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HOW TO CLEAN WALL PAPER.

Take Off the dust with soft cloth.
Make a lump of very stiff dough with a
little -four and water, and rub the wall
gently downward, taking the length of
the arm at each stroke, and in this way
60 round the room. As the dough be-
comes dirty cut the soiled part off: In
the second round commence the stroke a
little above where the last one ended, and
be very careful not to cross the paper or
to 60 up again. Ordinary papers cleaned
in this way will look fresh and bright,
and almost as good as new. Some papers,
however and these the most expensive
ones will not clean nicely; and in order
to ascertain whether or not paper can
be cleaned, it is best to try it first in
some obscure corner, which will not
be noticed If the result: is unsatisfac.
tory. If there are any broken places in
the wall, fill them up with mixture Of
equal parts of plaster of Paris aud silver
sand, made into a paste with little
water. Then cover the place with a lit
tie piece Of paper like the rest, if it car
be had. When a room is newly papered
a few yards Of the paper should be pre-
served for repairs. If there are any
spots Of grease on the walls mix some full
ler's earth with OK gall and cold water
| and spread this on the spot. Pin little
blotting paper over the mixture, anc
leave it for three or four hours, ther
brush it off carefully, when in all prob
| ability the grease will be removed.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

lien turkeys are preferable for boiling
on account Of their Wilderness AMI tender.
ness, and one Of moderate size should be
selected, as large one is not suitable for
boiling.
The following are freezing powders,
which may prove useful in hot weather
when ice is not atta;nable: l. Four
pounds sulphate Of soda, two and hall
pounds each Of muriate Of ammonia and
nitrate Of potash: when about to use add
double the weight Of all the ingredients
in water 2. Equal parts Of nitrate Of
potash and mariate Of ammonia; when
required to use add more than double the
weight of water. 5. Nitrate of am.
monia and water in equal proportions
Carbonate of soda and nitrate of ammo
mia, equal parts, and one equivalent o.
water.
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throughout. Set away TO cool in the jar.
Serve cold, with : trimming Of sweetened
cream if necessary. =....:
Rolled Blackberry Pudding. - Boil
one.half pint Of rico in three pints Of
water forty minutes. Pour it boiling hot
into wheat meal, mix and make up into :
firm dough, with but little kneeding, roll
one.forth of an inch thick, spread it with
ripe sweet blackberries, roll it over upon
itself, pinch the SIDES and ends together.
sew up in wet cloth, leaving . little room
to swell. put into a pot of boiling water
and boil one hour. Then take out, cue
the thread, dish hot, and serve with =
sauce made of grape or raspberry juice
sweetened.
Cottage Pudding.-Two eggs, half cup
sugar, we'll beaten together, and five ta-
blespoonfulls melted butter, stir we'll, then
add cup of sweet milk, teaspoon of soda.
two of cream of tartar, two and ~one-hait
cups Of -four: bake in square tins and
serve with sauce made as follows, which
is nice for almost any pudding: Teacup
ofsugar, teacup ofvinegar, teacup ofwater;
set over the fire, and when it boils add =
tablespoonful of -four and butter rubbed
together.
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THE PRIEST AND THE SURGEON:

The Paris correspondent Of the Graph
&c tells the following anecdote :-Dupuy.
tren was famous surgeon, but brusquc
and unpublished. One day, as he re-en.
tered his house, he found installed in the
antcroom an old priest, who had long
been awaiting his return. s'What do you
want of Inc = growled Dupuytrcn, II
wish you to look at this meekly replied
the priest, taking off an old WOODEN era
vat. which revealed upon the nape of his
neck hideous tumor. Dupuytrcn look.
ed at it. ''You'll have to die with that, -
he ccolly remarked. Il thank you, doc.
tor, simply replied the priest, replacing
his cravat, "snd am much obi ICED to You
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OH, MOTHER, HOW COULD YOU?
detroit Free Fress.1

