The Oregon scout., June 05, 1886, Image 6

THE ELEVENS.
Twv time 'loven ore twenty-two;
Klttv, don't I wfsk 'twas you.
'Stead of me, liad tlitf to dot
T.o times 'leven arc tweuty-two.
Three times 'leven are thirty-three;
Kob'n In the npnlc tree,
I hear you, do you hear met
Three times 'levi-n arc thirty-three.
Four tlmus 'leven are forty-four;
How the eunbnm speck the floor;
Four times 'leven are what a hore
Four times 'leven are forty-four.
Five times 'leven arc fifty-five;
Swallows! swallows! skim and dive,
Making nil the olr alive.
Five times 'leveu arc fifty-five
Six times 'leven are slxty-slx;
Tip, for shame, slrl Pretty chick,
Don't you mind his sauey tricks,
Six times 'leven arc sixty-six.
Seven times 'leven arc seventy-seven;
There, now, Kitty, you cun't even
Say the first "once 'leven Is 'leven,"
Seven times 'leven are seventy-seven.
Eight times 'leven are elghty-clght;
Some one pulling at the gate;
Hark I It's Bessie, sure as fate!
F'ght times 'leven are eighty-eight
Sine times 'leven are nlnety-nlno;
( nil I up, llessle, ain't it fine
That's the luct one In the Hue!
Nm1 times 'leven are nlncty-nlnc.
Episcop il llegltttr.
Saodoif's Revenge.
X SEQt'EFi TO MATIir.lS SAXDOUF AXI
DOCTOR AXTKKIRTT.
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Trantta'lon copyrighted by G. Ilanna, isss.
CHAPTER IV Co.vrixur.t).
"JJcliovo me," said Sarcany, aroused
by tho word, which had been pronounced
in a tono of tho most icathing disdain,
"believe mo Unit a more honornblo
b r ntimcnt "
Suva did not seem to hear iim, nnd
kept her oyo.) ilxed on tho baukor, who
continued angrily :
" Not tho only one for your mother's
death in no way hai altered our plans."
"What plans?" asked tho girl.
"Tho nuirringo yon pretend to forgot,
nnd which will muko Mr. Sarc.my my
son-in-law. "
"Are you sure that this marriago will
make Mr. Sarcany your son-in-law?"
Tho insinuation this time was so direct
that Toronthal would have loft tho room
to hidohm confusion. Hut Sarcany with
a gesture kopt him back. Jlo wished to
iind out all lie could, to know what it all
meant.
"Listen, my father." said Savn, "and
it is for tho last timolgivo you tho title
It is not I Mr. Sarcany want) to marry ;
ho wants to marry the fortune that I
abandon from to-day 1 Great aa may bo
his inipudoneo ho daro not deny it 1
You remind mo that 1 had consented to
this marriage, and my reply is easy.
Yes, I would have sacrificed myself,
when I thought my father's honor was
nt stake ; but my father, you know well,
is in no way concerned in this hateful
scheme ! If you wish to enrich Mr.
Suroai y, give him your money I That is
nil he wants 1"
The girl rose, and walked towards tho
door.
"Savu," said Toronthal, barring tho
way, "there is in your words suoh
incoherence that I do not understand
them tliat you probably do not under
stand them yourself. lias tho death of
your mother?"
"My mother I--Yes, alio was my
mother in her feelings towards mo I"
"If grief has not deprived you of
reason," continued Toronthal, who heard
only himself ; "yes! if you aro not
mad -"
" Mailt"
"Hut what I havo resolvod on slmll
take placo, and before six months havo
elapsed you shall be Saroauy'a wife."
" Never 1"
"I know how to compel you,"
"And by what right?" answered tho
girl indignantly.
"Tho right given mo by my paternal
authority."
"You sir I You aro not my father,
and my namo is not Sava Toronthal 1"
At these words tho banker stopped
back speechless, and tho girl without
oven turning her head walked out of tho
room.
Sarcany, who had been carefully
watching Suva during tho interview,
was not surprised nt tho way it ended.
He had suspected it. What ho feared
had taken place. Sava know that sho
was bound by no tie to tho ToronthaK
Tho banker was overwhelmed at tho
unexpected blow. He was hardly mas.
ter ol himself. Surcnuy therefore began
to sum up tho caso as it stood, while ho
simply listened. Resides, ho could havo
nothing but approval for what his old
uecomplico proposed with so much indis
pntable logic.
