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tn RE LET,

,,,p, avn CHAMBERS Nos. 1876 and l3s south
STosd 9ids 6emmerciai street, near head WidgsryS
Wharf. Apply to ,aI Fo,s strcsx
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manufacturers Sale of Crocto.-
Ware to the Trade by Auct;on
F. o. BAILEY q CO.. Aue,,....,..

TUESDAY,, April Sth, at 2s P. NJ. Ar o,,
saiesroom, Is Exchange street. we shall ALL ~, ~
y Che Trade large line of White Granite Paris Wh,,
80, =, Rockingham and Yellow Ware. CataloSrs.
fe,uy ana goods ON exhibition Monday, April 7t.
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Sherif,s Sale.

Sherif's Sale.
STATE OF MAINE
CUMBERLAND IS.
FIAkEN on execution and will be sold at public
Il auction to the highest bidder on THURSDAY,
Aprl the lOth A. d. 1873 at IL o'clock A. M, at the
saiesroom OF F. o. Bailey & Co.. No. IS Exchange
street, ini Portland, in said County, the following
personal property, viz:-Sewing Machines, Sewing
Machine repairs Tools, Lathe and Office Furniture.
Dated at Portland, April Z, 1873.
MATT. ADAMS, Deputy Sheriff.
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Notice.

VIE power Of attorney heretofore given my son L.
nroyt Cos' 20 manage the Lumber business, accept
Bank In my name, is hereby withdrawn.
Portland, March 2S, 1873, ap2d2w'
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For Sale.

rpINMINC and Fancy Goods store, .Srsas VIII .
A small well selected Stick with steaSy ss eity.
ing trade in one of the best iocst,ons This OFFICE
Address CUISINES, d2ws
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STATUARY,

by Corrello Benze. Figures of Pure Marble and Al
abaster, deliberately carved VASES Of great variety
Of style and design, including the Tuscan, Roman,
Hebe, Gothic, Egyptian, Florentfne, Grecian, &c
Elegant Card Receiver, Mantel Ornaments, and
other cho articles for decorating Parors, Drawing
Rooms, &c.
EY This elegant stock will be on exhibition on
Tuesday afternoon and evening previous to sale.
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M. L. A.
Dissolution of Partnership

TTyHE partnership heretofore existing under ,hs
Il name Of Dellrw Il Trefethen. Of PoTt,and
County of Cumberland, -ealers in Fish, Is this dsy
dissolved by mutual consent. = 'A.' u~'
The business will be continued pndar ,h. -. ~
Trefethen & Co. ~ A@AAo Va
Portland, March %, 1873 naroa.Oaav.
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The following order came up from the Com
mon Council: That on and after May 1st,
next, the city shall be divided into two Fire
Districts, to be called the First and Second Fire
Wards, and shall be bounded as follows: All
that part of the city lying east of line run
ming thro the centre of Centre street and Preble
street, across the city, and taking in all the
alarm boxes numbered below 81, to be called
the First Fire District or Ward, and all that
part of the city west of the aforesaid bounds,
and including all the hoxes from 81 inclusive,
upwards TO be be called the second Fire Dis
trict or Ward, and that all fires occurring in the
First Ward or District shall be answered by the
steam fire engines stationed therein, and that
all fires occurr ng in the 81 cond District shall be
answered by the steam fire engines stationed
therein, and that no engine shall leave the Ell
gine house to answer an alarm in another than
.heir own district until second alarm shal
have been sounded, and they shall be in readi-
@ ness to attend such alarm as soon as given
ms order shall have no reference to any Hool
In9 Pnfod Ladder Co, or Hose Carriage whatever
he1erred. Adjourned. 81 Il E-ll :
IN COMMON COUNCIL. .f,
A special meeting of the Common Council
was held last evening at which papers were
passed In concurrence, and the salary bill wa,
| discussed. Adjourned
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1OB PRINTING neatly executed as 'a''
J once.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18