She lives down on Baker street, and
she has = daughter about eighteen years
old. The old lady retains ali her simplic-
ity and innocence. and she doesn't 60
two cents on style. The other evening
when = splendid catch called to escort the
daughter to the opera the mother
wouldn't take the hint to keep still.
While helping her daughter get ready
she asked:
''Mary, are you going to wear the shoes
with one heel of, or the pair with holes
in 'em!'
Mary didn't seem to hear, and the
mother inquired:
Arc you going to wear that dollar
gold chain and that washed locket, or
will you wear the diamond father bought
| 1T the hardware store?''
Mary winked at her, and the young
man blushed, but the old lady went on
care you going to borrow Mrs. Browns
shawl, or will you wear mine =
Mary, hustled around the room, and
the mother said:
| BE careful Of your dress, Mary; you
know it's the only one you've got, and
you can't have another until the mortgage
on this place is lifted"
Mary remarked to her escort that it
promised to be beautiful evening, and
as she buttoned her glove her mother
asked:
''Those are Mrs. Hardy's gloves, ain
they! She's been a good neighbor to us,
and don't know how you'd manage to
go anywhere if she didn't live near US. -
Mary was hurrying to get out of the
room, when the mother raised her voice
once more and asked:
ibid you run into Mrs. Jewett's and
borrow her bracelet and Gan? Yes. sec
you did. Well, now, you look real sly"
lish, and hope you'll have good time u
Mary sits by her window in the pale
moonlight and signs for the splendid
young man to come and beau her around
some more, but he hasn't been seen up
that way since that night. The old lady
too, says that he seemed like nice
young man, and she hopes he hasn't been
killed by the street cars.
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card chosen was indeed the jack, and had
the mark on its back. r.. - : =.
You cannot point out that jack again,
l am sure" said the unsuspecting dealer,
throwing out the three cards in a:rather
more involved method. -
: II bet you five dollars that I can, said
tho young man:
Done said the dealer, who did not
look like . man who would lay wages on
Sunday, and the money was placed in Z
bystander's hands to be given almost i'm.
mediately to the young man, who again
chose the right card and the marked card.
1t was a great surprise to the jolly old
fellow, but he laughedit of by saying that
he was little clumsy in dealing now, but
that he knew one movement that he knew
would deceive all persons. 1t was long
one' involving many transpositions: but
the young man bet ten dollars on the mark.
ed card and won.
''Now let me make Won bet,' cried a
grasping little German, who saw through
the game thoroughly and wanted to dou-
BILE his little hoard. II bets Won dollar
that can see that jack"
The stylish young winner withdrew
from his place, the German stepped into
it, and the dealer good.naturedly said that
for his part he much preferred to play
the game for fun, but that if there was to
be any betting at all he thought it would
be better to bet five dollars than one.
The German hesitatingly drew out five.
dollar bill from his purse, put it up against
one belonging to the dealer, and watched
the throw of the cards. The dealer was
clumsy and careless. He exposed the face
of the jack. and made such botch of get.
ting in place that everybody thought he
could see just where each card was. There
lay the jack, plain as could be, and with
the mark on his back, SO that the better
delayed scarcely q second before turning
the card over. Then he found it to be
seven of clubs aud his money was gone
He quickly left and so did some others
who were waiting to wager. The old mar
moved off to another place, and the smart
young fellow followed him and again mark
ed card while the dealer was looking
out over the sea, and again made lots O
money before second venturcr staket
and lost. He seemed to be the only on,
who could fool the old man, and he fol
lowed him about all day, making twenty
or thirty dollars every time the table wal
set up.
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SUNDAY AT ROCKAWAY.

