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The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
Raining Cats and Dogs.

Many explanations have been given of
the origin of the expression raining
cats and dogs One is that it is per-
version of the French catadoupe''-
waterfall - it is raining catalogues, :"
or cataracts. Another explanation is
that the male blossoms Of the willow
tree, which are used on Palm Sunday to
represent the branches of palm, were
called leafs and dogs" in some parts
of England, where they increase rapidly
after few warm April showers, and
the belief prevailed that the rain brought
them.
Others trace the saying to northern
mythology, in which the cat is said to
have great influence on the weather,
and sailors still have saying, "The cat
has gale Of wind in her TAIL, when
she is unusually frisky. Witches that
rode upon the storms were said to as
sumo the form of cats, and the stormy
northwest wind is called "the cats
nose'' in the Hartz mountains even at
the present day. Then the dog is a sym
Dol of wind, which in old German pic
lures is figured as the head of dog or
wolf from which blasts issue. The cat,
therefore, symbolizes downpour of
rain; the dog, strong gusts of wind.
which accompany it, and so rain ''of
cats and dogs" is heavy rain with
wind. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
THE CURSE OF EDUCATION.
HIen of Mental Ability Who Can Procure
No Suitable Employment.

HIen of Mental Ability Who Can Procure
No Suitable Employment.
Ever since the enormous enlargement
numerically Of the English universities
there can be little doubt that the value of
a degree has gone down commercially.
The number of first class men seeking
work and finding none is a sorry COM
ment on the development of the English
university system. If this is true Of the
first class, what must be the lot of the Sec
ond, the third and the pass man? The
learned professions, in fact, Are over
crowded. The cause of this unhappy crowd
ing of the market for brain laborers is not
far to seek.
An immense number of persons who in
former times would have worked with
their hands, as their fathers did before
them, are being educated to work with
their heads. There is a general leveling
up of the social grades if you look at it
enthusiastically. The son of the artisan be-
comes a clerk. The son of the clerk aspires
to teach in a school. The son of the school
teacher aspires to go to Oxford or Cam
bridge. But this leveling up is not an I'M
mixed blessing. The result is that we have
30 times too many clerks-200 applied for
an insignificant post advertised the other
day-ten times too many half educated
teachers, and, ALIAS, ten times too many uni
versity graduates turned out every year to
crowd the ranks of the bar, the schools and
journalism and recruit the years crop of
miserable and hopeless failures.
None of these people can dig as their IA
theirs did. They cannot make shopboys or
busmen or crossing sweepers. Too many
OF them can only teach or starvG. 1t is
really impossible to deny that certain
degree of intellectual education units
man to work with his hands and earn his
bread as alabcrer. 1t may be that it ought
not to do so, but in the present imperfect
state of the world so it is. Therefore,
somehow or other, places must be found
for this enormous harvest of tolera BILE
scholars as schoolmasters or something
analogous in the social scale. Every year
the problem is how to do it. That problem
formerly the university solved by the fell
lowship system. The number of scholars
was small, and they had fellowship
apiece. That solution is no longer posi-
BILE, even ii it were desirable.
Then the universities tried ignoring tho
problem altogether. They, as it were, de-
MED liability. Their position was: ''Our
business is to provide facilities for those
who wish to learn and opportunities to
study for those who care to study When
our men have attained, by the help of our
endowments, to degree, the connection
between us terminates. They must shift
for themselves. :" Theoretically, of course,
this was undeniably logical position,
which they could very fairly take up, but
in practice they must be held responsible,
in some degree, at least, for the men
whom they have raised out of their own
position in life by scholarships and exhi-
billions specifically offered for necessitous
persons. Saturday Review.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
Held for Breaking and Entering.

North Berwick, December 15.-Lewis
B. Taylor. charged with pillaging and
setting fire to tho building of Charles B.
Reed in the Oak woods district, was ar
raigned today. The charge of incendi-
arism was not pushed, the prisoner being
charged with breaking and entering and
stealing a watch, clothes and other arti-
cles from the building. He pleaded not
guilty. Judge Buther held him in $500
for tho. January term Of the Supreme
Court, which meets at Saco. The pris-
oner was unable to furnish sureties, and
was taken to Alfred jail. 1t is under
stood that charge of arson will be pre-
ferred against Taylor at the next sitting
of the grand jury.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
500 Reward, 500.

