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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
Judge Hoffman's Lecture on Lincoln

Judge HOffman's Lecture on Lincoln.
A cultured and representative au-
T / . 4 SiI,. eitI's sees!IA .1eSb as
dience listened to Judge Hoffman's
lecture Oh Abraham Lincoln in the
court room last evening. The Judge
spoke from the clerks desk and was
introduced by Hon. j. H. Gordon,
who referred to the bar association,
its objects and purposes and to the
library for the benefit of which the
lecture was given. The lecture occu-
pied the major portion of two hours
and was listened to with unfagging
attention. The speaker was in toler-
ably good voice, though traces of his
cold were still apparent. He never
spoke, however. with more force or
polish. was thoroughly earnest and
in perfect sympathy with his subject.
The lecture itself showed careful
preparation, and there was no strain
ing after effect. Viewed either as a
storehouse of interesting facts or as a
literary work, it was entirely success
tul and satisfactory and is a work of
which its author may we'll be proud.
In comparatively limited space he
reviewed Lincoln's early life and his
rise to eminence; gave his leading
characteristics and quoted variety
of the spicy anecdotes for which he
was so noted. Much of the matter
derived from personal contact of the
speaker with Mr.. Lincoln, and was
given out for the first time. Especial
stress was laid on the interest Mr..
Lincoln took in the adoption of the
Maryland constitution of 1864, which
abolished slavery. The speaker in
dictated that Mr.. LincoIn's solicitude
! regarding is carrying had much to
do with its success. The word-pic-
lures of the martyr hero were graphi-
cally presented following each other
in skilful order. they presented the
lamented Lincoln in every phase,
The speaker gave his many strong
points and replied to some of his de-
tractors. The lecture closed with a
brilliant perorAtion and the Judge
was heartily appIauded and congrat-
uIated at the Cumberland Ne,os,
Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

According to the last United States
census there are 1853 establishments
in this country devoted to the pro.
prietary medicine business. employ
ing 4,Ol6 operatives, with an agere-
gate investment of capital amounting
to $10.620,000, and the annual prod
uct is valued at S14,6S2, 900. New
York State leads all others with an
invested capital Of S3,512,43O, which
is about one-third of the entire coun-
try'sinvestment. Pennsylvania comes
next and Missouri ranks third in in
vested capital, followed respectively
by Ohio and Massachusetts. In the
amount of annual product New York
again stands first, followed in order
Ivy Massachusetts and Pennsylvania,
the other States standing about even.
A fair calculation is that about TWEEN
ty-hye American proprietary medi.
cines have at present a very large
sale in England.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

The Washington Star says that
zone thing is certain. no matter what
the fall elections may indicate as to
the relative strength and probable
future prospects of the two great po-
litical parties of the country. If the
people of the United States had the
opportunity to vote squarely on the
question, there would be an OYER
whelming majority in favor Of with
drawing the unwieldy paper-weight
silver dollar, so called, and the issu-
ing of clean new small treasury notes,
as formerly. That the business of the
country should not have enough
small currency for its needs, and that
what it has should be inconvenient
to carry or too filthy for use, in order
that few doctrinaries should be able
to experiment with their theories, is
simply intolerable. If public opin-
ion had fair chance at the nuisance,
the whole miserable muddle, with its
originatOrs and perpetrators, would
be buried out of sigth in forty-eight
hours"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
Religions in the United States.

Roman Catholics, 6,S32, 1858; Prot
estants. 10, 1S7,76i. of whom 1886, 553
are Baptists; 3,9i3.S75 Methodists !;
351 500 EpiscopaIians 1877 ,6l9 Con-
gregatjonalists 966, 437 Preshyteri-
ans; 9l,769 Adventists; S65 1887 Luth-
Grams 243,S25 Dutch Reformed 49,.
265 Jews; 275,0OO Pagans HOS
Mormons $4,000 Quakers; 275, 900
UniversaIists $1,000 Un;taran1 So
600 MennoniteS 1923 Muravians {;
1000 New JeruSalemiteS ; 700 Sch
went 'ldians 75O,0OO Splritualists ;
10000 Shakers 100000 Atheists aud
5000, 900 infidels,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
ufacturers are preparing for spring

