The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1895, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1895. s o Th@ ; , April 18, 1895.—If you will walk in at the gates of the University | College, London, and take the first path to | the left, push open the huge oaken doors, | turn sharply to the right and open the first ‘ door to the Jeft you will find yourself in | the private laboratory of Professor William | Ramsay, one of the two authors of the re- | cent impc covery that in addition to the long familiar oxygen and nitrogen, the bsphere contains a third element | which the discoverers have named “Ar-| gon.” | The large bottle that stands close to the retort, with a glass tube leading out of its | the or The bottle is half-full of | d half of argon. The argon is the | half t looks as though it contained | nothing. Any one can see for himself that | ron insomuch as he cannot see any- 2 T walked in I found the professor | fn charge of a photographer. The discov- erer of argon was t ,in response to many_fervent app look pieasant. The phot 1'him up in a corner ccurely ringed by the of the labc , bulbs and _bot- t movement of pro- t on his part meant seric destruetion, | and a professor of chemistry looks upon broken glass much as 2 mad dog does upon water. Bottles never seen so any good bottles put to base uses. There total absence of that fine golden leaf a proper bottle with a crown of | ;ry. Not even a highland man in kilts th a f: ng backzround of loch and mountain on one of them. They al show a bilious blue, which is entirely foreign to the natu: properly brought- up bottle. he professor was instructed | to look still, wink pleasantly a natural—all of which he tried to do. | was an ideal position in which to catch a | subject for an interview. Tall, 43 (he does not look more than 35), a Scot (speaks without a trace of the land of his birth), black of hair and whiskers, kindly eyes, frank, plain spoken, pains- taking, accommodating. To be sure he is geniality itself, for all his days have been spent with his bottles and his pipes. But there are only two s the professor will talk. = @ ] bjects on which These are argon | iscoverer of Arg@n, PROFESSOR RAMSAY IN HIS LABORATORY. epoch in science there can be no gainsay- ing, although it does seem strange that men should claim to have discovered that which since the beginning of the world has been in everybody’s mouth. But what argon more than a third constituent of the atmosphere? What are its uses, virtues, provensities? What part does it perform in the economy of nature? Most of these questions have yet to be answered. That there is such an element in the at- mosphere; that it is not a vague fraction of bulk of the whole, but as 1 in 125 of e Professor Ramsay. [From a photograph.] the bulk of the air; that in every room there are pounds of it, gallons of it, and that it is monatomic 1sabout all that is known of the gas up todate. However, now that it has been discovered and a hun- dred scientitic eyes are squinting at it and as many s > noses investigating its arts any use that it may be put to and the functions it performs will not long escape detection. Argon is now being sent to chemists the PROFESSOR RAMSAY IN HIS LABORATORY. [From a photograph.] and the University College, London. TUn- fortunately for the first theme there is as yet but little to say, for the element has only been discovered, and, like a new- found continent, it has to be explored and its features traced one by one before the world can properly understand it. Al- ready a swarm of sharp-witted investi- ators are at work upon the gas. Indeed rofessor Ramsay has had so many appli- cations for “‘samples” of the newly found element that he has had to give a whole- | sale order to a glassblower for suitable se- | ceptacles to carry the gas to his fellow- | workers in the corners of the earth. | Professor R y was born_in Glasgow ears ago, and his parents eing well-to-do_people were able to give their son a sound education. First in h native city, where he attended the univer- sity, and later at Tubiner, in Germany, he pursued his studies with great industry and intelligence. Returning to Glasgow he was at once appointed as assistant to Professor Ferguson and in that position he labored for six years. However, the authorities at Bristol University College