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Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05
SAVING THE BIG TREES,

Everybody who has a soul above but tons will be in hearty sympathy with the steps that have been taken toward the preservation of the gigantic trees of Cali fornia. The groves of big trees are very limited in extent. They are isolated, one from the other, and situated near the headwaters of certain streams at an alti tude- between 4,000 to 1000 feet. The number of trees in each grove varies from 100 to few thousand trees. The average size of the big tree is from 15 to 20 feet in diameter at the base and 200 feet in height, but single trees reach 300 feet in height by 30 to AZ feet in diameter. The beauty of these sequoias, as well as the forest sur rounding them, is indescribable and supe- rior to any forests elsewhere on this earth. A tree recently cut measured 43b feet in diameter, 250 feet in height, and the rings of it's wood numbered 6,126. Allowing one ring for each year, this tree was al ready 2,00O years old when the pyramid of Cheopa was built, and it was over 4,O0O years old at the beginning of the Christian era. Only one more tree of this size still exists, the largest other tree be- ing little more than 30 feet in diameter.
 The destruction which has already been carried on among these trees is described as appalling. Generally only Q very small part of each tree destroyed has been used for lumber; the balance was left to rot. Trees from 30 to 40 feet in diameter have been cut for curiosity's sake, in order that small section might be exhibited and a few hundred dollars gained. Of other trees small section has been cut out for lumber and the balance fired in order to get it out of the way and make room for new logs more readily managed.
 There will be no more such work if the United States government can stop it. In what other civilized country would it have been allowed to go on as it has herea
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05
auEndian Romance.


 Rain-in-t the-Face is another smart and ex- ceedingly dangerous Sioux warrior His daughter had a romance that makes rath- CT interesting story. She fell in love with a lieutenant in the army once, when the lieutenant visited the Sioux reservation. Later he was transferred to Fort Laramie. Not long after that band of Sioux ob- tained a hunting pass and roamed over in- to Wyoming The Indian maiden persist ed in accompanying them. She saw the lieutenant, and upon learning that he was married she fell upon the ground moaning and tearing her black tresses. The young squaw refused to return with the Indians, and they continued to camp in the vicinity for several weeks One day the Indian girl ended her unhappy life by cutting her throat with hunting knife. She was buried with the usual ceremonies of Indian obseQuies.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05

The great gun business is not as popular as it was. The apparently almost inevit- able failure of some one of the thirty, or thereabouts, machines employed in work ing a fully equipped great gun has caused reaction in England in favor of smaller guns and of doing away with as much ma chinery as possible. The Thunderer's 1O0- tonners have been taken out and replaced with 29-tonners, worked entirely by hand.
 The Ohio State geologist in his annual report gives the communities and indus tries that have been depending upon natural gas little hope. He says the supply is far from being inexhaustible, and SC
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05
oNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1891.

much of it has already been wasted that the best thing to be done now is to limit its use to the supply of private houses, and charge rates proportioned to consumption, instead of as now giving discounts on gas bills according to the number of fires sup r,Iiad
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05
No. 4

s. E. STREET s CO.,, New Haven, Ct.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05

A novel suit is before the Superior court of Maine. The plaintiff, Cape Elizabeth man, brings suit against a Portland man for alternating his wife's affections, and the defendant in his plea declares that the wife never had any affections for the husband, consequently he could not alienate them. He will stand trial on this ground.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05

