally ac
copted story of origin being that in 1393
cards were introduced at the French
court as a diversion for King Charles
VI during his temporary attacks of in
sanity. From this date they spread rap
idly through every country in Europe
and received such a warm welcome
from all classes that laws had to bo
made for the better regulations of dice
throwing and card playing.
During the commonwealth card play
ing shared the banishment ot every
other amusement, but with the restored
monarchy a reaction set in, and heavy
play became the fashion. Basset and
ombre were the games in favor at court,
and in the graphic picture given by
Evelyn of the last Sunday spent by
King Charles II at Whitehall he speaks
of "at least 2, 000 in gold" on tho bas
set table round which ''about 20 of the
great courtiers" wero sitting. Ombre
was also a court game. Waller has a
poem "on a card torn at ombro by the
queen." Pope also, in"TheRape of the
Lock," gives such a faithfnl description
of Belinda's game that the Hon. Dailies
Barrington, writing in The Universal
Magazine for December, 1788, says,
"When ombre is forgotten (and it is al
most so already), it may be revived with
posterity from that most admirable
poem." In its turn ombre was deposed
for quadrille, and for a time no ono who
aspired to be counted among the beau
monde condescended to play any other
game. Mr. Urban, in The Gentleman's
Magazine for 1730, gives "Cautions
Against Quadrille" and warns "the
young and nnwary of both sexes'
against a most growing vice which if
not timely prevented will end in their
ruin. "I mean," he says, "tho great-
Increase of Play in private Houses, and
more particnlary that artful and cheat
ing game of Quadrille. " Quadrille was
equally popular in Paris, and a pamphlet
is extant dated 1760 of "The game of
Quadrille by Four as it is now played at
tho French Court, " in which it says,
"It is allowed by all players that Qua
drille is more amusing and entertaining
than Ombre or any other game on the
cards, either because every Deal is
play'd out or that it better suits the
genius of the Ladies, to whom com
plaisance and good manners must Preju
dice tho Gentlemen in its favor." Such
a prejudicial hold had this fascinating
game taken on women that a writer ui
tno aay aeciares that women now
spend all their time in gambling. Theii
hnsbauds, children, tho duties of so
ciety, are, without mnauriiie, weari
some encumbrances. Quadrille is the
joy that gives life, spirit and bright
ness. For this they hurry over their
meals and abridge their most agreeable
Refreshments. For this alone they visit
and are visited."
In the autobiography of Mr. Frederick
Reynolds he tells us that one of the
most noted card playing places near
London was Twickenham, and that
there, in Montpelier row, lived four
maiden ladies who were known in the
neighborhood as Mauille, Spadille, Bas-
to and Punto. Mrs. Harris, writing to
her son, the first Lord Malmesbury,
says: "Mine.- de Walderen would fain
have tempted mo to her loo table, but I
needed little fortitude to withstand it,
as one stake lost would ruin a whole
assembly. I preferred a sober game of
quadrillo with Miss Chudleigh. " The
Annual Register for 17GG informs us
that "a lady at tho West End lost at a
sitting one night last week 3,000 gui
neas at loo. " As early as the reign of
Henry VII a prohibitory statute for
bade any persons save those of noble
rank to "play at cards except during
Christmas, and for generations this cus
tom was strictly adhered to, so that
many who objected to touch a card at
any other time relaxed their prejudices
and played a few games at this festive
season. As lato as tho year 1783 The
European Magazine for December says:
"This being the season when ami when
only card playing is permitted in sober
families for tho recreation of men, wo
men and children," etc., "it may not be
out of place to give a few observations
on games which at no distant time
were the most popular." Among these
games brag is spoken of as "peculiarly ,
adapted to the fair and softer sex, and
therefore so much in vogue among the
ladies of distinction that hereby they
acquire a decent assurance and compe
tency of countenance so absolutely nec
essary in life, and remedy that shaine-
facedness, which is a defect of nature,
by the assistance of her handmaid art. "
Tho passion for gaming which was
prevalent in tho days of Queen Anne
went on steadily increasing during the
reigns of tho three Georges. Tho Gen
tleman's Magazine for 1758 tells ns that
his majesty played at St. James' pal
ace on Twelfth Night for the benefit of
tho groom porter. Fortune favored the
ro3'al family the Duke of Cumberland
won 3,000." The spirit of gambling
was by this time no longer confined to
tho conrt, it had broken loose over the
whole laud, the taste was universal and
alike indulged in by both men and wo
men. Pall Mall Magazine.
