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Jmdieiows WIFE.

A judlclous wife is always shipping of
from her husbands moral nature little
twigs that are growing In the wrong d.
rection. She keeps him In shape by con-
tlnual pruning. Ifyou say anything silly,
she will afiectionately tell you so. Ifyou
declare You will do some absurd thing,
she will find means Of preventing your
doing It. And by far the chief part OF all
the common sense there Is In this world,
belongs unquestionably to woman.
The wiscst things which man CON-
monty does are those which his wife coun-
sells HIM to do. A wife Is the grand WELD
ur Of the moral pruning knife. ItJohnson's
wife had lived, there would have been nc
boarding up oforange pcel-no touching
all the posts In walking along the street.
no eating and drinking with disgusting
voraclty. II oliver Goldsmith had beer
married, he would never have worn that
memorable and ridiculous coat. when
you find man whom you know little
about oddly dressed or talking absurdly,
or displaying excentriclty Of manner, you
may be tolcrably sure that he Is not q
married man; for the corners are rounded
off-the ll;tle shoots are pruncd away
In married men. Wives generally have
much more sense than their husbands,
especially when their husbands are clever
men. The wife's adviccs are like the
ballast that keeps the ship steady; they
are the wholesome though painful, shears,
shipping OF little growths Of sclf-conccit.
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Bod % Sss,u.

Whatever you have 10 say, my friend,
Whether witty, or grave or gay, Fl.
Condense - much ~ ever you can.
And say Il In the rcadiestway;
And whether you write Of rural Affairs,
. Or particular things In town,
Just take word Of friendly advice
rr.f + Boil it down.
For II you 70 spluttering over page
When couple OF lines would DO,
Your butter Il spread 90 much, yousee
The bread looks plainly through. rH
So when you have story TO tell,
And would Ike little renown, A.
To make quito sure Of your wish, my friend,
. Boil II down.
When writing m article Cor the press,
Whether prose or verse, just Try
To utter your thoughts In tho fewcst words
And let themgbe crisp and;dry.
And when it ls flushed, and you suppose
II is done exactly brown,
Just look it over again, and then
Boil Il down.
For editors do not like 10 print
An article lastly long,
And the general reader does not caro-
For couple OF yards OF song.
SO gather your wits In the smallest space,
n you'd win the authors crown,
And every time you write, my friend,
-s Boil 10 down. h
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NUMBER %.
0stsg ssS ssstrs.

''In going up stairs, the mechanism OF
progression Is Of course tho same; but
the lining action, which isthe real force
consuming part OF the proscsss 10 now
greatly increased. Instead Of being just
sufficient to admit Of the free swing Of tho
penulous foot, Il must bc % great ~ 10
project the body up 1t each step distance
equal to the height Of the stair. Whether
man Of one hundred and forty pounds
gets his weight upstairs by the levers
that Nature gave him, or lifts Il by pully.
makes no difference; one hundred and
forty pounds are TO be lited through tho
height Of the staircase at any rate. In
walking distance Of eighteen feet, at,
say, ak steps, and assuming that the CEN
trc Of gravity Of tho body Is raised an Inch
at each step, the total effort expended
would be equal to rising the body through
height Of SIX inches. But, In ascending
q staircase eighteen feet high, the body
has to bc lined through thiry-six times
this space, with the expenditure Of thirty
six times the amount Of force; tho power
expended would therefore be equal TO q
level walk Of the hundred and twenty-four
feet. We thus get adennlte idea Of the
immensely greater consumption Of force
In ascending staircase than In ordinary
walking.
In moving body from one point TO
another, Il Is not enough to know how
much force Is required to overcome weight
and friction, but the time In which it Is TO
be done must also be taken Into account |;
and, rs regards the economy Of force, this
Is by far the most serious thing. Tho dy.
namIc formula Is, not that the moving
force must equal the weight Of the mass
moved, but It must equal tho mass multi
piled into the velocity. And how multi
plIedP People generally would say that,
II the speed be doubled, tho force also
must be doubled; but this Is far from the
truth. You cannot double the speed by
doubling the force; to double the speed
you must double the force twice. A du.
pllcate Increase Of velocity requires a
quadruple Increase OF force. II rail-
way-traln Is moving at ten miles an hour.
to make It twenty miles an hour requires
four times the driving power-hcncc tho
great economy Of low speed. Physicists
assure us that In raising weights by pnl.
lcys or levers, the same principal holds.
When, therefore. you run upstairs In
half the time that you would walk up, the
draft upon the vital energy Is multiplied
fourfold. Quickenlng the speed length
ems the staircase; and quickcning Il n
little, lengthcns It great deal. Running
up In half the time is equivalent to walk
Ing up four flights.
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,y,,. /. w,.., Nos.