"Wo can no longer reckon on Sava
voluntarily consenting to this marriage,"
lie uud ; "but for reasons wo know it is
inoro than necessary that tho marri igo
should take place ! What does she know
of our past life? Nothing I For uho
told you nothing! What she knows Is
that bIioib not your daughter, that is all
Does bIio know her father ? Not likely I
His would have lieen tho first name sho
would havo thrown in your face! Has
sho known our position for long? No,
probably sinco the moment of Madamo
Toronthal'tt death!"
Toronthal nodded his approval of Bar
cauy's argument. Ho was right, na wo
know, iu his suspicions as to how tho
girl had gained hor information, as to
how long sho had known it, and ns to
what sho had learned of thosoorot of tier
birth.
"Now to conclude," continued Sar.
cauyj "liltlu as sho knows of what
'YOU AKE NOT
concerns her, and although sho is igno
rant of our proceedings iu tho past, wo
aro both of us in danger you in tho
position you hold at Hagusa, lin what I
should gain by the marriage and which
I have no intention of giving up 1 What
we must do then is this, and wo must do
it as soon its possible. Leavo lbtgusa,
you nnd I, nnd tnko Sava with us with
out a word to any one cither to to-day or
to-morrow, then return hero only when
tho marriago is over, and when sho is my
wife Sava will have to keep hor mouth
shut. Onco wo get her away sho will bo
so removed from outside iniluonces that
wo shall havo nothing to fear from hor.
It will bo my busbies to make her con
sent to this marriago which will bring
mo iu so much, nnd if I don't succeed,
why then"
Toronthal agreed ; tho position was
tho same as it had been with tho crypto
gram. Ho did not see how to resist;
ho was in his accomplice's power, and
could not do otherwise. And why
should ho ?
That evening it was agreed that tho
plan should bo put into execution before
Sava could leave tho house. Thon Tor
onthal and Surcany separated, nnd set
to work as wo shall soon see.
The next day but ono Madamo Hath
ory, accompanied by Rorik, had left tho
village of Vin.icello to return to tho
house in the Hue Marinolla for the first
iime since hor sou's death. Sho had
resolved to louvo Hagusa for over, and
had como to prepare for hor departure.
When Ronk opened the door, ho
found a letter which hud been slipped
into tho letter-box.
It was tho letter Madamo Toronthal
had posted the day before her death.
Madamo Rathory took the letter,
opened it, looked first nt tho signature
and then read the few lines that had
been traced by the dying hand and
revealed tho secret of Suva's birth.
What sudden connection was thero
between tho names of Sava and Pierre
iu Madamo lluthory's mind ?
"Sho! Ho!" sho exclaimed.
And without another word without
nnsworing her old servant, whom sho
thrust aside as he tried to hold her, sho
rushed out, ran down tho Hue Marinolla
into tho Stradoue, and did not stop till
she reached Toronthal'a houso.
Did sho know what sho was doing ?
Did sho know that iu Sam's interest it
would bo bettor for her to act with less
precipitation and more prudonco ? No I
sho was irresistibly urged towards tho
girl us if hor husband and her son had
como from tho grave and sent hor to tho
rescue.
Sho knocked at tho door. Tho door
opened ; a domestic inquired hor busi
ness. Madamo Tiathory wishod to soo Sava,
Miss Toronthal was not in tho houso.
Madamo Rathory would speak with
Mr. Toronthal.
Tho banker had gone away tho day
boforo, without saying whero ho was
going ; and ho had taken his daughter
with Itini.
Madamo Hathory staggored and fell
into tho arms of lJorik, who had just
como up to her.
And when tho old man had taken hor
back to tho houso iu tho Ituo Marin
ella, " To-morrow, llorik," sho said, "to
niorrrow, wo will go togother to tho
wedding of Sava and Piorro 1"
Madamo Rathory was mad.
CHAPTER Y.
TUT. DOOTOIt DnriATS.
During theso events which coueornod
Piorro so intimately ho grow hotter from
day to day. Soon thero was no reason
for anxiety about his wound; it was
nltnoat completely heulod. JJut groat
were Pierre's suiTorings as ho thought of
his mothor and of Sava whom ha
believed to bo lost to him.
