The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-04-23


disiikes tobacco in every form. He has
also profound contempt for smart at
tire aud deep-rooted dislike for new
clothes.
Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. the historical
writer, Is quite 4 society woman. She
is a member of twenty-five of them.
literary and historical. here aud
abroad.
Lucca, the singer. will devote her.
self exclusively To teaching. and she
will receive only eight pupils. and such
as show that they have Il good future
before them.
By the late Duke Of Beiford's will
not only his body WAS cremated, but
several boxes Of personal clothing, be-
sides boots. slippers. ana several sticks
and umbrellas.
The West Point Military Academy is
to have a new Eui,linr in place of the
old academic building for which $780,
900 is available. liuIt. the architect,
has submitted plans.
Gen. Buffers memoirs will appear in
about three months 1t will be called
Ben Buffers Is ok AMI the General
says of il: Wait till YOU sSc it. There
will be fun ali around"
Mr. Bradford McGreg0r OF Covine-
ton. Ky. has Succeeded in welding
aluminium with glass; and the manu-
facture OF flexible glass, he thinks, is
involved in his discovery.
The ponies of Mrs. Kitty OShea, of
Ireland have been purchased by Il
hiadeluhil gentleman. They are
thoroughbred Shetland ponies, and are
named kitty and Peggy"
1t is claimed that the Century Com
pany pays more per year for art work
the sale of their works at all the regu-
lar exhibitions in the country
George Bancroft Published a book of
so-called poems in his youth, and later
in life bought uD every copy he could
find. 1t was Il beautiful example to
other persons who write poetry.
Jesse Grant and his father-in-law.
Mr.. Chapman, with several other gen
tlemen, are owners Of the Plata Biaucha
silver-mine in Sonora, Mex. Their ore
runs about $50 ton, and there is no
end to it. They'll all be rich.
An American traveller in Holland
who handed hotel waiter quarter
was promptly arrested and fined So for
the otfenSe. The court held that he
used undue influence 10 secure more
benefits than his fellow travellers.
Emperor Williams speech is nearly
as rapid as Phillips Brooks. DIR.
Engel, one of the chief reporters in the
Reichstag. who has stenographed the
Emperor's speeches frequently, says
that he rattits off about so syllables a
minute.
DR.. Talmage describes gambling
house like an old roundcr. He saws:
You go up the marble stairs. You
ring the bell. The liyeried servant in
PRODUCES you. The walls are lavender
tinted. The mantels are of Vermont
marble"
In murder case in Smith County,
Tenn, recently a verdict was set aside
on the exception that one of the most
important witnesses was an atheist.
The Legislature proposes to repeal the
law excludiug that class from giving
testimony.
Mr.. Gladstone has three hats, and
three only. One is black and very old.
The second is white, and is used only
in summer. The third is soft felt,
and his constant travelling companion.
Its age is unknown, but certainly it
was not new in 1869.
Merritt L. Fcrnald, son Of President
NJ c. Feruald, of the Maine State
College Orono, Maine, has accepted
the position of assistant botanist and
herbalist in Harvard College. Though
but 10 years of age, he is already quite
well known in scientific circles.
Commander Reiter. the disgraced
naval officer. is Il sad-eyel little man,
whose face is covered with thick
growth of whiskcrs. He looks like a
broken-dOwn bank clerk. and seems to
have lost all spirit. That portion Of his
face which shows through his whisk-
ers is CHASTITY pale.
President Barllas of Guatemala has
not been an improvident ruler and if
the present troubles force him out Of
his country he will not 90 pennilcsS.
Besides s.. 00J. 900 or So 900. 900 which
he has lately realized on his property
he has matter of $4,000, 600 in the
Bank of England.
Jason Brown, second son of the old
aboiitionist whose ''soul is marching
on" recently came East from Cali
fOruia, where he has lived for the past
six years. and is visiting at York. Pa,
not very far from Harper's Ferry. He
is now IS years Old, aud lectures Il good
deal on temperance.
The Mikado of japan is to visit
Wiesbaden next summer, partly for
the waters and partly for the spectacle
''of innocent mrrriment." Six villas
have been engaged for the Emperor
aud his suite, which will comprise at
least sixty persons. No Mikado has
ever before left his own dominion
A Philadelphia lady. who has many
boarders, was telling friend in market
recently what trouble she had. Il
had pair of chickens ready for the
oven. hanging from the second story
back, and somebody in the third story
dropped bottle of HAIR remover on
all over again.
A jury in 4 court at Mexico, Mo-,
brought in such an outrageous verdict
that the Jud ge dismissed them in this
humiliating fashion: 1T is the SEN
tence OF this court that the Sheriff con-
duet you to the rear door of the court
house and allow YOU to depart, as your
services will not be again required dur
ing my term OF office. ;"
Tho Ei,,r of Si,p, ,oIoIr,,o1 A.
14Sth anniversary of one of his ele-
plants the other day. and the animal
was as cotiSh is some of the herd only
u years old. This is the oldest ele-
plant with any authentic record of his
age and the only signs of decay APP
pear in his ears. lie can't flop them
quite so briskly as of yore.
james Redpath always claimed that
he started the practice known as news
paper interviewing. Whenever it was