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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-18

SILVER plated goods, warranted to give salts
faction. Spoons, forks, napkin rings, castors,
end numberless fancy articles. Cogia Hassan,
129 Middle street. $3.50
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SoUTHMAYD's CANDIEs.-Whittier, agent for
these delicious candies, put up in fancy gilt
boxes, one pound in each, nice Christmas gift.
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WORK boxes, desks and portfolios at Cogia
Hassan's, 129 Middle street.
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AT AUCTION !
Henry Taylor & Col. II. Osgood, Aucr,r.
II ~ SPECIAL SALE or
Oil Paintings and Chromos ,

VII TdIHtInyS and ChrOmOS!
Wednesday Dec. goth, at 2 O'Clock, PM,
WE shall sell at Henry Taylor s. Co.'S Auction
" rooms Ii Exchange Street, rare colleci ion
OF Oil Paintings and Chr0mos in Beautiiu. FRAMES
This collec i'm EN- braces many line specimens of art
and the sale offers a lden opportunity To the citi
zens of Portland to obtain VALUABLE HOLIDAY
PRESENTS at their own prices. Catalogue fur
nished anu the entire coleeti Of 200 pictures on
LiIiti N days previ to the sale. Ladies are
especially inyi ed to attend.
HENRY TAYLOR s. CO., Aucii neer,,
Portland, Dec. IL, 1871. g - ~ - dclstd
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COME and see my Christmas goods. Cogia
Hassan, 129 Middle street
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Jeremiah Sweetzer, of Newburg, dropped
lead on Friday while sitting in his chair. He
was rs years old.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
Asefnl aud Curious.


osgesseksas Absas Diggiag Weils.
IT ie sometimes absolutely necessary to sink
wells 10 the spring of the year, when the ground
u % full OF water that it il impracticable to dig
sufficiently deep to secure tho advantages Of new
er-failing water in dry weather. By employing
curb of sufficient size to enable the digger to use
q shovel and pick while at work on the inside,
the well can be sunk at pleasure to any desired
depth, as fast the water falls without ncurring
the labor and expense of building wall Of stone
or of bricks to prevent the earth caving in when
the digger stops his work, and removing 1t when
the well is to be sunk deeper.
The best season of the year to reach the veins of
neverfailing water is usually in September or Dc
well, digger can sink the well deeper at any
time, until the water will allow him to 60 no deep
er. Consequently there is no danger to be appre-
hended from the caving in of the soft earth.
The curb can be made at q small expense by
any one who can use saw, planes and drawing
knife with ordinary skill. In the first place make
two wooden rings out of plank, about one and a
half inches thick. The rings should be like the
rim Of wagon-wheel, without spOkes. When
finished they should be not less than four fest in
diameter across the inside. Each rim should be
four inches wide by three inches in thickness,
having the segments nailed or b0lted together.
Now nail slaves to the Outsides of the rims, as
to make a rude drum. The slaves may be three
or four feet long, and each stave one and quar-
ter inches thick by four inches wide Sink hole
four or more feet deep and put the curb into it;
1t will be understood that wooden ring is near
the bottom and the other on the top of the curb
ON the inside of the slaves. Now lay a wall of
bricks four inches thick the inside of the curb,
letting them rest on the lower wooden rim. As
fast the well is sunk the curb with the wall of
brick on the inside, settles, and the workmen con-
time to lay on more bricks at the surface of the
ground as fast the curb settles. The bricks are
not laid in mortar, except the last few courses
near the surface Of the ground when the digging
is fnished.-N. Y ISmes.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
The ss.ire,. Ge.rsi. widow.

