The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-02
BUSINESS REVIVAL.

THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1874 81
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BUSINESS eREY1VALyJJ
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, in a re-
cent issue, says:
Nearly all our merchants are now
prospecting us they have not for years
before: their sales are heav,erand their
collections more prompt and SAtlStac-
tory than ut any time for two or three
years. The. different branches of In
dustry which, have been suffering more
or less of the depression which has pre-.
vailed, are beginning to feel the impulse
of the tide Of vigorous prosperity which
now booms aboundiMglyi in nearly every
channel Of trade; and though the VIM
tor is almost always Il season OF COM
parative torp0r III our high northein
ATTITUDES, which is not favorable to out
door occupations, it is now safe to say,
from the indications OF il healtl'tul
and vigorous vitality III all legiti nate
which now abound on every hand, that
the present winter will be All exception
to tie rule. and that the coming spring
and summer, when none than three
quarters Of our crop will go forward to
market, will he 4 season of unprece-
denied prosperity. This is the opinion
of leading merchants and bankers who
are in \ position to feel the pulse OF the
whole busin ess community, and to be
familiar with the movement and vol
ume Of trade and collections in al its
branches. Tie deposits and general
business of tie banks of this city for
the last three mouths show an extra
ordinary lncrease over those OF the COR
responding period of any previous year,
sufficient proof of the unusual activity
which pervades the business interests
Of the city.
We hope the Pioneer Press predictions
concerning the winter and spring trade
will be verified as completely as its pre-
dictions concerning the fall trade have
been. What is true of st. Paul is also
true of all the smaller towns of the
State. And if the winter is at all ia
vorable for hauling grain, we see no
reason why business may not be COM
paratively brisk in Worthington all
winter. There are yet tens of thous-
ands Of bushels of grain west of us to
I've marketed, and now that Wortl,ing-
ton has been settled upon as the mar
keting point not only for Rock County,
but for large part of Dakota, and for
Spirit Lake, Iowa, we may confidently
predict a better business during the
present winter and the coming spring
than las ever been known ut this point.
THE YOUNG UNIVERSE:
Prof. Proctor holds that the earth has
long since passed it's meridian, and is
now in the melancholy evening Of its
existence. This is nothing more than
baseless assumption. lie goes OH to
say that after all life has ceased to exist
on our fair planet, then Jupiter will he
teemimg with inhabitants. Here is al
assertion without a scintilla OF proof
Correspondence Sioux City Journal.
It is much more probable and much
more consistent with all science that
the earth, and probably the Whole ma
terial universe are still in their youth.
Tie logic is memorable that whatever
is derived or created must have he.
ginning. The universe, with the hu'
man race, therefore, had beginning.
Is it not more probable that the whole
system las just fairly started on its
sublime career? The Bible puts the
advent of man only about 5000 years
distant. Moreover astronomers tell Us
that our system, or the system that H.
cludes the earth, is in a region of space
but thinly inhabited with worlds. W.
are of, apparently, OH the frontier Of
the universe, and off of the great high
way, or away from the great center.
Astronomers further tell us Of sys
tenn far up toward the center which
contains $1,000 worlSs. Think Of ;
great solar system of $4,000 planets o
orbs, I'LL spinning around Il great center
There is probably no night there, bn
the inhabitants, if the worlds are i'll
habited, live always in blaze of glory
And is it not probable that III til
working Of tile stupendous machiner
which God has set in motion, our owl
system may, at some distant period
pass up toward the great center, and g
whirling along the great highway o
stars!
No, Prof. Proctor, the universe j:
probably not old, but is still in tn
freshness Of its rosy dawn and tn
strength and glory Of its youth. I'll
whole system, men and worlds, is risinl
to some great height, and ''eye hath no
see,,, nor ear heard, neither hath 1t Ell
tered into the heart of man to conceive
the glory which is in reserve for us.
THE VASTPOWEH OF THE NEWSPAPER
The newspaper is both the primer an
tile advanced textbook of the people
From its pages the Child learns the al
pllabet and mail history, science an
political economy. With the newsp,
=. per the library can be dispensed with
but the best library can never fill tn
place Of the newspaper. 1t is the Golfer
too, which breaks the stiff sward of el
ror and opens the mind for the reccp
ton and nou"isll,Eent of truth. 1t
the power which makes and unm;ke
men and nations; that dispels tyranil
by fostering liberty. tlat shields til
weak by opposing the arrogance Of til
strong, and that i,,sures the perpetuit
Of cllr free institutions