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South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

born of books; people and not things are
his specislty. He is generally a person of
middle age, for his knowledge is of a kind
which is gained only by time and expert
ence; he has Travelled much; indeed, he
is travelling perpetually. The Wandering
Jew of the legend is not a more uneasy
spirit You will find him-we are speak
ing of the American type-at Baden b.
den in the height of tine season and after
the season is over; he is smoking a chi
boque in Constantinople; he is stopping
temporarily at the best hotel IN London /;
he is at every we'll known watering-plaoe
in the world; he is on all the trains and
steamboats, going everywhere, and never
misses being passenger in every old stage
coach that is numbering along some out
of-the-way road. If chance takes you to
an unheard of, one-horse hotel nthe lone
lest part of New England or in the
Southern States, you will find the man
who knows everybody sitting on the porch
waiting fol you as if by appointment. He
is the first person that salutes you on your
arrival at Yokohama. If you were cast,
like Robinson Crusoe, on an uninhsbited
island, you would discover his footprints
on the beach before you had time to dine
upon the toothsome varieties of mollusks
which always throw themselves providen-
tally and with remarkable precision at
the feet of shipwrecked mariners.
As a general thing he is a pleasant per-
son to meet. His varied knowledge of all
your friends and their antecedents render
him especially agreeable if you encounter
him in a foreign land. To say he is like a
letter from home is to describe him feebly.
He is like a whole postoffice of letters.
By virtue of his familiarity with persons
and affairs connected with your own
sphere, he becomes in a few minutes an
old old friend of twenty years standing.
But though he is communicative to the
last degree, and seemingly as open as day
light, a certsin sort of mystery invariably
attaches itself to him. 1t is not clear how
he has had the time and opportunity TO
know such a multitude OF people. A man
in mercantile or professional life is neces-
sarily brought in contact with numerous
persons; but, after all, he moves in a mar
row circle; he is constantly meeting the
same or the same kind of man. He does
not get out of his own set. Like the So
ciety of q small town, the society CT the
great world is divided into cliques, innu-
merable circles revolving around each
other, but seldom or never touching. Now
the man that knows everybody doss not
appear to be under the same limitations
os other folk. He has managed somehow
to swing round many circles, counting his
acquaintsnces in every grade of life, from
the humblest to the highest. Our friend
is not 10 be COMPOUNDED for an instant with
the social bore who thrusts himself in
everywhere, and is only tolerated. The
man who knows everybody is welcome.
And, indeed, he deserves to be cherished.
He is proof that human nature is better
than we think it is. He either sees it with
clearer eyes thsn other men, or else he
brings to the study a heart full of Chris
tian charity. He knows everybody and is
not disgusted.-E0eTy Saturday.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
Lying to Children.

1 was sitting on the door-steps, one
warm Sabbath evening last spring, idly
watching the passers-by, and specializing
vaguely regarding their different charsc-
tiers, when mYattention became suddenly
fixed upon three indiyidusls-two women
and a boy. As they came near / heard
n wonans say to the other, II fesr it will
be chilly when we return. I do wish /
had brought my shawl" "You will need
it" replied the other, "and 1 thought you
had it but don't mind, Charley will run
back and get it" mo, ms, 1 don't want
to-" said the little boy. "Yes, you do"
said his mother. "Now, so right along,
like a good boy. You will find it lying on
my bed in the bedroom" But you
won't wait for me-" persisted the boy,
land | don't want to GO" ayes, we will"
his mother answered, "we won't stir one
step from where we stand"
well, I'll 60, then" he replied, and off
he started on a run. Presently he stopped
and looked behind, calling at the top of
his voice, You'll be sure to wait for
met" Yes, yes, of course we will" the
other answered back. "Now, hurry, Just
as fast as you caD." l was watching the
graceful motion of the boy, almost IN
mindful of the near proximity TO the two
women, when 1 heard the mother say to
her companion. "Now, when Charley
turns the corner so that he can't see us,
we will walk on. 1 only told him we
would wait to make him willing to GO"
And they did walk on, and soon the
t~hickening shadows hid them from my
view.
Still 1 sat outside, curious to zee what
Charley would do when he returned. Ten.
fifteen minutes passed, and then I heard
the patter of his feet along the walk. Ut
had grown so dark that 1 could hardly
distinguish him. 40, mamma," he called
out, when he came to where he had left
them; you promised to wait for me, and
you didn't. You lied to me, and III nerer
bdieos you again as long as IEUe."
Then he ran on q little farther, and again
stopped, and called out: " You lied to me,
mamma, y0u ddP 81 at heart, I went
inside. 1 had seen and heard enough for
M evening. Methinks, could the mother
only realize the awful impoIto of her boys
words, You lied to me, and l will never
believe you again" that she would rather
have died than to have deceived him.
A child will Learn the lesson of distrust
very easily, ami when once learned. how
nearly impossible to be unlesrned. To the
mother greet responsibilities are given
She may mold the character Of her chill
dren almost as she chooses, and if she fails
in her duty she lays up for both herself
and them untold misery. If she lies to
her children she cannot blame them for
lying to her.
1t were kinder, 1 could almost say, in
any mother, to thrust a dagger into the
heart of her child, than to SOW the seeds
of distrust there.
Mothers, pause and think, before you de-
ceive, even in the merest trifle, the little
child God has given to your keeping.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
The Man Who Knows Everybody.

