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Racine, Corneille, Moliere and thousand
lesser academieans spoke and wrote. The
Anglo-Saxon slang increases apace; it
would seem that, with all our incompara-
BILE wealth of words, they do not appeal
to the people who wish extravagant locu-
TONS invention of phrase. This, to the
eve of the lover of letters-the humble
disciple of the tongue which Shakespeare
/ and Milton wrote-seems deplorable. Style
in writing may be defined as sufficient
and artistic expression of given thought.
Surely there are words in plenty in the
English language to accommodate an
author. Why does he resort to slang?
The reason seems to be commercials
clever appeal to ignorance. The main
body of the people employ about 1900
words: they find delight in the perversion
of words they do not apprehend. They
cannot enter into sympathy with the stu
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dent Of our language to whom the lexicon
is treasury, each word a poem with a
history, and to be coined with greatest
care.
One need not be a philolosist to appre-
ciate the value of words They are the
precious blessing which separates us from
the brutes. Every word has history.
and many of them a romantic one. To
dodge the splendid fund of word wealth
at hand and invent strange and vulgar
Fables in: Slang" or other outrages upon
the speech into which we were born, is
to foul our -lingual nest and confess a
lamentable ignorance.
\ man may be humorous. even slangy,
and yet retain the saving grace of mas
terry of his language. Alphonse Daudet
did it. So did Mark Twain. So did the
late o. Henry. But the bulk Of slang
writer's today do not use our noble Ian
guage-they abuse cruelty.
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by the inability of the contractor to make
earlier delivery. The work OF putting it
in place will consume about a month.
depending In a large measure upon the
condition Of the water on the flats.
While the placing of this pipe is re-
.garded as quite an important step in the
project to supply the higher elevations in
Congress Heights with water. it will be
of no practical use until Congress APP
proprtates additional funds with which to
complete the entire scheme. The compile
ton of the project involves the erection
Of a pumping station to force the water
to very high points In Congress Heights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
MAKING BIBLES.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

cial usage. The Bible societies issue only
the Scriptures. All teachers Bibles and
other issues in which maps, history and
material useful to the student are COM
bined with the Bible are issued by pri-
vate publishers. Some of these have
built up enormous trades. especially in
illustrated Bibles. which might be said
to form a class by themselves. During
the past year in America Bibles have
been printed in seventy-one languages. In
some OF these only a single volume has
been issued, but the plates are ready to
supply any reasonable demand on short
notice. The British and American socie-
ties each publish Bibles in quite a num-
Der of languages which the other does
not duplicate. Thus the expense of
translation and revision in any language
is made as broadly useful as possible.
During the past year the American
Bible Society issued os26. Ss1 voumes, and
the British Society
Bible Output Is 6,e20o24, while
Millions a Year. rs.no a,'' ,,a .,,s
other European countries combined report
the issuage of 1881 900. In addition to
these are the Bibles issued by private
publishers in the various countries, which
places the total number of Bibles issued
during the year 1910 at nearly $1,000, 600
volumes, one copy for every 100 per-
sons on the globe.
The estimated amount of annual ex-
penditure for labor and materials is
placed at considerably over 100000.
While there is no definite means Of de-
termining the number of persons in the
world engaged in the industry of Bible
production. there is no reason to Ques-
ton the following statement made by an
agent of the American Bible Society:
IF the men engaged in fighting the
evils of superstition and ignorance by
the distribution of Gods Word were all
assembled in on emighty army their
numbers would have a cOnquering force
equal to that of any standing army in
the world.
TomorrOw-INDEPEN TELE-
PHONES.
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PROTEST MADE AGAINST
MARYLAND OYSTER TAX
Legality of Collection of One
Cent a BuSheI Is Cues
tened.

