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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-01-30
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 90, 1879:
THE ANGLOAFCIIAN WAR.

THE ANGLOAFGIAN WAR.
One would think, from the mere sur
ace indications, in reading the dis
patches from Afghanistan, that the
British had things all their own way
and that the Afghans were demoralized
and fastening to submit to any British
demand. We propose, however, to
wait until Russia is heard from. When
Herat, the key to India and Central
Asia, is reached, the crisis must come
if there is to be any crisis. If the Brit
ish do not find themselves fighting a.
gainst Russian officers, Russian arms
and, III fact, Russian soldiers, when they
attempt to take Herat, then we will &C
knowledge that for ''ways that are
dark" and for tricks of war (which
are vain," the Russian is peculiar.
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CHRIST IANIT rs. ECCLES7ASTICISJI
For Il long while the ADVANCE has
freely expressed it's opinions upon re-
ligious as we'll rs upon all other topics,
taking the ground that the Gospel of
Christ and Old Theology, us taught by
the Romsh and by the Evangelical
churches Of to-day, are nearly as wide
apart rs Christianity and Judaism.
For doing so we have been denounced
by the ignorant and the bigoted as a
hereto, an infi,lel and what not.
But we are pleased to see that the
ADLER men among the clergy are getting
their eyes open to the same truth.
They begin to see that we are III the
midst of transition period and that
the people are leaving the Old Theolo-
gy churches and hocking over to the
new ones founded upon broad views of
Gods character and of human destiny.
On Il recent Sunday in New York three
of tile prominent clergy spoke out Oh
this subject. Beecher said:
''There is revolution impending,
and it is vain to say that Darwinsm
and the old Christian theologies can CO.
exist. IT Darwinism becomes accredi-
tet, theology has had its day. The
Kingdom OF Heaven is within YOU
holiness, meeknesS, geMtleness, honor,
ln.e; these are what the Bible has been
after from the first. and these science
is not going 70 touch"
DR.. Hitchcock said:
The Bible is thoroughly democratic
and tull Of cher for the poor, b,t mod
ern Christ ianltv us interpreted by the
churches is aristoc!atic and made re-
p-lllilt totite common pc 'plp. \ more
democratic gospel was never preached
t!;ln in the middle ages when the me-
dlpv"l church stood firmly by the mass
es against the expressions Of the rich
and powerful. But after he Rrforma-
ton things were changed. and Christi
anty has leagued itself with govern
melitS and missionaries.
DR.. Ryl.nl. an Episcopal clergyman
formerly Ut Cleveland, but now Of St.
Marks, n. Y, said:
''lu general terms Christianity may
I've said to he friendly to soci ,lism.. so
far as it works for the bro herhnod of
men; yet Christians generally look npon
socialism with jealousy and fear, while
socialists generally discard Clristiani-
ty. The dcvoat go on singing pious
little ditties in their en- llionrd tabeIna-
clrs and lonking on the great crowd
outside as destined to damuation, while
the masses increase in numbers and the
gap grows wider day by day until you
Christians change your attitude. Our
danger is in confounding Christianity
with eccesiasticism; the latter is often
a fraud or Il tyrranny."
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GIOSTLY DOINGS IN GOTTA II

Il SEANcE WITH ONE or THE EDDTS.
