The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-11-20
GLEANINGS.

An '0Xper1enCed physician Is quot
ed as saying that there is q grave wait
ing not far ahead for children who are
never hungry for breakfast"
The new reservoir of Richmond, Va.
holds 10000 900 gallons of water,
while its population requires daily for
cooking and drinking 2OO.O 900 gallons.
Over 5000 have been raised in PEN
ny contributions to the monument of
Peter Cooper. The committee now call
TOR suggestions from artists and sculp-
tors.
1t is estimated that the population Of
he United States to-day is about ST.
900, 900. DIR. Loring predicts that at
the close ot the present century it will
be 100. 900, 900.
One of the largest sheets Of plate
glass ever imported has been placed in
position in Pitts burg. The plate meas
ures 1856 inches by 104 inches, and is
without single flaw.
A strong decoction of the leaves and
stems of tomato plants is said to be
deadly to caterpillars, lice and other
enemies of vegetation without being
injurious to the plants
Walla Walla, w. T., can boast of
two Cinnamon who are entitled to vote,
Shoe Fly and Andrew Johnson. Both
were born in that city, and are conse-
quently native born citizens.
DR.. Pratt, of London, is authority
for the statement that between the ages
of twenty-five and thirty there are six
deaths to the thousand among married
men and ten among bachelors.
Paper is made in France from the
hop vino, and it is claimed that the f.
her secured is the best substitute for
rags yet obtained, as it possesses great
length, strength, flexibility and deli.
cacy.
In the Empire of Morocco there is.
only one subscriber to q newspaper.
He is the Emperor. As soon as there
are two or three more it is likely some
Yankee will happen along and start q
paper.
One of the most remarkable collec-
tons of mineral springs is Catoosa
| Springs, in North Georgia. Thelo are
tifty-two springs, nearly all different in
character, within the space of two
acre plat.
The high prices paid in the New
York market for swapping and mud
turtles has induced many farmers in
Rockland and Orange Counties to go
into the raising of these animals as q
legitimate trade.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
wheat crop of California may be OBJ
tanned when it is stated that it would
take the Central and Southern Pacific
Railroads one year to move it with
their present facilities.
A very unpleasant sect to disagree
with is new religious body whose ex-
| istence has within a few months come to
| light in the Crimea. Mem bers deem it
their duty to kill, on the earliest oppor-
tunity, those who differ with them.
German physicians are claimed by
many to be the most skilful in the
world. They study thirteen years, in
an ordinary college for five years. then
attend a medical school six years. and
end UP with two years in hospital.
Experiments with the electric light
in coal mines, made in Pennsylvania,
have been quite encouraging. 1t is be-
lieved the use of the new light in place
of the miners lamp will reduce the Ii
ability of mines to tire-damp explosions.
Experiments with an electric tricycle.
in England have been so encouraging
that $50 machines will be built They
| two persons and are expected to run at
the rate of six miles an hour on level
ground.
Mrs. Emmeline Rogers, the Texas
Cattle Queen, has turned the half CEN
fury line, while her recently acquired
husband is twenty-three years her jun
Tor. She has induced him to abandon
the ministry, but permitted him to be
elected to the Legislature.
Captain Renard, of France, the in
ventor of an alleged nayigable balloon,
claims that the problem Of aerial navi.
CATION is completely solved, and that il
is now only question of time and
money. He says that a balloon postal
system is rs easy as railroad system.
The oldest church of English or.
igin in this country is in the Isle OF
Wight County, Virginia. and it was
built, it is thought, in 1862, and ct i'm
ported brick. The thick walls and
tower are stil,xrm, but the windows,
doors, and Interior woodwork are
gone.
Adulteration of leather is the latest,
and comes from Germany. 1t is &C.
complished by soaking the tanned hides
in glucose and drying them, which adds
to their weight and apparent solidity
and increases their value. 1t was de-
tected by soaking the leather in water
for twenty-four hours.
A swarm of bees have been colonized
in the mummy of an OK that has lain
on the alkali fiat. near Dayton, New.
for two years or SO, and the interior OF
the carcass is full of honey. The skin
is intact over the whole skeleton. and
is rigid as iron. The bees pass in and
out at the mouth Of the animal.
Japanese magic mirrors are in the
market. These are made of fine bur.
nished metal, and when lightly breath.
ed upon disclose geometrical patterns,
, landscapes or faces. Their manpfac.
ture is a secret, but is believed to con-
sist of welding the pattern in one kind
of steel or iron upon plate of differ
ent kind. One which reproduced
faces, sold at Philadelphia for t110.
A mammoth beehive has been dis.
; covered in the bosom of the noted
peak commonly called ''Old Baldy,''
situated in San Bernardino County,
, California The bees at work in thil
wild mountain hive are almost innu,
merable. and they have in store Q gi:
, gantic mountain of pure honey, which
is estimated TO be $50 feet deep and 30(
feet wide, and contains more than SOC
, barrels of the genuine article.
Henry Irving says of all the people
Oh earth, the American people eat with
the most intelligence. 1t is plain te
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