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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30
Strange Visitor to the Lower Levels
or the COmstOck Mines.

Wednesday night, about s o'clock,
says a late issue of the Territorial Enter
prise, black and white pigeon made
its appearance on the 1,3OO-fOot level
of the Savage mine. The men who
saw the bird futtering about the level
could hardly believe their eyes. Such
thing as a pigeon making its appear
ance at depth of 1900 feet beneath
the surface of the earth appeared to
be an impossibility. 1t seemed more
likely that it was the spirit Of some de-
parted miner come in that shape than
a real bird. Some one had courage
enough to give chase after the strange
visitor, when it disappeared. 1t was
then IN undoubted ghost. About IL
O'Clock, however, as some men were
ascending on the cage at the change of
the shift the bird was heard above,
ffuttering in the shaft. 1t was soon
overtaken by the cage when it was
caught and taken to the surface. 1t
was yesterday to be seen at the works
in temporary cage, where it was
viewed with great satisfaction by all
the miners who say it is good omen.
Now that the bird has come to them
and descended into the lower levels.
they say the luck of the mine will
change. Although the dove brought up
from below no olive branch, it is con-
sidered as sure thing that the water
that has so long flooded the mine will
now subside. News of this strange
little affair spread through the town
next day with astonishing rapidity.
Superintendent Gillette is about as
much pleased with the bird as are his
men. He is going to procure a fine
cage for it, hang it up in the works and
keep it there as long as it lives. Now
that the bird has come there will be
no more breaking of pump-rods and
V-bobs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30
How Two Brothers Met.

The Charleston IS. c. Nems ofTues-
day says /: "An interesting episode in
the lives of two excellent actors occur
red on last Sunday night, the time be-
ing midnight and the place a turnout
on the Northeastern railroad. about
half way between Charleston and Flor
encc. Mr.. Thomas Hunter, of the
Janauschek troupe, the gentleman who
in the performance last night did full
Justice to the role Of the Count Tannin,
is an elder brother of Mr.. Harry Hun
ter, the great comedian and the Lone
Fisherman of the Evangelino combina,
ton The brothers, natives of Boston,
had not met for years. Tom was a
passenger on the down train and Harry
on the up train, and both learned to
their profound sorrow that while one
train would stop on switch the other
would go laundering on. The same
idea occurred to each. They bore III
mind that they were in South Carolina,
and each applied to the conductor of
his train. The appeal was not in vain.
As Mr.. Tom Hunter stood on the rear
platform, handkerchief in hand. pre-
pared to wave tito the passing train, the
latter Stacked speed, and the elder
brothers heart pulsated quicker What
was his JOY when the train stopped, and
who shall depict the scene, as, in the
darkness ofthe night and in the swampy
marsh of Carolina, they graspcd each
others hand, and with few words hur-
riedly spoken and n loving embrace the
brothers, a thousand miles from home,
met and parted"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30

fighting at the familiar sound, and tug
away at their collars in peaceful tran
guilty, and the only true secret Of dog
driving is learned.
To become thorough expert IN dog
driving man should be able to impre-
cate freely and with considerable variety
in at least three different languages.
No one tongue affords cxpletives enough
to do the subject justice. The Indian
tongues are probably the poorest ones
employed in dog driving, owing to their
poverty of expressive adjectives. mi
chastrin' is the nearest approach to
profanity in the Creek tongue, and
means, simply, bad dog. English af-
fords larger vocabulary, and answers
the purpose tolerablv well; but what
ever number Of tongues the driver may
speak, one is absolutely essential to
success in the art, and that is French
Curses seem useful adjuncts in any lam
guage, but curses delivered in French
will get a dog through and over every
thing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30
Delights of Dog Sledging.

A correspondent writing from Mani
toba, b. A., of the pleasures of dog
slcdging, says; Suppose for example,
that you have belligcrent animal in
your train that misses no opportunity
of COMMUNICATING suddenly in his
harness and prostrating the unoilending
lead dog next to him; the attack being
made with SO much vigor and sudden
ness that the victim instantly capitu-
lates and turns turtle" in his traces.
This unlooked-for assault is further ac-
companied by flank movement on
the part of the "foregoer, who, when
ever there is anything in the shape of
fighting going ON, Is sure to have Il
tooth on his own account, never being
very particular whether he attacks the
head of the rear dog or the tail of his
friend in front All this leads to fear
jump on one another; they tangle
traces and back bands and collar straps
into knots and interlacing that battle
your cold fingers to unravel. Very
frequently they roll themselves into
one huge ball, rolling each other in the
snow until they look like one hydra
headed dog. with countless legs and I'M
numbered tails. Under all these pro-
vocations, what are You to do? You
climb out of your slcdge and try the
whip, only to find out that its rapid
application makes things infinitely
worse,-worSe by suggesting the idea
to them that they are being badly bitten
10y an unknown belligerent. Neverthe-
less you whip until, tired out to no
purpose, you hire some one else to con-
tinue the process, after which You
sit down in the snow with 4 misty inn
preston that no language can do JUS
tice to the subject, until, i'll a moment
of frenzy YOU follow the example of
the poet of Perth, VINO "stoode IN Ia
middle of II roode and swoore at large
As though by magic. the dogs cease
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30
A Turkish Romance.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

On the occasion ofthe circumcision of
their thirteen-year-old son of Damad
Pasha brother-in law of the sultan, a
grand ceremony took place in his palace
at Constantinople on the 9th of Nov en-
Der. The chief civil dignitaries and
many of the mollahs were present. In
honor of the event, 600 poor children of
the city, of the same age, were circum-
cised at the expense ofthe pasha, and
presented with money and suits Of
clothing Although Damad Pasha is II
man of great wealth and the most
powerful man in the empire after the
sultan, he is very unpopular, and may
lose his prc-eminence ut any moment
He was originally an ambulatory VEN
der of amulcts, and owes his good for
tune to the grace he found in the eyes
of the sister of the sultan, who capri
ciously chose him for husband on ac-
count of his good looks. She called
him to the palace, had him dressed
up in fine style, and then took him for
her own husband. Finding-woman-
like-that she would have her way, the
sultan made him hey, next a pasha,
then a cabinet minister, etc. The Ara
bian Nights romances are as common
as ever in the East.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30
Duels.

