The times., 1899-05-26
MIXED ENGLISH.
The Language "ns She Is Wrote" b,
Some People.
OFrom the Chicago ChronlcIe.l J

(from the chicago thronlcie.)
The telegraph editors and copy readers
of newspapers run across great many re-
markable statements in the copy received
from country correspondents and even
from the press associations. Trite express
ions become a habit with correspondents
and it is one of the duties of the copy
reader to eliminate these when he runs
across them. A desk man" on the Kan
sas City Star took the trouble to jot down
such of these as he came across from day
TO day. Some of them are actually weird,
as follows:
He was overcome by smoke in the up
per story"
THE man was fatally wounded. He may
die
THE supposed to be dead Jones stabbed
the alleged murderer twice, inficting fatal
wounds which he cannot survive"
''Jerrel was blown about thirty feet. He
leaves a family"
Smith was shot twice by the alleged
slayer, one ball entering the intestines, the
other penetrating his right lung. The cor
oner is investigating. Bloodhounds have
been put on the trail"
Writers often have things occur in the
most remarkable places. The following in
stances have actually appeared In newspa-
pers or have been dragged out of copy by
editors before they got into print:
ne man was SHOl Twice. III tne Saloon.
He was shot in the suburbs
He fell upon his being shot"
He was injured in the fracas."
"She whipped him upon his return
He kissed her passionately on her reap
pearance."
He kissed her back"
He walked in upon her invitation
''She seated herself upon his entering"
She tainted upon his departure"
He clung to her weeping"
They gossipped upon his downfall"
Dead persons often do stranger things
than one would suppose. Witness the fol-
lowing:
THE suicide on reviving said-r
Before he died the deceased said-'
Triteness however, is the besetting sin
Of unframed correspondents. The follow
ing are old friends and will be readily
recognized by newspaper readers:
1T is reported on the highest authority
by one who has the ear OF the President,
but whose name is suppressed for obvious
reasons, that" The information that
usually follows a statement Of that kind Is
as valuable as its introduction is authorf-
tative.
The correspondent who concludes his
story by saying. 1T is said the story can
be supported by facts" seldom sees the
story in print.
Some of the most common examples Of
| triteness are:
1T was gala day or red letter day, as
the case may be.
THE police are in suspense"
He broke down and confessed"
1.-THE distracted husband" or wife.
"a well-known citizen" On one oc-
casion the correspondent put it, "a we'll
known citizen, who is also a well-to-do
farmer"
There is general alarm here owing TO
| indications of recurrence of the disturb
ances."
Everybody is of the opinion to the et-
feet that"
He spoke in part as follows"
| "Our little town was thrown into fer
ment of excitement this morning by
"The citizens are free TO say that the law
will never take its course"
Deceased was a Mason of high degree. v
John Jones, the erstwhile senior mem
Der of the cash grocers, Jones Brothers
| has"
Your correspondent has learned
THE expression is used advisedly."
Mr.. Gibson was a highly respected citi-
zen and known to almost every man, No-
man, and child in the city"
"A general denial was entered"
Henry Smith was the first white chile
born on the townsite."
| THE Ryan College, with all us con-
tents, was burned today. There was ovei
200 pupils in the building at the time
No one was hurt, though Proprietor
Barker was slightly injured"
THE captain was rescued in precariouE
condition
Sometimes men write what they 20 NO
mean. For instance, here is a Telegram
from New York: John KrOpf who made
a fortune and lost it laying sidewalks
committed suicide last night Mr.. hrop
made his fortune in laying sidewalks, bu
probably lost it otherwise.
The possessive case is sometimes writ
ten in strange fashion. The following in
stance was detected in letter from
country correspondent: The man who's
wife died's house
The prefxing of a mans occupation o
office often produces queer results II
print, for instance:
United States Deputy Marshal Smith,
etc But the most remarkable actual cas-
of this kind is the following:
Secretary of the German Central Com
mittee for the Erection OF Hospitals TO
the Cure of Persons With Diseased Lung
Eisenhaupt said
The country correspondent views loca
events through powerful binoculars, ever
fire is a conflagraton or a holocaust, AM
every accident has horrible details. IN
following is an actual report sent by
local correspondent in Missouri: "A nor
ror second only to the Johnstown Hood l
upon us. The Missouri Pacific dyke wa
undermined, giving way last nigh'
Among the losses were sixty-fye hog
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