The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-07-18

a year.
A man at Walla Walla, w. T., eats
an egg for each year of his life on
every birthday. He was recently forty
two, and ate that number of eggs on
that day.
A Connecticut newspaper, speaking
of American ladies who have married
British noblemen, refers to 1.-The
duchess of Marlborough, nee Widow
Hammersley."
While the church members of San
Jose, Cal, were raising 5000 as an
inducement for a certain revivalist to
start a revival in the town a poor,
Woodworking man died of starvation.
An oyster recently dredged up in
English waters measured z inches in
length, the same in breadth, and 204
inches around the outside edge, and
weighed three and half pounds.
An Irishman named Casey died re-
Gently in Albuquerque very wealthy.
BY his will he left to General j. A.
Williamson. of Iowa, nearly 100000
for favor to Casey loag ago forgot
ten.
Mrs. Martha Yoakley of Sullivan
County, Tennessee, celebrated her
18th birthday Jan, l, 1889. Her hus-
band committed suicide at the advance
ed age of SO some years since, but the
old lady never married again.
A duck was killed in Spottsylvania
County, Virginia, which had a nail
two inches long protruding through
the gizzard into the entrails. 1t seemed
as it was as lively as cricket before
it was killed.
Mormons of the conservative type
complain that converts are being made
too fast, and that the character of the
women in particular. is not up to the
mark. Some of them even show tenn
per toward their liege lords, thing
strictly forbidden by mormon rules.
Nine. Patti, while in Paris recently,
formally adopted as her own child the
only daughter of her husband by his
divorced and dead wife. This girl,
who is about 16 years of age, is said
to be possessed of rare beauty. She
is now installed in the diva's castle in
Wales.
James Whitcomb Riley is authority
for the statement that Private Secreta-
nv Elijah Halford was never known to
whistle in his life. Mr.. Riley and Mr..
Halford were brought up together in
the same newspaper office, and it may,
therefore, be assumed that Mr.. Riley
knows whereof he speaks.
Vaccination is compulsory in Eng
land and optional in France. In the
large cities of France the number of
deaths from smallpox was 1856, or
OBJ per 1000 of the living population.
In the large cities of England during
the same period the number of deaths
was 332, or 0.04 per 1000.
Jacob Cover of Chambersburg, Pa,
has in his possession copper badge
worn at Washington's inauguration,
100 years ago. In the centre is en-
graved an eagle w it'll outstretched
wings, above the head of which is q
star. Around the edge is inscribed,
March the Fourth, 1889. Memorable
Era
A correspondent recommends tar
smoke for a diptheria cure. His treat
ment is to put few drops of tar, like
that used in shipyards, on warm
stove lid and TO require the patient to
inhale and swallow the smoke ten times
a day for five minutes each time. He
has been invariably successful in his
experiments.
The ballet pantomime, The Belle
Sofia" now being produced at Cassel,
pictures Bulgaria and introduces the
emperorS of Austria and Russia, the
sultan, the kings of Greece and Italy
and Bismarck. In the final scene the
emperor of Germany sits on his throne,
surrounded by dancing beauties, with
Bismarck by his side.
An English gentleman who has been
making tour of New Zealand, saws:
[ once saw a Maori that l knew walk
ing up and down the veranda of a
hotel, and looking very much disguised
about something. On my asking him
what was the matter, he told me that
he had had thirteen glasses of whisky
and couldn't get drunk.
Mrs. Mckee, the Presidents Young
married daughter, is, according to
the Albany Journal, the Mrs. Cleve-
land of the new Administration. She
has, it is said. the happy faculty of
making every person She meets for
the first time believe that she has
particular interest in his or her well
fare and acquaintance.
The athletic culture fad, which orig
mated in Boston, and has been steadily
spreading, has now reached Milwau-
kee. where young women are evincing
a lively interest in it. A new feature
of the fad is the craze for fencing and
boxlng-twO masculine accomplish
mcnts, which, for some reason, are very
dear to the feminine mind
The state telegraphs in England still
fail to meet expenses. The outlay last
year exceeded the receipts by more
than six thousand pounds, and there
was still interest to pay upon loan of
f10. SSO,571. The total deficiency
therefore, to no less sum
than 1882, sol. Since 1872 the coun-
try has paid in taxation towards the
working of the telegraphs the enorm-
Gus sum of f3, 357, 400.
The Ironwood (Mich.) Times relates
that the other day freight brakeman
on the Lake Shore Road was ordered
to get the number of eight ore cars in
the train taken on at Wakefield. He
stood on the platform as the cars
passed by at a moderate rate of speed
and read the numbers, all of which
were in the ten thousands. Without
writing them down he went to the con-
ductor and reported the numbers. 1t
was afterwards ascertained that all
were correct.
With all their affection and frank
ness, the Maori children seem to have
no idea of obedience. The babies are
carried slung on the backs of the moth
ers in shawls, like the papooses of our
Indians. The women have their ears
pierced for wearing ornaments, of |
WHICH The sharks tooth is favorite;
but some, with an inventiveness not |
found among their civilized sisters, I
have been known to utilize the hole in |