The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-20
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gan plnerleS last winner Is estimated al
495, 500,000 feet
The special mail delivery system i:
voted to be great annoyance by postal
clerks, who have to keep a sharp watch
| for a few letters bearing its stamps
while sorting thousands of 2-certers-
During the war Mrs. Terry, of North
Adams, Mass, nursed back to life a
stranger who was Frustrated with fever.
The man, who was brother OF Senator
Stanford, of California, died recently,
leaving her $4,000.
The New York Journal in an article
"No Time to Marry" conclusively sets
| forth that there are actually over hun
bred thousand young men and maidens
in the city of New York alone who have
actually no time to marry.
Canadians are beginning to worry
over their loss of forests. In the more
| thickly settled part of Ontario only 10
per cent of woodland remains, and
wells must now be dug to the depth OF
forty or fifty feet where formerly water
could be reached at six.
Although Winnipeg is the headquart-
ers of the Hudson Bay Fur Company, it
is almost impossible for stranger to
buy furs there. The company's agents
will not sell. and the only chance a
traveller has to get a robe or skin of any
sort is from the Indians.
A correspondent of the Congers (Gs.)
Solid South says there is a colored
preacher near Jasper who rules his
horse by butting him. If the animal is
fractions or stubborn he takes the kinks
out by deliberately Selling it by the
head until it falls to its knees. This ii
generally does at the second or third
butt when the old parson steps behind
and drives ahead again.
The fox-hunting season in England
closes in a mournful strain of disap.
pointment. Not only has the season
been dull from a sporting point of view,
but some of the stanchest supporters have
felt that they could not afford to con-
tinue the sport. Farmers have been un-
usually determined to preserve their
rights. and have warned hunters off the
field by such evident signs as closed
gates, wire fences, and notices.
The water has receded from the Tum-
| lin Mound field at Carterville, Ca, and
has left uncovered acres of skulls and
bones Some of these are gigantic. If the
whole frame is in proportion to two
| thigh-boneS that were found, theil
owner must have stood fourteen feet
| high. Many curious ornaments of shell
| brass, and stone have been found
Some of the bodies were buried in small
| vaults built of stones
Ex-Gov. Curtin, according to the
Washington correspondent of the Ian.
caster (Pa.) Intelhgencer, is busy put,
ting in shape his correspondence and
other data of the War period for histori
cal purposes; and they say it will make
a sensation when given to the public
The governor has had numerous offers
for an autobiography, and publishers
have besieged him with proposals. He
won't listen to any of them. He has
made his selection of an editor
A photograph has just been taken in
Hartford of five persons who represent
five generations. On the right sits the
| great-great-grandfather Benoni Austin
of North Woodstock, aged 95 years On
the left is the great grandfather, John
Austin, aged Is; back of him is the
grandfather, n. V. Austin, aged 50; in
the centre stands the father, Arthur P
Austin, aged 20; and in front of him
stands his little son, Forrest, Just year;
old. They are all in good health.
A local Bellaire, Ohio, statistician gets
| off the following: There are about &C
saloons in Bellaire. Putting the aver
age sale of drinks at 80 glasses of beer
and 40 glasses Of whisky per day al
each saloon, an estimate by far too low,
the daily consumption of liquor amounts
to 5000 glasses of beer and 2,4OO glass
es of whisky. For this $500 is daily ex
pended-or S2,730 per week-S142, 06C
per year. This S142,O6O would buy o..
4l2 loaves of bread, would clothe 300
men for year, or would buy 80 good
FARMS
There is said to be a well authenti.
Gated case of leprosy in Yadkin county,
North Carolina, the patient being John
Plewman, aged 40 years. Eighteen
months ago he felt q curious numbness
OF the left arm. He could stand great
heat near that arm without sufferinq
pain, and later could pass his hand
through the flame of candle and be
insensihle to the heat. White blotches
appeared on the arm. and large scabs
formed. These bIotches are now spread
ing to the body. Physicians. including
three specialists, pronounce the disease
leprosy.
A rowing club at Crefeld, on the
Kline, having ordered craft from Mr..
Teller, boat-builder of Paris, received
this reply: ''In accordance with the
custom of your country, you try by
every means to procure designs OF
French workmanship. We French COPY
none. By incessant labor | have &C
CURED European fame, and am afraid
OF nobody at universal exhibitions. But,
apart from this, / can only see one way
OF coming to an understanding. Having
served in the artillery, l hope to help
one day IN the taking of Berlin, and
then can deliver to you personally the
wished-for boat"
The most conscientious man of the
Boycott Convention was DR.. May Of
San Francisco. He stopped at a board
ing-house where no Chinese servants
were employed. Only Japan tea was
served on the table. White sugar.
manufactured by the Spreckels refinery,
from the Spreckels plantation, was not
used because Chinese are employed in
Its production, refining, and transporta.
ton. he had taken the precaution to
have his linen laundried at home. He
was so conscientious that, when there
was set before him an omelet for break
fast. be demanded proof that it was not
made from Cochin China, Buff Cochin.
or Shanghai eggs. DR.. May is a good
man and conscientious, and is willing to
60 again to the Legislature. Fran
CISCO Argonaut.
Utilization of Feathers.
Quite valuable industry is now car
ried on in France in the utilization of
the various kinds of feathers formerly
treated as worthless, especially those OBJ
tanned IN plucking ducks. chickens.
turkeys. and those of wild fowl and
other birds killed as game. The plan