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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-25
OUR TWO LANGUAGES.
Ono Used In Conversation, the Other In
Written English.


A writer in The Educational Review
prcfaces an extremely interesting article on
English literature in the college by the
dec laration: "It is now, l think, generally
admitted that the first principle of rhetoric
is, write as you speak. The pedantic, de-
olamatory, Latinized diction that prevailed
in literary circles 100 years ago is no lon
ger the standard kings English. In order
to write well, it is necessary first to speak
well-that is, to speak naturally, correctly
and strongly"
This is Il clever and cunning as well as
complete begging of the whole question.
The assumption that we, English and
Americans speak as we write, and that
the ordinary rules of rhetoric and gram
mar run through and underlie oral as
well rs written language, is an assumption
which cannot be verified by evidence. Tho
man who says don't" and cant" and
isn't" and who talks about ''him and
me" when he means 'he and l, or who
says "done" for Ibid" or "seen' for
saw" can take his pen or pencil in hand
and write English which is unoXccptiona-
BILE from the standpoint of person, mood
or tense, the fact being that written Ian
guage is a refinement and possibly an i'm
proyement on spoken language, but at the
same time as different from it as the dia-
lect of Yorkshire from that of Cornwall
or the talk of YaSkeoland from the patois
of the uplands of North Carolina or tho
lowlands of Louisiana
The writer of the article in question has
fallen into the rhetorical error of, as the
vernacular has it, putting the cart before
the horse. Every written language, pro-
tectcd and fenced in as it nay be by rhe-
torical fences and hedges, each of which is
bristling with rules and SAT, Guarded by OK
ceptions to those rules, is only develop
ment from "A spoken language, and whcth-
er it be an improvement or not is an open
question. AT all events it must be appar-
ent to every student of language or phlol-
ogy that we have, at least in English, two
separate and distinct languages, and that
if we should attempt 10 follow the dictum
of the writer in The Educational Review
and write as we speak our contributions
to current literature would be speedily
side tracked into the editors waste paper
basket. 1t might be better for the genius
of the English language and for the pres
ervation of its integrity that we should
speak as we write but to adopt the con-
verse proposition and write as we speak
seems the very climax of absurtlity tc
those who know and appreciate the dis
tinction between English las she is
wrote" and las she is spoke. San Fran
cisco Chronicle
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AllcOck's Corn Shields,
AllcOck's BuniOn Shields,
Have no equal as relief and cure
for corns and bunions.
MUSIC AND MARRIAGE.

Light on tho land, light on the sea,
A happy song i'll every tree,
An answering lay in every rill,
Glad minstrel of the emerald hill,
Who i'll the mornings rosy light
Is singing for the nuptial rite.
And well he may, for now at last
The cloud that darkened all is past,
And true love has its own sweet way;
It's crown heavens own angelic ray;
Its music one, making the shrine
OF both in all their lives divine.
o true, firm ones, who spite of foe
Now smile within the nuptial glow,
Light ON the land, light on the sea,
May well make sparkling jubilee.
Surely in light and bird and chime
Heaven breathes full blessing on the time
William Ross Wallace in New York Ledger,
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; w. 7. BULL, late Full
; back, Yale Foot Ball Team,
! writes:

s back, y ale Foot Ball Team,
; writes:
: "NEw YORK, May 10, 1905.
"It was the result of a wager with
5 friend which caused me to put on
: my foot ball clothes week ago and
5 begin kicking drops and 'punts'
} IS though life held no other object.
s Experience of years had taught me
) that the sure outcome of SO kicking
Z without the usual working up pro-
5 cess meant a lame thigh-in short,
} an induced inability to kick the ball
s foot on the morrow. My friend,
} however, to decide discussion as
{ to the merits of different liniments
5 and the like for strains, had induced
} me to become the trial horse. After
5 kicking hard for half hour, l under
: went deal of rubbing with SALIVA
s CEA. He contended that through
} its powers to alleviate stiffness and
{ soreness, my ability to kick would
5 be unimpaired. l did not believe
him-yet 10 and behold, the pungent
s salve STAYED off every sign of lame
! ness and the next day l kicked with
{ out the slightest discomfort. In
consequence l feel bound to admit
that SALvA-cEA is little giant, and
5 necessity to every athlete as well
} as an indispensable article in the
medicine chest OF every household"
5 HTZlee
Two sizes, as and so cents.
At druggists, or by mail:
The BR.NDRKTH CO., 274 Canal ST, n Y.
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Christian Science.