The Cost of It.
A juror returned as dead before a
London magistrate was fined $10 the
other day for nonatteudance, that being
the only way the judge could think of
to remove the name from the jury list.
This will have a tendency to pnt a stop
to tho practice of being dead. Roches
ter Union.
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Mrs. Hamilton, Cambridge, Ills., says
I had the rheumatism so bad I could
not raise my hand to ray head. Ballard's
Snow Liniment hns entirely cured me.
Itako pleasure in informing my neigh-
nrs and friends what it has done For
me. (Jhas. Handler, clerk for Lay &
Lyman, Kewanee, 111., advises us Snow
Liniment cured him of rheumatism.
Why not try it? It will surely do you
good. .It cures allinliammation.wounds,
sores, cuts, sprains, etc. Price 50 cents.
Sold by The North Platte Pharmacy,
J. E. Bush, Mgr.
A VIRTUE OF OLIVE OIL.
Man-of-war's Men Say That It Will Pro
vent Intoxication.
The glasses wero going round when
the man who had been in the navy
spoke: "Wait a minute, boys. We've
had several. Let mo give you a tip that
I learned when. I was on the China sta
tion. You are pretty good drinkers, you
Kentucky boys, and yon can hold your
own with anybody, east, west or north,
who tries to put you under the table.
But unless you carry out my plan don't
you ever stack yourself up against an
Englishman, and especially an, army or
a naval officer. You could knock him
out on whisky, but he doesn't drink
it, except in the shape of smoky Scotch
and Irish abominations. But' cham
pagne, burgundy, claret, ale, sherry,
madeira, port, pulque in Mexico, saki
in China, palm liquor in Africa, bam
boos and shandygaff in India, steer clear
of them that is, unless you have the
good luck to meet a certain little, yel
low faced, wizened Creole from Louisi
ana whose recipe is passed around the
mess table of United States men-of-war
to this day.
"It started in tho old days when tho
British officers always had the pleasure
of outstaying their American guests or
hosts whenever two ships met on for
eign stations. Then that little yellow
devil came along with his trick, and
the Englishman has never since come
out better than second in any drinking
bout. The secret? Olive oil. One wine-
glassful before tho fun begins, and, if
possible, another later on, and yen can
keep your wit and legs throughout the
dampest evening. I suppose one of two
things happens. Either the oil coats the
stomach and keeps the alcohol from be
ing absorbed by the system, or else it
floats on top and keeps the fumes from
rising to the brain. But you'll have to
ask the medicine men about that. All I
know is its practical result, and that
has enabled us Yankee Doodles to go
homo cheerful and clear headed many
an evening when our foreign cousins
were speechless." Louisville Courier-
Journal.
AMERICAN TOOLS ABROAD.
Purchasers Found For Tliem Nowadays
Throughout the World.
American tools are sold all over the
world. The New York representative of
an American tool manufacturing estab
lishment when asked whero American
tools were sent ran over the export or
ders received that day. They included
orders from Hungary, Austria, Ger
many, France, England, South Africa
and South America. There were alto
gether about 20 orders, and from some
of tho countries named thero were two
or three orders. The export orders of
the previous day included orders from
Russia, Australia and New Zealand,
and these were not unusual orders, but
such as are constantly received. In tho
shipping room at that moment stood
cases marked for Java, for Ecuador and
for Australia.
Many of these orders are small. In
sonio cases there were orders for a single
tool, or for two or three; for some orders
of half- a dozen or two or three dozen to
supply orders or to keep lines filled.
These small orders arc mostly from Eu
ropean countries, with which commu
nication is nowadays quick and conven
ient. European merchants order these
things just about as merchants in other
cities in this country would. It costs no
more to send to London than it does tc
Chicago, and it is as easy to send to
Berlin as it is to Paterson.
