The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-04-05
MISSING LINKS.
England is said to have over 1,000,-

! Ireland Is larger than Scotland by
| 1920 square miles.
| 1t is estimated that there are 100, 900
tramps in Germany.
American tools are far better than
those of European make.
More people die in the spring than
in any of the other seasons.
Coal is said to have been used in
England as long ago as $50 A. ID.
Wine represents only per cent of
the alcohol consumed in England.
The Island of Ceylon is the most re-
markable gem deposit in the world.
Persia is about the only country
Where the telegraph is not yet at home
There are yet 1000, 900 acres of gov
ernment land in Kansas open to settle
| ment
Mexico's standing army numbers
| 44,O00 men, or about double that of
| the United States.
In many parts of Java the bride
shows her subsection by washing the
feet of the groom.
In Cuba etiquette requires that re-
quest from one smoker to another for
light must always be honored.
The hydrophone is an apparatus
| specially constructed to give warning
TO port or fleet of the approach of a
torpedo boat.
The first cooperative society was
established at Rockdale, Lancashire.
IN 1911, by twenty-eight workmen
with capital of $40.
In every mile of railroad there is
seven feet and four inches that is not
covered by the rails-the space left be-
tween them for expansion.
The little island of Malta has Ian
guage of its own, derived from the
Carthaginian and Arabian tongues.
The nobility of the island speak Ital-
ian.
The highest lakes in the world are
the Himalayas in Thibet, where there
are some bodies of water as high as
10000 feet above the level of the sea.
Several cans of earth, taken from
historic spots in Philadelphia, have
been sent to the Colonial Danes of
San Francisco, who will plant a tree
IN SOIL OF the revolution.
The most destructive epidemic that
has ever been was the "black DEATH"
which appeared in the fourteenth CEN
tury, and is said to have destroyed
7O.OOO,0O of people.
Interesting experiments have re-
Gently been made with the new tents
which the German soldiers carry with
them. The end in view is to make
the tents, or rather their cloth, serve
to construct ferryboats for the SOL
diers' baggage.
A bloodthirsty engine of war has re-
Gently been invented. Electricity is
the chief point in its construction, and
1t is carried on light wagon drawn
by couple of horses. Four men can
discharge it four times in fifteen min
utes, each discharge throwing %, 900
bullets over a surface of 22,000 yards.
Bacteria are simply microscopic
plants of varying sizes and shapes,
some of them being so small that To-
900 laid end to end would not make a
row more than an inch in length.
Some are flat, others are round or
oval, and still others are rod-shaped
The oldest form of all is that of the
one that is the exact counterpart of
the corkscrew.
The Bank of Venice was opened in
1157; of Geneva, in 1915; of Genoa,
14O1; of Amsterdam, 1907; of Ham
burg, 1919; of Rotterdam. 1885; of
Stockholm, 1858; of Scotland. 1895; of
Copenhagen, 1886; of Berlin, 1895;
al ,,Nt Nf s
Ireland, 1888; of St. Peters burg, 1856;
OF France, 1903; the Imperial Bank of
Germany, 1876.
When there is prospect of rain or
wind the spider shortens the filaments
from which its web is suspended and
leaves things in this state as long as
the weather is variable. If the insect
elongates its thread it is sign of fine,
calm weather. the duration of which
may be judged by the length to which
the threads are let out. If the spider
remains inactive it is sign of rain.
The state capitol of Texas is the
largest state building in the United
States and the seventh in size among
the buildings of the world 1t is
vast Greek cross of red Texas granite,
with central rotunda covered by
dome 81 feet high. 1t was begun in
1881 and finished in 1888, having cost
about s., 10000 1t was paid for with
3,000,0J0 acres of public land, decided
to the capitalists who executed the
work.
Another arctic expedition is to start
from the United States next year. 1t
is to be under the leadership of Robert
Stein. of the geographical survey, and
its object is the exploration of the ter
ritory to the north of Bafiin's bay and
the west of Smiths sound. Eight men
will form the party, and will go by
steamer to Jones' sound, where sup
ply station will be erected. From that
point the party will explore as far as
possible to the north and west.
Very few people know anything
about the Indians in western North
Carolina-the Cherokees. There are
1900 of them, and they are increasing
in numbers. They own 73 900 acres
of land, and very fine land it is. Their
chief is Stillwell Sounooke. He can
not speak English at all. There are
some native preachers and four schools,
the government maintaining the lat
ter. There are other Cherokees, but
these are not included i'll the 1200, as
they live elsewhere than on the reser-
WALTON.
The Roman C.'Iniics of England
hold an annual religious procession in
London when statue of the Madonna
is borne through the streets in a sedan
chair carried by girls yelled and dress
ed in white, with Il band of white
robed children leading and guard of
men with slaves following. The diff
fercnt religious orders with banners
and bands of music make up the i'm
posing procession. HYMNS are sung
by the priests and altar boys, the sub
ject of them being the prayer that En-
gland may be reclaimed to the Roman
chuIph