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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
SEA ISLANDS DIALECT.
A Specimen of q, Fast Disappearing
s. Form Of Speech.

There is one kind Of negro dialect which
is becoming very rare 1p this country, and
In fact is seldom heaxd beyond the sea
islands of the coast of South Carolina.
This is the dialect 5fIthe descendants of
the Guinea negroes, INF nd 1t contains many
pecuharltles of expression. Ambrose Con-
zales of South Carolinas who was raised on
tide-water plantations; has made study
of this dialect and ,reAders it with close
imitation of the real eHere is one of his
stories, published in the Columbia State:
Alfred was lanky. :loose-jointed youth.
with the shambiing gait of a raccoon. and
more than his share OF Afro-American lazi-
ness. In color he was al chinquapin brown.
or as the Lands on the plantation called
tia bay kind of higghh. sub" With the
arrogance Of the copper-alloyed negro he
locked down upon the darker hued members
of his race.
He was employed doing odd jobs about
the plantation. and one day was coming
over the railroad crossing on his way from
the D-e- spring. balancing bucket of
water upon the natless crown of his woolly
nead when. az he paused TO lock up and
Town the lines of glittering steel rails,
ostensibly to see ''wedder de shoe fly
train dey on time" he caught sight of a
rifa! and enc my, Paul Youngpiood, thick
SET, builetfeaded black, a year or two old
er ana many pounds heavier than our hero.
PUTTING down his bucket and lounging to-
ward the newcomer who had paused at
the crossing, Alfred demanded: Paul, wat
you tell Pink bout me to de settin' up las
Sattyday ite?"
Tell witch P,nk?"
"Aun Sarah grandfather Pink. You know
I'm berry well!''
Who :en you know she?"
wild 'uln'
Well. Of is 'auaintan' w:d 'um neb-
her ten um nutt'n." 80
" .. tell 'um dat I ,could'n specify"
who tell you tell ,um?"
% Eixzybet tell me-
witch 'Lizzybet' dat?"
Same 'Lizzybet'; you mus be fool, en-
Don't you cuss me fool"
II cuss you a fool. yaas, en- I cuss you
lie, en- l cuss you q nigguh!'
Eff you cuss me nigguh, you self is a
nigguh!"
'Who-me?"
"Yaas you"
"Bipp:" Alfred took heavy Eghtwood
knot from a pile of engine wood near by
and brought 1t down with whack on the
didn't seem to trouble the recipient much,
ard he stood looking dazedly at his as
saiiant until the sight of his own blood
trickling down on the planks reminded him
Alfred suddenly by the ears he butted him
full in the forehead and the two skulls
crashed together with sound Ike the
coupling up of freight cars with automatic
bumpers. The battle was short one. AL
fred fell to earth and was soundly belabor-
ed before 1 could make the now thoroughly
aroused Paul abaldcn the fight
Now. Alfud!'' said his CO lqueror, Il
done bruk yo' mout'. you is satisfy, enty?'
Alfred rose from the fray with tri-
umphant face, hts head bloody, but un-
bowed" ''N'mire,'' said he through his
swollen lips as he took up his burden and
moved slowly away. Anyhow, l git cen
de fuss lick.'
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Next I practiced getting my stick right
end up on entering anywhere to sit down.
This I soon was able to accomplish in six
counts, to slow music. with gentle flip
of the stick, a pleasant passing from one
hand to the other, and finally sitting,
planting the stick at my side. When this
position became tiresome, with three counts
and a waltz movement, I learned to shift
1t from my side to my mouth. This Is the
greatest happiness I have found on earth.