much of it has already been wasted that the best thing to be done now is to limit its use to the supply of private houses, ,and charge rates proportioned to consumption, instead of as now giving discounts on gas bills according to the number of fires sup piled.
 The subventions which European gov ernments or municipalities annually con- tribute to leading theaters sum up about thus: Grand Opera in Paris, S162, 900; royal theaters in Berlin, s14O,000; Court Theater in Dresden, ssO, 1000; Vienna Court Theater, $62,000; "San Carlos" at Naples, the same; court theaters at Karlsruhe, Weimar, Copenhagen and Stockholm, O,000 each; Apollo Theater at Rowe, $56, ,000; the "Scala" at Milan, $3S, ,000; 'Bellini" at Palermo, s24,OO0; the Theater de la Monnaie at Brussels and the Grand Theater at Geneva, s2O,OO0 each; the Court Theater at Munich, about $40, ,000.
 Chicago is very wicked city but there are signs of good there. The new build ing which the Chicago Young Mems Chris tian association proposes to erect on La Salle street and the ground now occupied by the association's Farewell hall, is to be sixteen stories high, all above the seventh story to be rented for offices. The esti- mated cost of the building is $1 400, 900. The association now holds property val ued at $500, 900, which can be used and it is proposed to raise $500, ,O00 more by sub scription. The remainder will be raised on mortgage and sinking fund will be created from the income of the property which will in time wipe out the debt. The Chicago association is, of course, organ ized on the so-called metropolitan plan, and has eleven branches located in differ ent parts of the city or working with spe- cial classes of young men such as railroad men, Germans, etc.
 In interesting case in regard to buyers right over purchased property has come up in Philadelphia. A firm of Philadel- phia publishers purchased of Dodd, Mead & Co.,, of New York, consignment of the Ol [. hOc O1 which the New York firm control the copy right. These paper-bound books were re- bound by the Philadelphia firm in cloth covers and sold at alower price than the similarly bound edition published by Dodd, Mead & Co.,, thus, as the New York firm claim, lessening the demand for the genuine edition. The New York firm, by an equity bill, ask that an injunction be issued to restrain the Philadelphia firm for selling the rebound books and be com pe1led to pay just compensation and damage to the owners of the copyright for the loss of profits incurred. The decision of the case will have an important bearing on the book trade, as for years it has been the practice of many book store firms to purchase consignments of books and re- bind them in handsome bindings to meet the demand of elegantly bound books.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05

It is not often that lost art is recover ed, but it is said that the chemists have triumphed in the matter of the ancient stAlexandrian blue." This blue, the ideal of painters and decorators, was a peculiar and remarkably durable color. The chem ists are said to have achieved successful analysis of the coloring on the Pompeiian frescoes and to have reproduced the paint, identical with the ancient coloring in every particular
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Horse racing has grown into big busi- ness. Last year in England and the United States the value of the chief racing stakes for three-year-olds amounted to ss91 1000, of which s1a5,5 was in the four principal English events. The pres ent year will see considerable increase over even those fipures
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05

Housekeeping Goods,
 ClOaks, ShaWls, Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Black and COlOred
 Dress Goods, Ladies' Underwear,
 Stamped Goods, Gents Underwear,
 Furs, Dress Trimmings, sc. N.B.-This is a GENUINE MARK-DOWN, and not an imitation, as many so-called January Sales are.
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
A VARIED ASSORTMENT.

THERE ere stonc-.;olcd boots.
A nArE is born at cvciy beat Of the
human heart.
The rabbit cxccls all other animals
tn enduring cold
A NEW Japanese cruiser IS to be built
in San Francisco.
BRASS bands ere not allowed to play
in the streets of Nashville, Tenn.
Ten days per nnnum Is the average
amount of sickness In human life.
'STTTISG on ice" is theatrical phrase
for house that docs not applaud
A CLOCK In Battle Creek, Mich, has
been running for one hundred ycara
THE amount Of gold In tho world
would q. in n room twenty-four feet,
each way.
A KANSAS farmer has q cornfield tho
rows Of which are three-fifths Of mile
long.
IT has been figured out that it costs Q
rich man over $4,000 to die in New
York.
TIE peach was originally o very pol
sonous fruit, but by cultivation the poi
Son has disappeared
A FAIR young edltress of q paper In
Georgia denounces rival editor as %
liar and a beast Of q man"
A PHILADELPHIA dude carries canc
go years old that has been In almost
every country of the globe.
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
THE PLUTOcRATIc TWINS.
Tho BOsses In Both Old Parties WIN Unit,
to Fight the People.

The 1BOases In Both Old Parties VIII Unite
to Fight the People.
Straws are said to show which way
the wind blows. In like manner the
careless utterances of partisan newspa-
pers may disclose the truth of partisan
thought A sample taken from the
Washington Post is here given:
1T is much to be questioned whether
either of these two parties Is in danger
of disruption or defeat by reason of the
new organization. and least of all the
republican party. II such contingency
were for q moment to be entertained as
the disbandment of the republican
party the remnants would be far more
likely to fall to the democracy rs a
choice of evils than to the Cincinnati
movement by natural selection"
The natural outcome Of third party
victory would be to drive the plutocracy
of both the old parties together. In
fact. the leaders of these old parties are
interested in each others success to a
greater extent than the average OBJ
server discovers or the general public is
aware Of 1t is for their mutual inter-
ests that the people will continue di-
vided and that sectional strife shall
continue Because of this such meas
ures rs the force bill and the tariff are
continually brought forward For this
reason also the ''bloody shirt in the
north and negro domination" in the
south are 3eing worked to their utmost
capacity. The logical end of such con-
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
SEEN AND HEARD IN PARIS.

