The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-12-11
MISSING LINKS.

tain. Georgia,
Timber lands in Berks and Lehigh
counties. Pa. commands a higher price
than farm lands.
A Calhoun. Ga, man has chair
which he claims is one hundred and fif-
teen years old, and has its original bot
tom.
Cran5erries flourish in Oregon, and
there is Il probability that the suceulent
berry will become a staple production
there.
An association of Philadelphia mousse
wives will abolish kitchens in their
homes and start cooperative central
cooking house.
Babies are now very scarce i'm France.
One may pass hundred houses with
finding single cradle IN it. Such
country is doomed.
Relic-selerS mt Gettysburg are said
TO import wagon loads of junk from
southern battle fields and sell them for
Gettsburg battle relics.
Gambetta's heart is not the only
relic of Il great man that French peo-
pie would like TO find. Search is now
being made f,s. Miratnau's remains.
The Queen of Roumania was so pleas
antly impressed with Queen Victoria
during her visit to Balmoral it is
chronicled. that she intends to write
poem about her Britannia Majesty.
A Morgantown. Pa. girl thou xht she
had found the long-looked-for man un-
der the bed few days ago. hut after
arousing the whole neigDorhood the
supposed man was nothing but pair
of boots and Il gum coat.
A tree planting society has been in
formed through letters received from
societies in leading cities of the diff
culties of urban tree planting. The
chief enemies to trees in cities are gas,
horses and electric light and telephone
men.
There are growing on "A farm in San
Antonio Cal, two large fig trees that
are as old rs the state. They are thirty
feet in height, have avery large spread
and are marvelS of productyeness. 1t
is thought they will yield loo pounds
OF fruit each.
Sammy Brazelton was caught in one
of his own bear traps at Traitor, Cal.
aud while waiting for assistance nearly
starved to death. Postmaster Ester
brook happened along. however, as
Sammy was about to faint from hunger
and released him from his unfortunate
predicament
A man died in st. Paul the other dav
leaving a fortune of $4,000, 900. The
will directed its division among his
wife and children, except one hayward
son. who is $50, 600 in debt. The bene-
ticiaries destroyed the will. allowing
the young man to receive his share of
the property.
Three little boxes of Ceylon tea
each weighing five pounds, were sold
by auction in London lately at the ex-
traordinary price of 1892 per pound.
1t was very rare variety known as
choicest golden tipped pekoe." The
leaf was small, but literally blazed
with golden tipping.
Grosyenor Hood Graeme, a Young
Englishman who. during the Birchall
trial, was mentioned by the Toronto
Globe as possibly implicated in Ben
Wells murder, has sued that paper for
$50, 600 damages. He is the son of one
drives delivery wagon.
"Rube" Burrows will be the hero of
many a dime novel and depicted there
as magnificent bandit in superb uni
form and with gold-hilted arms. The
facts show him a half-starved thief,
CARRIED in filthy jeans. and armed with
an old percussion pistol, who lived the
life of hunted wolf and died the death
of a dog.
Hermann Zietung, now in London,
expresses desire to be nailed up in
box and shipped to New York. He
has travelled considerably in that way
and likes it. He once made the jour
ney between Vienna and Paris in .
trunk. and has just completed the
trip between Berlin and London, also
in trunk.
Gin Non. a Chinese merchant of
Riverside. Cal, is about to return to
China to secure himself wife. and. in
order to be allowed to land upon his
return, he has drawn up certificate
setting forth who he is, and had his
photograph pasted on the same sheet
and had the different county officials
sign the documnnt.
A three hours drive with a snake
was taken recently by lady in Ceylon.
On getting out of her carriage she
moved the cushions to find something
which had slipped down. and to her
horror discovered huge cobra coiled
up underneath. Had not the creature
been in semi-torpid condition she
could not have escaped alive.
Nine. Blavatsky. the high priestess of
theosophy. consumes sixty cigarettes
every day. In her smoking tray she
has n jar of gum arabic, with which
she pastes the regular sheets of rice
paper together thus making the theo-
sophical cigarette twice as long as the
ordinary article. She uses the choicest
brands of Turkish tobacco, and rolls
them all herself.
An innovationfn the methed of hand
ling green fruit at the port of New
York is about to be put into practice.
The new arrangement consists of
steam-heated wharf. In the past fruit
has been landed or the wharf without
regard to the weather. and when the
temperature ranged below the freezing
point great damage resulted. The
heated wharf will be Sc by 1S4 feet in
dimensions.
Minister Phelps says English is the
language in diplomatic circles in Ber-
lin. The kaiser, Chancellor Caprivi
and all the high officials, as well as So
ciety people. speak English. and show
such preference for it that it would be
ungracious to insist upon German.
One reason of this is the national dis
like to the French language and the
Partially of literary people for English
and American books.
An amusing complaint has come be-
fore an English local board A CHM
ney sweeper complained that people in
the town deprived him of living by
sweeping their own chimneys. Their
method was to get up early and set fire
to their chimnrys. As COMP inant
paid 4 license, he considered the board