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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24

Our Indian summer, with IFS soft
balmy air, is making us all glad, and
VIC are hoping it may be a long cons
tinued one.
Everything is progressing very
quietly and then is not much news
of any particular importance.
The butchering season has com.
menced and some very good sized
porkers have been laid down in the
meat barrels. Mr.. Jas. Gleason kills
ed one hog that weighed 40 pounds,
and Mr.. Yeager had two nearly if
not quite as heavy.
The Methodist Society will give
oyster suppers on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings, for the bene-
fit of their church.
Senator and Mrs. H. G. Davis were
in town Tuesday. Mrs. w. r. Da-
Wis spent Wednesday at Wing and
Wing.
Mrs, Rachel Thrasher, wife of Mr..
Jacob Thrasher, one of our oldest cit
liens, died last night, (Tuesday.)
She has been in failing health all
summer and fall, but only confined
to her bed for about a week. She
was thoroughly good woman, and
very much respected by all who
knew her, and her aged husband has
the sympathy of our whole commu-
nifty.
Registered at Wing and Wing:
Williamsport, Pa.-E. A. Russell.
Baltimore, Md. r. Foreman,
j. A. Wheeler. w. H. Cooley.
U. S. Geological Survey,~W. It.
Griswold, l.. G. Fletcher.
Grantsville, Md.-Gilead Broad
water.
DAVIS MiIls,-Thos. Skipper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
The Illiterate Voter.

Rey. DR.. Atticus G. HaygOod.
Presidential Emory College, Georgia,
and General Agent of the Slater fund,
in recent address, has the following
on this subject:
"The votes of ignorance are not in
any country-in Massachusetts, or S.
Carolina, in New York or Georgia
determined by intelligent discrimina-
ton between men and measures. The
best thing that ignorant voters can do
is to vote on the judgment of the
Wisest men. But this is the thing
they are least of all likely to do. AS
rule, the illiterate voter is not under
the guidance of the wisest and best
citizens, but of the cunningeSt and
most inscriptions citizens. 1t is not
your best men who have most power
over the illiteraJe voter; generally it
Is your worst men. The least dan
gerous element in the votes of the il
literate is not that their ignorance
disqualifies them for rational iudg.
ment, but that it exactly qualines
them to be the tools of bad men,"
at is neither exaggeration nor fam
cy. More than one-half the vote of
the South represents lust this: The
wishes of the wire-pullers and Office
seekers. What determines this huge
llllterate vote? 1. In small part the
ADVICE of intelligent men. 2. In great
part, the Management ofshrewd men.
B. In large part, 6ri6eS in one form, or
another, 4. In considerable part. pre-
JUDGE inevitable to ignorance
"Where the majority, or even a
great part of the voters are illiterate.
cheating at elections is as easy as il is
certain. The wrong done to the illit-
crate in such cheating is less than the
injury done to those who do the cheat.
ing. In the one case. vote cast hv
a man who did not know its value ia
not counted or is discounted in the
other, a man who does know its val
ue is debauched by corrupt politics. -
"Denouncing corruption in cleo.
tions will not give us honest elections:
honest elections must at least be made
possible by qualifying the electors to
vote nationally"
"There is no remedy for the evils
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
fFrom our Regular Correspondence

GFrom our Regular Correspondence
New YORK, November 10, 1888.
The Republicans of this city are not
letting the grass grow under their
footsteps. The work of recognizing
has already begun. At present scarce
ly anything but the prellminaries
have been attended to, but in a few
weeks plans will be prepared and
submitted and then the party will
present a solid front tor 1884. AS
understand it, the organization will
be shaped much after that of Tam
many Hall, which after all is the only
we'll organized political body in the
city.
Governor Butler who has been in
the city for several days, still tells his
tale of woe and disappointment to
every willing ear, and insists that he
was defrauded out of reelection by
Republican money. Strange to say
he has developed an enormous
amount of Righteousness, and even in
the most ordinary conversation uses
scriptural illusions and quotations
galore. Naturally, this has caused
much amusementat the Fifth Avenue
Hotel where he generally stops when
he comes to the city. Said South
ern Congressman "Butler has been
so many things in the course of his
life, and adapts himself so we'll to
circumstances, that it would not sur
prise me in the least to see him turn
clergyman. But then after all his
case may be simply additional proof
of the truth of the old ada9e, 1.-THE
devil got sick, the devil a monk
would be; the devil got well, and
devil a monk was he."
1t is singular how unanimous Re
pubIicans from every State and Sec
ton of the country in their belief
that Arthur will be the nominee oil
the Republican party for the Presi-
dency next year, and Democrats adj
NIT that should he be chosen the
chances against electing their own
man will be materially strengthened.
Mr.. Arthur's administration is char
acterized by an harmoniousnessr really
remarkable, when one thinks of the
interminable quarrels and difficulties
which beset the careers of other Pres
idents. It is objected that he is not a
brilliant man, and that he has not and
cannot exert any influence on the
shaping of our national history. That
is just the reason why he is eminent
ly fitted for the Presidency for our
government is so constituted that an
actively brilliant man would be de-
cidedly out of place.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24

