Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1892 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

the “political metropolis” for some* time past. If “the commercial, literary, and artistic” center will agree to read, no doubt the Sunday-schools all oyer the country would chip in with funds enough to make the purchase.

The Rev. Lyman Abbott disposes of the charge that he has uttered grossly heretical doctrine by declaring that the heresy was in the reporter’s ears, not in his sermon. It may be allowed to pass at that this time, but who listens to almost any clergyman of Dr. Abbott’s ability, breath, and courage has always to strain his ears to catch the very microscopic thread, of precautionary qualification which holds the oratoi to his theological moorings.

Tiie New York Sun thinks there is “a, job” in the proposition to have Congress appropriate $3,000,000 foi the World’s Fair. The Sun is mistaken. It’s only an opportunity tc let Uncle Sam do his share, or let the rest of the country contribute about one-third as much as Chicago has for the fair, which, even NewYorkers have become convinced, is not to be a Chicago fair, but a world’s fair, to celebrate the discovery of, not Lake Michigan, but of all America.

“Sir Edwin Arnold has been tendered a reception by the Unsquebaughs.” “Miss Frances E. Willard has been tendered a reception by the Daughters of Josh.” “Rev. Dr. Noah Absalom has been tendered a reception by the Church of the Holy Slip per.” And so it goes on. If Sir Edwin has been tendered, to whom has he been tendered and for what purpose? If Miss Willard has been tendered, to what is she offered and what will come of it? If Rev. Dr. Noah Absalom has been tendered, where shall we look for him hereafter? There is no more general ungrammatical or vulgar pest of bad English than tendering people and not explaining the aim, motive or object of the tender.

Later details concerning the recent death of Caroline Beethoven, the last who bore the great composer's name, confirm the conjecture that she was the widow of his nephew, Karl, who caused him so much trouble while he was living. After his wife had borne him three daughters the graceless scoundrel deserted her, leaving her in straitened circumstances. Of late years she had been supported by her daughters, who are married, and by two musicians, who paid hei money yearly on the anniversary ol the composer's death. As it is reported that Karl Beethoven, when he ran away, came to this country, it would be worth the effort for some antiquarian to trace him out and find where he went and what he was doing here.

A crank is liable to be generally rational though he may be weakminded on a hobby. As a rule he fully appreciates the results of violence. Men of this character should be severely punished for acts of violence. Fear of severe punishment is a great element in the prevention oi crime, especially with men of hobbies. It is the man whose sanity is totally wrecked who knows no fear, simply because he cannot appreciate the results of crime or of X&S only practical preventive against cranks is to punish thrse who resort to violence with the full extent ofthe law that fits the crime for the influence it has on the brotherhood ol cranks, and to confine insane people in asylums as long as there is the slightest possibility of their doing any injury to society.

TnouGH Mid-Armagh, where the Tory candidate for Parliament, Mr. Barton, was allowed to have a walkover, is undoubtedly Tory by a good majority, the Home-Rulers would have measured their strength there hut for the unfortunate division in their ranks. The seat was carried by the Tories in 1885 by 1,500 majority. At a subsequent election ttrs HomeRulers put forward their leader in Ulster, Mr. Thomas Dickson, and he cut down the majority to 1.200, running against a most popular Tory of liberal ideas. Were the HomeRulers united now they might he able to still further reduce the Tory majority, but as they are divided a contest would only result in an increase of the Tory majority. Mid-Armagh is one of the thirteen seats which the Tories can hold in Ulster for many years to come. They hold sixteen all told, but three by majorities not exceeding 100. The Home-Rulers hold seventeen seats—four of them by narrow margins.