see here, amt you going to squar,
that little account today?'9
Ny dear fellow, it is squared
81 don't think"
That's just it. All you have to do il
10 thin6 1t is squared, and it is squared.
: New York Recorder.
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Chicago Produce Market.

CHroAsc. July n.
FuouK-moderatef foreign demand, very little
nm local account. Feeling frmer and loc ad-
vance asked on patents.
WHRAr-No. spring. Iia7ii; No. red,
7lia7l. -
OATs-No. z. 24s24.
RYY-No.2. 4Sais
BARLEy-No ?. sac nominal.
EIAxsEEp-No. l. II 3n.I 30.
PosK-sl0 7oasl0 ~.
LAnp-S6.2Jase.27i.
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NEW YORK, July "a
FLouR-Receipts, 1851 pkgs: exports. 1873
Ter, light demand;-----------
low extras % 5Oa3 10; City mills, a 15a4 Is;
patents 81 Goal 80; winter wheat, low grades
s' 80 M ito ansy e. ees Sa4 Ssss
straights, 8 lOa3 20; patents, 90a4 so; rye
mixtures. . 70a 95; superfne. / e0a2 10; fine.
| 95a2 20 nominal.
SOUTHERN FLoUR-quiet, steady; -
common to fair extra. "a 20aS 90; good to
choice. 00a3 50.
RYE FLoUR-duIl, easy; omss7Sas4 10.
BUCKwHgAT-out of season.
CORN MEAL-quiet, ady:---yellow
western, 81 s0a2 80; Brs 1ywine, 2 80.
RYE-nomnal; Weste n. 50a57.
BARLEY-out of season; No. Milwaukee, Ga
IS; western, 60ae5; two rowed state, 6Sa65; No. y
Toronto, SiaS5.
BARLEY MALT-dull;--we map ;
two rowed state, 70a75; six rowed state. 80a85:
city made Canada. GOAL o5.
WHEAT Receipts, H,775, bush: exports. -;
- sales; dull. held Al higher, with options;-
No. 2 red store and elevator, 75ia75i j.
--- a6oat 76ia17; fob, a6sa77i; elevator
57g for old, Sill for new; No. 1 hard. 7ls71i,
No. spring, 77ia7s; No northern. 7sa7s;
No. 8, northern. 65aa--; no 2 Milwaukee. 7oie
graded red, 5sas4; No. ! white. SOL
CoRN-Receipts. ll7,S25; exports. 12e,70i
No, /. 55ia55s elevator ia55a snoat; No. 2. 40!
s4p5 elevator; 50.a50i afoat; t. No. 8. 4Sl
steamer afioat, a; yellow, a-40c: ungrade d
mixed. 544a55i; steamer mixed. 57la57i; No. .
white, ala.
OATs-Receipts,' s6, 800; exports. 30,4s9 bush,
sales, $1,000 bushels: quiet. strong;------
No. 2. ia2si, do white. saslA; NO: 2Chiosg'
2a}a2ei; No g. 2ss2s; do white. sois3o4 mixed
western. 29s3O; DO white. 32as9a; white state
32aS9i.
family 1IOoalSOO; extra mess. ssOoas 90
beef hams, quiet -sls.ooals.o5; tieroed
beef firm; --- ------city extra
Indis mess, 16.5oal7.OO, cut meats. strong
quiet; ---pickled bellies. u lbs. asked;
picked shoulders. sas picked d hams sialo
LARD-quiet, about steady ------ ----
western steam. closed zoos; old pkgs,
ss57l; & F. 1910; city. $e.25a6.25; refined
Coat,nent, 81 05:s A, 81 80; compounds 75a5 IS
PoRK-dull, steady; sales, - --------
old mess, $I2. 2osl2.75; extra prime. nominal.
BurTER-dull, fair demand, firm;
ery old, lIal7A; do new, 20 Penn. do, l3a2o;
Western dairy new, 9lsl3; do creamery new,
PAIL; do old sai2; do factory. sal2i; Elgins,
l7Aal7I; rolls, 7al0.
CHEFsE-frm; moderate demand;
state large, 6a7s; do new, iaa6s do fancy, white,
Sia7l; coiored. 7sa73; fancy old, l0.sl1; state
small, 6issi; do new, 4la6!, old,-a-;do white.
IoisIoi; do colored, 10s; part Skins, 2a2 do
new, 3la7i full.skims, l!ali; Western small,
Old, slaIes: Western skins, new. sa6.
PErRoLEuM-nominal United. 1921.
CoPFEE-rio, firm, fairly active; No. Z, 15l.
sUeAR-raw. fairly active. firm; d.fairly
No. i. 8 s-isa4; No.2, ss-lsa7. Nos, 4a4s-Is;
No. 6. 41-lsa4i; No. Z, 4s4 sis; No. s.
1915; No. Il,S 3-4s3 1910; No 10, 5-ss3 1916;
No. Isl 8 3-s; off, "A l-ssi rs; mould. Al u-1ss
4 rs; standard, 7-l6ais; confectioners,
5-16a4 IL; cut Ioat. i-ioao IA; crushed,
s.t LISA 7 I-l CUBES. i,lsas Is
Freights to liverpool market, dull, steady.
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CHAPTER Nv.