His mothor? She could not bo loft
uudor the supposition of her son's no
titious death. It had been ngrood
that sho should be cautiously informed
of tho real stnto of things and brought
to Autokirtta Ono of tho dootor's
iiKonts nt Ilugusa had orders not to losa
sight of hor until Pierre was completoly
restored to health -ami that would bo
very eoou.
As far as Snm was concerned, Pierre
was doomed nover to speak of hor to
Doojor Autokirttl Hut although ho
thought sho was now S.nMiiv'a wife
MV FATHER."
how could ho forget her? Had he
censed to lovo hor becauso sho was tho
daughter of Silas Toronthal? No I
After all, was Suva responsiblo for hor
father's crime? Hut it was that crimo
that brought Stephen Rathory to his
denth ! Henco a continual strngglo
within him, of which Piorro nlono could
toll tho iunumorablo vicissitudes.
Tho doctor felt this. And to givo tho
young man's thoughts another direction,
ho constantly spoko to him of tho act of
justico they wcro to work out togothor.
Tho traitors must bo punished, .and
they should be. now they wcro to
reach them they did not yot know, but
thoy would reach them.
"A thousand roads, ono ondl" said
tho Doctor.
And if need bo ho would follow tho
thousand roads to reach tho end.
During tho last days of his convalo
Bcenco Piorro went about tho island,
sometimes on foot, sometimes in n car
riage) ; and ho was astonished nt what
tho liltlo colony had beeomo under tho
administration of Doctor Antokirtt.
Work was going on at tho fortification
destined to protect tho town, tho har
bor, nnd in short tho wholo island from
nttack. When tho works were finished
thoy wcro io bo armed with long-rango
guns, which from their position would
cross their fires and thus render tho
approach of an enemy's ship impossi
ble. Electricity was to play an important
part iu tho dofensivo system, not only
in firing tho torpedoes with which tho
channel was armed, but even in dis
charging the guns in tho batteries. Tho
Doctor had learned how to obtain tho
most marvelous results from this agent
to which tho future bolongs. Tho eon
tral station, provided with steam motors
nnd boilers, contained twenty dynamo
machines on a new and greatly improved
Bystem, nnd there the currents woro pro
duced with special accumulators of
extraordinary intensity, stored up in
convenient form for tho general uso of
Autokirtta the water supply, tho light
of the town, telegraphs, telephones, and
the circular and other railways on tho
island. In a word tho Doctor had applied
the studies of his youth lo practical pur
posos, and lealizedone of tho desiderata
of modern Boionoo the transmission of
power to a distance by electric agency.
Having succeeded in this ho had had
vessols built, us wo hnvo seen, and tho
Electric.! with their excessivo speed
enabled him to niovo with tho rapidity
of an oxpressjroin ono end of tho Medi
terranean to tho other. As coal was
indisponsablo for tho steam engines
which woro required to produco tho
electricity, thero was always a consider
able stock in storo at Autokirtta, and
this stock was continually renewed
by a ship that traded backwards and
forwards to Wales.
Tho harbor, from which tho littlo
town roso in form of nu nmphitheatro,
was a natural one, and had been greatly
improved. Two jetties, n mole, and a
breakwater made it safe iu all weathers.
And thero was always a good dopth of
wator oven nlongsido tho whnrves, so
that at all times tho flotilla of Autokirtta
was in perfect security. This ilotilla
comprised tho schooner Savarena, tho
steam collier working to Swansea and
Cardiff, a steam yacht of between sovou
and eight hundred tons named tho For
rato, and threo Electrics, of which two
wcro ilttcd as torpedo boats which oould
usofully contribute to tho defouco of tho
island.
Undor tho Doctor's directions, Auto
kirtta saw its means of resistance improvo
from day to day ; and of this tho pirates
of Tripoli wcro well awnro. Great was
their dosiro to capture it, for its posses
sion would bo of great mlvautago to tho
Grand Master of Senousism, Sidi
Mohammed El Mahdi. Hut knowing
tho difllculties of tho undertaking, they
waited thoir opportunity with that
patieneo which is ono of tho chief char
acteristics of tho Arab. Tho Doctor
know all this, and notivoly pushod on
his dofensivo works. To reduoo them
when thoy woro llnishod, tho most mod
cm engines of destruction would bo
required, and those tho Sonousists did
npt yot possess. All tho inhabitants of
tho island between eighteen and forty
were formed into companies of militia,
provided with tho newost arms of pro
cision, drilled in artillery mnnruuvree,
and commanded by oilluura of their own
dilution ; and this militia made up a
worthy men.
