The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-03-25

cents postage stamps. 1niS great VI
fer" the advertisement said, is good
for GO days only. and is made solely for
the purpose of introduction. 10 test
the matter, l risked the - cents, and
OF course did not get a dictionary. The
advertisement was signed "Wilder Il
Co., Arch ST., Boston, Mass"
advertisements Of this kind, which
offer 4 great deal for little or nothing,
are humbugs. / write this for the ben
eft Of brother farmers.
THAT CHALLENGE.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Now that you
are called upon to vindicate the honor
Of your antagonist for your lmperti-
hence, hope you will not act too RASH
ly in the matter until after you have
consulted some Of your particular
friends and obtained some advice from
disinterested parties.
AS you are the challenged party and
have the privilege Of choosing your
own time, place and weapons for this
deadly conflict, let me name the wear
ons to be used. Time and place you
can choose to suit your own convent
ence.
The weapon which l shall recon-
mend is the most dangerous and most
liable to prove fatal OF amy | can think
Of E;tc, of you take glass OF new
compounded tive-ctnt whiskey before
going to bed 1T night Lock your
doors and throw your keys out Of the
window and consign yourselves to your
fate. Then let him who survives be
the victor. In case both Of you should
survive, MS such might possibly be the
result, although not very probable, you
can by mutual concent, resort to an
other fire with the same ammunition
the following night, which | think
would restore peace and harmony to
your troubled minds for all time to
come.
But should you prefer pistols for
your weapons YOU had better fix the
time Il day or two after the anl.iyerSa
~ Of our next and second centennial.
in order that you, may learn what pro-
gress this world has made in the short
space Of one hundred years. }. X.
GROWING LIBERAL.
EDITOR ADVANCE: The world moves
on and The human race advances slow
but sure.
AS Que by one The roses fall,
And drop by drop the spring runs dry,
80 one by one the saints are changing.
And step by step to reason fly.
y voice from across the water
We learn that there is quite 4 sensa-
ton among religious circles in the city
of Paris in consequence OF the an
ncuncement by a well-known and high
ly-respectel priest Of the Catholic
church in favor Of religious toloration
and liberal Christianity.
We clip the following from the Paris
correspondence of the n. Y. Times:
Father Diuon's sermon is :, bold,
straightforward, honest announce
ment that the church must reconcile
itself to modern society and with the
the spirit of the age. and that the
sooner it is done, the better it will be-
for the world. Some of his admirers
even went 50 far as to warn him THAT
he WAS likely to be forbidden to preach
If he INDUCED in amy liberal IDEAS. but
to their surprise, he informed them
that his course WAS known and author
lied at Rome. His theory is that the
time has come tor Roman Catholicism
to march hand III hand with Free D. :
mOcracy and not to disdain modern
science and investigation.
But the question NOW arises, will the
government Of France tolerate such a
course by her Priesthood, or will they
oppose it like some Of the narrow-mind-
tl bigots Of our own free government?
The Constitution Of the United States
guarantees to every individual relig-
ious liberty, and VT i II emmett
was sente .ced to the States Tris N Of
New York for no Othrv Ofse zee than
that Of advocating the same II cor les
that Father D Il ~ now is. And t e
Pr ,sident Of this free and great RApub.
lie, who holds in his hands the pardon
ing power, sits there like a phantom.
deaf and dumb and blind, to all Ell.
treaties for his release. And the lr ly.
pious and srlf-sarcti!ied Anthony COM
stock, the pers ecutor of Bennett. is
looked upon as IL saint, clothed III robes
of whiteness and purity. Will not
posterity in the long future look back
with scorn, as we now look back upon
the 1nqui,itioU, and rank them with
acts of barbarism? Aud Anthony
Comstock, as second cousin to John
Calvin, who by his intolerance ! an sh.
ed all religious liberty from Geneva
and justice. mercy, reason and charity
were all tXiled.
We say, 60 on, Father Didon, in your
noble course and Divine Providence
will bless You. Let them drive you ont
Of Eden if tley choose. You have
tasted Of Inc fruit Of the tree of knowl-
edge, and it will bring You Happiness
here and hereafter. j. K.
~ i NL!7SIItLL.
We find in the Dnsto Traveller AN
article breathing the right spirit re.
garding the doctors ''protective tar
| iff'' law, now before the Committee on
Health, Of the Massachusetts I.rgisla-
ture. We hayc space but for the con-
| GLIDING paragraph, which we submit
sums up the question at issue with a
brevity and perspicujty seldom me-
with:
"flle real aninus If the proposed
| bill is to force the people to be treated
as the constituted schools OF medicine
| shall dictate, to abridge the liberty Of
! the people and make them submit to
the lictum of 4 board of medical cen
sors whose prcnniary interests are in
volvea in the very questions which
they are called upon to decide. To-day
we have Il law on Our statute books for
compulsory vaccination. The regular
doctor may 10y its provisions enter
with All officer the house Of any citiz.n
and force " lance and dcdfl matter into
the body Of his wife or child, if they
have not already been v. ccinate,l. or
do not promise to be without DELAY.
and this atrocity is legal in the face of
! incOntestable evidence that thousands