Canaan last week to kill deer, bear
and such other ''small game" as may
come near them.
Mr.. David Albright, of the firm of
A. S. Albright & Bro, merchants of
near GAINESVILLE, had the misfortune
last week to get one of his fingers shot
off, and narrowly escaped receiving a
fatal wound. He was sitting on a
fence and had his gun standing on
the ground with his fingers over the
muzzle. when his foot slipped. strik-
ing the hammer and discharging the
gun, the ball severing one of his
fingers and passing near his head.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
Salt on Wheat.

While on some soils salt produces
no apparent results, on others it is Of
marked benefit. Its utility can only
be learned by experiment. 1t often
has an indirect action, in enabling
the plant to take up silica and
strengthen the straw. Its effect in
preventing the growth of those min
ute fungi which cause rust and smut
is sometimes beneficial. After cold
weather has put stop to the growth
of the plants, salt sown at the rate of
Ave or six bushels to the acre often
increases the health of the plant and
improves the appearance of the grain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24

The Vicksburg Herald thinks the
time has come when the South should
have something more to do in Dem
ocratic politics besides going into the
national convention and nominating
Northern men for Offices. Referring
to the recently expressed opinion that
the Southern States should take a
back seat next year. the Herald adj
vises the entire SOuth to- send no dele
gates to the national convention of
1884 but to send instead three or four
cool, clear-headed men to watch the
drift of things and ascertain their
views as to the proper course TO pur-
sue afterward.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
FOR SALE F!

Fifty acres of land, with cottages, barn ~
feet long, dairy and spring of the finest waIer'
carriage house, &c.
MRS. f. A. KILBOURN,
l0Nu Oakland, Garrett county, Mo-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby warned not to tres
pass ON the lands of John g. Brant, A. Y.
Browning. J. y. Browning, or John Ritchie, IN
Deep Creek Glades, by hunting, fishing or
picking berries without permission, as am
to enforce the law.
j. u. BROWNING,
lOT3t Agent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
Pleasant Hill, w. Va.

Rev. Mr.. Hayden and wife, of Mill
Run, were visiting at Evansville last
week.
Mr.. George M. Cramer, who has
been in Somerset county, Pa, for
some time is visiting the parental
home.
Miss r. M. Cramer has returned
from Terra Alta, where she has been
stopping for month or two.
An unknown thief entered Mr..
Henry Albright's milkhouse few
nights since and carried off jar of
butter.
A party of hunters consisting of
Mr.. Motley Browning, of GAINESVILLE,
and Messrs, E. D, Benson. Thomas
A. Casteel and Jno. @. Mayer, Of
Terra Alta, went up into the wilds of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24

has recently been expressed by the
Field, first class agricultural week.
Iy published in London. That Jour
nal editorially asserts that the divi-
sion of statistics of the Department of
Agriculture supplies "fully ten times
as much information" In regard to
our various agricultural crops as is
furnished to the British public in the
reports published by the government
and in the harvest statistics collected
by the agricultural papers when
both are dubbed together"
JUNIUs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24

OF this state of things, whether by re-
pressson within the States where the
trouble is, whether from force of any
sort without these States, that leaves
out the school-house and the school
master. Ethical education is soreIy
needed; but ethical education will
make slow progress without the edu-
cation of good schools. There
must be more teaching and better
teaching"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24

Travellers in Africa assert that the
most certain cure for malarial fever is
strong coffee, and that sufferers from
the present malarial here would ex-
perience immediate relief from its
use. 1t is known to be a wonderful
disinfectant, and it is urged that al.
though it possesses the exhilarating
property of other stimulants, no cor
responding nervous prostration fol-
lows its use,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
Baltimore Live Stock Market.

