The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-04-01
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As many as 1900 tints are used in
Gobelin tapestry work, great increase
in number and 'fineness due mainly to
chemistry.
Prince Henry of Battenberg recently
got heavy fall while hunting. and
Queen Victoria has practically forbidden
him to hunt any more.
Mime Gerster suffers from persistent
insomnia, which has so worn out her
system that two or three years will. be
needed to effect restoration.
Archbishop Croke would like much
to visit this country, but at his age
above sixty-he breads the mental and
physical strain it would cause him.
1t is thought that dozen shots from
the new German bomb. charged with
dynamite shells, would destroy the
stronge Notifications in the world.
In letter, written as long as 1861,
and now for the first time published,
Darwin speaks of himself as one OF
those miserable creatures who are never
comfortable for twenty-four hours.
Prof L. w. Spring, author OF Exam
sas'' in the American Commonwealth
series, will give up the chair of English
literature in the State University of Kan
sas to take that in Williams college. He
was graduated at Williams at 1868.
Oscar Wilde is contemplating another
trip to this country. He is to be accom-
panied by his wife, and is to ''do" the
mining districts in New Mexico before
he goes home again. Mr.. Wilde does
not threaten to lecture during this trip.
Miss Kato Kin, daughter of Kato
Kiyoto, shizoku of Tokyo Flu, Japan,
has been ordered by the Department of
Education to visit the United States to
study the routine of normal schools and
nursery establishments for three years
The beautiful red plumage of South
African species of birds has been chem
ically examined and found to be due to
copper. When the birds are kept away
from food containing copper they en-
tirely lose the tint produced by that
| mineral.
Albert Victor Edward, eldest son of
the Prince of Wales, is described as
shy, pale. boyish-look:Hg young fellow,
who doesn't look his twenty-five years.
He is devotedly attached to his mother,
whom he resembles in character and
| features
There is an old superstition prevalent
among river men of the West that the
name ssWashington" is in every sense
an unlucky one for a steamboat, and
that one so christened, whether wholly
or in part, is sure to be burned, blown
up or sunk.
AS curious experience in regard to
the changed condition of affairs in the
West, it is stated that buffaloes are bred
in Kansas for sale, and calves bring $50
each now where twenty years ago herds
of thousands of these cattle ranged over
the prairies without interference.
The English Mechanic says that the
V-shaped chain rope is likely to become
the driving rope of the future. 1t can
be made to tit any shape of groove, and
works well over pulleys, while it can be
put on or shortened in few minutes
and possesses four times the advantage
of the round rope.
Establishments for the manufacture of
steel nails and steel nail plate are on
the increase in this country. These
nails, it is alleged, are produced much
more cheaply than those of iron, owing
to the cheaper procesS-the Bessemer-
in preparing the metal; but their grip is
less than >hat of iron nails.
In the course of conversation be-
tween w. S. Gilbert and Frank Bur-
nand, editor of Punch, the former said:
"Burnand, suppose you receive guam
titles of funny copy from outside people,
don't you?n Burnand was off his guard,
and replied, Lots" Gilbert's hard
face relaxed little as he added, "Why
the deuce don't you put some of it in
Punch, then?"
According to Mr.. Grant Allen, 'Dar-
win was not, as most people falsely
imagine, the Moses of evolutionism, the
prime mover in the biological revolu-
ton; he was the Joshua who led the
world of thinkers and workers into full
fruition of that promised land which
earlier investigators had but dimly de-
serted from the Pishgah-top of conject~
ural speculation"
A Boston writer declares it to be q
matter of fact rather than of fancy that
there is more nutriment in a dark than
white-shelled egg. The white of the
white-shelled egg is like milk of lime
water, while that of dark eggs has SUBJ
stance, is gelatinous in appearance, and
will hold together if lifted few inches,
and. it is claimed, is one-third more
valuable for any culinary purpose.
A writer on mural painting saws:
"For ages custom has sanctioned the
painted wall of temple, capitol and
theatre, but what glorious opportunities
are offered by the walls of our colossal
railroad stations. our public halls, our
mammoth hotels and costly restaurants;
our vast stores. Paint them, and the
people would be brought face to face
with art in the daily routine of life, and
absorb it as children absorb foreign
language"
John Turner, of Livermore, Me-, over
seventy, hearty, rugged, once Democrat
ic candidate for Sheriff, for years
thought to be rich, is in jail because he
won't pay his poll tax. He has trans
ferred all his property to his son, who
wants to pay the 81; but the old man
refuses to permit him, and says he is
past the age when men should pay a
poll tax; that he has no property. and
will make this test case as to whether
a pauper shall be taxed by town.
Little Billie Hutchlns of Lawrence
vile, Ga, is hero. A can of powder
dropped into basket of chips and was
thrown on the fire, before which stood
Billie's three little sisters. The boy
jumped for the can, but just as he seized
it the powder exploded. The little girls
were not hurt at all, but the boy was
badly burned. Some one asked him
why he grabbed the powder. He an
swered as well as he could, for he was
suffering intensely: ITO save the girls. !"
A German investigator has succeeded
in producing musical tones from metal
plates by electrifying them intermittent
ly from an induction machine. The
plate is supported on an ebonite funnel,
and is millimeter in thickness. The
terminals of the induction machine are