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MARRIAGES.

In this city, May 0, by Rev. f. e. Clark, David
B. Rounds and Miss Mary A. PetteDgill. both of
Portland
In iisbon Falls May 81, Frank II. Allen and Miss
Esther A. Fmmons.
In Biddeford. May 19, Washington Emmons Of
Biddeford and Fostina Walton of Saco
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STEAMERS.
WHITE STAR LINE.

The favorite Steamers Forest City and John
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Boston. at o'clock D. N. Sundays excepted.
Passengers BY this line reminded that they Sc
cure q comfortable nights rest and avoid the ex-
pense and Inconvenience of arriving in Boston late
at night.
EHHckets and Ststsrooms for sale at ID. H
YOUNG'S, 272 Middle Street.
Through Tickets to New York, via the various
Rail and Sound Lines for sale
Freight taken usual.
y n. coXLE, Jr., General Agent.
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WANTS.


r AIDES and young men in city or country TO take
~ light work at their homes anyone can do n
work sent by mail good salary, distance no obiec-
ton, no canyassing Address with stamp.
BURT Il EMM0NS,
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MEETINGS
Maine MedicaI Association.
Notice..

T1yHE thIrty-frst annual meeting of the Maine
n Medical Association will be held at City Build
ing, Portland, June IL, l3, IA, 1888. CHAS. d.
SMITH, Secretary, may22d3w
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PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.

at nm my painful dooty," said the Pres
dent az he opened the meeting, to inform
you dat death has again invaded our circle.
Brudder Slipback Burbanks, of Syracuse, N.
Y, am no mo- on airth He breathed his
last three days ago, after an illness of six.
teen days. What axshun will do club take
in do matter?"
81 move dat We send do wilder resolu.
ton of sympathy" announced Judge Cad
aver
/ reckon dat.we had better resolve dai
de club has lost shinin light" timidy ad
ded Pickles Smith.
"De club will neither resolve nor ford
any resolushuns of sympathy" remarked
the President. "De wilder nm chiren can't
eat resolushun, chen if written in blue
ink. De Secretary will mail her a $40
groenback from de club funds, an express
de hope dat she am DOOM well under de
circumstances.
"Dis club hasn't lost no shinin' light by
de death of Brudder Burbanks. lie was no
sinner. Fact am, he was very common
sort of hump backed Guild pusson, an it
took him as long to add seven an eight to-
geder as it would some odder men to arm
So. He was accomplished in nothing; he
excelled only in KILN time when at woak by
dc day. He would be no better off If we
pronounced forty lyiu' eulogies on his char.
acter. He can be no worse off il we tell de
honest truth. De usual emblem of sorrow
will be hung to do knob of dc inner doah for
de space of two weeks, an we will remom-
Der Brudder Burpanks as extremely good-na.
tured, ebon If extremely lazy. Det' III
Lime HIN Cub.
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THE mrsERiEs OF A MEAN MAN.

Sometimes I wonder what a mean man
thinks about when he goes to bed, snys Bur
dette, in the Eaoseye When he turns out
The light aud lies down. When the dark.
ness closes in about him aud he is alone,
and compelled to be honest with himself.
And not a bright thought, not a generous
impulse. Tot a manly a't, not word of
blessing, not a grateful look, comes to bless
him again. Not penny dropped into the
outstretched palm of poverty, nor the balm
Of loving word dropped into an aching
heart; no sunbeam Of encouragement cast
upon a struggling life; the strong right
hand of fellowship reached out to help some
fallen man to his feet when none of these
things come to him as the "God bless
you" of the departed day, how he must hate
himself. How he must try to roll away
from himself and sleep on the other side of
the bed When the only victory he can
think of is some mean victory, in which he
has wronged a neighbor. No wonder he
always sneers when he tries to SMILE How
pure and fair and good oil the rest of the
world must look to him, aud how cheerless
and dusty and dreary must his own path
appear Why, even one lone, isolated act
Of meanness is enough to scatter cracker
crumbs in the bed of the average, ordinary
man, and what must be the feelings of a
man whose whole life is given up to mean
acts? When there is so much suffering and
heart-ache and misery in the world, anyhow,
why should you add one pound of wicked
ness or sadness to the general burden.
Don't be mean, my boy. Suffer injustice a
thousand times rather than commit it once.
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THE WHALE OF JAPAN.