FROM Baltimore American.
MONDAY, November 10, 1888.
THE quotations given are those of
the retail market, except where other
wise stated.
PRICES OF BEEF CATTLE AT THE
MARKET TODAY.
Very best on sale to-day 5s(06
cts; that generally rated first quality,
44(05f cents; medium or good fair
quality. 3(@43 cents ordinary thin
steers, oxen and cows. 21(023 cents
extreme range of prices, 2f(06 cents.
Most of the sales were from 3f(05f.
REMARKS ON BEEF CATTLE.
The arrivals of Cattle during the
week amounted to 3 1853 head, against
1868 last week and 2,576 head the cor
responding week of last year, and the
sales were l 1884 head, against z, 248 last
week, and 1889 head the correspond
ing week of last year.
The market on the Hill to-day was
slightly active at the opening for the
better grades OF Cattle. but after that
it soon became very dull-one of the
dullest markets for several weeks.
Prices at wholesale were a shade bet
ter than they were last Monday. and
at retail to. day the tops and good
butcher Cattle were without any
change, while common were B(0tc.
lower than on last Monday. The
offerings consisted more largely Of
common Cattle than last week. Prices
2f(06c., with very few at the latter
price, and most sales ait 34(053.
THE SWINE MARKET.
The number of the offerings varies
but little from last Monday and the
quality shows very slight difference
lone or two firms reporting some
little Improvement in their offerings
over last Monday, and the balance say
there is no difference in theirs. Prices
are somewhat firmer than they were
last week, very fair portion Of the
sales to-day being recorded at and
near our highest figures. We quote
common Hogs at 5506c.. and the
better grades 64G063c. Same time last
year prices ranged from 81 to Zoe. net.
THE SHEEP MARKET.
Trade for Sheep has been generally
dull day. There is very little or
no outside demand, and butchers are
not buying freely. Good Sheep and
Lambs are in best demand. There is
some slight Improvement in the quail.
ity of the offerings over last Mon
days receipts. We quote common to
fair butcher Sheep at 3(04c.; fair to
good 4044, and good to extra 1905,
few selling at the latter figure. Lambs
4(05ac.; stock ewes S2.75 to $3.50 per
head, and wethers 4 to Ale. per Id.
These figures show little variation of
moment from those ruling last year
at the same time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
Merchant Tailor !
s. H. PRITCHARD

Having bought out the "Hinkley Tailoring
Establishment," and having secured the SER
vices of Mr J. A. B. Kennedy, is prepared to-
do TailoIlng and everything in that line at
LOWEST PRICES and ON short notice. L
have on band q nice ASSORTMENT OF
OF SAMPLES from winch to select. And
where paTties prefer avfng secured the Agen-
cy of the Celebrated WANNAMAKER Cloth
ing) can furnish READY MADE SUITS, on
three days notice-measdTe taken by Mr..
Kennedy Prices the Lowest possible for
good work. FIT GUARANTEED. Tailor
Shop opposite Photograph Gallery,
8lSS3-ly. Corner Oak and Sd SITS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
The Spiritual Effects of drunkenness

