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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
RAGING WINDS.
Paris. Kentucky, and Columbus, In
diana swept By Fearful Cy clones.

A Paris, Ky dispatch of Oct. 29th
says:
Two of the most disastrous cyclones
ever known in this section occurred
here during the last eighteen hours.
The first entailed loss of life and
destruction of property, and the sec
ond marked its path clear across the
city from west to east with immense
damage The first cyclone appeared
at this afternoon and tearing woods,
its way through the grounds Of DR..
Kenny, near Huston Station, on the
Kentucky Central, ranged north
ward, passing through the property
of Jos. Mitchell, destroyed outhouseS,
and making a road through his woods
across to the Winchester pike and
into Sam Clay's estate where it blew
down a two story brick house occupi-
ed by negroes All the family were
buried beneath the debris. Anthony
Johnsons wife and grandson, aged s.
were terribly crushed and were killed
instantly, while Johnson, though a
cripple, escaped The cyclones last
effort was against the tobacco barn,
containing large quantity of tobac-
CO. this it demolished and exposed the
contents cousing a damage of several
thousand dollars Other farms sus-
tanned minor losses of fences and tim
Der. The second cyclone came from
the west, and striking log cabin ON
Georgetown street, unroofed it and
struck the postotlice building and car
ried away the roof. 1t struck the
large building occupied by Geo. Z.
Mccartney as grocery, damaging it
somewhat
Another part of the storm blew in
a window in the City School causing
panic, but did not injure any of the
school children The storm next
struck the three-story building occu-
pied by j. w. Davis & Co, and
knocked over the fire wall and a por-
ton of the third story upon the adj
joining two-story building, carrying
the roof through to the ground floor
and wrecking the building. The sec
ond floor was composed of Offices, the
occupants of wb ch escaped. The
ground floor was occupied by j w.
Lator's clothing store, lator sustained
slight injuries, while his stock was
damaged considerably, H. II. Hutch.
crafts hemp warehouse was unroofed
and the stock damaged by rain, and
an adjoining warehouse, owned by
w. " Massie and occupied by Goss
& Hanlen with grain and agricultural
implements, was not only unroOied,
but a portion of the walls was carried
500 feet away and lodged in Stoney
Creek, Just above the dam.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
How to Winter Potatoes.

AT present date the inquiry occurs
What is the best way 10 store the POI
tatoes for the approaching winterl If
placed in cellar, they should not be
heaped upon the bottom, but either be
deposited in bins, on in boxes, barrels
orhogsheads The BINS should be partly
open at the bottom, the narrow boards
or planks being placed AN inch apart,
and these should be some inches above
the cellar bottom to admit air.
Large boxes, raised half foot ON
cross-timbers, do equally well. The
boxes used by nurserymen for send
ing trees to their customers are Just
the thing. One viii hold twenty
bushels or upward Coarse sacking
or tight board covers are required to
exclude the light IL barrels or hogs
heads are employed, holes should be
bored in the bottoms, and timbers
placed under them.
In past years it was common to
bury potatoes IN heaps, ample cellars
room not having been provided in
those days. Many bushels were lost
from imperfect protection and tho
want Of ventilation. Sometime they
were frozen, but more commonly the
tops Of the heaps were found rotten
when opened, the result of a accu-
of foul air there and the
want of ventilation at the apex, They
were often spoiled by too much damp
ness. All these difficulties were at
once obyiated by using enough straw
and making ventilation hole at the
top. A foot of packed straw was
found Sufficient to absorb the extra
as well as toexclude frost.
A few inches of earth on the straw
outside, beaten smooth and compact,
were all that was required to keep the
straw in position. A hole made in
the apex of the heap, two or three
inches in diameter, stopped with loose
wisp of straw, allowed the foul air to
During the coolest weather
it was more compactly closed. A we'll
drained SPOT must always be selected.
We have known heaps of potatoes
seventy or eighty bushels
thus kept through the winter, and
opening fresh and in excellent condi-
ton in spring, with the loss Of scarce
ly peck Of the roots. Where farm
ers have raised large crops this year,
TO be kept till spring, aud have not
ample cellor-room, this mode may be
adopted In grain
growing regions they have an abund-
ance of straw for such purposes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
now DIAMONDS ARE CUT.
SOFT Iron Employed TO Saw the Hard
est OfGems i'm Twain.

