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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11
A Wonderful Sermon.

WE quote from Richard Henry Dana s
paper, in Scrib'eer, on the late President
Leonard Woods, of Bowdoin's College:
"Some thirty years ago, it had been an
nounced that President Woods was to
preach in what is now the Parish Church
of the Advent, in Bowdoin street, but
was then in the possession of a Congre-
gational society, under the pastorate of
the Rev. DR.. Winslow. The house was
we'll filled. President Woods spoke ap-
parently without even notes. He spoke
for nearly an hour and half, of warm
summer afternoon, to congregation
which had been used to set their mental
thermometers to twenty or thirty min
utes. Yet it was a case of " C071ttcatere
ona11eS i,ate'atiqate ora te1ae mt, " from first
to last. There was not only attention,
but an excited, glowing attention. His
subject was The DELAYED Justice Of
God, the text being. Because sentence
against an evil work is not executed
speedily, therefore, etc. For his space
of time, and his purpose, he was the
master of every one in the house, and
Dr. Winslow, in his concluding prayer,
was so carried away that he entered
unconsciously upon a eulogy on the
preacher, thanking the Almighty
for the great privilege we had
enjoyed that day. At this time,
it was rarely, if ever, that preach
er of the orthodox sects took exam
Piles or illustrations from elsewhere
than the Scriptures; but in this dis
course, it seemed that, as was said of
Burke, there had gone out decree that
all the world should be taxed. He drew
his illustrations from all history, from
all the known experience of mankind.
As / have said, it is more than twenty
five years since 1 heard that sermon;
but l can repeat, think Uerbatina, many
of its finest passages, and retain a clear
memory of its thought and order. After
some years, happening to speak with a
scholarly and thoughtful man on the
subject of sermons, he said that the best
he had ever heard was one by Presi-
dent Woods, in the old Westinghouse
in Bowdoin street, on THE Delayed
Justice of God and he proceeded to
describe it. Again, at New York, at a
gathering of men of letters, the subject
of best sermons was started, and one of
the number, man of high repute as a
writer, said that, CHANGING to be in Bos-
ton of a Sunday, some years before, he
went to hear President Woods, at Bow
doin street, and there heard discourse,
on The Delayed Justice of Cod which
had ever remained in his mind the IDEAL
sermon. Thus, the only three persons
l know to have heard it give it the first
place; and l doubt if any intelligent
nearer on that day will fail, even now,
to acquiesce in this judgment"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11
A True Man.

THE character of the future man is
not unfrequently seen in the boy. This
unconscious prophecy is noted by
Milton, who says:
1.-THE childhood shows the man.
As morning shows the day.
Wordsworth also expresses the fact
in the often-qnoted line, "The child is
father of the man." The late Rev.
DR.. Muhlenberg expressed when lad
the moral courage and ability to stand
alone which characterized him as q
man.
He entered the university of Pennsyl-
vania while majority of the students
were turbulent fellows. One of their
amusements was to torment the vener-
able Provost, DR.. Andrews, in the reci-
tation-room.
Young Muhlenberg was shy and
diffident, but he did not hesitate to tell
his classmates to their faces that their
conduct was shameful. With three of
the better disposed students he took
sides boldly with the aged professor.
Being in such small minority itself
a trial of courage-they were assailed
by the unruly majority with taunts and
threats "Curries" was one of the in
sulting shouts that greeted them, the
sarcasm lying in the false charge that
they were trying to curry favor with
the faculty.
For several months the UNEQUAL con-
test ran on; the rude students continu-
ally planning tricks against DIR. An
drews, which the four allies defeated
They manfully stood by their princi-
pies. At last the matter was ended by
the sudden death of the Provost. He
heard a recitation at nine o'clock, and
at quarter past ten he was a corpse.
The unruly students were awed by the
appalling termination, while Mullen
berg and his friends had the satisfaction
of knowing that they had taken many
a stone out of the downhill path OF the
old man.
This minister in old age was pastor
of ST. Luke's Hospital, where not only
the bodies but the souls of the sick are
ministered to. He resided in the house,
and welcomed the lowliest offices of
love as opportunities of ministering to
the Lord S sick.
One day, a poor purblind man, just
discharged from another hospital,
sought the pastor. Aftergiving the old
man a dinner in his own study, the
clergyman was met by the maid-serv-
ant, carrying back the empty plates to
the dining-room.
go doctor, DOCTOR" she exclaimed,
"why did you not call me to get these?''
"No, no." was the reply, 81 am a
servant in The Lords Hotel"
The devoted mans mere presence
was benediction. There will never
be such another Christian within these
walls" sobbed poor woman, as she
took grateful leave on her recovery.
His example has proved precious
treasure to the church; his life inspired
others to goodness, and it has beer
beautifully portrayed by the pulpit and
the press since his death.
1t was DR.. Muhlenberg who wrote the
hymn, 81 Would Not Live Away"
who, who would live Away, away from hi
| God,
Away from yon Heaven, that blissful abode?'
= Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11

