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TO LET.

rHNO LET-Two very desirable rooms with
n table board. Terms very reasonable. In
quire at No. % FREE STREET. 81
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Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed: Castoria!

Her Christmas Present.
Agent-What's the matter with your last
place?
Domestic-Oi don't like tn Christmas present
tn missus gave me. It's silver clock.
Agent-That certainly is nice present.
Domestic-YiS, but sure livery marnin' befar
daylight it do go all to PAGES an scares tn loif
out av me.-New York Weekly.
Toothnchc, faceache, Infiamed and Sore
Eyes, are certainly cured by Ponds Extract:
sold in our bottles only.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

He Repented.
''You are charged with having stolen box of
cigars from Mr.. Shurly," said a Texas justice to
darkey who had been caught in the act.
Il pleads guilty. boss. tuck de cigars, and
Ise mighty sorry for hit"
Are there any mitigating circumstances? ''
asked the Judge.
Eyes, boss; de cigars was so poor dat it made
me sick to smoke 'em"-TexaS Siftngs.
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MALE HELP.

WANTED-An energetic man; would prefer
w one who has had experience collecting
permanent position; salary. j. f. GERRIrY
q CO., 244 Middle street. 81
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Hours to be from to 5 and from to p. M,
excepting Pride's Corner and Duck Pond,
where the hours will be from 1.3o to $50, and
from to 9p. m. aa
The board, wishing to avoid favoring any per-
SOUS or classes Of persons have decided OH
personal registration, and every person must
go before the board himself, or his name will be
left off.
Voters from any part of the city may register
at any place where the board is in session.
Naturalized citizens viii bring their papers and
be ready to answer where naturalized when
naturalized and before what court
Every voter must state his name, residence,
occupation, place Of occupation, place of birth,
residence in Westbrook, where he last voted,
married, residence of wife and family. 1t is to
be hoped that every citizen will present them
selves on the days named, in order that the reg
istration be made complete.
CHARLES NJ. WATERHOUSE,
CHARLES Z. JACKSON,
GEORGE w. LEIGHTON.
dec7 dtjan11
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WANTED.

"ANTED-Ladies'. gents and childrens
w cast off clothing; highest cash price paid !;
address, letter or postal t077 GRAY, STREET,
City. 6-1
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nRESSMAKING-Mrs j. r. Sawyer, late
~ of Boston, has opened rooms at 500 Cong
sres Street. Al
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WANTED,

WAETED-A lady stenographer and type
wv writer, who would be willing to work for
small wages for Il time, with good prospects of
increase. Address Lock Box lo45, Portland,
Nc. 81
NNTANTED-An persons in want Of trunks or
w bags to call at L. ID. REYNOLDS, $50
and sos Congress street. corner OF Oak; as we
manufacture our goods, and eau therefore give
you bottom prices; trunks repaired; open
evenings until 0. jan4-l
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TITO LET-A very pleasant upper tenement of
Il seven rooms In house No. 10 Atlantic
street; rent s15 per month Inquire OF y. w.
JONES, 90 Commercial street. lift
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NOTICE-Wanted to buy from $1,000 to SIS
~ 900 worth of cast-off clothing; paw the
highest cash price for ladies' dresses gents
and children's clothing, and gents winter over
coats; call, or address letter or postal 20 S.
LEVI, 81 Middle street. aug1Otf
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Ayers Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds.
Ask your druggist for Ayers Almanac.

The Cause Of It.
Just think how unhappy the little savages
must be-" said Sunday school teacher, trying
to point moral. 'They have no Christmas at
all. Can anyone tell me why?"
tits because they haven't any stockings to
wear" Clipped il little Johnny Chicago Trib-
une.
Success follows the use of Halls Hair Remover
for grayness and badness.
Not Hero.
First Stranger-And so you went OF and let
your wife get divorce from you, so she could
marry younger and handsomer man:
Second Stranger-Jesso
First Stranger-Wasnt that rather uncaIled
for self sacrifice?
Second Stranger-No. ! hated the other
man.-Good News
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PERSONAL.
MISCELLANEOUS.

