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Show HISTORY OF CERTAIN WORDS. The word 'pamphlet" is derived from the uajne.of a Greek "authoress, Pamphylia, " whd compiled a history of the -world into- thirty-fire little hooka. "Punch and Judy'1'1 is a contraction con-traction from Pontius- and -Judas. It is a relic'of an old "-miracle play" in which the actors were Pontius Pilate and Judas Iacanot. "Bigot", iaJrom Visigoths, in which the fiprce nd intolerant Arianism of the ViBigolb conqueror of Spain has -been banded down to infamy. "Humbug'-'' is Hamburg; "a piece of Hamburg news" waj in Germany a proverbial expression for false political rumors. "Gauze" derives ita nume Irom Gaza, where it was. first-. made.' i "Tabby Gal"- ia all unconscious that iier name is derived from Alab, a famous street in Bagdad inhabited by the manufacturers of silken stuQa called atahi or tarlety, the wavy markings of the watered silks resembling pussy's coat. "Old Bcratch" is theJ, demon Skratti, who still survives 'in the uuperetitioDa of northern Europe. "OJd Nick'! is none other than Nikr, the dangerous water demon, f'ot Scandinavian -legend. - ITbe lemon takes its name from the city of Lima |