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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18

The convicts in the New Hampshire State
prison are having a course OF lectures. ..
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18

The brother of Smith, the Ulster county
murderer. was arrested in Honesdale, Penn /,
Friday, having been mistaken 70, the assas-'
sin. gE sa s1faH xi aegs as div ,ats.1l0y boa
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18
r. READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

Thousands OF letters have been re-
cetved, testify ing to the virtue OF these
remedies,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18

The Mississippi river is frozen solid at.
Prarie du Chen, and passengers are cross
ing on the ice.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18

Price of the Bitters, Sl.oo per bottle;
Or, half dozen Tor $500.
Price of the Tonic, $1.5o per bottle;
Or, half dozen for $3.50.
The Tonic iG put up in quart bottles
Recollsct that it is Dr.. HoearRds German Remedies
that are so unipersdy used and highly recommend
ed and do not aliO0 The Druggist to lnd"ee you 70
take any thing else that he may say Just as g'od De-
he makes a larger profit GA H. These hsMea'es
ViH be sent by express 10 any locality upon GpphcaI'o"
to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
AT THE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE,
No. 63l ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS, Proprietor.
Formerly G. NJ. JACKSON & co.
These Remedies are for sale by
Druggists, storekeepers, and Medi-
cine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget 10 erais ,sc'l he article yOs bay, 10
Sstlfr 20 gel hs seTa,ne.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18
PROM HON GEO w WOODWARD,

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH l6th, 1861.
find "HeogdndS Gsri::aH Biters' is not an intor-
icdtiRg beverage, bat is g tonic, nsgfm an disor-
dsrs Of the digestive organs, 9f great behgN in
of debility and irant of nervous action IN he
system. Yours truly,
GEO. w. WOODWARD.
FROM HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
Judge Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 2sth, 1850.
Icons'der "HoOfland's German Blt-
ters" o r1IHdo'e mcdiciHe In case of at
tacks OF Indigestion or Dyspepsia. i
can certify this from my experience
Ofit. Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18

1t is exceedingly desirable that we should
begin forthwith to fund our past-due Five
Twenties at a lower rate than six per cent ;
but johnson and his fellow repudiators seem
resolved that we shall never be able to do so.
This message will compel our People to pay
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18
From REV. JOSEPH II. KENNARp, DID,

Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR.JAcKsON-DEAR SIR :-Ihare BEEN freqtenayre-
qnested to connect my name ioih recommendations Of
different kinds Of medicines bm regdrdiHg the practice
as out Of my appropriate sphere Ihdre an all cases de-
eli'ed 6W 'ol clear proqf IN edroUs instances and
particularly iny Oion family fHe usefulness Of Or.
HoQfdRds German BHterS, Idepdrt for Olice from my
usual colUSe 10 cypress my fH oOnejciion hdt fol
general debility Of the system and especially for Liver
Complaint it is a safe and valuable preparation IN
some cases IL may fail Jg usually IdouLt not H tOiR
be rery beneficial TO those ,Cho suffer from lie db0pe
causes Yours, reIy reSpecifully
J. H. KENNARD
Eighth, JelolU Coates 81.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-12-18