IMPORTANT NOTICE-Men of average
Il business abilities, who are out of employ
ment will do Well to call at the Office OF the Of
flee of the NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
CO., room IL, Oxford building, from to 8 D. m.
81
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Ayers Sarsaparilla stops the nauseouc dis
charges OF catarrh, and cures the complaint
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-06

FE1O LET GO AT CoST-Rather than carry
"A over my Imported and Domestic WOolens,
Trousers from SO up, Suits from 500 up, Over
coats from $40 up, for cash only. Perfect Mt or
no money. f. w. GR0SSTUCK, 10 Free st.
$50 Bill
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ITO LET-One or two fats in building No. 81
u Portland Pier. Enquire WIN. SHEA,
Danforth street. oct7-u
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WANTED-To buy from $1,000 to $4,000
w worth Of castoff clothing. the highest
cash prices paid for ladies' dresses, also gentle
mems and children's clothing. Address all
orders to NJ DEGR00T, 141 East Dover street,
Boston, Mass. VIII cali to Portland for all
orders. janldu
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WIANTED-To buy $1,000 worth of cast-off
w clothing pay the highest cash price for
ladies' dresses, gents and chldren's clothing,
and gents winter oyerc0ats; call, or address
letter or postal to MRS. GOODHART, 90 Mid
die street. auglOn
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past three weeks had given me the same
bouquet with the same gentle, courteous
and sad little smile that I had scarcely
noticed. Esi
'And I staid there looking at her.
She was charming, my little friend the
flower girl. Her black hair brushed
smoothly back from her forehead, and
giving to her straight, classic profile the
air of an old medallion. With it all,
true Parisienne, sweet, dainty, piquant,
the gaslight falling ON the glossy banded
hair, the fingers turning in and out
among a heap of roses, which she
grouped to a harmonious whole as one
binds together the notes of sonnet.
81 saw nothing but that little white
hand, SO pretty, slender, aristocratic;
and 1 staid there contemplating it, /,
who beyond there, had already prepared
the way to demand another!
"The next day omit, you see, the
recital of my dreams and insomnia IAN
insomnia with haunting visions of flow
er girls with the aspect of Virgin Ma
donnas, and of young girls dancing like
ballet premieres in Montague costumes
to the tune Of the "Remontoir' 1.-THE
next day, say, we were 70 dine at the
house of that COMPOUNDED notary, Bertha,
her parents and I.
"Well, had as usual promised her
bouquet; as usual l would take it to her;
she would pin it to her side and we
should depart as arranged for the dining
room of M. Bergeot.
Il entered, therefore, as usual the
norisr's shop, ana the same mana, as al
ways, stretched itself toward the clus-
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NOT ALL IN GIVING.
Few Timely Suggestions for the Re
ceiyers of Gifts