Tho characteristics that commend
these American tools to their foreign
purchasers are tho same that mark
American machines and implements
generally lightness, fine finish and
perfect adaptability to their several
uses. Tho exports of American tools to
all parts of tho world are steadily in
creasing. New York Sun.
Bad Story Telling:.
If Oscar Wilde's assumption were tc
bo taken seriously, that all fiction is ly
ing, it might account for much that
afflicts readers, since the lack of morale
affects the intellect, and what is done
without conscienco is apt to be done
badly. Of course all fiction is not lying,
as all killing is not murder, but it is a
sad fact that many writers of novels
and short stories seem to have left their
consciences and much of their brains
behind when they go forth to work as
if these belongings might safely remain
in seclusion, with tho dress coat and
the white tie, to bo brought out only
for especial occasions. Artemus Ward
once remarked that he had a giant mind,
but did not have it with him, and that
(or the latter half of it) is apt to bo the
case with any of us when we are care
less. True, even good Homer sometimes
nodded, but this affords no example for
us who are not Homers. To come to our
tasks otherwise than with all our wits
about us and invito public attention to
the chanco "oozings of our brains" is
as if one should issuo from his apart
ments unshorn and half clad or cntei
upon tho busy haunts of men without
money in his pocket. Frederic M. Bird
in Lippiucott's.
Leather and Kerosene.
There is one use of kerosene which is
seldom mentioned. It often happens
that when a heavy shoe or boot has been
wet it hardens and draws so that it
hurts the foot. If the shoo is put on
and tho leather thoroughly wet with
kerosene, the stiffness will disappear
and the leather become pliable, adapt-,
ing itself to the foot If oiled while
wet, tho leather retains its softness a
longer time. The kerosene does not in
jure the leather at all,.
At tho beginning of this century a
most peculiar cholera remedy was in
use in Persia. It consisted in wadding
up a leaf from the Koran and forcing it
down the patient's throat.
The medical department of the queen's
household costs 2, 700 yearly and com1
prises 24 persons.
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bad taste in mouth, foul breath, coated
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because your liver does not act promptly
Herbine will cure any disorder of tho
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-KEAitNY'S CHARGE.
LOST AN ARM, WON A BREVET, FIFTY
YEARS AGO.
Phil Kearny Id His Dragoon Grays to
the Mouth of tho Mexican Cannon Ho
Was Afterward Known on the Battle
field as the "One Armed Devil."
Copyright, 1897, by American Press Asso
ciation. Book rights reserved.
T THE gates of
tho City of Mex
ico, which fell
under Scott's
bold attacks in
September, 1847,
the "Ono Armed
Dovil," dashing
Phil Kearny, got
the empty sleeve
so long and so
conspicuously
worn by him in
the wars of two
continents.
When Kearny
was killed by
Stonewall Jackson's soldiers in 1802,
Jackson exclaimed to his men: "Boys,
do you know you have shot tho most
gallant officer in tho United States army?
This is Phil Kearny, who lost an arm
in Mexico!"
Kearny's career in Mexico and after
ward in Europe showed that hd was a
born cavalryman. Yet ho died, some
what ignobly, it must bo confessed,
seeking stirring adventure as a general
of infantry, and was alone inside of tho
enemy's lines when killed. When a boy
at college, Kearny had with him a war
plant consisting of thousands of leaden
soldiers, artillery train, spring guns,
elaborate field works and fortifications.
His leisure was spent in exercising on
mimic battlefields. One of the groat
soldiers idolized by tho boy warrior was
Tilly, a German of tho seventeenth
century, known as the "Old Devil.
in alter years Kearny was to bear a
nickname quite as significant, for while
reverencing Tilly and others of the
scholarly typo of commanders he yearned
to be a dashing hussar and perform
reckless cavalry charges. He early be
canio noted as a horse killer.
