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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11

Fdindnrgh Review

The largest refracting telescope as
yet actually completed has light
gathering surface ~ inches in diane
ter. This is the great Vienna equa-
torial, admirably turned out by Mr.,
Grub, of Dublin, in 1880, but still
awaiting the commencement of Its
exploring career. 1t will, however,
soon be surpassed by the Pulkowa
telescope, ordered more than four
years ago ON behalf of the Russian
Government from Alvan Clark &
Sons, of Cambridgeport, Mass. Still
further will be surpassed by the COM
ing Lick refractor. 1t is safe to pre-
dict that the optical championship of
the world is, at least for the next -four
years, secured to this Cigar tic instru-
munt, the completion of which may
be looked for in the immediate future.
1t will have a clear aperture of three
feet A disk of flint glass for the OBJ
ject lens, 3S, Is inches across, and 10
Kilograms in weight, was cast at the
establishment of NJ Fell, in Paris, in
1882. -Four days we're spent and IS
tons of coal consumed in the casting
of this vast 6awless crystal; and it
took calendar m9nth to cool, and
cost $4,000. I. may be regarded as
the highest triumph so far achieved,
in the art of optical glassmaking. A
refracting telescope three feet in aper-
ture collects rather more light than a
speculum of four feet In this quality
then, the Lick instrument will have,
besides the Rose leviathan, which
for many reasons may be considered
to be outof the running, but one rival.
And over this rival-the As inch re.
hector of the Melbourne Observatory
lit will have all the advantages of
agility and robustness, so to speak,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
How to Make Money.

P. G. Henderson, of Central City,
Iowa. who is president of the Iowa
State Dairy Association, and practl-
cal dairyman, in letter recently,
gives figures showing the number of
pounds of milk bought at his cream
cry, and the number of pounds of but
ter made from the milk, from Janu-
airy 1, 1884, to August 1, 18S4-seven
months, milk, 1,090, 062; butter, Az
1856. This shows one pound butter to
24t pounds milk, or about 422 pounds
butter to 100 pounds of milk.
This, for so long time. and that
too, through the early spring months,
is remarkable yield. 1t was only
done by very careful management at
every step. If a cow be worth keep
ing at all she will give at least 5000
pounds annually She then will yield
above 200 pounds OF butter per year,
which at 20 cents per pound would be
about $40 90, besides a calf worth
S15 90 at s months old, S. 90 worth of
sweet milk for young pigs. Here is a
total OF $50 90, for a COW that only
costs $500 to keep-interest labor
and feed all included.
Do cows pave The Globe can prove
that good cows are always profitable,
either in cream selling or butter max
ing, and the farmer who lives within
reach of this, the best market in Iowa,
and does not keep good COWS simply
lets golden opportunity go by.
Any COW that is worthy the name,
ought to yield as here figured. But
suppose she is a good Jersey, and
should give, as they generally do, a
pound Of butter to 20 pounds of milk,
the income is still increased. We are
in need of more cattle to-day. Good
crops of hay, corn and cattle are
scarce. Increase the herds; improve
the stock. Deal in stock and make
money easy. -Oskaloosa Globe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
Feeding Grain TO Horses.

The capacity of the horses stomach
is about sixteen quarts. This fact
should be borne in mind by those who
have charge OF horses. In feeding
grain to horses it is important that it
should be fed at such a time that it
may remain in the stomach as long as
need be to secure its complete diges-
ton. The heterogeneous elements, IN
which grain is richer than ether foods,
are better digested in the stomach than
in the intestines. The grain should
be fed after the hay has been eaten,
and no other food or drink should be
given for some time after, so that the
grain may remain ia the stomach until
it is fully digested. If the grain is
fed first, and then a ration, for in
staHce, of seven pounds of hay, the
grain will be speedily forced from the
stomach by the hay.
In eating the hay, it will be mixed
with four times its weight of saliva,
and an hour and half will be requir-
ed for masticating it. In order to
have the stomach digest well it should
not contain more than ten quarts at a
time. and IN eating ten pounds OF hay
the animal swallows at least two
stomachfuls of hay and saliva, one of
those having passed on into the mites
tines.
If the grain had been fed first, be-
fore the hay, the grain would have
speedily passed out of the stomach
into the intestines, where it will digest
less completely than if allowed to re-
main in the stomach. 1t is the Office
of the stomach to digest the nitrogen
Gus parts of the food, and as the oats
or corn contain four or five times as
much of these as the same amount of
hay, it is obviously more important to
have the grain subjected to the full
action of the gastric juices than to
have the hay retain them. Hence, in
feeding grain it should be fed after
the hay ration has been eaten. This
matter we'll worth remembering IN
feeding horses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
A Ride ON a Whales Back.
Hartford Curant.