To fill your mouth with the end of a cane
several sizes larger than your mouth is to
make you feel just as asinine as you look.
and you need not tell me that to be q fool
is not to be blessed, for / have had the
sensation, and I know all about it.
I'm resting on your stick standing" said
Delsarte. "be careful to keep the handle
turned out Very good, and now We might
try a few of the sword exercises-you
know. stick is jolly weapon of defense,
used either as a foil or saber."
Delsarte got his stick then, and we went
at 1t, but the exercise of seeming to fight
was so violent. l thought 1t rude for Miss
Johnny, and I said so. However. I am
prepared to defend myself from men or
mice from this time on.
Fortified finally with every flourish known
to Delsarte in handling stick,I set out for a
matinee, and here the economy of walking
sticks for women was demonstrated I'm
supported, woman can never take stand
ing room only at a theater. !, however, now
paid in the price of my little admission
ticket and sauntered in on 1t. The usher
couldn't possibly think I was too poor to pay
for the price of stall, when his eye caught
the glitter of silver on the head of my
stick, SO, with respectful consideration, he
left me to my own resources, and l stood
through the first act, now attaining perfect
re pose, with the head Of my stick in my
mouth, and now resting against it, the
handle of course, turned out.
At the end of the intermissfon calmly
and daintily took 1t as near the tip as
good form would allow, and Johnnied down
the aisle to a vacant chair had espied in
the front row. The usher was too much OF
a gentleman, and for that matter so was l,
for him to think Of objecting, so 1 sank
gracefully in a seat for which I hadn't
paid, while the band played the skittish
strains of I'm a Widow" I am not, but
for the nonce I felt just as powerful as
one.
After the matinee I walked up Connecti-
cut avenue, and the two pretty boys who
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The man looked at me hard and, seeing
] was in earnest, said, with the tender
frankness of dear friend: Look here.
Pauline, it's all right for girls-Gaiety
girls, school girls, and all that sort-to be
cute, but for a woman of your years"
The wind caught the rest; / didn't, but
did walk around the corner ON a quiet
street, catch a cat and hit it. Talk about
loving dogs when one knows men-how one
may come to hate cats for the same reason!
Naturally, this nasty fling at my twenty
somewhat odd years made me feel wicked,
and the longer l carried that mans words
IN my erstwhile gentle bosom the wickeder
I got, till 1 sank so low in depravity
found myself swinging my stick, twirling
II, and longing to have on a red tie and a
striped shirt and a great big diamond pin,
and say "See?" and be swell in the
Bowery.
1t is wonderful the moral force there is
In a walking stick. 1t can, by the angle it
describes, attach good form to a person.
It can be positively indecorous in its move
ments. 1t can swear. and it can make
other people swear. I found this out when
I boarded a tram-you understand that
carrying a stick street cars no longer
existed for me- AS 1 stepped inside the
tram, with my stick held, naturally. head
down, 1t became necessary to reverse
arms" in order not to sit with my stick
point up In the air. and all the silver on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
GRIP IS EPIDEMIC,
Whole Families Stricken and ManV
Deaths Reported.
Nearly Every Third Person Suffer.
ing With a Cold, which Often Re.
suits I'm Grip, Pleurisy or Pneu.
mOnfa.

