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The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
PRONUNCIATION OF WOUND.
Ii Is as Ancient as AIfred's Time;
Has No Rhyme.

The modern pronunciation of wound
Is not modern at ALL says Prof. ". ".
Skeat. in Notes and Queries. II preserves
very nearly the pronunciation Of Alfred's
time, and that Of the Gothic wunds of
the fourth century; It merely differs by
lengthening. The As. wund was pro-
nounced with the u in fun. OF with the
same und as the modern German wund.
bund. gesUnd. &c. In modern English
this short has become the long u in
brood, food, &c: and that IS all. Wound
already had its present sound IN the thir-
teentb century.
The chief clew is to bear in mind that
our symbols are OF Norman origin. The
symbol on meant, IN Norman, precisely
what Ii means in modern French. viz.
the long as heard in group soup, Group
ali comparatively modern words in Eng
llsh. In all words Of older use the ou
has passed into the well known sound Of
au in the German Haus, with which our
house now precisely agrees. OF these
words, sound is one. II has changed
from a form which we should now spell
soOnd to the familiar sound. Similar
words, noted by Sweet, are found, ground.
pound. bound: with which compare the
Taedcrn German gefunden. Grund, Pfund,
gebunden
The question ought TO have been put
thus How is It that the word wound has
preserved the old u sound Though length
ened), while other words in -Ound have
changed so regularly? The answer is
simply this that the influence Of the
preceding W ESQ closely allied to u) has
preserved the old sound In perfect quail
ity, though it could not preserve its short
quantity The influence Of " Is very re-
rlarkable in this way, and this Is why
wan does not rhyme with ban, can, fan.
man, pan, ran, &C; neither does wash
rhyme with cash. dash, cash, hash, &c;
neither does word rhyme with cord ford.
lord, nor worm with form and storm,
and so on.
It follows that there never has been
any (easily available) perfect rhyme to
wound in modern times, and the rhyme
with sound (as referred to) is imperfect.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
THE KINGS UNDRESSING.
Ceremony Was a Wonderful Thing
in Louis XVPs Time.


In Memoirs Of the Comtesse de Boige''
Q7S1-1Sll, edited from the original man
uscript by Charles NicoulIaud, Is found
the following realistic description Of the
"coucher'' OF Louis XVI:
THE kings coat, waistcoat, and shirt
We're taken OF; ne stood there naked to
his waist. scratching and rubbing himself
as If he had been alone in the presence OF
the whole court and often Of many
strangers Of distinction. The first valet
handed the nightshirt TO the most highly
qualified person. to one OF the princes Of
the blood il any were present; this was
a right and not a favor. When the per-
son was one with whom he was on ia
miliar terms. the king would often play
tricks while putting it on, stepping on one
side 10 make the holder run after him,
accompanying these charming jokes with
loud outlaws, which greatly veXed those
who were sincerely attached to him.
When his shirt was on he put on his
dressing gown, while three Wallets unfas-
tened his waist belt and knee breeches
which fell down to his ankles, and in that
garb. scarcely able to walk with these
ridiculous fetters he would shuttle round
the circle Of those in waiting. When the
king had had enough of it, he shufTled
backward TO an armchair which was
pushed into the middle OF the room, and
dropped into 1t, lifting up his legs; two
pages on their knees Immediately seized
his legs, pulled of the kings shoes. and
let them drop with q crash, which was a
point of etiquette. As soon as he heard
the noise, the usher opened the door, say
ing: Gentlemen will please pass out"
Those present went away. and the cere-
mony was finished. However. the person
who was holding the candlestick was al
lowed to stay il he had anything special
to say TO the king, and hence the value
that was attached to this strange favor.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