ufacturers are preparing for spring
stocks.
The boot and shoe manufacturers
are still full of season orders. Massa-
chusetts shipments so far this year
are 2,29O,379 cases, against 1928, 08l
cases same time last year, an increase
of So, 29S cases. At New York and
Philadelphia orders are coming in
freely but in smaller lots, and prices
show no weakness. Manufacturers
have instructed jobbers that prices
are 40 and so percent off on rubber
boots.
Anthracite coal has advanced from
10 to % cents per ton. The full pro-
duction is absorbed. Bituminous is
stiffening in price in lake and river
markets, under a generally healthier
manufacturing condition. Buyers,
large and small are finding it adyis
able to place reasonable orders. but
there is no possibility of any serious
advance.
The volume of surplus reserve in
Boston, New York and Philadelphia
banks has declined $40,000.000 in 81
days, due to the increased demand
for that amount of capital. Labor il
paid 5 to 10 percent better than dur
ing the summer and less complaint j
made in mechanical employing So
ij5,.f IiSsiiTess.A1 >. z, ia
unemployment.
Trade combinations will beattemp
, ted this winter on an extensive scale
, in order to reduce the outpu and en-
ter the spring trade under more
favorable conditions, but while some
, success may be met with the proba
, bilities point to long era Of moder
ate, and in most branches declining
. prices. because of the increased man
, ufacturing capacity going on in al
manufacturing States and to the in
q creased agricultural production.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
Down on the Jericho Road.

Burdetse in Brooklyn Eagle.
So you have got yourself into
trouble, my son? Gone little wrong
have you? Yes, well. that means
you know that you have gone clear
wrong, because there is only one kind
of right and one kind of wrong there
is no mugwumpery in morals, my
boy. And you've had such hard
time getting back that it's made you
little bitter and cynical, and you
think all the world is rather hard and
selfish and pitiless, and especially
severe on you? Well. l wouldn't feel
that way at all if were you. 1 don't
think | ever did feel that way, and /
know more about it than you do.
I've been further down on the Jeri.
chO road than you. Went down there
to let my beard grow. Great town
for toOts, from way back. It's a bad
country. Never heard Of but one
good woman in Jericho, and she
didn't move in good society. But,
my son, 1T ISN'T sOciety's fault that
you got INTO trouble. You knew
what the Jericho road was before
you went down that way. You knew
there was a curse on the town. You
were safe enough in Jerusalem. why
didn't you stav there? Don't feel
- fesemDleu me law oi d HhonsLef croc
bitterly towards all the world be-
cause you fell among thieves and got
cleaned out. Ut is a kind, good ma
tured forgiving old world, if you give
it chance to be fOrgiving. True, it
doesn't always look that way to
man in trouble, because thu n the fell
low is apt to look at the wrong peo-
pie. You found on the Jericho road,
say, six or eight thieves-that is, half
a dozen professionals and the two
amateurs who passed by on the other
side-and only one good Samaritan
and naturally it seems to you that
the leaven of good is utterly lost in
that great mass Of rascality and hy-
pocrisy but, bless you. my son, in
the great, honest living world, in the
f world that is trying to do right and
| trying to lead men to better things
than Jericho excursions, in the only
; world that really loves and cares for
just such young fellows as you, in
. the real world OF men and women
5 who deal with the young man all
, the more gently when his smarting
I wounds are deepest, the one good
3 Samaritan Outweighs regiment OF
t these villains who beat you and rob-
5 bed you and passed you by on the
$ road to Jericho. Never mind tine
$ priest and Levite, my son. They
t were going down to Jericho, too, re.
!. member; that's the kind of priests
A they were. And one closing word
t my son. Unless you are smarter and
!. stronger than the thieves down Jeri.
:. cho way-and | guess maybe you are
= not, very few men are-why, you
h keep Off that road. You stay in
IS Jerusalem, and you'll have more
n money and less headache.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

