The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-07-03
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back of his business card a portrait of
himself with the words MY Advocate"
beneath it.
Another ''old California miner" re-
ports favorably on the gold region in
Maine extending from Sandy river to
Androscoggin.
Italy has constructed several strong
military fortresses in Abyssinia with a
view of occupying her annexed terri
tory permanently.
Australia has sent to England a new
contralto. whose voice is said to be OF
exceptional richness. Her name is
Helen Rowe and she is great favorite
in Melbourne.
The New South Wales minister for
mines declares that. excluding the
quantity obtaiEable from the Clarence
River District. the colony had so, 0O0,-
100000 tons of coal available.
Oakley Hall, who was Sheriff. counsel
in New York for fifteen years, says he
believes that the term tipstayes as APP
piled to Sheriff's officers originated
from the word tip" to bride.
Iceland fisherman now carry oil
regularly as means of smoothing the
waves and enabling them to continue
at work in weather in which heretofore
their boats could not have lived.
The French government has decided
to again undertake the manufacture of
lucifer matches, and TO avoid the ex-
pense of creating special department
will place it under the tobacco reggie.
John Wesley Haslett, of Kansas City,
claims the championship belt in a
novel branch of industry. He is the
''stieker'' for packing company, and
claims that in fourteen years service
he has slain s,40O, 600 hogs.
The rich magnetic iron near Dab
lonega. Ga, continues to excite much
interest. Thousands of acres are be-
ing conveyed by option to outside
capitalists, who propose developing it
when the railroad is completed.
1t is stated that in one of the London
institutions which still maintains its
quantity of alcohol "a per cent of the
Glasgow Fever Hospital, where milk is
used the mortality is only II per cent.
California will soon be well stocked
with Chinese quail. Many quail of the
Chinese breed have already been turned
loose in the vicinity of Sacramento. A
contract has been made for the delivery
of 100 dozen more, which will be wide
ly distributed.
According to figures given by a San
Francisco newspaper California is the
bloodiest state in the union. In 1889 it
had one homicide to 8, 40 of the popula-
ton. In the other states it runs up from
one in s, 9l2 in Kentucky to one in So
600 in other states.
The conclusions reached by modern
meteorologists are that cyclones of
great intensity are ascending spiral
whirls of wind having a rotary motion
in a direction in the northern hemi-
sphere opposite to the movement of the
hands of watch.
Negotiations are in progress for trans
ferring the two great pictures by
Rubens from the Antwerp Cathedral to
the new Antwerp Museum. The
pictures, which are the property of the
state are said to be gradually perishing
or rather fading out.
All the tirst-class race tracks employ
doctor by the year, or rather the
season. They pay liberal price. from
80 a day upward, and expect him to
report for duty half hour before the
races begin, and to remain on hand till
all the visitors have left.
A French company is pushing a
scheme for piercing the Faucilles by a
tunnel, which would shorten the dis
lance between Paris and Geneva by six
hours. The Swiss government is
against it because both outlets of the
tunnel would be in French territory.
One hundred and ninety-seven
thousand eight hundred and twenty
three carats of diamonds have been ex-
ported from Kimberley during JAN
uary. valued at 1888, 367. The total
output of sold from the Witwatersand
mines for January was 81 ,09S Ounces.
Orlando, Fla, phosphate hunters
found piece of petrified red cedar in
a creek. The grain of the wood is so
naturally preserved that it looks as if il
could be cut with 4 knife, but it is solid
stone and the red color of wood has
been precipitated in bright carmine
spots.
A meteorite fell recently at Migheni
cent of an organic matter in the shape
of 4 yellow substance readily combusti-
BILE, soluble in alcohol and resembling
resin. 1t also contained per cent of
metallic salt of new element allied
to tellunium.
Oscar Hill. a farmer. had a fight with
negro in Clay County, Ala, and was
badly bitten. Hill had to have his
hand amputated. and he developed
symptoms of hydrophobia and died
The negro has blue gums. and it is be-
lieved that the bite of such negroes al
ways proves fatal.
The festive jack rabbit is strict
vegetarian. and will not touch grease
of any kind. nor will he tackle vegeta-
bles that are seasoned with grease
OrchardistS in Colorado take advan-
tage of his fastidiouSness and protect
their trees from his incisors by rubbing
the body of the tree with bacon rind
The rat plague in Lincolnshire, Eng,
continues, in spite of the enormous de-
struction of the animals by the farmers
during the past few months. One
farmer who scattered poisoned barley
about his yards every night gathered a
crop of 1,3o0 rats in one day. Where
they came from seems to be mystery.
John Markham, an Irish land bailiff.
who had been boycotted for ten years.
and was constantly guarded by the
police while he lived, died few days
ago, and, the guard being relaxed a
little. some persons unknown stole his
body and made away with it so effect
ually that it has not since been found.
Considerable excitement exists in the
neighborhood around Souls Chapel.
Lumpkin County, Georgia, over the
finding by John Chapman of crystal
lied stone. believed to be diamond
1t weighs 2 1-2 ounces and is said to be
a beauty of the cryst-llized quartz
family. Large topaze3 nave been found