The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

IrOm Which sparks nave Heu.
Chicago has just completed new
school>house, at a cost of SO, 900, which |
will seat 200 pupils.
"A Philadelphia reporter is a real es- |
tate owner, but he says his lot is too shall |
low for fish and too deep for frogs.
He is well constituted who crieves not
foT what he has not. and rejolces for what |
he has.
A polite philosopher once thanked
lady. who had been singing to a party for
an hour, by saying, Madam, you have
wasted our time charmingly."
1t is estimated that # the evangelizing
means were increased FIVE fold, In thirty
years Christianity would triumph over all
the world.
There, nov, said little girl, while
rumuaging drawer in a bureau, Grand
pa has gone to Heaven without his specta
cles.
"A reviyalist encountering an African
asked him, My good man, have you found
the Lord p To which lie replied in sur
prised manner, "GolIy, massa, am de Lord
lost 2"
-Toads are sold in Paris at the rate Of
fifty cents a dozen. The animal is used for
the protection of vineyards and gardens
from the ravages of insec s that escape the
pursuit of the birds.
"A maiden lady, abiding to her youth
full accomp lishments, said at six month, of
age che went alone. A malicious individu-
nj present remark ed Yes, and you have
been going alone ever since"
Somebody who writes more truthfully
than POLITICALLY says, IAN angel without
money Is not thought so much Of now-a>
days as devil with bag full of gold"
A pick pocket in New Orleans stole
portmonnale containing few dollars from
lady'y pocket, and by accident dropped
in its place valuable diamond ring
'.Shingle weddings" have been started
In Indiana, to be given by newly married
couples if they have lived happily for one
year. They are not OF frequent occurrence.
"A letter bearing the. following super>
scrlpton was recently received at the Sill
yer city Post Office from Iowa:
Augustus Jones, u web-foot scrub
To whom this letter wants to 90,
is chopping cordwood for his grub
In Silver City, Idaho.n
"A breach of promise case is announced
for trial next month in the United States
Supreme Court at Cleveland, In which the
tar plaintiff Is 90 years DID, and the deien>
dant 10. The affection lost by the plain
tiff is valued by her at 5000
"A teacher vas explaining the meaning
OF the word 'cuticle' to a little girl.
Nv hat is that ali over my face and hands?"
said he. 1T Is trecklcs, sir, answered
the little cherub.
"A gentleman of Houston, Texas, was
awakcLed by strange sounds the other
night, and going out to his garden found
three negroes buslly engaged, two In dig
ging and the third in reading aloud from
the Bible. They were after the pirate La
ftte's gold.
A lady visited Lafayette, Indiana, the
other day, who, in gathering up her dress
TO escape the mud, exposed to view beau,
tiful white skirt, the rear breadth of which
was made OF a half barrel -four sack upon
which the lndcIIible brand of the miller was
still visible, "ninety>six pounds, extra su-
pcrhne-Tarranted I"
a learned sayant writes to the Ameri.
can Naturalist, that ''the male musquito
Is beautiful, both physically and morally,
as they do not bite their manners are
more retiring than those of their stronger~
minded partners, as they rarely enter our
dwellings, and live unnoticed in the woods.
"A recent English traveller on the plains
OF the Argentine Confederation spc.ks of
certain Cacique Nabdrigisi, who, at the
age OF 40, can mount horse, WELD
lance, and so into the battle field with as
much apparent vigor as hundred years
before.
A Mother with four little children
reached Reno, California. on the wav to
join their husband and flther in Surprise
Valley. The husband came to Reno the
same evening to meet them 81 accident
he met one Of his own children on the
street. lie spoke to the chna. and asked
her name. When it was told him he said,
am your father; 90 aud show me where
your mother is. The mother vas Just
converslng With lady and telling her that
heI husband was a fair comp)gxi0ncd smooth
faced uian, when the little girl came rush
ing IN, announcing the presence Of the
husband. The mother seeing swarthy.
full bearded, long haired man before he r
said why. child that is not your faith
er; 1t Is an Indian, ins, ted that he knew
the lady; but it was not until he had his
hair and whiskers dressed that the poor wo
man was satisfied.
The Winter in Europe resembles our
own. \ Paris correspondent writes on the
Sth: The weather still continues most
extraordinary mild. The cafes on the
consumers OF JocLS and doui tasses sit out
in the warm air in light summer oYercoats
trucks piled up with bouquets Of violets
pass along the streets; the skating clubs |
are, one and all. frantic the sables and er
mines OF our Paris elegdEteS lie at home in |
ignominous idleness it is as much as the |
ladies' can do to bear the warmth of the
tiniest Of tiny mulfs. The Paris journals |
try to console amate urs Of co ID winds and
ice by telling them that in 1920, 1870, and
further back 1871, the temperature was
as unusually warm as it is this year; that in |
1902 the Germans never lighted their !
stoves; that 1917, 1912, and 1907, were
likewise wonderful mild that 10 1888 the !
gardens were full Of flowers in the month Of /
January; 1921, cherries ripened, and grapes |
in May; and that in l72 the trees were
covered with leaves, flowers blossomed, |
and birds built their nests, while the lit |
tie ones tedged, in the month of Febru-
ury'