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LOT IX BALTIMORE.
lion Mt'.N WERE PREPARED TO
BURN THE CITY IN 1861.
•ciii r~ nx*i$t to On© Wliicb I* Was
; ;, J .•’.' .;-im Sympn’.hizers Ead * ! n
,f '.Xntial Uiselosnres Made fc-y
Old Tr-baefoajst.
■arit g r first year of the war,” a
11 h.:.; 1 remarked, while recaR-
■ i the great rebellion,
i.nected with the recruiting
ixg of volunteers inPeimsyl-
!’!<: frequently to XVashiuy-
:ib the hotels in that city boor
1 x': :h‘<l ned. uncomfortable, 1
i :. vve ;>i-i te. stop at Baminrv.
’ ■ ie.e-., r.•main overnight ih :
: over to the capital early in t.! -
r, ;m<i thus I passed io.ee.
- tiering J.bGl in the famous o’ .
al City. Near
]...'ge tobacconist’s shop, where 1
, d a superior grade of cigars
1, and of this shop I became a
r customer. Ordinarily I was
; y a young salesman, hut I fro-
iy saw in the shop an old gentle-
ho, 1 bsi Led, was the proprie
ty; del was rather surprised by
;d grade man’s stepping forward
at on me himself. After I was
1 lie said:
yen are. not in a hurry, sir, I
comes a large disorderly element known
as the plug uglier:, who are willing and
ready to do anything that looks like re
sistance to constituted authority. Now,
I know beyond doubt that the leading
secessionists here are thoroughly organ
ized and a *e determined, the first favor
able opportunity that offers, to declare
openly thr the new Confederacy and car-
o certa;
and irj-iXPj Lvi-io
‘If
ild \
[priv
uiy t
ring tJ
lal ns
■. Wt-
libcl to have you walk into
ate (k ■ : tnd have a smoke. ’
- ah . itad, and he led the
a re* m at the rear of the store,
• lr u it by a glass partition,
’.••at comfortably furnished, and
appearance of long and ha-
Pushing toward me a large
ied rocker, my host remark-
' ‘H ro, for many years, -1 have been
ust tied to receive my friends, of
oci 1 had many, but I am sorry to
that now the number is sadly di-
lisked. ’
‘ ‘Why so?’ I asked.
4 ‘R " srenees in opinion,*
replied. ‘I nee d hot remind you of
condiucn the whole country is in, i
t II you how completely men vary in i
ir ideas of duty. Nowhere is that va i
greater tlu n here in Baltimore, 1
; r ; .-where is tb--::e greater danger of
leading to a cuke ity. ’
me, ’ I esclaimed. ‘I I
re was considerable secession •
and that months ago it
y why, f ading to blood- |
• w, but 1 thought all
it he
1 its:
the
pas.-
>r* t.
m
I,
he replied. ‘The
1 mtimere is as in
i’ey as it ever was.
is only on the sur-
• o sc vice of the
■ as well for you to
v,h. . t tho situation
i. ree-ioa? i, :of the people of Bnl-
■ ire i:i, n .y sontlic-m in their
v'ici preyadic 3 All the slave-
a -a so, mid they are the leading
a -- Following them is the class
: h always toadies to what is consid-
tke. aristocracy, and after these
ry Kalti:
if possible, out of tne union.’
“ ‘ Row is ali this to be done?’ I in
quired.
“ ‘Their plan is this: They know
every man upon whom they can rely,
and their strength is well understood.
They, have clubs organised, \ hich meet
regularly. The letalers have control of
plenty of money, ar.i supplies-of arms
are available. Regular communico- ion
is had wdtli the Confederate leaders in
Virginia, and thov are waiting only i; r
; rtunity to strike.
Such an oprxxrtuniiy would cotaa if the
Gonfederuto army, made an a vmice to
ward vvaski: or: m—a thing tin v expect
—or should the Anion army meet with
another serious reverse in the east. If
Beauregard had pursued McDowell after
the battle of Bull Run, they would
have risen then, and many were the
curses heaped upon him for his failure,
as they expressed it. to follow up his
victory. ’
“‘What,’ I asked, ‘do you Union
men propose to do if the movement you
anticipate is made?’
