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n 23e Congress Street. very central location In
~ qune at John +. Hammers new Picture Gallery
corner Of C0nge ess and Chestnut Streets Jan 6tf
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A CONVENIENT FRONT ROOM, with large
a room in the rear. with steam power.
Enquire at this office.
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BONDS.
BONDS.
SIX PER CENT.
GOLD BONDS,
Free from Government Tax.
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
First Mortgage Bonds.
Principal and Interest Parable
~S aN Cola.

The underaigned have auth oriSy to offer
Ter sale she Bonds of the Porilsnd md
Osdensburg Railroad Company at
The very low price of so with ac-
f1 crued Interest i'm currency.
THIS road Is now completed to West Baldwin.
ana trains are running to that point, SO mile. from
Portland. Beyond West Baldwin the road is graded
10 Fryeburg 81 miles from Portland, and the rails
viii De laid to that point as early IN the spring as
sthe weather will permit. From Fryeburg the road
ls under contract to Conway, N. H., to which point
trains will run in July, 1871.
Inc road has thus far been built and equipped
rom cash Subscriptions to the Capital Stock but to
complete 1t to Bartlett N. H., and to provide add.
uonai equipment for its increasing business, the
Company has issued bonds to the amount Of $780,
600, secured by mortgage OF its entire propertv to
the following Trustees:
WOODBURY. DAVIS,
SAMUEL r. SPRING,
WESTON F. MILLIKEN.
We now offer these Bonds tor sale and conf dent1o
recommend them as safe and profitable invest.
ment for these reasons:
l.. Low Price. at the present yalus of
US Bonds. these Bonds pay one per cent.
more interest in gold on the investment.
2. Ample security. The ehtire mort
gage upon the road when completed to;sart-
lett will be only $12,50o per mile, O small ler
incumbrance than upon any other railroad
to Maine, with single exception, and lees
than the value of its rails and equipment.
B. Large and Probable Local
Traffic. The business upon the line al
ready completed more thar meets the expec-
tations of its most sanguine friends and Sc
cures beyond doubt the interest on fits
Bonds. fhe line is the natural outlet Eof
some OF the finest waterpower in the State.
on the Presumpscot and Saco rivers, bither-
to unimrroved on account of the difficulty of
reaching the sea-board 1t taps the large in
terror navigation OF Lake Sebago and its trib-
utaries,over "a miles of inland waters, drains
very large agricultural district lying on the
shores of Lake Sebaeo and on the bal ks of
the Ossipee and Saco rivers, and penetrates
the heart Of the White Mountains at Conway
and Bartlett, the most popular summer re-
sorts OF the region.
4. Prospeetive connexions, This
road Is to torn part OF trunk line from Lake
Champlain to the seabofda Its sister corpo-
ration in Vermont, is rapidly building the
Western division OF the road, fiom Swant,n
to the Connecticut River, and the entire line
when completed, will be the shortest connec- s
tion between Ogdensbrrg, the great dis
tributing point of the lakes, and tide water
We offer these Bonds for the present IN denomfua-
lions of $1,000 or $500, at n
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, The Bonds are issued at $40 600 per mile against
equipped.
The greater part OF the road is already in OPERA
ton and the present earnings are Largely in excess
OF the operating expenses ard interest on the Bonds
The balance OF the work necessary TO establish
through conneetions, thereby shortening the dis
ance between St. Paul and Chicago As mile7 and y0
mites to 81. Louis, is rapidly progressing. in time
for the movement OF the coming q ain crCps which
IL is estimated, will double the present income Of
the road. -I
The established character of this road running az
it does through the heart of the most cky settled
and rchesI pOrtloE of the great State ct Iowa, to-
geth With its pi esent advanced condition and large
earnings warrant us ih uuhesitatingy recommending
these honis 10 investors as 10 respect, an un-
doubted security. A small quantity Of tNe issue
only remains unsold, and when the enterprise is
completed, which will be this Fail. an immediate
advance over sunscrition price may be looked tor.
These bonds have 80 years to run, are convertible
at the option the holder the stock OF the COM
panv at par, and the payment of the principal ia
provided TOR by sinking fund. The convertbiitv
privilege attached TO these bonds cannot tail to
thc1l at no distant day to command market price
considerably above par. U. S. Fve-twentips at
present prices only return ~ per cent currency
interest. while these bonds pay 81 per eent and we
regard them TO be safe aud ullv equal az secur.
ty 10 any Railroad Bond ssned and until thev re-
placed upon the New York Stock Exchange. the
rules Of which require the road to be Completed. we
0bgae ourselves to rebuy at any time apy of these
Bonds sold by us ter this date at the same price as
realized by US on their sale.
ALI mar ketable Securities taken in payment free
oil Commission and Express charges.
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i will find it 10 their ADVANTAGE TO cSlI onWM ~
change Street, Portland ~~"'' -A-
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Notice. .sgIss1 -'fg =
"a Copartpership Is this day formed between The
for the purpose OF carrying on the Flour
ing Dusuess under the old firm name OF
ssi Paris Fleuriag Company,
AtSouth Paris. Maine. n .,sa =
FIoMr. Grahcm Corn, Meal. Midditngs Fine Feed,
and an, constantly on hand ct oh,lesate and re-
tdH. CHARLES BAILEY ses
tlt .rtll 1873 sf7H1 r FRANK. H. SKTLLtNGS,
i1-9A ssa3 .l,-A RUSWELh r. DOTEN.
South Paris, Jan I'd, 1s7l..l ts1-4 ta7d3M.- 2.
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N O TT @ E

