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WEBgaY PAPER DR4e4zD TO AGRICULTURE Pe
AMERICAN & FOREIGN PATENTS.

AFTER nm extensive practice Of upwards OF 90
n years, continues 10 secure Patents In the United
States also in Great Britain, Franco, and other
foreign countries. Caveats. Specifications, Bonds,
Assignments, and all Papers or Drawings for Pa
tents executed on liberal terms and with despatch.
Researches made into American or Foreign works,
20 determine the validity or utility OF Patents or
Invcntions--and legal or other advice rendered In
all matters touching the same Copies Of the claims
of any Patent furnished by RENTING Ono Dollar.
Assignments recorded ut Washington.
The Agency Is not only tho largest In New Eng
land but through II inventors have advantages for
securing Patents Of ascertainlng the patentablity
OF inventions unsurpassed by, II not immeasura-
bly, superior 10. any which can be offered them olso-
where. The testimonials below given prove that
mono Is MORE SUCCESSFUL AT THE PATENT
OFFICE than the subscriber and as SUCCESS Is
TIE BEST PROOF OF ADVANTAGES AND ABIL-
lTY, no would add that no has oil undant reason to
believe, and can prove, that ut no other Office
tho kind the charges for professional services
50 moderate. The immense practice OF the sub
scribcr during twenty years past, has enabled him
to accumulate 10 vast collection or specifications
and official decisions relative to patents.
These, besides his extensive library OF legal and
mechanical works, and full accounts OF patents
granted In the United States and Europe. render
him able, beyond question, TO o1er superior facii.
tics for obtaining Patents.
All necessity or a journey to Washington to pro-
cure patent and the usual great delay there, arc
here saved inventors.
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Certain Cure IN all Cases,
Or No Charge Made.

DIR Dow Is consulted daily, from "a. N. to SIN
ms above upon all difficult and chronic diseases OF
every name and nature, having by his unwcaricd
attention and extraordinary success gained rep
utaton which calls patients from all parts OF the
country to obtain advice.
Among tho physicians In Boston,. mono stand
higher i'm the profession than the celebrated DIR.
DOW No 7 Endicott Street, Boston. Those who
need the services of an experienced physician and
surgeon should give him call.
P.S DR. Dow imports and has Tor sale now
article called the French Secret. Order by mall
for 81, and red stamp.
Boston. April 1863. lylS
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Every family ut this season should use the
SAMBUCI VINE
Celebrated In Europe for its medicinal and benent
clal qualities "a gentle Stimulant, Tonic, Dluret'
ic and SudOrihc, highly esteemed by eminent Pny-
and by some OF the first families in Europe and
America.
II has no equal, causing an appetite and building
up the system being entirely pure wine OF most
AS A DiURETTc,
Il imparts healthy action OF the Glands and Kid
news and Urinary Organs very beneficial IN Drop
~, Gout and Rheumatic Affections,
SPEER'S VINE
IL not n mixture or manufactured article, but Is
pure, from the juice Of the Portugal Sambucus
grape, cultivated in New Jersey. recommended oy
Chemists and Physicians as possessing medicai
properties superior 70 any other Wines In use, and
An excellent article for all weak and debilitated
persons and the aged and infrm, improving tho
appetite and benehttinS ladies and children.
ALADIES' VINE,
Because II will not intOxcatc as other wines, as II
contains no mixture OF spirits other liquors, and
A. admired for its rich peculiar flavor, and nutrtye
properties, impartlng healthy tone TO the digest
i've organs, and blooming, son, and healthy skin
and complexion.
WE REFER TO
n few well known gentlemen and physicians who
have tried the Wine
Gen Winfield SeOttUSA,l DIR Wilson, 18th ST NY
Gov Morgan, N state, DR. Ward, Newark, ~,
DIR J II Chiffon, Y city, DR. Dougherty,"
DIR Parker, city, DIR Parish, Philadelphia
~ None genuine without the signature Of "AI..
FRED SPEER, PasSaic, N. j." Is over the cork OF
each bottle.
MAKE ONE TRIAL or THIS VINE.
For sale by J, Sawyer, NJ. d., and ID. Smith, NJ
81, Diddeford, and & s. Mitchell, Saco. Trade sup
piled by H. n NAY, Portland. and all Wholesale
dealers In Boston.
A.SPEER, Proprietor,
Ylneyard-Passaic,N N. J.
Onico-20S Broadway, n. Y.
john la FOy, Paris, Agent for France and Gorma
ny. S-lyr
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NcIpsbOId'S Rose Wash.