Comfort felt again and again, with
trembling fingers. She could not be-
lieve that the ring was gone, but she
certainly could not feel it. She was
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To be continued.
Mothers, Mothers,, Srothsrsss,

MRS. WIssLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS Of MOTHERS for
their CHILDREN while TEETHING, with PERFECT
SUCCESS. 1t S00THES the CHILD, SOFTENs the
GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLO,
and Is the best remedy for DIAERHEA. Sold BY
Druggists in part OF the world. Be and ask
for Mrs. Wnslow's Soothing syrup" and take no
ether kind Twenty-Five cents q bottle. d&wtyr
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MARKET REPORTS.
ksw York Money Market.

NEW YORK, July "a.
Money, on call, easy, 1a1a.
Prime mercantile paper. 5aa4l.
Government bonds. easier.
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Wantto Sell Your Farm?

Yesi Well, try ''FoR SALE" a. IN the
JOURNAL Want Column. Lots Of Farms
have been disposed OF in that way.
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New York Produce Market.

.ex div. ibid. asked.
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IT'S EBB TIDE 5!

And we shall make some Ebb Tide
Prices, as Is customary for us at this sea-
son OF the year. We shall endeayor to
have all the goods as advertised, but it is
cleaning up Of the summer and spring
business, therefore the quantities are
small in many instances and careful buy
ers Will do well to call early.
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hiiS.
Mrs. Pease opened the door and list
ened. II believe she's crying now"
said she. II guess I'll go up there"
II would If was you," said Grand
mother Atkins.
Comforts sobs sounded louder and
louder all the way, as her mother went
upstairs.
What's the matter, child?" she asked
when she opened the door, and there
was still something strange in her
tone. While there was concern, there
was certainly no surprise.
My tooth aches dreadfully," sobbed
Comfort.
''You had better have some cotton
wool and paregoric on it, them" said
her mother. Then she went downstairs
for cotton wool and paregoric, and she
ministered to Comforts aching tooth,
but no cotton wool nor paregoric was
there for Comforts aching heart.
She sobbed so bitterly that her moth
er looked alarmed. Comfort, look
here, is there anything else the mat
ter?' she asked, suddenly, and she put
her hand on Comforts shoulder.
my tooth aches dreadfully, oh.",
Comfort walled.
IF your tooth aches SO bad as all,
that, you'd better go to DIR. Hutchins in
the morning and have it OUT" said her,
mother. Now, you'd better lie still,
and try to 60 to sleep, or you'll be sick. Z"
Comforts sobs followed her mother
all the way downstairs. Don't you
cry 50 another minute or you'll get so
nervous you'll be sick" Mrs. Pease
The Washington times., 1895-06-16