Colds lead to coughs, coughs to grip. pneumonia
and consumption; therefore, 1t is all important to
check cold before it reaches the lungs. Mum
yon's Cold Cure will positively break cold inside
OF twenty-four hours If taken the cold
manifests itself. When the cold reaches the lungs
or bronchial tubes the Cough Cure should be used
alternately every half hour with the Cold Cure.
The Cold Cure is guaranteed to prevent pneu-
monia II used in the beginning Of n cold Pneu-
, MONA or Inflammation of the lungs can be con-
trolled by the use of these two cures.
The Cough Cure positively cures bronchitis tick
ing IN me throat hoarseness loss OF voice. sore
ness OF the chest, difficulty in breathing backing
cough and all pulmonary diseases where the lungs
tubercles. u VA"
you are ailing step into the nearest drug store
ana get 25c vial of one OF Munyon's ReInedies
no; no matter matte what your disease, how many doc
'oIS nave Jailed to cure 1t will give you relief.
. Ihose who are In doubt to the nature of heir
disease should address Prof Munyon 1905 Arch
street Philadelphia giving full symptoms OF their
disease Prof. Munyon will carefully diagnose tho
Sase and give yon the benefit Of his advice abso-
ioteiy free of nil charge. The Remedies will be
sent to any address on receipt of retail price
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From the Boston Transcript
ears which, though hot Within his personal
knowledge is vouched for to him in an en-
tirely trustworthy nwayi A certain dog,
which was growing old, was in a barn one
a haymow from which sloping ladder
led down to the barn floor. The master
walked down the ladder. but the dog went
around by another way. When the dog
reached the barn floor, his master began
to say to him somewhat tauntingly: Poor
old fellow! Daren't ,walk down the ladder
any morei Darent walk down the ladderi''
whereupon the dog, with a quick glance
at his master. walked clear up the ladder
to the top and then turned around and
looked very much like deliberate demon.
stration on the dogs part to his master,
and down a slanting ladder. Did the dog
understand the taunt, or did he merely
catch the words down the ladder" and
take the utterance for a command, which
he dutifully proceeded to obey7 No one
himself can give no account Of the matter.
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the handle being scratched by the dirt on
the floor. Executing this movement I In
advertently knocked woman's hat over
her eyes. and-to be sure, smiled when
begged her pardon, but the lie of that
smile she'll have to face on judgment day.
1t was awful.
Seated in the car, experienced another
difficulty. Nothing but the adoption of
boomers or knickerbockers would permit
me to sit with my stick in front Of me, as
a man does. 1 tried 1t, and my assertive
skirts forced the stick so far from me that
in order to rest on 1t I had to assume an
attitude full of imminent prayer or the
fatal pain that is so sweetly, subtly ex-
pressed in the old; sad song of Johnny
Jones and His Sister Sue"
Thus did so many embarrassments accu-
mulate upon me, I was impelled to seek
exact knowledge of the art of CARRYING a
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include not only natives of Great Britain,
but those of us who are even more En-
glish, though born elsewhere-we English
women are carrying sticks-not of the La
Tosca order, but regular out-and-out walk
ing sticks. I first learned this from Lon
don court journal, whose editorial columns
! saw convulsed In an effort to settle
whether women should or should not carry
their sticks into the drawing room, when
calling.
The matter was finally settled in draw.
thus-'"Rhere is no rule against taking a
stick into a drawing room, though 1t is not
allowable to take in an umbrella, and of
course it is more convenient to have the
So much and no more did I know about
the uses Of walking stick for women
when set out to possess one myself.
On Her TriIby Feet.
went to the smartest silversmiths in
town and said I'd like to look at some
sticks, and he instantly wanted to know
whether 1t was for an old or young gentle
man. I gurgled a bit and told him want
ed 1t for myself. Then being too polite to
ask the question outright his sympathetic
eyes merely sought my anatomy with the
inquiry, (which leg and what is the matter
with it," Thereupon I stood up perfectly
straight and strong on my two Trilby feet
silently assuring him that it was neither
leg, and nothing the matter with me but
a mild attack of anglomania running to
sticks.
Now. what do you see in there that you
fancy?"
We were in front of great rack full Of
sticks enough and of the right sort to drive
q Johnny to drink with covetousness.
! was simply dazZled and speeches., and
the salesman went on: You notice there
are four distinct styles-the bulb, the root,
the crook and the hook.
The bulb rather took my eye-it's the
sort with the immense knot for a handle
which Johnny puts in his mouth to keep
him from telling what he thinks when he
thinks he is thinking. The salesman, how
ever, took down a crook rather lighter than
the usual run and said, This Is a nice cane
for q lady; but it's a little sporty" There
cately done in silver on the stick, and after
the first glance just prayed Lord, turn
away my eyes lest they behold vanity"
and begged the man to put the thing out
of sight before 1t got hold of me and car
ried me off to the races. stick like that
would be always loaded with the seductions
of a long shot and the man with an air
tight tip"
"This," bringing down another, sis the
latest thing-it's called the Prince Of Wales
opera hook.
OF course that settled it. A stick by any
other name might be as well for Congress-
men and what-not that Is hopelessly Amer
lean, but for me to have stick answering
to the name of Albert Edward, 1t was quite
like shaking his hand.
Don't hold 1t as If you were going to let
1t DROP" said the salesman, as l. toddled
up and down the show room a time or two
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kept in my train as
far as the British
embassy q ] m o s t
came to blows trying
to fix which theater
I am appearing at
this week. However,
when I appeared
In front of the Brit
ish embassy, and the
gold crowns on the
lamp posts struggled
to drop on my head,
and the lions at the
entrance roared in
right royal glee, to
see my style, the
nrattv hoyS gave 1t
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navy a Lei kDiS
time picking up my
skirts" 1 confessed
to Delsarte. w h O
answered, ct h a t s
very simple. Try
this.
Then I hung my
stick on my wrist as
he directed, trans
ferred my card case
to the hand of the
same wrist, picked up
my skirts with the
free hand, ard there
l was, as artistic as
I was altogether con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
They Have Physicians and Are Doc
tored When Sick.
Cats, DOGS AND TEE NOBLE HORSE
How They Act When Under the
Doctors Care.
URGERY AND MEDICINE
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

