The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24
The Teutonic Family.
BY JOSEPHINE
ARTICLE ".


The Teutonic branch of the Aryan fam
lily has three divisions, viz, low Ger
man, Scandinavian and high German.
To the low German division belong the
English, Dutch Tristan and low German
languages. ~
To the Scandinavian division belong the
Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian and Dan
ish languages. s
To the high German division belongs
the Hoch-Deutsch, spoken In Upper and
Middle Germany, Switzerland and Aus
tria.
The Teutons were fierce and warlike
people, who, long before the dawn of
authentic history, broke away from their
Aryan kinsfolk north of the Himalaya
mountains in Asia and emigrated to Eu-
rope. They are first mentioned in the
fourth century as inhabiting the shores
of the Baltic sea. In the years 101 ana
102 B. G. the Teutons, in alliance with
the Cimbri, invaded the Roman domin-
ions, and were defeated by the Romans.
But it was to Teutonic tribes-the Goths
and the Vandals-that Rome finally
yielded her power; for, in the fifth CEN
fury, when the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
detached Teutonic tribes from the
shores of the Baltic sea-were subjugat
Ing the Celts in England, the Goths and
the Vandals descended IN vast hordes
upon the Romans and succeeded in over
throwing the Western Roman empire
The last CLEAN Of Roman glory forever
passed away when the rude warriors
of Germany and Scythia possessed the
city of @Romulus, and a barbarian (Odoa-
GER A. D. 476), occupied the palace of
the Caesars"
Gradually the Teutons conquered and
displaced less powerful races, until they
dominated almost all of Middle and
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crossing the Atlantic ocean, they sub
jugated and displaced the Indians of
North; America, just as they had sub
| jugated and displaced the aborigines and
the Celts of Europe. No other branch
of the Aryan family Wields the same
power, and were its mighty members to
Join fraternal hands the civilized world
would of necessity yield to the superior
strength of such a union By the study
OF phllology the relationship Between the
members of the Teutonic family is re-
vealed If this relationship could be re-
allied no longer would the Englishman
see In the Boer an alien but would rec
ognlze in him a descendant of the same
stock from which he himself sprang.
Ihe English people, ethnologically con-
sldered, are more closely related to the
Dutch than to any other division of the
Ieutonic branch of the Aryan family 1t
IS recorded that the resemblance between
some of the English and Dutch dialects is
SO close that English sailors coastine
near The Hague have mistaken the
speech of the Dutch for dialect of their
own The English came from Schleswig-
Holste1n, In the northern part of Ger
many, and from Jutland (now known as
DenmarD, but the English language is
rot so closely related to the German Of
Upper and Middle Germany as it is to the
Dutch, thus indicating that the English
are more nearly akin to the Dutch than
to the Germans. Thus is the intercon-
Eection of nations revealed by philo!ogy
that wonderful searchlight Of modern
science which enables us to investigate
not only the social, moral and religious
development of mankind, but the reIa-
tlonship existing between man and his
fellow man.
GRAMMATICAL Construction.
Il meant to write before is correct,
because the time expressed by the ms
1inltiVe form of the verb ''to write is
posterior to that expressed by ~ meant"
Rule: The time of the action recorded
is subordinate part of the sentence,
Is not absolute but relative to the time
of the principal clause, and that, there
fore, the tense of a dependent verb is
determined by it's relation to the verb on
w
meant to write he means or meant tc do
it at some future time; he could not
mean to write at time anterior 70 his
intention The same rule obtains in the
verbs intend expect, hope and thought
There is no one here but him and
me is correct, because but is a prepo-
sition in this sentence and in consequence
the pronoun following it must be in the
objective case. Rule: A proposition is
always followed by noun or pronoun in
the objective case. Therefore "him' and
not che" should follow "but." me" is
correct instead of a. because being con-
nected with him by the conjunction
land, it must be in the same case Rule:
Nouns and pronouns connected by con-
functions are always in the same case.
The same rule obtains in the sentence
There is no one here but him and her.
Him is in the objective case because
it follows the proposition '.but :" ''her''
is in the objective case because it must
be in the same case as "him" according
to rule: Conjunctions connect like cases.
No one but me is going is correct.
because the objective case r'me" instead
of nominative case 81 must follow the
proposition but"
Neither the house nor the lot is for
sale is correct, because the subject is
singular IN NUMBER, as nor" is dis
junctive conjunction.
Shall and Will
1. shall indicates that L decide, or II
has been decided.
2 You shall indicates that I decide
or it has been decided.
g. He shall indicates that decide, or
it has been decided
1t is correct to say 81 shall go abroad
if the meaning is that L decide to 60
i will go abroad" means either that IL
am determined to CO. or that 81 promise
to 60"
You shall go" means either you
must go whether you want to or not" or
Il promise that you shall CO.,
He shall CO. means either ''he must
GO or Il promise that he shall co.
7. On each example given the first person
decdes)
Shall I?'' indicates that you decide.
''Will II" can be answered only by the