The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-03-29
LITERARY NOTICES:

We are little late in ackn owledeing
the receipt Of the following Liberal
Tracts. by John E.. 2emsburg. Of Atch-
inson, Kansas;
l. The Decline of Faith.
2. Protestant Intolerance.
3. Washington an Umbeliever'
4. Jeffer5dn an Unbeliever.
S. Paine and Wesley.
8. The Christian Sabbath.
One is surprised, on reading these
very brief tracts, to see how mucl, of
history and Of the written sentiments
Of great men can be packed into few
pages. There is no going back on them.
They sell at 40 cents 4 doz.n and ought
to be in the hands If every one WHO can
read, Just TO show them how the world
is being deceived, duped, and held in
mental thralldom by a '.liireling minis.
try rs the Quakers Call the OrthpiOx
clergy. Mr.. llelneburg- Is doing good
work.
Thanks to II. IL. Simmons fWr tHo
discourses before the Unitarian Society
of Minneapolis Oh The Mythica The
ory'' of the New Testament, and 1.-The
Divine Incarnation.'' Buth are scholar.
ly productions and sweet all through
with the one true religion, that 'of Ilu-
manity.
"Ingersollism or Christianity:
Which?'' This is u discourse by our
friend DR.. J. NJ. PEBBLES, in which lie
shows mahy of the mistakes of Inger.
soil" and many "f the good works and
leauti~s of Ch istianity. The Doctor
has a worldwide fame rs Christian
Spiritualist, standing with DR.. Watson;
Dr. Crowell, and others, III this. lie
appears in this pamphlet rather rs
an advocate than rs \
Judge, and pleads his cause we'll. That
he mistakes Ingersoll, we have no
doubt, just us Ingersoll mistakes
Christian Spirit ualism as surersti-
tion.. AS for us, we love them both for
their splendid manhood and their cour.
age il speaking boldly what they. COLI
ceive to he the truth. That the world
needs them bot!, and ten thousand more
such men we are quite sure.
Thanks to L. 4 Walker, for one of
his Kansas Libt ral Tracts ''On Pro;Mbi-
ti"n and Self Government. TIER Ii.
recohcilable Antagonisms. The t. xt
of the pa np't:: is, physical and msr-
al ills cannot bp cured by Legislative
enact ments." That text ought to be
writ u in letters of fire on fhe walls of
every legislative hall in America. It
is the greatest :Erse and danger OF the
re na;SSahce of Bi..try in Emerica :h;.t
it is covering our statute books with
laws designed to suppress not only Per-
sonal Liberty bu. free speech.
SUICIDE OF DArID HEFrY:
St. Paul papers Of Tuesday contained
nc counts Of the suicide Of David lief.
ty. we'll known to many Of cur people.
Mr.. IL: settl. d few years ago in WILL
mont fi'wnsl'ip, il this county. where
he took Il claim. lie sptnt several
summers on the land, returning III the
winter to saltwater. Mr.. IL. Was here
last fall and informed us that liz lad
los: considerable property which lad
been stolen from Ills ia,M III his ab-
Sence.
A saltwater special to the Pioneer,
Press, Of the :6,I'; says:
Word was re. ivcd this afternoon.
from u so,, ut james Doram that the
body Ut IL man WAS lying near the new
Oak lr.l k bridge, aud officers llahsnl.
and Mccarthy welt at once to the
place, when it was discovered to bt.
that of David lefty. am old and well.
known cil:&'m of tkls city. The offi-
GERS removed the body to lis home near
the old Oak park bridge, ard notified
Coroner Merrill. Whti. discovered, the.
budy lay upon the left side Will, lis
right hand under his l.eud. Near by
lay Il Remington revolver. thtrty-twu
c.:libcr, three barrels loaded, one dis
charged, and the fifth entirely empty,
wiicI. told the tale If his dpcea,e.
Some time since his wife left hin and
went IT, live with Peter Wicksoil. This
50 prryed Upon his p.ind that he threat
ened to shoot Mr.. W;cksom. The Uall
wentsiMto the right EAR and evidently
severed an artery. rhe front portion,
of his house is occupied hy \ family
who say that the last they saw of him
WIS Sunday noon. During the after
noon lie was %t the house Of Fred Bir.
ger, when he talked Of Ills family trou.
Iles, and seemed to feel badly. That
was the last seen of him, so far as has
come to light. Only $5 and his watcl,
were found among his effects, although,
hts friends think ls must have had
shime $3.50 from this winters work il
the woods. The coroner decided not
to hold the inquest until tomorrow.
Hefty was 4 German by birth and had
lived here twenty-five years. He VAS
fifty four years Of age, ai,d leaves a
Wife: and four children: He has IL broth:
ef in Illinois, but NO relatives in this
city.