There are three processes L necessary
to be gone through with between the
rough stone and the diamond as you
see it here, replied the ieweler
First a piece of stone of the required
size must be cut off. To do this we
use a circular saw made Of sheet-iron
and without teeth ii is worked like
a wood-worker's saw, and two men
stand at the treadle. One man holds
the stone to be cut tightly against sthe
edge of the saw, while the other. us
ing a small feather dipped in oil, APP
plies diamond dust to the edge of the
saw. The saw is made of very due
tile metal, and the particles of dia
mond dust becoming firmly set in it.,
soon wear through the hardest stone.
Now the piece Of diamond passes to
the cutting table, upen which is strap
ped a wheel running parallel to the
top of the table. The stone is faSten-
ed by cement to the end of a stick six
inches long. The lapidary takes the
stick in his right hand and holds the
stone firmly against the wheel until
one facet is ground down. Diamond
dust and water are constantly applied
TO the wheel. The table and upper
facets of the stone are cut this way
and the stone is then removed from
and readjusted to the stick before the
lapidary cuts the under sides, callets
and remaining facets The stone is
manipulated the same in the third OF
polishing process. The wheel now
ever, is composed mainly of tin, aad
tripoli and rotten stone are used IN
ihn nnlishinor nrntass
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
The Death of the Bull.
From n snnnish I.etter.

A long, bright rapier was handed
over the fence to an eXpectant torero,
appropriately known as the ''matador,"
or murderer, who once more had q
dangerous task to fulfill. Waiting
ominously while the bull regalned his
breath, the man proceeded to aggra-
waite the animal from a little distance
by Haunting the maddening cloak be-
fore his eyes. This time, however
there was death in the pot; the gaudy
rag concealed keen blade beneath its
treacherous folds. AT length came the
furious rush, a sharp step aside, a flash
of bright steel-but no; the opportuni-
ty was unfavorable, and the blade was
replaced. Again, and yet again this
vancouver was repeated, until finally
the wished for occasion presentedx it.
self, and instantly, with a cruel
chick, the sharp blade was thrust
by nervous arm into the massive
shoulder, only the duh hilt showing
beside the spinal column. We of
course, expected TO see the animal drop
dead at once but not at all He did
not dash with renewed fury across the
arena in hot pursuit of his tormentor,
and his immense strength and endur-
ance seemed to be effected but little if
at all A few minutes elapsed and a
fresh blade was handed to the matador.
Then followed, as before, the treacher-
our waving of the cloak, and all was
expectancy. when there arose "A stimuli
taneous shout of warning alike from
Sol Sombra. The mans long Saan had
become loose, and ono end dangled on
the ground With a hasty bow of
acknowledgement the Grant sash was
gathered in, and at the same moment
came the rush of the furious and des-
pairing bull A bright flash, a cruel
sickening chick and the gallant
beast stumbled and sank on his knee,
while triumphant shout rent the air.
Then the matador, approaching, drew
from his sash a short dagger. drove il
between the vertabrp, and the poor
bull instantly fell ON his side dead as
a log The band struck up gayly, the
distant doors flew open, and four
shapely mules, halnessed to stout
beam and brightly decked with rib
bons were trotted to the carcass. A.
moose was hitched round the mighty
horns, crack went the whip, the caval-
cade swept around the arena at
gallop and finally disappeared
through the open doors which were
at once slammed together And Sol
and Som5ra settled themselves to
await the advent of fresh ball.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
The Lost Rivers Of Idaho.


One of the most singular features
in the scenery of Idaho is the occur
renee of dark, rocky chasms, into
which large streams and creeks sud-
denly disappear and are never more
seen. These assures are old lava
channels, produced by the outside of
the molten mass cooling and forming
a tube, which, on the fiery stream be-
coming exhausted, has been left emp
ty while the roof Of the lava duct,
having at some point fallen in, pre-
sents there the opening into which
the river plunges and is lost. At one
place along the banks Of the Snake,
one Of these rivers reappears, gush-
ing from CLEFT high up in the basal
tic walls, wherr it leaps, a cararact
into the torrent below. Where this
stream has its origin, or at what
point it is swallowed up, is utterly
unknown, though it is believed that
its sources are long way up ia the
north country. Besides becoming the
channels of living streams, these lava
conduits are frequently found impac-
ted with ice masses which never en-
tirely melt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
A NEW BIT OF ROGERY.
The Latest Swim die, In which "a Clever
Youth - Aided by Pretty Girl
}altinlnre SUI

