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Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
A Cowboy Sport.

lErCm the St- Lotus 1lOoe-DcLnOCEAIA
 Let's stretch e few ropes," sugsestsd an x. l. T. ranchman to his fellow cow
 boys, and the suggestion seemed to meet with general approval I had heard of one way of "stretching ropes" before, but could hardly believe that 1t was the smuse- ment referred to. Developments in the case showed that was right
 For 6 few moments there was a great confusion of saddling horses, tightening girths and preparing for action In general. Before knew what was going to happen one man from each eide had unslung his rops, one end of which was firmly secured to the horn of his saddle. The loose ends of the two ropes were then tied to- gether, thus leaving the two riders joined to each other by about one hundred feet of rope fastened to their saddle-horns. They took their stand facing the same way and only few feet apart, leaving the rope slack between them. Suddenly, az If at a signal, they put spurs to their ponies and dashed of at full speed. For e while the rope trsiled In a double curve behind them, but gradually 1t frightened the two riders began to turn each to the out side and away from the other. Finally the motion ceased, each horse pulling against the other in such way that neith- CT had the advantage. The strain on the rope must have bsen awful, but the ropes, constructed to withstand the pulling of 8 msddened steer, stood this test also. How the pluoky little ponies panted and rugged and strained their nerves against each other. The riders had all they could do to encourage their animals and to keep them In such position as to retain their own sests. Had either pony turned his back squsrely for 6 fair pull the -ider would have been bru.hed of by the rope immediately. It was test that required fine hoIsemsnship, q steady hand and practised eye It was a well-tou2ht bat tie. and the spectators cheered 1t lusiily.
 For some minutes neither pony seemed able to pull the other, but gradually the western pony seemed to gain the advsn- tsgs. Step by step he bscked towards us, pulling his opponent with him. Victory seemed jast about to perch on the banners of the x. l. T.-but nol Wait moment. A battle Is never decided until 1t is fn- ished. Seeing he is beaten fl he relies on brute force, the Belchsr ranchmsn deter mines to see what strategy will do. Keep ing the rope always tsut he begins to gal lop around the circumference of circle of which his antagonist is the center and the rope 6 radius. First he gallopa In one di- reotion and then in the opposite. Now he stops altogether and slsckens the rope. His only hope is to brush his antagonist out of his saddle with the rops, and as long ss x. I. T. faces him tqusrely this | cannot be done. How it is managed can not say. I am looking straight at the two, but am not quick enough to see how 1t
 is done. At any rate. just at some critical
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
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A PLOT ss8USCkD., ;,

APLOT "BUSrkD.o
 What happened at the meeting of the Board of Education last evening indicates that the story that has been told concern ing the attitude of the old Board toward Superintendent Curtis was true. There was plan to put him ont and 1t would undoubtedly have succeeded had not those who had planned to put him out been put out themselves.
 In accordance with the old understand ing, or agreement, .ths superintendent offered his resignation, and after long and secret pow-wow the Board last even- ing decided not to accept 1t. It did right. Mir. Curtis has done the best he could for the schools and on the whole he has done we'll for them. He has been hsmpered in his work by unjust fault finding and conspiracy against him which, if we are correctly informed, had for one of It's objects the putting of a man in his place to whom there would have been general and well-founded objections. The whole plot failed, and 1t failed because some real friends of the schools caused 1t to fail.
 - We now move that Superintendent Our tis be let alone for awhile and given a chance to work freely. He is a capable man and "square" man. He is not a tosdy nor Q sneak. He has come safely out of plot that was made against him by schemers who had more than one axe to grind. We congratulate him, while we e1- press our hearty detestation of the whole dirty business. The present board seems inclined to deal justly by him. We hope he will accept its action as proof of It's spirit and continue to give the public school system of New Haven the benefit of his high character, his superior skill and long training and experience.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
A Womanss Age.