Although born to ample fortune,
Kearny put everything aside at the ago
of 21 and took a "second lieutenant's
commission in tho famous First United
States dragoons. That was in 1836, a
dull timo for American soldiers. Fortu
nately tho young lieutenant was sent to
study cavalry tactics abroad. Ho served
through tho French campaign in Algiers
as an aid on the staff of the' Duke of
Orleans. He had his baptism of fire in
driving the fierce Arabs from tho moun
tain of Mouzaia, a celebrated "battle
above the clouds."
in tuo iMexican war Kearny led a
company of dragoons, all picked men,
mounted on iron gray steeds. Tho
"grays" became famous under their
dashing leader. But tho mountain
passes, the marshy fields, with their
deep wido ditches, in the early march
of tho army toward the City of Mexico
were unsuited to brilliant cavalry ma
neuvers. At a dinner given the Ameri
can officers in tho Mexican city of Pu-
ebla, Kearny lamented tho dullness of
the work assigned his troopers. He said
that ho would gladly give an arm to
win a brevet.
Chanco was at last given the dragoons
to relievo tho monotony of outpost and
picket duty at tho battle of Churubusco
bridge. Tho company of "grays" was
attached to General Pillow's division
Pillow's foot soldiers stormed and car
ried a fortified bridge head (Tete do
Pont) on tho river. The Mexicans, who
wero overthrown on the bridge head,
retreated along a single causeway lead
ing through tho swamps to the City of
Mexico. It was a disorderly rout, and
the Mexicans actually saved themselves
by blocking tho road with a jam of in
iantry, cavalry, artillery and wagons.
Tho victorious Americans wero baffled
in the attempt to pursue, but Kearny
dashed across the bridge, followed by
his 100 dragoons, and hung upon the
heels and flanks of the Mexicans until
the road was cleared. Then, dashing in
at the first opening, ho rodo over and
through tho panic stricken mob, saber
ing right and left The terrified Mexi
cans were driven into the swamps on
either hand.
Between Churubusco river and the
gates of the city was a stretch of road
two miles in length. It was quickly
passed over by the dragoons, for Kearny
ouly waited to hew a path for himself
and the column of fours at his heels.
"On to tho San Antonio gate!" was the
cry, and, although tho recall was sound
ed in tho rear by Pillow's bugles, Kear
ny gave no heed. Tho rear files of his
dragoons gradually dropped away until
less than half a dozen sets of fours held
to the chase behind their mad leader..
Santa Anna himself stood at the San
Antonio gate watcfiing the sad plight of
his defeated army. Seeing the little
whirlwind of American sabers speeding
down tho causeway, he ordered the bat
tery defending tho gato to be ready
with double load of grape and canister.
On rodo Kearny, plying saber and spur,
and ou rodo tho dragoons, until a wide
ditch brought the pursued and pursuers
to a halt. Tho flying Mexican officers
wero seen to dismount at the ditch, and
Kearny and his handful did tho same.
Just beyond tho ditch was the first of
the defenses of the gate, a lunette with
two guns. Kearny pushed through the
crowd of Mexicans in front of him, los
ing half his accouterments in the crush,
but retained his sword. With three offi
cers and a dozen men ho entered the
battery.
It was a wild moment. Santa Anna
was plying tho lash to his followers to
urge them to stand to their guns. Tho
artillerists in the battery deluged the
mob, friends and foes alike, with can
ister. A gallant officer who Jiad. volun
teered to share tho dangers of Kearny's
charge Major Mills was killed, and
the other two officers, Captain McRey-
)Hs and Graham, were wounded. Scv-
i :viJ of the troopers wero killed, and the
rest were wounded. Then Kearny stood
alone inside the walls of Mexico and not
a friendly arm within two miles.
Making his way in tho confusion of
the melee back through an embrasure,
Kearny crossed the ditch and struck tho
causeway unnoticed. The Mexican guns
were still raking the road lengthwise,
and it was soon cleared of all but dead
men and wounded and frightened, horses.
Seizing one of the steeds, a griy belong-
ino- tn a fallpn ilrnironn. Ivreimv vnnlrprl
into the saddle. Riding, sword in hand,
through tho fire, he again attempted to
hew for himself a pathway, but a can
ister shot tore the bone out of his left
arm between the elbow and. shoulder.
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He kept in tho "saddlo until his horse
reached tho American outposts, and"
there the surgeon's knife removed what
was left of tho shattered member. In
exchange for that tho gallant captain
got his brevet of major.
