The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-04-26
oa,eAN or POPULAR PNeAses.

Lo!-A euphuistic rendering o
Lord! common among females and
very precise persons imagined b.
many to be q corruption Of look! bu
| this is . mistake. Sometimes pro
bounced iaw or lacks.
Chalk up.-To credit, make entry IN
account books Of Indebtedness; 81
can't pay you now. but you can ch0ii
/ IL up" {. e.. charge me with the article
in the day-book. From the old En-
glish practice Of chalking ones scOrs
for drinks behind the bar-dOors ol
public houses.
Names Of Type si,es.-Originally
there were seven sizes. The first wa
called Prima, whence the name
Primer, but now this sort Ii termed
Tico-line English. The second was Sc
cunda, now our Double Plea; In
France, Great Paragon. The third
was Tertia. at present our Gredt
Primer. Then there was the middle
size still called in German Mittel, but
is now our Engtish. After these
came the three sizes on the opposite
side of the scale-Picd, Long Primer
and BREWER. In Germany the name
Secunda, Tertia, and Mittle are still
retained. Plea in France and Ger
many il called Cicero, because the
works of that author were originally
printed in II. English printers 81
styled il from being the type in which
the Ordinal, or Service Book of the
Roman Church. was originally set.
This Ordinal was first called the Plea,
or Familiarity the Pic. BOurgeoise
was 80 called because it was intro
duced into the country from France,
the bourgeOise. or citizen printers OF
that capital. Breriey obtained Its
name from its having been first used
for printing the Breviary or Roman
Catholic abbreviated Church Service
Book. .Ninion is also Of French ORR
gin, snd was 50 termed owing to
having rapidly become a special IA
vorite in its introduction in that conn
try. La Mignone il 'the darling. +"
Nonpdred was 80 named because on
its introduction 1t had no equal, being
the smallest and finest type pro-
duced until that time. Pearl is Of
English origin. The French have q
type Of the same size which they call
Parisenne. 1t was q smaller type
than nonpareil and was thought the
pearl of all type. Diamond is another
fancy name given TO what was re-
garded at the time of its origin rs the
ultimi thule Of letter foundry achieve
ment
Ayron-This word Is properly
ndpron, and the loss Of its correct
form Is of some Importance, because
II cOnceals its connection with n0pery
and with the old French ndpe and the
modern French ndppe, a cloth. The
change Is consequent upon the mis-
apprehension (by those who heard
and spoke but did not read that "a
apron" was IAN apron" The same
mistake. which was not uncom-
mon of old, has given US adder, a
kind of snake, instead of the proper
nddder.
Acorn-It Is generally supposed
that acorn has its name because it Is
the product Of the oak, as odk-acorn.
This idea il an erroneous one, how
ever, as there is neither oak nor corn
in the word. 1t comes from acre, a
field and means, originally, merely
fruit of the field. 1t Is remarkable
that as the cognate Dutch word dker
is related to dkker. field, and not to
elk, an oak, il has been generally
dropped by the Dutch, and now the
word most commonly used by them is
eiki, an intelligent conformity of usage
to etymology which is almost unique.
You'd Scarce Expect One Of Nv
4ge"-The author of the familiar old
rhyme beginning, YOU'D scarce ex-
pect one of my age" was David
Everett, the composer Of num-
Der of creditable productions.
He was born in Princeton, Mass, in
1863, and was graduate Of Dart
mouth College.
Benefit Of Gergy.-The origin of
this expression has already been
briefly alluded TO. The following In
extensO may not be uninteresting to
the literary readers of the Globe Dem
Ocrat: 1t was an ancient privilege
TO the clergy of claiming,
when accused Of felony, to be de
livered up to an ecclesiastic JUDICIAL.
ways favorable to his own order-fOr
instead of being tried
in the ordinary way before the lay
judges Of the land. In ancient times
n few persons except those in holy
orders could read accordingly the
test for an accused person claiming
benefit of clergy was his ability to
read. If he could not, the courts
would not part with the defendant,
but proceed to try him as il he were
layman. Afterward, when education
became more general. other persons
beside clergymen were able to read
and so, in the reign of Edward ILL.,,
The English Parliament extended the
privilege of clergy, a IL Is called, to
clerkly laymen until the reign Of
Women were not al
lowed their clergy until the reign of
and Mary, when Parliament
the benefit to them. In the
reign of Henry VII. however, a blow
was aimed at this singular privilege
~ enjoyed by laymeB. and q statute
was then passed against "divers per.
sons lettered, who have been more
bold To commit murders. rapes, rob-
,ery, theft, as well as other mischiev-
rus deeds" which enacted that per-
IONS mot i'm holy orders" accused of
hese ofienses, aud convicted thereof,
we're in cases of murder, to be |
marked with the letter IN" on the |
,rawn of the left thumb. and in all |
,thers with the letter 1T" to denote,
t is presumed, that the person had |
,een guilty of theft. In cases of high |
reason, benefit of clergy was not al |
owed to he pleaded. 1t Is stated that |
v hen an accused person claimed his
leroy, il was unusual TO test his |
by requesting him to read |
he first verse ofthe Fifty-first Psalm,
which i'm Latin begins with the words
Miserere mel Deus. In addition
0 the extraordinary character of this
in which touch of grim
Iumor seems perceptible, its absurdity
, apparent. for, of course, men might
asily have coached themselves up in
he required test. The ecclesiastical
Judge, who WAS generally the Bishop,
night. however. have given the de-
endant anything else to read, and in
ither case, in the event Of his ina
ility to comply, might have handed
eeding generally meant death. A
ustom which favored criminals solely
n account Of their good education,
ppears to us, who live in times when
is justly thought that superior in
diligence adds stain to criminality
T any kind. to be In the highest de-
rec absurd; yet we are told by able
'riters that the benefit Of clergy or
clergy" is here tata-
lount thereto-was not SO ridiculous
; 1t seems. The privilege was
in the reign Of George w.
Language wds Giccn TO Man TO En-
be Him TO Conceal HIS Thoughts.-
his famous saving Of the crafty