HCEnsbOId'S Rose Wash.
An excellent Lotion for Diseases of Syphil-
itic nature, and as an injection in Diseases OF
the Urinary Organs, arising from habits OF dis
spation, used in connection with the Extracts
Buchu and Sarsaparilla, in such diseases as REQ
commended.
Evidence of the most responsible and reliable
character will accompany the medicines.
Certificates OF Cures,
From eight to twenty years. standing. with names
known TO SCIENCE AND FAME.
For medical properties Of BUCHU, SEQ DISPENSE
tory OF the United States.
See Professor DEWEES' valuable works on the
Practice OF Physic.
PHYSICK, Philadelphia.
See remarks made by Or. EPHRAlM MeDoY.
ELL, n celebrated Physician, and Member Of the
Royal College OF Surgeons, ireland, and published
nal.
SEQ most OF the late Standard Works on Medicine.
Extract BueAu, siSop~ bottle, ornr for $500.
SusapUiia, 100 500.
Improved Rose Wash, 90 $50.
Or half dozen OF each for si2. which will be SUN.
ccnt 70 cure the most obstinate cases. II directions
are adhered 10.
Delivered to any address, securely packed from
observation.
- Describe symptoms in NIL communications
Cures guaranteed. Advice gratis.
AFFIDAVIT.
Personally appeared before me, an Alderman OF
the city Of Philadelphia. II. T. HELMBoLD, who,bc.
Ing duly sworn doth say. his preparations contain
no narcotic. no mercury, or other injurious drugs,
but are purely vegetable. HT. HELMB0LD.
Sworn and subscribed before me. this I'D day OF
November. 1884. WM p. HIBBARD,
Alderman, Ninth street. above Race, Phila
Address Letters for information In confidence,
IT, r. HELMBOLD, cAsmisf,
Depot i0i South Tenth st., below Chestnut Phila-
Berdrs Of counferfsits and Unprineipied Dealers
Who endeavor 10 dispose "of their o,rn" and other
articles on the reputation attained by
Helmbolds Genuine Preparations,
Extinct Buchu.
Sarsaparilla,
81 Improved Rose Wash.
Sold by all Druggists every where.
AK for Heimboifs-Take No other.
Cut out the advertisement, and send forit nd
o. old imposition and ETposurs. lyris
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DYE HOUSE, Liberty St., near Covered
/ bridge, Dlddeford. Valentine Rrce Is prspered
to dye ali kinds Of Linen, Cotton, slx and me0'sa
vo.ss pants Canes Raylans, Basquins, &C., cleans.
cd AMI colored Without being ripped, and Pus. ~
good order. All coloring done by him u nxris
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eighteen years, and has acquired z. present salo
simply by being recom,nended oy ill., ill.,, ."o "A'
MOST IsP0RTANT:1M n.cs L Lsd9 S,I PSr.
n, tie reach of every 10 Keep IL convenient
far ~ use. The timely use OF single bottle will
, ~, vsV i, N be worth 100 times It's cost.
P'SnrIrF -sars yon, Money !-Do not be pcrsua-
dsd 10 purchase articles ut Is TO 81, which do not
.en,.In The virtues Of g ~ CT. bottle or Madame
portsr's Curative Balsam. the cost Of manufacture
Ing which is as great M that Of almost any other
medIcnc and the very low price Mt which IL 10
sold the profit 10 the seller apparently SMALL
and unprincipled dealers w,li sometimes recon,.'
larger, unless the customers insist upon having
Madame PorteE's, and none OTHER. A,k ior Madame
Iarrs bottles at % cents, aud take no other. you
cannot got II at one store you can ~ "a, another. :.
Sold BY all Druggists and store Keepers ~
n ccnts and In larger bottles Mt - cents.
DR.. Il. q. stevens, agent for Blddeford D. D.
tiea' q. 1ioodwin 4 Co, ~ Marshall st., Boston,
General Agents for New Englsnd. p,,,.,o,,
,vo New York.
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iBL00D! BLOOD BLOOD!
IIclmbold's Highly Concentrated Compound
Fluid Extract SarsapaciIla.