'TNHE Coparinership heretofore existing between
= Charles Baiiy. A. p Morgan and D. W. True
= TINS DAY dissolved by mutual consent and lin ita
ZION Ether OF the surviving partners will sign the
nam name q Paris fiouring Co IN settlement of ali
this date, ia LIQUIDATION. IN -r. 49, - - "
G Me peg leave to thank our friends for patronage
nm sa cneer'uy recommend q continuance OF The
VIII Us ,or several wears. and whose management
we tnnk Wiil bs guarantee of success. gel7sa
a asA = stl Alp. MORGAN,
Ss..h 50 - . ID. w. TRUE. :
south Paris, January I'd, 1871, ala- so S
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY


.rwrr, islns Agency.
"a W ELL & CO.. i7l3 Middle str.o,
mnsis III, inserted in papers in Maine ana ,hnn.,
VI Tue country at the publishers Iowa
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
Letters Of Recommendation.

A gentleman advertised for boy to as
sist him in his office, and nearly fifty ap-
plicants presented themselves to him.
Out of the whole number he IN snort
time selected one, and dismissed the rest.
I" l should like to know" said friend,
"on what ground you selected that boy,
who had not single recommendation
"You are mistaken" said the gentle
man, "he had a great many. be wiped
his feet when he came in, and closet the
door after him, showing that he was cane
full. He gave up his seat instantly to that
lame old man, showing that he was kind
and thoughtful. He took off his cap when
he came in, and answered my questions
promptly and respectfully, showing he was
polite and gentlemanly. He picked up
the book which had purposely laid upon
the floor, and replaced it on the table,
while all the rest stepped over 1t or
showed it aside; and he waited quietly for
his turn, instead of pushing and crowd1ng,
showing that he was honest and orderly.
When l talked with him, noticed that
his clothes were carefully brushed, his
hair in nice order, and his teeth as white
as milk; and when he wrote his name, L
noticed that his finger nails were clean, IN
stead of being tipped with jet, like that
handsome little fellows, In the blue
Jacket. Don't you call those things letters
of recommendation? l do, and | would
give more for what can tell about boy
by using my eyes ten minutes, than all the
fine letters he can bring me.-LtttIe Cor
D0TdL
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
Two Kinds Of People.

