The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-08
MISSING LINKS.
In Europe there are 51S, 400 insane;
In the United States los, 900.

sion OF Frank L. SaDln, OF Phlladel-
phia.
Greek sculptors often used eyes of
glass or crystal in the faces of their
statues.
Down to the days of Ar pclles, Greeks
knew but four colors-white, red, yell
low and black.
The Emperor of China chooses his
own successor, and is not confined to
his family in making the choice.
The narrowest gauge railroad now
in use is one of twenty inches in North
Carolina, built last year for transport
ing timbers.
In spite of the fertile soil and genial
climate the food production of Italy is
insufficient for home consumption, en-
cept in wine and fruit.
Electricity travels at the rate of
2SS. 900 miles q second, more or less,
while light travels at the rate of 1885,
900 miles q second-also more or less
The Bridge of Sighs at Venice has
nc romance worthy the name. Most
of the unfortunates who cross it are
petty thieves who are sent to the work
house.
In the English army, out of many
thousands of officers who carry swords,
there are comparatively very few who
have the smallest notion of using the
weapon,
The maelstrom is not whirlpool
which sucks ships down into the depths
of the ocean. 1t is an eddy, which in
fair weather can be crossed In safety
by any vessel.
A pneumatic tube connects Paris
with Berlin. 1t is used for postal pur-
poses, and makes it possible for a let
ter mailed in Paris to be delivered in
Berlin in thirty-tive minutes.
According to the last census reports
there are over 100000 bachelors in
the United States-by which is meant
there are 100000 men over 80 years
old who have never beeen married.
The "Victoria cross" which we often
read of having been conferred upon
some British soldier for conspicuous
bravery, is of the Maltese form, made
from Russian cannons captured at Sc
bastOpol.
The first horse cars in New York
were run along the Bowery in 1888.
Now there are nineteen street rail-
roads in that city, using 1000 cars and
10000 horses, and carrying 225, 00O,-
600 passengers yearly.
A female Goldfish will lay $4,000, 900
eggs during single season. Pisca-
torial authorities say that were it not
for the work of the natural enemies of
fish they would fill all the available
space in the seas, rivers and oceans.
There are said to be but 45O words
in the Chinese language, all monosyl-
Liable. These, with different accents
and intonations, are expanded into L.
250 words. Each word has many diff.
ferent meanings, some as many as
forty.
Constantine the Great was not a
saint. He murdered his wife, one or
two of his sons, considerable num-
ber of his other relatives, and was
guilty of a score of assassinations and
murders. He was . Christian only in
name.
An omnibus has been started in Glas-
gov furnished with pneumatic tires.
which are protected from injury by
sharp stones or glass by canvas and
wire-wOye netting. There is no Jolt
ing or Earring, and the noise is reduced
to minimum.
Mammoth Spring, Ark. which is
claimed to be the largest spring in the
world, is seventy feet deep, with di-
ameter of nearly two hundred feet.
Sixty-five thousand cubic feet of water
gush forth every minute, producing
1000 horse power.
An editor out west who sends his
paper out to time subscribers" sends
q bill each year. When a second bill
Is sent and there is no response he
takes it for granted that the subscriber
is dead, and publishes an obituary
notice" in his columns.
lockwood the chess player, could
play twelve games simultaneously, but
no more, not being able even to begin
the thirteenth. After death an exam
ination of his brain showed that its
molecules were arranged in squares
like that Of a chessboard.
An English epitaph reads: "Ann E.,
wife of Jeremiah Walters, died Nov.
16, 1868, aged IS years month. She
was true and faithful wife to each of
the following persons: Enoch Francis.
John Sherman, William Neassen, j.
Walters" Successfully, probably.
The number of church bell-ripgers
in the diocese of Exeter is larger than
is to be found in any of the other dio-
ceses of England and Wales, with the
exception of Oxford. The bell-ringers
in Devon are said to mum ber 2, 121;
those in the diocese of Oxford 1920.
Some Chinese coins are of but one
twentieth of the value of an American
cent. The celestial kingdom has many
enthusiastic coin collectors. In one
notable collection there are more than
10000 varieties of cash, the oldest of
which date back as far as 2, 800 B. G.
The largest pie ever made was baked
at Denley Dale, England, for the
queens jubilee. 1t spoiled, however,
SO that when it was opened the stencil
was awful. The next week another
was made, of 672 pounds of flour, l.
500 pounds of potatoes, one heifer, two
calves and two sheep.
1t is believed that whales often at.
tain the are of 400 years. The num-
Der of years these huge creatures have
lived is ascertained by counting the
LAYERS of lamina forming the horny
substance known as "whaleb0ne."
These lamine increase yearly, just as
the "growths" do on tree.
1t twould be interesting to settle the
derivation of fake" Mr.. Matthews
claios that the public took it from the
smaller vocabulary of the playhouse,
which in turn borrowed it from the
thieves slang. There is cant song
of age in which the refrain is: Nix
my dolly pals, fake away"
Louis XVI. did not behave with
overwhelming dignity at his execution.
On the contrary, he screamed for help.
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