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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22
A Relic of Southern Barbarism.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinnati
Chroaic1e, writing from Chillicothe, Ohio,
says:
Coming out. over the Marietta and Gin
cinnati road, on the evening of the 22d,
with Conductor Rardin, b ad the good
luck to fall in company with Messrs. j. N.
Wright and s. NJ McMahill of Greenfield,
Ohio. We had been talking but few
minutes when the conversation turned
upon the condition of affairs in the South
The operation of the Ku- Klux Klan, the
prevailing rebel preference of Andy John
son and Brick Pomeroy for President and
Vice President, etc. etc. were freely and
radically discussed. These topics naturally
elected sundry parenthetical comments on
Southern character, and in the course Of
one of these Mr.. McMahill happened to
remember that he had in his pocket relic
of the barbalism exhibited by the f. F.
V.'stowards John Brown and his confed-
crates; and, producing his pocket-book,
took from that receptacle small piece Of
well-tinished leather of remarkable fneness
of texture. That" said he, sis a piece
of the tanned skin of Oliver p. Brown,
son of the famous John Brown" "Can it
be possible?" asked an excited bystander.
A full explanation was, of course, imme-
diately demanded, which | here present as
substantially given by Mr.. McMahill,
whose reputation for truth and veracity
stand unlmpeached by any one who knows
him.
During the action in which John Brown
and his little Abolition band was captured
by the Virginians, Oliver p. Brown was
shot dead on the railroad track, near the
United States Arsenal, at Harper's Ferry.
So soon as killed he was taken up, put into
8. box and shipped to the Medical Institute
at Winchester, Va, to be used in the pro
motion of the professional training of
Southern Esculapians. Upon the recep
ton of the body the students of that school
took off the hide, somewhat after the man
ner Of skinning beef tanned it, and had
it manufactured into moccasins, which, i'll
the most truly chivalrous STYLE they de-
lighted to use as ornaments to their
"blooded pedal extremities on all public
occasions.
q The piece shown by Mr.. McMahill was
a scrap left from the cutting of these
q Yankee-skin" I" slippers, and was pro-
cured in 1860, at the Winchester Medical
Institute, by Mr.. McMahill, while he was
visiting some relative in the vicinity of
that place 1t was voluntarily presented
to him by one of the students, who, after
a triumphant parade of the slippers, and,a
bloyiating description of the processes by
which they were produced, heroically
exclaimed, "That's the way we se'yc
you id Yankees when you come
'mongst us an don't walk afteh Duh
CIV n
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22
Facts to be Remembered.

IT is A. FACT 1st That the socalled
Democratic party threatened, commenced,
and carried on the war of the rebellion.
I'd. That the leaders of the Democratic
nartv were the leaders Of the rebellion.
Sd. That the Democratic party CON
trolled the States in rebellion.
4th. That the Democratic party opposed
every measure Of the Government to sup
press the rebellion. as s.ft a4i
5tll. That the Democratic party discour
aged enlistment into the Union army and
resisted the draft
9Th. That the Democratic party gave
aid and comfort to the rebels in arms dur
ing the war.
It'll. That the Democratic party refused
TO give our brave and patriotic soldiers in
the field fighting for the life Of the nation,
the right to vote.
8th. That the Democratic party oppose
every measure adopted by Congress 10
restore peace, harmony, and security to the
country.
9th. That the Democratic party, by forc-
ing upon the country, without cause,
long, bloody, and expensive war, createda
vast public debt, and imposed upon inc
neopje untold sorrow and burthens gre
vious to be borne.
10th EThat the Democratic party are re-
snonsible. for high taxes, high prices, de-
rangement of business, etc, which are the
legitimate fruits of the war.
18th. That the Democraticparty, having
not quite ruined the country, now ask the
people to give them thepower to both rule
and ruin It. Illinois State Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

+ = 3
than the unqualified mud of the Missis-
sippi, but he could assure her that he
never had seen man who appeared to
him more thoroughly sober and clear
headed than General Grant at the moment
of her entrance.
Notwithstanding his assurances the
lady repeated that she could not doubt the
evidence of her own senses; and suppose
that to this day Mr.. Knapp and myself
rank, equally with General Grant, in her
mind as confirmed drunkards
This experience is by no means unique
one, and the zeal and devotion with which
| have often heard both men and women
undermining the character of others for
temperance on equally slight grounds, has
often led me to question if there are no
vices in our society more destructive to
sound judgment and honest courses than
that Of habitual overdrinking
Yours respectfully,
+a FRED. LAW OLMSTEAD.
We can tell another story of the same
kind While Grant lay before Vicksburg,
a letter came to this office from a respecta-
BILE and generally trustworthy person in a
Western city, an ardent Unionist and a
man of influence, in which we are told, as
positively and undeniably true, that ON a
certain occasion Grant and his staff went
from Springfield to Cairo in the car of the
President of the railroad that on the way
the whole party got uproariously drunk,
and that Grant was the worst of the COM
pany This the writer said he knew to be
true, and on this and other evidence he de-
sired the EsenSng Post to demand the re-
moval of Grant.
BY singular coincidence Mr.. Osborne,
then President ofthe Illinois Central Rail
road, happened to come into this office
while the letter we speak of was under
discussion, and of course he was asked
about the story he told. He replied at
once /" 1t is a malignant falsehood. Grant
and his staff did go down to Cairo in the
Presidents car; | took them down my
self, and selected that car because it had
conveniences for writing sleeping, and
eating ON thetway. We had dinner in the
car, at which wine was served to such as
desired it, [ asked Grant what he would
drink He answered, "a cup of tea,"
and this made for him myself Nobody
was drunk on the car, and to my certain
knowledge Grant tasted no liquid but tea
and water"
This was the exact truth Of the matter.
Yet we believe our correspondent wrote in
good faith.-NeU York Eoeaaing Post.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

