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.LORILLARD'S EUREK A

Smoking Tobacco is an excellent article Of
granulated Virginia.
Wherever Introduced it is universally ad-
mired.
1t is put up in handsome muslin bags, in
which orders for Meerschaum Pipes are daily
packed.
LORILLAAD'S "YACHT CLUB"
Smoking Tobacco has no superior being deni-
cotinized il cannot injure neveless constitu-
tions or people of sedentary habits.
1t is produced from selections of the finest
stock, ami prepared by patented and Original
manner.
1t is very aromatic, mild, and light weight
hence it will last much longer than others
nor does it burn or sting tic tongue, or leave a
disagroeable after. taste
Orders for genuine, elegantly -carved
Neerschaum Pipes silver mounted, and pack.
ed in neat leather pocket cases, are plaed in
the Qacht Club brand daily.
LLARD'S ENTURY
Chewing Tobacco
This brand of Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
has no superior anywhere.
1t is, without doubt, the best chewing to
hacco in the country.
lLORILIARDS SNUFF S
! Have heen in general use in the United States
over 10 years, and still acknowledged "th'
best" wherever usel.
If your storekecpers does not have thes
articles for sale, ask him to get them.
They are sold by respectable jobbers al
most everywhere.
-Csrculars mailed on application.
II. P.LOkeBEE.sD I'D $ o., " ciO York
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A New YEARS GIFT.-Any gentleman
that wants to gre lady friend present
ought to send her PETERsoN's LADIES
NATIONAL for 1870 as i. promises to be
better than ever, and PetersU1 always keeps
his promise. The January nun..5er OF this
most excellent Magazine is on om table,
with two of the most splendid steel engta-
wings that we ever saw. The first one is
called "larted by Fate" and is accompa
MED with very powerful story by Frank
Lee Benedics. The second is called "a
Bitter Morning" and represents two chill
dren skating on the ice. This is one Of
the most cunning pictures We have seen
for a long time. AS for .Peterson's fashion
plates, they can't be beat. They are engra"
we'd on stee and are really supurb ; every
lady ought to see them. The price of this
magazine is cnly TWO DOLLARS u year,
while the inducements to Clubs are very
great. Specimens are sent gratis to those
wishing to get up clubs. Address Charles
j. Peterson, No. 306 Chesnut Street,
Philadelphia.
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LtvINGsToNE's explorations in Africa
show that somewhere in the interior of that
vast continent is a region highly elevated
and salubrious, aud of remarkable fertility
and already the keen>sighted traders are
speculating upon tho advantages which will
accure to the nation first breaking into that
virgin field Of operations. The New York
Times says, "our commercial posistion gives
us, especially with an Isthmiau canal, the
full beuift of any future South African
trade. For from near the Cape of Good
Hope, in direct line to the Equator, on the
meridian of Cape St. Rogue, nature has
made the finest sea route OF the Atlantic
and so certain and regular are the winds
whicn sweep tie American trader home.
ward, that sailors have called this the G ull
Stream in the air." Important and mighty
changes are OF the eve of taking place in
the trade and commerce of the world, and
We should be prepared to clutch our fu,l
share Of the harvest
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yew adutrtise
X UNSMITIIINI.

The undersigned respectfully an
nounces to the citezens of Elk, and adj 1in.
ing counties, that he has recently established
a un.Shop in Ridgway at the head of
Main and Depot Streets, in the basement OF
the building occupied by w. S. Service as
tin shop, where he will attend promptly
to all orders for work in his line.
TARGET AND HUNTING RIFLES,
Single Or Double, made to order, and war
rnted.
lie also keeps on hand, aad Tor sale &
Breech Loading Rife, good assortment Of
Ammunition, Revolvers, Hunting Tackle
and Other articles pertaining to the trade.
Mo. If HORACE WARNER.
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BEST CABINET ORGANS
AT LOWEST PRICES.