pert on the diseases
of animals, "are very
hard to treat, fer the
reason that they be-
come home-sick a n d
droop, IN or e fro m
that cause than ac-
tual illness. Colds
and indigestion con-
stitute four-fifths of
feline troubles: and if
a cat is given chloro-
form, 1t never rallies.
r a b b it's take cold
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seemed to be very hard hit indeed.
Cad, but 1t was great! I soon struck a
Piccadilly gait-such a perfect stin-legged
movement, with my head kind Of reaching
out for something gone before. from which
my weary shoulders receded, my hand
grasping the stick handle down very near
the tip, my elbow crooked, and my Shout
ders humping in tune with my heels. My
heart-yes, my whole box coat, was filled
with pride and British impulses. said
'eyther' and ''nyther' without stopping to
think, and when I ran against Beerbohm
Tree on a bill board I exclaimed: "Ah,
there, Burbum,' without any recollection
whatever that only one short hour before
] was speaking his name as If an English
name is sometimes spoken as 1t Is spelled.
But ''the path of glory treadeth to the
grave" and nowhere else. When emerged
from an F street haberdashery and saw a
man from the British embassy going along,
not only just as English as was in the
matter of walk and stick, but made perfect
with the addition Of pipe between his
teeth, could only brush away my envious
tears and think how little there is In the
world for woman. even when she has q
great deal. Then, crossing a dirty street,
encountered fresh woe, for I certainly
lost all my style when I had to catch up
my stick in my left arm across my waist,
as a woman carries parasol, In order to
pick up my petticoats. Another square,
and the misery of being a misunderstood
soul, the misery woman suffers realizing
the hopelessly insensible clods most men
are attempting to perceive our motives
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MISS "A k4 E;9, FIELD 1,!E EDITOR AND. OWNER OF
p. q, a paper devoted to the cause q tenn.
psra1ce, stated In . RECEIPT speech that the pro
we're not promoting the temperance cause, and
her advice would be to make a moderate allow
would help the temperance cause more than
prohibition laws; Misc Hates head Is level, and
Busch Brewing Associatl V Beer. It
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This startling evidence broke the "col-
oneP' up. and he weakened. He confessed
that he was fraud. and wept like a baby.
He begged to be allowed to go. and prom
ised to leave the state. He was asked If 1t
was really true that he saved the life Of
President Lincoln. He declared that he did,
but when asked to swear it he refused An
affidavit was drawn up as follows for him
to sign: Il hereby declare that 1 was one
of the crew that rcwed President Abraham
Lincoln from Tobacco Point to the Mary
land shore from the steamer Brooks in
May, 1863" This he also refused to sign,
but pleaded hard to be let go. A pauper' 8
left headquarters, and before many hours
was on his way to New York and for new
pastures in which to work. Thus Boston
is rid of one of the greatest beats that ever
knocked at charity's door. He, however.
left his wife for friends to take care Of and
support.
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In the Good Time Com,po

