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The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
OBITUARY.
Robert d. Shaw.

Robert D. Shaw died at his home in
Gray, September 1, aged "a years
s months. He was descended from Pur-
itan ancestors, who settled in the west
part of the town, and were noted for
their integrity, industry and frugality.
In his younger years he was engaged in
marketing. In later years he was in
trade at Dry Mills, and attending to his
farm. He was distinguished for his cor
rect Judgment in business affairs, homes,
ty of purpose, positive convictions, and
his Just estimate of human character.
About 1880 he married Miss Judith M.
Morse of Gray, and eight children We're
born to them. Two sons and three
daughters are now living, and are among
Gray's respected and worthy citizens.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
Proposals for Dredging.

The following proposals were opened
by Lieutenant Colonel L. M. Mansfield
U. S. A., at the office of United States
Engineer, Post Office Building, Boston,
Thursday afternoon:
For dredging from Ipswich River-Augustus
B. Martin, IS cents per cubic 1901 Tor dredging,
SO for powders weighing over three tons; Ed
gar r. lowering, So cents for dredging 81 for
powders Augustus +. Wright. 70 q cents i' : for
dredging, So for powders: Charles Il. Souther,
90 cents Gg dredging $1s for RGwdets
B. Martin, So cents for dredging, SO for bowl
ders Charles H. souther GO cenfs m 19r dhtedg
cents for dredging, $40 for powders,
For dredging from Mystic ayer far
ders; Charles II, Souther, So cents Tor dredging,
$40 for powders; Augustus H. H. wrlghs. -
For dredging from Nantasket Beach Channel
augustus B. Martin, 81 cents ! for dredging,
$40 for extra powders; Charles II. Soutner, 40
cents for dredging, s15for powders Augustus
R. Wright, 40 cents for dredging, IS ior poWl-
derE.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
THE BAYLEY ACCIDENT.
Full Particulars of the Affair at Denver,
Col

We have received Denver, Col,
paper with the full particulars of the ac-
cident to Rev. Mr. Bayley and Mrs. Bay
ley, formerly of this city, brief men
ton in regard to whcllwas published in
the PRESS. This is the account in a
special from Fort Collins to that paper:
A sad and serious accident occurred
late last evening to party who had gone
on a picnic to Horsetooth mountains, re-
sulting in the manning of five persons,
viz: Rev. Mr.. Bayley and wife OF Den
ver Mrs. Varney and her sister Jennie
and Mrs. Plummer, her mother From
Professor Varney, who is head teacher of
our high school, your correspondent
learned the following PARTICULARS:
The party had spent most pleasant
day and had started home, the people
who were injured were In a surry, Mr..
Bayley driving, the rest OF the party toll
lowing in wagon and light carts: They
had only proceeded short distance
when the horse scared at something
dashed off at a rapid rate The road
being very narrow and steep, with
barbed wire fence on one side, it was inn
possible to curb the animal, which finally
ran against rock, upsetting the vehicle,
throwing the occupants through the fence
ON the sharp rocks at the side of the
road.
AS soon as possible the rest of the party
came up. Nj, and Mrs. Bayley were
found to be badly cut about the head and
body. The latter has severe cash in
her arm, but fortunately no large blood
vessel was severed Mrs. Varney has a
severe cut in her shoulder, while Miss
Jennie Plummer was torn in the throat
by the barbed wire. They were conveyed
home as quickly as possible, where SIX
surgeons awaited them and who were for
six hours sewing up the wounds. All
the patients bore up brayely but were
much Frustrated.
1t is feared that Mrs. Bayley's arm is
paralyzed. The doctors say that, while
the injuries are serious, they are not dam
gerous. DIR. Quick now has charge of
the injured Tonight we learn that they
are all doing as well as can be expected.
There have been great number Of call
ers at the house today, Professor Var
ney and his estimable wife having host
of friends and being prominent members
of the Baptist church.
A letter received yesterday says Mr.
and Mrs. Bayley are slowly recovering,
although they have not as yet been able
to leave Fort Collins. Mrs. Bayley's in
juries may prove more severe than they
now SEEM
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
Mr.. Haynes Again a Loser.