Some one has made the calculation
that there were over $4,000 marriages
in Pennsylvania during the week b. =
fore the taking effect of the new law,
which requires a license to be obtain
ed by the parties who intend to en-
ter the state of matrimony.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
Our Washington Letter.
7AsHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 81, 1885.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Oct. 81, 1885.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Some doubt has been expressed as
to whether Mr.. Cleveland really de-
sired the success of the Hill Demo-
cratic ticket in New York, but the
matter seems to be settled by the
positive statement that the President
and Secretaries Manning and Whit
ney have each constituted 81 1000 to
the campaign fund in that State,
Certainly this may be regarded as an
endorsements of the ticket. 10 not
recall single instance wherethe Pres
ident of the United States has sub
scribed funds for the campaign in his
state, neither Mr.. Hayes nor Mr..
Arthur did so. They regarded it as
something in the nature of offensive
partiZanship." Bot this is a "refOrm'
administration and consistency is not
altogether one of the jewels display
ed by refOrmers. If a CLERK in the de-
! pal lIllCiilOg vi CiOJo-tOduo POObihnO
ter, or even an Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury who is a Republican,
subscribers dollar ventures to express
in mild terms a hope that his party
may succeed he is at once "tired" for
offensive Dartisanship but the great
aG'l fellow of that conventional Doliti.
IL, I. 1
cal term may write campaign letters
and subscribe large sums for cam
paign purposes with immunity. Such
is civil service "refOrm."
Ben: Perley POore, who remem-
bers more lies about the public men
who have lived and moved in Wash.
ington than any man living, has re-
Gently evolved fabrication about
the poker playing attachments OF
Henry Clay. 1t is very well tC
tickle the public ear with these little
fabulations concerning men about
whom the people of the whole coun
try have always felt an eager inter
, est, but about the inner lives of such
as figured prominently upon the stag
of American politics forty or fifty
years ago, there is amply enough o
truth to be told to make the persona
history of such men entertaining
We all remember the pretty it'll
story told of Mr.. Webster, who, il
impeaching the credibility Off wit
ness, asking the lady on the witneS
stand what there was derogatory l.
. his character AT the same mOmen
Mr.. Webster INDUCED his geDerOu
nose with q huge pinch of snuff, a
. which the lady responded to hi
!, question: "He takes snuffH Thi
y charming lie about "A great man Wa
entirely spoiled by the subsequen
" declaration of the sODS of Mr.. Wet
. ster, that he not only Deyer took
. pinch of snuff in all his life, but tbs
a he abhorred tobacco in all its forms
9 1t is altogether probable that Nj
:, Clay instead of being an adept at pc
e ker playing, did not know fius
from jack full, and if the truth We
known he never straddled a blind i
his official life.
,. IVSIITS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
The Result.

The result of the election in this
county is encouraging to Republi'
cans, but it could and should have
been better. We should have elected
our entire ticket, without the loss Of
one.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

It is charged and generally beliey-
ed that the Democrats were furnished
$1,000 to carry on the late campaign
tn this county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

All baneful infections of the blood
are promptly removed by Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Sold by all druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
MASSACHUSETTS.

The Republicans elect their State
ticket and majarity in the Legisla-
lure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
ELECTION NEWS.
NEW YORK.

The Democrats elect their State
ticket by from 10000 to $4,000 major
ity. The Republicans carried the
Legislature.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
VIRGINIA.

The Democrats have carried every.
thing. Their majority on the State
ticket will be about 10000. They
will haYe both branches OF the Legis.
IatuFe,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
PENNSYLVANIA.

The only State Office to be filled
was that of State Treasurer. The Re.
publican candidate will be elected by
an increased majority over that Of
1888, when the same Office was
allied.
NEBRASKA.
The Republican State ticket was
elected by good majority.
CONNECTICUT.
The Republicans carry the Legisla-
hture by q decreased majority,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

Correspondents must enclose full name and
address not necessarily for publication, but
ms private guarantee of good faith. Reject
accommodations will not be returned.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-27

We have not room to tell you all this
good man did with his little paper, the "a
z9tte, which still lives in one OF the hrst
journals of the State. But this must say
boys: Not one person through all Mr.
Woodruf's long life can say that he gain
ed money falsely He did not get the bet
ter of foolish parties at the gaming table
and trick away the money that should
have been spent for good purposes. lie
was sober, honest and true ; and at the
ending of long life there had never been
slur upon his upright name. All, my
lads, this is the right way to live and the
right way to die. We often hear this said,
but it is not often we find lives that carry
out this principle truly.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-27
Calling the Flowers.
BY NJ. N. D.