RUFFs.-Double ruffs are in fashion, and
crepe lis, e ruffs are fuller and higher than
ever They consist of two rows of double
and even triple box-plaiting, with the clus-
ters of paits touching; they ale three inches
high behind, and slope away in front to one
inch A single ruff costs 81 so, and is bound
with soft lutestring ribbon, which is grateful
to the neck,o which the burden OF style and
too much dressing for comfort rests at the
present moment. Other double ruffs nave
side plaitings inside with double box-pating
outside. These are sold by the yard for 81.
When made of MAlines, the single ruff costs
1925.
Black and white mixed ruffs are new, also
those with jet beading on the edge Imagine
a box-plaited frill of black Malines fine tullel
with tiny jet beads on the edge, and inside
this plating of white tulle. These are worn
with black dresses by ladies in colors, and
cost 50 so yard. White tulle rufis with dots
OF black chenille on the edge are S1.75 for
the single ruff, or 50 bv the yard, More
stylish still are the all-black, double, DoN-
plated ruffs of tulle edged with jet. we re-
peat, these are designed for ladies IN coiors'
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18

USE OF MUCK.-Farmers on small farms
often find it difficult to keep the fertility of
the soil, not being able to keep enough stock
to make manure. These same farmers buy
costly and sometimes useless artificial ma
hures, little thinking that the muck of their
swamps and river beds, if judiciousy applied.
would greatly add to the fertility of the soil.
tried three experiments with it last season,
on three different crops-clover, wheat and
potatoes-on three different kinds of soil.
The clover grew on light, sandy lOam. The
field was summer f;,llowed for wheat two sea
sons before, and received a heavy coat of
baruyard manure Last spring l picked out
the poorest strip in the field, and top-dressed
it with muck at the rate of forty loads to the
acre. The respl. was wonderful. The strip,
in comparison with the lest of the field.
yielded one ton more to the acre. The wheat
grew on gravelly loan. The field was pre-
pared in summer fal'ow the year before,
and received h,avy dressing OF bar1-yard
manure-all except halt an acre, OH which
twenty loads of muck were spread. The
straw on this spot grew stronger and healthier
than on any other part of the field. had no
chance of comparing the grain. The pota-
toes were planted on dry, limestone shale.
Those that received muck were large and dry,
with very few small ones, while the potatoes
on the rest of the field were of poor quality
and too small toI market purposes. To pre-
pare muck properly, it should be hauled out
OF the swamp in the spring, piled on dry
knoll, and mixed with liberal supply of
lime, ashes and common salt During the
summer it should be turned over three or
four times, until thoroughly pulverized and
the compost completely mixed. Leave it to
the action of the frost during the winter, and
apply to the land in the spring. Every inteli-
gent farmer knows that the liquid manures
are of more value than The solids. There is
sometimes great difficulty in saving them, es
peciay if the stables are built on a hill side.
Now, muck is powerful absorbent. and if
used freely as bedding, and in pits beside aud
uDder the stables, the liquid excremeDts
would be saved have found it to be of
great valIe applied as mulch to the roots of
trees. 1t seems to supply invi Grating ee-
ments, without the stimulating effects OF
manure. Don't sell your ashes to the soap
makers, but mix well with this mulch aud
Grub d Co. will leave on suspcion.-Ontdrio
AdrOc0fe.
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How MUCE WILL KEEP A HoRsE.-A
horse weighing ffom ten to twelve hui dred
pounds will eat about six tons of hay, or its
equivalent, in year. And we suppose the
real point to get at is, whether "ne can keep
h thorses cheaper on some other product
than hay. This is an exceedingly difficult
question. to answer, it depends so much on
circumstances. We shall not tempt to an
swer it fully at this time, but will merely say,
that, in our opinion, three and half tors of
corn stalks and two and half tons OF corn