1--WE take white whales on the run
sometimes, said an old sailor, ''and
the last one / took last season got
joke on me that amt quite worn off
yet. We went out in a gang that day,
some with rifles and some with har-
poons, and | reckon there was ten
boats all told, and right do VA by the
mouth of the creek we struck a school
of 'em, so big that there was nothing
out heads poppin' up all around.
w hen we got into the lot the boys be-
gan a-shootiu' and strikin', and got so
mixed up that we didn't know where
we was for a while My boy had my
harpoon, and the only thing | got
holt on was lance, Jest like this, and
as | was standing in the bow, a big
whale came up under me. let drive
and sunk the lance into him about
two feet, and at the same moment one
of the other boats struck rs right
amidships. lost my balance, and
afore | knew it | was settin on that
old whales back, hangin' on to the
pole and goln' along like creased
lightnin' The hoys set up yell and
made way for me aad off / went
"Ye see, " continued the speaker,
''the water was only about four feet
and the eritter couldn't dive, so l just
chung to it, First she struck in shore
and then skirted along the beach, a
snoItin and putin and beatin' the
water with her tail soft you could
hear her clean across the bay. But
she couldn't shake me off. l jist
clung to the handle and let her rip,
and pretty soon, when we came TO q
shoal place, L beached her, or she
beached me. l didn't know which.
Anyway, l reckon I'm the first one
that ever rode a whale in these dig
gins
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
Too Rich Food.

Again, let us say, that an avenue of
kitchen prodigality, and also high
way of sickness in the family, lies in
the making of pastries. Pies may
generally be set down as pernicious;
they should be the exception. not the
rule, in the family menu For child
rem and dyspeptics, they are danger
Gus. Fruit is always wholesomer
and more economical desert than
pastry, but the fruit saould be coed,
soIna, well ripe, but not verging
toward decay. Another remark as to
kitchen economy and family health
combined, may take the direction of
the canned fruit and meat supply.
Very many recent forms of disease,
and a marked increase IN blood and
stomach disorders, may be traced to
our great use of canned articles. These
are expensive and also unwholesome.
The methods of canning, the careless
ness of dirt in the operation, the use
of fruit and meat already beginning
to spoil, AID of glucose, render canned
articles poor diet; dried fruits are al
ways more wholesome ana cheaper.
The market affords all varieties; they
can be well washed, and a skillful
housekeeper can prepare them IN
numerous ways one Is not reduced 10
always setting dried fruit forth mere
~ slewtd. -Heme Science.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
A Veterans Story.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.


81 was in Washington in 1912; and
while visiting over in Alexandria in
that year | saw the first troops called
out to fight the British as they entered
Washington to be armed. / remem-
Der it as well as if it had been yester
day, for | stood on the street as the
boys marched by with beating drums
and flying banners. Washington
was a Struggling little village then,
and Alexandra was one OF the great
cities of the country"
The speaker was Col. s. D. Betton,
now of Cuthbert, Ca, but recently
of Butler county, Alabama. be stood
and talked to reporter for an hour
at the union depot Sunday night, and
his conversation was most interesting.
Betton is 70 years old, and is still hale
and hearty, as spry as boy of 20.
~ went with Lafayette to France
in 1926" continued the old gentle
mau How well | remember it. We
sailed in the frigate Brandywine from
the mouth of the Potomac river Sept.
IL, 1925. There were forty Two Off
GERS on board, and / can tell you their
names aad their fate-what became Of
each of them. On, we had a big time
then.
In riding on horseback from Nil
l,dgeville, Ca, to Hartford, Conn,
once travelled sixty five miles in one
day. and stopped at a big wedding,
where we danced all night | went
TO school in Milledgeville in 1917
with 1853 boys and girls, and OF that
number only thrse are living to-day.
can give vow the names of all the
people living in Milledgevile at that
time. distinguishing between males
and females"
Col. Betton was stakeholder IN
the first railroad enterprise ever inaug-
urated in this Countrywide Baltimore
81 OHIO, in 1927. He was then IN
Washington, and subscribed for stock
at the very outset of the enterprise.
Now there are 125, 900 miles of rail-
road in the United States.
Col Betton was an officer in the
United States navy some fifty odd
years ago. He is wonderfully well
preserved old gentleman. He says
Il never had any pains at ell. | ana
perfectly well, and have worked ike
slave all the year" And with that
| he held UP his hands TO show they
had become horny from work. He Is
Just as Jolly and full of fun as any
boy, and bids fair to live to be hun
4 bred years old.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
Swine.