THERE was u time when in Paris and
Vienna young dandics wore colored
shirts with the faces of favorltc dancers
displayed all over the garment
BUDDnA is worshiped In Paris In
various private temples, where the dcvo-
tees meet regularly to pay homage to
the Light of Asia" Most Of the
Buddhists are Japanese, but among
them are many Frenchmen and few
Engiishmcn.
THERE is laundryman In Paris who
has discarded all soap, sodas and
bleaching powders in his establish
Inent- He merely uses plenty of water
and boiled potatoes, und can cleanse,
without applying any alkali, the most
soiled of linens, cottons or woolens.
THE Paris street extending from
Ncuilly to st. Denis is lined with tum-
bledown tcncments that arc said to
shelter more vice and iniGuity than can
be found in any other spot in the world.
The houses throng with criminals.
The street Is known as tho '.Route do
Ia Revolte"
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
CARE OF FARM ANIMALS.

TIE shoep docs letter on short sweet
grasses than upon grass of vigorous
growth.
KEEP the sheep off tho wet lands.
Wet footing Is the ono thing that sheep
will not stand.
1.-THE model dairy COW, T." to our notion,
Is the ono that makes the most butter or
cheese ut the least cost.
IT is natural for a good COW to con-
sumo q great deal of food. So high
feeding within judicious limits docs not
hurt the COW, il the food Is Of tho right
sort.
FEED influences breed to o very largo
extent. In producing mutton O very
inferior mutton sheep can be raised to
considerably high stand by proper
feeding.
Coon care Is half feeding, says un cx-
change. Yes, It is more than that, q
good deal more. Without care, nothing
at all, in the way of profit, comes from
feeding.
TIE proper ration depends on the seq
son and the condition Of the animal.
Farmers should know tho individual
characteristics of their stock, not only
of cows, but of horses.
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
STOCK ITEMS.

Cattle are almost . necessity on the
farm to consume the roughness
1t is poor economy to compel cow to
walk all day in the pastures to secure
enough to eat
A brood mare with some speed and
great deal of resolution is q good article
70 start with.
Whenit can be avoided it Is not I'D.
tisable to breed a young sow to farrow
litter in the spring.
A good looking horse will always sell
well. But il he has the desirable COM
bination of both good looks and speed
he will be d0ubly salable.
Properly fed no class of animals dress
to q better advantage than hogs OF the
better breeds. Some only lose rs much
rs twelve per cent of offaL
There is every encouragement now
for farmers to take care of young stock
whether it be sheep. swine. kline or
horses. Tho present demand gives
promise of good prices for some months
II not years ahead
All curbs and variously contrived
bits, and separate one for the check
rein, are worse than useless and an
abomination to q horse. Give him q
good mouth and IN easy bit with kind
treatment, and his work will be .
pleasure to him and his owner.
1t takes about two acres of good
pasture to keep n COW through the sea-
SON In other words, twenty-acre lot
will furnish pasture for ten cows.
Where land is cheap and abundant it is
not very expensive method to keep
cattle, as it involves little labor.
Always study the comfort and cheer
fulncss Of your horse if you would have
him do his best. Let no part of the
harness chafe or hurt Keep the blinders
well open in front so that he can see
where he is going and what is coming.
If q check rein is used, see that it is not
too short, and having it unlocked to
rest his neck as soon as he stops.
1t is no injury, either to the mare or
colt, il she is allowed to work, but to a
considerable extent ut least the work
should be light The mare should have
plenty of grass and oats, bran and Gil
meal; these make a better ration than
corn What is especially desirable in
a growing horse is n good development
of bone and muscle, and oats, bran and
oil-meal make better ration to de-
vclOp this than corn.
A writer says: ''If q single horse at
tempts to run and you cannot pull him
in, give n quick. sudden jerk on one
rein, Stacking the other, and bring his
nose round to his shoulder. Then. in
like manner, with the other rein, bring
1t to the other side. The pull being
sudden. and without warning, he can
not stiffen his neck against it, SO that
no great strength is required to turn
his head from side to side, which will
prevent his running"
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
SINGULAR ACCIDENTS.