WIscAssET, September 9.-About p.
M, today, fire was discovered on the
east side of the shipyard mill, Wiscasset,
owned by ]. Manchester Haynes and
used recently as storehouse for num-
Der one dry lumber and machinery. 1t
contained about ten thousand or more
feet, including considerable hard pine.
Engines were started and the mill pipes
played on the building, which was well
Quilted. 1t was well insured. Some
lumber was saved in g damaged condi-
ton. The wind was south or the big
mill would have been set on fire. Some
lay the fire to spark from the big
chimney, and others to the spark from a
tobacco nine.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Several Teachers Transferred and the
Spring Street District Reapportioned.


| A special meeting of the school COM
mittee was held last evening, all the
board being present except MI. Bradley.
On motion of Mr.. Webb, further leave
of absence until February was granted
to Miss Short of the Mcclellan school,
and Miss Annabel Lowell was chosen
temporarily in her place.
On motion of Mr.. Webb, Miss Alice
GUSTS was transferred temporarily to fill
Miss Blanchard's place in the West
school and MISS Mabel Kicker was
elected in place of Miss Custis.
On motion of Mr.. Brownson, Miss
Matte w. Blake was transferred from
the Chestnut street to the Park street
school, at her own request,
On motion. of Mr.. Brownson, Miss
Susan J. Sawyer was transferred from
the North school to the Chestnut street
school at her own request.
On motion of Mr.. Blake, Miss Mary B.
Logue was transferred from the Peaks
island school to the North school.
On motion Of Mr.. Brownson, Mr..
Blake was authorized to employ teach
er temporarily for Peaks island.
On motion of Mr.. Mcdonald, DIR.
Thompson was empowered to fill a va
cancy in the Jackson school.
The scholars who have heretofore at
tended the Spring street school were re-
apportioned as follows: All pupils west
of Centre street in the old Spring street
district will go to Park street. All pu-
pills east of Centre street, in the old
Spring street district, go to Centre street
school.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
PoRTLANDs SCATTERED THE BALL
And Beat the saIems 1e to I'M Yesterday
Lively Game.


The Portlands kept the ball flying in
yesterdays game. The Salems in the
first innings put in a man that they had
picked up in Lewiston but evidently the
phenomenal hadn't developed in this
man and after he had given two men
first base on balls and Rogers a hit,
Killeen was put in; but for a wonder the
Portlands used him just the same and in
the fourth inning Captain Moore himself
began to twist the ball with little
more success. Nineteen hits with a
total of % is what the boys piled up in
all, and the lone run of the Salems was
brought in on McAuley's wild throw to
third. The score:
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
FROM COMMERCIAL STREET STATION.

For Cape Elizabeth and Scarboro Crossing
nv-1225, 430p. III.
For Portsm outh and way stations. 40 p. m.
tConnects with Rail Lines for New York,
South and West.
tConnects with Sound Lines for New York.
sWestern Division from North Berwick Sun
days only.
SWestern Division from Dover.
b<S-Connects at Scarboro Crossing with
train for Boston via Eastern Division.
Through tickets to all points South and west
for sale az Union Station,
JOHN w. SANBORN. Acting Gen. Man, Boston
w. r. BERRY, Gen'l Traffic Manager, Boston.
ID. j. FLANDERS, G. P. and I. A., Boston.
D. w. SANBORN. Genl Supt., Boston:
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
Do the Lace Curtains
need cleansing?

Do the Lace Curtains
need cleansing?
Aren't they draggled
and dusty, and haven't
the cobwebs accumulat-
ed on them while you've
been away this summer.
Do you know we send
a man to take them down
and to put them up
again ?-and the cleans
ing, which is done in
New York, makes the old
curtain look like new.
The cost is trihing.
The draperies room
has just opened new
things in Shade Cloths,
and is prepared to fill
orders for the finished
curtains in the shortest
possible time consistent
with faithful work.
OWEN, MOORE & co.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
Nancy Beaten by the Silent silent.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, September o.
Zimmerman today established bicycle
record of 2.0S As for mile, flying start.
w. E. Windle today made half a mile,
flying start, in one minute and one-fifth
Of second. Later G. F. Taylor lowered
Zimmerman's flying mile to 2.os rs.
Zimmerman was then sent after Nancy
Hanks, second time ecllpsing her re-
cord made on regulation track by one
fifth of a second. His time was FOG As.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
James su,1ivan,s Sudden Death,

James Sullivan, waiter at the Preble
House, was found in the basement dead
last evening. A physician and Coroner
Hall were summoned. The death was
due to heart disease and no inquest will
he held. The deceased leaves wife and
two children in Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
At nuck Pond.

