The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-03
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Be sir pie. uaaHv cted; be hosest 10 yoar
spsaking snd writing. Never NE long
word when short one will do Cali ;
spade spade, not : we'll known oblong in
strument Of manual industry; let home
be home, not . residence; . place .
place, not locality, and 20 oil the rest
When short word will do, you always
lose by using long ono. You lose in
clearness, yea lose in the honest express
sion Of your meaning; and 10 the essi
nation at oil men vho are competent Is
judge, you lose in reputation for ability
The only true way 10 Anime, even in .his
false world. 10 to be modest and u.assu-
ming Falsehood may be . very thick
crnst, but in the course Of time truth vill
End place to break through Elegssoe
of language may not be in tbs power Of
all Of 10, bat simplicity aad sssightfor-
wardness are.
Write as you would epeak; speak - you
would think. 1t With your infsrior, spsak
no coarser than usual; if your superior.
speak no fissr. Be What You say, and,
within the rules Of prsdencs, cay wha,
you are. Avoid all oddisy Of ex pression
No one was ever gamer BY singulsri.y
OF words, or in pronunciation. The truly
wise man will 30 speak, that no one viii
observe how he speaks. A man may
show great knowledge Of chemistry BY oar
rying about bladder Of strange gassss tn
breathe, but be will seioy better health
and 6ud more time for business, Who live,
on common air.
When hear person ase . queer ex
preston, or pronounce name in leadiDe
differently from bis nsighbor. the habi
always goes down. minus sign, before i
stands on the side Of deficit. not Of credit
Avoid, likewise, oil slang words. Their,
10 no greater nuisance in society than
talker Of slang. Il il only ct when 10
accent, which il seldom is) for nv schoo
boys and one term freshmen 70 astonisf
their sisters With. Talk - sensible mel
talk, uss the easiest words in their comon
est meaning. Let the sense conveyed mo-
the vehicle in which it 10 conve red, b
your subject Of attention.
Once more avoid in eosversation oil
singularity OF accuracy. One OF the bores
OF sosiety l. the bcre who IL alwsys ssttiua
Jon right; Who when you report from i
paper that 10000 men fell 10 some battle
tell yoa that il was 1929; VITO When yos
describe Jour walk - Two milep out ana
back assures you that il lacked half fur
long Of it. Truth does not consist il mi.
mute accuracy Of detail; bu. 10 cosyeyiae
a right impression; an1 there are vasu.
ways Of speaking that are truer than stric
fact woald be. When the Psslmist said
rivers Of waters ran dovs my eyes, b
cause man keeps not my law" 10 did no
ssate the fact but he stated truth deepe,
than fact and also truer.-f Dean Afford
tbs REBELs AND THEIR NoRrHra,
FRIEEDs.-In . spicy debate which tool
plAce in she rebel Congress % the 10th,
"Hangutn" Foote VS. gracious esosQl
to proclaim the indebtsdueas Of the Con
federAsy to its friends At the North. He
moreover, il as candid as he i graci,us
He says: I'VE have friends-good, true
valiant friends-in The North. !
We have more sympsthisers ia the North
than in oil the rest OF The woold.'" W.
presume Foote spike thus with som.
kuowlsdgs Of the facts. Il will BE- inter
esting to sse how his gushing friendsbi,
10 reciprocated here, amosg those 10
whom he certi6es sfter this whole -soulec
fashion
~Alady Of rebel syupasAiss in Lon
isville, saw : number Of rough lookins
fellows passing her door under strona
guard. and az course infayrod ther, =. =