The reader of this paper will be pleased to
earn that there is at least one dreaded diseased
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being Constitutional dis
ease, requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
he system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
somuch faith in its curative powers, that they
OFFER One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send tor list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
.Bzy- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
TOILET DEPARTMENT.

2 gross WOodW0rth's Buttonhole
Bouquet at 19c per bottle, worth soc.
1 gross large size Century Cream at
S8c per bottle.
1 gross Bakers Florida Water at
ESQ per bottle. s
Special bargains i'm Toilet Soaps,
Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, &c.
1000 boxes Cream Antique Station
cry, IS sheets Of paper and IS enve-
lOpes in box, at csc, worth 75c with
out the box.
Ladies' handmade Carriers, SO and
75cpe pair; Side Elastics so, 75c
and 500 per pair.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
GLOVES S.

SO dozen Ladies' Mosquetaire Suede
Kid Gloves at soc per pair, marked
down from $1.5O.
No Gloves fitted during Christmas
season.
100 dozen Mems Neckties at soc
apiece, usual price 75c.
rs dozen Mems Neckties at Zoe
apiece, reduced from $1.O0.
gross Chantilly Lace Tides at &c
apiece, or four fer .25c, larger size
loo apiece.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
HANDKERCHIEFS,
HANOKERCHIEFS.

100 dozen ChiIdren's Plain White
initiated Handkerchiefs at sc apiece,
worth 10c.
$50 dozen Ladies' Swiss Embroi-
dered Handkerchiefs at 12 1-2c apiece.
bargain, reduced from 25c. Hurry
up if you want any Of them. They
Ire going like ripe cherries.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
a Great Day for Houlton.

Bangor, December ia despatch
from Houlton says: At 8 O'Clock the
train is in sight on the new Bangor &
Aroostook railroad, and is expected in
before midnight. This marks the COM
pletlon of the track-laying to Houlton,
and is notable event for Aroostook
county
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16

Bangor, December 15.-Mrs. A. Kelley
of Levant, was found this morning in
bed with her throat cut and other
wounds. She was insane on religious
subjects and had attempted suicide. The
doctor says she cannot live through the
night. She is widow with no children.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
LINEN DEPARTMENT.

Bleached Linen Table Cloths, all
lengths, with Napkins to match.
Damask Towels 25c, 81 1-2c and
SOC.
Tray Cloths and 0verlays.
Is dozoa pure Linen Hemstitched
Finger Doylies at $3.50 dozen, req
ular price $500.
Toilet Mats, very choice in silk aud
linen, at Csc and 81 each.
Cardinal Table Covers, 1854, at
$1.75 each; 1874 at $500 each.
Best quality Chenille Covers lS1.1O
and $1.5O.
Fancy Cheese Cloth Bed Puffs, in
cream, pink and blue, at 1925 each.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
For Assaulting a Chinaman.

Augusta, December 15.-The trial of
Thomas CLARK for assault and battery
on Hop Lung, Chinaman, Than ksgiv-
ing night, resulted in verdict of guilty.
Clark was acquitted on a charge of
robbery.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-16
TOXIC WARE.

Choice Tea Cups and Saucers, Fruit
Plates and other fancy Dishes.
100 Toxic TeapOts at Csc each, never
sold less than soc.
Buffers at 19c a dozen.
Fruit Plates 25c, 39c and SIC each.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09

One day While his apparatus for deep
sea soundings. by means of steel piano
forte wire, was being constructed, Lord
Kelvin entered Mr.. Whites shop in Glas-
gov along with the great DIR. Joule. cele-
brated for his determination of the me-
chanical equivalent of heat. J~oule's
attention was called TO ii bundle of the
pianoforte wire lying i'll the shop. and
Thomson explained That be intended it
for sounding purposes" What note::"
innocentlv inquired Joule and was
promptly answered. The deep Car
gonaut.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09
v iiite With IL enneansa.