haying marked Professor Ramsay as a coming man, appointed him professor of | chemistry in their college, and before twelve months had ed he was installed principal of the college. In this position fie continued again for six years, and at the end of that period he received from the University College, London, an_invitation to take the chair of chemistry. So he came into the London atmosphere in 1887 to discover argon. It came about in this way: Lord Ray- leigh took to weighing nitrogen, one of the then-supposed two elements forming air, and he noticed a strange thin Natural nitrogen—that is nitrogen e: tracted from the air—he found to weigh perceptibly heavier than manufactured nitrogen. He puzzled over this seemingly unwarranted discrepancy in the weights of two examples of the same gas, but was unable to account for the phenomena. At last he communicated his ideas on the matter to Professor Ramsay, and they discussed the situation. Professor Rams: asked permission to investigate the d world over by parcel post from'the labora- tory of University College. This, to be sure, will only be done-for a short time, as every one will soon be able to catch his own'argon. It exists wherever the atmosphere exists. Although it is a fact that a great discov ery reflects its light sharply upon its dis- coverer, still a not inconsiderable ray the reflection strikes upon the institution with which the discoverer is associated and where he has pursued his investig tions into _the unknown. University Col- lege, London, the working-house of Pro- Apparatus for Weighing Argon. [From a sketch made in Professor Ramsay’s labora- tory.) fessor Ramsay, is well entitled to the dis- tinction conferred upon it by its famous professor. Scientific men, chemists and such like, may venture to plume themselves on this discovery and say to the world “You see, you went blundering on in ignorance, swallowing gulps of argon twenty times a minute, until one of us_discovered the na- ture of what you are inhaling.” Thisis UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. [From a photograph.] crepancy in weight between the natural | the artificial, a permission wluch} an D Tord Rayleigh readily gave, and| the two celebrated chemists set to| work experimenting and analyzing. That | air consisted of two gases—oxygen and | nitrogen—was_ an axiom of chemical | knowledge. But adopting the position | that one never can be too sureof being | sure, the researches were begun. This was | in April of last year. In July Professor | Ramsay sent Lord Rayleigh three ounces | of newly discovered gas-argon. As it | turned out, Lord Rayleigh himself had | extracted some from the atmosphere. So | the finding of argon, like many another revolutionary discovery, was made by two men simultaneously. That it works an trueonly in a degree. Literature is enti- tled to a large share of the credit of the find, in so much as it wasa poet and gen- eral literary genius who was pri- marily instrumental in the founda- tion of University College, Londou. Away back in 1825, good, patriotic Thomas Campbell, author of “Ye Mariners of England,” “The Battle of the Baltic,” and scores of other stirring poems and ballads, which the charming poets of the present day have somehow failed to eclipse, not having the fear of the School Boat before his eyes, communicated with cer- tain estimable and_influential gentlemen, to wit: one Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (after- ward Sir Imac& nndy one Mr. Brougham (afterward Lord Brougham), calling these entlemen’s attention, who in turn cailed the attention of other gentlemen to the great need there existed in London for a university which should be open to all persons, _irrespective of religious creeds, and in which no religious teaching of any sort should find a place. 