The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-02
WHERE I'VE GET OUR WORDS.

oiio"e,h hoo pettluS oH Guo QueSClOu
OF photographic changes, are of
singular interest on account of tho
comprehensive method he hos
pursued in tracing the origin and
growth of the English tongue. He
has made careful analysis of English
writings from the earliest times
down to the present year, and
presented the results in tabulated
form showing the changes which
the language has undergone and Of
what elements it consists at differ
ent periods. TO this end evory
sort of document is laid under con-
tribution Touching the moderns, it
may be: noted that out of every
hundred words used by Horace
Greeley in his editorials, some
fifty eight would be Greco-Latin,
TO. ty'one G"tho-Germanic and one
Celtic-although in his spoken
language the Gothic Germ .nic
greatly preaominatel. The London
Times shows the proportion Of
fifty five Greco Latin, forty five
Gothic -Germanic words and one
Celtic. The New York Xeruld
uses ffty~two Greco Latin, forty
eight Gothic -Germanic, and, strange
to say, no Celtic. Prof. Tyndail
uses forty -s.x Greco-Latln, fifty
two Gotho-Germanic ind two Celtic
words Horatio Seymour, forty
three Greco~Latin, and 6fty-seven
Gothic Germanic words. Tennyson
shows q remarkable number of
Gotho-Germanic vocables-not less
than seventy-one out of a hundred;
Mrs. Hemans, sixty seven, Byron,
seventy six, and Longfellow seveh-
ty-three-proportions which show
that English poets are much more
inclined to the use of Gotho-
Germanic elements than prose
writer's. 1.-The coming of the Nor
man" says DR.. Weisse, twas the
knoll of Anglo-Saxon stagnation,
and the dawn of English progress"
The language, hitherto confused
and unstable, began to assume de-
finite shape, coherency. and frmness:
Since that period there has been
among prose writer's a steady,
increase in the percentage of Greco,
Latin words used, arising not 80
much from Il disuse of Gothic Ger
manic as from the continual acces-
sions from the Greco Latin Ian
guages of Europe. In general, as
the English language now exists,
about sixty eight per cent. is Greco-
Latin, thirty per cent. Gothic Ger
manic or Anglo Saxon, and two per
cent Celtic, with traces of Semitic
and Slavonic. DR.. Weisse thinks it
beyond question THAT the English
language is destined to become the
universal language of the earth.
A London telegram says that the
steamship Emily 3. Souder. which
left New York on the 9th of Dscem
ber, bound for Turks Island and
Santo Domingo, foundered at seq
after being only two days out from
port. The news reached London
on Friday, being telegraphed from
Kingston, Jamaica, by the agent at
that place, who states that two of
the crew of tho i'll -fated vessel, the
only survivors Of the wreck, have
just been landed at Kingston.
What became Of the passengers,
officers and remainder of the crow is
not known, but the two wrecked
sailors, who were picked up by
passenger vessel, state that they
believe that all the others on board
the steamer were drowned. The
vessel was valued at $4,000, and
was insured for that amount.
A telegram to the Indian office
from the Takimo reservation,
Washington Territory, says ''The,
Indians continue to be perfectly
submissive, and there il no pro 8
pect of any bloodshed. Four of the
Indian murderers Of the Perkins
family are in irons. One committed
suicide while attempts were being
made to capture him. Only two
moro are at large" r.. .....
A fearful suggestion-Fred (to
chum),-"I dreamed about you last
night, Bob" Bob-"I hope it was
+, pleasant" Fred--"Oh, yes! very
pleasant while it lasted. I dreamed
that you paid me the ten dollars
you owe me. "-HorUard LdRtpooae.
The boys who sell photographs
f, during the opera are very nice little
follows, but they should not be
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