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The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24
Our First Flag.


The construction of the first national
standard of Ithe United States, as design,
from which the ''Stars and Stripes was af-
terward adopted, took place under the per-
sonal direction of General Washington, aid
ed by committee of Congress authorized to
design suitable flag for the nation,' at Phil
adelphia, June TIT.
This took place at the residence of Mrs.
Ross, relative of Colonel Ross, in Arch
Street, between Second and Third, where
General Washington and the committee COM
pleted the design, and employed Mrs. Ross to
execute the work. The house is still stand
ing mo. 239). Mrs. Ross was afterward Mrs.
Claypoole. Her maiden name was Griscom,
and, according to the fashion of the times,
she was called "Betsy."
Betsy Griscom had, before the Revolution,
acquired some knowledge of the "upholder''
trade, as 1t was then called-an occupation
synonymous with that of the modern uphol-
sterer- and at the time mentioned was car
rying on business on her own account in her
little shop. One day, probably between the
23d of May and the 7th of June, TIT. Rduring
which period Washington was in Phiadel-
phia, there came to her the commander-in-
chief, the Hon. George Ross, and other gen
tlemen, members of Congress, who desired to
know whether she could make them flag ac-
cording to a design which they would pro-
duce. Sne intimated her willingness to try.
The design was for flag of thirteen red
and white stripes, alternate with union,
blue in the field, spangled with thirteen six
pointed stars. Mrs. Ross expressed her will
ingness to make the flag, but suggested that
the stars would be more symmetrical and
pleasing to the eye if made with five points.
and she showed them how such star could
be made, by folding sheet of paper and pro-
duce the pattern by single cut. Her plan
was approved, and she at once proceeded to
make the flag, which was finished the next
day. Mrs. Ross was given the position of
manufacturer Of flags for the Government,
and for some years she was engaged in that
occupation. The business descended to her
children, ard was carried on by her daughter,
Clarissa Claypoole, who voluntarily relin-
quished it on becoming member of the So
ciety of Friends, lest her handiwork should
be used in the time of war.-Haper's Maga-
zine for July.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24
ENDEMANN PROCESS OF PRESERVING

ENDEMANN PROCESS OF PRESERVING
notwithstanding to DR.. Endemann, an ex-
cellent method of preserving meat consists
in cutting it into thin slices, and drying in
current of warm air not exceeding 140 de-
grees F. The operation should be COM
pleted in three or four hours, in which case
the product is hard, and may be easily ground
up in mill, when it is in condition fit for
use. The fibrine and albumen are not coag-
ulated, and consequently are still able to take
up water, and thus expand to their natural
condition. The meat powder prepared in
this way has light brownish-yellow color, a
sligh smell like that of roast beet, and very
pleasant taste. For making soup, two
ounces are to be boiled, with the usual in
gradients, in sixteen ounces of water Such
soup is much stronger than when prepared
with half pound of fresh uncut meat as the
latter does not give out its extractive mate
rial so completely after any amount of boil
ing.
Half pound of this powder, if stirred into
the proper quantity of water, with the addi-
ton of an egg, may be treated exactly as if il
were the best fresh meat; and the fact that
the fibrine and albumen in this meat powder
are not coagulated renders it a valuable snh-
stance in cases Of weakness, where stimnlat.
ing food is required,a it is more easily digest
ed than raw meet, while, ,on account OF its mi
mute subdivision, the action of the stomach is
facilitated.- Editors Scientific Record, in
Hdrpers Magazine for July.
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They must have had cloud" time at a
college commencement at Imdianola, Ia, last
week. A girl opened the exercises with an
oration on the Congressional Salary Grab,"
the poet, laureate Of the occasion followed it
up by vivid description of the Throne of
Perdition, and the closing speaker dwelt on
the Progress of Republics amid the Ruins of
Empire"
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24
TOILET.
To Re Let