A New York paper Of Monday contain
ed this racy account Of a Sabbath at Rock.
away:
There were five steamers playing be-
tween New York and Rockaway yester'
day, and in their earliest trips they car.
ried down enough pleasure-scekers tc
make the whole beach alive and bright.
"Perhaps, sir,' said man who came
up unnoticed and struck the only leg OF q
small table deep into the sand close to the
reporter, you will in sociable kind of q
way tell me which Of these cards is the
jack of hearts, AS he spoke he
exhibited the face of three cards, one
Of which is the jack Of hearts, and deity
threw them on the table, backs up, and
two or three times changed their position
he was a very Incorporating old man,
with q big, round, guileless face and solid
looking English whiskers. He was thick
and stout, but not tall, and was habited
III breezy suit Of blue flannel. His skin
was richly bronzed, his lips were parted
in smile, and he wore pair of large
blue glasses. Later he said that the LIGHT
on the white sand burnt his eyes, and
everybody felt sorry for him. "You saw
me throw the cards down." continued he,
land perhaps, just for fun, you'll tell me
where the jack isl
whats that you say, old fellow" in.
terruptcd rather natty.looking young
man. Let me see what you are doing.
You want me to tell you where the Jack
IS: We'll, just shake the cards again, will
you! The old man did as he was hidden.
and then explained to the ten or dozen
persons who had gathered about him the
painful condition Of his eyes. To rest the
tired optics he tuned, looked out over tho
sea- and sighed. The young fellow. who
seemed to be sly, sharp kind of man.
selzed the opportune moment. turned up
Inc end OF one Of the cards, saw that +
was the jack, showed it to the crowd. and
then replaced it stealthily, making a dis.
tinct mark on the back with a nenc;I
Then he said. swell, old fellow. inst for
fun will guess this one.'' The dealer
turne1 again to the table, but never ro-
ticed the mark on the card, although one
honest soul, plying his sightless condition,
told him he must look sharp or else the
natty young fellow wonld cheat him, The
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WHY THE BUTTER DIDN'T COME.

They have a new hired girl over at Kew.
ser's farm, just outside of Newcastle, and
on Tuesday, before starting to spend the
day with friend Mrs. Keyser instructed
the girl to white-wash the kitchen in her
absence. Upon returning, Mrs. Keyser
found the job completed in a very salts.
factory manner. On Wednesdays Mrs.
keyser always churns, and last Wednes-
day when she was ready she went out, and
finding that MIR. Keyser had already put
the milk into tho chu:n, she began to turn
the handle. This was at eight clock in
tho morning, and she turned till ten with.
out any sign Of butter appearing. Then
she called in the hired man and he turned
till dinner time, when he knocked off with
some very offensive language addressed to
to the butter whcih had not yet come.
After dinner the hired girl took hold OF
the crank and turned it theoretically un-
til two O'Clock. when she let 20, with the
remark which conveyed the impression
that she beloved the churn to be haunted.
Then Mr.. Keyser came out and said he
wanted to know what was the matter with
that churn, anyhow.
1t was good enough churn, if people
only knew enough to work it. Mr.. Key
ser then worked the crank until half.past
three, when, as the butter had not come,
he surrendered it again to the hired man,
because he had an engagement in the vii
lage. The man ground the machine to
an accompaniment of frightfnl impre.
cations. Then the Keyscr children each
took & turn for half an hour. then Mrs.
kcyser tried her hand, and when she was
exhausted, the hired girl, who said her
prayers while she turned. But the but.
ter didn't come. When Kcyser came
home and found the churn still in action.
ne blasted his eyes and did some other
Innocent swearing, and then he seized the
handle and said he'd make the butter
come if he knocked up an earthquake in
doing it. Mr.. Keyser effected about 200
revolutions Of the crank minute, enough
70 have made any ordinary butter come
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EFFECT OF LIGHTNING ON TREES,

