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Show T l-rsllx rnill.h 1Var.li. "Tliero are some queer thing aliout wonls when) on como to know thou Intimately." In-timately." said Dr. Coues, stroking his long, light Ward reusaivily. "Now, oue woul I naturally conclude that word otflftein or tw.nty syllables, tuch in barhkeratot.hondroglwuns, the naniocf a muscle at the root of the tonguo, nnd uucnocystflsjilngotoiny, tho nauiuof n tiirgltal operetion on the tear duct of tho eye, would bo most ilinicnlt for the lexicogrspher to manage. Nothing could bo farther from the fuel, Tho nnt dlf. Ilcult words we have lo define are those f to and thrie letter. Tnotrnthls, I ko some lenplo, Ibty are to simple that (lure is nolhiuj by which joq can no 4Ur ilwcribe them "-Chicago I'ost |