To BE Let
- FIRST class Boarding House. The house on
@,i; the corner of Congress and Park streets, well
;W&A known as Miss Jones' Boarding House, will be
rooms has Stable and Ice house, is now ready for
VIM. H. JERRIs
Real Estate Agent Cahoon Block,
Portland June 18th. 1873. ju33d2w
Board.
SIX gentleman can be accommodated with goo
Street jul9d2w*
To Let.
TWO tenements, near the central part Of the city.
ju7dtf Exchange street
To Let.
DLEASANT Rooms with board for single Gentle
Il man Gentlemen and wives.
jun7dtf No. 149, corner Elm and Oxford Streets
Rooms to Let
NO. 2 COTTON STREET.
Rooms to Let.
1.-TWO gentlemen and their wives and two or three
Il single gentlemen be accommodated with
pleasant rooms and board at No. rs Free Street.
mays If
House to Rent or Lease.
TNHE upper tenement of honse No. 81 Emery St.,
Il consisting of six rooms all very pleasantly situ-
ated; with Gas and Sebago Water. SC.
Inquire on the premises.
apr19dtf WILLIAM Fl. GREEN
To Let.
ONE OF THE BEST OFFICES ON EXCHANGE
~ STREET. Enquire of
GEO. A. WHITNEY & CO..
mar24tf No. 46 Exchange st.
STORE TO LET.
A large brick store in the Rackleff Block, corner
IA of Middle and Ceurch streets-basement and
first floor, elegantly finished and adapted to jobbng
dry goods or other similar trade.
Applyto ALLEN HAINES.
Sept11dtf
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ARTIFICIAL CLoUDs.-Provided the wind
does not blow, cloud OF smoke will often
protect crops from frost. Crops Of apples
have, it is said, been saved by building fires
in the orchard when a cold night comes dur
ing the budding season, the salvation being
due to the overhanging pail of smoke, not to
direct heat. In the South, frost has been
kept from tobacco beds by the same means.
In France, tar prepared in peculiar man
ner is placed in vessels and burned in fields
which it is desirable to shelter. Thick clouds
of smoke rise few yards into the air and
spread out evenly over quite large tract.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24

You, said French legitimist to republi-
can support principal which is easy to es-
tablish, but which can't last; while we sup
port one which would last, but which we
can't establish.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24
Saw GUNNER & Sharpener.

A CHEAP, simple, and durable Machine-easily
operated and running wheels from x inches to y
Inch.
Price OfMachine, - $15.
Wheels which bevel'ed, double bevelled and round
face from sS2.12 to 1895, according to thick
ness. Heavier Machines $40 and 800, run
ming Wheels up to "a inches in diameter.
For illustrated Pamphlets or Photographs, address
THE TANITE CO.,
myseod3m Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pa.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24
Real Estate for Sale.
For Sale.

fiF n' FOR SALE.
TEVHE valuable House and lot situated on Ocean St.
Il in Deering. The house is two-story nearly new,
and is first class in every respect with nice stable
attached The lot contains about one and about
sixty valuable fruit trees of the choicest varieties
Plenty of Hard and Soft water. Terms easy. APP
ply at 67 Federal street, or to F. o. BAILEY e. co.
Auctioneers, Exchange street. ju2Odtf
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TERMS 500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
Jefferson's Secretary of War

Henry Dearborn of Maine, whom Mr.. JET.
ferson appointed Secretary of War, had been
veritable hero OF romance. In IT'S, he
was village doctor. For three years, the
sign of DIR. Dearborn had hung out in ham
let OF New Hampshire, when a horseman on
a painting steed brought the news of the bat
tie OF Lexington. Before the sun had set
tnat day, the Young doctor, splendid with the
glow of perfect health and the elastic grace of
twenty-four, led sixty men toward Cam
pridge, sixty-hve miles distant, which he
iieacned soon after sunrise on the day follow
lns. AT Bunker Hill, he was a captain: but
G.. C. snere was nothing to do there but load and
nl iiie, ne LOOK musket, and made one of his
iona os :; Ioaaing and firing with the rest as
,,,ps ,UnS Mo tIey @ naa anything to put into their
on that march through am untrodJen rl;lder- ldn
ness to join Montgomery in AN attacL ,,,o,,
Quebec. The wonder was, that mo- of
them escaped starvation. Cant,in Daasl,o.., y,
had with him magnificent dog, the favorite
of all the company, and to himself most dear:
but he could not resist the entreaties of stary
ing comrades, and gave him up, at length. TO
some soldiers, who took the dog to their quar-
ters, and divided his flesh, with fine Yankee
selfcontrol, among the men who could least
help themselves, who were nearest perishing.
'They ate every part of him. wrote his mas
ter, mot excepting his entrails; and, after
finishing their mea', they collected the bones
and carried them to be pounded up, and TO
make broth for another meal" The only 9TH
er dog attached to the expedition, small
one, had been privately killed ard eaten be-
fore. Men sacrificed their "old breeches''
made of moosehide; boiled them long, and
then cut them into slices, and broiled them
on the Goals. A BARRIERS powder-bag was
made into soup at last. 1t excited the WON
der OF the doctor-captain to she men keep up
with their company until they were so near
exhaustion that they would breathe their last
four or five minutes after sitting down. Dear
born himself gave out at length, and lay in a
hut for ten days at the point of DEATH But
he rallied, trudged after the army, and went
the assault at the heap of his command.
In this spirit and in this manner, Henry
Dearborn served till the surrender of Corn
wallis, which he witnessed. On General
Washington's staff as quartermaster-genera
he acquired that familiarity with military
business which made him at home in the OF
fee in which Mr.. Jefferson placed him. Presi-
dent Washington had appointed him marshal
of the district of Maine, and the people had
elected him twice to the House of Represen-
tatives. He was large, handsome man, of
erect, graceful military bearing; striking fig
ure in the circles of the city that was rising
in the primeval wilderness. He was, per-
haps, the only public man in the country who
united all the qualities desirable for his post I;
being soldier a Republican, man of sci
ence, and a man OF busness.-Janes Parton
in July atlantic.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24