Ex. Gov. Henry A. Wise, who, before
and during the war. was the most invetcr-
ate hater Of every thing pertaining to the
abolition Of slavery, and one OF the most
radical fire eaters Of the South, has had
his "rcason return to him Ike other
men,"
In recent letter lc says that Sod or
dalned the war rs the only means Of
emanclpating the slaves" continuing as
follows:
',rhat he ordered and directed and fore.
cd the result Of the emancipation Of slaves
In America, knowing that there was no
other way to bring Il about, and at tho
same time save all that Is precious, I have
not the least doubt. And feel that he
who reslsts, or In any unreasonable way
obstructs the legitimate consequences Of
this special providence kicks against the
pricks.' This brings up the question;
What should bc regarded rs the legitl-
mate consequenccsf My answer Is peace.
The old ltrifec must cease, and be hush
ed, and their wounds be healed. Next,
charity, tolcration, brotherly and patriot
10 kindness. It Is not for me TO upbraid
you, or you me, for the oilenses and inju-
ries OF this war. Slavery was Its cause,
was our weakness, II not our wickedncss,
and God has purged out It's sins and Sa-
tanIc influences by fire and blood. His
fire and blood for The war was Ills II the
SIN was mine. But woe unto those, on
either side, who shall cause the fires to
burn and the blood to heat, amer the sin
and causes Of woes have been burnt to
ashes. We must not keep the fires Igni-
tcd-thc ashes must be allowed to cool
and then, as from battlc-helds the green
hcrbagc may be made TO grow more lux
urlant than ever, 50 good fruit may bc
made to spring even from the cinders ana
ashes of this horrii war. No man. or SEE
of men. must dare to take nny bolts OF
vengeance In their hands,
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agricultural.
Fruit Trees.

All agree, says leading cultivator OF
fruit In Massachusetts, that the proper and
only judicious method of preparing the
soil for fruit trees, Is subsoiling or trench
Ing the earth to the depth of eighteen in
ches or two feet, and that, dutSlg the pro-
cess, the upper and lower soils, together
with the appropriate msnure, should be
thoroughly Incorporated. Downing states
that the best compost for fruit trees, Is
peat and ashes, five bushels OF fresh, or
ten bushels of icached ashes, and wagon
load of peat, containing lime and potash,
and phosphates. Let this compost lie n
fortnight. Add to every cart load two
bushels Of air-slacked lime for apple trees
add half bushcl Of ground bones, two
bushels of leached ashes, or four or five
pounds Of potash dissolved In water, for
pear trees; add half bushel of ashes and
a peck OF salt for plum trees; add two
bushels Of leached ashes for peach and
cherry trees; add bushel Of lime, a
bushel OF ashes, and half bushel Of plas-
ter, for grape vines; this compost should
be put OH and forked in SO rs to cover the
ground SO far as the roots extend. The
proportions will vary according to the
quantity of compost to be made. BY anal
ysis, It Is found that the ash Of the apple
tree contains more than one-half lime, so
,;,,,., ,arool,, nrcpnn, larates I'm the laniIrp
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Ifssfs 10 Writers.

