The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-10-04
MISSING LINKS.
There are 10000 more women Chan
men in the District of Columbia.

| Germans in the United States.
Over 90 per cent of the business of
the United States is done by checks.
There are ESQ beasts, 1891 birds and
| $50 reptiles in the London geological
| gardens.
| A bicycle to run on single track OF
a railroad has been invented by man
in Latah, Wash.
Statistics in France show that during
the hast few years the population has
| absolutely decreased.
A new Italian rifle will send bullet
| through five inches of solid oak at
| distance of 1000 feet.
Transportation of criminals was first
resorted to by Great Britain in 1890 in
the reign of Elizabeth.
| The Moravians claim to have had an
Independent church in Bohemia is early
as the ninth century.
Certain tropical animals ball them
selves up in mud and become torpid to
avoid drought and heat.
A man versed in language heard ten
different tongues spoken while he
walked across the Brooklyn bridge the
other day.
Under a decision of the supreme court
| of errors of Connecticut boys and their
trunks cannot be held fer board. Yale
youngsters gave rise to the decision.
If applied Immediately after attack
aqua ammonia, il is claimed, is a specific
for bee stings. 1t should be applied
thoroughly, and will reduce or prevent
| swelling.
An international matrimonial paper
is about to make its appearance in Ber-
| lin, Germany. The new journal will be
printed in three ges-German,
English and French.
On the indianapolis board of health is
DR.. carp. The board passed resolu-
ton for the compulsory uprooting of
weeds on vacant lots. The doctor was
among the first victims of the law.
A Baltimore man has hit upon novel
idea foF hearse. 1t is two-storied
vehicle, with a receptacle for the coffin
in the upper part, and the mourners
are to ride below, as if they were in 4
stage.
A western editor, in answer to the
complaint of a subscriber that he did
not give news enough, advised him, when
| news was scarce, to read the Bible,
| which, he had no doubt, would be news
to nim.
A sturgeon weighing 1,440 pounds
ago. The head alone weighed 22S
pounds, and the fish furnished about 100
pounds of roe for cayiare. The fish was
sold for $160.
| Professor Dewar has demonstrated
that metals augment their magnetic
qualities and increase in strength by
diminution of temperature. Iron at $50
degrees can endure double its normal
tensile strain.
The most formidable check to the in
crease of serpents and venomous insects
in the tropical regions is the abundance
of ants which, attacking in thousands,
will kill and devour animals often OF
considerable size.
The patents applied for in Washington
last year numbered 40, 900. The total
number of patents outstanding on Jan.
l was 545, 900. The receipts of the
patent office were 81, 200, 900, and the
exposes $50, 900 less.
There is mystery about the method
of motion of coudorS thafhas never been
explained. They have been seen to cir
Gle to and fro in the sky half a day-at "a
time, rising and descending without
once Tapping wing.
The windmill, which is so conspicuous
in Dutch and Belgian scenery, is likely
to be seen in India. 1t is proposed to
drain the unhealthy flats around Bonn
bay by means of windmill pumps on
the system of the low countries.
China's Imperial Canal is the largest
in the world and greatest in point o.,
traffic. Its length is 2,100 miles, and it
connects forty-one cities situated on its
bank. 1t was completed in 1850 after
600 years spent on its construction.
An astonishing feature of brilliant
Newport (R- L. reception was the milk
ing Of gorgeously decorated COW Oh
the lawn in full view of the assembled
guests. The milk was distributed in
glasses bysgirls appropriately dressed.
A London capitalist. who daily drives
to his office, has Il photograph in his
carriage, into which he pours messages,
short letters, instructions and other
matters of Importance. The machine
is given to the head clerk on his az
| rival.
In the course of making an affidavit
an lrishman once said: "And this de-
ponent further saith that the only one
of his children who showed him any real
affection was his youngest son, Larry,
for he never struck him when he was
down."
Russia and Italy are the two Euro
pean countries from which have come
the majority of immigrants who landed
year The Russian Jews have brought
more money with them than the
Italians.
One of the curiosities of the Sinking
water Canon, Wyoming, is the alum
cave. The cave appears to be an ex-
tinct geyser, and is about fifteen feet
across and easily accessible. The alum
is along the sides and about six feet in
| thickness.
The Vienna police have general charge
of all newspapers and keep records OF
all presses and publications. maintain
censorship over all the theaters and PLAYS
and issue licenses for the publication
and sale of all books. magazines and
| periodicals.
Touch the convex side ofa watch glass
upon water so as to leave drop hang
ing on the glass. Pour IL little ether
| into the concave side and blow up-n it.
| The rapid evaporation of the ether will
render the glass so cold that the drop of
water will be frozen
|
The Indians of Guiana have 4 curious
| system of Enumeration. They count by
the hand and its four fingers Thus,
when they reach five. instead of saving
SO, they call it hand" Six is. there
fore, hand and first finger" and so
on to twenty, which is called "man."
James Nenney was run over by an
| ice wagon in New York and one of his