would keep horse a year in fully as good
condition as SIX tons of good hay.
We may estimate, also, hat it win take
three and half tons OF oat straw, and two
and half tons OF oats, to keep a horse
year. A bushel of oats weighs thirty-two
pounds so that 1T win take over one hundred
and fifty-five bushels and three and a half
tons of straw TO keep horse year. 1t
would take about two acres of good land 10
produce this amount.
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CONSOLATION FOR PERSONS OF FULL
HABIT.-The notion that a superabnndance
If flesh produces mental incapacity is con-
tradicted by the fact that at the present mo-
ment some of the wittiest writers on the Paris
press are gentlemen of undoubted obesity.
NJ. NJ. Francisque Sarcey and Charles Mons
let are so rema kable Tor their size that il was
proposed. toward the end OF tue siege, that
they should be sent to Versailles to treat with
Prince Bismarck. and prove l,y the rotundiiy
of their forms that the inhabitants were not
starving. The wittiest man of the govern
ment of that time was, undoubtedly, NJ.
Earnest Picard, always qualified by his politi-
cal adversaries as "Ce grOs Picard" Gen.
era Vinoy complained in his evidence before
parliamentary committee, that. wlen he
went to transact business with ministers, he
was shocked at generally finding them laugh
ing at Picard's stories. NJ. Jules Janin is al
so exceedingly stout, and so was that elegant
writer, Theophile Gautier.
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A MOTHER SPEAKS To THE SHAE.-The
perseverance of a woman has received new
Illustration in the instance of an English la
dy. who hunted the Shah from London to
Brindisi, and at every town where he stopped
importuncd the members of his suite to OBJ
tain for her an audience, until she prevailed
on a Persian oiplomatist to present her. She
modestly. on en- ering the royal presence, ex-
planned that she was sort of Cornelia, and
had brought up three sons, whose energies
Europe could afford. What she wanted was
that the Shah should take them out with him
to Persia, and open careers for them, assur-
ing him that the money so spent would be
well invested, for he would find in the YOU his
resolute and able defenders of his throne and
dignity,
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Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. y. DIVER, No. 2S2 Middle st. All
kinds of Machines for sale and TO LET.
Repairing.
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DOES ADVERTISING PAY?-There Is no IN
stance on record of well sustained system or
judcious advertising failing of SUE cess.
my success IS owing to my hDerality IN ad-
vertising "-BORner
advertising has furnished me with COM
petenc- Amos LoDrence
I advertised my productions and made mon
ey. Nicholas Longlcorth.
'"Constant and persistent advertising is sure
prelude to wedlth.-Stephen Girurd
sHe who invests onv dollar in business should
invest ou- dollar ir advertising that business"
a z. Stelcdrt.
''Without the aid of advertisements | could
have done nothing in my speculations. have
the most complete faith in printers ink. Adj
vertislng is the royal road to business.-Bar.
mum.
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The saying, 'Tt's too thin," is not a vul-
garsm. Sheridan Knowles puts it in the
mouth of Alasco in The play of ''Rose of Ara
gOn.o
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Editorial Duties in the Bush -ssYou want
an editor? said hopeful new chum 20 the
lucky job printerof the B Bianket Fiat Mercury.
Il have the b st testimonials, aud have writ
ten largely for the English press" The man
OF advertisements scanned the proffered pa
per. "Clever! sober! industiiousl My good
sir, you won't do for me. l want man as is
blazing drunk halt bis time, and who can just
knock off a smart thing when / tell him."
but who edits the paper then p asks the ap-
picant. ''WhOw ret lrned the proprietor,
fourishing his scissors over his head in indig-
nant astonishment. ''Why, / does! All
you'll have 10 do is to correct the spellin' and
rut in the personalities r'-Au the Year
Round
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EFFECTS OF GREAsINe HoRsEs, Hoors