set down the progress of the Industrial
and social communities that were estab-
lished at various times at New. Harmony,
Ind. First, there were the Rappites, that
community Of which Rapp was prophet,
priest, and king. For while it flourish
ed in New Harmony. and attracted some
attention as an experiment In socialism;
then 1t moved 10 Pennsylvania, owing to
internal dissensions, and with the change
Of location. soon died. The second form
or community was that established at
New Harmony, by Robert Dale owen.
The history Of his experiment has been
often written. and it cannot be said that
Mr.. Lockwood has contributed anything
new. All that he has to tell Us of the
struggles Of the community at New Har-
mony. and Of the causes of its failure has
been written many times. Mr.. Lockwood
insists as have other writer's before him,
on the sincerity and noble purpose of
Robert Dale Owen. and he includes the
tribute to Owens character. written by
Mr.. John H. Holiday. for many years
owner and editor of the indianapolis
News, II is good and just summing up
Of his character:
In scholarship general aftainnents. va.ied achieve
ments, as author statesman politician, and leader
I new religious faith. he vas unquestiGnably the
most prominent man Indiana ever owned Others
may fiji now, may have filed a larger part in
public interest curiosity Tor a time but other
Ho0ser was ever so widely known or so likely 20 do
the state credit by being known, and no other has
ever before held 50 prominent place long with
history 50 unspotted by seldshness. duplicity.
deceit
A photography. which the author has
appended 10 his volume. shows that
over 100 works have been written on the
New Harmony experiments. The present
volume is a good summary OF the whole
subject. (New York: d. Appleton & Coz
"The Kingdom Of Love-" by Henry
Frank, is a book That is. It has the form
of a book, and II is bound IN blue cloth,
but what 1t is all about. and why it was
written IS rather a mystery. II is made
up Of a variety Of cryptic utterances.
more or less commonplace on the subject
Of love. There are thousands Of para
graphs such as this:
Would y0u BECOME acquainted with what you al
ready kuowl BE still and listen.
Man shriyes himself for peace and stabs his neigh
Dor FOR ioy.
Though clayey feet stiH press the earth. the
ie'itant soul mas saunter among the stars
There are lots more Of them, equally
cryptic. equally meaningless. II any Of
the paragraphs have a meaning they are
usually borrowed. some from the Psalms.
some from Walt Whitman. Even these
the author Of this book has COntrived 90
befCg and muddle II Is a book that no
one ought 10 be induced 10 buy, and no
one would use il as a gift-boOk, except
10 an enemy. New York: r. L. Fenno &
Coz
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Topics OF the Day.

Several important books on what are es-
sentially topics OF the times will be pub
lished in the fall by D. Appleton & Co
These are Trusts and Corporations" by
James r. Day, chancellor Of Syracuse
University. embodying Chancellor Days
matured Views as to giant corporations.
the public distribution of vast wealth, the
science of organized charity. and kin
dred topics; Current Finance" by ex-
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw. a study
Of national finance; Corporation FL
nance" by Edward s. Meade. professor
in the Wharton School Of Finance, a
study of the science of financing large
corporations, and The Modern City:
Problems of City Government" by Leo
S. Rowe, professor in the University Of
Pennsylvania, a very original and sug-
gestive discussion of municipal questions
~ an eminent authority.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
JAPANESE SOLYENCY
Her Position i'll the Matter
Of Debts.
INCREASE NATIONAL REVENUE
'FEe Per Capita Expenditure Below
that of Most other Nations, hut IL
Is Burdensome on Peopie-JnPan's
National Debt 0ne-seyenth of Her
Visible WeaIth-FInanciaI Future.

The latest official figures claim for Ja-
pan a present population Of 4s,s64.0OO, or
about that of the United States in 1873
The revenues for the current year are
estimated at S30S 220, 900. and the national
debt is reported as 2,217. 10, ,753 yen, the
equivalent in round figures. OF $1,100.000.-
coo. says the New York Sun.
Practically all of Japans national debt
Is in the form of outstanding loan bonds,
about equally divided between interior
and foreign accounts. A part Of the in
ternal obligations Is supported by col
lateral, such as State railways and other
public utilities and industrial enterprises
established or now owned by the gov
ernmeht Nearly all Of the foreign loan
and very large part Of the total in
debtedness. represents money obtained
for the prosecution Of Japans wars with
China and with Russia Practically the
whole Of the interior loan. amounting 10
q little more than S500, 600, bears 8 per
cent interest There is a foreign loan OF
$B,Sl50o0 at I per cent for railways and
public works. or the foreign war loan
S,0l .S93 600 bears per cent, S292 $50 600 bears
AZ per cent and $l22 n57, 800 bears 4 per
cent The total foreign debt is $57l. .l35 800.
4 part Of the domestic loan also repre-
sents military and naval expenditures. In
March Of this year a loan Of e23, 100000
at 5 per cent for forty years was issued
for the refuEding Of the per cent loans
Of May. ls0i CeloN0,60O and November,
1894 (f12O0000W-
The national revenues Of the country
have increased from a little more than
S5loOo.0O in $50 10 the estimated amount
for the current year. S30S 100000. Tie
sources Of income are numerous and Vart-
Gus. Among the enumerated taxes there
appear the following. Land. income. busl-
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Hor Tinfon Made.
,rnm The Valve Word.

