Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1881 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The leading article of the North American Review for January, codtains the judgments of five of thd most distinguished Aniennan authorities upon “The Moral Responsbility of the Insane”. Just at present this subject occupies 9 very prominent place in the minds of the American people; but quite apart from its momentary interest, connected with the extraordinary trial now in progress in Washington, the problem of determining the fact of and fixing the limits of responsibility df the insane, is one that in itself po?y?s see an irresistible attraction for every generous mind. The wreck and ruin of Intellect appeals at once to our highest sympathies, and. whatever is noblest in human curiosity. The authors selected for the discussion of this subject are Drs. Beard and Seguin, of New York, Dr. Elwell, of Cleveland, Dr. Jewell, of Chicago, and Dr. Folsom, . of Boston. The other articles in the January nnmber of the Review are as follows: “ The New Political Machine”, by Wm. Maitin Dixon; “Shall Women Practice Medicine?” by Dn Mary Putnam Jacobi; “ The Geneva Award and the Insurance Com-’ panies”, by G. B. Cole; and “A Chapter of Confederate History’*! by F. G. Ruffin. - J The announcement is made that the Febuary number of the Review,to be issued January 15th, will contain Part 111. of the “Christian Religion” series of articles, and that it is to be a very able defence of the Christian faith. •

Philadelphia Timo* : “Old 'Man Bassick” came to America from the mining districts of Australia several years ago. He was ver/ poor, and upon reaching Boeita, Col., found it necessary to seek immediate employment at the livery stables. He did odd job* earning a few dimes a day, and his wife , and daughters helped at the washtub to support the family. Everyone who knew him regarded “ Old man Bassick” as one of th? world’s unfortunates. He had been a miner since his youth, and yet his hat was as full of holes as a sieve. But, at Rosita’ Bassick continued to search for silver. One day he wandered off among the hills. He walked for hours looking for a point id touch with his pick. When he sat down on a hillside to rest he scraped the earth mechanically. At the gras* root he struck mineral. Surprised at his unexpeetd luck he began to dig. The result was entirely satisfactory. Returning to Rosit* he told a merchant the story anl offered half his claim for sls. The merchant pooh-poohed th? idea. A few days afterwards people talked of the Bassick mint In less than a week the “Old man* was admitted to be worth several hundred thousand dollars. At the spot where Bassick idly dropped his pick is the town of Querida, named by Mrs. Franklin, in whose Long Branch cottage the lats President died. The population of th? .town is 500, and is about as prosperous as the majdrity of places of the kind.

The Bassick family are well known here, Mrs. Bassick, who is A sister of Mrs.Auetin, having just returned home from a visit of set-' eral weeks in Rensselaer. , Lighten the burden of life, make success certain, and your calculations accurate, by using Brown Iron Bitters. It strengthens mind and body. The Marriage Benefit Association swindles are going down about as fast as they came up. Unless you wish either to cheat, or to be cheated, you had best to keep clear of them/ No one whose biffed is impure can feel well. There is a weary languid feeling and often a sense of discouragement and despondency/ Persons having this feeling of lassitude and depression should take Ayre’s Sarsaparilla to purify and vitalize the blood. Talk is cheap. It costa btrt lHtlo to advertise a saving of ten per per oenL But ‘business is business”, and if you wish, you can test th* tiuth of our assertion, that WE WILL DUPLICATE - TiAVAVyhnS PRICES ON GOODS 1N OUR LINE, Oampbuj, A »