Few Timely Suggestions for the Re-
ceivers of Gifts.
From the receivers standpoint all
gifts may be divided into things that
we want and things that we don't want.
II takes no particular skill or grace to
receive things that we want. but as, in
times of general giving like Christmas,
the larger part of the gifts we get are
things that we don't want, that branch
of receivership is worth attention. The
two ordinary reasons for not wanting
things are the vulgar one that they do
not strike as rs intrinsically desira BILE,
ano the more complex reason that we
don't want to receive them from the
particular giver. A general remedy APP
plicable to reluctances due to either of
these causes is to keep strenuously
in the mind. the happiness of
the giver in giving. Remembering
that You are delighted with a
triAe from some one you love, because it
makes you happy TO have been even
passivelv instrumental in procuring
him the happiness of giving; applying
the same principle, you can accept ever
SO costly gift from some one for whom
You care little without any irksone
sense Of obligation, since, of course, the
giver had the best of it. any way. and
it is a great deal kinder and more gem
erous to sacrifice ones personal inclina-
tions and accept than TO refuse. Re-
member persistently that by receiving
with due grace you secure to another
person a desirable form of happiness.
After all, little children do it best
They are the superlative receivers, and
it is because they are that we delight
to give them things They are frankly
and delightfully."- appreciative. Obliga-
tions set as lightly on them as the air.
They value their gifts simply by the
pleasure they get out of them, and pre-
fer rag baby to the deed of a brick
house. They take jumping jack from
Mary, the laundress, and jeweled pin
from Aunt Melinda CrDsus, without
the least distinction of happy approval.
The nearer we get to their guilessness,
the nearer we approach perfection in
receiving. and in all the Christmas at
tributes besides. Scribner's Magazine.
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loo.s.i at us with them big sorrowful
eyes our hearts just went down into
our iOots. and we would have laj1
dow an let her walk over US
The baby was wrapped upin shawls
an wells and lay On pillow an was
fed it'll one III them nu>Sin' bottles. an
II whiuej an cried leetle. in a faint.
sick way. an the mother kissed and
cooed to il an sung lcetle hymns that
made Us all get colds in our heads. an
she feared It was gettun' worse and
would die afore she got home. She
was gOin t. the fur end Of the stage
route, she said. with her voice full of
tears
The tnther pass niger that interested
US r'd on the box with the driver.
don't know how it was that We saveyed
right of that he was the Teller that
had the money for that bridge. I guess
Il were on the same principle that the
birds of the air know when 10 get To-
gether an 90 south-a kind of instinct.
Fact was, we didn't cotton rightly To
that bridge scheme. We thought the
next county were putting on airs with a
wrought iron bridge out on the prairie
for tn, cows to hoOf over. But twern't
anv II our funeral an we didn't make
Il one
..Rut that Teller, with a cloak with a
cape 20 il. sot up on deck seem the
landscape Ger. as the old hymn ses, an
lookin' kinder rich an satisfied, jes'
told on himself, an we kinder won
dered whar he kept the sPoneulicS, II
ne he'd 'em in mis- boots. or in a belt or
his hat linin' An we got to talSin' II
over inside. an the leetle woman spoke
up kind o quick an ses she: Don't
please. my baby is worse. an sure
enuff II were, an had kinder convul-
sion that made US feel as If we were
murderers fur disturbin' of T.
An then somsthin' happened The
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There is a kind Of idleness which is a
virtue and which should be often in
dulged in by those who feel the desire
TO initiate the works of genius, Ia get
cefDre the pEblic" in some capacity, to
achieve fame. IL u idieness of the
hands the comm union with the inner
self the examination of motives and
resources. The world of science. liter
ature and art does not need more
workers. but better workers. those
who reverence themselves too much to
set mp "a painted straw image and gull
the public into the belief that il is
divine creation. We need not glaring
outline but careful detail. not sketches
but finished pictures The woman who
perfectly performs her duty within the
home. cOnscientiOusly aud scrupulous-
IN orders her domestic affairs, is
l+lousand times more worthy than the
writer of poor verse, the painter of
mediocre pictures, or the performer
upon a pu bile stage of life thither
driven by vanity. The man who con
structs even perfect bOOt-jack. who
builds a good house or who follows the
pillow To some purpose. does far more 10
drive the world down the ringing
groove of change than the parasitic
imitator of greatness whose vain and
foolish imaginings make angels weep
and men Disguised. chicago Graphic.
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KEEPING POTATOES.
How to Preserve Them Edible Condi
ton for a Long Time.

How to Preserve Them IN Edible Condi-
tion for n Long Time.
The difficulty of keeping Irish pota-
toes in edible condition after March
l is well known to southe rn house
keepers. farmers and merch ants Prof.
Schibaux, of the national college OF
agriculture of France. has recently de
vised very simple, cheap and success
full method by which he has been able
TO preserve potatoes in edible condition
for over year and "a half. This proc
ess has been adopted by the French
government for preserving potatoes for
the army. The French minister of
agriculture publishes the details of the
process of the official Bulletin du Min
istere de L Agriculture for March, 1891.
The following is a translation of the
essential part of the scheme:
l. The method of preserving consists
in pluuging the tubers, before storing
them away, for ten hours into two
percent. solution of commercial sui
phuric acid in water; two parts of acid
TO one hundred parts of water.
> The acid penetrates the eyes to
the depth of about one fortieth inch
two millimeters), which serves to de-
stroy their sprouting power; it does
not have any appreciate effect upon
the skin of the potatoes.
s. After remaining in the liquid ten
hours, the tubers must be thoroughly
dried before storing away.
L. The same liquid may be used any
number of times with equally good re-
suits.
. A barrel or tank of any kind will
do for the treatment The acid is so
dilute it does not affect the wood.
t. Chemical analysis shows that pota-
toes treated by this process are as nu-
tritious and healthful after eighteen
months as when freshly dug.
T. Potatoes thus treated are, OF
course, worthless for planting Ger
aid Mccarthy, y. c. Experiment Sta
ton, Raleigh.
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Fabrics for i.renlng rolIet.