]. Be brief. This Is the age Of telc-
graphs and stenography. 2. Dc pointed.
Don't write NIL around subject without
hitting It. 3. State facts, but don't stop
to moralize. It's drowsy business. Let
the reader do his own dreaming. 4. Is
chew prcfaccs. Plunge Mt once into the
subject Ike swimmer into cold water.
II you have written n sentence which you
think particularly fine, draw your pen
across Il. A pet child Is the worst In the
family. Q. Condense. Make sure that
you really have an idea, and then record
It In the shortest possible terms. We
want thoughts, In their quintessence. z.
When the article Is completed, strike out
ninc-tcnths OF the adjectiyes. The Eng
lish Is strong language, but it won't
bear too much ''reduclng." 8. Avoid ali
hlgh.no wnlanguagc. The plainest Anglo
Saxon words are the best. Never use
stilts II legs will do n well. 0. Make
your sentences short. Every period Is
milestone ut which the reader may halt
and rest himself. 10. Write legibly.
Don't let your manuscript look like the
track OF a spIdcr half-drowncd In Ink.
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A LITTER TO Mn. SUMNER on Hrs
SrEEcH.-Thc Times Washington special
says Mr.. Sumner recently received note
dated at London, May 9Th, and whose
contents were rs follows:
"Slr:I enclose the opinion Of one OF
the leading journals Of this country a to
your conduct and have only to add my
own. which Is that you arc Q mischief
making, III conditioned, Yankee sooun-
drel." - -. -, -.
The Herald says Mr.. Sumner has also
received several letters from Canada Of
similar Import On tho other hand he
has received letters from England from
distinguished men saying his speech was
Just the thing and also commendafory
letters from the continent.
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gnetrp.
LTe Leaces.

The day. with Its sandals dipped In dew,
Has passed through the evenings golden gates,
And single star In the cioudiess blue
For the rising moon In silence waits;
While the winds that sigh to the ianguid hours
A lullaby breathe DER the folded flowers.
The lilies nod TO the sound Of the stream
That winds along with lullng now,
And either awake, or half In q dream,
pass through the realms Of Long Ago.
While faces peer with many q smile
Prom the bowers Of Memory's magical isle.
There are joys and sunshine, sorows and tears,
That check the path OF iife's April hours,
And q longing wish for the coming years,
That hope ever wreathes with the fairest now
ers;
There are friendshlps guiieless-,oyo as bright
And pure as the stars In the halls Of night.
There are ashen memories, bitter pain,
And buried hopes and a broken vow.
And an aching heart by the restless man,
And the sea.breeze tanning pallid brow;
And wanderer on the shell-lned shore
Listening for voices that speaf no more.
There are passions strong and ambitions wild,
And the fierce desire 10 stand In the van
or the battle OF life-and the heart Of the child
Is crushed In the breast Of the struggling man
But short the regrets and few are the tears,
That tall at the tomb Of the vanished years.
There's qniet. and peace. and domestic love,
And joys arising IRON faith and truth,
And love unquestlonlng, far above
The passionate dreamings OF ardent youth;
And kisses OF children ON lip and cheek,
And the parents bliss which no tongue can
speak.
There are loved ones lost There are little graves
In the distant dell, meath protecting trees,
where the streamlet winds, and the violet waves,
And the grasses sway 10 the sighing breeze;
And we mourn for the pressure OF tender lips,
And the light ofeyes darkened I'm deaths eclipse.
And thus, as the glow OF the daylight dies,
And the nights first look to the earth is east,
gaze meath those beautiful summer skies,
AT the pictures that hang on the hall Of the
past;
Oh, Sorrow and Joy, chant mingled lay
When 10 memory's wildwood we wander away.
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BIDDEFORD, ME-, FRIDAY

tercourse with others was very unreli
able source. Every one gave q colorint
peculiarly his own, and every one necd
read for himselfto have correct idea o
what Is going on around him.
Besides this, my business from dull be
come duller. and eventually dullest
while my neighcor across the way, Will
no better qualifications or faculties thar
myself seemed to be doing thriving bus
mess. Could It be because he advertised
in the local paper-that which nobody
took the trouble to readP Doubtful.
One day met an old friend and custo
mer whom had often wondered wha
had become Of him, as well as some 9th
ers of his neighbors, who were once goot
paying customers of mine.
How are your said he, giving me hi
hand. How do you prosper9 Going dowr
hill, eh?' ~
Il hope not I replied, with faln
smile.
We'll, Isee you have stopped advertis
ing. and supposed you had closed out OF
smashed up; and, rs am usually In
hurry when come to town, I 60 wher'
they advertise to do work well and prompt
ly. This is why have not seen yon late
ly. Good by, sir. II you are still In TIT
business, let us see your card, and know
what are DOING g
began to think better of advertising
than I did before, and on my way home
gave the publishers Of the paper a. call.
Il begin to think, my friend,' said I. =
began In the wrong direction to curtail ex
penses, and ! was indeed, penny wise
and pound foolish when withdrew my
patronage. Our interests are more init
mately connected than l could have be
lieved, until made the experiment.
Thereupon was again enrolled on hi
list Of subscribers, and half column de
voted to my business. And freely con
fess have no reason to regret the expen
ditures. My old customers and many
new ones began to make their appear
ance-buslness began to revive, and err
long felt warranted In the expedlency o
securing an assistant.
My family was gratifled at the appear
ance of their friend, the newspaper, and
am resolved that sooner than part with 1t
I will give up ale and CIGARS which fol
me would be quite sacrifice. prlz'
more highly than ever my newspaper.
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MORNING, MAY %, 1869.