Many interesting stories are told con-
corning duels. The world has been ev-
er full of men ready to fight for fancied
grievance at the drop ola hat; or; iflthey
had no cause then to make one. The
nobleman who fought fourteen duels to
prove that Dante was greater poet
than Ariosto, and on his death-bed ad-
mitted that he had never read either,
was no more crack-brain than one of
Washington's aids, who fought gen.
cral second in rank in the Revolutions
airy war, to prove that Washington was
equal to the official position he held,
and that, as private gentleman, he
was entitled to consideration and re-
spect. La Fontaine once fought duel
with captain whom he suspected of
having designs upon his wife. The Off
Ger disarned the poet, and, assuring
him of the righteousness and falsehood
of the runors. said if he was the cause
of so much trouble he would come to
his house no more. The officers con-
duct so pleased La Fontaine that he
immediately declared that come he
must, and if he did not he would surely
fight him. A French Count and n ma
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30

A VOYAGE of remarkable fatality was
that of the bark Antioch, which arrived
ut New York from Cebu, Philippine
islands, on Saturday. On the 9TH of
September, fifteen days after the vessel
left Ccbu, Chas. &. Clark, aged 20, a son
of the builder Of the Antioch, died. He
had shipped nominally as carpenter in
the hope Of regaining his health. An
drew Bergison, who had been suffering
for some time with sore, which finally
mortified, died October 2lst. Joseph
Green, the steward, an ignorant and
superstitious man, said after Berglson's
funeral that he would be the next. He
became very nervous, ate nothing, but
smoked almost necessarily, and drank
a great deal of tea and coffee. Early
on the morning ofthc oath he died sud
denly. Henry Griffin and Paul Dorm,
both seamen. soon followed, the former
diving on the 2Sth of November of dy-
sentary. and the latter on the Goth of
December, of dropsy or heart disease.
Funeral services were conducted before
lowering the bodies into the sea. Cap
tain uemmingway says that the vessel
is new. this being her first voyage; that
the men had plenty of good food and
water. and fresh provisions frequently.
The crew speak highly of the captain,
and no cause for the remarkable fatality
appears.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30

val captain once once fought under pecu-
liar circumstances. The latter insisted
on naval duel, and proposed that they
should seize each other and jump into
the water. The count said he could
not swim; the captain charged him with
cowardice, and rudely Selling him
jumped into the sea. Both were res
cued, but the captains injuries were so
severe that he died in few days after.
Perhaps the most ridiculous story is that
told of General Putnam, Of Revolution
airy wolf fame, known as "Old Put"
During the Feench war he was chal-
lenged by an English officer. He pro-
posed that each sit on keg of powder,
into the bung of which was lighted a
fuse. After the fuse got well under way,
and the same was uncomfortably near
the hole, the officer ran. Hold on,
my friend; it's only onion seed" cried
the General. IT'S to be hoped that
honor was satisfied.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30

IT appears to he by no means unlike
ly that the celebrated Krupp gun, with
which the whole of German artillery is
at present armed, will be superseded
before very long by another weapon.
Experiments have been lately made in
the foundry at Spandau with bronze
steel, prepared by the Uchatius method,
and these have been SO successful that,
according to the Berlin correspondent
of an Austrian military paper, the in
spection-general of the German artillery
has definitely decided to adopt it as u
material for the manufacture of ord
nance, and has ordered several siege
guns to be made of the new compound,
the secret Of the preparation of which
appears to be now very generally known.
The guns which are thus manufactured
are to have calibre of twelve centeme-
tiers, but will be superior to the Austrian
pieces with the same bore, as arrange
ments will be made to allow larger
charge of powder to be used The con-
struction Of these guns is regarded as
the first step toward the complete sub
stitution Of bronze-steel for steel ord
nance in the German army. Mean
while exceedingly satisfactory exper-
iments have been made on the range at
Steinfeld, near Vienna, with two recent
w constructed fifteen-centimeterb bronze
steel UunS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-30

SEVERE WEATHER ON MOUNT WASH
INGToN.-Mr. ID. c. Murphy, assistant
observer at the signal station on the
summit Of Mount Washington, arrived
ut the base of the mountain on Sunday,
bringing intelligence of recent very
severe weather at the top. He had to
use snow shoes in the descent, rs a
great quantity of snow fell last week,
drifting badly on the lower slopes. A
frightful storm occurred at the summit
on the night of the 10th and the NOR
ming of the 18th. The wind was from
the f. S. f. and n. f., and came not
steadily but in terrific gusts. On the
night of the 10th the velocity increased
from % miles per hour at 8 z. NJ. to
100 miles per hour at II ~. NJ. While
Mr.. Murphy was making out the mid
night report the windows on the east
side of the observatory were broken by
the ice. and it became necessary to put
up wooden shutters. The men remain
ed up all night. Messrs. Cone and
Doyle took several observations of the
barometer thermometer and wind We
locity. The greatest velocity of the
wind was measured at 1 A. nj. on the
1lth, when it reached lS6 miles per
hour. 1t began to decrease afterward.
The barometer fell one inch during the
storm. The amount of snow and sicet
that fell was 2.S9 inches. The tempera-
turc remained at about "a degrees above
zero during the night.