Smyrna times., 1893-02-22
The FOgy Not without His Usos.

Isn't it about time that some one at
tempted a defense of the ''Old fogy?" In
these days there is no one more decried.
He is pOpularly supposed to block the
wheels of enterprise, to stand in the way
! Of progress, and nearly every association
has two or three of these people whom
the members would gladly throw over
board If they could. The odd thing about
all this is the fact that the cold fogv"
has usually been one of the creators Of
the very body which seeks to be rid of
nm. In the beginning he was indefati-
gable; he labored long and earnestly IN
procure funds, and was at consideraIla
personal sacrifice to put this or that in
stltutiOn on its feet.
NOW that things are finally settled
| and paid for and everything is in Good
running order he is disposed to LEFT yeu
enough alone for a little time. But tbis
| will not do at all for the Young bIonJ
which is constantly pouring in Tbe
new element is full Of progressive ideas
and suggestions of innovations, and
when 1t meets resistance on the part Of
the cold fogy" there is a clashing Of
| OpiniOns.-Buffalo Courier.
japanese Dentistry.
THE Japanese use no instrument for
extracting teeth, but lift them out with
the thumb and forefnger," said Henry
Baker to guest Of the Southern, who
was wearing his jaw in a sling as the re-
suit Of pair Of forceps slipping and
getting more than they were sent for.
while jolly Dick Hubbard was min
lister to Japan l visited that country and
spent pleasant week with him. One
day was troubled with the toothache,
and Mr.. Hubbard took me to a dentist
| and explained to the saddle colored
operator that wanted the grinder ex-
tracted. l was placed in bamboo chair
and tilted slightly back. The dentist
examined my teetn, talking volublv
| meanwhile to Uncle Sans representa-
tive. Suddenly his thumb and fOrefinger
closed on the troublesome tooth. and
before had the faintest idea of what
was going to happen he lifted it out and
| held 1t up before me, smiling at the
same time that vacant smile peculiar
to the children Of the orient. You We're
waiting for the forceps, were YOU? said
Minister Hubbard, with laugh. They
don't use EN- here st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Value of the Sailing in 1000.
We know that in Shakespeare's dav.
Say \. ID. 1860, sixpence a day was a
! fortune fOr any wOrkingman. say the
equivalent Of ten pounds per annum. A
! century earlier, before the access 70
America was open to English explorers.
one Of the ArGens OF Warwickshire left
an annuity Of forty shillings per annuln
to younger son, probably the poets
great-granduncle. Then if sixpence a
day would now be the equivalent to
twenty shillings a week. then forty shil-
llngs per annum would cquate to e12O
OF present values.-Notes and Queries.
'Very' with Verb.
PLEASED in thc expression "very
pleased = Is nothing more than the past
participle passive Of ''please" used as an
adjective. Very" So far as l am
aware, ia never used with amy other part
Of verb, and then only when that part
has become adjective by usage. The
following quotation from Popes "Duu-
clad shows its use as an adjective:
Thou triumpA'st, Victor of the high wrought
day,
And the pleas'd dame, soft smiling. lead'.t
away.
A similar use Of the word is when we
say a persons face has "a pleased ex-
preston" This being the case it is as
correct to say very pleased" as to sav
very much pleased" Annandale's I'm
perial Dictionary" subject Very" has;
among old writer's very was fire.
quertly used alone to modify a past
part.ciple, and it is still to some extent
SO used; thus, Sir w Jones has very
concerned Gibbon, very unquahfied;
Sydney Smith, very altered, etc"
As there is no verb unqualifv. un-
qualified can be nothing else but an ad-
jective, and concerned and altered come
under the same part of speech. When
we say, II am very pleased, +" there is no
action implied, but there is simply
description of the state or condition in
| which ono ic OF bo elmo g