The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 09, 1908, Image 5
* "YOU
ALL" IN THE SOUTH.
What Makes This Popular Phrase a
Provincialism. ^
Philologists c-i:1 t-in that ?ome of j
the most interesting |?ha?es of a :
language may !<? tract! throagh the *
medium ci so r:i' ?i eoijoquiansins ?.
and idioms and ? consideration of
the phrase "><?i a.!.* as mod
throughout the - ? tit!:, wouid u-:tahilv
>-erio to ! :. kt- good this a)
feertion. Tin- ? t t ratted in
Uncle Kemns' Ma_a;:ii:e in an amide
bv Aiphon-o Smith of the
University <.f North Carolina. lie I
eays in part:
"In almost every discussion of j
this idiom the disputants have ton- t
i fined themselves to the question.
' 'Is it used in Tlie south a< a singular?'
Northern writers have generally
supported the allirma: i\e.
while southern writers have defended
the negative. In fact. Mason
^|tid Dixon's line will have to be re- j
' traced and made to mark not a po- '
litical but an itliomatie distinction. ;
( Tlie shibboleth is no longer, What I
do you think ?>f slavery or secession
or state rights? but, On the v-on- j
tested use of you all are you for the
lingular or for the plural? I
''Southern people undoubtedly |
u?-e you all in a s<.>i-e particularly j
their own and not the eqitiva- j
lent-of ail of you. |
"Wlw.t. then, is the distinctive {,
meaning n;;a-. -i? <1 to tlii> idiom in *
tin .?oui lir tWhat makes the phrase 1
a pioviru ialisiu as used m the ^
s< ;.th, but not a provincialism as (
u'vtd i'Nf.vh<;rer The following ,
sentences will ilia-irate.:
"1 ir>t.?A mother to. her chil- j
drcii. "If von all (yon children) don't ,
, m;.ke le.-> noise, 1*11 >end vou to :
bed.'
"Second.?A leather to his pu- ,
pile, *You ail (you pupils) haven't ,
A half studied this lesson.' j
"In not one of these characteTis- ]
tie sentences would a southerner (
ever think of substituting all of you
for you all. Both idioms are plural,
but tlw distinctive thing about ,
southern you all is not its plural
sense, hut its 'representative seir*e. (
together with the accent on yon.
"You all, therefore, with the ae
cent you, is not an error for <
you all. wuh the accent on all, or
for all of you. k
"Jt is something entirely differ- exit.
The -tamlard you all ?ud all
of \oti are employed as frequently '
in the south as elsewhere, the disk
tinetivc you all supplying a
B tntum imt furnished by either oj
It the other two phrases. Joel ChuD
dler Harris writes as follows:
~^You may say without any hostp
. tation whatever that ^ou all" and
L> 'Ve all," "you uds" and '"we m?"
invariably refer to more than one
individual. These locutions sometimes
refer to a partner, to a family,
to a-settlement and to a w hole eomrnimitv.
hut never to one individual.
I have seen assertions to the contrary,
hut. you may put them -dawn
as .gross mistakes.'"
Placing the Value.
Edward Everett Hale was one of
the quests at a New York niilhonaire's
dinner. The millionaire was *
a free spender, but he wanted full
credit for every dollar he put -out.
mtfk And .a.- the dinner progressed heboid ?
is quests what the expensive dishes ,
/jphadeost. "This terrapin," he would ,
* say, ''was shipped direct from Ualtimore.
A Baltimore cook came on j,
to prepare it. J'lie oisji actually ,
cost a dollar a teaspoonful." S? he
talked of the other courses. He ,
dwelt especially on the expense of
the large and beautiful-grapes. He
told, 4own to a penny, what he had
figured it out that the gTapes had ,
cost him apiece. The guests looked ,
annoyed. They ate the expensive
grapes sparingly. But Dr. Hale, smilingly,
extended his .plate and ;j
said, "Would you mind-tutting me ?
i. off about SI.87 worth more, pleasef ,j
A Y.llow Ftvr Cum*.
J i. _ T ? .i !
A corresponueui ui a i^uuvu jmper
asserts that do fatal results 3
may be feared from yellow few if i
the person attacked, as soon as the j
symptom* appear, takes a tumbler- j
?ul cf olive oil with the juioe of a j
lime squeezed into it. This dose 1
ohould be repeated till vomiting and ]
purging ensue. 1
"This is infallible in cheeking the i
| airulence of the complaint," says 1
' the letter writer, "and a speedy con- \
valescence invariably follows. I ]
have not. only proved its efficiency i
( , personally, bpt have witnessed its 3
L- eon%vetvHt^cees in dozens of cases j
\ loth 1 zCuba and Sonth America."