DA DAvm. II Bound Brook. N. J.,
broke ono OF his rfhs IN his efforts tore
strain . violent At Of sneezing.
A FINE pussy cat in Chester <Pa.)
family jumped for . raAcanght It, neck
ribbon On nail and straagled 70 death.
A FtoR1DA woman IVES nearly poi
soned TO death recently BY accidentally
inhaling Ase powder which she wa
scattering about room
A SAN BERNAHpIxo (Cal.) boy was
badly hurt the other day by . play
mate, who accidentally ran o RIB from
IN umbrella through tho back OF his
neck.
LIGHTNING from a clear sky struck q
Helena (Mont.) woman the other day
and traced on her an almost perfect
representation Of o small branch Of q
tree. She was not hurt in the least.
Mrs. FAY. Of Ostrander, o., got q free
ride that she didn't enjoy the other
day. She wns caught on the cow
catcher Of o locomotive and carried o
quarter of q mile, but was not seriously
injured.
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
commenting upon the foregoing resolu'

commenting upon the foregoing resolu.
tionA. says:
''Our attention has been called to q
series Of resolutions printed in an OBJ.
scure third party organ published at
Sulphur Springs; adopted by the Delta
County Alliance, which is formal an.
nouncement Of o boycott against the
News In order to give any one who
may have been misled by misrepresent-
alton 1t reproduces the article com
planned of. Here it is in full"
Here follows the paragraph before
quotedl. The News goes on to say:
THE meaning of this is too plain to
be misunderstood by any fair minded,
honorable man. 1t is we'll known
fact that the National Economist Is the
organ of the alleged third party. and it
was to this party that reference was
made when it used the word guerilla "
It is q good word and the News be-
lieved then, and does now, that it Just
fits the case. The author of the reso-
luton perhaps didn't know what the
word meant In order to enlighten
him we will say that it means band
Of irregular soldiers. That is what the
third party men arc. in q political
sense.
THE News is a democratic paper and
can he depended upon to stand by its
principles at all times and under all cir
cumstanccs. They are the basis Of
good government, and to the demo-
cratic party we are indebted for the
blessings q free government vouch-
safed to all citizens Among these are
the freedom of speech and the liberty
OF the press. the two great mediums
through which the masses arc enlight-
ened, the two champions of the peO-
pies rights For exercising this liberty
and in speaking out against this third
party movement. the News has been
bOycotted."
Here we have a plain and explicit
declaration that the National Econ
omist is third party organ But what
is more, very much more, important,
we have an implied acknowledgment
that the persistent and intelligent edu-
cation of the people in the principles
advocated by the alliance must inevita-
bly, muster the alliance forces in the
third party ranks The reasons for this
are two-fold:
First-Neithcr of the two old parties,
rs a whole, can adopt and indorse the
principles Of the alliance. The rank
and file cannot, because the bosses and
leaders will not
Third-Thc National Economist,
while steadily avoiding partizanship,
tends to destroy it, by teaching devo-
ton to principles rather than fealty to
party.
Let the old line reform papers in the
north there are none in the SOUTH do
their fighting against the common
enemy, the plutOcratic press, and let
not only patience but education have
their perfect work." and in due time
we shall see sectional hate allaycd, the
race question eliminated and the north
and the south standing shoulder to
fighting for common cause
and common misrepresentation.
Some think the Economist too slow,
others think it too fast, the north and
west calls it conservative, while the
south calls it radical, therefore I con-
clude that the Economist is Sin the
middle of the road d"-George c. Ward,
in Alliance Watchman,
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
RELATED OF THE RENOWNED.

