7 Have you noticed something missing this fall--the usual crop of slang? That is real good, striking, catchy slang words 2 and phrases. Not for a mber of years' "has the slang production heen at such a low ebb. How little really new and good has beer devised by phrase or word makers since last winter? Of course, one hears on every side the "five and dandy" minia- ture imitation of good slang, but how little else? = New slang terms are the life of new slang comedies, as they enliven the streets." In a way, they keep things go- ing and preserve us from mental m- digestion. ' There's something delightfully uncon ventional, a suggestion of a freedom from the trite and hidebound, in the mse of slang. In the course of tim many slang words become invested with a certain literary repute and Become rec: ognized as good English. : For what "gets 'em going" so much as * a happy word, such as "rubber-neck" to the rubbers in a theatré! What de- lights the sentimentally inclined as a "soft" song with lots of "gush" words in it! "What becomes so popular as a slang word, and who doubts that "on the bum," as a term of deseription "tickled" more gentle folk than Mr. Cleveland's correct "innocuous desue- tude ?" But what is the matter with this sea- son's slang-makers? Have their brains "petered out?" Or are they taking a vacation? There have been almost no new and striking 'slang "wurruds" this! fall. The slang crop is poor. Are you interested in slang? you never realized that ° MAYBE the correct English adjective "unfair?" Or that to call a man a 'tight wad" is more eloquent than fo call him. 'éx- tremely ecanomical?" ~ And would you not like better to "smash" a gentle en- emy than merely to "punch" him? To tell some 'offe that a friend is "pinched" is to give a mpre compre- hensive idea of his plight than to say he was merely placed under arrest. Slang is usually terse and expressive, Almost every season new slang words and phrases come in favor. seems the oply is exhausted. Many of the ot so popular a few years ago are already lost in the mists of the past. One does not hear the expression , "QO | slush," nearly so"much as one did four | years ago, Even, "O piffle," is losing | favar. "Get the hook" gave way to "twenty-three, skidoo," and even now this eloguent term is losing ground. Many old Sait term§™ have become Have 'four-flushing" 1S a more contemptuous, expression for who cheats at cards than | { | | i But now i the "mutt" PISIGAN TELS HON HE TREATS RHEOMATI PATIENTS A Distinguished Sgecialist Gives'| _ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, of the Rall A) LAS DAT'S PooR retoghized by the dictionary authorities. In the sixteenth century a "blackguard" was a menial who travelled with a lord and carried smoky utensils. © Once a person who talked grandiloguently was said to use "bombast," which meant literally: cotton wadding used to pad hosiery of that eagly period. It.is now have old slang words which by" usa "fop," been made proper are "cockney," "grit," "dude" and "sand." Slang has always been favored by the "loidies" and "gents" of the " 'dramatic profesh." Once the term "greenroom" was slang, because in early days this waiting-room was painted green. A theatrical failyre was called a "fiasco" --a slang ter ~--whi originated in the Italian phrase "far fiasco," mean- ing to ma flask, for glasshlowers would make flasks, instead of flowers, of faulty, glass. An "angel" came to mean the kind Valuable. Advice. In the first place I always impress | upon my patients the importance (careful living and regular habits. Moderation in eating, keeping the | \_feet dry, and wearing plenty of warm Jclothing are some 'of the precautions. No amount of medicine will cure, or even help, unless attention is paid to these few simple rules. I have had perfect results where patients - followed these instructions, assisted by the following blood tonic and rheumatic 'specific :-- i Fluid Extract Cascara Carriana Compound Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla 6 Dose: One teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime. BURNS AND JOHNSON mie NEGRO' SZ SAID TO BE | BEST AT LONG RANGE. {James J. Corbett Talks About the Coming Fight--+He Would Like to See Burns Win--John- son is'a Hard Nut. James J. Corbett, the former heavy- weight pugilistic champion, has the fol- lowing to. say about the