Although thero wero a row farms hi
tho country, by far tho greater number
of colonists lived in tho town whioh
had received tho transylvnninn namo of
Artcnuk in romcmbranco of Count San
dorf'a ostalo on tho Carpathian slopes.
A picturesque placo was Artenak, with
its few hundred houses ; instead of
being built like a chessboard in tho
American style, with roads and avenues
running at right angle."?, it was arranged
irregularly. Tho houses clustered on
tho smaller hills, shaded with orango
trees and standing amid beautiful gar
dens, somo of European, somo of Arab
design, nnd past them flowed tho picas
nut, cooling streams from tho water
works. It was a city in which tho inhab
itants wero members of tho samo
family, and could livo their lives
in common, without forfeiting
tho quiet nnd independence of
home, nappy wero tho peoplo of Ante
kirtta. Ubi bene ibi patria is perhaps not
a very patrioiic motto, but it was not
appropriate enough for thoso who had
gathered to tho Doctor's invitation and
left their old country, in which thoy
had been miserable, to find happiness
and comfort in this hosmtable island.
TO UK CONTINUED.
If Wo Want to Work Wo 3fiist Sleep
The restoration of energy, which
sleep alone can afford, is necessary for
tho maintenance of nervous vigor, and
whereas tho muscular system, if over
taxed, at Inst refuses to work, the brain
tinder similar circumstances too fre
quently refuses to rest. .Tho sufferer,
instead of trying to remove or lessen
the cause of his sleeplessness, comforts
himself with the hope that it will soon
disappear, or else, has recourse to
alcohol, morphia, the bromides, chloral,
etc. Valuable and necessary as theso
remedies often are (I refer especially to
the drugs), thero can be no question as
to tnc miscinet which attends their fre-
itient use, and thero is much reason to
mat ineir employment in tno ao
I. , . . .. .
senco
unco of any medical authority is large-
,' on the increase. Many of the "pro-
rictary articles" sold by dru,",ists and
1 . 1 . 00 , ,
pnet:
in crcat demand at the nresent day.
owe their ellicacy to one or more of
theso powerful drugs. Not a few deaths
havo been ciiiscd by their use, and in a
still large number of cases they havo
helped to produce tho fatal result,
Sleeplessness is almost always accom-
panied by indigestion in some one or
other of its protean form-, and tho two
conditions react upon ii.id anrravato
eaeli other. H Vest cam. .t bo obtained,
and if the vital machine annot sup
plied with a due amount of fuel, ud
moreover, fails to utiliz.i that which l1
is supplied with, menial and bodily
conapse cannot no mr uiMant. Tho ue
tails ot the downward process vary, but
the result is much tho same in all eases.
Sleeplessness and loss of appetito aro
lollowetl by Ios of llcsli and strength,
nervous irritability alternating with de
prosiou, palpitation, and other de
rangement of tiio heart, especially at
night, and many of tliosu symptoms
grouped together und' r the old term
"hypochondriasis." When tl:is stage
has been reached "tho borderlands of
insanity" are within mcasurablo dis
tance, even if they have not already
been reached. ForlniyUly Jlcviciv.
She Was There.
Ono of our prominent business men
is frequently detained until a late hour
by tho pressure of business (?). This
morning hU wife said to him:
"That was a splendid play, last night,
wasn't it?"'
"What play, my dear?''
"Tho one "von attoiuljd with Miss
Nebbins."
"Why I -you aro mistaken, my
dear."
"Oh, don't, think I'm angry, John; I
was there also, and 1 had such a pleas
ant escort."
"Tho devil!"
"Oh, dear, no. Ho was a perfect
gentleman, anil I enjoved his company
as much ns 1 did the play."
"Zounds, madam! What right havo
you to attend a theatre in company with
another man?"
"Tho same right that you had to at
tend a theatre in company with another
woman."
"Who was tho villain?"
"My father." Goot, ill's Daily Sun.
Superstition of the Horseshoe.
Tho old notion that t!i re is luck in a
horseshoo finds support in 0110 caso at
least, thinks Capt. Stone, tho horseman.