"Ohw says the Squire, 81 wish was married,
and well over it. Idread it powerfully. I'd like
to marry q widow. 1 alters liked widows, since !
know'd one down in Georgia, that suited my ideas
adxactly.
"AbOut q week after her husband died, she
started down to the graveyard, whar they plant
ed of him, as she said, to read the prescription
onto his monument. When she got thar, she stood
minute looking at the stones which was put at
each end of the grave, with an epithet ON em,
that the minister had written for her. Then she
burst out:
"'Oh! BOOB says she; Jones, he was one of the
best of men. / remember how the last time he
came home, about q week ago, he brot down from
town some sugar and little tea, and some store
goods for me, and lots of little necessaries, and
little painted boss for Jeems, which that blessed
child got his mouth all yaler with suckin' of it !;
and then he kissed the children all round, and
took down that good old fiddle of his'n, and
played mp that good old tune:
Rake her down. Sal oh rangdang diddle!
OIL rangdang diddls, dang dang dar
"Here" says the Squire, "she began to dance,
and just thought she was the greatest woman l
ever SEEM
The Squire always gives a short laugh after tell
ing this anecdote and then filling and lighting his
pipe, subsides into an arm chair in front of the
Exchange and INDUCES in calm and dreamy re-
Election.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

PLANTING APPLE AND PEAR SEEp.-If Won have
your ground prepared, and it is dry or will drain
ed, you can SOW your seed this fall. Some howev-
er prefer to pack such seed in sand and keep it
COO! and moist until spring, and then plant it
early as it can be got In the ground Plant an
inch deep. The seed of stone fruits such as cher
~, peach, &c, should be planted this fall, or 60
exposed that they will freeze during winter
Where neither is done. we have seen the stones
carefully cracked with hammer and planted.
But they should be kept cool and moist during
winter. Plant three four times the diameter Of
the seed in depth. A light rich loan. is . good
soil in which to grow trees. if You have it. Awen
drained soil is necessary.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
Cur Strap Yonk.
OCTOBER.


Upon the brown and fsro6 hills
The haze lies soft and blue,
While nuts are dropping thick and fast
Where Summer wild-hovers grow.
The naples gold and crimson leaves
Like blood Stained banners CLEAN,
And purple asters ope their bloom
Belde each forest strean-
Ths voods Ike sone grad tenple stand
BeaeatA the glowing skies.
while down the long elm aisles. the haze
Like siumb'ring incense hes.
Ne orEan's dep, majestic notes
Cone pealing on the air.
No choral serain triumphant Aoats
Along those arches fir
No voice Is heard-oo sound, save but
The brooklets ripping how.
Or whistling quail IN covert thick.
Where scarlet berries grow.
Perchance some frightened rabbit's tread
Nay wake an echo there,
Or drovsy hum Of honey-bee
Fan on the dreamy air.
The sunlower and the gnlden rod
Their gsudy hues unfold,
And seem - II some Midas touch
Had changed them into gold.
The grapes In purple clusters hang
Upon the clinging vine.
And In the orchard mid the leaves
The ruby apples shine.
But through the forests DER the hills,
A voice comes whispering low
II murmurs ofthe wintry winds
And of the falling NOW.
The crimsoned leaves to each must fall,
And breezes DER them sigh-
Oh! sd II seemA that aught 50 fair
Should ever fade or die.
We read on every falling leaf
This lesson most sublime,
That Resurrectior's holy power
Shall triumph over time.
For though the Summer flowers may fade,
The Spring with sun and rain,
Shall call them from the hill and vale,
To bud and bloom again.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
Arkansas Story.

We know a man near Black Fishing Creek, Ar
Kansas who is 40 hard of hearing, that he invari-
ably misunderstanding everything that is said to
him. 1t so happened that this same man was the
owner of skif that was lying in the river, which
needed some repairs. At this point Young gen.
tleman who had been paying his addresses to his
daughter, came up to him AZ he stood on the bank
OF the river when the following conversation took
place:
"Mr. D., can I have pour daughterir said the
young man.
Yes, was the reply, thinking he had been asked
for the skif, shut she must be cOrked-she leaks"
=, Its your daughter would like to have" said
the young gent.
"Yes, if she is taken ont, overloaded, and cork
ed, she will do very well-she leaks in the bottom
The boys spoiled her, dragging her around over
the sand" confined Mr.. D.
Here the young man deferred any further re-
marks, and went away with the hope that at more
convenient season the old gentleman would be
better able to understand
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
GIGS
Save she Apples.