 Is 1t worth s womAn's while to be inAc- curste stout her sges Does she not rather lose nowadays by lessening the number of her yesrsl Assuming that her object hith- erto in setting back the hand of Time has been to render herself more attractive tn the eyes of the opposite sex, it must be obvions to close observers of the men and manners of to day that it is not the maiden of "b2sh- ful fifteen" nor the girl of sweet twenty who finds favor in the sight either of the eilded youth or the man of the world. The threshold of womanhood no longer invites them, sweet seventeen is out of date, i'm maturity .s nvt attractive.
 It is nowadays only the woman who has pet simistic youth of the period; it Is only the experienced mstron who, understand ing the faults and follies of man, can ren- der herself . sufficiently reasonable companion to him when be comes to years of discretion. The "bresd- aud butter" mics, the comparatively ineI- psrienced maiden, nsy, even the very young mstron, are hopelessly ''out of ii" st the present. IL is the hour of maturity and the woman has triumphsd over the girl. She may now be anything over thirty to hold sway, provided always that she keeps herself thirty in heart anu LaCe. oIe AQNl lOOk &AAI6Ck- i've, she muSt have tss power to attract. She must possess tact and juds- ment. and then she can snap her fingers at Time and boldly set down what she likes on the census paper. At all events, she need no longer dread ihe attainment of her third decade. for 1t is then thst her reign begins. Not until then does she begin to understaud the management of man. He does not want to be regarded
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 bliss and kisses and eternally play the jsune premier. He wants companionship. he wants to have his faults recognized and openly discussed, and he knows that with Ter ripened experience the wo- man will not expect too much of him nor invest him with a halo of romance, neither has abe mere mstri- monisl designs upon him. So has she out rivslled her younger sisters, even her own daughters, and tSus need the no longer fear the taking of the census and the rsve- lation of her age.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
FLIG HTY.

"How do you manage to live in this dead townf" "Fine; I'm the undertsker.n-At- lants Constitution.
 The fact that e woman ia fiighty by no means indicates that she is growing wings. Detroit Tribune.
 Speak gently to the erring or you won't oaf.-Elmira Gazette.
 ''Do you think those shoes are worth mendingfn "Vell, yss; if I zole tenn and still goot- -"-Hsrlem Life.
 "I do think that marriage is the holisst state in the Union-" .-Jscobus doesn't think that way; he says 1t is rather a holy terror-tory. Journal.
 Dozeleigh-why do you insist upon the new pastor being c fat mani Deacon Broaaaisle-Bscaus fat men arc generally winded.-Williamsport Review.
 'T'm afraid ycu don't love me much, John, or you'd leave your club sooner. "Why, my desrsh. I left (hic) club over two hours ago. Review.
 'T wish, h," said a railway passenger As e bunch of comics were dropped into his lsp by the train boy, ''that these people would quit poking fun a. .ms."-Washinston Star.
 Little Tommy-oh. mamma, we have got new girl at our school whom we call postscript. "Why SO. dArlingS" ''Be cause her name Is Alkaline Moore."-Lffs and Fabric.
 Briggs-wen, old man, I've been down to the academy all the morning hanging pictures. Psletts-Did you hang up mine Briggs-oh, yes. We began al the top Brooklyn Life.
 wooI-That uas A unssn trirk Clsrkietil rival played on him. Van Pslt-Whst Wool-Hs wrote, 70, maid of Athens, err we part etc, in the girls album, and thu rival changed the 'soh" to "Old. ."-Harleu Life
 By Jove!" said Dawson, as he glanced over a copy of the Russian alphabet "whst e terrible thing it must be to b' deaf and dumb Ia RussIAl Think of hay ing to make those letters with your fin gers,"-Hsrper's Bszsr.
 "Csn you give me e little breakfast ma,amfn pleaded the tramp. "Tm hungry and cold slept out doors last night. and the rain came down In sheets." 'for should have got la between the sheets, said the woman, kindly. as she rotioned him to the gate.-Good Housekeeping.
 Overheard in the Treasury vsults.- ssThere's no doubt of it" remarked the seigniorage with & sigh. "No doubt of whatf" said the Gold Reserve scornfully. ssThAt I'm one of lem" ''If you mean one of the biggest nuissnces that history ever developed, there's no doubt about your being correct" "And yet represent the gain on 6 financial transaction Fl "Yss" "Thst's what I sm. I'm 8 profit without honor in Its own country. Washington Star
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
THE POLITICAL CUCKOO.