An editorial in "Topics of the
Time" of the December Century says:
"Ehis loss Of self-respect, the wering
Of ambition, and the fading out Of
hope are signs OF the progress of this
disease in the character. 1t is a
mournful spectacle-that Of the brave,
ingenious, high-spirited man sinking
steadily down into the degradation of
inebriety; but how many such specta-
cles are visible all over the land! And
it is not in The character of those
alone who are notorious dTunkards
that such tendencies appear. They
are often distinctly seen in the lives
Of men who are never drunk. Sir
Henry Thompson's testimony is en-
phatic to the effect that the habitual
use of fermented liquors, to an extent
far short OF what is necessary to pro-
duce intoXication, Injuries the body
and diminishes the mental power
If, as he testifies, a large pro-
portion Of the most painful
and dangerous maladies Of the
body are due to the use of ferment-
ed liquors, taken in the quantity which
is conventionally deemed moderate,
then 1t is certain that such use of
them must result also in serious in
jurieS to the mental and moral nature.
Who does not know reputable gentle
men, physicians, artists, clergymen
even, who were never drunk in their
lives, and who never will be, but wto
reveal, in conversation and in conduct,
certain melancholy effects Of the
drinking habit? The brain is so
often inilamed with alcohol that it's
functions are imperfectly performed;
and there is perceptihIe loss of ment-
al power and of moral toLe The
drinker is not conscious of this loss;
but those who know him best are
painfully aware that his perceptions
are less keen, his judgments less sound,
his temper less serene, his spiritual
every day little too long at the wine.
Even those who refuse to entertain
ascetic theories respecting these Dev-
erages may be able 10 see
that there are uses of them
that stop short Of drunken
ness, and that they are still extremely
hurtful to the mind and the heart as
well us the body. That conventional
idea of moderation, to which Sir lien
~ Thompson refers. is quite elastic;
the term is stretched to cover habits
that are steadily deSpoiling the life of
it's rarest fruits. The drinking habit
is often defended by reputable gentle
men to whom the very thought of a
debauch would be shocking, but to
whom, if it were only lawful, in the
tender and just solitude OF friendship,
such words Of these might be spoken:
sit IS true that you are not drunkards
and may never be, but if you could
know-what is too evident to those
who love you best-how your charac-
ter is slowly losing the firmneSs of its
texture and the finenes5 of its outline;
how your art deteriorates in the deli
cacy of its touch: how the atmosphere
of your life seems to grow murky and
the sky lowers gloomily above you,
you would not think your daily indul-
gence harmless in its measure. 1t is
in just such lives as yours that drink
exhibits some of the most mour full
traDadieS -
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
The STATESMAN, having presented

The STATESMAN, having presented
new feature as an additional cause
OF this fence cutting lawlesSness, the
Fort Worth Gazette takes up the sub
ject and says:
There are causes and causes for fence cut
ting, but whatever the cause, it is crime per
Sc, and should have been denounced as such by
every person in Texas in the beginning. The
encouragement given to this crime by news
papers has been largely instrumental in ex-
tending the operations OF the clipper from the
west to the east. Crime is crime and there
can be no condonenlentO of it without hurt to law
and order. While the nippers confined their
operations to the "big pastures newspapers.
Which knew next to nothing of the underlying
causes of this outbreak of lawlessness, pro
claimed it a war between agricultural and live
stock raising, and in their eagerness to serve
the farmer and vent their ignorant spleen at
the "cattle king, they Justified crime and en-
collraged criminals. Thus abetted, the
evil spread, and the fences of
farmers in Hunt. Delta, Fannin
and other purely. agricultural counties went
cattlemen in the extreme West. The fence
around the graves in Montague was shown no
more mercy than that of the widow in Cole
man; fence around the farmers fifty acres
was as obnoxious rs that which enclosed the
thousands of the cattlemen. Prejudice against
| cattlemen, combined with demagoguery did its
work and continues to do il. With each new
outbreak we are treated TO new dissertations
on the CAUSES OF fence-cuttng, and we were
gr:avely told by one philosopher that when it
rained the criminals would cease their nefa-
rious work. The wanton destruction of farm
| ers' fences in purely agricultural sections has
probably disSpated the absurd notion
/ that this thing was a war between
| farmers and stOckmen from the minds of all
but the most benighted, but the papers which
encouraged crime because the sufferers were
| cattlemen. can now amuSe their idle moments
| by telling their readers why farmers fences
are cut, why fences around graves are cut, etc.
Fence-enttIng Is a crime, aud exemplifies itself
| in most outrageous instances of il, and it
| shOuld be treated as a crime. Nor should the
| provocatiOns TO it escape the attention of the
| law-making power. Two wrongs never yet
made right-and the Justification of a crime
BECAUSE of a wrong has strengthened that
crime until it has become outrageous in its
| wantOnness, The blind prejudice against
''cst,le kings" of the west did much to sharp
I en- the ninpers for the destruction of farm
/ fences in the east.
The Gazette has certainly mistaken
the position of the STATESMAN if any
o the references made to newspapers
lis attended to apply to this paper.
II has often expressed itself in
regard to the fence cutters just as the
Gazette regards them; it has said
room should be prepared in the peni-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
How to Fall Asleep.