The scarcity and high price of genuine cider
vinegar makes it always profitable article of
manufacture on farms which possess orchard,
mence to fall from the trees, and the quantity
that might be saved by few minutes work each
day is something worth consideration. small
cider mill and press may now be purchashed for
ten dollars and upwards, and where there are
twenty trees in the orchard, the amount saved by
its use the first year would equal its cost. After
very high winds sufficient apples might he gath
cred for grinding, the juice might be turned in
to cask and additions occasionally made until it
to vinegar and racked off from the sediment, it
would find good market in any town of copsid-
cradle size. The pomace would be excellent for
the hogs and a small quantity placed in wide
mouthed bottles or shallow pans and covered with
water would make very efficient traps for moths
of all kinds
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
DiRhiheria.

As this disease sometimes appears i'm the Fall,
we copy the following from the N. Y. Tribune:
We have just received receipt for the cure of
diphtheria, from physician who says that, ont of
one Thousand nine hundred cases in which it had
been used, not a single patient had been lost.
The treatment consists in thoroughly swabbing
the back of the mouth and the throat with W ash
made thus: Of table salt, two drachms; black
pepper, golden seal, nitrate of potash, alum, one
drachm each. Mix and pulverize, put into q tea
cup half full of water stir well, and fill up with
good vinegar. Use every half hour, one, two and
four hours, as recovery progresses. The patient
may swallow a little each time. Apply one ounce
each of spirits of turpentine, sweet oil and aqua
ammonia, mixed, every hour to the whole of the
throat, and to the breast bone every four hours,
keeping flannel on the part.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

CHOLERA has lost it's terrors. A scientific in
vestigator of Florida has studied ont the problem,
and announces that as yellow fever and cholera
are caused and fed by animalculie floating in the
air. asystem ofcOhcussion can clean every infected
atmosphere and crush out the epidemic In proof
the inventor, Mr.. w. J. Hariee, proposes to begin
in Charleston, s. c., where the yellow fever is
now raging, and attest the truth Of his discovery
at the risk Of his own life. He gives himself ten
days to clear out the disease, aud means to work
substantially As follows: Take one ton of gun
powder for the entire city of Charleston, and work
twelve consecutive nights, using five pounds of
powder at each explosion, beginning at P. NJ
At the end of ten days there would not be a case
left in the city.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
Estimating Weight Of Cattle By Measurement.
The Canada Edruner in rnply In n corresnondanf

Estimating Weight Of Cattle By Measurement.
The Canada Farmer, in reply to correspondent,
SAYS:
Many experiments have been made by graziers
and statesmen to ascertain the net weight Of cattle
by measurement, and a number of rules and ia
bles have been formed of the results obtained.
None, however, can he regarded as absolutely
correct. With the most accurate measuring is
required practical acquaintance with the points
and forms of animals, and allowance must be
made according to age, size, breed, mode and
length of time of fattening, ETC.. conditions which
require practiced eye and long experience to
correctly appreciate. We have found the follow
ing method to lead generally to Trustworthy re-
suits:
Measure carefully with tape line from the top
of the shoulder to where the tail is attached to the
back; this will give, the length. For the girth
measure Immediately behind the shoulders and
fore legs Multiply half the girth by itself in feet
and the sum by the length in feet, and the pro-
duct will give the net weight in stones of eight
pounds each. For example, with an OK or COW
five feet in length and seven feet in girth, the
calculation will be rs follows:
Multiply half the girth BY itself in feet 35
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

REMEDY FOR CHILLs AND rEvER-It is a no
tOriOus fact that the medical fraternity have no
remedy but quinine for chills and fever, and that
so far the patient is concerned it is matter Of
doubt which does the most damage to his consti-
tution-the disease or the remedy. Those who
have had any experience with the disease know
that the simple remedies used by those living in
districts infested by chills are more efficacious
than all the prescriptions of the physicians. In
view Of the fact that there is such prev alence of
the disease in the West, We are requested by a
gentleman residing in an adjoining county to
assure all those suffering from the affection that
the swallowing at sunrise in the morning. for three
mornings in succession, heaping teaspoonfnl of
salt, dissolved in tumbler of water, will effect
a certain cure.-CiRciRRai Times.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
stltft 9oetrg.
TuR RUMPKIN.
Write. sPss Receiving shs Gin e6s P.nresa
n JOIN O. wHrrrIxa

