The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-16
THE PROPHETS AGAIN Att.

ately guessed ut. There is always, how
ever, crop of prophets, some true and
some false, in every campaign. And
now comes Il Mrs. Murrpll, of New
York, a medium, who says that neither
Blaine nor Cleveland will 10 President.
She says: 1T seems to me as though
one will die and the other be killed.
A Mrs. Fisk, also New York medi-
um, claims to have received Il communi.
cation from Abraham Lincoln, III which,
lie said: "Wlien the time arrives for
the decision of the people upon the
choice Of candidates, there will be ST.
lence and mourning in the halls Of Con-
gress, for the dead will be more than
the living of their number, and out of
the choice tho people will make there
will b+ n" one to respond; for the reap.
~ will have gathered the shraves, and
the hand of destruction will have swept
the representatives of the people from
their places.:'
These prophecies are communicated
to the New York Truth Seeker by Da.
vid 5. White. We give them now
merely to put them on record.
"TH0THIETY"
The st. Paul Gl"bp says that Inger-
soils silence in the present campaign is
attributed to the Slight put upon his
family by the Blaine family ut Wash.
ingt0n. The Globe consoles Ingersol
thus:
Contrary to all precedent, Mr.. and
Mrs. Disr.-li were never invited to the
state balls and concerts. Brac"mstirld's 5
''Remains'' will. if published in full.
Contain the acrim"nius correspondence
relating to the systematic snubb;ng of
4 MAJ. who lived to receive Il QUEEN
Empress in his own home. and tn die
tate his terms, social and otherwise, to
the best IF them. Courage, Boh. there's
no diviairg what f-vrnges time, aud
it's tattoo may work tor your solace.
Which is only one more case. Lead
ers in nearly every movement, notably
in great reforms, have been excluded
from ''socipty," that is from the society
Of people VIII" did not agree with them.
They were thus driven to seek socipty
among each other and generally found
society worthy Of the gods Charles
Sumner. Lloyd Garrison and nearly all
the leading ab"litinniSts were excluded
from ''society.' that is, from Bpacom
Street aud Fifth Avenue, and the rich
and fashionable money getters and
church people who &" together and say
I'VE are society. Wl."evrr we exclude
Is not admitted to go"! society,"" Who
ever has been admitted t" this good So
ciety knows what it is made Of: dress,
display, gossip, rivalry in little things,
vapid conversation, vanity, pride.
mattel making for money, etc., etc.
Fast men and fast women, dudes, px-
hauStrd European lords. mammon w"r.
shippers. etc. nearly all Il d ready adniss-
ion to good society,"" Great leaders,
men and women who reform and save
the world are not generally admitted.
These contemptil,lp little social dis
tinctinns and wrangliugs ought not to
he allowed to enter int" politics "r bus
mess. The mai, who is weak enough
IT, estimate another man by his position
in society or his exclusion from that
great mass of medi"crity called ''go"l
society,"" is Il dude and ought to br
laughed out of the society of manly
men.
Young man, if you want to be a true
man, don't get into good society,""
1t is the most ennervating. emasculat
ing, ruinous thing you can do unless
you seek the other extreme "f the low
est s"c;ety. Keep out Of it If w" want
to he u leader or 4 rpfOrmrr. The
whole line of them from Christ and
Paul tO Garrison. Sumner aud Greeley
were not admitted to ''gond society."
A few d;lvs ago. 1T Omaha, Nebraska.
the Labor party 1T that state opened
the campaign for Butler and the Fusion
ticket. DR.. F 5. Lewis. \ Butlrr,te.
made \ ringing s,each IN favor of free
trade and argued that the Republicans
ought to be turned out "f y wer b.
Cause they enacted 4 protective tariff.
and were the first t." employ women rs
clerks. thus denying tO men an Oppor-
tuaity to earn their bread. Other
speakers Democrats who had intrnded
themselves upon the merti"g) adv"cat'
ed free trade. arid denounced the Re-.
pnblicans for employing women rs
clerks Toledo Commercial.
And there is just where the laboring
mans cause sticks. There are thous.
ands Of men who are in sympathy with
the workingman in his efforts t" better
his condition and to force monopoly to
terms. but they see that the laborin !!
mans cause extends only to his set. 1t
Hoes not include women, negroes. chi
"ese. Italians. etc. They see that the
first man to fight Il laboring man Of an
other race or nationality and the first
man to fight women out of honest en-
ployment, is lab'ring man himself.
The shadow 0f the fires Of the Inqni-
siti"n a.r daily outlined behind the l,le;l
"f prohibition. All regulation "f pri-
v;.tr morals by statute law aud the p"-
liceman's club prrsupp"srs union IF
Church and state, decay Of virtue, the
death If liberty and return Of barbar-
ism.-Amti M"n"w'list.
We'll said, Bro. Anti Mon"ln'list, but
you take the risk IT being called \ ''lu-
,,atic," \ "whiskry man. and !. ''b-a d
inflmenc~." when you say it. At least
that is our experiences. W. have beer,
saying the same ~ substance for months
aud there are Liberals 81 blind as to
condemn us for pointing out the viper
that is hidden IT, the prohibition nose.
gay. The church pr"Iihiti"nists "f
course condemn and -xrcrate those
who d not agree with them, but Lib.
erals should be liberal.