The Chief Treubfe.
Bl afi *" * s*d fsct," said the statis- i
aefcn, "tjbat the ordinary waste 01 <
MM food in an English middle class fara- |
SBily would be sufficient .to maintain 1
wholly a French family of similar 1
station/'
WB "True," said the epicure. "And i
M H is also 'a gratifying fact that the 1
Wf average French family couldn't be 1
B hired to eat it after it had been i
oooked by the average English mid- i
W die class family, so that, after all, i
ft is not wasted so far as France is i
I concerned."?Harper's Weekly. <
BIRDS' WEAPONS.
They Are Net Confined to the Beak |
and the Spurs.
Many people are inclined to think
hat a bird's weapons are practic-alv
confined to Iciik and the spurs
rith which the of some birds
rc provided. There arc, however,
, good many instances of difTcrent 1
rinamcnt. A moment's reflection
ecalls to any one the mulelike kick
leliverod bv the foot of the ostrich,
i*hi?*li requires no spurs to insure
fleet ivencss.
Besides this, many lords use tlieir
lilies very effectively as weapons.
Vople who have spent their ehildlood
in the country will recall how
iereely the domestic gander uses
(is wind's, and among domestic
owls the co--k? n<?f only use their
vinos to blind tin ir adversaries, but
alter their opponent- <|!iiie -evert*- |
v with then. ItiiciiiL.li doves have j
icon soVeiei] ;i- em1*!' m- of peace,
et they >!! rutin r imginieious and
vhen quaere ; ig a,. themselves I
ring their witvjs into play to good
id va nl aye.
Kink i:>inyr the why to -:rike a
ilow usiiallv attempt To land on '
heir advc h - fa the wrist
joint. This < n v ; for a wing
vea^ on .nem;; '* ; < - 1;::< in -onie
jjieeie- bronghr ::* *:?t remarkable
nul form' r.h'o u iopiiu nt.-- The
ipur win* 'I o'ee-e ' Africa have a
;pur on ii;e bond ei tlie wing <ome;inics
attaining,-. !< of one and
>ne-hal? inehv ,r d fally a- -nvage
in ?p] r':y won on a? tlutt of a
tame ocic. <)ve of the wrist hones
blown as tl o radiate projects Uerond
the cilivr- and is tapped with
die ~-|v;r.
A now extinct species of bird
jrhi- h ior?>cTly inkabmd Kodviguez
was flightless, bill an outgrowth of
bone at the joint -of the radius and
metavorpus formed a knob that renJend
iVfC short wing as dangerous
rmoo.: bird- asvt policeman's billy.
Sonne of t)ie Australian pheasants
and v??'ier gallinaceous birds have
blunt t'iihercle> on the wings, inCTea-ing
thetf effectiveness a* weapons.
Africa. A<ia ami South America
produce-a number of species of
spur winded plovers.
'J he .jiu.anas, tropical or semitro|m.il
birds of both hemispheres,
haw- many of them more or les*
deve .ijK-il cptirs ?11 the wings, while
one .v-mis, though without -purs,
has the bone o/ the wing widened
and battened, for riling a sort of
sei miter.
The .screamers, birds related to'
docks, are the mo-t formidablv arni-i
u:_ a. ?? TKrtv or<, !
cu .01 ru^ mj n iu^? 1 u\ ? uiv p w I
vidcd with two -purs on each -wincr |
instead of opo, the inner aud longer j
one of Thick i.- a three sided -tilct- i
to of needleiike -harness.
Some hiiiis while young have a i
flaw on tlw wing which is used bv
the bird no* as a weapon, lnc as an '
assistance in dragging itself along,
after the B anner of a bat. 'Die gab
linules are an example of birds having
such claws while young, the
structure being lo>t before the birds
reach maturity. ? Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Feut of a Greek Scholsr.
It may safely l>e :-aid that no feat
of translation in any age {has ever
equaled that achieved by Professor
Jebb in Tendering Brownings "Abt
Vogler'' into Greek verse. This tine
soliloquy-of the musician is less obscure.
no doubt, than many-ether or!
its author's productions, but it
abounds jn imagery and in ^n-rns of
thought which even an Englishman
finds it not very easy to follow and
of which he could hardly have conceived
it possible that any Greek
equivalents could exist. Yet they
did exist, for Jebb found them,
though it,raay be doubted whether
any other' Greek scholar Jiving
would have been equally'successful
i? kio iamaII ?Tendon
Ul XA.ro DV?1V.U. i-A/uuvu * I
A "Problem.