A Swiss savan named Colladon has
made some interesting observations in
regard to the effect produced on different
kinds of trees by lightning. In the
neighborhood of Geneva Lake, where
these observations were made, the poplar
tree suffers least from lightning, seeming
to conduct it away rapidly. Oaks, when
struck, lose the tops. E(ms are as little
injured Us poplars. Colladon has found
that yo.tng pear trees recover from the
effects OF lightning, but old ones die
which seem to be proof that young
trees are better conductors. The prac.
teal conclusion that he draws from this
is that poplar trees may serve for light
ming rods when planted near houses, pro.
vidcd care be taken to connect the lower
part of the trunk with well or moist
ground by means of q strong metal plate
buried in the earth. Without the pre-.
caution the electric current may leave
the tree and take another direction.
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SOMETHING LIKE.

close upon the shore Of Lake Wlnne-
piseogee is town, aud in that town
dwells man whom we call Amber. Mr..
Amber keeps store, and. as he is gen.
ial, accommodating man, he keeps for sale
everything which the good people in the
country can reasonably expect him to
keep. Particularly has it been the prac.
tee Of Mr.. Amber to keep a barrel of
whisky on tap in his cellar. One in the
fall and one in the spring will generally
carry HIM through He is very careful to
whom he sells, and,> 80 far as is known,
the authorities have never given him any
trouble.
One day Mr.. Eripha1et spooner entered
the store with slight protuberance Wis
iblc upon his loft breast. Mr.. Spooner
was deacon and most proper man.
He called the merchant aside and asked
him if he had any good whisky. Amber
nodded in the affirmative.
"Will you let me have pint :" and the
deacon pulled from his breast pocket a
pint bottle.
"Certainly," said the trader; and
forthwith he departed for the cellar.
When he returned he brought the full
bottle, carefully wiped and corkcd.
''What is to pay %
"Filty cents
Mr.. Spooner handed him over fifty.
cent scrip, ond then, in a hesitating way,
drew the cork. lie placed the bottle to
his lips and tasted, just drop, to test
the quality of the liquor. He did this
twice, and the expression of his face was
one of hesitation and doubt.
''Mr. AMBER he said, I'm getting
this Tor my wife. Is this the very best
you have =
''Oh! you want it for medicine?
Eyes, certainly"
tence was finished with o smile, and
reaching forth for the bottle.
Down into the cellar went the store.
keeper again. There was no need that
he should empty the bottle and refill it,
for he had but one solitary DARRELL from
which to draw, so he took turn around
and soon came back, wiping the bottle
afresh.
Il shall have to charge you eighty.
seven cents for this, Mr.. Spooner.''
Having paid the extra charge with the
utmost cheerfulness, Mr.. Spooner placed
the bottle again to his lips and tasted
critically.
"Ah!" he muttered, with a bright
smile and graceful nod, this is something
like"
And he went away entirely satisfied
And Mr.. Amber, also, Notwithstanding
the fraud he had perpet' ated, appeared
to be satisfied. if one might Judge from
the quiet smile that illuminated his rubi
cund visage,
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Some people manage to keep their prop.
ertv out of the reach Of writ OF attach.
mcnt by investing their surplus cash in
dogs, and feeding them on the bread tax.
-en from their cbi,drep's mouths.
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IT ~ 81
POET'RY,''
lS 80
PLATONIC KISSES.
rFron Harper's Weekly.1