connection with the military post at Nash
vile, Murfreesboro, etc. He told Colonel
Blackwell that he did not feel able to be
moved that his business could not be set
tied in the hour that would elapse before
the train left, and that he thought he
should not go. Colonel Blackwell, how
ever, knew better than Richardson the
consequence of disobeying the orders of
the bloody Klan, and not wishing to have
his house brought uncomfOrtably to the
notice of State and national authorities,
he strenuously urged his guest to leave.
Other citizens also insisted upon this
course, and so Richardson, bruised and
bleeding, unable to walk or even to rise
from his bed, was carried to the depot
and put on board the train for Nashville.
At Nashville he fortunately fell into the
care of Captain Clark, of the steamer
Floyd and was treated with the greatest
kindness on, the trip from that place to
Cincinnati. He arrived at home on Tues
day, the. 29th of April, and was confined
to the house until Saturday, when our re-
porter saw him and obtained the fore
going facts. Mr.. Richardson desires to
acknowledge gratefully the kindness of
Captain Clark, and says more consider
ate gentleman does not sail on the Western
rivers. i7sA5 by
\ The narrative of Mr.. Richardson we
have given without establishment 1t
needs none. If there are those who doubt
the existence of Ku-KluX Khan, or that
its objects and works are the most blood
thirsty and cowardly thatcan be imagined,
Mr.. Richardson is not one of them-he
knows better. .. sfs3 a5a5>s f5aa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22
Poetry.
DANIEL GRAY.

II / shall win the home In heaven
For whose sweet rest hunlbly hope and pray.
Inthe great company of the forgiven
u shall be sure to- find old Daniel Gray.
knew him well; in fact. few knew him better;
For my young eyes oft read for him the Word,
And saw how meekly from the crystal letter
He drank the life of his beloved Lord.
Old Daniel Gray was not man who lifted
On ready words his freight of gratitude.
And was not called upon among the gifted, q
In the prayer meetings of his neighborhood.
He had a few old-fashioned words and phrases.
Linked in with sacred texts and Sunday rhymes:
Aud, ] suppose, that, in his prayers and graces,
I've heard them all at least thousand times.
| see him now his form and face. and motions.
His homespun habit. and his silver hair
And hear the language of his trite dcvotions
Rising behind the straightforward kitchen-char.
can nsfememberhow the sentence sounded
"Helpus, o 5Lord to pray and not 70 faint .
And @how the conquering-and-to-con
Frounded "a
. The loftier aspirations of the saint. %F
lie had some notions that did not improve him.
He never kissed his children-so they say;
And finest scenes and fairest flowers would move
him Res
Less than horseshoe picked up in the way. 9
lie had hearty hatred of oppression,
And righteous words for sin of every kind;
Alas. that the transgressor and transgression
Were linked 80 closely in his honest mind
a He could See nOught bIlt vanity III beauty.
( And nought but weakness in fond caress,
And pitied men whose views of Christian duty
Allowed indulgence in such foolishness.
Yet there were love and tenderness within him
And am told, that when his Charley died,
Nor Natures need nor gentle words could win
From his fond vigils at the sleeper's side.
8 snd When they came to bury little Charley, 2 =
They found fresh dewdrops sprinkled i'll his
hair,
And on his breast a rose bud gathered early,
And guessed, but did not know, who placed it
there. Atf 3 f--t tt. II
Honest and faithful, constant in his calling.
Strictly attendant on the means of grace,
Instant in prayer and fearful most of falling
Old Daniel Gray was always in his place.
4 practical old man and yet dreamer, s
He thought that in some strange, unlooked-for
way,
His mighty Friend in heaven, the great Redeemer,
Would honor him with wealth some golden day.
A'fhis dream he carried in hopeful spirit
Until in death his patient eye grew dim,
And his Redeemer called him to inherit
The heaven of wealth long garnered up for him.
SO, if ever win the home in heaven
For whose sweet rest humbly hope and pray,
In the great company of the forgiven
Ishal be sure to find old Daniel Gray.
90 - q ~ j G.. Holland
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