5 The result of these communications was the founding of such an institution, with a capital of £153,000, and in 1827 ‘‘The Uni- versity of London” was founded, with Henry Brougham as its first president. In 1831 a petition for a charter of incor- poration was approved by the law officers of the crown, {)u& eventually defeated by the opposition of the universities of Ox- ford and Cambridge, who desired that the new university should be restrained from granting degrees. Consequently the Uni- versity College, London, remains degree- less to this day. 3 This fact does not, however, prevent it from being a most useful and withal popu- lar educational institution. More than a thousand young men and women are to-day receiving sound higher education within its walls, and many an old pupil of the college has after going out into the world attained high positions in arts and sciences; for the college nobly bears out the words of its charter by affording at a moderate expense the means of education in literature, science and the fine arts, and in the knowledge required for admission to the medical and legal pro- which close upon 500 and over the way is a splendidly equipped hospital, with 200 beds. This hospital has now become inadequate to the needs of the college. Plans for one double the size of the present building have already been prepared, and the work of removing the old and substituting the new is to begin at once. In Professor Ramsay’s class are 120 stu- dents, the great_majority of them over 20 years of age. For these, roomy and well- ted out laboratories are provided, and a peep into one of the homes of experiments and explosions shows that the students appreciate what has been provided for their advancement, and they take full advantage of their splendid opportunities. The d coverer of argon has, indeed. a cosmopoli tan class. Among his pupils he numbers Turks, Austri Germans, Greeks, Hin- doos, Americans; but, of course, a large ority of the students are Londoners born and bred. There are also in the class a round dozen of lady pupils, and of these the professor speaks in glowing terms. They are pains- taking to a degree, he says; careful, stu- dious, hard-working, and absorb a wonder- ful amount of knowledge in a_remarkably short space of time. Asagainst this, the professor does not deny that his lady pu- };ils lack initiative. However, he has two adies at present engaged in investigating new subjects, and they are pursuing their research with energy, skill and consider- able penetration. One of these ladies is preparing a paper on her subject, to be read before a scientific society. There would, doubtless, be a greater number of young ladies as students in the University College chemistry class—for the science of | chemistry appeals to the feminine mind— were it not that there are so few openings for ladies to follow uv this science after they have once mastered the subject. Those who now attend the classes are mostly studying with the intention of tak- ing medical degrees, or becoming compe- Sr. G tent nurses. RGE OpLud. LOUEHBOROUER PAID 1T, He Was Sentenced to a Fine of $1000 for Shooting Two Men. Close of a Case Which Originally Excited Considerable Interest. Alexander Z. Loughborough walked out of court a free man yesterday morning after paying a fine of $1000 for two convic- tions of assault with a deadly weapon. The last act in his well-known case was plaved in Judge Belcher’s courtroom. The | se has been often continued, but yester- day the prisoner appeared ready for trial. The District Attorney read two informa- tions charging him with assault to commit murder. Inone case the victim was Max Rosenfeld and in the other Louis M. Whate- house. On the evening of November 29, 1893, Loughborough was in a saloon on Sutter street with several football-piayers and young bloods. The event of the day had been an_ intercollegiate football game, and one of the participants in the game had been *‘Brick” Whitehouse. Some trouble arose among the young men and Lough- borough drew a pistol and fired at large. Rosenfeld was only slightly wounded, but it was thought Whitehouse would succumb to his injuries. He, however, recovered. Loughborough was held to answer on two charges of assault with a deadly wea- pon, which the District Attorney afterward changed in the Superior Court_to assault to murder. ‘When the matter came up yesterday the defense offered to plead guilty to the two charges to assault with a deadly weapon. “I accept the plea,’” said the court, *‘and order that the charges be reduced from assault to murder to assault with a deadly weapon.” Loughborough then came up for sen- tence and 2 fine of $500 on each count was imposed. The money was promptly paid and Loughborough and his friends left the courtroom. ... The Revenge of a Cat. Blossom is a big gray cat. She has been in the family for seven years, and