SYPHILIS
This Is an affection of the Blood, and attacks
tho Sexual Organs, Innings of the Nose, Ears,
Throat, Windpipe, and other Mucus Surfaces,
making its appearance in the form OF Ulcers
lIclmbold's Extract Sarsaparilla puriGes the
Blood, and removes all Scaiy Eruptons of the
Skin, giving to the Complexion Clear and
Healthy Color. 1t being prepared expressly for
this class Of complaints, its Blood Purifying
Properties are preserved to a greater extent
than any other preparation of Sarsaparilla.
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RUFUS SMALL & SON,
AUcTIohEERs,
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS,
Office in City Building, BiddefOrd, NJ.

Wo arc giving our whole time and attention TO
Companies as Agents, vix,--TAs Massaehns,Hs Mn.
tuai Lif,, located at Springfield, Mas, capital
over $4,000. In this company We have upon our
books over 100 members OF tho first men In Did
deford. Saco, and vicinity.
Also, the Hsw England LIE Company, located ~
Boston, Mass, capital OF s2,J0000O Its cash dis
bursements To its Life Members In 1858 was $780,
OOC. We operate as Agents for the following IRE
cornpaniesi cAsissa MsiaaL. Of Chelsea. Mass,
Quiaey Mutual, Quincy, Mass, PA1nfI, OF Hart
ford, Hssfsrn Ma.saeAnseffs, OF Pittsheld. Pseafa
qua, of Maine, all good, reliable stock companles
Tbankful for past Elyors VIC ask for n continuance
of tho same. Call and see us and bring your
friends. All business entrusted tous will DO hith.
fully and promptly perforned. ,,, ,ox
Biddeford. June %. 1860. lyrIs
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Official intercourse"
CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner of Patents.
81 have no hesitation In assuring inventors that
they cannot employ person more competent and
trusttrorthy and capable Of putting their ap-
plications In form TO secure for them an carly
and favorable consideration Mt the Patent Office"
EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissioner Of Patents.
"Mr. II. II. Eddy has made for me THIRTEEN
been granted, and that is NOR pending. Such un-
mistakcable proof Of great talent and ability on
his part leads me to recommend all inventors 70
apply to him TO procure their patents as they may
be sure OF having tho most faithful attention be-
slowed on their cases. and ut very reasonable char
ges" JOHN TAGuARr.
During eight months the subscriber, In course OF
his large practice made on tpice rejected applica-
tions SIXTEEN APPEALS, EVERY ono of which
was decided In has favor by the Commissioning oil
Patents. II. IL. EDDY,
Boston, December 10, 1862. lyr2
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HcImbOId's Ecs. BMchM

rs THE GREAT DIURETTC.
and II Is certain to have the desired effect in all
Diseases for which 1t is recommended
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GRACE'S CELEDRiTED SiLTE.
A SURE RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERER.

