The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-03
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Tile ration Of a Cincinnati statesman
never includes less than twelve beers
per diem during The summer months.
An Ohio man says he started thirty
years ago to make Sl4,ooo,ooo. He has
got the fourteen, but the ciphers bother
him.
The state subsidy to the Roman
Catholic Church in Belgium is over
$500, 00o; the Protestants get $4,000
aud the Jews $500.
If you have never tried to tack down
a carpet, you have never come to the
full realization of tie fact that there is
such thing as backbone.
Peru has for the first time INDUCED
in census, which gives the population
at 1855, 9i5, of which 1866, 945 are
males; 100 men to 50 women.
In Georgia the present generation
have way of mentioning 1.-THE old
time SoutLerner" as an article COM
pletely relegated to the garnet.
New Orleans has at presents popu-
lation of only 10000, which, however,
is steadily increasing by emigration
from France, Italy and Germany.
The Lancet says that Earl Russell
did more for the medical profession
than any other nobleman, both Min
lister and member Of the Legislature.
A little three-year-old girl, in repeat
ing her prayer to her mother every
night, insists on praying to be made a
''dood Epislopalian Wepublitan."
Boston Common VIII be somewhat
shorn of its beauty. The placing of too
great quantity of street sweepings
about the roots las killed seventy
trees.
Giles asserts that The laws are very
unjust. A man can poach an egg and
there is nothing done about it; but let
him try to poach chicken-Well, just
let him try-that is all
In Brookfield, Mass, a barn took fire
from matches igniting in the pocket of
a coat that was left hanging on a peg
where friction was caused by the coat
swinging with the breeze.
"There are people who live behind
the hill," is an old German proverb,
which means that there are other per-
sons in the world beside yourself, al
though you may not see them.
1t is estimated that ninety-fve per
cent of all tile silk imported is under
valued at least one-third, by which The
Government is defrauded of duties
amounting to eight millions year.
A big dog in Paris, KY, is a friend
of drunkards in need. Whenever he
sees staggering man, he sticks to him
until home is reached, OF watches at
the wayfarer's side if he falls in the
gutter.
Aristippus said he took money from
his friends not so much to use it him
self as 10 teach them how to bestOw it.
Most of us are willing to teach our
friends wholesome lesson by borrow
ing ali they have.
Two of three negroes hanged in
Goldsboro, N. c., expressed firm be-
lief that they were going direct from
he scaffold to heaven, bat the third
was equally sure that he was going to
hell. Il will breakfast wi h the devil
tomorrow" he said.
A boy at crossing having begged
something Of gentleman, the latter
told him he would give him something
as he came back. The boy replied:
"Your honor would be surprised if you
knew tie money l have lost by giving
credit that way"
San Antonio is the prettiest and OIL
est town in Texas, and is inhabi'e
chiefly 10y Germans and MeXicanS, will
only a sprinkling Of the American race.
white and black. Life is very orderly
there, and the population is rapidly IN
creasing.
David Leach of Hinsdale, Mass, is
81 years old and very feeble; but he had
sufficient mental strength 10 know that
his daughter had stolen 5000 from him.
He accused her and she retaliated by
pouring pail of boiling water over his
head, scalding him horribly.
Some Irishmen display conceit in
their adopted nomenclature, and some
humility. DR.. Lardner, for example,
was christened Dennis, which he
promptly expanded into DiOnysius.
Boucicault, who was christened Dion
vsius, abbreviated himself into simple
Dion.
rs it becoming to me?' asked she.
as she paraded in the costume of one
hundred years ago before her husband
Yes, my DEAR" said he, meekly
Don't you wish could dress this way
all the timer" she asked. mo, my
oear," he replied; "but l wish you had
lived when that was the STYLE
One George Toy. a young man from
Bordeaux, threw himself from the top
of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. His
fancy was to die in state of nature,
and consequently he Invested himself
of his clothing before jumping. He
had for some time been subject to reli-
gious ecstasies, and as he jumped he
shouted, God calls me; am here.n
LIVER Is KING