Show SUMJtnit III VEItAGES The many synonyms and other intri acics of the 1nglish language aro u great trouble to foreignborn persons desirous irous of learning to speak it In its nirily and they are equally so to ho average American when Inter allied with the current expressions expres-sions of tho day A man cnterei n drug stole jesterdiy and drawing loui the inner corner of his left eyp wilh tliu forefinger of his right hand iskcd llio clerk for somo sudden death 110 got it and an explanation jirovci hat ho drank soda with a stick in It The nomenclature of summer beverages forms n study and ho who would be ibreaat of the times should con it care ully When accompanied by wife or sister intent on n gians of soda water it is Hie proper thing to wink with both ejes nt the clerk am spcik any ono ot tlio following cabalisli expressions nnd jour reward will be II jraccr in the soda strong enough lo bun threeyearold paint viz A little essenc of irmtula please or A small dash of the widowmakcr Gimme a lillie augjuice povertys garland strjclinino mglcfoot snakobilo happy Hottentots chemicals choka and como again swcc desolation tho devils glee timarac booeObcjoyful LinniganH wake Iiie the roof Hiley oblivion o > ewater an mostly on tho hilfshell and necra others The gentlemanly clerk is alway a linguist par excellence and possesse poncnt th it oiitshlnu the Breatcst necro manccr of tho dn ly as ho can j > our all o tho htrangclynamcd compounds out 01 tho Himo bolllc and jour wilo is non the wisor In the Hucltciing hca of tho coming summer solstice whc tho inner nrin is weak nnd tho outc I dire not nsk for plain whisky these in tricieies of tho language will provo It godsend to tho weary nnd 1 cause them to I umch 1 hcnisoiis on the heads of Iho live points lexicographers who coinei them Whilo the ordinary compouiK sold and delivered in somo places in Sail liki under tliu name of whiky will i make a Sino and upright cilben go out and climb up a telegraph polo under the impression that an earthquake is iu i process a dash of nny of tho foregoin cxtracls in a glass of soda water please the taste and puts a man on the plane o goo felloship with himself and over body else In tho world This was in tended to bo u temperance article bu somehow or oilier it does not read rih |