The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-07
CURRENT ITEMS.

in the Washington Life Insurance Com
pany, of New York.
A HEN without wings resides IN Port
land, Me. She is said to be an accom-
plished jumper, however
THE Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Of Chicago, is prudently managed, and Its
claims are promptly met. Insure there.
HoSEYMooNs are so short in Chicago
that bridaI cars are proposed for the horse
railways, a tour out Of town being too pro-
tracted.
N the Swiss canton of Vaud, on the
SUBMITS Of the Alps, snow fell July II,
and the Tours d'Ai " were covered with
snow July -.
JOSEPH RAMETTI took his seat as flute
PLAYER in the orchestra of the Boston
Museum when il first opened, and has
lever missed playing at every performance
afternoon and evening, from that day TO
this, twenty eight years all told He Is
very regular blower
MIR SAKE borrowed a candle of beau
tiful young lady. The next morning she
found under the door these beautiful lines:
''Ycu gave me candle, gave you my thanks,
Aud add a. a compliment Justly your due
There j. not a girl IN these feminine ranks
" no could, if she would, hold candle TO you"
n II CHUNK, Penn, boasts OF one
armeu Ieft-hauded printer, Henry Eberle,
VINO IS as correct ami rapid type setter
as typyErapher in the place. he also
does the rolling and press worK FOR
local paper, on a Ramage hand press, In
excellent style.
THEY have Maiden Assurance Com
raues ia Denmark. \ father may deposit
any sum at the birth OF daught and the
Chlld receives curing her minority four
per cent annually; at eighteen she comes
ITO a higher income, which is increased
a. stated periods through life.
j. b. HoPKISs, of Lockport, n. Y, who
went 10 the South African diamond region
a few months ago, lately found mag
nincent 5jls carat diamond, octahedroD,
fi4wlces and speckless, Of that peculiar
straw color that is so fashionable in Eng
land, and worth in the United States at
least I = 900.
TIE Boston Transcript, being of an OBJ
servant turn, has seen something which
may be of interest to investors in mining
stocks. It says: ave often notice that
shipment from the Pacific coast OF bars of
silver precec,s the placing upon the mar
ket OF shares in certain mining stocks;
bat no more silver comes afterward'
TIE English postal cards sometimes
ItI III lIc DiSl5 u lLDCl sullo IL IfL IC-
ceivcd one from his wife's brother, on which
it was written: Your unmanly conduct
to my sister is known to me. 1t shall be
known to the world at large if you do not
reform. you coward" The receiver Of the
epi-tie sued for SANDER, ana got $50 dam
ages
The Rothschids are said to be such firm
believers in luck that they never employ
an, one in any capacity who has been
unfortunate. They always ask a man who
applies to them Tor a situation however
humDie: Have you ever had any bad
luak?' and ii the reply he in the atfirma-
tive he is rejected without further delay.
On the 22d of July Miss Walker, an
English lady, together with her father,
who Is sixty five years Old aud another
gentlemen, assembled Mont Cervin, a peak
of the Alps in the Swiss canton OF Wallis,
1880 feet above the level of the sea. A
few years ago she assembled Monte Rosa,
which is l4,212 feet above the level of the
sea.
A Duh QUE man, who is passionately
fond OF the weed, put a lighted pipe in his
coat pocket in the house, and went off to
church with his family. When he return
ed home there was no home to cheer him
nothing but heap of ruins, and that
was not cheering by any means. The
lighted pipe set fire to the coat. the de-
yourIng element communicated with the
hullling which, with its contents, was en-
tireiy consumed The man has quit smok-
ing.
A New ORLEANS youth called, with his
int ndcd, on magistrate to have the mar
rIage Ger. mOny performed in haste, for
You see ne observed, there's another man
has license to marry her, and he may be
along at any moment The magistrate
hertupon besitated, and the would be
bridegroom suggested a compromise. Il
say, Judge, marry us anyway; and if the
other fellow makes fuss about it, why,
contounl it, he can have her" This ar
rangement wa agreed to, and the mar
rage proceeded, to the mutual satisfaction
Of all the parties.
\ COUPLE OF boys about twelve or four
te years old, recently placed some Oh
stfuctioHs on the track OF the Erie Rail
road, Tor the sake Of seeing how tal the
locomotive would jump" Fortunately q
freight train preceded the passenger train,
and the obstruction was discovered in
season to prevent another fearful acct
dent. \ young girl in New Haven has
been charged with attempting To burn a
carriage factory and dwelling house,
III rely from =, desire to see the buildings
bum" Youths who incline to pastimes
OF this nature need some special training
CALIFoR,,IA's latest curiosity is roos-
ter with two sets I'll legs, one on his back
When he Is weary of standing in his natu-
RAJ position, il is gravely asserted ne turns
somersault and walks off upside
down, and wnen he takes drink he i'm
medllteiy turns over So as to swallow it
flt.,- ilxr e !.
that he shows 10 greater advantage For
he i terrible fighter, and when thus di-
yertinS himself, looks like a revolving
wheel, turning somersaults necessarily,
and kicking in every direction.
WHEN the Hon. Mrs. Norton was ap-
piled 10, on Hoods death, for a contribu-
ton 70 the fund then raised for his desti-
tut" widow, and headed by Sir Robert
Peel with the muniticent donation of $50
she promptly sent a liberal subscription
with the following lines:
To cheer the widows heart in her distress
To make proyis on for the fatheress,
Is but . CHRISTIAN duty, and none should
Resist the heart appeal of Widow Hood"
Poetry, punling and piety, all of the
genuine sort, are lot often thus happily
united.
Nh WILTON MALoTT. a farmer. resid
a turkey -gobber that is quite curiosity.
Some time since his mate laid nest full
OF eggs, and left them, refusing to set on
them, whereup1n the gobbler assumed that
responsibility, and hate out brood of
tive young turkeys, which he has fed ever
since. They are now about four months
old, but he still takes them under his
wings at night. In the meantime the hen
has Matched another brood, and is run
ming separate establishment.
PoIsoNoUs CARDs.-A letter from Ba-
varis TO the american journal Of PARMA
q, mentions the introduction INTO the Ger
man states OF a visiting card, which, be
cause Of its resemblance TO mother of
pearl, has been greatly admired. After
bong tested by medical professor it has
been found soluble sail OF lesd, a very
poisonous substance. The public not being
acquainted with the poisonous properties
Of these cards, will Lot be or their guard
n preventing their being chewed or eaten
oy small children, to whom the sweet taste
lAf In l.s -