The collection Of the tax of l cent per
bushel upon the taking Of oysters in the
shell from the natural oyster beds of
Maryland waters is being resisted by the
oystermen. Isaac Lobe Straus, attorney
general of Maryland, to whom appeal was
made as to the legality of the tax. has
affirmed it's legality, and the state officials
have been instructed to collect the tax by
process of law.
The tax was imposed by an act OF the
last general assembly, the revenue deriv-
ed to be devoted to the scattering of
shells on oyster beds in order to increase
the supply of the bivalves. 1t is said that
the law was approved by the packers and
was enacted largely at their request, in
order that they might be assured of an
abundant supply of oysters in the future
The expected, revenue is in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 to $4,000 annually.
Opinion Of Mr.. Straus.
Mr.. Straus rendered an opinion on the
binding effect of the law at the request
of Commander T. c. B. Howard of the
oyster police navy, and also at the re-
quest of Controller Clagett. Commander
Howard reported to Mr.. Straus the names
of several packers in Baltimore and at
different points where there are oysters
packed who had refused to comply with the
law. This refusal was first made by a
Baltimore packer early in the season
He changed his mind, however and later
paid the tax.
Then a Cambridge packer refused to
pay the tax. This refusal was followed
by others in Baltimore and at other
points, and became so general that there
was an appeal to the attorney general
for an opinion. The tax will be collected
by the controller, just as any other
delinquent tax is collected. unless there
is a resort to the courts and unless. also,
the courts decide that the tax is invalid.
Confers With the Governor.
Commander Howard had conference
with Gov. Crothers. and reported an
abundant supply Of oysters in the Chesa-
peake bay and its tributaries. The oys-
tiers as rule. he said are not as fat as
in some former seasons.
One of the objections to the oyster tax
is that there has been no increase in the
supply by the scattering of shells. Com
mander Howard said the law has not
been in effect long enough to produce re-
suits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

August klinger, aged seventy years. is
III the kikton tMd) Jail. charged with
stealing a horse and buggy from n livery
stable in Baltimore The stolen team was
in the possession of Klinger, who claims
his home is in Virginia. He was on his
way to Millersvilic, Pa, when appre-
hcnded.
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A New Ireland.
From the Forum.

| I
There Is now new Ireland--an Ireland
which is practically unknown to the vast
majority OF the Irish race in America.
This new Ireland has been created mainly
by the recent land acts, although there are
other causes-socia1. economic, as wen a.
legislatiye-which' are silently but surely
at work in the regeneration of the UNI
happy Erin of old. Intelligent and fair
minded irish Americans who have within
the last five or six years visited the ''old
country after a long interval see this
wonderful change for the better and
freely acknowledge it.
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A new Catholic Church in New York
il 10 he Church of Two Cities, as il
,vill b.. at 2i:.d street and Martha avenue,
ON the boundary line between New York
and Yonkers. As part of the church will
- - rqe = y and rart in the other, the
Building departments of the two cities
I..us. confer before permit is issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Use and Abuse of Slang.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The target of the French tongue al
most equals in volume the language which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

IF you want, work read the want col.
umas Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

is recognized as important 10 the WOTlo .
devel p m ent
R;h1e foundations from an intellec-
Aid to Languages. spiritual stand
noint. Putting a Bible into a language
possessing neither a lexicon nor a gram
mar is distinct literary achievement
because it at once gives that language the
foundation of a. national literature. In
most cases the translation OF the Bible
into an illiterate language speedily re-
suits in the opening of public school,
MANY of the countries visited by mis-
sionares have no written language. Ineir
vocal communication seems to CONSIST Oh
beast-Iike grunts. Reducing these SOUNDS
to words and reproducing them in printed
form Immediately gives higher tone
OF communication which cannot but ad-
vance the intelligence of the people re
ceiving it. \ keen ear and thorough
acquaintance with the people are prime
essentials for translating the Scriptures
into unwritten languages. The patent
perseverance required to reduce dialect
to printed page could only belong to one
whose ingenuity is inspired by jealous
devotion. For this reason the work OF
translating the Bible into heather Ian
guages is chiefly performed by mission
| aries, who. in addition to their other
labors. generally undertake voluntarily
this arduous task. Their work Is care
| fully revised by experts employed for
that purpose at the main publishing
houses. The credit for the real work
| of the translation. however. must be al
most without exception awarded to mis-
| sionaries. Usually the New Testament
| Psalms or some other portion is publish
! ed first. and later the whole Bible. For
| merly most of the printing was done in
| New York OF London. Now great mod
ern publishing plants are sustained eX'
| clusively for Bible productions in Cal
| cutta. Constantinople. Toxic. Shanghai
| and Vienna with MANY smaller printing
| houses in places of sufficient commercial
| development.
:. ::
| The wonderful progress Of modern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Complete Bible Printed
in Sixteen Hours.


