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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
A Man and a Deer.
Cincinnati Enquirer.


An encounter between man and a
deer took place behind the walls of
the city workhouse night before last,
which, it is feared, will result fatally
to the victim, who is Paul Schopper.
Schopper is the night Waterman of
the yards, and was making his rounds
when attacked. For some years a
number of deer have been kept in the
yard, among the number at present
being full grown buck, six years old
and having full set of antlers. At
this particular season of the year the
animals are wild and unruly, making
1t dangerous thing for a person to
approach them.
Schopper had started on his 10
o'clock round, and was passing across
the yard, whea he saw the buck run
ming toward him at full speed. The
guard started to run, but slipped and
fell. Before he could regain his feet
the deer had reached him and began
the attack. The animal paved Schop-
per IN vicious manner, the guard
being unable to defend himself from
tina decr's terrible hoof blows.
4Aio CLlSS lOI ueip were HedfC
by Mr.. Frank Hurley, an old
prisoner who had charge of the stables
and sleeps there, and by Henry Curry,
night Waterman at the gate. Hurley
and Curry seized clubs, and, running
up to the deer, beat him from the
PROSTATE Schopper. The injured man
was carried from the yard and taken
to his home on McVicken avenue,
where DR.. Fishburn was summoned.
1t was found that Shoppers head was
frightfully bruised, the face being so
badly lacerated as to be almost beyond
recognition. In trying to defend him
self from the deer's vicious blows,
Schopper threw up his right arm and
was struck on the palm of the hand
by the animals hoof. The member
was horribly lacerated. He was also
kicked on the left leg above the knee,
one bone being broken and another
fractured. Other wounds of less
serious character were found in diff
ferent parts of the body. The mans
injuries are regarded as very serious
and may result fatally.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
The pairYman's Calves.

We cannot rear all the heifers, that
is clear; and yet some persons com
plain that the heifer calves are sold
for veals. What is the dairyman to
do with his heifer calvesl If it is
wrong TO slaughter them, or to sell
them, he is in bad fix, Tor they will
eat him out very soon. The dairyman
who has twenty cows depends on his
herd lasting say SIX years. If he re-
places them in that time that is all he
can do reasonably. But 20 cows will
have 60 hefer calves in six years
There will be 40 TO spare. Clearly,
these must be sold. A cow is at her
best at eight and up to ten years; and
all advice to the contrary will not in
duce a dairyman to keep more heifer
calves than will replace vacancies in
his herd And some cannot do that.
Ii will not pay to raise a COW on
whey or substitutes for milk. A calf
must be fed on milk skinned milk
is good enough-for six months to
make a good COW. But no dairyman
except a butter maker or who sells
cream can rear calves And therefore
it is useless and aggravating to q
dairymau to be told he is wasting his
opportunities unless ne rears all his
heirer calves. If he rears the bast and
learns how to select the best, and
rears them well, he will be doing well.
A good judge of dairy cattle says a
promising calf should have a fine mar
row bead, clear, large eyes, four we'll
developed teats standing far apart,
and should be up and searching foi
its breakfast before it is an hour old
This indicates the good points of q
future COW and 5000 feeder.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
Encouragement.
Encouragement is something thai
- H., Io1.i- 60.

Encouragement is something that
we naturally look for.
A little praise, or word of hope, or
a cheerful smile-something tor the
hungry soul to grasp and the weary
mind to rest upon, as we climb the
toilsome mountain of life.
How many poor hearts have sunk
into dependency, when little en-
enlargement would have treasured
them How many have taken their
lives in the hour of despair, when a
friendly hand stretched out with aid
might have saved them
The child looks to the mother for
help and Encouragement, when it is
taking It's first steps in walking. The
school boy looks for Encouragement
from his teacher, when he is taking
his first step IN education
And so on through life. The soldier
looks for it on the field of battle; it is
the cheering voice of his leader that
urges him on through the dangers Of
death and crowns the day with vic
tory.
The poet and the artist look to the
world to acknowledge their genius
and give Shem praise. 1t is encourage
ment which calls forth their noblest
words and helps them to climb the
mount of fame until they surmount
all difficulties and write their names
in flaming letters upon it's summit,
Then let us give encouragement to
each other in every effort of good, IN
every noble action in the little duties
of life-and we will be happier for it ;
the world will be better; and smil-
ing Providence will look down and
bless our labor of love.-Adelaide e.
Troom.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
Diamond Cutting in America.