her mis- tress thinks she was fully 10 when she came uninvited and took possession. Her charms made her welcome, and visitors, as a rule, pet her to her heart's satisfac- tion. Still, she shows her loyalty to her mistress by many feline felicities, says the Boston Transcript. One day a young man came._ for a short visit. He was an inveterate tease. As there was no one else for a victim, he took Blossom in hand, in spite of pleadings and protestations. Her ears were greeted with the strange terms, “Old rascal,” “Scape- grace,” “Tramp” and kindred names, until the astounded cat did not know what had come to her. Her pretty ways disappeared: she fled from his approach and hid wherever she could till he was out of the house. One morning she was missing for some hours, and was not to be found in any of her hiding places. A loud cry from tge cham- bermaifl revealed her whereabouts. Blos- som had revenged herself on her visitor’s night shirt, which lay in taiters on the floor. Pussy was scolded and every one was cautioned to keep the door shut. In vain! The cat would find her way in and hide till the chambermaid was through for the day, and then the claws went to work, first on the visitor's own clothes if any could be found, and then on the pillow cases. The young man tried to soothe her feelings, but she would have none of him, and he was glad to cut short his visit. Blossom quickly recovered her usual de- meanor, and has never been known to de- stroy anything from that day to this. SRl A New Department. Furniture moved, stored, packed and shipped at low rates by Morton Special Delivery. Only experienced men em- Eloyed; equipment first class. Offices, 31 eary street and 408 Taylor street. * ——————— N. Antikatzen Verein exists at Munster, in Westphalia, whose membersare pledged to kill all the stray cats they fins. The tails are brought as evidence to the so- ciety’s rooms, and last year 1222 were brought in. A proposai was made re- cently to extend the society’s operations to dogs, but it was voted down. LR Ui THERE is an article on this merket seldom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Meoore, Hunt & Co. guarantees itsp urity.* NEW TO-DAY DRY GOODS. [o% URSAN FRAN- cisco business will be three years old to- morrow. It is the baby of our group of California stores; but by virtue of the con- tinuous patronageac- corded us it has become a very big and healthy infant indeed, and is con« stantly growing. Webegan business, or rather we opened this store, for we had no business here then, on the first. Monday in May,1892. Now we have daily more customers to the square foot of floor space than any || other store west of the Rockies. We be- gan this business on the wrong side of Market street, ina ‘‘hoo= dooed’” store where others had «gone to smash’’ and would close up in less than a vear—so the croakers said, but here we are to-day, bigger, stronger, better in every way. This sounds like Brag with a capital B, but we don’t mean it in that way at all. We simply want to put the fact of our great suc= cess during three years of unus- ual financial depression so strong= ly before vou that you cannot help asking, How did the hale’s do it? Your own experience with us will answer the question as we want it answered. ke Boo, , INCORPORATED 937, 939 and 941 Market Street, Between Fifth and Sixth, and Opposite the Junction of Market, Turk and Mason Streets. BOUT THIS CAKE. We are not going to give away souvenirs to=morrow; neither have we em-= ployed a brass band; nor does the cake in= dicate free lunch to all visitors—but the cake does symbolize the way in which we intend to commemo- rate our business birthday, and show our appreciation of vour cordial sympa= thy and support. There was so much of the KENNEDY BANKRUPT STOCK that only part of it could be put on sale at a time. The best was of course reserved until the last. That’s business. Now comes some of the best lines offered vet, and marked away below the profit limit. Some of our own most desirable lines have been reduced to cost. These are our birthday bargains for customers who come this week. We have never sold goods so low before, which means no one eise has either. Don’t you want a slice of our birthday cake ? There will be a big rush for these special offerings. If you can possibly come between 8 and 10 o’clock, do so, to avoid