The wind is shaking the old dried leaves
That will not quit their hold,
The sun slips under the stiffened grass
And drives away the cold.
And Franco says: How the March wind
blows
Is it scoldng How mad it must be!
When I blow my horn, I'll be tender and sweet,
To show that love them,p says she
For the flowers and birds are dear little things,
And must not be frightened at all,
So pray you be quiet, you noisy old wind J
Perhaps they will come if CALL"
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-27

A new mantle has been c0n'I''' ,sJ
some ingenious cutter, who has n asnrS
to unite the good features re-, Of ;5, fa' 'i'
cape, the dolman and the 1:;,5 'S a very sho5
back the garment looks IKE ze, asIeevessot
close-ftting dolman put 1n J i IN front eli
ems abruptly on the side' sa4 anu pb sboar
sees only rather deep ssr' 4 ccose.f5lI
cape, apparently falling over ralvet colIr,sr
jacket with points A .voSislttc s ofgI%s
circles the throat, and a T ao sds Of b.
joined permanently to on o9f buttt to 9 e.,
Jacket fronts and caPes ana ~ = Ou often h'Es
other give an elegant 9 enSS' This al5 9G
when the collar hangs loo9 s i o Toi'
which appears in the Ba''r'
genius, no less
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-27

We wish this week to write little for
our lads and lassies, and we are sure they
will attend the words of the editress of
the LADIES' JOURNAL when she tells them
that the dear lady who has all winter
placed before them pretty poems and in
teresting stories, is now bowed with grief.
And while all along the pretty stories and
poems never failed the children, often this
lady was keeping nights of weary vigil be-
side the bed of her beloved and aged faith
era father who had cherished her young
life with the most tender and indulgent
care.
Children, Miss Woodruff 8 father is
dead, and we must say few words of
that good man. He who, after a long life
of Just and honorable living, after many
years of earnest service to God, has calm
ly and with devont faith closed his eyes
here has entered the blessed life above.
Little boys, listen while I tell you how
resolute was his early boy hood: Fiuding
himself fatherlees at the age Of thirteen,
Mr.. William E. Woodruff, ST., was sp-
prenticed to a printer, where for seven
years he steadily worked out his time, and
became finished and accomplished type
setter. And this was because of his stead
fastness, or his perseverance, in the thing
he had undertaken. This will almost al
ways bring success. Boys, you will re-
member this, will you not? Then came
another fine quality which distinguished
Mr.. Woodruff 3 early life, and that was
the courage to 60 forward He found he
could do better i'll the new country toward
the west, so toward the west he travelled
and at the last part Of his journey in the
then wild country, when Arkansas was q
territory, he travelled in a canoe made from
cottonwood tree-his press and printing
materials loaded in that same canoe. We
are sure, boys, you would have liked this
trip; for boys like such adventure as going
forward, by land or water.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-27
Nannie's Little Muff.
BY MARY BOLLEs BRANCH.
(COncLuded.)

So Mamie kept on through the kitchen
to the bedroom at the end, where she slept.
There she had small hair-trunk with her
best clothes in it. She lifted them up, and
laid the muf in, down at the very bottom.
"Cause I sha' Mt want it till snow
comes" she reasoned, prudently. And
then, as there was no one to take much
interest in her that afternoon, she ran off
to play with the cat and the two kittens.
Mamie did not take the muh out
again after that; she was keeping it to
carry to church when snow came, and so it
happened that Aunt Ann and Aunt Emme-
line did not catch sigh of it, and when
they sometimes heard her make cheerful
mention of her little muff, they thought she
only meant her long red tippet, in whose
warm ends she used to wrap her hands the
winter before, and make believe it was a
muf.
The days went by, and with November
came some sharp, cold weather.
" l shall get out my furs to wear to-
night" said Aunt Ann, decidedly, as she
came in, one Sunday noon, Struggling her
shoulders with the cold, 81 thought l
should almost perish this morning"
ooh no, Aunt Amp said little Mamie.
" 1t Amt time yet for furs. Snow has Mt
comeW
4" It's too cold to snow," was Aunt AIMS
reply; and Mamie thought that sounded
very odd like some of the riddles in her
riddle book.
That afternoon, while her niece was at
Sunday-school, Aunt Ann went up to the
garnet to get her fur collar and cuffs out
OF the cedar-wood chest. Then there was
a commotion, for, as true as the world one
OF her fur cuffs was gone She called
Aunt Emmeline in great excitement, and
together they searched all through the
cedar-wood chest. There was the collar,
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-27