EFFECTS OF GREAsING HORSES HooFs.
"A correspondent of the Canada Farmer
writes:
81 had an excellent opportunity of observ-
ing the effect of sreasing the feet, whilst work
ing in shop where horses were shod for a
large undertaken establishment. The treat
ment OF the horses by the horseshoei was the
same as that of hundreds OF other horses
shod at the same shop; but the feet of the
funeral horses were creased every time they
went out, to make them nice and black land.
as the fruit of this practice, the hoofs almost
ceased gro ging. They were exceedingly dry
and brittle. The sole was not haId and
glossy. as feet are after pairing, but Of a dry
nature, and could in many cases be easily
crumbled down by lbe fingers"
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THF PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
AT 1O9 EXCHANGE ST. PORTLAND.

TERMS. Eight Dollars Year in advance TIC
mail subscribers Seven Dosrs Year If paid in ad-
vance.
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Emma" said little girl to a schoolmate,
'woudn't it be awful if somebody should
shoot our school-mistress YES" was tie
reply, "but then, wouldn't it be nice not TO
have any schoOl?"
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18

IL TALIsMANo.-The Paris Figure con-
tains some gossip about Balle's posthumous
opera. loug promised for representation, but
still under the managerial lcck and key. The
information is from a correspondent who
writes as follows:
Mime Nilsson saw part of the music, be-
cane desperately enamored of it, and made
it sine qua non of her engagement at Drury
Lane for 1873, th 1t Mr.. Mapleson should pro-
duce the opera at her majesty's opera. The
opera gas dragged from obscurity, an Italian
translation was. made by Signnr Zafiira of
Mr.. Mdthison's libretto, Sir Michael Costa
touched up the score and added some recila-
tives, aud finale was composed by Mr.. G..
A. MacFarfarren. Dresses wels bought,
scenery was put in hand the artists had their
parts the chorus was rehearsed, when sud-
tenly all hoEes of its productio were again
scattered to the four winds. The music of
the Knight OF the Leopard, or II Talismano,'
a the Italian version is called, is engraved,
but the plates are locked up at the publisher s
once, anu no eye but t1ose concerned IN III L
composition ard publication has, believe,
! resttd upon them. The opera is sa:d to be a
fine specimen Of Bales matt red style, and
TO be composed in more ambitious spirit
than The works of his earlier days."
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Once careless man went t. the cellar and
stuck the candle in what he thought was
keg of black sand. He sat near it drnking
wine until the candle burned low. Nearer
and nearer it got to the black sand nearer
and nearer, until the blaze reached the black
sand, and as it was nothing but black sand,
noJLing happened.
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Merchants, Traders, Builders, Manufacturers and
others wanting large lines may be accommodated
at lowest rates.
% Dwellings and Farm Property insured for one
or a term of years on highly favorable terms.
aug20 Gtf
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A Good Lot for Sale.

FTyHE lot on India Street, next below the Univer-
Il salist Church-40 ty Sc feet Can be had n lib
eral terms payment Apply to VIM. III. JERRlS,
Real Estate Agent, Caboon Block.
Portland Sept. s. 1873. se6d-2w
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Abbott Family School for Boys,

TEyHE Autumn session will open August 10th. All
Il the comforts of HOME are here combined with
superior school Boys prepared for college busi
ness Graduation and diplomas conferred upon
all who finish the required course of study. Send
for an illustrated crcnlar, add ess the Principal
juIld3m ALDtN j. BLETHEN A. NJ
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WHOM THE GODS LOVE There was once
a young and lovely boy, remarks Punch,
whose mother p rtel his hair down the mid
die. and occasionally hit him in the back
with fiat iron. There was also bad, wick
ed, and depraved boy, about whom /. at the
momen., do not recolect any further pariic-
ulars. These two were brought up together,
and simultaneously received present of
sovereign apiece. Oh, how that bad, wicked,
and depraved boy kicked up hs heels. The
good boy smiled the while seraphcally and
slobbered. The bad boy then went straight
way ard id out his coed money in all man
ner and kinds of nasty, indigestible mcsSes-
hard bake, cocoa-nuts (he boueh fourteen of
these), bull eyes, stick liccorice, tamalinds,
and Australian bee. The boy fell to, and
gorged hdeously upon these things, and so
exhausted his little capital, coming to the
good boy when it was all Zone with long
and pitiul face. "Ahr' said the good boy.
'had you not spent your sovereign thus fool
ishly you would have had it now. as have
mine. Instead of buying hardbake-a thing
l never touch, except when it is given to me
you might have bestowed five shi.lings up-
on the Sc ETY. for Supplying Wooden-legeed
Infidels with worsted slippers; instt ad of
buying cncoa-nuts. you might have dropped
another five-bob into the donation box of the
Hospital for Paralyzed Shakers; and. instead
Of wasting the other ten Shi linss in tue way
you have. you might have done don't know
what that was good aud kind and generous
and NOBLE The bad boy, confused and con-
founded, turned away his hea aud wept Bit
Ter tears. Then the goo boy went out for
stroll, feeling e:er so much gooder for hav-
ins sad what he had, ard on his way acci-
dentally dropped his own sovereign down
sewer grating.
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How TO PREsERyE PEARs-psor. oro

unusually plenty this year. Below we give
one ofthe best modes of preserving them:
Take pears not quite ripe, and peel off the
skins. Prepare syrup with three-quarters
Oh pound OF sugar to each pound of fruit,
melt it and boil for half an honr, removing all
the scum which arises. Put in the pears and
let them boil for ten minutes, or just long
enough to soften them liit;t; then take out
and cover tightly with paper wet in whiskey
or alcohol, and cover with another paper
placed over the mouth OF the iaI.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18

Farmers win be interested to know that an
agricnlturist has discovered an insect that
will destroy the potato bug. There i, one
slight objection to this new bug, however:
1t bores into .he potato to lie in wait for the
other bug. Naturally the potato suffers. The
agriculturist foudly hopes to discover another
bug tnat will destroy the bug that destroys
the potato-bug.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18

