c ouxi nssxcxorai cGLur,ii7. NOT OK ISPX'TH, nuv "K HE.t IITM. Py I lie Krv. Wlttlnfti G ttnrnc. Vhni llio njjo t1manIn iH, ft "union" of kiudretl Chiintirtu hourts iu one grand rally against bigotry, HiiperHLition, nrul intolerance, which bavo too long holtl "high cnrnival" ia our world, niotit effectually blocking the wheels of ChriRtian progress, and casting a death-pall over the bodies and souls of men. Reason and common prudonco argue againHt denominational nnity; for such a unity would sound the dcath-knell of vital piety as cer tainly an tho great Romish Church stands forth to-day tho mere embodiment of ritual istic forms and ceremonies, both in Europe and America. The succcbs of experimental and practical godliness pend npon the strict any party to peculiar does not de- adherence of binds ties, but to a charity mens hearts ratner tnan tncir crcea, ana jives them a zeal overleaping the non essentials of Christianity, and in sympathy and effort constituting them one. The Chnrch, so much hated by Satan and the world, has her multiform regiments and corps; all acting under Christ, the Captain of ur salvation! And we can soe no good rea son why these various ecclesiastical divisions should not work with the same zeal and unity for the attainment of a spiritual good that distinguished the loyal armies of tho republio when, under tho talismanic influence of a Grant, they marshalled themselves in united legions to sweep rebellion from the face of our country. . . It is even doubted whether the millennial morning will witness that denominational union, so much harped oa by a few religious fanatics of the present day; for while such an afflatus of the Holy Spirit may, and doubtless will, create a union of hoarts, it will not be likely to create a total disregard of those various charch agencies through whose instru mentality the world will have been saved. What the age now demands is, the recogni tion of every man as Christ's whose immortal nature bears His imago and superscription, without any particular reference to creeds or party differences; love and obedience being the only tests of true and unfeigned loyalty. Any sectarian standards calculated to keep Christian hearts apart should be frowned down by an enlightened people as giving no satisfactory evidence of divine appointment. Xl'rtniAUY OF CHURCH NEWS. EPISCOPAL. The General Theological Seminary of New York city finds difficulty in filling its vacant professorships. The trouble is a lack of funds. To gain the latter, it is proposed to sell the grounds and move else whore. There are about seventy-fivo students. The Protestant Episcopal Church Mis sionary Society for Seamen in tho city and port of New York have just completed a now .floating chapel at the foot of Pike street, East river. It is a plain Gothic structure, arched within, neat in its appointments, and capable of accommodating about iJ"t) persons. The cost of it was about if i:i,ODO. On Sunday, the Oth inst., it was openod for public worship. Dr. Temple has been enthroned amid much enthusiasm as Bishop of Exeter. His sermon was in effect an answer to those who charged him with hersesy. In it ho fairly owned . his acceptance of the Bible as con taining a revelation from God, of supreme authority so far as religious questions are concerned. But he regards it as a question open to discussion how far it is to be re garded as an infallible authority on questions of science or history that are quite indifferent in their religious bearings. Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, tho pre siding Episcopal Bishop in this country, writes to the Hartford Churchman in defense of the provincial system, which the increas ing number of Episcopal dioceses seems t require. He suggests seven provinces, of which the Eastern should include eleven dioceses those of New England and New York. He suggests that these provinces should appoint the members of tho national federate council, which should have the last law-making power and should meet once in ten years, and should then send its repre sentatives to a patriarchal council, to meet also decennially at Lambeth. At a late Evangelical Episcopalian Con ference meeting held in New York, it was unanimously voted, on motion of Dr. Vinton, "that the Evangelical bishops be requested to prepare alternate forms in the disputed offices of the Prayer Book, and present them to and demand a grant of them