CHIP DIRT is the brown material resulting
from the slow decay of chips. If the use Of
the stiff was as apparent as the derivation of
its designation there would be no need Of
the present paragraph. The substance is
simply ''humus" is, if it be well de-
cayed; and its mauurial value will depend
more upon the character of the soil to which
it is applied than upon its own intrinsic
worth. There are some sandy lands in
which very little vegetable matter exists and
which leach badly, because there is nothing
to retain the elements of fertility, as peaty
matter does in ordinary loans. On such
soils chip dirt may be assumed to be of value
by supplying the needed organic matter.
But the material, from its loose and friable
nature, will act mechanically in loosening
the texture of stiff clays, permitting the
more free drainage of excessive moisture
from them, and aiding access of air and sun
heat
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24
Country Cottage for Sale.

HOUSE containing five rooms in good order, ELL
III Woodhouse and Stable connected; one and one
high airy and healthy location. commanding beautiful
views of country and mountains; 10 miles from the
city and miles from P. & o. r. r. Depot, price
moderate CHARLES M HAWKES.,
ju21eo13 96 Middle Street.
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FOR SALE.
For sale or To Let.

TTOUSE No. 2 Deerng st. Lot 30x110 feet. In
i'll auire at No IL Elm street between tine hours
Of a. m. and 2 p. m. junBdtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24

A shrewd plaintiff in Wyoming recently en-
gagged as his counsel the legal wife of the de-
fendant, and as matter fcourse, won his suit /;
though they say that the lady's summing up
showed the defendant to be equally shrewd
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24

A man who fell into vat of boiling lard
and got out alive says it was not an unpleas-
ant sensation after the first moment, but he
thought what mighty queer-shaped dough-
nut he would make.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24

SIX gentleman can be accommodated with goo
- Board and pleasant rooms at No. 26 FEEDER
Street. iu19daw*
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-24

HOUSE No. 53 Spring ST., near Park. Will bt
III ready about June 18th. For particulars en-.
quire of GEO. E. DAVIS, "a Commercial St.
JUL If
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THE PRESS,
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE "a, 1878

TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE "a, 1878
Gossip and Gleanings.
The offence of the French Chamber os
Deputies is Ran;.
One and God make majority. -[Freedrick
Douglass.
Nothing is more terrible than active ignor-
ance.-lGoethe.
The way of the world is to praise dead
saints and persecute living ones. w. Howe.
God has given us speech in order that we
may say pleasant things 10 our friends and
tell bitter truths to our enemies.-Heine.
Yale oalsmen have determined to abandon
their own crew'd ideas and adopt the Eng
lish stroke.
Boston DEGREES that its public scholars
shan't be whipped until the day after they
deserve it.
What was the proverb that King Lear
heard from his daughters F? Go, father, and
fare worse.
The difference between perseverance and
obstinacy-One is strong will and the other
a strong won't.
Keokuk, Ia, appropriately places the cele-
bration of the Fourth of July under the di-
rection of its Fire Department.
To know man, observe how he wins his
object, rather than how he loses it for when
we fail, our pride supports us-when we sue
ceed, it betrays u.s. Cotton.
Troy schoolmistress has been dismissed
for trying to beat the proper pronunciation of
the letter 2 into the head of lisping pupil of
tender age.
george Washington's nurses being all buri-
ed, his private memorandum-book. is begin
ming to crop out in Southern items, When
A'se' AAS'sAu VI ~ VIZ az ouciuy, ny.
Fan young ladies of Dubuque, Ia, have
simultaneously discovered that the world is
hollow and their dolls stuffed with sawdust,
and entered nunnery.
When Phoebe Cary was asked what wine
was drunk at the Twenty-third street gath
erings, she replied, we drink Heidsick, but
we keep Mumm.
One of the greatest luxuries ,of riches is,
that they enable you to escape so much good
advice. The rich are always advising the
poor, but the poor seldom venture TO return
the compliment.-Helps.
A man who fell into vat of boiling lard
and got out alive says it was not an unpleas-
ant sensation after the first moment, but he
thought what mighty queer-shaped dough-
nut he would make.
A shrewd plaintiff in Wyoming recently en-
gagged as his counsel the legal wife of the de-
fendant, and as matter of course, won his suit
though they say that the lady's summing up
showed the defendant to be equally shrewd.
You, said French legitimist to republi-
can support principal which is easy to es-
tablish but which can't last. while we sur-
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SALE

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY
~ virtue of an order Of sale made by the Dis
trict Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Lin
coin County, State Of Nevada, on the 22d day of
November. A. d. 1879 in the matter Of the es-
tate Of William Davis deceased, l will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash.
at the Court house, in Phoebe, Lincoln County,
Nevada, on
Saturday, the 2Oth day Of Decem-
her, A. d. 1873.
At 70 o'clock m all the right, title, interest and
estate that said William Davis, deceased, had at
the time of his DEATH and all right, title and in
terest the said estate shall have acquired since
the death Of said william Davis in and to the
following described premises, viz: An undivid-
ed one-half Of that certain tract or parcel Of
land, with an undivided one-half Of all springs
or other water thereon and water rights connect
ed herewith, situated in the Highland Mining
District, Lincoln County, State Of Nevada, sur
veyed by the County Surveyor Of said County
on the 9th day Of November, A. ID. 1872, and
recorded in Book /" B " Of Surveys Lincoln Coun-
ty Records, on page l6s, and in said survey
more particularly described as follows
Beginning at the s. E. corner OF MARSHALL s
land, at Highland, and about seven miles vest
erly from Phoebe City, Lincoln County, Nevsds,
and running thence north, 1850 feet, to . stake.
No. 2; thence east, 1851 feet, to stake, No. 8;
thence SOUTH 1850 feet to q stake, No. 4; thence
west, 1851 feet to stake, beginning, containing
5S24 acres, excepting piece $50 square, sold by
said deceased prior to his death.
Phoebe, November "a, 1878.
d. L. DEAL,
Public Administrator of Lincoln County.
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Caroline Mining Company.--Loca-
ton Of works, Ely Mining District, Lin
coin County, Nevada.-Notice is hereby given
that At meeting Of the Board Of Directors,
held on the 18th day Of November, 1878, an
assessment mo. 81 Of thirty cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpo-
ration, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office Of the
company, No. 419 California street, San Francis
co, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 22d day Of Decem-
ber, 1873, will be delinquent, and advertised
for sale at public auction, and unless payment
Is made before. will be sold on the Thursday,
the 18th day Of January, 1874. to pay
the delinquent assessment, together with
costs Of advertising and expenses Of sale.
By order Of the Director.
CHAs. E. ELLIOT, Secretary.
once: Room %, Haywards Building, 4l9 Calf
fornia street, San Francisco, Cal. n16-td
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BOwery Consolidated Mill and Min
ing Company Location Of principal place Of
business, San Francisco, California; location Of
works, Ely Mining District, Lincoln county,
Nevada.-Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting Of the Directors, held on the 5th day Of
November, 1873, an assessment mo. a of fly
cents per share was levied upon the capita,
stock Of the corporation, payable immediately
in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at
the Office Of the Company, room 2S Hayward's
Building, No. 419 California street, San Fran.
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day Of December,
1873, will be delinquent, and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless payment is
made before, will be sold on Friday, the
9th day Of January, 1874, to pay the de-
linquent assessment. together with costs Of
advertising and expenses Of sale.
CHA6. e. ELLIOT, Secretary.
ONCE: Room 20 Hayward's Building. No. 4l9
California street, San Francisco. California.
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Phoebe silver Mining Company

