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SPANISH NAMES. A«tM*l*y Th>te Proper Fro- MnncL*tlou. B la • f»c« *h«* » ««»«■ majority of poo- O te find difficulty In pronouncing a new word when it first meets their eye. Thia Z.g Illustrated many times in thia city while the Spanish was in New vnrk harbor. Some said Vli-ky-ya, others Viz-kee-ya and ’ uu others Vlz-ka-ya. Ao enriiing to Udo Reger, a professor of lan ouaaes in Kooheeter, the correct pronunci ation to With-M-A and the accent ia on the second syllable. The 1 to long, and the t h base sharp hissing sound. The profess or authority tor the assertion that all the s’s tbit occur in the Spanish language have the sound of w and b fused, with the preponderance of sound in favor of the w. B has the same affliction as the v. 0, so the professor says, sometimes has the aouod of th, and then, again, it is tz, but /or a change it is sometimes given its own hard sound, k. Professor Reger gives the correct pro nunciation of a number of the names which have sppeared in connection with Cuban affairs and tbe disaster in which the Maine was lost. In the following list the word la spelled as it la written in the first column and as it should be pro nounced in tbe second: Havana—Hah-wah-nah, accent on sec ond syllable. Madrid—Mahdree, accent on second syl lable. Blanco—Blahdg-ko, accent on first syl lable. Cabanas— Cah-wah-nas, accent on sec ond syllable. Sagasta—Sa-gas-ta, as spelled, the a’s sounded as in oat. Gomez—Go-meth, accent on first sylla ble; o long. Canovas— Car-no-was, accent on second syllable; o long. Ruiz—Roo-eetb, equal accents. Maceo—Mah-the-o, accent first syllable. Maria Rodriguez—Mah-ree-a Ro-dree geth, accent second syllable both words; o in Ro is long. Perioo Diaz—Per-ee-ko Dee-ath, accent on second syllable in Perico; accents equal in second word. Reina Mercedes—Rayee-nah Mer-the dez, accent first syllable in Belna, second in Mercedes. Galicia—Gal-eeth-ee-ah, accent on sec ond syllable. Jorge Juan—Whorg Wbahn; in these words the J has tbe German sound of ch, but it can best be represented in English by wh. Bernabe—Bear-nah-ee, accent on first syllable. Cadiz —Kah-deetb, accent on first sylla ble. Eulate—Aoo-lah-te, accent on second syllable. Santa Cruz—Sahn-tah Krooth. Puerto del Padro—Poo-er-to del Pah dro, accent second syllable of Puerto, first syllable of Padro; o’s long. Castillo del Principe—Kah-steel-yo del Pring-see-pay, accent spoond syllable of Castillo, first syllable of Principe. Dry Tortugas— Dree Tor-too-gas, accent second syllable. Lupercio Martinez—Loo-per-cee-oh Mar tee-netb, aooent second syllable of Luper cio, second syllable of Martinez. - Dupuy de Lome—Doo-pwee duh Lobm. This is a French name, somewhat modified in change from that tongue into Spanish. Weyler—Wl-ler, aooent first syllable; 1 long. This name comes from the German and retains tbe German pronunciation. Cristobal Colon—Krls-toh-ahi Koh-lon, accent on first syllable in Cristobal, second in Colon. Du Bose—Doo Bosk. Matanzas—Mah-tahn-thos, accent on second syllable. Azore—Ah-thoh-ray, accent second syl lable. Rayo—Rah-yoh, accent first syllable. Arlete-*Ah-reeay-tay, accent second syl lable. Almlrante Oquendo—Al-meer-ahn-tay accent third syllable in Al mirante, seoond syllable in Oquendo. Pedro B|vas—Pay-droh Ree-wahs, ac cent first syllable in both. Pando—Paha-doh, accent first syllable. —Rochester Pdst-Express. Railroad Woes In China. A missionary writing from China to a friend in this city recently described the difficulties under which the newly com pleted railroads are conducted in that country. Passengers in the first class coaches, he said, exhibited so strong a desire to carry off various articles from tbe cars as souve nirs of their "trip that the coaches were speedily stripped of those things that con tribute to the comfort of the passenger. They took away with them hat and bun dle racks, mirrors, lamp brackets, hooks, small tables and even doors. They were considerate enough to leave the car frame and wheels. And tbe purloinera were gov . ernment officials and people belonging to the wealthy classes. The stations along the railroad over which the writer traveled were rude sheds, very unclean and without a chair or bench. The cars, too, were very dirty. While this was especially true of the seoond class coaches, which were oftentimes crowded with halt naked, unwashed people, the first class coaches also became very unclean in a short time. It soon became necessary to take out all the upholstery and replace it by plain seats. When the railroads were being built, re ports were spread that the foreign con tractors were stealing Chinese children and burying them in the roadbed so as to propitiate tbe god who rules over rail roads. These reports greatly excited the people, and in one instance a mob attacked two missionaries near Peking and would have killed them had not a detachment of soldiers rescued them. Under guise of these reports children were really kid naped and taken into the cities for im moral purposes.