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The Portland daily press., 1883-07-28
Notes About Notable People.

Ex Secretary Window goes to Europe.
Swinburne is daring swimmer.
President Robinson, of Brown University,
has gone to Colorado.
Alexander Watt, who wrote come time
ago book about lump of coal, has now
written another about lump of chalk.
While Secretary Lincoln goes to the yell
lowstone Park with the President his family
will visit Atlantic City, N. j.
Richard Gibbs, recently appointed minis
ter to Bolivia, has been very ill at his resi-
dence, No. 283 Fourth avenue, New York
Joe" Quickborn, who watches bathers at
Long Branch, has saved forty-nine persons
from drowning in the course of his life.
General John Eaton, United States Com
missioner of Education, has made brief
WISH 10 MS native town of Sutton, Mass.
A steamer which has arrived at I.ishon
from the Congo River reports that Henry
N. Stanley is in good heath, but that five
Belgian members of his party have died.
Ex-Congressman Martin /. Townsend of
Troy, n. T., has gone OH an extended trim
to the West He expects to meet President
Arthur and party In the Yellowstone Park,
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with rings along the top BY which it is hung
on hooks placed below the roof of the piazza.
The corner breadths should be cut with a
bias seam where they come together, SO
that the awning may be extended at an an
gle FIR m the piazza. To hold ii out round
sticks three or four feet long are fitted into
sockets on each conner pot of the
piazza, and furnished at the other end with
q hook which fastens through ring on the
lower edge of the awning. These can be
taken out or put up in a minute, and are
oetter lnah more extensive frame, as the
when the piazza Is occupied. When n is de.
slrable to shade off only part Of a porch.
curtains made of two breadths of the ciot5
scanned together, scoloped and bound across
the bottom, aud furnished with a few rings
full, They can be put up and down with
little trouble, and can be used in number
OF different Places Harper's Bazaar.
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Write for copy of the little bOOk-free
Proposals for the Construction of
"A Life-Saying station.
Treasury Department,
Office OF General Superintendent
U. S. Life-Saving Service,
WASHINGTON, ID. G. July %. 1883

Treasury Department,
Office OF General Superintendent
U. S. Life-Saving Service,
WASHINGTON, ID. G. July %, 1883
CEALED proposals viii be received at this Office
- until 2 O'Clock noon of Saturday the II day
of August 1888, for the construction of a Life-Say.
ing Station on Hunnewelps Beach, on the coast of
Maine.
Bidders will state in their proposals the time with
In which they will agree to have the building com
pleted ready for occupancy.
Each bid must be accompanied by a bond in the
sum of five hundred dollars with two good and SUI
acient suretes conditioned that the bidder shall
ter into contract without delay and give such bonds
security for the faithful performance thereof as
may be required, ii his bid be accepted or by de-
post of Eve hundred dollars U. s. Currency or bonds
to be returned to the unsuccessful bidder after the
award OF the contract and to the successful bidder
after his contract and bond for the faithful perfor
nance of the terms thereof shall be approved by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Specifications and plans, forms of proposal,
tract and bond be obtained at the offices of the
collectors of Customs at Portsmouth N. H. and
Bath, Me-, the Deputy Collector at Rockland, Me-.
j. NJ Richardson, Superintendent First Life Saw
ing District, Portland, Me-, and Captains q. Il. Sill
dents of Construction of Iife-Saving Stations No.
"a State street, New York City, and also upon APP
pheation to this Office
ALI proposals must be endorsed PROPOSALS
for the Construction Of Life Saving Station" and
addressed 10 the General Superini endent of the u
). Life Saving Service, Washington, u. G.
The right to reject any all bids or TO waive de-
fects If deemed for the interest of the Government
wD o'coNNoR,
Acting General Superin tendent.
ip2b d2aw2w
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Piazza Awnings.

A piazza may be changed from small
Sahara to an alluring spot Of shade and
shadow by simply running all awning
around it, This may be simply sufficient
number of breadths of the cloth to reach
around the piazza, cut long enough to make
shade clear across the floor, scolloped and
bound around the lower edge, and furnished
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-28
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 90.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica-
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return orlpreserve COM
auncations that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-28
CUTaCURA RgsOx.yENV.