Mahoney and big Mike" Mahoney by
the New York League Baseball team
management TO play with it are crafty
ing alike to the men themselves and to
the team they so ably helped to bring to
the front rank in college baseball circles
1t is very doubtful, however, If either OF
these players viii forsake the amateur
ranks for professional honors.
BIC Mike VIII come back TO the college
next season, and will continue to put
in his best work for the new teams
success. Sullivan viii also come hack
and play. as he has about decided to return
for special course in the medical school
OF the college.
Reardon will hold down third bag in
place OF John Murphy, who goes away
to practice his profession, the law. Har-
ley and Mccarthy will return to college,
and Will play in the field on the team.
These, with one or two Of the reserves
and several new men, will go to make up
team almost the equal, If not quite so,
of the present team.
Manager Conde Mast will have no trouble
to get up star nine of players.
In view OF the fact that the college
has abandoned football it should be in
order for it to bend its energies in the direc-
tion of other sports, and directly in line
with the change would come aquatlcS,
though, Of course, calling for work in a
different season.
No college in the country is so wei
situated as Georgetown for the sport of
rowing. AT the very base OF its grounds
runs one of the best courses in the country.
and with ample training facilities, and
plenty of good material to draw from,
there is no good reason why the college
athletes should not be as successful on
the water as they have been on the iani
The local boat clubs would very gladly
lend the college abundant encouragement,
and il is to be hoped the move i'll the new
| direction may be taken up promptly upon
the reassembling for the fail sesseion.
Mast has steadily worked his way to the
top III local, college, ard open tennis
events. He is strong player, accurate
and cool at all times, and will no doubt
sooner or later be heard from in national
tennis events.
BY next season the college VIII have one
of the finest college fields for all track
and field events, and the greatest of its
features will be the great Quarter-mile
running and bicycle track encircling its
already great baseball field.
O. P SCHMIDT
The Washington times., 1895-06-16
Monopoly RObs the Streets of
Light and ImperiIS Citizens.
TWO MERCILESS COMPANIES
Washington GnSlight Company and
the Electric Light Company Have
Wrapped Thoroug hfares in Cim-
merriam Darkness-They Enjoy Priv
ileges Belonging to the People.

The haIf-lighted condition of Washington
during the rainy nights now prevailing fur
nishes an impressive object lesson to show
how completely the city is at the mercy
Of two great corporations. The condition
of the streets at times recalls scenes from
old English plays depicting the perils and
the grotesque comedies in London after
dark. when there were no street lamps
The moon is supposed to be shining part
of every night, and the Comm issioDers,
because they have not the money to pay
at the gas Company's terms for lights as
other municipalities use them, are trying
to take advantage of every scrap of moon
light 10 save gas.
They cannot foIesee that storm will
come up at 10 p. n, shut Off the noon
light and fill the streets with water In
consequence, scores of residents of the
proud capital OF a country OF seventy mil
lions find themselves wading homeward in
the dark.
This is especially true of night workers.
IN CIMMERIAN DARKNESS.
On Wednesday last nine squares in the
northwest Were totally without light early
in the evening, and Were wrapped in Cim-
merriam darkness in the midst Of a rain
storm. Similar conditions have prevailed
i'll other sections at different times, and
occasionally the whole town outside OF
the busiest streets is enveloped in gloom
from half to thTee-QuaTters of an hour
Blame is attached by some To the lamp
lighters, but when these men are made to
change their hours of lighting IN an effort
to keep up with the moon and the clouds
they become confused.
The Commissioners, of course, have no
interest except to furnish the best lighting
possible upon the terms granted them by
the great lighting mOnOpolies.
Few understand how completely heyond
all control and free from responsibility
The Washington times., 1895-06-16