at the next General Convention." A further resolution, advising a full and thorough revision of the whole Prayer Book, was passed by a vote of 7t to 40, Yet another requested the Evangelical bishops to strive for a repeal of the canon forbidding ministers not Episcopally ordained to officiate. A resolution was passed request ing the Evangelical bishops to inquire whether there were reason to institute proceedings on the charge of false doctrines against any of the bishops. METUODIST. Rev. Mr. Sawyer, a Methodist preacher at Maryland Ridge, Me., dropped dead on the ;th inst., while crossing a field. He had suf fered from heart disease. Dr. George C. M. Roberts, LL. D., a well-known physician and minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died in Balti more on Saturday last, aged sixty-four years- The Winchester district, the Rev. Vf. T. D. Clemm, presiding elder, has enjoyed a glorious year. One thousand persons have professed conversion, and the work has been general, while in some points especial interest has been felt and. manifested. This district iu in Virginia. Rev. Henry Boohm, now in his ninety, fifth year, recently visited Dr. Woodruff's chnrch in New York, and assisted in the ad ministration of the Lord's Supper. When - the pastor introduced him as the oldest Methodist minister in the world, the Sunday School, occupying tho iallenes, arose and sang a beautiful hymn of welcome. The scene was deeply affocting. Bishop Marvin, Southern Methodist, of Missouri, introduces to the publio a new book, entitled "Martyrdom in Missouri." It brings before the publio the alleged facts in. refe rence to the robbery by the Northern Method ists during the war of churches and property belonging to the Southern Methodists, and gives details to show that ministers of the Gospel were mobbed, imprisoned, and put to death for preaching without taking tho tcbt oath. The Methodist papers are still disclosing Hie irrcguUrjtje in Uiuir Book Concern. A nummary of the report of a sub-committee is given by tho Mithdit, from which wo learn that there was grant Ifmmss in conducting the business of the bimlory, there biding no syRtf m of clinks by which it, could bo told whether bills presented actually represented goods received, and since Decombnr 1st, 1W!7, there were 20, (()!) worth of skins not accounted for. Tho paper manufacturers say they would have provided paper for from on to three cents a pound cheaper tlmu it was purchased through Mr. Porter, the favored agent. I'llKRItVTl R1AN. The lack of ordained men has lod the Presbyterians of South Alabama, in accord ance with permission given by tho lust South ern General Assembly, to nppoiut fifteen lay evangelists. Five accepted the duties. The now Presbyterian paper of Chicago is expected to appear the first of February, as nenrly !frr0,0IO have been secured as a finan cial basis. Rev. Arthur Swazey has resigned his pastorate in Chicago to become its editor. Nine churches of this denomination were organized Inst year, viz.: At Brookneld. Conn.; at Gnttenbnrg, N. J.; at West End, N. J.; atClymer, N. Y.; at Danforlh, 111.; and three in Virginia. A generous benefactor, whose name is not published, hns recently given the Hum of $2.r,J0) to tho fund for disabled ministers and their families of the Presbyterian Church. The fund now amounts to :!., 000. The Presbyterians of Kansas propose as a memorial of reunion to take up Highland University, which ranks as a good academy, and to make a respectable college of it. They propose to endow it immediately with !), 000. A first-class educational institution, under Presbyterian control, is about to be established at or near Pittsburg, to be called the " Pennsylvania Female College." A charter has been obtained, a Board of Trus tees organized, and a subscription of $30,000 secured. It is reported that Rev. T. De Witt Tal nmgo received into the Central Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, on the !)th inst., forty three new members, mnkirg, in all, one hun dred and thirty-seven additions during tho few months of his pastorate many of them remarkable cases of conversion. The Old School Presbyterian boards are appealing lustily for contributions, complain ing that the zeal of reunion has not helped them. During the first ten months of the fiscal year the Board of Domestic Missions has received $28, 4 35 less than during the same month last year, though the