Exquisitely beautiful are the fabrics
designed exclusively for evening toilets
this winter-the flower dresses of Per
sian null, embroidered in blossoms and
leaves. The fancy chiffons, grenadines.
and costly India silk crePes are all sue
cessfully revived. They are lovely, but
they are equally perishable. This how
ever, is of little account where money
is no object" They are in great de
mand by those who can afford To weaI
toilet once or twice and then put il
aside. These dresses are made up over
soft China silk foundations in order u
give them the required lightness pecu
tliar to all airy toilets. They are mad,
with a train, sad to relate--sad because
they are used almost entirely fol
dancing dresses, and every masculin,
! follower of Terpsichore knows wha
agonies, mishaps and notifications ar'
sure to follow in the train Of dancing
dress. 1t has long been matter o
congratulation that trailing dresses
have been the exception in all fashion
able haunts, except upon pOrtly dow
ayers. but the tide has turned, anC
/ trained toilets come in on the tOpmos
/ wave. Chicago Post.
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Mashed Potatoes: Pare and boil
nedium-sized potatoes; mash, season
with butter. cream. salt and pepper.
Serve hot.-Farm and Fireside.
All groceries and household sup
plies should be put away in their own
proper receptacles, and not left standing
around in paper bags. Keep rice, oat-
meal, cracked wheat, tapioca, etc. in
covered glass jars; tea and coffee in tin
canisters. meal and flour in covered
wooden buckets.
Fruit Cake; One cupful of brown
sugar. one-half cupfnl of butter: beat
together one cupful of sweet milk. one
half cuptul of molasses. two eggs.
three eupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful
each of allspice and ground cloves, one
tablespoonful of cinnamon. half a nut
MEG, one pound of raisins, one cupful
of currants rub them in flour before
using), two tablespoonfuls of cream of
tartar, one of soda.-Old Homestead.
Boiled Leg of Lamb Trim off all
the loose fat, cut off the shank, wash
and wipe it dry; dredge it with flour
and tie it in clean cloth; put it in boil
ing water enough TO cover it. The wa
ter should be saited in the proportion
Of two teaspoonfuls of salt to a quart
Of water Let it boil from two to
three hours according to its size. Serve
it with drawn butter or rich parsley
sauce. whichever may be preferred.
and vegetables of any kind which may
be in season. boston Budget.
Glazed Sweet Potatoes: Boil sweet
potatoes until they are done. then peel
them, cut in halves lengthwise and
place with the rounding side up in a
large square or long baking dish well
buttered. For dozen people take nine
potatoes. Stir one tablespoonful of
sugar with one Tablespoonful of water
and one tablespoonful of butter over
the fire until il is melted. Sprinkle the
potatoes with salt and haste them with
this mixture; place them in a hot oven
until they are Drowned and glossy
Prairie Farmer.
One of the most toothsome of orange
jellies can be made as follows: To two
quarts of calvesfoot jelly, that has
been well clarified, add three pounds of
loaf sugar, the juice of two lemons and
six oranges, the thinly-pared rind of
two oranges, aud one stick of CHINA
mon broken up. Beat slightly the
whites of six eggs and mix all well to-
gether in preserving kettle. Set it on
the fire and let it boil briskly for half
an hour, then throw in cup of cold
water and let it boil twenty minutes
longer. Have a flannel jelly-bag, made
the shape of Y, scald it and pour the
Jelly into it carefully. Tie it where il
can keep warm while the jelly runs
through. Then set the bowl of jelly in
good place TO get firm.-Ladies Home
Journal.
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scraping the trough. The eggs are
gathered by lifting the hanging board
door which forms the sides and roof
platform. 4 dark passage way leads
along the back of the nest boxes and
affords secrecy and exclusiveness
to the laying hen which is highly de.
sirable.
The feed trough is made by mailing
together 2-inch boards. 16 feet long by
6 inches wide, in the form of a V
trough. Water is kept in pan, over
which is placed a round fiat box (see
Fig. y, through the sides of which the
fowls can reach for the water and still
cannot soil the water nor over
turn the pan. The dust box is made
by mailing "a board across one corner OF
the room. Two windows, each con
tanning six 10xl2-inch lights, are
placed in the south side of each com
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NO MANS LAND.
A County That owes Allegiance to y
State.