N JOIN O. WHITTIER
Obi sreenly and fair in the lands of the sun,
The vines Of the gourd and the rich melon run,
And the rock and the tree and the cottage enfold,
With broad eayes all reenness and baossoas IN gosd
While he waited 10 know that his warning true.
And longed for the storm cloud and listened In vain
For the rush Of the whirlwind and rod 6rerain.
On the banks of the Xenil the dark Spanish maiden
Comes up with the fruit Of the tangled vino laden
And the Creole Of Cuba laughs out to behold
Through orange leaves shining the broad OF gold
Yet with dearer delight from his home IN tho North
On the fields Of his harvest the Yankee looks forth
And the sun Of September melts down on his vines
AhSn Thanksgiving Day when fron East and from West
From North and from South, come pilgrim and guest
When the haired New Highlander round his board
The old broken links Of Affection restored;
And the smiles where the girl smiled before
What mostens the Eip and what bfightens the eyei
What calls back the past like the rich Pumpkin Pief
Oh.-fruit Of loved boyhood, 1.-the old days recalling
When woodgrapes were purpling and brown nuts were
falling!
When Wild ugly faces We carved in its skin
6laring out through the dark with candle within!
When we laughed round the heap with hearts all In
Our chair broad pumpkin-our lantern the moon.
Telling tales Of the fairy who travelled like steam.
In pumpkin shell coach with two rats for her team!
Then thanks for thy present-none sweeter better
Fer smoked from oven or circled platter!
Brighter eyes watched DER its baking than thine!
And the prayer which my mouth Ii too full to express
Swells my heart that thy shadow may never Be less;
That the days Of thy lot may be lensthened below.
And thy life be as sweet, and its last sunset sky
Goden-tinted and fair Is thy own Pumpkin Pie!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

" the ebb' of time" showing how many minutes
there are prior to any event. If placed in the
post-ofice it reads malls open in thirty minutes;r
one minnie later il reads, ain twenty-nine min
utes," then in twenty-eigbt, and 40 on. At rail-
way station it reads "This train leaves in ten
minutes, +" then in eight, &C.. and when the index
reaches 0 the train starts. Thus any passenger,
ON entering a station, knows Just how much time
he has for getting tickets, checks, newspaper
and seat, without consulting watch or Q clock
to ascertain the hour of the day.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

"WHAr's the matter, Uncle Jerryf" said Mr..
=, as old Jeremiah X. was passing by, growing
tSnousiy "Matterw said the old man, stopping
snort why, here Eve becn Juggling water ali the
morning for DR.. C.'s wife to wash with. and what
aye suppose got for itr' "Why, / suppose.
about ten cents" answered Mr.. "Ten r,nt.i !
one told me the doctor would pull a tooth for me
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

CHAPPED HANDs.-It is said that honey il an
unfailing preventive for chapped hands. When
washing the hands, or rather having washed them,
while they are still wet rub on them alittle honey,
and then dry them, taking care to leave the honey
on, and not rinse it OF before drying the hands,
II the hands arc sore and chspped, on the first and
second application the honey will cause pain for
about 1--WE minutes, but If used every time the
hands are washed, the hands never chap. 1t is
also cure for irritation on the face caused by
wind and cold weather.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinnati Gaxetfe.
says the way to kill briars in fields is to cut them
In september, and let them lay till the first of
chain ON 20 you can drag them well in the fur
rsws, pillow them eight to ten inches deep and COW
er them wen. Then harrow your ground level,
letting 1t lay until September: now break cross
WAYS and SOW in wheat, and will insure crop
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