The art of cutting diamonds was
not practiced in this country until
1858, when Henry d Morse, of Bos
ton, showed what a Yankee could do
at it. Since then the business of cut
ting diamonds has spread largely
from the efforts of workmeR imported
or taught by him, and now there are
many workshops in America, chiefly
in the large cities, where diamonds
are cut t. order, The tariff has been
adjusted so as to foster the diamond
cutting industry here Uncut dia-
monds may be imported duty free, but
a heavy duty is imposed on the cut
stones. The modern process of d,a
mond cutting is much the same as
that which has been followed
for centuries. The wages paid the
workmen are about the same as those
paid to first class working jewelers.
Mr. Morse has "a machine of his own
invention which he uses, and which
he believes Is an improvement on the
old method. He mounts two dia.
monds IN a sort of double lathe. using
one against the other This is close
imitation of the old hand method, in
which the diamonds are cemented
each at the end of stick or handle,
and rubbed together with a strong
pressure. The diamond dust which
results from this process, and is used
in cleaving and poIishieg diamonds, is
called bort It's also made by pull
verizlng small or imperfect diamonds
which are of little value for cutting.
The ingenuity Of jewellers has been
taxed t. iud use for the small dia-
mond chips that come off ia cleaving
Some of these chips are used TO repre-
sent the eyes OF birds or ANIMALS. The
rage for solitaire stones of late years
has filled the market with cheap clip
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
Garfield and Tucker.
Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Rec
ord

Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Rec
ord
Mrs Garfield did very graceful
and a very sensible thing in asking
John Randolph Tucker, of Virginia,
to act as the guardian of her infant
children during their legal minority
Graceful, because Tucker was one of
Gar6eld's truest friends; sensible, be-
cause q better man could not have
been found for that responsible posi-
ton. When Tucker came up from his
professorship in ''the university" as
the Virginians call it, a brilliant,
scholarly, big-hearted, old fashioned
Virginia gentleman, to sit in the house
of representatives, he sought out the
most cultivated among his colleagues
and made them his friends. This was
not difficult, for no one ever knew
him long without loving him. Among
them all he found no one as congenial
as Garfield. Although they differed
Numerically in most things, yet they
had much in common. Garfield was
big Drained, big hearted boy, his en-
thusiam tempered only by his cul-
ture. Tucker was personally as de
Gghtful as Garfield, excelling him ia
his ability to tell a good story, and
was Intellectually his peer in every
respect. AT the same time he was
morally strong, as honest as
he was fearless he was
no better equipped for
political life than Garfield. OF
course their political views differed in
toto. Tucker was ste te-rights man
Garfield was a nationalist. Tucker
was revenue reformer; Garfield,
though at heart he was a revenue re
former, bowed to the will of the party
bosses and avowed himself protec
ZIONIST.
But one day, after their friendship
had become fact, Garfield came over
to fuckers desk on the democratic
side of the house, and said Tucker,
you know that | am protectionist,
but | want that there should be free
trade hereafter between you and me
in matters literary"
with all my heart" responded
Tucker, and from that time to the day
of Gardeld's death they were the
closest friends.
They both loved literature-all let
ters. ancient and modern, but perhaps
most of all the Greek and Latin clas-
sizes. Every day they managed to
steal time from even the most en-
crossing of their legislative duties for
an excursion into those ever blooming
fields. Sometimes they met in the
library, sometimes IN committee
room, or again on the floor of the house
itself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
The Runaway Train.
London RAILWAY Express.