A Too-zEALoUs detective officer in
Paris has been made to suffer severely
for his mania for arresting innocent cit
liens. This official, who is endowed
with herculean strength, is in the habit
of drinking too freely, and when intoxi-
Gated insists on arresting any Individual
who may happen to come in his way.
About O'Clock one morning he met with
an arttlleryman in search Of lodging,
to whom he Dragged of his infaIlible
manner of arresting malefactors. In
order to make good his boasts, and
espying party Of eight people peace
fully chatting at the corner of street,
the detective went up and ordered them
to follow him to the police station. In
stead of obeying this insolent command,
however, five of the men attacked the
detective, overpowered him, notwith-
standing a revolver of which he made
use, administered a severe castiCation,
and left him more dead than alive in the
gutter. The over-zealous detective was
picked up by some policemen and car
ried to the hospital.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11
Religious.
A LITTLE FURTHER ON.

"a LITTLE further on, we say
"a little further on
When hope deferred makes long delay,
And few delights are won;
To patient waiting still resigned,
We fortify the heart and mind,
Assured the treasure we Will ma
A little further on.
To-day we suffer grief and pain,
And thorns our path annoy;
The biting winds and beating rain
Our tender buds destroy;
And yet q little further on
The storms tempestuouS are gone,
And TRANQUILITY we come upon
A miracle of joy.
Though dull and dark these days may be,
And full of sore distress,
Though nought around us we may see
To comfort or to bless,
A little further on our eyes
Are greeted with unclOuded skies,
And from Loves ark an angel lilies
TO cheer our loneliness.
Though suddenly, and all too soon,
Days golden beams are shorn,
And at the royal hour of noon
To nights embrace are borne,
Though deepest darkness may prevail,
Though deepest terrors may assall,
A little further on we hail
The splendor of the morn.
"a little further on" we say,
When health and strength are gone,
And those we loved have passed away,
And we are left alone;
Still to our Fathers will resigned,
We wait with patient heart and mlno;
Assured that peace and rest wen nnd
little further on!
Josephine Pollard, IN s. s. Times.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

QUEEN VICTORIA has placed apart
ments in Hampton Court Palace at the
disposal of Lady Mountmorris, widow
of the nobleman recently murdered in
County Galway, Ireland.
AMONG the Socialists expelled from
Germany are Herr Hartman, member
of the Reichstag from Hamburg, Herr
Auer, Saxon Deputy, and the whole
editorial staff of the Socialist paper, the
Ge7SchtS- Zeitupag. a
A CABINET Minister is always in at
tendance upon the Queen when she is
out of England. Members of the Cab
met take the duty by turns. The Minis
ter in attendance is required to be al
most all the time within call, as the
Queen may need his counsel at any mo-
ment. When he does not dine with
her he may dine alone or with the Lord
In Waiting.
PARIsIANs delight in monstrosities of
various kinds, and have been crowding
round one of Chevel's windows in the
Palais Royal to see an enormous mush-
room, which grew in wood at Yer
sailles, and was brought to Paris with
the utmost care as positive phenome-
non. 1t is more than yard in circum-
ference, and the weight is something
over "a pounds.
In Dusseldorf, a town of nearly ninety
thousand inhabitants, is handsome
theater, open from September to April
with an excellent company and good
music. The admission fees are about
62 cents for stalls, 25 cents for the pit,
and - cents for the gallery for the dra-
matte entertainments, and u cents
more for opera nights. On Saturday
the admission is half price. The plays
are of high order.
THE first annual Frauen-tag,n or
Women's Congress, in Berlin, appears
to have passed off with great success.
The ladies were well supported at the
first public appearance by galaxy of
eminent males, including among others
Privy Councillor Schneider, Prof, Gniest,
Legationsrath Won Bunsen, and others.
Delegations from the various branches
of the German Frauen-b ildungs.verei
presented their reports from their va
rious centers of action.
A LONDON paper, in giving an ac-
count of the new dress invented for
game-keepers, rural constabulary, etc.,
says that it will shortly be exhibited and
test ed at the Horse Guards barracks by
Capt. Lord Arthur Somerset, and,
should it stand Gas expected), a rifle
shot, the Irish landlords will naturally
take great interest in the experiment.
The signaling apparatus by which the
keepers will be able to beat off and rec
ognize their assailants will also be
shown.
The statue of Jeanne dare, recently
at Compiegne, the town where
she was taken prisoner by the English,
is equestrian, and represents Jeanne
holding a standard in one hand and
pointing to the enemy with the other
The soul tor is M. Leroux. The Gov
eminent cast the work in bronze and
presented it to the town of Compiegne,
which has had it erected in front of the
belfry, almost on the spot where "Je-
hanne" was taken prisoner by the Picar-
dy archer who was in the service of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11
A Prediction That Was Not Fulfilled.