There is no reason why the athletic and
rowing clubs of this city should not be
on the very top of the heap.
Here the great majority Of the young
men have nothing at all to do after four
O'Clock in the afternoon and 1T seems TO
ME that the very fact of their leading
sedentaTy lives would cause them TO make
rush, like the boy when school lets out,
for the field or the water and get the
benefit the exercise, whether it be row.
ing or what-not, gives in return for the
effort.
In other large cities, where young men are
employed until five and Oftener six clock,
at some cost and no little effort and at
the expense of all else personal, and after
a tedious and lOng journey, rush is made
for the boat houses or the athletic grounds
and there good work is done and they
find pleasure in doing it, they are proud TO
bring d credit to their respective clubs
and honor and benefit TO themselves.
Is it possible that the young men we
have here, lack life and energy, made so
by the very nature of the work they daily
give for the most part in Uncle Sans ser
vice in return for a money consideration? 1t
must be their lack of energy or else great
lack OF interest
Let's see if we cannot make this season
full OF INTEREST,"
AN ALL-CLUB ATHLETIC MEET.
Nothing SO much tends to create an in
terest as competition. In former years there
was greater interest in athletics because
twice a year either the c. A. c. or Y. NJ.
c. A gave spring and fall games.
Now as all the local athletic organiZ-
ations need a little stirring up la their
"work and interest" departments why
not have all these organizations get to-
gether and give Joint athletic meet, set
OF open handicap games, on Columbia
Field. which is now in excellent shape.
BY this method the expense of giving
tie affair would be reduced to a minimum
and the resulting good could not be meas
ured even IN dollais, OF which certainly
many would flow into the Golfers of those
lubs who bore The expense.
The time is ripe for it as it has been
several years sauce we have tad a meet ing
Of local and out -of-town athletics in
held and track events Let's boom this
affair
LOCAL CREWS AT THE NATIONAL.
The National Regatta was held on our
river IN 1881, and again in 1891, and be-
tween uiuse dates aud since the latter
one, our local clubs have been but rarely
represen ented in the national
This year, each of the three local clubs,
the ''Analostan.' Columbia" and "Poto-
mac have good crews at work and
should make a special effort for an entry
at the National If all three cannot go,
or If neither one can see its way clear to
60 on account OF the expe nse, why not
arrange a series OF, say three races be-
tween two OF the crews and the third
row the winner of each race; il can very
be matched, So that one crew could be
settled upon as the strongest of tie lot,
The Washington times., 1895-06-16

so because indoor work at this season is
decidedly out OF date.
The c. A. c. is the first on the river to
have a club regatta, which il VIII give
on next Wednesday afternoon, as stated
in last Sundays Times.
There are enough rowing men at work
each day TO make up crews for the several
events and each race VIII be hOtly con-
tested.
The sport win begin at O'Clock and
all races wi4 finish in front of the boat
house. Dancing viii fellow the races.
Admission VIII he by card and these may
be had of members of the club.
The programme VIII consist of the fol-
The Washington times., 1895-06-16

and that one the winner of the largest
number of races.
Then let the winner be sent away by the
other two crews clubs, or let the latter
divide two-thirds Of the expense of send
ing way a crew To represent our Poto-
mac and thus show our interest in the
national event. The winning of a race,
too, would bring endless credit and honor
to our river.
Let II he a four or an eight-oared
crew. Why not get together aud arrange
some such plan?
One OF the most active of the outdoor
departments of the Columbia Athletic Club
at present is that of rowing, and rightly
The Washington times., 1895-06-16

are the Washington GasHght Company and
the United states Electric Light Com
pany, which have a monopoly Of the use
Of the streets here for diSt ributIOn OF gas
Ii % ..L-- ----rr-.r-r-
The Washington times., 1895-06-16

