It Is obvious, too, that fundamentally
prosaic ideas have no more right to be
expressed by aid of the music of prose
than by the aid of verse. The language
should correspond with the thought
and it is of the greatest moment to avoid
being led away by specious phraseology
and elegant turns of expression to the
acceptance of fboli-h ideas or acquies.
cence In ignorant conclusions. A
gaudy style often disguises vague
notions and shallow reasoning. Such a
style bears to the music of prose in Its
right employment the same relation
which paste bears to a diamond. Its
sparkling may deceive us for a moment.
but contact with hard fact will quickly
show Its glitter to be due to nothing but
the cheap surface polish of an essential
ly worthless substance.
Duck-Shooting In Maryland.
There are various ways of shooting
the ducks of the Chesapeike and its
broad affluent, the Susquehanna.
Gentlcmeu for the most part shoot from
"blinds" and use decoys; while market
gunners use the "sink-boat" or the
"night reflector." "Blinds" are any
airt of artificial concealment placed at
an advantageous point upon the shore,
They generally consist of a seat in a
sort of box or shelter some four feet
deep, and capable of containing three
or four persons and a couple of dogs.
They are thoroughly covered up with
pine branches and young pine-trees, and
communicate with the shore by a path
similarly sheltered. The water in front
is comparatively shallow, and, if it con
tain beds of wild celery on the bottom.