EVERY one, we presume, knows a man
who knows everybody. By affinity, if not
by blood, he is wi brother to the man
who knows everything; but he is a vastly
more entertaining and companionable fel-
low he is pound to be clever and sgreea-
BILE, and, above all things, sympathetic, or
he would not know everybody. To know
many people argues the possession of sew
eral excellent qualities, such as tact, amia-
bility, unselishness, magnetism. A man
may have these, to be sure, and yet not
know everybody. To do that he must
have a sort of genius, q genius for socia-
bility. This is not perhaps a lofty git,
and we should say not a rare one, but
under most circumstances it is a pleasant
gift.
The man who knows everybody differs
in one respect from the man who knows
everything; he is not q dispenser of what
goes under the head of useful information;
he is not eternally setting his fellow-man
right in the matter of statistics, history,
geography and philology. He is not nee
essarily a well-read man; his gossip is not
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

TIE PHRENoLoGIcAL JOURNAL for
October deserves special mention. A list Of arti.
cles, illustrated and otherwise, composes its table
of contents. We would particularly mention the
following: William Clahin. Governor of Nassa-
chusetts; The Youthfulness OF the World, or the
signs Of its perpetuity; Foster Blodgett; Men, as
Husbands; Witch Hazel; Grumblers: New Stud.
les in Physiognomy, or the Model Of Respectable.
ity; Human Food, its preparation; Street-sights
in China; Agriculture and American Indifference
Bad Air; Wri, ing by Dashes; Alice and Phoebe
Cary; Some Hints on Pruning; The Deserted VII
lage, with new illustrations; Alexander II. Ste
phens' Head; Girls Education. Terms OF the
Journal: s. a year; single numbers, 30 cents. On
trial three months for so cents. S. R. WELLS,
New York.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
FINANCIAL.
Investment Securities.

JAY COOKE & Co. are now selling, and rec
ommend as q profitable and safe investment
for all classes, the First Mortgage 80 Gold
Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
paRy, bearing Seven and Three tenths per
cent. gold interest (more than s per cent. cur
rency), and secured by first and only mort
gage on the entire road and equipments, and
on more than $1,000 Acres of Land to every
mile of track, or 500 Acres of Land to each
$1,000 Bond. The highest current prices will
be paid for o.. s.. Five-Twenties. and all other
marketable Securities received in exchange.
Pamphlets, maps and full information will be
furnished, on application, by JAY COOKE &
Co., Philadelphia, New York and Washing.
ton, and by most Banks and Bankers through.
out the country.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSAL MEDICINE /. at

THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSAL MEDICINE Is at
last realized in DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BITTERs. This concentrated essence
of the finest medicinal herbs and roots in the
Western hemisphere eradicates all diseases
which have not undermined the sources of vi
tally, and in Chronic Indigestion, Nervous
Headache, Congestion of the Liver, Rheuma-
tism, Govt, General Debility, and innumera-
BILE ulcerous and scabious disorders, 1t is a
specific absolute and infallible.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
A Cheap Ice House.