From the Chicago Tribune
The courteous attendant Cat the theater)-
Eyes. madam. this is the place to check
your large hat"
The lady Ito her escort)-'Well, let's go
to our seats"
The courteous attendant (politely)-'.Not
window and check your big sleeves"
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Nervous.
q the Detroit Tribune.

From the Detroit Tribune.
Bank president-'You'd better investi-
gate the third assistant paying teller"
Cashier-"Have you reason to suspect
him2"
at may be only my Imagination, but
when spoke to him this morning he SEEM
ed short in his replies"
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Easier to Manage.

From the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
Judge-''You are charged with hog steal.
ingp
Prisoner-eYes. suh.fs
Judge-"Couldn't you ind anything else
to DOR
Prisoner-'Well sub, might er stole a
COW, but dey's mo- trouble to manage den
hogs To-
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all this was piled on
my stick-ridden sem
sibilities.
why on earth"
asked the man / met,
why on e a r t h
didn't you have 'em
send it home, or at
least wrap it up for
you? Awkward thing
to carry where it is"
Its mine." I said.
Yes, 1t is. Going
to give it to him for
a birthday present ?"
Its mine, I tell
you," I repeated
mime and the Prince
- NNv-IN- -
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Digging Gold to Get Money to Stud,

Digging Gold to Get Money to Study.
From the st. Louis Star Sayings.
A young English woman went to Colorado
a few years since, an artist. Her etchings
of western scenery were soon a feature of
the curio shops. She found herself drawn
into mining interests, and before she knew
1t had accepted the position of manager and
secretary of an energetic company, and is
today personally experimenting the tun-
neling, shaft sinking and t'mbering of an
important claim in the Cripple Creek dis
trict, and most efficiently she does 1t. Two
years has she lived under the shadow of
Pixies Peak, up in that little sky village,
driving over the hills each day in her cart
behind her faithful Tommy" whom she
feeds and grooms with her own hands. Il
shall make a success of this business by
the end Of five years." she began.
"And them" / asked.
Them" She looked at me, her clear blue
eyes all ashine. '"Then! Back. to art and
study. Money enough then to go to Paris
and to Rome, to make ones self and what
ever talent one may have, all that can be
NADER We both turned involuntarily to-
ward Beacon Hill. as the sun was leaving
its benediction upon it In the flush tints Of
it's setting. TT is all there, you know, the
precious gold, locked up in the heart of that
old HILL and I must find it. That is my
work Just now"
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A Big Girls Privilege.

From the Boston Home Journal.
Fanny-"Mamma, Tommy can. stand on
his head SO nice. May stand on my headr'
Mother-'It is not nice for little girl to
stand on her head"
Fanny with a sigh)-'"rhen I suppose I'll
have to wait until am big girl"
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STICK Il would learn
h o W according to
Delsarte, or 1 would
quit.
For what T. e ason
d o you u Sc I h e
stick?' my Delsarte
teacher asked For
support or style?"
"Style, strictly" I
answered. And then,
in obedience to his
orders, I set out to
show my steps, with
the stick head down,
and grasped firmly as
the 8 a | e S man had
charged me / should
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His Point of View.

From the Boston Bulletin.
"Say, Jack, what is the capital of SwItz-
erland?'
Jack (who has just returned from abroad
why, the money they get from travellers,
of course"
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to kind of get used
to 1t before sallying
forth upon the street.
Here, let me show
you," he said. Grasp
1t like that, so that
you can hit hard II
you meet a dog"
How a b o u t a
man?" / asked, and
though the salesman
did not answer, I had
not gone a square on
the avenue before
learning that / had
simply to carry the
stick anyhow, for ev-
ery man I ma ssed
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T " ~ II "A L.
CHANGED to meet me
on the avenue the
past week you have
doubtless exclaimed :
upon my soul, she's
carrying a cane"
That. however, is
incorrect. l carried
a stick-I couldn't
bother with any
thing so American
as a cane.
We English-when
T COW tive ENGLISH
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A Good Reason.

From LIE.
Willy-'I hear you have been a good deal
confined lately. What was the cause Of
it?'
Wally-'T didn't have ten dollars
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up and reckoned was the queen or Rud-
yard Kipling in disguise.
While morally certain within me that
my stick was a bowling success, I never
theless wanted to prove 1t. A woman has
just two ways Of proving her success-by
the woman she hates and by the man she
loves.
Accordingly, paid visit to my bitterest
enemy, carried my stick into the drawing
room, and she was silent and green. When
your worst enemy bites her tongue and
turns that color so far as she can discern
you're looking very smooth-too smooth,
in fact.
Then walked down the avenue with the
man loved, and-well, 1 was instantly so
ashamed of my stick gave it to the man
to carry which demonstrates, you see that
after all there is latent elemental unfit
ness of walking sticks for women, in the
opinion of PAULINE PRY.
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WOMEN AND CANES
Pauline Pry Learns How to Garry
a Stick.
4 WALK THAT GOES WITH IT
Her Appearance on the Street
Creates a Sensation.
THE DIFFERENT STYLES

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
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