In 1712 Mr.. Winston, an eccentric
Millenarian divine and astronomer, who
served as deputy to Sir Isaac Newton
when Professor of Mathematics at Cam
bridge, predicted that comet would
appear at noon on Wednesday, Oct. IA,
and that the world would be destroyed
by fire on the following Friday. The
comet came, and had an extraor-
binary effect. More than a hundred
clergymen were reported to have wait
ed on the primate on the Wednesday
afternoon to request that proper prayers
might be prepared, while thousands of
men who believed that the end of the
world was coming, married on the
Thursday the women with whom they
had been living. Many people en-
barked on the water, thinking that they
would be safer when the fire came, and
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Chief Director of
the Bank of England, issued instructions
to the fire officers to keep a sharp look
out on the Bank of England, on which
there was prodigious run, presumably
by those who thought that, albeit they
brought nothing into the world, they
might be able to take something out.
The Captain of Dutch ship in the
Thames threw all his powder into the
river. Winston is only remembered
now by his translation of Josephus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11
Sunday-SchOOl Lessons.
FOURTH QUARTER

FOURTH QUARTER.
Dec 5-Last Days of Jacob. Gen. 48: so
Dec. 12-The Last Days of Joseph. Gen. 50:l4-26
Dec. 19-Review of the Lessons.
Dec. 28-Lesson Selected by the School.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-11

THE original Seckel pear-tree is said
to be still standing on the shore of the
Delaware, or, rather, remnant of the
tree, which is now not much more than
mere shell, but still bears a few pears.
1t is supposed to be $50 years old. 1t is
conjectured that the seed from which
the tree sprang was thrown overheard
in core from vessel as it passed down
the Delaware, which, being washed to
the shore, took root and grew.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-11-19

For four years past the Democratic
party officially and unoiiicially have
been trying To convince the people ofthc
United States that President Hayes was
counted in by fraud on the part of Repub-
licans, and yet in spiteo Of all their efforts
about four hundred thousand voters
have changed their support from the
Democratic 10 the Republican party
Tilden's popolar majority over Hayes in
1875 was upwards Of three hundred
thousand and this year Garfield. who
was a member of the fraud O. electoral
commission, has popular majority
of nearly one hundred thousand over
Hancock. What n sad commentary this
is upon the stupidity of the American
peoplel Oh ye fraud howlers, change
yOur tunnel
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According To an address delivered last
night two-thIrds of the negroes who
went TO Kansas few months ago are un-
employed. Did only the lazy negroes
eInigratc, or Is color unpopular IN Kan
sasI The state certainly needs more
farm laborers than she has.-New York
Herald.
In the FIRST place il is not true that two
thirds of the exodusters are unemploycd.
In the second place it is not true that
Kansas needs more farm laborers. The
supply is more than equal To the de
mand. Our farmers and their families
do most of their own work, except in
particularly busy seasons Of few weeks
at a time. And we may as we'll add that
any attempts bring or send here emf
grants Of any color or race who arc not
able TO take care OF themselves, is mis-
take. The people of Kansas, as rule,
are poor and not able TO take care of
helpless people in any number.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-11-19
REPUBLICANISM IN THE
SOIJTH