A German physician, Dr. Stehverger, recon-
mends the treatment Of Group by the inhalation
of pure glycerine through one other ofthe we'll
known forms of atOmizing apparatus He was
its good effects in of hoarseness and loss Of
voice. After application the cough becomes more
free and moist, and children are enabled to sleep
almost Immediately upon being relieved by the
inhalation. 1t is, however, believed to be of i'm
quently, as if delayed it may have no effect what
ever. If the glycerine be pure it may be used
unmixed; if not, it should be diluted with little
water. The inhalations are repeated, according
to the necessity of the case, at intervals of from
half an hour to an hour and half, and for about
fifteen minutes at a time. The effect of the gly-
cerine in this case is supposed to be due to the
fact that the secretions of the mucous membrane
are thereby increased, and tumefaction reduced.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

CORRESPONDENT of the Easton (Pa) Argus,
who has just visited Monticello, the home Of Tho-
as Jefferson, says: The mansion is nothing but
a heap Of ruins. tits a disgrace to the nation
that the home of the author Of the Declaration of
Independence should be permitted Thus to rot aud
tumble into decay. The stone over Mr.. Jefferson's
grave Is ruin like the house. relic-hunters having
cniPPed into it until the very shape of the orig-
ginal Obelisk is destroyed
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

The Saturday Reriec says: "We should think,
II ~ were possible for a saint to swear, that unfe,
nraoie results wonh be produced when Scott dis.
covered that. in honor of his hupdreith birthday
his name had been made to rhyme to WHAT
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

MAN IN Kansas was present at the funeral of
. neighbor of whom no good con,d I've bones,ir
said But everybody was saying something. and
this man, not wishing to appear singular, but in
capable of lying eulogy, remarked that il was n
Every nice, quiet corpser
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

us THERE single thing tho Democratic party
ever held to that they haven't departed from r
; sssea Jndss Amber II his speech at Marietta
in the crowd, amid roars of laughter.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
"REMINISCENCES,
BY COATES KINNEY


Br COATES KINNEY.
-
Flow into my snul tonight
And Memory flashes her piniona,
Like birl in the waters bright
Where we ran from school to swim
Hal there il the blind old fisher;
How well remember himi
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

Perhaps onr lady readers may not understand
the best method Of having good ready made yeast
always on hand. We invariably have good bread
made from the yeast cakes prepared as followos:
Put into three pints of water a handful of hops,
and nearly quart of pared potatoes, cut into
small pieces. Boil for half an hour, and then
strain while scalding hot, into sufficient flour to
make stiff batter Stir it WELL adding one table
spoonful of fresh yeast, and set it in a warm place
to rise. When light, mix it stiff with Indian meal,
roll ont thin and cut into round cakes or square
pieces two or two and half inches in diameter.
Dry these thoroughly, and keep them in bag in
a dry place. They will remain good for months.
Before using take one of these cakes for each me-
Diminished loaf soak in warm water till soft, and
add teaspoonful of soda for three four cakes.
Add this to the -four with water and raise in the
usual manner. Some put the light yeast, without
adding the Indian meal, into close jars or jugs,
and use as needed.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

AQrARRELsoNHeouple were discussing the sub
jest Of epitaphs and tOmbstones and the husband
said: ssMy dear, what kind Of stone do Won sup-
pose they will give me when der "Br;mstone.
my loye~ was the affectionate reply.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

ADeEG those who went to zee the Cariiff giant
in New Haven was q middle-aged man who had
lost his brother BY mysterious disappearance.
and was heard to mnrmur, as he quickly stepped
away, 1T ainf himp
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

A BARREL Of -four can be had for s IS: a box of
medium quality Of cigars for S. The -four will
furnish bread for a family Of ten about one month
One very moderate smoker will consume q box of
cigars in month.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

ACCORDING to Archbishop Thomas, in the arti-
Gle on our Lord in teSmiths Dictionary of the BIZ
BIZ" Good Friday this year fell on the exact day
took place.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

The dogdays commenced on the 10th of Jul,
and ended ON the 10th of August. The name bal
visible in the Northern hemisphere. The dog stal
is 50 called because its first appearance warned
the inhabitants Of Egypt of the rising of the Nile
which It was supposed to watch and foretell
Owing to the procession Of the equnoxes, the time
two months later than the rising of the Nile