, 1875-03-26

thM ycry, heading suggests to me tho thought
thai hcAidna Tho tltAmshups. nnd Gambing-fao!s
and tho houses Of prostitution. and 50 forth.
thero sro other schools OF ycc a,l.l nurseros Of
crime which. to an Immense degree. dopravo our
peoplo, mud work tho moral ruin Of number1esa
Thousands. 1ho "schoo' of vico" wlic!, At this
nio'nnnt I havo particularly tn Wow, liz
American 1loHspapcrlon.
Do not astonisf,oi that bring such 4 grave
charge against tho great aud might journalistic
press Of tlais county. will admit that thcro
nre Homo laudablo executions (atha too fer}.
1}ut considering thu. tho great majority of
tho daily papors from day to day oltor ~ spiritual
nourisllmcat to their readers {and amongst
thom tho Women. lilo boys, tho gtrlh. oven tho
school children, Of our country all tho cti,uea
cotnmtttod Box,ihl and otherwise with ali tlie!r
nasty dethts, to MI oxtc1st I'D ransoaHi; cou-
e!dorng Tint, wl!cnavcr criminal has to Auffor
tho penalty OF death Oh tho gnsluwB most OF tho
papers give several columns about this hanging,
reporting svory word, every gesture. every ltttlo
art OF tue miserable man who has to pay his
trtbute to Justice. nt,tl that ovcn special Te-
porters aEn sent hundreds If nilos to witnohs
and 10 Investigate all such n,atters Of crsmo and
things connected therowit aud to write It NJ, in
el l1lltnesa and IN al attractive Elylo cnnsilor-
duetng Of Nlo majority Of our papor.,-aro we
not justified In saying tllat they lay themselves
open to tho charge Of being s'srloo! Of yico
and n!r.cry Of orimo"?
lonlthy,-not wholesome. It is, on tho contrary,
dangerous, sickcn.ug,-ayt, poisonous. It
spnilB tho purity OF thoughts and seutlnentu; 1t
ao"a tie scada of baaeness, yoinptuousncss,
aansua'ity, criminal sclcsncs, and 80 forth; 1t
porverta hoatls and hoartA Of millions Tho
fnpe1a epcak Of national economy; anu this Is
right and proper,-tls bcloupB to their pl ovincc
nut NATIONAL morality j afBo mattor that onght
to DO advanced, and, il not advanced. at lenst
not not Workcti against. DO yo1 really think that
uas!y reports concerning tue Droolsyn scandal
that shoir morals aro Strengthened; tticr char
aoter Is improved: their sense of what Ia proper,
ana chasto. mud csshoticalt and dccoro,ls ia quick
ened; that tho sum Of truly usofnl knowledge Is
auRmentcd2 DO you not rather think that great
mineliof aud harm aro done by ancl, rorosts7
:, II tho pnpcrs uoull Gyo not .noEe than 1!vo
linea por day. at THO nsnlost for tho report OF
tho Beccher trial II tlloy would restrict tfIcn,-
selves to two lines Whenever murderer Ia exo-
cnted; II tlioy would omit altogoslor number
OF ite'1,8 concarning tho lorts Of tho low nud
vulgar cIasscs of sociafy, they would, In this
negntvo way. DO great deal towards purifying
tho tone OF tho American pro'H md elesatinE Il
TO higher grRdo. and mailing 1t a better fitted
mighty educator Of tho nation. X tile task can-
nut 10 undertaket By ono Binglo paper, on ac-
count OF certain practical considerations. Iot
thon, number Of woll.tiisposel nul influential
papora l.sllto In Tue good work Of freeing tho
press iron, its detrimental elsnlents, and Of mns-
ing 1t a botter aud purcr fac!ur III 'tno formation
ol tile american character. GENMAS1crs,
DL1ZzAHn.
Z" The Editor Of The Chfea9a Trban.:
CHICAGO, March 25..-W'ill yna permit Mainc
1anhee to "ratlor guess" that blizzard" Ia
not 90 much now word aa 1t il IN old word
With new moaning? When tho Yankco coun-
try boys fols like "!lring 4! . marx" tley took
tho old muskot from ita looks Oh the wall,
loaacd II with "tew fingers OF powder" and
bnadful Of beans. md said thay were "goin' ter
tako blizzard at autll:n'." Wl,iIo the boy Will,
the mnBkot was taking aim. ho was quito likely
to hear another bog say. "Scnw, Josh. lot OF
t'icker. r."-aud Wien "Aad'' heard tho
report. ho would usually gay. "Wl,n.
OH airth nro ycon 1'!azin' at7" On
such oceaslons-noiso. hatnc, smoke, and
sn 9wfni scattering Of beaus. were compro:.
honded In the moaning Of tho word blizzard.
thing 5ou will alAo lluI tho wcrd used In tho
samo oenae-referring to tho aso OF tlrear,ns--iu
the oHtrayaGant yarns, Of Col, Davy Crockett.
1t was formerly said If man lost hin religion,
he would probably find IL In 1hodo Island. So.
when tho odds and onda Of language linger In
tho memory, aftor their meaning has been fur-
gotten. New England furnishes a rich fold for
resoarch. In msnr communities wor1H wero
scsns, Vocabulary. Mhllo Ia IL qas,' nora nenor n
ous instancos, words originally. possessing
"tluo inwardncss =" ot moailing, became
30 mutilated aud corrupted AZ to lose in . great
S,s measure their IDENTITY BY change Of orhogta:
what Max Muller would probably call tho ado
graduation and decay Of latlullage":
"Iarnat csistcr;" "sarnal cufter," aud "queor
c.,ftoru." %Tushy" is usol 10 tho 'fS pon,o OF Of
foolish, and 'all fusllcd out is used to describe
weariness, or loaa OF strength. - "1tuBhed up"
ia used to dosoribo stupid, dull condition OF
moaning Of ''cooty" nna s'qucor coot." 4
fretful child Is said to be "toasing." "Tho
baby's beu teaa,n' ali day." or "tlzzlY
al! day" Tho boy. who eaya to hi.
up, but ho does not know That his word meana
that. 4 number Of men nra called "aeout
OF men; . large number will bo called
" whole acout ~; aud tho farrncr's wife complains
that sho has "gteas scout Of ho-fo!ks ter wa.l.,
aro sail to DO ''slim,' "rather sim,' or "yery
slim Issdeod," as tho case may bo.
Tho word logic IL usod to sigatty nonsense or
hbslrdlty, md IN extrnyagant assertion calls nut
1 onca seriously wouuaoti tho foollugs OF
tho logic Of St. Panl: 'rheA''s lie xords
uzed to describe certain conLikious effects, po-
Gr sS arc ho
meanings OF kotsPlash. kerloP, korlumuux,
keraounlor, keracrual, kerAplit otc., are too OBJ
sious to require any definitions at my bands.
But tanst 10 careful how matte any preton-
Cd Chicago pundit will "tako blizzard Mt"
your l,xcLuyE,
To the Editor of The Caicaog Tribune:
CHICAGO. March 25.--1 would like to hayo you
craut me n littta pIaco in ynNr coumns "a aneak