County That owes Allegiance to Ma
State.
In the circuit court of Hughes coun-
ty, Dakota. at its present term the
question of the jurisdiction of the court
over Nowlin county came up on a de-
murrer to the indictment in the case
against one Matt 1ieson for maliciously
shooting and killing a steer in that
county in the spring while separating
the herds from the roundup. The
court, Judge II. G. Fuller, supported
the demurrer on the ground of the
want of jurisdiction of his court.
He cited that in territorial days
Hughes county was Irfthe Fifth judicial
district and that Nowln county was
attached to it for judicial purposes;
that by the acceptance of the constitu-
ton under statehood Hughes county
became part of the Sixth judicial cir
cult and Nowlin a part of the Seventh
judicial circuit, and was attached to
Meade county for taxation purposes
only, and that it has not been attachtd
to any county for judicial purposes at
all; that Nowlin county is not organ
lied and therefore has no legal resting
place either in the state or in the United
States, for judicial purposes, and con
sequently his court has no jurisdiction
in the case
The query arises: where does Now.
lin county belong?' 1t is very like the
quondam county, No Mans Land, hav-
ing neither a parent, government non
any attachments. flea murder is com
mitted in Nowlin county, by this deci-
sion, the murderer cannot be arrested
either by state officer or by United
States officer, as neither has the right
to issue a warrant nor to arrest on view
or on information, but it is believed
that in such case the privilege of ar
rest would not be asked Chicago
News.
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An ArilonIan ut lii he

To see an Arizonian at his Jest you
must see him when lie has bc money
AT all An eastern speculator, who
has invested thirty or forty thousand
dollars in a mine aud lost il. is down
right certain that life i not worth liv-
ing Bu; take an Arizona miner who
has invested his all in a mine. lie will
put in labor a we'll a. capital. He
will sink his own shaft and do his own
blasting and work the whole year
through on mis- hands and knees in a
hot stifiing drift. with the water trick
ling down upon aim from the sur
rounding walls When the mine fails.
As il often does. aud all the years
work i lost. the Arizonian does not
stop long 10 bemoan his fa.e. Tie first
relieves his mind by swearing. then
hastens 10 dispose of his belongings,
only reserving for himself burrO, a
pair Of blankets, a canteen and gold
pan. Now he i prospectOr equipped
FOR work. ready to search out new
mines for himself or to prospect on
shares for anyone who will grub
stake" him And should you meet him
week later you would not be able
70 tell whether he had lost a mine
or found One.-N. Y Post
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OUR COUNTRY.


There Are Many hooks and Corners OF
which Americans Know Nothing.
We live in the most wonderful land
in the world; and one of the most won
derful things in it is that we Americans
find So little to wonder at. other
civilized nations take pride in know
ing their points of natural or historic
interest: but when we have pointed to
our marvellous growth in population
and wealth, we find little else to say,
and hasten abroad in quest of sights
not a tenth part SO wonderful as thou
sand wonders we have at home and
never dream Of IL is true that other
nations are older. and have grown up
To think of something besides ma
terial matters; but our youth and our
achievements are poor excuses for this
unpatriOtic sighting of our own coun-
try. There is a part of America-a
part even of the United States-of
which Americans know as little as they
do of central Africa. and of which too
many of them are much less interested
to learn. With them ito travel means
only to go abroad; and they call man
traveller who has run his superficial
girdle around the world and is as igno-
rant of his own country Except its
citiesl as If he had never been in it.
hope to live to see Americans proud of
knowing America, and ashamed not to
know it; aud it is TO my young country
men that look for the patriotism to
effect 50 needed a change +. Lum-
mis-. in 1t. Nicholas.