AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST'S INDEX EXPURGATORIOUS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5065, 9 February 1878, Page 3

AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST'S INDEX EXPURGATORIOUS.

We take the following from "Columbia and Canada," by Mr. W. Eraser Rae : — "One American journal is distinguished among its contemporaries for Btriving to preserve the use of idiomatic aud irreproachable English. This is tho J\ 7 ew YorkJSvenhuj Post, over which Mr. Bryant, one of the most notable among modern poets, exercised editorial authority for many years. He endeavoured to train his contributors to write well, and his example lias been as salutary as his precept. 1 have obtained a Cbpy ot the list pf words which ho forbids his contributors to employ ; as I think it moro instructive than a chapter of dissertation, 1 reprint it in full. Some of the faults of expression which Mr. Bryant censures are oommitted by other journalists than those of the United States. "Tho objectionable word or phrase is printed in italics : — Above and ova', for moro than Action, „ proceeding Afteru-ards, „ afterward Aggregate, „ altogether or total Artlrt*, „ artist Aeeembly man, ~ member of Assembly Aspirant ■JudktH-ium, „ auditory. Authoress Arvrage, „ ordinary Adfoi'uliou, „ vocation Mapping, „ capturing ltalancc, „ remainder Ma injur I, „ dinner or suppor liosc, as a vorb Beat, for defeat Bogus Brother Jonathan,, United States Call attention, „ direct attention Cartel, „ cotfln : Claimed, „ asserted Collided Collateral, „ collateral security Commence, „ begin Conclusion, „ close or ond Congressvuiu, „ member of Congress Cortege, „ i>roeossion Coteinporarg, „ contemporary Couple, „ two Decade, „ ten years Depot, „ station Darkey, ~ negro Day before yesterday, for tho day before yesterday Debut Diffuse, as a verb Democracy, applied to a political party Derelope, for oxposo Vevouriitff Element, . „ fire Doiuite Employe I Endorse, „ approvo En route " Xi'i." Fall, „ autumn „ flood dints, ~ gontiomoi) (fra<iwal#y, „ is graduated „ Treasury notes Hardly, „ scarcely " Hon." Home, „ Houso of Representatives llumbug Inaupuratr, „ begin Indebtednrft, „ debt In our viitUt Interment, ~ burial Interred, ~ buried /* bein/j dont, aud all passives of this form letuft Jor Question or subject Item, „ particlo, extract, or paragraph Jtojynrdiss John Bull, „ Great Britain Jubilant, „ rejoicing Jnvenil*, „ boy Lady, ~ \rifo Lart f „ latest Bcnythy, „ long Lenlmcy, „ lenity Loafer Loan or loaned, n lend or lent Loeattd Majority, rotating to placos or oircumstances,for most Materially, for largely or greatly Mr». President, Mm. Governor, Mrt. Qitnerul, and all similar title 9 ifwfcml, for common „ candidate Xuticci „ observe or mention Xumcrotta, as applied to any noun, Bavo a noun of multitude Official, ~ officer Onyoetcrday

Out- first „ first page of the Evening Pott Oration Over his tiynalurc Pants, for pantaloons Parties, „ persons Partially, ~ partly Past tno irccks, „ last two weeks, and all similar expressions relating to a definite timo Pof'^49 Portion, for part Posted, >, informed Primaries, » primary meetings Prior to, u boforo Progress, h advance or growth Proximity, „ nearness Quite, profiled to good, largo, &o. Jtofffmcf, for house Raid, „ attack R/alixed, „ obtained Record, ~ character or reputation Reliable, „ trustworthy Repudiate, » reject or disown Resident, „ inhabitant Retire, as an active verb Rev., for the Rev. R'llc, ~ the part Rdwjhn Rowdies Seaboard, „ sea-coast Seeesh Section* ~ district or region Sensation, „ noteworthy event Spending, n passing Standpoint, ~ point of view Start, „ begin or establish Stat*, „ say Stopping, „ staying or sojourning Subtcquentltfi » afterward Taboo Tak« action, „ aotordo Talent, „ talonts or ability . . 1 'alcnfcrf T*pi* Tariff, „ rates of fare, or sohedule ofratos Telegrams, ~ despatches The dtteased The United Slate*, as a singular noun Thote wanttng, for those who want Those who, „ those persons who Tranepire, „ occur Try an experiment,, make an experiment Via, „ by the way of Vicinity, 1, neighbourhood Wall-street slang generally—bulls, beard, lodg, short, fiat, corner, tight, moribund,comatose, &o. We arc mistaken in, for wo wistako Wharves, ~ wharfs Which, with a noun, as 41 which man" H'omM ffeem, for seems." CRICKET MATCH.—KAWAKAWA V. OROMAHOE. The return match between tho above clnbß came off on the Flat, Kawakawa, on tho 19th January, and resulted in a victory for Oromahoe. The play on the part of the natives was very fine, and shows tho result of persevering practico and energy. Subjoined aro tho scores :— KAWAKAWA. FIRST INNINOH. BICOND INNINOS. Kirkpatrick, cJ. Bindon 5 lbw, bW. Bindon.. 0 McLean, b 11. Bindon ..Ob W. llindon •• 2 Wilkinson, c J. Bindon 1 b Hill Pou .. .. 1 Mcpherson, b Hill I J ou.. 4 not out ..- ..7 Roiily, cJ. liindon ..17 b Hill Pou.. .. 1 itackstraw, b Hilt Pou.. 0 MV. Bindon .. 0 Thompson, b H. llimlon G stumped J. Bindon Lorrij;an, lbw, b Hill Pou 2 Ball, b Hill Pou .. .. 0 McCreaiy, not ont .. 0 liutcliinion, b \V. Bindsn 8 b Hill Pou.. .. 2 Kxtros 10 Extras .. .. 6 Total 62 Total .. .. S2 OROMAHOE, , FIRST INNIHOS. J. Bindon, b McLean.. .. .. •• G Puckcy, ruu out 12 Hill Pou, c McLean 17 W. liindon, b McLean 3 If. Hall, b McLean .. .. ..0 It. Hall, c McLean .. .. .. ..1 J. Hall, lbw, b Ueilly 0 J. Toko, not out 50 H. Pou, c Kirkpatrick .. " ..0 AV. H. Bindon, bMcLean 0 11. Bindon, b McLean .. .. ..2 Extras 15 Total 119

A Rangoon paper states that the King of Burinah is losing his piemory—a sign of incipient insanity. Wa hope, at any rate, that he will forget all about onr envoy kowtowing on his stocking soles.