The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

RUsEIN calls glacier Niagara which
takes fifty years to fall
DECORATION DAY falls on May 80, and
that will be Sunday this year.
| CARDINAL McCLosKEY needn't be
proud because he's got new hat
FRoas, toads and serpents never take
| any food but that which they are satisfied
is alive.
BRONZE boots will again twinkle on
ladies' feet next summcr-'cause so says
Dame Fashion.
"WE shall miss that bunch of eels en-
| graved in the corner of our greenbacks," "
says an exchange.
SHELL iewelry of all kinds is in de-
mand Cullulaid" coral, which is equal
in beauty to the real coral, is very fash
ionable.
4 GENTLEMAN from the western part of
New York State bought Bible of a
Broadway importer, few days ago, for
which he paid $4,000.
A MULE lately died at Fredericksburg,
Va, at the remarkable age of sixty years,
having been an excellent worker up to
| the day before his death.
/ THERE is nothing new under the sun.
The Knights of St. John in the early part
of the sixteenth century had two IRON
clads in their famous navy.
FASHION authority for the ladies saws
| new cloaks for protecting the dress while
| travelling are made of cloth of light quail
ity and invisible English checks.
THE Troy Times states that in the
lakes in the vicinity of that city little
fishes are very scarce, having been eaten
up by the big ones during the hard win
ter.
en- persons?" It's of no consequence,
however; if they are not they are very
excellent substitutes. s.-Rochester Demo
crdt.
GOOD BY stripes and come in plaids-
so say the late fashion-makers. Scotch
ginghams are to be the thing" for sum
mer suits, also say these devisers of men
things.
THERE are hundreds OF warehouses in
the best part of New York city without
tenants, and thousands of houses are oc-
cupied by people who cannot pay their
landlords.
A Boston girl objected to "parallax"
being given out, on the ground that it
was a technical word. 1t was decided in
OTucT, anu Suc itch Spcilcu IL IiSut oii,
amid the loud applause of the audience.
On, the devices of Fashion! Now there
is the new style cf summer fan, for ex-
ample-it is called "the pistolet." When
open, it is a fan with covered handle;
when closed, it is pistol, worn by pass
ing through the side in the belt. Pulling
the trigger opens the toy with move
ment which is both startling and anus
ing.
A BUFFALO man who got as far away
from home as Oswego told the people
there that Lake Erie is frozen solid
from end to end, with only tunnel in
the middle to drain off the water from
the upper lakes. Yes, sir, tunnel 200
miles in length-the biggest in che world,
Bets are made in Buffalo that the ice in
our lake won't move till June"
A CURIOUS illustration of the fickleness
of fortune was the employment at the
New York City Hall the other day as
scrub-woman of Mrs. Thompson. who,
since she did the work at the same place
twenty years ago, has been the wife of a
millionaire. Her husband took the con-
tract to supply the marble for A. 7.
Stewards new residence. The contract
was made before the war and resulted in
the financial ruin of Mr.. Thompson,
whose mind became affected by his losses
and he died insane, and now his wife is
restored to her humble position.