The new Blood Purifier, expels disease germs from
the blood and perspration and thus removes the
cause. CUTIcuRA, the great Skin Cure, Instantly
allays Itching Inflammation, clears the Skin and
Scalp. heals Ulcers and Sores, restores the Com
plexion. CuTIcuRA SOAP, am exquisite Skin Beau
tifier, is indispensable in treating Skin Diseases
and for rough, ehapped or greasy skin, backheads
blotches, and baby humors. CuTIouRA REMEDIES
ar the only infallible Blood Purifiers and Skin
cents; REseLvEST, 81; SoAF, rs cents.
Potter DrnE and henical Co., Boston.
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THE best cure for diseases Of the nerves.
brain, and muscles, is Browns Iron Pi.ters'
:, MARION, MAss-Dr; N. Struggles says:
Il recommend Browns Iron Bitters as
valued tonic for enriching the blood and
removing all dyspeptic symptoms. 1t does
not hurt the teeth.
HUNTsyIL1E, ALA.--Dr. J. T. Ridley
says: browns Iron Bitters is good
appetizer and merits attention from suffer-
ers,"
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kHmAhE is THE TIME 4
Ev iii Wh TO CURE
EW " wv SKIN HUMORS. n

Is at this season when the Pores open freely and
Humors. Humiatng kruptions Itching Tofiures'
salt Rheum or Eczema, Psoriasis, letter, Ringworm'
Baby Humors, Serofua, scrofulous Sores Absres,
SEES, and Discharging Wounds, and every snecies of
Itching Scaly, and Pimpy Diseases Of the Skin and
Scalp are most speedily and economically cured bv
the CUTICURA REMEDIES. y
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TT is "a FACT,

Hundreds OF letters in our possession fcones ~
which may be had by return mail) are our au,hori
ty for the assertion that Skin, Scalp and Blood HUI
mors, whether Scrofulous, Inherited or Contagious
SOLVENT, the new Blood Purifier internally, AID
Cur1ouRA and CutIcuRA SOAR, tho great Skin
Cures and Beautters. externally, in Que half the
time and at one nall the expense Of any other season
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- SnndfcrGl's RadscaI
AEN Gu cleanses the nasal pas
NEA~ H&kSN ID sages OF foul mucous, restores
EE$&x%fSSMNMg he senees of smell, toste and
3<5R ]esss hearing when affected frees
E the head, throat and bron-
chial tubes OF offensive mat
ter, sweetens and purinos abe breath stops the
cough and arrests the progress of Catarrh towards
Consumption. Complete Treatment with En-
hnier, "a. Ask for sandford's Radical
Cure. jy2lSW&w1w30
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HAVE REEM

Cohhected with The drug business for twenty wears
and have handled every blood purifier and remedy
of any consequence for the treatment of Blood
that no sys EN- of remedies ever devised or com
pounded SO completely aud thoroughly eradicates
the diseases for which they are intended "a the
have come to my knowledge and feel safe in war
ranting satisfaction If directions are followed
0HAS. II. MORSE, Druggist
HoLLIsToN, MASS.
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PEAKS ISLAND ICE COMPANY

From and after June 10, the above company Will
denver ICE daily to any place on Peaks Island In
2nssnunes 70 suit. Orders may be left at the Post
ONCE, Peaks Island.
..,o. JAS. R. JONES, Manager
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and theremainder preserved as the nucleus
of an endowment fund. A million dollars is
as little money as any new college should be
started with in a State where there is al
ready an institution of like scope, and 1t
would be far better in the interests of sehol-
arship to add to the endowments of insti-
buttons already existing than to establish
new ones leaving the old to struggle on half
equipped for their work.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-28