1t was a dark morning in the year
1874, that heavily-loaded train of
iron ore passed through W juno
ton on its woy to the iron works at
D. After passing passing through
the Junction the line was a severe
gradient of 1 in 40, varying to l IN 81
for a distance of four 10 lies. The two
powerful engines in front passed
through the junction emitting clouds
Of steam, and casting a red glow
from their open fire boxes upon the
dark sky, toiling heavily with their
load, and ever and anon dancing
upon their iron wheels as it impatient
of the restraint put upon their move
ments, they slowly assembled the hill.
When nearly to the summit, the
drivers became sensible of sudden
acceleration in the speed, withoutany
apparent cause in connection with
their steeds, and. looking back to see
if the van lights were still bringing
up the rear, were horror stricken
to find that they were RAPIDLY disap
bearing ia the distance. The drawbar
of Wagon had giveh away, IN conse.
auence Of the erratic movements OF
one of the engines, and the greater
portion of the train had become de
tached, and was now, with terrific
speed, going back to the junction at
w. Brake whistles We're opened,
making the lonely cutting echo with
the deep toned music suggestive at
once to the ears of railway man, as
nesscngers of alarm aud danger.
Fortunately, the line below where
the runaways started on their retro
grade Journey, was double, and pair
Of facing points at the connection
with the SINGLE road always stood
right for the down line, and 1t was
We'll that such was the case, as fol
lowing train passed the wild runaway
about mile below.
The guards, who were comlor-
tablv seated in the van, soon became
aware that something unusual naa
taken place. and were not slow IN
recognizing their dangerous position
brakes were vigorously applied, ou.
all in vain. the greasy condition oil
the rails bafled all their attempts to
bring their portion to stand, asa
brave fellows as they were, for the
first time in their eveHtful lives they
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18

were compelled to drop off, and leave
their charge to rush madly on. The
junction at W was known to be
nearly always occupied with shunt-
ing operations or passing trains. and
very reluctant were they to dlscon-
tlnue their exertions, and leave the
lives of beloved mates below exposed
to the impending and unsuspecting
danger; but a merciful Providence
ordered 1t otherwise, and the yigilant
signalman at the junction box, hear
ing the rumbling noise in the distance,
with remarkable GOODNESS and pres
ence of mind took in the
position of affairs, put ia all
main line signals to danger,
and opened his down main line points.
This man, as every railway man
should, had long foreseen the posi-
bility of such an accident, and being
forewarned was forearmed; the run
away portion passed out, at how many
miles per hour no one ever ascertain
ed, and the only description of the
tram that the signalman could give
was "a flash of fire." Perilous mo-
ment when skiddling wheels threaded
their way through intricate crossings
and points. But the main line is safe
ly reached, and two miles on mod
crate gradient with a heavy curve
brings them up, none the worse for
their rapid fight, with the exception
of few lattened tyres. In due course
the engines follow with their spark
ling headlights pouring intos the
c-fkness, as if in search of their run
away friends, which soon were found
and taken into safe custody, and so
en1ed with no loss of life or limb,
what might have been a terrible catas-
trophe, and was in reality a most
thrilling adventure for all concerned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
The Hnmming Bird.
Milwaukee Wisconsin

4 Entirely peculiar to America are
I the humming birds. Their only RI
walls ina the metallic orilliancy OF color,
the sun birds, belonging to East
India. Thus far about $50 species of
humming birds have been described,
of which only Is species belong TO the
United States, and only one single
specie to Wisconsin. Not knowing
the difference between the sexes.
people frequently say: II have seen
them on my morningglories and
honey suckles, and | know | have
seen two species, one wi IA a fiery-red
throat and the other without that or
nament." 1t is generally believed that
the humming birds live entirely onthe
nectar of flowers. This is a popular
mistake. Their principal food is small
insects, as testified by numerous ex-
aminations of the stomachs of those
birds; yet many times bird hunters
have squeezed out of the throats and
bills of humming- birds that were shot
while feeding several drops of tie
sweetest fluid The time when the
humming- birds arrive in the spring
is generally when the garden cur
rants arein flowers sometimes little
earlier. The males arrive first 1t is
surprising how abundant they some
times are around the currant bushes
The nest, an exceedingly neat little
structur re, is seldom over an inch and
a half in diameter, and is built on the
upper side of a horizontal branch Of
tree-carefuily lined on the outside
with pieces Of lichen so as to appear
like natural lichen- covered knot of
the tree. We have observed several
nests built close TO one, and sometimes
between two very young branches,
whose leaves would, when fully ex.
banded, form a natural umbrella over
the nest. There are always two eggs
in the nest, and they are of white
color. The usual observer will
frequently take the sun birds to be
birds, while the ornithol0-
gist can point out marked differences
between these two beautiful families
Of paSseres.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Terrible Sunerings OF Lumbermhh
fnthe Woods of Arkansas