appropria tions for the year are $2!!, 01 more than then. The board has felt obliged to decline to make any further appointments. BAPTIST. The Rev. E. J. Stevens, a former Metho dist minister of Belchortown, Massachusetts, is about to join the Baptist denomination. Mrs. J. Lawrence Smith, daughter of the late Hon. James Guthrie, as soon as the charter of the Baptist Orphans' Home, Louis ville, Ky., is obtained, will" convey to the managers a lot in that city worth $15,000 and $5000 toward tho necessary building. During the past year tho Falls of Schuyl kill Church have raised about $0000, half of which was expended in improving their meeting-houne. This is nearly three times as much as the church ever raisod be fore in one year The Central Suptixt of St. Louis, Mo., protests against tho organization of more Baptist churches in Missouri. There are in that State 800 churches, with 00,000 members an average, if all were discoverable, of 75 each. Half of them have less than forty. Not one church in twenty is supporting a pastor, and many are doing absolutory nothing outside of themselves. That paper says that "if the (0,000 Baptists aforesaid were con solidated into 200 churches of :!00 members each, it would be easy to raise $50, 000 annually for State evangelization." A writer in the Examiner neatly parries tho charge of narrowness made against those Baptists who dreaded that a proposition would be made for a union sacramental season at the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in Now York, by confessing his willingness to have the matter proposod, if there shall also Vie a broad-minded interchange of pulpits. He says: ' "I am passionately fond of Christian union and brotherly love, and I do so much long to hear Spurgeon in Trinity, Fnshon at St. Albans, and the Archbishop of Canterbury in Dr. Kendrick's meeting-house." CONGKKOATIONAL,. Sixty years ago there was but one Con gregational church in Missouri. There are now fifty-bix. Fourteen Congregational churches have been organized among the colored people in and about New Orleans during tho last year. On tho 2!)th ultimo Rev. David Brigham celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his in stallation over the church at Randolph, Mass. The suggestion of the Congreyationalist that next yeur, the 250th of Congregational ism, be celebrated as a jubilee year, meets a warm response from all quarters. A Southern association of the Congrega tional churches of California was reorganized at San Buenaventura on December 7. It em braces four churches and six ministers. The Rev. Mr. Morriman, pastor of tho Broadway Congregational Church in Norwich, Conn., has decided to decline the call to the chair of Church History in tho Chicago Theo logical Seminary. Sixteen Congregational clergymen have been ordained and installed in New Hamp shire during the past yeur. Three have been dismissed, and four died. There are one hundred and ninety-one churches of the de nomination in the State, and about nineteen thousand members. Bangor Theological Seminary is soon to meet with another loss. Last year Dr. Shep herd was carried to his "upper homo," and now Dr. Pond so feels the weight of years that he has explicitly informed the trustees lhat he will cease his labors as Professor at the close of the current year. JXXIIKIUN. A correspondent of tho Lutheran, , Ob. server sayj: "The Lutheran Church num bers already 400,000 members, more th;in 2000 ministers, over 15060 congregations, and some of the latter tho largest iu this country. In point of members wo now rank third among the Protestant churches in the Vnitcd States." cvrnouo. The Tope has published a bull regulating the penalties of encommunicatiun. It was prepared with the utmost' secrecy, and not neon by the members of tho Council before its publication. Among those subject to the major excommunication, ipso facto, and to i whom absolution can be given only by him, except in articulo mortis, are all heretics, all who read books condemned by the Holy Sue, all who "directly or indirectly" compel lay Judges to bring ecclesiastics before their tri bunals. He fulminates against the radical j principles of civilization, and assails above all others the principle of toleration. He dtcliue txcouiujuiiicale those who give buriid to heretics, those who offend or intimidate the inquisitors, denouncers, witnesses, and other ministers of the Holy Office, and