New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18
NOTES FROM OVER SEA.
MR. BAEFOUR AT PLAY-SOME IMPROPER
PRONUNCIATIONS-THE ROMANCE OF
THE SUEZ CANAL.

goli This is game in growing favor Ala WIN"
country, especially with gentlemen OF niooie aye
and tendency to development OF auipV'e 80 -
II is not on that il ATTRACTS tne slim g'ip
ling who was but yesterday leader OF 'he iiVueo
NJ Commons, and the day before the most resolu'e
ruler Ireland has known since Cron"enS 10Y
There is a fascination in the game thaC only so'
know and Mr. Balfour has discovered IT, Inc on4'
thing he would not do for the sake OIL Sor, 10 ~
get up early in the morning 70 play 1n"V
tho fashion AZ Berwick-on-Tweed, where tho young
.,o.o.uan "a now staying and means to stay for o
en- month lie finds the still hours that follow
midnight most desirable and refreshing Tor read
irr Primitive Berwicl1-ou-Tweed, where dn
lights are ont soon after ten o'clock and in summer
time every one is abroad after SIX, Is shocKeo
az rnmors of its lodger not going to bed tlI TWO
or three in the morning and certainly not eet~nS
nm till the day is far advanced. IL u ~ole Az
ems omed to tho habits Of judges and o'hsr enai-
pent professional persons from Edlnourgh "h'
rome down in time to play round before oihnei,
% to bed early, are up in time for oreaki".' al"
another round before catching the nine O'CLOCK
train that lands them in Edinburgh for work, inc
on,er rim Of the day being glded by the pros
nect of seeing Berwick on Tweed again, ana, oilV-
ing-iron in hand, pacing it's long ana lovely ii"N'
But Mr. Balfour cares no more for local opinion
on the Firth Of Forth than hc did lor 'he ""iiins
Of Mr. OBrien over his lost breeches' nc eotS
10 bed at his own time, gets up when 10 'eei'
aisnoscd, lounges down to the links with his
Innr souchinr strides. and capless. smilingly I'M
conscious OF the observation he attracts, ochoS
all III. energies of body and mind into the task
=, go.-ino n small guttapercha ball into noe
in tbe Ground within a given number OF STROKES
with n bont md loaded stick. The popular lllno'
occpstomed 70 find Mr. Balfour doing most Things
vol has invested him with remarKapie Nhiii
in coll; This Mr. Balfour disclalms, anu III,
mo1cst view Is confirmed by the news H"s"eN
ali ovcr tie kingdom from GREATNESS br"I'N
on-rwepd that playing on thursday HIS ni'I
rouu1 he was hopclcssly beaten. III was uuiI's
tho storm aud stress that marked his tenure Vi
,he Office of Chief Secretary thai MI b"iiou'
FIRST ysi.el Berwick and was innocula'e" WIN
the disease Of golf At that time an escort VI
,olicc in plain clothes were as ordinary anu es
sentjal part of the travelling gear OF 'he me-
Secretary as was his portmanteau or haV '
r,v and nirht these men kept watch and war"
,,cr ,hc modest lodging the Chief Secretary Nh-
.,,ol Wlcn he went forth to play golf they
r.uo,rod and walked up and down with the
oortv Of PLAYERS in pursuit of the Grant p,ll
:. .s crimlv suggested that they might Ike
,.o,dsnitl,s chest of drawers, "contrive douo'c
1oht 70 pay"-policemen by night ana cauuir7
bv day Why should they not carry MT. b'i-
fonr's Driving Irons and Putting Cheeks, his Long
Snoons and his Mid Spoons his fut'ers al"
Brasseys. his Iron Niblichs. his Lo1ting IRONS
his Putters and his Mashies? The men, Ooreu 10
death with aimlessly wandering round WouN'
doubtless have thankfully undertaken this uuN'
Rut Of course 1t would not do, and the ordinary
caddie was confirmed in his occupation. w"
Mr.. Balfour. freed from the responsi"lii,ieS VI
b;s office Is also delivered from the lncuhior""c0
Of his escort. and Berwick-on-Iweed Is no IolH''
perturbed by the spectacle OF strange N''" -
trolling one of it's quietest streets.
observe an interesting correspondence goins ioi
ward in The Tribune as TO the proper pronunciation
~ +ho ,rord Chicago may contribute TO 1T the
confession that in this country it is invariably pro-
nounced as IL spelled Shee-kar-eo There is an
thor nroper name recently come much to the 1ore
in this country that leads to much grating Oh ,l'e
sar among his friends and the wide circle Oh HIS
,couaintances; there is no variety IN the pron"n-
citation of the name Of the new Lord Leu'ch'"V
NJ Ireland lie is ever spoken OF as Loro IIo"'oii'
with the emphasis on the first syllable but OUT
~ London society and Yorkshire, where the nanle
u 10 localized. Lord HoughtOn Is commonly relerreo
10 as Lord Horton. This arbitrarness IN the pro
nuncaton of proper names is difficulty INTO winch
Enelishmen are born, and through which they i've
with gratifying complacency. The language Il
undermined throughout with pitfalls, and the
most careful passer-by cannot hope TO escape III
occasional stumble There is no recognizable OF
discoverable rule for the varied eccentricitles OF
pronupcistion Here and there the harried mnd
goins some rlimmcring Of reason For example
Chumley is a convenient way OF pronouncing the
name Chomondeley that possibly may have grown
lid among the family guests after dinner March-
hanks has the attraction of being, in the matter
Of smelling altogether remote in appearance from
tine Maoribanks which it represents in converse
tion But WHO shall say upon what principe oil
sound or sense the Scotch family OF Dalzcl pro-
nounce their name as If IT were spelled with the
two letters d.?
In accordance with convention made IN 1869
tile dividends on the Khedive's shares in the Sucz
Canal were aenated for the period OF twenty
five years being for the time placed at the dlsposi
If the company When the British Government
bought these shares the Khedive undertook TO pay
a certain rate of interest. which, at the present
tine. is l-2 per cent. On the lst Of July, 1884,
the Khedive's shares will rank again for dividend
in the ordinary way, which will bring a consid-
cradle additional revenue into the British Treas
ury. The purchase of these shares perhaps the
most profitable investment made since stock en-
changes were built, is always credited to the late
Mr. Disraeli II really the work Of an English
Journalist, Mr.. Frederick Greenwood Dining ont
one evening. in October 1875, Mr.. Greenwood.
who was then Editor of :" The Pail Mall Gazette,
met confrere we'll known on the staff OF Paris
journal This gentleman in the course Of the even
ing. boosted that within forty-eight hours France
would hold a commanding share in the stock of
the Suez Canal The Frenchman, expanding when
he found how interesting was the information to
at least one of his auditors told how the khedive,
being more than usually impccuniolr, had limited
TO Paris friend readiness TO dispose OF his shares
in the canal lie held triffe over 10000. and
was willing to sell them at something under the
current market price The bait was eagerly seized,
a syndicate Of Paris financiers subscribed the
money and the negotiation had gone so far that
it would he completed on the exchange of certain