Complete Bible Printed Bible publish
in Sixteen Hours. A demonstra
ton of this was the publication OF the
Caxton Memorial Bible as a part Of the
memorial exercises held in England a
few years ago in honor of Caxton. the
first English printer. This special edi-
ton was printed at the University Press.
Cambridge. and bound in London, dis
lance Of siXtythree miles. The finish
ed volumes of the edition were In the
hands of the recipients within sixteen
hours after the first portion of the copy
was given to the printer. This remark
able feat of publication was deemed a
fitting memorial to the man WHO SO
painstakingly set type for the first Bible
published in England.
specimen of the Caxton memorial
edition now rests In the British Museum
beside a copy of that first English Bible
published in 14JO. Both were printed
from metal type set by hand. as were
all the earlier Bibles. But here the re-
semblance in the process of publication
ceases. The process of king has
now almost entirely superseded the old
fashioned type in Bible publication. This
reduction Of labor has reduced the cost
of production to a minimum and Bibles
are cerrespondingly low-priced. Last
year the American Bible Society was
able to reduce the price of a cloth bound
Testament from to cents a copy and
to sell a complete Bible for IT. cents.
The British society furnishes Testament
| for "tuppence'' and a Bible for siXpencc.
| While the majority of the Bibles of the
| world are produced by the American and
British societies, there are numerous
other publishers both in America and
Europe engaged exclusively in Bible pro-
| auctions. These furnish fine books for
the subscription trade for gifts and spe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

The work of translatins the Scriptures
is recognized as important to the worlds
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07

}. II. Hall. commissioner of agri-
culture, labor and industry and pub
licity, has taken up with the CONNER
cial organizations in the several
counties where such experiments have
been conducted, the question as to
their corn yield this year. Dawson
county seems to have taken the lead
III this important industry, it's acre
age this year being estimated at 5000.
Custer county has ar acreage of 100;
Sanders. 500: Missoula, BOO, and
Gallatin, 2OO. Yellowstone and Rose
bud are also known to nave acreages,
but Oh these no report has been re-
ceived. SO far rs positively known,
there has been planted approximately
$4,000 acres, and the average yield is
estimated at b bushels, making Il
crop of 45O, 900 bushels.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07