Burns-Johnson battle: -- The arrival of big: Jack Jolinson in 2 | Australia has started the heavyweight It is advisable to drink plenty of | championship bee to' buzzing Ro id water during the treatment. | for the next two or three weeks the A prominent local merchant who | {5 foremost big men in the world will he tried this treatment states Xhat be 'inthe limelight. dt. elicyes ackachos-biads er no Cy | Jack: Johnséh, from present iridjed Ei Tl wtf oulies ost _amme: | tions, 'will rule al favorite over BurfisH iately and 'has. a gentle but thor- | j,i he margin wil be close. Johnson jough action oR the kidneys. to keep | { has been seen in 'action in' Australia, \ e advise all our readers to kee and the sports of 'the kangaroe land Jd PielcHiption. The instructions | have taken a great liking 'tohim. . are valuable. And, unliké America, there the colors ed man will be given as much consider- ation as if he were white. The race prejudice is not as strong in this coun- try, because the citizens of that far-off land "have not expetienced. the - same trouble as the white' people here have. Had Johnson been privileged to pick a place in this whole world in which he would have been given a fair slice of sympathy, there is no spot that ne! could' have selected over Australia, un- less it might have been Paris. In Eng- land Johnson 'would also havé a fairly good following.. Burns was a big favor- ite in King Edward's playground at first, bin his stay there became monotonous, especially when he made such an unfair YO HIS MAJESTY. THE KINGS ~ SirJohn Power & Son Led. ESTABLISHED AD. 1791. THREE. SWALLOWS were also considering a match betwe him and Johnson. With the conditions fayoring neither pugilist, I am of the opinion that the outcome of the mill will depend id upon how Burns tries to fight Johnson. 1 know both well enough tocmake a fairly good guess on the outcome were I acquainted with the plan of attdck each will use. There is = only one way in which Burns will have a good chance to beat the hig colored fellow, and. that will be to mix it with him at "close range every second of the time, Tohnson is one of the mpst awkwardly clever fellows that evaf [donned a glove, and hds a power- ful pair of arms. Burns, in $tanding off and attempting to fight at Ng range, as he has been know to- do'at:times, wogld almost be at the mercy of the blagk man. ' Osi the other hand, if Burns is 'dble to keep in at close quarters he ill greatly worry Johnson, and stands {sf:-an- even chance to i him Burns as neither the size ot the strength to land a knockout from.a dis- tance uglgss it would be a chance blow. But efi of his sucess againspiother" Digg he has mét he might attempt to diet His cleverfiess --againSt* big Jack's shiftiness and he would thereby greatly weaken his chances of «victory. Johnson. is, fagdrom being, a dub, and those who have seenhith Work kfiow this. The first impression of Tacks sci- entific development is not so encourag- ing. As you study his fighting methods, however, you can soon recognize where- in his ability lies, Instead of being' big and awkwird he 15 big and clever. "Were 1 in the fighting game to-day there is no one I would sooner tackle than big Jack, and I would meet him at his own game. But Burns is possessed with neither the height nor reach to fol- low out: these 'tactics. demand from the sport. promoters, who It:-is too bad that this bight is not IRISH WHISKEY Famous for over a gentury for its delicacy of flavor. 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A SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS | Beautiful, serviceable silver dishes, Jays, tureens, efc., made by past all of the houses on the six blocks, #lyays how the rehl estate man promenaded on gentleman backing a . and sent to "college." a recognized 'term in English, Other y turning -to | ' NO ~ fond hay, and the "heavy," the actor who played villian-. ous parts. - An 'actress who "turned down" a suitor might 'also be said to. "give him the coldshoulder," or "the icy 'stare." . Or he may have been "cut out" by a deadly rival. aspirations, "cheese it," in sheer despair he may have gone toa "joy shop" and "tight," after which probably he "went on the water waggon.' ! Where and how some of these slang: terms originate must and will remain a' mystery.. That they have an humble origin among clever = denizens