In reply to a query as to "what would
be the cheapest mode of constructing sn
ice house suitable for an ordinary sized
family, and about how much ice it would
require" the Western Rural says:
1t is well understood that ice keeps bet
ter in large bodies, yet the majority of
inquiries of this character contemplate
cheap houses in which to preserve ice for
family use. This luxury need not be de-
MED any, where the winters are cold
enough to form the ice, as a cheap house
may be provided to supply all demands of
the family, if properly constructed. A
few dollars expended atthe outset for lum
Der will make a house that will last for
years; and but little labor in winter
when there is comparative ~leisure-will
replenish the stock of ice. Persons accus-
toned to an ample supply during the heat
of summer would rather deny themselves
of any other luxury than the invigoratipg
influence of this refreshing commodity.
When ice cannot be had, snow is some
times used by being packed, and water
poured on and allowed to freeze.
Fol a cheap house we give tee follow
ing plan. VIM. Hedge says, in the Western
RuTdl of S .ptember 18th, 1868: & drew
one large load of sawdust and spread on
the ground on the north side of my horse
barn then drew the ice Sawed in square
cakes) and built up a square pile, some
eight by ten fest, and seven or eight feet
high. 1 then set up scaniling, and built a
board house around it, two feet longer
each way than the ice, then filled in saw
dust around, and two or three feet on top,
and covered with boards and slabs. We
have used freely during the season, sold to
picnic parties, given away to sick neigh
bors, and have plenty of ice get"
Here is q plan for a more permanent
house: Make a frame ten feet square, of
studding two by ten inches, and eight feet
high. Board up on each side, ard fill in
with sswdust. Single the roof, with
ventilator on top put three or four inches
of sswdust on the ground, and twice as
much on top, when the ice is put in. Bank
up around with dirt, which not only forms
a drain, but cuts off all chance of a draft
of air from below. If sawdust cannot be
had, chaf or fine straw will answer the
purpose.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

THE CHILDREN's HoUR-The October
number contains q large amount of useful and en-.
tertaining reading and several handsome pictures.
The publishers will give the handsome chrome,
1.-THE Church Mouse" as q premium for every
club, large or small, of subscribers for 1874. T. S.
ARTHUR & Sons, Philadelphia, at s1.25 a year
five copies, IS 90; ten and one extra, 5000.
Specimen number free on receipt of stamp fol-
postage.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

ARTHUR LADY's HOME MAGAZINE
The October number abounds in good readingf for
the family circle, and contains the latest fashion
intelligence, with appropriate illustrations. The
publishers announce an attractive premium for
clubs for 1872, in the shape Of a new and beautiful
chrome, made expressly for them, entitled 1.-THE
Church Mouse" T. s. ARTHUR & Sons. Phfladel.
phia. Terms, 81 q year; three copies, IS; -four, S.;
eight, and one extra, sls; fifteen, and one extra,
$40.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

$1,000 REWARD is offered by the proprietor
of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
a medicine that will equal it In the cure Of
Bronchitis, severe Coughs, and the early
stages of Consumption. 5S7
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

"A man visited the State Library of
New Hampshire, wishing to consult JEFF.
and her said to the applicant, al cannot
find them, and 1 presume Mr.. jefferson
took them up before he died"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

Spirit Lake, heretofore supposed to
be the highest body of water in Iowa, has
been discovered to be on a lower level
than Swan Lake, which is six miles east
of the former,
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

Two or three doses of Aeriddn's Cdvalry
Condition Possders will cure a horse of any
common cough or cold, and the very worst
this from experience.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

THE REASON WHY so MANY DIE WITH CoxsuMP-
TON, i, because they neglect to use the proper
remedy in season. When the system is first at
tackled with a cough, oppression of the chest, or
Sc ted pains in the breast, Aliens Lung Balsam
will cause the phlegm to raise, heals the irritated
parts, and restore the systsm 70 health.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

AN English medical journal says that
wearing green kids frequently causes
eruptions on the hands which are almost
incUrable.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

This paper Is prepared by a corpsof Editors Of special
qualifications and every painsis taken to make tindispen$
able to every Railroad Man. Its altogether independent
avoids all undue putting ofmen or corporations, gives
news fully and impartaIly, aims especially to give Pracf<
cal Information which viii directly aid Its readersin the
nrosecution Of their business. Business men ind In the
RAILROAD GAZETTE the earliest information of theopen-
ing OF new stations on railroads In course Of construction,
and are thus enabled to establish relations with such towns
from The beginning Of their existence.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

A SIX Tor PRU>sING's CIDER VINEGAR.
u Celebrated for its Purity, Strength and PalaiableneSs.
Warranted 10 keep pickles. First Premium awarded at
the United States FaiT, Illinois state Fair and ChicagdCity
Fair. largest works of the kind in The United States Is
tshlishcd ISIS. Orders and correspondence promptly at
tended to. CHAS. G. E PRUSSING, $50 and 81 State ST,
Chicago. Also superb WHITE I VINEGAR
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
M !