New York Correspondence of the
Springfield Republican:
There is not much pronounced interest
in spiritualism, though meetings are
held and trance and inspirational speak
ers entertain motley audiences every
Sunday. But, in spite OF all the expos
urcs of fraud and discoveries of tricks,
there is Il good deal OF quiet inquiry and
secret investigation going on and hum
dreds believe that the spirits of the de-
parted can manifest themselves and so
influence their friends on occasions
when the conditions are favorable. The
other night l was invited to join a
rather select rarty OF people to meet
the younger Of the Eddy brothers, Of
Vermont. After the iland-sfakings
and salutationS, the company collected
i'll the back-parlor, where. in the alcove,
sometimes occupied by Il piano and
sometimes by Il bookcase, with no door
or window opening from it. stood 4
table and stand with u dinner-bell and
guitar and some other instrument on
them. Presently green curtain, about
alc0ve. and then another, about half Il
Jtlt "iNFs "tAO oViICCItCN stOOFC Vic Ill
Eddy, tall, thin, pale man. not re-
misunderstanding in any way and ap-
parently consumptiyc, sat down in
front Of the curtain, and, looking
around the room, selected Judge Gull
yer to sit by his side. The judge was
asked to take off his coat, and roll up
one sleeve of his. shirt, wllereupon Eddy
claspetl his arm with both hands, and
asked Il lady to take hold of Judge Gull
ver's other hand. a blanket like Il
shawl was spread over Eddy and the
Judge, covering them to the shoulder,
leaving their heads outside. The COM
pany sang John Browns Body" and
one nr two other lively airs. when the
Guitar was taken from the table and
pushed ont in front of the curtain,
where every one could see it, and there
tined and played upon. 1t was lifted
up and swung abnve the curtain many
times, and it was repeatedly knocked
down Or struck, m liking Il noise as
though, it had bee, broken into u thous-
and pieces. This was followed by tt 9
raising of II pair Of hands aboye the
curtain. one OF them having bnt three
fingers, tlie little finger having been APP
parently cut off ami the wound healed
over. These hands We're thrust ont be-
tween the upper and lower curtain re-
pcatedly; they were placed over Judge
Cufver'S head and on his ears; they
took slate and pencil and wrote Il
name they were clasped by the men
of the company, who said they felt SUBJ
stantial but not quite like human flesh,
and were about the same temperature
as the room. All the while the gas was
burning so that fine print could be read
In any part of the room. When the
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Sioux Falls is grumbling loudly over
the freight rates of the Sioux City and
st. Paul road The Independent says
there is a project Oh foot to establish a
freight line bctween that point and the
terminus Of tie Milwaukee road at Pat
ersonville.
At this time. when the roads are in
such fine trim for wheeling, wouldn't
it pay to put lot of freighters on be-
tween Worthington apd Jackson CT
Sheldon?
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RULING THEM GUT

''Boston is in 4 ferment. The Young
Mems Christian Association and the
churches are ruling out editors who
prepare mat ter for Mondays paper by
working on Sunday. Says the Boston
Advertiser: Of course al those who
publish Sunday papers will lie ruled
out. Go in, Boston. Editors have no
business in churches, anyhow. No
man can conduct an independent news
paper and be church member. lie
Will be hectoUu, oyerhaultu, worried
and finally voted ont if he dares TO pub
fish what the bigoted church commit
tees and ministers 'lisapprove Of. When
our Congregational leg was suspended
from the little Congregational church
of WOrtliington, one member gave as 4
reason for voting against rs that we
had encouraged notwithstanding by
indul@iny in Il joke at the expense Of
the st. Paul Sunday Pioneer Press
Worthington ADVANCE.
We think tie churches need indie
pendent editors next to their great need
Of Christ. An independent editor is nee
essarily good editor, and why should
good editor he excluded from the
church of the living God. If our mod
ern churches become like those of Lao
dicea-''neither cold nor hot''-they
need good independent editors to save
them from being ':spewed out" The
saving off Of the Congregational leg of
Brother Miller, Of the ADVANCE, be-
cause he ''joked at the expense of the
st. Paul Sunday Pioneer-Press - re-
minds ls of the following specilicat IS
OF the long list, equally horrifying. up.
on which the Republican was cut off
from holy communion for six months
4. Jan. n. '7S. I'd page, FL column
ut bottom 1.-The PioneerP Press is made
happy 10y Beecller's repeal of the law Of
God creating Il hell for incorrigible sin
! ne:s.''
