The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-08-12

ed. but get out of it by saying it is not
of any scientific value because it was
not done under their 'authority' and
in the Irregular" way. 1t wasn't much
of a show r after all, you see.
We have not yet heard from the ''reg-
ular'' clergy, but we suppose they will
still insist that Christ's fast of forty
days was miracle. Or, probably that
'.days'' in the scriptural account meant
"weeks'' or months" after the Sun
day School manner of exegesis. What
an "owdashus" doctor Tanner must be
to do things in such an irregular, unau-
thorized way.
THE RAILROAD Land QUESTION.
Elsewhere we publish communion
ton on thu taxing of railroad lands
from an able pen. The dangers pointed
out no doubt exist. The lawyers are
interested only in determining what is
the law and it seems to be law that they
are not taxable.
The question for the people to consid-
er is whether the laws relating to this
matter cannot be changed and the rail
road land company be made to pay their
share of the taxes.
We are now in danger of this state OF
affairs, viz:
That the old railroad company will
pass into mere land company since
the control of the road has passed into
other hands. We shall then haze gi-
ant land monopoly paying no taxes; alb
sorbing all forfeitures and improve
ments made on forfeited lands, without
any return to the individuals or the
county in which the lands lie and re-
selling the lands at higher figures than
the original schedule rate, and constant
ly going before our County Board and
securing the abatement OF taxes on for
feited lands ut no little cost to the coun-
ty. And all this to a wealthy land COM
pany which does not bear its share Of the
burdens laid upon the people among
whom the lands are situated.
Il NEW CONTENTION DEMANDED.
The Ward committee met at Albert
Lea on Thursday last and adopted the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the committee advise
MIR. Ward to reject the proposition made
by the Dunnell committee.
Resolved, That we fully endorse the
enjoined proposition, made by Mr.. Ward
to Mr.. Dunnnell, with this change only,
that all restriction us to candidates be-
fore new convention be removed
Resolved, That Il new convention
should be called not later than October
Z, 1880.
Resolved, That the chairman Of tie
Republican State committee he invited
to make such call, making tie appor-
tiOnment the same rs that OF the Vase
ca convention.
Resolved, That the primaries he held
not earlier than the I'D Of September,
on the same day throughout the district.
Resolved, That such convention he
called to order by the chairman Of the
State Republican committee, whose sole
duty 1t shall be to preside until the cleo
ton by the convention of Il temporary
chairman, or nominations made by
members on the floor of the convention.
Resolved, That we reallirm our loyal
ty to the Republican party and express
our hearty desire for peace on any hon.
Orable and practicable basis.
Resolved, That we desire to express
to Mr.. Ward our entire confidence in
him and onr hearty thanks that he has
taken the initiative in the steps towards
peace.
Resolved, That we abate nothing of
our belief that Mr.. Ward was fairly
nominated for the position he now oc-
cupies, and if this proposition is not ac-
cepted we pledge him our hearty sup
port at the polls.
Resolved, That Mr.. Dunnell be given
ten days in which to accept this propo-
SitiOn.
These resolutions were agreed to by
the entire committee.
SlDEROS-AN UNFORTUNATE TIE PLANET
Prof. Vim. Denton, the eminent geo.
logical and scientific lecturer, is writ
ing series Of articles for the Religio-
Philosophical Journal on the subject of
''Sideros," a name given to the planet
which is supposed to have gone to pieces
and which furnishes the meteorc show
ers and many Of the meteoric stones
which fall upon the earth. Prof. Den
ton has had a number of specimens from
different meteOric rocks examined by
psychometrics and it is singular to note
how they agree in their descriptions of
what they see when these specimens are
held to the forehead of the psychome-
trio.
Prof. Dcnton's investigations thus
far lead him to the conclusion that ST.
deros was originally one Of the satellites
Of Saturn; that some body from cxteri-
or space, a fragment of some dead world,
came sweeping in toward our sun and
carried Sideros out of its orbit. 1t then
became wandering comet with an &C.
centric orbit around the centre of our So
lar system, returned to molten state
during or soon after the terrible collis-
ion which knocked it out Of it's place as 4
satellite OF Saturn, then hardened again
and finally went to pieces. The various
descriptions show that it must have
been inhabited at various stages by rude
people, but SO far 10 signs have been
found of any race having any high de-
gree of intelligence.
Sideros was one of the unfoctunates
of the planetary heavens, torn from it's
place in its youth, and sent out to wan
der among planets where it was unwel-
come, to be for a while the adopted
Child of our sun, and then to end it's ca
reer by some calamity which shattered
it to pieces. Perhaps, never having had
fair chance, finding It's own parent
Saturn unable to protect it, and no 9TH
er centre or sun able or willing to give
it \ definite place and home, it found
some way to commit suicide, and it's
bones are scattered throughout the in
ter-planetary spaces and falling upon
fhn rio,,c oco