The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-08-29

Among the attractions VIII De u 1o,VCo
feet balloon ascension by a man on a
trapeze, and one Of Edison's talking ma
chimes. 11'-'a:o1*s'7''
In last weeks issue we alluded to tho
case of Mrs. Besant, who was deprived
of the custody Of her child by the big
oted Home Secretary, on the ground
that the child's social position would
be jeopartlized by remaining with the
mother, who is called an ATHEIST. Are
cent number Of the Pioneer Press al
dudes to the matter and adds:
Meanwhile, al v.l gentleman named
Truelove, Il man who has passed Il lite
of integrity and bcnevolcnce, has been
sent to prison for publishing Mis-. De-
SAINTS books. Public Indignation meet
imgs lave been held denouncing the
Home Secretary for his action in de-
rriving Mr.. Trucloye Of the privileges
ofsceing his family, and compelling him
to sleep on Il plank with billet Of wood
Tor q pillow.
We need not 60 to England for eX-
amplcs of this kind. The bgots Of
America are as busy as those OH tire
other side of the water. A government
spy, named Comstock, is having men
arrested and thrown into prison under
the act Of Congress prohibiting the circn-
lation of "obscene and blaspllcmous >
literature through the mails. Some
months ago lie had d. NJ. Bennett, edi-
tor Of the Truth Seeker, arrested for
sending his paper through the mails
This was done at the lstigation of the
President Of the Young Mei,'s Chris
tian Association Of New York. The
District Attorney, not being a bigot,
lad the case dismissed.
But others are not SO fortunate. ~
gentleman named Newton is now in
prison in Massachusetts for two years
for sending through the mails 4 book
discussing social and physiological
questions. y rousing Indignation
meeting was recently held at Fanuiel
Hall, Boston, to tenouncc this Migrant
Unjust ice
We hope that Congress will lie over
run with PETITIONS next srss ion for the
amendment Of this law, which i'll its
present form invites Lyotry to the per
secution Of free thought. Obscene
matter ought to lie excluded from the
mails, but when the cxecut on Of law is
i'll the hands of al ignorant and bigot-
ed tool and SPY, like Comstock, who
cannot distinguish between scientific
works and those obscene publications,
the only object Of which is to excite evil
passions, the public loses q hundred fold
more than 1t gains by the law.
OLD STYLE PREFERRED.
We must say that we are III favor of
returning to the old style Of thief. AT
ter reading the accounts Of the stealing
and looscntss 1T the Yankton and Sis
seton Agencies, and the very loose mall
her Of stealing 1T the st. Peter Asylum,
we rather prefer the old thieves and the
old methods. The clerical gentlemen
and their aploiutces, and the very ''be-
nevolcnt' christian gentlemen have
had q fair trial ut outstanding and
taking care Of the slvagts and the un-
fortunatrs, and The only difference we
see between them and the Old class OF
political thieves, is that, ii anything,
they steal IL little more, and do it IN II
~ No n nd
proniScuous manner. Let us have
everything done dccently and in order.
If they must steal, let them do it Systc-
maticully and according to some i'm
proved method Of keeping books and ac-
counts. It shocks our Sense Of method
to have the stealing done in the loose
manner in which it Ila, been doneat st.
Peter. Rev. Secretary-Treasurer Kerr,
Dr.. Bartlett and the rest Of the man
agelnent are douLly cullable, fpr they
have not only been rob5ing the tax-pay
ers but have done it i'll Il laundering
way, and ablunue:, acco ding to Napo-
leon, is worse than Il crim>.
no PAY.
The ChchaSo Newspaper Union
urges publishers to insist more upon
the cash system, and says 400 paying
subscribers are better than SEQ non pay
ing ones. The Union says: "2he a
mount is always so sH,nll :,5 not tt
make the payment {, burden If the maj
intends to pay ut all, and Ivy cash .pay
unent he will avoid the bother of OWN!
one Of those little debts which ammo,
an honest man as much as a larger one
Another publisher says: There i
nothing connected with the bushes
of newspaper publishing SO cXasperat
ing or SO productive of pecllniary los
as the subscription credit system.
is eSasparatiug because the uprlgl,
business man expects and is obliged t
meet his own engagements, to q
which lie is often compelled to shin 4
round seeking for the wherewthal t
ito it, while at the same time tier
may be due him hundreds OF dollars
scattered in small sums over the are
of one or two counties, SO that it wi
not pay tn send AZ go in person to co
lect, leaving the debtors to folio,
their own sweet will as to when G
how they will pay it, or whethpr the
will pay it at all, while the puhlisl't
suffers the agony of confronting angr
creditors who point to their unpai
bills and demand their dues, which h
forsootI', is unable to give them l.
cause he has not the courage to- collet
his own dues.
We quote these papers as " text fl
few words which we wish to say
our subscribers. n number are no
three years behind, others are two yea.
and many others one year. In fulli
mcnt Of our promise to be rs easy
possible with the farmers, we ha
carried our non-paying subscribers
long until we have from 81 900 to 81 5
OIL Our SllllScrintiOn lnnkS NINA