The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-12-26
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| A pretended cripple was exposed in
| Springfield, Mass. One ann was bound
close to his side, and false stump was
attached close to the shoulder.
The Italian Government, on the occa-
| sion Of the inauguration OF statue to
| GiordanG Bruno, proposes TO repubiish all
the works of the philosopher.
4 devoted husband says that the phon-
| ograph is simply machine that talks
| back" and he has one of that kind III his
| house ever since he was married.
Christopher Mann, of Independence,
Mo, has Just celebrated his 105th birth
day He has a son only eight years Oil,
and is the father Of twenty-eight chill
dren.
The Moniteur de la Moselle says that
there is a linden tree near Chateau Saiins
which was planted in 1852. At the base
it measures more than II feet in circun-
ference.
An Indiana preacher made use Of the
expression 'the iconoclastic segregate Of
SIM" last Sunday, and has already re-
ceived q call to Congregational Church
il Boston.
It is stated that Turkey derived from
Cyprus a revenue of 100000 year,
and that under an improved system OF
government much larger revenue can
be raised.
4 Snowman advertises that among his
other curiosities is the celebrated differ
ence" which has been so often split by
bargan-makers. He says he has both
halves of it.
Archie-"See, old man, how I am hunt
ed after; all these are invitations Friend
Good gracious! all. invitations2 Invi-
tations to whatl" Archie-"To call and
settle their accounts"
4 little boy was passing along the street
with feecle step and a face full of mis-
cry. TIE good lady stopped and kindly
| inquired what allied him. Don't you cat
any cherries" said he.
Hazing in the high school OF Spring
| field Vt, takes the form of selling the
victim by the arms and legs, and drop
ping him repeatedly on his back. Spinal
disease is q common result.
A returned missionary was recently in
vited to a party where all the ladies APP
| peared in low-cut dresses. Said he to his
host, II don't mind it at all; I've spent
ten years among the savages."
Lines on Pumpkin" dedicated "To
| my dear friend, lie Due" by w. K. Rog-
| erss are reported to have been misin-
| terpreted by the beneficiary of the in
tended honor, and now there is great
| chasm Of GOODNESS between them.
There are several new leaders Of fash
ion in Paris, who, under the republic,
adopt the most extravagant styles Of
dress and rival any Of the eccentricities
for which women OF the imperial court
were noted.
The wonderful vitality Of Loman Grif-
fin, who has lately died in Lodi, o., aged
1906, was shown by the fact that he
brcatted several days after his limbs
were lifeless, although he had not eaten
for a week.
At Bates College recently, quoth a pro-
fessor: "Can you multiply together con-
crete numbers?" Glass are uncertain.
Prof.-"What is the product of five apples
multiplied by six potatoess" Fresh. tri-
mphantly-"Hash."
name On the door thus: &c. Sharp" A
wag Of painter, who knew something OF
music, early one morning made the fol-
towing undeniable and significant add
ton: rs A flat"
The owner Of a pair of bright eyes says
that the prettiest compliment she ever
received came from a child OF four years
The little fellow, after looking intently at
her eyes moment, inquired naively:
Are your eyes new opes!'
All Of Tunkhannock, Pa, is wondering
wv Leslie Smith, aged 8, contrived, un-
SISTED, 10 climb out OF a we'll thirtY-tWo
Get deep, in which was eight feet OF wa
er, into which he had fallen while prac-
Using gymnastics on the well sweep.
In England correspondents are dis
missed by editors with but scant courtesy
A shrinking maiden forwards some verses
upon a Bunch Of Yioiets.n The compo-
sition Is thus acknowledged: Your poem
has seen the light. We lit our cigar with
t."
Elder Stevenson, Mormon missionary,
incidentally proposed matrimony to
widow and her two daughters in Hick-
man County, Tenn. They said yes and
are on their way to Salt Lake City, where
the marriage ceremony is to be per-
formed.
The increase of short-sighteahess is
complained of in Alsace. In q college at
Muhouse fifty out Of 234 students were
lately found short-sighted, the three higher
classes showing GS per cent. This is st
tributed to studying at night with insult
fcient light.
A convict in the Joliet Qn.) prison
hanged himself in the solitary cell in
which he had been kept several days for
writing letters without permission. He
mad served several terms of ordinary i'm
prisonmcnt, but utter loneliness drove
him crazy.
The funeral services Of q San Francis
coan were delayed by the hardness Of the
clergyman. 'NYhile we are waiting, said
one of the mourners, ''Our friend, Mr..
Welters, will perhaps oblige with a reel
tation." Mr.. Welters obliged, reciting
The Raven"
There are two brothers on West Hill,
says the Hawkeye, who look so much
alike that they can't tell each other apart,
and one day last week, when John was
raging like a volcano with the toothache,
Henry went down to DR.. Wilson and had
six teeth pulled.
During the year ending il May last
fifteen slave ships were condemned on the
west coast Of Africa, and sixty slaves set
at liberty. The traffic in slaves between
Mozambique and Madagascar continues,
although the queen of the latter country
has considerably diminished.
4 staff commander was inspecting an
English yeomanry regiment on outpost
duty. "What are you doing here, my
man." he asked vidette. Maxim a
DANCED fule of myself, sir" GLOW so?"
why, l should be at hoam carTyin' hay
His heart was not in that parade.
To remove doubts as to the honors 10
ne rendered by French sailors to distin-
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