That the MASON 4 HAMLIN CABI-
NET aud METROPOLITAN ORGANS
are the best in the world is proved by the
almost unanimous opinion Of professional
musicians, by the award to them of SEW.
ENTY FIVE GOLD and SILVER MEDALS or
other highest premiums, at principal in
dustrial competitions within few years,
including the Medal at the Paris eypos,
ton, and by a sale very much greater than
that of any similar instruments. This Com,
pauy manufacture Ony .frst.clasS instrm.
mentS, aud will not make "cheap organs"
hit any price, or suffer an inferior instru'
ment to bear their name. Having greatly
increased their facilities for manufacture,
by the introduction of new machinery and
otherwise, they are now making better
Organs than ever before, at increased econ
omy in cost, which, in accordance with
their fixed policy of selling always at least
remuuerativc profit, they are now offering
at prices Of inferior work, + o U II o c.
IT AV Il RG ANS, Plain Walnu
Case, $50. FIVE OCTAVE ORGANS
Double Reed, stops Viola, Diapdson, Ne
lodia, Flute, TremuIautO $l25. OtheI
yles in proportion.
Circulars, with full particulars, including
accurate drawings of different styles of or
gans, and much information which will b.
of service to every purchaser of an organ
will be sent free, aud postage paid, to an.
one desiring them.
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN co.
4w l54 fremont St. Boston; 500 Broad
way, New York.
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A THlEE.-lIe has been trvaling about

A THlEF.-lIe has been trvaling about
humbugging druggists and private parties,
mixing up and selling base compound which
he calls WOLCOTTS PAIN PAINT. All of
Wolcott's genuine remedies have white out
side wrapper with signature large) Look
out for counterfets
Six PINS of WOLCOTT'S ANNIHILATOR
for Catarrh and Colds in the head, or one
Pint Of Pain Paint, for Ulcers or Paine, sent
money at lSl Chatham Square, n. Y. or one
Gallon of Pain Paint double strength) for
500 Small bottles sold by all duggists.
K. L. WULCOTT. 4w
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From s. 10 $40 per Da y
FARMERS

Can sell ttair wool at only forty to fifty
ceuts per ponnd; but by getting the wool
made into yarn ot small expense, and
knitting it into socks, two or three dollars
per pound can be realized.
On receipt Of s25 we will forward ma
chino as ordered.
We wish to procure active A CENTS n,
every section of the In led States and Cam
adds to Thon, the most liberal inducements
mW be offered. Address
AMERICAN KNITTING MACHINE Co.,
4w Boston, Mass, or S. Louis, Mo.
December, IL, 1869.
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FUNNY INCIDENT. Rather funny in,
cideut in Russia shows how easily red tape
may sometimes be united by skiltul hand.
A surgeon was hastily summoned to care
for four men injured by an accident in a
town in the interior. The only railroad
train to start soon was for freight only, and
the physician was told that he could only
be admitted as an escort to living freight
He hurried to house near by and bought
a rooster, which he carried upon the train
and was permitted to proceed; the require
nent Of the rule being fulfilled.
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SAD WNING CASE.

CHESTER, Dec. l3.-On Saturday after
noon last the city of Chester was thrown in.
to condition OF sud hut intense exciteme Mt
by the sudden aud unexpected taking away
Of two much loved and highly respected
young people, well known residents of this
city, named respectively Miss Matte
Irwin and Hartman Cochcran. Within
the cemetery in this neighborhood is small
lake, jn wiuter used as a skating. park
Miss Irwin and Mr. Cocheran proceeded to
the lake, accompanied BY little girl, and
glidtd out upon the ic1. Just as the
young couple mad reached the deepest por-
ton Of the lake, the ice broke beneath them,
and both were prccipitatcd into the water
Before aid couldbe brought to their assis-
tancc they had disappeared beneath the ice
Every effort was made by those who had
been attracted to the spot to save them
but owing to the rottes condition Of the ice
and the want Of ropes or o.hcr material, il
was nearly an hour baforc the bodies were
recovered from the water. When found
they we're tightly locked in each other:
arms Tho affair has cast a gloom owe,
the entire city.-Enporium Independent.
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REGISTERS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing accounts have been filed in my Office
aud will be presented at the next Term of
the Orphans Court of Elk County for con.
formation: Account of A. w. Gray, Ad-
ministrator of V. S. Brockway, deceased
First partial account of Ralph johnson, Jr.
executor of the estate Of Ralph johnson,
deceased.
FRED. SCHGNNG, Register,
Ion At
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John Pratt, wealthy citizen of Zaues-
vile Ohio, was arrested the other day Oh a
charge Of violating the person of Miss
Thompson, and released on three thousand
dollars bail. He first offered her six hund
red dollars to accede to his desire, which
she refused, when he attempted to use force
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DEMORESTS MONTHLY,