are the Washington Gaslght Company and
the United states Electric Light Com
pany, which have a monopoly Of the use
Of the streets here for dis1 ributiOn OF gas
and of electric currents.
MONOPOLIES' UPPER HAND
They are supposed 10 be held strictly
auswerabIe 10 Congress Apparently they
are obliged TO report as do The street rail-
way companies But. as a matter OF fact,
they make nO reports to Congress, TO The
Commissioners, nor TO any one else ether
than their own stockholders There "a
one cxCepUortiO this statement
Years ago. when gas was made from coal,
the gas company was directed by Congress
To report annually 10 the Secretary OF the
Interior how much coal it used and lt what
price But now, when only oue-fOUTrh OF
the gas put into the mains Is made from
coal, this isolated fact Is not even as use
fui 10 reckon from as Homer's measure
ment uf laud, las much Is an OK can plOw
Ill a day
Nobody can tell wat the gas company
is doing, what profits it is making. except
upon the statements drawn from its en-
plOyes at hearings before Congressional
committees
Meantime it enjoys the immensely val
liable privilege of the use OF the streets
and does not even makea pretenseC fpdying
for the privilege In other cities where
company is given exclusive rights II
usually proposes to furnish light 70 the
government at reduced rate
HIGHER PRICES HERE
Here, to say nothing of street hsnts for
which a higher price is paid than m
almost any other city in the Union. the
United states is the gas compauy's biggest
Gust Toner
1t uses in the Treasury Department.
alone nearly $4,000 worth of cas-
every year. In spite uf this Tie government
paysS1 . per 1, ,OOO. THERE'S not anywhere
the slightest concession in recognition Of
the privileges granted
The showing with The electric lights
is equally unsatisfactory. NOTwalk. Conn,
last year furnished its own electric lighting
After paying interest un the investment for
the plant aud all expenses ana allow
ing > Per cent. for depreciation the town
got its lights for S59-GO a year fer are
lishtSOf 400 10 :. 900 CdHdlepOweF. Wash
ingtun pays SIS2-25 a year for lights %
l, 200 candle power
The Washington times., 1895-06-16
Baby Used to Excite Sympathy.

baBY $t-u To E&ctte ~ III ptt iiN
Eightecn-mOnths-0ld John sullivan. who
was taTned over To the board of ChIiGTen'S
guardians day before yesterday by Judge
Miller, it Is stated, was taken from Mary
Jones, a member OF a gang OF gypsIes-
The woman, representing herself 10 be
a resident of Baltimore, went TO an orphan
asylum in that city and adopted he baby
Since then she Went from place 10 place
with the crowd OF Eypsies and used the
infant to excite sympathy. and thus add
20 the success OF begging expeditions.
The Washington times., 1895-06-16
AMONG LOCAL ATHLETES
DOingS in Amateur Circles on
Land and Water.
PLANS FOR SPORTING EVENTS

Suggestions for an AIl-club Handicap
Field Meet-LOcaI Crews at the Ma
tfonal-CoIumb Club Regatta.
Potomac's New MateriaI-George-
townCoIlege eAquatics-TurnVerein.
The Washington times., 1895-06-16
One Pair of SHOES for Three.

OIT' Il ttIE OF '7rI0S|5 TUT TIT
A trio of young coiored thieves, who
gave their names as William Willis, James
Robinson and Arthur Brown, who stole
from Solomon Rice. shoe dealer, pair
of CATERS few days ago, were each sent
to Jail for three months by Judge Miller
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1895-06-16

Sl25 To Baltimore and Return S1.25
via b. 81 o. II. II.
Tickets good on all trains Saturday and
Sunday, June 3 and 16, good to return
until Monday, June IT, inclusive.
The Washington times., 1895-06-16
RrothcrIr Fi-ticnffs.

Joseph Fox and Paul Fox. brothers,
engaged in fist fight Friday and yester-
day had to pay a fine OF S10 each N
police court for affray.