A special to The st. LOUIS 5looe-
Democrat from Helena, Ark, detal Is
the trying experience of a gentleman
resident in Desha county, Arkansas,
now on his way to 81. Louis, Where
his family reside. The gentleman $
name is A. Jones His story is told
toThe Globe Democrat representative,
is quite a thrillisg one. SAID he:
''I am, as you know, timbermsn,
being interested rather extensively IN
slaves and hoop poles. Last Monday
morning, Nov. %, left one of my
camps with the intention OF gong
about three miles to look at some tim
Der recently purchased. | wandered
along, nc paying any particular at,
teption to the surroundings, until /
thought | had gone about far enough.
l started to 90 back to the camp, and
went into the direction that supposed
the camp to be. | travelled full three
miles, and no camp. Another mile,
and it flashed upon me that was lost.
/ did not fully realize my position,
aud thought by nightfall l would
surely find my way. | commenced TO
travel once more, and KEPT 1t up with
out finding my way. About 8 o'clock
in the evening, being tired, ! sat down
to rest and soon fell asleep, not TO be
aroused until about midnight, when l
felt keen, excruciating pain in my
leg. | sprang up, to discover that a
wolf had bitten me. My movements
frightened the wolf away for time.
/ sprang up a tree just in time 10 es
cape a whole pack Of them. | re-
manned in that tree until the next day
(Tuesday) about 10 o'clock, when the
wolves, firing Of their watch, one
after the other skunk away. My leg
began to pam me very seriously and
to swell. To my horror, after walking
about one mile, my leg began to pain
me so seriously that ! could walk no
further. Imagine if you can my
feelings when ! realized that / was in
the midst of a dense forest full of
wolves, not knowing how long it
would be before ] could or would be
found. | made another tremendous
effort to walk, but failed, and sank
down again in despair | remained
right there the remainder of Tuesday
and Tuesday night, Wednesday and
Wednesday night, and until Thursday
morning, about IL o'clock, when /
was found by posse of men from the
camp that had oeen in search of me
ever since Tuesday. ] am now on my
way to St. Louis to my friends and
relatives, where | will remain until
fully recovered from my trying or
deal. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18
How to Find the Profit.

Prof. Arnold gives a very interest
ing talk in the Rural New Yorker on
the dairyman's best way for enhanc
ing his profits. The whole argument
hangs around the idea of reducing the
cost of producing milk One way to
do this is to improve the milking stock.
While this work is certain, it is slow,
and must be the work of years. A
much more rapid and economical
way, is to reduce the cost of keeping
the cows. This he may do in differ
emit ways, as by securing greater
warmth for them in winter. His
heaviest expense consists in wintering
his cows, and the more they are ex-
posed to the cold, the greater the ex
pense becomes. They eat more in
winter than summer to keep them
warm, just as he says, het IRON Will
cool faster on cold day than it will
on warm day. If kept warm the
the COWS will eat no more in winter
than they will in summer
1t costs much less TO tone down the
cold of our climate with warm build
il gs for the herd once in a lifetime,
than to furnish extra food year after
year. He does not know of a single
dairyman that could not do something
in this line to reduce the cost of winter
keep, while most of them could reduce
it one-third Another poiHt of waste
is the lack of full and steady supply
of good milk-producing food for the
herd, through the whole of the milk
producing season. Less than ten Tel
cent of New York dairymen provide
against even a short midsummer
drought. Between a lack Of food in
summer and insufficient protection IN
winter, the cost of producing milk is
made something like twice as great a'
it need be. He says, follow these
rules and there is money in dairying.
and 1t is better way than to enhance
the price of dairy goods, which reduc
es consumption, ana a very much bet
ter way than by waging a war o!
doubling justice with cheap substitutes
which could not exist if the bottom
cost of genuine products were reach
al
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18