Hereis astate Of things which probably
net the wealth Of the Astors could buy
il America. Lord and Lady Abingdon
have a place i'll Dorset known as the
White farm. Everything is accordingly
white. Ali the farm buildings, the
house Itself, and even all the animals on
the place are white. Rabbits. cats.
guinea pigs, hens, horses, cows, donkeys
and all the creatures are spotless.
But this Is tot the most remarkable
feature. The free and independent Brit
ism men and maids who till the soil and
churn the butter are compelled to attire
themselves in white smocks and white
frocks to bear Il the general impression
of whiteness.-Ncw York Recorder.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09
BESIDE rms rAT Or aON | theS.

o1StoI 40
Beside .he bay of Montcrc;.
When room l. On The mountains,
What joy Ia hear and know rot fear.
The cry Of se@torn ;oun aims,
Across the tav ot ,,ai:rrcy
The sea Fog. tI.aty drifting.
The land reveal, or shore conceals.
Soft scenes. like magic. shifting.
Beside the hay of -ioa'erey
How sweet 10 walk at even.
When sostcncd dyes from sunset skies
Steal up the sapphire heaven.
Along the reach of rocky beach
Oh, JOY it is to follow.
Where blooms tie sea %aiieinonc
In every waveworn hollow.
On giant rock that frunts the shock
Thc spray wet GRASSES siisten.
h Where Breaas the wave Oh cliff and a v
The flowers bend ard lis;ea.
Icount the years by all my tears
And all litc's stormy weather.
Since by the bay of Monterey
We wandered, love. together.
walk aEons tie chaneia: shore.
Oh, SAD ANA strange il cS ms.
And il YOU Fear TIC bf!.ons rJar.
You hear them but III : cams.
For you have s.cpi BOW many a day
Uppa The s,spg "a .iu..terey.
Sarah L. .,iiiiwsl il Overland Monthly
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09
4 Genuine PhilanthrOpist.

One of New York's philanthropic mer.
chants spends thousands of dollars each
year in aiding the poor, but none of his
beneficiaries ever gets a cent in cash.
His idea is that money giving democrat
lies the recipient. He will buy groceries
and pay rent for Il distressed family and
secure employment for the wage earn
ers. Once they are at work he tells
them that he considers it a moral obli-
CATION for them to refund. at any CON
yenient season. the sum he has expended.
If they do, he regards the case as a tri-
umph of self respect. If they don't, he
finds some excuse for them in his own
mind and keeps right on at his self APP
pointed task. Last winter he hired a hall
in the Hebrew district down town, en-
gaged ii competent teacher and provided
u number of Jewish girls with free in
structions. Noproselyting was attempt
ed. Indeed not word was said about
religion. Tie girls became greatly III
teres.ed, and their brothers begged fos
and obtained admittance. Similar classes
are to be established this winter. The
merchant allows himself an incomeofs3,
600 per year. All the rest Of tie money
he makes Is devoted to the aid of others.
New York Sun.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09
Fabulous,

A clever man bachelor / KNOW
say man" because ! know several
girl bachelors who are also clever
has a suite OF highly artistic rooms
up town, where he gives the mos.
delightful Sunday afternoon teas.
which are presided over by his wild.
owed sister. He has written two OF
three bright books. one called
Bachelor Buttons;" another. a
Book of Idle Verse"
Some one asked him recently why
he didn't marry. He replied, We'll.
l don't know really, unless it is be
cause / cant find a girl who just har
monies with my rooms" What dc
you think CT that for fastidiousnessi
Washington News,
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09

The strpidness OF til, average j~anitor
of the New Ycrl. Hat WAS well illustrate
I'd recently. y ON Went out to cal:
a physician for her sick sister, and upon
returning with him the j~anitor refused
to admit him, saying that he would not
allow strange men TO enter the house at
night. Explanation was of no use. SC
the doctor tried to force his way in. but
was struck by the j%anitor. The expert
tnce ended by the doctor being admitted
and the janitor arrested.-New York
News.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09
Pretty Domestic Scene.

The night Waterman in a Chestnut
street bank isn't happy unless he dan
dies his 3-months-old baby for awhile
each evening. He cannot get out, nor
ca. &c, il, but every fair night
she passes baby in between the big iron
bars Of the front window. Papa watch
man receives the ~youngster. and passers-
BY witness the charming family picture
Of mammals smiling face watching be
tween the bars and papa romping witt
baby in the brightly lighted interior Of
the Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09

Iron visiting cards are among the lat
est novelties in Germany. Forty placed
one on the other are said to be only one
tenth of an inch in thickness. The cards
or plates are black, and the names, being
printed on them in silver, show up very
clearly.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09

Iossle \.i.t4e ,.."7a.el "a = .-eWopitJdf
womanl-Oh, mamma, Mabel and | have
a lovely secret about our dolls. I'd like
to tell you, only
Her Mother-Only what. Flossie?
Flossie-Only I'm afraid you'd write
it up.-New York Times.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-09

An authority on weather declares that
tornadoes are most frequent between
noon and 6 o'clock, and that the rainiest
hour Of the day is 4 o'clock in the after
noon. This is the report Of q meteor
illogical expert, not a weather prophet.
Democratic messenger., 1893-01-21
4 Charitable Clearing House.