“‘Burn tlio city, ’ he replied. ‘Just,
as certainly as the Russians burned
Moscow will we burn Baltimore if the
rebels here take it cut of the Union. ’
“ ‘Hour can you, so few comparative
ly in numbers, do this?’
“ ‘Well, sir, we, too, are organized
and for this one purpose. In every part
of the city preparations have been made,
and when the time comes 100 or more
fires will be started at once. Do you
know what this, is?’ he asked, taking
from a closet a ball of tow, cotton, or
oakum about the size of a large cocoa-
nut ‘It is a lire ball, thoroughly satu
rated with turpentine. Plenty of these
are ready, and at an understood signal
they will be lighted and thrown where
they will certainly prove effective. Oh.
we know well enough that we eannoi
resist the organized rebels,- but you car
rely upon iv that only the ruins of Bal
timore will ever become a part of the
slaveholding Confederacy. ’
“I never saw my old Union loving
tobacconist after that evening, for not
long afn rward I was sent to the army
in the southwest and remained there
until the end of the war We all know
that BnItimore remained in the Union
and was not burned, but we know, too
that the Confederate army never mark
a serious advance on V/asiiington, sc
that t’ ’• opportunity waited for by the
rebels in the A-uununfai City never
came. Piov-r much truth, if any. flier*,
was in the < hi n s story must remain
unknown I only tell the tale as it Two
fold to me •—New York Sun.
The hagtish, or mjxmc, has a custom
of getting inside the cod and similar
fishes and entirely consuming the in
terior, leaving only the skin and the
skeleton.
| MORTALITY OF SLANG
| WORDS AND PHRASES THAT RUN
WILD AND ARE SHORT LIVED.
The Use ol Elang as a Habit Compared
to Swearing and the Intemperate Use
of Intoxicants—The Harm.That Results
From the Nonsensical Custom.
The Italian method of prefixing an 9
to a word to give it a damaging signifi
cance can be employed with good effect
in christening that wayward and de
generate offspring of •English known as
slang. I11 its present state slanguage
has attained to such a luxurious com
pleteness that, it warrants serious treat
ment. So copious and comprehensive
has it become that there is hardly a hu
man want, feeling or emotion of the
heart that cannot be translated into the
vernacular of the bootblack. In study
ing the philosophy of slang the first
natural query is, How and why did it
originate? To the. first question one-
might give,, with certain modifications,
the same answer that would be give£ to
the question, Why do people sw< ur?
The human animal, like a locomotive,
seems to require escape valves for occa
sions when there is too much steam in
the boiler When a man is overflowing
with admiration, anger or wonder, the
ordinary adjectives do not {or he thinks
they do not) meet the emergency. They
do not relieve his pent up fullness any
more than a sip- from a de v:drop would
quench a man’s thirst. - The natural man
and the,natural woman sometimes find
relief under strong emotion in explosive
utterances, in the case of anger the es
cape valve expletive is an oath unless
the man in question happens to be a
gentleman and sometimes, though very
rarely, when b is.
It will thus be seen that slang, being
of ' erection.J aucewvy, is a first com in
to the oath, and both are used by those
who mentally resemble the man whose
use of intoxicating drinks has made him
forget or underestimate the attractions
of. pure water, clang, in sooth, is a
whisky distillation of language. It is
so strong that it may be taken only very
rarely with impunity, and herein lies
the chief danger in its use. Not only
does the slanguist find ordinary English
tame, but he ends in not being able to
find any English at all.
Another fatal characteristic of slang
is the very one which at first secures its
adoption—namely, its pungency. Tho
same law that makes quiet colors and
shades wear well in the world of fabrics
has its counterpart in the world of
speech. We tire very speedily of a start
ling costume, in high colors, and just
as speedily do we tire of slang, which
is startling, high colored speech.
Still another reason why slang can
never gain a permanent foothold in the
language is its utter lack of dignity.
No subject can be seriously treated in
slanguage. Its sole function is to tickle
by its outness or its grotesqu w 11 CSS. J.u
reflects u fugitive iridescence upon cur
rent vrit and humor, as like the bub
ble car: he.s prkmastic colors, but, like
the bubble, it vanishes even while you
behold it. Naturally there are slang
phrases of all degrees of goodness and
badness, ranging from the word'which
is only a slight remove from a forcible
but perfectly decorous adjective to
slang of the most daring, deep dyed or
der. At one end of the scale, for in
stance, cue might place “fetching” and
at the other end its superlative “rum.”