THE following epitaph may be seen in
the cemetery of parish in the enyirons
of Paris: Here lies Madame NJ, wife
of NJ. N, master blacksmith. The rail
ing around this tomb, was manufactured
by her husband p
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

:. CHAMBER OF DEATH.
Z. stranger $500
1--WE give you from now till the next
train goes, to leave Tennessee.
"If you don't go by that time, vel call
on you again tonight.
There was no signature to the note, but
the citizens present did not need a sigma
ture to tell them the source of the threat.
1t was from the Ku-Klux Klan.s Richard
son was not inclined TO believe that their
nurderous designs would be carried out in
Shelbyville, city nominally under the
control of responsible authorities, and in
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

II shall win the home In heaven
For whose sweet rest humbly hope and pray.
Inthe great company of the forgiven
2 u shall be sure to- find old Daniel Gray. 8 :
New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25

U. s. Gauger,
And at the time of atfixing the tax paid stanp or
stamps, the gauger shall, In the presence of the
siorekeeper cut or burn upon each cssk the name
OF tle dlstter the district tie date of the payment
OF hel tax, the number Of proof gallons, ana the
number o. the stamp which cutting or burning shall
pe Erased When suSh eAsk is emptied, by cutting
brands. Whenever any cask package Of reetiied
spnts sha be nlled for shipment, SALE Vr delivery,
on tue premises OF any rect1er VIII snail have paid
the special tax required by law shall be the duty Of
United stAtes sauger to gauge and inspect the
same ana place thereon an engraved stamp, which
shall be signed by the collector of the district and
the sald gaugeT, and state the date when Affixed
and the number OF proof gallons, which stamp snail
be as follows
stamp for reetifed spirits No -
Issued by -----, collector, - district, State
OF -,
-, rectifer of spirits in the district,
New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25
-, rectifer of spirits in the - district.
State OF -, - -, Is, ,--pt oof gallons.

U. s. Gauger
Whenever any cask or package of distilled spiiits
shall be hlled for Shipment sale, delivery on the
premises OF any wholesale liquor dealer or com.
FOUNDER, it shall be the duty OF a United States
gaugtr 70 gauge and inspect the same, and place
tneTe5n an engraved stamp, signed By the collector
OF the dstucl and be said gauRer sta ing the name
Of the compounder or dealer and the date when
affixed, anG the number Of proof gallons, which
stamp shall be as follows:
Wholesale liquor dealers stamp No -
Issued by ---, collector, - district, State
Of -.
- -, wholesale liquor dealer, Of -
district, State of -, Ia, proof
gallons.
New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25

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New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25

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New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25

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New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25

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New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-25

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The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-15