thelcss tie wlch binds. Tho sons and
daughters NV these shaded sisters Is blood
relashens NV tho pure white ones. In this
happy hour. all these differences Is 70 be
buried. Up and at emf ..-.
, And imejtly score or moro uvwench-
cs riz and undertook to embrace and kiss
the wives NV Pcnnlbacker, Pogram, Nc
,Pclter. Bascom ct al. These females had
been billn doorin this entire perceedln,
and this hnisht EN-. II wuz strait hair
agln wool immejltly. Mrs. Pogram, who
Is ruther bony, laid out two Nv the first
wich come ut her, and her daughter Mir
andy, takin example, went for them wich
wuz affeckshunately callln her "Slster."
The ilte became general In less than o
minnit among the wimmen. I heard no
more the gentle word "slster." On the
contrary, other words, not SO refined In
their nacher, were yoosed to designate
each other. And tit they all went, tooth
and nail, the entire bllln NV them, male
and female, black white and yallcr, and
others kickin, struggling, bltin and swear
In on the floor. And all this time that
cussid Biglcr wuz.on the top NV the two
seats, shoutin encouraginly to both sides,
and Pollock vas Dustin out In peals NV
the most uprorious laughter.
The struggle finally endid, the combat
ants bcln' completely eggsausted. There
wuz on the floor at least busliel NV hair.
wool, cotton, false teeth. real teeth, rib
bons, stays. bonncts. ct settry. with an oc-
casional spot NV gore. And to add insult
to injury, Joe Blgles threatened to whale
us all for not carryln out the f.ograme ez
wuz originally contemplated.
"Myself and frier ds," remarkt this on
mitigated wretch, "hev bin swindled into
comm here. And, oh, Deekln, when
think that at such time yoo Good be SO
cold hearted cz to resist nachrel instinks
When 700 were surrounded by yoor Off
springs. didn't yoor heart warm toward
emG Why didn't you cast 'em on Efyou
can't recognize the ekallty NV niggei
when that nlggcr resembles yoo, when kin
yoop And wat kin our colored voters ex'
pect so long ez your wife entertalns the
same prejoodis agin yoor childrcn9 Dee
kin, for shameT'
And the wretch rolled of. winkin a
most lnsultingly meanln' wink ut me.
fear me that this arrangement, like many
others hcv made, WIZ failyoor. Well,
we are no worse of than before; We can
DO.
PETROLEUM v. NAsBr. p. M.
(Wich Is Postmastcr.)
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Poffteness tn Business.

There Is good deal of sound phlloso.
phy In the following which we extract
from the column of "Wall-Nuts" In thu
Christian Regisfer:-
"what a pleasant thing IL Is to dea
with pleasant men! How much tonic
helps a trade, reconciles you to n price
and sends you Off with nearer feeling
OF an equivalent for your outlay. A
smile and thank you go q great way
and when they are so cheap, cost so little
and 90 so far. one wonders that they arr
so dear, and that so little Of minor cour
tesies enter into the intercourse and inter
ests Of men. Ii Is very pleasant
thing to 90 out Of n store with the sense
of n favor conferred. Indeed one stands
u little pretty evident cheating with
placid complacency, only the cheatel
adds the suavity of manuer and of tone
to his art. And what an art that Is which
makes you buy when you had determined
not to, aud rcconciles you to price you
know to be not only abominable, but
one you ought not to pay! Is there q
harder thing to face than that very insid'
icious store-phrase, rs there anything
else to-dayr Only let a man get the
right tone and manner, AMI you have
more moral courage than most people u
you don't begin to be rather ashamed OF
the smallness Of your order or your pur'
chase, look about and remember that
there Is something else and 81 run up
your bill or depletc your pocketbook
from want of courage to meet stereo'
typed business phrase-the moral history
of which your tormentor perfectly under
stands. How mean man feels when'
walking home, he realizes the little trick
of trade to which he has succumbcd."
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PETROLEUM v. NAsBY. p. M.
(Wich Is Postmaster. J