S. Same column, in AT article enti-
tied: Tile Mercehary Age,' writing
Of Gov. Pillsbury and others who de-
| sire the settlement Of the Old State
| Bonds, he says: last June, with
prayers and curses they submitted the
question to the people, and God was
asked tn remove the grassllnppers and
compel the people to pay what they did
not owe"
Just think of it. An inlepen,le,
editor shut ont from the ''means of
grace" for siN months for having the
independence to T. sist " robbery of the
people by the rich and crafty. The
Bible teaches that the Lord Of glory
cam" t" save sinners and preach the
gospel to the poor. Now bcop,ise OF
rich sinners the people are poor and
why should it be- an offence against The
Church for an independent editor to de-
fend tue poor people against being
robbed Ivy ric! sinners 7 The more We
think Of it the more We are a,lnble t.
comprehend the reason. 1t is en-
shrondeh i'll impenetrable darkness -
| IuStiu RrUuIIi,uu
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show was stopped, the curtain was
raised, but there was nothing in the
alcove which was not there when tile
curtain was put up. and the guitar was
uninjured. Judge Culver is sure Eddy's
hands ciasped his arms all the while,
and neither of them could have stirred
without the motion being by all
the company: 1t was absolutely i'm
possible for Eddy to have made the mu-
sic or to have shown the hands, and
there was no one in the alcove. The
gaslight precluded the possibility Of
trickery or fraud. Where did the
hands come from? Skeptical gentle
men in the company shook their heads.
Such things set people a-thinking.
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go For Scrofula. and all
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disease, Syrhilitic and Mercurial dis
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This Sarsaparilla is combination of
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OF Potassium and Iron, and is the most
etIicacious medicine yet known for
the diseases it is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are so skiIfully COM
bincd, that the full Alternative effect of
each is assured. and while it is so mild
as to be harmless even to children, it is
still so etfectual as to purge out from the
system those impurities and corrurtions
which develop into loatlso,ne disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived
from its cures. and the confidence which
prominent physicians all over the conn-
try rcl'osc i'll it, prove their experience
OF its usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues have
accumulated, and are constantly being
received, and as many of these cases are
publicly known, they furnish convincing
evidence Of the superiority Of this Sar-
saparilla over every other Alternative
medicine. So generally is it's superb
GRITTY to any other medicine known, that
we need do no more than to assure tue
public that the best qualities it has ever
possessed are strictly maintained.
PREPARED ny
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Fr"ctict't ant -ln"lysicrl l'Armi,f..
soLO ny ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
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SINGULAR AClIDENT-A PAIR OF
HORSES RUN AWAY WITH Il BURN.
ING SLEIGH
There comes to us from Okoboji town
ship the details of Il curious accident
that occurred III that neighborhOod last
Saturday. In the morning of that day
Mrs. VIM. Patton anG Miss Emma
Owen. who is teaching school in the
Davis sc DOL house, left the residence
Of the former with the intention of
coming to Spirit Lake. To add to
their comfort. heated stones had been
placed in the bottom of the eigh, and
they left home nlerrily, Mrs. Patton
driving the team. After going some
three miles the ladies discovered that
their clothing was on fire. Miss Owen
immediately jumped out Of the sleigh
and Mrs. Patton soon followed suit.
The hot stones had set fire to the clothes
in which, they were wrapped, and this
communicated with the ladies' skirts,
recurring their most strenuous efforts
to rNtinyuiSh it.
Meanwhile. the horses, left to them
selves, bpcame FESTIVE and startt ii to
run. turning their course toward home
The burning clothes in the Sleigh quick
~ tl.tl'ied up when famed by the in
creaSlng rapility OF the now thorough
! " frightened horses. and in Il few mo-
mentS the sleigh and its contents were
liercely blazing.
1t mus have been an exciting and
| fearful spectacle-tl:e sight OF those
madIenrd horses running ut the top Of
their speed and dragging Il sheet of
flame (for Ivy the time they reached
| home the sleigh was little else) ut their
gathering heels. Just before they got
t" the stable they run into a tllckct of
small trees and. becoming entangled,
were forced to stop. Otherwise. they
would in all probability have set fire to
the stables and gr;,neries.
The ladies escaped without injury
save their fright and some fatigue.
| Miss Owen had some ten or twelve dol
! lars worth Of clothing burned, but
deems herself very fortunate to have
escaped SO easy. The loss to Mr.. Pat
on, however, was considerable. lie
had given his wife about $40 to pay
some obligations, and this sum was in
Il valise. The sleigh bux and it's con
tents were entirely destroyed, the va
lise burning among the rest. and the
aggregate value Of the property was not
| less than 500. It is very seldom that
an accident so singular in character oc
ours, and in view Of all the circumstan-
ces, the parties may be congrat ulated
that the results We're no more serious.