and there was one cuff, but the otb.,.-.
was not there. No, it was not tbera ''p
" sha' MT sleep wink tonight D.
neryouSp exclaimed Aunt Ann, \.
suppose we have had thief in The bon,a ~, w
cor spirits?" suggested Aunt Enn,
line, who was grain superstitious
Nonsense!" said Aunt Ann, raIIr,,
Let's look through all the closets ' ~
bureaus down stairs"
And they did. Mamie found tb.n
hunting when she came home, and FOLLOWED
them about from room to room, enov;n,
it all very much, and not having the sGgbt'
est idea what Aunt Ann meant BY he,
"cuff." She thought cuffs were white and
stiff, and wondered why Aunt Ann should
feel SO bad when she had SO many more
Aunt Ann had to wear her collar with
out her cuffs. All through the week she
kept up the search, but in vain. Saturday
night it showed.
ooh, goody" cried Mamie, the next
morning, "snow has come, and I'm going
to wear my muff to church p
When the aunts came out of their room,
all dressed to go, and called Mamie, she
Joined them in a futter Of delight She
had on her warm hood and her red tippg5
and her hands were proudly reposingin IN
what?
"My little brown fur muff," she aa,
innocently, as Aunt Ann pounced upon
it.
"I should think SOP cried Aunt Ann
"Its my cuff, my lost cuff, you little
little, little bunch OPPOSES, you! where
did you get it, Mamie Blair%
cup in the garrett, out Of that truntd
old things" replied Mamie, raising be-
honest blue eyes. 81 knew could nave
it, cause it was little girls null, any
there amt any little girl here but me-
DWELL, l never' said Aunt Ann a ar
for that once she let her carry IT. An1
that, she took it back, but SOMEBODY , n',
have told Santa Claus; for, when VnD
mas came, there was the dearest little h ,rJ
you ever saw, made of white fur ,,. a,;'
with black, and lined with lovely eIu ',,,
hanging right on the nail with N'D''
stocking by the fireplace
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03
CITY MARKETS..


Cnttlc-5tecrs $50 10 BIS, fu barren COWS
p O1 to D 7b mich cows POO Ia 8, ~ per hcad
Hogs Fat hogs, 80 a. 27, stock hogs ~
lo $50
-hccp-Muituus. l.i0 to 2.23
These pricc- are gross weights per 100 IDS
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03

Heard every day among the ladies
is, "Why does the Fashion I'aIm sell
the major portion of the millinery
seen upon our streets; = ThercpN it,.
"Hcrat,c of the superiority. variety
and novelty of the materials kept
there ON sale. and the strict attention
Given tot "autS of every patron.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03

b. Habcr announces his new and
fresh arrivals of men. youths ana
BOYS clothing from the best manuiac-
tory of the United states. New goods,
new STYLES, perfect tit, and al price,
that cannot be- matched. Come ana
got one of them aud you VIII be
pleased.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03

Carry the news. "Elrctric Red Amt
EXtcrminator,' is gratifying 10 hun
drcds of florist gardener, and farmers.
Killing out the worst beds ut u cost
of % cents each Lion Drug store is
the place. W. l.. Tucker.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03
Drugs.

Acid. -suipnutc per caruoy, 70. cituc, per
1ic. oAalic. pcr 90. ltr thrtailc powdered, per
DID, 40 tYc
Gums Arabic. select, per 10. 700; as ic"hite
25 tn auc clmphpr. p 10 ."@ opium, l. ny 10 l"N.
oils BorguuoL Snudtrspu'- per lh 10 Icm-
uu -aultrruu's. 49,. peppermint 1.b, winter
l,rcsu. RIO. olive Malaga L7'.
ruut-h-Brnmidc per 20, o. 10 ~ iodide' . Z"
-oup--Gn.tile. notified per H. > 70 zoe. cas-
f#f.s mite u, IA
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03

Ladlc, should look through our
pnrasol Department. Nice styles and
good quality for little money Is what
we can show YOU. SNNuE }Uos'
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03

Washington. May >. 49, indications for the
west gulf states. Fair weather north
castetly winds higher barometer, and slight
change in temperature
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03

W llNl
AT the st Charles.


Pat Farrcll's Ice Cream Iarlor on
Austin between Fifth and sixth
street. is now open for the summer
Dclcious cream at all hours, tree de-
livery to any part of the city.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-03

For enterprise, push and desire to
get such good, II. will give the trade
satisfaction W. \. Williamson y Co"
the druggists, lead all competition.
They sell Or. Bosanku'- Cough and
Lung syrup, because its the best med
icine on the market for coughs, colds
Group aud primary CONSUMPTION
Price 50 cent. and 81. Samples tree