Whon Maud S. did her .irst really fast
mile in Clovoland in 2:10", Capt. Stone,
of Cincinnati, pulled oil' 'icr shoes and
stored thorn In his desk, and sold tho
niaro to Vanderbilt for a snug price.
Ho has been making money over sineo
and capturing tho best tilings of life.
Tho Captain kept only oif of tho shoes.
Ho gave ono to Mrs. !ain. and sho
gave it to her larger brotl er. lie hadn't
had it a week when ho v .us married to
ono of tho most charming Indies in Now
York. Ho has been prospering liko a
green bay treo ever since, and has had
the shoe plated nndfnunod and wouldn't
tako a Florida lot for it. Mr. Vander
bilt had 0110 of tho shoes and usod to
think it had a happy inlluonco on his
efforts to turn an honest penny. Corno
lius owns it now and has it fa'stened on
tho front of his writing-table. Tho
fourth shoe is in possession of Willian
Hair, Maud S.'s driver. Hair thinks
that if he had not had tho shoo stuiVed
in the ballast of his silky cushions, ho
never would havo been ablo to havo
gotten tho work out of tho littlo niaro
that he has since tho piece of steel camo
into, his possession. St. Paul Qlobc
An Active Old Georgian.
As n specimen of North Georgia longevity
ami tho vigor IiiiiMrliHl by tho mountain cli
mate, David Santcut, of Hull County, aged 05,
was In liutncuviUe one ilty last weok, having
unlktxl l cutr-ttvo iulU'3 to get there, lining
ntktxl how h' stood the trip, us refilled that ho
did not uilud It, anil If neoexwrv ha couM
walk ton miles furttMr by uljckt. Hamnuah
"If tliey ut to Hnl mi'," ay a Xew York
aldormaii, "the tan nu t me at either of my
MOiillOOUS."
12 A ST INDIAN SPECTACLE.
Knvirw or 40,000 SoliHors of tho ISrltMi
Army ut Dolhl llngliinifs Hint to Itus-
Delhi Letter to X. Y. Tribune.
The arent ISeview is over, nnd the
Cuini) of Exercise isbrenkinc ut). The
caninthis year wns nt Delhi, nndnev
cr before had operations been upon so
large a scale. Two forces, the North
ern und Southern, were encamped
about the city, and for ten days be
fore the review maiucuvresof all sorts
had been taking place. Kepresenta
tives of all tho Powers had been invit
ed to bo present, and the foreign olli-
cers camp wns the great social centre.
x ranee, uermnnv. Italy, snnin, mis
sia nnd Austria were ail represented
by one or more oiheers, ar.d the Lint
ed States in Colonel Lnzello nnd Cant
Mills had two of the most popular
men in tho camp. The idea ot lmving
the Camp of Exercise on such a large
scale tins year wns a lioliticat one,
originated bv tho Russian senro of
last snrini:: it was intended to show
to the natives of India that this Inrgo
force could be brotmht together with
out weakening seriously any canton
nient in the country.
As the troons marched up they tool
their position in a Ions Ho facing tho
llnsstnlt but at least a halt mile away
Tho line when Lord DuiVerin arrived
nnd rodo down for the inspection
must have been fully two miles long.
There wero between 05,000 nnd 40
000 men in all English and native,
from tho troops of Madras to the
Goorkhas from the frontier. Here and
there it would seem ns if a gap were
left in tho line; but it was only a regi
ment m working dress of kardeeclotb,
the color of the dry grass a color in
which they would bo almost invisible
if lying down. Lord Duilerin rode up
followed by his stall and t lie foreign
olliccrs, and the battery fired a salute.
Almost with tho first 51111 came the
rain, and for three lone hours with ono
. ! ff e ; 1... -
or rwo intermissions 01 a lew iniiiiiius
1 it rained as it can rain only in India,
sheets and solid banks of vater. The
I Viceroy, dressed in a black frock-coat
I . i . i - 1.:.. i i.
with a snmle order on Ins breast, a
high silk hat and gray riding trousers,
I was a conspicuous figure amid the red
! and gold which surrounded him. He
kept his position through all the
hours of the march, but the degree of
wetness which he reached ten minutes
after tho rain started was as complete
as if ho had tried a swim in the Junina
close by.
I Tho marching of tho English regi
ments was superb in spito of the con
dition of the ground. Tho mud after
tho march was over was from eight to
ten inches deep and the clay of the
soil made it terribly sticky. The Lan
cers and artillery wcro splendidly
mounted, and tho Russian officers were
especially impressed by the horses.
