The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-10-30
MISSING LINKS.

Twenty million acres of the land OF
the United States are held by foreign
ers.
Provo, Utah. has red-hot anarchist.
His wife supports him by taking in
washing.
An Englishman proposes laying deep
sea electric cables by means OF sub
marine boats.
There are 10, 862 school districts, g.
372 teachers and 1850, 600 school chill
dren in Japan.
Liverpool has a population of 100
600. Methodism has a mem bership of
rs. coo in the city.
An English firm has purchased the
right to slaughter and pack 800. 600
hogs year in Servia.
There were sc, 981 paupers in Lon
don in the third week in july, 215
indoor and 81, 766 outdoor.
The American congregational church
es have resolved to give e. 600 annual
ly for evangelical work in France.
There are over 1000. 900 pores in
the human body. and yet we are sur
prised because some men are sponges.
AS soon as the town of Santa Bar
bara. CAL. gets pipes laid to the gas
well it will cost only $40 year for
fuel to each householder.
Over ITO, OO0-to be exact, Ill, $50
emigrants embarked during the last
quarter from the various ports of the
British Isles. These include So, 468
foreigners.
By the late cyclone in Finland, al
most unprecedented in so northerly
region. some 1906 trees have been
blown down between Yitorg and Vii
mannstrand.
It may interest some of our readers
to know that more than one supposed
authority declares that the leaves Of
the tomato plant are more medical
than the fruit.
A New York money prince has re-
Gently ordered a set of brass floor reg
listers plated with gold in an exceed
ingly ornate design. The registers
will be placed in the owners palace.
The pumps in the Gold Hill mine at
Grass Valley. CAL. were uncovered re-
Gently after lying pine years under wa
ter. They were put to work and lifted
water as we'll as the first day they
were put down.
It is said Ed Osborn, of the Wau-
paca, Wis, starch factory. will clear
Cocl $40, 600 on his potato deal this
season. He contracted for ali the po-
tatoes in his vicinity at Is to 20 cents,
and the chances are they will be worth
81 this fall.
A large vein of pure white sand,
suitable for making glass, has been
found near Pittsburg. Pa. The dis
covery will save the glass manufact-
urers of that city thousands of dollars
annually, as they have hitherto been
obliged to send across the Allegheny
Mountains for their sand.
r. Lyman, of st. John. N. B., is the
possessor of a dog that he claims
has quite keen instinct for business.
A few days ago, when the dogs license
needed renewing, he turned up with a
81 bill and placed it at the feet of the
owner. Mr.. L. Immediately went and
took out the license.
According to reports from the prin-
cipal applejack producing region of
the country Ga belt extending across
southern New York and northern New
Jersey, between the Hudson and Del
aware rivers), owing to the failure of
the apple crop, there will be little of
the intoxicant made this year.
Hearing a tremendous noise in the
engine-room an Auburn. Me-, engi-
neer rushed below to find the governor
belt off, the engine running wild. and
the room filled with steam. He i'm
mediately appreciated the situation and
did what few men would-groped
about till he found the stop-valve and
slowed the engine.
A Spartanburg Pa.) man eats his
meals in Erie county and sleeps in
Crawford county all in the same house.
The worlds stock of diamonds has
increased enormously in the last fif-
teen years. In 1876 the output of the
African mines was about 1900. 600
carats. last year it was over 1000 600,
and the trust" which controls all the
principal mines assert that they have
l6.OOO,OOO carats lin sight" at the pres
ent time.
1t IS risky thing to receive into the
bosom of the family long lost son
who has no strawberry mark to identi-
fy him. A Pennsylvania farmer has
been victimized by clever sharper.
who personated the returned prodigal
long enough to eat the fatted calf and
secure 5000 in cash. Then he lost
himself again.
1t is well-known fact that persons
grow somewhat shorter as they reach
advanced years, owing to settling"
of the bony structure. A noted case is
reported from Harrington, Del. where
man died recently who. owing to a
contraction of the spine. had become q
foot shorter then he was when he
stopped growing.
A French scientist, Victor Mennier
has calculated after careful inquiries
that American dentists insert about
$3.50, 600 worth of gold Annually into
the teeth of their customers. The
Scientific american says. that making
allowances for the increase of popula-
ton. in less than 100 years American
cemeteries will contain larger amount
OF gold than now exists in France.
The average life of rabbit is put at
about nine years. The doe may have
young eight times year. averaging
eight each time. The first litter is
produced when but four months old.
The progressions based on these fig
ures lead to astounding results. For
three years the possible progeny of
two rabbits has been calculated at over
$4,000, 600. and for seven years at L.
500, 600. 600.
Certificates of character given to
servants are sometimes misused. Not
long since lady was speaking of hav-
ing taken a girl who was highly recon-
mended by well-known lady. To
her surprise her friend informed her
that a girl with the same name recon-
mended by the same lady was living with
her. Upon investigation it was found
that the written character had been
used by both parties.
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