Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
Announcement.
THE BIRTH OF WORDS
> uEALT1 or EXPRESSIONS FROM
TrE HUMAN BODY.

> uEALTr OF EXPRESSIONS FROM
TrE HUMAN BODY
Ms. Ihs" -Four hundred Words Il
car t.au-t...-sr Are Related 10 the
I-...d Alone and Almost Many
Are Derived From th,. Head.
Til human body its limbs. fingers
toss. mouth nose. ears. head and some
al tla Internal ur1au, has originated
hundreds u- words In one of the
.sc dictionaries more than 400 are
IouaI related To the hand alone and
all4v-l as Iaany TO the head.
IalsX, Indicate, predicate, from a
Greek word for finger. mean that
ua.l IoiuJs out So oracle and orator
.rt,r 90 what comes out of the mouth.
Audience audible. auscultation, the
aulr.u- ol accounts. originally after a
-.e.s.U-" oi the officials. are traccable
tu 900. ear spirit means the breath
aud Is also found In conSpire. Ito
breathe io.,,H,r." inspire, TO breathe
n. sad even m perspire. TO breathe
tlIa..l mpediment Is something
al-et 1h. foot. Ell. the cloth meas
H.e. J.. t., length of the forearm The
hair Ga capillary attraction means the
power cx,rtcd through the capillary or
hairlIke tubes
The heart tcorli>i is 10 be observed
m "a cordial or hearteuiu-. drink; a
c0rd D. cor hearty. manner; the core of
Er. d Al frtat
their name from their resemblance to
tooth marks. The tongue sticks out in
several words like language and lin
guist
Ii some countries anybody may rise
by lis own merits 10 hc somebody,
even 10 the "hcal" of tie nation or of
the church. bc q head master of a
school. head "a revolution. take up
arms" and prove 10 Doe a capital
that is. headmoSt soldier and the
chief headl of the army.
Corporal punishment Is bodily pun
ishment; capital punishment is pun
ishment by dccapitatiOn, or taking off
the head \ cOrporal-that is a cap
oral-mcans the same as captain-that
4 colonel Is one who has been crown
ed The commander in chief, or head
commander. cOmpelS the chieftalns, or
headmcu of Tho enemy. TO capitulate-
that j.. surrender according to an
agreement that is divided into capitu-
las. or little heads. or chapters.
\ heady and headstrong ruler some
-f.1t h.
less To make headway against his
foes Le may have TO rush headlong into
difficulties or take a header into the
unknown sen Of politics. Among some
peoples one with the big head IS likely
10 lose d. Under some the hcadship Of
the ship OF state does not make head
way against the head winds of events
or around the cape" or headland, just
ahead lie may plunge into trouble
over head and ears, and his opponents
have 10 put their heads together TO
head him of. 50 as TO prevent head
on collision with another nation. Some
men hate 20 be treated as dcadheads
at political headquarters or as 50 many
head Of cattle or as mutton heads or
from an old Spanish word meaning
head
Some men play their hand" for all
there Is iu it Some stretch out the
glad hand % every one Some keep
hand m glove with those engaged in
uudefhaud proceedings as well as with
thoS, hp have climbed TO high places
4.
SAYS Hands or" even his right hand
man would not lay hands on what was
forbidden The clock hands tell Us if
we are beforehand or behindhand
4 handsome man originally was one
who used his haud- skillfully and 50
was graceful ami probably, therefore
good looking Although every one car
ries palm ia his hand, people no
longer. with palms ia their hands, vel
come their h.rpce One may have his
finger 10 TO many pies and tread on
too many toes ones chirography,
manuscript handwriting they are all
one may he rather coarse. but his fine
hand IS detected Ia many public docu-
meat and s., arouse opposition TO his
La ling tle funds This might prove
"a severe handicap, which was original
lv 50 called from the Jockeys putting
their hands into cap and drawing
lots Tor the places that their horses
We're ~ have m the race Footstool
and foot rule sound alike hut in the
first foot IS the literal. IN the second
The fTrative. u~e Of the word
Though the politician put his best
foot forward h. may find his foothold
getting insecure and begin wondering
what's afpot His coachmau. mount
ug the fpptbparI. may be- iusolcnt; his
footmaU ,.utcmptuuus, his chef, or
head cook neglectful He may be
ridiculcd before the footIghts as
social fp,tpad living a hand 10 mouth
existence at the expense of the tax
payers While they are insisting on
his toelng the mark ana hc Is hanging
10 his position hy the toe nails as the
saying is Do may well wish ne was
back on hi~ native foothills
Were he rrnsted he might bc hand
cuffeI al1 e'tars or fcctcrS. placed
upon hls f... lie might not even have
au sun,Ttr.1v If making mouths or
showing his teeth at his enemies He
might u nfEcr days he turned over to
the hcad-n %. hut there would be no
newspaper headlines pruclJimlug that
fact only q small headstone might
tell his fate ia The pedestrians, or foot
passenger going by.-Ncw York Trib-
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