disap= pointment. Special Birthday Bar- gains in Silks. PEKIN STRIPE SATIN, 22 inches wide, navy, nile green, brown, €xC modé and red, instead of 5lc, &) Kennedy's price, w Sl Yard MOIRE SILK, 19 inches wid ple colors (no b c charged 50c a y o=c s not too much, we 25 403 SnsT A INDIA SILKS, e, all dark grounds, small figures, dol RC dashes, ' etc., quantity limit 20 one-half of Kepnedy's price. Yard BLACK GROS GRAIN, 19 es wide. we will save yoi 31 (0 cents a yard on this. It's the $1 A SRV A - Yard FRENCH GROS GRAIN SILK, 22 inches wide, guaranteed to be TEC absolutely fast black. Weusually { ¢ Sell this grade at $1, we say now. Yard COLORED VELVETS, 18 nches wide, about 40 colors in this lot, ,"OC Kennedy’s prices $1 and $125, our sale price only ... Yard Birthday Bargains in Dress Goods. BLACK FRENCH SERGE, 37 ‘inches, all wool, & beautiful fasy black. and never before less thas 50c a yard, we say now 38 EDY'S ALBATROSS, inches wide, 52 light colors, their 3()C price was 50c & yard, our birth- day figure Yard A ALL-WOOL ¥ PRINTED CHALLIES, 31 inches wide, In black andnavy grounds, ] 5C with small figured designs, the J regular 25¢ grade for... e vand SOME 75¢, 90c i ALL-WOOL ALL-WOOL 50¢ ALL-WOOL COVERT SUITING, O 40 to 45 inches wide, your choice. Yard Birthday Plums From the Linen Dep’t. RED DAMASK, 38 inches wide, fast. ofl-boiled colors, new and allur- g—l: ing patterns, Kennedy's price €0 50, we save you 15¢ the yard.... Yard 8-4 TURKEY RED COVERS, they are full-sized, already h?nAand{ 8,"(3 guaranteed fast colors, regular at 0] #1 25, but now marked ... Yara 8-4 UNBLEACHED NAPKI every thread linen, they are plai 15 weave with fancy border, Ken- e nedy’s price §1 50, our: ~... Dozen BLEACHED CRASH, 15 inches wide, all pure linen, Kennedy's /¢ price 10c o yard, we'll save ye [ 3c of that Yard House Furnishings Also Marked Way Down. PILLOW-CASES, BOLSTER COVERS, made of Lock- wood, Pequot and Fruit of the Loom, soveral sizes ranging from = ORC 42x63 10 45x72, Kennedy - 40c and 50c. Each HEMMED SHEETS, ready for the bed and large enough to “tuck in’” all around, 81x90 fnches, worth 75¢ each. 90x90 inches, worth 95¢ each. CHENILLE TABLE COVERS, en- tirely new patterns, twelve beau- tiful color effects to select from 6-4 size, Kennedy’s price §1.50, for 84 size, Kennedy’s price $2.25, for. TAPESTRY PORTIERES,314 yards long, 50 inches wide, knotted fringe top and bottom, floral ef- Pair fects and oriental scroll designs. 8 colors—we save you $1 a pair.. Hosiery—fia;nsdorf Dye—Hale Prices. LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE. 15¢ Pair v were Ken- 0 dozen left; say to-morrow and double o 85 neds size 814 and 9; 'S BLACK COTTON narrow rib, high spliced heels and double toés and knees, Hermsdorf dye, size 5 to 8 Kennedy’s price’ 25c, ours. CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTON HOSE, fine quality, narrow_rib, Hermsdorf dye, sizes 5 to 8ta: another of Kennedy’s 25¢ quali- 19° Pair CHILDRE; HOSE 12:° Pair 163° ties at. o Pair CHILDRE TA COTTON HOSE, 200 dozen, fine quality, QRC narrow rib,double knees, heels and J toes, sizes 5 0 9, extra special at. Pair Here for ¢ Men’s Fix= ings”’—Here as No= | where Else. | WINDSOR TIES, figured India silk, i white, pink. blue or lavender ]5C | Each | grounds, full length and width, a birthday special at R colors, p just the thin; for the little kind for.......... 10° | Each | | <, in hec L'«’ and a very good value indeed ] O1C | 25¢ each; what think you ot lZ2° | our birthday price? 2 for 25c,0r Each | ALL-WOOL SHIRTS, reasted, double backs @1-00 $1 Each Some Gofi?hings at Domestic Counters. 44 BROWN MUSLIN thread, 7c value, on sal heavy 4° Yard LATEST ARRIVALS Novelty Crepons. | COLORED CREPONS, up-to-date styles, cardinal, myrtle, reseda, etc. Width 42 inches, plain colors. .. % 5e yard Width 45 inches, changeable effects. NEW BLACK CREPONS ina dozen dif- ferent crinkles and stripes: prices are 50c, 90c, $1 and $1 25 One Dollar Gloves. A full new line of our well-known ALISE GLOVES, 4-button_kid, leather-bound edges, round tips, fancy stitched, large pearl buttons. We think it the best $1 glove made. It’s equal to the majority of the $1 25 ones. All the new colors. Millinery—l)e_partment. LIGHT VIOLETS, 3 dozen in bunch, a superior quality. We have marked them. ...... ereenee. de dozen Stationer?l)_e'partment