—New, York Sun. Salmon For London.' In the list of big salmon contributed an nually to The Times one sees a record of numbers of fish running from K) pounds to over SO pounds. These big fish are usu ally bought by the most fashionable fish mongers, for they aje rather difficult to sell to ordinary customers. Even at the best shops one wonders how three magnif icent salmon, weighing from 40 pounds to 46 pounds each, wil\ be disposed of in tbe course of 24 hours. Now that every course at dinner is served out of sight of the table there is no particular credit in having a very magnificent fish, even at a eity banquet. That, however, is the destl totion of most of the monster fish. Some of tbe best hotels, too, always have •almon one day in tbe week at the table « bote, and there a 26 pound fish may of ten be seen lying ready for subdivision among the guests. Smoked salmon, main ly cured in Norway, is always ridiculously year. No reason can' be given for this, for fish costs little to cure, and there is no of its turning bad, asin the case of tbe wesfa fish—Ccrnhill Magazine » r ONCE THEY WERE MEDIUMS. ■■ New They Zxplate Their Sias by Toesing Ball, of Bine Fire. Close by the Northwestern tracks at Leavitt street is tbe home of the “jug gling sisters. ” They were twin presti digitators in their days of life, so runs the tradition, and now they toss balls of blue fire about as tbe juggler does eggs, cannon balls and tbe like. Their pet amusement is to stand on their heads and toss tbe balls as if they were standing afoot The force of gravity seems to be reversed for their benefit, for* they “toss” the balls of fire down, and tbe little flames “fan” up. All this is set down just as James Mao Courtney, the oldest settler in the neighborhood, tells it He said the other day: “Them broad windys over there on the north side of the old building is .the place where the sisters comes to show theirselves. The year of the World’s fair I counted up their performances, an they come every 56 days. The reason fer that is somethin I could never guess, but some smart young chap here fig gored out that it was always in the dark of the moon. I’ve noticed since that there never was no moonlight when they got up there in the windys. “WhaPs the cause of their hauntin the old place? Why, sir, the story’s so old there can’t no truth nor lie be made out on it. There’s no man in these dig gin’s longer’n I be, on I ken the story only by hearsay, so to speak. I heerd it from my granddaddy, an he said he heerd it when he was a young man comin here. That mus’ ’a’ ben in the thirties. Onnyways he sed that the two sisters was persdidjtators. It seems like they give a performance in the house, which was new then in course, an tbe pair of them agreed ter be locked up in a box thet was to be sealed an fastened, an then they was to get out without break in the seals. Well, they was locked up, but they couldn’t get out, an party soon they foun theirselves so short of breath they couldn’t holler- loud enough to be heerd. In course they was in a room away from the other people, so’S the common folk couldn’t see how the trick was turned. When they couldn't holler, they tried rappin, an the others only thought they was a-workin out. of the box an so didn’t pay attention. After an hour or so the other peoples got nerv ous fin went' in an opened tbe box, an there was the two sisters, cold dead. They buried ’em together in the box in the yard back of the house, an that’s why they juggles the fire balls upside down like. ’ ’ —Chicago Chronicle. MAKING ARTIFICIAL ICE. How the Plants Are Constructed and Op erated In Philadelphia. Artificial cold or ice may be most readily produced by the evaporation of a more or less volatile liquid. In the first machines constructed this liquid was water. One-tenth of the amount of water used was converted into ice, but as it was necessary to maintain a vac uum in the apparatus its perfect work ing was a difficult problem. A more readily volatile liquid, therefore, had to be substituted, such as liquefied sul phurous acid and liquefied ammonia. Being gaseous at ordinary temperatures, they are very suitable substances for this purpose. The ammonia ioe machine is the one in most general use—in fact, it finds exclusive application in this city. This liquefied ammonia is allowed to expand in coils of pipes which are placed in tanks filled with brine. The temperature of the brine is thus reduced to a point below tbe freezing