The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-09-25
GLEANINGS.

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seven years. The Board of Health is
anxiously watching the case
Philip Einstein, of Buffalo. who has
been blind for fifty years, suddenly and
unexpectedly recovered his sight
One of the phrases given to the world
by the new and entertaining Cincinnati
San is ''knowledgeous information.
There are over L. 500 Smiths employed
by the Government, 400 of whom are
John Smiths. There are over 800 each
Jones and Johnsons.
The Dutch Government is now taking
a turn at the north pole. One of the
vessels of the expedition has been heard
from the Island of Vardoe.
There is one doctor to every $50 per-
sons in the United States; one to every
600 in New York State, and one to
every $50 in New York City.
The population of the Chinese EN-
pire is officially announced as being
$50. O0O,OO souls. 1t was popularity
believed to be double as large.
A Calcutta cooler is glass jar, i'm
bedded in thick felt box, and covered
with red calico. Ice can be kept in it
forty-eight hours without melting
There is a girl in Turner, Me-, who
smokes, cbews, shaves, swears and
wears mans hat. What more could
she do to entitle her to the right of
voting?
The new cheap cabs in New York
have proved so much of success that
the high priced old regulars have
formed a combination to starve them
out by cutting under their rates.
In Massachusetts there is a pretty GUS
tom of Illuminating the room in which
birthday party is held with large wax
candles, representing in number the
years of age of the person honored.
A truthful exchange says that of the
$500 men graduated since May from
the various colleges, there became:
Lawyers, 500; doctors, 500; ministers,
800; merchants, 10; baseball players,
1890.
The intense Summer heat in Cuba is
peculiar. ut is dry and pepperv,"
says writer, land it stings and pricks
the skin as if a million grains of hot
sand fell upon your face and hands at
once.
There is mandatory of bogus
maple sugar in Pittsburg. The article
is made out of plaster of paris, rice
flower, molasses. glucose. candy and
little coloring matter. 1t does not
contain particle of sugar.
South of Long Island, six fathoms be-
meath the Atlantic, are the remains of
vast marsh. In very clear water
roots of great trees can be seen from q
boat, and in stormy weather masses of
decayed wood and peat are thrown up
on the shore.
Partisan tiremen are now provided
with electric light, supplied by portable
storage batteries. Not long ago, be-
fore the introduction of these lights, a
number of tiremen were killed by the
explosion of gas in cellar which they
entered with ordinary lanterns.
The once famous Hudson River tun-
mel, upon which $1,000, 900 has been
expended, has been abandoned, it
would seem, forever. The hole is full
of water, and the janitor of the dilapi-
dated building which covers the en-
trance said to reporter: 1--WE lost
the key"
Fort Sumpter is now very insignifi-
cant place compared to what it once
was. 1t has been RACED to one story,
and looks quite dilapidated. 1t has on
tia few guns, not more than half
dozen, and the foundation of the ira
verses OF the best guns are rotten and
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A dead black eagle, measuring ten
feet three inches from tip to tip of
wings, and seven inches in length
of claw. was found floating in tho
Merrmac River, near Garvin's Falls,
N. H., the other day. The quilts from
its wings were nineteen inches long, and
the weight of the bird was twenty
pounds.
Brewer Vassar gave young American
women the college which bears his
name; Brewer Bass, of England, re-
fused peerage, gave literally to
charities and churches and reading
rooms, and left business worth $12,-
900, 600 yearly; Brewer Guinness, whose
porter has made him famous, was no
less famous for his benefactions.
Plans have been prepared for a ship
canal across Ireland. from Dublin to
Galway, distance of 1877 miles. The
estimated cost for ships of various
sizes is as follows: For ships of 1.50O
tons, $40, 900, 900; for ships of $500
tons, $50, 600, 900; for ships of 5000
tons and upward, 500. 00O,0 The
plans have been prepared by London
engineer, assisted by Captain Eads.
The electric railway at Brighton, in
England, is success. 1t runs along
the shore every ten minutes, picking
up passengers as it goes, and can be
stopped, when hailed, as easily as an
omnibus. Its motion is sliding and
pleasant. Its capacity is apparently
unlimited. 1t is to be extended to the
western end of the Brighton Beach, and
is then expected to yield very hand
some revenue to its promoters.
The Niagara International Park Com
mission has ascertained that Goat Is
land during the past ten years has
yielded an annual revenue of about
SIS, 900, and Prospect Park. during the
same period, $4,000. The island,
containing eighty acres. is held at
$1,000. 600, and the park, fourteen
acres, at the same figure. The real
estate Immediately about the falls,
desired by the commission, is held at
$500, 600.
An English firm of potters has pro-
duced the largest vase in the world.
1t is of china, and its chief feature is
globe representing the world, which
is supported on a pedestal and sur
rounded by number of NEUROLOGICAL
figures. The color of the globe is a
subdued green. and the figures are
china bisque and other decorated and
white glazed china. The vase is eleven
feet high and six feet four inches in
diameter. 1t cost $17,50O.
A child with two brains is the latest
freak of nature in Nebraska On the
back of its head was tumor eleven
and half inches in circumference,
connected with the head by ligame MT
six inches long. A post norton ex-
animation proved the supposed tumor
to be second head supplied with an
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