The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-22
POPULAR PHRASES.
Their Origin Given by a Reli-
able Correspondent.
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.
Day-Read, Mark Learn and In
wArdly Digest.

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I'm Paddy whack from Bsllyhack,
No; long ago turned soldier;
In storm apd sack, in front attack,
None other can be boul1sr.
go in, is to enter for, to apply ones
self in pursuit of. Men at the univer
siti are said TO 90 IN tor honors,
aquatics, or what ever their chief desire
or employment may be. The expires
sion in this connection is more general
in England that in the United States.
FULL BLGsf.-A term evidently Dor
\ rowed from the technology of the
engine-room, and more frequently used
to express the heyday OF apogee Of any
thIng. As, by the middle Of the day
matters were in full blast, and proceed
ings generally were very satisfactory.
A WsRD IN SEAsoS.-This very COM
mon quotation Is from the Bible. II
occurs in PROVERBS xv.. %. The follow
1 ing is the verse: "a man hath Joy BY
the answer OF his mouth; and a word
spoken in due season. how good is ii. "
LEeTsLATuRE.-From the Latin leqis.
of law, and latiG, proposing. In
politics, a legislature is that body CT
assembly of individuals in a constitu-
tional state invested with powers 10
enact and repeal laws for its mainten-
ance and government. In the United
States, the legislature, under the name
Of Congress, consists Of two bodies of
legislators-the Senate and the House Of
Representatives.
ia DRAUeHT (oR DRAFT) UPoS ALLOCATE
PUMP.-A bill of exchange or draft
drawn on persons who have no effects
of the drawer. A bill of exchange,
check or draft. without consideration.
The sentence occurs in Fielding's Es-
say on the Character OF Nam" '-Ihis
is such another instance of generosity
his who relieves his friend in distress
by a drsught on AldgAte pump" In a
foot-note the author adds: "a mercan-
tile phrase for a bad note"
JOCKEY CLUB.-In sporting parlance,
the name for q celebrated corporation
of Bohlemen and geAtlemen. established
in England IT'S. TO control the national
sport of horse-racing. by euacting laws
and regulations founded on honor and
Justice, and 20 decide all disputed cases
which came within les cognition as the
great tribunal OF the turf. Within the
lsst quarter of a century similar insti-
buttons have sprung mp in other
countries; thus there is the American
Jockey Clab, the French Jockey Club.
etc
IDEALIsN get this word from the
French ideGlisne. IL is philosophIc
term. signifying that doctrine which
maintains that we are concerned only
with ideas, and are ignorant Of every
thing else. Idealists argue that wha
our senses convey 10 lus is not evidence
of an external world, but only of our
sensation. Further. that We are utterly
II
matter itseef, and that il is easier to
conceive that God directly causes our
sensations shan that they are conveyed
to us through the unknown world of
matter.
GooD PEoPLE.-Thi Z expression is quite
common, particularly among obseQui-
Gus people when speaking OF their neigh
bors. The term is also quite frequently
used BY way of emphasis, or to impress
an audience with the force Of & certain
as. Z" Good people, listen atten-
lively to what am saying" The name
good people was originally given by
country folks in England, evidently
rom fear OF offending by any less
decided term, TO fairies, brownies, |
pixies, etc. SuperstItious mothers often !
say. at the present time, to querulous
children, Il wish the good people would
run away with you"
LATENT HEAr.-The word LATENT is
from the Latin LGteo. TO lie hid. When
pass from. the solid to the
liquid condition. and from the LIQUID %
the gaseous condition, they absorb heat.
A liquid is q solid plus heat; a gas is a
liquid plus heat. The heat thus alb
sorbed does not appear as sensible heat.
but is consumed in comforting potential
energy upon the molecules. II thus
ceases 70 exist as heat. and by the older |
writer's IL was considered TO be hidden |
IN the substance 70 which il was COM |
and hence received the name |
Of latent heat. Latent heat was discov- |
red by DR.. Black, OF Edinburph. in |
lf60; the term is generally retained in |
science. although the significance of II.
Is Black understood il. has passed away
HIu-Thls word is derived from the
Anglo-Saxon and German ha0dl. Hail /
; q mass Of compact globuies Of ice OF /
Iiferent sizes, which fall in the atmos-.
here. In our climate hail falls princi-
ally during spring and summer. and /
It the hottest times Of the day: n
arely falls at night. The falls Of hail Is
lways preceded by a peculiar noise.
Hail Is generally the precursor of
forms; II rarely accompanies them.
md follows them more rarely still. i
Hail falls from the size of small peas 10
hat OF an egg or orange. The lorna
ION OF hailst mes has never been alto
,ethe; satisfactorily accounted for; nor
more especially their great size. On /
iolta's theory the hailstones are
attracted by two clouds
harged With opposite electricit;es: but
the hailstones were thus attracted.
is much more probable that the two
londs would be mutually attracted, ami
'ould unite
A so.-This phrase, as applied to a
rink or measure of liquor, is stated 10
ave arisen from the following circum- .
iances Two well-known British actors I
nee met at the bar Of London tavern
have q wet" together. "One more
lass and then well 90, was repeated
, often on either hand. that in the end
was out OF the question with both OF
hem, and so the word passed into a
lying. Go is also synonymous with
circumstances OF occurrences; A rum
ing 60" and "a great 90" sienifying
lrlous AMI remarkable occurrences:
All the 60. when any thing creates ,
nusual INTEREST; M 60" no good
here's q pretty 60" here's a trouble
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