From John b. Alden, New York, we have
received the following additional volumes of
the Elzevir Library edition: 'Pearls Of the
Faith" by Edwin Arnold; "The Song of
Songs" by Edwin Arnold; a volume con-
tanning the orations of Hon. Abram S. Hew-
lit and Rev. DR.. r. S. Storrs on the occasion
of the opening of the Great Bridge at Brook
Ign. Aristotle" by Sir Alexander Grant
Ill. D., plato" by Clifton Collins, M. A.,
and "Demosthenes," by Rev. W. Brod-
RIB, M. A., are the additions to the Ancient
Classic Series. Vol. |. of the Science Series
contains Herbert Spencer's PHILOSOPHY of
Style" Rawlinson's civilizations of Asia"
Huxley's "Demonstrative Evidences of Evo-
luton" three essays by W. Mattieu vii
liams, entitled Notwithstanding, "Mete-
oris Astronomy" and Lunar Volcanoes, !"
and Andrew Wilson's "Sea-Serpents of Sci
ence." Mr.. Alden also gives us In the Elze-
vir edition "The Life of Alexander Il. Ste
phens," by Frank Fl. Norton, and "The
Life and Character of Peter Cooper" by c.
Edwards Lester, with excellent portraits Of
both these subjects of biography These
volumes, legibly printed and neatly bound
In cloth, are marvels Of cheapness.
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J. M. DYER & CO..
may1 eodts
FISTULA AND PILES

Cured without the Use Of the Knife.
WILLIAM READ on. D., Harv Ard, Is42) and
koBEkT M. READ (M. d., Harvard, 1876, al
somerset street, BostOn. give special attention
TO the treatment of FHSTUEIA, PHLES AND
ALL DISEASES OFF THE RECTUE,
without detention from business. Abundant refer.
ehees gwen. Pamphlets sent on application.
Office Honrs-12 to O'Clock p M except Sun
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buttons already existing than to establish
new ones leaving the old to struggle on half
equipped for their work.
Mrs. SARAH A. COOKE and Mrs. ]. A
Froiseth, President and Secretary of the
Standard Publishing Society in Salt Lake
City have made an appeal to the women of
the United States, for aid to the amount of
$500 10 enable them to procure their own
presses and other material for the better
prosecution OF their work against the vice
and crime of Poiygamy in Utah Territory
For three years they have. amid many dis
couragements, published a monthly journal,
the Anti-Polygamy Standard, devoted to the
object of suppressing polygamy in the Ter
ritories, and there is no question of the wor-
thiness of their aims or of the practical wis
dom of their method. Their appeal is en-
dorsed by the Governor and Secretary of
Utah, and by the principal Christian clergy
men and Mission School Superintendent of
the Territory. The sum asked for is not
large one, and, as the gentlemen who en-
dorse the appeal say, s'The object is one
which all Christian people should aid" The
subscription price of the Standard is one dol
lar year. This will help; but the thing to
do is TO send one dollar or more as a gratni-
ty, and promptly, to the Standard Publish
ing Company, box 453, Salt Lake City, Utah.
IT costs something 10 improve London and
fit IT for the home and use of the immense
population gathered within the limits of the
jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of
Works. AT meeting OF the Board on the
18th instant some improvements were favor
ably considered. The scheme is to ask leave
from Parliament at its next session TO con.
strnct bridges or other communications
across the Thames below London Bridge, to
improve the existing approaches to the Law
Courts and to open up new thoroughfares
theresbout, and to widen Parliament street
between Charing Cross and New Palace
Yard. That does not seem to be very ex-
tensive project, and ce rtainly these are but
few of the changes that would serve the pub
lie convenience and interest, and which
press upon the attention of the governing
body, but it is estimated that their accom-
phshment Bill involve an outlay of fifty mil
lion dollars. Half of this sum it is proposed
to raise by loan on the security of the coal
aud wine duties. These duties it was hoped
would be abolished in 1889 but if this pur-
pose is carried out they will have to be con-
tinued until the end of the century. The
presen debt of this board is $67, 500, 0O0.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-28
Recent Publications.