An ingenious swindle, and one
which has been worked to great sue
cess, has been practiced on unsuspcCt-
ing trade people, druggists and others
in Baltimore this week The latest
three transactions took place about
dusk on Thursday evening. and the
victims were all within "a short dis
lance of each other. About the time
mentioned a well-dressed young man.
attended by an engaglng-looking
young lady, drove up in a fine buggy
in front of a well-known drug store
in North Baltimore. He did not
alight, but called loudly for the pro-
prletor of the store, who went out to
see what was wanted. Then the
genteel young man, in hurrid and
breathless way, explained that he was
the son Of a well-known coal-dealer
with whom the Druggist was on very
intimate terms. The lady in the car
riage was his wife. and they were on
their way to an entertainment, when
he had, suddenly discovered he was
without a cent of money. Would the
Druggist kindly loan him SO, as he
was in too great q hurry to 90 all the
way back home for some OF course
the drugstore man would. The bold
ness Of the request and the appear
ance of the young man were sufficient,
and the druggist went into the store,
took SO from the drawer, returned to
the carriage and handed the young
man the money.
After few hurrid thanks the
vehicle was driven rapidly off. II
stopped in front of grocery store
not more than a block away. The
young man went through the same
programme, and obtained the money
asked for. Then the couple drove
to another drugstore near the bound
airy, and by the same operation, ex-
cept that the young man represented
himself as the son Of a prominent
manufacturer and the lady as his
sister, the usual so was obtained.
Other places were similarly victim
lied, one Baltimore-street merchant
losing S25. and it is thought that the
couple left Baltimore with several
hundred dollars obtained from the
confident store-keepers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08

Never made any money out OF pigs
always shut up in a pen, and do not
believe other people can. have re
allied a profit when the pigs ran in a
clover or orchard grass field, and
made a considerable portion Of their
growth on grass or other cheap feed,
Now, if my neighbor who fed out his
"old corn in the pen TO his pigs
would calculate ahead and have a nice
range for his hogs, where they could
get good share of their living, and
then give them part Of the corn, he
would increase his profits. well, "
he says, they win not grow as fast,
nor weigh as much" am not sure
but they will grow as fast. A pig likes
a variety Of food He viii thrive on
grass alone when no other food is pro
vided. A pig wintered over will get
fat on green clover or fresh growing
orchard grass a little grain VIII
make proportionally more growth
when a pig runs IN "a field than when
it is confined in pen.
Supposinga pig will not weigh more
than half as much when it runs out
and helps itself, as il would if shut up
in a pen and fed all the corn it would
eat; It does not cost half as much, and
the flesh is hundred times better
food. do not wish TO. eat pigs shut
up all sumner in foul pen and stuff
ed with corn. II is an unnatural and
sickly condition fer a pig which loves
pure air and the food incident to a
free life. He may not weigh as much.
1t is not a question of weight, but Of
health and profit II two hundred
pounds cost all it viii bring, and one
hundred costs only one half, which is
most profitable Col K. ID. Curtis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
1t Was Very Simple.

When Webster was at the zenith of
his career, a gentleman waited upon
hlm one day TO engage him for the
defense in an important case at law
the amount at stake in the suit be
ing $50, 900. The gentleman asked
w ebster what the retaining fee would
be.
"A thousand dollars
"a thousand dollars" exclaimed
the gentleman
Yes. But think for a moment
what | engaged to do, sir. do not
only hold myself at your service in the
matter. perhaps for a month or more,
but | debar myself from accepting any
offer, no matter how large, from the
plaintiff.
The applicant was satisfied with
this explanation, wrote out a check for
the amount and gave it to the great
eXpounder, who, after he had put it
into his pocket, said
II Will nov give you "A bit of ad-
vice gratis If you car compromise
this business upon fair terms with
the plaintiff, you had better do so.
Iut tiiCul On pibASeu ms ludllkS anu
took his leave. Ina few days after the
gentleman called upon Webster again
and told him that a compromise had
been effected. Webster duly con
graduated his visitor on the result.
and would have turned to other
business, but the visitor seemed to
have something further on his mind.
"Of course, he yentured, after a
pause, u shall not require your ser
vices, Mr.. Webster.
Certainly not sir
"And and how about the 81, 900 |
paid your" faithfully asked the gen
tleman, who was not quite reconciled
to paying such a sum for services
which were never 10 be rendered
"Oh, ali I responded Daniel, with a
bland smile. you don't seem TO UNI
derstand. 1t is very simple. That was
a retaining fee called in law a re
tainer. BY virtue of the contract,
also became a retainer What should
/ retain, if not my fee2"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
A Quaker Wedding.
Philadelphia Times

The marriage procession started
from second-foor sitting-room and
wendell its way silently down into the
parlor. The ushers went first, then the
bride and groom, then the families of
each Of the contracting parties, and
lastly the guests and a committee
from the Race street meeting, who
were present to see that everything
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08

SAVANNAH, Ga, was visited We'd
nesday by an awful calamity, which
should insure it immediate sympathy
of the public. Shortly after noon a
fire broke out in large cotton ware
house, which spread with terrible
rapidity, destroying 300 houses and
rendering homeless fully ], 500 people,
who are now wandering panic-stricken
along the outskirts of the hame-swept
district. To add to the horrors of the
calamity, three bodies have been re-
covered from the ruins and several
other persons are known to have per
ished. The loss will aggregate fully
1000, 000 The Secretary OF War has
ordered the barracks in the city to be
placed at the disposal Of the authori-
ties, and vigorous measures will at
once be taken to relieve the suffering
multitude
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08
characteristics Of Hands.