In the late contest the southern states
were LEFT TO themselves so far as the Re
publican national committee was con-
cerned. Little OF no work was done there
by the committees, yet the southern Re
publicans gave good account of them
selves in some of the states. Wade
Hampton's promise, in the Cincinnati
convention, that Hancock should have
1873 solid votes from the south, as well AS
the course of political events in those
states for four years, undoubtedly had
the effect TO impress the committee that
any effort in those states would be use
less waste of time and money. The re-
suit shows that this was mistake TO
some extent. A little effective work
done in Tennessee might have insured
US United States senator, and con-
gressmen might have been
gained in several districts
which were lost almost by default. The
returns from the south show a whole
some Republican vitality, especially in
Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina
anu AcnnCSStt lncIC aIc gums Oh con-
gressmen In Arkansas and elsewhere--a
decrease of twenty-five thousand Demo
cratic votes in Kentucky, n total of nine
ty-five thousand votes in Tennessee and
seventy-two thousand votes in Virginia.
These results came from home influences
This shows that the Republican party
has wholesome life in the south.
We hope all these indications go To
show better condition of things in the
sOuth--the dawning of an era which
shall he the last of sectionalism and
brutality-the last of the shot gun and
tissue ballot reign. We believe the
election of Garfield is the best thing
that could have happened for the south
and If the result is accepted IN the
proper spirit and the people of that sec
ton OF tho country are willing
TO JOIN with the north in theil
efforts 10 make this
nation with a big N, there will he NJ
more men To menace either section will
the threat OF promise of either . sole
south or solid north. We have M
doubt, from all the indications, that tn,
close of Mr.. Garfeld's term will find
much better condition of things in, tn
south than exists now. The Republican
vote, there, under the circumstances
shows that the ice is broken.
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EpuoATIoNAL BREYITIEs.

Two of the Chinese members of the
Presbyterian church in Oakland, Califor-
mia, are taking a til Biological course IN
Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati.
The college for working-women in
London is thoroughly successful. It
aims to provide for women who are oc-
cupied during the day ahigher education
than Is ordinarily within their reach.
Cookery Is taught therein as well as
the intellectual branches
Illinois has q school population of
1.OlO.S51, an enrolment of 704, 01 and
ii 500 school districts, supporting IL !.
Q5z schools. The state has, moreover,
e61 private schools, instructing 60,440
pupils. There are only 4.045 illiterates In
illinois. During the last school yeel
the public school expenditures of the
state amounted 20 1851 ,941.g9. Ths
average amount paid monthly TO MALI
teachers was $4424; TO female teachers
4S52S.
President Eliot has sent 70 the parents
Of Harvard undergraduates an inquiry
whether their sons have been accust0m
ed 70 attend prayers at home. and re
ouesting opinions on compulsory at
| tendence in the chapel. This Is a posi-
| bic preliminary TO making religious
worship voluntary st Harvard.
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THE LAST FAILURE.