The Downward Path. From the French
Of Emile Gaboriau. Boston: Estes & Lau-
riat).
"a tale of love and revenger-but admirable
of its kind. Among the characters there
are phenomenally wicked people, who come
to grief in the most approved fashion; and
there are also good people-people almost
too good for the pages of a French novel
whose injured virtue triumphs in the end.
The story is based upon the incidents of the
famous coup detat of 1851, which made the
Prince-Presldent, Louis Napoleon, Emperor
of France. Thus the book has certain his
torical interest Gaboriau has not the gem
Jus nor the political passion of Hugo. He is
romancer of the melodramatic school, yet
he has indicated with vividness the course
OF political events in France, and the tenn
per OF the times, from the eve of the coup
detdt until the fall of the Second Empire.
Record for the Sick Room. With Direc-
tions for Nurses, etc" by Virginia Chand-
Ter Titcomb. philadelphia; P. Blakiston,
Son 81 Co..
Physicians, and those who have the care
of sick persons, will find this little blank
book great convenience. It's pages are ar
ranged with printed headings for the record
OF every needful detail relating to the condi-
ton and treatment of the patient. Nothing
seems to be forgotten. There is also page
headed "Directions to Nurses, Poisons and
Their Anecdotes, etc.," wherein may be
found, in brief compass, clear and trustwor-
thy directions for cases Of emergency.
Up from the Cape. A Plea for Republi-
can Simplicity. Boston: Esles g. Lauriat
Portland: Hoyt, Fogg & Donhain).
This little volume should be read--if IL Is
read at all by persons of critical taste
"with one eye shut and the other not OPEN"
Thus perhaps one may escape getting exas-
perated over its crudties of style. People
who look to the matter rather than the man
ner of book will also be safe In going to
to sleep over these pages. There is no
harm in the book-on the contrary it Is brim
full of excellent morals, and sound, if com
monplace teachings. Indeed, so sensible is
the object of the volume that one must re-
greet its authors failure. 1t has occasional
bits of cleverness, and some of its descrip-
tons are, really good, but taken as a whole It
is not very nutritious.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-06
The Moonshiner's Hogs.

The thoughtful provision of this
moon sinner for his hogs reminds one
that the hog sometimes is himself
guide for the revenue officers. Your
topper is not more fond of the product
of the still than is this useful animal of
its residuum of slops and refuse. Not
long ago drove of fine porkers were
driven to market in II southern city.
Their route led past registered dis
tillery, and with celebrity which rival
ed that of their relatives in bible story
who iran down a steep place into the
sea-" they broke column for the succu-
lent slops. A revenue officer standing
by asked the driver. where did you
buy them hogs?n On investigation it
was found that the mountaineer in
charge of their early education had
| maintained an unregistered distillery
in tranquil spot, which would no
doubt have escaped the vigilance of the
revenues" but for the inconsiderate
and ungrateful conduct of his pigs.
A deputy marshal carelessly saunter-
ed into the front yard of n citizen who
was suspect, but against whom there
was no inculpatory proof. 81 found a
blockade still down there on the
branch" said the deputy what
branchP know nothing about it, 3" re-
piled the honest yeoman. "What sort
of looking place is it?' ''Nothin'
perticklar," said the deputy, drawing
powder-begrimmed Smith IL Wesson,
and wiping it on his coat-tail. There
were some mighty fine hogs there, and
/ shot 'em accordin' TO law. 1t is n
pity that meat don't belong to nobody"
'Je-rusalem!' bewailed the innocent
one. Eyer hain't shot them 'shotes,
hcv YEP" and with that he made bee
line for the still-house, of whose exist
ence moment before he had been SUI
premely unconscious. 1t is perhaps
unnecessary to say that his "shotes"
were in their usual health, and were
clamorous for their accustomed bever-
age.-Attanta Constitution.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-06
Indian Coniurers,

The performances by the Davenport
Brothers and other Spiritualsts are
clumsy compared with tine arts of the
Northwest Indians. The eonjurers are
legion who will permit themselves to be
bound. not merely hand and foot, but
the whole body swathed with thongs,
withes, ropes, and raw hides. and after
ward tied in net, and then release
themselves almost instantly on being
placed in little medicine lodge" of
skins constructed for the pNrpose, the
bonds being thrown out through an
opening in the top, without a knot appa-
! rently disturbed. DIR. Archie Stock
well writes that he recently saw n med
icinc man go through with long series
of nominations, drummings, ratings
of gourds, etc., for the relief of con-
sumptive, lying in the center of an or
binary lodge. Suddenly he announced
that he had discovered the spirit that
afflicted the sufferer, and thereupon,
plunging his hands beneath the single
blanket with which she was covered,
drew forth the carcass of full-grown
wolf, and flung il with great violence
against the door, greatly to the delight,
mystiiication and satisfaction OF the
bcholders. He now assured the friends
of the speedy recovery of the squaw,
but she died the same night neverthe-
| less
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-06
l Keep the Old Watch Going.

