The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-11

the cabinet, and the forms were of var
ious sizes and variously clad. Finally
a voice spoke from the cabinet and
said that E. V. Wilson was coming for
that ''pioneer'' from the west. We
proved to be the only ''pioneer'' pres
ent and went to the cabinet door. A
form with large head and bust and
white beard stood there We said,
"Wlll you shake hands," holding out
our right hand. A deep bass. mascu.
line voice said. I've do not come to
show our hands and feet, but here is
the stump" holding up what seemed
t" he the stu,rp of right hand. A
Mr.. Marsh, an attorney in the audi.
ence, said ''that is Wilson's voice, I
know it," The man (for it certainly
was man in or out of the fl-sh). went
on to say that he knew of our efforts in
the far west: that they were under an
gel direction; that he had labored in
the same vicinity; gave our ''persecu-
tors" 4 severe rebuke, and with q
hearty ''God bless you" and magnet
ic tap on the back, was about to with
draw. We asked whether our wife
could come up and speak to him also.
''Certainly," he said, and she also
came to the cabinet door and received
a good round blessing and words of
encouragement from the same spirit.
Everybody present seemed to accept
it as matter of course and without
any doubt as to the identity of the
spirit, or as to the fact of materializa-
tiOn.
But here again We were at a loss.
We never saw nor heard E. V. Will
son, though we know he used to lec-
ture in southern Minnesota. We do
not know that he had large head and
bust, a white beard, a crippled hand,
and An unusually deep masculine voice.
Bro. Crapsey. of Talcott Lake, used to
labor with him and could answer these
questions. and we hope he will do so
through the ADVANCE. If materiali-
Zation is true, we wish to know it and
proclaim it; if false, we wish to know
that, too, and say so.
We have met but one man on the
streets Of New York whom we pre-
viously knew, viz: James Matthews,
secretary Of the Chi!dren's Aid Society.
We ca ne upon him casually one day
down near the Chambers street ferry,
and have revived a very pleasant
friendship. All other acqualntances
we had to look up and ferret out. Mr..
NJ. has been west twice this winter
with invoices of boys and girls, and is
just as enthusiastic and devoted as ever
in his work. He is one preacher after
our own heart, Il doer of religion in.
stead of Il creed monger, and we Say
blessings on his devoted head.
We easily found DIR. A. P. Miller by
calling at the Sun Office, where he has
been for some time helping to keep up
that 'milliOn 4 week" circulation.
But recently he has become the busi
hess and editorial manager of a new
weekly newspaper called 1.-The Ameri-
can" The enterprise is backed by
several hundred thousand dollars and
must be success. The object is to
furnish the people with clean, able
and newsy weekly, not sensational like
the story papers and the independents;
but filled with such condensed news,
opinion, Information, stories and liter
fishing house will be built up in con-
nection with it.
On our arrival in New York we
stopped for Il week or two at the lily.
gienic Hotel. 12 and Is Laight street,
kept by Dr.. 11olbrouk. publisher of the
Herald of Health and Of many valua-
ble works on health topics. Here we
found u very pleasant home for the
time being, at rates below hotel rates
in WorthingtOn. Within stones
throw of Broadway and ten minutes
walk of the business centre Of New
York. We found pleasant rooms. Il ta-
ble spread with the usual dishes and
all the hygienic dishes, besides baths
and Ill hygienic appliances in the
house, and all at rates which are as
tonishingly low. We wish to com
mend this hotel to all persons coming
to New York who wish home-like
place, with hygienic table and facili-
ties, near to the centre of business and
at rates below those of western village
hotels.
The winter has been an easy one on
Minnesotians here. But the New
Workers have danced and chattered
and talked of cold weather when it got
down to zero. 1t rarely gets below
that on this ''sea- girt isle" and when
it does it is heralded rs q ''cOld wave;
to the astonished nations.
Our book is running through the
printers mil; and will soon be in tho
embrace of the bindery. Then it will
be dealt out to lOng.suffering and pa.
tient world. In few weeks we hope
to be home and then much more anon. .
NJ.
COIN CONTRACTS.
Considerable has been said of late by
those interested in the downfall of sill
yer as a part of our currency, to the
effect that contracts will soon he re
quired of parties borrowing money
stipulating for payment in gold coin.
This is used to scare the people, and is
another indication Of the weakness of
the case of the goldomaniacs. The fol-
lowing from the pen Of ex United States
Senator James F. Wilson, one of the
ablest lawyers in Iowa, is interesting
reading upon this point:
A contract made payable in gold coin
may be discharged by legal tender notes
of the United States commonly called
greenbacks. Section 1858 of the revised
statutes provides that United States
notes shall be lawful money and a legal
tender in payment of all debts public
and private within the United States
except for duties on imports and inter-