The aim of pork raisers should b
10 get rid of the poor hogs and keen
none but the best sows' for breeding
This is simply what the books cali
careful selection. If preferred if
may be called "judicieus slaughter
ing" The first aim of the pig breeder
should be to get healthy, vigorous
pigs. Crossing common. vigorous
and healthy sows with fine bened
pure bred bears makes strong, healthy.
vigorous pigs, very profitable for pork
making. Some pork raisers contend
that, commonwealth we call native
animals are healthier than pure
bred animals. We want the health.
vlgor, hardness and powerful diges.
ton of the native united with the
guietness of disposition, fine bones,
small offal, early maturity, and fatteu-
ing qualities of the pure bred To a
large degree this can be accomplished
by selecting the best native or grade
sows and breeding them TO the finest
and best pure bred bears.
Each of the improved breeds of
swine has many points of excellence
to recommend it, and each has large
class of admirers, who are satisfied
that their favorite is a little the best.
This is simply an honest difference of
opinion, caused chiefly by the circum-
stances and the surroundings of the
breeder. The farmer VINO has range
of large wood lot, or broad acres of
pasture, naturally prefers the large
breeds; while the man whose acres
are few and valuable, justly believes
in the smaller varieties.
A correspondent likes the Berkshire
hog best. He says of it: ut grows
fast, is strong. quiet, healthy, easily
fattened, and brings the top price in
market either alive or as pork; the
meat is unsurpassed in flavor, firm,
tender, juicy, lean and fat well pro-
portioned, and of fine color"
The notion that pigs are more pro
fitable when fattened and sold at ten
months is being generally adopted.
Says the National LiUe Stock Jour
nal: ''When well fed pigs may be
brought to 800 pounds weight at 300
days old all that is put on beyond
that is produced at a loss-that is,
that pigs falrewed March /, should
be ready for sale January l. This
requires good feeding from the first
day to the last. But this weight can
be produced on pasture and eighteen
bushels of corn, add when $50 can be
realized for the pig the transaction
should be profitable 1t would be
better, and often cheaper, to feed
some middlngs with the corn. But
if the pasture was good the corn
would not injure the pigs, al
though the middlings or shorts
would be healthier as part of
the food, especially when the
pigs were very young or just weaned.
If the best profit is to be realized the
pigs must be pushed judicousiy every
day of their lives-and this grass diet
will make it safe to do this"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
COOKING A GIRL


A. 81. johnston, IN Popular Science Monthly.
Earle, who wrote very readable.
iHtc lligent, and but little known ac-
count of the Maoris very early In the
present century, speaks of the gentle
manners and kindly ways of a New
Zealand chief, whom afterward he
discovered TO be an inveterate canrx-
bal. He relates that he visited the
place where was cooking the body of
young slave-girl that his friends had
killed for the purpose. The head was
severed from the body: the four quar-
ters, with the principal bones remov-
ed, were compressed and packed into
small oven in the ground, and
covered with earth. 1t was a case of
unjustifiable cannibalism. No re-
venge was gratifed by the deed, and
no excuse could be made that the body
was eaten TO perfect their triumph.
Earle says that he learned that it
takes many hours to cook, that it is
very tough if not thoroughly cooked,
but that it pulls in pieces, like bit of
blotting paper, if well done. He con
tinues that the victim was a hand
some, pleasant-looking girl of 16, and
one that he used frequently to see
about the pah. To quote his own
words:
while listening to this frightful
detail we felt sick almost to fainting.
We left Atoi" 0he chief who had
killed the CRIB, and again strolled
toward the spot where this disgusting
feast was cooking. Not a native was
now near it; a hot steam kept occa-
sionally bursting from the smethered
mass, and the same dog that we had
seen take the head of the girl now
crept from beneath the bushes and
sneaked toward the village; TO add to
the gloominess of the whole, a large
hawk rose from the very spot where
the poor victim had been cut in
pieces. My friend and | sat gazing in
this melancholy place it was a lower
ing, gusty day, and the moaning of
the wind through the bushes, as it
swept around the hill on which we
were, seemed in unison with our feel
ings."
Earle goes on to relate how he and
three other compatriots whom he
SuIumOuCQ IFOu tlc DodCu lOf Iu6
purpose, with the Enghshman's us ual
impairment interference, and intoler
ance of customes differing from his
own, determined to Illustrate Atoi's
intention. They together visited the
hill where the fesh was cooking, and,
destroying the oven, = buried the re.
mains in the earth. They found the
heart put on one side for the special
delectation of their constant friend
and companion, Atoi. Earle was
afterwar1 good-humoredly told by the
chief that their interference had been
of no avail, as they had found the
grave where the flesh had been buried,
and opening it, soon after he and his
friends had left, had finished cooking
it and eaten it all.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11