The advantages arising from keep
ing sheep on wheat growing farms are
thus summed up by Mr.. Buell., 10 an
address delivered before the sheep
breeders OF Michigan:
1. They are less subject to conta-
glous diseases, FOR the reason that the
flock can be more easily kept isola-
ted.
2. When individual losses do occur,
,oey are less IN value than in case of
ohe loss of horse or COW.
8. They grow quickly and mature
early, and with their fleece pay div
idends oftener than any other live
stock.
A. When summer following is
practiced they act as cleaners in clear
ing fence corhers of briars and weeds,
and in keeping annual grasses that
spring up on plowed lands.
5. During winter they are still do
ing their work of converting the sur
plus straw into fertilizers.
II IS not clear that the profits from
sheep raising on farms where other
crops are grown, instead of wheat,
would be less than on wheat farms.
Sheep make good use of corn stalks,
prairie hay, oat straw and almost aRy
kind of fodder or feed grown.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18

The nun Ter of pHpils attending the
public scLools CT the State of South
Carolina during the past year was
1S5, 6l9 The eagerness Of the colored
people to secure an education for their
children is phenomenal The Morris
street school for colored children IN
Charlestown is the largest IN the state,
containing more than 1,400 pupils.
The school is divided into three de
partmentS, grammar, intermediate
and primary, aud is governed by a
principal, vice principal and twenty
fou- assistants, the latter being ladies,
The teaching staff are al, white, and
are natives of Charleston. Altogether
the school will compare favorably IN
progress and scholarship with any
similar school of white children.
Some excellent specimens of the
pupils proficiency in drawing and
painting will be exhibited at the New
Orleans Exposition.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18

The position of the American pol k
interest is very peculiar. 1t may be
considered literally between two fires.
First the disposition of European
governments to find a pretCxt for its
exclusion from their markets, and our
very large corn crop, which will make
its production so much easier. Re
striction abroad, and, perhaps, over
production at home. Yet the real
situation is not so discoWaging as
might appear.
The cheap coru will SO lessen the
cost Of fattening, that the price OBJ
tanned will afford a fair profit. Pork
has been very high for several years,
but the price of corn has been equally
high
One piece Of advice we are quite
clear IN, and that is that pig feeders
cannot do better than to push them as
fast as health will permit. The gen
eral argument for this is as strong as
ever, that feeding is much more eco
nOmical before the coolest season is
reached, and besides this it appears
quite evident that wellfcd pigs win
eNlA bNNtAA NeA ~ lAiAA l&ANls uultos
they are kept over to spring; and it is
moi very certain that the price will be
better even then Thus il is evident
that pushing pigs will now bring the
best profit.
We must not however fail TO men
ton the near prospect of new mark
els under the probable aflirmance Of
the Spanish treaty, concerning our
commercial relations VITA Cuba ano
other Spanish Islands. Cuba, like all
countries devoted &c a Speciality, in
the cultivation Of sugar neglects many
of the necessary food products oil
which pork IS an important one. We
are likely TO also have an additional
market lE Mexico We do not think
the future prospect of pork at all dis
couraging, or that pig feeders should
change their plans Our markets in
Europe are likely TO be enlarged in
the near future If we mad proper
inspection established, our pork would
have free entry TO all European
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-18

pings. When Mr.. Morse cut the big
Virginia diamond in Boston, in 1859,
most jewellers doubted the possibility of
cutting diamonds IN this country. But
gradually the inevitable law of trade
asserted itself, and so profitable bust
ness could not longer be monopolized
abroad. There are about 100 work.
men now employed in New York City
alone in cutting diamonds, and their
wages average about S25 week. The
expert who decides how stone shall
be cut does not always perform the
actual labor of cutting, but simply
directs the lapidary how to cut so as
TO bring out the utmost brilliancy Of
the stone. 1t happens sometimes
that Tie first cutting pro
duces an apparently dull stone
and that a skillful cutter takes
the same stone, and, although reduc-
ing it in size, increases its value by
producing greater brilliancy. Some
times part of the stone may be so
hard that it cannot be polished. 1t is
not always the hardest stones that
are most brilliant. With free trade
in uncut diamonds it is a common
thing to send considerable quantities
in paper bags through the mails be-
tween different counties.