The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-26
MISSING LINKS.

UoD LOT toDaccc lof Inc cO0NlctS III the
penitentiary.
The people of Mexico have taken to
drinking beer. Brewerics are spring
ing up in every city of Importance.
1t takes the tusks of 70. 900 elephants
year TO supply the worlds piano
KEYS billiard balls and knife handles.
A descendant of Bishop Latimer.
who was burned at the stake during
the reign of Queen Mary, is living in
Buffalo.
A store building ut Decatur. Mich.
is nicbuamed .'Mummerv Block" be-
cause all the village secret societies
meet there.
Betting on the rainfall has been car
red 10 such au extent in India that the
Bombay Government has passed IN act
forbidding 1t.
George Bancroft published a book of
poems iii hi, youth and later in life
BOUGHT up every copy OF the work he
could lay his hands on.
The Emperor of Austria sent the
German Empress Il diamond set which
COS; SO 900 as a gift in celebration of
her in ants christening.
Fiji is commencing The cultivation of
tobacco, the enterprise being assisted
by the concession of government land
to the planters on easy terms.
One OF the largest babies ever seen
in Florida IS the son of Walter Syl-
ycster. living in Pliatlla. He is seven
months old and weighs forty pounds.
Bismarck is said to have sent a large
quantity of his papers to England for
safe keeping against any possible
swoop upon them by the German
Government.
Washington County, Georgia. pro-
duces annually 80 900 bales of cotton.
WORTH about 81, 800 900 This is one of
the largest cotton producing counties
in the state.
Mr.. Moody declares that if an arch
angel should come down from Heaven
and preach in Boston the congregation
would find flaws OF grammar or logic
in the sermon.
The mamma which fell from tire
skv in Asia Minor last August and was
baked into bread has recently been eN-
amincd by men of science, and is lden-
| titled as lichen.
Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
| nessee raise an average OF 29IO, 900
| bushels of peanuts a year. The annual
| value of the crop averaged &, 800, OOU
for the last four years.
The decrease in the shi phuilding of
the United Kingdom during 1890
amounts to %, S23 tons in The aggregate,
but the production Of the Scottish yards
has increased by q, 600 tons.
The late William H. Vanderbilt is
| quoted Il, saving, few weeks before
! his death: Too much money is NUS
ancc The happiest time in my life
was when | was worth $500, 1000. )"
In hotels the life of napkin is put
| down at three months, provided il is of
extra good material. A sheet lasts six
| months and tablecloth depends for
its existence upon the care that is taken
of it.
DR.. Schliemann's grave is in tie new
cemetery at Athens. in full view of the
| Parthenon. 1t is not far from the spot
where Socrates used to sit under the
| plane trees aud battle his feet in the
| Illissus.
Women are excluded from the gal
! leres of the japanese Parliament be-
cause, as a Japanese newspaper says,
they might be moved by the debates
there to further political agitation in
the Empire >
The proprietor Of leading American
/ menagerie says that his gains by the
birth of wild animals IN lis show are
annually about fifty thousand dollars
the collection.
The latest linguistic importation
from London is the verb '.to finance"
which is used TO denote the process of
furnishing funds for Il finance institT-
ton. 1t is rather worse, on the whole,
than "suicided."
There are more believers in astro-
logy than the world at large has any
idea Of. Most of those who entertain
faith in this occult science are people
of intellect, learning and, not infre-
qu.ntly, culture.
The new reading clerk of the Color
| ado State Senate is Miss Anna ".
Kelly,a young and very pretty woman.
| She reads rapidly. clearly and with
correctness of accent and pronuncia-
ton. She is the first woman to hold
such position.
Vera SasSulitsch the nihilist, has
been supporting herself in Switzerland
by transIating. Her health is now fail
ing and her physician has ordered her
to stop and proceed to Il warmer
climate. A subscription is bling taken
up in this country TO enable her to do
SO.
Chief Engineer Sewcll of the White
| Star fleet considers himself the greatest
traveller that ever lived because during
his connection with the company he
has sailed SIS, 400 nautical or Oh, 900
standard miles, nearly four times the
distance between the earth and the
moon.
The greatest natural orator in the
Senate is Mr. EustiS. OF Louisiaaa. He
is big man physically, and has full
voice and Il deliberative. imposing style
of speech that is very effective. At
times his voice fills the Senate chamber
with its reverbcrations and again it
falls to loud whisper.
Mrs Walter Baker of Boston, who
left about $1,000 600 to educational
and charitable institutions, gave years
of study and thought TO the nature and
needs of these organizations before
making her will. This is better than
waiting until old age or sudden illness
may have brought confusion to the
Judgment
Ward McAlister's overcoat has be-
come as well known to New Workers
aS Stewards statue. Mr.. McAlister,
who has many odd fancies and pre-
judices, has twined his pure affections
| fast and firm around this particular
garment. 1t is a brown overcoat with
Il velvet collar, and it must be admit
ted That it has rather rusty look.
Austrian census-takers have diScov-
cred 4 score or more persons IN the
Il Ia