The herald., 1896-02-16

murderers on ghostly chase before the
natural dissolution of the earthly bodies
How about the sudden extinguishment and
| awtui agony OF the murdered tenants OF
decent earthly bodies, and the misery OF
their friends and relatives? Have the
astral fanatics thought of that? Have they
| Thought OF the numerous decent people
who must always be at the mercy of known
murderers who are for any reason tolerated
| among men?
l never knew of anyone whose relatives
had been murdered who could thereafter
preach such doctrine of folly as the toler'
alton of murlerers.
This is strange country in which tc
preach such doctrine
| We are in woful want of little justice
| and less folly in the shape of so-called
mercy.
| In nature there is no such thing as mercy.
| Every infraction of the law las its just and
absolute punishment. The universe could
| not exist without it, nor can civilization be
great without near approach thereto.
Mercy so called is but a fellow feeling
which the forgiven has for the forgiven.
Real mercy is the just punishment 0f the
criminal for himself and the balance of the
universe.
For proof of this fellow feeling examine
our jails, now filled with murderers. then
look at our officials, even at our jailer, II
he has been found since Yesterday.
General Marin, the last Spanish COM
mander sent over TO extinguish the Cubans
who dare to defend their homes. says that
the Cuhans are foolish to fight; that many
reforms have been "gven to them" that
they ought to be happy; that he is really
glad to meet such representative of the
"serlous press" as Murat Halstead, his
latest interviewer.
Are the Cubans slaves that reforms must
be given to theln'' by some far away no
tontate who has wronged them for ages?
Yea, verify!
Is Murat Halstead the first representa-
tive of the ''serious press" to report the
Cuban horrors?
Nay, verify!
Are we so close to our suffering neigh
bors that we dare not open our hypocritical
lips. even to express our real sympathy,
for fear our neighbors will hear us and ask
for our helping hands?
Yea, verify, verify!
1t seems that the retroactive, backwoods
fad, called fndividualism, is still wiggling
its tail in this community.
A recent number of the journal devoted
to that antique method of school keeping
has some peculiar linguistic stuff, called
advanced English. A lew specimens are
here given:
The mental and practical possibilities
of the child is wonderful The privilege
for dismissal arrived II am deeply in
terested in the work. and shall do my best
to propagate it," To understand clearly
what Sloyd is, ! may present the follow
ing illustration" ''The method is rich in
opportunity"
1T is rich in suggestion
ut is SO happily their opportunity"
One gusher among the many whose gey-
ser-like effervescence adorns the said
journal remarks that it is geographically
and edtorially a gem.
The child who is so ''rich in opportunity"
as to learn the use of "is'' as plural verb
will no doubt, feel a keen delight in such
,'richness," and his 'propagation" of work
will surely astonish both natives and for.
eigners.
The description of an ''institute,'' or
university" which is located in neigh
boring city. and which uses the ''individual
method" thereby affording some pupils
''rich opportunity" to hug the teacher
while the others recite will, no doubt, be
pleasing information to all youthful lovers
of the "individual method
During it's short reign in this city the sin
dividual method'' was almost as injurious
TO the ,use of elementary instruction as
is the university method'' to the cause of
higher instruction and education.
By harboring dozen nondescript schools
that masquerade under the title, ''univer-
sity." we prove ourselves unworthy to have
one grand university such as we are able
to support, and which would be of more
real advantage to us than all the "univer-
sites" we now have and all the industries
we can ever build up in our ignorance.
Besides, think it necessary to build
schoolhouses. Yours very truly,
EDWARD i. HUTCHINSON.