The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-28
SOME HARD WORDS.
AN INGENIOUS EXERCISE WHICH
MIGHT BE USED IN SCHOOLS.

The Story Of an Indian Fracas Containing
Many Curious words-Try Your Hand
and See whether You Have the Up Co
Date Pronunciation.
The following ingenious narrative has
been arranged by the Boston Transcript
u an exercise in pronunciation. Certainly
the young man or woman who can pro
nouncc correctly all the words In this story
j. worthy of II medal I'm orthogrdphy. The
passage Is worth reproduction as n school
exercise, for which we commend IL to
teachers:
On the morning Of July 4, 1898, the
faculties Of Young Man with Many Hands
were early disnthralled from the desue-
tude of sleep by the supererogatory squnll-
ing of pygincan grimalkin, who was dem
onstrating his fcalty TO the tepee by n
fracas with asomewhat phthisical intruder
of the same species. Young Man With
Many Hands, It should be explained, had
won his sobriquet at the agency buildings.
where 1t was agreed with perfect unanim-
ity, when an inventory was taken after he
had made n few brief and informal calls.
that two was an ahsurdly small number
of hands with which to accomplish so
much in so short time Thus rIidely torn
from happy visions of empyreal realms
our Briarcan hero, without pretense to
equability Of mind, seized piece of oolite,
fragment of adobe and parcel of ipecac-
uanhn, all of which he hurled at the fight
ing felines, whereupon the imbroQlio
ceased
With somewhat truculent mien he dis
posed of the morning repast, and then to
secure eupepsy opened flask of cognac. A
moiety thereof had hardly disappeared be-
fore he was in an irremediable state of in.
ebrlcty A psychical uplifting ensued, and
from phleginatic condition almost Dor
dering upon the hypochondriacal he
emerged in light and jocund mood, albeit
avariable one. Filling his pipe with kinni-
kinic, vigorous use of the respiratory
organs soon produced dense clouds Of
smoke, and he pulled away with an ease
and dignity which, though one would not
indulge in undue disparagement, fell
slightly short Of the recherche nonchalanco
of Harvard sophomore with his cheroot.
He then donncd u mauve dyed robe of
mohair which, sad to relate, he had Sc
cured ON QuinquaResima Sunday by a
monetary transaction with Big Kitten, u
young buck OF neighboring camp, and
with merry vocal improvisation set forth
for walk. In his belt he carried xiphoid
scalping knife, fashioned from the tusk Of
narwhal, upon one side of which was a
naiad in intagliO and upon the other GER
tain reconcile logarithmic calculations
scratched in red ink by an itinerant col
porteur with an arithmetical turn of mind
in return for IA few bits of wampum.
He chose IA frequented route through the
wnnuS and NXntlI ha
much difficulty had he not slipped upon "a
piece of spermaceti and fallen heavily. At
that spot the residence of the ground was
not marked, and in somewhat irregular
orthocpy he denounced In terms scarcely
sacerdotal the NAVY who had dropped the
trcachcrous article. He then continued on
his way, but had not gone far when his
progress was arrested by II series of vigor-
Gus blasts from that instrument yclept the
ophiclcide.
Advancing cautiously in the direction Of
the sounds he came upon the edge Of "a
clearing and beheld none other than Big
Kitten, attired In costume comparable
only to his own, sitting before the door of
hut and panegyrizing the father Of his
country in the heinous manner previously
described Young Man With Many Hands
was stirred to wrath at the sight. For "a
brief period he held Big Kitten under sur
veillance, and then, with furtiye glance
behind, approached the offending musician
and demanded without preliminary par
lance the latter's right of seizin.
Big Kitten, thus taken by surprise,
adopted conciliatory tactics and explained
that puisne justice, by mesne and other
processes, on behalf of the posthumous
child of n distant blood relation, had en-
feoffed to him the land in fee simple two
myrmidons and IA microscopist having wit.
messed the deed
This closed the Conversations for Young
Man With Many Hands, his rage not
abated, and still suffering from mental
aberrance resulting from the cugnac, be-
gan to lombard the inoficnsivc Big Kitten
with orchis and gladioli bulbs, at the same
time impugning the cOnsanguinity Of the
latter's relative. These yugaries aroused
Big Kitten, who would brook no blot upon
his cscutcheon. He hastily drew u toy pls
toll, and after detonating few paper caD,
threw it ut his opponent with "a force that
showed his brachial muscles to be not
fiaccid. The combatants then grapplcd,
but only Il few moments suiflced to show
that either IA cuirass for defense or "A palfrey
for flight would be necessary II Young
Man With Many Hands hoped TO eyudo the
subtle and narhiayelian tactics Of the
other.
No subtle process of ratiocination was
needed to show him this, SO he speedily
pleaded for an armlstice. Big Kitten S mag
nanimity here asserted itself, and the plea
was granted, whoreupon Young Man With
Many Hands painfully withdrew, signing
for palanquin. The eagle had long re-