hosts of others. The bull has fallen like a thun deibolt on tho assemblod prelates, most of whom find that by its sentences it, ipso facto, excommunicates the governments of the countries to which thoy belong. The advocates of Papal infallibility have circulated a petition among tho bishops of tho council in favor of thut dogma. Over three hundred fathers have refused to sign it, and the opposers of the project intend to get up a counter petition. But the London lab let (Catholic) says tho majority in favor of the plsn will be enormous. A commission of tho council has been appointed for the purpose of receiving, and, if thought best, presenting to the council any proposition that shall be made by its members. This is a very impor tant commission; and the fact that it is com posed of such men as Antonelli, Manning, and DcRcbamp is regarded as proof that no thing will be presented against tho Pope's w ishes, especially as ho has the power to veto any proposition which they might wish, if less subservient to the Pope's infallibility, to present. THE JEWS. The Universal Israelitish Alliance is pre paring to send a large number of poor Rus sian Jews to this country. Tho American Jews protest against tho plan as most unwise. A German paper, the Jsraelit, says Polish Jews have no wish to emigrate, as they fear their children will lose their religion, since "in America there is no Arub (that is, no cities which are enclosed by wires, and by that constituted a city in the Jewish legal se.ns:e); no ATirveh (an establishment for tak ing the ritual bath); no lieth hammidrash (no institution where they receive reguler instruction in the Talmud, and whore men spend all day in studying it); no Niechitah (no regular supervision of those who aro appointed to kill animals according to the ritual code); no regular observance of the Sabbath and holidays." MISSIONARY NEWS. Intelligence from Rotumah, one of tho Fiji Islands, represents two chiefs of import ance as having just become worshippers with the Wesleyan converts. Popery, with two priests, was not stroig, nor gaining ground. Dr. Maclay, Superintendent of the Me thodist Missions in Fuh Chau, China, says that the past year has been one of great pros perity, lie thinks over 200 souls have beon converted, and the prospect for tho future is very cheering. The Presbyterian Mission has a female noiunil tcJiool in Mynpnre, Northern Inriia. It has just sent out its first male teachers, At first the girls refused to teach, as it was considered bad enough for a woman to learn to read, not to speak of teaching. But the lady principal instantly expelled tho recusant parties, and that brought them to terms. The progress of opinion in Portugal in reference to religious freedom is very niarkod in decisions of courts and articles of tho press. An employe of tho government was tried at Faynl for teaching Protestant doc trines. The inferior court acquitted him. An appeal was taken to tho superior court; and again tho decision is in his favor. Mr. Cassels also has been acquitted at Oporto, and has resumed teaceicg the Portuguese. A native of Madeira tho Rev. Manuel Pires, from America an ordained minister of tho Old School Presbyterians, has just begun preach ing to his countrymen. During October a Chilian Reformed Church was organized in Valparaiso. Five native Christians confessed the Lord Jesus Christ in a congregation of 80 to 100 persons, most of them natives. At a publio meeting lately held in Santiago for the purpose of raising funds for a new Roman Catholio semi nary, the United States Minister, General Kilpatrick, was present, and in his address said: "There was a time In the world's history when ijr liorauce and superstition went hand lu band, when education existed only among the clergy and a cer tain aristocracy, and when the masses knew of the Vlble merely vliat otherB taught them sparingly. Htpplly, those times of ignorance have gono hy. la this work, gentlemen, 1 am with you. Willi the open Bible, with universal education utid Kiill'nige. 1 can exclaim, with all my heart, Forward, Chill! Ad aucc In the path of glory !'' This Eentiment was received with prolonged manifestations of applause Two colporteurs are employed in Helling Bibles and tracts in Chili. The Independent has received quite full accounts of the destruction of the royal idols of Madagascar. These wero tho property of the royal family and of the Government. The