A Chattonooga gentlsman named Lennox. has
discovered large masses Of mineral, which he sup
poses TO be silver. near Lookout Mountain, Ten
nosoeo. tt1fe .E.T
At the close Of last month one hundred and
twenty men were discharged from the armory at
Springfield, Massaohusetts. and Of the i've hundred
men stiu employed many more will soon be dis
charged. They are receiving no orders from
Washington for new work. The force now en-
ployed is engaged in cleaning and repairing old
guns
An interesting phenomenon i seen from the
Heights Of Port Stanley, Canada. Looking oct
upon the lake, continuous chain Of towering ice
peaks are observed glittering in the sunlight To-
ward evening the sight Is said to be very ine. the
white outline Of the peaks and crags being beau
tifuiy tipged and stresked with blue and gold in
the beams Of the setting sun. These icy hills
have been formed by spray lsshing against the
drift ice In the wintry tempests. each wave adding
somethiDglo the general bulk.
The great freshet of Saturday week destroyed
considerable property ct Conneaut, Ohio. Four
bridges In the neighborhood were swept away,
and Browns grist mill went to pieces, and, with
all its contents except the stones, carried out
to the lake. In Montgomery county. the Miami
river found an outlet ct the west end Of the dam
Of the Franklin Hydraulic Works, and in few
hours cut channel 800 yards long and 400 or 800
feet wide, through the adjoining farm. The dam
was almost wholly destroyed.
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-15
FOR The Rev Orleans Sunday Crescentl
JOCKO-LAKITIEs.

A gentleman's man and a nursery maid differ 10
this striking particular one brushes his masters
hat, the other bushes her mistress's brat.
The poorest gent-The INDECENT.
Chiz says one of the styles of ladies' dress at
present is, curtsed in front and skirt-tailed be-
hind. (He is just from a dinner-party.)
Classical query-lf oris means sheep, does oUdl
features signify sheepfacedness?
Yis a-ris-A beauty before you. US tergo-
A JoOtee behind.
Late Latin-Quimby, with baby. Time A. NJ.
Mrs. Q.-Spesks in an under-tone (under the
covert" The little darling will hush presently |;
won't he. my dear 2"
Mr.. Q.-"Oh, certainly. Credo Q1id inapossi-
BILE est +"
Mrs. O., (sleepily)-" What do you say, my
dear?"
Mr.. GA bit Of Latin. 1t means. believe,
quiet to be impossible"
What clumsy business that gathering ducks
eggs must be-" observed Chiz, the other day.
locking up from volume of Arctic explorations.
"Wby soi" replied l. "Oh, it's very plain, !" he
answered, 4" ones movements must necessarily be
altogether duk-Icdrd."
Silly jestic--A plowman may be an article Of
dress; for -plowing is tilling one who plows Is
q tiller; plowman is man who plows; man
who plows is a man.tler a mantilla is an article
of dress. @. Il. ID. JOCK0.
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-15

The wealth Of Partisan actresses, who save, Ia
reported to be very large, Mile Augustine is
worth $l00 600; her mother is worth s200 900
Mad. Madeline Brehen Is worth Sl50.000; Nile
Leonide Leblanc is worth 100000 Mile Celine
Hontaland is worth $500, 600; Mile Duvergier is
worth t400.0 Mile Page il worth $500, 900 I;
Mile Alice 0zy. t250, 900; Mad Doche, 500, 900.
Their professional income did not provide these
fortunes. az s.4.l- .1 ~.
The New York Post tells OF man who recently
procured the passage Of bill at Albany at q total
cost OF thirty-seven cents. He had q free pass
from New York to Albany, and TO return. He took
up his bill and Q good supply OF sandwiches and
apples in his carpet-bag. He procured lodgings
In canal boat for quarter Of dollar, and got
an oyster stew for breakfast for twelve cents,
saving the half cent for himself. As he Is worth
several hundred thousand dollars, be easily found
members to interest themselves In the bill, In the
hope that he might some time be able to do them
q favor, and it was made law without objection.
A Mrs. Carm, Of st. Joseph, Missouri, recently
eloped with physician, and rubbed In the insult.
by leaving this touching epstle for her husbands
perusal Dear Hubby-You're played out. L
Ike the doctor SO well that / perfer going with
him rather than staying with you you good-for-
nothing Degenerate cuss. IT'S none of your busi-
ness where we're going to. IL won't do you q
bit Of good to follow rs, for wouldn't live an
other day with you to save your life. You made
q mistake in thinking loved you. I never did.
| married you merely for conveniencs's sake. /
take the bsdy along and Iil take good care of it.
You can sue for divorce. or get married as soon
as you please. The woman who gets you next
will have healthy old prize. Be virtuous and
you'll be happy-your late wife,"