The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-03-07
MISSING LINKS.
Three-fifths of the Gotten cropis now
nroduced nv white labor.

| produced Dy white idooi.
Over 20. OOO, 900 pairs of suspenders
were made in the United States last
year.
Louisiana furnishes alone one-seTenth
of our sugar. Her crop in 1888 was
800, 900, 900 pounds.
Seven million feet of spool wool was
lately shipped from Bangor, Me-, TO
firm of Scotch thread makers.
In England experiments are beng
conducted to separate solid from liquid
matter in sewage by means OF eiec-
tricity.
Knitters in Donegal are paid II to 2
pence per pair for long socks that the
most nimble fingers cannot hnlsh IN
less than day.
Four men are reported to have taken
out $40, 900 worth of gold from surface
diggings in Wayne County, West Vir-
ginia, since last fall.
Steel rails have grown in weight
from fifty-six pounds to the yard to
ninety and 100 and it is probable that
in time they will be even heavier.
A boy in a Brooklyn school yelled
"Fire!" just to see what his teacher
would do. He found out. She licked
him until he had to take week S
vacation.
An English weekly observes that
there is "a fierce rivalry between the
states of st. Louis and Chicago as to
which has the tallest governor. And
such is famei
Five years ago good specimen of a
mummy could be obtained in Alex
andria for S.. The price has now adj
vanced to SIS. with 81 extra for real
old veteran.
There are now 101 geographical
societies in the world. France comes
first with twenty-nine, Germany next
with twenty-five, and great Britain
third with nine societies.
An elephant lately died at Bombay
in the 300th year of his age. and
naturalists figure from this that any
elephant of regular habits will have nc
trouble in pulling along for at least
| 200 years.
A negro boy near Camden, S. c.,
lost a dollar that belonged to his
mother. He felt so badly about it that
he began crying bitterly and did not
stop for twenty-four hours, and then
!: he died from exhaustion.
The Chinese have always exhibited
great repugnance to any surgical opera
ton which involves amputation; not
on account of fear of pain, which they
bear with great fortitude, but because
I they look upon it as duty to keep the
body intact.
One hundred and five collieries are
now open in India, which among then
mined nearly 1,400,0 tons of coal in
, 1886. 1t is not so very long since tn,
, chief Indian government geologist sale
that he was prepared to eat all the Goa
that was ever found in India.
Louis j. Beck, Newark, N. j.
butcher aged twenty-three. is the lat
est freak. He sticks needles through
: his cheeks, nose, tongue, lips, finger
and external tissues generally making
of himself a human pin cushion, with
out experiencing any pain or discom
, fort.
!. The emperor of Russia exhibited a
!, Copenhagen an immense dinner ser
!. vice of Dresden china which was man
, ufactured for him few years ago a
. a cost of $4,000. There is differen
! scene of Russian life Oh every piece
, and every variety of Russian uniform
. and costume is represented.
l A hint to all traders, big and little
is given by boy who peddles matche
r near an elevated railroad station il
$ New York. He watches the passenger
| do ha tot
3 when he sees man with an unlightet
: cigar he hands him a match read,
: lighted, and then offers to sell him tn
9 rest of the box.
Washington is a haven of rest 70
numerous retired army and nav
officers. A list of the retired officer
now residing in the city shows:
the army, 10 generals, 5 majors, 1
, colonies, 25 captains, IL lieutenants
: in the navy, 2Srear admrals, 16 officer
, with relative rank of commodore,
captains and half-dozen mino
officers. Many own their residences
7 Professor Shelton of the Kansa
+ Agricultural College, says that cor
+ and sorghum as hay plants are to b
= the salvation of the Kansas farmer
: These heat-living, drought-resistin
t plants must be cultivated expressly TO
: fodder. What Kansas needs is a grea
| area of corn which has not been plante
S for corn, and great crop of SORGHUM
+ which does not squint toward mo
t lasses.
Walking sticks are now being mad
that are useful as well as ornamental
1
and screwed to the cane, another has
l receptacle for nickels and cents, and i
convenient for those who ride on stree
: and other city cars and cross ferries
I another contains measure for tn
height of horses, and has a spirit-leve
: attachment; and still another has
good little watch set in the crysta
handle.
: Several parlor adaptations of law
tennis are new games in England. On
is called ''tennisette." The player
, standing short distance from a roun,
target pierced with five round holes
throws ball on the carpet, endeavor
ing to make it rebound through tn
rings of the frame. Another indoo
, game is ''lawn tives,n with net be
hind screen. The game is to get a
many balls as possible through fv
holes in the screen with lawn tenni
, racket.
If the Missionary Reuieao is correct
the 100000 converts in the foreign
mission fields are setting a goot
example to the many millions o
; christians at home, for these convert
have sent out $4,000 missionaries, o.
one out of every 100, while their NOR,
fortunately born brethren send but on,
in 5000. The converts serve as nativ,
preachers, teachers, catecnists and lay
helpers, and prove helpful to tn,
regular missionary force sent from En-
gland and this country
Three years ago John Wright. O
Pike County, Georgia, lost his sight
and oculists whom he consulted agreed
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