Ii has come TO be fully recognized that
the less rcd tape there is about chari-
table scheme the quicker and most eff
ciently are the two parties-the needy
and the helper-brought together The
Needlework guild is Il superb example of
simple benevolencc. and plan recently
proposed by Il London man to aid the
destitute of that city may he the incep-
tion of another equally vast and unob-
structed philanthropy.
1t is proposed that every person who is
willing TO undertake to contribute to the
need of some needy family during the
coming winter shall send his or her name
in 10 Il committee.
This committee acts simply as clear
ing house. and the plan is known as the
clearing house plan. forwarding the
name TO the clergyman or recognized
head of some district where help is need
ed. who in return responds with the ad-
dress of the family to he assisted. That
is all. the gifts going directly from the
relievcr to the relieved without inter-
mediaries or circumlocution.- Her Point
of View in New York Times
Democratic messenger., 1893-01-21
\ Girls. ui"h sci,oo, in Iceland.

y year ago tho first high school for
girls WAS opened in Reikiavik, Iceland.
details of which are just now becoming
known, SO slow is communication with
this isolated country. The school was
started with fifteen girls. as many more
being refused from want of funds. The
curriculum is peculiar, embracing tai
loring. slojd (whatever that may be-.
lcelaniic language and literature. Eng
lish. Danish, arithmetic. history. Scog-
raphy. singing and writing. Cooking is
also taught. The tailoring department
is most important, but rs there are no
tailors i'll Iceland, except Il few i'll Reiki-
avik. women have To make the mems
clothes as well as their own. The high
school is pcriorce boarding school. as
the pupils ccme from distances taking
from three 10 fourteen days travel
New York Times.
Democratic messenger., 1893-01-21
The "Keer." Frightened Him.

Fred I. Merrill. Il BICYCLE dealer OF the
Pacific coast. arrived here from Port
land. Or. and WAS seen at the Great
Mort hern. He came with his wife by
the Union Pacific and relates a singular
incident which occurred on the way.
As the train was entering the station at
WelS.r. Ida. an old man. white haired.
WAS seen running wildly away from the
platform. Some thought he was crazy,
but when brought back by friends it
was found that he was perfectly sane,
but frightened at the appearance of the
train. rs tins WAS the first time he had
ever seen LOCOMOTIVES. He was seventy
seven wears old and had lived for the
last thirteen wears III Ruthburg. Ida, a
mining camp furty-eight miles from a
railroad. During all those years he had
never left the camp. but had continu-
ously remained on his claim. thinking il
was valuable and he would eventually
strike il rich" Becoming too old and
feeble to work. he had yielded to the
solicitations of relatives in Pittsburg
and Allegheny City and was on his way
IL PENNSYLVANIA.
His name i Martin McCandless. In
1851 he eInigrated from an interior town
in Missouri. journeyel in caravan of
twenty-one OK teams across the plains
through Utah and into the mining dis
tricts of California. thence into Nevada
a few years later. and eventually to his
recent kome i'll Idaho. He proved to he
Il man Of more than ordinary intelligence
and gave Mr.. Merrill many remimis-
cences of early life in the mines having
been acquainted with many pioneers
who are now milIionaires on the Pacific
coast.
The old man was finally persuaded To
take Il seat ON the train and passed
through here bound for the keystone
State. He would seldom leave the ear
for fear he could not get on again. His
eXclamaiions of delight and his astonish-
ment at the speed of the train served as
continual sources of amusement to the
"ther passengers His elder brother,
Abraham McCandless, is a merchant in
Butler. Pa. where another brother. Alex
ander ~. also lives.
The obi miner said he had s. 900 in
side the lining of his vest. which he had
received for a one-third interest in his
mine. but he WAS not going to tell any
one about it for fear he might be robbed.
Chicago Tribune.
Democratic messenger., 1893-01-21
a REMARKABLE ROBBERY.
A Daring Theft of Pair of Diamo
Earrings on "A Public street.