NEW PAPETERIES, 24 shéets and 24 square envelopes in each box. Golden Gate satin i Antique linen Irish linen. Wedding pl: Manchester linen, N FROM THE EAST. | Black Carriage Parasols GLORIA SILK, solid frame, black BUIGKA: . i 5 GLORIA STLK, ‘With one ruffle, biack ik Tining h rusie rufiles a ALL-SILK GROS two rows black silk lining, carved blac Ladies’ Silk Vests. RAW SILK, L. N. N, Con 50 60° ! S. Swiss- ribbed, crochet silk edge, cream, 1 lien front and shouiders, trimmed, pink, cream, and blue . HEAVY - SPUN_ ' SILK, ribbed, fancy crochet edge, Iace-effect armlets, pink white or block ribbon black 90° TrilbyBouquet Perfume Bailey’s famous quadruple i size We Ought to Have a Big Busy Birthday in the Bazaar. MASCOTTE PLAYING CARDS, zound comers and enameled, sold ] 9C everywhere for 25¢, we say this 12 weel . Back GRAPHIC CREAM LAID NOTE pC PAPER, 24 sheets, 24 square en- velopes a7 S Box ANCY SHELF PAPER,5 colors t)lC to selecy from, 24 sheéets in a L2 package, very special at... ...... Package ORIENTAL LAMP SHADES, those C pretty 15c paper shades, sreen, red, blue or pink, for ‘only., . Each VEGETINE BOUQUET TOILET SOAP, very delicate periume, makes good lather, {air-sized cakes, 3 in a box, such soap used 10° 10 bring 25¢ a box, we charge.... Box 14INCH FEATIER DUSTER, not 9pc 5 * less than 40c each elsewhere, a i birthday plum at. 3 Each GOOD LEAD-PENCILS, nickel tip, ~ 9()C with rubber: we can save you 30¢ a dozen on these. Dozen RED AND BLACK RED FLANNELETT fis. mc ures, dots and { value for.. Yard FANCY DR regu- | ar 123/ s, 50 | new patterns to choose from; FTC come early if you want some of [ these at. SRR e 38-nch APRON HAMS, sidle Q1C | band. checks in e, brown and 3 green, 1234¢ value, for.. ... . Yard MINUET CREPE, a new and pretty crepe effect for' evening wear, 12 ()¢ light colors and black, regular af b 1215c yard.... .o Yard CRINKLED SEERSUCKERS, ]()C stripes and plaids, light and me: | dium colors, Kennedy’s price15c. Yard | Ladies’ Underwear De= partment will Cele=- brate. LADIES' WOOL MIXED VESTS, L. N. N. 8., Swiss ribbed, pink, ©EC white or 'natural, Kennedy’s 2o price 50c, ours.. Each colors hair, 0 match ALL-WOOL Jersey ribbe wers to match instead of o LADIES’ X WAISTS, dots front_an price $1 25 LADIES’ GOWNS, muslin or fine cambric, ruffied, lace and embrc the s . button-hol zes of Ken- 38 = and yard wide: they 1AM APRON Jity and bave ure superior qu 100 dozen will be put on T2 Each —Gingham Dresses, one item only. d stripes, vy trimmed, and In two grades, for which FT=C Kennedy asked $125and $150, (O our price forall.................. Each Cloaks to be Closed Out, some as low as 15¢c on the dollar. You know we don’t carry a stock of cloaks ourselves. The reason is because we have no room. Kennedy had quite a large stock, which we had to take with the rest of the goods. We've sold about one-half of them. But they are in the way down in the Bazar, so we bring them upstairs to-morrow, re-mark them without considering the cost, and close them out. The most of them are oldstyle, but they are made of wool and are warm and ser- viceable. It cost more for the making alone than our new scale of prices. Fancy "Goods. Goods, etc. Art LADIES' SILK DSOR TT 10¢ full line of so lors and bla wort : Each NARROW J RC would be a s ) of the lot goesg for. Yard FANCY METAL BUTTONS EC assortment to_select from J nedy’s to 50¢ a dozen. Doz TR H BASTING COTTON 1C yards to spool, regular at 5 2 535 Spool ARL BUTTO RC 2 dozen for.. ) COLORED ~ART E doyly size, tiL turally colored ‘strav . berries and AY OTHS colored floral pattern California violets... TR g 15 inches, E INE BURE: CARFS, 16x50 inches, the kind for R PLAIN BUREAU SCARFS, hemstitched ends and worth 50c, on sale at & Three SpT:cial C Fabric Gloves. SUPER SILK TAFFETA GLOVES, in tan, browns and black. all sizes, 'mosquetaire style, real ] 5O value 35¢ pair, Lo-morrow and un- til_sold. £ T STA GAUNTLET GLOVES. O(C tans only, all sizes, 40c would not &\ be high for these, but we say.... Pair LISLE _ SUEDE GAUNTLI 5 GLOVES, assorted colors axd ] 5C very special 3 5 Pair The Best of the Kennedy Bankrupt Stock STUDY IN DIALECTS. The Jargon Spoken by Two Hundred ' Thousand New Yorkers. None of the speakers at the meetiug of the new American Dialect Society at Co- lumbia College made any allusion to the easy transferability