The uniformed companies from West
brook, with drum corps and the Pre-
sumpscot band, will attend the Republi-
can flag raising at Duck Pond tonight.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
SAI i R D AY
SAL !!
M1|ett, Evans Eco.


80 dozen Biarritz Kid Gloves
at 70 cents per pair, regular
price $1.O0. COl0rs tan, brown
and slate. ALI sizes.
so dozen Gents All Linen
Hemstitched Handkerchiefs at
IL 1-2 cents, worth 20 cents.
25 dozen Ladies' White and
C0Iored Silk Handkerchiefs,
embroidered, at IL 1-2 cents
each, marked from 25 cents.
40 dozen Ladies' Jersey Vests
at so cents each, the greatest
bargain we have ever shown.
Full weight.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Weather To-day
is likely to be
fair.
PORTLAND, September 10, 1892.
THIS store closes komtgA
at 6 o'cloek.
T<HIS crisp Septem-
L Der weather must
set you thinking
seriously about the cloth
ing question.
The natural result will
be an overhauling Of the
Underwear stock and a
quick run to the depot
for supplies-and that's
here.
The Underwear de-
partments are full Of bar
gains. There are more
kinds to choose from
than ever before. There
is more value for less
money. A greater as
sortment Of weights and
a wider variety of styles.
We begin at soc. for
Mems and Women's
and from that up to as
high as you want to go
we show every desirable
sort that the home and
foreign markets offer.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
Last League Game.

The Woonsockets will play the last
league game of the season ON the Port
land grounds this afternoon and there
should be large attendance. Madden
will pitch for the Portlands and Stafford
for the Woonsockets. Game will COM
mence at 3.Sn-
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-10
Other Ball Games.

The Salems and Woonsockets each
won game from the Auburn Gazettes
at Lewiston, yesterday. In the National
League, the Philadelphias, Louisvilles,
New Yorks, Bostons and Brooklyns won.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
The House Cellar.

The situation of the house itself has
much to do with the dryness of the Gel
lar. If built on rising ground, be sure
that the drains are numerous and per-
feet, that all surface water may be car
ried away. If on a low or marshy spot,
the most unceasing vigilance can hardly
keep it from being damp; when, how
ever, the house is built on light sandy
soil, it is comparatively easy task to
have dry cellar. Have the floor Of
cement, if possible, and the ceiling and
walls whitewashed. The light striking
on the walls will be reflected, and so
aid in lighting the place. If you have
such cellar as this, and well lighted,
keep it SO; you have sure foundation
on which to build. But the superstruc-
ture otherwise the contents) may
prove your ruin. If you have allowed
your vigilance to lapse, begin again
now-remove all the useless household
odds and ends which have been allowed
to accumulate. Have the walls and
ceilings whitewashed, and remember
to repeat this operation at least once a
year; twice a year would be better;
the lime contained in the whitewash
will assist in the process of publication.
Clean the glass in the windows, and
leave space in your household sched-
ule of work for its frequent repetition.
Make it law that your cellar is to be
kept in as good order as your kitchen.
Have the floor, if of cement or boards,
scrubbed once week; if of earth
rammed down, swept thoroughly. AT
the same time clean all the shelves
which are used for holding food,
and also the cellar steps. If possible,
keep the vegetables and fruits in a
separate cellar, but whether there or
in the main cellar, do not allow them
to lie in heaps on the floor. Keep in
barrels and sort frequently, remember
ing that one decayed potato or apple
will infect every other potato or apple
with which it comes in contact. See
that the coal is kept in its bin; not scat
tered from there to the cellar steps;
and the wood piled in orderly fashion.
Keep the windows open as much as
possible in summer, and in winter al.
low the fresh air access for few mo-
ments every warm day. Insist on this
order being maintained, and there will
be no necessity for the grand yearly
upheaval which strikes terror to the
heart of every housewife, and greatly
disturbs the masculine element in the
family.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
The CObweb as a Styptic.