Anew edition Of the Patent Laws, with official ru'es
for proceeding before the Patent Office, etc, inciuding
Census for 1870. complete. .Itshows the population BY
counties OF all the States and Territories, and popula-
ton OF cities OF over I0CoO Inhabitants Impor;sntto
every pa;entee who has rishtst 10 sell Itenahlcsh HIM
TO calculate the value OF territory, b. the population
Price, bound, - cents Mailed on receipt Of price
AddTess
MUM a co,
Publishers scIES-i7Tc AzrE:cAS,
New York Cfty.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
Proper attention is given to the
Relation Of Railroads to the Community and
Railroad Legislation,
ADD also TO the

Rssaao.s Of obzpanks to their Employees. and her
Auyus Rights and D1aie%
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
Illustrated by Fine Engravings

In It's columns. Engineers, Master Mechanics and Mann
acturers ind these Illustrated descriptions Of the greatest
value.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
III

Complicated business of Transportation, and especially
of the Operation of Railroads, Railroad Engineer
ing, the Construction of Locomotives and Cars.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-01


CHARLES O'CoHoR ON TEE POLITICAL
TRIALS IN SOUTH CARoLINA.-S. p. Hamil-
ton, attorney ut law, Chester, S. c., writes
to the Columbia g. c. Ph0njr to say:
"When the military arrests commenced
In the county Of York wrote Mr.. Charles
O'Conor, Of New York. to ascertain
whether or not 1t was possible to secure his
valuable services to defend those uufortu-
nate men confined in Jail, 1t was stated In
my letter, among other things, that it was
well known that many, ii not ma ority,
of those incarcerated were entirely inno-
cent of offence against tho law, and that
his great abilities would be mainly invoked
to shield such from an improper conviction.
I also said that any compensation In reason
would be at once subscribed to obtain bis
attendance at the trials. have taken the
liberty, without his sanction, 10 publish
his short reply"
MIR. OConor's letter, dated from The At
torney- Generals o;iive, NJW IorE, Octo-
Der 3lst, is as follows
only Dear Sir,-One ni4u olrnot do
everything and be everywhere. God knows
| mourn over tl.o ealalnttics ADD oppres
sions your people ale suffering, and look
with inexpressble grief at tic woes which
threaten them In the proxihl1te future.
But cannot aid you; nor do know any
one In this region who iss both able and
willing to do so.
IL could wish thai wien any mln thinks
Of soliciting my action in matter of this
sort he would not offer pecun'aIy compen-
satlon. But do not rcproach you. Men
as good and earnest "a caa pretend to be
are, Of course, compelled to accept such re-
wards.
81 am, dear sir, yours truly.
"CH. UCoNoR."
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-01

AN ACTOR SHOOTS HIMSELF ON THE
STAaE.-In the representation of Rob Roy
OF Pixies Opera House, Cincinnati. last
Saturday afternoon, all act occurred not
down on the bills and uncalled for by the
text. Towards the close Of the play 1t be-
comes necessary for Captain Thornton to
shoot Dougal. The latter feigns death |;
but as soon Us the Captains back Is turned
he leans to bis feet, sezes his Toe, and car
ries him captive from the stage. Last 50,
turday Captain Thornton was personated
by E. S. Russell and Dougal by Mr. Curiey.
The former was provided with pistol SO
rusty and stiff in the joints that it required
both hands to cock 1t. In performing the
operation Mr.. Russell inadvertently placed
bis hand over the muzzle, when the weapon
was inadvertently disc hareed, the Wad car
ryine away his little finger and mansnng the
third finger.
The wounded man turned and walked 10
his place, but was overcome by the pain,
and fell taintlng OH the stage. Curley, VINO
dropped ut the report OF the plstol, was
astonished when he rose to take the Cap
tain prisoner to find him lying on the floor.
He promptly seized him and dragged MIN
out amid the applause Of the audience,
who failed to notice the contretemps.
Another actor came on and spoke the lew
lines remaining to the gallant Captain 5
part, but even this seemed not to he no.
ticsd, and it was not until after the play
was over that the mishap VIII eli lad De-
fallen Mr.. Russell was known.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-01
DIN besldes . large amount of Treasury