This Salvc Is q vegetable preparation. invent
ed in the 18th century, by DR. W.. GRACE,
surgeon in King James's army. Through its
agency he cured thousands Of most serious sores
and wounds that bafled the skill Of tho most
eminent physicians Of his day, and was regarded
by ull who knew him as public bcncfaetor.
Graec's Celebrated Balvo cures Burns
Gracs's Celebrated Salvo cures ScaldJ.
Grace's Celebrated salvo cures Flesh Wounds.
Graco's Celebrated salvo cures Coru,.
Graco's Celebrated Salvo cures Foloa,.
Graco's Celebrated Salvo cures Frozen Limbs
arace's Celebrated salvo cures Wens.
Graces Celebrated Salve cures Callouiss.
Gracos Celebrated Salvo cures Salt Rh,un.
Grace's Celebrated Salvo cures Chiltlains.
Gracc's Celebrated Salvc cures Soro Breast
Grace's Celebrated salvo cures Sore Lips.
Grace's Celebrated Salvo cures Ery,ipslas Sores.
Graces Celebrated salvo cures AbseeJsos.
Grace's Celebrated Salvo cures Ulcers.
Grace's Celebrated Salvo cures Chapped Hands.
GracSs Celebrated Salvo cures Ringworms.
And from Sores and Wounds Of the most serious
nature down to common Pmplc. IL cradis
Gates Pimples from the face, and beauties tho
skin. There Is no preparation before the public
that can equal this Salyc in prompt and ensr-
Cetic action for the speedy cure OF external DIS
eases, ms those who have tried its virtues testify.
Soldiers, Sailors, and Fishermen, will find this
Salvc their best friend.
II has none of tho irritating. heating proper.
tics of other remedies, but cools, clcanses. and
heals the most serious Sores and Wounds.
Every family, and especially those containing
children, should keep box on hand in case Oh
accident, for Il will save them much trouble,
suffering, and money. All It wants Is q lar
trial to euro old and invetcrate Sores.
MANUFACTURED ny
WILLIAM GRACE,
AMEsBURY, MASS.
Price 25 Gents per Box.
Each box has the above cut and the facsimile Of
tho proprietor's signature attached to IL, which IN
duly copyrighted
nj. s.. Burr 4 co., 2 Congress st., Geo. C. Goodwin
a. Co., II and ~ Marshall st, and Weeks Potter,
ITO Washington ST., Boston, Wholesale Agents.
For sale by druggists and at country stOrese'ery
where.
Stevens, DR.. ID. Smith and A. Sawyer. iyril
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U 8 z
HelmbOld's Extract Buchu

For all Affections and Diseases of
THE BINARY ORGANS,
whether existing in Male or Female, from
whatever cause originating, and
No Mailer Of Hoo Long Standing!
Diseases of these Organs require the aid q
DIURITIC.
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g- Choice Family Groceries,
FARM FOR SALE,

SITUATED on Buxton road, Saco, two miles from
y the Post Ofice containing twenty-eight acres OF
excellent land, suitably divided into moving all;
on tho lot The buildings arc new and comm0dl.
Gus, constructed OF good material and In q tho
rough manner. House 25x3i, L l5x3p. two stories
There Is q good we'll Of water also largo cistern
In the cellar, for particulars enquire on The premi
ses OF f0tf u. L. HOOPER.
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TESTIMONIALS.
ARIES MASON.

az regard Mr.. Eddy as one OF tho most edpabi.
and ,uccea,jni practitioners with whom have had
Official intercourse"
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INSANITY AND COISUMPTION.
Females, Females,