From the Valve World
TinfOil. which is extensively used for
wrapping tobacco, certain food products,
and other articles OF commerce, Is a com
bination Of lead, with thin coating OF
tin on each side. II Is made in the fol-
lowing manner: First, q tin pipe Is made
of a thickness prOportionate to its dame
ter; proportion not given. This pipe is
then filed with molten lead and rolled
OF beaten to the extreme thinness re-
quired. In this process the tin coating
spreads Simultaneously with the spread
ing Of the lead core. and continuously
maintains a thin. even coating of tin on
each side of the center sheet OF lead,
even though II may be reduced to a thick
aess Of 00Ql inch or less.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
SOME NEWBOOKS REVIEWED

ray Of Instruments which were carried
hundreds Of miles, never TO be used The
leader did none OF the hard work Of the
expedition. In the wilderness he expect
ed his followers TO valet him as IL he
were in hotel Through the book Mr.
Dunn calls him the professor. On July
We find this entry.
The professor has set up an elaborate tripod and
~ doing things with one eye TO a white mountain
OF the Takeetna Range, upstream, which he is
going to name Think Of that I wish he would
show quality Of some sort. He's SO kind and color
less. like hm-but then I haven't hit the trail
with him yet. He's just given me pair Of bedroom
slippers. "to wear about the camp. he says
thanked him. lie uses "Howf" instead Of "What2
when you ask him a question.
This sounds humorous, perhaps, but all
the same ii is a fair indication of the
sort OF leader over crowd of men that
one would not care to go into the wilder
ness with A few days later:
The professor fuses fuses fusses with his iastr-
ments which be carries in two big boxes that viii
make trouble Whcn we bega TO pack everything lie
opens plush ease. seeks in. wipes Oft the brass
closes case again. ard there you are That's hitting
the trail real hard. That's scientific exploring
On July l6. the expedition has got
started somewhere:
It's happened-the expected! But prefaced by the
professors funniest shine yet Fordng a big tribu-
tdry to-day Big Buck behind whose pack he'd
Jumped. dumped him spraWling in midstTeam. Away
hoatsd his mosquito hat (which We haven't dared
burnl. aud he after it, p0unccd along on the bottom
hoNlders He's sure peach. When do We cross
the heechauta again!" he gurgled to King crawling
ashore. He thought that the creek vas The main
river. aud he on a scientific expedition. TO map the
wilderness But | suppose ii a great loss that
mosquito hat aud he vas dayed. SO he tied a red
bandaua handkerchief over his oan. and now be
looks like Bashihazouk
Well. there's no use in quoting any more
from Mr.. Dunn's diary. The expedition
failed as was preordained. and the story
has style; he has made a brave effort "a
set down the truth, and he has succeeded
In giving one of the very best pictures
OF an exploration tTip-from the inside
And let it be remembered that Dunn was
one Of the youngest OF the party. yet he
was put second in command, and little
more than a boy, he did his part like
man. The professor accused him Of being
kicker. and yet there are those who
saw Dunn with smashed ankle in the
hospital at Tokyo, and again on Man
chuTian plains in a hunt for war, and
did not find him complaining This is a
book Of the train, written on the trail.
and it is one OF the very few books that
brings the spirit OF the trail 10 its read
eis. (New York: The outing Publishing
Coz
"The New Harmony Movement by
George b. Lockwood is another effort TO
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
4 TRIP TO HEAVEN
Author Wanted to Tell the
President About 1t.
HE STARTED FROM A HOSPITAL

Passed the Planets Safely and Had
Remarkable Experience Gener-
aliy-Didn't stop on Mars-UnfeeI-
Ing White House Secretary De-
clined to Become Enthused.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

The Culture Of Justice" by Peterson
Du Bois, has for its subtitle. "A Mode
Of Moral Education and Of Social Re
form" Il IS a plea for justice in our deal
ings with our fellow-men. The author be-
lieves that most Of our social misery is
at bottom rooted in human Injustice, and
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

Miss Ellen Glasgow has returned to
Virginia for the inspiration of her new
work. "rhe Beaten Road" which viii
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

There Is TO be a new biographical and
critical study of Richard Jefferies, the
English naturalist and essayist, who just
fell short Of achieving the highest rank
in the literature of his subject. Mr.. Ed
ward Thomas is to write it, and he makes
the usual appeal for such letters and pa
pers as may be in possession of his hero's
friends.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

II is now announced that sufficient
money has been subscribed for the pur-
chase of Coleridge's cottage at Neither
StOWey, but that goo is necessary
for its maintenance. An appeal for this
sum IS therefore made to all lovers of
English poetry, and subscriptions may be
sent to the treasurer, Rev. w. Gresweu
Dodington Rectory, Somerset, England.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

The new volume of "The American Ma
ton" series, published last week, Re
Political, and Economic" is
notable not only because it is a thor
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

'The New Harmony Movement by
George b Lockwood is another effort to
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