the soil made by their toes and COW
ercd by their heels. On the table
were many Injuries served on plate,
and partaken of by as intelligent a
family as | ever saw. The slaves were
at their lazy field work by day, and
by the time of evening they would
gather on the lawn to hear the master
read prayers, after which they would
go happily to comfortable cabins.
The whole plantation life was one of
prosperity and primitive peace, and
In the power of a sweet Christian
spirit. But, sad to say, that planta-
ton was an exceptionally good one.
AS rule, though Brazil is nominally
an agriculturist country, the agricul
ture Of your acquaintance does not
flourish there.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
Brazilian Farm Life.

1 would like to give you picture
of Brazilian farm life, writes Lima,
Peru, correspondent of the Spring
field Mass Republican. Some
months ago / was five days on an
Anaias coffee plantation. The pro
prietor had owned 1t nine years. He
had bought it for 81, 600 of your mon
ey, and had paid for it in coffee
grown on land that in 1875 was a vlr.
gin forest. Last years crop Melted
him IA, 600 arrobas, and as we walked
over his rich fields he told me that
this year he should do better still.
He does not depend altogether on cot
fee, but took me into corn fields equal
in growth to those of Illinois, through
grass fields green with heavy growth,
and among fruit trees that made
glad my heart. The corn was
planted, so he told me, by slaves, who
would drop the kernels into holes IN
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11

Until England checked the slave
trade on the coast of Africa a while
ago, thousands of people living near
the great Lake Nyassa were torn from
their homes every year and sold into
slavery tn Zanzibar, Madagascar, and
other markets. The Universities
Mission released many of the slave
boys, and has been educating them IN
the mission school at Zanzibar, Nom
bassa, and other places. These young
men are now going back to Lake
Nyassa, where they are to be station
ed in the towns along its hundreds OF
miles of coasts to aid in the clvilizlng
work in progress. A little
steamboat, costing Sl5.OOO,
is now building in Eng
land for their use. 1t is 10 be
taken in small pieces TO the lake,
where it viii be put together. IL will
leave the young men at the villages
20 which they are assigned, and Will
VISIT them at regular intervals, keep
ing up frequent communication be
tween all important points on the
lake. Rev. Mr. johnson recently
returned to England with some OF
the brightest of these young men,
who are being fitted to run the
steamers engine and to take sole
charge of the vessel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
THE LITTLE GIRL THEY TOOK
FROM ME.

/ see her dimpled little bands
with baby fingers quaint and Weti
Her shining hair in siiken stranos--
The little girl they took from me
see her. too, with look so wise
That germs OF knowledge yet 20 oe
Seemed growing in her winsome eyes
The little girl they took from me.
hear a bubbling little voice
That cooed upon my breast IN Rleei
And made my mother heart reJolce-
The little girl they took from me.
But OH my baby's darling face
I pevermore again viii see;
For God himself can not replace
Inc niue s"' '-i'' w. e. NJ
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11

which its system of construction AZ
fords, while the exquisite definition
for which Alvan Clark is famous viii
presumably. not be absent.
New-York tribune., 1884-11-27
RAILROAD.
on and after Nov is, 1884.