idols of the chiefs and of the villages were not disturbed; although tho Queen answered to those who asked if she meant to require tho destruction of other idols, that nothing could give her greature pleasure, but that she did not command it. Orders were given some time ago lor tncir destruction, but the keepers refused to obey, and intimated that the idol possessed a power to poison its ene mies. vnen they came to tho capital to assert their rights as nobles, she took ad- 1 J i 1 . vantage oi tne opportunity to sona a force of soldiers, who, on arriving at the place, read the proclamation and proceeded to execute their orders. After burning the appendages and robes of the idol, they proceeded to burn tho idol itself. when the people said: "You cannot burn him; ho is a god!" To which the Christian officer replied: "If he be a god, he will not burn; we are going to try. And whon en veloped in flames one of them held it up on a stick to show it was burning. This removes one great obstacle to the spread of Chrisll anity. One effect was tho immediate increase of the villago congregations. After thirty years of severe persecution, during which at least 200 died and thousands suffered for their faith, tho numbers of the Christians during that period had increased from loss than 100 to 7000. At the close of liSCS, seven years later, the adherents to Christi anity exceeded 40,000; while in some parts of the province their number has doubled dur ing the past year. The position of Mada gascar leads us to hope that its conversion and civilization will make it to tho regiom of Africa which Dr. Livingstone has been opening up what England is to Europe. CURTAINS AND SH APE S. M. C A R R Y L 11 a resumed tlie Curtain Business with his Sons at No. 723 CHESNUT STREET, Two doora above his Old Stind. CURTAIN IECORATIONS, of the newest fabrici ELEGANT GILT and ROSEWOOD COKNttt.ES. , TASSELS, FRINGES, WINDOW SHADES, LaCI CURTAiNS, fioin tho plainest to tlio most elaborat ami expensive. RAILROAD SUPPLIES. W. H. 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By using the "Catch-word" Index, It will not only save time and eyesight, but the ending ot a name quickly Is a mathematical certainty. Yon are invited to call and examine It. PUBLISHED BY JAS. B. SMITH & CO., Wholesale and Retail Blank Book Manufacturers and Stationers, Ho. S7 South SEVENTH St. 12 23 tJiBtnSm PHILADELPHIA, DRUGS, PAINTS, ETO. TOJIKIIT SIIOKMAKEK At CO., N. E. Corner FOURTH and RACE Sta., PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUCCIST3, Importers and Manufacturers ot WHITE LEADSAND COLORED PAINTS, PUTTY, VARNISHES, ETC. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at lowest prices tor cash. 12 41 M. MAUSILVLL, DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST, AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN PAINTS, OILS. GLASS. AND PATENT MEDICINES, Nos. 1301 and 1303 MARKET St. 10 21 tnstufim NEW PUB LIGATIONS. . PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE A New Coarse of Lectures, ss delivered at the Nsn York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the subjects: How to Live, and What to Live for; Youth, Maturity, and Old Axe; Manhood Oenerallv Reviewed ! The Cause ol Indigestion ) 1 latulanoe and Nervous liseases Aouounted Ibor; Aiiirriage Philosophically Considered, eto. eto. Pocket volumes containing thusa Lectures will be for. warded, post paid, on receipt of ib ceutn, by addrnssins; W, A. I.KAhY, Ju., 8. K. corner n HUTU and WALNUT Streets. Philadelphia. SHt yyr ire w o r k. GALVANIZED and Painted WIRE GUARDS, tore fronts and windows, for factory and warehou windows, tor churches and cellar windows. IRON and WIRE RAILINGS, tor balconies, offices cemetery and garden fences. Liberal allowance made to Contractors, Builder) and Carpenters. Ail orders tilled with promptuei and work guaranteed. ROBERT WOOD A CO.. stothem No. liso JUWEAvi'uue Phila PIANOS. STEIN WAY & GOfta. Grand Square and Upright Pianos, With their newly patented VtfSONATOR, by which the original Tolnme o. sound, ftn always bs retained, th. same si In a Vio'in, BLASII78 BH03., No. 100G CHESNUT STKKET, . H7stt PHILADELPHIA. S?fa , ALRRECHT, s231 lfT-n RIKKK8 HCHMITVT, TfTTFH FIRBT-Cl.ariH PIANO KORTE8. Fall guarantee snd moderate prions S WAKKRocMS,Ko.lUAROH8tre. ffE3 BRADBURY'S AND OTHER A Nfodham's CrKBiis, from 50 npwards. WIl.LlAMd Elv'iy.V',,- 'I''8 AULU Ktrcet "" KI.KVfcNTH Rtrepf. It la ttm LUMBER. 