One of the most severely proper saints
that ever knew was person who never
had any influence over me. would never
have thought of telling her secret, or OF
confessing a fault But it was different
with old Aunt Chandler. She was one OF
those happy fat women-hountifully big
outside and in. If she caught me stealing
apples, she would take me into the house
as if for castigation, and then would put
the apples in the drawer and give them to
me one by one; and when l was put to
bed without my supper-which, to boy
growing at the rate of ten knots an hour,
was no small thing-she would bring me
bread and cheese while mother was pray
ing. felt guilty for liking the bread and
cheese better than the prayer, but did.
Once nv father said to me, Henry, do
you want to go hunting with me-" 1t was
a moment of trancendent joy. But Aunt
Chandler, not knowing of the invitation,
asked me to go to Collins store for some
snuff. l loved her too well to refuse. l
raced down the street, and raced back, but
father was gone. You may laugh, but that
was the darkest hour of my lie, and
look back and pity myself for it now.
Iwould do anything to serve this TREND
who sympathized with me. This Illus
trates Scripture: Scarcely for righteous
man would one die; yet for good man
one would even dare to die" 1t is not
Righteousness so much that we want as
goodness. Men want everything to run
into themselves. There should be an out
ward circulation. He who helps man
helps God. We serve God by taking care
of His children.-Henry Ward Bseeher's
Lecture Room Talk.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
NUMBER 10.
Youths Department.
SEWING.


BIZ JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
O. nsy by tle window there sits to-day,
dear little maiden-her name is Rose;
And her thoughts are out with the birds at play,
And her needle drags through the seam she sews
The thread provokes her, beyond doubt;
1t knots and snarles; and the needle tries
To murder her patience out and out,
For it pricks her finger. 20, dearl" she cries.
see the trouble she cannot see;
The witches are playing their pranks with Rose
They dance around her in sportive glee,
And, o, how they laugh at her fearful woesi
They twitch the thread as it leaves her hand,
They knot, and tangle, and twist it wrong;
And poor little Rose cannot understand
Why her sewing hour should be so long.
" 1 don't mind sewing on rainy days.
Said the restless Rose, ''but it seems to be
A cruel thing to give up my plays
When all outdoors Is entcing mel
This seam can wait, but my heart rebels,
And longs to carry me far away,
Toithe woods, to the beach where gather shells
o, how can 1 work when want to playr'
A bird leaned hard on the roses stem,
And bent the bud till 1t famed her cheek,
And Rose, through her tears looked out at them,
And fancied she heard them softly speak.
"If were you, little girl, they said,
II would hurry md finish what I'd begun,
"And keep my mind cu that bit Of thread,
Nor think Of play till he work was doner
She smiled through her tears, and she bent her
head,
And piled her needle with haste and skill;
"I'll put my heart in my work, she said;
''And that will help me; know it willf''
Isaw the fairies she could not see;
They polished the needle, and smoothed the
thread,
And danced around her In sportive glee,
And the sewing hour was quickly sped.
Our Young Folks.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
Iced Water.

During the hot season the excessive
use of iced water is one Of the most pro-
life sources of disease and sudden death.
In very hot weather, when water IS rend-
cred extremely cold by the use of ice IN
the cooler, no person should drink 1t In
that condition, but should pour in, or draw
from the hydrant, as much water of the
ordinary temperature as will modify the
iced water to about an October tempera-
ture. Then he may drink without damage.
Nothing is worse for the teeth than ex-
tremely cold water; and many man has
acquired dyspepsia by its bad effect upon
the stomach. Not a few have suffered
from congestions which were dangerous OF
deathly. We remember q boy, smart,
black eyed, and handsome, who was con-
nected with our Office. He was just old
enough to be wise above that which is
written. Being one day demonstrated
with for drinking two or three glasses OF
water as cold as ice could make 1t, he re-
piled tartly, Water is never too cold for
me never feel the slightest injury from
its use." The weather was extremely hot,
and if ever cold water could be used at any
time, that, of all others, when the system
was eyerheated, was not the time To use II
so copiously. The next day he was not IN
the office, and the following day he did
not come. The third day about noon he
made his appearance, and looked as If he
had had chills and fever for three months.
He drank no more iced water that summer
and probably got lesson which will last
him his lifetime. 1t is wonder 1t did
not kill him. A word to the wise is suffi-
Journal.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
Put Salt In Ii.