magazine Of practical utility in the house, a
mirror Of the fashions, and n literary conser-
vator of surprising interest and artistic excel
ence, acknowledged to be the m dern rarlor
magazine of America =
The engraving, 2Sx32 inches, is from the or
iginal painting, entitled, The Picnic on the
Fourth of July
The painting took whole year, and is con-
sidered the finest of the entire list of numerous
populor productions by Lilli- NJ. Spencer. Tho
engraving was the labor of four years, by
three eminent artists-John Rodgers, Samuel
Halpin, and Samuel liollyer The last named
having heen induced to come from Europe TO
finish it. The engravers have ably seconded
the successful labors of the painter None but
artists can fully appreciate the skill and labor
lsvished on this engraving The general ef-
tect is very fine and impressive, and the deli
rate finish TO the heads will bear the most mi
mute inspection. The union of line and stippls
is executed with unusual ability, aud their
skilful combination has greatly contributed to
the success of the engravers in this unsurpass-
ed proof Of their genius.
Thelwork on the engraving alone cost over
seven thousand dollars, besides the cost of the
! copyright, and is acknowledged by comp ete T.
judges the most elabofstely finished large work
Of art evor engraved in America
Fine copies of this magnificent picture, on
heavy plate paper, worth $40 each, are TO bs
given as premium to each subscriber to
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The rumor is revived with great force
that the President intends to offer the
vacancy on the Bench Of the Supreme
Court, created by the resignation Of Justice
Grier, to the !lustrious Edwin NJ Stanton.
The nation would applaud the tribute Of
the Great Soldier to the Great War Minister
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IN ELK COUNTY COMMON PLEAS

No. s. January Term, 1867. In the mat
ter of the Voluutory Assignment Of Burke
& Woods.
NOTICE is hereby given that the un'
designed, Auditor appointed by the Cour,
of Com non Pleas Of Elk County to distrib
ute the funLs in the hands Of the Assignee
will attend to the duties Of his appointment
at the Prothonota,y's Office, in Ridgway, OIL
FRIDAY, December 3,.st A. b, 1869, at !
o'clock Z. NJ, when and where all persons
interested may attend if they zee proper.
FRED. SCHENING. Auditor
Ridgway. Pa, December 6. 1869.
On 81
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WATER.

None but gsod smart men wanted, who can
keep their business to themselves, act conf,
deLtially with me, and make from S5 TO $40
for every hours service
Act promptly. Begin now and fortune is
yours. lnclose with your address % cents,
and you will get full particulars By return
mail. Address
T. F. HALLET,
nov20S Sw Box $50. Titusville, Pa.
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1t is said that in Alaska hailstones fall
as large as watermeIlons, and that the snow
fakes are as large as umbrellas Gracious
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FREE

Of charge, except the trGing sum of twenty five
cents, as guarantee Of good faith. The busi-
ness is inexhaustible, aud thousands are now
engaged in it while to their friends the cause
of their great success remains mystery. Any
party engaging will frequently receive sealed
packages by express or mail. Further than
this the business is all to yourself.
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New OYSTER Saloon.

New Oyster Saloon.
would Inform the citizens Of Ridgway aud
vicinity, that have fitted up the room back
of my Store Room, as an Oyster and Eating
SELDOM, for Ladies and Gentlemen. where at all
times, can furnish Oysters Raw, Stewed OF
Fried also other eatables in season. Enter
ance on Min Street-side door.
No Liquor sold on the premises.
J. r. BAIRD,
Variety Hall.
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DEMORESTS MONTHLY MACHINE