So it was that Phil Kearny, tho "Ono
Armed Devil," came out of Mexico to
exploit his fame and courage on other
fields of war. He served on tho plains
until 1858. "When tho French and Aus
trian war came on in 1859, ho was
leisurely traveling in Europe. True to
his old instincts, he volunteered as an
officer of the French cavalry guard. He
fought at Solferino. Tho old Algerian
regiment with Avhich ho had taken his
baptism of firo in 1840, tho Chasseurs
d'Afrique, was ordered to charge the
heights. Kearny rodo at the head of
the chasseurs "with his bridle in his
teeth," so that his sword arm might be
free. Once more he got beyond the
friendly lines into the enemy's masses
and had a most miraculous escape. A
third adventure of that kind, and Kear
ny was no more.
Kearny hfcd it in him to bo another
Murat to somo modern Napoleon. But
when ho offered his sword to tho gov
ernment in 1861 as a leader of cavalry
volunteers he was told, "This is not a
war for horseback fighting. " So he fret
ted and chafed behind slowly moving
infantry and lost his life seeking for
that excitement which comes without
seeking to a gallant marshal of squad
rons.
Tho Confederates always made a tar
get of the "One Armed Devil, " but he
lived through many battles in 1861 and
1862. At Fair Oaks ho told a subordi
nate who asked whero he should lead
his regiment in: "Oh, anywhere, colo
nel. You'll find lovely fighting along
the Whole line." When killed at Chau
tilly, in September, 1802, Kearny was
riding alone inside the Confederate
lines. It was dark and raining, and he
woro a rubber cloak, concealing his uni
form. One of Stonewall Jackson's pick
et halted him. "Don't fire! I'm a
friend," said he, wheeled his horso and
leaned forward upon the animal's shoul
ders and neck. Several shots wero fired
and finally a bullet of heavy caliber
struck the flying horseman at the base
of the spine, ranging upward and in
stantly fatal.' Had his left arm been in
tact he would havo leaned out of the
saddle, Indian fashion, and shielded his
own person with that of his horse. So
fell Kearny, tho hero of the most bril
liant personal exploit performed at the
gates of Mexico. Ho had just sent his
orderly to tho rear to mail a letter to
his wife, and , his fate was not known
until the body camo into the lines un
der a flag of truce.
Kearny's genius stamped itself upon
tho First Jersey brigade. This body of
men was organized by Kearny at the
request of the governor of New Jersey.
His name was alwajs associated with
it during the war, although ho never
led it in battle. The veteran survivors
of tho brigade still venerate tho name
of their old leader. He was strict in his
PHIL KEAKNV.
discipline and a very hard taskmaster,
but tho American volunteers were men
intelligent enough to recognize the fact
that they needed a very rough breaking j
in in order to be quickly changed from
ease loving civilians into soldiers fit for
tho hardships and dangers of the cam
paigns. The .Jersey brigade Avas ouoot
the best fighting corps in the army.
When the army reached tho peniu-!
sula, Kearny was placed in command
of a division in the Third Army corps.
He proved to bo a very active division
commander. In the battles at Williams
burg and Fair Oaks he displayed gr,eat
gallantry in hurrying forward the troops
where they were needed and leading
them into action, In tho battle at Fair
Oaks his division was cue of the most
conspicuous, it was at Fair Oaks that
General O. O. Howard lost his right J
arm. Kearny passed tuo field hospital,
where the amputation took place, and
seeing the freshly bandaged stump ex
claimed, "Howard, you and I can buv
our gloves together after this!"
George L. Kilmer.
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MORTALITY 0E SLANG-
WORDS AND PHRASES THAT RUN
WILD AND ARE SHORT LIVED.
The Use of Slang:
to Shearing: and
as a Habit Compared
the Intemperate Use
of Intoxicants The Harm Thai Results
From the Nonsensical Custom.
