Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-06
! FOR SUNDAY READING.
All sorts of Opinions.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SWEARING.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SWEARING.
Medical Press and crcular.l
Most profane expressions are the fos-
sill remains Of religious terms or ejac-
ulatory prayers, and the history of pro-
family is intimately bound up with the
history of religion / IS held by some
tina. profane objurgations are irstinc-
tive Or Initiative relics of the habit OF |
our wild ancestors of Stimulating the
cries Of ferocious animals and of utter |
ing sounds calculated by their harsh |
ness or their value to inspire terror BY |
and by came the time when certain |
words became sacred by reason of their \
religious association, and their employ
ment In verbal warfare would, it was
hoped, cause fear by reason of their aw-
full associations, or later still, because
their unconventional use being severely
punished, the deed savored of reckless
violence
A few centuries later men took to util-
zing the anathemas of the church for
their private purposes and sought to
inspire fear by evoking images Of tor
ture and endless suffering The angry
primitive man tried to shock his enemy
by calling On thunder and the gods
and the angry modern man consigns
him, in tones of awful wrath. to eternal
punishment. ~F'rom the shock of terror
there came the shock of temerity in tax
ing holy names in vain. 50 tha. the
greater the reverence of names of saints
or places of dIety, the greater is the
shock to the man sworn at, and, pre-
sumably. the greater the relief TO the
man swearing.
DIR. AMENT TALKS ON LOOT,
The Rev. DR.. w. S. Ament of tbs AM
erican board was interviewed recently.
This question was asked him:
Did the missionaries Loot
No positively. no, said the doctor.
| The missionaries have been slandered
| for twenty years to my knowledge and
| probably always will be There is little
use in denying these lies. but neverthe
all my strength and am in the right
4 trim fer IL. Furthermore. we have a
man who Will put up the money to fight
the people who persist in these faise re-
ports to the end and that is the mer-
chant prince. John Wanna maker, Of Phil
adeipha and New York. He is Pres
\
fsred money for this purpose
| tior against Mark Twain ana al the
publishers who printed his misrepre,
sentat!on of facts. Webb G. Hayes i
another man am after l am going TO
/ fremont, Ohio, to And him. In the pur-
chase OF Chinese goods he mad, from
the missionaries he beat US down 70 The
last dollar, then talked scanaalous!y
about US
But missionaries in Pekin have
shown articles Of great value that We're
admittedly Loot"
/. Where the missionaries took and
4 bought things said Or. Ament, = be-
lieve it was done With the best of mot
ives. Ever one predicted Iamine
when Ne got out OF thess siege, and IT De-
4 nooNed US 10 MAKE money some Way
think myself and some others can be ex-
eussd if We converted the goods we
found In the places we TOOK possession
of into cash.
We thought a the time starvation
was staring Us IN the lace ipr me VIII
j ter, and We prepared Tor the support OF
our native Christians
But the army stood ready 20 supply
YOU I4es-ii iieee peoi az s'te.tzia7
1, prices for provisions from the ctliimis-
/ saiy department.? Supplies We're com
4 ing IN lapidiS.
4 We did not know that in the begin
seen this II would have put different
j light on things, no doubt
Yes but you Kept on selling goods
even up 70 November and Deceni Ger
No. my public sales weiF @Vet IN
September.
The doctor then wanted g tax as e
The meaning OF the word l9gt' fie9ob'
iected TO the wosa beng ns&d IN eennee-
ton With the missionaries
Did you yourself AXE anything from
any premises Or person except What YOU
i, found in the paiaee OF the Mancnt
Prince, which you took possession q
and which is now the home OF your mis-
$ sion IN Pskin
!. We'll, said the doctor. slowly. las
summer in Pekin was not time fo
. ethereal virtue. and VIII answe' tina
Il question Ike tnis one OF my natiH'
ii converts named Choo. Who mao pse'
i employed as cook for wealthy chin
i csc family of thirteen persons. came Z
!, me excitedly and said. Eight = M
/, employers family nave hanged them
E selves in their own house when the a!
i He'd troops entered Pekin. ana NOR