Two Irishmen were discussing political
economy. "The problem of
rditical economy," said Casey, ""so
was reading in one of thim booksu
ie the distribution of wealth. That
means, Grady, how are we going
to compil thi rich to give baek the
money that they hare stolen from
the poor?" "Ye may be right,"
mid Grady, "but there is wan other
thing about yer problem, Casey,
that I can't figger ant. It is this:
Sow the diwrle did the poor irer
manage to git all the money that
pe say the rich stole from thim ?"?
Rn#?lrt riAmm>rpijl
A Dry Land Fith.
The periopathalmus, one of the
nost remarkable of the several spe;ies
of dry land fish catalogued by
the naturalists, is a native of Mauritius.
He is only four or five inches
ong, but has a big head, very prominent
eyes and side fins which bear
i strong resemblance to legs. They
have the curious habit of leaving
:he water in the evening and spendng
the entire night hunting the
nocturnal insects which inhabit the
nuddy flats near tidewater. A similar
species of New Zealand are
jailed "running fishes" by the natives.
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BONAPARTE AT JAFFA.
His Orders Regarding the Poisoning of
Stricken Ssldiers.
Profc-sor Forgae of Montpellier
in a lecture on the respect that
practitioners should have for human
life told the story of Pesgenetto?.
which, though well known,
is worth telling again, as it is told
hv Pesgenettes himself.
When the French were about to
evaluate Jaifa Hie question arose
what was to ho done with the
rvli.rnr. i-t rii L'..ri cniiliprv in t 1)P llOS
pital. IVsgenettos says: "Shortly
before the raising of the siege?that
is to s?v, on the VI th?General
Bonaparte sent for nie very early
in the morning to come to his tent,
where he was alone with his chief
of the staff. After a short preamble
as to our sanitary condition he said
to mo. 'If T were you I should end
at once the sufferings of those
stricken with plague and should end
the dangers which they threaten us
by giving them opium.'
''1 answered simply, 'My duty is
to preserve life.' Then the general
developed his idea with the greatest
eoolrrAs, saying that he was advising
ft others what in like circumstances
he wnuhl ask for himself.
4,1I" pointed o-if to ?>n
was. before any one o|se, charged
with the eor.scr rion ' the army,
and consequent' t was fr duty to
t\tm. . <?t> t Aur u it m.I.trw'il vi<-1* fpnm
r"""1
s.'ive ' : '.he scimiters of
the Turk-. 'I <lo rot cpr>':.' ho went
on. Mo ovr o">?' vopr r'>o-"-":'nee,
but I believe I shall find some who
will better approbate my intention4.'
lVy?enette- goes *mi to
say that opium was. as a matter of
fact, given to some thirty puticnts.
It happened, however, that a certain
number rejected it by vomiting,
were relieved, pot welt and told
what had happened The storv has
been told in various ways, and the
fact of the poisoning of the sick
soldiers has been accepted by the
enemies of Xapoieon and denied by
the defenders of his memory. Desgenette^
narrative l?ears the stamp
of truth..?British Medical Journal.
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Thfc Story of a Ccxton.
In the We-leyan Church Record
is a paper bv Mr. William Andrews
of tiio Hull Itoyal institution on
^OuriositM-s of Book Cr'!le(it*n2,,>in
which lie tells the st<>ry of th.e unearthing
of a Oaxton at Thornecfe
hall, Lincolnshire. The butler was
entrusted with the work of weeding
out the superfluous books'. A'perfect
copy of I tame Juliana Berners
*Boko of St. Albans" (148C) was
thrown carelessly aside and a little
later sold to a peddler for ninepence.
He thought ho was a lncky
rnan when lie disposed of it to a
rhemist in GainsW^ugh for'3 shillings.
It was sooi <=o!d to a bookseller
for ?2, who transferred it to
another in the same trade for ?7.
It was subsequently sold to Sir
Thomas Grenville for ?80. At the
time of this transaction Dibdin valued
this book at ?420, and in 1882
a perfect oopv changed hands foi
?630. *
An Elephant's Teeth.
Whoever has looked inside an
elephant's mouth has eefcn a strange
sight. Elephants have no front
teeth, and they never eat flesh or
any food that requires tearing
apart. Eight teeth are all they
have, two above and below on each
side, huge yellow molars as wide as
a man's hand and about two inches
thick. Over these hay or fodder is
shifted by the queerest, ugliest
tongue in the whole animal kingdom,
a tongue that is literally hung
at both ends, having no power or
movement exeept in the middle,
-where it shifts back and forth from
aide to side, arching up against the
roof of the big month like an immense
wrinkled pink serpent *
Proof Positive.
