The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-12-11
NEWS GOSSIP.



Of Yale College ~ to which shall maiatsin
their Gag floating from she church stesples
Of the city. One youth, unhappily be-
cause he has not yet broken his neck, an
nounces bis determination TO scale then oil
and grease the lightning rod in his descent.
That the vienns exposition was . grand
failure 6sanci-lly 10 generally known. II,
seems that this exposition was undertaken
by A,striA to rs lieve her from the llam ense
n ssional debt incur, ed by tho late disastrous
war;. The whole rsoeipts now are not
equal to cns half the expenditures. Ii
nnneial panic and stagnation threaten
Vienna itself. The Worlds sshibition at
Vienna has proved grand lesson for all
subsequent attempts. May our Centennial
Exhibition n. Philadelphis in '76 prof. by
their mistakes.
The Catholic RerieW Of the 9Th snnoun-
ces the solemn consecration Of the several
Catholic di"ceses of TIE province Of New
place 1t the next celebration Of the Fea.,
Of the Immaculate Conception. The vsner-
able brethren If the clergy and the child
rem Of the lnity Throughout. the country
are exhortsd TO prepare themselves for tl.is
solemn conservation.
Joaquin Miller in Songs ofhe S1n.land
just issusd-is evidently advocating 8 new
kind Of labsl embrace:
And 60 be sang with his face to the south
shall 70; ] shall search for the Amazon
shore,
whore the curses Of man they are heard
Aud kisses alone shall embra &C the m outh
Mr.Miler VAS Iioni.ed sxstn.lvely by the
beauty Of England, and this new fashion
has all the sanction of his lars. experience.
Three important newspaper change.
we're made during the last week. The
Atlantic and Every Saturday" sold by
James X. Osc"od j. Co. Of Boston to
M..srs !iurd and lIonghton Of New York,
and Our Young Folks" by the same firm
to Scrhner & Co. who will merge tn. into
their now utilization "St. Nicholas" The
Atlantic" and Every Saturday" have
been 30 long Boston institutions and have
h.co,ne so thoroughly pervaded with the
air Of the hub, that We can scarcely ina.
CINE them the same papers in their new
homes. slthongh they each tale with th en-
their old editors, Mr.. Howell. Of the "At
Iantic." and Mr.. AIdrich Of Every Satur-
day".
The following from n New York letter
to the Commercial Adrertiser pictures n
woman whose varied ,alenta are rarely sur.
passed even among masculine m,nds:
There 10 a lady in this city who q author,
doctor. artist and actress, and who has
won success in each Of the four professions.
After breakfast in the morning she will
write for = couple Of hours on her story or
sssay fer the periodical that employs her
From 10 to Q she practice. medicine. and
receives patients in her office. She then
works 1t her easel ~ = painter till +. and
makes pretty p,ctures which always find
ready sale. After dinner. and An hours
rect, she viii 70 to the theatre where che
i. engaged, and play tn. part for which she
may bs set down in the cast. Did anybody
ever know man that could do any thing ike
the! Bssides all, she il accomplished in
the pretty feminine arts. knows how t,
make her own clothes, is the mother of
what Walt Whitman calls "bulIy bows"
and understands how to Lse her income
from all her professions.
The discovery. q short tims since, Of a
dwarf IN tbs township Of Caiv. Wis, who
il said to be the sm allest MIN now living,
being only 81 inches high, while General
Tom Thumb is sc, has added another to
the list Of miniature men. 200 years. ago,
these dwarfs were exceedingly common
one being a necessary part o. the house
hold Of every noble family. Victor Hugo
relates at length the manner in which a
cla.s Of m-n cAllsl Compranchi.os used to
manufacture these dwarfs to satisfy the
fashionable want They took little children
Who would often be given INTO their hands,
and subjected them to a long course of the
most horrifying torture. Specimens two fee.
high used often to be attained and command
ed . high price The practice WAS stop
ped BY comuAnd of Willi.m and Mary.
China however sti!! Continues it to some
ex:sat.