Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1892-10-05
FACTS AND FANCIES
EDITED BY REV. H. M. HERRloK

1t is strange how common is the in
correct use of "shalI and "will." Even
President Harrison, with his almost
perfect command of English, twice
used the word twill" mgrammatically
for "shall' in a short telegram to Vice
President Morton Sept. IS: 81 will
not be able to take any part in the
Grand Army exercises, and will be
very glad if you" &c.
One more point in grammar. Never
say or write "Rev. Smith," but either
Rev. Mr.. Smith," or simply "Mr.
Smith" Our college president, who
had half dozen titles and had been
in congress, once told his class that he
preferred the title "Mr." to all the
rest.
! "Yond same cloud cannot choose
but fall by pailfuls," is the way Shake
speare says it is going to rain.
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Italian is the language of music.
Its words are full of vowels, and soft,
smooth sounds. Being nine-tenthsLat-
in, any bright scholar can quickly learn
to read it. The followingis an extract
from the beginning of Leopardi's re-
markable ode to Italy, lamenting her
fallen splendor:
o patria mia, vedo lie mura gil archi Il
E le colonne e i simulacri G perme
Tori degli avi nostri a@ =
Ma la gloria non vedo,
Non vedo il lauro e il ferro ond 'eran carchl.
l nostri padri antichi. Or fatta inerme,
Nuda la fronte nude il petto mostri
Dime quante fertile,
Che lividor, che sangue! oh quail ii veggio,
Formosissima donna? 10 Chiedo al cielo
E al monde: dite, dite:
Chi la ridusse tale? L questo e peggio,
Che di catenc la carche ambe lie braccia;
ST che sparte lie chiome senza velo
Siede in terra negletta scOnsolata,
Nascondendo la faccia
Ira lie ginocchia, e piange.
Piange, che ben hal donde, Italia mia,
LIE GENT a vincer nata
E nella fauSta sorte nella ria.
This in free translation runs about
as follows:
o my country, the walls and the arches
The columns and images, stately and cold
The towers of our sires of old
But the glory has gone from thee.
| see not the sword nor the laurel crown,
Borne by our fathers. All desolate now |
Thou showest defenceless thy breast and |
brow,
Smitten, alas! cast down.
Bloody and pale in thy dire despair,
Fair lady, whence come thy sorrows all? |
To heaven and earth [ call
Tell who brought her to this! declare
Who weighed those delicate arms with !
chains!
All unveiled, with dishevelled hair,
Sitting, neglected, in sorrow there,
Hiding her face, in her pains,
Weeping with head bowed down,
Weep! thou hast reason; Italia mine,
To conquer the world was thine,
Whether Fortune should smile or froWn.
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\ graceful soul is even more to be
desired than graceful manner. Grace,
whether of soul or body, is one of the
choicest possessions. Some one has
said that grace is glory in the bud.
1--WE barter life for pottage: sell true bliss
For wealth or power, for pleasure or re-
nown;
Thus, Esau-like, our Fathers blessing
Then wash with fruitless tears our faded
crown"
By penitence the Eternaps wrath's
appeased.- Shakespeare.
"That young man was meant for
the church." said A to B, pointing to
a remarkably tall individual across
the way. II should have said he was
meant for the steeple," was the reply.
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The school-children think it takes
good deal Of heroism to so by the
candy-stores that are growing so thick
on Pacific avenue.
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Few stores in Chicago are more in
teresting to the student than Bankers
great collection Of second hand books |
on Madison street. Rare and curious
volumes are often to be found on the
shelves of musty lore. [ was glad the
other day to pick up there two vol
umes of John Calvin's writings, print
ed in French at Geneva in 1862 and
1868: also rebound work by the no
ted Stillingfeet of the English church,
printed in London in 1666,-the year
of the great fire.
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Every flower brought by willing
hands to the sanctuary on Sundays
adds to the value of the services.
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Some of the young hunting-dogs in
town are perhaps not homely enough
to "stop a clock" but they would make
it go very slow.