The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-26
SCRAPS.

Ringing in the ears is attributed to
sells of the labyrinth.
The curvature of the earth amounts
to seven inches per mile. A man six
feet high cannot be seen ten miles.
Under each of the twelve pillars in
one of the Druidical circular temples
at Jena dead body was found buried.
A glue which will resist the action OF
water is made by boiling one pound of
glue in two quarts of skinned milk.
George ". used to travel from Lon
don to Brighton, a distance of tifty-six
miles, by a ccaou and four, in four
hours aud a half.
Mr.. Langdon, Of Seneca Falls, died
of lockjaw through cold contracted by
the shaving of his beard, which he had
worn for many years.
Damascus, which has never been
sacked by attacking armies, has at last
succumbed to the course of commerce.
The Suez Canal has been its death.
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a Temperance lecturer paused IN his
speech to take drink of water, put the
glass down and laZily reached toward
the end Of the table for coffee grain.
Force of habit.
Your dog, what does he want here?"
inquired dry-goods dealer of custO-
mer, whose big Newfoundland was up
setting things generally. "Muzzlin,'
was the answer.
The London Court Journal says that
"the Americans are death on the Brit
ish sparroWs; all the former ill-feeling
they had against US they have trans
terred TO our representative bird"
The Communists are very reasonable.
They only ask an even divide. AS
they have nothing 10 contribute to the
general fund, it is easy to see that their
scheme is very neat One-for them.
The petrifed body of Il woman, sup
posed to be the victim of an earthquake
hundreds of years ago, was recently
found imbedded in a cargo of nitrate
of soda, which arrived in England from
Peru.
When swallows ny low wet weather
may be expected, because the insects
which the swallows pursue in their
! flight are flying low to escape the mois-
ture of the upper regions of the at
mosphere.
White arsenic is so cheap that the
manufactures have used it for the
adulteration of "violet powder, and a
J number of infants in London have died
of the poison, which produces disease
| like erysipelaS.
A fish in Java, called the jaculator,
catches flies and other insects, by
squirting from its mouth some water,
and seldom misses its aim at distance
OF five or six feet, bringing down a fly
with a single drop.
The crushing weight in hundred
weights per square inch OF ebony IS 10,
| OF lockwood, 81, Of teak los, of English
| oak 50, Canada oak 81, ash 50, birch
104, beech SO, elm 80, mahogany 70,
spruce 81, pine As, larch so.
"Whiskey is your greatest enemy"
said minister to Deacon Jones. but"
said Jones, don't the Bible say, Mr..
Preacher, that we ale to love our enc
mies?" ooh, yes, Deacon Jones; but 1t
don't say we are TO swallow them"
Whitewash for fences or out-build-
ings is best made by Stacking the lime
in boiling water, and to three gallons
ordinary whitewash add one pint
molasses and one pint table salt. Stir
the mixture frequently while putting
it on.
"Didn't you guarantee that that horse
wouldn't shy before the discharge of a
canuon?" said a cavalry officer to
horse dealer. Yes, l did, and III
stick to it, replied the dealer. HE
never SHES till after the cannon is
fred
SJsh windows may be kept upin
simple and inexpensive manner by
means of cork. Bore three or four
holesin the side of the sash, into which
insert common bottle-cork, projecting
abouO the sixteenth part of an inch.
These will press against the window
frames along their usual grooves, and
10y their elasticity support the sash at
any height which may be required.
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