The elephant batteries and the mule
artillery for uso in the mountains on
the frontier were a novel .sight to an
American. The hugeelephants moved
along in their stately way, four at
tached to each gun and making light
of such work as dragging the heavy
weight through the thick mud. Hut
it was tho native troops in which I
was the most interested. Tho Sikh
troops from tho Punjab, tho Rengnl
Lancers and tho Goorkha infantry
from the northern part of India were
fine bodies of men. The Sikhs are tall,
inngnilicent-lookin? fellows, anil 111
their bluo or brown unitorins were
every inch soldiers. About thoturban
of each man was a thin steel circle,
sharpened to a razor's fineness; 111 the
old days thoy threw these with won
derful accuracy, cutting an inch stick
at fifty yards. At present thoy do
not nmkiiu.se of these knives but aro
permitted to wear them to recall the
days when all northern India was in
their power. Theso wore the troops
that saved India in 1857 tho regi
ments which, raised by Lord Law
rence in the Punjab and sent on to
Delhi, brought about its fall. The lit
tlo Goorkhas I liked best.
The ruin lasted until nearly tho end
of the review, and it is not hard t o ini
agino tho condition of tho ground bo
foro it wns over. Opposito whero 1
stood wns perhaps tho worst part of
tho road, as a slight depression in the
ground niado tho mud deoper. Of
course it rendered good marching dif
ficult and for a portion of tho native
regiments impossible. Part of them
hnvo tho regulation ammunition boot,
but tho majority have the nativo slip
per or nioghii shoe, with the turned up
too coming to a point nnd a slight ele
vation of the leather abovo tho heel.
When they eanio to tho thickest mud
a game "hunt the slipper" was played
in dead earnest. They havo to buy
their own shoes with their small pay,
and thoy can't afford to Ioso many
pairs. Off would come tho slippers by
tho dozen pairs, for they are without
fastening; then tho lines would break,
tho men rush back, somo trying to get
into their foot gear and others pick
ing them up and marching on with
them in their hands. Of course good
order in inarching was lost and many
of the 'companies went to pieces.
Fortunntely, just before arriving at
tho saluting point tho ground was a
little hardor and the linos were able
to get into fairly good order before
passing the ilag. Only ono regiment
of Hengali thought more of their
inarching thnn of their shoes, nnd
kept on in perfect unbroken line. Hut
tho mud gathered a harvest and after
the last regiment had passed tho shoes
stickinghnli out hero and there looked
comical enough. Tho marching oltho
native contingents tho soleiers of the
nativo princes nnd not in the regular
army showed a lack of drill and aftor
tho shoe episode it was a simple rout,
men nnd officers seeming to loso their
heads. The olliccrs wero gorgeous fel
lows, each being one blaze of gold lnco;
but the men in uniform and equipment
could not coniparo at all with tho reg
ular native troops. The most intar
est, if I could judge from the applause,
given, wns taken in the volunteer
Europeans who had left t heirbusiiiej
all over India and had taken part in
all the nmnonivros and worked like
common soldiers in the camp. They
alone woro oheorod ns thoy maroheo
by. As tho Inucare and Uattoriei
I were on their second round the rain
i ceased and in a short time the mm ap
peared. It shone on the long lino of
glittering muskets and the bright col
ors of the uniforms, inadestill brighter
by the black backgrounds of clouds
moving oil toward the southward.
The Viceroy rodo forward and uttered
a few words of congratulation; and
the greatest military spectacleof mod
ern India was at an" end.
The ninrcli proved one thing that
the troops were not fair weather sol
diers, for tho work done at such disad
vantage was atestofgoodmen. That
government will make some chango in
regard to the uso of the nativo slipper
seems probable. The figures of the
march are 122.000 infantry, 0,000 cav
alry, 2,000 artillery, 1,000 volunteers,
and somethingover 4,000 in thenntive
contingent.
SOUl'HKKN SPEECH.
Some of the Pociiltui'lth-- of I.ungtntce In
tlulgeil In ly i:'tll-nt-t tliti OtherSlile of
the -Union utiri Dixon l.lno.
The put pose of this paper is, how
ever, to present, in a succinct way, a
few of the quaintnesses of pronuncia
tion and construction held to by the
Southern people as a class. Among
these the first that comes to mind n
the custom of omitting the last two
letters ol such words as "more,"
"store," "four." which aro pro
nounced "mo." "sto," and "io.''