of dialect words. A philologist who attended the meeting, but could not get a chance to speak “. it, made some interesting remarks te a I\ew' York Sun reporter upon the subject, after its ad- journment. N - “It was about forty years ago,” he said, thoughtfully, “that I first noticed how easily one may pick up novel dialect words. ‘While living up in Vermont, when I was young, { had a friend of my own age who struck out for the Western plains. About a year afterward I also went West to visit my friend in his shebang in the Territory of Kansas, where there were few Yankees, but plenty of Missourians and a good many darkies as well as Indians. I found very soon that my Vermont friend used dozens of words that were new to me, the mean- ing of which he had learned ‘during his year’s stay in the Kansas prairies. “You must know that Missouri is one of the best States in the Union for dialect on account of the peculiar 'mixture of its population and the circumstances of its settlement. There are words of the creole | dialect, such as can be seen in the stories | of George W. Cable, the French havin, been the early traders and settlers in nfi the regions from the Gulf of Mexico to the furthest north. There are negro dialect words, for the reason that the African race has been scattered there for a hundred years. There are a few distorted Spanish words thav got into our language throug the Spanish-Mexicans and Louisianians who traveled upthere. There are Indian words that became Missouri dialect through the intercourse of the whites with the many tribes who were the primitive inhabitants. There are English, Scotch and Irish dialect words, which were brought to this country by the ancestors of the race now in the .ascendant, and there are also old Yankee words of a dialect kind which were carried there after Jefferson’s purchase, and have been retained till this time. “My Vermont friend in Kansas had taken in perhaps fifty or a hundred of these wandering words of dialect by mingling | with the settlers beyond the big river, and | he made me laugh when I heard him speak them'in his cabin. I found, however, that | they -were very handy and I soon caught | up with him in'the use of them. I could give you specimens of the dialect words that were in vogue there taken from at least five or six separate languages and all | wmuih into the texture o? the English | speech, but it would be, better that the | American Dialect Society, the president of which did not give mea chance to speak | at_the meeting, should grapple with_the | subject, and make a particular study of the | easy transferability of dialect, The field is | rich and the thonght is new. “Let me make another suggestion. The jargon speech which has been brought to this country within recent years is spoken by nearly 200,000 people in New York, or szrhnpa by more yet. g‘here 1sa jumble of lect words, including many of gypsy origin, in the jargon; and you m“d" RO know that some of these dialect words are creeping into our own language, as it is used upon the east side of the city. They are serviceable words. for which "there is not any exact equivalent in the English, i and it is possible that they may be per- manently established in our devouring lingo, more especially if the immigrants who use them continue to pour into our country as they have poured into it during the last eight or ten years. There can be no objection to the introduction of new Words from the dialect of any land, so long as they are needed. Perhaps the Dialect Society, while in the pursuit of knowledge, can induce some of its members to take up their quarters in our Ghetto for a while, in order to.gather information. The subject is full of interest.” e ————— Mexico produces anything that can be raised in any other country. So varied is the climate that in the same state can be | raised any product of the tropics and of the polar region. Cotton, wheat, rye, sil- ver, silk, cocoanuts, bananas, riee, cocoa, vanilla, logwood, mahogany, hides and wine are the principal products. —————— The German Emperor’s imperial train cost $750,000 and took three years to con- struct. There are altogether twelve cars, including two nursery carriages. The re- ception saloon contains several pieces of stasuary, and each of the slecping-cars is fitted with a bath, r Third Anniversary To-morrowj