When Bottom was translated" and
introduced to the attendants Of Titania
he endeavored to ingratiate himself with
Good Master Cobweb by saying, when
l cut my finger will make bold with
YOU" To arrest bleeding the applica-i
ton of cobweb to the wound has long
been rural custom Experience has
shown that the gossamer of which the
web is composed forms a very useful
styptic, but very fatal objection to its
use arises from the fact that as an APP
plication to an open wound it can never
be guaranteed as surgically clean, form
ing as it does a net for insects and at
the same time for the germs of many an
infectious disease.
Evidence of this was produced before
the Liverpool coroner recently touching
the death of Martha Roberts, who, fol-
lowing the timehonored custom, had
applied cobweb to her wounded hand
to stop the bleeding. Blood poisoning
followed upon its application, and this
terminated, unhappily, in fatal issue
1t is not solitary case. The principles
of ascepticism have not yet become part
of the intellectual equipment of the
people, neither have its lessons succeed
ed in overcoming prejudice.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
No Baby Talk.

A suffering man at the Lindell af-
forded S. w. Tracy of Ogden, Utah, a
subject for lecture. &C. was once a
teacher for suffering, and 1 know that
among the many calamities incident to
tressing as confirmed suffering. That
variety which is attended with muscu-
lar contortions is especially distressing.
Persons who have only occasionally
met with cases of defective utterance in
general society can have but faint
idea of the agony of its victims. Just
think of being unable to give oral ex-
preston to your thoughts without SUBJ
jecting yourself to ridicule, for it is
fact that while the deaf mute is pitied,
the sufferer is generally laughed at
Suffering and stammering are forms
that are COMPOUNDED. They are not
synonymous by any means. Stammer-
ing is an inability to properly enunciate
certain elementary speech. words; slut
tering is vicious utterance, manifested
by frequent repetitions of initial or
other elementary sounds. Both are
caused by improperly acting muscles of
the vocal cords, soft palate, tongue,
CnCCho3 lips, CIV kCOlnC VI tuCSC
muscles are under easy control of the
will. Over the muscles of the pharnyx,
the soft palate and at the base of the
tongue, which moves its root upward
and downward, our power is not so
complete, and this causes the affection.
Stammering children are often subjected
to humiliation, or even cruelty treated.
You can help it if you WILL it is
said to them dozens of times day, and
they are so afraid to speak that they
become stupid and abashed. One great
cause of defective articulation is the
foolish manner in which children are
talked to by ignorant nurses and fond
mothers. When l hear a mother say
to her child, Say tank 90, to de petty
ade-that's little pet and so on, it
makes my blood boil."-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
Baby's Ears.

The day for the ear that stands at
right angles to the head is over. There
has been clever little arrangement
patented for correcting the tendency
some babies ears have to stand out.
1t is close-ftting cap made of white
tape that holds the ears close to the
head, and it ties under the chin. 1t is
really merely the framework of a cap,
and 80 is less troublesome and less heat
ing than a muslin cap would be, and
can be worn day and night. There are
few less pardonable disfgurements than
outbranching ears, and they are less
often the result of natural tendency
than of the careless handling of a baby.
Few mothers and fewer nurses notice
when they lay baby down whether
the soft little ear is crumpled under or
lying close back to the head, and thew
rarely take the trouble when they hold
a baby to see that its ears are in the
natural position, but will hold it for the
longest time with the head pressed
against their bosom, and the ear turned
forward instead of back. "As the
twig is bent the tree is inclined" ap-
plies with as much force to the physical
as to the moral growth of child. Ba-
bies when nursed constantly by the one
person, often suffer from being always
carried on the same arm and in the
same POSITION Washington Post.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
Don't Blame the Late Risers.