Lewistown, where he will visit for
some time. Cornelius is enthusiastic
over the agricultural future of CEN
tral Montana and believes it will soon
be second to none in excellence of
grain production.
Clarence II. Stone, Charles l.. Beers
and William Neill left Sunday for
Spokane to visit the Dry Farming
Congress held this week. Upon their
return the local populace will expect
these gentlemen to divulge them
selves of all knowledge attained as to
the correct way to farm, the quality
OF the exhibits, and also, the pleasur-
ableness OF the trip.
q. :. Bills, Judith Gaps leading
attorney, left Saturday for his old
stamping ground, Mott, n. D., where
he will visit with friends and attend
the Mott fair for week. Mr.. Bills
will then leave for Fargo, \. d., and
later for Minneapolis and then for a
certain little city in South Dakota.
This information was not received
from Genn-in fact, he left on the
excuse Of going to Lewistown.
Livingston Case. the lledgesville.
contractor, was in Judith Gap We'd
ntSday between trains, he leaving the
same evening for l.ewistown where
hA l,u. ,t.,l Ia
the constr uction work OF S3.2M
dwelling. Mr. Case recently purchas-
ed the Emil Green quarter in 2S-S-lS.
and now expects to farm on an extern
sive scale.
The :. l.. LutZ auction held last
Saturday was favored with auspir-
ious weather conditions. and Il large
crowd of enthusiastic buyers attend
Ell the sale. Ira \. Combs, the auc-
tioneer, retained his reputation for
securing good prices, as nearly AL the
articles sold brought fair portion Of
their original worth, and in some
eases very ren,,merative sums were
received. \ grade milch COW sold for
Sll3. Although the auctloneer has
handled many large sales throughout
the central and western states, he
said that never before had lie sold or
seen sold grade COW for anywhere
near that amount. But even at that
figure the purchaser was considered
to have secured his moneys worth.
llomeseekers- 200 Acres Craze or
Rent. plentyh Of grass and water,
good oat crop, aboul so tons straw,
40 acres best black soil, plOwaqle.
Plowed land yielded 66 bushels wheat
to acre. Apply Thomas Eugene
Scallv Judith Gap, p. o.. Fergus.
Co., Montana. Land agents please
note.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
WILBUR HOFFMAN
COMMITS SUICIDE

Lewistown News: The news of the
untimely death Of Wilbur Hoffman,
former well known resident of this
city, and SOD Of Mrs. Sadie Hoffman.
reached the city yesterday afternoon.
\ telegram was received for Mrs.
Hoffman earlier in the day. She was
out on her ranch near Stanford hut
was brought to LewistOwn last even
ing. The young man was about twen-
ty-tive years of age. For some time
past he has been residing in Butte.
Yesterday morning he was found
dead in his room at one of the Butte
hotels The body has been shipped
to l.ewistown and will arrive here on
tonight's train. 1t is expected that
the burial will take place tomorrow
afternoon at = O'Clock. Undertaken
Creel is looking after the funeral ar
rangementS.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
SAVED THE STEW.
Quick Wit When to Falter Meant .
Financial Crisis.

The late Little Tim Sullivan. one
time pride of the Bowery and potent
factor in New York politics. was al
ways resourceful even in his youth.
When Il lad OH festive occasions Little
Tin knew what o'clock it was. He
and Colonc. Mike Pad,len. secretary of
state in the Sullivan cabinet. were at
an east side ball with two of the rosy
checked lnsses of that neiyhborhood Of
rtnchy young women.
Little Tim and Colonel Mike had be-
tween them exactly %l-no more. no
less. Supper time came. Before TAX
ing the girls into the supper room Lit
tie Tim ana Colonel Mike secretly
scanned the bill Of fare and found that
four oyster Stews at % cents each
would just tit their pile. Little Tim
blandly and innoceEtly impressed this
conclusion upon the young girls. Any
thing Little Tim said was accepted as
the top notch of hospitality. The four
stcws were before the little party.
One of the girls liked catchup. While
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
avron's Thin Dict,

Lord Byron had decided views on
diet. His fear Of fairness rather than
its suitability to his work dictated the
starvation to which he subjected him
self. In 1918 he lived upon tea and
six biscuits day. and in 1916 his diet
consisted of thin slice Of bread for
breakfast and Il vegetable dinner. lie
chewed mastic and tobacco to keep
down his hunger in between. While
ut Athens he drank vinegar and water
and seldom ate more than little rice.
And yet Trelawny has recorded tina,
10 man had brighter eyes or a clearer
voice
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
1--WE SPOILED MY STEW"

administering dose Of the conliment
the stopper shot into the stew aud
with it spurtcl half the bottles con-
tents.
"There! I've spoiled my stew" pipcd
the beauteous one. "lll have to have
another"
Little Tim. alert to the size Of the
joint wad of Il dollar. reached for the
girls ruined stew, pumped it before
Colonel Mike. grabbed Colonel Mikes
untasted and unadorncd stew and.
placing it before the girl. soothingly
said:
mo. no. grille. Colonel Mike never
eats an oyster stew without sousing II
with catchup lie likes 'em that way
don't you. Nike
Mike said he did and took his mcdi.
cine like man.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
Dead Letter List.