Mother, what makes you put salt IN
everything you cook? Everything you
make you put in little salt, and some
times great deal"
So spoke observing Annie as she stood
"looking on"
swell, Annie, I'll make you little LOAF
of bread without any of it, and see if you
can find out"
30 mother it doesn't taste bit good
said she after she had tasted of it.
"Why notp
"You didn't put any salt in it"
Mother" said Annie a day or two
afterward, "Jane Wells is the worst girl /
ever saw; she slsps her little brother, and
pulls his hair, and acts real hateful When
/ told her it was naughty to do so, and if
she would be kind to her brother he would
be kind to her, she only spoke
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
khOrassan.

This place where, according to our tele-
grams, hundreds Of human beings are daily
dying for want of food, and the starving
people are actually reduced to cannibalism,
lies between latitude 31-3S degrees 80
minutes N, and longitude 53-62 degrees
80 minutes E, and is the largest province
in Persia, containing 100000 square miles.
Nearly One-third of this area is a salt
waste; large portion of the remainder
consists of plains of shifting sands, lesving
a comparatively small part susceptible of
cultivation. The fertile districts are in
the North, where the high range of the
Elburz Mountains crosses the country,
throwing out spurs, thus formi ing an ele-
waited district abounding in wei l-watered
valleys. Art assists the work of nature by
means of canals, which conduct water
wherever it is most needed; but this sys-
tenn of irrigation, though much used in
ancient times, has been to great extent
abandoned on account of the incessant in
ternal troubles which have disturbed the
province for many centuries past. The
chief products of KhOrassan are grain,
cotton, silk, hemp. tobacco, aromatic and
medicinal plants, fruits end wine. Gold,
silver and precious stones are TO be found
there, and large numbers of camels, horses
and asses are raised. There are also manu-
factories of silk, woollen, cameps and
goats hair fabrics, as well as muskets and
sword blades. The principal towns are
Meshed, the capital; Nishapur, Yezd, and
Astrabad. The inhabitants are mostly
Mohammedans of the Shah sect. In
former days Khorassan included the de-
sert of Khiva or Kharasm, and the district
now known as the kingdom of Herat but
the first was separated from by it by the
warlike Seljuks at the beginning of the
eleventh century, and the latter about 1910
since which time it has been more than
once seized and held short period by the
Persians. Khorassan itself has been
several times disunited from the Persian
empire, but was finally permanently at
tached to it at the commencement of the
sixteenth century, by Ismail Sofi, the first
Suffavean Shah of Persia.-MIss0uST Re-
publican.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
What the Microscope ReVeals-With
Moral.

Lewenboeck tells US of an insect seen
with the microscope, of which fifty seven
millions would only equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen In
the cavities of grain of sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees, with
the branches, leaves and fruit
Butterflies are fully feathered-
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered
with scales like fish; q single grain Of
sand would cover one hundred and fifty OF
these scales, and yet scale covers tYe
hundred pores. Through these narrow
openings the sweat forces itself like water
through sieve.
The mites make five hundred steps a
second.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
world of animated beings, swimming with
as much liberty as whales IN the sea.
Each leaf has colony of insects graz
ing on it, like cows on q meadow.
Moral-Have some care as to the ar
Won breathe, the food you eat, and the
water you drink.-HoH1e and Health.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

An old farmer went into store in New
London, Conn, some time ago, and after
purchasing and paying for small guam
tity of goods went out, leaving his pocket
book open on the counter. One OF the
clerks discovered it and resolved to tam
per with it. Visiting one of his own
pockets, he selected three ffty-cent shin
plasters, redeemable 200 years after date,
in a new kind of bitters. These he sand
wiched with the currency In the pocket
book, which he returned to the place
where he found it, and patiently awaited
results. Before many minutes elapsed the
eountryman rushed in and excitedly in
u red about "middling good sized wal
let-had it been lynn round the store p
" Hasn't, sir" said the clerk. "Oh, there
it is now!" exclaimed the man, as he
caught sight of it and successfully raked
in the lost sheepskin. On looking over
the contents to see if it was all right, he
discovered the bitters money, and great
was his grief. "Where in thunder did L
get that stuff? said he. "By feugin,
that's toughl" And he forthwith set out
to find the party who had passed It on
him. The greater part of the afternoon
was spent in this way, but the poor un-
fortunate man was unable TO accomplish
his object and went home saddle, an
poorer in his own estimation-
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

