The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-03-20
EDUCATIONAL.
EDITOR.

X. &-rhe teacher who cannot GOT
ern children without employ ing brute
force. has mistaken his calling, and
should turn his attention to some other
means OF livelihood IL is OF course.
more difficult. and requires more work.
and work of higher grade, too, to gov
ern children by human reason, than BY
physical violence
L. C.-ln your articles or compost
tlOnS. study to cOhdense rather than TO
simplify Never use a redundant word u
you know it to be 80. And remember
that too free use of punctuation marks
mystifies your meaning more than too
sparse a use Of them.
IL is not enough to make people IN
dersiand what You say. You mn.t make
them see it, feel it. adopt it Then YOU
have accomplished the highest aim OF
e!oquence.
Ifyour thought is not strong enough
to bear expression in simple language,
that is sufficient reason for rejecting il
JoHSSIE-The last execution for
witehcrait did not, as YOU suppose, occur
IN this country; at least, so far as We
have the record. but in Poland. in lis
There were then nine old women burnt
at the stake. accused of bewitching the
land. and rendering it uniruitful.
GEORGE III. You will never ne. a good
education if you continue "waiting for an
opportunity" Make the opportunity.
and avail yourself Of it. Seek il. don't
wait.
II. B -Squaring number is not null
tplying it by four, unless the number
to be squared is four. To squar. a num-
Der is to multiply it by ITSELF as 9x9;
exc. etc.
VI did say. and repeat that tn.
man who offers to teach You all about
arithmetic in-l don't care if you say
hive months, is an unmiIi.ate humbug-
not to say knaye.
G. K.-I have answered your auestio,
in former number of the IIerall, cheer
fully answer it again. Words are the
symbol. of ideas, aud they are classified
aud named, not from their form. Tut
from the nature Of the idea they repre-
sent. The class Of any particular word
Is only to be a-certained by observing
the office it performs What it does.
alone indicates what il is In other
words the office il performs in the SEN
tenee determines to what part of speech
it belongs. Thus. in the sentence, he ,
wants money only" only modifying tn.
noun money is an adjective.
Miss A. informs me that she has
toPted my suggestion of . scrsv book,
and derives both pleasure and profit from
il. am sure OF il. and know that others
would find it pleasant and profitable.
X Il have not seen Mr. Rowe's school
paper and can therefore offer no opinion. =
D. FL am at Beda. teaching a very
school. raising poultry, and
preparing to raise "ingerns and other
garden sass" l. this a sufficient answer
10 your sassy" question:
Jimmie asks. (which has the greater
FelOcity the Tim or hub of a wheel?" S
Well. Jimmie. a. any particular spot on e'
he rim has . greater extension of
pace 10 pass through, than q cores
'onding point on the hub to make an
entire revolution. and must perform the
evolution in the same time. / am OF A
he deliberate opinion" sir. that the rim
must have more git up about IL than
he hnb, whether it travels faster or not.
G.W.-when you write think ss little
8 possible OF what any NAV think of
our style; let your care be to say, as
oncisely as possible. just what you want
he reader to know. Avoid the use OF
" words. and never use Q rare word
then simple one will do as we'll. Be
arefal of your punctuation, psrtica 'srly N
ommss- Do not create the impression Of
hat you keep them in a pepper boz to
Prinlle upon your paper. ~
j. F-Candidly. do not know what "a
he consequences would have been to the
'orld, had Napoleon not been defeated
Waterloo. Ifyou find out, won't YOU
rop me linei
THE primary meaning Of the
erm Educate, from the Latin eiucare, is L
D lead or bring out; full definition =.
Tould further include the regulation and
i-cipline of those moral feelings on
Inch our actions are mainly dependent
nd also the communication of such n
nowiedgr as tie circumstances OF others
nay render necessary. nj
J. C.-I can see your difficulty in re- u
ard to the distinctive conjunction, and
think j can remove it. A distinctive
onjnnction as completely unues the
lords as a copulaIiNe; but il keeps
rPsrate the thisgs. Take thee two
enrences: will YOU haze an apple an.
reach," and will ION have an srpl,
r a PeachT' In the first. YOU are offered "e
9th; in The second, osN one. Thanks D.,
'r your tlsttering notice. but I should Il