Yearly subscriptions only Three Dollars, and
ten cents (which is to be sent with the sub
soription) for the postage on the engraving
(which will be mailed securely done up en- Q
roller.
This is certainly the largest, most liberal
and splendid premium ever offered sesingle
subscribers by rny publisher, and affords an
easy and economical way for any one to secure
an elegant work Of art, Parlor Picture tha.
is only next to piano in the way of ornamen-
tation, and perpetual reminder Of day
which ought to to be cherished and held in re-
mem branoe by every true American.
The reception Of this magnificent picture
will take every one by surprise and we do not
venture anything in saying that $40 will not
procure another that combines 80 much Of in
terest and beauty.
Specimens of the Magazine, with circulars
giving fuh particulars, will be sent to any Civ
en- address, post free on receipt of Is cents.
| Address
DEM0REST' MONTHLY.
: nov2oH sa8 Broadway, N. Y.
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| was cured of Deafness and Catarrh by
simple remedy, and will send the receipt
free.
MRS. c. LEGGETT, Hobokeu, N. Y.
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AS

toe article can be carried in the vest pocket, ex.
ccpt when wanted for use. 1t needs your at,
tention but one or two days in the week. or a
couple Of hours daily, which can be after other
business is over. No additional rent taxes, or
help Of any kind. All engaging must be Of first
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A AGENTS WAITED FOR BEFORE THE
n FOOT-LIGHTS AND BEHIND THE
SCENES, by Oliver Logan. A high toned,
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show'worll, ESQ pages; 60 engravings. Pros
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Work,
OUR HOME PHYSICIAN
A new Ilandp, Book Of Family Medicine. By
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medical colleges testify that 1t is the best fam
lily doctor book ever written. Outfit and SAM
pie free to agents,
A. H. HUBBARD, 400 Chestnut St. Phil's, Pc
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MONEY

rs m article des psed by none, and we are
i now prepared to show how all may possess
1t IN abundance, by following few simple in.
struclions which will be given
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THE AMERICAN FAMILY
K NITTiNG MAG N {
Is presented to the public as the most
Simple, Durable. Compact g. Cheap
Knitting Machine ever Invented.
Pr ICE, q. .FLr s25.
This Machine will run either backward
or forward With equal fa,itity;
MAKES TIE SANE STITCH As
By HAND,
but far superior in every respect.
WILL KNIT 2 5000 STITCHES IN
ONE MINUTE,
and do perfect work, leaving every knot on
the inside of the work. 1t will knit a pair
Of stockings (Any size) in less tban half an
hour. 1t will knit
Close or Open, Pain or Ribbed Worf,
with any hind Of coarse or fine wollen yarn,
or cotton, silk or linen. 1t will knit stock.
ings with double heel and toe, drawers,
hoods, sacks, smoking caps, comforts, pur
ses, muffs, fringe, afghans, nubies, under
sleeves, mittens, skating caps, lamp wicks,
maps, cord, uudershirts, shawls, jackets,
cradle blaukcs, leggius, suspenders, wris-
ters, tides tippits, tufted work, and 10 fact
an endless variety Of articles in every day
use, as we'll as for ornament.
From s. 10 $40 Per Day
Can be made BY ony one oith the American
Knitting MaobiDe knitting stockings, &c,
while expert operators can even make
more knitting fancy work, which always
commands 3 ready sale. A person can
readily knit from twelve to fifteen pairs Of
stockings per day, the profit on which will
de not less than forty cents per pair
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A SPLENDID PRIZE FOR THE LADIES 4!

The finest. most pleasing, and costly engrav-
ing ever published in America, to be presented
as premium TO each subsci iber to
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BOOT & SHOE STORE,
ALSO,

Connected with the above establishment have
Bout and Shoe Manufacturing Establishment
where work will be made to order. Repairing
done on short notice and on reasonable terms.
The public are invited to give me n call.
oc23, '6Gy GEORGE WALKER.
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Repairing Watches, etc., done with the same
accuracy as heretofore nov2O, '69tf
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The subscriber takes thia mzthod of inform
ing the citizens of Rldgway and vicinity that
he has opened
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RoAHDlNd HOUSE.
Near the Depot, Wilcox, Pa.