The Shameless Diary OF an Explorer"
by Robert Dunn, is human document
Of intense interest. II IS the account of
a young man who accompanied DR.. Cook
on his first attempt TO reach the top of
Mount Mckinley. II Is the story Of a
failure, set down by one Of the men who
failed. Il is an unusual story, because Of
its franlZness. Reading this diary which
Mr. Dunn kept from day to day. It is
easy 10 see why the expedition failed. II
shows in naked truth the weaknesses of
the expedition, not hiding the authors
own weakness-indeed. if it had succeeded,
being what it was. It would have been
marvellous. SAYS Mr.. Dunn:
I know that the whole truth is always beyond
reach Sometimes YOU think there cannot be such a
thing. Utter sef-detaclment Is impossible and the
greater the human strain the more remote. The
tension OF the trail casts shadow over life. could
we dispel which we should be gods To tell the
ruth about other people is hardest of all But if
you are honest at it you may reach at last one end:
You win have told the truth about yourself.
That Robert Dunn has accomplished.
at least, in part. Nothing is set down
here In malice, but frankly his own in
competency and that Of those who were
his comrades IS revealed. Above all. the
leader! What a leader ne Is pictured for
the wilderness, where a mans hands and
a mans brain and energy are needed. not
only 10 save his own llfe-that we're
small matter-but the lives Of those whom
he has induced to follow him.
Here the reader may learn Of the pack
ing or ponies by men who did not know
how to pack, Of cooking by men who
knew nothing OF cooking. OF the fine ar
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

According 10 the cabled reports, the
chancellor Of Oxford University. Lord
Curzon, presented the degree of doctor
OF literature to Mark TWAIN" not 10
Samuel /. Clemens thus making it a
case Of 'Dr. Twain"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

Maj. Martin Hume is to make still an
other addition to his invaluable series Of
works on Spanish history, He has in
press a volume on The Court of Philip
"" We trust that he will be generous
in his selection OF illustrations from the
paintings Of Velasquez The book will
contain much hitherto unpublished mat
ter including many letters.
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FOR ARBITRATION.

The arbitrationsl commission at The
Hague Saturday afternoon adopted the
principle of Mr.. Choate's scheme for the
institution of permanent court OF arbI-
tration by vote of 27. Twelve of the
powers did not vote and The representa-
tives of five were absent. All the great
powers supported the scheme. The
powers who abstsined from voting were
Belgium, Servia, Switzerland, snd some
of the South American republics. The
American plan, which has met with the
formal approval Of the convention, 10,
involves the appointment of a tribunal
of much greater authority and dignity
than that existing under the sanction Of
the first pesce conference. Appeal to
the new court may be tsken by any ns-
ton, but the adoption Of is ru'itrs Is
not compulsory except wh"re THIS s'iru-
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BOYS TERRIBLE FATE.

Suspep,ird j. re;Slrk Of tl4ctric
wires sevtn'5 f., ~ the air slongd ie
the trestle OF be Public Service COrpo-
ration trolley line in Hoboken, n. j.,
a twelve year-old boy was checked and
burned to death last night as several
hundred persons looked on helplessly.
I've chums of the boy dared bim to
climb the trestle and rob birds nest
under the iron girders. When he had
reached the top OF the trestle ne waved
his hand, which came in contact with a
live wire, aud the boy suddenly pitched
forward. Ten feet down the boys body
struck the network of wires. He was
dead when aid arrived.
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HAIL STORMS:

A heavy hail storm visited sections OF
Taylor, Barbour and Preston counties,
West Virginia, Saturday, doing great
damage to crops and truck gardens. A
deluge followed the fall of bail at Tun-
Melton and a section of the town was
flooded. Ia Knottsville district, Taylor
county. there was general destruction.
The hailstones we're as big as crab spPles,
and chickens and other fowls caught IN
the storm we're killed. The stones were
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ASSAULTS ON LITTLE GIRLS.
Mothers and fathers living in the
neighborhood of the 400 block, Girsrd
avenue, Baltimore, are much per-
turbed over the attacks on two little
girls by q we'll dressed white man. While
neither of the little victims-Eva Camp
bell. twelve years old, and Annie Muir
phy, five years old-was seriously in
iured, the younger girl was more roughly
treated than the other, who fled when
her assailant grabbed her. The police
have a good description Of the assailant.
The attempt to attack Eva Campbell
was made about $3.50 a. m. yesterday.
She was walking through an alley in
the rear of her home, when she was met
by the msu, who seized her around the
waist. Eva cried out for her mother,
and the man released his hold. The
child darted away from him and through
the gate of her home.
About p. M. the second sensation of
the day occurred. This time it was
learned that the Murphy child had been
treated even worse that Eva Campbell.
The child returned to her home hysieri'
cal and declared that the man had hurt
her. She said he grabbed her as she
stood by the doorstep of q neighbor's q
home. Once more the neighborhOod was
in high state Of excitement and alarm.
But when the doctor said she was not
seriously injured quiet was restored.