The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-18

words lingo" and "Jingoism'' now at
the end Of all pens and tongues in both
England and America. seems Of doubt
full derivation. Ia 1877 it had a great
run in song in England. But there
comes the term by lingo which We
have all heard from youth up. In the
Basque language "Jingo' is the name
for God and was the form Of an oath.
Others claim it corruption of the
name Gingoulph. 4 Lingo" as now
understood is a man spelling for a
fight The song referred to used it as
of peace significance. as the song COM
menced: 1--WE don't want 10 fight"
As for "John Bull" America is now
related to him by marriage. Consuello
Vanderbilt is in fact Mrs. Johnny Bull.
The great and original duke of MARI
borough was thus satiriZed by one DIR.
ArbuthnOt. DR.. Johnson says that DR..
ArhGthnOt was one of the first writer's
of Queen Anne's time. ormerly the
typical Englishman was a stout, rudy
squire or farmer, too corpulent for
comfort, too choleric 10 be good ma
tured, beef-eater and a wearer of
leather breeches, with an oaken cudgei
in his hands and bull dog at his neels-
He is the fellow that the American
don't like, and whose descendants we
whipped. But the Johnny Bull of to-
day is physically no stouter, redder or
more chOleric than the average Ameri-
can. The cudgel, breeches and bull
dog symbols have disappeared.
Along side of Johnny Bull stands
'Uncle Sam" with his Brother Jona-
than hat, breecnes and chin whis-
kers. There is no doubt about the
origin of ''Uncle Sam" When General
take command of the revolutionary
army he found a great lack of ammu-
milton and other supplies. He turned
for aid to Governor Jonathan Trum-
bull, of Connecticut, and got it, and in
many emergencies of that period he
used the phrase, 1--WE must consult
Brother Jonathan ON the subject
The expression became nationally cur
rent, and it stands as the American
parallel to ''John Bull" Uncle Sam"
was not invented until the war of 1872.
Two inspectors of war supplies at
Troy, n Y, were named EbeneZer and
Samuel Wilson. A workman in their
employ was marking a lot of casks
received from one Elbert Anderson, a
New York contractor, and which were
thus stamped, ''E. A.-U. s." A by
Stander asked the workman what these
marks meant, and he replied that they
probably meant Gilbert Anderson and
Uncle SAM" abiding to Inspector Sam !
uel Wilson, who was locally called /
''Uncle Sam" Thus the initials of the |
United States were transformed by a /
local joke into a national sObriquet, |
which will doubtless last as long as our |
republic. Our dollar mark s is now |
but monogram of L. S.
And so our authority goes on with |
many words. But these are the ones, |
ilSlhCh'el!, III eHCly uSS use LII LOU,
and we close with them.
However, as for Uncle Sam as /
Brother Jonathan" while a univer
sally accepted symbol, it gives the out
side world a very wrong impression Of
the typical American, who instead of
being a long, lean, slab-sided, lantern
iaWed individual, is in fact, according
to statistical standards, heavier on the
scales, broader between the shoulders,
wider in the head, deeper in the chest
than any of his civilized cotemporaries.