From Harper's Weekly.J
"What are they I" birdie, do you ask!
Your forehead ;wea, g. puckered line.
Obi now you've found dreadful task
Even for q learned head like mine.
Some questions are SO hard ! All, Welt
II even Plato's self were here,
The sage fancy, could not %,t t*a ae.r. I'd -
My birdie, Plato was safe' so,,.
The lif1 we live from youth 70 age
His wisdom taught was not the wh0le;
And many theories Plato had
r. rule the impulse Of mankind,
Controlling all the base and bad
Through stern dominion OF the mind.
And love, my birdie, Plato said,
Should be communion of the soul;
To glowing passion cold and dead,
And intellect should rule the whole;
Each soul another soul might find,
And spirit Intercourse reveal
A pure emotion Of the mind. -,
Like that we think the angels feel
Rnt what Platonio kisses were
doubt if Plato ever knew
Not like, my birdie, infer,
The long, sweet kisses give you,
And those you give me back again,
Repeated oft, and never done;
Not thus, fancy, could 1t he
Platonic brides were ever won.
Philosophy, perhaps, had charms
To satisfy great Athens sage,
Indifferent to his lady's arms
Two heads bent DER one musty page.
But moderns, made Of sterner stuff,
Would clothe it with gentler light,
And soul communion not enough,
Both sense and spirit would unite.
Love'ssweetest charms they would not miss
Nor into earthly passion fall
So talk of a Platonic kiss,
And thus contrive to ret it all.
But fondest theories, birdie sweet,
OFT bring harvest of regret,
Now come az sit here at my ieet.
Well, nave You understood me, pets
thought not. What pair of eyes!
I'll have to send you back to school.
If Plato's spirit could arise,
We'd tell the ghost he was fool.
Now lit your sweet lips up to mine;
like the language that they speak;
know the rhetoric is not fine
What dreadful work they d make Of Greel
All, how l love your little form!
And now be sure you sit quite still.
Just hold my left hand, soft and warm;
Don't shake the one that drives the quill
Let Plato crown his love with bays;
III make You mistress of my lie.
I'll love you, birdie, all my days,
And crown you with the name o. vile.
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Heat generates motion. Put your foot
on hot coal for proof. J.:
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MARK TWAIN0UT'DONE.

A correspondent writes from New Hav-
en-: At quarter past 10 this morning an
ancient mar iner sat at the end of long
wharf, which is mentioned in old geogra-
plies as one Of the marve}s Of the town
along with Yale College. A small cata-
ract poured down his back from the stern
Of his old SOU wester, and as the steam.
boat passed on its way to New York, he
turned to companion who sat beside him
on the string-piece:
''Talk about pilotin'! Captain T;te An.
drews was the pilot for you. He'd walk
up into the Trav'ler's pilot house on the
darkest night that ever shet in, nail up
all the winders, tie down all the cuttings,
steer by the watch and compass. an land
her in New York, without wakin' the first
passenger.
''Is he dead?"
"No, he Twin, but his eycsight has sort
O. failed, and so he hauled off, and so the
Trav'ler ought to be, she's an old boat.
Yes, she's almost as old as brig knew
once that used to sail out o. Sag"
''How old was she 2
swell, I don't know how old she was.
but she was so rotten that the flynn fish
flew right through her,
SHOW could she float If she was that
rotten -
] ut seems she couldn't. for she sailed
about nine year ago and haint never been
heard on SINCE
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g CHOOL FURNITURE, Maps, Globes
- Charts, School BooAs. Mottoes, and Re.
wards, mailed on receipt y, price Sr.A1 Tor
ciruQlar. hetcalf & Dixon ct Paul. nj
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@ko d On per day at home. Terms Free. Address
VjE0AV G. STINsoN & Co.. Portland. Maina..
"ANTEE.. Agents TOR the Wash
York in every city and village in Minnesota.
Apply to J. A. Sabin, St. Paul. 147 162
w mission Merchants, wholesale dealers
in Grain and all k:D1s Of Country Produce:
No. ~ Sibley-st, St. Paul. RefereDtes-FiTst
NATL Bank, P. +. McQuillA4 \ Co., CAM h
Smith, Cheritree Il Farwel}s. st. Pavt.
The Portland daily press., 1875-09-18
On and after Monday, June slst, 1875