Hands are divided into three differ.
ent kinds those with round pointed
fingers, those with square tips and
those that are spade-shaped with
pods of flesh on each side of the nail
The first type with round pointed fin
gers, belong to characters with per
cephons extra sensitive, to very pious
people, to contemplative minds, to the
mpulsive, and to all poets and ar
lists who have Ideally as a prominent
trait. The square shaped belong to
scientific people, sensible, self-con-
tanned characters, and to the profess
sional men who are neither visionary
nor altogether sordid The spade
shaped type with pods Of flesh at each
side of the nail indicates people
whose interests are mostly material.
Each finger nomatter what kind of a
hand IT is joined to, has a joint repre-
senting each of those types. The di-
vision of the finger that is nearest
the palm stands for the body the mid
die division represents mind, and the
highest JOINT spirit or soul. If the top
joint is longer than the others, it de
notes a character weakened by too
abundant Imagination, great ideal
ity, and a leaning toward the rhetor-
zeal rather than the practical. When
the middle joint of the finger is long,
it promises a logical mind, and when
the lowest joint is longest, it indi-
Gates nature that clings more to the
luxuries than the refnements of life.
If they are nearly alike, ii indicates a
well-balanced mind, especially if the
length of the fingers equals the length
of the palm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08

The Princess of Wales likes to have
her picture taken. So does every
beautiful woman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08

1t is reported from Washington that
the Chicago friends of Lieut. Spald
ing, Of the United States navy, killed
by a torpedo explosion at Newport, r.
J., in 1881, intend to bring suit in the
Court of Claims to secure payment Of
damages by the Government Lieut..
Spalding and Lieut.. Commander Eads
were conducting experiments with the
TORPEDO, when il exploded and both
were killed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08

why, how do you do, exclaimed
a gossping lady to Mr.. and Mrs. Rat
tier as they paused on the church
steps; did you know that Miss High
see. our soprano, is going to marry
our first basso" What ball club
does he belong tor innocently queried
Rather. The ladies continued the
conversation without his assistance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08

The sudden death of the 517-pound
woman, who was married scarcely a
month ago, must be heavy loss TO
her doting husband.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-08

A light wood dressing table was
prettily decorated with white dotted
swiss, in two long pieces, which we're
gathered at the top Of the mirror and
fell gracefully over the sides. The top
was ornamented by a bow Of pale blue
ribbon.
The Democratic advocate., 1883-09-08
Seed and Fertilizers.

A seed of wheat or corn is put into the soil,
warmth and moisture start the latent life IN
the germ, the matter of the seed forms the
substance of the young plant, which subsists
upon it until it can gather food from the soil,
which is when the first rootlet is put forth.
When this occurs the plant feeds from the
soil, and the seed may remain partly used up,
or it may decay and become mingled with the
soil. Now, we might as well expect to get
large wheat plant from large seed, or a large
potato from large cutting, as a large bird
from a large egg; and yet, from large white
Leghorn egg we shall get a very small white
Leghorn fowl, and from a small light Brahma
egg we shall get a monstrous bird; or from
the small turkeys egg we may get forty
pound turkey-if we feed them Just right.
This is the true inwardness of this matter, and
if we feed the young plants just right as soon
as they emerge from their small eggs, by sup
plying the soil with the right food in a soluble
condition, we shall get the large growth which
is natural and inbred to the variety. And
this is the secret of fertilizing in the hill or
the drill. But it is a good and bad method.
For it is good if we give the plant some highly
nutritious and precisely proper food in soluble
condition, so that it may feed beautifully upon
it, but it is bad if we stop there and contine
the plant when it is full grown to this circum
scribed feeding ground. The writer once
pulled up some cornstubs to show a neighbor
the effect of manuring in the hill. The whole
stubble of the hill came up in small bunch,
in the centre of which, grasped firmly by a
small, compact knot of roots, remained por-
ton of the manure put in the hill, and which
was not yet all completely decomposed. A
hill of corn so manured cannot feed vigorously
because it is confined to the small quantity of
manure or the fertilizer given to it. But if
the ground is manured broadcast and the ma
nure is thoroughly mixed with the soil, the
young plant will soon find the food, and the
root will wrap itself about that and send out
little fibre here and others there, which wind
themselves around the food, and so they
spread in the soil until the soil is filled with
network of them, and every particle of it
contributes something to the rootlet which
seizes upon it. 1t is very we'll to put little
fertilizer in the hill or the drill to start on,
but another supply should be put just beyond
it, and another beyond that, and so on until
the whole soil can be occupied. And just
now, as we are thinking of sowing fall grain,
we may remember that it is not enough to use
fertilizers in the drill, unless at the same time
the whole soil has been literally supplied with
manure.