The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-22

ENKI6HBoR -"Boor.' from the Anglo
Sax mis- q rustic or cOuntryman. and
neqh is nigh. NeighbOr is itfga-JOor,
the boor who dwells near.
Mem. CoS.-A contracted form of
Latin. Re1IiIle cOntrddiccate, which
means mo one conlradicting." Mem.
Dis. is q Ike abbTeviatiOn OF nemine
diSsentieHte. mo one dissenting" Both
terms are used in relation TO the state
of public opinion, or when a motion
put 10 an assembly is passed mem. CON-,
or mem. dis, as the case may be.
The THREAD or DEsTTSY.-That on
which destiny depends. The Greeks
and Romans imagined that a grave
maiden called cloth spun from her dis
tail the destiny OF man, and as she
spun one Of her sisters worked out the
events which were in store, and Atropos
cut the thread at the point where death
was TO occur.
TERIIUM QUID.-A third tparty which
shall be nameless. The expression
originated with Pythagoras. who. de-
timing bipeds, said: "SuRt bipes homo,
et apis, 81 teTtiUm qtiid." A msn IS r
biped, so is a bird, and third thing
which shall be nAmelesS) Iamblicus
says this third thing was Pythagoras
himself. In chemistry, when two sub
stances chem cally unite, the new sub
stance is called tertiuBl guild, as neu-
trail salt produced by the mixture Of an
acid and alkali.
IDEAL.--From the Greek ideiH, TO per
ceive. The ideal Is the term generally
applied to that which exists only IN
fancy or the Imagination, as opposed 10
real. Ii also denotes an imaginary
model or standard Of perfection, as IN
the term beau ideal, extensively used
in the fine arts to indicate the selection
for a particular object OF the finest
parts or qualities from different sub
jects, so as to form a perfect and har-
monious whole, or one such rs is not
ordinarily seen in nature. Its applca-
lion more particularly attaches to paint
ing and sculpture.
LIFE is BUT SPAE.-This quotation is
generally attributed to Francis Bacon.
In his poem OF The World" the fol-
lowing couplet occurs:
The worlds a bubble, and the. life Of man
Less than q span
VIM. Browne, q contemporary OF Sir
Francis, in "Britannia's Pastorals, Z"
has;
Whose life is a bubble, and in length q span
The following line from The New
England Primer" win be wen remem-
bered:
Our life is but span.
WrTSEss.-This word is from the, an
glo-SaNon tritneSs. In law a witncss Is
one who gives evidence in legal investi-
l. s-sI
compelled 10 appear by subpGnGs, and,
If they neglect to attend, are punishable
by attachment or action; in criminal
cases. by subpoena or reeogni-aHoe,
taken by the magistrate be ore whom
the information Is given. Persons are
according TO law, TO give
evidence in a court of justice il they
want reason. or do not believe in the
existence of a God and the rewards and
punishments of a future state.
When A TwIsTER A-TwIsrISe.-The
following is said to be the original YER
sion OF this well know nursery rhyme.
1t is taken from the "Grammatica
Lingu@ Anglicane," by John Wallis, d.
D., published in London Il 1858. and is
thus given in Sir John Stoddart's treatise
on Grammar" in the Encyclopedias
MetropolitanR:"
When a twister a-twistins viii twist him q
twist,
For the twisting of his twist he three twines
doh intwist:
But II one Of the twists of the twine doth
intwist,
The Irvine that untwisteth uniwisteth the
twist
the Irvine that untwisteth be
tween.
He twists with his twister the two in the
twine:
Then twice having twisted the twines OF the
twine,
lie t~iicReth the Irvine he had twined in
twain.
rhe twain that in twining before in the
Irvine,
Is Irvine were intwisted he now doth I'M
twlne.
rwixt the twain intertwist.ng Irvine more
between
lie twirling his twister makes twist Of the
Irvine.