The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-11-28

There is an old lady who thinks of SO.
ing to the circus, and her seryant-gir.
tries to dissuade her. Of l were you.
maau, would not CO." "Whyl" "Oh,
they have horse that stops before The
most foolish person in the audience, ana
suppose he should stop before you!'
New rector 10 olcrk-"Do you think
the church fills as well as formerly,
Jones" Jones, anxious TO please-.Lo1
. bless you, sir, the other gent could not
hold a candle to you. You should a
seen the perspiration run OF my face on
Sunday a-showin' of 'em into their seats. "
An irrepressible Western tourist. VINO
recently visited an Italian convent an
was shown by a monk Q consecrated lamp
which had never gone out during fv-
centuries, bent over and gave the flame
decisive puff, and remarked with COO.
complacency, We'll, I guess it's gu,
uowl'
\ young housekceper wants TO know
Low TO tell the age OF a spring chicken
strike the bird with a sleGge-hammer
If the hammer rebounds with sufficient
force TO knock your brains out the chick
en- is one year old. This is a more reli-
able way than 10 count the wrinkles or
the fowls teeth.
DR.. George ". Beard says nervous ex-
laustion is a modern disease and prc-emi-
nently an American disease. and especially
prevalent here in the North ar,l East Il
is comparatively rare, he thinks, in Eu-
rope, and says that, therefore, we cannot
depend upon foreign treahses to guide Us
in the study OF it.
What are you trying 10 do demand
i an iIate father OF his bog, VINO Va
anding on high chair in the closet aHl
,rying to grab - bill which lay tempt
.agly on the upper shelf. Trying t.
each high note calmly sang ouJ the
lad. The even tenor Of the boys lie
vas Immediately interrupted.
The number of equine births in France
in 1876 is stated TO he nearly three nun
ltred thousand, OF which a tenth part Is
thoroughbred The French army re
CURES ninety nine thousand horses when
on a peace footing; the Russian army
lightweight thousand: and The Ausiro-
hungarian army, torty-six thousand.
The cost of the Eastern war to Russia i
id to have been 9SS,000,000 roubles
During its progress, or at least from April
!, 1871, to June 20. 1878, the paper cur
| rcncy of the Empire was increased from
| III. 100000 to 1,1J4 100000 roubIes. Z
! rDuble is equal to about so cents, but the
Russian notes have deprecated about 30
| Dcr cent
TO restore the softncss and pIiancy OF
GATHER which has become hard by having
! baen wet, apply neat s-ioot oil and rub /,
Il. Castor oil is good Substitute for
ueat's-tOot Oil for sOftening leather belts,
| cots and harness. The best oil for haI-
| less is one quart neat s-foot Oil, four
unccs beet tallOw, and three tablespoons
| .ul lampblack; adding four ounces bees
vax for use in summer weather.
Oatmeal is an important and vaiuab..
article of food. With the exception c
| Indian corn, it is richer III Oily or futt
matter than any OF the other cultivate
cereal grains, and its proportion Of pro
| tein compounds exceeds that OF the fine
| wheaton flour. So that both with respayj
10 its heat and fat making, and its feS
and blood making principles, it holds
high rank.
An old bachelor, picking up book,
| exclaimed, upon seeing a wo0d-cut rep
| rcsentIng a man kneeling al the feet OF a
,oman, Before 1 would ever kncel to &
woman | would encircle my neck with a
| ope and stretch it," And then, turning
20 young woman, he inquired "no 7ou
not think it would be the best this,
could dol" at would, undoubtedly, be-
The best for the woman"
Feminine patiencein piecing patc'I-woT
| Jcd-quiits, is rivaiied by John button,
Dachelor, who keeps house for himself j
5helburne Hollow, VT. lie has pieced u
1ne containing GRAZ pieces, and anothei
which numbers 8,5lJ. He is now at wor>
IL one which when completed Will cor
-st of from l2,000 to 10000 pieces, eac.
ne inch square John is good house
,ceper, and takes pride in his preserve
nd pickles.
Among the means Of diversion in Pari:
| : huge balloon il the courtyard of tbs
'uilleres, inflated with $4,000 cubic fee
| Of hydrogen gas, and capable Of carrying
fly persons. 1t is secured 10y an enor.
nous cable, weighing three tons and ca
| pablo of bearing a tension Of twenty-five
IONS, and is allowed to ascend only 2,O00
| ieet, when it Is drawn down again by az
immense windlass worked by two engines
Of thirty horsepower. Each passenger is
charged twenty francs per trip.