The man who makes new word or gives a new shade of meaning to an old word does good thing. Therefore 1t is fitting that Senator Morgan of Alabama should re- ceive the credit due him for adding the word "euckoo" to the vocabulary of poli- tics. It has apparently come to stay, and its prompt recognition and general adop- ton show that it meets q want.
 Congress is a great place for words, but they are mostly old ones used in a very dreary way. So when Senator Morgan the other day said in speech in the senate "The trumpet had sounded, the forces were marshaled, the clock had struck at the White House, and the cuckoos here all put their heads out of the boxes and re- sponded to inform us of the time of day but they did not seem fully to know wha, they were talking about and never took pains to find out the state of the law"- there was quite e little stir. It was seen that something had been said and well said. The members of congress who say just what the President wants to have them say have been compared to puppets who dance when the strings are pulled, and they have been said to sneezs when ths president takes snuff. But they were bet ter described when they were called tn, cuckoos who are obliged to let folks know what time 1t is by the White House clock And when few days afterward, while Mir Tracey, who is believed to be one of tn, White House mouthpisces on the floor o the house of representatives, was speaking MT. Wilson, of Iowa, gave perfect imiss ton of cuckoo's note, the new word re csived the baptism of true humor ss 1t hst received in the senate the baptism of tru' wit
 The note of the mechanical cuckoo ha often been heard in politics. It Is we'll t. have 1t recognized and correctly described The description Is ample and accurate snt will stick.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
Humrma1 amd Gnmrfer,

The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
 liShod in Connecticut.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The action of the Ohio legislature in vot- ing for biennial sessions will leave only five States out of the forty-four whose
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14

scends with c graceful curve to the left aide, where 1t ends at the hem. This draping is hsld in place with rosette bows of pink and green shot velvet. The low bodice is pointed In front, but has three inch basque in the back. In front comes . full plastron of gathered pink crepe which Is very wide at the top. The material used for the bodice Is gold embroidered green velvet. The lace sleeves and the frill edging the decollstte in the back are made of one piece of lace. The top of the decollette h finished with folded band of crepe. FLoRKrrE.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
Daudet and Tarascou.


 Paris Correspondenee of the London Daily
 Tslegraph-l
 In connection with the succsss of the company of acton who are playing in southern France the stage adaptation of N. Alphonse DAudets "Sspho." the fs- nous novelist gives some smusinz details of his adventures in his native province since the publication of "Tsrtsrin de Ta- rascon." That work WAS supposed by the lively southerners to be too strong . carl cature of themselves, and M Daudst was accordingly e1scr.tsd by the people of Ta- rascon and BeAncaire- Lately, however, h- DAudet's pictures of these towns and of the people In them were proc lkirned to be true to life In the paper csiled ths Aioh. and upaolds the banner of Provenoal lise- rAsure and garlic, the vegetable co oftsn decrsed in the north. This seemed 10 acme people in Paris the sgn of reconciliation between the southerners and M. Dsndsi, but the latter now states that be regsined the friendship of the Provspcals three years sinoe-
 The novelist relates how that came about He went iDcognito, as he thought, t0 Ts- rsscon, and took rooms h a good hotel. He had not been there long before he heard people whispering his name. and | nndging each other As he passed. In the evening he saw the landlord coming to- wards him serious, solemn and almost pale The novelist thought that he WAS | about to receive notice 10 quit, ss the car icsturist of Tarsscon. but, to his surprise. | the bonifsoe, In 6 voice choked with emo II ton, said. "Monsieur Dkudet, am under an eternal debt Of gratitude 10 yOu-" The author could scarcely believe his eErf, and was more surprised when the landlord, continuing, said that the establishment i ought to be called the Hotel TartErin. N. Dsudet, all attention and kstonishnsnt, asked the reason why. "Becsuss." sal d Il the other, ''I receive here many English Il people The first thing they ask is where | every good hotel-fseper, I PsrPetrsie 6 | yenial l.i I tell them thai Tsrtsrin ss \ ont hunting, and that be will not be back for week. Then stay for the week, spend money here, and then depart without see ing Tsrtarin. TsrtArtn has made my for tune. and have. therefore, 10 thank M. Daudeti" The author hss, farthsrnore, | shown how wrong the people of TsrAsoon were in the hrst instance when they up- braided him for having carioatured them by his picture Of the "Hunter of Liona." The real Tsrtarin, he says, was En inhshi- tant of Mines, but the name Tsrtkr.n de Tsrasoon WAS chosen as being more sono- rous, slliterstive and effective than TsrtA- rin de Nimes- After having made this confession for the frat time, M- Dsudet is now afraid that the Mines people will fall upon him or close their doors against him when he wants to visit their city.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14