Spirit Lake Beacon.
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In recent lecture purporting to he
from Judge Edmunds delivered through
Mrs. Richmond, the following beauti-
full passage occurs: ~.
The abiding affections in the human
heart constitute the home of the spirit.
Wlr r. yer you move that light accom-
panies you; it is not withheld from you
1T amy time. Space, time, and the out
ward senses being taken away, home is
perpetual presence, us is the Kingdom
of heaven in tile heart Of the saint.
Christ and God being forever near to
those who recognize them, so home and
affections are ever near to the diSem-
bodied spirit. There are no iongings
for the ones absent, since that brings
them to your side; no broken ties, since
a tie that ctn be broken is not real; no
outward repining for those severed
from you; tor all who are kindred with
Your spirit must abide with you; you
must work together, share one anotl.-
er's laDors, and the mutual sympathy
and encouragement of the mind finds
constant and living regeneration.
There are no objections, no alterca
tons, no differences save those of hon
est conviction, and the utmost tolera-
ton prevails. The home altar IN the
spirit-life is one Of the affections. II it
he of the lower order, there can he no
such word rs home named. Affection
kinuleS its own light, makes it's own
sphere, prepares its own heaven for
you, and the surroundings are just
those that your affections require. 1t
you are tethereu to the external, Ound
to amy place upon earth by ties that
cannot bc broken 10y memories. these
one by one have to be sun0ered before
you can enter the home Of the spirit
the real altar and abihing-place of the
soul. You will find, perhaps: Il repro
dnction OF the earthly mansion, but
you will no longer care for that. ST.
cred memories are enshrined, but these
are the words and deeds of your life,
and the friendships and holy affections,
not the external surroundings or pic
turing of your existence. II you have
a favorite author, not the written VOL
ume Will be before you, but il the tie
be strong he is there us one of the chos.
Ell friends. Ii you have Il favorite pic
ture, not the picture accompanies you,
but living image Of it awaits YOU and
the artist, it disembodied, favors you
with companionship also. If you love
music, and composers fill your thought
and mind with the wonderful power Of
composition anu melody, 10! that melo-
dy is there responding to you from the
leaves and flowers of your own home;
you hear it waited on the air, breatl,ed
by Il familiar voice, 10y instruments of
mental structure; the very air contains
them, they are not lost upon your spir-
it.
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Gift DistribuI-.
ton.

About the first of january, or soon
after, the WonTu1SaroN ADVANCE
will make Gift distribution among its
patrons.
Among the gifts distributed will be
the following:
One No. 8 Wilson Shuttle
Sewing Machine. =
Worth $50 0o.)
One Improved Whitney Sew
ing Machine.
Worth $50 co.,
One New Home Sewing Ma
chine.
Worth s65 co.,
1 Webster's Unabridged Die
tionary, worth SIP.
l Minnesota Atlas, worth$15:
1 New Parlor Clock worth $6.
10 copies Of DR.. Chase's
IL Recipe Book.
A number of Homc-Guide
Cook Books.
Other gifts will be announced here
after.
These gifts will be placed in the
hands of 4 Committee Of five ADVANCE
patrons to he distributed among those
entitled to gifts. The distribution
will be by lot, or by any other method
selected by the Committee, which will
insure to all entitled to gifts an equal
chance.
CONDITIONS.
Every subscriber to the ADVANCE
echo pays all orrcorages and one year IN
a7ronce from the first of January, 1879,
will be entitled to an equal chance in
the distribution. Every such subscri-
Der is sure to receive \ Cook Cook at
least, as there will he gilt to every
one, while three subscribers are each
snre to receive a Sewing Machine; one
is sure of a Webster's Unabridged Die
tionery; one is sure of i Minnesota At
las and IL are each sure of copy of
DR.. Chase's Recipe Book.
NOT \ LOTTERY.
THIS gift distribution is not a lottery
in any moral orlegal sense of that term.
We shall simply place the gifts in the
hands Of Il Committee to distribute a.
mong our patrons by any method which
will give all an equal chance to secure
one of the main gifts. We shall have
nothing to do with the matter further
than to turn the gifts over to the Com.
mittec. We receive nothing for the ar.
ticles distributed, but will be out of
pocket to the amount they cost us. It
is an out-an-out gift and nothing else.