point of water —that is, to 14-18 degrees F. In this refrigerated brine are placed galvanized iron tanks having the shape of the large cakes of ioe which one is accustomed to see in the wagons that pass through our city streets. After a period < f 48-50 hours this can of water is converted into solid ice. The can is hoisted out of the brine, warmed with hot water, which allows the cake to slip out upon a shoot that runs into the storage rooms/"ZThe gaseous ammonia in the be used over and over again, a large compression engine being a part of the plant, vyhich reduces the expense of the process. From this de scription it should be plain that there can be no taint of ammonia to give a taste to the ice. The plants .usually employ distilled or artesian water, so that the ice is of the best quality. Whatever impurities the water contains are collected in the wlyte streak found in the center of each cake. The pure water separates from the impure and freezes first. Even ten years ago the demand for ice was sup plied from natural sources, the har vests from our own Pennsylvania riv ers, which were stored every winter in great houses on the shores of the streams, being supplemented by shipments throughout tbe summer from Maine. There are now in Philadelphia 16 ice making plants, some of which yield over 100 tons per day each, and the arti ficial product for several yean has been a perlons competitor of the natural arti cle. —Manufacturer. No Negro In South Africa. The word “hegro” is not heard in South Africa excepting as a term of op probrium. Over and ovei*again have Afrikander Englishmen stopped me when speaking of Zulus, Bosutos, Mata bele and so on as negroes. “You in America only know the blacks who come over as slaves. Our blacks are not to be confused with the material found on the Guinea coast. ’’ —“White Man’s Africa,’’ by Poultney Bigelow. A Boston newspaper complains that the famous Bunker Hill monument, Which when first erected was the tallest creation of man in this country, has now become quite insignificant in height It is 220 feet high, or 827 feet shorter than city hall tower in Phila delphia. Greater Glasgow, with a population of 853,000, has only 494 medical men, lor one doctor to 1,726 of tbe population. It must be a healthy place. ■ ENGLISH IN CHICAGO. Ol«X»ion on Onunmar Between nNewi poptr and a Citizen. The Chicago Inter Ocean becomes both sarcastic and indignant when any one questions the purity of its diction. So when a reader named Campbell ven tured to criticise expressions used by its society editor the captious one found that he had caught a Tartar. Thia is the way The Inter Ocean puts it: Inclosed with the following letter, received a few days ago, were two dip pings from the society columns of The Inter Ocean: Here are three barbarians that caught my eye in thia morning ’• issue of your paper— There is no such word as “gowned"—it is nearly a Cockney vulgarism that had its origin in London, England-“owelleet" is of the same sort—and same origin—No American having any regard for purity of language can use such slang—As all these words appear in so called “society items" I take it your Society editor is a male or female dude and needs a lesson in language—The harm done by the use of such words in your paper is very great as thousands of children read it and absorb its words—Do stop this Cockney vulgarity— Jambs Camfbbu. There is no doubt you mean well, Jim, but a form in a night school would be beneficial even to you before you be gin to give lessons in English. To begin with, you would be taught there that our grandfather, Lindley Murray, al ways told us to use periods. You ought to have known Lindley, Jim. He wai a distinguished grammarian, you know, or perhaps you don’t know. And then, Jim, there was Tennyson. He said of a heroine in one of his poems that she was “gowned in pure white.•” So you see Lord Tennyson found the word “gpwned” to be useful long be fore you learned to walk steady on your hind feet or to eat with your front hoofs. Webster says “gowned” means “dressed in a gown; clad.” You say that these barbarians “caught your eye,” and you fail to mention which eye they caught. How is tbe other eye? You are right when you say that our society editor is either a male or a fe male. Do you belong to one of these sexes? We suspect not. When you write again, spell “merely” as it should be. The way you spelled it is like spelling your name "camel” instead of “Camp bell.” See that hump? We don’t like to offend your sensitive ear, or the other one either, Jim. Buy Webster’s Dictionary and a fourth read er. Start right, and your sensitive ear may outgrow its affliction. SAVE THE DOGS’ EARS. Cropping Them Prevents the Animals From Hearing Well. Any one who has heard the mega phone must have wondered at the ex traordinary power of increasing sound that is produced by form, and I would like to call attention to one point in connection with cutting dogs’ ears that Ido not remember to have seen men tioned anywhere that is, from an acoustic standpoint: I have lately purchased a small York shire terrier, imported from England only a few months ago. Ito ears were clipped in England after what the seller of the dog declared to be “the very lat est style.” The ears were first clipped and then stiffened up with three effects on the dog: First.