1870 erRVCE joist. SPRUCE JOIST. 11 KM LOCK. UKMLOCK. 1870 1GTfi SEASONED CLEAR PINK, OA 1 0 ( If SEASONED CLEA H PIN E. I O ( U uuicN r ah hit: riMt SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS. RED CEDAR. 1870 FLORIDA FLOORING. , FLORIDA FLOORING. CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA FLOORING. DELAWARE FLOORING. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. FLORIDA STEP HOARDS. RAIL PLANK. 1870 1 7fl WALNUT HOARDS AND PLANK, s n " A lO i U WALNUT HOARDS AND PLANK. JO I it WALNUT BOARDS. WAlJsUT PLANK. 1Q7A UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 10i-n 10 tJ UNDERTAKERS' LUMDER. lb i 0 RED CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINE. 1870 SEASONED POPLAR, -s O'-A SEASONED CHERRY. 1 0 ( U ASH. WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. HICKORY. 1 Q7A CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 1 O-A lOlU CIGAR ROX MAKERS' lOllf SPANISH CEDAR BOX HOARDS. U'1a u i T n i FOR SALE LOW. IfirA CAROLINA SCANTLING. 1Q"A lOIV CAROLINA II. T. SILLS, lO ill NORWAY SCANTLING. 1870 CEDAR SHINGLES. 1875 CYPRESS SHINGLES. ilAULE. BROTHER A CO.', No. 2F00 SOUTH Street. 115 JJNITED STATES BUILDERS MIUW FIFTEENTH STREET, BELOW MARKET, ESIEB & 2H0THER, Proprietor!. WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, ETO. BALUSTERS AND TURNING WORK. A Large Stock always on hand. n am "PAIS EL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES. X 1 COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES. 1 COMMON HOARDS. IsndSiSlDK KK NCR HOARDS. WH1TK PINK FLOORING HOARDS. YELLOW AND SAP PIN K FLOORINOS. lid. and Of. SPRUCE JOIST, ALL BIZKS. UKMLOCK JOIST, ALL 8IZKS. PLASTFH1NO LATU A KPKCIALTT. lopether with a eeneral assortment of lluililing Hnmba) for sale low for Oftsh. T. W. SMALTZ. Ila4m FIFTEENTH and STILUS Street. LUMBER UNDER OVBS ALWAYS DRY. Walnut, White Pine, Yellow Pine, Spruce, Eem lock, Shingles, eta, always on hand at low rates. WATSON &, G1LLING1IAM, 895 No. 924 RICHMOND Street, 18th ward. PATENTS. P N OFFICES FOR PROCURING Patents in the United States and Fo reign Countries, FORREST BUILDINGS, HO 8. FOUI11EZ St., lMtilada., AD MARBLE BUILDINGS, SUYiilVI H Mreet, ulWre I", (Opposite U. S. Patent Office), WASHINGTON, D. O. II. HOWSON, Solicitor of Patents.1 t V. HOWSON, Attorney at-Law. Communications to be adc ressed to tho Principal Offices Philadelphia. 1 m mws3m PATENT OF F I C E 8, N. W. Corner FOURTn and CllESNUT, (Entrance on FOURTH Street), FRANCIS D. FASTOHZUS, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS. Patents procured for Inventions in the United States and Foreign Countries, and all business re lating to the same promptly transacted. Call or send for circulars on Patents. Open till 9 o'clock ever evening. 3 C snith - I L L I A M 8. IRWIM, GENERAL PATENT AGENT, No. 406 LIBRARY STREET. OUTOALTS PATENT ELASTIC JOINT 1IIOM ROOF. AMERICAN CORRUGATED IRON C( 'S UANU FAOTURK8, PIRK PROOK BUILDINGS, KTO. TAYLOR A OOALK'S PATHJUT AUTOMATIO LOOK-UP SAFETY VALVK. BRADFORD'S LOW WATER INDICATOR, ETO. ETO. U 4 tl 1 p AT EHT OF! I C B8 W. Corner EOUETH and WALHTJT PHILADELPHIA. FEES LESS THAN ANY OTHER KKLLAHL AGENCY. Send for pamphle on Patents. 8 4 thstnJ CHARLEU U. EVANS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, W ahimnoton, D. C , Jan. 10, IH7U. On the petition of O. V. MiN ARD, of Juinisviltu, Penn sylvania, prs iiik ior the extension ot a putunt jrrnnted to li im on tlie loth iia of A prii, lKki. nnd roiHriiicd on tUo 24tb. (luy of Nnvembur, ltsbH, for an iniprovuiuuul in milking BRAKS KETTLhS. . , It is ordered that the testimony In tho osos bo closed oa the 1Mb (luy of Murcli ni'xt, that the tiiuo iur hliuK argu ments and the examiner's repurt bo limited to Iheiimi day of Wnrch next, and tbut auid petition bo heard un the) 30th day ot March next. An, person may oppose this "jl-n g y,8HKRi 116s3t Commissioner of fatentss. . QTATE EIGHTS FOR SALE. 8TAT1 i-J Rights of a valuable toTention lost patented, and fa tlm KL1C1NO, CUi TlNU, and Cllil'i'lWO of dried beoi cabbsae, etc., are hereby cQered for sale. It ia an artiot, of grkat. value to piopiietors of hotels and reauuiranls, nndiisiiould be iLtrndttced into every family. K i'A'l H RIGHTS fi,rsle. Model can be seen at TtCLKGRAPU OFFIOIC COOPLIi 4 UOFFMAK -mrmavmf-i I'm i w tli wii.iajw
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