Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-18
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HOW TWAS DONE
An Admirable Little Work Which,
Demonstrates Very much Inter.
estfng Information just now
Greatly Sought After.

Mai. Panpborn, the well known COM
,lerot the B. and o. Red Book, which
has become The standard political text
book of The country, is now engaged
with a large force of assistants In pre-.
pairing a special edition OF the hed
Book, which promises to be quite d
unique thing in political Literature.
1t is 70 be issued under the taking title
of Elbow 'Twa- Done? The Political
Revolution of 1882"
Within the most artlstlcallv engraved
covers by the American Bank Note Com
pa..y WI be embraced the official re-
suits OF the election just held, and ar
ranged So perfectly and ln%telligensly
That The yeri. st amateur in such statis-
tics cannot lail tn comprehend them.
The figures will be given on state ticket
and congressional ticket In separate
tables. the : former by counties and the
latter by counties and districts. In both
tables comparisons will be made with
the vote ut the last preceding election in
each state, the returns OF which
will be given IN iull in order that The
understanding of the situation may be
complete. LII states where the congress
slonal districts have been changed since
1880, the districts Will be shown as now
co. .stituted, t US demonstrating what
the result would have cen two years
ago hah the same counties composed the
districts then as now. Independent,
Or hibition and grcenback figures will
be given in addition to the regular re.
publican and democrat and in each
county the vote of each party will be
shown with majorities. gains and losses,
both years, together with total vote OF
county congressional district aud state.
Statistical tables will also be included
in the book. showing upon similar full
and comprehensive sea e the vote Tor
president in 1876 and 1880.
In no publication of like character
are such clear and exhaustive tabular
statements attempted as in tue B. & 0,
Red Book, and the forthcoming special
euitlon will eclipse any previous euition
in extent and Interesting character Of
Information furnished. Included with
in the remarks accompanying tbs re-
turns will be the details of the changes
in congressional districts, the congress
m%en-elect, and the unsuccessful candi.
dates in each state, as we'll as the mem.
bers of the next congress complete, and
the changes in that body as compared
to the last congress. Much other data
will be given, and in the way of a thor
ough understanding OF exactly ''How
Twas Done" it would be difficult to i'm
agine a more interesting and reliable
source of explanation than will be
this new edition of the B. s. o. Rec
Book. Like its predecessor, 1t will be
sent without any cost whatever TO III
who make application for it TO Q. K
Lord, General Passenger Agent b. i
o. B. B.. Baltimore, Md.
. The Red Book as a matter of course
is an advertisement OF the Baltimore ant
Ohio Railroad. but it combines so muct
OF general int, est to t.e public wit.
comparatively so little about the roat
that it is far more valuable than nine
teuths the publications OF the charac Ell
placed on sal
TIE b & .. Red Book is by heavy
odds the handsomest political wor!
from a typographical stand u.oint issues
in the UNI ed S ates, being Away
printed with equisite tas e on line papeI
aud bound IN the test IL nner. 1t Ger
taiuly is worth The little trouble occa
stoned in W, iting tor II, and it is haz
ardiDg nothing to predict that the new
special edition devoted to the election
which has just taken place will be pre-
emilensly The tex book OF 1882.
As there will DOUBTLESS he an .mmen-t
demand for the book, it would be wei
fer al, desIris g a copy t. write at once
to Mr.. Lord, a the edition will be sen
out tn n 20 making ami cati IN on thu
principal OF first come first served. En
We ope. will be sdire -sed as applica'
tions come in so t at there may be nj
delay in nailing when the work Is re-
ceived from The binder.