The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-06
oRrs OBSERVATIONS.
what lie Sees and Hears During Hi
TrnunIa.

what He Sees and Hears During Hh |
Travels.
Take IL altogether, no doubt there was
noise enough Tues lay 10 satisfy any
reasonable taste but it is, nevertheless, pain.
ful TO observe the sad degeneration of the
frecracker, the plain, old.fashioned fire.
cracker the typical frecracker Of childhood,
from which the over.grown cannon fire
cracker and other fancy improved forms have
descended These new varieties may be all
that they should be, but the fact remains that
the plain frecracker Is not what IL once was.
To be impressed with this fact the reader
has only to take retrospective glance back at
childhood's hour The frecracker then was
something like a firecracker. When the ex-
plosion occurred, what noise it did make,
and how it did shake the earth and rattle the
windows But now, what a change has come
over the frecr cker. The string burns with
uncertain glow, and the once terrific explosion
has sunk into an insignificant pop, about on a
level with the pop Of champagne cork
The reason for this peculiar state Of affairs
from Fourth Of July standpoint would
make very interesting subject of inquiry
Notwithstanding Governor Altgelds elem
ency. the Anarchists will still be compelled
to quench their thirst not in blood, but il
beer.
Does education help morals2
This question has frequently been dis
cussed. and it is somewhat surprising, in thi
age, to find persons replying in the negativ
to this proposition, and holding that GU
schools are having very little effect in reduc
ing the amount of crime. They even poin
to the criminal records in support of thei
view and to the large number Of crimes il
Boston and other cities where the schoo
systems are practically perfect and wher
' every one can get a good education. II W
= examine the criminal and police statistic.
however, as the United States Commissione
+ of Education, Mr. W. T. Harris, has just done
we will find that they make no such shown
- as is pretended, but quite the contrary.
j. There are, of course, some educated as we
as illiterate persons arrested, but the di
D. ference in the number Of arrests Of these tw
y classes shows how great is the effect of tn
schools in the elimination Of crime. TIL
number of prisoners confined in seventee
states which have complete statistics on thi
~ point-fourteen Of them western or middl
states-is l1O53s, and among these tn
" illiterates in proportion to numbers col
, tribute six times their quota. The records i
= the towns show an even greater proportio
y of crime among the ignorant and tn
illterates for the whole country furnish
y each thousand of persons eight times as man
prisoners as those who can read and writ
1t is plaiu from these facts that our schoo
st have already greatly reduced the amount
ne crime, and that when we shall have SUI
ceeded in getting rid of all illiteracy we wi
still further reduce the number of criminal
~ A list of "words and phrases to be avoided
has been prepared by local teacher an
re given to me for publication. 1t is as follow
ly 'hau raueI, lot WOulu IaIhol, POotoN1 i'' -
ns formed; depot, for station try and go, for II
n. to go; cunning for smart above, for for
I'd going like l do, for as ! do; feel badly, f
" feel bad; feel good, for feel we'll expect Il
suspect; nice OF real nice, used indiscrin
k, inately; funny, for odd or unusual; seldom {
s- ever for seldom or never more than yc
s. think for, instead of more than you thinl
lis Nicely, in answer to a question of healt
x. just as soon, for just as lief; guess, for thin
en- fix, for arrange or prepare real good, f
ly really good try an experiment for make a
ed experiment; it storms, for it rains orit blow
at not as know, for not that l know evel
man or woman should do their duty part
" for person. healthy, for wholesome"
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