OLD OR YOUNG, SINGLE, MARRIED, OR
CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE,
In many affections ped kiar to Females the
Extract Buchu is unequJled by any other rem
Painfulness, or Suppression Of the customary
Excavations, liberated or Schirrous state Of
the Uterus, Lcuchorrhea or Whites, Sterility,
and for all complaints incident to the sex, wheth-
er arising from Indscrction, Habits Of Dissipa-
ton, or in the
Decline or Change of Life.
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Maf'ms Zadoe Porfsy's
Bai'am has been In uso
- .l,lt. -.
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In oil their stages; at little expense; little or
no change in diet; no inconvenience,
AND NO EXPOSURE.
II causes frequent desire, and! 'gives strength
to Urinatc, thereby removing distractions, pre-.
venting and curing Structures of the Urethra,
allaying pain and Inflammation, 80 frequent In
this class Of diseases, and expclling Poisonous,
Diseased and WOrn- Out Matter.
Thousands upon thousands who have been
the victims Of
q u A @ X s,
and who have paid heary fees to be cured IN q
short time. have found they were deceived, and
that tho "Poison" has, by the use of "Powcr-
full Astringcnts," been dried up in the system,
to break out in an aggravated f rm, and
PERHAPS AFTER MARRIAGE.
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Take no Balsam, Mercury, or Unpleasant Med
icine for Unpleasant and Dangerous Diseases
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-30
TIE INVASION.

tits not yet possible to indicate satisfactorily
the direction in which the different corps Of
Lees army are marching kilograms are mea-
ger and contradictory, yet they throw some
light on the rebel positions and probable move
Inents Ewell is known to have been at Cham
bersburg on the oath, and is said to have been
at ShppeDsburg, twelve miles north, on the
25th Beyond that point be is not to be surely
traced, though two Of his divisions under Rhodes
and johnson appear TO have moved from Cham
bersburg to Carlisle, and yesterday were en-
camped either there or in front Of Har-
risburg. Hills corps, the center OF
Lees army and next in order of march to
Ewells, is reported, on the authority of refugee
from Carlisle, who left there at eleven, Sunday
night, to have been on the road between Cham
bersburg and Carlisle on Sunday. That corps
had all passed through Hagerstown Thursday
night, aud may easily have been beyond Cham
bersburg a little more than twenty miles, on
the third day following. LongStreet's head
quarters, by the same dispatch, were placed at
Gettysburg at the same time, but it is proba-
Bile that part of his corps, if the statement
that the last Of it passed through Hagerstown
on Friday be correct, lad not then come up.
The foregoing accounts, however, are not
easily recOncilable with the statement that Lee,
Longstreet, and Hill, accompanied by their
stats, left Chambersburg Saturday morning at
ii o'clock for Gettysburg. If Hills corps 10
to march for Carlisle on Sunday, why does he
himself set out for Gettysburg on Saturday
And if the main body Of Lees army the corps
Of Ewell and Hill, are marching on Carlisle
and Harrisburg, what is Lee doing at Gettys.
burgl 1t 10 far more likely that the Carlisle
citizen should have been msinformed as to
the troops On that road, than that the &C.
count Of 80 marked an event az the sim.
utaneous departure Of the three Generals
from Chsmbersburg for Gettysburg should be a
mistake. The latter, also, 10 partially con-
frmed by the establishment Of Longstreet's
headquarters at Gettysburg on Sunday. We
incline, therefore, to the opinion that, as the
same Harrisburg dispatch states. no corps but
EwePs has reached north from Chambersburg;
and 1t must then DO -esumsd that both Long
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Tho 1ews OF tho capture OF Puebla, as was
to be expected, has made sensation in Eu.
rope There, as well as here, it hud been pre-
coded by q report of n s"rlons defeat ri The
French, and, only few dnys before an or.
gan Of tho Progressive party in Spain had
claimed 10 have the most Trustworthy lniorma.
ton that Gen. Forey had capitulatcd. Such u
report following close upon the defeat OF tho
French GoycrIucnt ut the election IN all the
largo cities, must OF course have caused 1t con-
siderable uneasinesS uud we can easily imagine
with what delight the Emperor and his Cabi.
net received the first information oi the great
success OF ten. Forcy.
After sufficiently commenting upon the great
ness OF The French success, his press has been
naturally led 10 spcculetons ms 10 its bearing
upon the progress Of the French invasion. The
Emperor Of France has gratiicd the general
curiosity BY publishing ut once another mystic
rlous letter to Gen. Forey on the mission OF
France in Mexico. Like his former nantes.
toes, ii brcalhes the most benevolent sentiments
toward the McXlcans, and again assures the
"oiiu thht ho iofih VI Ro'cthHcnt WIZ 10 i'i-
posed upon the Mexicans against their will.
The Emperor expects that Mexico will soon he
regenerated by Government founded upon
the national will, the principles Of order and
progress, and respect for international law, y
and that then she will acknowledge that it
is to France that she owes her peace and pros
pcrity.' As the Emperor intends first of oil
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elected by general suffrage. it would bc dfi.
eminent founded upon the national will " which
he proposes to substitute for the Government of
the peoples choice. Many Of our Europeans 90.
temporaries regard the corp d-e'a OF 81 as al
exposition OF tie Emperor's views Of IA
tional will" and Consequently expect that an
;nnumerable host OF French officials will at
once be sent to Mexico, to guide and organize
The general suffrage.
One Of the ss1niofcial papers Of Paris, La
Francs, in feet, informs us that civil servlcs
IN every departme7s is TO be Immediately Or.
qanzed in Mexico. French clerks are e,irg
out 10 work the finances, p0st.ofH,rs, crIssoni-
houses, electric telegraph aud railwnys. A
railway is to be mnse not only from F'"-a
Cruz to the CITY of Mexico, but from thss
capital to the Pacific OCEAN. A csnal ifvN
the Calf OF Mexico to the Pacific il likewise
in contemplation. Plans like these tle f.m-
peror must undoubtedly have had ia 'iev when
be spoke Of the mission of France in beiai. OF
the Latin race 10 America, aud there eau 30
but little doubt that he hopes by grand ma
terial improvements to enlist powerful lu'ty
in bis favor, and by the bait OF material pc's-
perity to make the Mexcaps forget the lose Of
their national independence.
We also learn by the last European ndgccs
that the Governments OF Austria, Prussia,
Italy, Spain, Holland aud Belgium, hays
hastened to congratulate the Emperor upon tho
capture of Pusbla. Each Of those Govern.
ments, if sufficient inducements had been held
out to it, would have been eager to sid in tho
assassination of another political nationality.
A it is, they cannot but express their JOY at
the defiant violation by France of the Monroe
doctrine. IL would be useless to conceal
frDm ourselves that our relations with Europe
are shaped by considerations OF power, not of
and that the monarchIes Of tho Old
World are nearly unit in ardentiy wishing
Tor a thorough humiliation Of American do
luogracy
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(OvWAA-IlAAON.

