Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-16


out, up the spout busted and laid
on the shelf" Laid out cold j. a grisly
suggestion in the same category.
Ii your friend crave, Il temporary loan
he may assure you that he is short, in
a hole or in a box - and if you cannot
accommodate him hc viii feel that he Is
badly left" In default of an expected re
mittanCe, or on Il slump in stocks or Il
break in pools h. may experience a
marked fall of the moral Thermometer: in
which case it viii be IA cold day with
him The latter phrase is frequently used
in an exactly opposite sense: and when en-
phasiZed with dis, aia,'. accent and
knowing look the assertion TINT 1t is Il
cold day when / get left" expresses the
very sublimation of worldly wisdom and
aStuteueSs. Yet the same clever individ-
ual, Notwithstanding Lis acquaintance with
the ways of men and the mutations Of for
tune, will not seldom get it square in the
neck. -
EXPRESSIVE PHRASES.
He may even hc forced TO take tempo
rlry employment with the well known
business house 1T "Leggit x Walker"
whose special uaus. OF trade is said 10 be
measuring the sidewalks" Counting
the ties i the nrie. record OF many an
actual experience More than one lu-
miuary OF the stage stranded, penniless
and without credit in a strange town, has
literally counted H. railway ties on
his painful journey on foot. While the
ghost walks, i. e. while salaries are reg
ularly paid. the theS plan is equally con
tent. whether IN New York or New Zea-
land. but when the bright simoleums"
grow scarce his soul longs for the Rialto1
or the Slave Market" where boarding
.l..t.
fOrting stimulants are procurable ION his
face"
Personal attributes and traits of char
acter are handled with frankness more
apt, perhaps, than graceful. Meeting
particularly stolid and unprepOssessing
person, you are requested to kick it and
see if it is alive" or you will be asked if
the door WAS open and the wind blew it
imp Pronounced with due gravity of
voice and manner these sentences will be
found most effective to inflict keen suffer
ing on sensitive natures.
1t is prudent IL he certain of your own
muscular superiority before tempting
| physical repartrr, otherwise you may
chance to "hear something drop" or be
done up in great shape" a process of
| which the consensus of human experience
| declares to be far from enjoyable.
|
| kumbr, a log, is something more than n
fool and less than knave that is to say,
the mass of stupidity Is leavened with just
the merest trace of rascality. y ''gump"
| is a pure idiot, allied to the more archaic
"saphead," "chuckle head" "blockhead"
| and "jOter head" Goose" and goose
| cap" generally feminine, descend TO US
| from our grandmothers. \ crank" is a
| mental oddity. often o. sour temper, while
freak" is commonly marked by physical
| deformity, though latterly any form Of
| eCcentricity. whether Of mind or body, is
| placed in the same category.
| Dude il a com para lively recent irven-
tion-at least in the popular acceptation of
| the term-and somewhat difficult Ct elias
| sificatiOn A dude X not a dandy; there is
nothing gallant OF d1Shing about him.
| Quite the contrary. Ic is soberu"Ss itself.
| His dress is correctly ugly, his manner is
unassuming, his face is set in SOmber mold.
PERSONAL SYNONYMS.
Your self satisfied. loquacious and harm
Iessly offensive gentleman will be cata-
| logued rs IA smart aleck," a ''pill'' or Il
dose terms synonymous with the ancient
| and effective Ass" but tinCtured with a
| modern significance. That ravager of the
| feminine heart, the I'm asher, !" is a familiar
| figure on our thoroughfarcs, arousing i'll
| the minds of graver spectators sinful
| dreams of heavy boots as applied to the
anatomy OF the Ogling gallant. He travels
on his shape" Il phrase whose fine satire
touches the very heart of personal vanity.
| He Is also stuck on himself" and like
wise has the big head, II species of mental
dropsy which atflicts all classes and condi-
tions of men. \ bladder" is commonly
also wind bag" the combination is also
happily designated rs asuit Of clothes and
u noise" or collar and tongue"
OF another ilk are he disreputable en-,
titles known a. the "fakir," the tramp,
the FOUNDER" and the skin" beat" OF
fraud" The kicker" blood relation to
the crank" is one W no finds himself AT
variance with the conditions of existence
To make II grand kick, however, is some
times commendable a. proving your inGe
pendence of spirit and your resolution not
to be imposed upon.
a person who is out Of temper is said tC
be ION his ear" If he leaves your pres
ence in rage he walks off on his ear y
If you suspect him of l. gross perversion Of
ideas you may accuse him of being "of1
his base" or to add emphasis, off his ker
base" If You wish u notify man that
he is infringing upon Your property rights
you will command him to drop it anC
run" If you desire 10 warn him of dan
ger from the arm OF justice, you utter the
mystic signal, cheese it," stow it ,
eddy" or bones" viii you lay bone.
for me while | hook IN apples" asks tn,
street boy And his companion, true t
his faith, sounds the alarm, STOW it, Jim
here comes the copper''-Belford's Maya
zine