WILLIAM WALDORF AsroR, the head
of his family, is the greatest real estate
owner in the world.
A SLIM, quiet and unassuming coun-
try-vicar-lilxe man Is DR.. Sir Morell
Mackenzie, the famous London throat
specialist.
ABOUT six hundred and fifty men arc
employed in the construction Of George
vanderbilt's castle at Asheville, N. C..
It will require about two years to com
plete the building.
THE new Guatcmalan minister to this
country, Scnor Antonio Datres, has .
cocoanut plantation that yields him tho
snug little income Of forty thousand
dollars per annum.
SIM HENRY PAEKEs, the leading Aus
traliun statesman and to whom is dine
the fact that Australasia is now virtual
" federal republic. began life rs 4
farm laborer in England.
ELlHU THOMPSON, the Boston electri-
clan, who is regarded as Edison's most
formidable rival, Is o slender young
man with clear-cut features, n small
brown mustachc and wavy brown hair.
He is q bright talker, q good listener
und is very popular among the electri-
clans Of the east.
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
NOVEL, DELICIOUS ICES.

A GREEN melon can be served filed
with rose colored water ice, filed with
the seeds Of chocolate ice, while one Of
the latest ideas Is q big lenf Of green
ice holding handful Of real strawber-
ries.
AT one dinner cream was served In
the hearts of real Gala lilies, the CEN
tiers of which were removed before the
filing, while at another pale. grayish
chocolate ice was nodded to represent o
large fiat oyster shell closely shut.
ICES frozen into the shape Of wax
candles orc q novelty, each of these
having little taper ut the end. which.
Just before being served, Is lighted, the
cream candls being brought on In a
china candlesticlk, with snuffers Of
candy.
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
KEEP COOL.

ssLet Patience Have Her Perfect Work.
Tho BlOOdy Chasm Must He BridEed and
Partisanship Destroyed.
This is a queer world Everything
seems to run to extremes, while a pace
that is just about the proper speed is
deemed by some too fast and by Others
too slow. We are too prone to judge OF
the condition of others by our own sur
roundings, and bound every other per.
sons achievements by our own posi-
bilities and opportunities
Some few reform papers in the north,
and very many papers in the south. are
swapping and snarling at the heels Of
that splendid exponent of glorious
principles, the National Economist and
saying very unkind and ill advised
of the National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union. Some of these pa
pers are in the north and some are in
the south. Those in the north frOth
and fume and fret because of the slow
progress the Economist is making
toward third party action, and talk
about having smoked OUT the Econo-
mist and forcing it to define its posi-
ton" etc, etc. These papers, some of
them, accuse the Economist of being
run in the interest of the republican
party, while others of them accuse it of
being democratic in its leanings and
tendencies. But they all agree that the
Economist is opposed to third party
movement and that it is cndeavoring to
retard the progress of the people toward
independent political action. On the
other hand the democratic organs in
the south are unitedly belaboring and
villifying the Economist for trying, for
sooth, to disrupt the democratic party
and set up a third party in their midst
Here is a specimen instance Of this kind
The Paris, Tex, News published the
following paragraph:
''The National Economist the organ
of guerillas. is opposed to Oeveland's
nomination. He is truly . man Of des-
tiny"
Whereupon the Delta County Al
lance passed the following resolutions:
Whereas, The Paris News, . paper pub
llshed in Paris. Texas. on March 4 1891, made
q false and slanderOus attack on the Nation
al Alliance by saying the National Econo-
mist, the Official organ Of the guerrillas is
iss2. therefore be it
Resolved. by the Delta County Alliance. In
regular session at Hobbs on the md Of
April. 1891, that we denOunce all such utter.
ances. from whatever source they may come
and wo believe further that NO such attack.
would come from paper who had tho best
interests OF the laboring people at heart, and
a m fua a. 1rsrSn a.
Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
MUSICAL DEvOTEES.

DIPPEI, the German operatic tenor,
Is not yet thirty. lie is slender
blonde and does not look strong, vet he
does an enormous amount Of work.
FORSYTH COUNTY, in Georgia, has dc
veloped an infantilc prodigy. who at
four years Of age can read difficult
music correctly ct sight. His voice is
soft and tuneful and he bids fair to be-
come famous.
RUBINsTEIS is making book on
Music and Musicians, excluding refer
ences to living men. lie makes the in
teresting declaration that instead Of be-
ing reformers, Wagner, List and Bcr-
HOG placed serious obstacles In the path
Of musical progress
TIE duke of Sutherland, who is some
thing Of q musical enthusiast, has
erected large organ in the grand hall
ut Stafford house, London. The instru-
ment, which is the largest and most
complete Of any in private residences in
England, Is blown by o hydraulic en-
CINE, and cost ca, 900.