Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-21

A FEW SAMPLES.
SOME CURIOUS SPECIMENS OF "fHe
DRESS OF THOUGHTS"
Clippings from Western Newspapers
Cables Marine Figure-De Quincy
The Reporter Note Book
From the London Post.
re. J. NJ" in Brooklyn Eagle

/ the dress Of thought The future historian
when he comes to write abou. the newspa
! peri, the novels and the casual literary
work OF our day, as well as the conversation
aF-ctei by certain class Of our people, vii
cs:;anly have something very interestin;
( t. say about the different STYLES in whIcl
writers ami speakers were won't to expires:
themselves. Let me, IN advance Of his ar
rival, furnish iilm few peculiar samples Of
written and spoken language. Following
out, 50 70 speak, the metaphor Of Lord
Chesterfield, l have called these examples
thought IN fancy dress
The definitions OF common things and the
statement Of ordinary occurrences such a
We read and hear, would furnish materia
for new dictionary. clergyman wa.
accuse Vi plagiarism, whereupOn a western
paper describss IT as "a case OF mOrbidly re-
tentive memory reacting upon unusual re
captivity Of mind ami producing uncon
scious assimilation of ideas A chronic liaI
Is one WHO Is -inebriated with the exuber
ancs OF his own verbosity7 Or, he i.
guilty Of not always handling the English
Language " til sufficient carefulnss = to meet
the sInaais o. vsracity.'
Slnre science has criticised the drinking
habit. moderate drinking i, called taking il
IN true physiological quantity" AMI when g
MAJ Is thirsty he is suffering from ~polydip
STA 4 cyclone i called IAN escaped earth
quake labOrlng un Ter temporary insanity.
A certain young lady IS able TO sing hymn.
like a ten octave angel man does no,
register at hotel, but autographs while
dramatic critic, describing "A certain act
Tess IN G2Iitea, says she Is like BABE, that
opens liz wide eyes for one moment on the
Hover that breathes its fragrance for a day
upon the earth of which it is not; like a
grand strain OF music that floats AMI throb.
at twilight, and sinks away into the dini
reaches Of which we dream, but in which
we cannot walk; ton pure FOR the world, an ]
yet leaving behind Il memory, a perfume {
harmony, tenierer, sweeter, more oxalting
horse trot in steady country commu.
nlJy is announced in this inoiTensive way:
Two weilknown animals Will contend fol-
local superiority On Monday next the Az
ricultural park. An independent newspa.
pr speaks Of good Old Democrats of the
brown jug AMI corncob stopper variety, y
while George W. Gable describes New Or
leans as a ~tum5ling, believing surf of tire
mendou, energies aud vast enterprises A
negr" accounts for the sun spots on the
p -
the solum cistern am ramified by lie exc
nocshui wave, and dat brings de earts AK
ions IN efigy wild Venice, and dis casions
de ulterium spJt-.' De Quincy, descr ibine
n selfish man, wrote that "ths luxurious
torpor Of s.li -indulgence' had extended it,
mists 20 tine energy and clearness of his per
CeptiunS'
Many Illustrations Of fancy dressed Eng.
ii,h might be drawn from the reporters note
book. \ representative of New York
paper, Che ticiturnity of "A beetle broweI
moody vissagei, AMI generally i'll -smelling
Sicili M with paws like monkey and
mouth like a snapped s;esl trap who
prO.el not over prolific n a fountain head
Bat the smiling purchase of a banana brought
hi, commercial instinct SO far t. the front
a TO elicit half reluctant response to the
general advance upon his -taciturnity
Young rep)rters-those that come to the
Office with a collegiate education, and who
think themselves fit 10 manage the paper
are often IN the habit of using hOwery lag.
g,uage. One young man of this kind is said
To have commenced city item thus: "Ir
soft adumbrant ineShes Of sievei silver
the sunbeams melted through the
leaves AMI drippei in spangles of
gold upon the brown AMI black mOquettrie
shadows that led TO the ragged edge of the
curb, where a fragile little fragment of hui
manity lay moaning The managing edi-
tar cut thi, cut, AMI the item, as published,
read: "Heue-Sy Mulcahey's little boy, Pat,
fell into an open sewer and broke hi, nose.
\ Denver scribe thus writes of a musical
entertainment in that city: Sweet strains
O. music iioaied out upon the gentle breeze
Vi the quiet night with that enchanting mel
oily winch lifts the soul of man from the
narrow limits Of human enjoyments to
pleasant anticipations of those seraphic
pleasures ia which the angels are won. to en-
gage An Oswego local" in describing a
fire aid: The red flames danced in the
heaven and flung their fiery arms about
Ike black funeral pail. until sam Jone,
got on the roof and dashed them out with a
pail Of water
Here Is 4 specimen from England, being
the prelU q Of an article on primroSe', pub
llShed some months ago IN Ths LONDON
Morning Pot: A patient. knee deep heron,
alone with tine reels in a wide waste Of
water; n carrier pigeon, steering it, path of
glad tIlings Of peace homeward across the
empty sky; an eagle, beating in proud iSola-
ton it, strong way upward to some desolate
rock pinnacle. observed Of all men; a lion
listening al1ns 20 the far of echoes OF the
startled wilderness; solitary palm tree,
hen linz alone over its own shadow in the
desert; all the e strike in different tone, the
same KY II sentiment as the single pale
tinted flame of the primrose burning close
to the dark mould, whence. in early spring.
few -i;Ra of lrlfy summer have yet ventured
for;a.
since :Ae papers published full reports of
mcetIa q. our political speakers do not fur
niSh 10 with much amusing material IN this |
I'm \ phrase 81 Dennis kearnsy. the |
sand LIT, orator, is worth producing. In |
,pcakn, of some rival he said he was "one |
q tho. free trade, free rum, free love. 1
God foraker, Matchmaking, Ratchet faced I
,ranhs AMI profit mOngcring dudes, who
know a much about the labor question a /
lrn does about heaven And New York /
politician unca remarked: Talk about I
tate m'a, ere are more statesmen to the /
guars inch ia the First warI than in any
ger ward IN the city. Why If you'd take /
lUn o. Sammy Tilien's old speeches and .
plant - in "A crack on the sidewalk, you'd 4
wake Up IN the morning and find a tree
orty i-,t high. with a statesman sitting on
very branch.