The attempt of the Democratic nation
al committee 10 carry the election by
means of the Morey forged letter, was
about the lowest depth of political vii
lainy There is no doubt but that the
votes of California and Nevada were
effected by this base means. What con-
fidence can the country put in party
that resorts TO such desperate means to
carry elections? Every good citizen re-
joices TO day in the failure of the black
hearted scheme. 1t came to grief by the
voluntary confession of perjury on the
part of the tools being used by the con-
spiraiors, whose testimony conVIcts
the Democratic national com
mittee directly with the scheme
The members of the com
mittee are now trying to hide their heads
from the shame and indignation which
must overiake them when all the facts,
Of their weak and wicked attempt to
blacken Garfield's name come to light.
The Globe Democrat summaries the
confessions of the two hired scoundrels
who were tools in the outrage as fol-
lows:
Morey's confession is that he was a
poverty-stricken. debt-ridden haunter of
pool-rooms in Lawrence, Massachusetts,
where he was found by one of the
Democratic electors and put To use.
His poverty and need were worked on,
and under the induccment of get
ting rid Of his debts he was brought into
the dirty scheme; he was hired by this
Democratic presidential elector TO appear
in court of law and to swear to con-
cocted tissue of perjuries, not for his own
benefit, nor for the good of anybody, but
merely that his suborned and hired
mendacity might blacken the character
of the future president of the United
States II was on evidence Of this dis
reputable bird of prey that the millions
of voters of the United States were 10 be
asked Ia believe that Garfield was 4 liar
and his denial of the Morey letter an
| evasion.
Lindsay. alias Berry, alias O'Brien,
being lower down in the scale of rascal
dom than Morey, needed no other in
ducement than pay TO become profess
sional slanderer and perjured defamer.
| He was by trade a rough, with occasional
| premonitions 10 honest work when he was
sent tn the penitentiary, and all the story
he had TO tell was that he knew the ii. l..
Morey To whom Gariield's alleged let
ter was written. But in order to do
this he had 10 give an account of
himself as connected with honest Ia
Dor, and, like most poor rogues,
lac was So duh and thick-headed that he
broke down in trying to show that he
had ever earned an honest dollar. On
Monday he piteously begged for permits
sion to make n confession. Like Morey,
nc ascribes his seduction to the wiles of
Democratic elector, Mr. Price, of
Maryland, who is also chairman of the
county Democratic committee, and, like
Morey, he received subsidies from the
Democratic national committee and
from the virtuous publishers OF the en-
terprising paper which foisted the
forged letter ON the community.
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VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETIES

Almost every New England village of
much prosperity now has its society for
promoting rural improvement, the work
of which is to induce and direct taste
full architecture and gardening. Bishop
Clark, of Rhode Island, emphasizes
the value of these societies by describing
Fortbridge in 1870 and 1880. This
is Fortbridge as il was: THE houses
bordering the main street are all en-
closed by rail fences, picket fences and
dilapidated stone walls, with creaky turn
stiles and gates half unhinged, and
drunken posts leaning against an old
stump for support; faggots of bark and
wood and brush, fragments Of ancient
carts, and broken plows and disabled
harrows, heaps of morter and stone,
piles of bottles and all conceivable
forms of rubbish dumped into the gutter.
The barns and sheds and dwelling
houses are ali much of the same pattern
and the same color or no color at
all: cold, bare, dreary, with no
piaZzas or porches or window
hoods, or any other attempt at
orn amentation" This is Fortbridge as
it is now: "Most of the old houses re.
appear, but with broad piazzas. tasteful
pOrches, and bay windows peep
ing out from the vines and flowers, with
altered roofs and fancy chimneys, and
rich coloring. The ugly fences arc
gone, flowers bloom in front Of ali the
houses, the weeds and rubbish are seer
there no more. Good clean sidewalk.
have been laid from one end of the VII
lage to the other, and the roadway is 81
fine and smooth that even Mr.. Bonnel
would not hesitate 10 drive the marvel.
Gus Rarus, or any other Of his swift
footed steeds through the town at an,
pace of which they may be capable
| The barren common has been converted
] into park, the duck ponds into roman
tic lakes, with . swan or two sailing
| about
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HERE AND THERE.

The Cincinnati Enquirer also hists its
flag for Tilden in 1884.
Nebraska wants ex-senator Hitchcock
in the cabinet. Nebraska's too little.
1t is rather distressing to learn that
after all his other troubles Barnumrs
mules have got the epizootic,
The New York Herald is making it
lively for John Kelley, and his "supes"
Sick 'cm, Herald; sick 'em, Kelly.
Let them howl. If you were kicked
the way they were you, too, would make
blue sireaks in the atmosphere.-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
The Armour's took Colonel Sellers
advice and bought up all the hogs in the
country, and there was millions in it,
sure enough.
Among the presents received by Ham
cock during the campaign was a bed
quilt. Wen bet the "old woman who
sent ii wishes she had it back.
That picturesque embrace on the stage
OF Music Hall, to which John Kelly wa.
a party, now looks somewhat diIapidas
ed in "the melancholy days of NoYem
ber."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
This is what the unhappy Sunset Coz
says about Barnum: ave lost Connect
icut through his folly, and in New Jer
sey we barely managed to sneak through