The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-17
Gaases Of Crime.

pUuSlU1C dsSUCldbiUuS IRON WHICH BHlS
sentiment emanates and discount &C.
cordingly. IS" eI
Causes or Crime,
The records and statistics of all cOun-
triesIsh0w that the greatest amount of
crime exists with the grossest ignorance.
AfeW great criminals are found who
have been educated, but fully three
fOulths of all Whe commit crimes are
uneducated. In New England four
criminals inieYery five are illiterate.
On this subject an experienced officer
says Mere ability to read and write
with difficulty gives a man no real adj
vantage, To be benefited; he must be
able 10 read with pleasure and hayesthe
labitof gaining knowledge by reading.n
This is true. One who has not that
ability and habit lis uneducated, even
though he, has learned TO read. 39f !,
LAS q class practical printers possess
tile ability to read with pleasure and
the habit of gaining knowledge by
Ieadlng to. q greater extent than any
other body of, working men. And the
Der eentaee of crime among them is
very small. gW 4I;H 5lEs5Ht
Three facts in relation to the great
mass OF criminals are these: Most of
them. have no real education in school.
Most lott them never learned IL trade.
Most of them are Intemperatei
Among the hundred men convicted of
crime, we shall scarcely find one who is
not inciuded in one or more OF the
above classes. 1T a man lRs received q
good educati0n-by which we mean
that he has the ability to read with
pleasure, and has the habit of gaining
knowledge by readingn-if he Under.
stands "a trade, and is temperate, it is
seldom, indeed, that lie is found viOlat-
ing the law or engagedin any criminal
action.
We ask our readers TO observe and
judge for themselves if these things
are not true. How many men do YOU
see arrested or tried for crimes who are
Intelligent, who have q trade or 0ccupa-
1i0n, and are temperate z
ignorance, ldleness and drunkenness
are tie causes of crime. and misery.
Monroe lntelligencer.
HOW RUSSIA TREArs DoGs.-Says
the New York suns
So far as we know, Russia IS the only
country where, during the months of
May and June, there lis ii Wholesale eX-
termination 0f dogs similar to- that now
going on III New York, The Police De
partlpent there includes III brigade of
lanipfJghteTs. iii consequence of the
nights of st. Petersburg and Moscow
being in the early part OF the summer
W aa light as day, the lamps are not
hghfkd at all and theF Iamplighter
brigade is employed in hunting up
~wHHaeIing dogs. The theory there III
that every dog found III the street be-
tween the hours Of midnight and 6 a. M.
must be- ii homeless dog; and tile lamp
lighters, armed with large nets which
stAeY stretch across the streets capture
them and destroy them then and there,
,py stIangling 0r by q stick. The men
are compelled to bury them In Il parti-
cular spot outside of the city, aud the
police authorities pay q small premium
on every dog tail presented to them.
In the daytime, however, the animals
are allowed To circulate perfectly un-
mOlesbed, and the Dractiae of paving
a premium for sfeaiing dogs, recently
put iii vogue in this city BY Mayor
Havemeyer and bis associates, IS utterly
AnkpOwn ia Europe. 89f
Il ii auite apgQlos at this season 0f the
year to recall q neat joke nelpetrated
not long ago by an Iowa paper, The State
Registers published at Des Moines. al
well written report appeared in its coll
uin1is announcing the finding on the
banks Of the Des Moines river of inn
neasR deposits eft pr0t0-02yae of llg-
drQgentH nImberOf J0urnaIs--afnOng
Others, It stated the Chicago Tribune
-hastened To copy tho repOrti and the
feelings 0f the entelpEising editors may
sbe conceived when the wicked wac Of
the State Register explained, III a sub
s&alenGeaiti0n that p~hotO-oxyde of lly-
drOgen WAS the chemical term fOr-icei
The joke has gone To England been
published TN the papers there, and
Aauglled at heartily, and now those
NOrshzWestern editors Wh0were hDaxed,
waAt mother WAL With John BHlls-IN.
Ds Tines
Al pERpLExED GRANGER.-TIasison
0f tile Cincinati Commercials letters
people:
MR. EDr1oR-W Hl yon please enquire
III some lawyer nr advertise ml your pa
per whether can get d deY0rce Id this
State. 1 find 1T impossible ta live eny
longer with my Wfe. heE hean mar
ried tweed and may God forgive me for
tadug the last one Q months ago. She
lii 10yeaE older than deceived me by
NsMA4IA ANAc@ AdAksSt14A AN5fkkftE stu4ta R0SG-
live faet her broth is SIS bad fl rOts her
faise teath, izzent tbaS cause enough
af0le envy c0art. III y0l print Your
anser marx iE u. ~ n. don't mint my
name. Yours m hopes Tie crops is
00klng good saving NC need rain badly.
Tln Intelligent voters of the State of
New York will NOT be crit ta cn4nnlainof
i lack pf candidates, OF want of various
political platforms, IA Misunderstanding
State eiectiotIs The Democrats the Re-
paDlieans and the PF0labitiulasts have
aacii determined bD present candidates
fOr State Offices a1d now the Liberal
Republicans announce that fhey also
viii hold q convention for tlesame pup
pose. The voters ought t0 lid happy
No doubt they ate-IN ~ Times.
Xaeharie Alfred ay0nng eoiorea man,
Mlla has Tor some time beer HiY4feIy
stndtiag fur the Catholic priesthood at
tllh HOLY Cress College iii NaW lbefias
bs0noses VI fale hS departure next
5ngIl6h f6f Baltimore, there q complete
1is sfndies.-LN. 0 Times.