coin bstides . large amount of Treasury
notes. The men excited no unusual in.
terest 10 Bristol. and left on the evening
train for Lynchburg. We have learned
mat the two burglars remained in Lynch
burg during Thursday. and It Ii not GER
tainly known that they have yet left that
city. They were "epotted" on Friday by
the Vi2ilant police OF Lynchburg 40 sus-
picious characters, and watch was
kept upon their movements. Whether
the two men found out that they were
being watched. or whether they thought 1t
impolitic to travel further on the railroad,
1t Is impossible to say. but It ia thought that
they have not left Lynchhure, az no one
has noticed their departure.
The description Of the burglars given by
Colonel Kerr, and published In the Press
and Herald Of Sunday, Is recognized, both
In Bristol and In Lynchburg, Us very exact
pen.portrsits of the tTo men. The articles
10 the Press and Herald, from the hour the
two riderless and exhausted horses were
four d at Lenoir's, the morning after the
robbeiy, until the present time, have given
wide publicity to the movements of their
riders, and as one link of evidence after
another was hunted up and published by
our reporters 1t became certain that the
men are the robbers of Colonel Kerr. The
Lynchburg police are making vigorous
search for them, and we are assured will
not rest until their whereabouts are dis
coyered.-KnoIuille Herald.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Meeting OF the Orange, A,exnna,,
and Manassas RaiaroasR Company.

meeting OF tho Orange, A,exnna,,a
and Manassas RailroasR COMPANY.
spscial telegram to the Dispatch. -
ALEXANDRIA, November a0.-The annu,,
meeting OF the Orange, Alexandria and
Manassas Railroad Company was held in
this city to-day.
President Barbours report states that
the gross earnings Of the road the past
financial year amounted to, nine hundred
and thirteen thousand two hundred and
ninety.fve dollars and after deductinp ex-
penses the net earnings were three hum
dred and ffty-nine thousand FIVE hundred
and thirty.flve dollars. The road Is In good
condition, with Increasing freight and pas-
senger business. The report calls atten.
ton to land scheme, and to certain acts OF
the Legislature affecting the road, urging
particularly the adoption of the provisions
OF the act for consolidating this road with
the Lynchburs and Danville railroad.
All acts, OF Assembly In reference to the
road were adopted, and President Barbour
and oil of the old officers were reelected
unanimously. ,..r.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-01
The state Debt What One OF the Eess
Virginia Commissioners S,sys.

A. W. Campbell, Esq, in second letter
to the Wheeling Intelligeneer, says, inter
ala:
"But 1t Is probably not worth while to
waste many words upon this point. His
tory will perhaps show that nearly every
part OF Virginia, while in process of Settle
ment, was unproductive. That We were
kept In the backwoods longer than other
portions was no fault Of our own. The re-
sponsbilty rests with those who were con-
tent to use us simply rs Il breakwater pro-
lection for the great overshadowiDg slave
interest and to do so little 10 develope
our resources. This lack Of all fOs-
terng attention and assistance was one
of West Eirginia's grievances before the
war, and constitutes now one Of her pleas
Ia abatement Of the debt. She to-day
confro1ts Virginia with the items that con-
stitute this debt. She says to her " l see
vast millions spent upon canals, railroads,
river improvements, turnptkes, bridges,
universities, military institutes, and other
public establishments In your midst, but
here have l been left almost In state of
nature so far as your aid Is concerned. Por-
tions Of YOUR country. some Of it no better
than NINE, were m>de productive by CO.
nal, upon which alone you spent upwards
of ten millions Of dollars. Other portions
Of similar character have been made like
wise productive by the three millions and
upward that you spent on the Virginia and
Tennessee railroad. Other portions again
ty the millions that you spent on similar
railroads running through them. Some OF
these railroads and your contributions to
r. N