VA anu aIteI MOMuas, June 2lSC9 1910
Passenger Trains will leave Station, Commercial foot
of State Street,
Portland for Portsmouth and Boston at
200 A. NJ, Go, 1900 "A. M, and 1875 P. M. Re-
BosieD 10. s.orisnseush and Portland at
1880 a. NJ, t12.s0 P. NJ, 1890 and 800 P. NJ.
sIenve Portland for Cape Elizabe,h. scax-
borough. West scsrNePcughsSacO ssia
deford. Mennebuns, ~ ellis North Ber-
wick. eo1th Berwick Junction, Gem
way sanction, Eliot aud EKissery at
t615, 1900 A. M, 2S5 P NJ.
or sacc. Ridideford, Kennebunk, Wells.
North Berwick, South Berwick ,uunc,
tiou, Conway Junction, EIioi and x IL
terry at t6 Is, 1000 A. NJ. and t.. 35 p. NJ
For saco, Biddeferd, KeDnebnnk, Com
way junction, EiisPry and POrts,s,outh
at 300 1915, 1900 A. NJ, and y IS p NJ
For Cape Elizabeth. scarborough, west
Scarborough, saco, ana Riddcford at
- 5.2O r M, Returning at 90 A. NJ.
The 900 A, M Train from Portland connects at
Conway Junction with the 500 A. NJ train from
Eoston for North Conway.
grams seaVe Portsmouth for Bower at 7.15,
9.O0, lo,20 A. NJ, 800 $40, 100 p. NJ. Returning
at $40, $50, 1918, i0,s5 A. M, 4.1O g. 20 P. NJ.
The 20, 615 A. NJ. 900 A. NJ and 235 p. NJ. Trains
RON Portland make close connections for New
York BY one or other of the routes from Boston.
Passengers ticketed through,
Ine $50 A. nj. Train from Boston arrives in Port
land in season for passengers to take the cars Of
the Psrtland g. Oglensburg Railroad, the Grand
Trunk railway for Us onlreai, seuI bee, and
all parts of Canada Eusi and the Maine
Central and Knox & Lincoln Railroads for An
gusta, Bangor, EOcfiaEd, Belfast and
other points on these roads,
The 500 p. M. Train from Boston connects with
Maine Central and European 81 North American
and intercolonial Railways for Bangor. n
5Shn, Eanhfax and other points these
roads,
The II 80 P. NJ. Train from Boston connects at Port
land with the Maine Central Railroad for An
sustn, Bath aud Lewiston; and on MON
DAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS with
the steamer for stasipors and ~. y okn A
Pullman Parlor Gar is run with the train
Nh A p0rf1a and 4 n Il,
through to Bangor; also with train leaving Bos
ton 1890 P. M: and Portland $50 P. NJ. through
to Augusta Returning, leave Augusta 6 90 a.
NJ, Portland 900 a, NJ. Bangor 500 A. M, ard
and Portland 2.35 P. M. for Boston. -i' '"u
pullman Sleeping Car Express Train. NR
fAccomm odation Train.
fast Express.
CHARLES F. HATCH, Gen'l Man.
june "a, 1876. jne21tf
The Portland daily press., 1875-09-18
pt)ErR Y
Camp Fire Lyrics.
Paddle Song.
BY EDWARD KEARSLLy.

The mist is thick, the waters Quick.
And fast we fit along;
The foam bells FASH the paddles splash;
Sing us merry song.
WHAT'S this see come swift to ne
Across the rapids dark?
A princess fair, with yellow hair,
A red canoe of bark.
Her golden hair floats thick and fair
Far, far behind her lee,
And pike and trout come quickly ont
Der merry locks to see.
With a silver gun, a silver gun,
The tall white swan she slew;
He me med hymn. his sight grew din,
1t might have been l or you.
The feathers white as the still moonlight,
Toss red on the waters free,
And gay trout break the silent lake,
The small, white boats to see.
The round white ball has found his heart:
1t might have hit you or me.
The round white ball has found his heart:
All sad! and sad to see!
Quick is the flash of her paddles dash,
And far and free behind,
In the roar and splash of the rapids crash,
Her hair floats on the wind.
Turn not to view her swift canoe,
Ave Martial beware! beware!
Look not behind, where wave and wind
Roll out her ripplSd hair,