The whale-ishery Of Japan is carried on
as a regular business on both coasts of the
country; but more men are employed, and
the catch of whales is larger, off the eastern
coast, especially of Xii province.
The fishermen of the little town of Kosn
have a lookout tower perched upon the
rocks, far up on the hillside. A sentinel is
kept constantly watching for the spouting
kujiai {" number one fish,, as the natives
call the whale. Long boats, holding from
four TO ten men, are kept ready launched
These hardy fellows row with tremendous
energy, as il in a prize race. If the whales
are numerous, the men wait in their boats,
with SOULS on their pins and straps rendy to
slip on Mt a moments notice, all in order to
put out to sea. A gay flag with curious
device floats at each stern. The whalemen
are divided into sculers meters, and har-
pooners, or grapplug-iron men. japanese
never row, but scull with curiously bent long
sweeps, which swing on n half-round knob
set into pivot, the handle end being usu
ally strapped at the proper height The de
vice on each flag is different and spears
nets, and graphing irons are marked, so
that the most skillful gat proper credit for
their courage, sure aim. and celebrity.
The boatmen are lightly clad in short,
sleeveless cotton jackets, with leggings. like
greaves, reaching from knee to ankle.
Around their waists are kits made of coarse
rice-straw. The nets, which are about
twenty feet square. with meshes three feet
wide. are made of tough sea-grass rope, two
inches thick
Twenty on thirty of these nets are provi-
ded, and then lightly tied together, so ms to
make one huge net from four hundred to
six hundred feet long. As soon as the sig
nal from the tower is given the boats put
out, two by two, each pair of the larger
boats having the net tackle, and all armed
with darts and spears. Rowing in front of
the whale, the net is dropped in his path.
II skillfully done, the huge fish runs his nose
or jaw into mesh. He at once dives and
tries to shake of the net. This he can not
do, for the square in which he is entangled
Immediately breaks of from the rest, which
is hauled on board, ready for another drop.
onOulu tnis also DE SUCCESSFUL, tne game If
soon up with the whale. Usually, the moro
he founders, the more tightly his terrible
collars hold him, entangling his fins and
quickly exhausting his strength. No sooner
does he rise for breath than the rowers dash
close to him, giving the harpooners an OPP
portunity to hurl their darts at his big body,
until he looks like an exaggerated pin-cush-
ion. AS his struggles become weaker, the
grappling-irons are thrown on and the boats
tow the carcass near shore.
To land their prize the successful hunters
lash abou. it stout straw ropes, and attach
70 them cable, winding the other end
around windlass set up on the beach.
Then, with gay and lively songs, they haul
the enormous mass ashore.
The whale is now cut up into chunks. It's
tidbits go on the fisherman's gridiron, or
are picked, boiled, roasted, or fried VIM
Elliot Gri6qs. In 50. Nicholas.
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THE YOSEMITE VALLEY.

The Yosemite Valley, currently spoken OF
as the VALLEY" simply, is included in a
belt formed by drawing lines across the
State from San Francisco and Monterey re-
spectively. 1t is n wild, strange nook, fai
TO the en- itward among the wintry Sierras.
II perhaps hardly comes within the scope
If our inquiry, yet l can not refrain from
making mention of it as place not only not
disappointing, but worthy of even moro
praise than has ever been bestowed upon II.
II is like one of those dimly mysterious
spots situated on the outskirts of the fairy
land or paradise described in the story
books. 1t is standing diversion aud field
of adventure to all who come to California,
aither temporarily or to take up perma-
nent abode. | reached the Yosemite by
stage ride of sixty miles from the Southern
Pacific Railroad, Mt MADEIRA to CIark's Stn
son, and thence by stage aud horseback
Journey of twenty five miles further.
The autumn days were lovely there. The
foliage, turned by local climate qui o as
severe as that of New England, glowed with
a vivid richness. A gentle stream, pauslng
in mirror-like pools meanders among it,
along the bottom of the valley, which is rs
level as u floor. Walls of rock rise on either
hand to au incredible height. The place is
rather chasm than n valley. At night
full yellow moon irradiated it and invested
It's wonders with lleii,htened enchantment.
The cliffs here are 1t seems that cliffs
should be, but seldom are. They are of tho
hardest granite, pleasantly gray in color, and
terminate in castle and dome like forms
The precipces are sheer and unbroken to
the base. They have almost none of those
slopes of debris that detract from tho height
of precipices in general, 1t is a little valley
that would have been suitable without a
hair's-breadth of alteration, to the purposes
of any giant, enchanter or yellow dwarf of
romance. This is the kind of quaint i'm
preston to which il gives rise. 1t is such
scenery az that which Dore has imagined for
the "Idyls of the King" and one should be
Sir Lancelot or Sir Gawain riding in on his
charger in search of adventure along this
lovely aud majestic mountain trail. He
should wear chain-mail, end winged he'll
met on his head, and good sword by his
side, upon the cross of which he had sworn
TO do deeds of redoubtable valor. William
Henry Bish0p, IN HaaYer's Magazine.
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ISOLATION IN DISEASES.

