The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
more OF that electric clap of his right
hand upon his left. no more OF that
wide revolving sweep Of his arms, no

more OF That electric clap OF his right
hand upon his left. no more of that
wide revolving sweep Of his arms, no
more Of that nimble and rapid back
ward motion across the platform. Now
he stands and talks. But much Of the
old tone remains In his voice. Not
withdrawing lis age his fancy romans
bright. and he has the same happy and
poetic way of putting his thoughts.
His illustrations now, rs for the last
thirty or forty years, leave a picture
upon the mind which remains, and
hence his success. : He is, 40 We have
said, the greatest teacher Of tho age.
but his wide influence has been due to
his poetic. method. Beecher 10 Z Pull
pit Poet.
On the other side. lngersell b splat.
form poet. Why 10 it that Beecher on
the church side and Ineetsoll q ths]
|sEibesx1 side draw Tho grsat6st houses, :,
are the most generally heard, rsad and
talked about? Why is it that their
teachings take hold 80 generally, and
Why does sverybodys mouth water to
get their thoughts? Others are said to
bs more profound, moro logical, more
practical, more useful. but why do not
these others get the great and wide-
spread hearingp 1t is simply because
Beecher is Pulpit Poet and lngersol!
Platform Poet.
Recently We attended = reception
given by Mr.. Newton in New York to
the Fox Girls" Kate and Margaret,
one the widow of DR.. Kane and tho
other the wife of Mr.. Jencken, of Lon
don. They were sojourning in New
York and number of the Spiritualists
were invited to meet them. Here we
me: the two women who, as little
Methodist girls generation ago, were
the innocent mediums through whom
bryan the most wonderful movement
of this or any other age. From tho
Rochester knockings" to date but it,
tie over generation has passed, yet
the movement has encircled the world
and those who are engaged in further
ing it and who believe in it are num-
('ered by millions. We found it diff.
cult to realize that these were the very
two personages chosen to inaugurate
this mighty modern movement, this
new American outbreak of the spirit.
world. Delusion or no delusiou, good
or evil, the fact remained that before
us sat the two women through whom
began the greatest revolution of the
age, and they have lived to see it es-
tablisl,ed as a movement and 4 power
among every people on the globe. No
remarkable ''manifestation" occurred
Il: this reception beyond the wonderful
''raps" which seem always to accompa-
ny them, ard which are different from
any We ever heard. Usually the rap is
like the dropping Ut -~.st~rz On - tal,|e,
but these raps were loud aud have the
sound Of kn"cSle raps. They come on
the table, the walls, the doors. or any.
where in the room when tie FOX
Girls" are present. We were at once
struck with the resemblance of Mrs.
Kane to 4 noted W"rthington medium
who last spring went lover to the vast
majority" ascended to join those whose
work she had willingly done on earth.
But this initial letter is growing too
long for ynur ''valuable and wide
spread paper" III future letters We
hope t" tell your readers more about
New York and its people. NJ.
The new penal code enacted by the
legislature last winter, went into effect
the 1st inst. 1t is much more stringent
in its provisions than the laws it super
ceded.
The increase in the valuation of No.
bles county the past year is $245, 5,O27.
A considerable portion of this increase
is due to the large amount Of railroad
land sold. and thereby subject to as
sessment and taxation.
A number of our exchanges have
Published the statement that "Wor-
thi"gton has four Chinese laundry
men," This is not 80. Worthington
has plenty Of good laundry women,
and has no use for the pesky heather
Chinese.
The Minneapolis Tribune for New
Years day contained thirty two pages.
1t might have been condensed into
twensy.four pages but for its insane
desire to outdO its rivals. It would
have been an exhibition ofereater abil-
ity, however, to have condensed, but
then it is a good thing tor the printers
to have so much composition In rival
newspapers.
Bro. Miller of the Luverne Herald
accused Bro. Day Of the Fairmont Sen.
tinel of mot knowing what he was
talking about" in regard to the state
text book law. This is very common
assertion of the Herald about its con-
temporaries, aud it turned ont in this
case as it frequently has in tho past: 1t
was Bro. Miller that didn't know
what he was talking about. Those
who live In glass houses should not
throw stones.
Those who are 90 strenuously idvo-
eating the suspension Of silver coinage
overlook one thing, and that is that
the great mass <ef the people OF the
west, the merchants, the mechanics,
farmers and the laboring people cannot
be scared into favoring such suspen.
sion 30 long q. they have to run all
over town to get change for . avo-dol-
lar bin, ~ is the case in most western
towns. II those interested In such
suspension would put enough OF tho
vast amount of silver boarded IN the