The Italian method of prefixing an s
to a word to give it a damaging signifi
cance can be employed with good effect
in christening that wayward and de
generate offspring of English known as
slang. In its present state slanguage
has attained to such a luxurious com
pleteness that it warrants serious treat
ment. So copious and comprehensivo
has it beconio that there is hardly a hu
man want, feeling or emotion of tho
heart that cannot be translated into tho
vernacular of the bootblack. In study
ing the philosophy of slang tho first
natural query is, How and why did it
nrifnnnte? To the first Question ono
might give, with certain modifications,
the same answer that would be given to
the question, Why do people swear
The human animal, like a locomotive,
seems to reqniro escape valves for occa
sions when there is too much steam in
tho boiler. When a man is overflowing
with admiration, anger or wonder, tho
ordinary adjectives do not (or he thinks
they do not) meet the emergency. They
do not relieve his pent up fullness any
moro than a sip from a dewdrop would
quench a man's thirst. The natural man
and tho natural woman sometimes find
relief under strong emotion in explosive
utterances. In the case of auger the es
cape valve expletive is an oath unless
tho man in question happens to be a
gentleman and 'sometimes, though very
rarely, when ho is.
It will thus be seen that slang, being
of emotional ancestry, is a first cousin
to the oath, and both are used by those
who mentally resemble the man whoso
use of intoxicating drinks has made him
forget or underestimate tho attractions
of nuro water. Slang, in sooth, is a
whisky distillation of language. It is
so strong that it may bo taken only very
rarely with impunity, and herein lies
the chief danger in its use. Not only
does the slanguist find ordinary English
tame, but he ends in not being, ablo to
find any English at all.
Another fatal characteristic of slang
is the very ono which at first secures its
adoption namely, its pungency. The.
same law that makes quiet colors and
shades wear well in tho world of fabrics
has its counterpart in the world of
speech. We tiro very speedily of a start
ling costume, in high colors, and just
as speedily do we tiro of slang, which
is startling, high colored speech.
Still another reason why slang can
never gain a permanent foothold in the
language is its utter lack of dignity.
No subject can be seriously treated in
slanguage. Its sole function is to tickle
by its patness or its grotesqueness. It
reflects a fugitive iridescence upon cur
rent wit and humor, as like the bub
ble catches prismastic colors, but, like
the bubble, it vanishes even while you
beheld it. Naturally thero are slang
phrases of all degrees of goodness and
badness, ranging from the word which
is only a slight remove from a forcible
but perfectly decorous adjective to
slang of the most daring, deep dyed or
der. At one end of the sale, for in
stance, ono might place "fetching" and
at the other end its superlative "rum."
Again, the injunction "play ball" is
gentle and seemly, in comparison with
the brusque command "get a move on."
Along certain lines the slanguist seems
to revel in extravagant synonyms and
antonyms, especially in those express- ;
ing some infirmity in the upper story.
Tho man who has "wheels" is also
popularly known as "nutty, " "cracked
or "off his trolley." Again, if he comes
from tho country, ho is "corn raised,"
has "seed in his hair, "or his "face
doesn't fit him." "Gall," "nerve,"
"cheek," "hand," "brass" and "face"
aro also nearly synonymous terms for
qualities whose universality has made
them a target for popular satire. Equally
proline is the slanguist in coining
terms for money. "Dust," "tin,"
"sand," "rocks," "chink" and "spon
dulicks" are only a few of the words
that translate "filthy lucer."
Two of the slang phrases now In
gallingly frequent use aro, "That's
right," and "That won't cut much
ice." Tho latter, it must bo confessed,
has certain cool figurative qualities
which give it a saving color of grace.
But most of these phrases rely chiefly
upon their condensed expressiveness,
which is the trademark of their Amer
ican manufacture. They arc but one of
tho many devices of the masses to com
pass a crosscut and avoid circumlocu
tions. Thus "snap" and "cinch" are
timo economy for a moneyed sinecure
and an assured competence.
One of tho surest tests of the rapid
mortality of slang is the extremely pain
ful sensation produced by hearing anti
quated slang phrases used and there
aro always people who are two or
three or ten years behind in their use
of snch phrases. When other people are
saying "Not on your tintype," the
user of mildewed slang feebly ejac
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and patness of certain phrases make it
hard to declare that slang has no legiti
mate use. But concerning its misuse,
there can hardly be two opinions among
people whose opinions aro worth any
thing. A careful study of the qualities
of men and women who habitually in
terlard their remarks with slang wiil
furnish anybody with a world of con
vincing conclusions in favor of pure
English. Critic.
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skeleton.
Gray horses aro usually the longest
lived. Creams are decidedly delicate
aud are seriously affected by very wann
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