AT q recent meeting OF the Academic de
Medicine, NJ Hillairet read report prepar
ed in answer to question asked by the
Minister of Public Instruction, regarding
the length of time pupil affected with any
of the contagious diseases should remain
separated from the other pupils. NJ. Hill
lairet's report may be summed up in the fol-
lowing propositions:
lst Pupils suffering from yaricella, small
pox, measles, humps, or diphtheria should
be completely isolated and hold absolutely
no communication with the other member
of the school, I'd. Isolation should continue
forty days for smallpox, measles, scarlatina,
and diphtheria; twenty five days for vari-
celia and humps; the patient should have
repeated baths before being allowed to join
his comrades. Sd. The clothes worn by the
patient at the time he fell sick should be
submitted to heat of 900 c., aud then to
repeated fumigations of sulphur. 4th. The
bed clothes, curtains, carpets, furniture, and
even the walls of the room occupied should
be carefully disinfected, washed, and aired.
9Th. If the pupil is taxed sick at home he
should not be allowed to return to school
without the certificate Of physician attest
ing that all these precautions bave been
faithfully carried out.
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PENNiS FIRST VOYAGE.

One can picture the scene to ones self, that
day in the carly autumn, when the good
ship Welcome, 800 tons burden, Robert
Greenaway, master, lay at Deal, with two
consorts, waiting for its cargo of one hum
dred human beings, with all their hopes and
fears, expectations aud doubts. What a
hustle What running hither and thither
What Gathering of pots and pans and
household utensils, all blended in bubbub
of noises of crying children, squealing
swine, lowing cattle, bleating sheep, crow.
Ing cocks, and shouting of pettieoated sail
ors slowing away the promiscuous cargo of
the voyagersl We can imagine the loung-
ers gathered about, gaping at the people
who were about to sail away across the
ocean, that boundless, mysterious stretch of
immensely, wondering what manner of land
Il was toward which they were turning their
faces.
And now at length the last long, sorrow.
full leave-takings come; friend parts from
friend, brother from brother, parent from
child, each from the other, whom they knew
in all likelihood they were never to sec again
this side of the grave. In many one the
warm stream of underlying human nature
must have burst forth even through that
stony crust of self repression that years of
stern Quaker discipline had built around the
heart. The ship, the sky, and the ocean
must have blurred together to many an eve
that watched the vessel, slowly moving with
the tide and wind down the broad Dover
Channel, until it faded away into the haze of
the distance, glmmered for space, and was
gone.
One hundred emigrhnts entered that good
ship Welcome Mt the town of Deal: only
seventy left it at Upland All alone ON III,
empty ocean, where no aid could be had,
and no escape was possible, the smallpox,
that awful plague of old times, appeared
among the crowded mass of terror-stricken
people. One day after another those who
escaped gathered on the decks, stood for n
time, while perhaps some noted preacher
among them spake few simple words then
followed the plunge that told them that one
more Of their number was left behind as they
sailed away to the westward
Little is known of tho horrors of that aw.
ful voyage. One of the emigrnnts speaks
with the simplicity that characteristics all that
the QualSeB wrote, concerning the oaro and
solictude of the Governor for their welfare.
He says: "The good conversation of vii.
liam Penn was very advantageous to all the
company. His singular care was manifested
III contributing to the necessities of man,
who ere sick with smallpox ON board, OF
which more than thirty died During the
passage VIC Ind many good meetings on
board"
At last, however, ON the 2ith of October,
1859, the Welcome rounded the Capes of
Delaware Bay, and sailed with even and
gentle winds up tho broad and beautiful
waterway that mus have gladdoned the
eyes of the man TO whom it virtually be-
longed. Three days later tho storm beaten
ship rounded to, dropped her anchor, mud
lay at rest in front of the town Of New
Castle. -Howard Pyle, IN Harpe,'s Maya
zine.
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A COOKING EXPLOIT.

