The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-05-25
MISSING LINKS.

An American flag made entirely of
acorns is a curiosity exhibited by a
Baltimore man.
\ law establishing standard time
over the whole of Germany has PASSED
the reichstag.
In Pennsylvania a man has been
lined $1,000 for calling another Il Mol
ly Mcguire"
1t is said that large hotel for the
accommodation of colored people is to
be built in Salter, Mo-, by colored
capitalists.
Certain sophomores at Ithaca recent
ly raided the quarters of the freshmen
and forced milk down their protesting
| throats.
In store at Athens, Ga, stands an
old-fashioned clock which was made in
Liverpool. 1t hasn't missed tick for
forty years.
The largest vineyard in the world,
according to correspondent, belongs
to Senator Stanford, of California. 1t
consists of $500 acres of bearing
vines.
A.lot of counterfeit silver dollars
! were recently discovered in an old field
near Owensburg, Ky. They appeared
! to have been buried there in the sos,
| though the dates of some of them were
| obscure.
| With nothing but jackknife Adolph
| Sjohrim, a Marquette Swede, has con-
| structed the frame of clock repre-
scnting an ancient castle. He used
various kinds of wood and worked on
the job for two years.
In rural England the blossoming
twigs of willow. which our children
! call "pussy-willows," are often used in
churches on Palm Sunday, as the only
available branches which have yet be-
| gun to show proofs of returning life.
Some years ago in Vermont
following epitaph placed on her tomb
stone: Go sleep with ma, Alminy S.
| Soon pa will come and sleep with thee"
Since then, however, he has buried
three wives and is healthy yet.
Some persons profess to be able to
guess approximately from what part
| of Italy a woman comes by the length
| Of her earrings. Italian earrings
! lengthen as one goes southwark, and in
| the extreme south of Italy the ear
| rings of the women reach almost to the
| shoulders.
Nine. Allemandi, who died a few
days ago in Paris, left $1,000 to the
Swiss government, $40, 900 to the CITY
| of Basel, Sc, 600 to the Canton Basel,
and $1,000 to the Canton Solothurn.
h.n it,+n nf ln
| used in paying for the wedding out
fits of the daughters of poor Swiss
| laborers.
An interesting incident of the in
| auguration parade which occurred
/ directly in front of the grand stand
was the setting free of a basket of
! homing pigeons. The birds as soon as
liberated circled round and round in
| the air in front of the president and
then taking their bearings flew off to
| the southwest.
In Germany 200, 900 families are sup
| ported from the care of the forests,
upon which about $40,000,000 is ex~
pended annually, 3,0O0,O people
more finding employment in the
! various wood Industries of the empire.
| profit of between $5,000,000 and So
| 900, 600
In side street of an Italian town
sign hanging in front of a physicians
Office reads in part as follows: "The
| said Professor Ricca will use for his
| salves in making them live snakes and
! large serpents, wolves, bears. monkeys,
marmots, weasels and numerous other
wild animals alive and in good condi-
| ton. "
While some mem mbers of the British
| parliament are proposing to abolish
| courtesy titles in the house of commons,
the Sydney Bulletin has already decided
TO abolish all titles conferred by her
majesty upon Australians. Sir George
Dibbs will in future be known in the
columns of that public-spirited journal
as Mr.. Dibbs.
A citizen of Jackson, Mich. the other
| day wrote message on the back OF
| Colum biam postage stamp and mailed
| it. The postmaster is greatly per-
picked, as, although message can be
| forwarded on a 1-cent postal card he
does not think it lawful for 4 letter to
be sent through the mails written on
the back of a stamp.
The old Pohick episcopal church in
Fairfax county, Virginia, for the re-
building of which George Washington
drew plans in 1878, is still standing.
The exterior presents the same appear
ance it did when Washington drove up
to it regularly on Sundays in his
famous coach. The interior suffered
severely during the late war.
The blue color of the sky is proba-
bly, merely the color of the air, seen
through the length of about forty-fve
I miles. 1t has been observed by those
who have ascended about five miles
above the earth's surface that the sky
appears of dark, inky hue, owing to
the very small reflection and disper-
sion of the light, while the blue color
no longer appears above, but below
them.
A member of the diplomatic corps
apparently holds an opinion of Ameri-
cans which will hardly be indorsed by
the most insignificant of this great na-
| ton. When asked by a newly arrived
foreigner, anxious to gauge the social
status of some one to whom he had
been introduced, if there was any diff
ference in Americans. the diplomat re-
piled: 'Oh, yes-some are rich and
some are not"
The women of Judah, it seems. were
the first wearers of garments in bifur-
Gated form. and man, perceiving the
convenience and comfort of this article
of dress, evolved by the superior in
telligence OF woman appropriated If to
his use, and doomed his womankind to
encum Der their limbs with lowing
robes, which render it I'M mpoSsiDle for
them TO cope with man in the useful
avocations.
The oldest church existing in the
United States Is situated near Smith
field Va. 1t was built in the reign of
Charles l., between the years 1859 and
! I. :.