The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-09
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From Scribncr's Monthly.
! Mr.. EDITOR: There IRE more than % thou
! sand million people la the world, aud ,ach
one Of them ha- name. OF course. nobody
Is acquainted with an ur these p,uplc, but
| every body knows a great "a any ot tn,m
| \. Tor instance. ana acquainted with-sty
hundred persons one hundred PERSONS
| and one hundred names. Nav. how nt d
mnmrnts motto" J. "A man 81 Hvrta age mpW-
CRY 10 get all these names aud these people
! 70 titg | can't do t..
| meet man IN The street I know hls
! lace very well. That's easy cuuuvh. ilc
carries II In n conspicuous place. But how
about his mann? Tn e. one can't q. mem
Der tt-why should - There's nothing
about him 10 sugW 81 10, II there VINE Huy
system OF nomenclature which should cor
respondent with pers mai appearance %
would help matters II an tie tat ppr-tus
were uamcd J"ne.. ~ th' lean ou,s Brown,
all the tall folks II biu-ou. and th, short
ones Thompson; 10 people with jImhpr-
jaws were named Ferguson, and hook
nosed persons were all chilled Ramsey, ~
great part OF the difficulty / speak ut would
be removed. You might not know lust
which Brown or Robinson mau wis, but
YOU could come near enough; aud such
thing as totally forgetting the names of
two of your friends Just as you are going to
Introduce them would be- less likely 10 hup-
pen than IL now is Why, I'd rather risk
calling by name rare plant in flower
pot than one Of my friends who has sud-
denly come upon me. / might pull up "a
stick from the flower pot and see that the
plant dnercOidUs m0SmOria, hut there's uoth-
ing sticking out Of INV friend To- remind me
that his name Is Samuel Il wilson.
IL Is one Of the stddrst things iu lifc th1t
there - absolutely no way 10 find out %
friends name. when you are alone With
him and forgotten H.. lou can't H-k % man,
when you have eaten &C his Table. and
slept with him, and perhaps gone 90 Dds
grandmother funeral, what hi- name - ,
And those tudircci, zigztg ways Of TRYING
To coax his name ont OF him seldom amount
to anything. "By the way" You -nt (lltrr
violent mental process 90 'H, q, a, p h D.,
Q. g. Cox, Camphel-no; d, n, II e.. 4, Emrr-
son; I, {, - ctr.), chow DO yuu spill Nuur
n,mey' Aud, ten 20 one. hr saws -With
two t. And then, Hffcra frantic struggle
in Your mind with TutIc, TVOr. Ttulc,
and almost anything else with three Is,
you mildly smile, ard sat. "oH, NH-l rur-
taihly," ard remember tHc uam" poe Instant
your friend Is gone. There urr plenty OF
strftagrms OF this Kind. but Whore o. Che
good Of tiicmF meyer could Sec it.
Why, it's often easier to trll the name "
every bone and mnscla Boo nuns body
that 10 rrmem her The nam" pf the mtn Hm-
s'lL There r. generally 70 reason TOR Iu.u-
ing q bone, ard " you've once heard Co., You
may remember IT, bat thrrr', uu reason gt
ali for peoples names. ] never saw man
or woman who looked iu tEr least like hie
or her name. Now, There should hrrUHut way
remedy This social wroag-igr &c Be- u wrong
% conceal ones identify, so o. speak, by
cutting or AL means of recognition except
that which depends on The memory OF our'-
friends The law shDult br r=llrd tn. We
are Obliged to put numb Is ou our houses
where everybody can SEQ them. "a. a why
not put names on thp dwt .rr. :. Go. houses.
10 fIct, every man should have lois 90 .iur
pl crd in some uspiruuu- uIlcs Du hit
person. This plan WIS suggested MP m' By
a friend, and am sure it WnulI work WnII.
For instance, what could Doc moro Uruu-
mental, a. we'll as useful, thlu hrust-riu
with ones name on itT Or b. p.oTla pre-.
ferred q permanent arrangement. fhr O'I
fashion Of tattooiug iu India iUt might Dee
revived and put 20 some pruc zeal use. such
lettering would last a long time.
In case Of udies tlpr 1 would apply thls
= stem 70 both stxe-l. it might he upr.7-
sary, owing Co occarionh change ut name,
70 leave room Tor alteration when ibis
method OF marking Wa adopted. But when
"A more simple plan is desired, nothing is
more easy than 10 put "a Wur'- name oh
some part Of his clothing. For instance,
-hirts are generally marked. Now, why
not mark them whore one can nor only srn
70 whom the shirt belongs but Who belongs
o. the shirtY
One thing L. certain. something oi This
kind must be done, even 10 a "whHts-his-
name" plank has 90 be inserted iu one OF
the political platforms There's no earthly
good In universal suffrage. or ant. papery,
or lOczl option, or wonden plvcmeut- or
anything else, when you cart remember
the name Of the man you're falkirg 10.
Yours trIly. ANDREW 0CuaGIN.