Phoebe silver Mining company
Location of works, Ely Mining District. Lincoln
county, Nevada.-Notice is hereby given that
at meeting of the Board of Directors of said
Company, held on the 30th day Of October,
1873, an assessment mo. 81 of One Dollar per
share was levied upon the capital stock Of said
Company, payable Immediately, in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office Of the
Company, 419 California street, San Fran
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which said assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day Of Decem-
Der, 1873, will be deemed delinquent, and adver-
tised for sale at public auction, and unless
payment shall be made before, will be sold
on Tuesday, the 9th day Of January,
1874, to pay the delinquent assessment, to.
ge.her with cost Of advertising and expenses
of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. E. ELLIOT Secretary.
Office: Room % Haywards Building, 4l9 Cali
fornia street, San Francisco, California.
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And in accordance with law and an order OF
the Board of Directors, made on the 9th day OF
October, 1873, so many shares Of each par
Gel of said stock as may be necessary will be
sold at public auction at the Office of the Compa-
ny, 81 New Merchants Exchange, California
street, San Francisco, California, on Monday,
the LIST day Of December, 1873, at the
hour OF one O'Clock p. m. Of said day. to pay
said delinquent assessment thereon. together
with costs of advertising and expenses OF sale.
J. NJ. BURLINGTON. Secretary.
Office: 81 New Merchants Exchange, Cali
fornia street, San Francisco, California.
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Chief East Extension Mining Conn
pany, Lincoln County Nevada. Notice. The
second annual meeting Of the stockholders Of
the above named company, for the purpose of
electing Trustees for the ensuing term, will be
held on Friday, tho Ftfth day q Deem.
her, 1873, at one O'Clock p. M, at their once,
No. Ala California street. Gan Francisco. Cali.
fornia Transfer books will be closed from
three O'Clock p. m. on Tuesday, the I'd day Of
December, 1878, until after the meeting.
r. wEGENER, Secretary.
San Francisco. November 81, 1878.
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lngOmar SILVER INNING company
Location of principal place of business, San
Francisco, California; location Of works, Ely
Mining District, Lincoln county, State of Ne.
vada.-Notice is hereby given that at meeting
of the Board Of Directors, held on the 9Th day
of November, 1873 all assessment (No.6l of
twenty-five cents per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation, payable i'm
mediately in United States gold coin, to the
Secretary, at the office of the Company, Room
% Haywsrd's Building 4l9 California street, San
Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day Of Decem-
Der, 1873 will be delinquent and adver-
tised for sale at public auction. and unless pay
ment is made before, will be sold on Thurs
day, the sth day Of January, 1874 to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with
costs Of advertising and expenses of sale.
CHAS. s. NEAL, Secretary.
Office: Room % Hayward's Building, 4l9
California street, fan Francisco. California
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To Delinquent Tax Payers

V,HE DELINQUENT TAX LIST foh ID h.
i fiscal year ending December y5 ;s,r;ct Al.
1873, has been deposited with the p,s. .hsreu
torney, and unless the delinquent taxes 'osieio
specified are paid to the Tressulsff ,om The date
of this notice, action will be commences =; ares
District Attorney for the collection o. COZ
ana COSTS County Auditor
Pi,che, Nevada, November Is. 1873.
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delinquent Sails.

Washinxton and Creole Mining
compsny.-Eocstiono Of principal place q bust
ness. San Francisco, State Of Caidorna; 10
cation Of works. Phoebe, Ely Mining District
State of Nevada.-Notiee.-T are aenn,
quent upon the following described stock, on
account Of assessment no. 81 levied on the
18th day of October, 1873, the several amounts
set opposite the names Of the Respective
SHAREHOLDER. as follows:
-..sn..a Gharss Amt
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And in accordance with law and an order OF
the Board Of Directors, made on the 18th
day OF October, 1873, SO many shares OF
each parcel Of such stock as may be necessary,
will be sold at public auction, at the Office OF
the Company, Room No. 10 Merchants EI-
change, California street, San Francisco, Cali
fornia, on the Ninth day OF December,
1873, at the hour OF one o'clock p. m. OF said
day, to pay said delinquent assessment thereon,
together with costs of advertising and expenses
Of the sale.
FRANK d. CLEARY, Secretary.
Office: Room No. 10 Merchants Exchange
California street. San Francisco, California.
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