Evening star., 1886-09-06
The clergy generally made liberal use OF the

The clergy generally made liberal use OF the
earthquake yesterday in their sermons, and
some Of them made an illiberal use OF IL also.
II 10 certainly travelling a good way out OF the
direct path OF religious instruction 10 represent
Charleston as an unrepentant Jericho whose
walls had to be thrown down by the divine
hand, or a city selected from a number on about
an equal plane Of merit or demerit as the in
strumept for conveying solemn warning to
the rest. II cOnvulsions of nature in obedience
to forces beyond the control OF man are evi.
dences Of divine displeasure, the inference Is
warranted that the earth Is a pretty good sort
Of place, After all, or We should have great
many more earthquakes and volcanoes and
tidal waves than we do. Satire aside, however,
II VIII seem TO most really reyerent minds that
this sort Of Interpretation of natural phe-
nomena beIittes the majesty of the guardian
OF the universe. The conception OF a being at
once alLknowing and all-pOwerful, whose ac-
fiops have to be measured by human standards
and explained by human rules of conduct, in
wolves contradiction which no sOphistry can
hide and no oratory blow away.
A cable dispatch to a New York newspaper
describes the difficulty experienced by Marcus
A Woln, OF st. Louis, in obtaining an inter-
view OF Charles s. Parneu as long Us he figured
a. plain Mr.. Wolf, an American Knight of 81.
Patrick, but the ease with which he procured
an Invitation TO call when he became known as
the bearer Of q fund of $4,000 sent from st.
Louis TO aid the Parnellites. Mr. Wolff Is very
indignant at his treatment, which he regards
a. snobbish in the extreme. There may be
ground for this complaint; but, on the other
hand, Ii is hard for persons in private lite to
appreciate the dimensions of public mans
correspondence, the demands upon his time,
and the utter impossibility of entertaining or
even holding interviews with all his WELL
wshers. Mr.. Parnell would doubtless, if he
had the tact of successful American politician,
employ some person To attend 10 bis CORES
pondence. and see that any letters which do not
bear internal evidence of worthIessness receive
at least the outward forms of courtesy.
Now the story is that Mrs. Sehilling has en-
tered a convent in Montreal, where she will re-
Inain Tor year. and then return TO the home
OF her father, MIR. MOrOsini. The story is proba-
bly, not true; but, next to- bearing cheerfully
the part she chose for herself and making "A true
and loyal vile 10 her coachman husband, the
course 1t marks out tor her is the best she can
possible take. But, any way. the sooner and
more effectually she withdraws from public
view the better.
As the campaign in Vermont draws to a close
IL does Eoi seem so sure that Mr.. Edmunds will
be able 10 succeed himself in the II. =. Senate
A careful survey OF tine field by "A weil-informe ed
correspondent OF the New York Herald shows
ih;-t the opposition To Mr. Edmunds on the part
vi prominent republicans is strong and
widespread AS to threaten his defeat
The wife OF Anarchist Parsons calls on the
other thugs of Chicago. III Case her husband and
his associates are hanged. To "eehO the crash of
those seven scafio.d-traps." That will be AN
easy matter Let seven more thugs enter into
a conspiracy To murder, and Il court and Jury
viii furnish the required echoes.
In TIE Maine OF the reasonably credulous, il is
time that IL protest were entered against the
persistence OF 'he people VINO inhabit the banks
OF tbs Hudson river ia heaping sensation upon
sensation. Why pile the Peiion OF n solar circle
upon the Ossa OF Il sea-serpent: Why multiply
fsrrors for the superstitious: Insatiate Rondout
.xil not