Thousands of people have no choice
whatever about their hour of rising in
the morning. Later or earlier, that
hour is fixed for them by the require
ments of the office, the shop or the
classroom; by the timetable of the
railroad; by the arbitration of their
employers or the necessities of their
employees. But in the cases manifold
where personal liberty is enjoyed, it
should not be thoughtlessly restricted
simply because of the domestic tradi-
ton that early rising deserves praise
and late rising blame. Breakfast may
often be movable feast without mate
rally disturbing the routine of an or
derby housekeeping day. Invalids,
mothers whose rest has been broken by
teething babies, and, above all, rapidly
growing children, should have their
sleep out.-Harper's Bazar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27

row. III any man can walk
behind one of these women and see
what she rakes up as she goes, and not
feel squeamish, he has got tough
stomach. l would not let one of ,em
into my room without serving 'em as
David served Saul at the cave in the
wilderness-cut off his skirts, sirl cut
off his skirtsl" suggested that had
seen some pretty stylish ladies who Of
Tended me in the way he condemned.
" stylish women, don't doubt" said
the Little Gentleman. "Don't tell me
that true lady ever sacrifices the duty
of keeping all about her sweet and
clean to the wish of making a vulgar
show. There are some things
that no fashion has any right to touch,
and cleanliness is one of those
things. From " The Professor at the
breakfast Table"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
DR.. Holmes on Skirts.

"Our landlady's daughter is young
lady of some pretentions to gentility.
She wears her trains very long, as the
great ladies do in Europe. To be sure
their dresses are so made only to sweep
the tapestried floors of chateaux and
palaces; as those odious aristocrats of
the other side do not go dragging
through the mud in silks and satins,
but forsooth, must ride in coaches when
they are in full dress. 1t is true, that,
considering various habits of the
American people, also the little acct
dents which the best-kept sidewalks
are liable to, lady who has swept a
mile of them is not exactly in such a
condition that one would care to be
her neighbor. Why, there isn't beast
or bird that would drag Install through
the dirt in the way these creatures do
their dresses. Because queen or a
duchess wears long robes on great &C.
casions, a maid. of.all-work or factory
girl thinks she must make herself a
nuisance by trailing through the streets,
picking up and carrying about with
her-bahl That's what l call getting
vulgarity into your bones and mar
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
Better Than All the PUSHES.

An old trapper has been bringing
from the mountains for two weeks a
number of peculiar little animals that
have puzzled good many people to
tell what they were. They are about
the size of common cat and have large,
bushy tails like that of the raccoon.
Their bodies are long and slender and
well protected with thick growth of
brownish-colored hair. Their eyes are
black and swapping, and when leased
they growl and spit like cat, showing
a row of teeth as sharp as cambria
needles. The name of these little ami
mails is the bassiris, and they are a
species of the civet cat, ranking be-
tween the cat and the weasel. They
are better than all the pussies in Gre
alton as rat exterminators, and about
twenty of them have been turned loose
in different warehouses and livery
stables in this city.-San Francisco
Call,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
Raspberry Jam.

One of the favorite jams is that made
from raspberries, for which we give the
following recipe: To every seven pounds
of fine, ripe, dry, fresh and WELL picked
over fruit, add one pint of water, and
to every pound of the fruit put twelve
ounces of granulated sugar. 1 decid-
eddy, however, prefer to use loaf sugar
for all fruit preserving, if 1 can get it.
Provide large, clean, porcelain kettle,
and have good hot fire ready. Put
the fruit and water into kettle, stir
it continually until it boils, and then
boil it for exactly two minutes, and no
longer. Add the sugar, keep on STIR
ring, and skim the whole thoroughly,
taking care that it does not stop boiling.
Skim it and stir until it becomes quite
thick; set it off the fire and put little
of the jam on plate; if it congeals in
two minutes, the jam is quite done. If
not, return it to the fire and let it boil
up again.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-27
Clouds of LOcusts.

The locusts are reappearing in Algeria
IN greater numbers than ever, in spite of
the efforts that were made by the French
administration last year to annihilate
the pests. 1t is now believed that they
come clear across the desert from the
Soudan. The period of incubation
varies from twenty to thirty days, and
the locusts require only about two
months to attain their complete develop
ment. This fact gives a realizing sense
to the prodigious numbers in which the
terrible insect may multiply during its
progress across the Sahara. Great
clouds of the locusts have already beer
seen on the northern edge of the Sahara
making their way north. The news
comes from Touggurt and Ghardaia in
the Sahara that early this year the
locusts suddenly invaded those places
in such enormous numbers that for four
hours they fairly darkened the heav-
ems. About a month before similar
clouds of locusts were reported in the
valley Of the Niger river in the Soudan,
and it is believed that in the four sue
ceeding weeks they had journeyed to
the northern part of the Sahara.