From Chambers journal.
had often noticed that when Ell
gagged in deep thought, particularly
at night, there seemed to be some
thing like compression of the eye
lids, the upper ones especially, and
the eyes themselves were apparently
turned upward, as if looking in that
direction. This Invariably occurred;
and the moment that, by an effort, /
arrested the course Of thought, and
freed the mind from the subject with
which it was engaged, the eyes re-
sumed their normal position and the
compression OF the eyelids ceased
Now it occurred to me one night that
| would not allow the eyes to turn
upward, but keep them determinedly
in the opposite position, as if looking
down; and, having done SO for a short
time, found that the mind did not
revert to the thoughts with which it
had been occupied, and | soon fell
asleep. | tried the plan again with
the same result; and, after an expert
ence of two years, l can truly say that,
unless when something specially an
noying or worrying occurred, | have
always been able to to go to sleep very
shortly after retiring to rest. There
may occasionally be some difficulty in
keeping the eyes in position 1 have
described, but determined effort TO
do so if all that is required, and l am
certain that if kept in the down
looking position it will be found
that composure and sleep will be the
result.
1t may be said that as the contin-
ued effort to keep the eye balls in a
certain position so diYerts the atten-
ton as to divert the mind from the
disagreeable subject with which it
had been engaged, sleep win follow dis
natural consequence. 1t is not i'm
probable that this is to some extent
correct; and if so, it is we'll that by
means so simple and so easily adopt
ed, such desirable result can be Sc
cured. But / think this is not the
only nor the principle reason. The
position in whice the eyes should be
kept is the natural one; they are at
ease in it; and when there is no COM
preston of the lids or knitting of the
brows, the muscles connected with
and surrounding the eyes are relax ed.
This condition is much more favora-
bic for sleep than for mental activity
or deep thought.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
TIL Death Do Us Part.


If there ever were a cause which
needed no advocacy it is that Of free
divorce. Divorce is certainly free
enough in this country, and men aid
women who have pledged themselves
to each other for better or for worse
until death shall part them, are ready
enough to separate. on slight provoca-
tion, the lives which have never been
truly intertWined. In an ideal mar
riage the two lives and natures flow
together like the waters of two con-
current rivers in an undistiDguishable
stream. The records of our divorce
courts show that ideal marriages are
not increasing in number, and that
partnerships formed on commercial
principles, without the fear of God
and for pleasure, and therefore dis
solved without the fear of God and at
pleasure, are taking their place. But
passion and seif-iDdulgence have never
lacked for respectable advocates, and,
sincs slavery found defenders in
Northern pulpits, it ought not, per-
haps, to surprise us that an ex-minis-
ter has been found to advocate the re-
turn of that barbarous conception OF
marriage which was one of he chief
ca1ses of the disintegration of Roman
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

IT is reported from Rome that Pop
Leo XIII. i ,eo1ng to send a Nuncio
to represent me Papacy at Washing
ton, duly accredited to our govern
ment. The Papal Nuncio could not
be recognized by the president with
out congressional action. He would
represent 10 secular power, for the
pope has been deprived Of the states
Of the church, and has no civil func-
tioEs. He is simply an ecclesiastic of
distinguished position. with certain
rights guaranteed by the Italian gov
eminent, such as personal inviolabil-
ity and the free exercise of his spir,
itual function. It is reasonable to
presume the report is not well
founded,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06

A lady whose beautiful plants are
the delight of her life and the envy of
all her acquaintances reveals the fol-
lowing secret OF success: The SOL is
about two thirds good garden soil, and
the rest is sand. It is Kept light and
loose about the roots; they are wa
tered as they appear TO need it, and
not according to any particular rule;
but the chief reason of their growth
and bloom is this: "When any of the
leaves wither and fall, instead of pick
ing them up and throwing them
away, l make little rolls of them, and
tuck them down in the earth and let
them decay; and this is the only fer
tllizer l have ever used. This" she
added modestly, seems to be natures
way. Aud the plants that have the
afternoon sun, only, grow and rival
those that have the morning sum-