—That the buzz of a bee or fly causes him tyo retreat under cover of safety. Second.—That he ducks his head when about to be patted, a sure sign of the length of time the pain of the oper ation must have lasted. Third.—(An effect I had not expect ed. ) That he has absolutely no idea of the direction of sound. In the ears of a mastiff dog any one who observes tbe shell-like form of the ear opening may easily imagine the im mense power of such a trumpetlike in strument to increase the volume of sound. A change in the acoustical ar rangement of the flap of the ear would necessarily entirely puzzle and bewilder the owner as to the direction of sound, and this one point cmear cutting would seem of itself to conflqmn the practice. —Our Animal Friends/*** A Natural Magnet. Professor Smythe was once lecturing in a provincial town on natural philos ophy, and in the course of his experi ments he introduced a most powerful magnet, with which he attracted a block of iron from a distance of two feet. “Can any of you conceive a greater attractive power?” demanded the lec turer, with an air of triumph. “I can,” answered a Voice from the audience. “Not a natural terrestrial object?” “Yes, indeed.” The lecturer, somewhat puzzled, challenged tbe man who had spoken to name the article. Then up rose old Johnny Sowerby. Said he: “I will give you facts, professor, and you can judge for yourself. When I was a young man, there was a little piece o’ natural magnet done up in a neat cot ton dress as was called Betsy Maria. She could draw me 14 miles on Sunday over plowed land, no matter what the wind or weather. There wasn’t no re sistin her. That magnet o’ yourn hl pretty good, but it won’t draw so far as Betsy Maria.’’—Strand Magazine. His Connection. Bannister, the comedian, was present ed to a proud old Scotch dame. “Who are the Bannisters?” she asked peevish ly. “I do not recollect meeting with them before.” “Madam,” replied r the actor gravely, “we are closely connect ed with the Stairs.” “Ah, there is a good and ancient family 1” cried mad am. “Mr. Bannister, I am, delighted to make your acquaintance. ’ ’—Household Words. - _ ’ A Deecriptioiio * . ’'Oh, MandF’ said the other girl “Maud is the sort ot girl that every fel low who courts her has his arms full aud tbe man who marries her will hav« his hands full.”—lndianapolis Journal. —a-** *** »*• THE BRITISH “NIGGERS.* - - ■ - , • Brutal Murder at Aborigine asta Uta Way Australians Look at It. A great sensation has been oaused at Perth, Western Australia, by the trial be fore tbo chief justice (Sir Alexander On slow) of a white squatter named Ernest Anderson for the murder of an aboriginal called Spider, and of two other aborigines, Biddy and Polly. Ln spite of tbe clearest evidence and the plainest direction from the judge the jury refused to oonvtot An derson of murder and brought in a verdict of manslaughter only. I believe no white man has ever swung for a black, and one member of tbe jury declared he would sit a week if necessary, but “he would never hang a white for a few d d niggers.” Thereupon the others agreed. Anderson is said to have been introduced about town as “tbe man who killed that lot of nig gers. ” Hie only regret was that ho would not be able to see the race for the Pertl cup. The chief justice sold that he tried a similar case 13 months ago, but then only one black man was flogged to death, and the jury acquitted the prisoner alto gether. The facts In this case are peculiarly re volting, and the brutality revealed is of an almost incredible character. Seven abo riginals, three of whom were children, ran away from Bendhu, a station in the north west, which was managed by two brothers named Anderson. Tbe reason for their flight was said to be that the sheep In their charge bad strayed, and they were afraid to face the consequences. The Andersons pur sued and overtook them at another station 25 miles off. On tbe way back they were allowed no food, and on reaching Bendhu they were tied up while the brothers bad their dinner. Afterward tbe wretched natives were mercilessly flogged. “Candy,” one of the adults, was first attacked. Alex ander Anderson beat him till he was