The action of the Ohio legislature in vot- ing for biennial sessions will leave only five States out of the forty-four whose legislatures continue to meet annually.
 The district court at Everett, Massschu- setts, has decided that a storekeeper is guilty of keeping . gambling house who sets up in his place of business @ nickel in-the-elot machine which may put forth cigar or may present only fortune-telling card.
 Professor Edward Orton, an Ohio gsolo- gist, has been making 8 careful study of the coal capacity of that State, and in 6 recent speech before the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers stated that, putting the annual demand ct 25, ,000, 900 tons, which is Il, ,000, 900 more than the amount mar. ksted last year, 1t would take 1000 years to exhaust Ohio's known coal fields. French imports in 1893 amounted in
 value to 3,9s6. .0O0, 900 francs. It was the first time in ten years that they had fallen below 4,000, ,000, 900 francs. In 1899 they amounted to exactly the latter sum, but in
 1891 they were 4, ,7e7, ,OOO, 900 francs. The exports last year amounted to S.s09, ,000, 900 francs. which is lower than any year since 1885. The decline. both in exports and imports, applies to all countries with which France has trade, except Italy, from which country there was . slight increaee in im- ports.
 An arrangement for the automatic clos
 ing of watsr-tisht doors in warships has
 been devised by two workmen in the gov
 ernment dockyard at Davenport. The machinery h operated by the water rush. ing into the vessel through accident, such
 as ramming. When tho water reaches a height of three inches warning bell rings on the bridge and in the engine room, from which points also the doors can be closed | by this arrangement. When the water rises to six inches the doors close autonat-
 ioally and simultaneously. ..
 The ninetisth birthday of Neal Dow will
 occur on March 20, and his friends are in- tending to celebrate 1t with special cess.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14

be of the vslveteen and over it will go s closely fitting overdress of lace. The lace will be 'joined together" GO that 1t seems to be all one. and at the edge will lie in deep points over the silk velvet that makes the rest of the skirt, thus concesling all the joining of the two vslvets. Of course if you have some of the silk velvet left you may work 1t into the sleeves, but they can be accomplished with only the rslVe- teen and the lace.
 Pale green shot silk and yelloSish lace ten inches wide are combined for the ele- aant toilet shown herewith. The trim ming consists of long end of lace which commences at the middle of the train, is then carried up to the skirt band and de-
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
Joan co Are To He Made ssvener-
 able.s
From the London Globe. !

lffom the Loooon oioDe
 It is announced in Rome that the pie liminsry documents with reference to tie Justification of Joan of Arc are already being distributed among tte members of the Cengsresation of Riiea. In all probs- bility, hogerer, the csuse will not be con- olndei for . very long time to come, and 1t must be renenbeTei that even If it "hsst- idcstion" is not '1canonizstiop," and the proper title Of the Maid of Orleans if the csute is regularly introducei will not te 'ssint Joan of Arc" but "Tbe Vepersble Joan of Are" O3e should almost hope that her csue should be lost before the Tribunal rstter than that her memory should be burdeaei with such a very un- romantic title
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14

juncture the Belcher man slsoks the ,on. the other mans pony turns somewhst' and, quick as c flash, the rope hes swupg round, hurling the x. L T. to the erouud. Here the Belcher faction of the spectators break forth in vociferous cheers. The first battle is over and home talent has won 1t. The man on the ground is not hurt-thst is, not much hurt-so he picks himself up, rsmounts bis pany, and pre- pares to enjoy the remaining exercises of the occssion.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
FASHION NOTES.
Velvet Pieced out With Lace.

