The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-05
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1885.

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VRIL.
The ADVANCE said in it's issue of
Jan. 18th, in speaking of the recent
dynamite explosions in London
OF course an effort will lie made by
the civilized world to suppress dyna-
mite, or to control its use, but the ef-
fort will fail. One is reminded of Bull
wer's account Of ''Vril'' III The Com
ing Race,' an agency more powerful
than lightning, which banished war
from among the Vrilya, us it could rot
ho waged without annihilating both
the contestants. Probably dynamite is
the beginning of the end Of war.
We notice that Rev. II. NJ. Simmons,
the leading Unitarian minister of Min
neapolis, said something similar in a
sermon delivered on Sunday, January
3lst, reported in the Pioneer ress,
tho point being that dynamite and sim
liar agencies may end violence among
men. Mr.. Simmons said:
Bulwer represented THE Coming
Race" as having an agent called Vril,
which had revOlutionized society. 1t
was so powerful that a discharge of it
from an instrument held in the hand
would chatter the strongest fortress
and sweep through whole army.
Hence it brought new moral results
it put an end to war; for what waste
to gather u regiment which u single
man could annihilate! 1t stopped all
private violence; for in it force became
too fatal to use. Every man was ut
the mercy of every other, and all had
to agree to keep the peace. Hence all
notions Of violence had gradually van
ished from the government and from
society. Nitro. .glycerine has partly re-
allied BulWel s vision, and leaves gum
powder far behind in destructiveness.
Even in its diluted form cf dynamite 4
handful will blow up Il house. Dyna-
mite is deadly enough for almost any
demand, and chemistry is capable Of
still dcadlier agents. and if Vril is not
yet found it probably will be-. For we
secm to have but begun to learn the
ferces Of nature ard the faculties of
lnan in mastering them; and doubtless
the time will come when Il citizen can
carry in his vest pocket violence enough
to devastate Il village.
WHAT IS THE EFFECT?
But d" these discoveries promote
peace rs in the story? The recent rx-
pl.,sions in London seem to ridicule
Kucl. Il theory, and to-day appears hard
ly the time to talk OF the moral intiu.
~nce of dynamite. still dynamite. like
Writ, Is forcing society to see better
than ever before, that IL must resort to
moral methods or he ruined. When 4
mu1m can so easily kill y hundred it is
time to begin to end your violence.
RRO. MCCORMACK TALK.s 1U our BUS.
NESS MEN.
Bro. Mccormack, in last weeks Rec
ord, makes the following frank state
ment:
TO OUR BUSINESS MEN.
Gentlemen: We took charge of this
paper Nov. 2G, 1854 To-day is Jan
3, 1885, making ten weeks that we
have endeavOred to the best of our
ability to give You good paper, con-
Hidering the encouragement we met
with at the start and since. We are
fully aware of the fact that times have
been hard. weather cold and fuel high,
and he who has cleared expenses since
the holidays has dore we'll, but we are
forced to confess that such has not
been the case with us, notwithstand.
ing our effort to board and sleep III the
Office and living on cold meat. cold
beans, cold bread, and (part of the
tiine) cold coffee, and once in awhile
ten cents worth OF ginger snaps rs a
luxury. We have worked hard, me-
chanically as we'll as mentally, to
please you, and the result is that to-
day, we have bills due that we are un-
able to meet, and why? 1t IS because
our efforts are not fully appreciated
We would not have our readers think
that we have given them as good pa
per As We are capable of furnishing,
but We have done all that We could do
in proportion to OUR support. You
have read no slang in the Record since
nothing in the way of a personal attack
upon any of your neighbOrs, but in
stead, as great an amount Of good FAM
been furnished by any paper in your
town. In making this statement we
would SAY nothing against the Ad-
vance, published by Brother Miller. as
he has no other story to tell than such
y one as this, besides, we believe his
paper, too, is as good as his support
will admit of. AS a neghbor we have
found him, at all times and under all
circumstances. just as all good neigh
b0rS are found. pleasant and ready to
accommodate when in his power. The
question now is, why are things thus?
Our subscription list has increased as
rapidly as any reasonable person could
expect, but simply subscription list
will not guarantee you 4 good, live
home paper, u liberal advertising pat
Jonage from the mercantile dealers of
place is what must be furnished in
order to supply a newspaper with a
sufficient amount of blood. so to speak,
upon which to live. We have asked
this of our dealers heretofore, but as
yet no response, and that is why we
have not the wherewith with which to
meet our demands. We ask our hon.
est, candid business men to stop and
consider this matter. When John
Smith enters your store with fifty
cent piece between his thumb and fin
ger to buy three or four yards Of ging-
ham with which to clothe his little
girl, or to buy couple of pounds of
butter to spread on her bread, whether
or no the family is furnished with a
good home newspaper, to read during
the winter evenings. or is the paper
for which Smith pays $15O a year. a
weak, puny, sickly affair. liable to die
form starvation any day? We have a
town of population of at least l, 500
people, containing as moral class of
people as can be found in the state. al
20 mercantile firms. in number not less
than twenty, carrying stocks ranging
in value from three to fifteen Thousand
dollars, and at the same time their
newspapers starving to death from
want Of a reasonable, only a reasona.