An old gentleman living near Newbury-
port, Mass, called for cough medicine at
drug store the other day. The first dose
stiffened him out as stiff as a stake, and he
Law on the floor two hours foaming at the
mouth, aud he swelled up as big as two.
This he thought the effect of his disease,
and so he took another dose, and says that
it straightened him out sitter than before.
He lay foaming at the mouth for three
hours, and swelled up as big as three.
When he came to himself he took spoon
full of the medicine and threw it into the
fire, when it exploded with crest flash,
and what remained in the bottle he dashed
AGAINST the stone wall Then he went to
tbe store and found his bottle of cough
mixture all safe, but bottle fly poison
was missing.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
Why

rough TO me, and hit him again, Why
won't she take my advice, motherr, :.
Perhaps you don't put any SIT IN u
Season your words with grace, my Child.
Ask help of God in all you say and do,
and your words, spoken in the spirit on
Christ, will not fall to the ground Don't
forget to put salt in it, or else it won't
taste good"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

The Country Gentleman says that cue
tivators frequently allow raspberry bushes
to run rampant the season through, ana 90
the pruning the following spring, when
much severe cutting is requisite IN orlnS-
ing the plants into shape. a proper SNARE
of attention at the right time, and small
amount of labor, will enable the owner 10
bring them into suitable form, retain all
their vigor, and obviate much OF the care
REQUIRED for stalking the plants.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11
National Bank Circulation.
WASHINGTON. July %.

WASHINGTON, July %.
The total circulation issued to the Ma
tional Banks, to date, is $31s,6S6, $685. The
act of July -, 1870, authorized the issue
of $54, 100000 additional circulation, and
the establishment of Gold National
Banks, to which circulation can be issued
upon the deposit Of United States bonds
at the rate Of so per cent. upon the par
value thereof. Since the passage Of the
act, circulation has been issued to the fol-
lowing States:
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

ENGoRGEMENT OF A HENS CRoP.-
Early in the spring, valuable Brahma
hen in our flock had eaten so largely OF
snreds of corn-fodder as to completely
engorge the crop, which was hard and
yery much swollen. We took fine pair
of scissors, and removing few of the
feathers, cut open the skin of the breast
and exposed the crop. This was then
opened with the scissors for an inch in
length, and the mass of fodder removed
A stitch was put through the lips OF the
wound and tied, other stitches were passed
through the skin and secured, and the hen
was released. The operation was perfect
ly successful.-Hedrth and Home.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

The law requires that one half of the
increased circulation shall be apportioned
among those States not having an excess
already, according to population, and one
half according to the existing banking
capital, resources and business of such
State and Territory. The census returns
of the valuation of property and banking
capital have not yet been received, and
the proportion of circulation for the States
of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois cannot prob
ably be ascertained with any accuracy un-
til about the 1st of October. 1t is proba-
BILE, however, there will be sufficient cir
culation for all of the Southern and West
ern States when the full census returns
are received. No additional circulation
can be issued to the Eastern and Middle
States.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

A WOMAN in Oxford County, Maine,
eighty-two years old, who worked for
twenty-five cents a day and saved the
money, has just given $500, her wages for
four years, toward building UniVersalist
church.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

AT a spiritual meeting the other even
ing gentleman requested the medium TO
ask what amusements were most popular
in the spiritual world. The reply was,
Reading our own obituary notices.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-11

The average length Of time spent az
the toilet by seaside bellies Is saio 10 De
seven hours out Of the twenty-four.