of a world unused to dictionary learning cannot be 4 ed. Big boy may "kick over the traces," "work a bunco game" on an "easy mark" and get * 'caught with the.goods," After a finan- cial panic a broker may be "cleaned put," and will be spoken of as being | "on his uppers" or a "dead one" may have * He 'cold feet" and "keep out of take a plunger" and "make good." A "fly" hubby may find that his better half intends. to "make it hot for him" if he doesn't turn over.a new leaf, and ever thereafter may "walk the .chalk line". His friends will tell vou that the "missus has him "weder her thumb." and "sow his wild oats," ing a "hot time" Jat school réturn home "all broken up,' * and learning by ex- perience, may "cut out' the fellows and "buckle down" to work. But few of these térms of description are new, Since the "twenty-three ski- doo," what has really come in the de- lectable 'world of slang? Thert has been "nothing doing." . The slang- makers seem to be "on the blink." They had better "spruce up" and "hand out a few." . and after hav- a eee booked Tor this country. I would cer- tainly try to be at the ringside to wit- ness it. And whilé I have nothing against Johnson I would be in sympathy with Burns because 1 realize probably as much as anyone else in the world what it means for a small man to tackle a giant black. I 'met Peter Jackson when 1 'was still 'a youngster, and | know what it-is't hard skull of a negro. The. impression has gone around the world > that thes § ween Johnson and. Burns is. to fi to a finish. 1 re- ceived sa. letter f friend of Tommy Barns in which are stated all the detas of the match. . In- stead of being to a'finish, the bout will be but 'twenty rounds, yor in, Australia this is the limit fora championship bat- tle: 4 he Burns' friend also writes that the purse is to be §; Sgoouand instead of re- eeiying $20,000 oh Yo receive $5,- 000 "Tomimy's end old "is 'to be 3, 000 win, lose of he 'pavilion in which : thé gh iis to take place is just being finis now. It will seat 20,000 people and have standing room for an additional 80 'a record crowd unddubtedly will Jook on at the battle. Burns and Squires. cafe near the high water mark mn pugilistic Aus- tralia when 'they drew close to $70,000. The different stories 'that have been sent out as to. whensjohnson and: Burns would fight have been misleading. The letter just received by mie states that the official sporting paper of Australia the day before Christmas. This is known 'in Australia as boxers day and is. generally one of the hottest days of the summer season there, which begins when our winter season commences. ut after all is said and done, I still believe that America should have been the scene of this battle. Both men got their start in America and made most of their money here. 1 have had a lot of experience in foreign lands, but have never found the fighting game as pro- fitable abroad as at home in Uncle Sam's domain. If Tommy Burns wins fight he expects to retire. This will further complicate - the heavyweight championship question. Burns, accqrd- ing to stories publislied in Australia, has assured his wife that he will be through with the fighting game no mat- ter whether he wins or loses. If he keeps his word he will probably quit the game with more ready cash in his pos- session than any fighter that ever lived. Burns has made a lot of money since he whipped Jack O'Brien in the cele- brated "fight," and when he gets through with Johnson he will have a lot more, for the pictures and the pros- pect of a long theatrical engagement froh which he should reap a big re- ward, the coming Or the fair. lady may have "put Jer, foot" on his And when he was told to } got: the' ganie," or he may. again "butt in," The son may go to college' break a bone on the, "other day from a |B has announced the battle positively for a gift that any man would appreciate. "THIS very-saetal anicle is. slnon indispensable to any one who travels. Ir} is 'made from fine calf leather, hned with dainty silk. It holds 12 collars--and has the draw strings for closing. The price is $1.00 Write for our Catalogue. rf -- RYRIE BROS. : LIMITED 184-136-138 Yonge st. TORONTO J He .1f you are interested in mining. you want your money in something having merits and 'possibilities -above the average proposition. 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