J
AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE. ..--.
rrsns NewYOrk via DesDrossos and Corlani See
TeIics ss Follows: - ., ~, ,,,..
Hsnismrg PitfsbuTs the West and south with Pullman
Palace Cars attached. a. No.. and y p m Cally New
York and chicago Limited o. PaIor Dining, Smoking ana
: Sleeping at a n. every Gay. , -.
klla'us Lock Haven. "a. M T. m CORY anu ffle
81 y N connecting at Cory for TitusNne. petroleum
Genre AMI the oil Regions
csIuOre washington and the south "Ifmitod washington
TInrcss Pullman Paror Cars daily except sunGay; 10
am, arrive Washington 4:05 =. IN keguar AZ so ecu
and $50 "A. m l. $40 and IN. and IL night suhuay
L G.i5 a. n. 9 p ~. and ~ nil ht.
fof A. su.ic city except sunday Loo p. IN.
SOr Cane MAY. except unday. ] 1910 a. IN. ..
Tons irauc Head Junction and int 'rmedste stations
via Ra way and Amboy m ~ noon. 3lu 5Op ana 1Oo
". Oh sunday 900 N ami 5OO p. N tdo not stop al
Arbnry PIX
Beat Of brooklyn Annex with All through ra,ne
Jersey CITY ahoTdihg speedy and direct transfer Tor
Br)ot travel oo,
Erans Prom Ptsburg, 800 anc 1920 NJ 7'So am
lC2D daily. and a. m. daily except Monday IRON
Washington fnd Baltimore, $50 aud 90 m, 70, 40
e5O 5.31 90 and lO0J p m Sunday, SIS. o4'
3 N 1908 .. From Biltim r.. 9.2D p 10
Prom Philadelphia $:5o 5'5O. $50 e4n7 eEcep! Monnag.
t2' o. % 10A0 1l31 NJ, l.2O, ,. $40 800 530. 60
tzo 7So. $50 9.2o 1905 lo:2D p N. and lzu5 night
tndey 800 $50. $50, GAO, 705. ll35 a. M; bLV 1'So
t.l 10 o. and 1920 u
New-York tribune., 1884-11-27
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Shs,.nel ~ at tonmbiAa'e io' ManayunS' tonaho'
pEsT SHaooA GSss on all bay Trains and SLEEPING
nss'ssSsss ss;s tGHfADrLrH,A Ninth and Green st,,
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, kTW:JEpssEY WI = si SOUTHERN DIVISION.
= Iron Pier No g. North River. via Sandy Hook.
FEATLANTiC HIGHLANDS, LONG BhANcH lake
WOOD. TONS RIVER, BAHSEGAT, etc., 81 $3.50 D. IN
Ikkets be procured ~ foot Ubertvst, Ptsr Ne g.
ssh Rve 2i. l6 2O1 zbT 2el AL et4 ana s2s Broad.
ksssvtehst i6s 2os East l25tbst and principal Hoies
kksv-York CITY. In BrsehIyn ct Eos Court o. iy1
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New-York tribune., 1884-11-27
TO PHILADELPHIA
VI, TUE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
D TRAINS EACH WAY WEEK DAYS AND Q ON
SUNDAY - STATIONS IL p PiIILADEL-
PIIIA; 2 IN NETWORK.
HE OLDEST ROUTE.

TIIA 2 IN n NtW-1 UKk.
e,prss Trains leave via Desbroses and Cortand
Street Frrres as follows;
r20 Z o. $3.50 N and 10 Limited H. 1i1o m /. 32O.
B. f. iin. g. and D and ~ night -und9ys 6:15
Limited ard 10 ~; 4. a. T. 8 and q. IN. aud ~
nEu finrrant aud second class TOO p
Vfnlns leaving New-lork daily; except sunday. 600.
sso emo m, d. snl ,. m, connect AZ lfen-
ton Isniden
eeufuns rains leave Brcah.s station Philadelphia lo.ol
BIO sgp 4. 4;35 except Monday, so T;So; 500 $50
~ ard l.lb ~ iLimied Express 80 and 3 D. pil
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tsif escepi Sunday
Titii rnera 43H Rtg ard psi pteaduay Asor House
f'r io9t ~ nesbinases ana rnitapdt sic pnf' az
k.i lfu15 ifn annex station ap " Fagn nst Btuekrn
tsslfA Hotel, ilepvttni stat iefsst city hniisisut
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