Again, the injunction “play ball” is
gentle and seemly, in comparison with
the brusque command “get a move on.”
Along certain lines the slanguist seems
to revel in extravagant synonyms and
antonyms, especially in those express
ing some infirmity in' the upper story.-
The man who has “wheels” is also
popularly known as “nutty,” “cracked”
or “off his trolley. ” Again, if he comes
from the country, he is “corn raised,”
has “seed in his hair, ” or his “face
doesn’t fit him.” “Gall,” “nerve,”
“cheek,” “sand,” “brass” and “face”
are also nearly synonymous terms for
qualities whose universality has made
them a target for popular satire. Equally
prolific is the slanguist in coining
term s for m oney. “ Dust, ” “ tin, ”
“sand,” “rocks,” “chink” and “spon
dulicks” are only a few of the words
that translate “filthy lucer. ”
Two of the. slang phrases now in
galliugly frequent use are, “That’s
right,” and “That won’t cut much
ice. ’ ’ The latter, it must be confessed,
has certain cool figurative qualities
which give it a saving color of grace.
But most of these phrases rely chiefly
upon rheir condensed expressiveness,
which is the trademark of their Amer
ican manufacture. They are but one of
the many devices of the masses to com
pass a crosscut and avoid circumlocu
tions Thus “snap” and “cinch” are
time economy for a moneyed sinecure
and an assured competence.
Out of the surest tests of the rapid
inert .Iky of slang is the extremely pain
ful p Lsation produced by hearing ar:ti-
. slang ‘ phrases ust d—and there
.wavs pc;.pie who are two or
or ten years behind in their use
k phrases. When other people are
.. “IN, oil your tintype,” the
of mildewed slang feebly ejac-
there can hardly be two opinions among
people whose opinions are worth any
thing. A careful study of the qualities
of men and women who habitually in
terlard their remarks with slang will
furnish anybody with a world of con
vincing conclusions in favor of pure
English.—-Critic.
THACKERAY IN BOSTON.
ADVICE TO WOMEN.
quo
are
fchn
of s
user
ulut.-.; “I should smile.” The piquancy
and 1 atness of certain phrases make it
hard lo declare that slang has no legiti-
matp ruse. But concern infir its misuse,
His Comnieat ca the “Goo:l Society”
That City.
Mr. Thackeray brought from England
a letter ot‘ imreduction to an important
gentleman of .Beacon street. By him he
was most hospitably entertained and
passed from dinner party to dinner par
ty. But Thackeray’s interest in the cap
ital of New England did not end with
Beacon street dinner parties. He had
heard something of the eminent men of
the town and at that moment happened
to be particularly interested in Theo
dore Parker. He wished very much tc
hear this celebrated Unitarian preacher.
He mentioned this desire to his best.
The Beacon street gentleman' seemed
much surprised, bat without abating
any of his outward courtesy and mak
ing some valid excuse took him to
King’s chapel on Sunday morning in
stead of to Music hall, where Parker
preached. At King’s ehapW the Bea
con street gentleman said, people of the
best society might always he found.
Thackeray, it is needless to say, was
a mild mannered man. not fond of a
struggle to free himself from his enter
tainer’s clutches. lie saw that it was
impossible for him to get on Sunday to
Music hull. But during the week he
heard that Parker was to deliver a dis
course at the funeral of a rich and pub
lic spirited merchant. Thackeray went
alone to the funeral and was greatly in
terested and thrilled by the address.
He also saw many people who looked
as if they v eve- mere interesting than
any he had seen at the Beacon stiee-t
dinner parties. He went home that
morning to dinner and found that hi?
host had invited to meet him several
gentlemen of the best society, most of
wilicm were bores. Thackeray coulcj not
help telling about Parker and the fu
neral and confessing how much he had
been impressed by the preacher and the
people. His host was visibly distressed
and presently managed to whisper in
his ear, “I beg of you, Mr. Thackeray,
to remember that Mr. Parker does not
belong to our best society.” This was
more than the Englishman could stand,
and he replied, loud enough to be heard
by at least one. at the table, “Upon my
word, 1 begin to wish I hadn’t got into
good society when I came to Boston.”
—N ineteenth Century.
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