tired, and then his brother went on with the thrashing. Spider, the eldest native, tried to run away again, but was brought back and securely tied by the legs and nook. Then he was flogged with such violence that he died. Biddy and Polly met with tbe same fate. Even the children, Louie and Minnie, .one 12 and the other 8, were flogged with tbe same knotted rope. Among the local community at Bamboo Creek the case was regarded with a dis graceful leniency. At the inquest tbe jury found that the aboriginals bad “died from exhaustion;” a rider was added “censur ing” the brothers Anderson, and a bench of magistrates Inflicted a few paltry fines on them for assault. • Subsequently, by order of the publio prosecutor, the bodies of the dead aborig ines were exhumed, and after expert ex amination of tbo broken limbs an Indict ment was brought. Alexander Anderson died of typhoid fe ver in Freemantle jail before being brought to trial.—St. James Gazette. The Disappearing Tray. * If you over use one of those little fancy Japanese metal trays sold about tbe streets for ash receivers, don’t put it on tbe stove, though that happens to be a handy place for a circle of smokers to reach. That was what the observant Jeraeyman did tbe other night at his country home. He and his sons were sitting about a big stove on a cold night, all smoking, and for convenience he put tbe ash receiver on a sort of shelf at the back of the stove against the smoke pipe. When he went to bed, be left the ash receiver there. The following morning his wife discovered it. It was per fect in appearance and form, and still held the pile of ashes, burned match ends and cigar butts which bad been deposited in it the night before. She was about to pick it up, when she bethought herself that it might be hot. Taking something, there fore, to push it with, she attempted to slide it off upon a plate. The moment she touched it tbe ash re ceiver lost its form, became liquid and ran off the stove upon the floor in a shining stream of white metal. Tbe heat of the stove had been sufficient to melt the pew ter of which it was composed, and it bad probably stood there for hours, all in a liquid form, except the little crust of oxide and lacquer upon its outer surface. This crust bad been coherent enough to keep tbe tray in form until a touch broke it, and then the whole had collapsed.—New York Sun. Jewel Trays. Pretty little trays of metal or pottery are much in vogue as receptacles for rings, when said rings are “off duty,” as now and then happens, though not for so long a period as to be put under look and key. The trays are ugt to be commended, how ever, and for a very simple reason—they .are not good for the rings. Drops of water will wear away stone itself, and the rough or hard surface of these small trays is opt wholesome contact for anything so suscep tible as gold. It is astonishing how soon one’s rings will show tbe wear and tear of nightly reposing upon an unyielding sur face. Satin or velvet is the only kind of contact that so fine a metal can endure with profit, and unless padded or lined the little trays are to be tabooed by all who value their rings. Even the china upright twigged branch and tbe outstretched hand, both very popular as ring holders, are not to be sanctioned Anything short of flesh itself, or that which is most like flesh, is sure to make tbe rings show signs of wear and tear.—New York Sun. Vocabularies. In a talk about the Algonquin lan guage Dr. Edward Everett Hale observed that 600 words of any language are enough for human communication. “Six hun dred words,” he said, “are said to be suffi cient for the couriers in Europe, and it is tbe outside limit of tbe vocabulary of the Italian opera. It is true that this is the minimum of human intelligence in both cases, but still It answers for the convey ance of thought In the book of Judges, for instance, there are not 700 different words. ” \ "* Valuable Experience. “Johnnie,” said his father, “I'm sur prised to hear that you have dared to dis pute with your mother.” “But she was wrong, pa,” replied John nie. “That has nothing to do with it,” said tbe old man. “You might just as well profit by my experience and learn once for all that when a woman says a thing is so it is so, whether it is so or not. ’’—Chi cago News. ' Oae er the Other. “ I wish I could remember what Lobelia told mo to order when I came down town this mornipg,” said Mr. MeSwat. "It was either a tea set or a settee, but which one of the two it was I can’t call to mind to save my life.”—Chicago Tribune. Pay of Actors In China. In China a company of 80 actors can bo engaged for 830 to play as many pieces as may be dasired for two days at a stretch. 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