The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-10-08
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son Bay which measures o0p iuiicS
north and south by 600 miles in width.
The oldest surgeon in the world is
said to be NJ w. Salmon. of Cam
bridge Eng. He was born in March.
1890.
General Sherman's married daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. S. Thackara. who is known
as writer. is said to be engaged on
very ambitious work.
James Clark, of New Moorefeld.
Ohio. has cat which has adopted an
infant polecat and is as attached to it
as to her own kittens.
A Watterville (Me.) gardener en-
ploys new way to raise squashes.
He vets the young plants down three
times week with skim milk.
Charles Kittelberger, of San Fran
cisco, was laid to rest a few days since
in coffin which was given to him four
years ago as birthday present,
France has sixty-two Dukes, only
thirty of whom date from the old mon-
archy. The oldes: Duke is the Due de
Mortemart, who was born in 1892.
Andrew Lang is declared to write
best in a rose garden; Tolstoi sits on
his bed and puts the inkstanG on his
rutfied pillow; Dumas Ills used all
ebony desk.
The last descendant of the Maid of
Orleans, according to foreign papers,
died recently in France. He was an
inspector i'll the commissary depart
ment of the army.
The new American prima donna now
in London, Miss Snyder, is described
as above the middle height slender,
graceful. with Il pale oval face, grey
eyes and dark hair.
The growth Of horse racing In the
last ten years is illustrated by the fact
that in 1880 the money added to prizes
By the racing associations amounted to
$50, 000 Now it reaches 81 900. 600.
A hotel In Hamburg has been built
entirely Of compressed wood, which
bv the pressure to which ii is subject
ed is rendered as hard rs iron, as we'll
as absolutely proof against the attacks
of fire.
The greatest manicures in the world
uppcul W NC lllC StliIS VI iliC
region. Among their tribal customs is
the pairing of the nails down to the
quick with an instrument designed for
that particular purpose.
One dollar minute is the charge for
using the new telephone line between
! London and Paris. Distance about
| $50 miles. Forty cents a minute is the
| price between New York and Wash
ington-a about 240 miles.
The original letters of Goethe to
| Charlotte Won Stein will be offered for
sale by grandson of Frau Won Stein.
not of Goethe. The price will be
about $4,000. They make seven vol
umes. being 1,74S in number.
There are more women in British
India Q24,O 600, 000) than there are men,
women and children in Great Britain,
France and Germany put together,
with the population of several minor
| European States cast in rs well.
The favorite page of the Grown
Princess of Sweden is little negro
boy who was imported from Egypt
He is pretty little fellow of II years,
and is dressed IN Il picturesque costume
topped off with diminutive fez.
The Shah of Persia is an enthusiasts
with the kodak, aud takes very goot
pictures with it when he condescend:
to do so. Wherever he goes he is ac
companied by the court photographer
who takes views of everything that in
terests the King.
No one will be more amused thar
Mr.. George William Curtis himself q
his slip of memory in the Easy CHI
| where he attributes TO St. Pau
amous definition of pure and
lied religion. which is found in
Epstlc of James.
Celia ThaXtcr has not only done
much with her pen to arouse public
interest in her home, the isle of Shoals,
but by her industry and taste has made
desolate old Appledore blossoms as the
rose. Her garden is regarded as moth.
ing less than wonderful.
c. j. Hamlin. the Buffalo horseman.
is said TO be without peer among
gentlemen drivers in handling the
relns. Last season, when in his 77tl
year. he drove Bell Hamlin and justin
a mile in 2:13 IA, and he expects some
day to beat that record.
A tremendous plethora of novels j.
reported i'll Paris. For example, 40,
OO0 copies of the last production of ;
| popular writer have been returned tC
the publisher. 1t is said that another
publisher has 100000 volumes OF
| hand, which are unstable.
An adopted daughter of Rev. Ed
ward Beecher received at her bap
tism the name of Voice Adams. She
was one of Il family of fifteen children
whom her father, a grandson of join
Quincy Adams supported by featuring
on The Voice of Nature
The Belgian military authorities
have discovered that various songs
used in the army are not quite proper,
and several poets and composers have
been applied to to supply the army
with some unobjectionablc songs in
French and Flemish to take their
| places.
Mrs. Senator Wolcott is achieving
the reputation of being the best dressed
| OF the Senators wives in Washington.
Her dresses are selected in Paris by
her sister who lives abroad, and last
season they were tie despair and envy
OF other less favored society women OF
the capital.
The widow of Chief Justice Waite.
though IL years of age. has dark hair
and comparatively unwrinkled
face. Mrs Waite. accompanied by
her sister and daughter, has been
| journeying leisurely to the Pacific
coast, and will stop at Salt Lake City
| on her return.
1t is.a well known historical fact
that King Erie. of Sweden. wanted TO
marry Queen Elizabeth. 1t is not so
well known thu. he made a similar
| proposal to Mary Queen of Scots.
Mary's letter, politely rejecting his
offer. was sold in London the other
day for about Sl10.
According TO Saratoga gossiper.
Mr. Frank Work. though six feet high
and weighing nearly two hundred
pounds has the smallest and po,,oe,