Velvet gowns have sleeveless coat effects of heavy lace. This Is good idea for re novating a somewhat crushed velvet bod ice. A very little velvet is made to go c long way by the use of lace. If you have & train of silk velvet left over from
 the time when velvet trains were worn on evening gowns of silk, have 1t steamed and renovated to match 1t in fair quality
 of velvetsen. Use your silk velvet for a deep folded sash to the bodice of the new gown and use more of it for the skirt be- low the knee. Make all the rest of the gown of the velveteen with heavy lace over it. The upper part of the skirt will
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-26
MANS INDIGNANTLY.

Peculiarly PitifuI Tale That Comes From
the South Dakota Courts.
MILLER s. D., Sept. 26.-Mrs. Ella E.
Payne has brought suit for divorce
against her husband, George T.. Payne.
Both are people of good families.
Mrs. Payne went east ON q visit and
when she returned she found her hus-
band had gone to Mitchell with her six
children. She followed them, but just
as she got there, hearing Of her pres
ence, he loaded the children into a
wagon and struck back across the
prairies for their home here. Again she
returned, only to find when she arrived
home that her husband had again start
ed over the country for Mitchell Then
she invoked the aid Of the courts, hav-
ing become nearly frantic to see her
children. Judge Goffy made an order
allowing her alimony pending the trial
for divorce. The sheriff has thus far
been unable to serve the papers on
Payne, although it would do little good,
as since he has put his property i'm such
shape as to deprive his wife or it, and
is believed to have started overland with
the children for Texas. The mother Is
gradually, it is thought, losing her rea,
ION ON account of the loss Of her chill.
dren.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-26

DIR. ROBERT KOCH. ed, would destroy
the bacilli which are the cause Of con-
sumption without destroying the pa
tient. The consumption cure was effect.
i've in some cases, but it was useless in
many others and is generally regarded
as one of the failures of a most remark.
able man. Whether the diphtheria cure
will share the same fate remains to be
seen. New York physicians believe in
its efficacy, and DR.. Cyrus Edison has
asked the state board Of health for an
appropriation Of $50, 900 to carry ON ex-
perimental work ON the lines indicated
by DIR. Koch.
The great German bacteriologist was
born in Clausthal, in the Harz noun
tains, Dec. IL, ls43. He was q pre-
cocious student and was graduated from
the University Of Gottingen in 1860 and
then became an assistant in the Ham
burg hospital. From 1879 until 1880 he
was medical inspector at Wattstein,
where he began his bacterioscopic ex-
aminations of infections and made such
important discoveries that he was made
a member of the imperial board of
health of Berlin. In 1882 he discovered
the bacillus of tuberculosis and q year
later led the German cholera expedition
to Egypt and India, where he discover.
ed that the cholera bacillus was the real
source Of cholera poison.
Upon his return TO Germany in 1884
he was honored by a donation Of 100,
900 marks and was the lion of the hour.
The following year he was elected pro
lessor of the medical faculty Of Berlin
and director of the new hygienic insti'
tute Of the university. He has sir
brothers and two married sisters now
living in the United States and Mexico,
DR.. Koch's custom is to rise about
o'clock and work until 2, when he en-
joys q ride. He then devotes four more
hours to the study of bacilli. In thu
evening he entertains his friends. Las
year his wife procured q divorce, ant
he was ordered to pay her one-fourth O
his income. The doctor then married I
young actress.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-26
AIurniniusn sroney.

Financiers are discussing the advisa-
bility of the question Of replacing the
material OF the bank notes and bonds
with aluminium, which has already
served its purpose in the manufacture OF
visiting cards and postal cards. y Is
stated that coins might be made OF the
new metal, these coins 10 be worthless
except so far as the guarantee ct the
bank 10 concerned In placing q valne ON
them Henry Bessemer, the great Eng
lish steel manufacturer, ID warmly 60
pousing the idea and recommends the
making Of such bonds, which, In the
shape Of . coin, are exceedingly Light,
Areuoof and difficult 10 melt, ! q that
they are free from. al the disadvantages
possessed by paper money. BessenaeE
d that be has already perfected U
process which prevents counterfeiting
such coins, making Il more dificult %
counterfeit than paper money, Tor photo
photography has made IL easy 70 initiate
the most skillful design, and the only
safeguard Is the secret process Of max.
ing the paper.-St Louis Post Dispatch.