Our only object in doing this is to in
duce our patrons to pay up according tt
the agreement made ,rhen they Subscribed
or course, every new subscriber vic
pays one year in advance from January
! l, 1879, will be entitled to an equal
chance with present subscribers who
pay in advance and arrearages.
Gifts falling to foreign subscribers
will I've sent to the parties at their own
expense.
The names of the Committee into
whose hands the gifts are to bp placed
for distribution will be announced III
due time.
Parties living out of the County
should remit by money order or regis
tered letter.
A list of all those entitled to an in
terest in the gifts. together with name
of gift received, will be pub :shed in the
ADVANCE.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-01-30

A lot of fresh Chattel Mortgage
blanks just printed at the ADVANCE
Office. THIS form is the best in use
and is preferred by the bank and by
our business men generally. Send and
get Il supply.
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PRAYING FOE IIMaI.

The Evangelical Alliance appointed
one day Of the week Of prayer to pray
for editors and publishers. This, we
believe, is the first time those dreadful
fellows, the newspaper men, have been
remembered by the class Of men who
hold the keys Of heaven. We are glad
shat the clergy, usually so dictatorial,
supcrcilioas and dogmatic, are begin
ming to recognize the influence Of the
press, which is educating the people, as
mnch as Or more than all other influences
combined. The United Presbyterian,
speaking upon this subject, we'll says:
''Thc influence of the press over the
minds of the people is greater than we
c1n estimate, and in proportion rs it is
on the side of truth will the coming
generations he prepared for the work
that will be gwen it to do. Editors, pub
fishers, and authors are but little pray
ell for. They are denounced and criti-
cised without stint or mercy, but ARE
seldom recommended to the grace that
can tit them for their work.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
A PAT REPLY.

The warmth of the true Irish heart and the
quickness of the Irish tongue are proverbial, and
feeble must be the cry of distress or brilliant the
wit that does not solicit sympathetic response
from the genuine son or daughter of Emerald Isle
Not very long ago, little boy whose parents died
was sent to the orphan asylum, but the place was
so distasteful to him that he ran away and came
back to his own neighborhood Living in the
vicinity was an old Irish woman, whom we will
call Kate, and poor though she was, with large
family, she took the orphan and cared for him as
her own. The other day she was In the city max
ing some purchase, and in one Of the stores, a
gentleman who was conversant with the facts of
the case asked after boy.
"oh, he's foine boy, sir, an glad I am to have
him with me-"
well, well, Kate, II fthere'sa heaven in the next
world you will get to 1t"
AS quick as lightning came the reply, with all
the heartiness OF the race:
"God bless ye, Mr.; P--i an sure, II do, I'll
leave the gate open foryou"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-25
HAPPY THOUGHTS.
Public opinion Is a pecond connoIsnOo.

Public opinion is second conscience.
1t is weak and vicious people who cast the
blame on fate.
sweet temper Is to the household what sun.
shine is to trees and flowers.
Those who trample on the helpless are disposed
to cringe to the powerful
Adversely does not take from US true friends; II
only dispels those who pretend to be such.
Hewho shows kindness toward animals will
display the same characteristic to his fellow.
men.
The flower which we do not pluck IA the
only one which never lose, Its beauty or It's fra.
GRANGE.
The grandest Of heroic deeds are those which
are performed within four walls and In domestic
privacy.
The pebbles In our path weary as and make us
toolsore more than the rocks, which REQUIRE only
a bold effort to surmount.
Work is necessity, in one way or another. to
all Of us, overwOrk is of our own making. and.
like all self.imposed burdens, is beyond our
strength.
Never permit the most resolute curiosity, or the
most friendly concern, to find the lowest depth Of
your character. Gain the reputation for reserve
power by reserving 1t.
Laziness grows on people; It begins in cob webs
and ends In chsiDs The more business a man
has to do the more he is able to accomplish, for
he learns to econOmize his time.
The best recipe for going through life in an ex.
quisite way with beautiful manners, is to feel
that everybody, no matter how rich or how poor
needs all the kindness they can get from others
In this world