Camp, Jim johnson, J. \.
Erickson, Ole MarlOtte. {. IL.
DeatOnN Scllatler Reeves, John
Parker, Mrs. \. NJ.
Letters addressed to the above nam
ell parties remained uncalled for ut
the Judith Gap postotlice September
30. 1910.
G $. Haynes, Postmaster
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07

JOyeu ny tnc congregation.
Howard Young of Boise, Idaho. ar
rived in this city Monday with car
load of stock and emlg,ant goods and
left the first of the week for his ranch
IN the Swimming Woman district,
where he will make his future home
His family will JOIN him at this point
the first of next month.
Sigfried Blessin, who has been Il
resident of the IIedgesville district
during the past year and a half, was
in the city Wednesday enroute for
Great Falls. where he has accepted II
responsible position until the first Of
the year. when he leaves for the mi
versity of Wisconsin to complete his
electrical course.
Hedges Herald: The Herald rep,e.
sentative has heard many favorable
comments about the candidacy of j.
IL. Lackey, candidate for sheriff on
the republican ticket. There can be
no question as to Mr.. Lackey's abil-
ity. One thing is cinch, Mr.. Lack
ey is possessed of a character that is
all honor. His election means hon
est dealing.
Cornelius Hedges was in the city
yesterday enrOute from his brothers,
WHY'S A.. ranch near Hedgesville to
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
n 0reat man.

! count him Il great man who inhab-
its higher sphere of thought into
which other men rise with labor and
difficulty. He has but to open his eyes
to see things in true light ana in
painful corrections and keep vigilant
eye on many sources Of error
He is great man who Is what he is
from nature and who never reminds
US Of others Emerson.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
Mistakes In Use Of Words.

II use can make authority In tho c,n
ployn,ent Ut words It Is high time TINT
certain etymologicaliv nisustsl phrases
OF our English tongue should lH adopt.
cd into the family Of orthodoxy. Tie.
word ''neccssity" Is hbitualiy used rs
the equivalent If "nrccssnry," instead
OF being its direct opposite. A man
says: Il do not care tor the Injuries
Of life If have he necessities" when
probably he has the ''nereSsiti,s'' in
Gala n,itous abundance. Quite as COM
mon Il blunder is the confusion. NO.
tween the words expect" and "sus-
pect." \ man says: "Thcrr is Il knock
at the door. ! EXPECT that Is the !ax
collector" lie Should say. Il have
been expecting the tax collector ana
suspect hat is he. "-R"ston Transcript.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
A Counterirritant.

although my father Is an invalid"
said Miss Howell. he takes deep in
terest In my musical education. He
always encourages me to practice my
singing at home. even when he's In
greatest pain"
"Well." replied Miss Cutting. they
do say that one may be made to for
get great pain by greater Oue."-
London EXPRESS
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
Aviator Flies 1877 Miles.

Walter BrOOkins flew from Chicago
to Springfield, H., Il distance Of 1877
miles, Thursday Of last week, thereby
winning SlO.MW purse. The aver
age flying rate was 33 miles an hour.
This establishes a new American re-
cord for continuous flight in Il mono
plane,
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
Montana's Corn Crop.

G. $. Haynes, Postmaster.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
A Thouahtful Mover.

"Take this sOf:, on the first load and
leave it on the sidewalk
''What fOr:''
$50 that amy of our neighbOrs who
wish 10 watch us move In may have
comfortable seats."--I.Ouisville Courier.
Journal.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07

The Beauty Of IN Heirsss.
"YOu are very pretty" he said to the
heiress.
She was wise girl and realized her
own plainness. q
Il fancy" she replied. that my pref
illness was Inherited along with my
sgrandfather'S money!