The Worthington advance., 1880-09-02

week at Rochester and next week the
Minneapolis Exposition opens. Mon
day will be Children's Day and all boys
and girls under sixteen will be carried
to Minneapolis for half fare, or one
fourth adult fare. This seems to be q
fair rate of fare to the Fair.
Some of the Democratic papers are
attacking Frank Mead's religion be-
cause he has come out for Garfield
He is a "Ninfdel," or a "Spiritualist"
or some other dreadful thing in relig-
ion, and hence is supposed to be out
Of place in the Republican party
which has become pre-eminently the
party Of religious bigots.
II the Ward element propose making
q vigorous campaign, it is time they
were in the field. They haye number
Of the best speakers in the district, men
like Gen. Baker, Gov. Wakefield, Sena-
tor Freeman, Judge Page, Mr.. Lovely,
S. P. Childs, Mr.. Ward himself and
others. They may be waiting to cross
plow the ground now being gone over
by Mr.. Dunnell. Nothing like thor
ough cultivation, gentlemen, if you
want good crops hereafter,
A young man was killed in St. Paul
on last Sunday night for making insult
ing remarks to some young men and
young women who were passing. The
Globe says these insults are quite COM
mon in St. Paul and gives some sensi-
BILE advice. The bludgeon advice we
know to be effective. We have case
in mind which occurred some years ago
in Ohio. A ioafer made an insulting
comment upon young man and wo-
man who were going home from par
ty. The young man said nothing, but
saw the lady home, then armed himself
with club and went back and laid the
loafer flat on the pavement at one blow.
SCHOOL DECLst0N.
The recent decision of Judge Dickin-
son in the Winnebago City school case
is of interest to school boards and to all
interested in school government. This
was case in which certain pupils dis
obeyed the regulations and were sus-
pended. The parents demanded their
unconditional reinstatement. The case
was brought before Judge Dickinson
and he sustained the action of the
school authorities.
Since our schools have been the SUBJ
ject of so much remark, or were during
the last two terms, we wish to call at
tention to the above decision One of
the teachers SAID to us last winter that
.she found a school in which the larger
boys expected to be governed by club,
and as she had not been accustomed to
that method of government she declined
to apply it here. The result was bad
government, and the teacher was Dlam-
ed by the parents who are proverbially
unreasonable where their own children
are involved. The scholars who have
made the trouble for the last term or
two should have been promptly report
ed to the board and as promptly sus-
pended. We know Of no town in the
State where parental discipline is more
lax than it is in Worthington, and we
know from long observation that pa
rents expect teachers to govern their
children without clashing, when they
either cannot or do govern them at
home. So far as school government is
concerned, the aid of the board should
he promptly invoked.
THE HOLLAND AND HUMISTON RE-
TORTY.
We notice in the Pioneer-Press a
statement that Hollands hydro-carbon
process for producing light and heat
from naptha and water is in fair way
to come into use. A company has been
organized in New York with a capital
of five millions to develop the process.
1t has already been tested on the Long
Island railroad running train at the
rate of forty miles an hour.
We spent several hours with Mr.. Hol-
land in Chicago few years ago exam
lining the process, some account of
which we gave in the ADVANCE at the
time. lie has used his retort for some
years III his own house for heating, light
ing, cooking, ETC., with perfect success.
The advantages are, great economy, no
SCOT nor ashes, scarcely any odor and
quick and even fire tor baking and all
domestic purposes. We said at the
time that the new process was admira-
bly, adapted to the needs of a prairie
country like our own.
Prof. II umiston. who thoroughly ex-
amined the Holland process. made an
improvement upon it, secured IA patent
and is now i'll Philadelphia working
with company of capitalists to intro
duce his process. lie discards the use
OF water, as he found that it coated and
filled the pipes, and uses naptha alone.
A family in Ohio who have used the
Humiston retorts for several years for
all domestic purposes write that it is a
wonderful relief and comfort to house.
wives.
The Professor has numerous friends
III Worthington who are watching and
waiting to hear of his success and who
hope for the introduction of the new
heater and illuminator III the West.
They are starting right in Pipestone
county. They propose to have peo-
ple's conventions and peoples tickets
for county officers from the start and
not allow the county to fall into the