A Daring Theft of Pair of Diamond
Earrings on Public Street.
As bold Il highway robbery rs ever
occurred in the city was committed on
Euclid ayonue early last evening. 1t is
doubtful If the annals of the police can
show case parallel 10 it. y party of
four ladies were walking ON Euclid ave
nue. on the way home from Il shopping
expedition. They were Mrs. IL. y. Grif-
TN. Mrs. +. y. After. Miss Griffin and
Miss Arter. At $40 o'clock they We're
in front of the residence of Colonel John
HAY. on Euclid avenue. opposite Huron
street II was dark. but many persons
were passing on their way home. The
ladies were interested in conversation
and gave no attention 10 the stealthy ap
proach behind them Of tall. spare
Young man. atiired in light colored
overcoat. He stepped behind Mrs. Arter
and placed one hand on each side of her
head He pressed them against either
cheek and then turned and fed. His ac-
tion WIS So unexpected and the ladies' SO
startled thai they failed for Il moment to
understand it, Then Mrs. Artcr raised
her hands TO her head and learned that
she had been robbed of her diamond ear
rings.
"Oh. dear my earrings are gone" she
exclaimed
y cry for assistance was at once raised
by all of the ladies. Calls were made for
the police. \ large crowd gathered i'll n
few moments. but too late to be of serv-
ice. The thief after securing his plum
der started 1T II rapid gait along the
driveway between the residences of Colo
mel Hay and General James J. Tracy
\ man left his buggy To chase him. but
the fugitive easily cludcd him in the
darkness. He had probably ascertained
the lay of the land in advance and knew
exactly the hest course To- pursue.
The hiShwayInan gained possession Of
the earrings by orening the clasps and
slipping them ont of the ears. Mrs
Arter escaped injury ard only learned
the absence of the earrings when She in
stinctively reached for them and found
them gone. Each of them contained Il
large solitaire diamond. and she priced
them highly The v;iluc Of the gems is
about /: 100
lit is the only case Of the kind of
which have ever heard" said Captain
Humphrey. of the detectives. There
are few eases in which earrings have
been torn from the ears. but do not be-
lieve that any other hiGhwayman has had
the nerve TO oren the clasps and remove
the earrings just as the owner would
have done. Everything conspired in ia
vor of the thief. When Mrs. Arter felt
the mans hands pressed against her
cheeks from behind. she supposed that it
was her husband. and that he had over
taken her and proposed 10 gave her sur
prise. The first Thought of the other
ladies i'll the party was that Mrs. Artcr
WAS receiving a singular greeting from
some relative whom they did not know
OF coarse it was all over in a moment,
and then they discovered their mistake. "
Cleveland Leader
Democratic messenger., 1893-01-21
woman's Share In the Worlds Progress.

Woman's Share In the Worlds Progress.
One of the purposes of the woman's
share i'll the Columbian fair, and perhaps
not the least Important, is that the ex-
hibiis shall demonstrate that women
have had through the ages greater orig
inality and inveniiVcness than they have
been accredited with. Among he primi-
tive pupils women were the originators,
it is claimeu, of industrial arts, and it
was only after they became lucrative
that men usurpci them. Women de-
vised the curing and dressing of game
and the fashioming of the skins of ami
mails into garments. Women invented
the needle, the shuttle, the weaving Of
textiles. She was the first potter, and
she originated basket making.
There will be shown as illustration Of
the influence of women during medieval
times Il copy of the old Bayeux tapestry
made 10y Matilda of Flanders and her
maidenS. which Is the best and most au-
thentic history Of the conquest of Eng
land by her husband. William the Con-
querOr; reproduction of the statues of
Salina won SEeinbach. daughter and as
Slsiant oi tie architect of StraSDurg
cathedral. To her is aScribed the change
from the stiff medieval angles to the
graceful flowing lines that followed, and
Of the remarkable book prepared in the
Twelfth century by the Abbess of Her
rad, which contained Il compendium Of
all the knowledge of the day, illustrated
by i!luminations. and considered by
many 10 be the origin of the modern en-
cyclopedia.
There will be records, too, of the wo-
men who We're professors i'll the early
Italian universities, and many other
things of interest illustrative Of woman's
early prowe>s, and proving that the
present uprising i'll the ranks is only the
natural force of the stream seeking its
level. and not AT AL IA new departure
New York san.