Apropos of natural gravy, says Brillat
sayarin: lone day Iagas conducting two
ladies' to Meln, and ON reaching Montgeron,
after several hours travelling, we felt hun
cry enough to eat an OK. Alas the inn we
stopped at, though looking decent enough,
had nothing but an empty larder. Three
stage coaches and two post-chaises had been
before us, and, like the Egyptian locusts,
had deyoured everything Looking into the
kitchen, however, l saw turning on the spill
leg of mutton, the very thing wanted.
The longing glances Of the ladies were III
vain, for it belonged to three Englishmen
who had bought it, and were now patiently
waiting, chatting over bottle OF cham
payne. But, surely said I, in a mixed
tone of annoyance and entreaty, You might
fry us those eggs in the gravy of this roast;
what with that and cup of coffee with
country cream t. it we shall be resigned tc
our fare.' Certainly answered the cook,
the gravy have right to dispose of, anc
in two minutes you'll have your dish
Whilst he was breaking the eggs l went to
the fireplace, and with my travelling knife
made in the forbidden qigot a dozen deep
wounds letting every drop of the gravy run
out. Then, watching the preparation of the
eggs, lest anything should spoil my plot, J
took possession of the dish and carried it to
our ROOM We, of course, made capital
meal, laughing loudly every time we thought
of ourselves having the best part Of ths
roast, and our friends, the English, chewing
the remainder"
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TESTING CoLoR-BLiNDNEss.

A pilot on one Of the revenue steamers
was examined by II medical officer of the
Marine Service and pronounced color blind.
He appealed from this decision, and request
ed that board be appointed to examine
him. The board reported, as the result of
the examination, that with the green skein
he matched brown and orange; with the
purple he put blue; and he repeatedly
matched the colors as stated. The board
was "of the opinion that Mr,-is color
blind. lie is otherwise physically qualified
to perform the duties of q pilot" This re-
port was forwarded to the Secretary with
the following Endorsement: SO
From the report of the board it will be seen
that Mis- green blind and red-blind."
The friends of the party being still dissat-
isied with the report, and claiming that in
The merchant service he would be entitled to
a denomination by signal lights, the Sscre-
tary ordered the examination to be SO made.
The following. is the report of the board:
MIR. @. was first shown into dark room
whore two green lights were burning lone,
the standard the other, green, but not up
to the standard. After some hesitation both
were pronounced red Then the change
was made to both red, which he, after some
hesitation, pronounced both green. Then
red and green were shown. These be got
correct, but Immediately changed the red to
green ; and then when asked to state defin-
itely, changed back. On the fourth trial, the
red and green were shown, and the answer
was correct On the fifth trial b red
was shone alone, and the answer was cor
rect Then this was removed and another
red was put in its place--the change being
made in full view of the applicant; this he
pronounced green. ali
In view of the above facts, as developed
by these tests, the local inspectors were sat-
isfied that the applicant is unable to .sufi-
GENTLY distinguish the colored lights on
steam-vessels," and therefore refused to
grant the license asked for. Medical Ns'os
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REVERENCE FOR WILD ANIMALS.

The poor people of Siberia have great
deal of genuine reverence for the wild AMI
mails with which they are constantly sur
rounded, and from which they are always
suffering to greater or less extent The
wolves and bears they especially fear, for
these animals in the Winter time are uuusu.
ally bold and fierce. Not unfrequently they
have been known, when driven to extromi-
ties by the pangs of hunger, to make raid
upon the smaller villages. They seem to
know by instinct where it is safe to attack
and where not. They arc rarely ever seen
in the vicinity OF the larger towns, and never
venture to enter them.
The smaller villages and the yet smaller
settlements they delight to prey upon, and
truth to tell they are generally pretty able to
scatter everything before them, temporarily
ut least and to escape with unscathed skins.
In the case of the bears they are usually
found alone, or at the most two together,
prowling about in the night seeking whom
or whit they mny devour. In many places
where the means of defence against their
ravages are seant and inadequate, the vii
layers when they hear bruin prowling about
the village and pushing his nose against the
doors of their houses aud huts, CONSIDERABLY
throw refuse and meat out into tho street tc
him. In this way his hunger is not unfre.
quently appeased and he goes away without
doing further damage
But the objection to this mode of warfare
is that the bear very soon becomes attached
TO the locality that treuts him SO well and be-
comes visitor, too frequently for the CONF
fort and enjoyment of those who ore thus,
Nc it were compelled perforce to be his en-
iertainers. After awhile the business gets
10 be monotnous, and some means at last
are devised to quiet his too ravenous appe-
tite by putting him into the proper condition
to BIO Winter food for those who have hither-
to been his hosts. Thus is the balance Of
courtesy evenly preserved. Boston Com.
mercial Bulletin.