The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-12-05

s0,00o,00O bushels each year for making
liquor.
Two young men were summoned at the
Petty Sessions, near Bristol, England, by
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, for cruelty to two sparrows.
The bench held that sparrows were not
domestic animals within the meaning of
the law.
The Guinness family have not only re-
stored a cathedral and presented a Crys
tai Palace to their tellow-citiZens of Dub
lin, but are now engaged in turning an
unkempt, unsightly space into city park,
which VIII have an artificial lake and it.
Ladys Mile.
There are said to be over six thousand
men, women and children engaged in
growing early asparagus, lettuce, carrots,
and the like, in and around Paris, upon
land the rent of which varies from $3.50
to $40 per acre, according to the facili-
ties for irrigation.
Los Angeles county, CAL, has some
farmers who conduct their operations on
pretty extensive scale. Lankershim and
Van Nuys have seeded 10000 acres to
wheat. One farmer has 5000 acres of
barley, another 1900, while scores have
planted over 1000 acres with grain.
Despite all the reports of the falling of
in the iron business, the most reliable re-
turns Of production show that in 1877,
2,124,13l tons Of iron and steel were roll
ed in the United States against 1875, 1870
the year whom tho panic fell upon the
country-a gain of 1886 tons.
Mr.. ]. F. Tandy, an expert in the
United States Treasury, is q most remark
able coin examiner. He will while blind
folded detect a spurious coin while con-
cealed in heap of money. All that is
required is to run his finger through the
mass, and in few moments every one is
touched.
England has just finished building som
new steel trigates for her navy. One f
hem, 1000 ton vessel, with heavy gun,
makes twenty-one miles an hour. ltat
refers solidity to steel. She is about l.
puId two floating forts, armored VI.
urce feet of solid iron and carving tu
undred ton cannon.
The gas which escapes from coal in
mines mixes very slowly with the atmos-
pheric air unless the latter is agitated, and
he gas has decided tendency to arrange
itself in distinct zones. Air in a mine
may thus be quite safe in the very neigh
borhood Of a dangerous locality, and an
explosion may occur without any warn
ing.
A London magazine says that light OF
British science was lately visited by
.ientuckian admirer, who said: Sir, we
admire your writings, and have shown it.
Ne had no academic distinction to confer
N you, having no university; but we
ave done our best. We are racing peo-
pie, and have named our best stalllon
after YOU"
"Now, then, madam, please look stead
,ly at this place on the wall" said pho
tographer to an old lady, when he ha"
out her in position and the plate in the
camera. The old lady looked hard at the
spot indicated, than got up and walked
across the floor and infinitely inspected it,
and then, turning to the photographer
gently remarked, Il don't see anything
here.s
Some time back the play of Hamlet
Vas being perotrmed at Il provincial thea
re. In scene with Polonius the crafty
id courtier asks, ADO you know me, my
tord." and the Prince responds, "-xcel-
lent well; you ale q tishmonger" On
hearing this an old woman in the pit
stood up, and, shaking her fist, shouted
cxcltedly, We'll, and posin he is that's
letter than play acting, any day."
Thirty miles of railway embellishments
Belgium are devoted to the culture OF
ar trees on cordons, a system 10y which
large amount of fruit may be obtained
ON a limited area and owing to the low
allure Of the trees, they are easily pro
cted III the Spring. AS material Oh
hich TO train the branches, oak posts are
sed, through which two galvanized wires
re stretched. BY taking out a trench On
lch side Of the rows, and filling this an
ually in the Spring with fresh soil, and
,oloughly rotten manure, fruit equal to
AT produced i'll Jersey on hush trees is
tanned.
The officers of the army who run the
greatest danger in a campaign are the
doctors. During the late war the Rus
slams lost by death 355 of their 1850 sur
geons, or one in every eight, much hea-
vier rate Of mortality than that among
combatant officers, but not so remarkable
when it is remembered how ardoOus are
the surgeons duties, how heavy is the re-
sponslbility weighing on him and how
great is his exposure to cOntaglOn. The
only instances recorded when the proper
ton Of deaths among the cOmbatant off
GERS was larger than that of the surgeons
was in the Prussian army during the wal
If 1904.
A young damsel who is engaged, and
will shortly be united, to gallant son o.
Neptune, lately visited the Mariners
Church. During the sermon the parson
discoursed eloquently and with much
earnestness of the dangers and tempta
tons of the sailor. He concluded by ask
ing: us there one, who thinks anything
OF him who wears tarpaulin hat and
blue jacket or pair of trousers made of
duck? In short, is there one who cares
aught for the poor sailorl" A little girl,
q sister of the damsel, jumped up, and
looking archly at her sister, said in a tone
loud enough for every one to hear, "Yes,
sir; our Becky does"
Meat offered in the London market IN
dergoes rigid inspection. The average
amount seized and condemned is absur
two tons per week, or in the proportion OF
one part to 80 In 1872, 129 cons were
as unfit for food, and in the
year 1t was more than 152 tons
During the first seven years after the ap-
polntment OF inspectors, they seized and
destroyed 1,567,Sl0 pounds of meat as I'm
fit for human food. Of this quantity
S05,653 pounds were diseased, 56S, 375
pounds were putrid, 1878 pounds were
from animals that had died from accident
or disease. The total consisted of 6.540 |
sheep and lambs, 1925 calves, 2.S96 PIGS, |
9,104 quarters OF beef, and 81, 1916 joints OF |
meat.
The town of Alicante in Spain is favored |
with the presence of one FL Baldaet |
whose mission it is to restore sight to the |