The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08

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has Shate-t ~ar- u-v.F hioftssl uut q ht~
~'nttft~i has 80 sutkt have d"n- e-'i~'
90 HIS q thou-sni q prutshtv u~sr~f 'h~
uart 'han ~" I~tsisnp@nt nos ctrt~"''
vh.ch imTlt-. ~ t-l-f thsi sNsfYttlnx
b" ~rS~ e s--i T. ..y me
by fashion. it l. m~anifp~i that sr'td the
gree ma ~ thai ~hich i supr-us~'y
sscsli-nf thsr~ az nan things ~hrh
arr la fum -tr-lt-ni A. esafnpl-
~ N" o-tillaf,n 80 opiniun With r~sard
o. snthnr~ i dr,vn frum Our o~n DAY
'kArly IN the -event.r ths reputation
~ t~ur.- Ehut wsrl-d its srnith som
aftsrvanis It logan 10 decline, and -arn>
few vcar- sgo hal fallen to its nsdir IT,
cvntly = reaction -, In lnsr~c'i0n ~
'hn-, movements Will make " cl"sr thar
Il N" e-timat" 20 thirty years ako VAS
IN "xrcs-. thar - Eve years Q was In
drf~-t. and that. h-~ai,,r, her rank viii
bc considerably higher than II is now
IT, some Hot.~ on A Few Afnericanirms,
Mr.. Spencer says that he has often been
veSed by certain Interpretations Of words
M, are common In the United States. Ne
singles ou, for animad,ersion the uss Of
the word claim instead ~ Say. or -ss-
scrt, or -sfhrm.- or -sllese,' for example
I claim that he knew all about 4, before
he made the b-t. II seems b a the abuee
has lately made ~ appearance IN English
journals 81 reputc. including the ondon
Tunes. 4 monthly magazine furnishes
Mr. spencer with a double example. An
English critic and the American writer
whom he cri'lciser both pervert the word
IN the space ~ three sentences Speaking
of the Cuban-, the one SAYS tn" claim
that they ara not capable of governing
themselves has not been established In the
writer's experience and the other says
Il, j. no, intcrdcd in this description Of
Affairs 10 claim that tho Cubans are with
out faults MIR Spencer p~ronounce- this
mi-us. inexCuSable because there are
-undry words serving rightly 20 express
the intended meaning. while the word en-
ploycd dos~ not express It Athiug claimed
il a thing which NAV be- Possessed but ore
who claims that A behaved better than X
implies possession in no sense. either actual
or potential Another linguistic outrage
committed by business men in America
J. strongly reprobated. Mr. Spencer cites
such examples A. the company have lea-~d
the new line and will operate H.. the cos'
| ~ nc RATING the factory has been 80 and so.
We are reminded tina, these words replace
the words work and working words
which. though themselves open To OBJ
~iection. have not the vice 81 mere pedsntry.
Another corruption cummon IN American
sparch il pronounced no le-~ reprehensihle.
We refer To- the u~e ~ -on" In place of in
Il met him on Broadway. ~ found him on
! the CAR What Mr. spencer complains
81 here IL the deliberate abolition Of a die
| tinction which IN good English - uniformly
observed -Th. word in implies encloe-
urr. more or loss decided. In a box in a
carriage The word on negatives en-
closure. implies that the ohj~Ct - not shut
up, and, further. that there are no restrain
ing boundaries near u The distinction IL
marked with precision IN two such phrases
a. in a field and on a conmon, the cir
cumstanc"- te.ng in all r"-p"cts alike save
in IN. presence - enclosing fences In the
one case and their ah-enc' in the other case
Those who find themselves ANNOYED nv
garnIlous rer-nns NAV thank Mr. spencer
Tor suggesting a mod" 81 obtaining relief
from the ANNOYANCE. The method il no,
original with him. but ~as invented Nv
Socrates. In a little paper entitled -Snme
Questions he tells us that tether~d by Ill
health to the South Of England he Was
usually accompanied In his daily drives Nv
two ladies. and that. finding himself unable
Ia hear continuous conversation. he learned
how - put a check on this hy asking one
question or another nov 10 ba answered
without thought. ". thus acquired the
habit of setting problems in The form ~
intarrogs'inns. partly nv wav % gsugine
tho knowledg" u Young people and partly
hv wav Of exercising their reasoning pover-.
We learn that one 80 the simplest inquiries
which was -,metim.s answered wa How
happens = thai -heap. rabbits and hares
have ~. " ewes on ~" sides - their head.
while cats and dogs have heir ev-~ nearly
w. frln,'- O'hcr- are cited 10 which the
rruucS are los obvious For instance.
How l. " poS-.hle fpr a lark white soaring
,o -ing fpr several minutes without cessa-
tom VIZ = the reason that in hilly dis
'ric'- tho roadS are deep down below the
level ~ the h"ld-. whereas IN fnt districts
the, are on a Lowell y TN he h"lds' Through
out the country. especially in ~ less fire.
quented parts. The hy-rnads and some
times even tho main roads have strips ~
grcsn-ward several yards wide on either
side II the Iart used 'or trsrfc. In what
manner did th">" strip. originate? Cows
and horses drink IN the same wav that W
DO. Whereas dogs and cats drink hy tapping
Whence ari~cs this difference 81 hahi''
why does q duck Waddle in va,king' Ard
wha, - The neNi Tor tha, trait ~ structure
which causes the wsddlr' How is q, that
n bulldog - able 10 rr'ain his hold Tor a
longer period han other dogs Again
'Rooken.~ arr nc,H, ALWAYS close io human
dwelling. usually ALWAYS at some side.
Rocks -""m 80 gan Nothing from this proS-
unity but daily ~ Ear awav To their feed
ing grounds Moreover. they persist In
thus breeding In m" trees around houses.
though annually many 81 their Young are
shot a. soon n they can Nv What cir
cum~'ances have l"d - this establishment
Of a home apparently ~ unh''' Once
moro In rambl"~ ~ drives throughout tho
country We ~ne frw blackhiris or thrishe-
in the omen feids uu, we 500 morr as ~e
APPROACH houses. especially good house..
even IN ptr'S ~ M" year when there are no
temptations from the fruit gardens WY
T. this Mr. SPENCER SAYS that the start
ling revelations mad" hy the attempted
apsNgrs In fhpsa ltIe~'1ous were NOT that