Mr.. james NJ. Mason il an old Virginia
gentleman, having his residence near Winches-
ter, whence his slaves ran away n year or
moro ago, but hc is temporarily lodging at
London, where le hopes to be- one dny re-.
cciyed us Ambassador from the innn.stenler's
Coniederncy. Mr.. Moncurs ID. Conway Is II
young aud ardent Virgnan, though also OF an
old family, born and reared near Frcdericks.
burg IN old Virginia idens, but perverted by Il
Harvard education into an Aboilionlst Tran
scendentast and all sorts of u I" fanatic as
they are called though he does MT believe IN
anything he can Z bite.
Mr.. Mason having gone 10 London as IN
unucknowledgcd ambassador, Mr.. Conway
has been spending some time in England in
that capacity. And, rs neither he nor Mason
had any recognized function us nrgotin,or,
the bright thought appears to have struck him
that, though they could not negotiate with any
body else, they readily might with each other.
So he set about it. And in order TO have u
power behind him, Mr.. G. introduced
himself TO Mr.. NJ. as representative of the
Abolitionists. just as Mr.. Mason i' of tho in
surgent shareholders.
Unlike all but very green diplomatists, Mr..
G. played his best card first. II Mr.. Mason
would got the Rebels to abolish Slavery, Mr..
Conway would undertake 10 make the Abo-
litionists oppose the further prosecution Of the
War for the Union and favor the recognition