Mrs. Perry thoughtfully regarded
the package the maid had just
brought in and then remarked to
her husband that she had meant to
buy a mauve broche.
LfThat did you get?" he asked
"Pink louisine."
Her husband could not -quite conceal
a significant smile, and Mrs.
Perry went on hurriedly: "I know
what you are thinking, Joe?that I
don't know my own mind. Bnt I
canprove that I do.
"Did you ever- know me to go to a
grocery and bring away a can of
peaches instead of a bar of soap?
Certainly not?" she concluded triumphantly.?Youth's
Companion.
* "
Figure* Wen't Lie.
Benjy came home from school
one day with "1776" pinned across
his shirt front.
"What does that mean, Benjy?"
bis mother asked.
"You don't know no more 'n
teacher," he grumbled. "That's
just what she wanted to know."
"But what does it mean, son?"
repeated his mother.
"Those figures," answered the little
man proudly, "stand for the
Declaration of Appendicitis!'"?
Lippincott's.
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USE cm LOCALS
What's Saying and Doing in our Keigh- !
bor Town. j1
(Received loo late for U?t week . ) (
Lake city, January Mr C I
F Flowers was in Columbia the I
early part of last week on busi |
ness. 11
Mr J H Chandler eaine up:1
from Benson Monday and 1
, the day in town. .
/ I
Mailer { linton Le<r ette. \Mi0.se ,
0 . (
ihomeisin Marion, is visiting1 (
! at Mr E \V Yates's.
1
j Rev S -I Retliea and family I
jspent the holidays in Latta. I
j Mrs Henry Stack is visiting"!
; her parents, Mr and Mrs Rodg i
|ers. Mrs Stack's home is in|
Tine wood.
Mrs S Marcus came up from
Kingstree Sunday and spent the
day in town.
Mr John J Avant spent some i
days among old friends here j
{last week. Mr Avant now lives j
' in Georgetown.
I
Mr /James Ham ot Lamar,
who visited at Mr R B Fitch's
1 last week, spent Friday here.
i Mr Aillieand Miss Dellie Mci
Clam are at home from school
for the holiday vacation.
Dr A H Williams spent the
latter part of last week at his
old home i.i Colleton. His sis
ter, Mrs Kate Ackerman,accompanied
him^iome for a visit.
Mr and Mrs dames Wadsworth
of Florence were here
last week with Mr and Mrs J W
Wadsworth,
Mr J H McDavid and Miss
J Cora Daniel were married on the
25th instant at the residence of
the bride's father,Mr JD Diniel.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev T .1 Kooke. Mr McDavid
j is from Due West, and it is there
the young couple have gone to
i make their home.
| Mrs L 1! Jennings of Bishop i
ville was here a few Jays ago.
Hon and Mrs S W G Ship]-1
left their Florence home to b< !
with relatives here for a few |
'days last week.
hristmis went by qiiti
M >si peop'e spent the -i
, theopen air. walking,
ai: i o'lattii!?* with trie 1 1> . d
neighbors. Th we we.v -o cas1
ualtie^ barring a fc.v hard
, drunks.
V. h.. B.
Ev> < v .'ir to 'f. rosy
S' in <1 > M Ml
AVi th ( i$a. pciucti on her i tek and
din: ^s on her arms.
Onceti-wai so thin and cross,
nst-d to cry with pain?
Mother gave her Cascasweet, now
she's well again. Sold by W i,
Wallace, M. D.
When the stomach, heart, or kid?
uey nerves get weak, then these or
gans always fail. Don't drug the
stomach, nor stimulate the heart or
: kidneys. That is simply a makeshift.
Get a prescription known to
druggists everywhere as DrShoop's
Restorative. The Restorative expressly
for these weak inside nerves.
Strengthen these nerves, build them
up with Dr Shoop's Restorative?
tablets or liquid?and see how
quickly help will eorae. Free sample
teat sent on request by Dr Shoop,
Racine, Wis. Your health is surely
worth this sample test. D G Scott
THE BEST PAINT
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>* We expect to receive a reason- }
i' able equivalent for*our labor. J
;' But we give aa honest dollar's }
worth for every dollar we get, r
Iand we endeavor to permanent- }
ly satisfy our cnstomers. )
ALFRED WELLS,
Painter and Paper Hanger, ,'
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