The undersigned has opened large boarding
house at the above place, where he is amply
preared to satisfy the wants of those who may
favor him with their custom. nov20,'69
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-02-14

nanies IN the Hats .of. sd Mon In favor
Of the Mont and T6xaetfz zAnsilies.
IL Says the Liberia Caft0lica:. ssModern
prog e6si0Uists alieg4 that eli monks were
barbariansi NOW, 10 it known thai in the
eieihter Of San Ser erinsg the Beneaictiue
nonka preserved carefully come admirabie
frescoes by the Zingare. The government
having taken possession of the convent.
wtshed to restore these precious paintings
and entrusted this work TO . Paiermitan.
The committee a. the Institute of Fine
Arts recently visited the convent to sx-
anime the work, and ascertained with sexs
treme yexation, that these masterpieces
are irretreviably lost. The daabcr Of the
school sent TO restore them
covered the admirable frescoes with greasy
mixture that blackened tlissn completely,
destroying forever the beauty Of tints
which WAS their most remarkable feature.
Italian Deputies pass freely to and fro on
the road from Florence to Rome. There il
wisdom In this freedom which would be de-
MED to Romans in Florence. These visitors
are compelled TO admire and respect the srt-
periorityo of the Pope's government They
contemplate with stuporM the condition of
things in Rome, and become convinced of
the impossibiiity of realizing their plans.
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Rec. Father Callighan.--we find the fol-
lowing particulars in Baltimore paper
respecting the Rev. Joseph CaIlighan, who
lost his life by the accident on the Periere !:
r The Rev. Joseph Callighan, the Catholic
priest reported to have been killed by the
disaster TO the steamer Periere, was return
ing from Rome, whittier he had been. as q
representative of the Roman Catholic
societies of Maryland, to attend general
council which met in that city on the 18th
mnch learning, and universally respected
throughout Maryland. He was for four
years president of a college In this city,
and at the time of his departure from the
United States was Rector TO the N0vitiate
of the Society of Jesus at Frederick, Md.
He was a native of Boston, and was about
40 years of age. --1 t'-''
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So A Correspondent Of the London TgBses
has devoted his Sunday mornings for
twelve months To- visiting the city churches
and reports the following result II There
are; it appears thirty Ave churches betSsen
st, Panl's Cathedral and st. Dunstan. In
two the congregation consisted Of ave
persons each, in three others the attendance
was under ten eachy gin six others from ten
tostwenty, in ten others from twenty to
forty, and in the remainder from forty TO
ninety. In one only did he 4ifd q hundred
CT have yet to mentiop,,' he says, the
most remarkable case.ns At one church
the service had commenced without single
worshiper other than the officials. I did
not stasE for two reasona.-I could not stand
q sermon all to myself, and in the second
place by retiring I saved the clergyman
from going through so dreary g dutyp
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DIOCESE OF PHrLADELPHYA.- Right Rev.
p. n. Lynch, ID. ID, Bishop Of Chariesson,
y " rs Sls,sis r sh1 lsst sanSav q, =
nst4 on which occasion he made an appeal
to the congregation In behalf OF the ruined
condition OF tnS cnarlraoie asyi9. =. ~ uls
diocese, VIII 70 49, si,s
seat OF ms Episcopal ssJ
during Inc taoe We. ~. anH
other causes, anu At As ~ 49,
the bulldlngs des.r9yeu oo W LII. e.,,n.
other parts Oh ms eocI p 49,, .sl
usefulness tna1 hign. NY, ~ noii
makes these apPesa.s VI .nS SnI
crosby OF Ine laieiiui " nauoipn
0dthoato oeene.oIn. - 4 - 2 y ! =.
DiocrsE OF SAVANNAH - Redemptoyist
Missions in GeorgiG.---,We learn, that the
Fathers Redemptorists, having finished the
Missions. given simultaneously at the Cath
edraI and at St. Johns Church, In Sayan-
nah. commenced, ON Sunday last, 3Ist ult.,
: a Mission for the colored people exclusively
H. will be closed on Sunday next. After
that these Missionaries, In separate bands,
will give Missions in Georgia at the follow
ing places; Apan Hssssss, n nit'
Augus.a, III S"oon, R",,,a I'D twast;~n'
oops5 n =, S.s.,.ssa and ~ E.r,, = .y;nSo
1onL Xonsiar;r p;,atsa q. Amsss,s'
SOW InS,s a. a,,a TasI.hsssaas =,
t.ne, s'. 1ehn leer, anu : a.is''iaSsse' II
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