A WEST End. A good brick house, twelve
"A rooms. hot and cold Sebago and bath T r)om.
Fine lot 10000 feet. nice grapery first class negcbor
hood. Apply to W. II. JEkRIS, Real Estate Agent
Cahoon Block. se11*3w
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18
EDUCATIONAL.
Navigation School

A NAVIGATION SCHOOL will be opened at No.
N Isl Exchange street, March 3d. to be under
the charge of Capt. Edward Breen and C. H. Farley.
instruction will be given every afternoon by Cart.
Bfeen, and Monday and Friday evenings by c. II.
Farley. The course will begin with DECIMAL arithme-
tic, and well comprise Plane, Traverse, Parallel Mid
die Latitude saiDg the use of Logarithms; the nse
and a 'jlstment Of Nautical instruments; Latitude
by Sun and Stars, and Longitude by Chronometer
Lunar observations will not be included in the
but will be taught if desireI.
The evening instruction will be gwen before the
whole GLASS; when the various problems involved in
navigation will be worked out upon the blackboard
and illustrated by suitable diagrams and apparai US, ,
and the and adjustme 1t of instruments explain
ed. Subjects collateral to navigation such as Mete-
orOlgy, Ocean Currents, &c. will also be introduced
at the evening sessions. For terms, apply to c. II.
Farley, No. Exchange street. feb19tf
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House and Lot for Sale.
House for Sale.

1.-TWO Story house, IL rooms. SebagO water, lot 80
II by 120 feet, western part of BracketJ st. Price
$4,000 Apply to w. IL. JERRIS, Real Estate Agent.
se13 *iw
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FOR SALE.

o. THE new house recently erected by Lorenzo
hA;: Ia lor Esq, making the corner of Quincy Lane
W. and Congress street, directly opposite the Park
This house contains 10 finished rooms has Gas and
Stbago, every room frescoed by Schumacher.
Drainage perfect, location better on Congress
street. Terms easy, $4,000 down, balance to suit puI
chaser
G. r. DAVIS,
.se1d4w Real Estate and Mortgage Broker.
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.

For those VINO wear mourning are black
crepe lisse ruffs at $3.50 a yard.
Among laces Valencennes remain the non
ular choice, and the fancy now is TO ARRANGE
high lace lufis Of very fully plated Valencien-
mes with standing collars, reyers and bows of
iiepped SILK, PINK, blue, or pale green. Very
handsome lace ruffs with a silk Iar turned
up behind and showing revers in front. and
tabs Or jabOts OF Swiss muslin with lace. cost
from Sl5 to S30 These are too elaborate for
description, and are worn to complete ele-
CANT toi cites for the house.
Exquisite sets Of ruff aud wristlets are
made of finest Valenciennes and sheer n u.s.
lin, arranged in box plaits, while between
tue paits and quite separate from them, are
square tabs of insertion and lace, in which a
tiny white wire scarcely thicker than thread
Is sewed to keep them erect: these cost Sl0
Plain Eemmed muslin ruffs in thick box
plaitS are considered distingue. aud are mex
pensive, costing only 35 cents for the single
yard required for the close coat sleeves and
neck or high-throated dresses. Muslin ruffs
with hem stitching done by machinery aud
an edging of Italian lace are also pretty, and
cost far less than those hem-stitched by hand.
The regular Eizabethan ruff. so often an
nounced, has at length appeared. 1t is two
frills OF plated muslin, one standing and a o
other flariDg out horizontally or else turned
down Oh the shoulders. A narrow ribbon
passed round the neck separates the rufiles,
and is tied in a long looped bow with ends
flowing below the belt. The ribbon is from
one to two and half inches wide.-Har-
per's Bdzar.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18

Harper's Bazaar rebukes the trite witticIsms
and insinuations respecting mothers-in-law.
1t says, 'Even as things are in society, how
many married man is indebted to his moth
tr-in-aw for taking thousand burdens from
his wfes shoulders and his ownr'
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18

A AT the Elmwo7d House, Readfeld q
UEA man and wife; the one 10 act in The capac-
n-s&tE ily of Hostler, the other to attend to the
III cooking department and things incidental
Ef&I thereto
man of good steady habits and 2 lady possessing
good abilities as caterer have a good position.
new house with moderen conveniences. Good pay
to the right person.
Address BOX 1OO
se12dlw Readfeld, Me.