i have hran-ncw golden watch
with a beautiful pearl set i'm IL;
From the springs first blow till the fall of the
snow
IL keeps the time TO minute.
nave set IL down I'm my will TO my boy,
Twas present TO me from over the sea,
Ana love the hand that bore IT.
But my father gave me one long ago
When was lad yet growing;
HOW can part with thing near my heart?
so keep the old watch going.
You win find but right little gold in that,
And no pearl its face adjoining;
but Thought II grand when took IL in baud
On my thirteenth birthday morning,
And my mother fastened chain To its ring
And my sister added loclxet:
And never felt since so much like prince
AS when first II went into my pocket
My parents are dead, and my sister sank
Where the Indian waves are flowing:
But the light of the past shall shine on to the
SO keep the Old watch going.
IL is strange what oddities sometimes wake
Good thoughts that have long lain sleeping;
For the great blows fall, and scarce move us
tall
But little things set us weeping,
I'm afraid that my life has not been what il
should,
And habits II terrible fetter.
But my pulse beats quick when / list to that
tick,
And / earnestly wish TO he better.
o. think that | see new hopes for me,
ANA brighter prospect glowing;
Ihough my heart be chill, 'twould be colder
If my boyhood's watch stopped going.
-Harpers Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-06

1t is not true, as alleged in an AM
crican girls note to the London Times,
that George Eliot's grave is unknown
at the cemetery where she lies and is
unmarked. In quiet little corner of
Highgate Cemetery, one of the most
picturesque spots of suburban London,
the grave and the monument of George
Eliot can be seen. Shortly before her
death George Eliot made tour
through the midland counties of En-
gland, and on one occasion passed
through one of those charmingly quaint
and severely silent village churchyards,
whore time alone marks life and death
80 quietly and effectively. There a
simple nagstone bore the suggestive
and mysterious single inscription:
1.-THE Unknown. This attracted ''the
great authoress. Making Inquiries
She learned that this was the spot
where cultured and disappointed
woman lay at rest after living the life
of an unmarried wife," and being dc.
serted by that very humanity" George
Eliot had so much praised in seductive
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-06
Our Cat with the Scarlet Fever.

The ways of our cat Becky are al
ways winning, and sometimes remark
able, but the feat which has made her
famous scratching the scarlet fever.
Many persons do not believe that u
cat can take disease from Il human be-
ing, but this cat did it most undoubted-
ly, and was very seriously i'll for more
than week. 1t began by her insisting
on visiting the patient, her young mis-
tress, though the latter was too i'll to
notice the little animal lying on the
bed, and when at last Becky was forci-
bly, driven from her post, it was too
late. for customary symptoms of the
disease plainly showed themselves.
She was violently sick, and her throat
and tongue became so inflamed that
she could not swallow; Ono one thought
TO find out whether there was rash
under her fur, but at all events she
grew thinner every day, as she could
neither eat nor drink, and the physician
in attendance prescribed for her an easy
death by chloroform. However, some
one suggested putting hot poultices on
her throat, as this treatment gave great
relief to the human patient, and accord
lngly flax seed meal was applied, Becky
submitting without n struggle. Some
times it seemed as if the poultice was
hot enough to scald her, but she bore the
heat bravely, evidently knowing what
it was for.
One morning, the person who took
charge of the poultices, was awakened
before light, by puss, who, after 'claw-
ing her vigorously, went to the table
under the gas-burner where the linseed
was heated, and sat looking up wistful-
ly. 1t was very evident that she want
ed n hot poultice, for the one last put
on was quite cold, and after obtaining
what she had come for, Becky went
down stairs again cOntented.
In a few days she was convalescent,
and spent most of her time before the
fire in the invalid's room, ma.king weak
attempts to lick her coat, which through
neglect had lost all its gloss.
The first sign of returning appetite
! showed itself when she ende avored to
eat the cork of the cod-liver-oil bottle.
She probably thought it woul d give hel
strength, she being a reflective cat
and particularly fond of fish. This case
of scarlet fever is an absolute fact, as
can be certified by several with esses.-
Isabel SmithSon IN AmeyfcaD AgricuL
turiSt for N0U.