"What o'clock is it?" you ask tho
Cnrolininn. and ten to one he tells you
it is "half pus' fo," if that happens to
be the hour.
Another common Southcrnism is
the uso of "liko as if," or "liko" for
tho words "as if." "She looked like
she knew me," is a common expres
sion, or "she looked like as if she'd
die." This is very common in Wash
ington nnd in all states south of Ma
son and Dixon's line.
Tho word "funny'' is frequently used
instead of strange, and sometimes
with startlingeil'ects. A youngSouth
ern girl was visiting us once, and a call
er was telling of thedeath of hermoth-
er through swallowing a fish bone.
"Oh! wnsn't it funny?" exclaimed our
visitor, at the close of tho narrative.
"I think vou mean strange," said the
caller, as soon as she recovered from
the astonishment. Our girl friend has
never used tho word "funny" since.
If you happen to hear anybody say
"rye chef- " you may know it is in
tended t .can "right here." For in
stance: A South Carolinian ill say,
Where was ho at hist night?" and his
fellow citizen will say. "He stayed rye
cheer with mo." Djear pronounced
in one syllable is not a Russian word,
ns might be supposed; it means: "Do
you hear?" and is usually addressed
to servants in this form: "You, Jim!
bring in that wood, djear?"
"To get to go, is essentially a Geor
gia expression. 1 hoy say: "JJo, uon t
tail to como to-night, aim the reply
is: "I've tried to get to go for three
weeks, now, so 1 reckon I'll be there
t' night."
The expression, "IJodon t, is heard
111 Ueorgm and outh uiroiuui, out
rarely elsewhere. One of the most
lauglmble things you ever beard is tho
pronunciation of the word "about."
It is impossible to express tho South
Carolinian's pronunciation phoneti
cally. Jt sounds like "aimout pro
nounced very quickly in threesylables.
tjuare" for "queer. ' is another word.
Tho use of "reckon" for "presume" is
said to have been derived from tho
Yankees, as was the expression "right
smart" for the word "much."
Low-country people and the resi
dents of Middle South Carolina say
"gee-arden" for "garden," "gee-yard"
for "guard" with the hard sound of
"g." So, too. with such words as
"card." "car." and "cart, " into which
is introduced the sound of "kce." to
take place of the first consonant, thus:
"Kee-ard," "kec-ar," "kee-art."
The use of delightful for delicious in
such a sentence as "The ice-cream is
delightful." is very common. "Pretty"
is a word very often misused for in
stance: "Isn't this a pivtty day?"
and this error is a very general one.
North Carolinians say the scenery is
"pretty" meaning picturesque; the
day is "pretty meaning line.andthat
a person's manners are "pretty"
meaning wollbred.
"You all,"or,as it should be abbrevi
ated, "y'all," is one oftheniostridicu
lous of all the Soutliernisins I can call
to mind. It usually means two or
inoro persons, but is sometimes used
when only one person is meant. For
instance, a caller on taking her de
parture, says: "Y'all come and see,
us." She means the lady upon whom
she is calling and her husband may.
call.
An Editor's Trials.
Editors areborn to be misrepresent
ed. Tho Dawson (Gn.) Journal cites
a few of tho things they havo to put
up with:
Editing a paper is a pleasant busi
ness if you liko it.
If it contains much political matter,
peoplo won't have it.
If tho type is large , it don't contain
much reading matter.
If wo publish telegraph reports, folks
say they aro nothing but lies.
if we omit them, wo have no enter
priso or suppress them for political ef
fect. If wo have a few jokes, folks say we
are nothing but rnttleheads.
If wo omit jokes, folks say wo are
nothing but fossils.
If wo publish original matter, they
damn us for not giving selections.
If we givo selectiona people say we
aro lazy for not writing more, and giv
ing them what they have not read iu
some other paper.
If we givo a complimentary notice,
wo are censured for being purtial.
If we don't all hands say we are a
great hog.
If we insert an article which pleased
the ladies, the men beeomo jealous,
vice versa.
If we attend church, they say it u
for effect.
If wo rumnin in our ofttce at totaling
to business, folks sny wo are too proud
to mingle with other fellows.
If we go out, they iy we don't at.
tend to our busings.