The extent to which water mlnglcs with
bodies apparently the most solid Is very
wonderful. The glittering opal which
beauty wears rs an Onament Is only flint
aud water. or every twelve hundred
tons of earth which a landlord has In his
estate four hundred are water. The
snow capped SUBMITS Of our highest
mountain have many million tons of water
In solidified form. III every plaster-of-
Paris statue which an Italian carries
through our streets for sale, there Is one
pound of water TO four pounds Of chalk.
The air we breathe contains five grains OF
water to each cubic foot Of It's bulk. The
potatoes and turnips which are boiled for
our dinner have, IN their raw state the one
scventy-ilvc per cent. and the other nine
ty per cent. of water.
If a man weighing one hundred and
forty pounds us squeezed In hydraulic
press. seventy pounds Of water run out,
the balance being solid matter. A man Is
chemically speaking, forty-fve pounds Of
carbon and other elements, with nitrogen
difinscd through five and a half pailf,,ls
of water. In plants VIC find water
mlngling thus wonderfully. A sunnower
evaporates one and a quarter pints OF
water day. and cabbage about the
same quantity. A wheat plant exllales
In one hundred and seventy-nvc days
about one hundred thousand grains Of
water.
The sap Of plants is the medium through
which this mass OF fluid Is conveyed. 1t
forms q delicate pump, up which the
watcry particles run with the rapldlty ofa
swift stream. BY the action Of the SAP.
various properties may be communicated
to the growing plant. Timber In France
Is, for instance dyed with the various COL
ors mixed with water, and sprinklld over
the roots Of the tree. Dahlics arc also
colorcd by similar process.
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Doing houscwork has become so dis
tasteful to women AMI girls that Il would
seem many would almost rather starv'
than engage In II. The Boston Advertiser
says that the women who have been hold
Ing conventions, represent that there arc
eight thousand women In Boston, working
from twelve to sixteen hours day, to
earn less than three dollars a week, out
Of which they have to board, lodge and
dress themselves; that many earn but
twenty-five cents day and not few less
than that. At the same time there are
about eight thousand homes In that city
and about It, where two or three times
the sum these sewing girls earn Is freely
offered them to do houscwork In . small
family together with tho best Of board and
lodging and kind treatment. Yet rather
than accept these situations, they VIII
beg of n manufacturer shirt to make ut
four cents, or toll NIL day In crowded
rooms for half dollar. which barely pays
for dry bread, and third or fourth share
In chilly garret.
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CABBAGE FLEAs.-A correspondent
writes to ask II we cannot suggest some
thing which will destroy 1.-THE flies" that
have eaten of nearly all the leaves Of his
cabbages just set out. The insects COM
planned of are without doubt cabbage-nees
and II the leaves are busted with ashes or
or Scotch snuff In the morning when the
dew Is ON them, these pests Will be des-
troyed.-HsartA and Home.
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A new made widow went lately to m
insurance Office to receive the amount Of
n policy on her husbands life, which had
rovidentially been made payable to her.
The president thought Il only proper to
condole with her on her bereavement. u
am truly sorry, madam, to hear OF your
loss.' That's always the way with you
men. You are always sorry when poor
woman gets a chance to make little
money" 1 'ri .'a
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A CleayeIand wife consplred with
cIesr-maker to cure her husband Of smok-
Ing. First, they put shrcds Of India rub
ber In his cigars. He pufYed them with
his usual serenity. Then they tried q flll.
Ing OF gunpowder. They succeeded In
arresting bis attention, for his head was
all but blown o6. He intends 1, make the
consplrators smoke.
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Body and mind both require rest
and relaxation It intervals, In order to
maintain their full vigor. A change Of
employment will often afford rest, when
entire inactivity would not. This Is
especially true with nervous, restless
minds.